ENB Financial Corp - Quarter Report: 2008 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
[ X ] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
quarterly period ended September 30,
2008
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
transition period from _________________________ to
_________________________
ENB Financial
Corp
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
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000-53297
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51-0661129
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No)
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31
E. Main St., Ephrata, PA
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17522-0457
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
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(717)
733-4181
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Former
name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report
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Not
Applicable
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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 such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yesý No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large
Accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer ý(Do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company o
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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 o No
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APPLICABLE
ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date. As of November
7, 2008, the
Bank had 2,850,423
shares of $0.20 (par) Common Stock outstanding.
ENB
FINANCIAL CORP
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PART
I. FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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Item
1. Financial Statements
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ENB
Financial Corp
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
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September
30,
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December
31,
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September
30,
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2008
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2007
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2007
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(Dollars
in thousands, except share data)
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$
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$
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$
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ASSETS
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Cash
and due from banks
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18,007 | 17,201 | 15,117 | |||||||||
Intererest-bearing
deposits in other banks
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109 | 96 | 236 | |||||||||
Total
cash and cash equivalents
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18,116 | 17,297 | 15,353 | |||||||||
Securities
available for sale (at fair value)
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219,911 | 192,960 | 191,467 | |||||||||
Loans
held for sale
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- | 365 | 97 | |||||||||
Loans
(net of unearned income)
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397,384 | 384,999 | 385,561 | |||||||||
Less:
Allowance for loan losses
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4,054 | 3,682 | 3,588 | |||||||||
Net
loans
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393,330 | 381,317 | 381,973 | |||||||||
Premises
and equipment
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19,845 | 17,810 | 17,800 | |||||||||
Regulatory
stock
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4,927 | 4,111 | 4,167 | |||||||||
Bank
owned life insurance
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14,383 | 13,871 | 13,663 | |||||||||
Other
assets
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7,813 | 6,031 | 6,614 | |||||||||
Total
assets
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678,325 | 633,762 | 631,134 | |||||||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Liabilities:
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Deposits:
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Noninterest-bearing
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111,930 | 107,839 | 105,424 | |||||||||
Interest-bearing
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398,653 | 370,887 | 367,871 | |||||||||
Total
deposits
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510,583 | 478,726 | 473,295 | |||||||||
Short-term
borrowings
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4,125 | 100 | 1,300 | |||||||||
Long-term
debt
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92,000 | 82,000 | 84,500 | |||||||||
Other
liabilities
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4,645 | 4,114 | 4,500 | |||||||||
Total
liabilities
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611,353 | 564,940 | 563,595 | |||||||||
Stockholders'
equity:
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Common
stock, par value $0.20;
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Shares: Authorized
12,000,000
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Issued
2,869,557 and Outstanding 2,856,423
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(3,000,000
Issued and 2,861,854 and 2,858,217 Outstanding
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as
of 12-31-07 and 9-30-07)
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574 | 600 | 600 | |||||||||
Capital
surplus
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4,457 | 4,502 | 4,518 | |||||||||
Retained
Earnings
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64,586 | 68,158 | 67,617 | |||||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss, net of tax
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(2,306 | ) | (181 | ) | (827 | ) | ||||||
Less:
Treasury stock shares at cost 13,134 (138,146 shares
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as
of 12-31-07 and 141,783 shares as of 9-30-07)
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(339 | ) | (4,257 | ) | (4,369 | ) | ||||||
Total
stockholders' equity
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66,972 | 68,822 | 67,539 | |||||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
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678,325 | 633,762 | 631,134 | |||||||||
See
Unaudited Notes to the Interim Financial Statements
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ENB
Financial Corp
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Consolidated Statement of Income (Unaudited)
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Periods
Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
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Three
Months
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Nine
Months
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2008
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2007
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2008
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2007
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(Dollars
in thousands, except share data)
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$
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$
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$
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$
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Interest
and dividend income:
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Interest
and fees on loans
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5,905 | 6,246 | 17,860 | 18,352 | ||||||||||||
Interest
on securities available for sale
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Taxable
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2,284 | 1,412 | 6,142 | 4,266 | ||||||||||||
Tax-exempt
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549 | 675 | 1,795 | 2,052 | ||||||||||||
Interest
on federal funds sold
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1 | 106 | 26 | 206 | ||||||||||||
Interest
on deposits at other banks
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1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Dividend
income
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78 | 95 | 244 | 280 | ||||||||||||
Total
interest and dividend income
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8,818 | 8,538 | 26,071 | 25,166 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense:
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Interest
on deposits
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2,546 | 2,769 | 7,924 | 8,305 | ||||||||||||
Interest
on short-term borrowings
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29 | 6 | 49 | 51 | ||||||||||||
Interest
on long-term debt
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1,050 | 951 | 3,045 | 2,594 | ||||||||||||
Total
interest expense
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3,625 | 3,726 | 11,018 | 10,950 | ||||||||||||
Net
interest income
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5,193 | 4,812 | 15,053 | 14,216 | ||||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
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170 | 90 | 519 | 1,326 | ||||||||||||
Net
interest income after provision for loan losses
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5,023 | 4,722 | 14,534 | 12,890 | ||||||||||||
Other
income:
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Trust
and investment services income
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196 | 214 | 731 | 705 | ||||||||||||
Service
fees
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539 | 424 | 1,422 | 1,245 | ||||||||||||
Commissions
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343 | 295 | 987 | 822 | ||||||||||||
Gains
(losses) on securities transactions, net
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(873 | ) | 170 | (761 | ) | 168 | ||||||||||
Gains
on sale of mortgages
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27 | 30 | 102 | 91 | ||||||||||||
Earnings
on bank owned life insurance
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161 | 135 | 464 | 310 | ||||||||||||
Other
.
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48 | 36 | 215 | 253 | ||||||||||||
Total
other income
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441 | 1,304 | 3,160 | 3,594 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses:
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Salaries
and employee benefits
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2,654 | 2,405 | 7,899 | 7,168 | ||||||||||||
Occupancy
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311 | 298 | 919 | 872 | ||||||||||||
Equipment
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223 | 209 | 692 | 665 | ||||||||||||
Advertising
& marketing
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80 | 60 | 247 | 315 | ||||||||||||
Computer
software & data processing
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355 | 317 | 1,112 | 1,033 | ||||||||||||
Bank
shares tax
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181 | 111 | 545 | 335 | ||||||||||||
Professional
services
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526 | 210 | 1,132 | 727 | ||||||||||||
Other
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657 | 444 | 1,437 | 1,381 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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4,987 | 4,054 | 13,983 | 12,496 | ||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
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477 | 1,972 | 3,711 | 3,988 | ||||||||||||
Provision
for federal income taxes
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212 | 328 | 623 | 351 | ||||||||||||
Net
income
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265 | 1,644 | 3,088 | 3,637 | ||||||||||||
Earnings
per share of common stock
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0.09 | 0.58 | 1.08 | 1.27 | ||||||||||||
Cash
dividends paid per share
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0.31 | 0.30 | 0.93 | 0.90 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
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2,866,218 | 2,855,724 | 2,864,737 | 2,852,982 | ||||||||||||
See
Unaudited Notes to the Interim Financial Statements
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ENB
Financial Corp
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Consolidated
Statement of Comprehensive
Income (Unaudited)
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Periods
Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
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Three
Months
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Nine
Months
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2008
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2007
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2008
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2007
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(Dollars
in thousands)
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$
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$
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$
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$
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Net
income
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265 | 1,644 | 3,088 | 3,637 | ||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss) arising during the period
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(1,173 | ) | 2,096 | (3,981 | ) | 553 | ||||||||||
Reclassification
adjustment for (gains) losses realized in income
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873 | (170 | ) | 761 | (168 | ) | ||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss) before tax
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(300 | ) | 1,926 | (3,220 | ) | 385 | ||||||||||
Income
taxes (benefit) related to comprehensive income (loss)
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(102 | ) | 655 | (1,095 | ) | 131 | ||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss)
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(198 | ) | 1,271 | (2,125 | ) | 254 | ||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
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67 | 2,915 | 963 | 3,891 |
ENB
Financial Corp
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Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
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Periods
Ended September 30, 2008 and
2007
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Nine
Months
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2008
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2007
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(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
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$
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$
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
income
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3,088 | 3,637 | ||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
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Net
amortization of securities and loan fees
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258 | 376 | ||||||
(Increase)
in interest receivable
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(157 | ) | (261 | ) | ||||
Increase
in interest payable
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84 | 213 | ||||||
Provision
for loan losses
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519 | 1,326 | ||||||
(Gains)
losses on securities transactions, net
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761 | (168 | ) | |||||
Gains
on sale of mortgages
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(102 | ) | (91 | ) | ||||
Loans
originated for sale
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(1,836 | ) | (644 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from sales of loans
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2,304 | 1,162 | ||||||
Earnings
on bank owned life insurance
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(464 | ) | (310 | ) | ||||
Losses
on sale of other real estate owned
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6 | - | ||||||
Depreciation
of premises and equipment and amortization of software
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901 | 848 | ||||||
Deferred
income tax benefit
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19 | (233 | ) | |||||
Other
assets and other liabilities, net
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75 | (19 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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5,456 | 5,836 | ||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Securities
available for sale:
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Proceeds
from maturities, calls, and repayments
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48,580 | 16,010 | ||||||
Proceeds
from sales
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26,795 | 7,670 | ||||||
Purchases
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(106,609 | ) | (23,452 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from sale of other real estate owned
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149 | 0 | ||||||
Purchase
of regulatory bank stock
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(815 | ) | (664 | ) | ||||
Redemptions
of regulatory bank stock
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0 | 614 | ||||||
Purchase
of bank owned life insurance
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(48 | ) | (5,062 | ) | ||||
Net
increase in loans
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(12,490 | ) | (20,624 | ) | ||||
Purchase
of premises and equipment
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(2,827 | ) | (1,699 | ) | ||||
Purchase
of computer software
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(442 | ) | (69 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(47,707 | ) | (27,276 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Net
increase in demand deposits, NOW and savings accounts
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8,972 | 11,211 | ||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in time deposits
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22,885 | (7,175 | ) | |||||
Net
increase in short term borrowings
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4,025 | 100 | ||||||
Proceeds
from long-term debt
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15,000 | 18,500 | ||||||
Repayments
of long-term debt
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(5,000 | ) | - | |||||
Dividends
paid
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(2,665 | ) | (2,568 | ) | ||||
Treasury
stock sold & common stock issued
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279 | 258 | ||||||
Treasury
stock purchased
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(426 | ) | - | |||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
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43,070 | 20,326 | ||||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
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819 | (1,114 | ) | |||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
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17,297 | 16,467 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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18,116 | 15,353 | ||||||
Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information:
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Interest
paid
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10,934 | 10,737 | ||||||
Income
taxes paid
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920 | 525 | ||||||
See
Unaudited Notes to the Interim Financial Statements
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Notes to
the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
1. Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial
information and to general practices within the banking
industry. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and
footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments
considered necessary for fair presentation have been
included. Certain items previously reported have been reclassified to
conform to the current period’s reporting format. Such
reclassifications did not affect net income or stockholders equity.
ENB
Financial Corp (the “Corporation”) is the successor issuer of the Ephrata
National Bank (the “Bank”). On July 1, 2008, ENB Financial Corp
became the bank holding company for Ephrata National Bank, which is now a wholly
owned subsidiary of ENB Financial Corp. This Form 10-Q, for the third
quarter of 2008, is reporting on the results of operations and financial
condition of ENB Financial Corp.
Operating
results for the three months ended September 30, 2008, are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31,
2008. For further information, refer to the financial statements and
footnotes thereto included in The Ephrata National Bank’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
2. Fair
Value Presentation
In
September 2006, the FASB issued FASB No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, to
provide consistency and comparability in determining fair value measurements and
to provide for expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. The
definition of fair value maintains the exchange price notion in earlier
definitions of fair value but focuses on the exit price of the asset or
liability. The exit price is the price that would be received to sell the asset
or paid to transfer the liability adjusted for certain inherent risks and
restrictions. Expanded disclosures are also required about the use of fair value
to measure assets and liabilities.
The
following table presents information about the Corporation’s securities measured
at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2008, and indicates the
fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Bank to
determine such fair value:
Fair
Value Measurements Utilized for the Corporation’s Securities:
Dollars
in Thousands
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Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level
1)
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Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
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Balance
as of
September
30,
2008
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Securities
available-for-sale
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$ | 2,766 | $ | 217,145 | $ | 219,911 |
As
required by FASB No. 157, each financial asset and liability must be identified
as having been valued according to specified level of input, 1, 2 or 3. Level 1
inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities that the Bank has the ability to access at the measurement date.
Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize inputs other than quoted prices
included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset, either directly or
indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets in active
markets, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset
or liability. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset, and
include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset
or liability. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall
into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, the level in
the fair value hierarchy, within which the fair value measurement in its
entirety falls, has been determined based on the lowest level input that is
significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Corporation’s
assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value
measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to
the asset.
As of
September 30, 2008, the Corporation did not have any assets measured at fair
value on a nonrecurring basis. The measurement of fair value should be
consistent with one of the following valuation techniques: market approach,
income approach, and/or cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other
relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or
comparable assets or liabilities (including a business). For example, valuation
techniques consistent with the market approach often use market multiples
derived from a set of comparables. Multiples might lie in ranges with a
different multiple for each comparable. The selection of where within the range
the
appropriate
multiple falls requires judgment, considering factors specific to the
measurement (qualitative and quantitative). Valuation techniques consistent with
the market approach include matrix pricing. Matrix pricing is a mathematical
technique used principally to value debt securities without relying exclusively
on quoted prices for the specific securities, but rather by relying on the
securities’ relationship to other benchmark quoted securities. As of September
30, 2008, all of the financial assets measured at fair value utilized the market
approach.
3.
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Commitments
and Contingent Liabilities
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In order
to meet the financing needs of its customers in the normal course of business,
the Corporation makes various commitments that are not reflected in the
accompanying financial statements. These commitments include firm
commitments to extend credit, unused lines of credit and open letters of
credit. As of September 30, 2008, firm loan commitments were $6.4
million, unused lines of credit were $80.6 million, and open letters of credit
were $15.2 million. The total of these commitments was $102.2
million, which represents the Corporation’s exposure to credit loss in the event
of nonperformance by its customers with respect to these financial
instruments. The actual credit losses that may arise from these
commitments are expected to compare favorably with the Corporation’s loan loss
experience on its loan portfolio taken as a whole. The Corporation
uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations
as it does for balance sheet financial instruments.
The
construction of the Corporation’s newest branch office located in Penn Township,
Lancaster County, was completed in September 2008. As of September
30, 2008 less than $150,000 of the $2.1 million construction contract for the
branch remained to be paid. This contract is expected to be fully
paid in November of 2008.
4. Recently
Issued Accounting Standards
In
September 2006, the FASB issued FAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements,
which provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and
liabilities. The standard applies whenever other standards require or
permit assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value. The
Standard does not expand the use of fair value in any new
circumstances. FAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim
periods within those fiscal years. In February 2008, the FASB issued
Staff Position No. 157-1, Application of FASB Statement No.
157 to FASB Statement No. 13 and Other Accounting Pronouncements That Address
Fair Value Measurements for Purposes of Lease Classification or Measurement
under Statement 13, which removed leasing transactions accounted for
under FAS No. 13 and related guidance from the scope of FAS No.
157. Also in February 2008, the FASB issued Staff Position No.157-2,
Partial Deferral of the
Effective Date of Statement 157, which deferred the effective date of FAS
No. 157 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities to fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2008. The adoption of this standard is
not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or
financial position.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued FAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (“FAS
141(R)), which establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer
recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets
acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in an
acquiree, including the recognition and measurement of goodwill acquired in a
business combination. FAS No. 141(R) is effective for fiscal years
beginning on or after December 15, 2008. Earlier adoption is
prohibited. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a
material effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial
position.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued FAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB
No. 51. FAS No. 160 amends ARB No. 51 to establish
accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a
subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that
a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary, which is sometimes referred to as
minority interest, is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that
should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements.
Among other requirements, this statement requires consolidated net income to be
reported at amounts that include the amounts attributable to both the parent and
the noncontrolling interest. It also requires disclosure, on the face of
the consolidated income statement, of the amounts of consolidated net income
attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest. FAS
No. 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15,
2008. Earlier adoption is prohibited. The adoption of this
standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Bank’s results of
operations or financial position
In March
2008, the FASB issued FAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities, to require enhanced disclosures about
derivative instruments and hedging activities. The new standard has revised
financial reporting for derivative instruments and hedging activities by
requiring more transparency about how and why an entity uses
derivative
instruments,
how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under FAS
No. 133, Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities; and how derivative
instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position,
financial performance, and cash flows. FAS No. 161 requires
disclosure of the fair values of derivative instruments and their gains and
losses in a tabular format. It also requires entities to provide more
information about their liquidity by requiring disclosure of derivative features
that are credit risk-related. Further, it requires cross-referencing within
footnotes to enable financial statement users to locate important information
about derivative instruments. FAS No. 161 is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November
15, 2008, with early application encourage. The adoption of this
standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s results of
operations or financial position.
In
February 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 140-3, Accounting for Transfers of
Financial Assets and Repurchase Financing Transactions. This
FSP concludes that a transferor and transferee should not separately account for
a transfer of a financial asset and a related repurchase financing unless (a)
the two transactions have a valid and distinct business or economic purpose for
being entered into separately and (b) the repurchase financing does not result
in the initial transferor regaining control over the financial
asset. The FSP is effective for financial statements issued for
fiscal years beginning on or after November 15, 2008, and interim periods within
those fiscal years. The adoption of this FSP is not expected to have
a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial
position.
In
October 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. 157-3, Determining the Fair Value of a
Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset does not
Exist. This FSP clarifies the application of FAS
Statement No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements, in a market that is not active and provides an example to
illustrate key considerations in determining the fair value of a financial asset
when the market for that financial asset is not active. This FSP
shall be effective upon issuance, including prior periods for which financial
statements have not been issued. Revisions resulting from a change in the
valuation technique or its application shall be accounted for as a change in
accounting estimate (FAS Statement No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error
Corrections. The disclosure provisions of Statement 154 for a change in
accounting estimate are not required for revisions resulting from a change in
valuation technique or its application. The Company is currently evaluating
the impact the adoption of the FSP will have on the Company’s results of
operations.
The FASB
and SEC have issued a number of other accounting rules during late 2007 and
throughout 2008. These additional promulgations have no relevance to
the business operations of the Bank, and therefore, will not have an impact on
the Company’s financial reporting.
5. Subsequent
Events
Subsequent
to September 30, 2008, but prior to the filing of this report, the Corporation
conducted a workforce realignment which involved a complete reorganization of
management and employees. On November 5, 2008, the Corporation filed
a Form 8-K announcing one-time charge of $1,222,000 in connection with 35
employees exercising a voluntary early separation package offered as part of the
work force realignment. The work force realignment will result in a
reduction of approximately 25 full-time equivalents (FTE)
employees. The reduction in FTE’s is expected to be realized over a
six-month period. The work force realignment is one element of a
larger business process improvement engagement that the Corporation has entered
into with the consulting division of the Bank’s core processor in early
2008.
The
$1,222,000 charge will be recorded as salary and benefit costs in the fourth
quarter of 2008, with an offsetting liability reflecting the Corporation’s
future obligation. As salary and benefit costs are paid out over the
remainder of 2008, 2009, and into 2010, they will not impact earnings, but will
reduce the Corporation’s obligation. As a result of this one-time
charge, total salary and benefit costs are expected to decline in
2009.
Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations
On July
1, 2008, the Ephrata National Bank (the “Bank”) completed its reorganization as
a wholly owned subsidiary of ENB Financial Corp (the
“Corporation”). Effective on July 1, 2008, the Corporation owns all
shares of the Bank. Shareholders who previously owned shares of the
Bank will own the equivalent amount of shares of ENB Financial Corp, upon
conversion of those shares.
The
following discussion and analysis represents management’s view of the financial
condition and results of the Corporation. This discussion and
analysis should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and other
financial schedules included in this quarterly report and in conjunction with
the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders of the Bank. The financial condition and
results presented are not indicative of future performance.
The information contained in this
interim report is unaudited. In the opinion of management, the
financial information presented along with Management’s Discussion and Analysis
reflects all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial condition and
results of operations for the reported periods. Any adjustments made
were of a normal, recurring nature.
The
financial condition and results of operation for the period ended September 30,
2008, reflect the consolidated operations and results of the
Corporation.
Forward-Looking
Statements
The U.S.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor in regard
to the inclusion of forward-looking statements in this document and documents
incorporated by reference. Forward-looking statements pertain to
possible or assumed future results that are made using current
information. These forward-looking statements are generally
identified when terms such as; “believe,” “estimate,”
“anticipate,” “expect,” “project,” “forecast” and other similar
wording are used. The readers of this report should take into
consideration that these forward-looking statements represent management’s
expectations as to future financial performance, or the likelihood that certain
events will or will not occur. Due to the very nature of estimates or
predictions, these forward-looking statements should not be construed to be
indicative of actual future results. Additionally,
management may change estimates of future performance, or the likelihood of
future events, as additional information is obtained. This document
may also address financial targets or goals that management is striving to reach
but these targets or goals should not be used to predict future
results.
Readers
should note that many factors affect this forward-looking information, some of
which are discussed elsewhere in this document and in the documents that are
incorporated by reference into this document. These factors include,
but are not limited to the following:
·
|
Monetary
and interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve Board
(“FRB”)
|
·
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Economic
conditions
|
·
|
Political
changes and their impact on new laws and
regulations
|
·
|
Competitive
forces
|
·
|
Management’s
ability to manage credit risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk, and
fair value risk
|
·
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Operation,
legal, and reputation risk
|
·
|
Incorrect
analysis of risk or unsuccessful strategies or implementation of
strategies designed to mitigate
risks
|
Readers
should be aware that if any of the above factors change significantly, the
statements regarding future performance could also change
materially. Under the safe harbor provision, the Corporation is not
required to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances that arise after the date of this report. The
Corporation is not obligated to update publicly any forward-looking statements
made in this quarterly report to reflect the effects of subsequent
events. Readers should review any changes in risk factors in
documents periodically filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), including subsequent Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
The
presentation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles, requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect many of the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual
results could differ from these estimates.
A
material estimate that is particularly susceptible to significant change is the
determination of the allowance for loan losses. Management believes
that the allowance for loan losses is adequate and reasonable. The
Corporation’s methodology for determining the allowance for loan losses is
described in a later section of this Management’s Discussion and
Analysis. Given the very subjective nature of identifying and valuing
loan losses, it is likely that well-informed individuals could make materially
different assumptions, and could therefore calculate a materially different
allowance amount. Management uses all available information to
evaluate and provide for future loan losses. However, changes in
economic conditions may necessitate revisions to the provision and respective
allowance in the future. In addition, various regulatory agencies, as
an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the allowance
for loan losses. Such agencies may require adjustments to the
allowance based on their judgments of information available to them at the time
of their examination.
Another
material estimate is the calculation of fair market values for the securities
held by the Corporation on a consolidated basis. The Corporation
receives estimated fair values of debt securities from the bond accounting
services of a brokerage firm. This firm currently uses five
independent valuation services to determine the fair market values of
securities. In accordance with FAS 157, Fair Value Measurements,
securities must be valued according to a specified level of input hierarchy,
referred to as level 1, 2 or 3 inputs. Fair Value Presentation is
covered in Note 2 in the Notes to the Unaudited Interim Financial
Statements. Nearly all of the Corporation’s securities are valued
using Level 2 inputs which includes quoted prices for similar assets in active
markets. Management reviews the level inputs used to value the
securities on a quarterly basis and reports this in Note
2. Management also evaluates the valuation methodology annually for
adequacy and believes the current valuation methodology to be materially
accurate. All of the Corporation’s securities are classified as
available for sale and are carried at fair value on the balance sheets, with
unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported separately
through other comprehensive income (included in the stockholders’ equity section
of the balance sheet, net of tax).
RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
Overview
The
Corporation recorded net income of $265,000 and $3,088,000 for the three and
nine month periods ending September 30, 2008, representing an 83.9% and 15.0%
decrease from the same periods in 2007.
The
Corporation recognized in the operating results for the three and nine month
periods ended September 30, 2008, other than temporary impairment (“OTTI”)
charges of $761,000 pretax on Fannie Mae preferred stock subsequent to the
federal takeover of Fannie Mae. The Corporation also recognized $456,000 of
pretax loss on the sale of Fannie Mae preferred stock in two transactions, one
prior to the federal takeover and one post the takeover of Fannie Mae. The
Emergency Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (“EESA”), signed into law on October 3,
2008, provides that OTTI charges and the losses on the sale of Fannie Mae
preferred stock may be treated as ordinary loss for tax purposes. This provision
will allow the Corporation to recognize a tax benefit of approximately $413,000
on both the OTTI and losses on the sale of these securities. The
accounting pronouncements governing the timing of the tax treatment require the
Corporation to delay the recognition of the tax benefit of $413,000 until the
fourth quarter of 2008.
Net
interest income provides the majority of the Corporation’s income. The
Corporation recorded net interest income of $5,193,000 and $15,053,000 for the
respective three months and nine months ended September 30, 2008. This is an
improvement of the Corporation’s net interest income (“NII”) by 7.9% and 5.9%
for the respective three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2008,
compared to the same respective periods in 2007. This is a marked
improvement over the last two years. The Corporation’s NII only grew
2.3% in 2007 compared to 2006, and for 2006 the NII did not reflect any growth
over 2005. For further discussion of the NII please see the net
interest income section.
A
provision for loan losses of $170,000 was recorded for the three months ended
September 30, 2008, compared to $90,000 in the same period of 2007. The 2008
year-to-date provision was $519,000 compared to $1,326,000 through September 30,
2007. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Corporation
recorded net charge offs of $146,000. Comparatively, in 2007, the Corporation
experienced significant losses on a large borrower; and therefore, recorded net
charge-offs of $982,000, which required an additional provision to be recorded.
For further information on credit quality of the loan portfolio refer to the
non-performing and allowance for loan losses sections under Item 2 Financial
Condition.
The
banking industry uses two primary performance measurements to gauge a financial
institutions performance; they are return on average assets (“ROA”) and return
on average equity (“ROE”). The first, return on average assets, measures how
efficiently a financial institution generates income based on the amount of
assets or size of an institution. The
second,
return on equity, measures the efficiency of a financial institution in
generating income based on the amount of equity or capital
utilized. The latter measurement typically receives more attention
from shareholders. The Corporation’s key performance ratios in the
following table reflect the Corporation’s lower earnings for the three and
nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same periods in
2007. Although the current year has produced lower earnings
performance, the Corporation’s asset growth and equity remain
strong.
Key
Ratios
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Three
Months Ended
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Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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September
30,
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2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
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Return
on Average Assets
|
0.16 | % | 1.05 | % | 0.62 | % | 0.79 | % | ||||||||
Return
on Average Equity
|
1.57 | % | 9.90 | % | 6.00 | % | 7.38 | % |
The
results of the Corporation’s operations can be best explained by addressing in
further detail the five major sections of the income statement, which are as
follows:
|
·
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Net
interest income
|
|
·
|
Provision
for loan losses
|
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·
|
Non-interest
income
|
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·
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Non-interest
expenses
|
|
·
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Provision
for income taxes
|
Each of
these five areas is analyzed in the following discussion.
Net
Interest Income
Net
interest income (“NII”) constitutes the largest portion of the operating income,
usually over 80%; therefore, the direction of NII and the rate of increase or
decrease will often determine the overall performance of the
Corporation.
For
analytical purposes and throughout this discussion, all yields, rates, and
measurements such as NII, net interest spread, and net yield on interest-earning
assets are all presented on a fully taxable equivalent (“FTE”)
basis. The FTE net interest income shown in the tables below, and the
comparative average balance sheets and net interest tables to follow, will
exceed the NII, as reported on the statements of income. The benefit
provided by nontaxable assets resulted in the FTE adjustment of $387,000, and
$441,000 for third quarter of 2008 and 2007, respectively. The
year-to-date FTE adjustment was $1,259,000 through September 30, 2008, and
$1,337,000 for the same period in 2007. The following table shows a summary
analysis of net interest income on an FTE basis
Net
Interest Income
|
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(Dollars
in thousands)
|
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Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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September
30,
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2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
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$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||||||||
Total
interest income
|
8,818 | 8,538 | 26,071 | 25,166 | ||||||||||||
Total
interest expense
|
3,625 | 3,726 | 11,018 | 10,950 | ||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
5,193 | 4,812 | 15,053 | 14,216 | ||||||||||||
Tax
equivalent adjustment
|
387 | 441 | 1,259 | 1,337 | ||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
||||||||||||||||
(fully
taxable equivalent)
|
5,580 | 5,253 | 16,312 | 15,553 |
NII is
the difference between interest income earned on assets and interest expense
incurred on liabilities. Accordingly, two factors affect net interest
income:
|
·
|
The
rates charged on interest-earning assets and paid on interest-bearing
liabilities
|
|
·
|
The
average balance of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing
liabilities
|
The
Federal funds rate, the Prime rate, and the shape of the U.S. Treasury curve,
all affect the net interest income. The Federal funds rate, which is the
overnight rate that financial institutions charge other financial institutions
to buy or sell overnight funds, has declined from 5.25% in August of 2007 to
2.00% through September 30, 2008. The Federal funds rate was reduced
by 100 basis points in the second half of 2007, with another 225 basis points of
reductions in the first nine months of 2008. The rate reductions have
generally had offsetting positive and negative impacts to the Corporation’s
NII.
The Prime
rate typically moves in tandem with the Federal Funds rate. The decrease in the
Federal Funds rate has reduced the cost of funds on overnight borrowings and
allowed lower interest rates paid on deposits, reducing the Corporation’s
interest expense. The decrease of the Prime rate had a direct
negative impact to the yield on the Corporation’s prime based
loans. Therefore, the interest income for the Corporation was reduced
by these same rate movements. The interest rate reductions had
little effect on the Corporation’s fixed rate loans, however, the impact of
having over $50 million of Prime Rate loans reprice from an 8.25% rate in August
of 2007 to 5.00% as of September 30, 2008, reducing the average yield of the
loan portfolio and average asset yield.
Through
most of 2007, the U.S. Treasury curve was primarily flat. By the first quarter
of 2008, overnight and short-term funds were at significantly lower rates than
in 2007, while mid-term and long-term rates did not decline, resulting in a
positively sloped yield curve. The change in slope of the U. S. Treasury curve
made it possible for management to grow interest earning assets at favorable
yields. Since deposits and borrowings are priced on the
short-term rates while loans and securities are priced on rates out beyond one
year, the significant rate drops on the short end of the rate curve permitted
management to reduce the overall cost of funds by repricing time deposits and
borrowings to lower levels and remain competitive. Rates on interest
bearing core deposit accounts were also reduced. Meanwhile,
management continued to invest in securities and originate loans at longer
terms, where the U.S. Treasury curve and market rates remained
higher.
Rates
continue to move in part as a result of the current economic and credit
situation. Since September 30, 2008, the Federal Reserve has
decreased the Federal funds rate twice, a total reduction of another 100 basis
points. Likewise, the Prime rate has also reduced 100 basis points.
This will have the same offsetting effect on the NII as previous rate
moves. It is likely that initially the reduction of interest income
will be higher than the savings on funding; however as rates stabilize, the
lower cost of funding will compensate for the decrease in interest
income. Management currently anticipates that the U.S. Treasury curve
will have a positive slope for the remainder of 2008 based on available economic
data. This will allow management to continue to price the vast
majority of liabilities based at lower short term rates, while pricing loans and
investments off the 5 year and 10 year treasury rates that are significantly
above short term rates. Management currently anticipates that the
margin will stabilize and could improve slightly in the fourth quarter as
additional time deposits and borrowed funds are repriced to lower interest
rates.
The
following tables show a more detailed analysis of net interest income on a FTE
basis shown with all the major elements of the balance sheet, which consists of
interest-earning and non-interest-earning assets and interest-bearing and
non-interest-bearing liabilities. The charts provide comprehensive detail
supporting all of the main categories of the balance sheet and the impact on net
interest income. Additionally, the analysis provides the net interest
spread and the net yield on interest-earning assets. The net interest
spread is the difference between the yield on interest-earning assets and the
rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. The net interest spread
has the deficiency of not giving credit for the non-interest-bearing funds and
capital used to fund a portion of the total interest-earning
assets. For this reason, management places more emphasis on the net
yield on interest-earning assets, also referred to as net interest margin
(“NIM”). The NIM is calculated by dividing net interest income into
total interest-earning assets. NIM is generally the benchmark used by
analysts to measure how efficiently a bank generates net interest
income. For example, a bank with a NIM of 3.75% would be able to use
fewer assets and still achieve the same level of net interest income as a bank
with a NIM of 3.50%.
COMPARATIVE
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND NET INTEREST INCOME
|
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(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
For
the Three Months Ended September 30,
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2008
|
2007
|
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(c)
|
(c)
|
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Average
|
Annualized
|
Average
|
Annualized
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
|
Interest
|
Yield/Rate
|
Balance
|
Interest
|
Yield/Rate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
$
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
$
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
earning assets:
|
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Federal
funds sold and interest
|
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on
deposits at other banks
|
383 | 2 | 2.23 | 8,259 | 110 | 5.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Securities
available for sale:
|
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Taxable
|
180,329 | 2,306 | 5.12 | 125,867 | 1,451 | 4.61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tax-exempt
|
52,753 | 824 | 6.25 | 62,830 | 985 | 6.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
securities (d)
|
233,082 | 3,130 | 5.37 | 188,697 | 2,436 | 5.16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Loans
(a)
|
389,770 | 6,031 | 6.17 | 378,169 | 6,370 | 6.71 | ||||||||||||||||||
Regulatory
stock
|
4,923 | 42 | 3.37 | 4,187 | 63 | 6.02 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
interest earning assets
|
628,158 | 9,205 | 5.85 | 579,312 | 8,979 | 6.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest
earning assets (d)
|
47,934 | 44,187 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
676,092 | 623,499 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
LIABILITIES
&
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
bearing liabilities:
|
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Demand
deposits
|
100,307 | 296 | 1.12 | 98,395 | 455 | 1.83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Savings
deposits
|
74,630 | 77 | 0.41 | 69,307 | 89 | 0.51 | ||||||||||||||||||
Time
deposits
|
218,549 | 2,173 | 3.96 | 201,317 | 2,225 | 4.38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Borrowed
funds
|
101,990 | 1,079 | 4.21 | 82,910 | 957 | 4.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
interest bearing liabilities
|
495,476 | 3,625 | 2.91 | 451,929 | 3,726 | 3.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest
bearing liabilities:
|
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Demand
deposits
|
107,996 | 100,704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
5,126 | 4,996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
608,598 | 557,629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
67,494 | 65,870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities & stockholders' equity
|
676,092 | 623,499 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income (FTE)
|
5,580 | 5,253 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest spread (b)
|
2.94 | 2.91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Effect
of non-interest
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
bearing
funds
|
0.62 | 0.72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net yield on interest earning assets (c) |
|
3.56 | 3.63 |
(a)
Includes balances of nonaccrual loans and the recognition of any related
interest income. The quarter to date average balances include net
deferred loan fees and costs of ($308,000) as of September 30, 2008, and
($319,000) as of September 30, 2007. Such fees and costs recognized
through income and included in the interest amounts totaled $18,000 in
2008 and $19,000 in 2007.
|
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(b)
Net interest spread is the arithmetic difference between the yield on
interest earning assets and the rate paid on interest bearing
liabilities.
|
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(c)
Net yield, also referred to as net interest margin, is computed by
dividing net interest income (FTE) by total interest earning
assets.
|
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(d)
Securities recorded at amortized cost. Unrealized holding gains and
losses are included in non-interest earning assets.
|
COMPARATIVE
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND NET INTEREST INCOME
|
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(Dollars
in thousands)
|
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For
the Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
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2008
|
2007
|
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(c)
|
(c)
|
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Average
|
Annualized
|
Average
|
Annualized
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
|
Interest
|
Yield/Rate
|
Balance
|
Interest
|
Yield/Rate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
$
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
$
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
earning assets:
|
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Federal
funds sold and interest
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
on
deposits at other banks
|
1,665 | 31 | 2.45 | 5,525 | 217 | 5.25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Securities
available for sale:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxable
|
165,873 | 6,208 | 4.99 | 127,015 | 4,416 | 4.64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tax-exempt
|
55,301 | 2,689 | 6.50 | 63,553 | 2,993 | 6.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
securities (d)
|
221,174 | 8,897 | 5.36 | 190,568 | 7,409 | 5.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Loans
(a)
|
387,987 | 18,266 | 6.28 | 373,637 | 18,693 | 6.67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Regulatory
stock
|
4,553 | 136 | 4.00 | 4,190 | 184 | 5.86 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
interest earning assets
|
615,379 | 27,330 | 5.93 | 573,920 | 26,503 | 6.16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest
earning assets (d)
|
48,607 | 41,957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
663,986 | 615,877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
LIABILITIES
&
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
bearing liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demand
deposits
|
100,450 | 976 | 1.30 | 94,552 | 1,300 | 1.84 | ||||||||||||||||||
Savings
deposits
|
72,213 | 238 | 0.44 | 69,264 | 290 | 0.56 | ||||||||||||||||||
Time
deposits
|
216,166 | 6,710 | 4.15 | 205,915 | 6,715 | 4.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Borrowed
funds
|
96,800 | 3,094 | 4.27 | 78,399 | 2,645 | 4.51 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
interest bearing liabilities
|
485,629 | 11,018 | 3.03 | 448,130 | 10,950 | 3.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest
bearing liabilities:
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Demand
deposits
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104,543 | 96,861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
5,013 | 5,039 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
595,185 | 550,030 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
68,801 | 65,847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities & stockholders' equity
|
663,986 | 615,877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income (FTE)
|
16,312 | 15,553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest spread (b)
|
2.90 | 2.89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Effect
of non-interest
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bearing
funds
|
0.63 | 0.72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
yield on interest earning assets (c)
|
|
3.53 | 3.61 |
(a)
Includes balances of nonaccrual loans and the recognition of any related
interest income. The year to date average balances include net
deferred loan fees and costs of ($317,000) as of September 30, 2008, and
($355,000) as of September 30, 2007. Such fees and costs
recognized through income and included in the interest amounts totaled
$64,000 in 2008 and $59,000 in 2007.
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(b)
Net interest spread is the arithmetic difference between the yield on
interest earning assets and the rate paid on interest bearing
liabilities.
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(c)
Net yield, also referred to as net interest margin, is computed by
dividing net interest income (FTE) by total interest earning
assets.
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(d)
Securities recorded at amortized cost. Unrealized holding gains
and losses are included in non-interest earning
assets.
|
As a
result of the interest expense increasing at a slightly faster pace than the
interest income, the net interest margin (“NIM”) was lower at 3.56% for the
third quarter of 2008 compared to 3.63% for the third quarter of
2007. Likewise, the NIM for the first nine months of 2008 was lower
at 3.53% compared to 3.61% for the same period of 2007. The Asset
Liability Committee (ALCO) carefully monitors the NIM because it indicates
trends in net interest income, the Corporation’s largest source of
revenue. For more information on the plans and strategies in place to
protect the NIM and moderate the impact of rising rates, please see Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
The NIM
declined from 2007 to 2008; meanwhile, the balances of interest earning assets
have grown at a faster pace resulting in a higher NII. This is also
referred to as a rate versus volume explanation, where in this case, the impact
of carrying a higher balance of interest earning assets more than offsets the
negative impact of lower rates on all of the interest earning
assets. Loan growth has slowed, primarily due to economic weakness,
so the majority of the growth in assets has occurred in the securities
portfolio.
For the
first nine months of 2008, the average balance of securities grew 16.1%, while
the average balance of loans grew 3.4% over the same period of
2007. The average balance of interest earning assets was 7.8% higher
in the first nine months of 2008. The interest income on securities
increased $694,000 and $1,488,000 for the three and nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2008, compared to the same periods the prior year. The interest
earned on loans for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008,
were $339,000 and $427,000 less than the same respective periods in
2007. Therefore the increase in interest income was mainly driven by
the growth of the securities portfolio average balances and an increase in the
yield on the securities.
The
average balances of Federal funds sold also declined for both
periods. As interest rates declined the differential between longer
term investment rates and overnight interest rates grew, making it more
advantageous to invest these funds. With the current Federal funds at
1.00% as of October 31, 2008, it is anticipated that the average amount of
Federal funds sold will remain low for the near future. Additionally,
management will likely purchase more Federal funds overnight to fund additional
loans or securities in an effort to increase NII. Federal funds
borrowed are included in the borrowed funds number of the preceding
charts.
The
average balances for interest bearing liabilities increased 9.6% and 8.4%
respectively for the three and nine periods ending September 30, 2008, compared
to the same periods in 2007. The average cost of interest bearing deposits and
borrowed funds declined 36 and 24 basis points respectively for the three and
nine-month periods ending September 30, 2008, compared to the same periods of
2007. While the average cost of funds was reduced significantly, the actual
interest expense remained nearly flat versus prior year periods because the
balances of all deposit types and borrowings also grew significantly. Total
interest expense declined $101,000 or 2.7% for the quarter but increased $68,000
or 0.6% for the nine-month periods ending September 30, 2008, compared to the
same periods of 2007. As a result of the interest expense
reduction for the quarter, and to a minimal increase for the nine-month period
ending September 30, 2008, the above mentioned moderate increases in fully tax
equivalent interest income were sufficient to increase the fully tax equivalent
NII by 6.2% and 4.9% respectively.
The
reduction in deposit rates was precipitated by the lower Fed funds rate and
sloping U. S. Treasury curve. The deposit instruments that are the most rate
sensitive, and more closely follow overnight or short-term rates, are the
instruments management was able to continue to reprice lower as the Federal
Reserve took further actions to reduce the Federal funds rate. High
balance NOW and MMDA accounts and time deposit accounts are the instruments
where management was able to significantly reduce the weighed average cost. The
interest-bearing demand deposit category, which includes both NOW and MMDA
accounts, averaged 1.12% and 1.30% for the respective three and nine-month
periods ended September 30, 2008, compared to 1.83% and 1.84% for the same
periods of 2007. The other interest bearing liabilities experienced more
moderate reductions in the average cost of funds; however, for the three and
nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008 the time deposit costs were reduced
by 42 and 21 basis points respectively.
Management
anticipates that further savings can be realized in the average cost of interest
bearing funds as time deposits and borrowings mature and reprice to lower
interest rates. Management anticipates further improvements in the
cost of interest bearing demand deposit and savings accounts as a result of the
October 2008 rate decreases; however the rate drops will be small as a
percentage of these moves. The Corporation’s savings and
interest bearing demand deposit rates have already been steadily reduced since
2007, with the ability to make further reductions diminished.
The
borrowed funds category reflected the highest dollar and percentage growth of
the interest bearing liabilities for both periods. The majority of this funding
was used to purchase additional securities. Management was able to
obtain additional borrowings in the form of FHLB advances and repurchase
agreements at lower rates then the average rates on the existing borrowings,
which acted to reduce the average rate on total borrowings. While the
interest expense on total borrowings grew $122,000 or 12.7% and $449,000 or
17.0% for the quarter and nine-month periods ending September
30, 2008,
the average cost of these funds was 37 and 24 basis points lower respectively
for the same periods. Management does not anticipate increasing total borrowings
through the end of the year, although there may be some movement to shorter term
funding due to maturities in the long-term funding category.
In
addition to the interest-bearing cost of funds, the non-interest-bearing demand
deposits continue to grow steadily, which has a significant impact in reducing
the overall cost of funds. Every dollar of non-interest funding acts
to offset the cost of interest-bearing deposit accounts. For example,
a matching balance in a non-interest bearing checking account acts to offset the
cost of a 5.00% time deposit, reducing the average interest cost to
2.50%. Customers primarily utilize demand deposit and savings
accounts for the convenience of having their money liquid and not necessarily to
earn high interest; therefore, they are not as sensitive to interest rate
changes.
Provision
for Loan Losses
The
allowance for loan losses provides for losses inherent in the loan portfolio as
determined by a quarterly analysis and calculation of various factors related to
the loan portfolio. The amount of the provision reflects the adjustment
management determines necessary to ensure the allowance for loan losses is
adequate to cover any losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The
management gives special attention to the level of delinquent
loans. The analysis of the loan loss allowance takes into
consideration, among other things, the following factors:
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·
|
Historical
loan loss experience
|
|
·
|
Loan
portfolio characteristics
|
|
·
|
Current
economic conditions
|
|
·
|
Volume
of delinquent and non-performing
loans
|
The
provision for loan losses recorded were $170,000 and $519,000 for the respective
three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008, compared to $90,000 and
$1,326,000 for the same respective periods in 2007. The provision for
both the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008, has normalized
to the usual range of $150,000 to $200,000 per quarter. Management
deems this range to sufficiently provide for the growth in the loan portfolio,
as well as minor changes in credit risk.
The
Corporation’s credit standards have been and remain conservative; therefore, the
majority of risk for loss comes from default borrowers who experience economic
hardships rather than credit or collateral quality deterioration. Beginning in
the first quarter of 2008, management increased the qualitative factors used in
the allowance for loan losses to account for the potential impact of weaker
economic conditions would have on borrowers. Higher qualitative
factors cause the allowance calculation to increase, which will generally result
in higher provision amounts. To date, despite the uncertainty in the
global and national markets due to the credit crisis and the resulting weaker
economic conditions, management has not experienced any significant increase in
delinquencies or classified loans. Management believes higher
qualitative factors are necessary because the current credit crisis in not over,
and the full economic impact has yet to be determined.
The
provision for the prior year’s nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, was
significantly higher than normal due to commercial loan charge-offs and several
specific allocations that resulted from declining economic conditions facing
borrowers. The charge off of an $80,000 line of credit and $764,000 of business
loans associated with one borrower that went out of business in the first
quarter of 2007, reduced the allowance for loan losses to an extent that a
larger than typical provision needed to be recorded to compensate for the charge
offs.
Management
continues to evaluate the allowance for loan losses in relation to the growth of
the loan portfolio and its associated credit risk. Management
believes the provision and the allowance for loan losses are adequate to provide
for future loan losses that are inherent within the existing loan portfolio. For
further discussion of the calculation see the “Allowance for Loan Losses”
section below.
Other
Income
The
Corporation recorded other income for the three month period ending September
30, 2008, of $441,000, a decrease of $863,000 or 66.2%, compared to the same
period of 2007. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008,
the other income decreased $434,000 or 13.8% over the same period in 2007. The
following tables detail the categories that comprise other operating income. The
main cause of the decrease for both periods was related to Fannie Mae preferred
stock losses as previously discussed.
OTHER
INCOME
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(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
|
||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended Sept. 30,
|
Increase
(Decrease)
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||
$
|
$
|
$
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Trust
and investment services
|
196 | 214 | (18 | ) | (8.4 | ) | ||||||||||
Service
charges on deposit accounts
|
340 | 318 | 22 | 6.9 | ||||||||||||
Other
service charges and fees
|
199 | 106 | 93 | 87.7 | ||||||||||||
Commissions
|
343 | 295 | 48 | 16.3 | ||||||||||||
Gains
(losses) on securities transactions
|
(873 | ) | 170 | (1,043 | ) |
>(100.0)
|
||||||||||
Gain
on sale of mortgages
|
27 | 30 | (3 | ) | (10.0 | ) | ||||||||||
Earnings
on bank owned life insurance
|
161 | 135 | 26 | 19.3 | ||||||||||||
Other
miscellaneous income
|
48 | 36 | 12 | 33.3 | ||||||||||||
Total
other income
|
441 | 1,304 | (863 | ) | (66.2 | ) |
OTHER
INCOME
|
||||||||||||||||
(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
|
||||||||||||||||
Nine Months
Ended Sept. 30,
|
Increase
(Decrease)
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||
$
|
$
|
$
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Trust
and investment services
|
731 | 705 | 26 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||
Service
charges on deposit accounts
|
956 | 899 | 57 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||
Other
service charges and fees
|
466 | 346 | 120 | 34.7 | ||||||||||||
Commissions
|
987 | 822 | 165 | 20.1 | ||||||||||||
Gains
(losses) on securities transactions
|
(761 | ) | 168 | (929 | ) |
>(100.0)
|
||||||||||
Gain
on sale of mortgages
|
102 | 91 | 11 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||
Earnings
on bank owned life insurance
|
464 | 310 | 154 | 49.7 | ||||||||||||
Other
miscellaneous income
|
215 | 253 | (38 | ) | (15.0 | ) | ||||||||||
Total
other income
|
3,160 | 3,594 | (434 | ) | (12.1 | ) |
Trust and
investment services revenue consists of income from traditional trust services
and income from investment services provided through a third party. For the
quarter ended September 30, 2008, the trust and investment services income was
$18,000 or 8.4% lower than for the same period in 2007. For the nine
month period in 2008 the same category was up moderately compared to the same
period in 2007. Traditional trust income fluctuates through the year
due to the timing of estate settlements. For the third quarter 2008,
the traditional trust income was $20,000 lower than the same period in 2007;
whereas for the year to date 2008, it was $42,000 higher than for the same
period the prior year. Income from investment services increased
$2,000 or 3.7% but decreased $18,000 or 9.6%, respectively for the three and
nine months ending September 30, 2008, compared to the same periods in 2007. The
amount of customer investment activity drives the investment income; therefore,
the economic slowdown throughout the year has diminished customer interest in
investing in the equity market.
Service
charges on deposit accounts increased substantially for both the three and nine
month periods ended September 30, 2008, compared to the same periods in
2007. Overdraft fees on checking accounts generally account for the
majority of the total income realized on service charges on deposit
accounts. Overdraft income increased $26,000 or 9.5% and $55,000 or
7.0% for the respective three and nine month periods, compared to the same
periods of 2007. The direction of overdraft income largely determines
the direction of total income from service charges on deposit
accounts. Customers have been experiencing cash flow imbalances with
rising food and energy prices and less immediate credit
available. This means that there is a higher tendency for customers
to overdraw their accounts. While energy prices have recently
declined, further economic weakness is causing more unemployment and business
slow downs so that disposable income continues to be
weak. Additionally, the overdraft charges typically grow in
correlation to the growth of demand deposit accounts, and there has been a
strong growth in demand deposit accounts during 2008.
Other
service charges and fees increased $93,000 or 87.7%, and $120,000 or 34.7% for
the three and nine-month periods ending September 30, 2008, compared to the same
periods in 2007. Fees were higher for both periods due to
increased
mortgage
activity and strong letter of credit activity. Mortgage document preparation
fees increased $69,000 and $95,000 for the three and nine month periods ending
September 30, 2008, compared to the same periods of 2007. The
increase in mortgage fees primarily resulted from fees associated with
refinancing and amendments to the original loan
agreements. Letter of credit fees were up $12,000 or
58.0% for the quarter but increased only $11,000 or 11.0% for the nine-month
period ending September 30, 2008, compared to the same prior year
periods.
Total
commission income continues to increase primarily due to the volume of debit
card transactions, which is the largest source of commission income. Debit card
transaction commission income was responsible for over 80% of the total
commission income for both the quarter and nine-month periods ended September
30, 2008. The check card exchange commission increased $37,000 or
13.7%, and $131,000 or 19.3% for the three and nine-month periods ending
September 30, 2008, compared to the same periods in
2007. Customers are becoming more comfortable with the use of
debit cards, as well as they are now widely accepted by merchants, thereby
increasing the number of transactions processed. The other commission
income that continues to increase steadily is the merchant services income which
is commission earned on credit and debit card transactions processed on our
customer’s behalf. This income increased $9,000 or 24.6% and 24,000
or 24.0% for the respective three and nine-month periods ended September 30,
2008, compared to the same periods the prior year.
For the
quarter ending September 30, 2008, $343,000 of gains on the sale of securities
were recorded partially offsetting the $456,000 of loss on the Fannie Mae
preferred stock sales and $761,000 of OTTI recorded. This compares to $170,000
of gains recorded for the comparable period in 2007. Likewise,
excluding the Fannie Mae preferred stock transactions and OTTI, $455,000 of
gains were recorded for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2008,
compared to $168,000 of gains in 2007 for the same period.
Earnings
on Bank Owned Life Insurance (“BOLI”) increased $64,000 or 69.6% and $128,000 of
73.1% for the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2008, compared
to the same periods in 2007. The increases in BOLI income were a
direct result of additional BOLI purchases of life insurance. The
growth in the cash surrender value of the BOLI is reflected as BOLI
income. An additional purchase of $2.4 million of BOLI occurred in
May 2007 and $2.6 million in August of 2007. Management does not
anticipate any further BOLI purchases in the foreseeable future.
The
fluctuations in miscellaneous income for both the three and nine month periods
ended September 30, 2008, are due principally to decreases in the allowance for
off-balance sheet extensions of credit. The miscellaneous income
category includes the account to which reductions in the allowance for
off-balance sheet credits are recorded. For the nine-months ended
September 30, 2008, the allowance for off-balance sheet credits was reduced by
$23,000, compared to the $76,000 recorded during 2007.
Operating
Expenses
The
following tables provides details of the Corporation’s operating expenses for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, compared to the same periods
in 2007, along with the dollar and percentage increase or decrease for the
comparison periods. The supporting narrative explaining expense
categories reflecting large dollar or large percentage changes follows the
tables.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
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(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
|
||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended Sept. 30,
|
Increase
(Decrease)
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||
$
|
$
|
$
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
2,654 | 2,405 | 249 | 10.4 | ||||||||||||
Occupancy
expenses
|
311 | 298 | 13 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||
Equipment
expenses
|
223 | 209 | 14 | 6.7 | ||||||||||||
Advertising
& marketing expenses
|
81 | 60 | 21 | 35.0 | ||||||||||||
Computer
software & data
|
||||||||||||||||
processing
expenses
|
355 | 317 | 38 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||
Bank
shares tax
|
181 | 111 | 70 | 63.1 | ||||||||||||
Professional
services
|
525 | 210 | 315 |
>100.0
|
||||||||||||
Other
operating expenses
|
657 | 444 | 213 | 48.0 | ||||||||||||
Total
Operating Expenses
|
4,987 | 4,054 | 933 | 23.0 |
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
||||||||||||||||
(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
|
||||||||||||||||
Nine
Months Ended Sept. 30,
|
Increase
(Decrease)
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||
$
|
$
|
$
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
7,899 | 7,168 | 731 | 10.2 | ||||||||||||
Occupancy
expenses
|
919 | 872 | 47 | 5.4 | ||||||||||||
Equipment
expenses
|
692 | 665 | 27 | 4.1 | ||||||||||||
Advertising
& marketing expenses
|
247 | 315 | (68 | ) | (21.6 | ) | ||||||||||
Computer
software & data
|
||||||||||||||||
processing
expenses
|
1,112 | 1,033 | 79 | 7.6 | ||||||||||||
Bank
shares tax
|
545 | 335 | 210 | 62.7 | ||||||||||||
Professional
services
|
1,132 | 727 | 405 | 55.7 | ||||||||||||
Other
operating expenses
|
1,437 | 1,381 | 56 | 4.1 | ||||||||||||
Total
Operating Expenses
|
13,983 | 12,496 | 1,487 | 11.9 |
Salaries
and employee benefits are the largest category of the Corporation’s operating
expenses, typically representing more than 55% of the total operating
expenses. For the three and nine months ending September 30, 2008,
salaries and employee benefits amounted to 53.2% and 56.5% of the Corporations
total operating expenses. For the three months and nine months ended
September 30, 2008, salary expense alone increased $147,000 or 8.1% and $481,000
or 8.9%. The hiring of additional staff is the predominate
reason for the increase in salaries; however, normal salary raises also
contributed to the increase. Hiring for the Bank’s newest branch
office contributed to the higher salaries. While a number of the
positions in the new office were filled by reallocating employees from other
offices, there were still a number of new hires which began employment prior to
the branch opening.
Benefit
costs for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2008, increased
$101,000 or 17.5% and $250,000 or 14.0% compared to the same respective periods
in 2007, which is a faster pace than salaries due to higher insurance and
pension costs. Insurance costs include health, life and workers
compensation. Life insurance and workers compensation insurance costs
grew at a faster pace than medical insurance costs, due to higher workers
compensation claims and rate increases on the life insurance. Life
and workers compensation insurance increased $30,000 or 26.3% for the first nine
months of 2008, while medical insurance increased $95,000 or
11.9%. Pension costs have risen faster than salary costs due to
larger amounts of the workforce being eligible and fully vested in the pension
plan and a low level of employee turnover. Pension costs increased
$22,000 or 19.5% and $62,000 or 18.4% for the three and nine month periods
ending September 30, 2008, as compared to the same periods of
2007. The Corporation strives to provide competitive compensation and
benefits to attract and retain quality personnel, while maintaining the cost of
salaries and benefits to approximately 55% of the total operating
expenses.
Occupancy
expenses consist of the following:
|
·
|
Depreciation
of buildings
|
|
·
|
Real
estate taxes and property insurance
|
|
·
|
Utilities
|
|
·
|
Building
repair and maintenance
|
Occupancy
expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, increased
$13,000 or 10.4% and $47,000 or 5.4% over the same periods in
2007. The increases were spread across all occupancy categories;
however, utilities were responsible for the majority of the
increase. Utilities increased $9,000 or 10.7% and $24,000 or
9.1% as the cost of oil, electric, and natural gas service have all increased
well beyond the rate of inflation. For the nine-months ended
September 30, 2008, the real estate taxes recorded were $16,000 or 10.0% higher
than for the same period in 2007. The real-estate taxes were higher
in the beginning of 2008 because this is the first full year taxes are being
expensed for the Manheim branch location.
Advertising
and marketing expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2008, were
$21,000 or 35.0% higher than the same period in 2007. Conversely, the
advertising and marketing expenses for the nine-month period ended September 30,
2008, was $68,000 or 21.6% lower than the comparable period for the prior year.
The third quarter marketing expenses were higher due to advertising and events
related to the grand opening of the new branch. Additionally, several
television and radio advertising opportunities were used to target a broader
base of customers, by
involvement
in advertising during the Olympic spotlights and local football programming on a
regional TV station. This expense will increase in the fourth quarter
due to the hosting of the annual customer appreciation day and a fourth quarter
sponsored radio program on the effects of the credit crisis. As a
result, advertising and marketing expenses are not expected to reflect as
significant of declines by the end of the year.
Computer
software and data processing expenses combined for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2008, increased $38,000 or 12.0%, and $79,000 or 7.6%, over
the same periods of 2007. The computer software and data processing
expenses are comprised of software amortization, software purchases, software
maintenance agreements and STAR network processing fees. These
increases were generally caused by higher STAR network fees and higher software
maintenance fees. STAR network fees grew $39,000 or 25.0%, and
$56,000 or 10.3% for the three months and nine month periods ending September 30
2008, compared to the same periods of 2007. STAR network fees are the fees paid
to process all ATM and debit card transactions. The STAR charges are
based on a per transaction basis; therefore, as customers increase usage of
their cards, the fee also increases. Software added in the latter part of 2007
linking ATM and debit card processing to the core processing on a real time
basis was expensed for the first time in the first half of 2008; thereby
contributing to the increase in software expenses.
Bank
shares tax is a tax assessed on banks operating in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. The reorganization of the Bank into a Bank Holding
Company made the Corporation the sole owner of the Bank’s
shares. This means that all outstanding shares are
taxable. This is coupled with a policy change instituted by the
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue at the end of 2007 regarding shares
previously exempt from the tax. The tax was previously viewed to be a
tax on the shareholders with an exemption allowed for charitable trust
shares. Effective January 1, 2008, the Department of Revenue has
taken the position that the Pennsylvania Bank Shares Tax is a tax on the Bank
and not the shareholder. Over 30% of the Bank’s issued and
outstanding shares were previously exempt as charitable trust shares and now
must be included in the shares tax calculation. From the convergence
of these two events rendering all outstanding shares as taxable, the Bank has
had to significantly increase the accrual for shares tax expense, which began in
the second quarter of 2008 after management evaluated and determined that no
recourse was available to reduce this tax burden. Management
anticipates that the 2008 Bank shares tax expense for all of 2008 will be
$728,000, which would be a $279,000 or a 62.1% increase over the $449,000 of
Bank shares tax expense incurred during 2007.
Professional
services include accounting and auditing, legal costs, Federal Reserve charges,
courier services, pension and 401(K) administrative services, payroll procession
charges, and student loan servicing, in addition to a multitude of third party
professional services. Professional services increased $315,000 or
150.0% and $405,000 or 55.7% for the third quarter and year to date of 2008
respectively, compared to the same periods in 2007. Management entered into a
large engagement with the business consulting group affiliated with the
Corporation’s core processing system in March of 2008. A
comprehensive business processing assessment has been performed and over a six
to nine months period, the management approved changes will be implemented,
including, personnel reorganization, and operational changes intended to
increase efficiency, gain income opportunities and reduce expenses by aligning
the processes used with industry standards. Additionally, legal costs and
shareholder expenses increased substantially for both the quarter and year to
date 2007 compared to last year due to the formation of the a Bank Holding
Company. These two categories combined increased $46,000 and $103,000 for the
three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, compared to the same
respective periods in 2007.
Other
operating expenses include all of the remainder of the operating
expenses. Some of the larger items included in this category
are:
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·
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Postage
|
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·
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FDIC
insurance assessment
|
|
·
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OCC
assessment
|
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·
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General
insurance
|
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·
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Director
fees and expense
|
|
·
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General
supplies
|
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·
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Charitable
contributions
|
|
·
|
Delinquent
loan expenses
|
Other
operating expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008,
increased $213,000 or 48.0% and $56,000 or 4.1% over the same periods in
2007. A significant portion of the increase resulted from the
higher FDIC insurance assessment, which was $83,000 higher for both the three
and nine month periods of 2008 compared to the same periods in
2007. FDIC assessment charges increased in 2007 related to a law
passed in 2006 requiring the FDIC to maintain the insurance fund at 1.15% of
insured deposits. Prior to the third quarter 2008, there was a credit determined
within the same legislation being applied to the FDIC assessment charges, so the
third quarter is the first time there was a
significant
increase. Additionally, beginning in 2009 the FDIC has announced
significant increases in the rates being charged. The business
consulting engagement contributed to the $24,000 increase for both the three and
nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, in travel expenses. Also
in the third quarter of 2008, an increase to the allowance for off-balance sheet
credits which was necessary and that is recorded as miscellaneous
expense. As a result, miscellaneous expense increased $91,000 and
$108,000 for the three and nine-months ended September 30, 2008. This
contributed to the overall increase in other operating expenses; however, OREO
expenses decreased by $85,000 for the nine-month period ending September 30,
2008, which nearly offset the higher miscellaneous expense. OREO
expenses were lower because a loss of $116,000 was recorded in June 2007 on an
OREO property when the value was written down based on a sales agreement entered
into. There was no comparable expense in 2008.
Income
Taxes
The
Corporation’s income rate is 34% for Federal income tax
purposes. Certain items of income are not subject to Federal income
tax, such as tax-exempt interest income on loans and securities; therefore, the
effective income tax rate for the Corporation has been lower than the stated tax
rate. The effective tax rate is calculated by dividing the provision
for income tax by the pretax income for the applicable period. The
effective tax rate for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, was
16.8%. The income taxes for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, does
not reflect the change in treatment for the Fannie Mae preferred stock
losses. In the fourth quarter of 2008, a reduction to taxes in the
amount of $413,000 related to the favorable tax treatment in the EESA
legislation will be recorded.
The
combination of lower pre-tax income levels in 2006 and 2007, and maintaining
roughly the same percentage of tax-free assets caused the Corporation to be in
an alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) position beginning in 2006 and is projected
to be subject to AMT at the end of 2008. The amount of AMT paid is
able to be carried forward as a credit against future tax when the Corporation
is no longer subject to AMT. While subject to AMT, the full
tax-equivalent yield on tax-free assets is not being realized; therefore,
management discontinued the purchasing of tax free municipal bonds and has been
less aggressive in pricing tax free loans since 2007.
Financial
Condition
The total
assets of the Corporation as of September 30, 2008, were $678.3 and increase of
$44.5 million or 7.0 % from the $633.8 as of December 31, 2007.
Securities
Available for Sale
Based on
fair market value, as of September 30, 2008, the Bank had $219.9 million of
securities available for sale, which accounted for 32.4% of the Bank’s
assets. Securities available for sale accounted for 30.4% and 30.3%
of the Bank’s ending assets as of December 31, 2007, and September 30, 2007,
respectively. Based on ending balances, the securities portfolio grew
$28.4 million or 14.9% since September 30, 2007, with $27.0 million of that
growth occurring since December 31, 2007.
The Bank
generally will invest any excess liquidity into securities, primarily fixed
income bonds. The securities portfolio provides interest and dividend
income to supplement the interest income on loans. Additionally, the securities
portfolio assists the Bank’s management of both liquidity risk and interest rate
risk. In order to provide flexibility for management of liquidity and
interest rate risks, the securities portfolio is classified as available for
sale and reported at fair value. Management adjusts the value of all
the Bank’s securities on a monthly basis to fair market value as determined in
accordance with FAS 115
Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt & Equity Securities and
FAS 157 Fair Value Measurements.
Management has the ability and intent to hold all debt securities until
maturity; and therefore, generally does not record impairment on the bonds that
are currently valued below par. Equity securities general pose a
greater risk to loss of principal, as management no longer has the ability to
hold these securities to a maturity date to receive all principal.
Based on
fair market value, on September 30, 2008, approximately 98.7% of the
Corporation’s securities were invested in debt securities with final maturities
while 1.3% of the portfolio was invested in equity securities. The
equity percentage has declined from 1.8% and 2.0% as of December 31, 2007, and
September 30, 2007, respectively, due to sales and impairment on Fannie Mae
preferred stock due to the unprecedented September 7, 2008, take over of both
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Federal
Housing Finance Agency. As part of the take over, the government took
a higher equity position than the preferred shareholders and preferred stock
dividend payments were halted, causing an immediate and severe loss in value of
the Corporation’s Fannie Mae preferred stock. While the equity
holdings make up a very small percentage of the Corporation’s securities
portfolio, they were responsible for all of the $760,000 of impairment the
Corporation recorded on September 30, 2008, and $456,000 of losses taken during
the third quarter of 2008.
Any
significant loss in fair market value, on debt or equity instruments could be
other than temporarily impaired; therefore, management does continue to evaluate
all securities for impairment on a quarterly basis. Refer to “Item 3
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for further
discussion of risk strategies.
The
composition of the Bank’s securities portfolio based on fair market value is
shown in the following table.
SECURITIES
PORTFOLIO
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(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
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Period
Ending
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September
30, 2008
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December
31, 2007
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September
30, 2007
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$
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%
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$
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%
|
$
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%
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U.S.
treasuries & governmental agencies
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48,568 | 22.1 | 47,599 | 24.7 | 49,631 | 25.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
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47,552 | 21.6 | 33,097 | 17.1 | 32,014 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized
mortgage obligations
|
37,759 | 17.2 | 36,833 | 19.1 | 35,785 | 18.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Private
label collateralized mortgage obligations
|
18,387 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Corporate
debt securities
|
14,756 | 6.7 | 11,507 | 6.0 | 9,453 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
49,984 | 22.7 | 60,422 | 31.3 | 60,734 | 31.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Equity
securities
|
2,839 | 1.3 | 3,502 | 1.8 | 3,850 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
securities
|
219,845 | 100.0 | 192,960 | 100.0 | 191,467 | 100.0 |
Each
quarter management sets portfolio allocation guidelines and adjusts security
portfolio strategy generally based upon the following factors:
·
|
Performance
of the various instruments
|
|
·
|
Direction
of interest rates
|
|
·
|
Slope
of the yield curve
|
|
·
|
ALCO
positions as to liquidity, interest rate risk, and net portfolio
value
|
|
·
|
State
of the economy and credit risk
|
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·
|
Current
tax position
|
At the
beginning of the year, the Corporation was able to utilize the positively sloped
treasury curve to add higher yielding securities to the portfolio, increasing
portfolio income from both a volume and rate standpoint. This was
done in part to offset the slower loan growth being experienced by the
Bank. The majority of growth occurred in government agency sponsored
mortgage backed securities (MBS), and private label mortgage backed securities
(PCMO). Although the specific structure of each of these types of
instruments is slightly different, they have some common characteristics that
make them appropriate for the Bank’s investment strategy. Mortgage
backed securities in general match with the overall objectives of the securities
strategy of providing:
|
·
|
a
stable and reliable cash flow for
liquidity
|
|
·
|
sufficient
protection against credit risk with AAA rated
security
|
|
·
|
strong
income compared to other debt
securities
|
Investment
in a substantial amount of the mortgage backed security types referred to above
help management in maintaining a stable five year ladder of cash flows which
assists with the Bank’s liquidity and interest rate risk
position. While cash flows coming off of mortgage back maturities do
slow down and speed up as interest rates increase or decrease, the overall
effect on the portfolio is minimal. These cash flows act to soften
the impact of other debt securities being called or maturing in their
entirety.
Corporate
debt securities, known as corporate bonds, were the only other investment type
which grew as a percentage of the portfolio. Corporate spreads have
widened materially through out 2008 as the economic conditions have
deteriorated. Despite much larger spreads, management has been
selective in seeking opportunities in corporate bonds due to their greater
credit risk. The corporate bond growth of just over $3 million since
December 31, 2007, was much smaller than the $14.5 million and $18.4 million
increases in MBS’s and PCMO’s respectively since December 31, 2007.
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions, often referred to as municipal bonds, are
tax-free securities that generally provide the highest yield in the Bank’s
securities portfolio. In 2006, 2007, and to date in 2008, the
Corporation has been in an alternative minimum tax (AMT)
position. The AMT requires the payment of a minimum level of tax
should an entity have large amounts of tax preference items, which in the
Companies case are tax exempt loans and municipal bonds. Due to the
Bank’s AMT tax position, management has determined that the size of the
municipal bond holdings in relation to the rest of the securities portfolio
should be decreased. Sizable reductions in the Bank’s tax free assets
with increased income would enable the Bank to avoid AMT in 2009, at which time
the municipal bond portfolio would again be increased to take advantage of the
higher yields.
As of
September 30, 2008, the fair market value of the Corporation’s equity holdings
consisted of $2,766,000 of a CRA approved mutual fund and $73,000 of Fannie Mae
preferred stock, with book values respectively of $3,000,000 and
$73,000. The CRA fund and Fannie Mae preferred stock securities are
equity investments with no stated maturity. This differs from the
rest of the portfolio, which are debt securities and have stated maturity
dates. The CRA fund is structured as an equity mutual fund
where dollars are invested in CRA qualifying mortgage pools. The
current guideline used by management for the amount to be invested in CRA
approved investments is approximately 0.5% of the Bank’s assets. The
CRA fund is rated AAA by both Moodys and S&P.
The fair
market value of the CRA fund reflected very little change from June 30, 2008,
when the value was $2,763,000, while the fair market value of the Fannie Mae
preferred stock stood at $1,141,000 with a book value of
$1,500,000. The unprecedented September 7, 2008, take over of both
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Federal
Housing Finance Agency caused the Corporation to both sell and take impairment
on Fannie Mae securities in the third quarter of 2008.
As of
September 30, 2008, all of the Bank’s PCMO securities were at AAA, which is
above the credit standards established by the regulators and the more stringent
standards set by Bank policy. Due to the volatility of the securities
market, management also evaluated the credit ratings of the PCMO’s as of October
31, 2008. At that time, one of the seven PCMO securities held with a
book value of $3,975,000 was down graded to B+ by S&P, which is below the
Bank’s initial credit standards and is also below what is considered investment
grade. The remainder of the securities were still rated
AAA. Management will continue to closely monitor the security
that has been downgraded. Presently,
management
has the intent and the ability to hold the security to
maturity. Presently, management believes that full recovery of
principal is probable.
As of
September 30, 2008, the Corporation held corporate bonds with a fair market
value of $14.8 million and a book value of $15.1 million. Two bonds,
one Ford and one General Motors totaling $2 million were rated below the
Corporation’s initial policy guidelines for credit quality; however, these bonds
matured respectively in October 2008 prior to this Form 10-Q
filing. All other corporate bonds held were rated at our above the
Corporation’s minimum initial credit rating as of September 30, 2008, and
October 31, 2008. The corporate bond portfolio held by the
Corporation is relatively short, with a weighted average life of 1.9
years. Management has the ability and intent to hold these securities
until maturity when full recovery of principal would be received.
The
entire securities portfolio is reviewed monthly for credit risk and evaluated
quarterly for possible impairment. In terms of credit risk and
impairment, management most closely watches the Corporation’s CRA fund and
Fannie Mae preferred stock positions since they do not have a stated maturity
date. Corporate bonds and private mortgage backed securities have the most
potential credit risk out of the Corporation’s debt instruments. As
of September 30, 2008, none of the Corporation’s unrealized security losses were
considered other than temporary.
Loans
The Bank
had $397.4 million total outstanding loans as of September 30, 2008, an $11.8
million or 3.1% increase from September 30, 2007, and a $12.4 million or 3.2%
increase from December 31, 2007. The following tables show the
composition of the Bank’s loans as of September 30, 2008, December 31, 2007, and
September 30, 2007.
LOANS
BY MAJOR CATEGORY
|
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(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2007
|
||||||||||
$
|
$
|
$
|
||||||||||
Real
Estate
|
||||||||||||
Residential
(a)
|
160,401 | 150,996 | 153,702 | |||||||||
Commercial
|
141,413 | 131,297 | 131,649 | |||||||||
Construction
|
13,787 | 16,960 | 14,842 | |||||||||
Commercial
|
70,094 | 75,172 | 74,103 | |||||||||
Consumer
|
11,942 | 10,896 | 11,574 | |||||||||
397,637 | 385,321 | 385,870 | ||||||||||
Less:
|
||||||||||||
Deferred
loan fees, net
|
253 | 322 | 309 | |||||||||
Allowance
for loan losses
|
4,054 | 3,682 | 3,588 | |||||||||
Total
net loans
|
393,330 | 381,317 | 381,973 |
(a)
|
Residential
real estate loans do not include mortgage loans sold to and serviced for
Fannie Mae. These loans
totaled $11,066,000 as September 30, 2008, $9,975,000 as of December
31, 2007, and $9,279,000 as of September
30, 2007.
|
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|
Residential
real estate loans consisting of first and second mortgages, and home equity
loans comprise the largest portion of the Corporation’s total
loans. The residential real estate category is consistently
near 40% of the Bank’s total loans. The balances in the real estate
residential category grew $6.7 million or 4.4% from September 30, 2007, and $9.4
million or 6.2% from December 31, 2007. The moderate growth in the
first nine months of 2008 is indicative of the Corporation originating mortgages
to be held at Ephrata National as opposed to being sold to other
parties. Given recent negative national events with regard to the
mortgage industry and large commercial banks, more consumers prefer that their
mortgage be held by a local financial institution. Even though the
mortgage business has generally slowed, the Corporation has seen new business
from other financial institutions where borrowers are refinancing adjustable
rate instruments into traditional fixed rate
mortgages. Management believes that there may be a slowdown in
mortgage originations when the housing market and subprime situation begins to
stabilize.
Home
Equity loans have averaged from 25% to 30% of the Corporation’s residential real
estate loan portfolio. The use of home equity loans is motivated by the
favorable tax treatment of real estate secured loans compared to unsecured
loans.
More
recently the higher percentage of home ownership along with recent gains in real
estate valuations has made the home equity loan available to more
borrowers. Borrowers have become more financially astute and now look
first at their home’s equity as the prime collateral to secure all types of
borrowings, with many of these loans being used for purposes other than home
improvement. For example, many middle-income parents will take out a
home equity loan for college education costs, purchasing autos, recreational
vehicles, or other non-real estate improvement purposes. With
property values decreasing in recent months, many borrowers do not have as much
equity to borrow against; therefore, the demand for home equity loans has
decreased. It is anticipated that when property values recover this
will again be a high growth segment of the loan portfolio.
Commercial
real estate loans grew $8.7 million or 5.9%, while commercial loans not secured
by real estate declined $4.0 million or 5.4%, during the year from September 30,
2007 to September 30, 2008. From December 31, 2007 through September
30, 2008, commercial real estate loans grew $6.9 million or 4.7%, and commercial
loans not secured by real estate declined $5.1 million or 6.8%. The
growth in real estate secured loans is being offset by declines in commercial
loans not secured by real estate. In the current credit environment,
with economic uncertainty, any new loans and extensions of credit to commercial
borrowers is generally done with the backing of real estate as collateral. The
Corporation provides credit to many small and medium sized
businesses. The Corporation’s market area is very diverse and
generally has a healthy economic climate; however, when a national economic
decline is substantial and ongoing, the local economy is
impacted. The national declines in housing, in terms of both
valuation and building, have also impacted the Corporation’s market
area. In addition, the recent spikes in energy prices have impacted
both consumers and businesses alike. Even local businesses are not
likely to expand until some of the economic uncertainty is
eliminated. As a result, the Corporation has experienced less demand
on commercial lines of credit. Businesses will generally either not exercise
their commercial lines of credit when the economy is weak or will pay down their
lines if possible. The Corporation continues to benefit from mergers
in the market area by gaining new commercial customers who choose to leave their
previous bank after it changes hands. The Corporation maintains
competitive rates on fixed term loans, as well as favorable terms, including few
prepayment penalties and fees.
The
Corporation’s consumer loan portfolio is dwarfed by the residential real estate
and commercial segments of the portfolio but still amounts to $12.0 million or
3.0% of total loans. Consumer loans increased by $510,000 or 4.4%
from September 30, 2007, to September 30, 2008; however, total consumer loans
actually decreased from September 30, 2007, to December 31, 2007, with
substantial growth returning in 2008 when they grew $1.2 million or 11% over a
nine month period. The Corporation’s consumer loans had been on a
slow steady decline until 2008. This trend came to an end in 2008
when the valuation of homes decreased substantially and home equity lines
quickly reached their limit. Manufacturers, outside of the automobile
companies, began pulling back on the availability of credit and more favorable
credit terms. Underwriting standards of major financing and credit card
companies began to strengthen after years of loosening of credit
standards. This led consumers to seek unsecured credit away from home
equity loans and national finance companies and back to their bank of
choice. Management has seen the need for additional unsecured credit
accelerate in the third quarter of 2008. This was not occurring in
the first six months of 2008. Management anticipates that the need for unsecured
credit will grow during this current credit crisis and economic downturn as many
consumers need to access all available credit, and their other sources of real
estate secured credit are not available due to declines in collateral
value.
For
information regarding how the length of the loan portfolio and its repricing
affects interest rate risk please see “Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosure about Market Risk.”
Non-Performing
Assets
Non-performing
assets include:
|
·
|
Non-accrual
loans
|
|
·
|
Loans
past due 90 days or more and still
accruing
|
|
·
|
Troubled
debt restructurings
|
|
·
|
Other
real estate owned
|
On
September 30, 2008, the Corporation had $787,000 of non-performing assets,
compared to $1,598,000 and $1,091,000 as of December 31, 2007, and September 30,
2007, respectively.
NON-PERFORMING
ASSETS
|
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(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
|
||||||||||||
Sept.
30,
|
Dec.
31,
|
Sept.
30,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2007
|
||||||||||
$
|
$
|
$
|
||||||||||
Non-accrual
loans
|
265 | 425 | - | |||||||||
Loans
past due 90 days or more and still accruing
|
2 | 498 | 498 | |||||||||
Troubled
debt restructurings
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Total
non-performing loans
|
267 | 923 | 498 | |||||||||
Other
real estate owned
|
520 | 675 | 581 | |||||||||
Total
non-performing assets
|
787 | 1,598 | 1,079 | |||||||||
Non-performing
assets to net loans
|
0.20 | % | 0.42 | % | 0.29 | % |
Non-accrual
loans totaled $265,000 as of September 30, 2008, a decrease of $160,000 from
December 31, 2007. The decrease was caused by a $400,000 payoff of a
non-accrual loan in the third quarter of 2008, and the addition of a number of
small business loans which had occurred in the first quarter of
2008.
Non-accrual
loans totaled $683,000 as of June 30, 2008, which was a $258,000 increase over
the December 31, 2007, amount. The increase was the result of adding
seven small business loans to non-accrual status. Management
has taken a conservative approach with delinquent credits by placing business
loans, including those well secured by real estate or other collateral, on
non-accrual status regardless of anticipated losses. As of June 30,
2008, seven of the nine loans on non-accrual were to small businesses in amounts
less than $40,000 each, for a combined total of $179,000. Two larger
business loans, one for $400,000 and another for $104,000, were responsible for
the remaining amounts on non-accrual as of June 30, 2008. In the
third quarter of 2008, the $400,000 non-accrual loan was paid off, which was
principally responsible for the reduction from $683,000 on June 30, 2008, to
$265,000 as of September 30, 2008.
As of
September 30, 2008, the remaining larger business loan had been paid down from
$104,000 to $98,000. This loan is secured by a second lien on
personal real estate. The loan was placed on non-accrual in March of
2008, when the business had experienced a slow down, and management determined
that there could be some loss associated with the loan. Payments
continue to be made. It is anticipated that the personal real estate
will be refinanced to pay off the first lien holder and the
Corporation.
Loans
past 90 days due and still accruing were reduced significantly due to full
payment of a $492,000 home equity loan, which nearly accounted for the entire
balance in this category.
As of
September 30, 2008, the Corporation held one OREO property, which is under an
agreement of sale. This is the second agreement of sale the Bank has
negotiated on this property since late 2007. The Bank obtained a new
agreement of sale in the second quarter of 2008 with a new party for the
recorded value of the property. Settlement is anticipated to occur by
December of 2008, pending the completion of a due-diligence period whereby the
property meets all contingencies of the agreement.
Allowance
for Loan Losses
The
allowance for loan losses is established to cover any losses inherent in the
loan portfolio. Management reviews the adequacy of the allowance each
quarter based upon a detailed analysis and calculation of the allowance for loan
losses. This calculation is based upon a systematic methodology for
determining the allowance for loan losses in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. The calculation includes estimates and is
based upon losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The calculation,
and detailed analysis supporting it, emphasizes delinquent and non-performing
loans. The allowance calculation includes specific provisions for
non-performing loans and general allocations to cover anticipated losses on all
loan types based on historical losses. Based on the quarterly loan
loss calculation, management will adjust the provision to loan losses as
necessary. Changes to the allowance for loan losses during the year
will generally be affected by three events:
|
·
|
Charge-off
of loans considered not recoverable
|
|
·
|
Recovery
of loans previously charged off
|
|
·
|
Provision
for loan loss
|
The
Allowance for Loan Losses Table below shows the activity in the allowance for
loan losses for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008, and
2007. At the bottom of the table, two benchmark percentages are
shown. The first is net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans
outstanding for the year. The second is the total allowance for loan
losses as a percentage of total loans.
ALLOWANCE
FOR LOAN LOSSES
|
||||||||
(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
|
||||||||
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||
September
30,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
$
|
$
|
|||||||
Balance
at January 1,
|
3,682 | 3,244 | ||||||
Loans
charged off:
|
||||||||
Real
estate
|
- | - | ||||||
Commercial and industrial
|
150 | 911 | ||||||
Consumer
|
82 | 123 | ||||||
Total
charged off
|
232 | 1,034 | ||||||
Recoveries
of loans previously charged off:
|
||||||||
Real
estate
|
- | - | ||||||
Commercial and industrial
|
64 | 12 | ||||||
Consumer
|
21 | 40 | ||||||
Total
recovered
|
85 | 52 | ||||||
Net
loans charged off
|
147 | 982 | ||||||
Provision
charged to operating expense
|
519 | 1,326 | ||||||
Balance
at September 30,
|
4,054 | 3,588 | ||||||
Net
charge-offs (reserves) as a %
|
||||||||
of
average total loans outstanding
|
0.04 | % | 0.26 | % | ||||
Allowance
at end of period as a % of total loans
|
1.02 | % | 0.93 | % |
Charge-offs
for the first nine months of 2008 were $232,000 compared to $1,034,000 for the
same period in 2007. The charge-offs in the first nine-months of 2008
represent a more typical level of consumer loan and small business loan
charge-offs that would result from management charging off unsecured debt over
90 days delinquent with little likelihood of recovery. The
significantly higher charge-offs in 2007 were primarily the result of two
commercial loans totaling $844,000 being charged off in the first quarter 2007
when the business ceased operations. Through September 30, 2008, the
Corporation provided $519,000 to the allowance for loan losses, compared to
$1,326,000 in the same period of 2007. The provision is used to
increase the allowance for loan losses at a pace similar to the growth of the
loan portfolio. The additional provision in 2007 was to partially offset the
reduction to the allowance for loan losses caused by the charge
offs.
The
allowance as a percentage of total loans represents the portion of the total
loan portfolio for which an allowance has been provided. For the five
year period from 2003 through 2007, the Corporation maintained an allowance as a
percentage of loans in a narrow range between 0.84% and 0.96%. In
2008, the percentage has increased from 0.96% at the beginning of the year, to
1.02% as of September 30, 2008. The composition of the Corporation’s
loan portfolio has not changed materially from 2007 to 2008; however, management
views the overall risk profile of the portfolio to be higher in 2008, as a
result of more loans classified as substandard and special
mention. These classifications require larger provision amounts due
to a higher potential risk of loss. Management anticipates
maintaining the allowance as a percentage of total loans above 1.00% for the
foreseeable future.
The net
charge-offs as a percentage of average total loans outstanding indicates the
percentage of the Corporation’s total loan portfolio that has been charged off
during the period. The Corporation has historically experienced very
low net charge-off percentages due to management’s strong credit practices. The
0.04% shown for the first nine-months of 2008 represents recoveries in excess of
charge-offs, which infrequently occurs. In the first quarter of 2008,
the Corporation
received
a $50,000 legal recovery as part of an agreement involving several banks and a
defaulting borrower related to the $844,000 of charge-off’s to a commercial
borrower in the first quarter of 2007. No further collections are
expected regarding this commercial borrower.
Premises
and Equipment
Premises
and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation, increased by $2,036,000 or 11.4%
and $2,046,000 of 11.5% from December 31, 2007, and September 30, 2007,
respectively. The increase is primarily related to the current
construction of the Corporation’s newest full-service branch located in Manheim,
Pennsylvania. During the first nine months of 2008, construction in
progress increased $2,441,000, which was almost entirely construction costs of
the Manheim branch. Construction in progress increased $215,000
during the final quarter of 2007, with costs related to the completion of
renovations on the existing drive-thru in Ephrata and the beginning costs of the
Manheim branch. Outside of construction in progress, the Corporation
placed approximately $385,000 of fixed assets in service during the first nine
months of 2008. The total increase in premises and equipment was
lower than the increase in construction in progress due to normal depreciation
of all the Corporation’s fixed assets. It is anticipated that
premises and equipment will not increase materially in the final quarter of 2008
as construction costs and fixed asset additions for the Manheim branch are
nearly complete. The Corporation continues to evaluate its current
facilities and comprehensively plan for any future
additions. Management has done preliminary design work related to the
Corporation’s oldest branch in Denver, Pennsylvania. Should a
renovation plan be approved, it is likely renovations would begin in the second
quarter of 2009. Total premise and equipment would be expected to
increase in the final half of 2009 should this plan proceed.
Deposits
The
Corporation’s total deposits increased $37.3 million or 7.9% from September 30,
2007, to September 30, 2008. Total deposits increased $31.9 million
or 6.7% from December 31, 2007, to September 30, 2008. The following
tables illustrate the Corporation’s level of deposits as of September 30, 2008,
compared to December 31, 2007, and September 30, 2007,
respectively.
DEPOSITS
BY MAJOR CLASSIFICATION
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(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
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Sept.
30,
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Dec.
31,
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Sept.
30,
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2008
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2007
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2007
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$
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$
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$
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Non-interest
bearing demand deposits
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111,930 | 107,839 | 105,424 | |||||||||
NOW
accounts
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60,011 | 61,345 | 56,544 | |||||||||
Money
market deposit accounts
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40,344 | 39,474 | 41,593 | |||||||||
Savings
deposits
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72,689 | 67,344 | 67,766 | |||||||||
Time
deposits
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218,258 | 193,880 | 192,975 | |||||||||
Brokered
time deposits
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7,351 | 8,844 | 8,993 | |||||||||
Total
deposits
|
510,583 | 478,726 | 473,295 |
Customer
deposits continue to be the Corporation’s primary source of
funds. The Corporation has historically benefited from a stable
deposit base with a large portion of the total deposits consisting of
non-interest bearing demand deposit accounts and interest bearing and savings
accounts. In addition to these two deposit types; management also
considers interest-bearing NOW and MMDA accounts to be part of the Corporation’s
core deposits.
The
growth and mix of deposits is often driven by several factors
including:
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·
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Convenience
and service provided
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·
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Fees
|
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·
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Permanence
of the institution
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·
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Possible
risks associated with other investment
opportunities
|
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·
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Current
rates paid on deposits compared to competitor
rates
|
The
Corporation’s core deposits grew $9.0 million or 3.3%, and $4.7 million or 1.7%
since December 31 and September 30, 2007, respectively. The
Corporation’s core deposits continue to slowly grow. It is much more
difficult to grow core deposits then time deposits when customers gravitate
toward seeking higher interest rates. The above core deposit
growth
rates show a slowing off from prior quarters. Those prior quarters
were still benefiting from two local bank mergers that were announced and closed
in 2007. Even though these mergers were closed in 2007, there
continues to be an impact after the closing of the merger due to the new fee
schedules and name changes that occur. In the month of October 2008,
two additional mergers of national banks with large local deposit share were
announced. These mergers should continue to assist the Corporation in
gaining core deposits, as customers will tend to move their relationship as the
result of a merger rather than only time deposit funds. Management
does anticipate with the opening of the new branch in the third quarter, that
the Corporation will gain additional growth in core deposits from this new
market area.
Time
deposits are typically a more rate sensitive product making it a less reliable
source of funding. Time deposits fluctuate as consumers search for
the best rates in the market, with less allegiance to any particular financial
institution. Due to current adequate funding levels from all sources, the
Corporation’s recent time deposit strategy has been to offer rates that meet or
slightly exceed the average rates offered by the local competing
banks. The Corporation did benefit earlier in 2008 when consumers
were highly concerned with a declining stock market, and the time deposit rates
of the Corporation compared very favorably to local competition. On
September 4, 2008, the Corporation began a time deposit special for customers
with an Ephrata National Bank checking account. The special alone was
successful in gaining $8.4 million of one-year time deposits by the end of
September. The special continued until October 28,
2008. The special has been aided by the very volatile and weak stock
market in both September and October 2008. This condition continues
to prevail at the time of the writing of this filing. In this
environment, time deposits are a safe investment with FDIC coverage insuring no
loss of principal below $100,000. Effective October 3, 2008, the FDIC
insurance increased to $250,000 with the signing of the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008. These conditions have contributed to the
significant increase in the Corporation’s total time deposits.
Time
deposits grew $24.4 million or 12.6% between December 31, 2007, and September
30, 2008, with the bulk of the growth occurring in the first and third
quarters. During the second quarter of 2008, management had taken a
more conservative pricing approach to time deposits and was able to hold the
levels reached in the first quarter but not grow beyond them. The
majority of the time deposit growth achieved in 2008 has been in terms less than
18 months, which have lower rates than longer term time deposits, indicating
that customers are not looking for long-term investments with the best return,
but shorter safe investments. Management expects that when equity
investments begin to rebound in performance there will be a reduction in the
Corporation’s time deposits.
For more
details regarding how the length of the deposit portfolio and its repricing
affects interest rate risk please see “Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosure about Market Risk.”
Borrowings
Total
borrowings were $96.1 million, $82.1 million and $85.8 million as of September
30, 2008, December 31, 2007, and September 30, 2007,
respectively. Included in this borrowing were $4.1 million, $100,000,
and $13 million of overnight funds as of September 30, 2008, December 31, 2007,
and September 30, 2007, respectively. These short-term funds are used
for immediate liquidity needs and are not typically part of an ongoing liquidity
or interest rate risk strategy; therefore, they fluctuate more
rapidly. Long term borrowings were $92.0 million, $82.0 million, and
$84.5 million as of September 30, 2008, December 31, 2007, and September 30,
2007, respectively.
Long-term
borrowings increased $10.0 million and $7.5 million from December 31, 2007, and
September 30, 2007, respectively to September 30, 2008. The
Corporation uses two main sources for long-term borrowings: the
Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) and repurchase agreements through brokers or
correspondent banks. Both of these types of borrowings are used as a
secondary source of funding, and importantly, to mitigate interest rate
risk. Management will continue to analyze and compare the costs and
benefits of borrowing versus obtaining funding from deposits.
The
Corporation’s borrowings with FHLB are primarily fixed rate
loans. The Corporation had $67.0 million, $62.0, and $64.5 million of
FHLB long term advances as of September 30, 2008, December 31, 2007, and
September 30, 2007, respectively. The Corporation obtained $10
million of new advances from FHLB in the first quarter of 2008 and paid off $5
million of advances in the third quarter of 2008. The Corporation
also occasionally uses convertible select loans from FHLB that gives
advantageous pricing compared to fixed rate loans; however, they also have
additional risk due to a call feature being included on the loan. The
call feature may be based on a time requirement or a specific rate
requirement. The Corporation held $20.0 million of FHLB convertible
select loans on September 30, 2008, $25.0 million as of December 31, 2007 and
September 30, 2007. Management monitors the amount of convertible
select loans that could be called in any one year to ensure that the Corporation
does not have a concentrated amount of call risk in any one year.
As of
September 30, 2008, the Bank held $25.0 million of repurchase borrowings
compared to $20.0 million as of December 31, 2007, and September 30,
2007. Repurchase agreements are designed whereby a loan is obtained
by pledging individual securities from the securities portfolio as
collateral. When the loan is paid off, the collateral is
returned. Like
FHLB convertible select loans, repurchase agreements can carry more risk than
fixed rate funding if there are call provisions; however, the Bank entered
repurchase agreements where rate caps were purchased to provide specific
interest rate risk protection. The interest rate on this type
of borrowing is generally more favorable than long-term fixed rates; and
therefore, assists the Bank in increasing net interest margin. In all
cases, the rate advantage of callable borrowing structures is weighed against
any additional interest rate risk exposure assumed compared to non-callable
borrowing structures. Management views repurchase agreement
transactions as a diversification of funding outside of the FHLB because
principally the same funding structures can be obtained as those available
through the FHLB.
In order
to limit the Corporation’s exposure and reliance to a single funding source, the
Corporation’s Asset Liability Policy sets a goal of maintaining the amount of
borrowings from the FHLB to 15% of the Bank’s asset size. As of
September 30, 2008, the Corporation was within this policy guideline at 9.9% of
asset size with $67.0 million of total FHLB borrowings. The
Corporation also has a policy that limits total borrowing from all sources to
150% of the Corporation’s capital. As of September 30, 2008, total
borrowings from all sources amounted to 143.5% of the Corporation’s
capital. The Corporation has maintained FHLB borrowings and total
borrowings within these limits in the first nine months of 2008 and throughout
2007. The Corporation continues to be well under the FHLB maximum
borrowing capacity (MBC), which is currently $324.3 million. The
Corporation’s two internal policy limits are far more restrictive than the FHLB
MBC, which is calculated and set quarterly by FHLB.
Stockholders’
Equity
Federal
Regulatory authorities require banks to meet minimum capital
levels. The Corporation maintains capital ratios well above those
minimum levels and higher than the Corporation’s peer group
average. The risk-weighted capital ratios are calculated by dividing
capital by the risk-weighted assets. Regulatory guidelines determine
the risk-weighted assets by assigning assets to one of four risk-weighted
categories. The calculation of Tier I Capital to Risk Weighted
Average Assets includes a reduction to capital for the Allowance for Loan
Losses, thereby making this ratio lower than the Total Capital to Risk-Weighted
Assets ratio.
The
following table reflects the Corporation’s capital ratios compared to the
regulatory capital requirements.
Regulatory
Capital Ratios
|
Capital
Ratios
|
Regulatory
Requirements
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As
of
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As
of
|
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September
30,
|
September
30,
|
Adequately
|
Well
|
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2008
|
2007
|
Capitalized
|
Capitalized
|
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Total
Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
|
16.5 | % | 17.0 | % | 8.0 | % | 10.0 | % | ||||||||
Tier
I Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
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15.6 | % | 16.1 | % | 4.0 | % | 6.0 | % | ||||||||
Tier
I Capital to Average Assets
|
10.2 | % | 10.9 | % | 4.0 | % | 5.0 | % |
On
October 24, 2008, an Interagency Statement from the four (4) federal banking
regulatory agencies was released that provided financial institutions with the
ability to recognize, for regulatory purposes only, that any deferred tax asset
valuation allowance related to a loss on Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac preferred
stock that a banking organization reflects in its regulatory report balance
sheet for the third quarter of 2008, may now be temporary. As such,
banking organizations had the ability to increase their regulatory capital to
account for the tax effect of the ordinary loss treatment that was signed into
law on October 3, 2008. The Corporation did adjust the September 30,
2008, regulatory filing, other wise known as the Call Report. The
following chart reflects the adjusted regulatory capital numbers.
Regulatory
Capital Ratios
|
Capital
Ratios
|
Regulatory
Requirements
|
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(Adjusted
for Losses on Fannie Mae
|
As
of
|
As
of
|
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Preferred
Stock)
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
Adequately
|
Well
|
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2008
|
2007
|
Capitalized
|
Capitalized
|
|||||||||||||
Total
Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
|
16.6 | % | 17.0 | % | 8.0 | % | 10.0 | % | ||||||||
Tier
I Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
|
15.6 | % | 16.1 | % | 4.0 | % | 6.0 | % | ||||||||
Tier
I Capital to Average Assets
|
10.3 | % | 10.9 | % | 4.0 | % | 5.0 | % |
The
adjustment of the capital ratios for the ordinary loss treatment on Fannie Mae
preferred stock does not have a material impact to the Corporation’s capital
ratios. Since ordinary loss treatment on the preferred stock is
available for financial reporting purposes as of October 3, 2008, there will be
no difference between regulatory and financial reporting after this
date.
The high
level of capital maintained by the Corporation provides a greater degree of
financial soundness, as well as acting as a non-interest bearing source of
funds. A high level of capital also makes it more difficult for the
Corporation to achieve a high return on average equity, which is a benchmark of
shareholder return.
The
Corporation’s capital is affected by earnings, the payment of dividends, changes
in accumulated comprehensive income or loss, and equity
transactions.
Total
dividends paid to shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2008,
were $2,665,000 or $0.93 per share, compared to $2,568,000 or $0.90 per share
paid to shareholders during the same period in 2007. The Corporation
uses current earnings and available retained earnings to pay
dividends. The Corporation’s current capital plan calls for
management to maintain Tier I Capital between 9.0% and 12%. The
Corporation’s Capital to Asset ratio was 9.9% as of September 30,
2008. Management also desires a dividend payout ratio between 40% and
50%. This ratio will vary according to income, but over the long term
management’s goal is to average a payout ration in this
range. Through September 30, 2008, the dividend payout ratio was
86.3%. Management anticipates that the payout ratio for the year 2008
will remain high due to lower earnings.
The
amount of unrealized gain or loss on the Corporation’s securities portfolio is
reflected, net of tax, as an adjustment to capital, as required by Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 115. This is recorded as
accumulated other comprehensive income in the capital section of the
Corporation’s balance sheet. An unrealized gain increases the
Corporation’s capital while an unrealized loss reduces the Corporation’s
capital. This requirement takes the position that if the Corporation
liquidated at the end of each period, the current unrealized gain or loss of the
securities portfolio would directly impact the Corporation’s
capital. As of September 30, 2008, the Corporation showed unrealized
loss, net of tax, of $2,306,000, compared to unrealized losses of $181,000 on
December 31, 2007, and $827,000 on September 30, 2007. The changes in
unrealized losses are due to normal changes in market valuations as a result of
interest rate movements.
At the
close of the period ended June 30, 2008, the Corporation retired the 130,443
shares of treasury stock held as a result of previous stock purchase plans, less
shares utilized for the Corporation’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Dividend
Reinvestment Plan. The retirement of treasury shares was required as
part of the formation of ENB Financial Corp. This change did not
change the dollar amount of capital; it simply reclassified the balance of
treasury stock through the common stock and capital surplus
accounts. In the third quarter of 2008, the Corporation repurchased
16,500 treasury shares and reissued 3,366, with 13,134 treasury shares on
September 30, 2008.
Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements
In the
normal course of business, the Corporation typically has off-balance sheet
arrangements related to loan funding commitments. These arrangements
may impact the Corporation’s financial condition and liquidity if all these
arrangements were to be exercised within a short period of time. As
discussed in the liquidity section to follow, the Corporation has in place
sufficient sources of liquidity to meet these obligations. The following table
presents information on the commitments by the Corporation as of September 30,
2008.
OFF-BALANCE
SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
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(DOLLARS
IN THOUSANDS)
|
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September
30,
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2008
|
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$
|
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Commitments
to extend credit:
|
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Revolving
home equity
|
14,078 | |||
Construction
loans
|
13,156 | |||
Real
estate loans
|
6,428 | |||
Business
loans
|
46,780 | |||
Consumer
loans
|
3,057 | |||
Other
|
3,474 | |||
Standby
letters of credit
|
15,197 | |||
Total
|
102,170 |
The
construction of the Corporation’s newest branch office located in Penn Township,
Lancaster County, was completed in September 2008. As of September
30, 2008, less than $150,000 of the $2.1 million construction contract for the
branch remained to be paid. This contract is expected to be fully
paid in November of 2008.
Management signed a
contract in March of 2008 with the Corporation’s core processing vendor to
conduct a comprehensive business processing improvement (“BPI”)
engagement. The majority of the engagement will occur over a six
month period beginning in July of 2008, with additional engagement in
2009. Benefits are to be realized beginning in the final quarter of
2008 with an acceleration of benefits to occur in 2009 and subsequent
years. The goal of the BPI is to obtain $1.4 million to $2.2
million of annual pretax benefit through operational cost savings and revenue
enhancements. The end result of the assessment is to be a more
efficient organization that provides better customer service, at increased
levels of profitability.
The fees
for the entire BPI engagement are expected to be $756,000 plus travel related
expenses. Revenue enhancements will begin occurring in the fourth
quarter of 2008, which will partially offset the impact of the engagement fees
during 2008. On October 31, 2008, the Corporation recorded a one time pre-tax
charge of $1,222,000 for a severance package in connection with work force
realignment, one initiative under the BPI. As a result, the
engagement had a dilutive impact to 2008 earnings but is expected to have an
accretive impact to 2009 earnings.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
As a
financial institution, the Corporation is subject to three primary
risks:
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Credit
risk
|
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·
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Liquidity
risk
|
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·
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Interest
rate risk
|
The Board
of Directors has established an Asset Liability Management Committee to measure,
monitor and manage the three primary risks. Interest rate risk is
further broken down into two components of Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis
and Net Portfolio Value Analysis. The Asset Liability Management
Policy establishes guidelines for all of these primary risks as well as other
financial performance measurements with target ranges. The asset-liability goals
and guidelines are consistent with the Corporation’s Strategic Plan
goals.
Credit
Risk
For
discussion on credit risk refer to the sections in Item 2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis, on securities, non-performing assets and allowance for
loan losses.
Liquidity
Risk
Liquidity
refers to having an adequate supply of cash, or cash equivalents, available to
meet business needs. Financial institutions must ensure that there is
adequate liquidity to meet a variety of funding needs, at a minimal
cost. Minimal cost is a crucial element of effective liquidity
management. For example, if a financial institution is required to
take significant action to obtain a large amount of expensive funds to gain
liquidity, it has generally not planned properly for its liquidity
needs. There is always the possibility that unusual economic events
may cause the Corporation to have periods of low or high
liquidity. Management has a multi-layered approach to gain
liquidity should the need arise. Funding new loans and covering
deposit withdrawals are the primary liquidity needs. The Corporation
uses a variety of funding sources to meet liquidity needs, such as:
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·
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Deposits
|
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·
|
Loan
repayments
|
|
·
|
Maturities
and sales of securities
|
|
·
|
Short-term
borrowings from correspondent banks
|
|
·
|
Borrowings
from FHLB
|
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·
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Repurchase
agreements
|
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·
|
Brokered
Certificates of Deposit
|
|
·
|
Current
earnings
|
As noted
in the discussion on deposits, customers have historically provided a reliable
and steadily increasing source of funds liquidity. The Corporation
also has in place relationships with other banking institutions for the purpose
of buying and selling Federal funds. The lines of credit with these
institutions provide immediate sources of additional liquidity. The
Corporation currently has unsecured lines of credit totaling $23
million. An additional $2.0 million would be available upon pledging
of sufficient collateral. This does not include amounts available
from member banks such as the Federal Reserve Discount Window and the FHLB and
Atlantic Central Bankers Bank.
The
Corporation uses cumulative maturity gap analysis to measure the amount of
assets maturing within various periods versus liabilities maturing in those same
periods. The Corporation monitors six-month, one-year, three-year,
and five-year cumulative gaps to determine liquidity risk. The Bank
was within all GAP guidelines as of September 30, 2008. Management expects all
GAP ratios to remain within policy limits for the remainder of the
year.
Interest
Rate Risk
Interest
rate risk is measured using two analytical tools:
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·
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Changes
in net interest income
|
|
·
|
Changes
in net portfolio value
|
Financial
modeling is used to forecast earnings and fair value under different interest
rate projections. The results obtained through the use of forecasting
models are based on a variety of factors. Both the income and fair
value forecasts make use of the maturity and repricing schedules to determine
the changes to the balance sheet over the course of
time. Additionally, there are many assumptions that factor into the
results. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, the
following:
|
·
|
Projected
interest rates
|
|
·
|
Timing
of interest rate changes
|
|
·
|
Prepayment
speeds on the loans held and mortgage backed
securities
|
|
·
|
Anticipated
calls on financial instruments with call
options
|
|
·
|
Deposit
and loan balance fluctuations
|
|
·
|
Economic
conditions
|
|
·
|
Consumer
reaction to interest rate changes
|
Each
month new financial information is supplied to the model and new forecasts are
generated. The model has the ability to automatically revise growth rates for
assets and liabilities, and reinvestment rates for interest earning and bearing
funds based on a databank of historical financial information and key interest
rates that the model retains. Personnel perform an in depth annual
validation and quarterly review of the settings and assumptions used in the
model to ensure reliability of the forecast results. Back testing of
the model to actual results is performed to ensure the validity of the
assumptions in the model. Both the validation and back testing
indicate that the model assumptions are reliable.
Changes
in Net Interest Income
The
change in net interest income measures the amount of net interest income
fluctuation that would be experienced over one year, assuming interest rates
change immediately and remain the same for one year. This is considered to be a
short-term view of interest rate risk. The Corporation has
historically been liability sensitive; meaning that as interest rates go up, the
Corporation would likely make less income due to sharper increases in the cost
of funds than increases in asset yield. Likewise, if rates go down, there would
be sharper reductions in the cost of funds then decreases to asset yield,
causing an increase to net income.
The
analysis projects the net interest income expected in seven different rate
scenarios on a one-year time horizon. The scenarios consist of a
projection of net interest income if rates remain flat, increase 100, 200, or
300 basis points, or decrease 100, 200, or 300 basis points. As of
September 30, 2008, the Corporation was within guidelines for all scenarios,
with the exception of rates down 300 scenario. However, a 300 basis
point rates down scenario would likely not occur because as of September 30,
2008, the Federal funds rate stood at 2.0%, so the Federal Reserve would only be
able to drop rates 200 basis points. Even a rates down 200 basis
point scenario is not likely, which would cause a 3.00% Prime rate which has not
historically occurred.
Under all
the rates down scenarios of 100, 200, and 300 basis points, the net interest
income decreases as management loses the ability to gain sufficient cost savings
on deposits, as interest bearing demand deposits and savings accounts would not
be able to reprice to zero or below. At this point in the rate cycle,
only a rates down 100 basis points scenario would be realistically
possible. The ALCO does plan in the event the economic situation does
further deteriorate, and the Federal Reserve actually would reduce rates another
100 basis points. Management does not view the rates down 200 and 300
basis points as likely scenarios given the current economic
conditions. Additionally, for the rates up scenarios of 100, 200 and
300 basis points, the net interest income decreases slightly compared to the
rates unchanged scenario. Unlike the rates down scenarios, the amount
of negative impact of rising rates is very minimal and the larger rate movements
do not get progressively worse. The rates up 200 and 300 show slight
improvements over the rates up 100 basis points. The limited negative
impact of higher rates is because the impact of assets repricing to higher rates
nearly offsets the normal liability sensitivity of the Corporation, where a
larger amount of liabilities reprice than assets. In the rates up
scenarios, all of the variable rate loans reprice higher by the full amount of
the Federal Reserve’s action whereby management is generally able to limit the
amount of liability repricing to a fraction of the rate
increase. Management does not expect the Bank’s exposure to interest
rate changes to increase or change significantly over the next twelve
months.
Changes
in Net Portfolio Value
The
change in net portfolio value is considered a tool to measure long-term interest
rate risk. The analysis measures the exposure of the balance sheet to
valuation changes due to changes in interest rates. The calculation
of net portfolio value discounts future cash flows to the present value based on
current market rates. The changes in net portfolio value estimates
the gain or loss that would occur on market sensitive instruments given a
sustained interest rate increase or
decrease
in the same seven scenarios mentioned under interest rate
sensitivity. As of September 30, 2008, the Corporation was within
guideline for all scenarios. The weakness in this analysis is that it
assumes liquidation of the Corporation rather than as a going
concern. For that reason, it is considered a secondary measurement of
interest rate risk to interest rate sensitivity discussed above.
Management
reviews the Asset Liability results monthly with strategic decisions being made
at a quarterly meeting. The ALCO will typically meet on a monthly
basis or more frequently to make interest rate pricing decisions for both loans
and deposits.
The ALCO
continues to follow a strategy designed to mitigate interest rate risk based on
the current balance sheet structure. Essentially, through pricing and
purchasing decisions, the Bank focuses on shortening assets and lengthening
liabilities. The strategy calls for:
Assets
management
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·
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Increasing
the amount of prime based lending
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·
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Pricing
to encourage short term loans
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·
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Reducing
the length of the Bank’s securities
portfolio
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Liabilities
management
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·
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Promoting
core deposits such as checking and savings, which function to lengthen
liabilities
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·
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Increasing
long-term fixed rate borrowings or borrowings with lock out
periods
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·
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Pricing
time deposits to encourage longer
terms
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Item
4. Controls and Procedures
(a)
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
Management
carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of
the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the
effectiveness of the design and the operation of the Corporation’s disclosure
controls and procedures (as such term as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2008, pursuant to Exchange Act
Rule 13a-15. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer along
with the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure
controls and procedures as of September 30, 2008, are effective in timely
alerting them to material information relating to the Corporation required to be
in the Corporation’s periodic filings under the Exchange Act.
(b)
Changes in Internal Controls.
There
have been no changes in the Bank’s internal controls over financial reporting
that occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Bank’s internal
control over financial reporting.
Item
4T. Controls and Procedures
The
information in Item 4 above is incorporated herein by reference.
ENB
FINANCIAL CORP
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
September
30, 2008
Item
1. Legal Proceedings
Management
is not aware of any litigation that would have a material adverse effect on the
financial position of the Corporation. There are no proceedings
pending other than ordinary routine litigation incident to the business of the
Corporation or the Bank. In addition, no material proceedings are
pending, are known to be threatened, or contemplated against the Corporation or
the Bank by governmental authorities.
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
The
Corporation continually monitors the risks related to the Corporation’s
business, other events, the Corporation’s Common Stock and the Corporation’s
industry. There have not been any material changes in the primary
risks since the December 31, 2007, Form 10-K. Additionally, no new
risks have been identified since the last Form 10-K.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and use of
Proceeds
Issuer
Purchase of Equity Securites
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Total
Number of
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Maximum
Number
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|||||||
Total
Number
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Average
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Shares
Purchased
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of
Shares that May
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of
Shares
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Price
Paid
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as
Part of Publicly
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Yet
be Purchased
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Period
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Purchased
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Per
Share
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Announced
Plans *
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Under
the Plan *
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July
1, 2008 to
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July
31, 2008
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None
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N/A
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None
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N/A
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||||
August
1, 2008 to
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||||||||
August
31, 2008
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None
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N/A
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None
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N/A
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||||
September
1, 2008 to
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||||||||
September
30, 2008
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16,500
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$25.84
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16,500
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N/A
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||||
Total
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16,500
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16,500
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* On
August 13, 2008, the Board of Directors of ENB Financial Corp approved a plan to
purchase, in open market and privately negotiated transactions, up to 140,000
shares of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock. On August 14,
2008, a Form 8-K was filed incorporating the August 14, 2008, Press Release
announcing the Stock Repurchase Plan. Shares purchased will be held
as treasury shares to be utilized in connection with the Corporation’s Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (DRP) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). The
Stock Repurchase Plan does not have a fixed expiration
date. Management anticipates further purchases of treasury stock in
the final quarter of 2008 and well into 2009.
Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities – Nothing to
Report
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders – Nothing to Report
Item
5. Other Information – Nothing to Report
ENB FINANCIAL
CORP
Item
6. Exhibits:
Exhibits
- The following exhibits are filed as part of this filing on Form 10-Q or
incorporated by reference hereto:
Page
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3
(i)
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Articles
of Association of the Registrant, as amended
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*
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3
(ii)
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By-Laws
of the Registrant, as amended
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**
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10.1
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Form
of Deferred Income Agreement
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***
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10.2
|
2001
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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****
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11
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Statement
re computation of per share earnings
|
4
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(Included
on page 4 herein)
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||
31.1
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Section
302 Chief Executive Officer Certification
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41
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31.2
|
Section
302 Principal Financial Officer Certification
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42
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32.1
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Section
1350 Chief Executive Officer Certification
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43
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32.2
|
Section
1350 Principal Financial Officer Certification
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44
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*
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Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Corporation’s Form 8-K12g3 filed
with the SEC on July 1, 2008.
|
|
**
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Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Corporation’s Form 8-K filed
with the SEC on July 9, 2008.
|
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***
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Corporation’s Registration
Statement on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 12,
2008.
|
|
****
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Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Corporation’s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on July 9,
2008.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) 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.
ENB FINANCIAL
CORP
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(Registrant)
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Dated: November
12, 2008
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By
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/s/ Aaron
L. Groff, Jr.
|
Aaron
L. Groff, Jr.
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||
Chairman
of the Board,
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||
President
& CEO
|
||
Dated: November
12, 2008
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By
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/s/ Scott
E. Lied
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Scott
E. Lied, CPA
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||
Senior
Vice President,
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||
Chief
Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
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Page
number
on
Manually Signed
Original
|
3(i)
|
Articles
of Association of the Registrant, as amended. (Incorporated herein by
reference to the Form 8-K 12g3 filed with the SEC on July 1,
2008.)
|
|
3
(ii)
|
By-Laws
of the Registrant, as amended. (Incorporated herein by reference to the
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 9, 2008.)
|
|
10.1
|
Form
of Deferred Income Agreement. (Incorporated herein by reference to the
Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 12, 2008.)
|
|
10.2
|
2001
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (Incorporated herein by reference to the
Form S-8 filed with the SEC on July 9, 2008.)
|
|
11
|
Statement
re: Computation of Earnings Per Share as found on page 4 of Form 10-Q,
which is included herein.
|
Page
4
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31.1
|
Section
302 Chief Executive Officer Certification (Required by Rule
13a-14(a)).
|
Page
41
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31.2
|
Section
302 Principal Financial Officer Certification (Required by Rule
13a-14(a)).
|
Page
42
|
32.1
|
Section
1350 Chief Executive Officer Certification (Required by Rule
13a-14(b)).
|
Page
43
|
32.2
|
Section
1350 Principal Financial Officer Certification (Required by Rule
13a-14(b)).
|
Page
44
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40