COMMUNITY BANCORP /VT - Quarter Report: 2009 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
10-Q
[ x ] QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2009
OR
[ ] TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
transition period from to
Commission
File Number 000-16435
Vermont
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03-0284070
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(State
of Incorporation)
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(IRS
Employer Identification Number)
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4811
US Route 5, Derby, Vermont
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05829
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(zip
code)
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Registrant's
Telephone Number: (802)
334-7915
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Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required
to file for such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for the past 90 days. Yes ( X ) No
( )
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by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”,
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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accelerated filer ( )
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Accelerated
filer ( )
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Non-accelerated
filer ( ) (Do not check
if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company ( X )
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
YES
( ) NO(X)
At May 7,
2009, there were 4,489,847 shares outstanding of the Corporation's common
stock.
FORM
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PART
I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
I Financial
Statements
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Item
4T Controls and
Procedures
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PART
II OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1 Legal
Proceedings
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27
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Item
6 Exhibits
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The
following are the unaudited consolidated financial statements for Community
Bancorp. and Subsidiary, "the Company".
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets
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March
31
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December
31
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March
31
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2009
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2008
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Assets
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Cash
and due from banks
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$ | 8,408,662 | $ | 11,236,007 | $ | 8,704,470 | ||||||
Federal
funds sold and overnight deposits
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8,196 | 33,621 | 1,075,224 | |||||||||
Total
cash and cash equivalents
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8,416,858 | 11,269,628 | 9,779,694 | |||||||||
Securities
held-to-maturity (fair value $40,875,000 at 03/31/09,
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$38,212,000
at 12/31/08 and $44,281,000 at 03/31/08)
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40,091,646 | 37,288,357 | 44,211,914 | |||||||||
Securities
available-for-sale
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29,940,628 | 29,449,424 | 38,366,253 | |||||||||
Restricted
equity securities, at cost
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3,906,850 | 3,906,850 | 3,456,850 | |||||||||
Loans
held-for-sale
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1,262,322 | 1,181,844 | 1,294,564 | |||||||||
Loans
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362,353,977 | 364,811,683 | 357,467,878 | |||||||||
Allowance
for loan losses
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(3,311,554 | ) | (3,232,932 | ) | (2,969,847 | ) | ||||||
Unearned
net loan fees
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(260,199 | ) | (301,004 | ) | (385,293 | ) | ||||||
Net
loans
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358,782,224 | 361,277,747 | 354,112,738 | |||||||||
Bank
premises and equipment, net
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14,814,515 | 14,989,429 | 15,966,624 | |||||||||
Accrued
interest receivable
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2,091,316 | 2,044,550 | 2,619,771 | |||||||||
Bank
owned life insurance
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3,720,676 | 3,690,079 | 3,591,861 | |||||||||
Core
deposit intangible
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3,162,360 | 3,328,800 | 3,952,950 | |||||||||
Goodwill
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11,574,269 | 11,574,269 | 10,560,339 | |||||||||
Other
real estate owned
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185,000 | 185,000 | 0 | |||||||||
Other
assets
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7,653,280 | 7,613,255 | 7,159,713 | |||||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 485,601,944 | $ | 487,799,232 | $ | 495,073,271 | ||||||
Liabilities
and Shareholders' Equity
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Liabilities
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Deposits:
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Demand,
non-interest bearing
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$ | 49,322,103 | $ | 50,134,874 | $ | 48,820,207 | ||||||
NOW
and money market accounts
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120,669,051 | 127,500,699 | 131,991,064 | |||||||||
Savings
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54,048,600 | 49,266,879 | 50,165,818 | |||||||||
Time
deposits, $100,000 and over
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56,542,427 | 56,486,310 | 59,049,571 | |||||||||
Other
time deposits
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113,442,820 | 118,852,018 | 120,502,762 | |||||||||
Total
deposits
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394,025,001 | 402,240,780 | 410,529,422 | |||||||||
Federal
funds purchased and other borrowed funds
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16,750,000 | 12,572,000 | 16,476,000 | |||||||||
Repurchase
agreements
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21,002,058 | 19,086,456 | 14,820,990 | |||||||||
Capital
lease obligations
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905,707 | 915,052 | 940,704 | |||||||||
Junior
subordinated debentures
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12,887,000 | 12,887,000 | 12,887,000 | |||||||||
Accrued
interest and other liabilities
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4,249,220 | 4,825,052 | 4,715,341 | |||||||||
Total
liabilities
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449,818,986 | 452,526,340 | 460,369,457 | |||||||||
Shareholders'
Equity
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Preferred
stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 25 shares issued
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and
outstanding ($100,000 liquidation value)
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2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | |||||||||
Common
stock - $2.50 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized,
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4,683,143
shares issued at 03/31/09, 4,679,206 shares issued
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at
12/31/08, and 4,626,095 shares issued at 03/31/08
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11,707,858 | 11,698,015 | 11,565,237 | |||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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25,736,372 | 25,757,516 | 25,197,645 | |||||||||
Accumulated
deficit
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(1,956,344 | ) | (2,592,721 | ) | (2,144,501 | ) | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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417,849 | 532,859 | 208,210 | |||||||||
Less:
treasury stock, at cost; 210,101 shares at 03/31/09,
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12/31/08
and 3/31/08
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(2,622,777 | ) | (2,622,777 | ) | (2,622,777 | ) | ||||||
Total
shareholders' equity
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35,782,958 | 35,272,892 | 34,703,814 | |||||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
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$ | 485,601,944 | $ | 487,799,232 | $ | 495,073,271 | ||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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COMMUNITY
BANCORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
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Consolidated
Statements of Income
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For
The First Quarter Ended March 31,
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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Interest
income
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Interest
and fees on loans
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$ | 5,448,273 | $ | 6,127,296 | ||||
Interest
on debt securities
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Taxable
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305,003 | 495,453 | ||||||
Tax-exempt
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324,160 | 395,161 | ||||||
Dividends
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16,137 | 59,660 | ||||||
Interest
on federal funds sold and overnight deposits
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9 | 58,518 | ||||||
Total
interest income
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6,093,582 | 7,136,088 | ||||||
Interest
expense
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Interest
on deposits
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1,757,547 | 2,698,254 | ||||||
Interest
on federal funds purchased and other borrowed funds
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61,362 | 144,358 | ||||||
Interest
on repurchase agreements
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69,146 | 77,378 | ||||||
Interest
on junior subordinated debentures
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243,564 | 245,648 | ||||||
Total
interest expense
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2,131,619 | 3,165,638 | ||||||
Net
interest income
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3,961,963 | 3,970,450 | ||||||
Provision
for loan losses
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125,001 | 62,499 | ||||||
Net
interest income after provision for loan losses
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3,836,962 | 3,907,951 | ||||||
Non-interest
income
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Service
fees
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492,305 | 524,152 | ||||||
Income
on bank owned life insurance
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30,597 | 32,485 | ||||||
Net
realized gains on securities
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23,635 | 0 | ||||||
Other
income
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605,019 | 339,137 | ||||||
Total
non-interest income
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1,151,556 | 895,774 | ||||||
Non-interest
expense
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Salaries
and wages
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1,393,846 | 1,648,910 | ||||||
Employee
benefits
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537,983 | 613,047 | ||||||
Occupancy
expenses, net
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796,265 | 859,087 | ||||||
Amortization
of core deposit intangible
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166,440 | 208,050 | ||||||
Other
expenses
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1,605,577 | 1,456,076 | ||||||
Total
non-interest expense
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4,500,111 | 4,785,170 | ||||||
Income
before income taxes
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488,407 | 18,555 | ||||||
Income
tax benefit
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(194,846 | ) | (229,430 | ) | ||||
Net
Income
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$ | 683,253 | $ | 247,985 | ||||
Earnings
per common share
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$ | 0.14 | $ | 0.05 | ||||
Weighted
average number of common shares
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used
in computing earnings per share
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4,473,042 | 4,405,237 | ||||||
Dividends
declared per common share
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$ | 0.00 | $ | 0.17 | ||||
Book
value per share on common shares outstanding at March 31,
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$ | 7.44 | $ | 7.29 | ||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
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For
the Three Months Ended March 31,
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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Cash
Flow from Operating Activities:
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Net
Income
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$ | 683,253 | $ | 247,985 | ||||
Adjustments
to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Provided by
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(Used
In) Operating Activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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275,093 | 277,762 | ||||||
Provision
for loan losses
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125,001 | 62,499 | ||||||
Deferred
income taxes
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(86,182 | ) | (157,562 | ) | ||||
Net
gain on sale of securities
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(23,635 | ) | 0 | |||||
Net
gain on sale of loans
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(340,424 | ) | (80,912 | ) | ||||
Loss
(gain) on Trust LLC
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17,195 | (18,604 | ) | |||||
Accretion
of bond discount, net
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(457 | ) | (107,614 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from sales of loans held for sale
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25,908,639 | 6,745,555 | ||||||
Originations
of loans held for sale
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(25,648,693 | ) | (7,273,331 | ) | ||||
Decrease
in taxes payable
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(108,664 | ) | (215,784 | ) | ||||
Increase
in interest receivable
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(46,766 | ) | (315,716 | ) | ||||
(Increase)
decrease in mortgage servicing rights
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(6,157 | ) | 48,023 | |||||
Increase
in other assets
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(187,289 | ) | (958,048 | ) | ||||
Increase
in bank owned life insurance
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(30,597 | ) | (32,485 | ) | ||||
Amortization
of core deposit intangible
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166,440 | 208,050 | ||||||
Amortization
of limited partnerships
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244,890 | 100,500 | ||||||
Decrease
in unamortized loan fees
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(40,805 | ) | (58,079 | ) | ||||
Decrease
in interest payable
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(8,105 | ) | (71,103 | ) | ||||
Increase
in accrued expenses
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11,472 | 623,172 | ||||||
Decrease
in other liabilities
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(445,071 | ) | (631,880 | ) | ||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
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459,138 | (1,607,572 | ) | |||||
Cash
Flows from Investing Activities:
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Investments
– held-to-maturity
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Maturities
and paydowns
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9,143,094 | 1,358,968 | ||||||
Purchases
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(11,946,382 | ) | (11,260,049 | ) | ||||
Investments
– available-for-sale
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Sales
and maturities
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3,556,320 | 9,765,102 | ||||||
Purchases
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(4,197,691 | ) | (1,000,000 | ) | ||||
Decrease
(increase) in loans, net
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2,399,580 | (1,726,267 | ) | |||||
Capital
expenditures, net of proceeds from sales of bank
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premises
and equipment
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(100,179 | ) | 119,115 | |||||
Recoveries
of loans charged off
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11,747 | 24,895 | ||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(1,133,511 | ) | (2,718,236 | ) | ||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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2009
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2008
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Cash
Flows from Financing Activities:
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Net
decrease in demand, NOW, money market and savings accounts
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(2,862,698 | ) | (106,218 | ) | ||||
Net
decrease in time deposits
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(5,353,081 | ) | (5,584,470 | ) | ||||
Net
increase (decrease) in repurchase agreements
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1,915,602 | (2,623,943 | ) | |||||
Net
(decrease) increase in short-term borrowings
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(5,822,000 | ) | 10,716,000 | |||||
Net
increase in long-term borrowings
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10,000,000 | 0 | ||||||
Repayments
on long-term borrowings
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0 | (8,000,000 | ) | |||||
Decrease
in capital lease obligations
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(9,345 | ) | 0 | |||||
Dividends
paid on preferred stock
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(46,875 | ) | (46,875 | ) | ||||
Dividends
paid on common stock
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0 | (521,515 | ) | |||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
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(2,178,397 | ) | (6,167,021 | ) | ||||
Net
decrease in cash and cash equivalents
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(2,852,770 | ) | (10,492,829 | ) | ||||
Cash
and cash equivalents:
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Beginning
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11,269,628 | 20,272,523 | ||||||
Ending
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$ | 8,416,858 | $ | 9,779,694 | ||||
Supplemental
Schedule of Cash Paid During the Period
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Interest
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$ | 2,139,724 | $ | 3,491,666 | ||||
Income
taxes
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$ | 0 | $ | 105,000 | ||||
Supplemental
Schedule of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:
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Change
in unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale
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$ | (174,258 | ) | $ | 146,970 | |||
Common
Shares Dividends Paid
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Dividends
declared
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$ | 0 | $ | 747,929 | ||||
(Increase)
decrease in dividends payable attributable
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to
dividends declared
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(11,302 | ) | 6,859 | |||||
Dividends
reinvested
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11,302 | (233,273 | ) | |||||
$ | 0 | $ | 521,515 | |||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND CONSOLIDATION
The
interim consolidated financial statements of Community Bancorp. and Subsidiary
are unaudited. All significant intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management,
all adjustments necessary for fair presentation of the financial condition and
results of operations of the Company contained herein have been
made. The unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read
in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes
thereto for the year ended December 31, 2008 contained in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K/A.
Certain
amounts in the 2008 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to
the current year presentation.
NOTE
2. RECENT ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS
In
February 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff
Position (FSP) FAS 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157”, which
delays the effective date for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial
liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value on a
recurring basis (at least annually), to fiscal years beginning after November
15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Although this Statement
does not require any new fair value measurements, it has expanded fair value
disclosures.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the
Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly
Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly”. FSP FAS
157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value
Measurements”, when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability
have significantly decreased. FSP FAS 157-4 also includes guidance on
identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not
orderly. It affirms that even if there has been a significant
decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability and
regardless of the valuation technique(s) used, the objective of a fair value
measurement remains to determine the price that would be received to sell the
asset in an orderly transaction. This FSP is effective for interim
and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption
permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity may
early adopt this FSP only if it also elects to early adopt FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS
124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments”, and
FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial
Instruments”. The Company will adopt this FSP for the period ending
June 30, 2009 and does not anticipate that it will have a material effect on the
financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures
about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”. This Statement amends
SFAS No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, to
require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments for interim
reporting periods of publicly traded companies as well as in annual financial
statements. This FSP also amends Accounting Principles Board (APB)
Opinion No. 28, “Interim Financial Reporting”, to require those disclosures in
summarized financial information at interim reporting periods. This
FSP is effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, with
early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An
entity may early adopt this FSP only if it also elects to early adopt FSP FAS
157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the
Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions
That Are Not Orderly”, and FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and
Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments”. This FSP does not
require disclosures for earlier periods presented for comparative purposes at
initial adoption. In periods after initial adoption, this FSP
requires comparative disclosures only for periods ending after initial
adoption. The Company will adopt this FSP for the period ending June
30, 2009 and does not anticipate that it will have a material effect on the
financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and
Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments”. The objective of
an other-than-temporary impairment analysis under existing U.S. Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is to determine whether the holder of an
investment in a debt or equity security for which changes in fair value are not
regularly recognized in earnings (such as securities classified as
held-to-maturity or available-for-sale) should recognize a loss in earnings when
the investment is impaired. An investment is impaired if the fair
value of the investment is less than its amortized cost basis. FAS
115-2 and FAS 124-2 amends the other-than-temporary impairment guidance in U.S.
GAAP for debt securities to make the guidance more operational and to improve
the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments of debt and
equity securities in the financial statements. Specifically, FSP FAS
115-2 and FAS 124-2 (i) changes existing guidance for determining whether an
impairment to debt securities is other than temporary and (ii) replaces the
existing requirement that the entity’s management assert it has both the intent
and ability to hold an impaired security until recovery, with a requirement that
management assert: (a) it does not have the intent to sell the
security; and (b) it is more likely than not it will not have to sell the
security before recovery of its cost basis. Under FSP FAS 115-2 and
FAS 124-2, declines in the fair value of held-to-maturity and available-for-sale
securities below their cost that are deemed to be other than temporary are
reflected in earnings as realized losses to the extent the impairment is related
to credit losses. The amount of the impairment related to other
factors is recognized in other comprehensive income. This FSP does
not amend existing recognition and measurement guidance related to
other-than-temporary impairments of equity securities. This FSP is
effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009,
with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15,
2009. An entity may early adopt this FSP only if it also elects to
early adopt FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of
Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying
Transactions That Are Not Orderly”, and FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”. The Company
will adopt this FSP for the period ending June 30, 2009 and is currently
evaluating the effect of this FSP on the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.
NOTE
3. EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
Earnings
per common share amounts are computed based on the weighted average number of
shares of common stock issued during the period (retroactively adjusted for
stock splits and stock dividends) including Dividend Reinvestment Plan shares
issuable upon reinvestment of dividends and reduced for shares held in
treasury. The following table illustrates the calculation for the
quarters ended March 31, as adjusted for the cash dividend declared on the
preferred stock:
2009
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2008
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Net
income, as reported
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$ | 683,253 | $ | 247,985 | ||||
Less:
dividends to preferred shareholders
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46,875 | 46,875 | ||||||
Net
income available to common shareholders
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$ | 636,378 | $ | 201,110 | ||||
Weighted
average number of common shares used in calculating
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||||||||
earnings
per share
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4,473,042 | 4,405,237 | ||||||
Earnings
per common share
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$ | 0.14 | $ | 0.05 |
NOTE
4. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Accounting
principles generally require recognized revenue, expenses, gains, and losses to
be included in net income. Certain changes in assets and liabilities,
such as the after-tax effect of unrealized gains and losses on
available-for-sale securities, are not reflected in the statement of income, but
the cumulative effect of such items from period-to-period is reflected as a
separate component of the equity section of the balance sheet (accumulated other
comprehensive income or loss). Other comprehensive income or loss,
along with net income, comprises the Company's total comprehensive
income.
The
Company's total comprehensive income for the comparison periods is calculated as
follows:
For
the first quarter ended March 31,
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2009
|
2008
|
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Net
income
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$ | 683,253 | $ | 247,985 | ||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
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||||||||
Change
in unrealized holding gain on available-for-sale
|
||||||||
securities
arising during the period
|
(174,258 | ) | 146,970 | |||||
Tax
effect
|
59,248 | (49,970 | ) | |||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
|
(115,010 | ) | 97,000 | |||||
Total
comprehensive income
|
$ | 568,243 | $ | 344,985 |
NOTE
5. MERGER AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The
Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Community National Bank (the Bank), and
LyndonBank entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger on August 1, 2007, and
on December 31, 2007, the all-cash merger was consummated. The
aggregate purchase price, including transaction costs, was approximately $26.7
million in cash for all the shares of LyndonBank cancelled in the
merger. The purchase price was allocated to assets acquired and
liabilities assumed based on estimates of fair value at the date of
acquisition. The excess of purchase price over the fair value of net
tangible and intangible assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. The
Bank worked with third-party experts on the valuations of certain intangible
assets throughout the year in 2008. During the first quarter of 2008, the
Company received valuations on bank premises and equipment to determine fair
value and make the necessary adjustments to bank premises and equipment,
goodwill and the related deferred tax liability. The net adjustment
to goodwill was an increase of $212,884. During the second quarter of
2008, additional adjustments amounting to a net decrease of $57,536 were made to
goodwill for the settlement of certain LyndonBank liability
accounts. During the third quarter of 2008, adjustments amounting to
a net increase in goodwill were made totaling $1,064,228 for some additional
costs related to the merger, disposal of software used during the first quarter
of 2008 that was no longer needed, and a fair value adjustment totaling $656,347
on two classes of Fannie Mae preferred stock the Company acquired in the
merger. During the fourth quarter of 2008, a final payment amounting
to $7,237 was made to a third party consultant related to the valuation of the
Fannie Mae preferred stock, bringing goodwill to the December 31, 2008 total of
approximately $11.6 million.
The
$4.2 million of acquired identified intangible assets represents the core
deposit intangible and is subject to amortization over a ten year period using a
double declining method.
As of
March 31, 2009, the remaining amortization expense related to core deposit
intangible is expected to be as follows:
2009
|
$ | 499,320 | ||
2010
|
532,608 | |||
2011
|
426,086 | |||
2012
|
340,869 | |||
2013
|
272,695 | |||
Thereafter
|
1,090,782 | |||
Total
core deposit intangible expense
|
$ | 3,162,360 |
The
goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.
At
March 31, 2009, Management evaluated goodwill and core deposit intangible assets
for impairment and concluded that no impairment existed as of such
date.
NOTE
6. FAIR VALUE
Effective
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157, which provides a framework
for measuring and disclosing fair value under generally accepted accounting
principles. SFAS No. 157 requires disclosures about the fair value of
assets and liabilities recognized in the balance sheet in periods subsequent to
initial recognition, whether the measurements are made on a recurring basis (for
example, available-for-sale investment securities) or on a nonrecurring basis
(for example, impaired loans).
SFAS
No. 157 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an
asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most
advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants on the measurement date. SFAS No. 157 also
establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use
of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring
fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be
used to measure fair value:
Level
1
|
Quoted
prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities. Level 1 assets and liabilities include debt and
equity securities and derivative contracts that are traded in an active
exchange market, as well as U.S. Treasury, other U.S. Government and
agency mortgage-backed debt securities that are highly liquid and are
actively traded in over-the-counter
markets.
|
Level
2
|
Observable
inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets
and liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other
inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market
data for substantially the full term of the assets or
liabilities. Level 2 assets and liabilities include debt
securities with quoted prices that are traded less frequently than
exchange-traded instruments and derivative contracts whose value is
determined using a pricing model with inputs that are observable in the
market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable
market data. This category generally includes certain
derivative contracts, residential mortgage servicing rights, and impaired
loans.
|
Level
3
|
Unobservable
inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are
significant to the fair value of the assets or
liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include financial
instruments whose value is determined using pricing models, discounted
cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for
which the determination of fair value requires significant management
judgment or estimation. For example, this category generally
includes certain private equity investments, retained residual interest in
securitizations, and highly-structured or long-term derivative
contracts.
|
A
financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based
upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value
measurement. Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and
reflected in the balance sheet for the periods presented are summarized
below:
March
31, 2009
|
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Securities
available-for-sale
|
$ | 4,184,385 | $ | 25,756,243 | $ | 0 | $ | 29,940,628 | ||||||||
December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Securities
available-for-sale
|
$ | 4,214,717 | $ | 25,234,707 | $ | 0 | $ | 29,449,424 | ||||||||
March
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Securities
available-for-sale
|
$ | 4,742,550 | $ | 33,623,703 | $ | 0 | $ | 38,366,253 |
Assets
measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and reflected in the balance
sheet for the periods presented are summarized below:
March
31, 2009
|
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Loans
held-for-sale
|
$ | 0 | $ | 1,262,322 | $ | 0 | $ | 1,262,322 | ||||||||
Residential
mortgage servicing rights
|
0 | 966,267 | 0 | 966,267 | ||||||||||||
Impaired
loans, net of related allowance
|
0 | 2,247,629 | 0 | 2,247,629 | ||||||||||||
Other
real estate owned
|
0 | 185,000 | 0 | 185,000 | ||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 0 | $ | 4,661,218 | $ | 0 | $ | 4,661,218 | ||||||||
December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Loans
held-for-sale
|
$ | 0 | $ | 1,181,844 | $ | 0 | $ | 1,181,844 | ||||||||
Residential
mortgage servicing rights
|
0 | 956,891 | 0 | 956,891 | ||||||||||||
Impaired
loans, net of related allowance
|
0 | 1,748,715 | 0 | 1,748,715 | ||||||||||||
Other
real estate owned
|
0 | 185,000 | 0 | 185,000 | ||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 0 | $ | 4,072,450 | $ | 0 | $ | 4,072,450 | ||||||||
March
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Loans
held-for-sale
|
$ | 0 | $ | 1,294,564 | $ | 0 | $ | 1,294,564 | ||||||||
Residential
mortgage servicing rights
|
0 | 1,207,259 | 0 | 1,207,259 | ||||||||||||
Impaired
loans, net of related allowance
|
0 | 381,863 | 0 | 381,863 | ||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 0 | $ | 2,883,686 | $ | 0 | $ | 2,883,686 |
The fair
value of loans held-for-sale is based upon an actual purchase and sale agreement
between the Company and an independent market participant. The sale
is executed within a reasonable period following quarter end at the stated fair
value.
NOTE
7. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The
Company’s subsidiary, Community National Bank, as successor by merger to
LyndonBank, was a party to a contract dispute with a service provider involving
disputed charges of approximately $72,000. On December 31, 2008, the
Company accrued a contingent liability of $50,000 for this matter and the
dispute was settled in April 2009 for that amount.
In
addition to the foregoing matter, in the normal course of business the Company
and its subsidiary are involved in litigation that is considered incidental to
their business. Management does not expect that any such litigation
will be material to the Company's consolidated financial condition or results of
operations.
NOTE
8. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On
April 3, 2009, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.12 per share payable
May 1, 2009 to shareholders of record as of April 15, 2009.
NOTE
9. MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS
During
the first quarter of 2009, the continued low interest rate environment adversely
affected the value of the Company’s mortgage servicing rights
portfolio. Although strong residential mortgage loan activity in
recent months resulted in significant additions to the loan servicing portfolio
during the first quarter of 2009, the Company recorded a valuation adjustment
for impairment of the portfolio during the quarter in the amount of
$157,876. At March 31, 2009, the net carrying value of the Company’s
mortgage servicing rights portfolio was $966,267, compared to $960,110 at year
end 2008 and $1,207,259 at March 31, 2008.
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
for the
Period Ended March 31, 2009
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
The
Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations contains certain forward-looking statements about the
results of operations, financial condition and business of the Company and its
subsidiary. When used therein, the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates,"
"intends," "estimates," "plans," "predicts," or similar expressions, indicate
that management of the Company is making forward-looking
statements.
Forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance. They necessarily
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Future results of the
Company may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking
statements. Examples of forward looking statements included in this
discussion include, but are not limited to, estimated contingent liability
related to assumptions made within the asset/liability management process,
management's expectations as to the future interest rate environment and
economic outlook, and the Company's related liquidity level, credit risk
expectations relating to the Company's loan portfolio and its participation in
the FHLBB Mortgage Partnership Finance (MPF) program, and management's general
outlook for the future performance of the Company, summarized below under
"Overview". Although forward-looking statements are based on
management's current expectations and estimates, many of the factors that could
influence or determine actual results are unpredictable and not within the
Company's control. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on such statements as they speak only as of the date they are
made. The Company does not undertake, and disclaims any obligation,
to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence or
anticipated occurrence of events or circumstances after the date of this Report,
except as required by applicable law. The Company claims the
protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Factors
that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by
these forward-looking statements include, among others, the following
possibilities: (1) general economic or monetary conditions, either nationally or
regionally, continue to deteriorate, resulting in a decline in credit quality or
a diminished demand for the Company's products and services; (2) competitive
pressures increase among financial service providers in the Company's northern
New England market area or in the financial service industry generally,
including competitive pressures from non-bank financial service providers, from
increasing consolidation and integration of financial service providers, and
from changes in technology and delivery systems; (3) interest rates change in
such a way as to reduce the Company's margins; (4) changes in laws or
government rules, or the way in which courts and government agencies interpret
those laws or rules, adversely affect the Company's business; (5) changes in
federal or state tax policy; and (6) we may not fully realize anticipated
benefits of the acquisition of LyndonBank or realize them within expected
timeframes.
OVERVIEW
The
Company’s consolidated assets on March 31, 2009 were $485.6 million compared to
$487.8 million on December 31, 2008 and $495.1 million on March 31, 2008,
resulting in decreases of 0.5% and 2%, respectively. The decrease of
$12.6 million in the investment portfolio year over year was used to fund the
$5.0 million in loan growth and helped to provide liquidity for the decrease in
deposits of $16.5 million between periods. A portion of the decrease
in deposits is due to an anticipated initial runoff of the LyndonBank
non-maturing deposits after the merger. Certificates of deposits
decreased $7.0 million year over year and $5.4 million year to date due in part
to the low rate environment as well as greater than expected post-merger
runoff.
Net
income for the first quarter of 2009 was $683,253 or $0.14 per share, compared
to $247,985, or $0.05 per share, in 2008. Comparing the earnings for
the two quarters is difficult due to the fact that the activity in each of the
periods differed significantly. The first quarter of 2008 was the
first quarter of combined operations following the LyndonBank acquisition, and
operating results were significantly impacted by one-time merger-related
expenses. Comparability of results between periods was also affected
by the historically low interest rate environment throughout the first quarter
of 2009. The December 2008 efforts by the Federal Reserve to
stimulate the real estate market by buying billions of dollars in mortgage-back
securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac drove down mortgage interest rates
and sparked very strong mortgage refinancing activity that created a high level
of home loan refinancing and sales of residential mortgages during the first
quarter of 2009. The Company originated $25.9 million in loans sold
in the secondary market during the first quarter of 2009 compared to $6.7
million in the first quarter of 2008. This activity generated fee
income of $407,878 and $60,319 for those respective
periods. Management expects this trend to continue well into the
second quarter, but anticipates a slow down during the second half of
2009.
The
unprecedented volatility in the financial markets and the recessionary economic
environment continued throughout the first quarter of 2009. The
Company did not engage in subprime lending nor was such lending prevalent in the
Company’s market area. Nevertheless, recessionary pressures are
adversely affecting local real estate and labor markets, and the Company has
continued to see a rise in past due and non-performing loans which began in the
second half of 2008. In light of these trends, management made a loan
loss provision of $125,001 for the first quarter of 2009, compared to $62,499
for the same period last year. Net of charge offs and recoveries, the
Company’s loan loss coverage (loan loss reserve to average loans outstanding)
increased to 0.901% at March 31, 2009, compared to 0.88% at year end 2008 and
0.834% as of the end of the first quarter of 2008. Management intends
to continue to monitor its loan portfolio closely in light of changing economic
conditions, while at the same time fulfilling its long tradition of service to
its communities by continuing to lend to qualified borrowers who meet the
Company’s prudent loan underwriting standards.
Non-interest
expense for the first quarter of 2009 decreased by 6% compared to the first
quarter of 2008. During the first quarter of 2008, the Company’s
non-interest expenses were significantly affected by one-time merger-related
expenses, including the cost of merging the computer systems and termination of
various contracts and service agreements that had been in place at
LyndonBank. Management increased the allowance for loan losses by
$125,001 in the first quarter of 2009 compared to an increase of $62,499 in the
first quarter of 2008 due to an increasing trend in non-performing loans, as
well as criticized and classified assets. Delinquencies however have
been relatively stable.
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) increased general deposit premiums
effective in 2009, resulting in an estimated 2009 premium of $562,000, or an
increase of over $400,000 year over year. In addition to this general
deposit premium, the FDIC announced an industry-wide special assessment of 20
basis points on deposits as of June 30, 2009, payable on September 30,
2009. Although there is some uncertainty about the final special
assessment rate, the Company estimates that it will cost a minimum of $400,000
and possibly as much as $800,000. An accrual of $133,000 was recorded
for the special assessment in the first quarter of 2009.
During
the first quarter of 2009, the Company was approved for an equity investment by
the U.S. Treasury Department of up to $9.8 million under Troubled Asset Relief
Program (TARP) Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”). After careful
consideration of all of the economic and non-economic benefits and costs of
participating in the program, the Board of Directors concluded in March, 2009
that participation in the CPP would not be in the best interests of the Company
or its shareholders, customers and employees. Furthermore, at March
31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company and its subsidiary, Community
National Bank, maintained regulatory capital ratios in excess of those required
to be considered “well capitalized.”
In
April 2009, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12
per common share. This represents a decrease of $.05 per share from
the dividend paid quarterly in 2008. The decision to reduce the
dividend was based on a commitment to maintain the Company’s already strong
levels of regulatory capital and made only after careful consideration of the
weakening economy and pervasive uncertainty in the financial
markets. On an annualized basis, the lower dividend payout would add
approximately $890,000 to the Company’s common equity in 2009 before reinvested
dividends, further increasing its strong capital and liquidity
position.
The
following pages describe our first quarter financial results in much more
detail. Please take the time to read them to more fully understand the three
months ended March 31, 2009 in relation to the 2008 comparison
periods. The discussion below should be read in conjunction with the
Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and related notes included in
this report and with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year
ended December 31, 2008. This report includes forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act").
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
The
Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared according to accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US
GAAP). The preparation of such financial statements requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and related
notes. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has defined a
company’s critical accounting policies as those that are most important to the
portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, and
which require the Company to make its most difficult and subjective judgments,
often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently
uncertain. Because of the significance of these estimates and
assumptions, there is a high likelihood that materially different amounts would
be reported for the Company under different conditions or using different
assumptions or estimates.
Management
evaluates on an ongoing basis its judgment as to which policies are considered
to be critical. Management believes that the calculation of the allowance for
loan losses (ALL) is a critical accounting policy that requires the most
significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated
financial statements. In estimating the ALL, management considers
historical experience as well as other factors including the effect of changes
in the local real estate market on collateral values, current economic
indicators and their probable impact on borrowers and changes in delinquent,
non-performing or impaired loans. Management’s estimates used in
calculating the ALL may increase or decrease based on changes in these factors,
which in turn will affect the amount of the Company’s provision for loan losses
charged against current period income. Actual results could differ
significantly from these estimates under different assumptions, judgments or
conditions.
Occasionally,
the Company acquires property in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction
of debts previously contracted. To determine the value of property acquired in
or in lieu of foreclosure, management often obtains independent appraisals or
evaluations of such properties. The extent of any recovery on these
loans depends largely on the amount the Company is able to realize upon
liquidation of the underlying collateral; the recovery of a substantial portion
of the carrying amount of foreclosed real estate is susceptible to changes in
local market conditions. The likelihood or extent of such change that
is reasonably possible cannot be estimated. In addition, regulatory
agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review
the Company’s allowance for losses on loans and foreclosed real
estate. Such agencies may require the Company to recognize additions
to the allowances based on their judgments about information available to them
at the time of their examination.
Companies
are required to perform periodic reviews of individual securities in their
investment portfolios to determine whether decline in the value of a security is
other than temporary. A review of other-than-temporary impairment requires
companies to make certain judgments regarding the materiality of the decline and
the probability, extent and timing of a valuation recovery and the company’s
intent and ability to continue to hold the security. Pursuant to these
requirements, management assesses valuation declines to determine the extent to
which such changes are attributable to fundamental factors specific to the
issuer, such as financial condition and business prospects, or to market-related
or other factors, such as interest rates. Declines in the fair value of
securities below their cost that are deemed in accordance with GAAP to be other
than temporary are recorded in earnings as realized losses.
SFAS
No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets-an Amendment to FASB
Statement No. 140” requires mortgage
servicing rights associated with loans originated and sold, where servicing is
retained, to be initially capitalized at fair value and subsequently accounted
for using the “fair value method” or the “amortization method”.
Capitalized mortgage servicing rights are included in other assets in the
consolidated balance sheet. Mortgage servicing rights are amortized into
non-interest income in proportion to, and over the period of, estimated future
net servicing income of the underlying financial assets. The value of
capitalized servicing rights represents the present value of the future
servicing fees arising from the right to service loans in the portfolio. The
carrying value of the mortgage servicing rights is periodically reviewed for
impairment based on a determination of fair value compared to amortized cost,
and impairment, if any, is recognized through a valuation allowance and is
recorded as amortization of other assets. Critical accounting
policies for mortgage servicing rights relate to the initial valuation and
subsequent impairment tests. The methodology used to determine the valuation of
mortgage servicing rights requires the development and use of a number of
estimates, including anticipated principal amortization and prepayments of that
principal balance. Factors that may significantly affect the estimates used are
changes in interest rates and the payment performance of the underlying
loans. The Company analyzes and accounts for the value of its
servicing rights with the assistance of a third party consultant.
Accounting
for a business combination such as the Company’s 2007 acquisition of LyndonBank,
requires the application of the purchase method of accounting. Under
the purchase method, the Company is required to record the net assets and
liabilities acquired through an acquisition at fair value, with the excess of
the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets recorded as goodwill
and evaluated annually for impairment. The determination of fair
value requires the use of assumptions, including discount rates, changes in
which could significantly affect assigned fair values.
Management
utilizes numerous techniques to estimate the carrying value of various assets
held by the Company, including, but not limited to, bank premises and equipment
and deferred taxes. The assumptions considered in making these estimates are
based on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed by
management to be reasonable under the circumstances. The use of
different estimates or assumptions could produce different estimates of carrying
values and those differences could be material in some
circumstances.
RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
The
Company’s net income for the first quarter of 2009 was $683,253, representing an
increase of $435,268, or 175.5% over net income of $247,985 for the first
quarter of 2008. This resulted in earnings per share of $0.14 and $0.05,
respectively, for the first quarters of 2009 and 2008. Core earnings
(net interest income) for the first quarter of 2009 decreased $8,487 or 0.2%
over the first quarter of 2008. Interest income on loans, the major
component of interest income, decreased approximately $1.0 million or 14.6%,
despite a $5.0 million increase in loans year over year, and interest and
dividend income on investments decreased $304,974 or 32.1%. Interest
expense on deposits, the major component of interest expense, decreased $940,707
or 34.9%, between periods and interest on federal funds purchased and other
borrowed funds decreased $82,996 or 57.5%. All of these decreases are primarily
the result of decreases in interest rates throughout 2008.
As
a result of the LyndonBank merger, the Company is required to amortize the fair
value adjustments of the loans and deposits against net interest
income. The loan fair value adjustment was a net premium, creating a
decrease in interest income of $22,631 for the first quarter of 2009 compared to
$115,724 for the first quarter of 2008. The certificate of deposit
fair value adjustment resulted in an increase in interest expense of $65,000 for
the first quarter of 2009 compared to $273,050 for the first quarter of
2008. The amortization of the core deposit intangible amounted to an
expense of $166,440 for the first quarter of 2009 compared to $208,050 for the
first quarter of 2008.
In
recent months the Company has experienced a heavy volume of secondary market
loan activity, which has helped to boost income for the first quarter of
2009. With the exception of an increase in FDIC insurance due to the
unanticipated FDIC special assessment, expenses for the first quarter of 2009
were relatively close to budget. The relatively high level of
expenses during the first quarter of 2008 was a direct result of the LyndonBank
merger, including costs to terminate service contracts held by the former
LyndonBank, costs of outside contracts to complete the computer and network
conversions, the cost of a communication booklet for the customers, and salary
and wages for the personnel needed to complete the merger and the conversion of
computer systems.
Return
on average assets (ROA), which is net income divided by average total assets,
measures how effectively a corporation uses its assets to produce
earnings. Return on average equity (ROE), which is net income divided
by average shareholders' equity, measures how effectively a corporation uses its
equity capital to produce earnings. ROA and ROE were significantly
lower in both first quarter periods of 2009 and 2008 compared to the first
quarters in prior years, reflecting not only the effect of merger-related
expenses, but also a significant increase in assets and equity resulting from
the merger. The following table shows these ratios annualized for the
comparison periods.
For
the first quarter ended March 31,
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
Return
on Average Assets
|
0.58 | % | .17 | % | ||||
Return
on Average Equity
|
7.83 | % | 2.50 | % |
INTEREST INCOME LESS
INTEREST EXPENSE (NET INTEREST INCOME)
Net
interest income, the difference between interest income and interest expense,
represents the largest portion of the Company's earnings, and is affected by the
volume, mix, and rate sensitivity of earning assets and interest bearing
liabilities, market interest rates and the amount of non-interest bearing funds
which support earning assets. The three tables below provide a visual
comparison of the consolidated figures, and are stated on a tax equivalent basis
assuming a federal tax rate of 34%. The Company’s corporate tax rate
is 34%, therefore, to equalize tax-free and taxable income in the comparison, we
must divide the tax-free income by 66%, with the result that every tax-free
dollar is equal to $1.52 in taxable income.
Tax-exempt
income is derived from municipal investments, which comprise the entire
held-to-maturity portfolio of $40.0 million at March 31, 2009. The
Company acquired municipal investments through the merger with LyndonBank
amounting to approximately $1.1 million, which were sold in January 2009 for a
net loss of $12,122. Also included in the Company’s
available-for-sale portfolio are two classes of Fannie Mae preferred stock
acquired in the merger, which carried a 70% tax exemption on dividends
received. Dividend payments on the Fannie Mae preferred stock, which
amounted to $30,373 for the first quarter of 2008, ceased the last quarter of
2008 following the federal government’s action in September, 2008 placing Fannie
Mae under conservatorship. Dividend payments on the Company’s
holdings of Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBB) stock, which amounted to
$50,190 for the first quarter of 2008, ceased during the last quarter of
2008. Payment of dividends on the Fannie Mae and FHLBB stock is
unlikely to resume during 2009.
The
following table shows the reconciliation between reported net interest income
and tax equivalent, net interest income for the three month comparison periods
of 2009 and 2008:
For
the three months ended March 31,
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
Net
interest income as presented
|
$ | 3,961,963 | $ | 3,970,450 | ||||
Effect
of tax-exempt income
|
167,214 | 203,568 | ||||||
Net
interest income, tax equivalent
|
$ | 4,129,177 | $ | 4,174,018 |
AVERAGE
BALANCES AND INTEREST RATES
The
table below presents average earning assets and average interest-bearing
liabilities supporting earning assets. Interest income (excluding
interest on non-accrual loans) and interest expense are both expressed on a tax
equivalent basis, both in dollars and as a rate/yield for the 2009 and 2008
comparison periods. Loans are stated before deduction of non-accrual
loans, unearned discount and allowance for loan losses.
For
the Three Months Ended:
|
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2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Income/
|
Rate/
|
Average
|
Income/
|
Rate/
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance
|
Expense
|
Yield
|
Balance
|
Expense
|
Yield
|
|||||||||||||||||||
EARNING
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loans
(1)
|
$ | 367,427,373 | $ | 5,448,273 | 6.01 | % | $ | 356,296,534 | $ | 6,127,296 | 6.92 | % | ||||||||||||
Taxable
Investment Securities
|
27,636,654 | 305,003 | 4.48 | % | 40,640,048 | 495,453 | 4.90 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Tax
Exempt Investment Securities
|
39,117,504 | 491,374 | 5.09 | % | 41,801,655 | 598,729 | 5.76 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Federal
Funds Sold and Interest
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earning
Deposit Accounts
|
232,714 | 9 | 0.02 | % | 3,977,863 | 58,518 | 5.92 | % | ||||||||||||||||
FHLBB
Stock
|
3,318,700 | 0 | 0.00 | % | 3,318,700 | 50,190 | 6.08 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Other
Investments
|
975,150 | 16,137 | 6.71 | % | 525,150 | 9,470 | 7.25 | % | ||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$ | 438,708,095 | $ | 6,260,796 | 5.79 | % | $ | 446,559,950 | $ | 7,339,656 | 6.61 | % | ||||||||||||
INTEREST
BEARING LIABILITIES & EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOW
& Money Market Funds
|
$ | 125,313,270 | $ | 374,590 | 1.21 | % | $ | 119,486,783 | $ | 699,169 | 2.35 | % | ||||||||||||
Savings
Deposits
|
51,095,067 | 38,500 | 0.31 | % | 48,737,146 | 51,493 | 0.42 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Time
Deposits
|
172,922,618 | 1,344,458 | 3.15 | % | 183,071,611 | 1,947,592 | 4.28 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Fed
Funds Purchased and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
Borrowed Funds
|
14,120,078 | 42,959 | 1.23 | % | 11,100,352 | 125,307 | 4.54 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Repurchase
Agreements
|
19,396,523 | 69,146 | 1.45 | % | 17,491,623 | 77,378 | 1.78 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Capital
Lease Obligations
|
908,940 | 18,402 | 8.21 | % | 939,237 | 19,051 | 8.16 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Junior
Subordinated Debentures
|
12,887,000 | 243,564 | 7.66 | % | 12,887,000 | 245,648 | 7.67 | % | ||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$ | 396,643,496 | $ | 2,131,619 | 2.18 | % | $ | 393,713,752 | $ | 3,165,638 | 3.23 | % | ||||||||||||
Net
Interest Income
|
$ | 4,129,177 | $ | 4,174,018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Interest Spread(2)
|
3.61 | % | 3.38 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
Margin(3)
|
3.82 | % | 3.76 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Included
in gross loans are non-accrual loans with an average balance of $2,251,281
and $669,038 for the three months
ended 2009 and 2008, respectively.
|
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(2) Net
interest Spread is the difference between the yield on earning assets and
the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities.
|
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(3) Interest
margin is net interest income divided by average earning
assets.
|
The
average volume of earning assets for the first three months of 2009 decreased
$7.9 million, or 1.8% compared to the same period of 2008, and the average yield
decreased 82 basis points. The average volume of loans increased
$11.1 million or 3.1%, while the average volume of the investment portfolio
decreased $15.7 million between periods. The increase in loans is
attributable to an increase in loan activity while the decrease in investments
is due in part to maturities within the Company’s available-for-sale portfolio
which were used to fund loan growth, and to the effect of post-merger deposit
runoff. The Company sold approximately $3 million from its
available-for-sale portfolio during the first quarter of 2009, accounting for a
portion of the decrease in the investment portfolio. As mentioned
above, the Company acquired two classes of Fannie Mae preferred stock in the
2007 LyndonBank merger, which is included in its available-for-sale
portfolio. The fair value of these securities was originally booked
at $1.5 million, however, during 2008 the Company obtained a fair value analysis
from an independent consultant and made a fair value adjustment amounting to
$656,347. Later in 2008, when Fannie Mae was placed under
conservatorship, the Company determined that the stock was further impaired,
resulting in a write down of $739,332 through the consolidated statement of
income. These two adjustments are contributing factors to the decrease in
investments between periods. Interest earned on the loan portfolio
comprised approximately 87.0% of total interest income for the first three
months of 2009 and 83.5% for the 2008 comparison period. Interest
earned on tax exempt investments (which is presented on a tax equivalent basis)
comprised 7.9% of total interest income for the first three months of 2009
compared to 8.2% for the same period in 2008. Dividend payments on
the Fannie Mae preferred stock, which amounted to $30,373 for the first three
months of 2008, ceased the last quarter of 2008 following the federal
government’s action in September, 2008 placing Fannie Mae under
conservatorship. Payment of dividends on this stock is unlikely to
resume during 2009. Additionally, dividend payments on the Company’s
FHLBB stock ceased during the last quarter of 2008, and future dividend payments
are unlikely for 2009.
In
comparison, the average volume of interest bearing liabilities for the first
three months of 2009 increased $2.9 million or 0.74% over the 2008 comparison
period, while the average rate paid on these accounts decreased 105 basis
points. The average volume of time deposits decreased $10.1 million,
or 5.5%, and the interest paid on time deposits, which comprised 63.1% and
61.5%, respectively, of total interest expense for the 2009 and 2008 comparison
periods, decreased $603,134, or 31.0%. Competition for time deposits
was more aggressive during the first quarter of 2009, which when coupled with
runoff of LyndonBank time deposits, accounted for the decrease in these
liabilities. NOW and money market funds increased $5.8 million or
4.9%, and the interest paid on these funds comprised 17.6% and 22.1%,
respectively, of the total interest expense for the three months of 2009 and
2008.
The
cumulative result of all these changes was an increase of 23 basis points in the
net interest spread and an increase of six basis points in the interest
margin. The decrease and change in the mix of the balance sheet
helped to maintain the net interest spread and interest margin in spite of a
decrease in net interest income. In a falling rate environment, net
interest income trends downward as asset yields are replacing into the lower
rate environment at a faster pace than the rates on the interest bearing
liabilities, or the funding costs. If the low rate environment is
prolonged, the funding costs begin to stabilize, while the assets continue to
reprice or be replaced into the lower rate environment, which results in a
downward trending net interest income.
CHANGES
IN INTEREST INCOME AND INTEREST EXPENSE
The
following table summarizes the variances in interest income and interest expense
on a fully tax-equivalent basis for the first three months of 2009 and 2008
resulting from volume changes in average assets and average liabilities and
fluctuations in rates earned and paid.
Variance
|
Variance
|
|||||||||||
RATE
/ VOLUME
|
Due
to
|
Due
to
|
Total
|
|||||||||
Rate(1)
|
Volume(1)
|
Variance
|
||||||||||
INCOME
EARNING ASSETS
|
||||||||||||
Loans
(2)
|
(870,534 | ) | 191,511 | (679,023 | ) | |||||||
Taxable
Investment Securities
|
(46,807 | ) | (143,643 | ) | (190,450 | ) | ||||||
Tax
Exempt Investment Securities
|
(73,667 | ) | (33,688 | ) | (107,355 | ) | ||||||
Federal
Funds Sold and Interest
|
||||||||||||
Earning
Deposit Accounts
|
(58,324 | ) | (185 | ) | (58,509 | ) | ||||||
FHLBB
Stock
|
(50,190 | ) | 0 | (50,190 | ) | |||||||
Other
Investments
|
(1,446 | ) | 8,113 | 6,667 | ||||||||
Total
Interest Earnings
|
(1,100,968 | ) | 22,108 | (1,078,860 | ) | |||||||
INTEREST
BEARING LIABILITIES
|
||||||||||||
NOW
& Money Market Funds
|
(324,579 | ) | 0 | (324,579 | ) | |||||||
Savings
Deposits
|
(47,037 | ) | 34,044 | (12,993 | ) | |||||||
Time
Deposits
|
(605,596 | ) | 2,462 | (603,134 | ) | |||||||
Fed
Funds Purchased and Other Borrowed Funds
|
(3,520 | ) | (78,828 | ) | (82,348 | ) | ||||||
Repurchase
Agreements
|
(42,319 | ) | 34,087 | (8,232 | ) | |||||||
Capital
Lease Obligations
|
(9,079 | ) | 8,430 | (649 | ) | |||||||
Junior
Subordinated Debentures
|
(1,471 | ) | (613 | ) | (2,084 | ) | ||||||
Total
Interest Expense
|
(1,033,601 | ) | (418 | ) | (1,034,019 | ) | ||||||
Changes
in Net Interest Income
|
(67,367 | ) | 22,526 | (44,841 | ) |
(1)
Items which have shown a year-to-year increase in volume have variances
allocated as follows:
|
Variance
due to rate = Change in rate x new volume
|
Variance
due to volume = Change in volume x old rate
|
Items
which have shown a year-to-year decrease in volume have variances
allocated as follows:
|
Variance
due to rate = Change in rate x old volume
|
Variances
due to volume = Change in volume x new rate
|
(2)
Loans are stated before deduction of unearned discount and allowances for
loan losses. The
|
principal
balances of non-accrual loans is included in calculations of the yield on
loans, while
|
the
interest on these non-performing assets is
excluded.
|
NON-INTEREST INCOME AND
NON-INTEREST EXPENSE
Non-interest
income increased $255,782 or 28.6% for the first quarter of 2009 compared to the
first quarter of 2008, from $895,774 to $1.2 million. During the
first quarter of 2009, the Company experienced a heavy volume of loan activity,
primarily residential loans sold to the secondary market. The volume
of loans sold during the first quarter of 2009 amounted to $25.9 million and the
income generated from the sale of these loans amounted to $340,424, compared to
last years first quarter totals of $6.7 million in volume and $80,912 in loan
sale proceeds. Prior to the conversion of the computer systems of the
Company and the acquired LyndonBank, overdraft charges were calculated using
different methods for each system resulting in higher fees on former LyndonBank
deposit accounts during the first quarter of 2008, accounting for most of the
decrease of $31,847 in service fees for the first quarter of 2009 compared to
the same quarter in 2008.
Non-interest
expense decreased $285,059 or 6.0% to $4.5 million, for the first quarter of
2009 compared to $4.8 million for the 2008 comparison
period. Salaries and wages decreased $255,064 or 15.5% for the first
quarter of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. During the first
quarter of 2008, additional personnel hours were needed before and after the
post-merger computer systems conversion, resulting in higher wages and employee
benefits for that quarter compared to the first quarter of 2009. As a
result of the proposed FDIC special assessment, the Company booked an additional
accrual during the first quarter of 2009 of approximately
$133,000. This special assessment is in addition to the regular
assessments paid by the Company which also increased compared to last year,
making the total FDIC expense for the first quarter of 2009 $273,832 compared to
$33,986 for the first quarter of 2008. The amortization of the core
deposit intangible decreased $41,610 or 20.0% to $166,440 for the first quarter
of 2009 compared to $208,050 for the same quarter of 2008.
Management
monitors all components of other non-interest expenses; however, a quarterly
review is performed to assure that the accruals for these expenses are
accurate. This helps alleviate the need to make significant
adjustments to these accounts that in turn affect the net income of the
Company.
APPLICABLE INCOME
TAXES
The
provision for income taxes increased $34,584 or 15.1% for the first quarter of
2009 compared to the same quarter of 2008. The Company recorded a tax
benefit for the first quarter of 2008 of $229,430 compared to a tax benefit of
$194,846 for the same quarter of 2009. The Company receives tax
credits for its investments in various low income housing partnerships which
help to reduce taxes payable. Periodically, the Company has the
opportunity to participate in a low income housing project that offers one-time
“Historic Tax Credits”. In 2008, the Company was given this
opportunity through a local project, with historic tax credit for 2009 amounting
to $535,000, or $133,750 quarterly. Total tax credits, including the
historic tax credit recorded for the first quarter of 2009 amounted to $251,688,
compared to $100,695 for the first quarter of 2008.
CHANGES IN FINANCIAL
CONDITION
The
following table reflects the composition of the Company's major categories of
assets and liabilities as a percent of total assets or liabilities and
shareholders’ equity, as the case may be, as of the dates
indicated:
ASSETS
|
March 31, 2009 | December 31, 2008 | March 31, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Loans
(gross)*
|
$ | 363,616,299 | 74.88 | % | $ | 365,993,527 | 75.03 | % | $ | 358,762,442 | 72.47 | % | ||||||||||||
Available
for Sale Securities
|
29,940,628 | 6.17 | % | 29,449,424 | 6.04 | % | 38,366,253 | 7.75 | % | |||||||||||||||
Held
to Maturity Securities
|
40,091,646 | 8.26 | % | 37,288,357 | 7.64 | % | 44,211,914 | 8.93 | % | |||||||||||||||
*includes
loans held for sale
|
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Time
Deposits
|
$ | 169,985,247 | 35.01 | % | $ | 175,338,328 | 35.94 | % | $ | 179,552,333 | 36.27 | % | ||||||||||||
Savings
Deposits
|
54,048,600 | 11.13 | % | 49,266,879 | 10.10 | % | 50,165,818 | 10.13 | % | |||||||||||||||
Demand
Deposits
|
49,322,103 | 10.16 | % | 50,134,874 | 10.28 | % | 48,820,207 | 9.86 | % | |||||||||||||||
NOW
& Money Market Funds
|
120,669,051 | 24.85 | % | 127,500,699 | 26.14 | % | 131,991,064 | 26.66 | % |
The
Company's loan portfolio decreased $2.4 million, or 0.7% from December 31, 2008
to March 31, 2009, but increased $4.9 million, or 1.4%, from March 31, 2008 to
March 31, 2009. The decrease in mortgage interest rates during the
last quarter of 2008 triggered an increase in new loan activity, with an even
larger increase in refinancing activity, especially in the residential loan
portfolio. A major portion of these loans were then sold to the
secondary market and are therefore not reflected in period-end
loans. Available-for-sale investments decreased $8.4 million or 22.0%
through maturities, calls and sales from the first quarter of 2008 through the
end of the first quarter of 2009. While most of the maturities and
calls during 2008 were used to fund loan growth and pay down borrowings during
the year, the Company reinvested the sales in 2009 with US Government
Agencies. Held-to-maturity securities increased $2.8 million or 7.5%
during the first quarter of 2009, but decreased $4.1 million or 9.3% year to
year.
Time
deposits decreased $5.4 million or just over 3.0% for the first quarter of 2009,
and $9.6 million or 5.3% year to year. Competitive interest rate
programs at other financial institutions accounted for a portion of the
decrease, together with runoff of LyndonBank accounts from year to
year. Savings deposits increased $4.8 million or 9.7% during the
first quarter of 2009 and $3.9 million or 7.7% year to year. Demand
deposits remained fairly constant with a decrease $812,771 or 1.6% for the first
quarter of 2009, compared to an increase of $501,896 or just over 1.0% year to
year. NOW and money market funds reported decreases in both
comparison periods, with a total decrease of $6.8 million or 5.4% for the first
quarter of 2009, and $11.3 million or 8.6% year to year. The Company
anticipated a post-merger runoff of 3% in non maturing deposits during the first
quarter; actual runoff of these deposits year to year was closer to
8.5%. The Company’s municipal accounts, which are primarily a
component of NOW and money market funds, decreased during the period, accounting
for a portion of the decrease.
RISK
MANAGEMENT
Interest Rate
Risk and Asset and Liability Management - Management actively
monitors and manages its interest rate risk exposure and attempts to structure
the balance sheet to maximize net interest income while controlling its exposure
to interest rate risk. The Company's Asset/Liability Management
Committee (ALCO) is made up of the Executive Officers and all the Vice
Presidents of the Bank. The ALCO formulates strategies to manage
interest rate risk by evaluating the impact on earnings and capital of such
factors as current interest rate forecasts and economic indicators, potential
changes in such forecasts and indicators, liquidity, and various business
strategies. The ALCO meets monthly to review financial statements,
liquidity levels, yields and spreads to better understand, measure, monitor and
control the Company’s interest rate risk. In the ALCO process, the
committee members apply policy limits set forth in the Asset Liability,
Liquidity and Investment policies approved by the Company’s Board of
Directors. The ALCO's methods for evaluating interest rate risk
include an analysis of the effects of interest rate changes on net interest
income and an analysis of the Company's interest rate sensitivity "gap", which
provides a static analysis of the maturity and repricing characteristics of the
entire balance sheet
Interest
rate risk represents the sensitivity of earnings to changes in market interest
rates. As interest rates change, the interest income and expense
streams associated with the Company’s financial instruments also change, thereby
impacting net interest income (NII), the primary component of the Company’s
earnings. Fluctuations in interest rates can also have an impact on
liquidity. The ALCO uses an outside consultant to perform rate shock
simulations to the Company's net interest income, as well as a variety of other
analyses. It is the ALCO’s function to provide the assumptions used
in the modeling process. The ALCO utilizes the results of this
simulation model to quantify the estimated exposure of NII and liquidity to
sustained interest rate changes. The simulation model captures the
impact of changing interest rates on the interest income received and interest
expense paid on all interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities
reflected on the Company’s balance sheet. Furthermore, the model
simulates the balance sheet’s sensitivity to a prolonged flat rate environment.
All rate scenarios are simulated assuming a parallel shift of the yield curve;
however further simulations are performed utilizing a flattening yield curve as
well. This sensitivity analysis is compared to the ALCO policy limits which
specify a maximum tolerance level for NII exposure over a 1-year horizon,
assuming no balance sheet growth, given a 200 basis point (bp) shift upward and
a 100 bp shift downward in interest rates. The analysis also provides
a summary of the Company's liquidity position. Furthermore, the analysis
provides testing of the assumptions used in previous simulation models by
comparing the projected NII with actual NII. The asset/liability
simulation model provides management with an important tool for making sound
economic decisions regarding the balance sheet.
The
Company’s Asset/Liability Policy has been enhanced with a contingency funding
plan to help management prepare for unforeseen liquidity restrictions to include
hypothetical liquidity severe crisis.
While
assumptions are developed based upon current economic and local market
conditions, the Company cannot provide any assurances as to the predictive
nature of these assumptions, including how customer preferences or competitor
influences might change. This is especially true in light of the
significant market volatility in recent months.
Credit
Risk - A primary
concern of management is to reduce the exposure to credit loss within the loan
portfolio. Management follows
established underwriting guidelines, and any exceptions to the policy must be
approved in accordance with limits prescribed by the Board of
Directors. The adequacy of the loan loss coverage is reviewed
quarterly by the risk management committee of the Board of
Directors. This committee meets to discuss, among other matters,
potential exposures, historical loss experience, and overall economic
conditions. Existing or potential problems are noted and addressed by
senior management in order to assess the risk of probable loss or
delinquency. A variety of loans are reviewed periodically by an
independent firm in order to assure accuracy of the Company's internal risk
ratings and compliance with various internal policies and procedures, as well as
those set by the regulatory authorities. The Company also has a
Credit Administration department whose function includes credit analysis and
monitoring and reporting on the status of the loan portfolio including
delinquent and non-performing loans. Credit risk may also arise from
geographic concentration of loans. While the Company’s loan portfolio
is derived primarily from its primary market area in northern Vermont,
geographic concentration is partially mitigated by the continued growth of the
Company’s loan portfolio in central Vermont, and through the year-end 2007
LyndonBank acquisition, which increased the level of loans particularly in
Caledonia County, and to a lesser extent in Lamoille and Franklin
Counties. The Company also monitors concentrations of credit to
individual borrowers, to various industries, and to owner and non-owner occupied
commercial real estate.
The
following table reflects the composition of the Company's loan portfolio as of
the dates indicated:
31-Mar-09
|
31-Dec-08
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
Loans
|
%
of Total
|
Total
Loans
|
%
of Total
|
|||||||||||||
Real
Estate Loans
|
||||||||||||||||
Construction
& Land Development
|
14,907,954 | 4.10 | % | 15,203,826 | 4.15 | % | ||||||||||
Secured
by Farm Land
|
8,473,651 | 2.33 | % | 8,533,463 | 2.33 | % | ||||||||||
1-4
Family Residential
|
210,329,525 | 57.84 | % | 213,279,198 | 58.27 | % | ||||||||||
Commercial
Real Estate
|
90,529,685 | 24.90 | % | 88,546,545 | 24.19 | % | ||||||||||
Loans
to Finance Agricultural Production
|
840,937 | 0.23 | % | 884,307 | 0.24 | % | ||||||||||
Commercial
& Industrial Loans
|
23,639,434 | 6.50 | % | 23,306,485 | 6.37 | % | ||||||||||
Consumer
Loans
|
14,707,067 | 4.05 | % | 15,922,237 | 4.36 | % | ||||||||||
All
other loans
|
188,046 | 0.05 | % | 317,466 | 0.09 | % | ||||||||||
Total
Gross Loans
|
363,616,299 | 100.00 | % | 365,993,527 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||||
Reserve
for loan losses
|
(3,311,554 | ) | -0.91 | % | (3,232,932 | ) | -0.88 | % | ||||||||
Unearned
loan fees
|
(260,199 | ) | -0.07 | % | (301,004 | ) | -0.08 | % | ||||||||
Net
Loans
|
360,044,546 | 99.02 | % | 362,459,591 | 99.04 | % |
Allowance for
loan losses and provisions - The Company continues to
maintain an allowance for loan losses at a level that management believes is
appropriate to absorb losses inherent in the loan portfolio (See “Critical Accounting
Policies”). As of March 31, 2009, the Company maintained a residential
loan portfolio of $210.3 million compared to $213.3 million as of December 31,
2008 and a commercial real estate portfolio (including construction, land
development and farm land loans) of $113.9 million as of March 31, 2009 and
$112.3 million as of December 31, 2008, together accounting for approximately
89% of the total loan portfolio for each period. The Company's
commercial loan portfolio includes loans that carry guarantees from government
programs. At March 31, 2009, the Company had $15.2 million in
guaranteed loans, compared to $15.9 million at December 31,
2008. In
addition, residential mortgage loans make up the largest part of the overall
loan portfolio, have the lowest historical loss ratio and are generally covered
by private mortgage insurance, helping to alleviate the overall risk in the loan
portfolio. The loan portfolio composition and relative
volumes, together with the low historical loan loss experience in these
portfolios, are factors considered by management in its analysis of appropriate
loan loss coverage. The Company is committed
to a conservative lending philosophy and maintains high credit and underwriting
standards, further mitigating risk in the portfolio.
The
following table summarizes the Company's loan loss experience for the three
months ended March 31,
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Loans
Outstanding End of Period
|
$ | 363,616,299 | $ | 358,762,442 | ||||
Average
Loans Outstanding During Period
|
$ | 367,427,373 | $ | 356,296,534 | ||||
Loan
Loss Reserve, Beginning of Period
|
$ | 3,232,932 | $ | 3,026,049 | ||||
Loans
Charged Off:
|
||||||||
Residential
Real Estate
|
0 | 0 | ||||||
Commercial
Real Estate
|
0 | 106,383 | ||||||
Commercial
Loans not Secured by Real Estate
|
14,747 | 7,044 | ||||||
Consumer
Loans
|
43,379 | 30,169 | ||||||
Total
Loans Charged Off
|
58,126 | 143,596 | ||||||
Recoveries:
|
||||||||
Residential
Real Estate
|
0 | 482 | ||||||
Commercial
Real Estate
|
1,085 | 178 | ||||||
Commercial
Loans not Secured by Real Estate
|
3,512 | 7,952 | ||||||
Consumer
Loans
|
7,150 | 16,283 | ||||||
Total
Recoveries
|
11,747 | 24,895 | ||||||
Net
Loans Charged Off
|
46,379 | 118,701 | ||||||
Provision
Charged to Income
|
125,001 | 62,499 | ||||||
Loan
Loss Reserve, End of Period
|
$ | 3,311,554 | $ | 2,969,847 | ||||
Net
Charge Offs to Average Loans Outstanding
|
0.013 | % | 0.033 | % | ||||
Loan
Loss Reserve to Average Loans Outstanding
|
0.901 | % | 0.834 | % |
Non-performing
assets for the comparison periods were as follows:
March
31, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||
Percent
|
Percent
|
|||||||||||||||
Balance
|
of
Total
|
Balance
|
of
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Non-Accruing
loans
|
$ | 2,408,386 | 80.95 | % | $ | 2,118,597 | 89.56 | % | ||||||||
Loans
past due 90 days or more and still accruing
|
566,884 | 19.05 | % | 246,903 | 10.44 | % | ||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 2,975,270 | 100.00 | % | $ | 2,365,500 | 100.00 | % |
Specific
allocations are made in the allowance for loan losses in situations management
believes may represent a greater risk for loss. A portion of the
allowance is determined based on historical charge-offs, adjusted for
qualitative risk factors. A quarterly review of various qualitative
factors, including levels of, and trends in, delinquencies and non-performing
loans, concentrations of credit, and national and local economic trends and
conditions, helps to ensure that areas with potential risk are noted and reserve
coverage is increased or decreased to reflect those identified trends. In
addition, a portion of the allowance (termed "unallocated") is established to
absorb inherent losses that exist as of the valuation date although not
specifically identified through management's objective processes for estimating
credit losses. While the allowance is described as consisting of
separate allocated portions, the entire allowance is available to support loan
losses, regardless of category.
The
Company has experienced an increase in collection activity on loans 30 to 60
days past due during the first quarter of 2009. The Company works
actively with customers early in the delinquency process to help them to avoid
default or foreclosure. The Company’s non-accruing loan portfolio
increased $289,789 or 13.7% to $2.4 million at March 31, 2009 through the
addition of a single residential mortgage loan, but approximately $2.3 million
or 96% are secured by real estate, thereby reducing the exposure to
loss. Loans 90 days or more past due increased $319,981 to $566,884
at March 31, 2009, of which $506,270 or 89.3% are secured by real
estate. Management reports increasing trends in the levels of
non-performing loans and criticized and classified assets. Given
these trends and the current recession, management increased the provision for
loan losses to $125,001 for the first quarter of 2009, compared to $62,499 for
the same period in 2008 and believes this is directionally consistent with the
risk in the loan portfolio.
Market
Risk - In
addition to credit risk in the Company’s loan portfolio and liquidity risk, the
Company’s business activities also generate market risk. Market risk
is the risk of loss in a financial instrument arising from adverse changes in
market prices and rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices and
equity prices. Declining capital markets can result in fair value
adjustments necessary to record decreases in the value of the investment
portfolio for other-than-temporary-impairment. The Company does not
have any market risk sensitive instruments acquired for trading
purposes. The Company’s market risk arises primarily from interest
rate risk inherent in its lending and deposit taking
activities. During times of recessionary periods, a declining housing
market can result in an increase in loan loss reserves or ultimately an increase
in foreclosures. Interest rate risk is directly related to the
different maturities and repricing characteristics of interest-bearing assets
and liabilities, as well as to loan prepayment risks, early withdrawal of time
deposits, and the fact that the speed and magnitude of responses to interest
rate changes vary by product. The recent deterioration of the economy
and disruption in the financial markets may heighten the Company’s market
risk. The Company actively monitors and manages its interest rate
risk through the ALCO process.
During
the first quarter of 2009, the continued low interest rate environment adversely
affected the value of the Company’s mortgage servicing rights
portfolio. Although strong residential mortgage loan activity in
recent months resulted in significant additions to the loan servicing portfolio
during the first quarter of 2009, the Company recorded a valuation adjustment
for impairment of the portfolio during the quarter in the amount of
$157,876. At March 31, 2009 the net carrying value of the Company’s
mortgage servicing rights portfolio was $966,267, compared to $960,110 at year
end 2008.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH
OFF-BALANCE-SHEET RISK
The
Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the
normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers and to
reduce its own exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. These
financial instruments include commitments to extend credit (including commercial
and construction lines of credit), standby letters of credit and risk-sharing
commitments on certain sold loans. Such instruments involve, to
varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the
amount recognized in the balance sheet. The contract or notional
amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Company has
in particular classes of financial instruments. During the first
three months of 2009, the Company did not engage in any activity that created
any additional types of off-balance-sheet risk.
The
Company generally requires collateral or other security to support financial
instruments with credit risk. The Company's financial instruments or
commitments whose contract amount represents credit risk as of March 31, 2009
were as follows:
Contract
or
|
||||
Notional
Amount
|
||||
Unused
portions of home equity lines of credit
|
15,016,438 | |||
Other
commitments to extend credit
|
25,043,091 | |||
Residential
and commercial construction lines of credit
|
3,865,900 | |||
Standby
letters of credit and commercial letters of credit
|
348,178 | |||
Recourse
on sale of credit card portfolio
|
940,900 | |||
MPF
credit enhancement obligation, net of liability recorded
|
1,437,570 |
Since
some commitments expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts
do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The recourse
provision under the terms of the sale of the Company’s credit card portfolio in
2007 is based on total lines, not balances outstanding. Based on
historical losses, the Company does not expect any significant losses from this
commitment.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL
RESOURCES
Managing
liquidity risk is essential to maintaining both depositor confidence and
stability in earnings. Liquidity management refers to the ability of
the Company to adequately cover fluctuations in assets and
liabilities. Meeting loan demand (assets) and covering the withdrawal
of deposit funds (liabilities) are two key components of the liquidity
management process. The Company’s principal sources of funds are
deposits, amortization and prepayment of loans and securities, maturities of
investment securities, sales of loans available for sale, and earnings and funds
provided from operations. Maintaining a relatively stable funding
base, which is achieved by diversifying funding sources, competitively pricing
deposit products, and extending the contractual maturity of liabilities, reduces
the Company’s exposure to roll over risk on deposits and limits reliance on
volatile short-term borrowed funds. Short-term funding needs arise
from declines in deposits or other funding sources and funding of loan
commitments. The Company’s strategy is to fund assets to the maximum
extent possible with core deposits that provide a sizable source of relatively
stable and low-cost funds. When funding needs, including loan demand,
out pace deposit growth, it is necessary for the Company to use alternative
funding sources, such as investment portfolio maturities, short-term borrowings
and outside deposit funding such as CDARS deposits (described below), to meet
these funding needs.
In
order to attract deposits, the Company has taken the approach of offering
deposit specials at competitive rates, in varying terms that fit within the
balance sheet mix. The strategy of offering specials is meant to
provide a means to retain deposits while not having to reprice the entire
deposit portfolio. The Company recognizes that with increasing
competition for deposits, it may at times be desirable to utilize alternative
sources of deposit funding to augment retail deposits and
borrowings. As of March 31, 2009, the Company had approximately $10.0
million in deposits placed in the Certificate
of Deposit Account Registry Service (CDARS) of Promontory Interfinancial Network
account, which allows the Company to provide FDIC deposit insurance in
excess of account coverage limits by exchanging deposits with other CDARS
members. The Company may also purchase deposits from other CDARS
members. Such deposits are generally considered a form of brokered
deposits. Of the $10.0 million in CDARS deposits at March 31, 2009,
$4.7 million represented exchanged deposits with other CDAR’s participating
banks.
During
the first three months of 2009, the Company's available-for-sale investment
portfolio increased $491,204 or 1.7% and the held-to-maturity investment
portfolio increased $2.8 million or 7.5%, while the loan portfolio decreased
$2.4 million or 0.7%. On the liability side, savings deposits
increased $4.8 million or 9.7%, while NOW and money market accounts decreased
$6.8 million or 5.4% and time deposits decreased $5.4 million or
3.1%. Demand for residential mortgages was heavy, but most of these
loans were sold to the secondary market. The volume in our Municipal
deposit accounts has decreased $8.6 million or 17.6% accounting for a portion of
the decrease in deposits. Aggressive pricing from other financial
institutions for time deposits was also a factor in the decrease in
deposits.
As
a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBB), the Company has access
to pre-approved lines of credit. The Company had a $500,000 unsecured
Federal Funds line with an available balance of the same at March 31,
2009. Interest is chargeable at a rate determined daily,
approximately 25 basis points higher than the rate paid on federal funds
sold. Additional borrowing capacity of approximately $91.1 million,
less outstanding advances, through the FHLBB is secured by the Company's
qualifying loan portfolio.
To
cover seasonal decreases in deposits primarily associated with municipal
accounts, the Company typically borrows short-term advances from the FHLBB and
pays the advances down as the municipal deposits flow back into the bank during
the third and fourth quarter. Given the current Federal Funds rate in
January 2009, the Company extended a portion of its overnight funding into $10
million in long-term advances scheduled to mature within two years, with the
remainder falling into overnight funding at this time. At the end of
the first quarter of 2009, the Company had outstanding advances of $16.8 million
consisting of the following:
Annual
|
Principal
|
|||||||||
Purchase
Date
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Balance
|
|||||||
Long-term
Advance
|
||||||||||
January
30, 2009
|
2.13 | % |
January
31, 2011
|
$ | 10,000,000 | |||||
November
16, 1992
|
7.67 | % |
November
16, 2012
|
10,000 | ||||||
Total
Long-term Advances
|
$ | 10,010,000 | ||||||||
Overnight
Funds Purchased (FHLBB)
|
.3125 | % |
April
1, 2009
|
$ | 6,740,000 |
Under
a separate agreement with FHLBB, the Company has the authority to collateralize
public unit deposits, up to its FHLBB borrowing capacity ($91.1 million less
outstanding advances noted above) with letters of credit issued by the
FHLBB. At March 31, 2009 approximately $16.3 million of eligible
collateral was pledged as collateral to the FHLBB to secure the Company’s
obligations relating to these letters of credit.
Other
alternative sources of funding come from unsecured Federal Funds lines with two
unaffiliated correspondent banks that total $7.0 million. There were
no balances outstanding on either line at March 31, 2009.
The
following table illustrates the changes in shareholders' equity from December
31, 2008 to March 31, 2009:
Balance
at December 31, 2008 (book value $7.33 per share)
|
$
35,272,892
|
Net
income
|
683,253
|
Issuance
of stock through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan
|
(11,302)
|
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
0
|
Dividends
declared on common stock*
|
0
|
Dividends
declared on preferred stock
|
(46,875)
|
Unrealized
holding gain arising during the period on available-for-sale securities,
net of tax
|
(115,010)
|
Balance
at March 31, 2009 (book value $7.44 per share)
|
$
35,782,958
|
On
April 3, 2009, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.12 on common stock
payable on May 1, 2009, to shareholders of record as of April 15,
2009.
The
primary source of funds for the Company's payment of dividends to its
shareholders is dividends paid to the Company by the Bank. The Bank,
as a national bank, is subject to the dividend restrictions set forth by the
Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC"). Under such restrictions, the
Bank may not, without the prior approval of the OCC, declare dividends in excess
of the sum of the current year's earnings (as defined) plus the retained
earnings (as defined) from the prior two years.
Quantitative
measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the
Company to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total and Tier 1 capital (as
defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and a
so-called leverage ratio of Tier 1 capital (as defined) to average assets (as
defined). Under current guidelines, banks must maintain a risk-based
capital ratio of 8.0%, of which at least 4.0% must be in the form of core
capital (as defined).
Regulators
have also established minimum capital ratio guidelines for FDIC-insured banks
under the prompt corrective action provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act, as amended. These minimums are a total risk-based capital ratio
of 10.0%, a Tier I risk-based capital ratio of 6%, and a leverage ratio of
5%. As of March 31, 2009, the Company’s Subsidiary was deemed well
capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There
are no conditions or events since that time that management believes have
changed the Subsidiary's classification.
The risk
based ratios of the Company and its subsidiary as of March 31, 2009 and December
31, 2008 exceeded regulatory guidelines and are presented in the table
below.
Minimum
To Be Well
|
||||||
Minimum
|
Capitalized
Under
|
|||||
For
Capital
|
Prompt
Corrective
|
|||||
Actual
|
Adequacy
Purposes:
|
Action
Provisions:
|
||||
Amount
|
Ratio
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
||||||
As
of March 31, 2009:
|
||||||
Total
capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
||||||
Consolidated
|
$37,703
|
11.37%
|
$26,525
|
8.00%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$37,305
|
11.27%
|
$26,485
|
8.00%
|
$33,106
|
10.00%
|
Tier
I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
||||||
Consolidated
|
$34,391
|
10.37%
|
$13,262
|
4.00%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$33,993
|
10.27%
|
$13,242
|
4.00%
|
$19,863
|
6.00%
|
Tier
I capital (to average assets)
|
||||||
Consolidated
|
$34,391
|
7.26%
|
$18,938
|
4.00%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$33,993
|
7.19%
|
$18,908
|
4.00%
|
$23,636
|
5.00%
|
As
of December 31, 2008:
|
||||||
Total
capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
||||||
Consolidated
|
$36,765
|
11.04%
|
$26,639
|
8.00%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$37,355
|
11.25%
|
$26,571
|
8.00%
|
$33,214
|
10.00%
|
Tier
I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
||||||
Consolidated
|
$33,532
|
10.07%
|
$13,319
|
4.00%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$34,122
|
10.27%
|
$13,285
|
4.00%
|
$19,928
|
6.00%
|
Tier
I capital (to average assets)
|
||||||
Consolidated
|
$33,532
|
7.08%
|
$18,948
|
4.00%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$34,122
|
7.22%
|
$18,917
|
4.00%
|
$23,569
|
5.00%
|
The
Company intends to maintain a capital resource position in excess of the
minimums shown above. Consistent with that policy, management will
continue to anticipate the Company's future capital needs.
From
time to time the Company may make contributions to the capital of Community
National Bank. At present, regulatory authorities have made no demand
on the Company to make additional capital contributions.
ITEM 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
The
Company's management of the credit, liquidity and market risk inherent in its
business operations is discussed in Part 1, Item 2 of this report under the
caption "RISK MANAGEMENT", which is incorporated herein by
reference. Management does not believe that there have been any
material changes in the nature or categories of the Company's risk exposures
from those disclosed in the Company’s 2008 annual report on form
10-K/A.
ITEM 4T.
Controls and Procedures
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
Management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective disclosure controls
and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). As of March 31, 2009, an evaluation was
performed under the supervision and with the participation of management,
including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of
the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, management
concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2009 were
effective in ensuring that material information required to be disclosed in the
reports it files with the Commission under the Exchange Act was recorded,
processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.
For
this purpose, the term “disclosure controls and procedures” means controls and
other procedures of the Company that are designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by it in the reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78a et
seq.) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls
and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports
that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated
to the Company’s management, including its principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 that have materially affected,
or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting.
PART II.
OTHER INFORMATION
The
Company’s subsidiary, Community National Bank, as successor by merger to
LyndonBank, was a party to a contract dispute with a service provider involving
disputed charges of approximately $72,000. On December 31, 2008, the
Company accrued a contingent liability of $50,000 for this
matter. The dispute was settled in April 2009 for $50,000, resulting
in no further loss to the Company.
In
addition to the foregoing matter, in the normal course of business the Company
and its subsidiary are involved in litigation that is considered incidental to
their business. Management does not expect that any such litigation
will be material to the Company's consolidated financial condition or results of
operations.
The
following table provides information as to purchases of the Company’s common
stock during the first quarter ended March 31, 2009, by the Company and by any
affiliated purchaser (as defined in SEC Rule 10b-18):
Maximum
|
||||||||||||||||
Number
of Shares
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
Number of
|
That
May Yet Be
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
Number
|
Average
|
Shares
Purchased
|
Purchased
Under
|
|||||||||||||
Of
Shares
|
Price
Paid
|
as
Part of Publicly
|
the
Plan at the
|
|||||||||||||
For
the period:
|
Purchased(1)(2)
|
Per
Share
|
Announced
Plan
|
End
of the Period
|
||||||||||||
January
1 – January 31
|
695 | $ | 9.50 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
February
1 – February 28
|
0 | $ | 0 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
March
1 - March 31
|
12,000 | $ | 9.00 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
Total
|
12,695 | $ | 9.03 | N/A | N/A |
(1) All
12,695 shares were purchased for the account of participants invested in the
Company Stock Fund under the Company’s Retirement Savings Plan by or on behalf
of the Plan Trustee, the Human Resources Committee of Community National
Bank. Such share purchases were facilitated through Community
Financial Services Group, LLC (“CFSG”), which provides certain investment
advisory services to the Plan. Both the Plan Trustee and CFSG may be
considered affiliates of the Company under Rule 10b-18. All purchases
by the Plan were made in the open market in brokerage transactions and reported
on the OTC Bulletin Board©.
(2) Shares
purchased during the period do not include fractional shares repurchased from
time to time in connection with the participant's election to discontinue
participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
The
following exhibits are filed with this report:
Exhibit
31.1 - Certification from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to
section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit
31.2 - Certification from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to
section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit
32.1 - Certification from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to
18 U.S.C., Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
Exhibit
32.2 - Certification from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to
18 U.S.C., Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
*This
exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and
shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Act of 1934.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
COMMUNITY
BANCORP.
DATED: May
13, 2009
|
/s/ Stephen P.
Marsh
|
|
Stephen
P. Marsh, President &
|
||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
||
DATED: May
13, 2009
|
/s/ Louise M.
Bonvechio
|
|
Louise
M. Bonvechio, Vice President
|
||
&
Chief Financial Officer
|