QNB CORP - Quarter Report: 2005 September (Form 10-Q)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
ý
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005 |
OR
¨
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the
transition period from _________________________________ to
_________________________________
Commission
file number 0-17706
QNB
Corp.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Pennsylvania
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23-2318082
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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15
North Third Street, Quakertown, PA
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18951-9005
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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 (215)538-5600
Not
Applicable
Former
Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last
Report.
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. Yes þ
No
o
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in
Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes þ
Noo
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o
No
þ
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class
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Outstanding
at November 4, 2005
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Common
Stock, par value $.625
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3,102,635
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
FORM
10-Q
QUARTER
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
INDEX
PAGE
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM
1.
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CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
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Consolidated
Statements of Income for Three and Nine Months Ended September 30,
2005
and 2004
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1
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004
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2
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
and
2004
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3
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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4
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ITEM
2.
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MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION
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10
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ITEM
3.
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QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET
RISK
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34
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ITEM
4.
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
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34
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM
1.
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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35
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ITEM
2.
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UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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35
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ITEM
3.
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DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
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35
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ITEM
4.
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SUBMISSIONS
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITIES HOLDERS
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35
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ITEM
5.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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35
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ITEM
6.
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EXHIBITS
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35
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SIGNATURES
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CERTIFICATIONS
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QNB
Corp.
and Subsidiary
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
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(in
thousands, except share data)
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(unaudited)
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Three
Months
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Nine
Months
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Ended
September 30,
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Ended
September 30,
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2005
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2004
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2005
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2004
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Interest
Income
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|
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Interest
and fees on loans and leases
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$
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4,330
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$
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3,665
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$
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12,293
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$
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10,423
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Interest
and dividends on investment securities:
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Taxable
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2,165
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2,243
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6,637
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6,630
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Tax-exempt
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564
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571
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1,695
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1,666
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Interest
on Federal funds sold
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59
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24
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145
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57
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|||||||||
Interest
on interest-bearing balances and other interest income
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25
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16
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88
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51
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Total
interest income
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7,143
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6,519
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20,858
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18,827
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Interest
Expense
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Interest
on deposits
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Interest-bearing
demand accounts
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352
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179
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782
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449
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Money
market accounts
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210
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108
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698
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226
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Savings
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52
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55
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160
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161
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|||||||||
Time
|
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1,270
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1,053
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3,597
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3,055
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Time
over $100,000
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386
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267
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983
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715
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Interest
on short-term borrowings
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100
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32
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199
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82
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|||||||||
Interest
on Federal Home Loan Bank advances
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755
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731
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2,225
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2,166
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Total
interest expense
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3,125
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2,425
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8,644
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6,854
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Net
interest income
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4,018
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4,094
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12,214
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11,973
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Provision
for loan and lease losses
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Net
interest income after provision for loan losses
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4,018
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4,094
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12,214
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11,973
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Non-Interest
Income
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Fees
for services to customers
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488
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528
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1,379
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1,500
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ATM
and debit card income
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176
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153
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506
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433
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Income
on bank-owned life insurance
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61
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62
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187
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200
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Mortgage
servicing income
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27
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29
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63
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92
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Net
(loss) gain on investment securities available-for-sale
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(4
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)
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66
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(580
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)
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762
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Net
gain on sale of loans
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31
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33
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127
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131
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Other
operating income
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159
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118
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753
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413
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Total
non-interest income
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938
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989
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2,435
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3,531
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Non-Interest
Expense
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Salaries
and employee benefits
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1,728
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1,846
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5,428
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5,352
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Net
occupancy expense
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268
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262
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821
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751
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Furniture
and equipment expense
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282
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311
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855
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827
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Marketing
expense
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140
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114
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446
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369
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Third
party services
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171
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180
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480
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510
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Telephone,
postage and supplies expense
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125
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126
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361
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382
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State
taxes
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103
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52
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320
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283
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Other
expense
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323
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353
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981
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1,028
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Total
non-interest expense
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3,140
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3,244
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9,692
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9,502
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Income
before income taxes
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1,816
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1,839
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4,957
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6,002
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|||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
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385
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386
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1,124
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1,308
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|||||||||
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Net
Income
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$
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1,431
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$
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1,453
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$
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3,833
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$
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4,694
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Net
Income Per Share - Basic
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$
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.46
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$
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.47
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$
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1.24
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$
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1.52
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Net
Income Per Share - Diluted
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$
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.45
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$
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.46
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$
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1.21
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$
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1.48
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Cash
Dividends Per Share
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$
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.195
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$
|
.185
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$
|
.585
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$
|
.555
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
Form
10-Q
Page
1
QNB
Corp.
and Subsidiary
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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(in
thousands)
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||||||
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(unaudited)
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September
30,
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December
31,
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|||||
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2005
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2004
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Assets
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Cash
and due from banks
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$
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22,017
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$
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19,026
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Federal
funds sold
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1,494
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3,159
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Total
cash and cash equivalents
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23,511
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22,185
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Investment
securities
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Available-for-sale
(cost $245,209 and $266,000)
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244,487
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267,561
|
|||||
Held-to-maturity
(market value $6,127 and $6,432)
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5,898
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6,203
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Non-marketable
equity securities
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3,682
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3,947
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|||||
Loans
held-for-sale
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300
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312
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|||||
Total
loans and leases, net of unearned income
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287,488
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268,048
|
|||||
Allowance
for loan and lease losses
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(2,568
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)
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(2,612
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)
|
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Net loans and leases
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284,920
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265,436
|
|||||
Bank-owned
life insurance
|
8,003
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7,906
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Premises
and equipment, net
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5,258
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5,640
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|||||
Accrued
interest receivable
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2,639
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2,531
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Other
assets
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3,414
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1,923
|
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Total
assets
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$
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582,112
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$
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583,644
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|
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Liabilities
|
|
|
|||||
Deposits
|
|
|
|||||
Demand,
non-interest-bearing
|
$
|
56,743
|
$
|
52,603
|
|||
Interest-bearing
demand accounts
|
103,168
|
95,120
|
|||||
Money
market accounts
|
43,790
|
60,434
|
|||||
Savings
|
51,816
|
55,511
|
|||||
Time
|
156,649
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160,845
|
|||||
Time
over $100,000
|
47,698
|
41,975
|
|||||
Total deposits
|
459,864
|
466,488
|
|||||
Short-term
borrowings
|
18,357
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13,374
|
|||||
Federal
Home Loan Bank advances
|
55,000
|
55,000
|
|||||
Accrued
interest payable
|
1,334
|
1,179
|
|||||
Other
liabilities
|
926
|
1,828
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
535,481
|
537,869
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
Shareholders'
Equity
|
|
|
|||||
Common
stock, par value $.625 per share; authorized 10,000,000 shares;
3,209,321
and 3,204,764 shares issued; 3,102,635 and 3,098,078 shares
outstanding
|
2,006
|
2,003
|
|||||
Surplus
|
9,078
|
9,005
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
37,588
|
35,570
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive (loss) gain, net
|
(547
|
)
|
691
|
||||
Treasury
stock, at cost; 106,686 shares
|
(1,494
|
)
|
(1,494
|
)
|
|||
Total
shareholders' equity
|
46,631
|
45,775
|
|||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
$
|
582,112
|
$
|
583,644
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
Form
10-Q
Page
2
QNB
Corp.
and Subsidiary
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|||||
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(in
thousands)
|
||||||
|
(unaudited)
|
||||||
Nine
Months Ended September 30,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
Operating
Activities
|
|
|
|||||
Net
income
|
$
|
3,833
|
$
|
4,694
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities
|
|
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
652
|
638
|
|||||
Securities
gains
|
(673
|
)
|
(762
|
)
|
|||
Impairment
write-down of securities
|
1,253
|
—
|
|||||
Net
gain on sale of repossessed assets
|
(211
|
)
|
—
|
||||
Proceeds
from sale of repossed assets
|
211
|
—
|
|||||
Net
gain on sale of loans
|
(127
|
)
|
(131
|
)
|
|||
Loss
on disposal of premises and equipment
|
1
|
3
|
|||||
Loss
on equity investment in title company
|
—
|
20
|
|||||
Proceeds
from sales of residential mortgages
|
7,510
|
7,737
|
|||||
Originations
of residential mortgages held-for-sale
|
(7,500
|
)
|
(6,428
|
)
|
|||
Income
on bank-owned life insurance
|
(187
|
)
|
(200
|
)
|
|||
Life
insurance proceeds/premiums net
|
90
|
(21
|
)
|
||||
Deferred
income tax (benefit) provision
|
(163
|
)
|
386
|
||||
Net
(decrease) increase in income taxes receivable
|
(249
|
)
|
169
|
||||
Net
increase in accrued interest receivable
|
(108
|
)
|
(42
|
)
|
|||
Net
amortization of premiums and discounts
|
690
|
652
|
|||||
Net
increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable
|
155
|
(153
|
)
|
||||
Increase
in other assets
|
(516
|
)
|
(324
|
)
|
|||
Decrease
in other liabilities
|
(488
|
)
|
(383
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
4,173
|
5,855
|
|||||
Investing
Activities
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from maturities and calls of investment securities
|
|||||||
available-for-sale
|
26,177
|
46,174
|
|||||
held-to-maturity
|
300
|
4,925
|
|||||
Proceeds
from sales of investment securities
|
|||||||
available-for-sale
|
37,521
|
54,544
|
|||||
Purchase
of investment securities
|
|||||||
available-for-sale
|
(44,048
|
)
|
(114,927
|
)
|
|||
Net
change in non-marketable equity securities
|
265
|
(165
|
)
|
||||
Net
increase in loans and leases
|
(19,411
|
)
|
(30,344
|
)
|
|||
Net
purchases of premises and equipment
|
(271
|
)
|
(1,395
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash provided (used) by investing activities
|
533
|
(41,188
|
)
|
||||
Financing
Activities
|
|||||||
Net
increase in non-interest-bearing deposits
|
4,140
|
5,533
|
|||||
Net
(decrease) increase in interest-bearing non-maturity
deposits
|
(12,291
|
)
|
25,147
|
||||
Net
increase in time deposits
|
1,527
|
14,755
|
|||||
Net
increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
|
4,983
|
(956
|
)
|
||||
Cash
dividends paid
|
(1,815
|
)
|
(1,718
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
|
76
|
41
|
|||||
Net
cash (used) provided by financing activities
|
(3,380
|
)
|
42,802
|
||||
Increase
in cash and cash equivalents
|
1,326
|
7,469
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
22,185
|
26,066
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
23,511
|
$
|
33,535
|
|||
Supplemental
Cash Flow Disclosures
|
|||||||
Interest
paid
|
$
|
8,489
|
$
|
7,007
|
|||
Income
taxes paid
|
1,517
|
815
|
|||||
Non-Cash
Transactions
|
|||||||
Change
in net unrealized holding gains (losses), net of taxes, on
available-for-sale securities
|
(1,238
|
)
|
(987
|
)
|
|||
Transfer
of loan to repossessed assets
|
-
|
1,026
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
Form
10-Q
Page
3
QNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2005 AND 2004, AND DECEMBER 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
1.
REPORTING AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts
of
QNB Corp. (QNB) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Quakertown National Bank
(the Bank). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are
eliminated in the consolidated statements.
The
consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2005, as well as the statements
of income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005
and 2004, and the statements of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2005 and 2004, is unaudited. These consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto included in QNB's 2004 Annual Report incorporated
in the Form 10-K.
Operating results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30,
2005
are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the
year
ending December 31, 2005.
The
unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments which,
in
the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results
of the interim periods and are of a normal and recurring nature. Certain items
in the 2004 consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform
to the 2005 financial statement presentation format. These reclassifications
had
no effect on net income. The results for the periods presented are not
necessarily indicative of the full year. Tabular information other than share
data is presented in thousands of dollars.
In
preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to
make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and
liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the
reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from such estimates.
STOCK
BASED COMPENSATION
At
September 30, 2005, QNB had stock-based employee compensation plans that were
accounted for under the recognition and measurement principles of Accounting
Principles Bulletin (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees,
and
related interpretations. Effective January 1, 2006, QNB will adopt Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payment
(FAS No.
123R). See Note 7 for further details. No
stock-based employee compensation cost is reflected in net income, as all
options granted under the plans had an exercise price equal to the market value
of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. The
"fair
value" approach under FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation,
takes
into account the time value of the option and will generally result in
compensation expense being recorded. Each year since the inception of Statement
No. 123, QNB has disclosed, in the notes to the consolidated financial
statements contained in its annual report to shareholders, what the earnings
impact would have been had QNB elected the "fair value" approach under Statement
No. 123. Such disclosure is now required on a quarterly basis in accordance
with
Statement No. 148, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure - an amendment of
FASB
Statement No. 123.
Form
10-Q
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4
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2005 AND 2004, AND DECEMBER 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
The
following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share
if
the company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement
No. 123 to stock-based employee compensation.
For
the Three Months
Ended September 30, |
For
the Nine Months
Ended September 30, |
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Net
income, as reported
|
$
|
1,431
|
$
|
1,453
|
$
|
3,833
|
$
|
4,694
|
|||||
Deduct:
Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under
fair
value based method for all awards, net related tax effects
|
25
|
25
|
76
|
69
|
|||||||||
Pro
forma net income
|
$
|
1,406
|
$
|
1,428
|
$
|
3,757
|
$
|
4,625
|
|||||
Earnings per share | |||||||||||||
Basic – as reported
|
$
|
.46
|
$
|
0.47
|
$
|
1.24
|
$
|
1.52
|
|||||
Basic –
pro forma
|
$
|
.45
|
$
|
0.46
|
$
|
1.21
|
$
|
1.49
|
|||||
Diluted –
as reported
|
$
|
.45
|
$
|
0.46
|
$
|
1.21
|
$
|
1.48
|
|||||
Diluted –
pro forma
|
$
|
.44
|
$
|
0.45
|
$
|
1.18
|
$
|
1.46
|
2.
PER
SHARE DATA
The
following sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share
(share and per share data are not in thousands):
For
the Three Months
Ended
September 30,
|
For
the Nine Months
Ended September 30, |
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Numerator
for basic and diluted earnings per share-net income
|
$
|
1,431
|
$
|
1,453
|
$
|
3,833
|
$
|
4,694
|
|||||
Denominator
for basic earnings per share-weighted average shares
outstanding
|
3,102,628
|
3,096,857
|
3,101,300
|
3,096,057
|
|||||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities-employee stock options
|
71,420
|
79,689
|
74,898
|
82,214
|
|||||||||
Denominator
for diluted earnings per share- adjusted weighted average shares
outstanding
|
3,174,048
|
3,176,546
|
3,176,198
|
3,178,271
|
|||||||||
Earnings
per share-basic
|
$
|
.46
|
$
|
0.47
|
$
|
1.24
|
$
|
1.52
|
|||||
Earnings
per share-diluted
|
$
|
.45
|
$
|
0.46
|
$
|
1.21
|
$
|
1.48
|
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2005 AND 2004, AND DECEMBER 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
2.
PER
SHARE DATA (Continued):
There
were 40,000 stock options that were anti-dilutive for the three and nine-month
periods ended September 30, 2005. There were 20,000 stock options that were
anti-dilutive for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004.
These stock options were not included in the above calculation.
3.
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Comprehensive
income is defined as the change in equity of a business entity during a period
from transactions and other events and circumstances, excluding those resulting
from investments by and distributions to owners. For QNB, the sole component
of
other comprehensive income is the unrealized holding gains and losses on
available-for-sale investment securities.
The
following table shows the components and activity of comprehensive income during
the periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 (net of the income tax effect):
For
the Three Months
Ended
September 30,
|
For
the Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Unrealized
holding (losses) gains arising during the period on securities held
|
$
|
(1,283
|
)
|
$
|
2,855
|
$
|
(1,811
|
)
|
$
|
(484
|
)
|
||
Reclassification
adjustment for losses (gains) included in net income
|
3
|
(44
|
)
|
573
|
(503
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
change in unrealized (losses) gains during the period
|
(1,280
|
)
|
(139)222,811
|
(1,238
|
)
|
(987
|
)
|
||||||
Unrealized
holding gains (losses), beginning of period
|
733
|
(1,457
|
)
|
691
|
2,341
|
||||||||
Unrealized
holding (losses) gains, end of period
|
$
|
(547
|
)
|
$
|
1,354
|
$
|
(547
|
)
|
$
|
1,354
|
|||
Net
income
|
$
|
1,431
|
$
|
1,453
|
$
|
3,833
|
$
|
4,694
|
|||||
Other
comprehensive income, net of tax:
Unrealized
holding (losses) gains arising during the period
|
(1,280
|
)
|
2,811
|
(1,238
|
)
|
(987
|
)
|
||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
151
|
$
|
4,264
|
$
|
2,595
|
$
|
3,707
|
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6
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2005 AND 2004, AND DECEMBER 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
4.
LOANS
AND LEASES
The
following table presents loans and leases by category as of September 30, 2005
and December 31, 2004:
September
30,
2005
|
December
31,
2004
|
||||||
Commercial
and industrial
|
$
|
58,616
|
$
|
57,364
|
|||
Agricultural
|
5
|
8
|
|||||
Construction
|
8,510
|
7,027
|
|||||
Real
estate-commercial
|
98,547
|
98,397
|
|||||
Real
estate-residential
|
111,066
|
99,893
|
|||||
Consumer
|
5,411
|
5,376
|
|||||
Lease
financing
|
5,291
|
0
|
|||||
Total
loans and leases
|
287,446
|
268,065
|
|||||
Less
unearned costs (income)
|
42
|
(17
|
)
|
||||
Total
loans and leases, net of unearned income
|
$
|
287,488
|
$
|
268,048
|
5.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
As
a
result of a purchase of deposits in 1997, QNB recorded a deposit premium of
$511,000. This premium is being amortized, for book purposes, over ten years
and
is reviewed annually for impairment. The net carrying amount was $107,000 and
$145,000 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. Amortization
expense for core deposit intangibles was $12,000 for both three-month periods
ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 and $38,000 for both nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2005 and 2004.
The
following table reflects the components of mortgage servicing rights as of
the
periods indicated:
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Mortgage
servicing rights beginning balance
|
$
|
552
|
$
|
582
|
|||
Mortgage
servicing rights capitalized
|
56
|
66
|
|||||
Mortgage
servicing rights amortized
|
(86
|
)
|
(122
|
)
|
|||
Fair
market value adjustments
|
5
|
26
|
|||||
Mortgage
servicing rights ending balance
|
$
|
527
|
$
|
552
|
|||
Mortgage
loans serviced for others
|
$
|
76,715
|
$
|
78,904
|
|||
Amortization
expense of intangibles
|
124
|
173
|
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2005 AND 2004, AND DECEMBER 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
5.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Continued):
The
annual estimated amortization expense of intangible assets for each of the
five
succeeding fiscal years is as follows:
Estimated
Amortization Expense
For
the Year Ended 12/31/05
|
$
|
162
|
||
For
the Year Ended 12/31/06
|
147
|
|||
For
the Year Ended 12/31/07
|
125
|
|||
For
the Year Ended 12/31/08
|
68
|
|||
For
the Year Ended 12/31/09
|
56
|
6.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On
September 22, 2005, QNB Corp.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, The Quakertown National
Bank (the “Bank”), approved and entered into an agreement with Eugene T.
Parzych, Inc. for the renovation of the Bank’s property at 322 W. Broad Street,
Quakertown, Pennsylvania to be used as additional office space. The cost of
the
renovations is expected to be approximately $1 million. The bids for this
project were submitted through a formal bidding process and reviewed by the
Board of Directors. The bid received from Eugene T. Parzych, Inc. was the second
lowest bid presented. Mr. Gary S. Parzych is the president of Eugene T. Parzych,
Inc. and is also a director of QNB Corp. Management and the Board of Directors
of QNB Corp. and the Bank believe this is an arms-length
transaction.
As
of
September 30, 2005, amounts due from directors, principal officers, and their
related interests totaled $3,564,000. All of these transactions were made in
the
ordinary course of business on substantially the same terms, including interest
rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable
transactions with other persons. Also, they did not involve a more than normal
risk of collectibility or present any other unfavorable features.
7.
RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Stock-Based
Compensation and Share-Based Payment
In
April
2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule that amends
the
compliance dates for FASB Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payment
(FAS No.
123R). The Statement requires that compensation cost, relating to share-based
payment transactions, be recognized in financial statements and that this cost
be measured based on the fair value of the equity or liability instruments
issued. FAS No. 123 (Revised 2004) covers a wide range of share-based
compensation arrangements including share options, restricted share plans,
performance-based awards, share appreciation rights, and employee share purchase
plans. QNB will adopt FAS No. 123 (Revised 2004) on January 1, 2006 and is
currently evaluating the impact the adoption of the standard will have on QNB’s
results of operations.
In
March
2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 107 ("SAB No. 107"), Share-Based
Payment,
providing guidance on option valuation methods, the accounting for income tax
effects of share-based payment arrangements upon adoption of
Form
10-Q
Page
8
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2005 AND 2004, AND DECEMBER 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
7.
RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Continued):
In
March
2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 107 ("SAB No. 107"), Share-Based
Payment,
providing guidance on option valuation methods, the accounting for income tax
effects of share-based payment arrangements upon adoption of
FAS No. 123R, and the disclosures in Management’s Discussion and
Analysis subsequent to the adoption. QNB will provide SAB No. 107
required disclosures upon adoption of FAS No. 123R on January
1, 2006
and is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of the standard will have
on
QNB’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
Accounting
Changes and Errors Corrections
In
June
2005, the FASB issued FAS No. 154, Accounting
Changes and Errors Corrections, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FAS
No.
3.
The
Statement applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle, and changes
the requirements for accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting
principle. FAS No. 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’
financial statements of a voluntary change in accounting principle unless it
is
impractical. APB Opinion No. 20 previously required that most voluntary changes
in accounting principle be recognized by including in net income of the period
of the change the cumulative effect of changing to the new accounting principle.
FAS No. 154 improves financial reporting because its requirements enhance the
consistency of financial reporting between periods. The provisions of FAS No.
154 are effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005.
Form
10-Q
Page
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CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
ITEM 2. |
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION
|
QNB
Corp.
(the Corporation) is a bank holding company headquartered in Quakertown,
Pennsylvania. The Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The
Quakertown National Bank (the Bank), has been serving the residents and
businesses of Upper Bucks, Northern Montgomery and Southern Lehigh Counties
in
Pennsylvania since 1877. The Bank is a locally managed community bank that
provides a full range of commercial, retail banking and investment management
services. The consolidated entity is referred to herein as “QNB”.
Forward-Looking
Statements
In
addition to historical information, this document contains forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or
phrases such as “believe,”“expect,”“anticipate,”“intend,”“estimate,”“project” and variations of such words and similar expressions, or future or
conditional verbs such as “will,”“would,”“should,”“could,”“may” or similar
expressions. 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.
Shareholders
should note that many factors, some of which are discussed elsewhere in this
document and in the documents that are incorporated by reference, could affect
the future financial results of the Corporation and its subsidiary and could
cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking
statements contained or incorporated by reference in this document. These
factors include, but are not limited, to the following:
·
|
Operating,
legal and regulatory risks
|
·
|
Economic,
political and competitive forces affecting the Corporation’s line of
business
|
·
|
The
risk that the analysis of these risks and forces could be incorrect,
and/or that the strategies developed to address them could be
unsuccessful
|
·
|
Volatility
in interest rates
|
·
|
Increased
credit risk
|
QNB
cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous
assumptions, risks and uncertainties, all of which change over time, and QNB
assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements. Management cautions
readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. These
statements speak only as of the date made, and they advise readers that various
factors, including those described above, could affect QNB’s financial
performance and could cause actual results or circumstances for future periods
to differ materially from those anticipated or projected. Except as required
by
law, we do not undertake, and specifically disclaim any obligation, to publicly
release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect the
occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the
date of such statements.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Discussion
and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations are based
on
the consolidated financial statements of QNB, which are prepared in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and predominant
practices within the banking industry. The preparation of these consolidated
financial statements requires QNB to make estimates and judgments that affect
the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.
Form
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CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates (Continued)
QNB
evaluates estimates on an on-going basis, including those related to the
allowance for loan and lease losses, non-accrual loans, other real estate owned,
other-than-temporary investment impairments, intangible assets, stock option
plan and income taxes. QNB bases its estimates on historical experience and
various other factors and assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under
the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments
about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily
apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates
under different assumptions or conditions.
QNB
believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more significant
judgments and estimates used in preparation of its consolidated financial
statements: allowance for loan and lease losses, income taxes and
other-than-temporary investment security impairment. Each estimate is discussed
below. The financial impact of each estimate is discussed in the applicable
sections of Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
Allowance
for Loan and Lease Losses
QNB
maintains an allowance for loan and lease losses, which is intended to absorb
probable known and inherent losses in the outstanding loan portfolio. The
allowance is reduced by actual credit losses and is increased by the provision
for loan and lease losses and recoveries of previous losses. The provisions
for
loan losses are charged to earnings to bring the total allowance for loan and
lease losses to a level considered necessary by management.
The
allowance for loan and lease losses is based on management’s continuing review
and evaluation of the loan portfolio. The level of the allowance is determined
by assigning specific reserves to individually identified problem credits and
general reserves to all other loans. The portion of the allowance that is
allocated to internally criticized and non-accrual loans is determined by
estimating the inherent loss on each credit after giving consideration to the
value of underlying collateral. The general reserves are based on the
composition and risk characteristics of the loan portfolio, including the nature
of the loan portfolio, credit concentration trends, historic and anticipated
delinquency and loss experience, as well as other qualitative factors such
as
current economic trends.
Management
emphasizes loan quality and close monitoring of potential problem credits.
Credit risk identification and review processes are utilized in order to assess
and monitor the degree of risk in the loan portfolio. QNB’s lending and loan
administration staff are charged with reviewing the loan portfolio and
identifying changes in the economy or in a borrower’s circumstances which may
affect the ability to repay debt or the value of pledged collateral. A loan
classification and review system exists that identifies those loans with a
higher than normal risk of uncollectibility. Each commercial loan is assigned
a
grade based upon an assessment of the borrower’s financial capacity to service
the debt and the presence and value of collateral for the loan. An independent
loan review group tests risk assessments and evaluates the adequacy of the
allowance for loan and lease losses. Management meets monthly to review the
credit quality of the loan portfolio and quarterly to review the allowance
for
loan and lease losses.
In
addition, various regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination
process, periodically review QNB’s allowance for losses on loans and leases.
Such agencies may require QNB to recognize additions to the allowance based
on
their judgments about information available to them at the time of their
examination.
Management
believes that it uses the best information available to make determinations
about the adequacy of the allowance and that it has established its existing
allowance for loan and lease losses in accordance with GAAP. If circumstances
differ substantially from the assumptions used in making determinations, future
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CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates (Continued):
adjustments
to the allowance for loan and lease losses may be necessary and results of
operations could be affected. Because future events affecting borrowers and
collateral cannot be predicted with certainty, increases to the allowance may
be
necessary should the quality of any loans or leases deteriorate as a result
of
the factors discussed above.
Income
Taxes
QNB
accounts for income taxes under the asset/liability method. Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable
to
differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets
and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as well as operating loss,
capital loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities
are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in
the
years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
A
valuation allowance is established against deferred tax assets when in the
judgment of management, it is more likely than not that such deferred tax assets
will not become available. During the second quarter of 2005, QNB established
a
valuation allowance of $190,000 to offset a portion of the tax benefits
associated with certain impaired securities that management believes may not
be
realizable. Because the judgment about the level of future taxable income is
dependent to a great extent on matters that may, at least in part, go beyond
QNB’s control, it is at least reasonably possible that management’s judgment
about the need for a valuation allowance for deferred taxes could change in
the
near term.
Other-than-Temporary
Impairment of Investment Securities
Securities
are evaluated periodically to determine whether a decline in their value is
other-than-temporary. Management utilizes criteria such as the magnitude and
duration of the decline, in addition to the reasons underlying the decline,
to
determine whether the loss in value is other-than-temporary. The term
“other-than-temporary” is not intended to indicate that the decline is
permanent, but indicates that the prospects for a near-term recovery of value
are not necessarily favorable, or that there is a lack of evidence to support
realizable value equal to or greater than carrying value of the investment.
Once
a decline in value is determined to be other-than-temporary, the value of the
security is reduced and a corresponding charge to earnings is recognized.
OVERVIEW
QNB
reported net income for the third quarter of 2005 of $1,431,000, or $.45 per
common share on a diluted basis. The third quarter 2005 results compare to
net
income of $1,453,000, or $.46 per share diluted, for the same period in 2004.
Net income for the first nine months of 2005 was $3,833,000, or $1.21 per
diluted share, a decrease from the $4,694,000, or $1.48 per diluted share,
for
the comparable period in 2004.
The
results for the 2005 nine-month period were significantly impacted by a
$1,253,000 other-than-temporary impairment loss, recorded in the second quarter,
related to certain Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC) preferred stock
issues recorded in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP). On
an
after-tax basis, the non-cash, non-operating impairment charge was approximately
$1,017,000. Excluding
the securities write-down, net income for the nine-month period would have
been
$4,850,000, or $1.53 per share on a diluted basis.
Two
important measures of profitability in the banking industry are an institution's
return on average assets and return on average shareholders' equity. Return
on
average assets was .97% and 1.01%, while the return on average equity was 12.19%
and 13.30%, for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004,
Form
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12
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CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OVERVIEW
(Continued)
respectively.
For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, return on average
assets was .88% and 1.13%, and the return on average equity was 11.07% and
14.75%, respectively. Excluding the
impact
of
the impairment charge, the return on average assets for the nine-month period
ended September 30, 2005 would have been 1.11% and the return on average equity
would have been 14.00%.
QNB’s
net
interest income declined in the third quarter of 2005, to $4,018,000, as
compared to $4,094,000 for the same quarter of 2004 due to the continued
compression of the net interest margin. Funding costs of deposits and short-term
borrowings increased to a greater degree than the rates earned on loans and
investments. This is primarily the result of three factors: a highly competitive
deposit and loan pricing environment, a sustained flat Treasury yield curve
and
the current structure of QNB’s balance sheet. The net interest margin declined
12 basis points to 3.18% from the third quarter of 2004 to the third quarter
of
2005.
Non-interest
income, excluding gains and losses on securities and loans, was $911,000 for
the
quarter ended September 30, 2005, a 2.4% increase over the $890,000 earned
in
2004. The increase in non-interest income is attributed to ATM and debit card
income as consumers continue to rely on the card as a more acceptable way to
pay
for goods and services. Also contributing to the increase in non-interest income
was QNB’s membership in a title insurance company and an increase in official
check income, each of which increased $12,000 for the quarter. Offsetting this
increase was a $40,000 decrease in fees for services to customers.
Non-interest
expenses were $3,140,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared
to
$3,244,000 in 2004, a 3.2% decrease. Salary and benefit expense declined
$118,000, to $1,728,000, for the quarter ended September 30, 2005. Contributing
to the decline were fewer full-time equivalent employees and a reduction in
incentive compensation expense.
The
balance sheet obtained strong growth in loans with average loans increasing
$20,044,000 when comparing the three months ended September 30, 2005 to
September 30, 2004 QNB’s successful loan growth is attributable to developing
new relationships as well as further cultivating existing relationships with
small businesses in our communities . Also contributing to the loan growth
was
the new lease financing line of business, as well as the continued demand for
residential mortgage and home equity loans. This loan growth was achieved while
maintaining excellent asset quality. No provision for loan and lease losses
was
necessary during the quarter. On the funding side of the balance sheet, total
average deposits decreased $748,000, or .2%. Average money market balances
and
average time deposit balances increased $1,019,000 and $8,133,000, respectively,
while average interest-bearing demand accounts and average savings accounts
decreased $7,074,000 and $2,826,000, respectively, when comparing the
three-month periods.
QNB
earns
its revenues primarily from the difference between the interest income it earns
on loans and investment securities and the interest expense it pays for deposits
and borrowed money that fund these assets. QNB also derives revenue from deposit
related services. QNB seeks to achieve sufficient and reliable earnings by
growing its business while maintaining adequate levels of capital and liquidity
and limiting its exposure to credit and interest rate risk to Board approved
levels.
QNB
operates in an attractive market for financial services but also a market with
intense competition from other local community banks and regional and national
financial institutions. QNB’s “Sincere Interest in Your Success” is achieved by
offering a broad range of high quality financial products and services. QNB
has
established internal standards of service excellence and actively trains all
employees on those standards so the customer experiences a consistent high
level
of service at all points of contact with the Bank. QNB also complements the
customer experience with high quality technology solutions in order to meet
its
mission of “High Tech, High Touch”.
Form
10-Q
Page
13
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Average
Balances, Rate, and Interest Income and Expense Summary
(Tax-Equivalent
Basis)
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||||||
September
30, 2005
|
September
30, 2004
|
||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
|
Rate
|
Interest
|
Balance
|
Rate
|
Interest
|
||||||||||||||
Assets
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Federal
Funds Sold
|
$
|
6,779
|
3.45
|
%
|
$
|
59
|
$
|
6,325
|
1.52
|
%
|
$
|
24
|
|||||||
Investment
securities:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury
|
6,107
|
2.22
|
%
|
34
|
6,436
|
1.97
|
%
|
32
|
|||||||||||
U.S.
Government agencies
|
26,580
|
3.98
|
%
|
265
|
30,317
|
3.64
|
%
|
276
|
|||||||||||
State
and municipal
|
52,595
|
6.50
|
%
|
855
|
53,062
|
6.53
|
%
|
866
|
|||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
and CMOs
|
140,905
|
4.17
|
%
|
1,468
|
145,638
|
4.29
|
%
|
1,563
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
28,291
|
5.87
|
%
|
415
|
29,708
|
5.24
|
%
|
389
|
|||||||||||
Total
investment securities
|
254,478
|
4.77
|
%
|
3,037
|
265,161
|
4.72
|
%
|
3,126
|
|||||||||||
Loans:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
real estate
|
125,132
|
6.23
|
%
|
1,965
|
120,392
|
5.79
|
%
|
1,751
|
|||||||||||
Residential
real estate
|
25,669
|
5.85
|
%
|
375
|
20,564
|
6.08
|
%
|
313
|
|||||||||||
Home
equity loans
|
61,055
|
6.00
|
%
|
923
|
57,005
|
5.61
|
%
|
803
|
|||||||||||
Commercial
and industrial
|
47,761
|
6.33
|
%
|
763
|
44,767
|
4.98
|
%
|
561
|
|||||||||||
Lease
financing
|
3,674
|
8.85
|
%
|
82
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Consumer
loans
|
5,434
|
8.68
|
%
|
119
|
5,849
|
9.11
|
%
|
134
|
|||||||||||
Tax-exempt
loans
|
11,939
|
5.21
|
%
|
157
|
12,043
|
5.14
|
%
|
156
|
|||||||||||
Total
loans, net of unearned income*
|
280,664
|
6.20
|
%
|
4,384
|
260,620
|
5.67
|
%
|
3,718
|
|||||||||||
Other
earning assets
|
4,716
|
2.12
|
%
|
25
|
4,874
|
1.28
|
%
|
16
|
|||||||||||
Total
earning assets
|
546,637
|
5.45
|
%
|
$
|
7,505
|
536,980
|
5.10
|
%
|
$
|
6,884
|
|||||||||
Cash
and due from banks
|
20,101
|
20,241
|
|||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for loan losses
|
(2,582
|
)
|
(2,940
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
assets
|
19,112
|
18,653
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
583,268
|
5.11
|
%
|
$
|
572,934
|
4.78
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Liabilities
and Shareholders' Equity
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Interest-bearing
deposits:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Interest-bearing
demand accounts
|
$
|
97,314
|
1.43
|
%
|
$
|
352
|
$
|
104,388
|
0.68
|
%
|
$
|
179
|
|||||||
Money
market accounts
|
45,183
|
1.84
|
%
|
210
|
44,164
|
0.97
|
%
|
108
|
|||||||||||
Savings
|
52,571
|
0.39
|
%
|
52
|
55,397
|
0.39
|
%
|
55
|
|||||||||||
Time
|
161,786
|
3.11
|
%
|
1,270
|
158,388
|
2.64
|
%
|
1,053
|
|||||||||||
Time
over $100,000
|
47,676
|
3.21
|
%
|
386
|
42,941
|
2.47
|
%
|
267
|
|||||||||||
Total
interest-bearing deposits
|
404,530
|
2.23
|
%
|
2,270
|
405,278
|
1.63
|
%
|
1,662
|
|||||||||||
Short-term
borrowings
|
17,693
|
2.25
|
%
|
100
|
12,481
|
1.01
|
%
|
32
|
|||||||||||
Federal
Home Loan Bank advances
|
55,000
|
5.45
|
%
|
755
|
55,000
|
5.29
|
%
|
731
|
|||||||||||
Total
interest-bearing liabilities
|
477,223
|
2.60
|
%
|
3,125
|
472,759
|
2.04
|
%
|
2,425
|
|||||||||||
Non-interest-bearing
deposits
|
56,833
|
53,912
|
|||||||||||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
2,643
|
2,807
|
|||||||||||||||||
Shareholders'
equity
|
46,569
|
43,456
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and
|
|||||||||||||||||||
shareholders' equity
|
$
|
583,268
|
2.13
|
%
|
$
|
572,934
|
1.68
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Net
interest rate spread
|
2.85
|
%
|
3.06
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
Margin/net
interest income
|
3.18
|
%
|
$
|
4,380
|
3.30
|
%
|
$
|
4,459
|
Tax-exempt
securities and loans were adjusted to a tax-equivalent basis and are based
on
the marginal Federal corporate tax rate of 34%.
Non-accrual
loans are included in earning assets.
*
Includes loans held-for-sale
Form
10-Q
Page
14
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Average
Balances, Rate, and Interest Income and Expense Summary
(Tax-Equivalent
Basis)
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||||||
September
30, 2005
|
September
30, 2004
|
||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
|
Rate
|
Interest
|
Balance
|
Rate
|
Interest
|
|||||||||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Federal
Funds Sold
|
$
|
6,312
|
3.07
|
%
|
$
|
145
|
$
|
6,560
|
1.16
|
%
|
$
|
57
|
|||||||
Investment
securities:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury
|
6,124
|
2.10
|
%
|
96
|
6,653
|
1.95
|
%
|
97
|
|||||||||||
U.S.
Government agencies
|
37,498
|
3.74
|
%
|
1,052
|
29,723
|
3.78
|
%
|
843
|
|||||||||||
State
and municipal
|
52,660
|
6.50
|
%
|
2,569
|
51,503
|
6.54
|
%
|
2,525
|
|||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
and CMOs
|
136,983
|
4.18
|
%
|
4,299
|
142,821
|
4.25
|
%
|
4,554
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
29,431
|
5.66
|
%
|
1,249
|
29,947
|
5.31
|
%
|
1,193
|
|||||||||||
Total
investment securities
|
262,696
|
4.70
|
%
|
9,265
|
260,647
|
4.71
|
%
|
9,212
|
|||||||||||
Loans:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
real estate
|
123,388
|
6.15
|
%
|
5,674
|
112,099
|
5.84
|
%
|
4,900
|
|||||||||||
Residential
real estate
|
24,957
|
5.87
|
%
|
1,098
|
20,333
|
6.31
|
%
|
963
|
|||||||||||
Home
equity loans
|
60,100
|
5.88
|
%
|
2,642
|
53,807
|
5.73
|
%
|
2,307
|
|||||||||||
Commercial
and industrial
|
45,628
|
6.15
|
%
|
2,099
|
41,891
|
4.88
|
%
|
1,531
|
|||||||||||
Lease
financing
|
1,488
|
9.11
|
%
|
101
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Consumer
loans
|
5,298
|
8.83
|
%
|
350
|
5,662
|
9.55
|
%
|
405
|
|||||||||||
Tax-exempt
loans
|
12,683
|
5.25
|
%
|
499
|
12,257
|
5.24
|
%
|
480
|
|||||||||||
Total
loans, net of unearned income*
|
273,542
|
6.09
|
%
|
12,463
|
246,049
|
5.75
|
%
|
10,586
|
|||||||||||
Other
earning assets
|
4,689
|
2.50
|
%
|
88
|
4,830
|
1.41
|
%
|
51
|
|||||||||||
Total
earning assets
|
547,239
|
5.37
|
%
|
$
|
21,961
|
518,086
|
5.13
|
%
|
$
|
19,906
|
|||||||||
Cash
and due from banks
|
19,252
|
19,706
|
|||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for loan losses
|
(2,595
|
)
|
(2,926
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
assets
|
19,006
|
18,309
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
582,902
|
5.04
|
%
|
$
|
553,175
|
4.81
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Liabilities
and Shareholders’ Equity
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Interest-bearing
deposits:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Interest-bearing
demand accounts
|
$
|
93,440
|
1.12
|
%
|
$
|
782
|
$
|
99,262
|
0.60
|
%
|
$
|
449
|
|||||||
Money
market accounts
|
55,073
|
1.69
|
%
|
698
|
39,203
|
0.77
|
%
|
226
|
|||||||||||
Savings
|
54,507
|
0.39
|
%
|
160
|
54,702
|
0.39
|
%
|
161
|
|||||||||||
Time
|
162,986
|
2.95
|
%
|
3,597
|
155,212
|
2.63
|
%
|
3,055
|
|||||||||||
Time
over $100,000
|
44,307
|
2.96
|
%
|
983
|
40,351
|
2.37
|
%
|
715
|
|||||||||||
Total
interest-bearing deposits
|
410,313
|
2.03
|
%
|
6,220
|
388,730
|
1.58
|
%
|
4,606
|
|||||||||||
Short-term
borrowings
|
13,330
|
2.00
|
%
|
199
|
11,904
|
0.92
|
%
|
82
|
|||||||||||
Federal
Home Loan Bank advances
|
55,000
|
5.41
|
%
|
2,225
|
55,000
|
5.26
|
%
|
2,166
|
|||||||||||
Total
interest-bearing liabilities
|
478,643
|
2.41
|
%
|
8,644
|
455,634
|
2.01
|
%
|
6,854
|
|||||||||||
Non-interest-bearing
deposits
|
55,192
|
52,138
|
|||||||||||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
2,766
|
2,888
|
|||||||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
46,301
|
42,515
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and
|
|||||||||||||||||||
shareholders’ equity
|
$
|
582,902
|
1.98
|
%
|
$
|
553,175
|
1.66
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Net
interest rate spread
|
2.96
|
%
|
3.12
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
Margin/net
interest income
|
3.25
|
%
|
$
|
13,317
|
3.37
|
%
|
$
|
13,052
|
Tax-exempt
securities and loans were adjusted to a tax-equivalent basis and are based
on
the marginal Federal corporate tax rate of 34%.
Non-accrual
loans are included in earning assets.
*
Includes loans held-for-sale
Form
10-Q
Page
15
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||
September
30, 2005 compared
|
September
30, 2005 compared
|
||||||||||||||||||
to
September 30, 2004
|
to
September 30, 2004
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Due
to change in:
|
Total
|
Due
to change in:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Change
|
Volume
|
Rate
|
Change
|
Volume
|
Rate
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Federal
Funds Sold
|
$
|
35
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
33
|
$
|
88
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
90
|
||||||
Investment
securities:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury
|
2
|
(2
|
)
|
4
|
(1
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
7
|
||||||||||
U.S.
Government agencies
|
(11
|
)
|
(34
|
)
|
23
|
209
|
220
|
(11
|
)
|
||||||||||
State
and municipal
|
(11
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
44
|
57
|
(13
|
)
|
|||||||||
Mortgage-backed
and CMOs
|
(95
|
)
|
(51
|
)
|
(44
|
)
|
(255
|
)
|
(186
|
)
|
(69
|
)
|
|||||||
Other
|
26
|
(19
|
)
|
45
|
56
|
(20
|
)
|
76
|
|||||||||||
Loans:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
real estate
|
214
|
71
|
143
|
774
|
490
|
284
|
|||||||||||||
Residential
real estate
|
62
|
77
|
(15
|
)
|
135
|
219
|
(84
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Home
equity loans
|
120
|
58
|
62
|
335
|
268
|
67
|
|||||||||||||
Commercial
and industrial
|
202
|
38
|
164
|
568
|
136
|
432
|
|||||||||||||
Lease
financing
|
82
|
82
|
-
|
101
|
101
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Consumer
loans
|
(15
|
)
|
(9
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
(55
|
)
|
(26
|
)
|
(29
|
)
|
|||||||
Tax-exempt
loans
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
2
|
19
|
17
|
2
|
||||||||||||
Other
earning assets
|
9
|
(1
|
)
|
10
|
37
|
(1
|
)
|
38
|
|||||||||||
Total
interest income
|
$
|
621
|
$
|
203
|
$
|
418
|
$
|
2,055
|
$
|
1,265
|
$
|
790
|
|||||||
Interest
expense:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Interest-bearing
demand accounts
|
$
|
173
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
$
|
184
|
$
|
333
|
$
|
(26
|
)
|
$
|
359
|
|||||
Money
market accounts
|
102
|
3
|
99
|
472
|
91
|
381
|
|||||||||||||
Savings
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(0
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(0
|
)
|
|||||||
Time
|
217
|
23
|
194
|
542
|
152
|
390
|
|||||||||||||
Time
over $100,000
|
119
|
30
|
89
|
268
|
70
|
198
|
|||||||||||||
Short-term
borrowings
|
68
|
13
|
55
|
117
|
10
|
107
|
|||||||||||||
Federal
Home Loan Bank advances
|
24
|
-
|
24
|
59
|
-
|
59
|
|||||||||||||
Total
interest expense
|
700
|
55
|
645
|
1,790
|
296
|
1,494
|
|||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
$
|
(79
|
)
|
$
|
148
|
$
|
(227
|
)
|
$
|
265
|
$
|
969
|
$
|
(704
|
)
|
Form
10-Q
Page
16
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
NET
INTEREST INCOME
The
following table presents the adjustment to convert net interest income to net
interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis for the three and nine-month
periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.
For
the Three Months
|
For
the Nine Months
|
||||||||||||
Ended
September 30,
|
Ended
September 30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Total
interest income
|
$
|
7,143
|
$
|
6,519
|
$
|
20,858
|
$
|
18,827
|
|||||
Total
interest expense
|
3,125
|
2,425
|
8,644
|
6,854
|
|||||||||
Net
interest income
|
4,018
|
4,094
|
12,214
|
11,973
|
|||||||||
Tax
equivalent adjustment
|
362
|
365
|
1,103
|
1,079
|
|||||||||
Net
interest income (fully taxable equivalent)
|
$
|
4,380
|
$
|
4,459
|
$
|
13,317
|
$
|
13,052
|
Net
interest income is the primary source of operating income for QNB. Net interest
income is interest income, dividends, and fees on earning assets, less interest
expense incurred for funding sources. Earning assets primarily include loans,
investment securities and Federal funds sold. Sources used to fund these assets
include deposits, borrowed funds and shareholders’ equity. Net interest income
is affected by changes in interest rates, the volume and mix of earning assets
and interest-bearing liabilities, and the amount of earning assets funded by
non-interest-bearing deposits.
For
purposes of this discussion, interest income and the average yield earned on
loans and investment securities are adjusted to a tax-equivalent basis as
detailed in the tables that appear on pages 14 and 15. This adjustment to
interest income is made for analysis purposes only. Interest income is increased
by the amount of savings of Federal income taxes, which QNB realizes by
investing in certain tax-exempt State and municipal securities and by making
loans to certain tax-exempt organizations. In this way, the ultimate economic
impact of earnings from various assets can be more easily compared.
The
net
interest rate spread is the difference between average rates received on earning
assets and average rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, while the net
interest rate margin includes interest-free sources of funds.
Net
interest income decreased 1.9%, to $4,018,000, for the quarter ended September
30, 2005, as compared to $4,094,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2004.
On
a tax-equivalent basis, net interest income decreased by 1.8% from $4,459,000
for the three months ended September 30, 2004 to $4,380,000 for the same period
ended September 30, 2005. Through the second quarter of 2005, the
growth
in earning assets had been able to offset the declining net interest margin.
The
ability of QNB to increase net interest income had been the result of the growth
in deposits and the investment of these deposits into profitable loans and
investment securities. The third quarter represents the period where the
majority of tax money is received by local school districts and bid out to
financial institutions. These funds are short-term in nature with most of the
funds withdrawn within nine months. As a result of the flat yield curve and
the
above market deposit pricing by a few financial institutions, QNB decided not
to
aggressively seek to retain some deposits of these school districts by paying
high short-term rates. These funds would not have added significant incremental
net interest income and
Form
10-Q
Page
17
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
NET
INTEREST INCOME
(Continued)
would
have further eroded the net interest margin. When comparing the third quarter
of
2005 to the same period in 2004, average
deposits increased $2,173,000, or .5%, average short-term borrowings increased
$5,212,000 and average earning assets increased $9,657,000, or 1.8%. On a
comparison of balances at September 30, 2005 and 2004, total deposits decreased
$24,210,000 to $459,864,000 at September 30, 2005, with municipal money market
and municipal interest-bearing demand accounts decreasing $23,707,000, to
approximately $50,537,000 at September 30, 2005.
When
comparing the third quarters of 2005 and 2004, the net interest margin and
net
interest rate spread declined by 12 basis points and 21 basis points,
respectively. The net interest margin decreased to 3.18% for the third quarter
of 2005 from 3.30% for the third quarter of 2004, while the net interest rate
spread decreased to 2.85% from 3.06% during the same period.
In this
rising interest rate environment, interest rates paid on deposits, particularly
floating rate municipal interest- bearing demand accounts, indexed money market
deposits and time deposits, are repricing faster and to a greater degree than
rates earned on loans and investment securities.
The
Federal Reserve Board continued its “measured pace” strategy by increasing the
Federal funds rate six times by 25 basis points each time during the first
nine
months of 2005. Since June 29, 2004, it has increased the rate eleven times
by
an aggregate of 275 basis points, from 1.00% to 3.75%. While the yield on
earning assets on a tax-equivalent basis has increased from 5.10% for the third
quarter of 2004 to 5.45% for the third quarter of 2005, the rate of increase
was
slowed because of the fixed rate nature of the investment and loan portfolio
and
the strong price competition for loans. The yield on the investment portfolio
increased slightly from 4.72% for the third quarter of 2004 to 4.77% for the
third quarter of 2005. The increase in the yield on the investment portfolio
was
constrained by limited cash flow to reinvest at slightly higher interest
rates.
The
yield
on
loans
increased 53 basis points to 6.20% when comparing the third quarter of 2004
to
the third quarter of 2005. The average prime rate when comparing these same
periods increased 200 basis points, from 4.42% to 6.42%. While
QNB
was positively impacted from the multiple increases in prime rate, the overall
yield on the loan portfolio did not increase proportionately, since only a
percentage of the loan portfolio reprices immediately with changes in the prime
rate. The benefits from an increase in the prime rate were partially offset
by
the long period of historically low interest rates which resulted in the
refinancing of residential mortgage, home equity and commercial real estate
loans into lower yielding fixed rate loans. The commercial and industrial
category of loans benefited the most from the increase in the prime rate, as
many of these loans are indexed to that rate. The yield on this category
increased 135 basis points when comparing the two quarters. The yield on home
equity lines of credit has also increased as these loans are indexed to the
prime rate. Also contributing to the increase in the yield on loans was QNB’s
entrance into equipment lease financing to small businesses. The average balance
of lease receivables for the third quarter of 2005 was $3,674,000 at an average
rate of 8.85%. The rate of increase in loan yields will be determined by how
quickly and to what degree the Federal Reserve Board continues to increase
interest rates, the shape of the yield curve and how much the competitive nature
of the business keeps loan rates down.
The
yield
on earning assets and total interest income was positively impacted by the
change in the mix of earning assets resulting from the growth in loans. Total
average loans increased $20,044,000, or 7.7%, when comparing the third quarter
of 2005 to the third quarter of 2004. This growth in loans contributed to the
increase in the average loan to average deposit ratio from 56.8% for the third
quarter of 2004 to 61.4% for the third quarter of 2005. The loan to deposit
ratio at September 30, 2005 was 62.6%, an improvement from the 54.0% at
September 30, 2004.
Form
10-Q
Page
18
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
NET
INTEREST INCOME
(Continued)
While
total interest income on a tax-equivalent basis increased $621,000 when
comparing the third quarter of 2005 to the third quarter of 2004, total interest
expense increased $700,000. The increase in interest expense was primarily
the
result of the increase in interest rates paid on deposits and short-term
borrowings as total average interest bearing liabilities only increased .9%
when
comparing the two quarters. The rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities
increased from 2.04% for the third quarter of 2004 to 2.60% for the third
quarter of 2005, while the rate paid on interest-bearing deposits increased
from
1.63% to 2.23% during this same period. Interest expense and the rate paid
on
municipal interest-bearing demand accounts, indexed money market accounts and
time deposit accounts increased the most as these accounts were more reactive
to
the increase in market interest rates. Interest expense on total money market
accounts increased $102,000, and the rate paid increased from .97% to 1.84%
when
comparing the two quarters. The increase in the rate paid was primarily the
result of the impact of rising short-term interest rates on QNB’s Treasury
Select Money Market Account. This product is a variable rate account, indexed
to
the monthly average of the 91-day Treasury bill based on balances in the
account. The yield on this product has increased as short-term interest rates
have increased.
Interest
expense on time deposits increased $336,000, while the average rate paid on
time
deposits increased from 2.61% to 3.14% when comparing the two periods. Like
fixed-rate loans and investment securities, certificates of deposit reprice
over
time and, therefore, have less of an immediate impact on costs in either a
rising or falling rate environment. Unlike loans and investment securities,
the
maturity and repricing characteristics tend to be shorter. This feature,
combined with the strong rate competition for these deposits, will likely result
in the continued increase in the rates paid on time deposits. Average time
deposits increased $8,133,000, or 4.0%, when comparing the third quarter of
2005
to the third quarter of 2004.
Interest
expense on interest-bearing demand accounts increased $173,000 when comparing
the two quarters while the rate paid increased from .68% to 1.43%. Approximately
40.0% of the average balance of $97,314,000 for the third quarter of 2005 is
municipal deposits which reprice with changes in the Federal funds rate.
For
the
nine-month period ended September 30, 2005, net interest income increased
$241,000, or 2.0%, to $12,214,000. On a tax-equivalent basis, net interest
income increased $265,000, or 2.0%. Included in net interest income for the
first nine months of 2005 and 2004 was $40,000 and $65,000, respectively, in
interest and fees recognized on the pay-off of loans that had not been accruing
interest or had previously been charged off. The increase in net interest income
is a result of the increase in average earning assets offsetting the decline
in
the net interest margin. Average earning assets increased 5.6% while the net
interest margin declined 12 basis points. The net interest margin on a
tax-equivalent basis was 3.25% for the nine-month period ended September 30,
2005 compared with 3.37% for the same period in 2004.
Total
interest income on a tax-equivalent basis increased $2,055,000, from $19,906,000
to $21,961,000, when comparing the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004
to September 30, 2005. Approximately $1,265,000 of the increase in interest
income was related to volume. Average loans increased 11.2%, to $273,542,000
and
contributed $1,205,000 to the increase in interest income. Total interest income
also benefited from the increase in short-term interest rates and the prime
rate
as the yield on earning assets increased from 5.13% to 5.37% for the nine-month
periods. The yield on loans increased from 5.75% to 6.09% during this time.
As
mentioned previously, the yield on investments has been constrained and actually
decreased slightly from 4.71% to 4.70% when comparing the nine-month periods.
Total
interest expense increased $1,790,000, from $6,854,000 to $8,644,000, for the
nine-month periods with interest on demand accounts, money market accounts,
and
time deposits accounting for $333,000, $472,000
Form
10-Q
Page
19
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
NET
INTEREST INCOME (Continued)
and
$810,000, respectively, of the increase. Unlike interest income, interest
expense was impacted more by an increase in rates paid than by volume increases.
Approximately $1,494,000 of the increase in interest expense was a result of
higher interest rates. The yield on interest-bearing demand accounts, money
market accounts and time deposits increased 52 basis points, 92 basis points
and
37 basis points, respectively, when comparing the average rate paid for the
nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. Interest expense on
short-term borrowings increased by $117,000 as the average rate paid on these
accounts increased from .92% to 2.00%. Average money market balances and average
time deposit balances increased $15,870,000 and $11,730,000, respectively,
while
average interest-bearing demand accounts decreased $5,822,000 when comparing
the
nine-month periods.
PROVISION
FOR LOAN
AND LEASE LOSSES
The
provision for loan and lease losses represents management's determination of
the
amount necessary to be charged to operations to bring the allowance for loan
and
lease losses to a level that represents management’s best estimate of the known
and inherent losses in the existing loan and lease portfolio. Actual loan and
lease losses, net of recoveries, serve to reduce the allowance.
The
determination of an appropriate level of the allowance for loan and lease losses
is based upon an analysis of the risk inherent in QNB's loan portfolio.
Management uses various tools to assess the adequacy of the allowance for loan
and lease losses. One tool is a model recommended by the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency. This model considers a number of relevant factors
including: historical loan loss experience, the assigned risk rating of the
credit, current and projected credit worthiness of the borrower, current value
of the underlying collateral, levels of and trends in delinquencies and
non-accrual loans, trends in volume and terms of loans, concentrations of
credit, and national and local economic trends and conditions. This model is
supplemented with another analysis that also incorporates exceptions to QNB’s
loan policy and QNB’s portfolio exposure to borrowers with large dollar
concentration. Other tools include ratio analysis and peer group
analysis.
QNB’s
management determined no provision for loan and lease losses was necessary
for
either the three or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 or 2004, as
the
analysis described above resulted in an allowance for loan and lease losses
that
was adequate in relation to the estimate of known and inherent losses in the
portfolio. In addition, charge-offs and non-performing assets remain at low
levels. QNB had net charge-offs of $17,000 and $307,000 during the third
quarters of 2005 and 2004, respectively. For the nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2005 and 2004 QNB had net charge-offs of $44,000 and $338,000,
respectively. Included in net charge-offs in the third quarter of 2004 was
a
$350,000 charge-off related to the relinquishment of assets by a borrower to
the
Bank, as its secured creditor, and the transfer of this loan to other assets
as
a repossessed asset. This charge-off was recovered in the fourth quarter of
2004
and the first quarter of 2005 through the liquidation of assets, which was
recorded in non-interest income as gains of $141,000 in the fourth quarter
of
2004 and $209,000 in the first quarter of 2005. In addition, during the third
quarter of 2004, QNB had a $50,000 recovery on a loan that had been charged-off
in 1998.
Non-performing
assets (non-accruing loans, loans past due 90 days or more, other real estate
owned and other repossessed assets) amounted to .00% and .26% of total assets,
respectively, at September 30, 2005 and 2004. This compares to .08% at December
31, 2004. There were no non-accrual loans at September 30, 2005. Non-accrual
loans were $373,000 and $377,000 at December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004,
respectively. QNB did not have any other real estate owned as of September
30,
2005, December 31, 2004 or September
Form
10-Q
Page
20
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
PROVISION
FOR LOAN
AND LEASE LOSSES (Continued)
30,
2004.
There were no repossessed assets at September 30, 2005. Repossessed assets
were
$1,026,000 at September 30, 2004. The book value of repossessed assets at
December 31, 2004 was zero.
There
were no restructured loans as of September 30, 2005, December 31, 2004 or
September 30, 2004 as defined in FASB Statement No. 15, "Accounting by Debtors
and Creditors for Troubled Debt Restructurings," that have not already been
included in loans past due 90 days or more or non-accrual loans.
The
allowance for loan and lease losses was $2,568,000 and $2,612,000 at September
30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. The ratio of the allowance to
total loans was .89% and .97% at the respective period end dates. The decline
in
the ratio is primarily the result of growth in the loan portfolio without the
need to add a provision for loan and lease losses. While QNB believes that
its
allowance is adequate to cover losses in the loan portfolio, there remain
inherent uncertainties regarding future economic events and their potential
impact on asset quality.
A
loan is
considered impaired, based on current information and events, if it is probable
that QNB will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or
interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement.
The
measurement of impaired loans is generally based on the present value of
expected future cash flows discounted at the historical effective interest
rate,
except that all collateral-dependent loans are measured for impairment based
on
the fair value of the collateral.
There
were no loans considered impaired at September 30, 2005. At September 30 2004,
the recorded investment in loans for which impairment had been recognized in
accordance with FASB Statement No. 114, Accounting
by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan—an amendment of FASB Statements No. 5 and
15,
totaled
$376,000. The loans identified as impaired were collateral-dependent, with
no
valuation allowance necessary.
Management
in determining the allowance for loan and
lease
losses makes significant estimates. Consideration is given to a variety of
factors in establishing these estimates including current economic conditions,
diversification of the loan portfolio, delinquency statistics, results of loan
reviews, borrowers’ perceived financial and managerial strengths, the adequacy
of underlying collateral if collateral dependent, or the present value of future
cash flows.
Since
the
allowance for loan and lease losses is dependent, to a great extent, on
conditions that may be beyond QNB’s control, it is at least reasonably possible
that management’s estimates of the allowance for loan and lease losses and
actual results could differ in the near term. In addition, various regulatory
agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review
QNB’s allowance for losses on loans. Such agencies may require QNB to recognize
additions to the allowance based on their judgments about information available
to them at the time of their examination.
NON-INTEREST
INCOME
QNB,
through its core banking business, generates various fees and service charges.
Total non-interest income is composed of service charges on deposit accounts,
ATM and check card income, income on bank-owned life insurance, mortgage
servicing fees, gains or losses on the sale of investment securities, gains
on
the sale of residential mortgage loans, and other miscellaneous fee income.
Total
non-interest income decreased $51,000, to $938,000, for the quarter ended
September 30, 2005, when compared to September 30, 2004. For the nine-month
period, total non-interest income decreased $1,096,000
Form
10-Q
Page
21
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
NON-INTEREST
INCOME (Continued)
to
$2,435,000. Excluding gains and losses on the sale of securities and loans,
non-interest income for the three month period increased $21,000, or 2.4%,
and
for the nine-month period increased $250,000, or 9.5%.
Fees
for
services to customers are primarily comprised of service charges on deposit
accounts. These fees decreased $40,000, or 7.6%, to $488,000 when comparing
the
two quarters and $121,000, or 8.1%, to $1,379,000 when comparing the nine-month
periods. Contributing to the decline in fee income was a $10,000 reduction
for
the quarter and a reduction of $46,000 for the nine-month period in service
charge income on non-interest bearing business checking accounts. The decline
in
the service charges on business accounts reflects the impact of a higher
earnings credit rate, resulting from the increases in short-term interest rates,
applied against balances to offset service charges incurred. Also, negatively
impacting service charge income was the elimination of the monthly fee on an
interest-bearing checking account product. This fee change resulted in the
reduction in fee income of approximately $10,000 for the quarter and $29,000
for
the nine-month period. In addition, overdraft income decreased $23,000 for
the
three-month period and $50,000 for the nine-month period. This decrease was
a
result of a decline in the volume of overdrafts during the third quarter of
2005, as well as an increase in the amount of these fees waived or charged-off
as uncollectible during both the three and nine-month periods ended September
30, 2005.
ATM
and
debit card income is primarily comprised of income on debit cards and ATM
surcharge income for the use of QNB ATM machines by non-QNB customers.
ATM and debit card income was $176,000 for the third quarter of 2005, an
increase of $23,000, or 15.0%, from the amount recorded during the third quarter
of 2004. Income from ATM and debit cards was $506,000 and $433,000 for the
nine
months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. This represents an
increase of 16.9%. Debit card income increased $16,000, or 14.7%, and $45,000,
or 14.4%, for the three-month and nine-month periods, respectively. The increase
in debit card income was a result of the increased reliance on the card as
a
means of paying for goods and services by both consumers and business
cardholders. An increase in pin based transactions resulted in additional
interchange income of $9,000 and $26,000 when comparing the three and nine-month
periods, respectively. Partially offsetting these positive variances was a
reduction in ATM surcharge income of $4,000 during the three month period.
This
decrease was a result of fewer transactions by non-QNB customers at QNB ATM
machines.
Income
on
bank-owned life insurance represents the earnings on life insurance policies
in
which the Bank is the beneficiary. The earnings on these policies were $61,000
and $62,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004,
respectively. For the nine-month period, earnings on these policies decreased
$13,000, to $187,000. The insurance carriers reset the rates on these policies
annually. The decline in income is a result of a lower earnings rate resulting
from the lower interest rate environment at the last reset date.
When
QNB
sells its residential mortgages in the secondary market, it retains servicing
rights. A normal servicing fee is retained on all mortgage loans sold and
serviced. QNB recognizes its obligation to service financial assets that are
retained in a transfer of assets in the form of a servicing asset. The servicing
asset is amortized in proportion to and over the period of net servicing income
or loss. Servicing assets are assessed for impairment based on their fair value.
Mortgage servicing fees for the three and nine-month periods ended September
30,
2005 were $27,000 and $63,000, respectively. Included in these amounts is a
$6,000 and $5,000 positive adjustment to the valuation allowance for impairment
resulting from the increase in interest rates during the third quarter of 2005.
Mortgage servicing fees for the three month and nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2004 were $29,000 and $92,000, respectively. Included in these
amounts is a $2,000 and $31,000 positive adjustment to the valuation allowance
for impairment resulting from the increase in interest rates and slowdown in
mortgage prepayments in 2004. Excluding the valuation allowance adjustments,
mortgage servicing income would have been $21,000 and $27,000 for the third
quarters of 2005 and 2004,
Form
10-Q
Page
22
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
NON-INTEREST
INCOME (Continued)
respectively,
and $58,000 and $61,000 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005
and
2004, respectively.
Also
impacting mortgage servicing income was the difference in amortization expense
and a decrease in the amount of mortgages serviced. The amount of amortization
expense tends to be higher during periods of increased mortgage refinancing
activity, because when a loan is paid off, the servicing asset related to that
mortgage must be expensed. Amortization expense for the three-month periods
ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 was $27,000 and $24,000, respectively. For
the
respective nine-month periods, amortization expense was $86,000 and $95,000.
The
average balance of mortgages serviced for others was $77,066,000 for the third
quarter of 2005, compared to $81,728,000 for the third quarter of 2004, a
decrease of 5.7%. The average balance of mortgages serviced was approximately
$77,630,000 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005, compared to
$83,477,000 for the first nine months of 2004, a decrease of 7.0%. The timing
of
mortgage payments and delinquencies also impacts the amount of servicing fees
recorded.
During
the third quarter of 2005 QNB
recorded a loss on the sale of investment securities of $4,000. This was the
result of an additional loss on the sale of one of the FHLMC perpetual preferred
stock issues written down during the second quarter of 2005. There were no
sales
from the equity portfolio during the third quarter of 2005. Net gains on the
sale of investment securities were $66,000 for the third quarter of 2004. Gain
on the sale of equity securities contributed $58,000, while the sale of some
fixed income securities for liquidity purposes resulted in a gain of
$8,000.
Net
security (losses)/gains were ($580,000) and $762,000 for the nine-month periods
ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. In
the
second quarter of 2005, QNB determined that certain unrealized losses on
perpetual preferred stock of FNMA and FHLMC was other-than-temporary in
accordance with SFAS 115 “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity
Securities” and the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 59 “Accounting for
Non-current Marketable Equity Securities”. The securities that were subject to
the impairment charge were $4,500,000 of variable rate securities that are
rated
AA- and Aa3 by S&P and Moody’s, respectively. These investment grade
securities were held as part of the available for sale portfolio; therefore,
the
unrealized losses had already been recorded as a reduction in other
comprehensive income, and no additional charge to capital was required. QNB’s
assessment considered the duration and severity of the unrealized loss, the
financial condition and near term prospects of the issuers, and the likelihood
of the market value of these instruments increasing to the initial cost basis
within a reasonable period of time. Based on the events at these issuers and
the
anticipated interest rate environment expected in the near term, it was
concluded that the unrealized losses were other-than-temporary, and an
impairment charge of $1,253,000 was recorded to write-down these investments
to
their fair values. Along
with the impairment charge discussed above, for the nine-month period 2005,
QNB
recorded $240,000 of net gains from sales from the fixed income securities
portfolio and $433,000 of gains from the equity portfolio. For the nine-month
period, 2004 gains from the equity portfolio were $639,000, while gains from
the
fixed income portfolio were $123,000.
The
fixed
income securities portfolio represents a significant portion of QNB’s earning
assets and is also a primary tool in liquidity and asset/liability management.
QNB actively manages its fixed income portfolio in an effort to take advantage
of changes in the shape of the yield curve, changes in spread relationships
in
different sectors and for liquidity purposes, as needed. Management
will continue to look at strategies that will result in an increase in the
yield
or improvement in the structure of the investment portfolio.
The
net
gain on residential mortgage sales is directly related to the volume of
mortgages sold and the timing of the sales relative to the interest rate
environment. The net gain on the sale of residential mortgage loans was
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
NON-INTEREST
INCOME (Continued)
$31,000
and $33,000 for the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, net gains on
the
sale of loans were $127,000 and $131,000, respectively. Residential mortgage
loans to be sold are identified at origination. Included
in the gains on the sale of residential mortgages in the three-month periods
were $17,000 and $11,000 related to the recognition of mortgage servicing
assets.
Included
in the gains on the sale of residential mortgages in the nine-month periods
were
$56,000 and $59,000 related to the recognition of mortgage servicing assets.
Proceeds from the sale of mortgages were $2,287,000 and $1,438,000 for the
third
quarter of 2005 and 2004, respectively. For the nine-month periods, proceeds
from the sale of residential mortgage loans amounted to $7,510,000 and
$7,737,000, respectively.
Other
operating income increased $41,000, to $159,000, during the third quarter of
2005. The increase in other operating income for the quarter was the result
of
$12,000 of income from QNB’s membership in Laurel Abstract Company LLC, a title
insurance company, and an increase of $12,000 related to income on official
checks. The increase in official check income was a result of the increase
in
short-term interest rates. The third quarter of 2004 included a $20,000
write-down of the bank’s investment in Bankers’ Settlement Services of Eastern
Pennsylvania, LLC, a title insurance company, which was liquidated.
For
the
nine-month period, other operating income increased $340,000, or 82.3%, to
$753,000. The increase in other operating income for the quarter was the result
of $21,000 of income from Laurel Abstract Company LLC, $62,000 of income from
the proceeds of bank owned life insurance, a $45,000 refund of prior years’
sales tax payments and $208,000 in gains from the sale of repossessed
assets.
Financial
service organizations, including QNB, are challenged to demonstrate that they
can generate an increased contribution to revenue from non-interest sources.
QNB
will continue to analyze other opportunities and products that could enhance
its
fee-based businesses.
NON-INTEREST
EXPENSE
Non-interest
expense is comprised of costs related to salaries and employee benefits, net
occupancy, furniture and equipment, marketing, third party services and various
other operating expenses. Total non-interest expense of $3,140,000 for the
quarter ended September 30, 2005 represents a decrease of $104,000, or 3.2%,
from levels reported in the third quarter of 2004. Total non-interest expense
for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $9,692,000, an increase of
$190,000, or 2.0%, over 2004 levels.
Salaries
and benefits is the largest component of non-interest expense. Salaries and
benefits expense decreased $118,000, or 6.4%, to $1,728,000 for the quarter
ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same quarter in 2004. Salary expense
decreased $93,000, or 6.2%, during the period to $1,403,000, while benefits
expense decreased $25,000, or 7.1%, to $325,000. Included in salary expense
for
the three months ended September 30, 2005 was a reversal of $40,000 of
anticipated incentive compensation accrued during the first quarter of 2005.
Included during the third quarter of 2005 was an accrual of $80,000 related
to
the incentive compensation plan. Excluding the impact of the incentive
compensation plan, salary expense increased 1.9% for the three-month period.
The
number of full time-equivalent employees decreased by three when comparing
the
third quarters of 2005 and 2004. Merit increases offset the impact of the
reduction in the number of employees. The decline in benefits expense is
primarily the result of timing, as there was one less pay period in the third
quarter of 2005 than there was in the third quarter of 2004. This difference
resulted in lower payroll taxes and retirement plan expense.
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
NON-INTEREST
EXPENSE (Continued)
For
the
nine-month period ended September 30, 2005, salaries and benefits expense
increased $76,000, to $5,428,000, compared to the same period in 2004. Salary
expense increased by $67,000, or 1.6%, to $4,356,000, while benefits expense
increased by $9,000, or .8%, to $1,072,000, when comparing the two periods.
There was no accrual for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 related to
the
incentive compensation plan. Included in salary expense for the nine months
ended September 30, 2004 was an accrual of $180,000 for incentive compensation.
Excluding the impact of the accrual for incentive compensation in 2004, salary
expense increased 6.0% for the nine-month period. Merit and promotional
increases, as well as an increase in the number of employees, contributed to
this increase in salary expense. The number of full time-equivalent employees
increased by three when comparing the nine-month periods.
Net
occupancy expense
increased $6,000, to $268,000, when comparing the third quarter of 2005 to
the
third quarter of 2004. For the nine-month period, net occupancy expense
increased $70,000, to $821,000. For the three month period an increase in
utility costs and taxes was partially offset by a reduction in maintenance
costs. Contributing to the increase in the nine-month periods was higher costs
related to depreciation, utilities, taxes maintenance and rent expense. The
addition of a new supermarket branch, which opened late June 2004 and the
purchase in July of 2004 of a building to be used for office space, contributed
to these increases in net occupancy expense. It is anticipated that the
completion of the renovation of the building and occupancy will take place
during 2006.
Furniture
and equipment expense decreased $29,000, or 9.3%, to $282,000, when comparing
the three-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 and increased $28,000,
or 3.4%, to $855,000, when comparing the nine-month periods. For the three-month
periods, depreciation and amortization expense decreased $27,000. For the
nine-month periods, depreciation expense increased $8,000, while equipment
maintenance costs increased by $16,000. The equipment maintenance costs related
primarily to maintenance contracts on new equipment or increases in rates on
old
contracts.
Marketing
expense increased $26,000, to $140,000, for the quarter ended September 30,
2005
and $77,000, to $446,000, for the nine-month period. Advertising expense
increased $18,000 and $26,000 when comparing the three and nine-month periods,
respectively. Public relations expense increased $16,000 and $13,000 when
comparing three and nine-month periods, respectively, while promotional expense
increased $10,000 during the nine-month period. QNB has made a strategic
decision to increase its visibility in the communities it serves through
increased use of billboards, television advertising and promotional giveaways
to
increase both product and brand recognition. Donations increased $36,000 when
comparing the nine-month periods. QNB contributes to many not-for-profit
organizations, clubs and community events in the local communities it
serves.
Third
party services are comprised of professional services including legal,
accounting and auditing and consulting services, as well as fees paid to outside
vendors for support services of day-to-day operations. These support services
include trust services, retail non-deposit services, correspondent banking
services, statement printing and mailing, investment security safekeeping and
supply management services. Third party services expense was $171,000 in the
third quarter of 2005, compared to $180,000 for the third quarter of 2004.
For
the nine-month period, third party services decreased $30,000, to $480,000.
Third party services in 2004 included expenses to a marketing firm that provided
benefits to certain QNB deposit customers. This contract ended in October 2004.
These cost savings of $14,000 for the three month period and $44,000 for the
nine month period offset the loss of fee income described in the fees for
services to customers. Higher costs associated with internal and external
auditing and tax services partially offset these savings. In addition,
consultant expense increased $11,000 when comparing the two quarters and $10,000
when comparing the
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
NON-INTEREST
EXPENSE (Continued)
nine-month
periods. The primary contributor was the use of a consultant to assist QNB
in
its entrance into the new lease financing line of business.
Telephone,
postage and supplies expense decreased $1,000 to $125,000 when comparing the
three-month periods and $21,000 to $361,000 when comparing the nine-month
periods. Postage expense increased $7,000 and $12,000 in the respective periods
reflecting an increase in the volume of mail primarily statements and
promotional pieces. This was offset by lower telephone expense of $8,000 and
$26,000 during the same periods. The reduction in telephone expense primarily
relates to refunds of overcharges incurred in late 2004 and early 2005 as well
as costs incurred in 2004 related to an additional line and costs associated
with the new branch.
State
tax
expense represents the Bank’s payment of the Pennsylvania Shares Tax, which is
based primarily on the equity of the bank, Pennsylvania sales and use tax and
the Corporation’s Pennsylvania capital stock tax. For the three month period
ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 state tax expense increased $51,000 to
103,000, while for the nine-month period State taxes increased $37,000 to
$320,000. The Bank’s Pennsylvania shares tax increased $9,000 and $27,000 during
the respective three and nine month periods while the Corporation’s tax
increased $43,000 during the three month period and $12,000 for the nine month
period. The third quarter of 2004 included a $42,000 credit for Pennsylvania
capital stock tax.
INCOME
TAXES
QNB
utilizes an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting
of income taxes. As of September
30, 2005, QNB's net deferred tax asset was $959,000. The primary components
of
deferred taxes are a deferred tax asset of $743,000 relating to the allowance
for loan and lease losses, $390,000 related to impaired equity securities and
$175,000 resulting from the SFAS No.115 adjustment for available-for-sale
investment securities. As of September 30, 2004, QNB's net deferred tax
liability was $163,000. The primary components of deferred taxes are a deferred
tax asset of $635,000 relating to the allowance for loan and lease losses and
a
deferred tax liability of $697,000 resulting from the SFAS No.115 adjustment
for
available-for-sale investment securities.
The
realizability of deferred tax assets is dependent upon a variety of factors,
including the generation of future taxable income, the existence of taxes paid
and recoverable, the reversal of deferred tax liabilities and tax planning
strategies. A valuation allowance of $190,000 was established as of June 30,
2005 to offset a portion of the tax benefits associated with certain impaired
securities that management believed may not be realizable. Based upon these
and
other factors, management believes it is more likely than not that QNB will
realize the benefits of these remaining deferred tax assets. The net deferred
tax asset (liabilities) is included in other assets (liabilities) on the
consolidated balance sheet.
Applicable
income taxes and effective tax rates were $385,000, or 21.2%, for the
three-month period ended September 30, 2005, and $386,000, or 21.0%, for the
same period in 2004. For the nine-month period, applicable income taxes and
effective tax rates were $1,124,000, or 22.7%, and $1,308,000, or 21.8%. The
higher rate for the nine-month period September 30, 2005 compared to the same
period in 2004 is a result of the $190,000 valuation allowance established
for
the impairment of securities in the second quarter of 2005.
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
FINANCIAL
CONDITION ANALYSIS
The
following balance sheet analysis compares average balance sheet data for the
nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, as well as the period ended
balances as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.
Average
earning assets for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005 increased
$29,153,000, or 5.6%, to $547,239,000, from $518,086,000 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2004. Average investments increased $2,049,000, or .8%,
while average loans increased $27,493,000, or 11.2%. Average Federal funds
sold
decreased $248,000 when comparing these same periods.
Increasing
loan balances has been, and remains, a major focus of QNB. Despite the extremely
competitive environment for loans, QNB was successful in increasing total loans,
while maintaining excellent asset quality. Total loans increased $26,479,000,
or
10.1%, between September 30, 2004 and September 30, 2005 and $19,428,000, or
7.2%, since December 31, 2004. The year-over-year comparison takes out the
seasonality of commercial line of credit borrowings. Contributing to the growth
in loans was a new line of business, lease financing. This line of business
is
intended to assist in meeting loan growth targets as well as increasing the
average yield of the portfolio. As of September 30, 2005, the outstanding
balance of leases financing receivables was $5,291,000.
Average
total commercial loans and average lease financing receivables increased
$15,452,000 and $1,488,000, respectively, when comparing the first nine months
of 2005 to the first nine months of 2004, while average home equity loans and
residential mortgage loans increased $6,293,000 and $4,624,000, respectively.
During this same time frame, average consumer loans decreased $364,000. Most
of
the growth in average commercial loans is in loans secured by real estate,
either commercial or residential properties, which increased $11,289,000. Of
this increase $6,422,000, or 57.0%, are variable rate loans. These loans could
have a fixed rate for a period of time, such as three or five years, before
the
rate adjusts. Most of the growth in the commercial and industrial category
represents loans with fixed interest rates. Customers are requesting to lock
in
a fixed rate, with the expectation that short-term interest rates will continue
to rise.
The
11.7%
increase in average home equity loans reflects their popularity with consumers,
especially those refinancing existing residential mortgage loans, because they
have lower origination costs than residential mortgage loans. When comparing
average balances, most of the growth in home equity loans in the past year
has
been in the variable rate home equity line of credit. This product’s interest
rate floats at prime minus .50% and became extremely attractive when prime
dropped to 4.0%. The average balance of variable rate home equity loans for
the
nine month period increased $4,083,000. However, when comparing growth since
December 31, 2004 fixed rate home equity loans have increased $4,250,000 while
variable rate home equity lines of credit have decreased by $145,000. QNB
anticipates that, if the prime rate continues to increase, customers will
continue to refinance their floating rate lines into fixed rate home equity
loans.
The
increase in residential mortgage loans was primarily the result of the
introduction of several hybrid adjustable rate mortgage products. These products
have a fixed rate for a five to ten year period of time, and then adjust
annually after the fixed period is over. QNB holds these loans in portfolio.
Since December 31, 2004 variable rate residential mortgage loans have increased
from $13,502,000, to $17,425,000, at September 30, 2005.
The
growth in average earning assets was funded primarily by deposit growth. Total
average deposits increased $24,637,000, or 5.6%, to $465,505,000 for the first
nine months of 2005 compared to the first nine months of 2004. Most of the
growth was in money market accounts, which increased $15,870,000 on average.
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
FINANCIAL
CONDITION ANALYSIS (Continued)
The
increase in average money market balances reflects a $20,000,000 deposit of
a
school district during the third quarter of 2004 and an increase in indexed
money market balances as short-term interest rates have risen. Most of the
school district deposit was withdrawn as expected during the second quarter
of
2005. The average balance of the school district’s deposits increased by
approximately $7,900,000, when comparing the nine-month periods, while the
average balance of the indexed money market accounts increased by $6,492,000
over the same timeframe.
Also
contributing to the growth in average deposits were time deposits, which
increased $11,730,000, or 6.0%, when comparing the nine-month periods. Average
time deposits with balances under $100,000 increased $7,774,000, to
$162,986,000, while average time deposits equal to or greater than $100,000
increased $3,956,000, to $44,307,000. Most
of
the growth occurred in the maturity range of greater than one year through
three
year categories, which QNB promoted heavily in 2004 and the first nine months
of
2005 in an effort to lock in funding costs in anticipation of rising rates.
Increasing time deposit balances will be a challenge because of the strong
rate
competition, particularly with maturities between eight months through two
years. Most customers are looking for the highest rate for the shortest term
because of the belief that short-term interest rates will continue to rise.
Matching or beating competitors’ rates could have a negative impact on the net
interest margin.
Average
non-interest bearing demand accounts increased $3,054,000, or 5.9%, to
$55,192,000. A “Free Checking” promotion, as well as the acquisition of new
business accounts, was a significant factor in the increase in non-interest
bearing deposits.
Average
savings accounts decreased $195,000, or .4%. The decline in savings deposits
may
be attributable to consumers looking to obtain higher yields currently being
offered in time deposits and money market accounts.
Average
interest-bearing demand deposit accounts declined $5,822,000, or 5.9%, when
comparing the nine-month periods with average municipal balances representing
$5,180,000 of the decrease.
Total
assets at September 30, 2005 were $582,112,000, compared with $583,644,000
at
December 31, 2004, a decrease of .3%. Total deposits declined $6,624,000, or
1.4%, during this same period. Most of the decline in deposits was a result
of
the decision to not aggressively seek to retain some deposits of municipalities
by paying high short-term rates. With the flat yield curve, these funds would
not have added significant incremental net interest income and would have
further eroded the net interest margin. The primary category impacted by this
decision was money market accounts, which declined $16,644,000 between December
31, 2004 and September 30, 2005. Municipal money market balances declined
approximately $18,000,000 between these two dates. Total savings accounts
declined $3,695,000, as some customers sought out higher yielding money market
accounts and time deposits. Total interest-bearing transaction accounts and
time
deposits increased $8,048,000 and $1,527,000, respectively, between these dates,
while total non-interest bearing demand accounts increased $4,140,000, or 7.9%,
to $56,743,000 at September 30, 2005. The increase in interest-bearing demand
accounts reflects the seasonal nature of the municipal deposits. Municipal
interest-bearing demand accounts increased $12,151,000 between December 31,
2004
and September 30, 2005. It is anticipated that most of this increase will be
withdrawn by December 31, 2005. Most of the decline in total deposits was offset
by an increase in short-term borrowings, primarily repurchase agreements.
Repurchase agreement balances increased $4,983,000 between December 31, 2004
and
September 30, 2005.
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
FINANCIAL
CONDITION ANALYSIS (Continued)
On
the
asset side, total loans increased $19,428,000, or 7.2%, while total investment
securities decreased $23,379,000 since December 31, 2004. The decline in
investment securities relates directly to the withdrawal of the municipal funds
as well as the growth in loans. The increase in other assets at September 30,
2005 relates to an increase in prepaid expenses and deferred taxes as compared
to December 31, 2004. The decline in other liabilities is primarily related
to
distributions under a directors deferred compensation plan, the payment of
the
accrued 2004 incentive compensation and the reduction in deferred tax
liability.
At
September 30, 2005, the fair value of investment securities available-for-sale
was $244,487,000, or $722,000 below the amortized cost of $245,209,000. This
compares to a fair value of $267,561,000, or $1,561,000 above the amortized
cost
of $266,000,000, at December 31, 2004. An unrealized holding loss, net of taxes,
of $547,000 was recorded as a decrease to shareholders’ equity at September 30,
2005, while an unrealized holding gain of $691,000 was recorded as an increase
to shareholders' equity at December 31, 2004. Rising interest rates during
2005
and particularly during the third quarter of 2005 had the impact of reducing
the
market value of the available-for-sale portfolio.
As
a
result of the decline of municipal deposits, there was a corresponding decline
in U.S. Government agency securities which were purchased to match these
deposits. As a result of this, as well as purchases and sales during the
nine-month period, the composition of the portfolio changed since December
31,
2004. The percentage of agency securities declined from 17% of the portfolio
at
December 31, 2004 to 11% at September 30, 2005. During this same period, the
percentage of CMO’s increased from 27% to 30% of the portfolio, and municipal
securities increased from 19% to 21% of the portfolio.
The
available-for-sale portfolio,
excluding equity securities, had a weighted average maturity of approximately
4
years
and
1 month at September
30,
2005
and 3 years, 7 months at December 31, 2004. The weighted average tax-equivalent
yield was 4.82% and 4.59%, respectively, at September
30,
2005
and December 31, 2004. The weighted average maturity is based on the stated
contractual maturity of all securities except for mortgage-backed securities
and
CMOs, which are based on estimated average life. The maturity of the portfolio
may be shorter because of call features in many debt securities and because
of
prepayments on mortgage-backed securities and CMOs. However, the estimated
average life could be longer if rates were to increase and principal payments
on
mortgage-backed securities and CMOs would slow. The interest rate sensitivity
analysis reflects the repricing term of the securities portfolio based upon
estimated call dates and anticipated cash flows, assuming management’s most
likely interest rate environment.
Investment
securities held-to-maturity are reported at amortized cost. The held-to-maturity
portfolio is comprised solely of tax-exempt municipal securities. As of
September
30,
2005
and December 31, 2004, QNB had securities classified as held-to-maturity with
an
amortized cost of $5,898,000 and $6,203,000 and a market value of $6,127,000
and
$6,432,000, respectively. The held-to-maturity portfolio had a weighted average
maturity of approximately 3 years, 10 months at September 30,
2005
and 4 years, 5 months at December 31, 2004. The weighted average tax-equivalent
yield was 6.80% at September
30,
2005
and 6.79% at December 31, 2004.
LIQUIDITY
Liquidity
represents an institution’s ability to generate cash or otherwise obtain funds
at reasonable rates to satisfy commitments to borrowers and demands of
depositors. QNB manages its mix of cash, Federal funds sold, investment
securities and loans in order to match the volatility, seasonality, interest
sensitivity and growth trends of its deposit funds. Liquidity is provided from
asset sources through maturities and repayments of loans and investment
securities, net interest income and fee income. The portfolio of investment
securities
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CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
LIQUIDITY
(Continued)
available-for-sale
and QNB's policy of selling certain residential mortgage originations in the
secondary market also provide sources of liquidity. Additional sources of
liquidity are provided by the Bank’s membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Pittsburgh (FHLB) and a $10,000,000 unsecured Federal funds line granted by
a
correspondent bank. The
Bank
has a maximum borrowing capacity with the FHLB of approximately $243,438,000.
At
September 30, 2005, QNB’s outstanding borrowings under the FHLB credit
facilities totaled $55,000,000.
Cash
and
due from banks, Federal funds sold, available-for-sale securities and loans
held-for-sale totaled $268,298,000 and $290,058,000 at September 30, 2005 and
December 31, 2004, respectively. These sources should be adequate to meet normal
fluctuations in loan demand and deposit withdrawals. During
the third quarter of 2005, QNB used its Federal funds line on one occasion.
Average Federal funds purchased were $56,000 for the third quarter of 2005.
This
compares to $1,537,000 for the same period in 2004. At September
30,
2005,
QNB had no Federal funds purchased.
Approximately
$86,516,000 and $103,305,000 of available-for-sale securities at September
30,
2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, were pledged as collateral for
repurchase agreements and deposits of public funds. In addition, under terms
of
its agreement with the FHLB, QNB maintains otherwise unencumbered qualifying
assets (principally 1-4 family residential mortgage loans and U.S. Government
and Agency notes, bonds, and mortgage-backed securities) in the amount of at
least as much as its advances from the FHLB.
CAPITAL
ADEQUACY
A
strong
capital position is fundamental to support continued growth and profitability
and to serve the needs of depositors. QNB's shareholders' equity at September
30, 2005 was $46,631,000, or 8.01% of total assets. This compares to
shareholders' equity of $45,775,000, or 7.84% of total assets, at December
31,
2004. Shareholders’ equity at September 30, 2005 includes a negative adjustment
of $547,000 related to unrealized holding losses, net of taxes, on investment
securities available-for-sale, while shareholders' equity at December 31, 2004
includes a positive adjustment of $691,000. Without these adjustments
shareholders' equity to total assets would have been 8.10% and 7.72% at
September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. The increase in the
ratio is primarily the result
of
an increase in retained earnings. QNB paid out approximately 47.4% of net income
in the form of cash dividends while retaining approximately 52.6%. Also,
contributing to the increase in the ratio is a slight decline in total assets
between December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2005.
Shareholders'
equity averaged $46,301,000 for the first nine months of 2005 and $42,975,000
during all of 2004, an increase of 7.74%. The ratio of average total equity
to
average total assets increased to 7.94% for the first nine months of 2005,
compared to 7.64% for all of 2004. The increase in the equity to asset ratio
is
a function of the growth in average equity outpacing the growth in total average
assets.
QNB
is
subject to various regulatory capital requirements as issued by Federal
regulatory authorities. Regulatory capital is defined in terms of Tier I capital
(shareholders’ equity excluding unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale
securities), Tier II capital that includes a portion of the allowance for loan
and lease losses, and total capital (Tier I plus Tier II). Risk-based capital
ratios are expressed as a percentage of risk-weighted assets. Risk-weighted
assets are determined by assigning various weights to all assets and off-balance
sheet arrangements, such as letters of credit and loan commitments, based on
associated risk. Regulators have also adopted minimum Tier I leverage ratio
standards, which measure the ratio of Tier I capital to total
assets.
Form
10-Q
Page
30
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
CAPITAL
ADEQUACY (Continued)
The
minimum regulatory capital ratios are 4.00% for Tier I, 8.00% for the total
risk-based and 4.00% for leverage. Under the requirements, QNB had a Tier I
capital ratio of 13.02% and 12.25%, a total risk-based ratio of 13.73% and
12.98% and a leverage ratio of 8.06% and 7.44% at September 30, 2005 and
December 31, 2004, respectively. The increase in capital ratios reflects the
increase in capital from retained earnings during the first nine months of
2005.
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 established five
capital level designations ranging from "well capitalized" to "critically
undercapitalized." At September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, QNB met the
"well capitalized" criteria, which requires minimum Tier I and total risk-based
capital ratios of 6.00% and 10.00%, respectively, and a Tier I leverage ratio
of
5.00%.
INTEREST
RATE SENSITIVITY
Since
the
assets and liabilities of QNB have diverse repricing characteristics that
influence net interest income, management analyzes interest sensitivity through
the use of gap analysis and simulation models. Interest rate sensitivity
management seeks to minimize the effect of interest rate changes on net interest
margins and interest rate spreads and to provide growth in net interest income
through periods of changing interest rates. The Asset/Liability Management
Committee (ALCO) is responsible for managing interest rate risk and for
evaluating the impact of changing interest rate conditions on net interest
income.
Gap
analysis measures the difference between volumes of rate-sensitive assets and
liabilities and quantifies these repricing differences for various time
intervals. Static gap analysis describes interest rate sensitivity at a point
in
time. However, it alone does not accurately measure the magnitude of changes
in
net interest income since changes in interest rates do not impact all categories
of assets and liabilities equally or simultaneously.
Interest
rate sensitivity analysis also involves assumptions on certain categories of
assets and deposits. For purposes of interest rate sensitivity analysis, assets
and liabilities are stated at their contractual maturity, estimated likely
call
date, or earliest repricing opportunity. Mortgage-backed securities, CMOs and
amortizing loans are scheduled based on their anticipated cash flow. Savings
accounts, including passbook, statement savings, money market, and
interest-bearing demand accounts, do not have a stated maturity or repricing
term and can be withdrawn or repriced at any time. This may impact QNB’s margin
if more expensive alternative sources of deposits are required to fund loans
or
deposit runoff. Management projects the repricing characteristics of these
accounts based on historical performance and assumptions that it believes
reflect their rate sensitivity. QNB also has another money market account which
reprices monthly based on a percentage of the average of the 91-day Treasury
bill.
A
positive gap results when the amount of interest rate sensitive assets exceeds
interest rate sensitive liabilities. A negative gap results when the amount
of
interest rate sensitive liabilities exceeds interest rate sensitive assets.
QNB
primarily focuses on the management of the one-year interest rate sensitivity
gap. At September 30, 2005, interest-earning assets scheduled to mature or
likely to be called, repriced or repaid in one year were $176,680,000.
Interest-sensitive liabilities scheduled to mature or reprice within one year
were $217,461,000. The one-year cumulative gap, which reflects QNB’s interest
sensitivity over a period of time, was a negative $40,781,000 at September
30,
2005. The cumulative one-year gap equals -7.38% of total rate sensitive assets.
This compares to a negative gap position of $12,285,000, or -2.21% of total
rate
sensitive assets, at December 31, 2004 and a negative gap position of
$25,842,000 or -4.74% of total rate sensitive assets, at June 30, 2005.
Form
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31
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
INTEREST
RATE SENSITIVITY (Continued)
A
negative or liability sensitive gap will generally benefit QNB in a falling
interest rate environment, while rising rates could negatively impact QNB.
The
increase in the negative gap position in 2005 is a result of slight average
life
and duration extension in the investment portfolio caused by higher interest
rates and the resulting slowdown in prepayment speeds on mortgage backed
securities and CMO’s and extension in the loan portfolio as customers have
desired fixed rate loans over adjustable rate loans in anticipation of higher
interest rates.
QNB
also
uses a simulation model to assess the impact of changes in interest rates on
net
interest income. The model reflects management’s assumptions related to asset
yields and rates paid on liabilities, deposit sensitivity, and the size,
composition and maturity or repricing characteristics of the balance sheet.
The
assumptions are based on what management believes at that time to be the most
likely interest rate environment. Management also evaluates the impact of higher
and lower interest rates by simulating the impact on net interest income of
changing rates. While management performs rate shocks of 100, 200 and 300 basis
points, it believes, that given the level of interest rates at September 30,
2005, that it is unlikely that interest rates would decline by 300 basis
points.
Actual
results may differ from simulated results due to various factors including
time,
magnitude and frequency of interest rate changes, the relationship or spread
between various rates, loan pricing and deposit sensitivity, and asset/liability
strategies.
Management
believes that the assumptions utilized in evaluating the vulnerability of QNB’s
net interest income to changes in interest rates approximate actual experience.
However, the interest rate sensitivity of QNB’s assets and liabilities, as well
as the estimated effect of changes in interest rates on net interest income,
could vary substantially if different assumptions are used or actual experience
differs from the experience on which the assumptions were based.
In
the
event QNB should experience a mismatch in its desired gap ranges or an excessive
decline in its net interest income subsequent to an immediate and sustained
change in interest rates, it has a number of options that it could utilize
to
remedy such a mismatch. QNB could restructure its investment portfolio through
the sale or purchase of securities with more favorable repricing attributes.
It
could also emphasize loan products with appropriate maturities or repricing
attributes, or it could attract deposits or obtain borrowings with desired
maturities.
The
nature of QNB’s current operation is such that it is not subject to foreign
currency exchange or commodity price risk. Additionally, neither the Corporation
nor the Bank owns trading assets. At September 30, 2005, QNB did not have any
hedging transactions in place such as interest rate swaps, caps or floors.
Form
10-Q
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32
QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
INTEREST
RATE SENSITIVITY (Continued)
The
table
below summarizes estimated changes in net interest income over a twelve-month
period, under alternative interest rate scenarios.
Change
in Interest Rates
|
Net
Interest Income
|
Dollar
Change
|
%
Change
|
|||||||
+300
Basis Points
|
$
|
14,477
|
$
|
(1,226
|
)
|
(7.81
|
)%
|
|||
+200
Basis Points
|
15,078
|
(625
|
)
|
(3.98
|
)
|
|||||
+100
Basis Points
|
15,542
|
(161
|
)
|
(1.03
|
)
|
|||||
FLAT
RATE
|
15,703
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
-100
Basis Points
|
15,709
|
6
|
.04
|
|||||||
-200
Basis Points
|
14,800
|
(903
|
)
|
(5.75
|
)
|
|||||
The
decline in net interest income in a rising rate environment is consistent with
the gap analysis and reflects the fixed rate nature of the investment and loan
portfolio and the increased expense associated with higher cost funding sources.
The decline in net interest income if rates decline greater than 100 basis
points reflects the interest rate floors on interest bearing transaction
accounts, regular money market accounts and savings accounts. Interest rates
on
these products do not have the ability to decline to the degree that rates
on
earning assets can. These results are inconsistent with the gap analysis and
identify some of the weaknesses of gap analysis which does not take into
consideration the magnitude of the rate change on different instruments or
the
timing of the rate change. Management may attempt to reduce the size of the
negative gap position and the impact of rising interest rates by increasing
the
amount of cash flow from the investment portfolio through some restructuring
of
the investment portfolio and by attempting to promote longer-term time deposits
or deposits that don’t adjust with an index.
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
ITEM 3. |
QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET
RISK.
|
The
information required herein is set forth in Item 2, above.
ITEM 4. |
CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
|
We
maintain a system of controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable
assurance as to the reliability of the consolidated financial statements and
other disclosures included in this report, as well as to safeguard assets from
unauthorized use or disposition. We evaluated the effectiveness of the design
and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision
and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls
and
procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
No
changes were made to our internal controls over financial reporting or other
factors that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, these controls during the prior fiscal quarter covered by this
report.
Form
10-Q
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QNB
CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
SEPTEMBER
30, 2005
Item
1.
|
Legal
Proceedings
|
||
None.
|
|||
Item
2.
|
Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
|
||
None.
|
|||
Item
3.
|
Default
Upon Senior Securities
|
||
None.
|
|||
Item
4.
|
Submission
of Matters to Vote of Securities Holders
|
||
None.
|
|||
Item
5.
|
Other
Information
|
||
On
November 4, 2005, the Bank entered into a land lease with Colivata
Gambone, Inc. The land lease is a twenty-year agreement with an
initial
annual minimum rent of $90,000. The land will be used for a future
branch
location.
|
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Item
6.
|
Exhibits
|
||
Exhibit
3(i)
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended. (Incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 3(i) of Registrant’s Form DEF 14-A filed with the Commission on
April 15, 2005).
|
||
Exhibit
3(ii)
|
Bylaws
of Registrant, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3(ii) of
Registrant’s Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 9,
2005).
|
||
Exhibit
10.5
|
Change
of Control Agreement between Registrant and Robert C.
Werner
|
||
Exhibit
10.6
|
Change
of Control Agreement between Registrant and Bret H. Krevolin
|
||
Exhibit
10.8
|
QNB
Corp. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit
99.1 to Registration Statement No. 333-125998 on Form S-8, filed
with the
Commission on June 21, 2005.)
|
||
Exhibit
11
|
Statement
Re: Computation of Earnings Per Share. (Included in Part I, Item
I,
hereof.)
|
||
Exhibit
31.1
|
Section
302 Certification of President and CEO
|
||
Exhibit
31.2
|
Section
302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
|
||
Exhibit
32.1
|
Section
906 Certification of President and CEO
|
||
Exhibit
32.2
|
Section
906 Certification of Chief Financial
Officer
|
Form
10-Q
Page
35
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
QNB Corp. | ||
|
|
By: |
Date: November 4, 2005 | /s/ Thomas J. Bisko | |
Thomas
J. Bisko
President/CEO
|
||
|
|
By: |
Date: November 4, 2005 | /s/ Robert C. Werner | |
Robert
C. Werner
Vice
President
|
||
|
|
By: |
Date: November 4, 2005 | /s/ Bret H. Krevolin | |
Bret
H. Krevolin
Chief
Financial Officer
|
||
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