WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC - Quarter Report: 2008 August (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
x
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Quarterly
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 for the quarterly period ended JUNE 30, 2008
or
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o
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Transition
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 for the transition period from ______ to
______.
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Commission file
number: 000-13091
WASHINGTON
TRUST
BANCORP,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
RHODE
ISLAND
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05-0404671
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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23
BROAD STREET
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WESTERLY,
RHODE ISLAND
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02891
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(401)
348-1200
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(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area
code)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act. (Mark one)
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer x
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Smaller
reporting company o
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(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
oYes x No
The
number of shares of common stock of the registrant outstanding as of
July 31, 2008 was 13,414,879.
WASHINGTON
TRUST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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(Dollars
in thousands)
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Unaudited
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June 30,
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December 31,
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2008
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2007
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Assets:
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Cash
and noninterest-bearing balances due from banks
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$ | 39,800 | $ | 30,817 | ||||
Interest-bearing
balances due from banks
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575 | 1,973 | ||||||
Federal
funds sold and securities purchased under resale
agreements
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4,959 | 7,600 | ||||||
Other
short-term investments
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1,236 | 722 | ||||||
Mortgage
loans held for sale
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2,711 | 1,981 | ||||||
Securities
available for sale, at fair value;
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amortized
cost $799,938 in 2008 and $750,583 in 2007
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790,064 | 751,778 | ||||||
Federal
Home Loan Bank stock, at cost
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42,008 | 31,725 | ||||||
Loans:
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Commercial
and other
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795,013 | 680,266 | ||||||
Residential
real estate
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608,351 | 599,671 | ||||||
Consumer
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302,286 | 293,715 | ||||||
Total
loans
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1,705,650 | 1,573,652 | ||||||
Less
allowance for loan losses
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21,963 | 20,277 | ||||||
Net
loans
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1,683,687 | 1,553,375 | ||||||
Premises
and equipment, net
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25,170 | 25,420 | ||||||
Accrued
interest receivable
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10,617 | 11,427 | ||||||
Investment
in bank-owned life insurance
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42,262 | 41,363 | ||||||
Goodwill
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50,479 | 50,479 | ||||||
Identifiable
intangible assets, net
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10,781 | 11,433 | ||||||
Other
assets
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28,640 | 19,847 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 2,732,989 | $ | 2,539,940 | ||||
Liabilities:
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Deposits:
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Demand
deposits
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$ | 187,865 | $ | 175,542 | ||||
NOW
accounts
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170,733 | 164,944 | ||||||
Money
market accounts
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305,860 | 321,600 | ||||||
Savings
accounts
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177,490 | 176,278 | ||||||
Time
deposits
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767,594 | 807,841 | ||||||
Total
deposits
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1,609,542 | 1,646,205 | ||||||
Dividends
payable
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2,819 | 2,677 | ||||||
Federal
Home Loan Bank advances
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845,291 | 616,417 | ||||||
Junior
subordinated debentures
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32,991 | 22,681 | ||||||
Other
borrowings
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26,484 | 32,560 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses and other liabilities
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29,440 | 32,887 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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2,546,567 | 2,353,427 | ||||||
Shareholders’
Equity:
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Common
stock of $.0625 par value; authorized 30,000,000 shares;
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issued
13,503,876 shares in 2008 and 13,492,110 shares in 2007
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844 | 843 | ||||||
Paid-in
capital
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34,852 | 34,874 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
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160,593 | 154,647 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
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(7,098 | ) | (239 | ) | ||||
Treasury
stock, at cost; 105,677 shares in 2008 and 137,652 shares in
2007
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(2,769 | ) | (3,612 | ) | ||||
Total
shareholders’ equity
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186,422 | 186,513 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
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$ | 2,732,989 | $ | 2,539,940 | ||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated
financial statements.
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WASHINGTON
TRUST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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(Dollars
and shares in thousands,
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except
per share amounts)
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Unaudited
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Three
Months
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Six
Months
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Periods
ended June 30,
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2008
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2007
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2008
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2007
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Interest
income:
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Interest
and fees on loans
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$ | 24,406 | $ | 24,414 | $ | 49,376 | $ | 48,348 | ||||||||
Interest
on securities:
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Taxable
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8,302 | 7,839 | 16,718 | 15,631 | ||||||||||||
Nontaxable
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786 | 759 | 1,566 | 1,427 | ||||||||||||
Dividends
on corporate stock and Federal Home Loan Bank stock
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489 | 685 | 1,109 | 1,403 | ||||||||||||
Other
interest income
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50 | 184 | 190 | 375 | ||||||||||||
Total
interest income
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34,033 | 33,881 | 68,959 | 67,184 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense:
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Deposits
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9,248 | 13,215 | 21,147 | 26,192 | ||||||||||||
Federal
Home Loan Bank advances
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7,794 | 5,112 | 15,093 | 10,080 | ||||||||||||
Junior
subordinated debentures
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509 | 338 | 847 | 676 | ||||||||||||
Other
interest expense
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275 | 289 | 589 | 439 | ||||||||||||
Total
interest expense
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17,826 | 18,954 | 37,676 | 37,387 | ||||||||||||
Net
interest income
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16,207 | 14,927 | 31,283 | 29,797 | ||||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
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1,400 | 300 | 1,850 | 600 | ||||||||||||
Net
interest income after provision for loan losses
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14,807 | 14,627 | 29,433 | 29,197 | ||||||||||||
Noninterest
income:
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Wealth
management services:
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Trust
and investment advisory fees
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5,321 | 5,252 | 10,663 | 10,290 | ||||||||||||
Mutual
fund fees
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1,445 | 1,352 | 2,786 | 2,614 | ||||||||||||
Financial
planning, commissions and other service fees
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884 | 889 | 1,459 | 1,459 | ||||||||||||
Wealth
management services
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7,650 | 7,493 | 14,908 | 14,363 | ||||||||||||
Service
charges on deposit accounts
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1,208 | 1,220 | 2,368 | 2,345 | ||||||||||||
Merchant
processing fees
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1,914 | 1,829 | 3,186 | 3,033 | ||||||||||||
Income
from bank-owned life insurance
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453 | 399 | 900 | 790 | ||||||||||||
Net
gains on loan sales and commissions on loans originated for
others
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433 | 510 | 924 | 774 | ||||||||||||
Net
(losses) gains on securities
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(53 | ) | (700 | ) | (98 | ) | 336 | |||||||||
Other
income
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554 | 372 | 1,015 | 730 | ||||||||||||
Total
noninterest income
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12,159 | 11,123 | 23,203 | 22,371 | ||||||||||||
Noninterest
expense:
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Salaries
and employee benefits
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10,411 | 10,285 | 20,754 | 20,097 | ||||||||||||
Net
occupancy
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1,064 | 1,038 | 2,202 | 2,055 | ||||||||||||
Equipment
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977 | 861 | 1,921 | 1,693 | ||||||||||||
Merchant
processing costs
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1,598 | 1,558 | 2,666 | 2,577 | ||||||||||||
Outsourced
services
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742 | 535 | 1,378 | 1,054 | ||||||||||||
Advertising
and promotion
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467 | 572 | 853 | 1,001 | ||||||||||||
Legal,
audit and professional fees
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430 | 404 | 973 | 854 | ||||||||||||
Amortization
of intangibles
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326 | 348 | 652 | 716 | ||||||||||||
Debt
prepayment penalties
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– | – | – | 1,067 | ||||||||||||
Other
expenses
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2,039 | 2,159 | 3,797 | 3,755 | ||||||||||||
Total
noninterest expense
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18,054 | 17,760 | 35,196 | 34,869 | ||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
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8,912 | 7,990 | 17,440 | 16,699 | ||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
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2,817 | 2,508 | 5,529 | 5,242 | ||||||||||||
Net
income
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$ | 6,095 | $ | 5,482 | $ | 11,911 | $ | 11,457 | ||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding – basic
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13,381.1 | 13,339.6 | 13,369.6 | 13,375.7 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding – diluted
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13,567.0 | 13,616.4 | 13,550.9 | 13,667.6 | ||||||||||||
Per
share information:
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Basic
earnings per share
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$ | 0.45 | $ | 0.41 | $ | 0.89 | $ | 0.86 | ||||||||
Diluted
earnings per share
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$ | 0.45 | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.88 | $ | 0.84 | ||||||||
Cash
dividends declared per share
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$ | 0.21 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.41 | $ | 0.40 | ||||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated
financial statements.
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WASHINGTON
TRUST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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(Dollars
in thousands)
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Unaudited
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Six
months ended June 30,
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2008
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2007
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
income
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$ | 11,911 | $ | 11,457 | |||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
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Provision
for loan losses
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1,850 | 600 | |||||||
Depreciation
of premises and equipment
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1,505 | 1,464 | |||||||
Net
amortization of premium and discount
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520 | 354 | |||||||
Amortization
of intangibles
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652 | 716 | |||||||
Share-based
compensation
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186 | 323 | |||||||
Non-cash
charitable contribution
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– | 520 | |||||||
Earnings
from bank-owned life insurance
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(900 | ) | (790 | ) | |||||
Net
gains on loan sales
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(924 | ) | (774 | ) | |||||
Net
losses (gains) on securities
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98 | (336 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds
from sales of loans
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35,406 | 28,293 | |||||||
Loans
originated for sale
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(35,563 | ) | (29,811 | ) | |||||
Increase
in accrued interest receivable, excluding purchased
interest
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990 | 137 | |||||||
Decrease
increase in other assets
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(682 | ) | (987 | ) | |||||
Decrease
in accrued expenses and other liabilities
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(4,125 | ) | (1,635 | ) | |||||
Other,
net
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(9 | ) | (2 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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10,915 | 9,529 | |||||||
Cash
flows from investing
activities:
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Purchases
of:
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Mortgage-backed
securities available for sale
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(170,332 | ) | (113,649 | ) | ||||
Other
investment securities available for sale
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(1,025 | ) | (33,896 | ) | |||||
Other
investment securities held to maturity
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– | (12,882 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds
from sale of:
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Mortgage-backed
securities available for sale
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– | 47,938 | ||||||
Other
investment securities available for sale
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61,237 | 9,438 | |||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities held for sale
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– | 38,501 | |||||||
Other
investment securities held to maturity
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– | 21,698 | |||||||
Maturities
and principal payments of:
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Mortgage-backed
securities available for sale
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50,125 | 32,583 | ||||||
Other
investment securities available for sale
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7,012 | 6,432 | |||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities held to maturity
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– | 3,191 | |||||||
Other
investment securities held to maturity
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– | 20,940 | |||||||
Purchase
of Federal Home Loan Bank stock
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(10,283 | ) | – | ||||||
Net
increase in loans
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(108,041 | ) | (24,880 | ) | |||||
Proceeds
from sale of loans
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18,047 | – | |||||||
Purchases
of loans, including purchased interest
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(42,086 | ) | (4,265 | ) | |||||
Purchases
of premises and equipment
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(1,255 | ) | (3,450 | ) | |||||
Equity
investment in capital trusts
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(310 | ) | – | ||||||
Payment
of deferred acquisition obligation
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(8,065 | ) | (6,720 | ) | |||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(204,976 | ) | (19,471 | ) | |||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Net
decrease in deposits
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(36,663 | ) | (8,908 | ) | |||||
Net
increase in other borrowings
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1,989 | 19,610 | |||||||
Proceeds
from Federal Home Loan Bank advances
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705,421 | 391,719 | |||||||
Repayment
of Federal Home Loan Bank advances
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(476,531 | ) | (397,433 | ) | |||||
Purchases
of treasury stock, including deferred compensation plan
activity
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43 | (4,264 | ) | ||||||
Net
proceeds from the issuance of common stock under dividend reinvestment
plan
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295 | – | |||||||
Net
proceeds from the exercise of stock options and issuance of other equity
instruments
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112 | 320 | |||||||
Tax
benefit from stock option exercises and issuance of other equity
instruments
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192 | 242 | |||||||
Proceeds
from the issuance of junior subordinated debentures, net of debt issuance
costs
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10,016 | – | |||||||
Cash
dividends paid
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(5,355 | ) | (5,237 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
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199,519 | (3,951 | ) | ||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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5,458 | (13,893 | ) | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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41,112 | 71,909 | |||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ | 46,570 | $ | 58,016 | |||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated
financial statements.
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WASHINGTON
TRUST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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(Dollars
in thousands)
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
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Unaudited
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Six
months ended June 30,
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2008
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2007
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Noncash
Investing and Financing Activities:
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Loans
charged off
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$ | 326 | $ | 370 | ||||
Securities
proceeds due from broker
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3,084 | – | ||||||
Supplemental
Disclosures:
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Interest
payments
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36,687 | 37,588 | ||||||
Income
tax payments
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6,868 | 6,309 | ||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated
financial statements.
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WASHINGTON
TRUST BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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General
Washington
Trust Bancorp, Inc. (the “Bancorp”) is a publicly-owned registered bank holding
company and financial holding company. The Bancorp owns all of the
outstanding common stock of The Washington Trust Company (the “Bank”), a Rhode
Island chartered commercial bank founded in 1800. Through its
subsidiaries, the Bancorp offers a complete product line of financial services
to individuals and businesses including commercial, residential and consumer
lending, retail and commercial deposit products, and wealth management services
through its offices in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and southeastern Connecticut,
ATMs, and its Internet web site (www.washtrust.com).
(1)
Basis of Presentation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Bancorp and its
subsidiaries (collectively, the “Corporation” or “Washington
Trust”). All significant intercompany transactions have been
eliminated. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to
conform to the current period’s classification. Such
reclassifications have no effect on previously reported net income or
shareholders’ equity.
The
accounting and reporting policies of the Corporation conform to accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and to
general practices of the banking industry. In preparing the financial
statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance
sheet and revenues and expenses for the period. Actual results could
differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly
susceptible to near-term change are the determination of the allowance for loan
losses and the review of goodwill, other intangible assets and investments for
impairment.
In the
opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements
reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) and
disclosures necessary to present fairly the Corporation’s financial position as
of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively, and the results
of operations and cash flows for the interim periods
presented. Interim results are not necessarily reflective of the
results of the entire year. The unaudited consolidated financial
statements of the Corporation presented herein have been prepared pursuant to
the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and note
disclosures required by GAAP. The accompanying consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto included in Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
(2)
New Accounting Pronouncements
In
September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS
No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”), which defines
fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands
disclosures of fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to
the accounting principles that currently use fair value measurement and does not
require any new fair value measurements. The expanded disclosures
focus on the inputs used to measure fair value as well as the effect of the fair
value measurements on earnings. SFAS No. 157 is effective as of the
beginning of the first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007 and
interim periods within that fiscal year. The adoption of SFAS No. 157
for financial assets and liabilities did not have a material impact on the
Corporation’s financial position or results of operations. The
required disclosures about fair value measurements for financial assets and
liabilities have been included in Note 10. In accordance with
FASB Staff Position No. 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement
No. 157,” the effective date of SFAS No. 157 as it applies to
nonfinancial assets, such as goodwill, and nonfinancial liabilities has been
delayed to January 1, 2009. The Corporation is currently
evaluating the impact that the adoption of SFAS No. 157 for nonfinancial
assets and liabilities will have on the Corporation’s financial position and
results of operations.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Post Retirement Plans (an amendment of FASB
Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132R)” (“SFAS No. 158”). The
requirement to measure the plan’s assets and obligations as of the employer’s
fiscal year end was adopted effective January 1, 2008. The
adoption of the measurement date provision of SFAS No. 158 did not have a
material impact on the Corporation’s financial position or results of
operations. See further discussion in Note 11.
WASHINGTON
TRUST BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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(Continued)
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CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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The SEC released Staff
Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 109 in November 2007. SAB
No. 109 provides guidance on written loan commitments that are accounted
for at fair value through earnings. SAB No. 109 supersedes SAB
No. 105, which provided guidance on derivative loan commitments pursuant to
SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Transactions”. SAB No. 105 stated that in measuring the fair
value of a derivative loan commitment it would be inappropriate to incorporate
the expected net future cash flows related to the associated
loan. SAB No. 109, consistent with the guidance in SFAS
No. 156 and SFAS No. 159, requires that expected net future cash flows
related to the associated servicing of the loan be included in the measurement
of all written loan commitments that are accounted for at fair value through
earnings. The guidance in SAB No. 109 is applied on a
prospective basis to derivative loan commitments issued or modified in fiscal
quarters beginning after December 15, 2007. The adoption of SAB
No. 109 did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial
position or results of operations.
The SEC
released SAB No. 110 in December 2007. SAB No. 110 provides
guidance on the use of a "simplified" method, as discussed in SAB No. 107,
in developing an estimate of expected term of "plain vanilla" share options in
accordance with SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based
Payment”. SAB No. 107 did not expect a company to use the
simplified method for share option grants after December 31,
2007. At the time SAB No. 107 was issued, the SEC believed that
more detailed external information about employee exercise behavior (e.g.,
employee exercise patterns by industry and/or other categories of companies)
would, over time, become readily available to companies. The SEC
understands that such detailed information about employee exercise behavior may
not be widely available by December 31, 2007. Accordingly, the SEC will
continue to accept, under certain circumstances, the use of the simplified
method beyond December 31, 2007. The adoption of SAB
No. 110 did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial
position or results of operations.
In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS No. 161”). SFAS
No. 161 changes the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and
hedging activities. Entities are required to provide enhanced
disclosures about (1) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (2) how
derivative instruments and related hedge items are accounted for under SFAS
No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” and
its related interpretations, and (3) how derivative instruments and related
hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance and
cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15,
2008, with early adoption encouraged. SFAS No. 161 encourages
but does not require comparative disclosures for earlier periods at initial
adoption. The Corporation will provide the additional disclosures
necessary upon the adoption of SFAS No. 161.
In May
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles” (“SFAS No. 162”). SFAS No. 162
identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting
the principles to be used in the preparation of financial statements of
nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with
GAAP. The current GAAP hierarchy is set forth in the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 69, “The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles.” The FASB has concluded that the GAAP
hierarchy should reside in the accounting literature established by the FASB and
is issuing SFAS No. 162 to achieve that result. SFAS
No. 162 is effective 60 days following the SEC’s approval of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board amendments to Interim Auditing Standards AU
Section 411, “The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles”. The FASB does not expect that SFAS
No. 162 will result in a change in current practice.
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CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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(3)
Securities
Securities
are summarized as follows:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Amortized
|
Unrealized
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
|||||||||||||
June 30,
2008
|
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Value
|
||||||||||||
Securities
Available for Sale:
|
||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury obligations and obligations
|
||||||||||||||||
of
U.S. government-sponsored agencies
|
$ | 82,002 | $ | 2,448 | $ | − | $ | 84,450 | ||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities issued by U.S.
|
||||||||||||||||
government
and government-sponsored agencies
|
588,967 | 2,445 | (5,298 | ) | 586,114 | |||||||||||
States
and political subdivisions
|
81,645 | 81 | (1,465 | ) | 80,261 | |||||||||||
Trust
preferred securities
|
37,985 | − | (7,627 | ) | 30,358 | |||||||||||
Corporate
bonds
|
1,746 | − | (13 | ) | 1,733 | |||||||||||
Corporate
stocks
|
7,593 | 337 | (782 | ) | 7,148 | |||||||||||
Total
securities available for sale
|
$ | 799,938 | $ | 5,311 | $ | (15,185 | ) | $ | 790,064 |
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Amortized
|
Unrealized
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
|||||||||||||
December 31,
2007
|
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Value
|
||||||||||||
Securities
Available for Sale:
|
||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury obligations and obligations
|
||||||||||||||||
of
U.S. government-sponsored agencies
|
$ | 136,721 | $ | 2,888 | $ | (10 | ) | $ | 139,599 | |||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities issued by U.S.
|
||||||||||||||||
government
and government-sponsored agencies
|
469,197 | 2,899 | (2,708 | ) | 469,388 | |||||||||||
States
and political subdivisions
|
80,634 | 499 | (239 | ) | 80,894 | |||||||||||
Trust
preferred securities
|
37,995 | − | (3,541 | ) | 34,454 | |||||||||||
Corporate
bonds
|
13,940 | 161 | − | 14,101 | ||||||||||||
Corporate
stocks
|
12,096 | 2,974 | (1,728 | ) | 13,342 | |||||||||||
Total
securities available for sale
|
$ | 750,583 | $ | 9,421 | $ | (8,226 | ) | $ | 751,778 |
Securities
available for sale with a fair value of $691.1 million and
$592.7 million were pledged in compliance with state regulations concerning
trust powers and to secure Treasury Tax and Loan deposits, borrowings, and
certain public deposits at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively. In addition, securities available for sale with a fair
value of $8.4 million were collateralized for the discount window at the
Federal Reserve Bank at June 30, 2008 and December 31,
2007. There were no borrowings with the Federal Reserve Bank at
either date. Securities available for sale with a fair value of
$8.9 million and $1.9 million were designated in a rabbi trust for a
nonqualified retirement plan at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively. As of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
securities available for sale with a fair value of $525 thousand and
$532 thousand, respectively, were pledged as collateral to secure certain
interest rate swap agreements.
During
the six months ended June 30, 2008, impairment charges of $2.0 million
were recognized on four equity security perpetual preferred stock holdings,
including FHLMC, FNMA and two other corporate issuers, deemed to be
other-than-temporarily impaired based on an analysis of the financial condition
and operating outlook of the issuers. These charges were included in
net losses on securities in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the six
months ended June 30, 2008. Also included in net losses on
securities in the six months ended June 30, 2008 were realized gains of
$232 thousand on the sale of commercial debt securities and realized gains
of $1.7 million on the sale of other equity securities.
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CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
The
following table summarizes temporarily impaired securities as of June 30,
2008, segregated by length of time the securities have been in a continuous
unrealized loss position.
(Dollars in
thousands)
|
Less
than 12 Months
|
12
Months or Longer
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At
June 30, 2008
|
# |
Value
|
Losses
|
# |
Value
|
Losses
|
# |
Value
|
Losses
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
issued
by U.S. government and government-sponsored agencies
|
75 | $ | 315,997 | $ | 3,672 | 19 | $ | 44,890 | $ | 1,626 | 94 | $ | 360,887 | $ | 5,298 | |||||||||||||||||||||
States
and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
political
subdivisions
|
83 | 62,326 | 1,192 | 4 | 5,368 | 273 | 87 | 67,694 | 1,465 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trust
preferred securities
|
5 | 8,704 | 2,037 | 8 | 21,654 | 5,590 | 13 | 30,358 | 7,627 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate
bonds
|
1 | 1,733 | 13 | – | – | – | 1 | 1,733 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal,
debt securities
|
164 | 388,760 | 6,194 | 31 | 71,912 | 7,489 | 195 | 460,672 | 14,403 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate
stocks
|
3 | 2,615 | 473 | 8 | 4,115 | 309 | 11 | 6,730 | 782 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
temporarily
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
impaired
securities
|
167 | $ | 391,375 | $ | 7,387 | 39 | $ | 76,027 | $ | 7,798 | 206 | $ | 467,402 | $ | 15,185 |
The
following table summarizes temporarily impaired securities as of
December 31, 2007, segregated by length of time the securities have been in
a continuous unrealized loss position.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Less
than 12 Months
|
12
Months or Longer
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At
December 31, 2007
|
# |
Value
|
Losses
|
# |
Value
|
Losses
|
# |
Value
|
Losses
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury obligations
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
and
obligations of U.S. government-sponsored agencies
|
1 | $ | 6,996 | $ | 1 | 1 | $ | 3,990 | $ | 9 | 2 | $ | 10,986 | $ | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
issued
by U.S. government and government-sponsored agencies
|
22 | 108,630 | 1,028 | 46 | 110,348 | 1,680 | 68 | 218,978 | 2,708 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
States
and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
political
subdivisions
|
13 | 12,402 | 128 | 10 | 7,681 | 111 | 23 | 20,083 | 239 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trust
preferred securities
|
8 | 23,167 | 2,769 | 5 | 11,287 | 772 | 13 | 34,454 | 3,541 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal,
debt securities
|
44 | 151,195 | 3,926 | 62 | 133,306 | 2,572 | 106 | 284,501 | 6,498 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate
stocks
|
5 | 5,258 | 1,495 | 4 | 1,304 | 233 | 9 | 6,562 | 1,728 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
temporarily
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
impaired
securities
|
49 | $ | 156,453 | $ | 5,421 | 66 | $ | 134,610 | $ | 2,805 | 115 | $ | 291,063 | $ | 8,226 |
Unrealized
losses on debt securities generally occur as a result of increases in interest
rates since the time of purchase, a structural change in an investment or from
deterioration in credit quality of the issuer. Management evaluates
impairments in value whether caused by adverse interest rates or credit
movements to determine if they are other-than-temporary.
In
accordance with applicable accounting literature, Washington Trust must
demonstrate an ability and intent to hold temporarily impaired securities until
full recovery of their cost basis to classify such losses as
temporary. Management uses both internal and external information
sources to arrive at the most informed decision. This quantitative
and qualitative assessment begins with a review of general market conditions and
changes to market conditions, credit, investment performance and structure since
the prior review period. The ability to hold temporarily impaired
securities will involve a number of factors, including: forecasted recovery
period based on average life and Washington Trust’s capital, earnings and cash
flow positions, among other things. Washington Trust currently intends to hold
all temporarily impaired securities to full recovery of the cost basis, which
may be until maturity.
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
Management
assesses a variety of factors in determining if an impairment is other than
temporary, including but not limited to, the likelihood of and probable time
horizon for recovery of the cost basis, including analyst forecasts, earnings
assumptions and other company specific or sector financial performance
metrics.
Debt
securities in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2008 consisted of 195
debt security holdings. The majority of the loss for debt securities
reported in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2008 was concentrated
in variable rate trust preferred securities issued by financial services
companies and in U.S. agency or government-sponsored agency mortgage-backed
securities.
Included
in debt securities in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2008 are 13
trust preferred security holdings. These holdings represent seven
individual name issuers in the financial industry, including, where applicable,
the impact of mergers and acquisitions of issuers subsequent to original
purchase, and two pooled trust preferred securities in the form of
collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”). The aggregate unrealized
loss position of the 13 trust preferred holdings was $7.6 million, or 20.1%
of amortized cost, as of June 30, 2008. The largest unrealized
loss dollar amount of any single issuer was $2.1 million, or 21% of its
amortized cost, at June 30, 2008. Management believes the
June 30, 2008 temporary impairment on trust preferred securities, including
the trust preferred CDOs, was not a function of underlying credit issues
associated with the issuers of the debt obligations and primarily reflected
increased investor concerns beginning in the latter part of 2007 and continuing
into 2008 about recent losses in the financial services industry related to
sub-prime lending and sub-prime exposure. These concerns resulted in
a substantial decrease in market liquidity and increased risk premiums for
securities in this sector. Credit spreads for issuers in this sector
widened substantially during recent months, causing prices for these securities
holdings to decline. As recently as September 30, 2007, the
aggregate unrealized loss position of the 13 trust preferred holdings was 6.3%
of amortized cost and the aggregate unrealized loss position at
December 31, 2007 was 9.3% of amortized cost for these
holdings. As of June 30, 2008, the amortized cost and fair value
of the two trust preferred CDO holdings was $7.5 million and
$5.7 million, respectively. The CDO holdings consist of trust
preferred obligations of banking industry companies and, to a lesser extent,
insurance industry companies. Valuations of the trust preferred CDO
holdings are also dependent in part on cash flows from underlying
issuers. Unexpected cash flow disruptions could have an adverse
impact on the fair value and performance of these CDOs. For both of
its trust preferred CDO holdings, Washington Trust’s investment is senior to one
or more subordinated tranches which have first loss exposure. The
Corporation does not believe it is likely to experience any loss of principal on
these CDO investments given the protection that the subordinated classes provide
and therefore considers these securities to be temporarily
impaired. All trust preferred debt securities in our portfolio
continue to accrue and make payments as expected, and all have credit ratings at
or above investment grade minimums. Washington Trust has the ability
and intent to hold these securities to full recovery of the cost basis and
management does not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily
impaired.
The
unrealized losses on U.S. agency or government-sponsored agency mortgage-backed
securities was concentrated in securities purchased during 2003 and 2004, during
which time interest rates were at or near historical lows. The fair
value for these and the state and municipal holdings included in this analysis
have declined due to the relative increase in short and medium term interest
rates since the time of purchase. The largest unrealized loss
percentage amount on any holding in these categories was 5.5% of its amortized
cost at June 30, 2008. Management believes that the nature and
duration of impairment on these debt security holdings are a function of changes
in investment spreads and interest rate movements. Washington Trust
has the ability and intent to hold these securities to full recovery of the cost
basis and management does not consider these investments to be
other-than-temporarily impaired.
The
equity securities in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2008 consisted
of 11 holdings of financial and commercial entities with unrealized losses of
$782 thousand, or 10% of their aggregate cost. During the six
months ended June 30, 2008, Washington Trust recorded $2.0 million in
impairment charges on four perpetual preferred stock holdings, including FHLMC,
FNMA and two other corporate issuers, based on an analysis of the financial
condition and operating outlook of the issuers. As of June 30,
2008, the Corporation had two perpetual preferred stock holdings of FHLMC and
FNMA with a total fair value of $1.0 million and unrealized losses of
$34 thousand and seven perpetual preferred stock holdings of financial and
utility companies with a total fair value of $4.6 million and unrealized
losses of $478 thousand. Causes of conditions whereby the fair
value of equity securities is less than cost include the timing of purchases and
changes in valuation specific to individual industries or
issuers. The relationship between the level of market interest rates
and the dividend rates paid on individual equity securities may also be a
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
contributing
factor. Management believes that a portion of the June 30, 2008
temporary impairment on its equity securities holdings was not a function of the
financial condition and operating outlook of the issuers and reflected increased
investor concerns beginning in the latter part of 2007 and continuing into 2008
about recent losses in the financial services industry related to sub-prime
lending and sub-prime exposure. These concerns resulted in greater
volatility in market prices for both common and preferred stocks in this market
sector. Washington Trust has the ability and intent to hold these
investments to full recovery of the cost basis and considers the unrealized
losses on these equity securities to be temporary.
Should
current market conditions continue and should these unrealized losses on these
securities continue, they may, in the future, be deemed to be other than
temporarily impaired.
(4) Loan
Portfolio
The
following is a summary of loans:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
June 30,
2008
|
December 31,
2007
|
||||||||||||||
Amount
|
%
|
Amount
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Commercial:
|
||||||||||||||||
Mortgages
(1)
|
$ | 361,623 | 21 | % | $ | 278,821 | 18 | % | ||||||||
Construction
and development (2)
|
60,606 | 4 | % | 60,361 | 4 | % | ||||||||||
Other
(3)
|
372,784 | 22 | % | 341,084 | 21 | % | ||||||||||
Total
commercial
|
795,013 | 47 | % | 680,266 | 43 | % | ||||||||||
Residential
real estate:
|
||||||||||||||||
Mortgages
(4)
|
593,995 | 35 | % | 588,628 | 37 | % | ||||||||||
Homeowner
construction
|
14,356 | 1 | % | 11,043 | 1 | % | ||||||||||
Total
residential real estate
|
608,351 | 36 | % | 599,671 | 38 | % | ||||||||||
Consumer:
|
||||||||||||||||
Home
equity lines
|
152,339 | 9 | % | 144,429 | 9 | % | ||||||||||
Home
equity loans
|
94,316 | 6 | % | 99,827 | 6 | % | ||||||||||
Other
|
55,631 | 2 | % | 49,459 | 4 | % | ||||||||||
Total
consumer
|
302,286 | 17 | % | 293,715 | 19 | % | ||||||||||
Total
loans (5)
|
$ | 1,705,650 | 100 | % | $ | 1,573,652 | 100 | % |
(1)
|
Amortizing
mortgages, primarily secured by income producing
property.
|
(2)
|
Loans
for construction of residential and commercial properties and for land
development.
|
(3)
|
Loans
to businesses and individuals, a substantial portion of which are fully or
partially collateralized by real
estate.
|
(4)
|
A
substantial portion of these loans is used as qualified collateral for
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings (See Note 7 for additional
discussion of Federal Home Loan Bank
borrowings).
|
(5)
|
Includes
net deferred loan origination costs of $1 thousand and net discounts
on purchased loans of $301 thousand at June 30, 2008, compared to net
deferred fees of $100 thousand and net premiums on purchased loans of
$297 thousand at December 31,
2007.
|
Nonaccrual
Loans
The
balance of loans on nonaccrual status as of June 30, 2008 was
$6.2 million, compared to $4.3 million at December 31,
2007. The $1.9 million increase in nonaccrual loans was largely
due to certain commercial loan relationships moving into the non-accruing loan
classification.
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(Continued)
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CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
(5)
Allowance for
Loan Losses
The
following is an analysis of the allowance for loan losses:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Three
months
|
Six
months
|
|||||||||||||||
Periods
ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Balance
at beginning of period
|
$ | 20,724 | 19,360 | $ | 20,277 | $ | 18,894 | |||||||||
Provision
charged to expense
|
1,400 | 300 | 1,850 | 600 | ||||||||||||
Recoveries
of loans previously charged off
|
58 | 13 | 162 | 203 | ||||||||||||
Loans
charged off
|
(219 | ) | (346 | ) | (326 | ) | (370 | ) | ||||||||
Balance
at end of period
|
$ | 21,963 | $ | 19,327 | $ | 21,963 | $ | 19,327 |
(6)
Goodwill and Other
Intangibles
The
changes in the carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2008 are as follows:
Goodwill
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Wealth
|
|||||||||||
Commercial
|
Management
|
|||||||||||
Banking
|
Service
|
|||||||||||
Segment
|
Segment
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
$ | 22,591 | $ | 27,888 | $ | 50,479 | ||||||
Additions
to goodwill during the period
|
– | − | − | |||||||||
Impairment
recognized
|
– | – | – | |||||||||
Balance
at June 30, 2008
|
$ | 22,591 | $ | 27,888 | $ | 50,479 |
Other
Intangible Assets
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Core
Deposit
|
Advisory
|
Non-compete
|
|||||||||||||
Intangible
|
Contracts
|
Agreements
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
$ | 510 | $ | 10,743 | $ | 180 | $ | 11,433 | ||||||||
Amortization
|
60 | 568 | 24 | 652 | ||||||||||||
Balance
at June 30, 2008
|
$ | 450 | $ | 10,175 | $ | 156 | $ | 10,781 |
Amortization
of intangible assets for the six months ended June 30, 2008 totaled
$652 thousand. Estimated annual amortization expense of current
intangible assets with finite useful lives, absent any impairment or change in
estimated useful lives, is summarized below.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Core
|
Advisory
|
Non-compete
|
||||||||||||||
Estimated
amortization expense:
|
Deposits
|
Contracts
|
Agreements
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
2008
(full year)
|
$ | 120 | $ | 1,111 | $ | 49 | $ | 1,280 | ||||||||
2009
|
120 | 1,040 | 49 | 1,209 | ||||||||||||
2010
|
120 | 922 | 49 | 1,091 | ||||||||||||
2011
|
120 | 768 | 33 | 921 | ||||||||||||
2012
|
30 | 727 | − | 757 |
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(Continued)
|
|
CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
The
components of intangible assets at June 30, 2008 are as
follows:
(Dollars in
thousands)
|
Core
|
Advisory
|
Non-compete
|
|||||||||||||
Deposits
|
Contracts
|
Agreements
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
carrying amount
|
$ | 2,997 | $ | 13,657 | $ | 1,147 | $ | 17,801 | ||||||||
Accumulated
amortization
|
2,547 | 3,482 | 991 | 7,020 | ||||||||||||
Net
amount
|
$ | 450 | $ | 10,175 | $ | 156 | $ | 10,781 |
(7)
Borrowings
Federal
Home Loan Bank Advances
Advances
payable to the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) are summarized as
follows:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
June 30,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
FHLB
advances
|
$ | 845,291 | $ | 616,417 |
In
addition to outstanding advances, the Corporation also has access to an unused
line of credit amounting to $8.0 million at June 30,
2008. Under an agreement with the FHLB, the Corporation is required
to maintain qualified collateral, free and clear of liens, pledges, or
encumbrances that, based on certain percentages of book and market values, has a
value equal to the aggregate amount of the line of credit and outstanding
advances (“FHLB borrowings”). The FHLB maintains a security interest
in various assets of the Corporation including, but not limited to, residential
mortgages loans, U.S. government or agency securities, U.S. government-sponsored
agency securities, and amounts maintained on deposit at the FHLB. The
Corporation maintained qualified collateral in excess of the amount required to
collateralize the line of credit and outstanding advances at June 30,
2008. Included in the collateral were securities available for sale
with a fair value of $565.7 million and $476.8 million that were
specifically pledged to secure FHLB borrowings at June 30, 2008 and
December 31, 2007, respectively. Unless there is an event of
default under the agreement with the FHLB, the Corporation may use, encumber or
dispose of any portion of the collateral in excess of the amount required to
secure FHLB borrowings, except for that collateral that has been specifically
pledged.
Junior
Subordinated Debentures
Junior
subordinated debentures are summarized as follows:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
June 30,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Junior
subordinated debentures
|
$ | 32,991 | $ | 22,681 |
In April
2008, the Bancorp sponsored the creation of Washington Preferred Capital Trust
(“Washington Preferred”). Washington Preferred is a Delaware
statutory trust created for the sole purpose of issuing trust preferred
securities and investing the proceeds in junior subordinated debentures of the
Bancorp. The Bancorp is the owner of all of the common securities of
Washington Preferred. In accordance with FASB Interpretation 46-R,
“Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities—Revised”, Washington Preferred will
be treated as an unconsolidated subsidiary. The common stock
investment in the statutory trust will be included in “Other Assets” in the
Consolidated Balance Sheet.
On
April 7, 2008, Washington Preferred issued $10 million of
trust preferred securities (“Capital Securities”) in a private
placement to two institutional investors pursuant to an applicable exemption
from registration. The Capital Securities mature in June 2038, are
redeemable at the Bancorp’s option beginning after five years, and require
quarterly distributions by Washington Preferred to the holder of the Capital
Securities, at a rate of 6.2275% until June 15, 2008, and resets quarterly
thereafter at a rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate plus
3.50%. The Bancorp has guaranteed the Capital Securities and, to the
extent not paid by Washington Preferred, accrued and unpaid distributions on the
Capital Securities, as well as the redemption price payable to the Capital
Securities holders. The proceeds of the Capital Securities, along
with the proceeds of $310 thousand from the issuance of common securities
by Washington Preferred to the Bancorp, were used to purchase $10,310,000 of the
Bancorp's junior subordinated deferrable interest notes (the “Washington
Preferred Debentures”) and constitute the primary asset of Washington
Preferred. The Bancorp will use the proceeds from the sale of the
Washington Preferred Debentures for general
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corporate
purposes. Like the Capital Securities, the Washington Preferred
Debentures bear interest at a rate of 6.2275% until June 15, 2008, and
resets quarterly thereafter at a rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate plus
3.50%. The Washington Preferred Debentures mature on June 15,
2038, but may be redeemed at par at the Bancorp’s option, subject to the
approval of the applicable banking regulator to the extent required under
applicable guidelines or policies, at any time on or after June 15, 2013,
or upon the occurrence of certain special qualifying events.
Also in
April 2008, the Bancorp entered into a five-year interest rate swap contract
with a notional amount of $10 million. Under the terms of this
contract, Washington Trust will pay a fixed rate of 6.97% and receive a rate
equal to three-month LIBOR plus 3.50%. See additional discussion on
interest rate risk management agreements in Note 9.
Other
Borrowings
The
following is a summary of other borrowings:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
June 30,
|
December
31,
|
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2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Treasury,
Tax and Loan demand note balance
|
$ | 4,669 | $ | 2,793 | ||||
Deferred
acquisition obligations
|
1,946 | 9,884 | ||||||
Securities
sold under repurchase agreements
|
19,500 | 19,500 | ||||||
Other
|
369 | 383 | ||||||
Other
borrowings
|
$ | 26,484 | $ | 32,560 |
The Stock
Purchase Agreement for the August 2005 acquisition of Weston Financial Group,
Inc. (“Weston Financial”) provides for the payment of contingent purchase price
amounts based on operating results in each of the years in the three-year
earn-out period ending December 31, 2008. Contingent payments
are added to goodwill and recorded as deferred acquisition liabilities at the
time the payments are determinable beyond a reasonable
doubt. Deferred acquisition obligations amounted to $1.9 million
and $9.9 million at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively. In the first quarter of 2008 the Corporation paid
approximately $8.1 million pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, which
represented the 2007 earn-out payment.
(8)
Shareholders’ Equity
Stock
Repurchase Plan:
The
Corporation’s 2006 Stock Repurchase Plan authorizes the repurchase of up to
400,000 shares of the Corporation’s common stock in open market
transactions. There were no shares repurchased under the
Corporation’s 2006 Stock Repurchase Plan during the six months ended
June 30, 2008. As of June 30, 2008, a cumulative total of
185,400 shares have been repurchased at a total cost of
$4.8 million.
Pursuant
to the Amended and Restated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (“Deferred
Compensation Plan”), 3,423 shares were acquired during the six months ended
June 30, 2008.
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Regulatory Capital
Requirements:
The
following table presents the Corporation’s and the Bank’s actual capital amounts
and ratios at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, as well as the
corresponding minimum and well capitalized regulatory amounts and
ratios:
(Dollars in thousands)
|
Actual
|
For
Capital Adequacy Purposes
|
To
Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action
Provisions
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Ratio
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
|||||||||||||||||||
As of
June 30, 2008:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporation
|
$ | 184,998 | 10.69 | % | $ | 138,383 | 8.00 | % | $ | 172,979 | 10.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Bank
|
$ | 185,701 | 10.75 | % | $ | 138,259 | 8.00 | % | $ | 172,824 | 10.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Tier
1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporation
|
$ | 163,368 | 9.44 | % | $ | 69,191 | 4.00 | % | $ | 103,787 | 6.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Bank
|
$ | 164,090 | 9.49 | % | $ | 69,130 | 4.00 | % | $ | 103,694 | 6.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Tier
1 Capital (to Average Assets): (1)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporation
|
$ | 163,368 | 6.32 | % | $ | 103,320 | 4.00 | % | $ | 129,150 | 5.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Bank
|
$ | 164,090 | 6.36 | % | $ | 103,249 | 4.00 | % | $ | 129,062 | 5.00 | % | ||||||||||||
As
of December 31, 2007:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets):
|
$ | 167,061 | 10.39 | % | $ | 128,648 | 8.00 | % | $ | 160,810 | 10.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Corporation
|
$ | 174,750 | 10.87 | % | $ | 128,574 | 8.00 | % | $ | 160,717 | 10.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Bank
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tier
1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets):
|
$ | 146,393 | 9.10 | % | $ | 64,324 | 4.00 | % | $ | 96,486 | 6.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Corporation
|
$ | 154,093 | 9.59 | % | $ | 64,287 | 4.00 | % | $ | 96,430 | 6.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Bank
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tier
1 Capital (to Average Assets): (1)
|
$ | 146,393 | 6.09 | % | $ | 96,088 | 4.00 | % | $ | 120,110 | 5.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Corporation
|
$ | 154,093 | 6.42 | % | $ | 96,042 | 4.00 | % | $ | 120,053 | 5.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Bank
|
(1)
|
Leverage
ratio
|
As of
June 30, 2008, Bancorp has sponsored the creation of three statutory trusts
for the sole purpose of issuing trust preferred securities and investing the
proceeds in junior subordinated debentures of the Bancorp. In
accordance with FASB Interpretation 46-R, “Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities – Revised” (“FIN 46-R”), these statutory trusts created by Bancorp are
not consolidated into the Corporation’s financial statements; however, the
Corporation reflects the amounts of junior subordinated debentures payable to
the preferred shareholders of statutory trusts as debt in its financial
statements. The trust preferred securities qualify as Tier 1
capital.
The
Corporation’s capital ratios at June 30, 2008 place the Corporation in the
“well-capitalized” category according to regulatory standards. On
March 1, 2005, the Federal Reserve Board issued a final rule that would
retain trust preferred securities in Tier 1 capital of bank holding companies,
but with stricter quantitative limits and clearer standards. Under
the proposal, after a five-year transition period that would end on
March 31, 2009, the aggregate amount of trust preferred securities would be
limited to 25% of Tier 1 capital elements, net of goodwill. The
Corporation has evaluated the potential impact of such a change on its Tier 1
capital ratio and has concluded that the regulatory capital treatment of the
trust preferred securities in the Corporation’s total capital ratio would be
unchanged.
(9)
Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk and Derivative Financial
Instruments
The
Corporation is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in
the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers and
to manage the Corporation’s exposure to fluctuations in interest
rates. These financial instruments include commitments to extend
credit, standby letters of credit, financial guarantees, interest rate swap
agreements and commitments to originate and commitments to sell fixed rate
mortgage loans. These instruments involve, to varying degrees,
elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the Corporation’s
Consolidated Balance Sheets. The contract or notional amounts of
these instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Corporation has in
particular classes of financial instruments. The Corporation uses the
same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it
does for on-balance sheet instruments. The contractual and notional
amounts of financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk are as
follows:
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|
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
June 30,
2008
|
December 31,
2007
|
||||||
Financial
instruments whose contract amounts represent credit risk:
|
||||||||
Commitments
to extend credit:
|
||||||||
Commercial
loans
|
$ | 163,584 | $ | 149,465 | ||||
Home
equity lines
|
180,322 | 176,284 | ||||||
Other
loans
|
22,765 | 20,770 | ||||||
Standby
letters of credit
|
8,111 | 8,048 | ||||||
Financial
instruments whose notional amounts exceed the amount of credit
risk:
|
||||||||
Forward
loan commitments:
|
||||||||
Commitments
to originate fixed rate mortgage loans to be sold
|
3,279 | 3,495 | ||||||
Commitments
to sell fixed rate mortgage loans
|
6,012 | 5,472 | ||||||
Customer
related derivative contracts:
|
||||||||
Interest
rate swaps with customers
|
14,115 | 3,850 | ||||||
Mirror
swaps with counterparties
|
14,115 | 3,850 | ||||||
Interest
rate risk management contract:
|
||||||||
Interest
rate swap
|
10,000 | – |
Commitments
to Extend Credit
Commitments
to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there are no
violations of any conditions established in the contract. Commitments
generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may
require payment of a fee. Since some of the commitments are expected
to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not
necessarily represent future cash requirements. Each borrower’s
creditworthiness is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. The amount of
collateral obtained is based on management’s credit evaluation of the
borrower.
Standby
Letters of Credit
Standby
letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the
performance of a customer to a third party. The credit risk involved
in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in
extending loan facilities to customers. Under the standby letters of
credit, the Corporation is required to make payments to the beneficiary of the
letters of credit upon request by the beneficiary contingent upon the customer’s
failure to perform under the terms of the underlying contract with the
beneficiary. Standby letters of credit extend up to five
years. At June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the maximum
potential amount of undiscounted future payments, not reduced by amounts that
may be recovered, totaled $8.1 million and $8.0 million,
respectively. At June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, there
was no liability to beneficiaries resulting from standby letters of
credit. Fee income on standby letters of credit for the six months
ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 was insignificant.
At
June 30, 2008, a substantial portion of the standby letters of credit were
supported by pledged collateral. The collateral obtained is
determined based on management’s credit evaluation of the
customer. Should the Corporation be required to make payments to the
beneficiary, repayment from the customer to the Corporation is
required.
Interest
Rate Risk Management Agreements
Interest
rate swaps are used from time to time as part of the Corporation’s interest rate
risk management strategy. Swaps are agreements in which the
Corporation and another party agree to exchange interest payments (e.g.,
fixed-rate for variable-rate payments) computed on a notional principal
amount. The credit risk associated with swap transactions is the risk
of default by the counterparty. To minimize this risk, the
Corporation enters into interest rate agreements only with highly rated
counterparties that management believes to be creditworthy. The
notional amounts of these agreements do not represent amounts exchanged by the
parties and thus, are not a measure of the potential loss exposure.
In April
2008, the Bancorp entered into an interest rate swap contract with a notional
amount of $10 million to hedge the interest rate risk associated with
$10 million of the variable rate junior subordinated
debentures. See additional disclosure in Note 7. The
interest rate swap contract matures in 2013. The swap effectively
converts the debt from variable rate to fixed rate and qualifies for cash flow
hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133. The fair value of this
interest rate swap contract amounted to $319 thousand at June 30, 2008
and was reported in other assets on the
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|
consolidated balance sheet. The effective portion of
changes in fair value of the swap is recorded in other comprehensive income and
subsequently reclassified into interest expense as a yield adjustment in the
same period in which the related interest on the variable rate debentures affect
earnings. The ineffective portion of changes in fair value is
recognized directly in earnings as interest expense.
The
Corporation has entered into interest rate swap contracts to help commercial
loan borrowers manage their interest rate risk. The interest rate
swap contracts with commercial loan borrowers allow them to convert floating
rate loan payments to fixed rate loan payments. When we enter into an
interest rate swap contract with a commercial loan borrower, we simultaneously
enter into a “mirror” swap contract with a third party. The third
party exchanges the client’s fixed rate loan payments for floating rate loan
payments. We retain the risk that is associated with the potential
failure of counterparties and inherent in making loans.
At
June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, Washington Trust had interest
rate swap contracts with commercial loan borrowers with notional amounts of
$14.1 million and $3.850 million, respectively, and equal amounts of
“mirror” swap contracts with third-party financial
institutions. These interest rate swap contracts are carried at fair
value with changes recorded as a component of other noninterest
income. The fair values of the interest rate swap contracts with
commercial loan borrowers amounted to $21 thousand as of June 30, 2008
and $60 thousand as of December 31, 2007. The fair values
of the “mirror” swap contracts with third-party financial institutions totaled
$3 thousand as of June 30, 2008 and $60 thousand as of
December 31, 2007. For the six months ended June 30, 2008,
other noninterest income included net gains on customer related interest rate
swap contracts of $145 thousand. Washington Trust did not engage
in such interest rate swap contracts during the six months ended June 30,
2007.
Forward
Loan Commitments
Interest
rate lock commitments are extended to borrowers that relate to the origination
of readily marketable mortgage loans held for sale. To mitigate the
interest rate risk inherent in these rate locks, as well as closed mortgage
loans held for sale, best efforts forward commitments are established to sell
individual mortgage loans. Commitments to originate and commitments
to sell fixed rate mortgage loans are derivative financial
instruments. Accordingly, the fair value of these commitments is
recognized in other assets on the consolidated balance sheet and the changes in
fair value of such commitments are recorded in current earnings in the
consolidated income statement. The carrying value of such commitments
as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 and the respective changes
in fair values for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 were
insignificant.
(10)
Fair Value Measurements
Effective
January 1, 2008, the Corporation adopted SFAS No. 157 for financial
assets and liabilities. The effective date of SFAS No. 157, as
it applies to nonfinancial assets and liabilities, has been delayed to
January 1, 2009. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value,
establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure
requirements about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157, among
other things, emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an
entity-specific measurement, and states that a fair value measurement should be
determined based on the assumptions the market participants would use in pricing
the asset or liability. In addition, SFAS No. 157 specifies a
hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the types of valuation
information (“inputs”) are observable or unobservable. Observable
inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable
inputs reflect the Corporation’s market assumptions. These two types
of inputs have created the following fair value hierarchy:
·
|
Level
1 – Quoted prices for identical assets or
liabilities in active markets.
|
·
|
Level
2 – Quoted prices for similar assets or
liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar
assets or liabilities in inactive markets; and model-derived valuations in
which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable
in active markets.
|
·
|
Level
3 – Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more
significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable in the
markets and which reflect the Corporation’s market
assumptions.
|
The
Corporation uses fair value measurements to record fair value adjustments to
certain assets and liabilities and to determine fair value
disclosures. Securities available for sale and derivatives are
recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Additionally, from time
to time, we may be required to record at fair value other assets on a
nonrecurring basis, such as loans held for sale, collateral dependent impaired
loans and mortgage servicing rights. These nonrecurring fair
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value adjustments typically involve the application of
lower-of-cost-or-market accounting or write-downs of individual assets.
Determination
of Fair Value
Under
SFAS No. 157, fair values are based on the price that would be received to
sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants at the measurement date. When available, the
Corporation uses quoted market prices to determine fair value. If
quoted prices are not available, fair value is based upon valuation techniques
such as matrix pricing or other models that use, where possible, current
market-based or independently sourced market parameters, such as interest
rates. If observable market-based inputs are not available, the
Corporation uses unobservable inputs to determine appropriate valuation
adjustments using methodologies applied consistently over time.
The
following is a description of valuation methodologies for assets and liabilities
recorded at fair value, including the general classification of such assets and
liabilities pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.
Securities Available for
Sale
Securities
available for sale are recorded at fair value on a recurring
basis. When available, the Corporation uses quoted market prices to
determine the fair value of securities; such items are classified as Level
1. This category includes exchange-traded equity securities and U.S.
Treasury obligations.
Level 2
securities include debt securities with quoted prices, which are traded less
frequently than exchange-traded instruments, whose value is determined using
matrix pricing with inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived
principally from or corroborated by observable market data. This
category generally includes obligations of U.S. government-sponsored agencies,
mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government and government-sponsored
agencies, municipal bonds, trust preferred securities, corporate bonds and
certain preferred equity securities.
In
certain cases where there is limited activity or less transparency around inputs
to the valuation, securities may be classified as Level 3. As of
June 30, 2008, Level 3 securities were comprised of two trust preferred CDO
holdings, which were not actively traded. To determine their fair
value, Washington Trust utilized third party pricing models and discounted cash
flow methodologies. Their fair values were reviewed against similar
securities that were more actively traded in order to assess the reasonableness
of the fair values. Our fair values assumed liquidation in an orderly
market and not under distressed circumstances. Due to the continued
market illiquidity and credit risk for securities in the financial sector, the
fair value of these securities is highly sensitive to assumption changes and
market volatility.
Mortgage Loans Held for
Sale
Mortgage
loans held for sale are carried on an aggregate basis at the lower of cost or
market value. The fair value of loans held for sale is based on what
secondary markets are currently offering for loans with similar
characteristics. As such, we classify loans subjected to nonrecurring
fair value adjustments as Level 2.
Derivatives
Substantially
all of our derivatives are traded in over-the-counter markets where quoted
market prices are not readily available. Fair value measurements are
determined using independent pricing models that utilize primarily market
observable inputs, such as swap rates of different maturities and LIBOR rates,
and, accordingly, are classified as Level 2. Examples include
interest rate swap contracts. Any derivative for which we measure
fair value using significant assumptions that are unobservable are classified as
Level 3. Level 3 derivatives include interest rate lock
commitments written for our residential mortgage loans that we intend to
sell.
Collateral Dependent
Impaired Loans
Collateral
dependent loans that are deemed to be impaired in accordance with SFAS
No. 114, “Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan,” are valued
based upon the fair value of the underlying collateral. The inputs
used in the appraisals of the collateral are observable, and, therefore, the
loans are categorized as Level 2.
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Mortgage Servicing
Rights
Mortgage
servicing rights do not trade in an active market with readily observable
prices. Accordingly, we determine the fair value of mortgage
servicing rights using a valuation model that calculates the present value of
the estimated future net servicing income. The model incorporates
assumptions used in estimating future net servicing income, including estimates
of prepayment speeds, discount rate, cost to service and contractual servicing
fee income. Mortgage servicing rights are subject to fair value
measurements on a nonrecurring basis. Fair value measurements of our
mortgage servicing rights use significant unobservable inputs and, accordingly,
are classified as Level 3.
Items
Recorded at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The table
below presents the balances of assets and liabilities reported at fair value on
a recurring basis.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Assets/
|
|||||||||||||||
Fair
Value Measurements Using
|
Liabilities
at
|
|||||||||||||||
June 30,
2008
|
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Securities
available for sale
|
$ | 6,676 | $ | 777,653 | $ | 5,735 | $ | 790,064 | ||||||||
Derivative
assets (1)
|
– | 532 | – | 532 | ||||||||||||
Total
assets at fair value on a recurring basis
|
$ | 6,676 | $ | 778,185 | $ | 5,735 | $ | 790,596 | ||||||||
Liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Derivative
liabilities (1)
|
$ | – | $ | 196 | $ | 30 | $ | 226 | ||||||||
Total
liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis
|
$ | – | $ | 196 | $ | 30 | $ | 226 |
(1)
|
Derivatives
assets are included in other assets and derivative liabilities are
reported in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets.
|
As of
June 30, 2008, two trust preferred CDO securities were transferred from
Level 2 to Level 3 classification due to the lack of current observable market
activity. These securities were valued using third party pricing
models and discounted cash flow methodologies.
The
changes in Level 3 derivative liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring
basis in the six month period ended June 30, 2008 were
immaterial.
Items
Recorded at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis
Certain
assets are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in accordance with
GAAP. These adjustments to fair value usually result from the
application of lower of cost or market accounting or write-downs of individual
assets. The valuation methodologies used to measure these fair value
adjustments are described above. The following table presents the
carrying value of certain assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
during the six months ended June 30, 2008.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Carrying
Value at June 30, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Collateral
dependent impaired loans
|
$ | – | $ | 1,630 | $ | – | $ | 1,630 | ||||||||
Total
assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
|
$ | – | $ | 1,630 | $ | – | $ | 1,630 |
The total
nonrecurring fair value adjustments included in the Consolidated Statement of
Income for the six months ended June 30, 2008 were immaterial.
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(11)
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Effective
January 1, 2008, the Corporation adopted the measurement date provisions of
SFAS No. 158 “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and
132(R)” (“SFAS No. 158”). As a result, the Corporation
recognized the following adjustments in individual line items of its
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of January 1, 2008:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Prior
to Adoption of Measurement Date Provisions of SFAS
No. 158
|
Effect
of Adopting Measurement Date Provisions of SFAS
No. 158
|
As
of January 1, 2008
|
|||||||||
Net
deferred tax asset
|
$ | 7,705 | $ | 229 | $ | 7,934 | ||||||
Defined
benefit pension liabilities
|
11,801 | 654 | 12,455 | |||||||||
Retained
earnings
|
154,647 | (468 | ) | 154,179 | ||||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(239 | ) | 42 | (197 | ) |
The
adoption of the measurement date provisions of SFAS No. 158 had no effect
on the Corporation’s Consolidated Statements of Income or Cash Flows for the six
months ended June 30, 2008.
The
following table sets forth the plans’ benefit obligations, fair value of plan
assets and funded status as of June 30, 2008 and 2007.
Components
of Net Periodic Benefit Costs:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Qualified
|
Non-Qualified
|
||||||||||||||
Pension
Plan
|
Retirement
Plans
|
|||||||||||||||
Three
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$ | 512 | $ | 502 | $ | 63 | $ | 86 | ||||||||
Interest
cost
|
507 | 462 | 143 | 130 | ||||||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(569 | ) | (496 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||
Amortization
of transition asset
|
– | (2 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Amortization
of prior service cost
|
(9 | ) | (8 | ) | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
Recognized
net actuarial loss
|
4 | 47 | 55 | 55 | ||||||||||||
Net
periodic benefit cost
|
$ | 445 | $ | 505 | $ | 276 | $ | 286 |
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Qualified
|
Non-Qualified
|
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Pension
Plan
|
Retirement
Plans
|
|||||||||||||||
Six
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$ | 1,023 | $ | 1,005 | $ | 125 | $ | 172 | ||||||||
Interest
cost
|
1,014 | 924 | 286 | 260 | ||||||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(1,138 | ) | (992 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||
Amortization
of transition asset
|
– | (3 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Amortization
of prior service cost
|
(17 | ) | (17 | ) | 31 | 31 | ||||||||||
Recognized
net actuarial loss
|
7 | 94 | 109 | 109 | ||||||||||||
Net
periodic benefit cost
|
$ | 889 | $ | 1,011 | $ | 551 | $ | 572 |
Employer
Contributions:
The
Corporation previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2007 that it expected to contribute $2.0 million to its
qualified pension plan and $421 thousand in benefit payments to its
non-qualified retirement plans in 2008. During the six months ended
June 30, 2008, $2.0 million of contributions have been made to the
qualified pension plan and $168 thousand in benefit payments have been made
to the non-qualified retirement
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TRUST BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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plans. The Corporation presently anticipates
contributing an additional $167 thousand in benefit payments to the
non-qualified retirement plans in 2008.
(12)
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement
Washington
Trust has three share-based compensation plans, Bancorp’s 2003 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended (the “2003 Plan”), Bancorp’s 1997 Equity Incentive Plan, as
amended (the “1997 Plan”) and the Amended and Restated 1988 Stock Option Plan
(the “1988 Plan”), collectively the plans.
Amounts
recognized in the consolidated financial statements with respect to these plans
are as follows:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
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Three
months
|
Six
months
|
|||||||||||||||
Periods
ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Share-based
compensation expense
|
$ | 103 | $ | 152 | $ | 186 | $ | 323 | ||||||||
Related
tax benefit
|
$ | 36 | $ | 53 | $ | 65 | $ | 113 |
During
the quarter ended June 30, 2008, the Corporation granted 87,500
non-qualified share options to certain key employees. The share
options awarded were granted with three-year cliff vesting and also provide for
accelerated vesting if there is a change in control, death or retirement (as
defined in the plans).
The fair
value of the share option award granted in the second quarter of 2008 was
estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model
based on assumptions noted in the following table. Washington Trust
uses historical data to estimate share option exercise and employee departure
behavior used in the option-pricing model; groups of employees that have similar
historical behavior are considered separately for valuation
purposes. The expected term of options granted was derived from the
output of the option valuation model and represents the period of time that
options granted are expected to be outstanding. Expected volatility
was based on historical volatility of Washington Trust shares. The
risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the share option was
based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the date of
grant.
2008
|
||||
Expected
term (years)
|
9.0 | |||
Expected
dividend yield
|
2.86 | % | ||
Expected
volatility
|
33.59 | |||
Expected
forfeiture rate
|
– | |||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.59 |
The
weighted average grant-date fair value of the share options awarded during the
second quarter of 2008 was $8.09. There were no share options awarded
during the six months ended June 30, 2007.
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TRUST BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
A summary
of share option activity under the Plans as of June 30, 2008, and changes
during the six months ended June 30, 2008, is presented below:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Number
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
Average
|
||||||||||
Of
|
Average
|
Remaining
|
Aggregate
|
||||||||||
Share
|
Exercise
|
Contractual
|
Intrinsic
|
||||||||||
Options
|
Price
|
Term
(Years)
|
Value
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2008
|
955,485 | $ | 21.21 | ||||||||||
Granted
|
87,500 | 24.12 | |||||||||||
Exercised
|
36,351 | 18.43 | |||||||||||
Forfeited
or expired
|
5,550 | 27.87 | |||||||||||
Outstanding
at June 30, 2008
|
1,001,084 | $ | 21.52 |
4.8
years
|
$ | 851,910 | |||||||
Exercisable
at June 30, 2008
|
913,584 | $ | 21.28 |
4.3
years
|
$ | 851,910 | |||||||
Options
expected to vest as of June 30, 2008
|
87,500 | $ | 24.12 |
10.0
years
|
$ | – |
The total
intrinsic value (which is the amount by which the fair value of the underlying
stock exceeds the exercise price of an option on the exercise date) of share
options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 was
$234 thousand and $671 thousand, respectively.
During
the first six months of 2008, the Corporation granted 33,200 nonvested share
units to directors and certain key employees. The nonvested share
units awarded were granted with three-year cliff vesting and also provide for
accelerated vesting if there is a change in control, death or retirement (as
defined in the plans).
A summary
of the status of Washington Trust’s nonvested shares as of June 30, 2008,
and changes during the six months ended June 30, 2008, is presented
below:
Weighted
|
||||||||
Number
|
Average
|
|||||||
of
|
Grant
Date
|
|||||||
Shares
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||||
Nonvested
at January 1, 2008
|
39,350 | $ | 26.52 | |||||
Granted
|
33,200 | 24.14 | ||||||
Vested
|
(16,200 | ) | 26.10 | |||||
Forfeited
|
– | – | ||||||
Nonvested
at June 30, 2008
|
56,350 | $ | 25.15 |
During
the second quarter of 2008, performance share awards were granted providing
certain executives the opportunity to earn shares of common stock of the
Corporation, the number of which will be determined pursuant to, and subject to
the attainment of, performance goals during a specified measurement
period. The number of shares to be earned ranges from zero to 24,186
shares, subject to the attainment of specified performance goals discussed
below.
The
performance share awards were granted at $24.12, which was the fair market value
at the date of grant with vesting ranging from two to three
years. The number of shares awarded will range from zero to 200% of
the target number of shares (13,093 shares) dependent upon the Corporation’s
core return on equity and core earnings per share growth ranking at the end of
the vesting term. The current assumption based on the most recent
peer group information results in the shares vesting at 140% of the target, or
16,930 shares. The Corporation has recognized compensation expense
based on this assumption and will make the necessary adjustments each time the
percentage of the target shares is adjusted. If the goals are not
met, no compensation cost will be recognized and any recognized compensation
costs will be reversed. The performance share awards provide for
accelerated vesting if there is a change in control, death, disability or
retirement (as defined in the plans).
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TRUST BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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(Continued)
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|
CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
A summary
of the status of Washington Trust’s performance share awards as of June 30,
2008, and changes during the six months ended June 30, 2008, is presented
below:
Weighted
|
||||||||
Number
|
Average
|
|||||||
of
|
Grant
Date
|
|||||||
Shares
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||||
Performance
shares at January 1, 2008
|
– | $ | – | |||||
Granted
|
16,930 | 24.12 | ||||||
Vested
|
– | – | ||||||
Forfeited
|
– | – | ||||||
Performance
shares at June 30, 2008
|
16,930 | $ | 24.12 |
As of
June 30, 2008, there was $2.1 million of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements
(including share options, nonvested share awards and performance share awards)
granted under the plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over
a weighted average period of 2.7 years.
(13)
Business Segments
Washington
Trust segregates financial information in assessing its results among two
operating segments: Commercial Banking and Wealth Management
Services. The amounts in the Corporate column include activity not
related to the segments, such as the investment securities portfolio, wholesale
funding activities and administrative units. The Corporate column is
not considered to be an operating segment. The methodologies and
organizational hierarchies that define the business segments are periodically
reviewed and revised. Results may be restated, when necessary, to
reflect changes in organizational structure or allocation methodology. The
following tables present the statement of operations and total assets for
Washington Trust’s reportable segments.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
Banking
|
Wealth
Management Services
|
Corporate
|
Consolidated
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
$ | 15,488 | $ | 13,239 | $ | (5 | ) | $ | (20 | ) | $ | 724 | $ | 1,708 | $ | 16,207 | $ | 14,927 | ||||||||||||||
Noninterest
income
|
3,944 | 3,874 | 7,650 | 7,493 | 565 | (244 | ) | 12,159 | 11,123 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
income
|
19,432 | 17,113 | 7,645 | 7,473 | 1,289 | 1,464 | 28,366 | 26,050 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
1,400 | 300 | – | – | – | – | 1,400 | 300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and
amortization
expense
|
618 | 607 | 412 | 433 | 45 | 44 | 1,075 | 1,084 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
noninterest expenses
|
10,325 | 9,644 | 4,701 | 4,614 | 1,953 | 2,418 | 16,979 | 16,676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
noninterest expenses
|
12,343 | 10,551 | 5,113 | 5,047 | 1,998 | 2,462 | 19,454 | 18,060 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
7,089 | 6,562 | 2,532 | 2,426 | (709 | ) | (998 | ) | 8,912 | 7,990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax expense (benefit)
|
2,484 | 2,302 | 975 | 937 | (642 | ) | (731 | ) | 2,817 | 2,508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 4,605 | $ | 4,260 | $ | 1,557 | $ | 1,489 | $ | (67 | ) | $ | (267 | ) | $ | 6,095 | $ | 5,482 | ||||||||||||||
Total
assets at period end
|
1,787,560 | 1,570,917 | 42,587 | 37,418 | 902,842 | 785,547 | 2,732,989 | 2,393,882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditures
for
long-lived
assets
|
758 | 2,296 | 106 | 91 | 73 | 18 | 937 | 2,405 |
-24-
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TRUST BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
(Continued)
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CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
Banking
|
Wealth
Management Services
|
Corporate
|
Consolidated
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
$ | 29,974 | $ | 26,614 | $ | (14 | ) | $ | (28 | ) | $ | 1,323 | $ | 3,211 | $ | 31,283 | $ | 29,797 | ||||||||||||||
Noninterest
income
|
7,288 | 6,763 | 14,908 | 14,363 | 1,007 | 1,245 | 23,203 | 22,371 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
income
|
37,262 | 33,377 | 14,894 | 14,335 | 2,330 | 4,456 | 54,486 | 52,168 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
1,850 | 600 | – | – | – | – | 1,850 | 600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and
amortization
expense
|
1,245 | 1,223 | 823 | 869 | 89 | 88 | 2,157 | 2,180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
noninterest expenses
|
19,715 | 18,287 | 9,378 | 8,912 | 3,946 | 5,490 | 33,039 | 32,689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
noninterest expenses
|
22,810 | 20,110 | 10,201 | 9,781 | 4,035 | 5,578 | 37,046 | 35,469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
14,452 | 13,267 | 4,693 | 4,554 | (1,705 | ) | (1,122 | ) | 17,440 | 16,699 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax expense (benefit)
|
5,073 | 4,663 | 1,816 | 1,763 | (1,360 | ) | (1,184 | ) | 5,529 | 5,242 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 9,379 | $ | 8,604 | $ | 2,877 | $ | 2,791 | $ | (345 | ) | $ | 62 | $ | 11,911 | $ | 11,457 | |||||||||||||||
Total
assets at period end
|
1,787,560 | 1,570,917 | 42,587 | 37,418 | 902,842 | 785,547 | 2,732,989 | 2,393,882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditures
for
long-lived
assets
|
1,012 | 3,182 | 147 | 160 | 96 | 108 | 1,255 | 3,450 |
Management
uses certain methodologies to allocate income and expenses to the business
lines. A funds transfer pricing methodology is used to assign
interest income and interest expense to each interest-earning asset and
interest-bearing liability on a matched maturity funding
basis. Certain indirect expenses are allocated to
segments. These include support unit expenses such as technology and
processing operations and other support functions. Taxes are
allocated to each segment based on the effective rate for the period
shown.
Commercial
Banking
The
Commercial Banking segment includes commercial, commercial real estate,
residential and consumer lending activities; mortgage banking, secondary market
and loan servicing activities; deposit generation; merchant credit card
services; cash management activities; and direct banking activities, which
include the operation of ATMs, telephone and internet banking services and
customer support and sales.
Wealth
Management Services
Wealth
Management Services includes asset management services provided for individuals
and institutions; personal trust services, including services as executor,
trustee, administrator, custodian and guardian; corporate trust services,
including services as trustee for pension and profit sharing plans; and other
financial planning and advisory services.
Corporate
Corporate
includes the Treasury Unit, which is responsible for managing the wholesale
investment portfolio and wholesale funding needs. It also includes
income from bank-owned life insurance as well as administrative and executive
expenses not allocated to the business lines and the residual impact of
methodology allocations such as funds transfer pricing offsets.
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TRUST BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
(Continued)
|
|
CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
(14)
Comprehensive Income
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||
Three
Months
|
||||||||
Three
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 6,095 | $ | 5,482 | ||||
Unrealized
holding losses on securities available for sale, net of income tax benefit
of $4,936 in 2008 and $3,112 in 2007
|
(9,169 | ) | (5,779 | ) | ||||
Unrealized
gains on cash flow hedge derivative instruments, net of income tax expense
of $112 in 2008
|
207 | – | ||||||
Less
reclassification adjustments:
|
||||||||
Losses
(gains) on securities, net of income tax benefit of $18 in 2008 and $223
in 2007
|
35 | (477 | ) | |||||
Cash
flow hedge derivative instruments, net of income tax expense of
$1
|
2 | – | ||||||
Net
periodic pension cost, net of income tax expense of $23 in 2008 and $38 in
2007
|
43 | 69 | ||||||
Total
comprehensive (loss) income
|
$ | (2,787 | ) | $ | 249 |
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||
Six
Months
|
||||||||
Six
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 11,911 | $ | 11,457 | ||||
Unrealized
holding losses on securities available for sale, net of income tax benefit
of $3,908 in 2008 and $2,448 in 2007
|
(7,259 | ) | (4,545 | ) | ||||
Unrealized
gains on cash flow hedge derivative instruments, net of income tax expense
of $112 in 2008
|
207 | – | ||||||
Less
reclassification adjustments:
|
||||||||
Losses
(gains) on securities, net of income tax benefit of $34 in 2008 and income
tax expense of $148 in 2007
|
64 | (188 | ) | |||||
Cash
flow hedge derivative instruments, net of income tax expense of
$1
|
2 | – | ||||||
Net
periodic pension cost, net of income tax expense of $46 in 2008 and $75 in
2007
|
85 | 139 | ||||||
Total
comprehensive income
|
$ | 5,010 | $ | 6,863 |
WASHINGTON
TRUST BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
(Continued)
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CONDENSED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
(15) Earnings Per Share
Basic
earnings per share (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted
average common stock outstanding, excluding options and other equity
instruments. The dilutive effect of options, nonvested share units,
nonvested share awards and other items is calculated using the treasury stock
method for purposes of weighted average dilutive shares. Diluted EPS
is computed by dividing net income by the average number of common stock and
common stock equivalents outstanding.
(Dollars
and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||||||||||
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||||||
Periods
ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 6,095 | $ | 5,482 | $ | 11,911 | $ | 11,457 | ||||||||
Weighted
average basic shares
|
13,381.1 | 13,339.6 | 13,369.6 | 13,375.7 | ||||||||||||
Dilutive
effect of:
|
||||||||||||||||
Options
|
140.8 | 200.4 | 145.0 | 221.8 | ||||||||||||
Other
|
45.1 | 76.4 | 36.3 | 70.1 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average diluted shares
|
13,567.0 | 13,616.4 | 13,550.9 | 13,667.6 | ||||||||||||
Earnings
per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | 0.45 | $ | 0.41 | $ | 0.89 | $ | 0.86 | ||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | 0.45 | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.88 | $ | 0.84 |
(16)
Litigation
The
Corporation is involved in various claims and legal proceedings arising out of
the ordinary course of business. Management is of the opinion, based
on its review with counsel of the development of such matters to date, that the
ultimate disposition of such matters will not materially affect the consolidated
financial position or results of operations of the Corporation.
With
respect to the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Washington Trust
Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries at June 30, 2008 and for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, KPMG LLP has made a review (based on
the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States))
and not an audit, set forth in their separate report dated August 8, 2008
appearing below. That report does not express an opinion on the
interim unaudited consolidated financial information. KPMG LLP has
not carried out any significant or additional audit tests beyond those which
would have been necessary if their report had not been
included. Accordingly, such report is not a “report” or “part of the
Registration Statement” within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the liability provisions of
Section 11 of the Securities Act do not apply.
The Board
of Directors and Shareholders
Washington
Trust Bancorp, Inc.:
We have
reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Washington Trust
Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Corporation”) as of June 30, 2008, and
the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the three and
six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation’s
management.
We
conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim
financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and
making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting
matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion
regarding the consolidated financial statements taken as a
whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based on
our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made
to the consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We have
previously audited, in accordance with standards established by the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance
sheet of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31,
2007, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented
herein); and in our report dated February 25, 2008, we expressed an
unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In
our opinion, the information set forth in the consolidated balance sheet as of
December 31, 2007, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation
to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
KPMG LLP
Providence,
Rhode Island
August 8,
2008
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
report contains statements that are “forward-looking statements.” We
may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in other documents we
file with the SEC, in our annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and
other written materials, and in oral statements made by our officers, directors
or employees. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use
of the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “assume,”
“outlook,” “will,” “should,” and other expressions that predict or indicate
future events and trends and which do not relate to historical
matters. You should not rely on forward-looking statements, because
they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of
which are beyond the control of the Corporation. These risks,
uncertainties and other factors may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the Corporation to be materially different from the anticipated
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements.
Some of
the factors that might cause these differences include the following: changes in
general national or regional economic conditions or conditions affecting the
banking or financial services industries or financial capital markets,
reductions in net interest income resulting from interest rate volatility as
well as changes in the balance and mix of loans and deposits, reductions in the
market value of wealth management assets under administration, reductions in
loan demand, changes in loan collectibility, default and charge-off rates,
changes in the value of investment securities, changes in the size and nature of
the Corporation’s competition, changes in legislation or regulation and
accounting principles, policies and guidelines and changes in the assumptions
used in making such forward-looking statements. In addition, the
factors described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the
SEC, may result in these differences. You should carefully review all
of these factors, and you should be aware that there may be other factors that
could cause these differences. These forward-looking statements were
based on information, plans and estimates at the date of this report, and we
assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes
in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, future events or other
changes.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Accounting
policies involving significant judgments and assumptions by management that
have, or could have, a material impact on the carrying value of certain assets
and impact income are considered critical accounting policies. As
disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007, we have identified the allowance for loan losses,
accounting for acquisitions and review of goodwill and intangible assets for
impairment, and other-than-temporary impairment of investment securities as
critical accounting policies. There have been no significant changes
in the methods or assumptions used in the accounting policies that require
material estimates and assumptions.
Overview
Net
income for the second quarter of 2008 amounted to $6.1 million, or
45 cents per diluted share; a 12.5% increase over the 40 cents per
diluted share reported for the second quarter a year ago. The returns
on average equity and average assets for the second quarter of 2008 were 12.88%
and 0.92%, respectively, compared to 12.57% and 0.92%, respectively, for the
same period in 2007.
Net
income for the six months ended June 30, 2008 amounted to
$11.9 million, or 88 cents per diluted share, compared to the
$11.5 million, or 84 cents per diluted share, for the same period in
2007. Results for the first half of 2007 included $1.1 million in
debt prepayment charges, recorded in noninterest expense in the first quarter of
2007 as a result of prepayments of higher cost FHLB advances. There
have been no debt prepayment penalty charges recognized in 2008. The
returns on average equity and average assets for the first six months of 2008
were 12.55% and 0.91%, respectively, compared to 13.12% and 0.96%, respectively,
for the same period in 2007.
Net
interest income for the second quarter of 2008 increased by 7.5% from the second
quarter last year primarily due to higher earning-asset levels and lower deposit
costs. On a year to date basis, net interest income is up 5% from
2007, due primarily to growth in interest-earning assets.
The loan
loss provision charged to earnings amounted to $1.4 million and
$1.85 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008,
respectively, compared to $300 thousand and $600 thousand for the same
periods in 2007. The higher loan loss provision was due largely to
growth in the loan portfolio as well as an ongoing evaluation of credit quality
and general economic conditions.
Our
primary source of noninterest income is revenue from wealth management
services. For the second quarter of 2008 wealth management revenues
were up by 2% from the same quarter a year ago. On a year to date
basis, wealth management revenues increased by 4% from 2007. At
June 30, 2008, wealth management assets under administration totaled
$3.9 billion, down by 2% in the first six months of 2008 and up by 1% from
the June 30, 2007 balance. The decline in assets under
administration in the first half of 2008 was primarily due to lower valuations
in the equity markets.
For the
three and six months ended June 30, 2008, net losses on securities amounted
to $53 thousand and $98 thousand, respectively, as compared to net
losses of $700 thousand and net gains of $336 thousand for the same
periods in 2007. Included in the net losses for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2008 were impairment charges of $1.1 million and
$2.0 million, respectively, recognized on preferred stock holdings deemed
to be other-than-temporarily impaired.
Noninterest
expenses for the second quarter and first half of 2008 were up 2% and 1%,
respectively, from the same periods in 2007.
Results
of Operations
Net
Interest Income
Net
interest income is the difference between interest earned on loans and
securities and interest paid on deposits and other borrowings, and continues to
be the primary source of Washington Trust’s operating income. Net
interest income is affected by the level of interest rates, changes in interest
rates and changes in the amount and composition of interest-earnings assets and
interest-bearing liabilities. Included in interest income are loan
prepayment fees and certain other fees, such as late charges.
Net
interest income for the second quarter and first six months of 2008 increased
$1.3 million and $1.5 million, respectively, from the same periods a
year earlier. Included in net interest income in first quarter of
2007 was an interest recovery of $322 thousand received on a previously
charged-off loan.
The
following discussion presents net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent
(“FTE”) basis by adjusting income and yields on tax–exempt loans and securities
to be comparable to taxable loans and securities. For more
information see the section entitled “Average Balances / Net Interest Margin -
Fully Taxable Equivalent (FTE) Basis” below.
FTE net
interest income for the second quarter and first half of 2008 increased 8% and
5%, respectively, from the same periods in 2007. The net interest
margin (FTE net interest income as a percentage of average interest–earnings
assets) for the second quarter of 2008 was 2.71%, down 5 basis points from
the same quarter a year earlier. This decline was largely due to the
lagging impact of lower interest rates on deposits compared to variable rate
loans. The net interest margin for the first six months of 2008 was
2.65%, down 14 basis points for the same period in
2007. Excluding the 3 basis points attributable to the 2007
interest recovery, the net interest margin for the first half of 2008 declined
11 basis points from the same period a year earlier. This decline
reflects decreases in yields on prime-related commercial and consumer loans
resulting from actions taken by the Federal Reserve to reduce short-term
interest rates, with less commensurate reduction in deposit rates paid during
the same period.
Average
interest-earning assets for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008
increased $240.9 million and $224.7 million, respectively, from the
same periods a year earlier. This increase was largely due to growth
in the loan portfolio. Total average loans for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2008 increased $157.3 million and
$148.9 million, respectively, from the same periods in 2007, primarily due
to growth in the commercial loan category. The yield on total loans
for the second quarter and first half of 2008 decreased 61 basis points and
49 basis points, respectively, from the comparable 2007 periods, reflecting
declines in short-term interest rates. Total average securities for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 increased $83.5 million
and $75.8 million, respectively, from the same periods last year due
largely to purchases of mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government and
government-sponsored agencies during a period of substantial spread widening for
these and many other classes of investment securities. The FTE rate
of return on securities for the second quarter and first and six months of 2008
decreased 45 basis points and 31 basis points, respectively, from the
comparable 2007 periods. The decrease in the total yield on
securities was largely attributable to declines in dividends on variable rate
security holdings, including FHLB stock.
For the
three and six months ended June 30, 2008, average interest-bearing
liabilities increased $237.0 million and $216.6 million, respectively,
from the amounts reported for the same periods in 2007. The
Corporation experienced increases in FHLB advances and money market accounts and
declines in NOW accounts, savings and time deposits. The average
balance of FHLB advances for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008
increased $284.4 million and $244.5 million, respectively, while the
average rate paid on FHLB advances decreased 20 basis points and
8 basis points, respectively, from the same periods a year
earlier. The average balance of money market accounts for the second
quarter and first six months of 2008 increased $21.8 million and
$27.9 million, respectively, while the average rate paid on money market
accounts decreased 213 basis points and 143 basis points,
respectively, from the same periods in 2007. The decline in time
deposits reflected decreases in average brokered certificates of deposit, which
are utilized by the Corporation as part of its overall funding program along
with FHLB advances and other sources. Average brokered certificates
of deposit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 decreased
$39.5 million and $39.9 million, respectively, from the comparable
periods in 2007. The average rate paid on brokered certificates of
deposit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 increased
6 basis points and 8 basis points, respectively, from the comparable
periods in 2007. See Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements for additional discussion on junior subordinated debentures issued in
the second quarter of 2008.
Average
Balances / Net Interest Margin - Fully Taxable Equivalent (FTE)
Basis
The
following tables present average balance and interest rate
information. Tax-exempt income is converted to a fully taxable
equivalent (“FTE”) basis using the statutory federal income tax
rate. For dividends on corporate stocks, the 70% federal dividends
received deduction is also used in the calculation of tax
equivalency. Unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale
securities are excluded from the average balance and yield
calculations. Nonaccrual and renegotiated loans, as well as interest
earned on these loans (to the extent recognized in the Consolidated Statements
of Income) are included in amounts presented for loans.
Three
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
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Average
|
Yield/
|
Average
|
Yield/
|
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(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Balance
|
Interest
|
Rate
|
Balance
|
Interest
|
Rate
|
||||||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential
real estate loans
|
$ | 598,274 | $ | 8,257 | 5.55 | % | $ | 590,226 | $ | 7,812 | 5.31 | % | ||||||||||||
Commercial
and other loans
|
749,468 | 12,135 | 6.51 | % | 615,606 | 11,730 | 7.64 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Consumer
loans
|
297,802 | 4,059 | 5.48 | % | 282,408 | 4,911 | 6.98 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total
loans
|
1,645,544 | 24,451 | 5.98 | % | 1,488,240 | 24,453 | 6.59 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Short-term
investments, federal funds
|
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sold
and other
|
12,214 | 50 | 1.64 | % | 16,951 | 184 | 4.36 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Taxable
debt securities
|
687,461 | 8,302 | 4.86 | % | 608,223 | 7,839 | 5.17 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Nontaxable
debt securities
|
81,649 | 1,152 | 5.67 | % | 78,964 | 1,112 | 5.65 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Corporate
stocks and FHLB stock
|
49,169 | 546 | 4.46 | % | 42,806 | 763 | 7.15 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total
securities
|
830,493 | 10,050 | 4.87 | % | 746,944 | 9,898 | 5.32 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total
interest-earning assets
|
2,476,037 | 34,501 | 5.60 | % | 2,235,184 | 34,351 | 6.16 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Non
interest-earning assets
|
165,806 | 158,903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 2,641,843 | $ | 2,394,087 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities
and Shareholders’ Equity:
|
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NOW
accounts
|
$ | 167,755 | $ | 81 | 0.19 | % | $ | 168,742 | $ | 64 | 0.15 | % | ||||||||||||
Money
market accounts
|
315,075 | 1,399 | 1.79 | % | 293,245 | 2,869 | 3.92 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Savings
accounts
|
174,897 | 218 | 0.50 | % | 196,647 | 661 | 1.35 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Time
deposits
|
782,825 | 7,550 | 3.88 | % | 837,223 | 9,621 | 4.61 | % | ||||||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
755,455 | 7,794 | 4.15 | % | 471,026 | 5,112 | 4.35 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Junior
subordinated debentures
|
32,311 | 509 | 6.34 | % | 22,681 | 338 | 5.98 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Other
|
24,016 | 275 | 4.60 | % | 25,764 | 289 | 4.51 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total
interest-bearing liabilities
|
2,252,334 | 17,826 | 3.18 | % | 2,015,328 | 18,954 | 3.77 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Demand
deposits
|
171,613 | 173,473 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
28,607 | 30,852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
189,289 | 174,434 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
$ | 2,641,843 | $ | 2,394,087 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income (FTE)
|
$ | 16,675 | $ | 15,397 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
rate spread
|
2.42 | % | 2.39 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest margin
|
2.71 | % | 2.76 | % |
Interest
income amounts presented in the preceding table include the following
adjustments for taxable equivalency:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
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Three
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Commercial
and other loans
|
$ | 45 | $ | 39 | ||||
Nontaxable
debt securities
|
366 | 353 | ||||||
Corporate
stocks
|
57 | 78 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 468 | $ | 470 |
Six
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Yield/
|
Average
|
Yield/
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Balance
|
Interest
|
Rate
|
Balance
|
Interest
|
Rate
|
||||||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential
real estate loans
|
$ | 599,919 | $ | 16,554 | 5.55 | % | $ | 591,138 | $ | 15,585 | 5.32 | % | ||||||||||||
Commercial
and other loans
|
728,270 | 24,356 | 6.73 | % | 601,425 | 23,102 | 7.75 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Consumer
loans
|
295,301 | 8,556 | 5.83 | % | 281,992 | 9,736 | 6.96 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total
loans
|
1,623,490 | 49,466 | 6.13 | % | 1,474,555 | 48,423 | 6.62 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Short-term
investments, federal funds
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
sold
and other
|
16,600 | 190 | 2.30 | % | 15,231 | 375 | 4.97 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Taxable
debt securities
|
678,081 | 16,718 | 4.96 | % | 615,562 | 15,631 | 5.12 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Nontaxable
debt securities
|
81,337 | 2,295 | 5.67 | % | 74,332 | 2,090 | 5.67 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Corporate
stocks and FHLB stock
|
48,014 | 1,232 | 5.16 | % | 43,136 | 1,563 | 7.30 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total
securities
|
824,032 | 20,435 | 4.99 | % | 748,261 | 19,659 | 5.30 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total
interest-earning assets
|
2,447,522 | 69,901 | 5.74 | % | 2,222,816 | 68,082 | 6.18 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Non
interest-earning assets
|
167,258 | 164,934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 2,614,780 | $ | 2,387,750 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities
and Shareholders’ Equity:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOW
accounts
|
$ | 165,132 | $ | 159 | 0.19 | % | $ | 169,206 | $ | 132 | 0.16 | % | ||||||||||||
Money
market accounts
|
321,476 | 3,951 | 2.47 | % | 293,613 | 5,680 | 3.90 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Savings
accounts
|
174,815 | 650 | 0.75 | % | 201,086 | 1,371 | 1.38 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Time
deposits
|
797,296 | 16,387 | 4.13 | % | 834,870 | 19,009 | 4.59 | % | ||||||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
713,786 | 15,093 | 4.25 | % | 469,246 | 10,080 | 4.33 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Junior
subordinated debentures
|
27,496 | 847 | 6.20 | % | 22,681 | 676 | 6.01 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Other
|
26,631 | 589 | 4.45 | % | 19,316 | 439 | 4.58 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total
interest-bearing liabilities
|
2,226,632 | 37,676 | 3.40 | % | 2,010,018 | 37,387 | 3.75 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Demand
deposits
|
168,773 | 172,232 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
29,571 | 30,786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
189,804 | 174,714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
$ | 2,614,780 | $ | 2,387,750 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income (FTE)
|
$ | 32,225 | $ | 30,695 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
rate spread
|
2.34 | % | 2.43 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest margin
|
2.65 | % | 2.79 | % |
Interest
income amounts presented in the preceding table include the following
adjustments for taxable equivalency:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||
Six
months ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Commercial
and other loans
|
$ | 90 | $ | 75 | ||||
Nontaxable
debt securities
|
729 | 663 | ||||||
Corporate
stocks
|
123 | 160 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 942 | $ | 898 |
The
following table presents certain information on a FTE basis regarding changes in
our interest income and interest expense for the periods
indicated. The net change attributable to both volume and rate has
been allocated proportionately.
Three
months ended
|
Six
months ended
|
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June 30,
2008 vs. 2007
|
June 30,
2008 vs. 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) due to
|
Increase
(decrease) due to
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Volume
|
Rate
|
Net
Chg
|
Volume
|
Rate
|
Net
Chg
|
||||||||||||||||||
Interest
on interest-earning assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential
real estate loans
|
$ | 109 | $ | 336 | $ | 445 | $ | 236 | $ | 733 | $ | 969 | ||||||||||||
Commercial
and other loans
|
2,324 | (1,919 | ) | 405 | 4,482 | (3,228 | ) | 1,254 | ||||||||||||||||
Consumer
loans
|
257 | (1,109 | ) | (852 | ) | 441 | (1,621 | ) | (1,180 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Short-term
investments, federal funds sold and other
|
(41 | ) | (93 | ) | (134 | ) | 31 | (216 | ) | (185 | ) | |||||||||||||
Taxable
debt securities
|
976 | (513 | ) | 463 | 1,546 | (460 | ) | 1,086 | ||||||||||||||||
Nontaxable
debt securities
|
38 | 2 | 40 | 199 | 6 | 205 | ||||||||||||||||||
Corporate
stocks and FHLB stock
|
100 | (317 | ) | (217 | ) | 161 | (491 | ) | (330 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total
interest income
|
3,763 | (3,613 | ) | 150 | 7,096 | (5,277 | ) | 1,819 | ||||||||||||||||
Interest
on interest-bearing liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOW
accounts
|
– | 17 | 17 | (3 | ) | 30 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
Money
market accounts
|
199 | (1,669 | ) | (1,470 | ) | 499 | (2,228 | ) | (1,729 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Savings
accounts
|
(68 | ) | (375 | ) | (443 | ) | (162 | ) | (559 | ) | (721 | ) | ||||||||||||
Time
deposits
|
(596 | ) | (1,475 | ) | (2,071 | ) | (827 | ) | (1,795 | ) | (2,622 | ) | ||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
2,943 | (261 | ) | 2,682 | 5,175 | (162 | ) | 5,013 | ||||||||||||||||
Junior
subordinated debentures
|
151 | 20 | 171 | 147 | 24 | 171 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
(20 | ) | 6 | (14 | ) | 162 | (12 | ) | 150 | |||||||||||||||
Total
interest expense
|
2,609 | (3,737 | ) | (1,128 | ) | 4,991 | (4,702 | ) | 289 | |||||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
$ | 1,154 | $ | 124 | $ | 1,278 | $ | 2,105 | $ | (575 | ) | $ | 1,530 |
Provision
and Allowance for Loan Losses
The
Corporation’s loan loss provision charged to earnings amounted to
$1.4 million and $1.85 million for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2008, respectively, compared to $300 thousand and
$600 thousand for the same periods in 2007. The provision for
loan losses was based on management’s assessment of various factors affecting
the loan portfolio, including, among others, growth in the portfolio, ongoing
evaluation of credit quality and general economic conditions. Net
charge-offs amounted to $161 thousand and $164 thousand for the
quarter and first half of 2008, respectively, as compared to net charge-offs of
$333 thousand and $167 thousand for the same periods in
2007. The Corporation will continue to assess the adequacy of its
allowance for loan losses in accordance with its established
policies. The allowance for loan losses was $22.0 million, or
1.29% of total loans, at June 30, 2008, compared to $20.3 million, or
1.29% of total loans, at December 31, 2007, and $19.3 million, or
1.30% of total loans, at June 30, 2007.
Noninterest
Income
Noninterest
income is an important source of revenue for Washington Trust. Total
noninterest income amounted to $12.2 million and $23.2 million for the
second quarter and first six months of 2008, respectively, up $1.0 million
and $832 thousand from the same periods in 2007. Excluding net
gains and losses on securities, noninterest income for the second quarter and
first half of 2008 was up by $389 thousand and $1.3 million,
respectively from the same periods a year earlier.
The
following table presents a noninterest income comparison for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$
|
%
|
$
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Periods
ended June 30
|
2008
|
2007
|
Chg
|
Chg
|
2008
|
2007
|
Chg
|
Chg
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest
income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wealth
management services:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trust
and investment advisory fees
|
$ | 5,321 | $ | 5,252 | $ | 69 | 1 | % | $ | 10,663 | $ | 10,290 | $ | 373 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Mutual
fund fees
|
1,445 | 1,352 | 93 | 7 | % | 2,786 | 2,614 | 172 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial
planning, commissions and other service fees
|
884 | 889 | (5 | ) | (1 | %) | 1,459 | 1,459 | – | – | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wealth
management services
|
7,650 | 7,493 | 157 | 2 | % | 14,908 | 14,363 | 545 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Service
charges on deposit accounts
|
1,208 | 1,220 | (12 | ) | (1 | %) | 2,368 | 2,345 | 23 | 1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Merchant
processing fees
|
1,914 | 1,829 | 85 | 5 | % | 3,186 | 3,033 | 153 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
from bank-owned life insurance
|
453 | 399 | 54 | 14 | % | 900 | 790 | 110 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
gains on loan sales and commissions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
on
loans originated for others
|
433 | 510 | (77 | ) | (15 | %) | 924 | 774 | 150 | 19 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other
income
|
554 | 372 | 182 | 49 | % | 1,015 | 730 | 285 | 39 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal
|
12,212 | 11,823 | 389 | 3 | % | 23,301 | 22,035 | 1,266 | 6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
(losses) gains on securities
|
(53 | ) | (700 | ) | 647 | 92 | % | (98 | ) | 336 | (434 | ) | (129 | %) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
noninterest income
|
$ | 12,159 | $ | 11,123 | $ | 1,036 | 9 | % | $ | 23,203 | $ | 22,371 | $ | 832 | 4 | % |
Wealth
management revenues for the second quarter of 2008 were up $157 thousand,
or 2%, from the second quarter of 2007. Wealth management revenues
for the six months ended June 30, 2008 increased by $545 thousand, or
4%, from the same period in 2007. Revenue from wealth management
services is largely dependent on the value of assets under administration and is
closely tied to the performance of the financial markets. Wealth
management assets under administration totaled $3.924 billion at
June 30, 2008, down $90.8 million, or 2%, from December 31, 2007
and up $55.9 million, or 1%, from June 30, 2007. The
decline in assets under administration in the first six months of 2008 was
primarily due to lower valuations in the equity markets.
The
following table presents the changes in wealth management assets under
administration for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2008 and
2007:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
|||||||||||||||
Periods
ended June 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Balance
at the beginning of period
|
$ | 3,878,746 | $ | 3,715,987 | $ | 4,014,352 | $ | 3,609,180 | ||||||||
Net
market appreciation (depreciation) and income
|
10,420 | 113,656 | (191,495 | ) | 161,725 | |||||||||||
Net
customer cash flows
|
34,429 | 38,031 | 100,738 | 96,769 | ||||||||||||
Balance
at the end of period
|
$ | 3,923,595 | $ | 3,867,674 | $ | 3,923,595 | $ | 3,867,674 |
We
originate residential mortgage loans for sale in the secondary market and also
originate loans for various investors in a broker capacity, including
conventional mortgages and reverse mortgages. In addition, from time
to time we sell the guaranteed portion of Small Business Administration (“SBA”)
loans to investors. Net gains on loan sales and commissions on loans
originated for others totaled $433 thousand for the second quarter 2008,
down by 15% from the same quarter in 2007, primarily due to lower gains on sales
of SBA loans. For the first half of 2008, net gains on loan sales and
commissions on loans originated for others amounted to $924 thousand, up by
19% from the same period in 2007, mainly due to higher gains on sales of
residential mortgage loans. In the first quarter of 2008 gains of
$80 thousand were recognized from the sale of $17.9 million in
residential portfolio loans. We do not have a practice of selling
loans from portfolio and we have not sold any packages of loans from our
portfolio in many years. These portfolio loans were sold for interest
rate risk and balance sheet management purposes.
Other
income consists of mortgage servicing fees, changes in fair value of certain
interest rate swap contracts, non-customers ATM fees, safe deposit rents, wire
transfer fees, fees on letters of credit and other fees. Other income
during the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 increased 49% and 39%,
respectively, from the same periods a year earlier. The year to date
increase in other income was largely due to certain interest rate swap contracts
Washington
Trust executed to help commercial loan borrowers manage their interest rate
risk. See additional discussion in Note 9 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements.
For the
quarters ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 net losses on securities amounted to
$53 thousand and $700 thousand, respectively. Included in
the second quarter 2008 net losses of $53 thousand were impairment charges
of $1.1 million recognized on three preferred stock holdings and realized
gains of $1.1 million on sales of equity securities. Net losses
on securities for the second quarter of 2007 included approximately
$1.3 million of net losses on sales of certain U.S. Government sponsored
agency and mortgage-backed securities, $195 thousand of gains from certain
debt and equity securities that were called prior to their maturity by the
issuers, and $397 thousand of gains resulting from the Corporation’s annual
contribution of appreciated equity securities to the Corporation’s charitable
foundation. For the six months ended June 30, 2008, net losses
on securities amounted to $98 thousand, compared to net gains of
$336 thousand for the same period in 2007. On a year to date
basis in 2008, Washington Trust has recognized $2.0 million in impairment
charges on four preferred stock holdings and realized gains of on sales of
securities of $1.9 million.
Noninterest
Expense
Noninterest
expenses amounted to $18.1 million for the second quarter of 2008, up
$294 thousand from the same quarter a year ago. Included in
noninterest expenses in the second quarter of 2007 was $520 thousand
representing the cost of the Corporation’s contribution of appreciated equity
securities to its charitable foundation. Washington Trust expects to
make its annual contribution to the foundation later this year. For
the six months ended June 30, 2008, noninterest expenses totaled
$35.2 million, up $327 thousand, or 1%, from the same period in
2007. Excluding first quarter 2007 debt prepayment penalties and the
second quarter 2007 charitable contribution, noninterest expenses for the first
six months of 2008 increased $1.9 million, or 6%, from the same period in
2007. Approximately 40% of the 2008 increase, on this basis,
represents costs attributable to our wealth management business, an increase in
FDIC deposit insurance costs and operating expenses related to a de novo branch
opened in June 2007.
The
following table presents a noninterest expense comparison for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$
|
%
|
$
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Periods
ended June 30
|
2008
|
2007
|
Chg
|
Chg
|
2008
|
2007
|
Chg
|
Chg
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noninterest
expense:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
$ | 10,411 | $ | 10,285 | $ | 126 | 1 | % | $ | 20,754 | $ | 20,097 | $ | 657 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Net
occupancy
|
1,064 | 1,038 | 26 | 3 | % | 2,202 | 2,055 | 147 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Equipment
|
977 | 861 | 116 | 13 | % | 1,921 | 1,693 | 228 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Merchant
processing costs
|
1,598 | 1,558 | 40 | 3 | % | 2,666 | 2,577 | 89 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Outsourced
services
|
742 | 535 | 207 | 39 | % | 1,378 | 1,054 | 324 | 31 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Advertising
and promotion
|
467 | 572 | (105 | ) | (18 | %) | 853 | 1,001 | (148 | ) | (15 | %) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Legal,
audit and professional fees
|
430 | 404 | 26 | 6 | % | 973 | 854 | 119 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of intangibles
|
326 | 348 | (22 | ) | (6 | %) | 652 | 716 | (64 | ) | (9 | %) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Debt
prepayment penalties
|
– | – | – | – | – | 1,067 | (1,067 | ) | (100 | %) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
2,039 | 2,159 | (120 | ) | (6 | %) | 3,797 | 3,755 | 42 | 1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
noninterest expense
|
$ | 18,054 | $ | 17,760 | $ | 294 | 2 | % | $ | 35,196 | $ | 34,869 | $ | 327 | 1 | % |
Salaries
and employee benefit expense, the largest component of noninterest expense,
totaled $10.4 million and $20.8 million, respectively, for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2008, up $126 thousand and
$657 thousand, respectively, from the same periods a year
ago. Approximately 49% of the year to date increase in 2008
represented costs attributable to our wealth management business and to a de
novo branch opened in June 2007.
For the
three and six months ended June 30, 2008, equipment expense increased 13%
compared to the same periods a year earlier. The increase reflected
additional investments in technology and other equipment.
Outsourced
services for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 increased 39% and
31%, respectively, from the comparable period in 2007 due largely to higher
third party vendor costs. Approximately 54% of the year to date
increase was attributable to higher outsourced services expenses for our wealth
management business.
Advertising
and promotion expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008
decreased by 18% and 15%, respectively, from the same periods in 2007 due to
timing of promotions.
Legal,
audit and professional fees for the six months ended June 30, 2008
increased $119 thousand or 14% from the same period last year including
costs associated with the issuance of the junior subordinated debentures (see
Note 7) and other matters.
Debt
prepayment penalties expense, resulting from the first quarter 2007 prepayment
of $26.5 million in higher cost FHLB advances, amounted to
$1.1 million. There have been no repayment penalty charges
recognized in 2008.
Included
in other noninterest expenses in the second quarter of 2007 was
$520 thousand representing the cost of the Corporation’s contribution of
appreciated equity securities to its charitable
foundation. Washington Trust expects to make its annual contribution
to the foundation later this year. The increase in other noninterest
expenses, excluding the second quarter 2007 charitable contribution, was largely
due to an increase in FDIC deposit insurance costs.
Income
Taxes
Income
tax expense amounted to $2.8 million and $5.5 million, respectively,
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to
$2.5 million and $5.2 million, respectively, for the same periods in
2007. The Corporation’s effective tax rate for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2008 was 31.6% and 31.7%, respectively, as compared
to 31.4% for each of the same periods last year. These rates differed
from the federal rate of 35% due to the benefits of tax-exempt income, the
dividends received deduction and income from bank owned life
insurance.
On
July 3, 2008, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a law that included
reducing the tax rate on net income applicable to financial
institutions. A portion of the Corporation’s taxable income is
subject to Massachusetts income tax. The rate will be reduced from
the current rate of 10.5% to 10.0% for 2010, 9.5% for 2011 and 9.0% for 2012 and
thereafter. Washington Trust continues to analyze the impact of this
law and, as a result of revaluing its net deferred tax liability applicable to
Massachusetts, estimates the impact to be a reduction of tax expense of
approximately $115 thousand. This benefit is expected to be
recognized in the third quarter of 2008.
Financial
Condition
Summary
Total
assets amounted to $2.7 billion at June 30, 2008, up
$193.0 million from December 31, 2007, with total loans increasing by
$132.0 million and the investment securities portfolio increasing by
$38.3 million. Total liabilities were up $193.1 million
during the six months ended June 30, 2008, with FHLB advances increasing by
$228.9 million and total deposits decreasing by
$36.7 million. Shareholders’ equity totaled $186.4 million
at June 30, 2008, compared to $186.5 million at December 31,
2007. See additional discussion under the caption “Liquidity and
Capital Resources” and Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements
regarding the adoption of the measurement date provisions of SFAS No. 158
and the resulting impact on shareholders’ equity.
Effective
January 1, 2008, the Corporation adopted SFAS No. 157 and, as a
result, has classified certain financial assets and liabilities as Level 1, 2 or
3 within the fair value hierarchy set forth in SFAS
No. 157. Fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted
prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. Fair
values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize quoted prices for similar assets or
liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or
liabilities in inactive markets, and model-derived valuations in which all
significant input assumptions are observable in active markets. Fair
values determined by Level 3 inputs utilize valuation techniques in which one or
more significant input assumptions are unobservable in the markets and which
reflect the Corporation’s market assumptions.
As noted
in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, a majority of our fair
value measurements utilize Level 2 inputs. Our Level 2 financial
instruments consist primarily of available for sale debt
securities. These debt securities were initially valued at their
transaction price and subsequently valued based on matrix pricing with market
data inputs such as reportable trades, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes,
bids, offers, issuers spreads, credit ratings and other industry and economic
events. Such inputs are observable in the market or can be derived
principally from or corroborated by observable market data. When
necessary, we validate our valuation techniques by reviewing the underlying
basis for the models used by pricing sources and obtaining market values from
other pricing sources. As of June 30, 2008, our Level 3
financial instruments consist primarily of two available for sale trust
preferred CDO securities, which were not actively traded. To
determine their fair values, Washington Trust utilized third party pricing
models and discounted cash flow methodologies. Their fair values were
reviewed against similar securities that were
more
actively traded in order to assess the reasonableness of the fair
values. Our fair values assumed liquidation in an orderly market and
not under distressed circumstances. If Washington Trust was required
to sell these securities in an unorderly fashion, actual proceeds received could
potentially be significantly less than their fair values.
Securities
Washington
Trust’s securities portfolio is managed to generate interest income, to
implement interest rate risk management strategies, and to provide a readily
available source of liquidity for balance sheet management. At
June 30, 2008 the investment securities portfolio totaled
$790.1 million, up $38.3 million from December 31,
2007. This increase includes an increase of $60.9 million in
mortgage-backed securities during the second quarter of 2008. At
June 30, 2008, the fair value of mortgage-backed securities amounted to
$586.1 million. All of the Corporation’s mortgage-backed
securities are issued by U.S. Government or U.S. Government-sponsored
agencies.
The net
unrealized losses on securities available for sale amounted to $9.9 million
at June 30, 2008 compared to net unrealized gains on securities available
for sale of $1.2 million at December 31, 2007. Included in
these net amounts were gross unrealized losses amounting to $15.2 million
and $8.2 million at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively. The increase in net unrealized losses in the first half
of 2008 was primarily due to spread widening on many types of investment
securities as a result of investor concerns about liquidity and credit weakness
in the financial markets.
Approximately
53% of the net unrealized losses on debt securities at June 30, 2008 was
concentrated in variable rate trust preferred securities issued by financial
services companies. The following is supplemental information on the
trust preferred securities as well as other information concerning the
securities portfolio:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Credit
|
Amortized
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
|||||||||||||||||
June 30,
2008
|
Rating
|
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||||
Trust
preferred securities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized
debt obligations
|
A
|
$ | 7,479 | $ | – | $ | (1,744 | ) | $ | 5,735 | ||||||||||
Individual
name issuers (1):
|
AA
|
15,411 | – | (3,128 | ) | 12,283 | ||||||||||||||
A | 13,188 | – | (2,441 | ) | 10,747 | |||||||||||||||
BBB
|
1,907 | – | (314 | ) | 1,593 | |||||||||||||||
Total
trust preferred securities
|
$ | 37,985 | $ | – | $ | (7,627 | ) | $ | 30,358 | |||||||||||
Corporate
bonds
|
BBB
|
$ | 1,746 | $ | – | $ | (13 | ) | $ | 1,733 |
(1)
|
We
own various series of trust preferred securities issued by seven corporate
financial institutions. The following amounts represent the
percentages greater than 10% of the total estimated fair value of trust
preferred securities holdings for individual name issuers, including,
where applicable, the impact of mergers and acquisitions of issuers
subsequent to original purchase: 25%, 15%, 13% and
11%.
|
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Amortized
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
||||||||||||||
June 30,
2008
|
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Value
|
||||||||||||
Common
and preferred stocks
|
||||||||||||||||
Common
stock
|
$ | 1,458 | $ | 337 | $ | (270 | ) | $ | 1,525 | |||||||
Perpetual
preferred stock:
|
||||||||||||||||
FNMA
preferred stock
|
713 | – | (11 | ) | 702 | |||||||||||
FHLMC
preferred stock
|
358 | – | (23 | ) | 335 | |||||||||||
Other
preferred (financials)
|
4,064 | – | (365 | ) | 3,699 | |||||||||||
Other
preferred (utilities)
|
1,000 | – | (113 | ) | 887 | |||||||||||
Total
preferred
|
6,135 | – | (512 | ) | 5,623 | |||||||||||
Total
common and preferred stocks
|
$ | 7,593 | $ | 337 | $ | (782 | ) | $ | 7,148 |
The
Corporation recorded impairment charges to earnings for equity securities deemed
to be other-than-temporarily impaired in the amounts shown in the following
table:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
||||||||
Three
|
Six
|
|||||||
Periods
ended June 30, 2008
|
Months
|
Months
|
||||||
FNMA
and FHLMC preferred stock
|
$ | 430 | $ | 430 | ||||
Other
preferred (financials)
|
719 | 1,577 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 1,149 | $ | 2,007 |
See
Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion
on securities.
Federal
Home Loan Bank Stock
The
Corporation is required to maintain a level of investment in FHLB stock that
currently is based on the level of its FHLB advances. As of
June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Corporation’s investment in
FHLB stock totaled $42.0 million and $31.7 million,
respectively.
Loans
We
originate residential mortgage loans within our general market area of southern
New England for portfolio and for sale in the secondary market. The
majority of loans sold are sold with servicing released. From time to
time we purchase one to four family residential mortgages originated in other
states as well as southern New England from other financial
institutions. All residential mortgage loans purchased from other
financial institutions have been individually underwritten using standards
similar to those employed for our self-originated loans. The
following is a geographic summary of residential mortgages by property location
as of June 30, 2008.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Balance
|
%
of Total
|
||||||
Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts
|
$ | 526,937 | 86.6 | % | ||||
New
York, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, District of
Columbia
|
30,030 | 4.9 | % | |||||
Ohio,
Michigan
|
21,615 | 3.6 | % | |||||
California,
Washington, Oregon
|
16,576 | 2.7 | % | |||||
Colorado,
Texas, New Mexico, Utah
|
8,218 | 1.4 | % | |||||
Georgia
|
2,550 | 0.4 | % | |||||
New
Hampshire, Vermont
|
1,871 | 0.3 | % | |||||
Other
|
554 | 0.1 | % | |||||
Total
|
$ | 608,351 | 100.0 | % |
The
consumer portfolio is predominantly home equity lines and home equity
loans. All home equity lines and home equity loans were originated by
Washington Trust in its general market area. Consumer loans also
include personal installment loans and loans to individuals secured by general
aviation aircraft and automobiles.
The
commercial loan portfolio consists of commercial mortgages, construction and
development (together, “commercial real estate”) and other commercial
loans. Approximately 94% of our commercial real estate loans are
located in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The remaining
6% is located in New York, Pennsylvania, Maine and New
Hampshire. Other commercial loans are largely collateralized and in
many cases the collateral consists of real estate occupied by the business as
well as other business assets.
Total
loans grew by $132.0 million, or 8.4%, during the first six months of 2008
and amounted to $1.7 billion at June 30, 2008. Commercial
loans rose by $68.7 million, or 9.5%, in the second quarter of 2008,
representing the seventh consecutive quarter of growth. Commercial
loans have increased by $114.7 million, or 16.9%, in the first six months
of 2008. Residential loans increased by $30.5 million, or 5.3%,
in the second quarter of 2008, including purchases of
$30.8 million. On a year to date basis, residential loans
increased by $8.7 million, or 1.4%. In the first quarter of
2008, Washington Trust sold $17.9 million in residential portfolio loans
for interest rate risk and balance sheet management purposes, which resulted in
a gain on sale of $80 thousand. We do not have a practice of
selling loans from portfolio and we have not sold any packages of loans from our
portfolio in many years. Consumer loans
increased
by $7.9 million, or 2.7%, in the second quarter of 2008 and by
$8.6 million, or 2.9%, in the first six months of 2008.
Asset
Quality
Allowance
for Loan Losses
Establishing
an appropriate level of allowance for loan losses necessarily involves a high
degree of judgment. The Corporation uses a methodology to
systematically measure the amount of estimated loan loss exposure inherent in
the loan portfolio for purposes of establishing a sufficient allowance for loan
losses. For a more detailed discussion on the allowance for loan
losses, see additional information in Item 7 under the caption “Application
of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” of Washington Trust’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007.
The
allowance for loan losses is management’s best estimate of the probable loan
losses incurred as of the balance sheet date. The allowance is
increased by provisions charged to earnings and by recoveries of amounts
previously charged off, and is reduced by charge-offs on loans. In
addition, various regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination
process, periodically review a financial institution’s allowance for loan losses
and carrying amount of other real estate owned. Such agencies may
require the financial institution to recognize additions to the allowances for
loan losses based on their judgments about information available to them at the
time of their examination.
At
June 30, 2008, the allowance for loan losses was $22.0 million, or
1.29% of total loans, and 355% of total nonaccrual loans. This
compares with an allowance of $20.3 million, or 1.29% of total loans, and
471% of nonaccrual loans at December 31, 2007. Net charge-offs
amounted to $161 thousand and $164 thousand, respectively, for the
quarter and first six months of 2008, as compared to net charge-offs of
$333 thousand and $167 thousand for the same periods in
2007.
Nonperforming
Assets
Nonperforming
assets include nonaccrual loans and other real estate
owned. Nonperforming assets are summarized in the following
table:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
June 30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Nonaccrual
loans 90 days or more past due
|
$ | 4,033 | $ | 2,490 | ||||
Nonaccrual
loans less than 90 days past due
|
2,148 | 1,814 | ||||||
Total
nonaccrual loans
|
6,181 | 4,304 | ||||||
Other
real estate owned, net
|
– | – | ||||||
Total
nonperforming assets
|
$ | 6,181 | $ | 4,304 | ||||
Nonaccrual
loans as a percentage of total loans
|
0.36 | % | 0.27 | % | ||||
Nonperforming
assets as a percentage of total assets
|
0.23 | % | 0.17 | % | ||||
Allowance
for loan losses to nonaccrual loans
|
355.33 | % | 471.12 | % | ||||
Allowance
for loan losses to total loans
|
1.29 | % | 1.29 | % |
The
following is an analysis of nonaccrual loans by loan category.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
June 30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Residential
real estate
|
$ | 1,072 | $ | 1,158 | ||||
Commercial:
|
||||||||
Mortgages
|
1,991 | 1,094 | ||||||
Construction
and development
|
– | – | ||||||
Other
|
2,948 | 1,781 | ||||||
Consumer
|
170 | 271 | ||||||
Total
nonaccrual loans
|
$ | 6,181 | $ | 4,304 |
The
increase in nonaccrual loans was largely due to 5 commercial loan relationships,
totaling $1.6 million at June 30, 2008, moving into the non-accruing
loan classification. There were no accruing loans 90 days or more
past due at June 30, 2008 or December 31, 2007.
At
June 30, 2008, the Corporation had one restructured nonaccrual loan with a
balance of $13 thousand and three restructured accruing loans totaling
$1.9 million. At December 31, 2007, there were no
restructured nonaccrual loans and one restructured accruing loan with a balance
of $1.7 million.
Impaired
loans consist of all nonaccrual commercial loans and loans restructured in a
troubled debt restructuring. At June 30, 2008, the recorded
investment in impaired loans was $6.9 million, which had a related loan
loss allowance of $414 thousand based on management’s evaluation of
applicable collateral or expected cash flows. Also during the six
months ended June 30, 2008, interest income recognized on impaired loans
amounted to approximately $152 thousand.
The
following is an analysis of past due loans by loan category.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
June 30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Loans
30–59 Days Past Due
|
||||||||
Commercial
categories
|
$ | 6,682 | $ | 1,450 | ||||
Residential
mortgages
|
1,624 | 1,620 | ||||||
Consumer
loans
|
476 | 73 | ||||||
Loans
30–59 days past due
|
$ | 8,782 | $ | 3,143 | ||||
Loans
60–89 Days Past Due
|
||||||||
Commercial
categories
|
$ | 2,091 | $ | 1,313 | ||||
Residential
mortgages
|
1 | 39 | ||||||
Consumer
loans
|
87 | 38 | ||||||
Loans
60-89 days past due
|
$ | 2,179 | $ | 1,390 | ||||
Loans
90 Days or more Past Due
|
||||||||
Commercial
categories
|
$ | 3,625 | $ | 1,963 | ||||
Residential
mortgages
|
408 | 441 | ||||||
Consumer
loans
|
– | 86 | ||||||
Loans
90 days or more past due
|
$ | 4,033 | $ | 2,490 | ||||
Total
Past Due Loans
|
||||||||
Commercial
categories
|
$ | 12,398 | $ | 4,726 | ||||
Residential
mortgages
|
2,033 | 2,100 | ||||||
Consumer
loans
|
563 | 197 | ||||||
Total
past due loans
|
$ | 14,994 | $ | 7,023 |
Total 30
day+ delinquencies amounted to $15.0 million, or 0.88% of total loans,
at June 30, 2008, up $8.0 million in the first six months of
2008. The largest increase was in the commercial loan category, which
rose by $7.7 million in the first six months of 2008. Included
in this increase was one commercial mortgage relationship of
$3.5 million.
Washington
Trust has never offered a subprime residential loan program. Total
residential mortgage and consumer loan 30 day+ delinquencies increased
modestly in the first half of 2008 to $2.6 million, or 0.29% of these
loans, at June 30, 2008, compared to $2.3 million, or 0.26%, at
December 31, 2007. Total 90 day+ delinquencies in the
residential mortgage portfolio amounted to $408 thousand (two loans) at
June 30, 2008. There were no consumer loans in the 90
day+ delinquency category at June 30, 2008. Total
nonaccrual loans, which include the 90 day+ delinquencies, amounted to
$1.1 million and $170 thousand in the residential mortgage and
consumer loan categories, respectively, at June 30, 2008.
The
Corporation classifies certain loans as “substandard,” “doubtful,” or “loss”
based on criteria consistent with guidelines provided by banking
regulators. Potential problem loans consist of classified accruing
commercial loans that are performing, but where known information about possible
credit problems of the related borrowers causes management to have doubts as to
the ability of such borrowers to comply with the present loan repayment terms
and which may result in disclosure of such loans as nonperforming at some time
in the future. These loans are not included in the disclosure of
nonaccrual or restructured loans above. Management cannot predict the
extent to which economic
conditions
may worsen or other factors which may impact borrowers and the potential problem
loans. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that other loans will
not become 90 days or more past due, be placed on nonaccrual, become
restructured, or require increased allowance coverage and provision for loan
losses. The Corporation has identified approximately
$7.1 million in potential problem loans at June 30, 2008, as compared
to $8.1 million at December 31, 2007. Approximately 95% of
the potential problem loans at June 30, 2008 consisted of 5 commercial
lending relationships, which have been classified based on our evaluation of the
financial condition of the borrowers. The Corporation’s loan policy
provides guidelines for the review and monitoring of such loans in order to
facilitate collection.
Deposits
Deposits
totaled $1.6 billion at June 30, 2008, down $36.7 million in the
first six months of 2008. Excluding brokered certificates of deposit,
in-market deposits fell by $20.6 million, or 1.4%, from the balance at
December 31, 2007. Runoff occurred in money market and time
deposits, while demand deposits and NOW account balances rose by
$18.1 million in the first half of 2008. In general, deposit
gathering continues to be extremely competitive.
Demand
deposits increased $12.3 million, or 7%, in the first half of 2008 and
totaled $187.9 million at June 30, 2008.
NOW
account balances were up by $5.8 million, or 4%, in the first half of 2008
and totaled $170.7 million at June 30, 2008.
Money
market account balances amounted to $305.9 million at June 30, 2008,
down by $15.7 million, or 5%.
During
the first half of 2008, savings deposits increased by $1.2 million, or
1%.
Time
deposits (including brokered certificates of deposit) were down
$40.2 million, or 5%, from the balance at December 31,
2007. The Corporation utilizes brokered time deposits as part of its
overall funding program along with other sources. Brokered time
deposits amounted to $113.7 million at June 30, 2008, down
$16.1 million, or 12%, from December 31, 2007.
Borrowings
The
Corporation utilizes advances from the FHLB as well as other borrowings as part
of its overall funding strategy. FHLB advances are used to meet
short-term liquidity needs, to purchase securities and to purchase loans from
other institutions. FHLB advances increased $228.9 million
during the six months ended June 30, 2008.
During
the first quarter of 2008, the Corporation paid approximately $8.1 million,
representing the 2007 earn-out payment pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement
for the August 2005 acquisition of Weston Financial. This deferred
acquisition obligation had previously been recognized as a liability in 2007 and
was classified in other borrowings at December 31, 2007.
See
Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information
on borrowings.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Liquidity
is the ability of a financial institution to meet maturing liability obligations
and customer loan demand. Washington Trust’s primary source of liquidity is
deposits. Deposits (demand, NOW, money market, savings and time
deposits) funded approximately 62% of total average assets in the first half of
2008. Other sources of funding include discretionary use of purchased
liabilities (e.g., FHLB term advances and other borrowings), cash flows from the
Corporation’s securities portfolios and loan repayments. In addition,
securities designated as available for sale may be sold in response to
short-term or long-term liquidity needs.
The
Corporation’s Asset/Liability Committee (“ALCO”) establishes and monitors
internal liquidity measures to manage liquidity exposure. Liquidity
remained well within target ranges established by the ALCO during the first half
of 2008.
For the
six months ended June 30, 2008, net cash provided by financing activities
amounted to $199.8 million. Increases in FHLB advances of
$228.9 million and the issuance of junior subordinated debentures of
$10.3 million were offset in part by decreases in deposits. See
additional disclosure regarding the issuance of junior subordinated debentures
in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Net cash
used in investing activities totaled $205.0 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2008 and was used mainly to fund loan growth and purchases
of loans
and
securities. During the first quarter of 2008, the Corporation
received $18.0 million in proceeds on the sale of certain residential
mortgage loans from its loan portfolio. See additional discussion
under the caption “Loans” in the section labeled Financial
Condition. Also in the first quarter of 2008, the Corporation paid
$8.1 million in deferred acquisition obligations. Net cash
provided by operating activities amounted to $10.9 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2008, and was generated primarily by net
income. See the Corporation’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
for further information about sources and uses of cash.
Total
shareholders’ equity amounted to $186.4 million at June 30, 2008,
compared to $186.5 million at December 31, 2007. The slight
decrease reflects the Corporation’s net income of $11.9 million offset by
dividends declared of $5.5 million and a $7.3 million increase in
accumulated other comprehensive loss. The dividend represented a
$0.21 per share dividend, an increase from the $0.20 per share rate paid in the
first quarter of 2008, making 2008 the sixteenth consecutive year with a
dividend increase. The increase in accumulated other comprehensive
loss was primarily due to increases in net unrealized losses on securities
available for sale. Also in 2008, the Corporation adopted the
required measurement date provisions of SFAS No. 158. The effect
of this accounting change was a net reduction to equity of
$426 thousand. See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements for additional information regarding the adoption of the measurement
date provisions of SFAS No. 158.
Under the
Corporation’s 2006 Stock Repurchase Plan, no shares were repurchased during the
six months ended June 30, 2008. As of June 30, 2008, a
cumulative total of 185,400 shares have been repurchased at a total cost of
$4.8 million under the 2006 Stock Repurchase Plan.
The ratio
of total equity to total assets amounted to 6.8% at June 30, 2008, down
from 7.3% at December 31, 2007. Book value per share as of
June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 amounted to $13.91 and $13.97,
respectively. The tangible book value per share was $9.34 at
June 30, 2008, compared to $9.33 at the end of 2007.
The
Corporation is subject to various regulatory capital requirements. As
of June 30, 2008, the Corporation is categorized as “well-capitalized”
under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. See
Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion
of capital requirements.
Contractual
Obligations and Commitments
The
Corporation has entered into numerous contractual obligations and
commitments. The following table summarizes our contractual cash
obligations and other commitments at June 30, 2008.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Payments
Due by Period
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Less
Than
1
Year
|
1-3
Years
|
4-5
Years
|
After
5
Years
|
||||||||||||||||
Contractual
Obligations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
FHLB
advances (1)
|
$ | 845,291 | $ | 264,994 | $ | 243,680 | $ | 202,937 | $ | 133,680 | ||||||||||
Junior
subordinated debentures
|
32,991 | – | – | – | 32,991 | |||||||||||||||
Operating
lease obligations
|
4,401 | 1,196 | 1,549 | 715 | 941 | |||||||||||||||
Software
licensing arrangements
|
1,688 | 765 | 844 | 79 | – | |||||||||||||||
Treasury,
tax and loan demand note
|
4,668 | 4,668 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Deferred
acquisition obligations
|
1,946 | 1,946 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Other
borrowed funds
|
19,870 | 30 | 65 | 19,576 | 199 | |||||||||||||||
Total
contractual obligations
|
$ | 910,855 | $ | 273,599 | $ | 246,138 | $ | 223,307 | $ | 167,811 |
(1)
|
All
FHLB advances are shown in the period corresponding to their scheduled
maturity.
|
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Amount
of Commitment Expiration – Per Period
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Less
Than
1
Year
|
1-3
Years
|
4-5
Years
|
After
5
Years
|
||||||||||||||||
Other
Commitments:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
loans
|
$ | 163,584 | $ | 105,224 | $ | 30,878 | $ | 17,025 | $ | 10,457 | ||||||||||
Home
equity lines
|
180,322 | 25 | 9,620 | 334 | 170,343 | |||||||||||||||
Other
loans
|
22,765 | 21,482 | 683 | 600 | – | |||||||||||||||
Standby
letters of credit
|
8,111 | 1,472 | – | 6,639 | – | |||||||||||||||
Forward
loan commitments to:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Originate
loans
|
3,279 | 3,279 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Sell
loans
|
6,012 | 6,012 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Customer
related derivative contracts:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
rate swaps with customers
|
14,115 | – | – | – | 14,115 | |||||||||||||||
Mirror
swaps with counterparties
|
14,115 | – | – | – | 14,115 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
rate risk management contract:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
rate swap
|
10,000 | – | – | 10,000 | – | |||||||||||||||
Total
commitments
|
$ | 422,303 | $ | 137,494 | $ | 41,181 | $ | 34,598 | $ | 209,030 |
See
additional discussion in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements
for more information regarding the nature and business purpose of financial
instruments with off-balance sheet risk and derivative financial
instruments.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
In the
normal course of business, Washington Trust engages in a variety of financial
transactions that, in accordance with GAAP, are not recorded in the financial
statements, or are recorded in amounts that differ from the notional
amounts. Such transactions are used to meet the financing needs of
its customers and to manage the exposure to fluctuations in interest
rates. These financial transactions include commitments to extend
credit, standby letters of credit, financial guarantees, interest rate swaps and
floors, and commitments to originate and commitments to sell fixed rate mortgage
loans. These transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of
credit, interest rate and liquidity risk. The Corporation uses the
same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it
does for on-balance sheet instruments.
For
additional information on financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk and
derivative financial instruments see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Asset/Liability
Management and Interest Rate Risk
The ALCO
is responsible for establishing policy guidelines on liquidity and acceptable
exposure to interest rate risk. Interest rate risk is the risk of
loss to future earnings due to changes in interest rates. The
objective of the ALCO is to manage assets and funding sources to produce results
that are consistent with Washington Trust’s liquidity, capital adequacy, growth,
risk and profitability goals.
The ALCO
manages the Corporation’s interest rate risk using income simulation to measure
interest rate risk inherent in the Corporation’s on-balance sheet and
off-balance sheet financial instruments at a given point in time by showing the
effect of interest rate shifts on net interest income over a 12-month horizon,
the month 13 to month 24 horizon and a 60-month horizon. The
simulations assume that the size and general composition of the Corporation’s
balance sheet remain static over the simulation horizons, with the exception of
certain deposit mix shifts from low-cost core savings to higher-cost time
deposits in selected interest rate scenarios. Additionally, the
simulations take into account the specific repricing, maturity, call options,
and prepayment characteristics of differing financial instruments that may vary
under different interest rate scenarios. The characteristics of
financial instrument classes are reviewed periodically by the ALCO to ensure
their accuracy and consistency.
The ALCO
reviews simulation results to determine whether the Corporation’s exposure to a
decline in net interest income remains within established tolerance levels over
the simulation horizons and to develop appropriate strategies to manage this
exposure. As of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, net
interest income simulations indicated that exposure to changing interest rates
over the simulation horizons remained within tolerance levels established by the
Corporation. The Corporation defines maximum unfavorable net interest
income exposure to be a change of no more than 5% in net interest income over
the first 12 months, no more than
10% over
the second 12 months, and no more than 10% over the full 60-month simulation
horizon. All changes are measured in comparison to the projected net
interest income that would result from an “unchanged” rate scenario where both
interest rates and the composition of the Corporation’s balance sheet remain
stable for a 60-month period. In addition to measuring the change in
net interest income as compared to an unchanged interest rate scenario, the ALCO
also measures the trend of both net interest income and net interest margin over
a 60-month horizon to ensure the stability and adequacy of this source of
earnings in different interest rate scenarios.
The ALCO
reviews a variety of interest rate shift scenario results to evaluate interest
risk exposure, including scenarios showing the effect of steepening or
flattening changes in the yield curve shape as well as parallel changes in
interest rates. Because income simulations assume that the
Corporation’s balance sheet will remain static over the simulation horizon, the
results do not reflect adjustments in strategy that the ALCO could implement in
response to rate shifts.
The
following table sets forth the estimated change in net interest income from an
unchanged interest rate scenario over the periods indicated for parallel changes
in market interest rates using the Corporation’s on and off-balance sheet
financial instruments as of June 30, 2008 and December 31,
2007. Interest rates are assumed to shift by a parallel 100 or 200
basis points upward or 100 basis points downward over the periods indicated,
except for core savings deposits, which are assumed to shift by lesser amounts
due to their relative historical insensitivity to market interest rate
movements. Further, deposits are assumed to have certain minimum rate
levels below which they will not fall. It should be noted that the
rate scenarios shown do not necessarily reflect the ALCO’s view of the “most
likely” change in interest rates over the periods indicated.
June 30,
2008
|
December 31,
2007
|
|||||||||||||||
Months
1 - 12
|
Months
13 - 24
|
Months
1 - 12
|
Months
13 - 24
|
|||||||||||||
100
basis point rate decrease
|
-1.06 | % | -2.57 | % | -1.77 | % | -2.24 | % | ||||||||
100
basis point rate increase
|
0.16 | % | -0.76 | % | -1.41 | % | -3.62 | % | ||||||||
200
basis point rate increase
|
0.98 | % | -1.21 | % | -1.13 | % | -6.11 | % |
The ALCO
estimates that the exposure of net interest income to falling rates as compared
to an unchanged rate scenario results from a more rapid decline in earning asset
yields compared to rates paid in deposits. If rates were to fall and
remain low for a sustained period, certain core savings and time deposit rates
could decline more slowly and by a lesser amount than other market
rates. Asset yields would likely decline more rapidly than deposit
costs as current asset holdings mature or reprice, since cash flow from
mortgage-related prepayments and redemption of callable securities would
increase as market rates fall.
The
moderately positive exposure of net interest income to rising rates in Year 1 as
compared to an unchanged rate scenario results from a more rapid relative rate
of increase in asset yields than funding costs over the near
term. For simulation purposes, core savings deposit rate changes are
anticipated to lag other market rates in both timing and
magnitude. The ALCO’s estimate of interest rate risk exposure to
rising rate environments, including those involving changes to the shape of the
yield curve, incorporates certain assumptions regarding the shift in mix from
low-cost core savings deposits to higher-cost deposit categories, which has
characterized a shift in funding mix during the most recent rising interest rate
cycle.
The
slightly negative exposure of net interest income to rising rates in Year 2 as
compared to an unchanged rate scenario is primarily attributable to a projected
increase in funding costs associated with retail deposits. Increases
in interest rates have created greater growth in rate-sensitive money market and
time deposits than growth in other lower-cost deposit categories. The
ALCO modeling process assumes that this shift in deposit mix towards higher cost
deposit categories would continue if interest rates were to increase, and that
this assumption accurately reflects historical operating conditions in rising
rate cycles. Although asset yields would also increase in a rising
interest rate environment, the cumulative impact of relative growth in the
rate-sensitive higher cost deposit category suggests that by Year 2 of rising
interest rate scenarios, the increase in the Corporation’s cost of funds could
result in a relative decline in net interest margin compared to an unchanged
rate scenario.
While the
ALCO reviews simulation assumptions and back-tests simulation results to ensure
that they are reasonable and current, income simulation may not always prove to
be an accurate indicator of interest rate risk or future net interest
margin. Over time, the repricing, maturity and prepayment
characteristics of financial instruments and the composition of the
Corporation’s balance sheet may change to a different degree than
estimated. Simulation modeling assumes a static balance sheet, with
the exception of certain modeled deposit mix shifts from low-cost core savings
deposits to
higher-cost
money market and time deposits noted above. The static balance sheet
assumption does not necessarily reflect the Corporation’s expectation for future
balance sheet growth, which is a function of the business environment and
customer behavior. Another significant simulation assumption is the
sensitivity of core savings deposits to fluctuations in interest
rates. Income simulation results assume that changes in both core
savings deposit rates and balances are related to changes in short-term interest
rates. The assumed relationship between short-term interest rate
changes and core deposit rate and balance changes used in income simulation may
differ from the ALCO’s estimates. Lastly, mortgage-backed securities
and mortgage loans involve a level of risk that unforeseen changes in prepayment
speeds may cause related cash flows to vary significantly in differing rate
environments. Such changes could affect the level of reinvestment
risk associated with cash flow from these instruments, as well as their market
value. Changes in prepayment speeds could also increase or decrease
the amortization of premium or accretion of discounts related to such
instruments, thereby affecting interest income.
The
Corporation also monitors the potential change in market value of its available
for sale debt securities in changing interest rate environments. The
purpose is to determine market value exposure that may not be captured by income
simulation, but which might result in changes to the Corporation’s capital
position. Results are calculated using industry-standard analytical
techniques and securities data. Available for sale equity securities
are excluded from this analysis because the market value of such securities
cannot be directly correlated with changes in interest rates. The
following table summarizes the potential change in market value of the
Corporation’s available for sale debt securities as of June 30, 2008 and
December 31, 2007 resulting from immediate parallel rate
shifts:
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Down
100
|
Up
200
|
||||||
Basis
|
Basis
|
|||||||
Security
Type
|
Points
|
Points
|
||||||
U.S.
Treasury and government-sponsored agency securities
(noncallable)
|
$ | 2,078 | $ | (3,847 | ) | |||
U.S.
government-sponsored agency securities (callable)
|
81 | (159 | ) | |||||
States
and political subdivision
|
5,266 | (12,055 | ) | |||||
Mortgage-backed
securities issued by U.S. government
|
||||||||
and
government-sponsored agencies
|
13,142 | (41,247 | ) | |||||
Corporate
securities
|
(781 | ) | 1,272 | |||||
Total
change in market value as of June 30, 2008
|
$ | 19,786 | $ | (56,036 | ) | |||
Total
change in market value as of December 31, 2007
|
$ | 15,459 | $ | (46,812 | ) |
See
additional discussion in Note 9 to the Corporation’s Consolidated Financial
Statements for more information regarding the nature and business purpose of
financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk and derivative financial
instruments.
Information
regarding quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk appears
under Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations,” under the caption “Asset/Liability Management and
Interest Rate Risk.”
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
As
required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Corporation carried out an evaluation under
the supervision and with the participation of the Corporation’s management,
including the Corporation’s principal executive officer and principal financial
officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Corporation’s
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the quarter ended
June 30, 2008. Based upon that evaluation, the principal
executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the
Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective and designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation in the
reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and
forms. The Corporation will continue to review and document its
disclosure controls and procedures and consider such changes in future
evaluations of the effectiveness of such controls and procedures, as it deems
appropriate.
Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting
There has
been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the
period ended June 30, 2008 that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
Other
Information
The
Corporation is involved in various claims and legal proceedings arising out of
the ordinary course of business. Management is of the opinion, based
on its review with counsel of the development of such matters to date, that the
ultimate disposition of such matters will not materially affect the consolidated
financial position or results of operations of the Corporation.
There
have been no material changes in the risk factors described in Item 1A of
Washington Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007.
The
following table provides information as of and for the quarter ended
June 30, 2008 regarding shares of common stock of the Corporation that were
repurchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan, the 2006 Stock Repurchase
Plan, the Amended and Restated 1988 Stock Option Plan (the “1988 Plan”), the
1997 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “1997 Plan”), and the 2003 Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2003 Plan”).
Total
number of shares purchased
|
Average
price paid per share
|
Total
number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced
plan(s)
|
Maximum
number of shares that may yet be purchased under the
plan(s)
|
|||||||||||||
Deferred
Compensation Plan (1)
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
at beginning of period
|
N/A | |||||||||||||||
4/1/2008
to 4/30/2008
|
– | – | – | N/A | ||||||||||||
5/1/2008
to 5/31/2008
|
– | – | – | N/A | ||||||||||||
6/1/2008
to 6/30/2008
|
– | – | – | N/A | ||||||||||||
Total
Deferred Compensation Plan
|
– | – | – | N/A | ||||||||||||
2006
Stock Repurchase Plan (2)
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
at beginning of period
|
214,600 | |||||||||||||||
4/1/2008
to 4/30/2008
|
– | – | – | 214,600 | ||||||||||||
5/1/2008
to 5/31/2008
|
– | – | – | 214,600 | ||||||||||||
6/1/2008
to 6/30/2008
|
– | – | – | 214,600 | ||||||||||||
Total
2006 Stock Repurchase Plan
|
– | – | – | 214,600 | ||||||||||||
Other
(3)
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
at beginning of period
|
N/A | |||||||||||||||
4/1/2008
to 4/30/2008
|
– | – | – | N/A | ||||||||||||
5/1/2008
to 5/31/2008
|
– | – | – | N/A | ||||||||||||
6/1/2008
to 6/30/2008
|
820 | 15.70 | 820 | N/A | ||||||||||||
Total
Other
|
820 | $ | 15.70 | 820 | N/A | |||||||||||
Total
Purchases of Equity Securities
|
820 | $ | 15.70 | 820 |
(1)
|
The
Deferred Compensation Plan allows directors and officers to defer a
portion of their compensation. The deferred compensation is
contributed to a rabbi trust that invests the assets of the trust into
selected mutual funds as well as shares of the Bancorp’s common
stock. The plan authorizes Bancorp to acquire shares of
Bancorp’s common stock to satisfy its obligation under this
plan. All shares are purchased in the open
market. As of October 15, 2007, the Bancorp’s common stock
was no longer available as a new benchmark investment under the
plan. Further, directors and officers who currently have
selected Bancorp’s common stock as a benchmark investment (the “Bancorp
Stock Fund”) will be allowed to transfer from that fund during a
transition period that will run through September 15,
2008. After September 15, 2008, directors and officers
will not be allowed to make transfers from the Bancorp Stock Fund and any
distributions will be made in whole shares of Bancorp’s common stock to
the extent of the benchmark investment election in the Bancorp Stock
Fund.
|
(2)
|
The
2006 Stock Repurchase Plan was established in December 2006. A
maximum of 400,000 shares were authorized under the plan. The
Bancorp plans to hold the repurchased shares as treasury stock for general
corporate purposes.
|
(3)
|
Pursuant
to the Corporation’s share-based compensation plans, employees may deliver
back shares of stock previously issued in payment of the exercise price of
stock options. While required to be reported in this table,
such transactions are not reported as share repurchases in the
Corporation’s Consolidated Financial Statements. The
Corporation’s share-based compensation plans (the 1988 Plan, the 1997 Plan
and the 2003 Plan) have expiration dates of December 31, 2007,
April 29, 2017 and February 20, 2023,
respectively.
|
(a)
|
The
Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on April 22,
2008. On the record date of February 25, 2008 there were
13,386,835 shares issued, outstanding and eligible to vote, of which
12,021,978 shares, or 89.8%, were represented at the Annual Meeting either
in person or by proxy.
|
(b)
|
The
results of matters voted upon are presented
below:
|
i.
|
Election
of Directors to Serve Until 2011 Annual Meeting: Gary P.
Bennett, Larry J. Hirsh, Esq., Mary E. Kennard, Esq., H. Douglas Randall
III, and John F. Treanor were nominated and duly elected to hold office as
Directors of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., each to serve a term of three
years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, by the
number of votes set forth opposite each person’s name as
follows:
|
Term
|
Votes
In
Favor
|
Votes
Withheld
|
||
Gary
P. Bennett
|
3
years
|
10,506,306
|
1,515,670
|
|
Larry
J. Hirsh, Esq.
|
3
years
|
10,539,526
|
1,482,450
|
|
Mary
E. Kennard, Esq.
|
3
years
|
9,666,077
|
2,355,900
|
|
H.
Douglas Randall III
|
3
years
|
10,551,820
|
1,470,157
|
|
John
F. Treanor
|
3
years
|
10,541,563
|
1,480,414
|
The
following additional persons continued as Directors of Washington Trust Bancorp,
Inc. following the Annual Meeting:
Steven
J. Crandall
|
|
Barry
G. Hittner, Esq
|
|
Katherine
W. Hoxsie
|
|
Edward
M. Mazze, Ph.D.
|
|
Kathleen
McKeough
|
|
Vicotr
J. Orsinger II, Esq.
|
|
Patrick
J. Shanahan, Jr.
|
|
Neil
H. Thorpe
|
|
John
C. Warren
|
ii.
|
A
proposal for the ratification of KPMG LLP to serve as independent
registered public accounting firm of the Corporation for the current
fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 was passed by a vote of
11,921,754 shares in favor, 88,399 shares against, with 11,824 abstentions
and broker non-votes.
|
(a)
Exhibits. The following exhibits are included as part of this Form
10-Q:
Exhibit
Number
|
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10.1
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Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust of Washington Preferred Capital Trust
dated April 7, 2008, by and among Wilmington Trust Company, as
Delaware Trustee and Institutional Trustee, Washington Trust Bancorp,
Inc., as sponsor, and the Administrators listed therein - Filed as Exhibit
10.1 to the Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.2
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Indenture
dated as of April 7, 2008, between Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., as
Issuer, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee - Filed as Exhibit 10.2
to the Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.3
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Guarantee
Agreement dated April 7, 2008, by and between Washington Trust
Bancorp, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company - Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the
Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.4
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Certificate
Evidencing Floating Rate Capital Securities of Washington Preferred
Capital Trust dated April 7, 2008 - Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the
Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.5
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Floating
Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture of Washington Trust
Bancorp, Inc. dated April 7, 2008 - Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the
Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.6
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Form
of Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement — Filed herewith.
(2)
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15.1
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Letter
re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information - Filed
herewith.
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31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. – Filed herewith. (1)
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31.2
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. – Filed herewith. (1)
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32.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 – Filed herewith. (1)
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(1)
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These
certifications are not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange
Act or incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act.
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(2)
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Management
contract or compensatory plan or
arrangement.
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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.
WASHINGTON
TRUST BANCORP, INC.
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(Registrant)
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Date: August 8,
2008
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By:
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/s/
John C. Warren
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John
C. Warren
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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(principal
executive officer)
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Date: August 8,
2008
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By:
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/s/
David V. Devault
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David
V. Devault
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Executive
Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer
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(principal
financial and accounting officer)
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Exhibit
Index
Exhibit
Number
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10.1
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Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust of Washington Preferred Capital Trust
dated April 7, 2008, by and among Wilmington Trust Company, as
Delaware Trustee and Institutional Trustee, Washington Trust Bancorp,
Inc., as sponsor, and the Administrators listed therein - Filed as Exhibit
10.1 to the Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.2
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Indenture
dated as of April 7, 2008, between Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., as
Issuer, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee - Filed as Exhibit 10.2
to the Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.3
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Guarantee
Agreement dated April 7, 2008, by and between Washington Trust
Bancorp, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company - Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the
Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.4
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Certificate
Evidencing Floating Rate Capital Securities of Washington Preferred
Capital Trust dated April 7, 2008 - Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the
Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.5
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Floating
Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture of Washington Trust
Bancorp, Inc. dated April 7, 2008 - Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the
Bancorp’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-13091), as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2008.
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10.6
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Form
of Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement — Filed herewith.
(2)
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15.1
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Letter
re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information - Filed
herewith.
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31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. – Filed herewith. (1)
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31.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. – Filed herewith. (1)
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32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 – Filed herewith. (1)
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(1)
|
These
certifications are not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange
Act or incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act.
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(2)
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Management
contract or compensatory plan or
arrangement.
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