PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
OHIO
VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(dollars
in thousands, except share data)
|
|
|
September
30,
2009
|
|
|
December
31,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and noninterest-bearing deposits with banks
|
|
$ |
10,088 |
|
|
$ |
16,650 |
|
Federal
funds sold
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
1,031 |
|
Total cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
|
10,088 |
|
|
|
17,681 |
|
Interest-bearing
deposits in other financial institutions
|
|
|
12,834 |
|
|
|
611 |
|
Securities
available-for-sale
|
|
|
92,651 |
|
|
|
75,340 |
|
Securities
held-to-maturity (estimated
fair value: 2009 - $15,617; 2008 - $17,241)
|
|
|
15,270 |
|
|
|
16,986 |
|
Federal
Home Loan Bank stock
|
|
|
6,281 |
|
|
|
6,281 |
|
Total
loans
|
|
|
648,370 |
|
|
|
630,391 |
|
Less:
Allowance for loan losses
|
|
|
(8,622 |
) |
|
|
(7,799 |
) |
Net loans
|
|
|
639,748 |
|
|
|
622,592 |
|
Premises
and equipment, net
|
|
|
10,488 |
|
|
|
10,232 |
|
Accrued
income receivable
|
|
|
3,170 |
|
|
|
3,172 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
1,267 |
|
|
|
1,267 |
|
Bank
owned life insurance
|
|
|
18,446 |
|
|
|
18,153 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
9,734 |
|
|
|
8,793 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
819,977 |
|
|
$ |
781,108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noninterest-bearing
deposits
|
|
$ |
81,576 |
|
|
$ |
85,506 |
|
Interest-bearing
deposits
|
|
|
572,095 |
|
|
|
506,855 |
|
Total deposits
|
|
|
653,671 |
|
|
|
592,361 |
|
Securities
sold under agreements to repurchase
|
|
|
29,853 |
|
|
|
24,070 |
|
Other
borrowed funds
|
|
|
41,439 |
|
|
|
76,774 |
|
Subordinated
debentures
|
|
|
13,500 |
|
|
|
13,500 |
|
Accrued
liabilities
|
|
|
15,461 |
|
|
|
11,347 |
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
753,924 |
|
|
|
718,052 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock ($1.00 par value per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 2009 and
2008 - 4,642,748 shares issued)
|
|
|
4,643 |
|
|
|
4,643 |
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
32,683 |
|
|
|
32,683 |
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
43,509 |
|
|
|
40,752 |
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
930 |
|
|
|
690 |
|
Treasury
stock, at cost (2009 and 2008 - 659,739 shares)
|
|
|
(15,712 |
) |
|
|
(15,712 |
) |
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
|
|
66,053 |
|
|
|
63,056 |
|
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
|
$ |
819,977 |
|
|
$ |
781,108 |
|
OHIO
VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
(dollars
in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
months ended
September
30,
|
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
and dividend income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans,
including fees
|
|
$ |
10,854 |
|
|
$ |
11,580 |
|
|
$ |
33,300 |
|
|
$ |
35,965 |
|
Securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxable
|
|
|
672 |
|
|
|
771 |
|
|
|
2,144 |
|
|
|
2,350 |
|
Tax
exempt
|
|
|
111 |
|
|
|
131 |
|
|
|
341 |
|
|
|
407 |
|
Dividends
|
|
|
78 |
|
|
|
84 |
|
|
|
219 |
|
|
|
245 |
|
Other
Interest
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
277 |
|
|
|
|
11,733 |
|
|
|
12,657 |
|
|
|
36,054 |
|
|
|
39,244 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits
|
|
|
3,516 |
|
|
|
3,914 |
|
|
|
10,527 |
|
|
|
13,070 |
|
Securities
sold under agreements to repurchase
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
346 |
|
Other
borrowed funds
|
|
|
478 |
|
|
|
637 |
|
|
|
1,622 |
|
|
|
2,057 |
|
Subordinated
debentures
|
|
|
273 |
|
|
|
273 |
|
|
|
817 |
|
|
|
817 |
|
|
|
|
4,285 |
|
|
|
4,933 |
|
|
|
13,023 |
|
|
|
16,290 |
|
Net
interest income
|
|
|
7,448 |
|
|
|
7,724 |
|
|
|
23,031 |
|
|
|
22,954 |
|
Provision
for loan losses
|
|
|
957 |
|
|
|
693 |
|
|
|
2,101 |
|
|
|
2,310 |
|
Net
interest income after provision for loan losses
|
|
|
6,491 |
|
|
|
7,031 |
|
|
|
20,930 |
|
|
|
20,644 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noninterest
income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
charges on deposit accounts
|
|
|
776 |
|
|
|
833 |
|
|
|
2,108 |
|
|
|
2,323 |
|
Trust
fees
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
171 |
|
|
|
184 |
|
Income
from bank owned life insurance
|
|
|
755 |
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
1,158 |
|
|
|
576 |
|
Gain
on sale of loans
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
713 |
|
|
|
110 |
|
Gain
(loss) on sale of other real estate owned
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
(31 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
496 |
|
|
|
455 |
|
|
|
1,933 |
|
|
|
1,583 |
|
|
|
|
2,184 |
|
|
|
1,574 |
|
|
|
6,111 |
|
|
|
4,745 |
|
Noninterest
expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
|
|
3,838 |
|
|
|
3,609 |
|
|
|
11,242 |
|
|
|
10,428 |
|
Occupancy
|
|
|
406 |
|
|
|
404 |
|
|
|
1,208 |
|
|
|
1,172 |
|
Furniture
and equipment
|
|
|
308 |
|
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
874 |
|
|
|
752 |
|
Data
processing
|
|
|
142 |
|
|
|
176 |
|
|
|
601 |
|
|
|
707 |
|
FDIC
insurance
|
|
|
322 |
|
|
|
121 |
|
|
|
1,303 |
|
|
|
155 |
|
Other
|
|
|
1,559 |
|
|
|
1,417 |
|
|
|
4,906 |
|
|
|
4,340 |
|
|
|
|
6,575 |
|
|
|
5,987 |
|
|
|
20,134 |
|
|
|
17,554 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes
|
|
|
2,100 |
|
|
|
2,618 |
|
|
|
6,907 |
|
|
|
7,835 |
|
Provision
for income taxes
|
|
|
400 |
|
|
|
733 |
|
|
|
1,760 |
|
|
|
2,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME
|
|
$ |
1,700 |
|
|
$ |
1,885 |
|
|
$ |
5,147 |
|
|
$ |
5,581 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share
|
|
$ |
.43 |
|
|
$ |
.47 |
|
|
$ |
1.29 |
|
|
$ |
1.38 |
|
OHIO
VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES
IN
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
(dollars
in thousands, except share and per share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
months ended
September
30,
|
|
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at beginning of period
|
|
$ |
65,348 |
|
|
$ |
61,594 |
|
|
$ |
63,056 |
|
|
$ |
61,511 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,700 |
|
|
|
1,885 |
|
|
|
5,147 |
|
|
|
5,581 |
|
Change
in unrealized income/loss
on
available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
(301 |
) |
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
363 |
|
|
|
580 |
|
|
|
|
103 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
(123 |
) |
|
|
(197 |
) |
Total
comprehensive income
|
|
|
1,502 |
|
|
|
1,885 |
|
|
|
5,387 |
|
|
|
5,964 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(797 |
) |
|
|
(761 |
) |
|
|
(2,390 |
) |
|
|
(2,304 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
acquired for treasury
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
(895 |
) |
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
(2,269 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative-effect
adjustment in adopting ASC 715-60
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
(1,079 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
66,053 |
|
|
$ |
61,823 |
|
|
$ |
66,053 |
|
|
$ |
61,823 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0.20 |
|
|
$ |
0.19 |
|
|
$ |
0.60 |
|
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
from common stock issued
through
dividend reinvestment plan
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
acquired for treasury
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
37,500 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
92,336 |
|
OHIO
VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
CASH
FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
(dollars
in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities:
|
|
$ |
11,275 |
|
|
$ |
7,862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from maturities of securities available-for-sale
|
|
|
23,962 |
|
|
|
18,418 |
|
Purchases
of securities available-for-sale
|
|
|
(41,108 |
) |
|
|
(10,060 |
) |
Proceeds
from maturities of securities held-to-maturity
|
|
|
1,749 |
|
|
|
1,427 |
|
Purchases
of securities held-to-maturity
|
|
|
(40 |
) |
|
|
(3,060 |
) |
Change
in interest-bearing deposits in other financial
institutions
|
|
|
(12,223 |
) |
|
|
(7,393 |
) |
Net
change in loans
|
|
|
(20,674 |
) |
|
|
9,956 |
|
Proceeds
from sale of other real estate owned
|
|
|
882 |
|
|
|
552 |
|
Purchases
of premises and equipment
|
|
|
(1,036 |
) |
|
|
(759 |
) |
Purchases
of bank owned life insurance
|
|
|
(304 |
) |
|
|
(427 |
) |
Proceeds
from bank owned life insurance
|
|
|
556 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
|
|
(48,236 |
) |
|
|
8,654 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financing
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in deposits
|
|
|
61,310 |
|
|
|
4,973 |
|
Cash
dividends
|
|
|
(2,390 |
) |
|
|
(2,304 |
) |
Purchases
of treasury stock
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
(2,269 |
) |
Change
in securities sold under agreements to repurchase
|
|
|
5,783 |
|
|
|
(5,856 |
) |
Proceeds
from Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
13,000 |
|
Repayment
of Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
|
|
|
(11,004 |
) |
|
|
(16,012 |
) |
Change
in other short-term borrowings
|
|
|
(24,331 |
) |
|
|
(4,230 |
) |
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
29,368 |
|
|
|
(12,698 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(7,593 |
) |
|
|
3,818 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
17,681 |
|
|
|
16,894 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$ |
10,088 |
|
|
$ |
20,712 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid for interest
|
|
$ |
14,009 |
|
|
$ |
18,527 |
|
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
|
|
2,335 |
|
|
|
2,115 |
|
Non-cash
transfers from loans to other real estate owned
|
|
|
1,417 |
|
|
|
4,905 |
|
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(dollars
in thousands, except per share data)
NOTE
1- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF
PRESENTATION: The accompanying consolidated financial
statements include the accounts of Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (“Ohio Valley”) and
its wholly-owned subsidiaries, The Ohio Valley Bank Company (the “Bank”), Loan
Central, Inc. (“Loan Central”), a consumer finance company, and Ohio Valley
Financial Services Agency, LLC (“Ohio Valley Financial Services”), an insurance
agency. Ohio Valley and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to
as the “Company”. All material intercompany accounts and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation. Subsequent events have been
reviewed through November
9, 2009, which is the date the Company filed the Form 10-Q with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
These
interim financial statements are prepared by the Company without audit and
reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which, in the opinion of
management, are necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position
of the Company at September 30, 2009, and its results of operations and cash
flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the
nine months ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the
operating results to be anticipated for the full fiscal year ending December 31,
2009. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not
purport to contain all the necessary financial disclosures required by
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US
GAAP”) that might otherwise be necessary in the circumstances. The
Annual Report of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2008 contains
consolidated financial statements and related notes which should be read in
conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
The
accounting and reporting policies followed by the Company conform to US
GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US
GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual
results could differ from those estimates. The allowance for loan
losses is particularly subject to change.
The
majority of the Company’s income is derived from commercial and retail lending
activities. Management considers the Company to operate in one
segment, banking.
INCOME
TAX: Income tax expense is the sum of the current year income
tax due or refundable and the change in deferred tax assets and
liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are the expected
future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts
and tax bases of assets and liabilities, computed using enacted tax
rates. A valuation allowance, if needed, reduces deferred tax assets
to the amount expected to be realized.
CASH
FLOW: For consolidated financial statement classification and
cash flow reporting purposes, cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand,
noninterest-bearing deposits with banks and federal funds
sold. Generally, federal funds are purchased and sold for one-day
periods. The Company reports net cash flows for customer loan
transactions, deposit transactions, short-term borrowings and interest-bearing
deposits with other financial institutions.
EARNINGS PER
SHARE: Earnings per share are computed based on net income
divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the
period. The weighted average common shares outstanding were 3,983,009
and 3,998,509 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. The weighted average common shares outstanding were
3,983,009 and 4,030,542 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. Ohio Valley had no dilutive effect and no potential
common shares issuable under stock options or other agreements for any period
presented.
SECURITIES: The
Company classifies securities into held-to-maturity and available-for-sale
categories. Held-to-maturity securities are those which the Company has the
positive intent and ability to hold to maturity and are reported at amortized
cost. Securities classified as available-for-sale include equity securities and
other securities that could be sold for liquidity, investment management or
similar reasons even if there is not a present intention of such a sale.
Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains
or losses included as a separate component of equity, net of tax. Other
securities, such as Federal Home Loan Bank stock, are carried at
cost.
Premium
amortization is deducted from, and discount accretion is added to, interest
income on securities using the level yield method. Gains and losses are
recognized upon the sale of specific identified securities on the completed
transaction basis. Securities are written down to fair value when a decline in
fair value is other than temporary.
LOANS: Loans
are reported at the principal balance outstanding, net of unearned interest,
deferred loan fees and costs, and an allowance for loan
losses. Interest income is reported on an accrual basis using the
interest method and includes amortization of net deferred loan fees and costs
over the loan term. Interest income is not reported when full loan
repayment is in doubt, typically when the loan is impaired or payments are past
due over 90 days. Payments received on such loans are reported as
principal reductions.
ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN
LOSSES: The allowance for loan losses is a valuation allowance
for probable incurred credit losses, increased by the provision for loan losses
and decreased by charge-offs less recoveries. Loan losses are charged
against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan is
confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the
allowance. Management estimates the allowance balance required using
past loan loss experience, the nature and volume of the portfolio, information
about specific borrower situations and estimated collateral values, economic
conditions and other factors. Allocations of the allowance may be
made for specific loans, but the entire allowance is available for any loan
that, in management’s judgment, should be charged-off.
The
allowance consists of specific and general components. The specific
component relates to loans that are individually classified as impaired or loans
otherwise classified as substandard or doubtful. The general
component covers non-classified loans and is based on historical loss experience
adjusted for current factors.
A loan is
impaired when full payment under the loan terms is not
expected. Commercial and commercial real estate loans are
individually evaluated for impairment. Impaired loans are carried at
the present value of expected cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective
interest rate or at the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral
dependent. A portion of the allowance for loan losses is allocated to
impaired loans. Large groups of smaller balance homogeneous loans,
such as consumer and residential real estate loans, are collectively evaluated
for impairment, and accordingly, they are not separately identified for
impairment disclosures.
MORTGAGE SERVICING
RIGHTS: A mortgage servicing right (“MSR”) is a contractual
agreement where the right to service a mortgage loan is sold by the original
lender to another party. When the Company sells mortgage loans to the
secondary market, it retains the servicing rights to these loans. The
Company’s MSR is recognized separately when acquired through sales of loans and
is initially recorded at fair value with the income statement effect recorded in
gains on sales of loans. Subsequently, the MSR is then amortized in
proportion to and over the period of estimated future servicing income of the
underlying loan. The MSR is then evaluated for impairment
periodically based upon the fair value of the rights as compared to the carrying
amount, with any impairment being recognized through a valuation
allowance. Fair value of the MSR is based on market prices for
comparable mortgage servicing contracts. At September 30, 2009, the
Company’s MSR asset portfolio was not material, totaling $505, or 0.7% of the
total mortgage loans being serviced.
RECENT ACCOUNTING
PRONOUNCEMENTS:
In
June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an
accounting pronouncement establishing the FASB Accounting Standards Codification
(the “ASC”) as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by
the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. This
pronouncement was effective for financial statements issued for interim and
annual periods ending after September 15, 2009, for most entities. On
the effective date, all non-SEC accounting and reporting standards will be
superseded. The Company adopted this new accounting pronouncement for
the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009, as required, and adoption did not
have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and results of
operations.
In June
2009, FASB issued SFAS No. 166 “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets—an
amendment of FASB Statement No. 140.” This removes the concept of a qualifying
special-purpose entity from existing GAAP and removes the exception from
applying FASB ASC 810-10, Consolidation (FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised
December 2003) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities) to qualifying
special purpose entities. The objective of this new guidance is to improve the
relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of the information
that a reporting entity provides in its financial statements about a transfer of
financial assets; the effects of a transfer on its financial position, financial
performance, and cash flows; and a transferor’s continuing involvement in
transferred financial assets. The new guidance shall be effective as of the
beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins
after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting
period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. The Company is
still evaluating the impact of this accounting standard.
In June
2009, FASB issued SFAS No. 167 “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R).”
The objective of this new guidance is to amend certain requirements of FASB
Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable
Interest Entities, to improve financial reporting by enterprises involved with
variable interest entities and to provide more relevant and reliable information
to users of financial statements. This guidance shall be effective as of the
beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins
after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting
period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier
application is prohibited. The Company is still evaluating the impact of this
accounting standard.
In April
2009, FASB issued three related accounting pronouncements intended to provide
additional guidance and enhance disclosures regarding fair value measurements
and impairments of securities. The first pronouncement provides
guidelines for making fair value measurements more consistent with the existing
accounting principles when the volume and level of activity for the asset or
liability have decreased significantly. The pronouncement emphasizes
that even if there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of
activity for the asset or liability and regardless of the valuation technique(s)
used, the objective of a fair value measurement remains the same. Fair value is
the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a
liability in an orderly transaction (that is, not a forced liquidation or
distressed sale) between market participants at the measurement date under
current market conditions. Further, the pronouncement also includes guidance on
identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not
orderly.
The
second pronouncement enhances consistency in financial reporting by increasing
the frequency of fair value disclosures. The changes to fair value
disclosures relate to financial instruments that are not currently reflected on
the balance sheet at fair value. Prior to these pronouncements, fair
value disclosures for these instruments were required for annual statements
only. These disclosures now are required to be included in interim
financial statements as well as in annual financial
statements.
The third
pronouncement modifies existing general standards of accounting for and
disclosure of other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses for impaired debt
securities. This pronouncement amends the OTTI impairment guidance in
GAAP for debt securities to make the guidance more operational and to improve
the presentation and disclosure of OTTIs on debt and equity securities in the
financial statements. This pronouncement does not amend existing
recognition and measurement guidance related to OTTIs of equity
securities.
All three
pronouncements were effective for interim and annual periods ending after June
15, 2009. Entities were permitted to early adopt the provisions of
these pronouncements for interim and annual periods ending after March 15, 2009,
but had to adopt all three concurrently. The Company adopted the
provisions of these pronouncements for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009,
as required. The adoption of these pronouncements did not have any
material impact on the Company’s financial position and results of
operations.
RECLASSIFICATIONS: Certain
items related to the consolidated financial statements for 2008 have been
reclassified to conform to the presentation for 2009. These
reclassifications had no effect on the net results of operations.
NOTE
2 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The
measurement of fair value under US GAAP uses a hierarchy intended to maximize
the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable
inputs. This hierarchy uses three levels of inputs to measure the
fair value of assets and liabilities as follows:
Level 1: Quoted
prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that
the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.
Level
2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1
prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices
in markets that are not active, and other inputs that are observable or can be
corroborated by observable market data.
Level
3: Significant, unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s
own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in
pricing an asset or liability.
The
following is a description of the Company’s valuation methodologies used to
measure and disclose the fair values of its financial assets and liabilities on
a recurring or nonrecurring basis:
Securities
Available-For-Sale: Securities classified as
available-for-sale are reported at fair value utilizing Level 2
inputs. For these securities, the Company obtains fair value
measurements using pricing models that vary based on asset class and include
available trade, bid and other market information. Fair value of
securities available-for-sale may also be determined by matrix pricing, which is
a mathematical technique used widely in the industry to value debt securities
without relying exclusively on quoted prices for the specific securities, but
rather by relying on the securities’ relationship to other benchmark quoted
securities.
Impaired
Loans: Some impaired loans are reported at the fair value of
the underlying collateral adjusted for selling costs. Collateral
values are estimated using Level 3 inputs based on third party
appraisals.
Assets
and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis
Assets
and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized
below:
Fair Value Measurements at
September 30, 2009, Using
|
|
Quoted
Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level
1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other Observable
Inputs
(Level
2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level
3)
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury securities
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
10,571 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
U.S.
Government sponsored entity securities
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
47,852 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities - agency
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
34,228 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
Fair Value Measurements at December 31,
2008, Using
|
|
Quoted
Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level
1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other Observable
Inputs
(Level
2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level
3)
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Government sponsored entity securities
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
31,866 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities - agency
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
43,474 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
Assets
and Liabilities Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis
Assets
and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are summarized
below:
Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2009, Using
|
|
Quoted
Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level
1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other Observable Inputs
(Level
2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level
3)
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impaired
Loans
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
10,472 |
|
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2008, Using
|
|
Quoted
Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level
1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other Observable Inputs
(Level
2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level
3)
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impaired
Loans
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
1,182 |
|
Impaired
loans, which are usually measured for impairment using the fair value of the
collateral, had a carrying amount of $21,132 at September 30,
2009. The portion of this impaired loan balance for which a specific
allowance for credit losses was allocated totaled $14,221, resulting in a
specific valuation allowance of $3,749. At December 31, 2008,
impaired loans had a carrying amount of $8,099. The portion of this
impaired loan balance for which a specific allowance for credit losses was
allocated totaled $2,586, resulting in a specific valuation allowance of
$1,404. The specific valuation allowance for those loans has
increased from $1,404 at December 31, 2008 to $3,749 at September 30,
2009.
The
following table presents the fair values of financial assets and liabilities
carried on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, including those financial assets and financial
liabilities that are not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring or
non-recurring basis:
September 30,
2009 December
31, 2008
|
|
Carrying
Amount
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
|
Carrying
Amount
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Financial
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
10,088 |
|
|
$ |
10,088 |
|
|
$ |
17,681 |
|
|
$ |
17,681 |
|
Interest-bearing
deposits in other banks
|
|
|
12,834 |
|
|
|
12,834 |
|
|
|
611 |
|
|
|
611 |
|
Securities
|
|
|
107,921 |
|
|
|
108,268 |
|
|
|
92,326 |
|
|
|
92,581 |
|
Federal
Home Loan Bank stock
|
|
|
6,281 |
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
|
6,281 |
|
|
|
N/A |
|
Loans
|
|
|
639,748 |
|
|
|
656,574 |
|
|
|
622,592 |
|
|
|
637,422 |
|
Accrued
interest receivable
|
|
|
3,170 |
|
|
|
3,170 |
|
|
|
3,172 |
|
|
|
3,172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits
|
|
|
(653,671 |
) |
|
|
(655,940 |
) |
|
|
(592,361 |
) |
|
|
(591,742 |
) |
Securities
sold under agreements to repurchase
|
|
|
(29,853 |
) |
|
|
(29,853 |
) |
|
|
(24,070 |
) |
|
|
(24,070 |
) |
Other
borrowed funds
|
|
|
(41,439 |
) |
|
|
(42,283 |
) |
|
|
(76,774 |
) |
|
|
(78,777 |
) |
Subordinated
debentures
|
|
|
(13,500 |
) |
|
|
(13,714 |
) |
|
|
(13,500 |
) |
|
|
(13,718 |
) |
Accrued
interest payable
|
|
|
(3,947 |
) |
|
|
(3,947 |
) |
|
|
(4,933 |
) |
|
|
(4,933 |
) |
NOTE
3 – SECURITIES
The
following table summarizes the amortized cost and fair value of the
available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investment securities portfolio at
September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and the corresponding amounts of
unrealized gains and losses therein:
|
|
Amortized
Cost
|
|
|
Gross
Unrealized Gains
|
|
|
Gross
Unrealized Losses
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Securities
Available-for-Sale
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury securities
|
|
$ |
10,566 |
|
|
$ |
8 |
|
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
10,571 |
|
U.S.
Government sponsored entity securities
|
|
|
47,072 |
|
|
|
780 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
47,852 |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities - agency
|
|
|
33,604 |
|
|
|
624 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
34,228 |
|
Total
securities
|
|
$ |
91,242 |
|
|
$ |
1,412 |
|
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
92,651 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury securities
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
U.S.
Government sponsored entity securities
|
|
$ |
30,623 |
|
|
$ |
1,243 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
31,866 |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities - agency
|
|
|
43,671 |
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
$ |
(279 |
) |
|
|
43,474 |
|
Total
securities
|
|
$ |
74,294 |
|
|
$ |
1,325 |
|
|
$ |
(279 |
) |
|
$ |
75,340 |
|
|
|
Amortized
Cost
|
|
|
Gross
Unrealized Gains
|
|
|
Gross
Unrealized Losses
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Securities
Held-to-Maturity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
|
$ |
15,234 |
|
|
$ |
377 |
|
|
$ |
(29 |
) |
|
$ |
15,582 |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities - agency
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
35 |
|
Total
securities
|
|
$ |
15,270 |
|
|
$ |
377 |
|
|
$ |
(30 |
) |
|
$ |
15,617 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
|
$ |
16,946 |
|
|
$ |
327 |
|
|
$ |
(70 |
) |
|
$ |
17,203 |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities - agency
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
38 |
|
Total
securities
|
|
$ |
16,986 |
|
|
$ |
327 |
|
|
$ |
(72 |
) |
|
$ |
17,241 |
|
The
amortized cost and fair value of the investment securities portfolio at
September 30, 2009 are shown by expected maturity. Expected maturities may
differ from contractual maturities if borrowers have the right to call or prepay
obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
Available-for-Sale Held-to-Maturity
|
|
Amortized
Cost
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
|
Amortized
Cost
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Maturity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
in one year or less
|
|
$ |
41,571 |
|
|
$ |
41,790 |
|
|
$ |
475 |
|
|
$ |
475 |
|
Due
in one to five years
|
|
|
13,566 |
|
|
|
14,023 |
|
|
|
3,283 |
|
|
|
3,429 |
|
Due
in five to ten years
|
|
|
2,501 |
|
|
|
2,610 |
|
|
|
3,677 |
|
|
|
3,823 |
|
Due
after ten years
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
7,799 |
|
|
|
7,855 |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities - agency
|
|
|
33,604 |
|
|
|
34,228 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
Total
securities
|
|
$ |
91,242 |
|
|
$ |
92,651 |
|
|
$ |
15,270 |
|
|
$ |
15,617 |
|
The
following table summarizes the investment securities with unrealized losses at
September 30, 2009 by aggregated major security type and length of time in a
continuous unrealized loss position:
Less Than 12
Months
12 Months or
Longer
Total
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
|
Unrealized
Loss
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
|
Unrealized
Loss
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
|
Unrealized
Loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury securities
|
|
$ |
3,035 |
|
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
3,035 |
|
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
Obligations
of states and political
subdivisions
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
$ |
1,415 |
|
|
$ |
(29 |
) |
|
|
1,415 |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
Mortgage-backed
securities –
agency
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Total
securities
|
|
$ |
3,035 |
|
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
1,450 |
|
|
$ |
(30 |
) |
|
$ |
4,485 |
|
|
$ |
(33 |
) |
Unrealized
losses on the Company's debt securities have not been recognized into income
because the issuers' securities are of high credit quality, management has the
intent and ability to hold them for the foreseeable future, and the decline in
fair value is largely due to changes in market interest rates. The
fair value is expected to recover as the bonds approach their maturity date or
reset date. Management does not believe any individual unrealized
loss at September 30, 2009 represents an OTTI.
NOTE
4 - LOANS
Total
loans as presented on the balance sheet are comprised of the following
classifications:
|
|
September 30,
2009
|
|
|
December
31, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
real estate
|
|
$ |
239,257 |
|
|
$ |
252,693 |
|
Commercial
real estate
|
|
|
213,885 |
|
|
|
198,559 |
|
Commercial
and industrial
|
|
|
51,694 |
|
|
|
44,824 |
|
Consumer
|
|
|
135,148 |
|
|
|
126,911 |
|
All
other
|
|
|
8,386 |
|
|
|
7,404 |
|
|
|
$ |
648,370 |
|
|
$ |
630,391 |
|
At
September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, loans on nonaccrual status were
approximately $4,245
and $3,396, respectively. Loans past due more than 90 days and
still accruing at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were $2,891
and $1,878, respectively.
NOTE
5 - ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES AND IMPAIRED LOANS
Following
is an analysis of changes in the allowance for loan losses for the nine-month
periods ended
September
30:
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Balance
- January 1,
|
|
$ |
7,799 |
|
|
$ |
6,737 |
|
Loans
charged off:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
241 |
|
|
|
1,101 |
|
Residential
real estate
|
|
|
715 |
|
|
|
160 |
|
Consumer
|
|
|
1,664 |
|
|
|
1,703 |
|
Total
loans charged off
|
|
|
2,620 |
|
|
|
2,964 |
|
Recoveries
of loans:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
730 |
|
|
|
94 |
|
Residential
real estate
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
Consumer
|
|
|
603 |
|
|
|
563 |
|
Total
recoveries of loans
|
|
|
1,342 |
|
|
|
714 |
|
Net
loan charge-offs
|
|
|
(1,278 |
) |
|
|
(2,250 |
) |
Provision
charged to operations
|
|
|
2,101 |
|
|
|
2,310 |
|
Balance
– September 30,
|
|
$ |
8,622 |
|
|
$ |
6,797 |
|
Information
regarding impaired loans is as follows:
|
|
September
30,
2009
|
|
|
December
31,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
of impaired loans
|
|
$ |
21,132 |
|
|
$ |
8,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less
portion for which no specific
allowance
is allocated
|
|
|
6,911 |
|
|
|
5,513 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portion
of impaired loan balance for which a
specific
allowance for credit losses is allocated
|
|
$ |
14,221 |
|
|
$ |
2,586 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portion
of allowance for loan losses specifically
allocated
for the impaired loan balance
|
|
$ |
3,749 |
|
|
$ |
1,404 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
investment in impaired loans year-to-date
|
|
$ |
21,384 |
|
|
$ |
9,027 |
|
Interest
recognized on impaired loans was $1,017 and $292 for the nine-month periods
ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Accrual basis income
was not materially different from cash basis income for the periods
presented.
NOTE
6 - CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH
OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK
The
Company, through its subsidiaries, grants residential, consumer, and commercial
loans to customers located primarily in the central and southeastern areas of
Ohio as well as the western counties of West Virginia. Approximately
3.83% of total loans were unsecured at September 30, 2009, up from 3.79% at
December 31, 2008.
The Bank
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. These financial instruments include commitments to extend
credit, standby letters of credit and financial guarantees. The
contract amounts of these instruments are not included in the
consolidated financial statements. At September 30, 2009, the
contract amounts of these instruments totaled approximately $72,617, compared
to $77,940 at December 31, 2008. Since many of these instruments are
expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total contract amounts do not
necessarily represent future cash requirements.
1
Includes commercial and industrial and commercial real estate
loans.
NOTE
7 - OTHER BORROWED FUNDS
Other
borrowed funds at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are comprised of
advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) of Cincinnati, promissory
notes and Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB") Notes.
|
|
FHLB
Borrowings
|
|
|
Promissory
Notes
|
|
|
FRB
Notes
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September
30, 2009
|
|
$ |
37,160 |
|
|
$ |
4,128 |
|
|
$ |
151 |
|
|
$ |
41,439 |
|
December
31, 2008
|
|
$ |
68,715 |
|
|
$ |
5,479 |
|
|
$ |
2,580 |
|
|
$ |
76,774 |
|
Pursuant
to collateral agreements with the FHLB, advances are secured by $213,972 in
qualifying mortgage loans and $6,281 in FHLB stock at September 30,
2009. Fixed-rate FHLB advances of $37,160 mature through 2033 and
have interest rates ranging from 2.13% to 6.62%. There were no
variable-rate FHLB borrowings at September 30, 2009.
At
September 30, 2009, the Company had a cash management line of credit enabling it
to borrow up to $75,000 from the FHLB. All cash management advances
have an original maturity of 90 days. The line of credit must be
renewed on an annual basis. There was $75,000 available on this line
of credit at September 30, 2009.
Based on
the Company's current FHLB stock ownership, total assets and pledgeable
residential first mortgage loans, the Company had the ability to obtain
borrowings from the FHLB up to a maximum of $158,497 at September 30,
2009.
Promissory
notes, issued primarily by Ohio Valley, have fixed rates of 2.00% to 4.50% and
are due at various dates through a final maturity date of December 30,
2010. A total of $400 represented promissory notes payable by Ohio
Valley to related parties.
FRB notes
represent the collection of tax payments from Bank customers under the Treasury
Tax and Loan program. These funds have a variable interest rate and
are callable on demand by the U.S. Treasury. The interest rate for
the Company's FRB notes was 0.00% at September 30, 2009, unchanged from December
31, 2008. Various investment securities from the Bank used to
collateralize the FRB notes totaled $4,690 at September 30, 2009 and $5,880 at
December 31, 2008.
Letters
of credit issued on the Bank's behalf by the FHLB to collateralize certain
public unit deposits as required by law totaled $39,450 at September 30, 2009
and $45,850 at December 31, 2008.
Scheduled
principal payments over the next five years:
|
|
FHLB
Borrowings
|
|
|
Promissory
Notes
|
|
|
FRB
Notes
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
Ended 2009
|
|
$ |
5,001 |
|
|
$ |
2,191 |
|
|
$ |
151 |
|
|
$ |
7,343 |
|
Year
Ended 2010
|
|
|
26,005 |
|
|
|
1,937 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
27,942 |
|
Year
Ended 2011
|
|
|
6,006 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
6,006 |
|
Year
Ended 2012
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Year
Ended 2013
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
---- |
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
$ |
37,160 |
|
|
$ |
4,128 |
|
|
$ |
151 |
|
|
$ |
41,439 |
|
ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
|
(dollars
in thousands, except share and per share data)
Forward Looking
Statements
Except
for the historical statements and discussions contained herein, statements
contained in this report constitute “forward looking statements” within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Act of 1934 and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are often, but not always,
identified by the use of such words as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” and
similar expressions. Such statements involve various important
assumptions, risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond
our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in such forward looking statements. These factors include,
but are not limited to, the risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A of Ohio
Valley’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
and Ohio Valley’s other securities filings. Readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on such forward looking statements, which speak only as
of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation and
disclaims any intention to republish revised or updated forward looking
statements as a result of unanticipated future events.
Financial
Overview
The
Company is primarily engaged in commercial and retail banking, offering a blend
of commercial and consumer banking services within central and southeastern Ohio
as well as western West Virginia. The banking services offered by the
Bank include the acceptance of deposits in checking, savings, time and money
market accounts; the making and servicing of personal, commercial, floor plan
and student loans; and the making of construction and real estate
loans. The Bank also offers individual retirement accounts, safe
deposit boxes, wire transfers and other standard banking products and
services. As part of its lending function, the Bank also offers
credit card services. Loan Central engages in consumer finance,
offering smaller balance personal and mortgage loans to individuals with higher
credit risk history. Loan Central’s line of business also includes
seasonal tax refund loan services during the January through April
periods. Ohio Valley Financial Services sells life
insurance.
For the
three months ended September 30, 2009, net income decreased by $185, or 9.8%,
compared to the same quarterly period in 2008, to finish at
$1,700. Earnings per share for the third quarter of 2009 decreased
$.04, or 8.5%, compared to the same quarterly period in 2008, to finish at $.43
per share. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, net income
decreased by $434, or 7.8%, compared to the same period in 2008, to finish at
$5,147. Earnings per share for the first nine months of 2009 finished
at $1.29, a decrease of 6.5% from the same period in 2008. The
percentage decrease in nominal dollar net income for both the quarterly and
year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2009 exceeded the net income earnings
per share percentage decrease due to the Company’s stock repurchase program,
with increases in treasury stock repurchases from a year ago lowering the
weighted average number of common shares outstanding. The annualized
net income to average asset ratio, or return on assets (ROA), and net income to
average equity ratio, or return on equity (ROE), both decreased to 0.84% and
10.66% at September 30, 2009, as compared to 0.95% and 12.20%, respectively, at
September 30, 2008.
The
Company’s decrease in earnings during both the three months and nine months
ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the same periods in 2008 was primarily
the result of increases in FDIC premiums that have been assessed on all FDIC
insured institutions. With the increases in FDIC premiums, along with
a special assessment that was charged by the FDIC in June 2009, the Company’s
FDIC insurance expense increased $201 and $1,148 during the third quarter and
year-to-date period of 2009, respectively, as compared to the same periods in
2008. Partially offsetting the significant FDIC insurance expense
increases was noninterest income improvement of 38.9% during the third quarter
of 2009 and 28.8% during the year-to-date period ending September 30, 2009, as
compared to the same periods in 2008. The growth in noninterest
income was largely due to life insurance proceeds collected in the third quarter
of 2009 as well as increased transaction volume related to the Company’s gain on
sale of loans to the secondary market and seasonal tax clearing services
performed during the first half of 2009.
The
consolidated total assets of the Company increased $38,869, or 5.0%, during the
first nine months of 2009 as compared to year-end 2008, to finish at
$819,977. This change in assets was led by an increase in the
Company’s interest-bearing deposits in other financial institutions, which
increased $12,223 from year-end 2008, largely from the deployment of interest-
and non-interest bearing deposit liability growth. New purchases of
U.S. Treasury and Government sponsored entity securities led the increase in the
Company’s investment securities, growing 16.9% from year-end
2008. The Company’s loan portfolio also experienced an increase from
year-end 2008, growing 2.9%, a relatively stable growth pace. This
mild increase came primarily from the commercial loan portfolio, which includes
commercial real estate and commercial and industrial
loans. Historical low interest rates have created an increasing
demand for consumers to refinance their existing mortgage loans. This
has led to a significant increase in the volume of real estate loans sold to the
secondary market, which has caused a corresponding decrease to the Company’s
residential real estate loan portfolio, which was down 5.3% from year-end
2008. Furthermore, the Company’s residential real estate loan
portfolio continues to be challenged by various economic trends that have had a
negative impact on consumer spending. While the demand for loans was
limited during the first nine months of 2009, the Company was able to benefit
from growth in its total deposit liabilities of $61,310 from year-end
2008. Interest-bearing deposit liability growth was led by surges in
the Company’s wholesale deposits of $33,701, Market Watch balances of $16,671
and public fund NOW balances of $19,344, all up from year-end
2008. Partially offsetting growth in interest-bearing deposits were
decreases in the Company’s noninterest-bearing demand deposits, which were down
$3,930 from year-end 2008. The total deposits retained from year-end
2008 were partially used to fund the repayments of other borrowed funds, which
decreased $35,335 from year-end 2008. The excess liquidity created by
the growth in total deposits will continue to be used as funding sources for
potential earning asset growth during the remainder of 2009.
Comparison
of
Financial
Condition
at September 30, 2009 and
December 31, 2008
The
following discussion focuses, in more detail, on the consolidated financial
condition of the Company at September 30, 2009 compared to December 31,
2008. The purpose of this discussion is to provide the reader a more
thorough understanding of the consolidated financial statements. This
discussion should be read in conjunction with the interim consolidated financial
statements and the footnotes included in this Form 10-Q.
Cash and Cash
Equivalents
The
Company’s cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and non-interest bearing
balances due from banks and federal funds sold. The amounts of cash
and cash equivalents fluctuate on a daily basis due to customer activity and
liquidity needs. At September 30, 2009, cash and cash equivalents had
decreased $7,593, or 42.9%, to $10,088 as compared to $17,681 at December 31,
2008. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents was largely affected
by the Company’s preference to utilize its interest-bearing Federal Reserve Bank
clearing account to maintain its excess funds. The Federal Reserve
Bank clearing account became interest-bearing during the fourth quarter of
2008. Further affecting the decrease in cash and cash equivalents
were increased loan balances and investment security purchases during the first
nine months of 2009. As liquidity levels vary continuously based on
consumer activities, amounts of cash and cash equivalents can vary widely at any
given point in time. Management believes that the current balance of
cash and cash equivalents remains at a level that will meet cash obligations and
provide adequate liquidity. Further information regarding the
Company’s liquidity can be found under the caption “Liquidity” in this
Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
Interest-Bearing Deposits in
Other Financial Institutions
At
September 30, 2009, the Company had a total of $12,834 invested as
interest-bearing deposits in other financial institutions, an increase from only
$611 at December 31, 2008. This increase is largely the result of the
Company’s increased liquidity position due to excess deposit liability
growth. Historically, the Company has typically invested its excess
funds with various correspondent banks in the form of federal funds sold, a
common strategy performed by most banks. Beginning in the fourth
quarter of 2008, the Company began shifting its emphasis of maintaining its
excess liquidity from federal funds sold to its existing clearing account on
hand at the Federal Reserve Bank. During this period in 2008, the
Federal Reserve Board announced that it would begin paying interest on
depository institutions’ required and excess reserve balances. The
interest rate paid on both the required and excess reserve balances will be
based on the targeted federal funds rate established by the Federal Open Market
Committee. As of the filing date of this report, the interest rate
calculated by the Federal Reserve remained at 0.25%. Prior to this,
the Federal Reserve Bank balances held by the Company were non-interest
bearing. This interest rate is similar to what the Company would have
received from its investments in federal funds sold, currently targeting a range
of 0.0% to 0.25%. Furthermore, Federal Reserve Bank balances are 100%
secured.
While
interest-bearing deposits in other financial institutions at September 30, 2009
remain up from year-end 2008, this balance represents a significant decrease
from the $37,606 deposit balance at June 30, 2009. The Company was
effective during the third quarter of 2009 in re-investing these liquid funds
back into higher yielding assets such as loans, and to a lesser extent,
investment securities. The Company will continue to re-deploy these
interest-bearing deposits into higher yielding assets to improve the net
interest margin when opportunities arise.
Securities
During
the first nine months of 2009, investment securities increased $15,595 to finish
at $107,921, an increase of 16.9% as compared to year-end 2008. The
Company’s investment securities portfolio consists of U.S. Treasury securities,
U.S. Government sponsored entity (“GSE”) securities, mortgage-backed securities
and obligations of states and political subdivisions. U.S. Treasury and GSE
securities collectively increased $26,557, or 83.3%, as a result of several new
purchases during the second and third quarters of 2009. During this
period, the Company continued to experience a significant increase in excess
funds from growth in total deposit balances. With the demand for loan
balances at a relatively stable pace for much of 2009, the Company invested the
excess funds into new short-term U.S. Treasury and GSE securities totaling
$29,061 with maturities less than one year and interest rate yields less than
1.0%. The Company’s intention is to re-invest these shorter-term
securities into future loan growth or longer-term securities if interest rates
are increased in the near future. In addition to helping achieve
diversification within the Company’s securities portfolio, U.S. Treasury and GSE
securities have also been used to satisfy pledging requirements for repurchase
agreements. At September 30, 2009, the Company’s repurchase
agreements increased 24.0%, increasing the need to secure these
balances. This increase was partially offset by decreases in both
mortgage-backed securities and obligations of states and political subdivisions,
which were down $9,250, or 21.3%, and $1,712, or 10.1%, respectively, from
year-end 2008. Typically, the primary advantage of mortgage-backed
securities has been the increased cash flows due to the more rapid (monthly)
repayment of principal as compared to other types of investment securities,
which deliver proceeds upon maturity or call date. However, with the
current interest rate environment, the cash flow that is being collected is
being reinvested at lower rates. Principal repayments from
mortgage-backed securities totaled $13,465 from January 1, 2009 through
September 30, 2009. For the remainder of 2009, the Company’s focus
will be to generate interest revenue primarily through loan growth, as loans
generate the highest yields of total earning assets.
Loans
The loan
portfolio represents the Company’s largest asset category and is its most
significant source of interest income. During the first nine months
of 2009, total loans increased $17,979, or 2.9%, from year-end
2008. Higher loan balances were mostly influenced by total commercial
loans, which were up $22,196, or 9.1%, from year-end 2008. The
Company’s commercial loans include both commercial real estate and commercial
and industrial loans. Management continues to place emphasis on its
commercial lending, which generally yields a higher return on investment as
compared to other types of loans. The Company’s commercial and
industrial loan portfolio, up $6,870, or 15.3%, from year-end 2008, consists of
loans to corporate borrowers primarily in small to mid-sized industrial and
commercial companies that include service, retail and wholesale
merchants. Collateral securing these loans includes equipment,
inventory, and stock. Commercial real estate, the Company’s largest
segment of commercial loans, increased $15,326, or 7.7%. This segment
of loans is mostly secured by commercial real estate and rental
property. Commercial real estate includes loan participations with
other banks outside the Company’s primary market area. Although the
Company is not actively marketing participation loans outside its primary market
area, it is taking advantage of the relationships it has with certain lenders in
those areas where the Company believes it can profitably participate with an
acceptable level of risk. The commercial loan portfolio, including
participation loans, consists primarily of rental property loans (24.2% of
portfolio), medical industry loans (11.6% of portfolio), land development loans
(7.8% of portfolio), and hotel and motel loans (7.4% of
portfolio). During the first nine of 2009, the primary market areas
for the Company’s commercial loan originations, excluding loan participations,
were in the areas of Gallia, Jackson, Pike and Franklin counties of Ohio, which
accounted for 64.5% of total originations. The growing West Virginia
markets also accounted for 21.9% of total originations for the same time
period. While management believes
lending opportunities exist in the Company’s markets, future commercial lending
activities will depend upon economic and related conditions, such as general
demand for loans in the Company’s primary markets, interest rates offered by the
Company and normal underwriting considerations. Additionally, the
potential for larger than normal commercial loan payoffs may limit loan growth
during the remainder of 2009.
Also
contributing to the loan portfolio increase were consumer loans, which were up
$8,237, or 6.5%, from year-end 2008. The Company’s consumer loans are
secured by automobiles, mobile homes, recreational vehicles and other personal
property. Personal loans and unsecured credit card receivables are
also included as consumer loans. The increase in consumer loans came
mostly from the Company’s automobile indirect lending segment, which increased
$5,514, or 20.4%, from year-end 2008. The automobile indirect lending
segment continues to represent the largest portion of the Company’s consumer
loan portfolio, representing 24.1% of total consumer loans at September 30,
2009. Prior to 2009, the Company’s indirect automobile segment
was on a declining pace due to the growing economic factors that had weakened
the economy and consumer spending. During this time, the Company’s
loan underwriting process and interest rates offered on indirect automobile
opportunities struggled to compete with the more aggressive lending practices of
local banks and alternative methods of financing, such as captive finance
companies offering loans at below-market interest rates related to this
segment. As the economy continues to be challenged, these banks and
captive finance companies that once were successful in getting the majority of
the indirect automobile opportunities are now struggling because of the losses
they have had to absorb as well as the overall decrease in demand for auto
loans. As a result, these businesses have had to tighten their
operations and underwriting processes, which has allowed the Company to compete
better for a larger portion of the indirect business within its local
markets. Furthermore, the Company has added several new auto dealer
relationships that have contributed to more business opportunities in
2009.
The
remaining consumer loan products not discussed above were collectively up
$2,723, or 2.7%, which included general increases in loan balances from home
equity capital lines. While the total consumer loan portfolio was up
from year-end 2008, management will continue to place more emphasis on other
loan portfolios (i.e. residential real estate and commercial) that will promote
increased profitable loan growth and higher returns. Indirect
automobile loans bear additional costs from dealers that partially offset
interest revenue and lower the rate of return. Management believes
that the volume of indirect
automobile
opportunities will continue to stabilize and does not anticipate any significant
growth during the remaining fiscal year of 2009.
Generating
residential real estate loans remains a key focus of the Company’s lending
efforts. Residential real estate loan balances comprise the largest portion of
the Company’s loan portfolio and consist primarily of one- to four-family
residential mortgages and carry many of the same customer and industry risks as
the commercial loan portfolio. During the first nine months of 2009,
total residential real estate loan balances decreased $13,436, or 5.3%, from
year-end 2008 to total $239,257. During the end of 2008 and first
quarter of 2009, long-term interest rates decreased to historic low levels that
prompted a significant surge of demand for these types of long-term fixed-rate
real estate loans. At March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the
30-year treasury rate was 3.56% and 2.69%, respectively, as compared to 4.31% at
September 30, 2008. Consumers wanted to take advantage of the low
rates and reduce their monthly costs. To help manage interest rate
risk and satisfy demand for longer-termed, fixed-rate real estate loans, the
Company gained significant opportunities during the first nine months of 2009 to
originate and sell fixed-rate mortgages to the secondary
market. During the first three quarters of 2009, the Company sold
$53,536 in loans as compared to $11,704 in secondary market loans that were sold
during the entire year of 2008. The increased volume of loans sold to
the secondary market contributed to growth in real estate origination fees and
higher gains on sale revenue in 2009 as compared to 2008. The
increase in demand for real estate refinancings combined with the Company’s
emphasis on selling loans to the secondary market to manage interest rate risk
has led to a decrease in the Company’s longer-termed, fixed-rate real estate
loans, which were down $13,956, or 7.4%, from year-end 2008. Terms of
these fixed-rate loans include 15-, 20- and 30-year periods. These
origination and sale trends also contributed to a lower balance of one-year
adjustable-rate mortgages, which were down $5,720, or 17.3%, from year-end
2008.
The
remaining real estate loan portfolio balances increased $6,237 primarily from
the Company’s other variable-rate products. The Company believes it
has limited its interest rate risk exposure due to its practice of promoting and
selling residential mortgage loans to the secondary market.
The
Company recognized an increase of $982 in other loans from year-end
2008. Other loans consist primarily of state and municipal loans and
overdrafts. This increase was largely due to an increase in state and
municipal loan balances of $987.
The
Company continues to monitor the pace of its loan volume. The
well-documented housing market crisis and other disruptions within the economy
have negatively impacted consumer spending, which has limited the lending
opportunities within the Company’s market locations. Dramatic
declines in the housing market during the past year, with falling home prices
and increasing foreclosures and unemployment, have resulted in significant
write-downs of asset values by financial institutions. To combat this
ongoing potential for loan loss, the Company will continue to remain consistent
in its approach to sound underwriting practices without sacrificing asset
quality and avoiding exposure to unnecessary risk that could weaken the credit
quality of the portfolio. The Company has already seen the volume of
secondary market loan sales stabilize during the third quarter of 2009 and
anticipate that trend to continue for the remainder of 2009 as long-term
interest rates begin to increase. At September 30, 2009, the 30-year
treasury rate was 4.03% as compared to 2.69% at December 31,
2008. The Company anticipates total loan growth in 2009 to be
challenged, with volume to continue at a stable pace throughout the rest of the
year.
Allowance for Loan
Losses
Management
continually monitors the loan portfolio to identify potential portfolio risks
and to detect potential credit deterioration in the early stages, and then
establishes reserves based upon its evaluation of these inherent
risks. During the first nine months of 2009, the Company’s allowance
for loan losses increased to $8,622, as compared to $7,799 at year-end 2008 and
$6,797 at September 30, 2008. This surge in increased reserves was,
in large part, due to the continued increase in the Company’s nonperforming loan
balances. Nonperforming loans at September 30, 2009 totaled 1.10% of
total portfolio loans, an increase from the December 31, 2008 ratio of 0.84% and
the September 30, 2008 ratio of
0.70%. Nonperforming
loans have increased $1,862, or 35.3%, to finish at $7,136 at September 30, 2009
as compared to year-end 2008, while also increasing $2,802, or 64.7%, as
compared to a year ago at September 30, 2008. The increase in
nonperforming loans was mostly related to real estate mortgage borrowers,
comprising about 72% of total nonperforming loans at September 30, 2009, with
payment performance difficulties. Most of these real estate secured
nonperforming loans have been placed on nonaccrual status. These
troubled credits also impacted the Company’s nonperforming assets, which
increased $2,397, or 24.0%, to finish at $12,365 at September 30, 2009 as
compared to year-end 2008, while also increasing $3,418, or 38.2%, as compared
to a year ago at September 30, 2008. Approximately 34.1% of
nonperforming assets is related to one large commercial borrowing classified as
other real estate owned (“OREO”). During the first quarter of 2008,
the Company experienced problems with one of its commercial borrowers that was
unable to meet the debt requirements of its loans. During this time,
the Company stopped recognizing interest income on the loans, reversed all
interest that had been accrued and unpaid and classified the loans as
nonperforming. During the second quarter of 2008, continued analysis
of these loans was performed, which included the reviews of updated appraisals
that reflected a decline in market values due to deteriorating market
conditions. This analysis, along with continued loan deterioration of
this large commercial borrower, prompted management to charge down the loan by
$750, including estimated costs to sell, to the estimated fair value of the
collateral. Subsequently, the Company transferred approximately
$4,214 in loans to OREO as a result of reaching a settlement agreement with the
borrower that included the Bank receiving deeds in lieu of
foreclosure. The Company’s ratio of nonperforming assets, which
include these OREO properties, to total assets equated to 1.51% at September 30,
2009, an increase from 1.28% at year-end 2008 and 1.15% at September 30,
2008. Excluding the aforementioned large commercial borrowing
classified as OREO, nonperforming assets to total assets would equal 1.00% at
September 30, 2009. Both nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets
at September 30, 2009 continue to be in various stages of resolution for which
management believes such loans are adequately collateralized or otherwise
appropriately considered in its determination of the adequacy of the allowance
for loan losses.
In
addition to the nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets discussed above,
there was $18,322 of loans held by the Company at September 30, 2009
classified as impaired, or for which management has concerns regarding the
ability of the borrowers to meet existing repayment terms. These
impaired loans reflect the distinct possibility that the Company will not be
able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the
loan. Although these loans have been identified as potential problem
loans, they may never become delinquent or classified as
non-performing. Impaired loans are considered in the determination of
the overall adequacy of the allowance for loan losses.
During
the first nine months of 2009, net charge-offs totaled $1,278, a decrease of
$972 from the same period in 2008, mostly due to a large recovery from a
previously charged off commercial loan during June 2009. This large
commercial loan recovery totaling $648 not only lowered net charge-offs, but
also lowered provision expense charges during the second quarter of
2009. Management believes that the allowance for loan losses is
adequate and reflects probable incurred losses in the loan
portfolio. Asset quality remains a key focus, as management continues
to stress not just loan growth, but quality in loan underwriting as
well.
Deposits
Deposits
are used as part of the Company’s liquidity management strategy to meet
obligations for depositor withdrawals, fund the borrowing needs of loan
customers, and to fund ongoing operations. Deposits, both interest-
and noninterest-bearing, continue to be the most significant source of funds
used by the Company to support earning assets. The Company seeks to
maintain a proper balance of core deposit relationships on hand while also
utilizing various wholesale deposit sources such as brokered and
internet certificates of deposit (“CD”) balances as an alternative funding
source to efficiently manage the net interest margin. Deposits are
influenced by changes in interest rates, economic conditions and competition
from other banks. During the first nine months of 2009, total
deposits were up $61,310, or 10.4%, from year-end 2008. The change in
deposits came primarily from increases in the Company’s money market deposits,
interest-bearing demand deposits and interest-bearing time deposit
balances.
Core
relationship deposits are considered by management as a primary source of the
Bank’s liquidity. The Bank focuses on these kinds of deposit
relationships with consumers from local markets who can maintain multiple
accounts and services at the Bank. The Company views core deposits as
the foundation of its long-term funding sources because it believes such core
deposits are more stable and less sensitive to changing interest rates and other
economic factors. As a result, the Bank’s core customer relationship
strategy has resulted in a higher percentage of its deposits being held in money
market accounts and NOW accounts from year-end 2008, while a lesser percentage
has resulted in retail time deposits from year-end 2008. Furthermore,
the Company’s core noninterest-bearing demand accounts have been maintained at
comparable levels to that of year-end 2008, down just 4.6%.
Deposit
growth came mostly from interest-bearing NOW account balances, which increased
$23,551, or 29.1%, during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to year-end
2008. This growth was largely driven by a $19,344 increase in public
fund balances related to local city and county school construction projects
currently in process within Gallia County, Ohio.
Also
contributing to growth in deposits were time deposits, increasing $19,620, or
6.4%, from year-end 2008. Time deposits, particularly CD’s, are the
most significant source of funding for the Company’s earning assets, making up
50.1% of total deposits. With loan balances maintaining a relatively
stable growth pace, up just 2.9% from year-end 2008, there has not been an
aggressive need to deploy time deposits as a funding source. As
market rates have aggressively lowered since September 2007, the Company has
seen the cost of its retail CD balances reprice downward (as a lagging effect to
the actions by the Federal Reserve) to reflect current deposit
rates. This lagging effect has caused the interest rates on the
Company’s retail CD portfolio to stabilize and become comparable to the interest
rate offerings of its alternative funding source, wholesale fund
deposits. As market rates have fallen considerably from a year ago,
the Bank’s CD customers have been more likely to consider re-investing their
matured CD balances with other institutions offering the most attractive
rates. This has led to an increased maturity runoff within its
“customer relation” retail CD portfolio. Furthermore, with the
significant downturn in economic conditions, the Bank’s CD customers in general
have experienced reduced funds available to deposit with structured terms,
choosing to remain more liquid. As a result, the Company has
experienced a shift within its time deposit portfolio, with retail CD balances
decreasing $14,081 from year-end 2008, while utilizing more wholesale funding
deposits (i.e., brokered and internet CD issuances), which increased
$33,701 from year-end 2008. The Bank increased its use of brokered
deposits mostly during the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009
with laddered maturities into the future. This trend of utilizing
brokered CD’s selectively based on maturity and interest rate opportunities not
only fits well with management’s strategy of funding the balance sheet with
low-costing wholesale funds, but it also assists to support the interest rate
risks associated with the limited loan originations of longer-term fixed rate
mortgages experienced during the first half of 2009.
Further
enhancing deposit growth were money market deposit balances, increasing $16,721,
or 19.5%, during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to year-end
2008. This increase was primarily driven by the Company's Market
Watch money market account product. Introduced in August 2005, the
Market Watch product is a limited transaction investment account with tiered
rates that competes with current market rate offerings and serves as an
alternative to certificates of deposit for some customers. With an
added emphasis on further building and maintaining core deposit relationships,
the Company began marketing a special six-month introductory rate offer of 3.00%
APY during the first quarter of 2009 that would be for new Market Watch
accounts. This special offer was well received by the Bank’s
customers and contributed to most of the money market year-to-date
increase in 2009. As of September 30, 2009, this program had gathered
$98,680 in deposits, a 20.3% increase from the balances at year-end
2008.
Partially
offsetting the increases in total deposit balances was the Company’s
interest-free funding source, noninterest bearing demand deposits, decreasing
$3,930, or 4.6%, from year-end 2008. This decrease was largely from
lower business checking account balances from year-end 2008.
The
Company will continue to experience increased competition for deposits in its
market areas, which should challenge its net growth. The Company will
continue to emphasize growth in its core deposits as well as to utilize its
wholesale CD funding sources during the remainder of 2009, reflecting the
Company’s efforts to reduce its reliance on higher cost funding and improving
net interest income.
Securities Sold Under
Agreements to Repurchase
Repurchase
agreements, which are financing arrangements that have overnight maturity terms,
were up $5,783, or 24.0%, from year-end 2008. This increase was
mostly due to seasonal fluctuations of two commercial accounts in the first nine
months of 2009.
Other Borrowed
Funds
The
Company also accesses other funding sources, including short-term and long-term
borrowings, to fund asset growth and satisfy short-term liquidity
needs. Other borrowed funds consist primarily of Federal Home Loan
Bank (FHLB) advances and promissory notes. During the first nine
months of 2009, other borrowed funds were down $35,335, or 46.0%, from year-end
2008. Management used the growth in deposit proceeds to repay FHLB
borrowings during the first nine months of 2009. While deposits
continue to be the primary source of funding for growth in earning assets,
management will continue to utilize various wholesale borrowings to help manage
interest rate sensitivity and liquidity.
Shareholders’
Equity
The
Company maintains a capital level that exceeds regulatory requirements as a
margin of safety for its depositors. Total shareholders' equity at
September 30, 2009 of $66,053 was up $2,997, or 4.8%, as compared to the balance
of $63,056 on December 31, 2008. Contributing most to this increase
was year-to-date net income of $5,147, partially offset by cash dividends paid
of $2,390, or $.60 per share, year-to-date. The Company had treasury
stock totaling $15,712 at September 30, 2009, unchanged from year-end
2008. The
Company may repurchase additional common shares from time to time as authorized
by its stock repurchase program. Most recently, the Board of
Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 175,000 of its common shares
between February 16, 2009 and February 15, 2010. As of September 30,
2009, all 175,000 shares were still available to be repurchased pursuant to that
authorization.
Comparison
of
Results
of Operations
for the
Quarter and Year-To-Date Periods
Ended September 30, 2009 and
2008
The
following discussion focuses, in more detail, on the consolidated results of
operations of the Company for the quarterly and year-to-date periods ended
September 30, 2009 compared to the same periods in 2008. The purpose of this
discussion is to provide the reader a more thorough understanding of the
consolidated financial statements. This discussion should be read in
conjunction with the interim consolidated financial statements and the footnotes
included in this Form 10-Q.
Net Interest
Income
The most
significant portion of the Company’s revenue, net interest income, results from
properly managing the spread between interest income on earning assets and
interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities. The Company earns
interest and dividend income from loans, investment securities and short-term
investments while incurring interest expense on interest-bearing deposits and
repurchase agreements, as well as short-term and long-term
borrowings. For the third quarter of 2009, net interest income
decreased $276, or 3.6%, as compared to the same quarterly period in
2008. This quarterly decrease brings year-to-date net interest income
to $23,031, a $77, or 0.3% increase through the first nine months of 2009 as
compared to the previous year-to-date period in 2008. The year over
year improvement is largely the result of significant increases in the Company’s
refund anticipation loan (“RAL”) fees during the first quarter of 2009 as well
as loan fees from the increased volume of real estate refinancings and real
estate loans sold to the secondary market during the first half of
2009. While the Company has maintained improved levels of net
interest income on a year-to-date basis, the pace of growth continues to
decrease. The Company entered 2009’s first quarter with net interest
income totaling $8,280, and has since seen those numbers decrease to $7,303 and
$7,448 during the second and third quarters of 2009,
respectively. The decreases have been largely the result of a
compressing net interest margin due to a reduction in RAL fees and higher
relative balances being invested in overnight or short-term earning assets such
as investment securities and interest-bearing deposits in other financial
institutions at lower return yields.
Total
interest and dividend income decreased $924, or 7.3%, during the third quarter
of 2009 and decreased $3,190, or 8.1%, during the first nine months of 2009 as
compared to the same periods in 2008. This drop in interest earnings
was largely due to a decrease in the yields earned on average earning assets
during both the quarterly and year-to-date periods of 2009 as compared to the
same periods in 2008. The average yield on earning assets for the
three months ended September 30, 2009 decreased 93 basis points to 6.03% as
compared to 6.96% during the same period in 2008. The average yield
on earning assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased 89
basis points to 6.25% as compared to 7.14% during the same period in
2008. This negative effect reflects the decrease in short-term
interest rates initiated by the Federal Reserve Board in 2007. The
Company’s loan portfolio is significantly affected by changes in the prime
interest rate. The prime interest rate began 2008 at 7.25% and
decreased 200 basis points in the first quarter, 25 basis points in the second
quarter and 175 basis points in the fourth quarter to end 2008 at
3.25%. During the first nine months of 2009, the prime interest rate
remained at 3.25% for the entire period.
Earning
asset yields were also negatively affected by the recent investments made to
lower yielding earning assets during the second and third quarters of
2009. During much of 2009, loan demand has continued at a mild growth
pace while excess funds continue to increase due to core depoit growth of the
Bank. As a result, a total of $29,061 of these excess funds during
the second and third quarters of 2009 were placed into short-term U.S. Treasury
and GSE securities with maturities less than one year and interest rate yields
less than 1.0%. Furthermore, the Company has accumulated a total of
$12,441 within its interest-bearing Federal Reserve Bank clearing account at
September 30, 2009. This interest-bearing account became
interest-bearing in December of 2008 and currently yields an interest rate of
only 0.25%. The Company’s intention with its short-term investment
security purchases and higher Federal Reserve Bank balances is to re-invest
these shorter-term liquid assets into future loan growth or longer-term
securities if interest rates are increased in the near future. In
addition, these Federal Reserve Bank balances are 100% secured.
Partially
offsetting the asset yield decreases from a year ago were positive contributions
from growth in the Company’s average earning assets, up $48,945, or 6.7%, during
the third quarter of 2009 and up $37,679, or 5.1%, during the first nine months
of 2009 as compared to the same periods in 2008. The growth in
average earning assets was largely comprised of interest-bearing deposits in
other financial institutions. Further contributing to interest
revenue was additional fee income from increased originations of the Company’s
RAL loans. The Company’s participation with a third party tax
software provider has given the Bank the opportunity to make RAL loans during
the tax refund loan season, typically from January through March. RAL
loans are short-term cash advances against a customer's anticipated income tax
refund. Through the first nine months of 2009, the Company had
recognized $397 in RAL fees as compared to $265 during the same period in 2008,
an increase of $132, or 49.8%.
Although
the Company’s residential real estate loan balances have decreased 5.3% from
year-end 2008, additional contributions to interest revenue also came from real
estate fees. During the end of 2008 and entering 2009, the nation’s
long-term interest rates that are tied to fixed-rate mortgages became
increasingly affordable. At March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the
30-year treasury rate was 3.56% and 2.69%, respectively, as compared to 4.31% at
September 30, 2008. This was responsible for a significant increase
in the demand for real estate refinancings that would allow consumers to take
advantage of historical low rates. This also allowed the Company to
originate a significant volume of real estate loans that were sold to the
secondary market. Both the significant volume of refinancings and
secondary market loan originations resulted in the Company’s real estate fees
increasing $57, or 47.4%, during the third quarter of 2009 and increasing $290,
or 70.7%, during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same periods
in 2008.
In
relation to lower earning asset yields, the Company’s total interest expense
decreased $648, or 13.1%, for the third quarter of 2009 and decreased $3,267, or
20.1%, during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same periods in
2008, as a result of lower rates paid on interest-bearing
liabilities. Since the beginning of 2008, the Federal Reserve Board
has reduced the prime and federal funds interest rates by 400 basis
points. The prime interest rate is currently at 3.25% and the target
federal funds rate has decreased to a range of 0.0% to 0.25%. The
short-term rate decreases impacted the repricings of various Bank deposit
products, including public fund NOW accounts, Gold Club and Market Watch
accounts. Interest rates on CD balances have repriced to
lower rates (as a lagging effect to the Federal Reserve’s action to drop
short-term interest rates), which have lower funding costs during
2009. As a result of decreases in the average market interest rates
mentioned above, the Bank’s total weighted average funding costs have decreased
72 basis points from 2.94% at September 30, 2008 to 2.22% at September 30,
2009.
During
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the decline in asset yields
have completely offset the declines in funding costs, as well as the benefits of
RAL and real estate fees. As a result, the Company’s net interest
margin has decreased 42 basis points from 4.27% to 3.85% during the third
quarter of 2009, and has decreased 19 basis points from 4.20% to 4.01% during
the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same periods in
2008. However, the Company has experienced margin improvement during
the most recent linked second and third quarters of 2009. During this
time, the net interest margin has increased from the second quarter’s 3.78%
level to 3.85% during the third quarter, an 8 basis point
improvement. The Company attributes this margin enhancement effect to
the re-investment of lower yielding interest-bearing deposits in other financial
institutions earning 0.25% or less to higher yielding assets such as loans and
short-term investment securities. This caused the declining trend of
asset yields to actually stabilize during the third quarter of 2009, which
ultimately led to margin improvement.
While
improving, the net interest margin is expected to remain challenged for the
remainder of 2009, as lower yielding, short-term assets continue to grow from a
year ago as a result of excess deposit growth, while the Company’s demand for
loan growth is expected to be challenged for the remainder of
2009. It is difficult to speculate on future changes in net interest
margin and the frequency and size of changes in market interest
rates. The past year has seen the banking industry under significant
stress due to declining real estate values and asset impairment. The
Federal Reserve Board’s actions of decreasing short-tem interest rates in 2008
were necessary to take steps in repairing the recessionary problems and promote
economic stability. The Company believes it is reasonably possible
the prime interest rate and the federal funds rate will remain at the current,
historically low levels for the remainder of 2009. However, there can
be no assurance to that effect or as to the magnitude of any change in market
interest rates should a change be prompted by the Federal Reserve Board, as such
changes are dependent upon a variety of factors that are beyond the Company’s
control. For additional discussion on the Company’s rate sensitive
assets and liabilities, please see Item 3, Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosure About Market Risk, of this Form 10-Q.
Provision for Loan
Losses
Credit
risk is inherent in the business of originating loans. The Company
sets aside an allowance for loan losses through charges to income, which are
reflected in the consolidated statement of income as the provision for loan
losses. This provision charge is recorded to achieve an allowance for
loan losses that is adequate to absorb losses probable and incurred in the
Company’s loan portfolio. Management performs, on a quarterly basis,
a detailed analysis of the allowance for loan losses that encompasses loan
portfolio composition, loan quality, loan loss experience and other relevant
economic factors. Provision expense increased $264, or 38.1%, for the
three months ended September 30, 2009 but has decreased $209, or 9.0%, during
the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same periods in
2008. The year-to-date decrease in provision expense was impacted by
a $972, or 43.2%, decrease in net charge-offs during the first nine months of
2009 as compared to the first nine months of 2008. The decrease in
net charge-offs was due to a large recovery from a previously charged off
commercial loan during June 2009 that totaled $648.
Management
believes that the allowance for loan losses was adequate at September 30, 2009
and reflective of probable losses in the portfolio. The allowance for
loan losses was 1.33% of total loans at September 30, 2009, up from the
allowance level as a percentage of total loans of 1.24% at December 31, 2008 and
1.10% at September 30, 2008 due to increases in the
Company’s
real estate nonperforming loan balances. As part of the allowance for
loan loss determination, specific allocations based on the probability of loan
loss on the Company’s nonperforming loan relationships are
estimated. This increase in the allowance for loan loss percentage is
directionally consistent with the increase in specific allocations relative to
the change in nonperforming loan balances. Future provisions to the
allowance for loan losses will continue to be based on management’s quarterly
in-depth evaluation that is discussed in further detail under the caption
“Critical Accounting Policies - Allowance for Loan Losses” of this Form
10-Q.
Noninterest
Income
Noninterest
income for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $2,184, an increase of
$610, or 38.8%, over the same quarterly period in 2008. Noninterest
income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $6,111, an increase of
$1,366, or 28.8%, over the same year-to-date period in 2008. These
results were impacted mostly by bank owned life insurance proceeds, seasonal tax
refund processing fees and gains on sale of secondary market real estate loans
partially offset by a decrease in the Bank’s service charge fees on deposit
accounts.
Noninterest
revenue growth was mostly led by gains on the sale of real estate loans to the
secondary market. To help manage consumer demand for longer-termed,
fixed-rate real estate mortgages, the Company has taken additional opportunities
to sell most real estate loans to the secondary market. Through
September 30, 2009, the Company has sold 392 loans totaling $53,536 to the
secondary market as compared to 109 loans totaling $11,704 during the entire
fiscal year of 2008. Historic low interest rates related to long-term
fixed-rate mortgage loans have caused consumers to refinance existing mortgages
in order to reduce their monthly costs. Despite the low level of home
sales, consumers are selectively purchasing real estate while locking in low
long-term rates. This volume increase in loan sales has contributed
to the quarterly and year-to-date growth in income on sale of loans, which was
up $75, or 375.0%, during the three months ended September 30, 2009 and up $603,
or 548.2%, during the nine months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to the
same periods in 2008. The Company has experienced a volume decline in
the number of real estate refinancings since the first half of 2009, with gain
on sale income decreasing from $360 in the the second quarter of 2009 to just
$95 in the third quarter of 2009. The Company anticipates this volume
decline of secondary market loan sales to continue during the
remainder of 2009.
Also
contributing to noninterest income was the Company’s earnings from tax-free bank
owned life insurance (“BOLI”) investments. BOLI investments are
maintained by the Company in association with various benefit plans, including
deferred compensation plans, director retirement plans and supplemental
retirement plans. During the third quarter of 2009, the Company
received BOLI proceeds of $556 which generated a quarterly increase of $555, or
277.5%, in BOLI income as compared to the same quarterly period of
2008. This has contributed to a year-to-date increase of $582, or
101.0%, in BOLI earnings for the nine months ending September 30, 2009 as
compared to the same period in 2008.
Further
contributing to noninterest income growth was the Company’s tax refund
processing fees classified as other noninterest income. As mentioned
previously, the Company began its participation in a new tax refund loan service
in 2006 where it serves as a facilitator for the clearing of tax refunds for a
tax software provider. The Company is one of a limited number of
financial institutions throughout the U.S. that facilitates tax refunds through
its relationship with this tax software provider. During the nine
months ending September 30, 2009, the Company’s tax refund processing fees
increased by $251, or 92.7%, as compared to the same period in 2008, with
minimal income recorded in the third quarters of 2009 and 2008. As a
result of tax refund processing fee activity being mostly seasonal, tax refund
processing fees are estimated to be minimal during the remainder of
2009.
Growth in
noninterest income also came from the net gains and losses on the sales of OREO
assets. This income was the result of higher OREO losses experienced
in last year’s first nine months of 2008 combined with higher OREO gains
experienced during the first nine months of 2009. As a result, income
from OREO sales increased $59, or 190.3%, during the first nine months of 2009,
while decreasing $6, or 85.7% during the third quarter of 2009, as compared to
the same periods in 2008. The year-to-date increase was primarily the
result of a $41
loss
incurred on the sale of one large real estate property during the first quarter
of 2008 and a $24 gain recognized on the sale of one large real estate property
during the second quarter of 2009.
Partially
offsetting noninterest income growth was a decrease in the Bank’s service charge
fees on deposit accounts, which declined by $57, or 6.8%, during the third
quarter of 2009, and decreased $215, or 9.3%, during the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 as compared to the same periods in 2008. The
decrease was in large part due to a lower volume of overdraft balances, as
customers presented fewer checks against non-sufficient funds during 2009 as
compared to 2008.
The total
of all remaining noninterest income categories increased $43 during the third
quarter of 2009 and increased $86 during the first nine months of 2009 as
compared to the same periods in 2008. The total growth in noninterest
income demonstrates management’s desire to leverage technology to enhance
efficiency and diversify the Company’s revenue sources.
Noninterest
Expense
Noninterest
expense during the third quarter of 2009 increased $588, or 9.8%, and increased
$2,580, or 14.7%, during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same
periods in 2008. Contributing most to the growth in overhead expense
was a significant increase in the Company’s FDIC insurance premium expense,
which was up $201 during the third quarter of 2009 to finish at $322 as compared
to $121 in insurance expense during the third quarter of 2008. The
Company’s FDIC insurance premium expense increased $1,148 during the first nine
months of 2009 to finish at $1,303 as compared to just $155 in insurance expense
during the first nine months of 2008. The increases in deposit
insurance expense were due to increases in the fee assessment rates during 2009
and a special assessment applied to all FDIC insured institutions as of June 30,
3009. With regard to the increase in fee assessment rates, prior to
the third quarter of 2008, the Company had benefited from its share of available
credits that were used to offset insurance assessments that resulted in minimum
quarterly insurance premiums, approximately $17 per quarter. This
assessment credit benefit was fully utilized by June 30, 2008. With
the elimination of this credit, the Company entered the third quarter of 2008
with its deposits being assessed at a rate close to 7 basis
points. In December 2008, the FDIC issued a rule increasing deposit
insurance assessment rates uniformly for all financial institutions for the
first quarter of 2009 by an additional 7 basis points on an annual
basis.
In May
2009, the FDIC issued a final rule which levied a special assessment applicable
to all FDIC insured depository institutions totaling 5 basis points of each
institution’s total assets less Tier 1 capital as of June 30, 2009, not to
exceed 10 basis points of total deposits. This special assessment,
which totaled $373, was part of the FDIC’s efforts to rebuild the Deposit
Insurance Fund back to an adequate level. While these special
assessments levied on all institutions have proven to be vital in maintaining
adequate insurance levels, the Deposit Insurance Fund remains extremely low due
to the continued high rate of bank failures in recent periods. As a
result, during the third quarter of 2009, the FDIC has proposed an alternative
to future special assessments, which would negatively impact the Company’s
earnings. The alternative is to have all banks prepay three and a
quarter years worth of FDIC assessments on December 30, 2009. The
proposed prepayment, which includes assumptions about future deposit and
assessment rate growth, would be based on third quarter deposits. The
prepaid amount would be amortized over the entire prepayment
period. If approved, the Company’s estimated prepayment would be
approximately $3,761. Also if approved, the FDIC would not impose
additional special assessments on insured institutions similar to the one levied
in the second quarter of 2009 for the third and fourth quarters of 2009 as well
as maintain assessment rates at their current levels through the end of
2010. While the proposed prepayment would decrease the amount of
investable assets, the effect on earnings would be the lost earnings on the
amount of prepayment, which is significantly less than the impact of an
additional special assessment. The Company cannot provide
any assurance as to the final amount or timing of any such prepayments should
they occur as these events depend upon a variety of factors which are beyond the
Company’s control.
These
actions, if taken, could materially increase the total FDIC insurance expense
recognized by the Company in future quarters.
Also
contributing to overhead expense increase was salaries and employee benefits,
the Company’s largest noninterest expense item, which increased $229, or 6.3%,
for the third quarter of 2009, and increased $814, or 7.8%, during the first
nine months of 2009 as compared to the same periods in 2008. The
increase was largely due to increased annual cost of living salary increases,
higher accrued incentive costs and a higher full-time equivalent (“FTE”)
employee base. The Company’s FTE employees increased September 30,
2009 to 272 employees on staff as compared to 266 employees at September 30,
2008.
Increases
in the Company’s other noninterest expenses were realized during 2009,
increasing $142, or 10.0%, during the third quarter of 2009 and increasing $566,
or 13.0%, during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same periods
in 2008. Leading the growth in this area was increases to the
Company’s telecommunications costs, which increased $38, or 26.6%, during the
third quarter of 2009, and increased $195, or 47.6%, during the first nine
months` of 2009 as compared to the same periods in 2008. During the
second half of 2008, the Company improved the communication lines between all of
its branches to achieve faster relay of information and increase work
efficiency. This investment upgrade of communication lines has
equated to a $35 per month cost. Other noninterest expense increases
also came from the Bank’s loan and legal expense, which collectively increased
$100 and $190 during the three months and nine months ending September 30, 2009,
respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2008. This was due
to the larger than normal volume of recovered foreclosure costs and legal fees
that were collected during 2008 that did not re-occur in 2009.
Overhead
expenses were also impacted by occupancy, furniture and equipment costs, which
increased $50, or 7.5%, during the third quarter of 2009 and increased $158, or
8.2%, during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same periods in
2008. This was in large part due to the complete replacements of all
of the Company’s automated teller machines (“ATM”) during the second half of
2008. The investment of over $500 was necessary to upgrade each ATM
location with more current equipment to better service customer
needs. All ATM’s had been fully replaced by the end of 2009’s first
quarter, with depreciation commencing on most of these assets beginning January
2009.
Partially
offsetting increases to noninterest expense were decreases in data processing
costs. The Company continues to incur monthly costs from the Bank's
use of technology to better serve the convenience of its customers, which
includes ATM, debit and credit cards, as well as various online banking
products, including net teller and bill pay. During the third quarter of 2009,
data processing expenses decreased $34, or 19.3%, and during the first nine
months of 2009, data processing expenses decreased $106, or 15.0%, as compared
to the same periods in 2008. The decreases were due to the successful
re-negotiation of the Bank's monthly data processing costs in 2008. The
negotiations for lower monthly processing charges were finalized in the third
quarter of 2008 and decreased the monthly data processing costs by more than $15
per month beginning with the August 2008 bill.
The
Company’s efficiency ratio is defined as noninterest expense as a percentage of
fully tax-equivalent net interest income plus noninterest
income. Management continues to place emphasis on managing its
balance sheet mix and interest rate sensitivity to help expand the net interest
margin as well as developing more innovative ways to generate noninterest
revenue. However, the recent developments with rising FDIC insurance
assessment rates and a special assessment resulting in an additional charge of
$373 has contributed to higher overhead expense levels, which have outpaced
revenue levels and have caused both third quarter and year-to-date efficiency
ratios to increase from prior periods. The efficiency ratio during
the third quarter of 2009 increased to 67.6% from the 63.7% experienced during
the third quarter of 2008. The efficiency ratio during the first nine
months of 2009 increased to 68.4% from the 62.6% experienced during the first
nine months of 2008.
Capital
Resources
All of
the Company’s capital ratios exceeded the regulatory minimum guidelines as
identified in the following table:
|
Company
Ratios
|
Regulatory
Minimum
|
|
9/30/09
|
12/31/08
|
Tier
1 risk-based capital
|
12.2%
|
12.2%
|
4.00%
|
Total
risk-based capital ratio
|
13.5%
|
13.5%
|
8.00%
|
Leverage
ratio
|
9.4%
|
9.7%
|
4.00%
|
Cash
dividends paid of $2,390 during the first nine months of 2009 represent a 3.7%
increase over the cash dividends paid during the same period in
2008. The quarterly dividend rate increased from $0.19 per share in
2008 to $0.20 per share in 2009. The dividend rate has increased in
proportion to the consistent growth in retained earnings. At
September 30, 2009, approximately 80% of the Company’s shareholders were
enrolled in the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan.
Liquidity
Liquidity
relates to the Company’s ability to meet the cash demands and credit needs of
its customers and is provided by the ability to readily convert assets to cash
and raise funds in the market place. Total cash and cash equivalents,
interest-bearing deposits with other financial institutions, held-to-maturity
securities maturing within one year and available-for-sale securities of
$116,048 represented 14.2% of total assets at September 30, 2009. In
addition, the FHLB offers advances to the Bank which further enhances the Bank’s
ability to meet liquidity demands. At September 30, 2009, the Bank
could borrow an additional $82,000 from the FHLB, of which, $75,000 could be
used for short-term, cash management advances. Furthermore, the Bank
has established a borrowing line with the Federal Reserve. At
September 30, 2009, this line totaled $41,000. Lastly, the Bank also
has the ability to purchase federal funds from a correspondent
bank. For further cash flow information, see the condensed
consolidated statement of cash flows contained in this Form
10-Q. Management does not rely on any single source of liquidity and
monitors the level of liquidity based on many factors affecting the Company’s
financial condition.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
As
discussed in Note 5 – Concentrations of Credit Risk and Financial Instruments
with Off-Balance Sheet Risk, the Company engages in certain off-balance sheet
credit-related activities, including commitments to extend credit and standby
letters of credit, which could require the Company to make cash payments in the
event that specified future events occur. Commitments to extend
credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of
any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have
fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a
fee. Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments to
guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. While these
commitments are necessary to meet the financing needs of the Company’s
customers, many of these commitments are expected to expire without being drawn
upon. Therefore, the total amount of commitments does not necessarily
represent future cash requirements.
Critical Accounting
Policies
The most
significant accounting policies followed by the Company are presented in Note 1
to the consolidated financial statements. These policies, along with
the disclosures presented in the other financial statement notes, provide
information on how significant assets and liabilities are valued in the
financial statements and how those values are determined. Management
views critical accounting policies to be those that are highly dependent on
subjective or complex judgments, estimates and assumptions, and where changes in
those estimates and assumptions could have a significant impact on the financial
statements. Management currently views the adequacy of the allowance
for loan losses to be a critical accounting policy.
Allowance for loan
losses: To arrive at the total dollars necessary to maintain an
allowance level sufficient to absorb probable losses incurred at a specific
financial statement date, management has developed procedures to establish and
then evaluate the allowance once determined. The allowance consists
of the following components: specific allocation, general allocation and other
estimated general allocation.
To arrive
at the amount required for the specific allocation component, the Company
evaluates loans for which a loss may be incurred either in part or
whole. To achieve this task, the Company has created a quarterly
report (“Watchlist”) which lists the loans from each loan portfolio that
management deems to be potential credit risks. The criteria to be
placed on this report are: past due 60 or more days, nonaccrual and loans
management has determined to be potential problem loans. These loans
are reviewed and analyzed for potential loss by the Large Loan Review Committee,
which consists of the President of the Company and members of senior management
with lending authority. The function of the Committee is to review
and analyze large borrowers for credit risk, scrutinize the Watchlist and
evaluate the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses and other credit related
issues. The Committee has established a grading system to evaluate
the credit risk of each commercial borrower on a scale of 1 (least risk) to 10
(greatest risk). After the Committee evaluates each relationship
listed in the report, a specific loss allocation may be assessed. The
specific allocation is currently made up of amounts allocated to the commercial
and real estate loan portfolios.
Included
in the specific allocation analysis are impaired loans, which consist of loans
with balances of $200 or more on nonaccrual status or non-performing in
nature. These loans are also individually analyzed and a specific
allocation may be assessed based on expected credit loss. Collateral
dependent loans will be evaluated to determine a fair value of the collateral
securing the loan. Any changes in the impaired allocation will be
reflected in the total specific allocation.
The
second component (general allowance) is based upon total loan portfolio balances
minus loan balances already reviewed (specific allocation). The Large
Loan Review Committee evaluates credit analysis reports that provide management
with a “snapshot” of information on borrowers with larger-balance loans
(aggregate balances of $1,000 or greater), including loan grades, collateral
values, and other factors. A list is prepared and updated quarterly that allows
management to monitor this group of borrowers. Therefore, only small balance
commercial loans and homogeneous loans (consumer and real estate loans) are not
specifically reviewed to determine minor delinquencies, current collateral
values and present credit risk. The Company utilizes actual historic
loss experience as a factor to calculate the probable losses for this component
of the allowance for loan losses. This risk factor reflects a
three-year performance evaluation of credit losses per loan
portfolio. The risk factor is achieved by taking the average net
charge-off per loan portfolio for the last 36 consecutive months and dividing it
by the average loan balance for each loan portfolio over the same time
period. The Company believes that by using the 36 month
average loss risk factor, the estimated allowance will more accurately reflect
current probable losses.
The final
component used to evaluate the adequacy of the allowance includes five
additional areas that management believes can have an impact on collecting all
principal due. These areas are: 1) delinquency trends, 2)
current local economic conditions, 3) non-performing loan trends, 4) recovery
vs. charge-off, and 5) personnel changes. Each of these areas is
given a percentage factor, from a low of 10% to a high of 30%, determined by the
degree of impact it may have on the allowance. To calculate the
impact of other economic conditions on the allowance, the total general
allowance is multiplied by this factor. These dollars are then added
to the other two components to provide for economic conditions in the Company’s
assessment area. The Company’s assessment area takes in a total of
ten counties in Ohio and West Virginia. Each assessment area has its
individual economic conditions; however, the Company has chosen to average the
risk factors for compiling the economic risk factor.
The
adequacy of the allowance may be determined by certain specific and nonspecific
allocations; however, the total allocation is available for any credit losses
that may impact the loan portfolios.
Concentration of Credit
Risk
The
Company maintains a diversified credit portfolio, with residential real estate
loans currently comprising the most significant portion. Credit risk
is primarily subject to loans made to businesses and individuals in central and
southeastern Ohio as well as western West Virginia. Management
believes this risk to be general in nature, as there are no material
concentrations of loans to any industry or consumer group. To the
extent possible, the Company diversifies its loan portfolio to limit credit risk
by avoiding industry concentrations.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
The
Company’s goal for interest rate sensitivity management is to maintain a balance
between steady net interest income growth and the risks associated with interest
rate fluctuations. Interest rate risk (“IRR”) is the exposure of the
Company’s financial condition to adverse movements in interest
rates. Accepting this risk can be an important source of
profitability, but excessive levels of IRR can threaten the Company’s earnings
and capital.
The
Company evaluates IRR through the use of an earnings simulation model to analyze
net interest income sensitivity to changing interest rates. The
modeling process starts with a base case simulation, which assumes a flat
interest rate scenario. The base case scenario is compared to rising
and falling interest rate scenarios assuming a parallel shift in all interest
rates. Comparisons of net interest income and net income fluctuations
from the flat rate scenario illustrate the risks associated with the projected
balance sheet structure.
The
Company’s Asset/Liability Committee monitors and manages IRR within Board
approved policy limits. The current IRR policy limits anticipated
changes in net interest income to an instantaneous increase or decrease in
market interest rates over a 12 month horizon to +/- 5% for a 100 basis point
rate shock, +/- 7.5% for a 200 basis point rate shock and +/- 10% for a 300
basis point rate shock. Based on the level of interest rates,
management did not test interest rates down 200 or 300 basis
points.
Change
in Interest Rates
in
Basis
Points
|
September
30, 2009
Percentage
Change in
Net Interest
Income
|
December
31, 2008
Percentage
Change in
Net Interest
Income
|
+300
|
(.66%)
|
(5.74%)
|
+200
|
(.69%)
|
(4.12%)
|
+100
|
(.40%)
|
(2.30%)
|
-100
|
.75%
|
2.54%
|
The
estimated percentage change in net interest income due to a change in interest
rates was within the policy guidelines established by the
Board. During the first nine months of 2009, the interest rate risk
profile became less exposed to rising interest rates due to various balance
sheet changes. For example, the duration of earning assets shortened
with higher relative balances being invested in overnight or short-term
instruments. In addition, the balance of fixed-rate mortgages
decreased, as management chose to sell the majority of new originations and
refinancings to the secondary market. On the liability side of the
balance sheet, management emphasized longer-term CD specials and selected longer
maturity terms for brokered CD issuances. Furthermore, the balance of
nonmaturity deposits increased significantly from year end. These
balances, such as savings and NOW accounts, exhibit a low correlation to changes
in interest rates. Given the low rate environment, the next move in
interest rates would most likely be an increasing trend. As a result,
management would consider the current interest rate risk profile more desireable
than our profile at December 31, 2008.
ITEM
4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
With the
participation of the President and Chief Executive Officer (the principal
executive officer) and the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (the
principal financial officer) of
Ohio
Valley, Ohio Valley’s management has evaluated the effectiveness of Ohio
Valley’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the
end of the quarterly period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q. Based on that evaluation, Ohio Valley’s President and Chief
Executive Officer and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded
that Ohio Valley’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the
end of the quarterly period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by Ohio Valley in the reports
that 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. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without
limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required
to be disclosed by Ohio Valley in the reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to Ohio Valley’s management,
including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control
over Financial Reporting
There was
no change in Ohio Valley’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during Ohio Valley’s
fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009, that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, Ohio Valley’s internal control over
financial reporting.
PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
There are
no material pending legal proceedings to which Ohio Valley or any of its
subsidiaries is a party, other than ordinary, routine litigation incidental to
their respective businesses. In the opinion of Ohio Valley’s
management, these proceedings should not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a material effect on Ohio Valley’s results of operations or financial
condition.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
You
should carefully consider the risk factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk
Factors” in Ohio Valley’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009 and available at
www.sec.gov. These risk factors could materially affect the Company’s
business, financial condition or future results. The risk factors
described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing the
Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to
the Company or that management currently deems to be immaterial also may
materially adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and/or
operating results.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS
|
(a) Not
Applicable.
(b) Not
Applicable.
(c) The following table
provides information regarding Ohio Valley’s repurchases of its common shares
during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009:
ISSUER REPURCHASES OF EQUITY
SECURITIES(1)
Period
|
Total
Number
of
Common Shares
Purchased
|
Average
Price
Paid per
Common Share
|
Total
Number of Shares
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
|
Maximum
Number
of
Shares That May
Yet
Be Purchased
Under
Publicly Announced Plan or Programs
|
|
|
|
|
|
July
1 – 31, 2009
|
----
|
----
|
----
|
175,000
|
August
1 – 31, 2009
|
----
|
----
|
----
|
175,000
|
September
1 – 30, 2009
|
----
|
----
|
----
|
175,000
|
TOTAL
|
----
|
----
|
----
|
175,000
|
(1)
|
On
January 20, 2009, Ohio Valley’s Board of Directors announced its plan to
repurchase up to 175,000 of its common shares between February 16, 2009
and February 15, 2010.
|
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
Not Applicable.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
Not Applicable.
ITEM
5. OTHER INFORMATION
Not Applicable.
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
(a) Exhibits:
Reference
is made to the Exhibit Index set forth immediately following the signature page
of this Form 10-Q.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
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|
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OHIO
VALLEY BANC CORP.
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|
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|
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|
|
|
Date:
|
November
6, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey E. Smith
|
|
|
|
Jeffrey
E. Smith |
|
|
|
President
and Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Date:
|
November
6, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Scott W. Shockey
|
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Scott
W. Shockey |
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|
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Vice
President and Chief Financial
Officer |
EXHIBIT
INDEX
The
following exhibits are included in this Form 10-Q or are incorporated by
reference as noted in the following table:
Exhibit
Number |
|
Exhibit
Description |
|
|
|
3(a) |
|
Amended Articles of
Incorporation of Ohio Valley (reflects amendments through April 7, 1999)
[for SEC reporting compliance only - - not filed with the Ohio Secretary
of State]. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to
Ohio Valley’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December
31, 2007 (SEC File No. 0-20914). |
|
|
|
3(b) |
|
Code of Regulations
of Ohio Valley. Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3(b) to Ohio Valley’s current report on Form 8-K
(SEC
File No. 0-20914) filed November 6, 1992. |
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4 |
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Agreement to
furnish instruments and agreements defining rights of holders of long-term
debt. Filed herewith. |
|
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31.1 |
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Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Principal Executive Officer).
Filed herewith. |
|
|
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31.2 |
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Principal Financial Officer).
Filed herewith. |
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|
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32 |
|
Section 1350 Certification
(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer). Filed
herewith. |