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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 Commission File number 1-10518
INTERCHANGE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey 22-2553159
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
Park 80 West/Plaza Two, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (201) 703-2265
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Name of each exchange on
Title of Each Class which registered
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Common Stock (no par value) American Stock Exchange
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title of Class
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None
Indicate by checkmark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No ____
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Park III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ ]
Class Outstanding
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Common Stock 4,272,161
(No par value)
The aggregate market value on March 2, 1998, of voting stock held by
non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $94,528,268
Documents incorporated by reference:
Portions of the Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement for the 1998 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this
report.
INTERCHANGE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT
ON FORM 10-K
PART 1 PAGE
Item 1. Business......................................................... 1
Item 2. Properties....................................................... 7
Item 3. Legal Proceedings................................................ 8
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.............. 8
Executive Officers .................................................... 9
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Stock and Stockholder Matters..... 10
Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data............................. 11
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.......................... 12
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplemental Data....................... 35
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
on Accounting and Financial Disclosure....................... 35
PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers................................. 35
Item 11. Executive Compensation........................................... 35
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
and Management............................................... 35
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions................... 35
PART IV
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
and Reports on Form 8-K...................................... 36
Signatures ............................................................. 37
PART I
Item 1. Business
General
Interchange Financial Services Corporation (the "Company"), a New Jersey
business corporation and bank holding company under Federal law, acquired all of
the outstanding stock of Interchange State Bank, a New Jersey chartered bank
(the "Bank" or "Interchange") in 1986.
The Bank, established in 1969, is a full-service commercial bank
headquartered in Saddle Brook, New Jersey. It offers banking services for
individuals and businesses through its twelve banking offices in Bergen County,
New Jersey. In 1996, the Bank sold its Clifton, New Jersey branch and closed a
mini-branch in Paramus. In the same year, it opened a branch in Oakland, New
Jersey. In 1993, the Bank opened a Little Ferry branch, which was augmented in
1994 by the purchase of deposits of a failed thrift institution in its service
area.
The Bank offers a wide range of consumer banking services, including:
checking and savings accounts, money-market accounts, certificates of deposit,
individual retirement accounts, residential mortgages, home equity lines of
credit and other second mortgage loans, home improvement loans, automobile
loans, personal loans and overdraft protection. The Bank also offers its own
VISA credit card and several new convenience products including the Interchange
Check Card which lets you access your checking account by using the card when
you make purchases. It can also be used as a MAC card to perform all the usual
ATM transactions. Interchange Bank-Line(R) allows customers to perform basic
banking transactions over the telephone. In 1997, a new feature of Bank-Line was
introduced - Direct Bill Payment. Direct Bill Payment allows customers to pay
bills over the phone since bill payments are debited directly to the customer's
checking account. The Bank has also entered the mutual funds market. An
Investment Services Program is offered through an alliance between Interchange
State Bank and IBAA Financial Services Corporation, under which mutual funds
offered by IBAA are made available to the Bank's customers by Bank employees.
Automated teller machines (MAC(TM), Plus(TM), HONOR(TM), VISA(TM) and
MasterCard(TM) networks) are located at ten of the banking offices, at two
supermarkets and at one mini-market.
The Bank is engaged in the financing of local business and industry,
providing credit facilities and related services for smaller businesses,
typically those with $1 million to $5 million in annual sales. Commercial loan
customers of the Bank are businesses ranging from light manufacturing and local
wholesale and distribution companies to medium-sized service firms and local
retail businesses. Most forms of commercial lending are offered,
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including working capital lines of credit, small business administration loans,
term loans for fixed asset acquisitions, commercial mortgages and other forms of
asset-based financing.
The Bank has taken advantage of opportunities to purchase packages of
loans and leases. In 1997, the Bank purchased $10.2 million and $9.1 million of
auto leases and residential real estate loans, respectively. These loans and
leases were subjected to the Bank's independent credit analysis prior to
purchase and were, in some cases, purchased with a limited buy-back obligation
or other financial assurance from the sellers. In the Bank's experience, there
are significant opportunities to sell the Bank's other products and services to
the borrowers whose loans are purchased. The Bank believes that purchasing loans
and leases will continue to be a desirable way to increase its portfolios as
opportunities arise.
Deposits of the Bank are insured up to $100,000 per depositor by the Bank
Insurance Fund administered by the FDIC.
The Company had 177 full-time-equivalent employees during 1997. Its
principal executive office is located at Park 80 West/Plaza Two, Saddle Brook,
New Jersey 07663, telephone number (201) 703-2265. As used herein the term
"Company" includes the Bank and wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Bank, unless
the context otherwise requires.
Bergen County has a relatively large affluent base for the Bank's
services. The Bank's principal market for its deposit gathering activities
covers major portions of Bergen County in the northeastern corner of New Jersey
adjacent to New York City. The principal service areas of the Bank represent a
diversified mix of stable residential neighborhoods with a wide range of per
household income levels; offices, service industries and light industrial
facilities; and large shopping malls and small retail outlets.
For many years Interchange State Bank has conducted periodic market
research to keep aware of market trends. Much of this research affirmed that
consumer financial needs are directly related to identifiable life stages. In
response to these distinctive preferences, the Bank has designed and marketed
"packaged" products to appeal to these different segments.
Since there is a preponderance of the population in the age groups of
35-54 and 55+, Interchange has strategically targeted these two life stage
segments by designing and marketing "packaged" products (Money Maker Account and
Prime Time Account) which include deposit, credit and other services sold
together as a product unit. We also recognized the needs of "Generation X" with
the Money Plus Account (25-34) and our youngest with the Grow'N Up Savings(R)
Passbook Account. The Bank was among the first to offer such packaged financial
products in its area and management believes they have been successful in
attracting deposits and building a loyal client base.
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Recent Developments
The Company and the Bank entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated as of January 27, 1998 with The Jersey Bank for Savings ("Jersey"). Under
the Agreement, Jersey will merge with and into the Bank, and shareholders of
Jersey will receive 1.5 shares of the Company's common stock for each Jersey
common share, after an adjustment to take into effect a 3 for 2 stock split
approved by the Company to be distributed April 17, 1998. Jersey is a capital
stock savings bank with two banking offices, in Montvale and River Edge, New
Jersey. At December 31, 1997, Jersey had assets of $77 million, deposits of $70
million and shareholders' equity of $6.4 million. Completion of the Merger is
subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions, and is not expected to
occur prior to the end of the second quarter of 1998. The acquisition will be
accounted for using the pooling-of-interests method. The Chairman and the Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jersey are to be appointed to the Board of
Directors of each of the Company and the Bank once the transaction is concluded.
Competition
Competition in the banking and financial services industry in the
Company's market area is intense. The Bank competes actively with national and
state-chartered commercial banks and other financial institutions, including
savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, and credit unions. In
addition, the Bank faces competition from less heavily regulated entities such
as brokerage institutions, money management firms, consumer finance and credit
card companies and various other types of financial services companies. Many of
these institutions are larger than the Bank, some are better capitalized, and a
number pursue community banking strategies similar to those of the Bank.
Management believes that opportunities continue to exist to satisfy the
deposit and lending demands of small and middle market businesses. Larger banks
continued to show an appetite for only the largest loans, finding themselves
ill-equipped to administer smaller loans profitably. Interchange has the desire
and the ability to give smaller businesses the service they require and deserve.
Interchange meets this need through a unique program called Rapid Response
Banking. The program provides commercial loans up to $100,000 with a streamlined
approval process that borrows liberally from standard consumer lending
practices. Naturally, in due course, many small businesses become midsize
businesses, with a corresponding change in their financial requirements. But
they do not outgrow Interchange because of its ability to be responsive to both
constituencies. To continue serving companies throughout the various stages of
their evolution, Interchange created Business Class Banking--a program that
grows with the customer. Business Class Banking supports a spectrum of
business-oriented financial products
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with value-added services. By designing progressive programs to accommodate the
changing needs of growing businesses, Interchange is extending the longevity of
valuable customer relationships.
Interchange State Bank maintains a relational database. This is a powerful
technology, designed expressly for the banking industry and generally associated
with only the largest and most forward thinking companies. This technology
greatly enhances the Bank's internal marketing analysis by providing information
about account relationships, their activity and their relative value to the Bank
in great detail.
Interchange has maintained an ambitious program of primary research to
keep abreast of customer attitudes and preferences. Our sales quotas and
incentives for employees are linked directly to bank-wide goals and are used to
motivate employees to sell the "right" products to the "right" customers.
Regulation and Supervision
The Company
The Company is a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act
of 1956, as amended (the "Holding Company Act"), and as such, is subject to
supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
"Federal Reserve Board"). As a bank holding company, the Company is required to
file an annual report with the Federal Reserve Board and such additional
information as the Federal Reserve Board may require pursuant to the Holding
Company Act and Federal Regulation Y. The Federal Reserve Board may conduct
examinations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The Holding Company Act
requires every bank holding company to obtain the prior approval of the Federal
Reserve Board before it may acquire all or substantially all of the assets of
any bank (although the Federal Reserve Board may not assert jurisdiction in
certain bank mergers that are regulated under the Bank Merger Act), or ownership
or control of any voting shares of any bank if after such acquisition it would
own or control directly or indirectly more than 5% of the voting shares of such
bank. Under certain circumstances, prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board
is required under the Holding Company Act before a bank holding company may
purchase or redeem any of its equity securities.
The Holding Company Act also prohibits a bank holding company, with
certain limited exceptions, from itself engaging in or acquiring direct or
indirect interest in or control of any company that is engaged in non-banking
activities. Certain exemptions are available with respect to subsidiaries
engaged in servicing or liquidating activities or companies acquired by a bank
holding company in satisfaction of debts previously contracted. Another
principal exception to this prohibition allows the acquisition, following an
application or notice process, of interests in companies whose activities are
found by the Federal Reserve Board, by order or regulation, to be so closely
related to
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banking or managing or controlling banks as to be a proper incident thereto.
Some of the activities that have been determined by regulation to be closely
related to banking are making or servicing loans, underwriting credit life
insurance, performing certain data processing services, acting as an investment
or financial advisor and providing discount securities brokerage services. Other
activities approved by the Federal Reserve Board include acquisition of a
savings association, consumer financial counseling, tax planning and tax return
preparation, futures and options advisory services, check guaranty services,
collection agency and credit bureau services, and real estate and personal
property appraisals.
The provisions of Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act and related
statutes place limits on all insured banks (including the Bank) as to the amount
of loans or extensions of credit to, or investment in, or certain other
transactions with, their parent bank holding companies and certain of such
holding companies' subsidiaries and as to the amount of advances to third
parties collateralized by the securities or obligations of bank holding
companies or their subsidiaries. In addition, loans and extensions of credit to
affiliates of the Bank generally must be secured in the prescribed amounts.
Capital Adequacy Guidelines
The Federal Reserve Board issued guidelines establishing risk-based
capital requirements for bank holding companies and member banks. The guidelines
established a risk-based capital framework consisting of (1) a definition of
capital consisting of Tier I capital, which includes common shareholders' equity
less certain intangibles and a supplementary component called Tier II, which
includes a portion of the allowance for loan losses and (2) a system for
assigning assets and off-balance-sheet items to one of the four weighted risk
categories, with higher levels of capital being required for the categories
perceived as representing the greater risks, and established a minimum
risk-based capital ratio of 8% (of which at least 4% must be Tier I). An
institution's risk-based capital ratio is determined by dividing its qualifying
capital by its risk-weighted assets. The guidelines make regulatory capital
requirements more sensitive to differences in risk profiles among banking
institutions, take off-balance sheet items into account in assessing capital
adequacy, and minimize disincentives to holding liquid, low-risk assets. Banking
organizations are generally expected to operate with capital positions well
above the minimum rates. Institutions with higher levels of risk, or which
experience or anticipate significant growth, are also expected to operate well
above minimum capital standards. At December 31, 1997 the Bank satisfies these
ratios and has been categorized as a well-capitalized institution which in the
regulatory framework for prompt corrective action imposes the lowest level of
supervisory restraints.
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Capital adequacy guidelines focus principally on broad categories of
credit risk although the framework for assigning assets and off-balance sheet
items to risk categories does incorporate elements of transfer risk. The
risk-based capital ratio does not, however, incorporate other factors that may
affect a company's financial condition, such as overall interest rate exposure,
liquidity, funding and market risks, the quality and level of earnings,
investment or loan concentrations, the quality of loans and investments, the
effectiveness of loan and investment policies and management's ability to
monitor and control financial and operating risks.
In addition to the risk-based guidelines discussed above, the Federal
Reserve Board requires that a bank holding company and bank which meet the
regulator's highest performance and operational standards and which are not
contemplating or experiencing significant growth maintain a minimum leverage
ratio (Tier I capital as a percent of quarterly average adjusted assets) of 3%.
For those financial institutions with higher levels of risk or that are
experiencing or anticipating significant growth, the minimum leverage ratio will
be increased.
The Federal Reserve Board is vested with broad enforcement powers over
bank holding companies to forestall activities that represent unsafe or unsound
practices or constitute violations of law. These powers may be exercised through
the issuance of cease and desist orders or other actions. The Federal Reserve
Board is also empowered to assess civil penalties against companies or
individuals who violate the Holding Company Act, to order termination of
non-banking activities of non-banking subsidiaries of bank holding companies and
to order termination of ownership and control of non-banking subsidiaries by
bank holding companies. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has ever
been the subject of any such actions by the Federal Reserve Board.
The Bank
As a New Jersey state-chartered bank, the Bank's operations are subject to
various requirements and restrictions of state law pertaining, among other
things, to lending limits, reserves, interest rates payable on deposits, loans,
investments, mergers and acquisitions, borrowings, dividends, locations of
branch offices and capital adequacy. The Bank is subject to primary supervision,
periodic examination and regulation by the New Jersey Department of Banking and
Insurance ("NJDBI"). If, as a result of an examination of a bank, the NJDBI
determines that the financial condition, capital resources, asset quality,
earnings prospects, management, liquidity, or other aspects of the bank's
operations are unsatisfactory or that the bank or its management is violating or
has violated any law or regulation, various remedies are available to the NJDBI.
Such remedies include the power to enjoin "unsafe and unsound" practices, to
require affirmative action to correct any conditions resulting from any
violation or practice, to issue an administrative order that can be judicially
enforced, to, among other things, direct an increase in capital, to
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restrict the growth of the Bank, to assess civil penalties and to remove
officers and directors. The Bank has never been the subject of any
administrative orders, memoranda of understanding or any other regulatory action
by the NJDBI. The Bank also is a member of the Federal Reserve System and
therefore subject to supervisory examination by and regulations of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York.
The Bank's deposits are insured by the Bank Insurance Fund administered by
the FDIC up to a maximum of $100,000 per depositor. For this protection, the
Bank pays a quarterly statutory assessment to, and is subject to the rules and
regulations of, the FDIC.
The Bank's ability to pay dividends is subject to certain statutory and
regulatory restrictions. The New Jersey Banking Act of 1948, as amended,
provides that no state-chartered bank may pay a dividend on its capital stock
unless, following the payment of each such dividend, the capital stock of the
bank will be unimpaired, and the bank will have a surplus of not less than 50%
of its capital, or, if not, the payment of such dividend will not reduce the
surplus of the bank. In addition, the payment of dividends is limited by the
requirement to meet the risk-based capital guidelines issued by the Federal
Reserve Board and other regulations.
The Bank's deposits are insured primarily by the Bank Insurance Fund
("BIF") administered by the FDIC and the Bank is therefore subject to FDIC
deposit insurance assessments.
The Deposit Insurance Funds Act of 1996 ("Funds Act") authorized the
Financing Corporation ("FICO") to levy assessments on BIF and SAIF deposits and
stipulated that the BIF rate must equal one-fifth the SAIF rate through year-end
1999, or until the insurance funds are merged, whichever occurs first.
Thereafter, BIF and SAIF payers will be assessed on a pro-rata basis for FICO.
FICO assessment rates are adjusted quarterly to reflect changes in the
assessment bases of the respective funds based on quarterly Call Report and
Thrift Financial Report submissions. During 1997, the Bank's BIF FICO rates
ranged between 1.26 and 1.30 basis points and the SAIF FICO rates were between
6.30 and 6.50 basis points.
Item 2. Properties
The Company leases eight banking offices and one operations/support
facility. It owns four banking offices and leases land on which it owns one bank
building. The Company owns land and a building to be used for a future branch
site.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
The Company is also a party to routine litigation involving various
aspects of its business, none of which, in the opinion of management and its
legal counsel, is expected to have a material adverse impact on the consolidated
financial condition, results of operations or liquidity of the Company.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted during the three months ended December 31, 1997,
to a vote of the Company's security holders through the solicitation of proxies
or otherwise.
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Executive Officers
The following table sets forth the names, ages, and present positions of
the principal executive officers:
Name Age Positions Held with the Company and the Bank
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ANTHONY S. ABBATE ...... 58 President and Chief Executive Officer
ANTHONY J. LABOZZETTA .. 34 Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
RICHARD N. LATRENTA .... 44 Senior Vice President--Retail Banking
FRANK R. GIANCOLA ...... 44 Senior Vice President--Operations
PATRICIA D. ARNOLD .... 39 Senior Vice President--Commercial Lending
Business Experience
ANTHONY S. ABBATE, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank since
1981; Senior Vice President and Controller from October 1980; President and
Chief Executive Officer of Home State Bank 1978-1980. Engaged in the banking
industry since 1959.
ANTHONY J. LABOZZETTA, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer since September 1997; Treasurer from 1995. Engaged in the banking
industry since 1989. Formerly a senior manager with an international accounting
firm.
RICHARD N. LATRENTA, Senior Vice President - Retail Banking Officer since
September 1997; Senior Vice President-Lending of the Bank from 1984; Senior Loan
Officer from 1982; Assistant Vice President from 1980; other positions with the
Bank from 1976. Engaged in the banking industry since 1972.
FRANK R. GIANCOLA, Senior Vice President - Operations Officer since
September 1997; Senior Vice President-Retail Banking from 1993; Senior Vice
President-Operations of the Bank from 1984; Senior Operations Officer from 1982;
Vice President/Branch Administrator from 1981. Engaged in the banking industry
since 1971.
PATRICIA D. ARNOLD, Senior Vice President - Commercial Lending since
August 1997; First Vice President from 1995; Department Head Vice President from
1986; Assistant Vice President from 1985; Commercial Loan Officer-Assistant
Treasurer from 1983. Engaged in the banking industry since 1981.
Officers are elected annually and serve at the discretion of the board of
directors. Management is not aware of any family relationship between any
director or executive officer.
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Part II
Forward Looking Information
Statements included herein which are not historical facts are forward
looking statements. Such forward looking statements are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The forward looking statements in this Report involve a number of risks and
uncertainties, including but not limited to, changes in economic conditions and
of government monetary policy, demand for the Bank's loan and deposit products
and for services, competitive pressures from other financial institutions and
other providers of financial services in the Bank's primary trade area, the
ability to acquire loan and lease assets at reasonable prices, the financial
ability of borrowers to make timely payments, the quality of Bank personnel and
other factors identified in the Bank's filings with the Commission.
Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Stock (3)
The common stock is traded on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol
"ISB." A cash dividend of $0.115, $0.1225 and $0.135 was paid on each common
share outstanding in each quarter during 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively. The
following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the reported high and low
sales prices:
High Low
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1995 (1)(2)
First quarter $11.03 $ 9.285
Second quarter 12.78 10.48
Third quarter 14.60 12.06
Fourth quarter 13.73 12.86
1996
First quarter (1)(2) $14.13 $12.62
Second quarter (2) 13.75 12.83
Third quarter (2) 14.75 12.50
Fourth quarter (2) 16.67 14.25
1997
First quarter (2) $22.00 $15.92
Second quarter 26.375 17.875
Third quarter 25.00 22.00
Fourth quarter 32.375 22.125
The number of stockholders of record as of December 31, 1997, was 1,158.
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(1) On February 22, 1996, the Company declared a 5% Stock Dividend to be
distributed on April 19, 1996 to shareholders of record on March 20, 1996.
The high and low sales price and the cash dividends have been restated to
reflect the effects of the stock dividend.
(2) On February 27, 1997, the Company declared a 3 for 2 Stock Split to be
distributed on April 17, 1997 to shareholders of record on March 20, 1997.
The high and low sales price and the cash dividends have been restated to
reflect the effects of the stock split.
(3) On February 26, 1998, the Board of Directors approved another 3 for 2
stock split distributable on April 17, 1998. The figures in the above
table are not adjusted to reflect the 1998 split.
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Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data
Y e a r s E n d e d D e c e m b e r 31,
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
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Summary Earnings (in thousands)
Interest income $ 40,175 $ 37,284 $ 36,995 $ 32,612 $ 29,267
Interest expense 15,533 14,599 15,150 11,006 10,237
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Net interest income 24,642 22,685 21,845 21,606 19,030
Provision for loan losses 1,630 700 1,200 944 1,065
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Net interest income after
provision for loan losses 23,012 21,985 20,645 20,662 17,965
Noninterest income 4,596 4,118 4,459 3,571 4,861
Noninterest expenses 15,984 16,228 15,531 15,535 14,897
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Income before cumulative effect
of change in accounting principle
and income taxes 11,624 9,875 9,573 8,698 7,929
Income taxes 4,068 3,456 3,293 3,062 2,887
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Income before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle 7,556 6,419 6,280 5,636 5,042
Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle -- -- -- -- (205)
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Net income $ 7,556 $ 6,419 $ 6,280 $ 5,636 $ 4,837
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Per Share Data
Basic earnings per common share
before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle $ 1.77 $ 1.51 $ 1.46 $ 1.30 $ 1.14
Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle -- -- -- -- (0.05)
Basic earnings per common share 1.77 1.51 1.46 1.30 1.09
Diluted earnings per common share 1.75 1.50 1.45 1.30 1.09
Cash dividends declared 0.54 0.49 0.46 0.44 0.44
Book value-end of year 11.74 10.41 9.47 7.71 7.28
Tangible book value-end of year 11.29 10.11 9.02 7.78 7.28
Weighted average shares
outstanding (in thousands) 4,257 4,257 4,248 4,248 4,248
Pro Forma Per Share Data (1)
Basic earnings per common share
before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle $ 1.18 $ 1.01 $ 0.97 $ 0.87 $ 0.76
Cumulative effect of change
in accounting principle -- -- -- -- (0.03)
Basic earnings per common share 1.18 1.01 0.97 0.87 0.73
Diluted earnings per common share 1.17 1.00 0.97 0.87 0.73
Cash dividends declared 0.36 0.33 0.31 0.29 0.29
Book value-end of year 7.83 6.94 6.31 5.14 4.85
Tangible book value-end of year 7.53 6.74 6.01 5.19 4.85
Weighted average shares
outstanding (in thousands) 6,386 6,386 6,372 6,372 6,372
Balance Sheet Data-end of year
(in thousands)
Total assets $ 548,037 $ 504,689 $ 491,457 $ 479,312 $ 421,659
Securities held to maturity and
securties available for sale 107,627 118,628 142,233 148,781 118,939
Loans 401,854 351,793 311,164 290,654 266,992
Allowance for loan losses 4,893 3,653 3,647 3,839 3,905
Total deposits 470,693 430,013 436,452 424,170 385,430
Long-term borrowings 9,879 9,983 -- 5,000 --
Total stockholders' equity 49,770 44,361 40,241 35,129 33,305
Selected Performance Ratios
Return on average total assets 1.45% 1.31% 1.32% 1.25% 1.23%
Return on average total
stockholders' equity 16.05 15.18 16.66 16.58 15.63
Dividend payout ratio 30.27 32.36 32.28 35.47 41.39
Average total stockholders' equity
to average total assets 9.02 8.61 7.90 7.52 7.90
Net yield on interest earning
assets (taxable equivalent) 5.05 4.98 4.91 5.13 4.98
Noninterest expenses to average assets 3.06 3.31 3.26 3.44 3.65
Noninterest income to average assets 0.88 0.84 0.93 0.79 1.19
Asset Quality Ratios-end of year
Nonaccrual loans to total loans 0.38% 0.59% 0.81% 2.13% 1.47%
Nonperforming assets to total assets 0.38 0.68 1.06 1.58 1.25
Allowance for loan losses
to nonaccrual loans 323.18 175.29 145.24 62.15 99.77
Allowance for loan losses to
total loans 1.22 1.04 1.17 1.32 1.46
Net charge-offs to average
loans for the year 0.11 0.21 0.48 0.37 0.48
Liquidity and Capital Ratios
Average loans to average deposits 82.21% 74.78% 68.60% 66.69% 70.34%
Total stockholders' equity to
total assets 9.08 8.79 8.19 7.33 7.90
Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets 12.78 13.29 13.16 12.56 12.98
Total capital to risk-weighted assets 14.03 14.42 14.41 13.81 14.23
Tier I leverage ratio 8.86 8.66 7.98 7.57 7.96
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(1) On February 26, 1998, the Company declared a 3 for 2 stock split to be
distributed on April 17, 1998, to shareholders of record as of March 20,
1998. The restated per share data reflects the effects of the stock split.
Pro forma amounts are stated because the stock split had not been affected
as of December 31, 1997.
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
This section presents management's discussion and analysis of the
consolidated results of operations and financial condition of Interchange
Financial Services Corporation (the "Company"). The discussion and analysis
should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and
notes thereto on pages F-1 through F-28 and the summary consolidated data
included elsewhere in this report.
Overview of Results
1997 was a productive year for the Company, highlighted by significant
loan growth, solid earnings performance, and an improvement in asset quality. As
a result of the sustained earnings and capital growth, the quarterly dividend
paid on common stock was increased in 1997 to an annualized rate of $0.54 as
compared to $0.49 in 1996.
Net income for the year ended December 31, 1997 was $7.6 million as
compared with $6.4 million in 1996, an increase of 17.7%. For the same period
basic earnings per common share rose 17.2% to $1.77 from $1.51 in 1996. As a
result, the Company's relevant earnings performance measures remained strong.
The Company's returns on average equity and average assets were 16.05% and
1.45%, respectively, in 1997 as compared to 15.18% and 1.31%, respectively, in
1996.
Earnings for 1997 were favorably affected by an increase in net interest
income of $2.0 million or 8.6% compared to the previous year. The enhancement
resulted from strong loan growth and an improved net interest margin. Average
total loans increased $42.7 million or 13.1%, of which $20.3 million of the
growth was comprised of consumer and residential mortgage loans. Net interest
income also benefited from the growth in interest bearing and non-interest
bearing demand deposits which increased on average $28.9 million or 15.5%. The
strong loan growth, combined with an increase in low cost deposit liabilities,
improved the net interest margin to 5.05%, an increase of 7 basis points over
1996.
Net income for 1997 was adversely affected by an increase of $930 thousand
in the provision for loan losses as compared to 1996. The increase is mainly
attributable to the growth of the loan portfolio, particularly commercial loans
which typically carry higher levels of inherent credit risk.
Net income for 1997 was favorably affected by a pretax gain of $1.1
million resulting from the sale of two commercial mortgage loans and a pretax
gain of $775 thousand related to the collection of principal on a loan in excess
of its carrying value. The effects of these gains on earnings, when compared to
the prior year, were partly
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offset by net pretax gains of $951 thousand realized in 1996 related to the sale
of deposits of a branch location, the sale of available-for-sale ("AFS")
securities and the collection of principal on a loan in excess of its carrying
value.
In 1997, the Company continued to invest in technology and other tools to
deliver faster more efficient services to its customers. Notwithstanding such
investments the Company managed to control noninterest expenses which decreased
by 1.5% to $16.0 million and helped improve earnings.
In 1996, the Company reported net income of $6.4 million or $1.51 basic
earnings per common share, as compared with $6.3 million or $1.46 basic earnings
per common share in 1995. The Bank's return on average equity and average assets
were 15.18% and 1.31%, respectively, in 1996 as compared to 16.66% and 1.32%,
respectively, in 1995.
Net income for 1996 was favorably affected by an increase in net interest
income of $840 thousand or 3.8%, as compared to 1995 due largely to an improved
net interest margin. The net interest margin increased 7 basis points in 1996,
as compared to 1995, and was augmented by growth in average interest earning
assets from 1995 levels. The growth occurred in loans which generally are the
higher yielding assets for the Company. The net interest margin was also
positively affected by growth in average noninterest bearing deposits of $6.2
million or 9.5%, from 1995 levels of $65.2 million. Furthermore, net interest
income was positively affected by a favorable change in average rate paid on
interest bearing liabilities resulting from a favorable shift in the mix of the
Company's interest bearing liabilities.
In addition, net income for 1996 was beneficially affected by a decrease
of $500 thousand in the provision for loan losses as compared to 1995. The
decrease was mainly attributable to improved trends with respect to
nonperforming loans and a decline in charge-off experience in 1996 as compared
to 1995.
Net income for 1996 included the effects of the following pretax gains: A
net gain of $455 thousand resulting from the sale of deposits of one of the
Company's branch locations; a net gain of $235 thousand from the sale of AFS
securities; and, a gain of $261 thousand related to the collection of principal
on a loan in excess of its carrying value. The aforementioned gains did not
serve to increase net income for 1996 over 1995 mainly due to a net gain of $828
thousand in 1995 related to the sale of a portion of the subsidiary bank's loan
servicing portfolio.
The benefits obtained from the improved net interest income and decrease
in the provision for loan losses were partially offset by an increase of $697
thousand or 4.5% in operating expenses for 1996, as compared to 1995.
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Table 1
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Summary of Operating Results
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1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
Net income (in thousands) $7,556 $6,419 $6,280
Basic earnings per common share 1.77 1.51 1.46
Diluted earnings per common share 1.75 1.50 1.45
Return on average total assets 1.45% 1.31% 1.32%
Return on average total equity 16.05 15.18 16.66
Dividend payout ratio* 30.27 32.36 32.28
Average total stockholders' equity to 9.02 8.61 7.90
average total assets
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* Cash dividends declared on common and preferred shares to net income.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the difference between the interest a company earns
on its assets, principally loans and investment securities, and interest it pays
on its deposits and borrowings. When expressed as a percentage of average
assets, it is referred to as net interest margin, or simply interest margin.
Table 3, which presents changes in interest income and interest expense by major
asset and liability category for 1997 and 1996, illustrates the impact of
average volume growth (estimated according to prior year rates) and rate changes
(estimated on the basis of prior year volumes). Changes not due solely to
changes in either volume or rates have been allocated based on the relationship
of changes in volume and changes in rates.
Figures are adjusted to a taxable equivalent basis to recognize the income
from tax-exempt assets as if the interest was taxable, thereby allowing a
uniform comparison to be made between yields on assets.
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Table 2
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Analysis of Net Interest Income
for the years ended December 31,
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(dollars in thousands)
1997 1996 1995
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Average Average Average Average Average Average
Balance Interest Rate Balance Interest Rate Balance Interest Rate
--------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------------
Assets
Interest earning assets
Loans (1) $368,208 $32,609 8.86% $325,530 $29,132 8.95% $291,981 $27,427 9.39%
Taxable securities (4) 108,303 6,936 6.40 120,086 7,623 6.35 145,776 9,138 6.27
Tax-exempt securities (2)(4) 2,514 129 5.13 2,919 159 5.45 1,081 74 6.85
Federal funds sold 9,459 530 5.60 7,705 407 5.28 6,366 374 5.87
-------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------
Total interest earning assets 488,484 40,204 8.23 456,240 37,321 8.18 445,204 37,013 8.31
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Noninterest earning assets
Cash and due from banks 23,795 23,474 20,781
Allowance for loan losses (4,308) (3,734) (3,865)
Other assets 13,917 15,017 14,898
-------- -------- --------
Total assets $521,888 $490,997 $477,018
======== ======== ========
Liabilities and stockholders'
equity
Interest bearing liabilities
Demand deposits $136,068 4,463 3.28 $114,848 3,575 3.11 $102,397 3,141 3.07
Savings deposits 105,780 3,225 3.05 110,205 3,184 2.89 111,959 3,515 3.14
Time deposits 126,985 6,522 5.14 138,923 7,282 5.24 146,133 7,857 5.38
Short-term borrowings 12,844 727 5.66 8,810 513 5.82 7,845 506 6.45
Long-term borrowings 9,935 596 6.00 710 45 6.34 1,932 131 6.78
-------- ------- -------- ------- -------- -------
Total interest
bearing liabilities 391,612 15,533 3.97 373,496 14,599 3.91 370,266 15,150 4.09
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Noninterest bearing liabilities
Demand deposits 79,044 71,324 65,164
Other liabilities 4,167 3,888 3,903
-------- -------- --------
Total liabilities (3) 474,823 448,708 439,333
Stockholders' equity 47,065 42,289 37,685
-------- -------- --------
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $521,888 $490,997 $477,018
======== ======== ========
Net interest income
(tax-equivalent basis) 24,671 4.26 22,722 4.27 21,863 4.22
Tax-equivalent basis adjustment (29) (37) (18)
------- ------- -------
Net interest income $24,642 $22,685 $21,845
======= ======= =======
Net interest income as a
percent of interest
earning assets
(tax-equivalent basis) 5.05% 4.98% 4.91%
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(1) Nonaccrual loans and any related interest recorded have been included in
computing the average rate earned on the loan portfolio.
(2) Computed on a fully taxable equivalent basis using the corporate federal
tax rate of 34%.
(3) All deposits are in domestic bank offices.
(4) The average balances are based on historical cost and do not reflect
unrealized gains or losses.
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Table 3
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Effect of Volume and Rate Changes on Net Interest Income
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(in thousands)
Year ended December 31, Year ended December 31,
1997 compared with 1996 1996 compared with 1995
increase (decrease) increase (decrease)
due to change in: due to change in:
--------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
Net Net
Average Average Increase Average Average Increase
Volume Rate (Decrease) Volume Rate (Decrease)
--------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
Interest income
Loans $3,819 $(342) $3,477 $3,150 $(1,445) $1,705
Taxable securities (755) 68 (687) (1,632) 117 (1,515)
Tax-exempt securities (21) (9) (30) 126 (41) 85
Federal funds sold 97 26 123 79 (46) 33
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Total interest income 3,140 (257) 2,883 1,723 (1,415) 308
------ ----- ------ ------ ----- -----
Interest expense
Demand deposits 688 200 888 387 47 434
Savings deposits (128) 169 41 (54) (277) (331)
Time deposits (616) (144) (760) (376) (199) (575)
Short-term borrowings 235 (21) 214 63 (56) 7
Long-term borrowings 585 (34) 551 (78) (8) (86)
------ ----- ------ ------ ----- -----
Total interest expense 764 170 934 (58) (493) (551)
------ ----- ------ ------ ----- -----
Change in net interest income $2,376 $(427) $1,949 $1,781 $(922) $ 859
====== ===== ====== ====== ===== =====
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Nonperforming loans are included in interest earning assets.
Interest income, on a taxable equivalent basis, totaled $40.2 million in
1997, an increase of $2.9 million or 7.7% from $37.3 million in 1996. The
increase was predominantly due to an increase in the average volume of loans.
The average balance of commercial and commercial mortgage loans totaled $170.6
million in 1997, compared to $148.1 million in 1996, an increase of $22.5
million or 15.2%. The average balances of consumer loans (comprised mostly of
home equity loans) totaled $156.0 million in 1997, compared to $135.7 million in
1996, an increase of $20.3 million or 15.0%. The increase in the average loan
volume was partly offset by a decrease in the average volume of securities; the
proceeds of which were used to fund a portion of the loan growth. The average
yield on all interest earning assets was 8.23% in 1997 as compared to 8.18% in
1996, an increase of 5 basis points.
Interest expense, on a taxable equivalent basis, totaled $15.5 million in
1997, an increase of $934 thousand or 6.4% from $14.6 million in 1996. The
increase was mostly due to increases in the average volume of interest bearing
demand deposits and long-term borrowings . The average balance of interest
bearing demand deposits was $136.1 million in 1997, compared to $114.9 million
in 1996, an increase of $21.2 million or 18.5%. The average balance of long-term
borrowings was $9.9 million in 1997, compared to $710 thousand in 1996, an
increase of $9.2
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million. The growth in demand deposits is attributable to the Company's
continued efforts in marketing and sales. Commercial loans resulting from these
efforts generally carry compensating deposit balances. The average yield on all
interest bearing liabilities was 3.97% in 1997 as compared to 3.91% in 1996, an
increase of 6 basis points.
In 1996, interest income, on a taxable equivalent basis, was $37.3
million, an increase of $308 thousand or 0.8% from $37.0 million in 1995. The
increase was predominantly due to an increase in the average volume of loans.
The average balance of commercial and commercial mortgage loans totaled $148.1
million in 1996, compared to $129.3 million in 1995, an increase of $18.8
million or 14.5%. The average balances of consumer loans (comprised mostly of
home equity loans) totaled $135.7 million in 1996, compared to $119.5 million in
1995, an increase of $16.2 million or 13.6%. The increase in the average loan
volume was partly offset by a decrease in the average rate earned on loans and a
decrease in the average volume of securities; the proceeds of which were used to
fund a portion of the loan growth. The average yield on all interest earning
assets was 8.18% in 1996 as compared to 8.31% in 1995, a decrease of 13 basis
points.
In 1996, interest expense, on a taxable equivalent basis, totaled $14.6
million, a decrease of $551 thousand or 3.6% from $15.2 million in 1995. The
decline was mostly due to decreases in the average rate paid on deposits which
resulted from a favorable shift in the composition of deposit liabilities for
1996. The shift occurred mostly from time deposits which carry higher yields to
lower costing demand deposits. The average balance of interest bearing demand
deposits was $114.9 million in 1996, compared to $102.4 million in 1995, an
increase of $12.5 million or 12.2%. The average balance of time deposits was
$138.9 million in 1996, compared to $146.1 million in 1995, a decrease of $7.2
million or 4.9%. The growth in demand deposits is attributable largely to the
Company's marketing effort along with a more focused sales approach in the
lending area. The loans resulting from this effort generally carry compensating
balances in the form of demand deposit accounts. The reduction in time deposits
was part of a planned effort not to renew certain high cost single transaction
time deposits. The average yield on all interest bearing liabilities was 3.91%
in 1996 as compared to 4.09% in 1995, a decrease of 18 basis points.
Loan Losses
The provision for loan losses represents management's determination of the
amount necessary to bring the allowance for loan losses to the level it
considers adequate to reflect the risk of future losses in the loan portfolio.
Factors considered in the evaluation include: past loss experience; changes in
the composition of nonperforming loans; the condition of borrowers facing
financial pressure; the relationship of the current level of the allowance to
the portfolio and to nonperforming loans; loan concentrations and economic
conditions.
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Loan loss provisions for 1997 amounted to $1.6 million, an increase of
$930 thousand from the previous year. The Bank's lending focus and growth have
been largely in its commercial and commercial mortgage loan portfolio. Such
growth and concentration can change the characteristics and potentially increase
the inherent credit risk in the Bank's loan portfolio. As a result, during 1997,
the Bank has increased its allowance for loan losses to capture such risk which
resulted in an increase in the provision for loan losses.
In 1996, the loan loss provision amounted to $700 thousand, a decrease of
$500 thousand from 1995. The decrease in the provision for loan losses
reflected, in part, the positive trends in nonperforming loans. In addition, it
reflected the decrease in charge-off experience during 1996. Net loans
charged-off against the allowance for loan losses in 1996 amounted to $694
thousand, down $698 thousand from $1.4 million in 1995.
See sections on Loan Portfolio and Loan Quality beginning on page 24 of
this report for additional discussions pertaining to the allowance for loan
losses.
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Table 4
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Loan Loss Experience
for the years ended December 31,
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(dollars in thousands)
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Average loans outstanding $368,208 $325,530 $291,981 $272,399 $262,222
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Allowance at beginning of year $ 3,653 $ 3,647 $ 3,839 $ 3,905 $ 4,100
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Loans charged off
Commercial 293 8 399 281 138
Installment 141 67 108 149 613
Real estate 139 770 914 647 560
Lease financing -- 57 89 47 --
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total 573 902 1,510 1,124 1,311
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Recoveries of loans previously charged off
Commercial 84 75 25 -- --
Installment 29 45 54 99 42
Real estate 70 88 32 15 9
Lease financing -- -- 7 -- --
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total 183 208 118 114 51
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net loans charged off 390 694 1,392 1,010 1,260
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Additions to allowance charged to expense 1,630 700 1,200 944 1,065
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Allowance at end of year $ 4,893 $ 3,653 $ 3,647 $ 3,839 $ 3,905
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Allowance to total loans 1.22% 1.04% 1.17% 1.32% 1.46%
Allowance to nonaccrual loans 323.18 175.29 145.24 62.15 99.77
Allowance to nonaccrual loans and
loans past due 90 days or more 295.65 173.21 145.24 62.15 95.92
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans 0.11 0.21 0.48 0.37 0.48
The allowance for losses represented 234.5% of nonperforming assets at the
end of 1997, up from 106.8% at the end of 1996.
The ratio increased as a result of a $1.3 million decrease in
nonperforming assets in 1997 as compared to the end of the year in 1996. The
decrease resulted largely from the sale of approximately $610 thousand of
foreclosed real estate which resulted in a net gain of approximately $6
thousand.
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Table 5
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Allocation of Allowance for Loan Losses
at December 31,
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(in thousands)
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Commercial and financial $3,333 $2,199 $1,993 $1,985 $2,822
Installment 126 137 215 278 324
Real estate 605 591 813 611 592
Unallocated 829 726 626 965 167
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$4,893 $3,653 $3,647 $3,839 $3,905
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The above allocation is intended for analytical purposes and may not be
indicative of the categories in which future loan losses occur.
Noninterest income
Noninterest income consists of all income other than interest and dividend
income and is derived from: fees on bank transactions and credit cards;
commissions on sales of annuities and mutual funds; rental of safe deposit space
and net gains on sales of assets. Noninterest income totaled $4.6 million for
1997, an increase of $478 thousand or 11.6% from $4.1 million for 1996. For
1996, total noninterest income decreased $341 thousand or 7.6% from $4.5 million
for the year ended December 31, 1995. The elements that significantly
contributed to the changes in noninterest income are highlighted below.
The increase in noninterest income for 1997 compared to 1996 was largely
due to a $1.1 million pretax gain from the sale of two commercial mortgage loans
and a $341 thousand increase in service fees collected on deposit accounts.
Service charges to non-customers for use of the subsidiary bank's ATM machines
contributed $177 thousand to the increase in service fee income. Further
contributing to the improved noninterest income in 1997 compared to 1996 was an
increase of $255 thousand relating to the collection of principal in excess of
reserves on loans purchased at a discount. These benefits, however, were
partially offset by net pretax gains, recognized in 1996, of $455 thousand from
the sale of deposits of a branch location and $235 from the sale of available
for sale securities which were sold as part of a securities portfolio
restructuring plan. Noninterest income for 1996 also included $511 thousand of
discount accretion in connection with a past acquisition that did not reoccur in
1997.
In addition to the 1996 benefits, mentioned previously, noninterest income
for 1996, also benefited from a $261 thousand gain related to the collection of
principal on loans in excess of their carrying value. The benefits described
above did not result in an increase to noninterest income in 1996 over 1995
largely because of a net pretax
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gain in 1995 of $828 thousand pertaining to the sale of a portion of the
subsidiary bank's loan servicing portfolio. Consequently, noninterest income for
1996 decreased, in large part, because the discount connected with an
acquisition of a failed financial institution had been fully accreted. Discount
accretion contributed $249 thousand less to noninterest income in 1996 as
compared to 1995.
Table 6
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Noninterest Income
for the years ended December 31,
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(in thousands)
1997 1996 1995
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Service fees on deposit accounts $1,920 $1,579 $1,474
Service fees on loan accounts 65 69 280
Service fees on credit cards 125 86 48
Net gain on sale of loans 1,067 -- 22
Net gain on sale of securities -- 242 15
Commission on annuity and mutual
fund sales 39 66 138
Accretion of discount in
connection with acquisition -- 511 760
Collection of acquired loans in
excess of carrying value 855 600 406
Rental on safe deposit boxes 151 148 142
Net gain on sale of deposits of
a branch location -- 455 --
Net gain on sale of loan
servicing rights -- -- 828
All other 374 362 346
------ ------ ------
$4,596 $4,118 $4,459
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Noninterest Expenses
Noninterest expenses totaled $16.0 million for 1997. This represented a
decrease of $244 thousand or 1.5% from total noninterest expenses of $16.2
million for 1996. For 1996, total noninterest expenses increased $697 thousand
or 4.5% from $15.5 million for the year ended December 31, 1995. The elements
that significantly contributed to the changes in noninterest expenses are
highlighted below.
The decrease in noninterest expenses for 1997 was attributable, in part,
to a $252 thousand decline in foreclosed real estate expense resulting from the
workout and sale of the Company's foreclosed real estate during the first half
of the year. Also contributing to the improvement in noninterest expenses was a
$109 decrease in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") assessment due
to a one time FDIC special assessment charged in 1996. Furthermore, net
occupancy and furniture and equipment costs decreased $219 thousand. This
decrease was mainly the result of closing two branch offices during 1996 and the
purchase of a previously leased branch location during
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1997 coupled with a decline in maintenance costs incurred at all the Company's
locations. An increase of $545 thousand in salaries and benefits due primarily
to annual salary increases and promotions partially offset the benefits
described above.
Affecting the change in noninterest expenses for 1996 was an increase of
$389 thousand or 5.4% in salaries and related expenses. For the most part, the
increase resulted from promotions and normal annual salary adjustments. An
increase of $210 thousand or 4.9% in other noninterest expenses also contributed
to the change. The increase reflects a $250 thousand reduction of other
noninterest expenses in 1995 for the reversal of a reserve related to a settled
lawsuit. Furthermore, noninterest expenses were adversely affected by an
increase of $198 thousand or 366.7% in foreclosed real estate expenses. In 1996,
foreclosed real estate expense included net losses of $87 thousand pertaining to
the disposition of foreclosed real estate as compared to net gains of $127
thousand for 1995. In 1996, noninterest expenses were favorably affected by a
$343 thousand or 68.2% decrease in insurance premiums paid by the Company to the
FDIC for deposit insurance. The decrease reflects the reduction in premium as
the Bank Insurance Fund attained target reserve levels.
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Table 7
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Noninterest Expenses
for the years ended December 31,
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(in thousands)
1997 1996 1995
---- ---- ----
Salaries and benefits $ 8,188 $ 7,643 $ 7,254
Net occupancy and furniture
and equipment 2,701 2,920 2,777
Other expenses
Advertising and promotion 727 773 673
Stationery, printing and
supplies 279 359 281
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation assessment 51 160 503
Professional fees 1,183 1,117 1,321
Communications 279 246 217
Postage and shipping 291 301 282
Credit card processing fees 63 45 36
Credit services 95 145 156
Foreclosed real estate
expense -- 252 54
Amortization of premiums
in connection with
acquisitions 444 444 444
Provision for litigation
contingency -- (33) (250)
Directors' fees, travel
and retirement 564 553 536
Insurance premiums 194 204 256
Unrealized (gain)/loss on
loans held for sale (18) 13 (60)
All other 943 1,086 1,051
-------- -------- --------
$ 15,984 $ 16,228 $ 15,531
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Income Taxes
In 1997, income taxes amounted to $4.1 million as compared to $3.5 million
and $3.3 million for 1996 and 1995, respectively. The effective tax rate in 1997
was 35.0% as compared to 35.0% and 34.4% for 1996 and 1995, respectively.
Detailed information on income taxes is shown in Notes 1 and 16 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
New Pronouncements
In December 1996, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 127, "Deferral of the Effective Date of Certain Provisions of FASB
Statement No. 125," ("SFAS No. 127"). SFAS No. 127 amends Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 125, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of
Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities," ("SFAS No. 125"), by
deferring for one year the effective date of paragraph 15 of SFAS No. 125
addressing secured borrowings and collateral, and paragraphs 9 through 12 and
237(b) addressing repurchase agreements, dollar rolls, security lending and
similar transactions. The Company has determined that the adoption of SFAS No.
127 will not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
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In June 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," ("SFAS No. 130"). SFAS No. 130
requires that all items that are required to be recognized under accounting
standards as components of comprehensive income be reported in a financial
statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other financial
statements. The Company will adopt SFAS No. 130 beginning January 1, 1998.
Effects of Inflation and Changing Prices
The financial statements and related financial data presented herein have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles which
require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of
historical dollars without considering changes in the relative purchasing power
of money over time due to inflation.
Unlike most industrial companies, virtually all of the assets and
liabilities of a financial institution are monetary in nature. As a result,
interest rates have a more significant impact on a financial institution's
performance than do general levels of inflation. Interest rates do not
necessarily move in the same magnitude as the prices of goods and services.
Loan Portfolio
The Company, during 1997, continued to experience strong growth in its
loan portfolio. At December 31, 1997, total loans amounted to $401.9 million, up
$50.1 million or 14.2% over the previous year. Promotional campaigns in
conjunction with competitive loan rates and focused sales efforts were
instrumental to the loan growth. The loan growth was largely in the subsidiary
bank's delineated community which confirms the Company's pledge of striving to
be the largest community-based banking organization in Bergen County, dedicated
to community service and helping its customers grow and prosper.
In 1996, total loans increased $40.6 million from the 1995 level. The
increase was largely the result of promotional campaigns and competitive loan
rates as well as the ability of the Company to identify and meet the needs of
its business customers.
Commercial real estate mortgage loans amounted to $127.9 million at
December 31, 1997, and represented 31.8% of total loans compared to $112.2
million or 31.9% of all loans at the end of 1996. These loans are secured
primarily by first priority mortgage liens on owner-occupied commercial
properties. While approximately 80% of all loans are collateralized by real
estate located in northern New Jersey, the Company does not have any
concentration
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of loans in any single industry classified under the Standard Industrial
Classification Code which exceeds 4% of its total loans.
Table 8
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Loan Portfolio
at December 31,
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Amounts of loans by type (in thousands)
Commercial and financial $ 51,560 $ 51,908 $ 42,106 $ 36,512 $ 35,380
Real estate-construction 1,974 3,414 1,484 1,917 207
Real estate-mortgage
1-4 family residential
First liens 49,477 40,426 42,088 43,229 55,982
Junior liens 15,617 18,254 20,919 25,266 38,771
Available for sale -- 1,195 1,106 1,086 15,751
Home equity 142,091 119,876 101,133 88,147 50,197
Commercial 127,856 112,233 96,910 87,728 60,771
Installment
Credit cards and related plans 2,381 2,666 2,902 3,314 4,039
Other 797 1,821 2,461 2,757 3,918
Lease financing 10,101 -- 55 698 1,976
---------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total $ 401,854 $351,793 $311,164 $290,654 $266,992
========== ======== ======== ======== ========
Percent of loans by type
Commercial and financial 12.8% 14.8% 13.5% 12.6% 13.2%
Real estate-construction 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.1
Real estate-mortgage
1-4 family residential
First liens 12.3 11.5 13.5 14.9 21.0
Junior liens 3.9 5.2 6.7 8.7 14.5
Available for sale -- 0.3 0.4 0.4 5.9
Home equity 35.4 34.1 32.5 30.3 18.8
Commercial 31.8 31.9 31.2 30.2 22.8
Installment
Credit cards and related plans 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.5
Other 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.5
Lease financing 2.5 -- -- 0.2 0.7
---------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
========== ======== ======== ======== ========
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Table 8a
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The following table sets forth the maturity distribution of the Company's
loan portfolio as of December 31, 1997 The table excludes real estate loans
(other than construction loans), lease financing and installment loans: (in
thousands)
Due after
Due in one year Due after
one year through five
or less five years years Total
------- ---------- ----- -----
Commercial and financial $10,160 $34,682 $ 6,718 $51,560
Construction 1,974 -- -- 1,974
------- ------- ------- -------
Total $12,134 $34,682 $ 6,718 $53,534
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Table 8b
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The following table sets forth, as of December 31, 1997, the sensitivity
of the amounts due after one year to changes in interest rates: (in thousands)
Due after
one year Due after
through five
five years years
---------- -----
Fixed interest rate $12,041 $ 927
Variable interest rate 22,641 5,791
------- -------
Total $34,682 $ 6,718
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Loan Quality
The lending activities of the Company are guided by the basic lending
policy established by the Company's Board of Directors. Loans must meet the
tests of a prudent loan, which include criteria regarding the character,
capacity and capital of the borrower, collateral provided for the loan and
prevailing economic conditions. The Company obtains an independent appraisal of
real property, within regulatory guidelines, when it is considered the primary
collateral for a loan.
The Company employs a full-time loan review officer who evaluates the
credit risk for substantially all large commercial loans. This review process is
intended to identify adverse developments in individual credits, regardless of
whether such credits are also included on the watchlist discussed below and
whether or not the loans are delinquent. The loan review officer reports
directly to the President of the Company.
Management maintains a "watchlist" system under which credit officers are
required to provide early warning of possible deteriorations in loans. These
loans may not be delinquent currently, but may present indications of financial
weakness, such as deteriorating financial ratios of the borrowers, or other
concerns at an early stage to allow early implementation of responsive credit
strategies.
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Nonperforming Assets
Nonperforming assets consist of nonaccrual loans, restructured loans and
foreclosed real estate. Foreclosed real estate, representing real estate
collateral acquired by legal foreclosure procedures, is valued using independent
appraisals and the Company's policy is to review such appraisals annually. The
Company intends to dispose of each property at or near its current valuation.
However, there can be no assurance that disposals will be made as soon as
anticipated or at expected values. Table 9 presents the detail of nonperforming
assets and the aggregate of loans whose principal and/or interest has not been
paid according to contractual terms. (See discussion of loan losses on page 17.)
Other than the loans included in the table, there were no material potential
problem loans, either individually or in the aggregate, at December 31, 1997.
Table 9
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Loan Delinquencies and Nonperforming Assets
at December 31,
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(dollars in thousands)
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Loans delinquent and accruing interest
Loans past due 30-89 days $ 533 $ 772 $ 853 $ 805 $ 600
Loans past due 90 days or more 141 25 -- -- 157
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total loans delinquent and accruing interest $ 674 $ 797 $ 853 $ 805 $ 757
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
Nonaccrual loans $1,514 $2,084 $2,511 $6,177 $3,914
Foreclosed real estate -- 610 1,213 880 1,342
Restructured loans 573 725 1,465 522 --
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total nonperforming assets $2,087 $3,419 $5,189 $7,579 $5,256
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
Total nonperforming assets and loans
past due 90 days or more $2,228 $3,444 $5,189 $7,579 $5,413
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
Nonaccrual loans to total loans 0.38% 0.59% 0.81% 2.13% 1.47%
Nonperforming assets to total loans and
foreclosed real estate 0.52 0.97 1.66 2.60 1.96
Nonperforming assets to total assets 0.38 0.68 1.06 1.58 1.25
Nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days
or more to total loans 0.41 0.60 0.81 2.13 1.52
Nonperforming assets and loans past due 90 days
or more to total loans and foreclosed real estate 0.55 0.98 1.66 2.60 2.02
Nonperforming assets and loans past due 90 days
or more to total assets 0.41 0.68 1.06 1.58 1.28
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Securities Held to Maturity and Securities Available for Sale
The Company identifies as "securities available for sale" securities used
as part of its asset and liability management strategy, or securities that may
be sold in response to, among other things, changes in interest rates and
prepayment risk. See Notes 1 and 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
for additional information concerning securities.
Table 10 presents a summary of the contractual maturities and weighted
average yields (adjusted to a taxable equivalent basis) of securities held to
maturity and securities available for sale. Historical cost was used to
calculate the weighted average yields.
Table 10
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Securities
at December 31, 1997
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(dollars in thousands)
After 1 After 5 Weighted
Within But Within But Within After Average
1 Year 5 Years 10 Years 10 Years Total Yield
------ ------- -------- -------- ----- -----
Securities held to maturity at amortized cost
Obligations of U.S. Treasury $ 14,133 $ 8,001 -- -- $ 22,134 6.12%
Mortgage-backed securities -- -- $ 4,723 $ 9,603 14,326 6.64
Obligations of U.S. agencies -- 3,976 2,735 -- 6,711 6.77
Obligations of states & political subdivisions 3,049 -- -- -- 3,049 5.58
Other debt securities -- 50 100 -- 150 6.58
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
17,182 12,027 7,558 9,603 46,370
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Securities available for sale at market value
Obligations of U.S. Treasury 2,004 33,979 -- -- 35,983 6.36
Mortgage-backed securities -- 2,950 5,603 7,741 16,294 6.73
Obligations of U.S. agencies -- 4,020 -- -- 4,020 6.59
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
2,004 40,949 5,603 7,741 56,297
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total $ 19,186 $ 52,976 $ 13,161 $ 17,344 $102,667
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Weighted average yield 5.95% 6.41% 6.77% 6.75% 6.43%
Deposits
The Company traditionally relies on its deposit base to fund its credit
needs. Core deposits, which include noninterest bearing demand deposits,
interest bearing demand accounts, savings deposits, money market accounts and
time deposits in amounts under $100,000, represented 95.5% of total deposits at
December 31, 1997, and 96.0% at December 31, 1996.
Total deposits amounted to $470.7 million at December 31, 1997, an
increase of $40.7 million or 9.5% from
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year end 1996. The most significant growth occurred in noninterest and interest
bearing demand which increased $45.9 million or 23.7% to $239.7 million at
December 31, 1997 as compared to the prior comparable period. Conversely, time
deposits in amounts under $100,000 decreased $7.8 million or 6.9% to $104.7
million as compared to year end 1996. The positive change in the mix of deposit
liabilities reflects the Company's continued emphasis of building core deposit
relationships to supplant a portion of its higher costing deposit liabilities.
The outflow of the higher costing time deposits was more than offset by the
growth in low cost demand deposits.
Table 11
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Deposit Summary
at December 31,
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(dollars in thousands)
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ -----------------
Noninterest bearing demand $ 92,145 19.6% $ 76,340 17.8% $ 69,213 15.8% $ 66,435 15.7% $ 59,170 15.3%
Interest bearing demand 147,573 31.4 117,461 27.3 110,813 25.4 101,873 24.0 92,115 23.9
Money market 40,049 8.5 39,815 9.3 38,716 8.9 37,816 8.9 43,483 11.3
Savings 64,917 13.8 66,778 15.5 71,170 16.3 75,906 17.9 70,062 18.2
Time deposits less
than $100,000 104,652 22.2 112,466 26.1 134,866 30.9 134,097 31.6 110,457 28.7
Time deposits greater
than $100,000 21,357 4.5 17,153 4.0 11,674 2.7 8,043 1.9 10,143 2.6
-------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- -------- -----
$470,693 100.0% $430,013 100.0% $436,452 100.0% $424,170 100.0% $385,430 100.0%
======== ===== ======== ===== ======== ===== ======== ===== ======== =====
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* The following table shows the time remaining to maturity of time certificates
of deposit of $100,000 or more as of December 31, 1997 (in thousands)
Three months or less $ 8,447
Over three months through six months 7,106
Over six months through twelve months 3,512
Over twelve months 2,292
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$21,357
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Interest Rate Risk Management
Interest rate risk is generally described as the exposure to potentially
adverse changes in current and future net interest income resulting from:
fluctuations in interest rates; product spreads; and imbalances in the repricing
opportunities of interest-rate sensitive assets and liabilities. Therefore,
managing the Company's interest rate sensitivity is a primary objective of the
Company's senior management. The Company's Asset/Liability Committee ("ALCO") is
responsible for managing the exposure to changes in market interest rates. ALCO
attempts to maintain stable net interest margins by periodically evaluating the
relationship between interest-rate sensitive assets and interest-rate sensitive
liabilities. The evaluation attempts to determine the impact on net interest
margin from current and prospective changes in market interest rates.
The Company manages interest rate risk exposure with the utilization of
financial modeling and simulation techniques. These methods assist the Company
in determining the effects of market rate changes on net interest income and
future economic value. The objective of the Company is to maximize net interest
income within acceptable levels of risk established by policy. The techniques
utilized for managing exposure to market rate changes involve a variety of
interest rate, pricing and volume assumptions. These assumptions include
projections on growth, prepayment and withdrawal levels as well as other
embedded options inherently found in financial instruments. The Company
periodically reviews and validates these assumptions. At December 31, 1997, the
Company simulated the effects on Net Interest Income given an instantaneous and
parallel shift in the yield curve of 200 basis points in either direction. Based
on the simulation, it was estimated that net interest income, over a twelve
month horizon, would not decrease by more than 8.0%. At December 31, 1997, the
Company was within policy limits established for changes in net interest income
and future economic value.
The preceding simulation does not represent a Company forecast and should
not be relied upon as being indicative of expected operating results. These
hypothetical estimates are based upon numerous assumptions including: the nature
and timing of interest rate levels including yield curve shape, prepayments on
loans and securities, deposit decay rates, pricing decisions on loans and
deposits, reinvestment/replacement of asset and liability cashflows, and others.
While assumptions are developed based upon current economic and local market
conditions, the Company cannot make any assurances as to the predictive nature
of these assumptions including how customer preferences or competitor influences
might change.
Also, as market conditions vary from those assumed in the simulation,
actual results will also differ
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due to: prepayment/refinancing levels likely deviating from those assumed, the
varying impact of interest rate change caps or floors on adjustable rate assets,
the potential effect of changing debt service levels on customers with
adjustable rate loans, depositor early withdrawals and product preference
changes, and other internal/external variable. Furthermore, the simulation does
not reflect actions that ALCO might take in responding to or anticipating
changes in interest rates.
In addition to the above mentioned techniques, the Company utilizes
sensitivity gap as an interest rate risk measurement. Sensitivity gap is
determined by analyzing the difference between the amount of interest earning
assets maturing or repricing within a specific time period and the amount of
interest bearing liabilities maturing or repricing within that same period of
time. Sensitivity gap provides an indication of the extent to which the
Company's net interest income may be affected by future changes in market
interest rates. The cumulative gap position as a percentage of total assets
provides one relative measure of the Company's interest rate exposure.
The cumulative gap between the Company's interest-rate-sensitive assets
and its interest-rate-sensitive liabilities repricing within a one-year period
was (4.35%) at December 31, 1997. Since the cumulative gap was negative, the
Company has a "negative gap" position which theoretically will cause its assets
to reprice more slowly than its deposit liabilities. In a declining interest
rate environment, interest costs may be expected to fall faster than the
interest received on earning assets, thus increasing the net interest spread. If
interest rates increase, a negative gap means that the interest received on
earning assets may be expected to increase more slowly than the interest paid on
the Company's liabilities therefore decreasing the net interest spread.
Certain shortcomings are inherent in the method of analysis presented in
Table 12 . Although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities
or periods of repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in
market interest rates. The rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may
fluctuate in advance of changes in market rates, while rates on other types of
assets and liabilities may lag behind changes in market rates. In the event of a
change in interest rates, prepayment and early withdrawal levels could deviate
significantly from those assumed in calculating the table. The ability of
borrowers to service their debt may decrease in the event of an interest rate
increase. Management considers these factors when reviewing its gap position and
establishing its ongoing asset/liability strategy.
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Table 12
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Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis
at December 31, 1997
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(dollars in thousands)
Non-
3 6 6 Mos. to 1 to 3 3 to 5 Over interest
Subject to rate change within Months Months 1 Year Years Years 5 Years Sensitive Total
------ ------ ------ ----- ----- ------- --------- -----
Assets
Net loans $ 136,935 $ 25,756 $ 46,213 $ 100,133 $ 63,861 $ 27,442 $ (3,379) $ 396,961
Investment securities 7,692 6,994 17,045 45,678 20,307 8,087 1,824 107,627
Cash and amounts due
from banks 8,400 -- -- -- -- -- 17,797 26,197
Other noninterest
earning assets -- -- -- -- -- -- 17,252 17,252
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total assets 153,027 32,750 63,258 145,811 84,168 35,529 33,494 548,037
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Liabilities and stockholders'
equity
Demand deposits 25,861 25,861 51,723 69,020 33,344 33,909 -- 239,718
Savings deposits 5,680 5,680 11,360 29,180 9,001 4,016 -- 64,917
Fixed maturity certificates
of deposits 34,958 33,925 34,559 16,815 5,752 -- -- 126,009
Money market accounts 6,007 6,007 12,015 8,614 3,982 3,424 -- 40,049
Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase 2,325 -- 10,702 -- -- -- -- 13,027
Long-term borrowings 54 54 6,107 3,664 -- -- -- 9,879
Other liabilities -- -- -- -- -- -- 4,668 4,668
Stockholders' equity -- -- -- -- -- -- 49,770 49,770
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- _________
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity 74,885 71,527 126,466 127,293 52,079 41,349 54,438 $ 548,037
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- _________
GAP $ 78,142 $ (38,777) $ (63,208) $ 18,518 $ 32,089 $ (5,820) $ (20,944)
========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
GAP to total assets 14.26% (7.08)% (11.53)% 3.38% 5.86% (1.06)%
Cumulative GAP $ 78,142 $ 39,365 $ (23,843) $ (5,325) $ 26,764 $ 20,944
========= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Cumulative GAP to total assets 14.26% 7.18% (4.35)% (0.97)% 4.88% 3.82%
Liquidity
A fundamental component of the Company's business strategy is to manage
liquidity to ensure the availability of sufficient resources to meet all
financial obligations and finance prospective business opportunities. Liquidity
management is critical to the stability of the Company. Liquidity levels over
any given period of time are a product of the Company's operating, financing and
investing activities. The extent of such activities are often shaped by such
external factors as competition for deposits and loan demand.
Traditionally, financing for the Company's loans and investments is
derived primarily from deposits, along with interest and principal payments on
loans and investments. At December 31, 1997, total deposits amounted to $470.7
million, an increase of $40.7 million or 9.5% over the prior comparable year.
During 1997, the Company continued to use advances from the Federal Home Loan
Bank of New York ("FHLB") and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
("REPOS") to supplement the more traditional funding sources. At December 31,
1997, advances from the FHLB and REPOS amounted to $9.9 million and $13.0
million, respectively, as compared to $15.2 million and $11.1 million,
respectively, at December 31, 1996.
In 1997, loan production continued to be the Company's principal investing
activity. Net loans at December 31, 1997 amounted to $397.0 million, compared to
$348.1 million at the end of 1996, an increase of $48.9 million or 14.0%.
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The Company's most liquid assets are cash and due from banks and federal
funds sold. At December 31, 1997, the total of such assets amounted to $26.2
million or 4.8% of total assets, compared to $24.3 million or 4.8% of total
assets at year-end 1996.
Another significant liquidity source is the Company's available-for-sale
("AFS") securities. At December 31, 1997, AFS securities amounted to $61.3
million or 56.9% of total securities, compared to $55.3 million or 46.6% of
total securities at year-end 1996.
In addition to the aforementioned sources of liquidity, the Company has
available various other sources of liquidity, including federal funds purchased
from other banks and the Federal Reserve discount window. The Bank also has a
$51.0 million line of credit available through its membership in the Federal
Home Loan Bank of New York.
Management believes that the Company's sources of funds are sufficient to
meet its funding requirements.
Capital Adequacy
Stockholders' equity totaled $49.8 million and represents 9.1% of total
assets at December 31, 1997, compared to $44.4 million and 8.8% of total assets
at December 31, 1996. The $5.4 million increase was primarily attributable to
net income of $7.6 million less cash dividends of $2.3 million.
Guidelines issued by the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC establish
capital adequacy guidelines for bank holding companies and state-chartered
banks. The guidelines establish a risk-based capital framework consisting of (1)
a definition of capital consisting of Tier 1 capital, which includes common
shareholders' equity less certain intangibles and a supplementary component
called Tier II, which includes a portion of the allowance for loan losses, and
(2) a system for assigning assets and off-balance-sheet items to one of the four
weighted risk categories, with higher levels of capital being required for the
categories perceived as representing the greater risks. An institution's
risk-based capital ratio is determined by dividing its qualifying capital by its
risk-weighted assets. The guidelines make regulatory capital requirements more
sensitive to differences in risk profiles among banking institutions, take
off-balance-sheet items into account in assessing capital adequacy, and minimize
the disincentive to holding liquid, low-risk assets. Banking organizations are
generally expected to operate with capital positions well above the minimum
rates. Institutions with higher levels of risk, or which experience or
anticipate significant growth, are also expected to operate well above minimum
capital standards.
These guidelines focus principally on broad categories of credit risk,
although the framework for assigning assets and off-balance sheet items to risk
categories does incorporate elements of transfer risk. The risk-based capital
ratio does not, however, incorporate other factors that may affect a company's
financial condition, such as overall interest rate exposure, liquidity, funding
and market risks, the quality and level of earnings, investment or loan
concentrations, the quality of loans and
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investments, the effectiveness of loan and investment policies and management's
ability to monitor and control financial and operating risks.
In addition to the risk-based guidelines discussed above, the Federal
Reserve Board and the FDIC require that a bank holding company and bank which
meet the regulators' highest performance and operation standards and which are
not contemplating or experiencing significant growth maintain a minimum leverage
ratio (Tier I capital as a percent of quarterly average adjusted assets) of 3%.
For those financial institutions with higher levels of risk or that are
experiencing or anticipating significant growth, the minimum leverage ratio will
be increased.
The Year 2000 Issue
Many existing computer programs use only two digits to identify a year in
the date field. As a result, the computer applications affected by such programs
could fail or produce incorrect results by or at the Year 2000. The Company
acknowledges the need to ensure its operations will not be adversely affected by
Year 2000 computer software failures. Software failures due to processing
errors, potentially arising from calculations using the Year 2000 date, are a
known risk.
The Company has implemented a five step plan that involves awareness,
assessment, validation, renovation and implementation. It is currently assessing
the extent to which its systems may be affected and is communicating with all
necessary vendors concerning timely and completed remedies for those systems
that require modification. The Company is also communicating with all third
parties, on which it relies, to assess their progress in evaluating their
systems and implementing any corrective measures. The Company has been taking
and will continue to pursue all reasonably necessary steps to protect its
operations and assets. It is currently anticipated that by December 31, 1998,
the Company will be Year 2000 compliant. At this time, the Company has not yet
determined the cost, which will be expensed as incurred, of evaluating its
computer software or databases, or of making any modifications required to
correct any "Year 2000" problems.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplemental Data
Independent Auditors' Report
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Income
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
NONE
PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers
a. Directors
The information contained in the section entitled "Directors" in the
Company's Proxy Statement for its 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is
incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
b. Executive Officers
Information required by this item is contained in Part I of this Form 10-K
in the section entitled "Executive Officers."
c. Compliance with Section 16(a)
Information contained in the section entitled "Section 16 Compliance" in
the Company's Proxy Statement for its 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Information contained in the section entitled "Executive Compensation" in
the Company's Proxy Statement for its 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is
incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The information contained in the section entitled "Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership" in the Company's Proxy Statement for its 1998 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated herein by reference in response to this
item.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
The information contained in the section entitled "Transactions with
management" in the Company's Proxy Statement for its 1998 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
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PART IV
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statements and Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K
a. Financial Statements and Schedules
The financial statements and schedules listed in the accompanying Index to
Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules are filed as part of this
Annual Report on Form 10-K
b. Reports on Form 8-K
No reports on Form 8-K were filed by the Company during the quarter ended
December 31, 1997.
c. Exhibits
3.(a) Certificate of incorporation and amendments thereto are incorporated
herein by reference to Registration Statement No. 33-49840, Exhibit
3 (a)
(b) By-laws are incorporated herein by reference to Registration
Statement No.33-49840, Exhibit 3(b)
10. Material contracts
(a) Agreement for legal services between Andora, Palmisano & Geaney and
the Company dated April 24, 1997.
(b) Lease for Washington Township, N.J., Branch Office, dated April 13,
1972 and amended December 21, 1972 is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10(h) filed with the Registration Statement No.
33-49840.
(c) Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements
(1) The Stock Option and Incentive Plan of 1997 is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-82530.
(2) Directors' Retirement Program is incorporated herein by
reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
Commission for the year 1994.
(3) Executives' Supplemental Pension Plan is incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10(i)(4) filed with the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 1994.
(d) Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 27, 1998 by and among
registrant, Interchange State Bank and The Jersey Bank for Savings.
(e) Stock Option Agreement dated January 27, 1998 between the registrant
and The Jersey Bank for Savings.
11. Statement re Computation of per share earnings
21. Subsidiaries of Registrant
23. Independent Auditors' Consent
27. Financial Data Schedule
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Interchange Financial Services Corporation
/s/ Anthony Labozzetta
------------------------------------------
Anthony Labozzetta
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
March 26, 1998
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
/s/Anthony S. Abbate /s/James E. Healey
- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
Anthony S. Abbate March 26, 1998 James E. Healey March 26, 1998
Director Director
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/Anthony D. Andora /s/Anthony Labozzetta
- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
Anthony D. Andora March 26, 1998 Anthony Labozzetta March 26, 1998
Director Executive Vice President and
Chairman of the Board Chief Financial Officer
/s/Nicholas R. Marcalus
- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
Donald L. Correll March 26, 1998 Nicholas R. Marcalus March 26, 1998
Director Director
/s/Anthony R. Coscia /s/Eleanore S. Nissley
- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
Anthony R. Coscia March 26, 1998 Eleanore S. Nissley March 26, 1998
Director Director
/s/John J. Eccleston /s/Jeremiah F. O'Connor
- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
John J. Eccleston March 26, 1998 Jeremiah F. O'Connor March 26, 1998
Director Director
/s/David R. Ficca /s/Robert P. Rittereiser
- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
David R. Ficca March 26, 1998 Robert P. Rittereiser March 26, 1998
Director Director
/s/Benjamin Rosenzweig
-------------------------------------
Benjamin Rosenzweig March 26, 1998
Director
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Independent Auditors' Report
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Board of Directors and Stockholders
Interchange Financial Services Corporation
Saddle Brook, New Jersey
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Interchange
Financial Services Corporation and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December
31, 1997 and 1996 and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1997. These consolidated financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Interchange Financial Services
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the results
of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Parsippany, New Jersey
January 21, 1998
F-1
Interchange Financial Services Corporation
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31,
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(dollars in thousands)
1997 1996
-------- --------
Assets
Cash and due from banks $ 17,797 $ 24,322
Federal funds sold 8,400 --
-------- --------
Total cash and cash equivalents 26,197 24,322
-------- --------
Securities held to maturity at
amortized cost (estimated
market value of $46,786
and $63,619) 46,370 63,376
-------- --------
Securities available for sale at
estimated market value
(amortized cost of $59,433
and $54,871) 61,257 55,252
-------- --------
Loans 401,854 351,793
Less: Allowance for loan losses 4,893 3,653
-------- --------
Net loans 396,961 348,140
-------- --------
Premises and equipment, net 7,871 5,151
Foreclosed real estate -- 610
Accrued interest receivable
and other assets 9,381 7,838
-------- --------
Total assets $548,037 $504,689
======== ========
Liabilities
Deposits
Noninterest bearing $ 92,145 $ 76,340
Interest bearing 378,548 353,673
-------- --------
Total deposits 470,693 430,013
-------- --------
Securities sold under agreements
to repurchase 13,027 11,050
Short-term borrowings -- 5,200
Accrued interest payable and
other liabilities 4,668 4,082
Long-term borrowings 9,879 9,983
-------- --------
Total liabilities 498,267 460,328
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Commitments and contingent liabilities
Stockholders' equity
Common stock, without par value;
10,000,000 shares authorized;
4,240,392 shares issued and
outstanding in 1997 and
4,259,403 in 1996 4,811 4,733
Capital surplus 15,836 14,931
Retained earnings 29,698 24,429
Unrealized gain-securities available
for sale, net of tax effect 1,131 268
-------- --------
51,476 44,361
Less: Treasury stock 1,706 --
-------- --------
Total stockholders' equity 49,770 44,361
-------- --------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $548,037 $504,689
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See notes to consolidated financial statements
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Interchange Financial Services Corporation
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
For the Years Ended December 31,
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(in thousands except per share data)
1997 1996 1995
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Interest income
Interest and fees on loans $32,609 $29,132 $27,427
Interest on federal funds sold 530 407 374
Interest and dividends on securities
Taxable interest income 6,734 7,465 8,969
Interest income exempt from federal
income taxes 100 122 56
Dividends 202 158 169
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Total interest income 40,175 37,284 36,995
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Interest expense
Interest on deposits 14,210 14,041 14,513
Interest on securities sold under
agreements to repurchase 685 267 12
Interest on short-term borrowings 42 246 494
Interest on long-term borrowings 596 45 131
------- ------- -------
Total interest expense 15,533 14,599 15,150
------- ------- -------
Net interest income 24,642 22,685 21,845
Provision for loan losses 1,630 700 1,200
------- ------- -------
Net interest income after provision
for loan losses 23,012 21,985 20,645
------- ------- -------
Noninterest income
Service fees on deposit accounts 1,920 1,579 1,474
Net gain on sale of securities -- 242 15
Net gain on sale of loans 1,067 -- 22
Net gain on sale of loan
servicing rights -- -- 828
Net gain on sale of branch -- 455 --
Accretion of discount in connection
with acquisition -- 511 760
Other 1,609 1,331 1,360
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Total noninterest income 4,596 4,118 4,459
------- ------- -------
Noninterest expenses
Salaries and benefits 8,188 7,643 7,254
Net occupancy 1,917 2,200 2,080
Furniture and equipment 784 720 697
Advertising and promotion 727 773 673
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation assessment 51 160 503
Foreclosed real estate expense -- 252 54
Other 4,317 4,480 4,270
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Total noninterest expenses 15,984 16,228 15,531
------- ------- -------
Income before income taxes 11,624 9,875 9,573
Income taxes 4,068 3,456 3,293
------- ------- -------
Net income $ 7,556 $ 6,419 $ 6,280
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Basic earnings per common share $ 1.77 $ 1.51 $ 1.46
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Diluted earnings per common share $ 1.75 $ 1.50 $ 1.45
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See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Interchange Financial Services Corporation
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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(in thousands except share data)
Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
on Securities
Preferred Common Capital Retained Available Treasury
Stock Stock Surplus Earnings for Sale Stock Total
------- ------ ------- --------- ------------- -------------- ---------
Balance at January 1, 1995 $5,000 $4,495 $11,333 $18,737 $(1,813) $(2,623) $35,129
Net income 6,280 6,280
Dividends on common stock at $0.46 per share (1,942) (1,942)
Dividends on preferred stock (85) (85)
Purchase of 32,000 preferred shares (1,600) (1,600)
Retirement of 100,000 shares of preferred stock (5,000) 777 4,223 --
Increase in market valuation-securities
available for sale, net of tax effect 2,459 2,459
------- ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Balance at December 31, 1995 -- 4,495 12,110 22,990 646 -- 40,241
Net income 6,419 6,419
Dividends on common stock at $0.49 per share (2,077) (2,077)
5% common stock dividend 225 2,678 (2,903) --
Fractional shares of 5% common stock dividend (5) (5)
Issued 7,498 shares of common stock in
connection with Executive Compensation Plan 13 148 161
Decrease in market valuation-securities
available for sale, net of tax effect (378) (378)
------- ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Balance at December 31, 1996 -- 4,733 14,931 24,429 268 -- 44,361
Net income 7,556 7,556
Dividends on common stock at $0.54 per share (2,287) (2,287)
Issued 9,549 shares of common stock in
connection with Executive Compensation Plan 9 159 168
Exercised 33,776 option shares 38 240 278
Purchased 8,133 shares in exchange
for option shares (163) (163)
Fractional shares on 3 for 2 stock split (4) (4)
Issued 153,041 shares of common stock in
merger with Washington Interchange Corporation 170 2,765 2,935
Acquired 124,855 shares of common stock held by
Washington Interchange Corporation (2,394) (2,394)
Retired 124,855 shares of common stock held
by Washington Interchange Corporation at time
of merger (139) (2,255) 2,394 --
Purchased 81,217 shares of common stock (1,543) (1,543)
Increase in market valuation-securities
available for sale, net of tax effect 863 863
------- ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Balance at December 31, 1997 $ -- $4,811 $15,836 $29,698 $ 1,131 $(1,706) $49,770
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See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Interchange Financial Services Corporation
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the years ended December 31,
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(in thousands)
1997 1996 1995
--------- -------- --------
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income $ 7,556 $ 6,419 $ 6,280
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by (used in) operating activities
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets 1,065 984 859
Amortization of securities premiums 751 1,030 1,452
Accretion of securities discounts (115) (65) (53)
Amortization of premium in connection with acquisitions 444 444 444
Accretion of discount in connection with acquisition -- (511) (760)
Provision for loan losses 1,630 700 1,200
Net (gain) loss on sale of foreclosed real estate (6) 87 (127)
Net gain on sale of securities -- (242) (15)
Net gain on sale of loans (1,067) -- (22)
Reduction in carrying value of foreclosed real estate -- 43 --
(Increase) decrease in carrying value of loans available for sale (17) 13 (80)
Loss on disposal of fixed assets -- 20 26
(Increase) decrease in operating assets
Net origination of loans available for sale 22 (102) (755)
Proceeds from sale of loans available for sale -- -- 837
Accrued interest receivable 378 404 144
Deferred income taxes (65) 161 (134)
Other (2,774) 1,148 694
Increase in operating liabilities
Accrued interest payable 80 119 162
Other 505 103 387
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by operating activities 8,387 10,755 10,539
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities
(Payments for) proceeds from
Net origination of loans (36,087) (40,117) (20,470)
Purchase of loans (19,247) (2,150) (1,251)
Sale of loans 5,945 1,365 --
Purchase of securities available for sale (6,108) (27,513) (5,905)
Maturities of securities available for sale 1,309 885 2,396
Sale of securities available for sale -- 38,349 2,484
Sale of securities held to maturity -- 6,008 --
Purchase of securities held to maturity (21,086) (19,515) (3,999)
Maturities of securities held to maturity 37,656 24,084 14,000
Sale of foreclosed real estate 616 644 678
Foreclosed real estate -- 8 (285)
Purchase of fixed assets (3,362) (601) (1,862)
Washington Interchange merger 37 -- --
Sale of fixed assets 13 -- 4
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Net cash used in investing activities (40,314) (18,553) (14,210)
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from (payments for)
Deposits in excess of withdrawals 40,680 3,263 12,282
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 17,127 16,828 1,704
Other borrowings -- 11,000 4,200
Retirement of securities sold under agreement to repurchase and
other borrowings (20,454) (12,499) (11,702)
Sale of deposit accounts -- (9,702) --
Dividends (2,287) (2,077) (2,027)
Treasury stock (1,543) -- (1,600)
Common stock issued 279 156 --
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by financing activities 33,802 6,969 2,857
-------- -------- --------
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,875 (829) (814)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 24,322 25,151 25,965
-------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 26,197 $ 24,322 $ 25,151
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid for:
Income taxes $ 4,890 $ 3,410 $ 3,346
Interest 15,453 14,480 14,988
Supplemental non-cash investing activities
Loans transferred to foreclosed real estate -- 179 599
Loans transferred from available for sale to held to maturity 1,190 -- --
(Increase) decrease-market valuation of securities
available for sale (1,442) 559 (3,812)
Amortization of valuation allowance-securities transferred from
available for sale to held to maturity 36 25 --
Securities transferred from available for sale to held to maturity -- -- 5,466
Securities transferred from held to maturity to available for sale -- -- 40,888
Washington Interchange merger 504 -- --
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See notes to consolidated financial statements
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and practices within the banking
industry. The following is a description of the Company's business and its
significant accounting and reporting policies:
Nature of Business and Significant Estimates
Interchange Financial Services Corporation (the "Company"), a New Jersey
business corporation, is a holding company whose principal subsidiary is
Interchange State Bank (the "Bank"). The Bank is principally engaged in the
business of attracting commercial and retail deposits and investing those funds
into commercial business and commercial mortgage loans as well as residential
mortgage and consumer loans. When demand for loans is low, the Bank invests in
debt securities. Currently, the Bank conducts community banking operations in
the northeast region of New Jersey (primarily Bergen County).
The Company uses certain accounting estimates in the preparation of its
consolidated financial statements. As a result, actual results could differ from
those estimates.
The most significant estimate pertains to the allowance for loan losses.
The borrowers' ability to meet contractual obligations and collateral value are
the most significant assumptions used to arrive at the estimate. The risks
associated with such estimates arise when unforeseen conditions affect the
borrower's ability to meet the contractual obligations of the loan and result in
a decline in the value of the supporting collateral. Such unforeseen changes may
have an adverse effect on the financial position of the Company.
Additionally, the Company is exposed to significant changes in market
interest rates. Such changes could have an adverse effect on the earning
capacity and financial position of the Company, particularly, in those
situations in which a mismatch exists between the maturities or repricing of
assets and supporting liabilities.
Principles of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company
and its subsidiaries. Significant intercompany accounts and transactions have
been eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and cash equivalents
For purposes of reporting cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include
cash on hand, amounts due from banks and federal funds sold.
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Securities held to maturity and securities available for sale
Debt securities which the Company has the positive intent and ability to
hold until maturity are classified as held to maturity ("HTM") and are carried
at cost, adjusted for the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on
a level-yield method over the contractual maturity of the instruments.
Investment securities to be held for indefinite periods of time and not intended
to be held to maturity are classified as available for sale ("AFS") and are
carried at market value. The unrealized gains and losses on these securities are
reported, net of taxes, as a separate component of stockholders' equity.
Management determines the appropriate classification of securities at the time
of purchase.
Securities classified as AFS include securities used as part of the
Company's asset and liability management strategy, or securities that may be
sold in response to, among other things, changes in interest rates and
prepayment risk. Gains and losses from the sale of these securities are
determined using the specific identification method.
Loans
Loans are stated at principal amounts outstanding, net of unearned
discount. Interest income is accrued and credited at the applicable interest
rates. Origination fees and certain direct origination costs have been deferred
and are recognized over the life of the applicable loan as an adjustment to the
yield. At December 31, 1997, approximately 80% of all loans are collateralized
by real estate located in northern New Jersey, the Company's market area.
Loans are placed on nonaccrual status when, in the opinion of management,
there is doubt as to the collectibility of interest or principal or when
principal or interest payments are in arrears 90 days or more. Amounts accrued
are evaluated for collectibility. Interest is subsequently recognized on
nonaccrual loans only to the extent that cash is received and the ultimate
repayment of principal is not in doubt. Loans are returned to accrual status
when management deems that collection of principal and interest is reasonable
and probable.
Mortgage loans available for sale are carried at lower of aggregate cost or
market value.
The Bank acquired the assets and liabilities of a failed institution from
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC"), in July 1991, which was
accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. Consideration received
from the FDIC was assigned to the fair value of the loans acquired, the
allowance for loan losses and acquisition costs. Excess consideration was
accreted into income over a five-year period which ended in August 1996.
A loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is
probable that a creditor will be unable to collect all amounts due according to
contractual terms of the loan agreement. The collection of all
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amounts due according to contractual terms means that both the contractual
interest and principal payments of a loan will be collected as scheduled in the
loan agreement. Impaired loans are measured based on the present value of
expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's effective interest rate or,
as a practical expedient, at the loan's observable market price or the fair
value of the collateral. The fair value of collateral, as reduced by costs to
sell on a discounted basis, is utilized if a loan is collateral dependent or
foreclosure is probable. All commercial and commercial mortgage loans are
evaluated for impairment. All nonaccrual commercial and commercial mortgage
loans are considered impaired.
Allowance for loan losses
The allowance for loan losses is established through charges to income.
Loan losses are charged against the allowance for loan losses when management
believes that the collectibility of principal is unlikely. If, as a result of
loans charged off or increases in the size or risk characteristics of the loan
portfolio, the allowance is below the level considered by management to be
adequate to absorb future loan losses on existing loans, the provision for loan
losses is increased to the level considered necessary to provide an adequate
allowance.
The allowance is an amount that management believes will be adequate to
absorb possible losses on existing loans that may become uncollectible based on
evaluations of the collectibility of the loans. The evaluations take into
consideration such factors as changes in the nature and volume of the loan
portfolio, overall portfolio quality, review of specific problem loans and
economic conditions that may affect the borrowers' ability to pay.
Premises and equipment
Premises and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation
and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the
straight-line method. Premises and equipment are depreciated over the estimated
useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the term
of the lease, if shorter. Estimated lives are 30 to 40 years for premises and 3
to 20 years for furniture and equipment. Expenditures for maintenance and
repairs are expensed as incurred. The cost of major renewals and improvements is
capitalized.
Foreclosed real estate
Real estate properties acquired through foreclosure are recorded at the
lower of cost or estimated fair value, less estimated selling costs, at time of
foreclosure. Subsequent valuations are performed periodically and the carrying
value is adjusted by a charge to foreclosed real estate expense to reflect any
subsequent declines in
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the estimated fair value. As a result, further declines in real estate values
may result in increased foreclosed real estate expense. Routine holding costs
are charged to expense as incurred.
Income taxes
The Company utilizes the asset and liability method for accounting for
income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future
tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax
basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using current rates. The
effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the
period the change occurs. Deferred tax assets are reduced, through a valuation
allowance, if necessary, by the amount of such benefits that are not expected to
be realized based on current available evidence.
Per share amounts
In 1997, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 128 "Earnings per share." ("SFAS No. 128"). Basic earnings per common share
is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders, less dividends
on the preferred stock by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding. The computation of diluted earnings per share is similar to the
computation of basic earnings per share except that the denominator is increased
to include the number of additional common shares that would have been
outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares had been issued.
2. Acquisitions
On February 25, 1994, the Bank assumed the deposit liabilities, amounting
to $26,468,000, of Volunteer Federal Savings Association of Little Ferry, New
Jersey. The Bank received $24,744,000 in cash representing the difference
between the deposits assumed, net of $1,724,000 premium paid as part of the
transaction.
The premiums paid to acquire the deposits in the Volunteer transaction and
in a 1991 branch acquisition are being amortized over a period ranging from five
to seven years. Amortization in 1997, 1996 and 1995, included in noninterest
expenses, amounted to $444,000 in each year.
3. Restrictions on Cash and Due from Banks
The subsidiary bank is required to maintain a reserve balance with the
Federal Reserve Bank based upon the level of its deposit liability. The average
amount of this reserve balance for 1997 and 1996 was approximately $7,310,000
and $8,164,000, respectively.
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4. Securities Held to Maturity and Securities Available for Sale
Securities held to maturity and securities available for sale are
summarized as follows: (in thousands)
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December 31, 1997
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Gross Gross Estimated
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Market
Cost Gains Losses Value
------- -------- -------- --------
Securities held to maturity:
Obligations of U.S. Treasury $22,134 $ 122 -- $22,256
Mortgage-backed securities 14,326 153 $ 25 14,454
Obligations of U.S. agencies 6,711 166 -- 6,877
Obligations of states &
political subdivisions 3,049 -- -- 3,049
Other debt securities 150 -- -- 150
-------- ------- ------- --------
46,370 441 25 46,786
-------- ------- ------- --------
Securities available for sale:
Obligations of U.S. Treasury 35,452 605 74 35,983
Mortgage-backed securities 16,115 197 18 16,294
Obligations of U.S. agencies 3,954 66 -- 4,020
Equity securities 3,912 1,048 -- 4,960
-------- ------- ------- --------
59,433 1,916 92 61,257
-------- ------- ------- --------
Total securities $105,803 $2,357 $117 $108,043
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December 31,1996
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Gross Gross Estimated
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Market
Cost Gains Losses Value
------- -------- -------- --------
Securities held to maturity:
Obligations of U.S. Treasury $ 43,517 $248 -- $ 43,765
Mortgage-backed securities 10,136 24 $ 50 10,110
Obligations of U.S. agencies 5,992 50 17 6,025
Obligations of states &
political subdivisions 3,581 1 9 3,573
Other debt securities 150 -- 4 146
-------- ---- ---- --------
63,376 323 80 63,619
-------- ---- ---- --------
Securities available for sale:
Obligations of U.S. Treasury 31,640 453 246 31,847
Mortgage-backed securities 15,378 81 12 15,447
Obligations of U.S. agencies 3,941 54 -- 3,995
Equity securities 3,912 51 -- 3,963
-------- ---- ---- --------
54,871 639 258 55,252
-------- ---- ---- --------
Total securities $118,247 $962 $338 $118,871
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At December 31, 1997, the contractual maturities of securities held to
maturity and securities available for sale are as follows: (in thousands)
Securities Securities
Held to Maturity Available for Sale
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Estimated Estimated
Amortized Market Amortized Market
Cost Value Cost Value
------- ------- ------- -------
Within 1 year $17,182 $17,230 $ 2,000 $ 2,004
After 1 but within 5 years 12,027 12,175 40,325 40,949
After 5 but within 10 years 7,558 7,680 5,492 5,603
After 10 years 9,603 9,701 7,704 7,741
Equity securities -- -- 3,912 4,960
------- ------- ------- -------
$46,370 $46,786 $59,433 $61,257
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There were no sales of securities available for sale during the year ended,
December 31, 1997. Proceeds from the sale of securities available for sale
totaled $38,349,000 and $2,484,000 during the years ended December 31, 1996, and
1995 respectively. Gains of $452,000 and $16,000 were realized in 1996 and 1995,
respectively, and losses of $217,000, and $1,000 were realized in 1996 and 1995,
respectively.
There were no sales of securities held to maturity during the year ended,
December 31, 1997. Proceeds from the sale of securities held to maturity
(scheduled to mature within 3 months) totaled $6,008,000 during the year ended
December 31, 1996. Gains of $7,000 were realized in 1996.
Securities with carrying amounts of $28.2 million and $26.1 million at
December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively, were pledged for public deposits,
securities sold under repurchase agreements and other purposes required by law.
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5. Loans
The composition of the loan portfolio is summarized as follows: (in
thousands)
--------------------------
December 31,
--------------------------
1997 1996
-------- --------
Commercial and financial $ 51,560 $ 51,908
Real Estate
Residential 207,185 178,556
Commercial 127,856 112,233
Construction 1,974 3,414
Available for sale -- 1,195
Installment 3,178 4,487
Lease financing 10,101 --
-------- --------
401,854 351,793
Allowance for loan losses 4,893 3,653
-------- --------
Net loans $396,961 $348,140
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Nonperforming loans include loans which are accounted for on a nonaccrual
basis and troubled debt restructurings. Nonperforming loans are as follows: (in
thousands)
-------------------------------
December 31,
-------------------------------
1997 1996 1995
------- ------ ------
Nonaccrual loans
Commercial and financial $ 126 $ 820 $ 621
Residential real estate 892 1,078 1,646
Commercial real estate 479 173 235
Installment 17 13 9
------ ------ ------
$1,514 $2,084 $2,511
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Troubled debt restructurings
Commercial and financial $ 573 $ 725 $1,000
Commercial real estate -- -- 465
------ ------ ------
$ 573 $ 725 $1,465
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Interest income that would
have been recorded during
the year on nonaccrual
loans outstanding at
year-end in accordance
with original terms $ 147 $ 242 $ 254
Interest income included in
net income during the year
on nonaccrual loans outstanding
at year-end $ 81 $ 124 $ 114
Nonaccrual loans acquired in a 1991 transaction, with an estimated fair
value of $452,000 at December 31, 1995, are not included in the preceding table.
At the acquisition date, these loans were not performing according to their
original terms and were discounted from a face value of $978,000. There were no
such loans at December 31, 1996 and 1997.
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Loans on which interest is accruing and included in income, but which were
contractually past due 90 days or more as to principal or interest payments
amounted to $141,000 and $25,000 at December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
There were no such loans at December 31, 1995.
Officers and directors of the Company and their affiliated companies are
customers and are engaged in transactions with the Company in the ordinary
course of business on substantially the same terms as those prevailing with
other borrowers and suppliers.
The following table summarizes activity with respect to these loans: (in
thousands)
------------------------
Years Ended December 31,
------------------------
1997 1996
------- -------
Balance at beginning of year $ 2,785 $ 2,938
Additions 4,298 268
Reductions (519) (421)
------- -------
Balance at end of year $ 6,564 $ 2,785
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6. Allowance for Loan Losses
The Company's recorded investment in impaired loans is as follows: (in
thousands)
------------------------------------------------
December 31,
------------------------------------------------
1997 1996
---------------------- --------------------
Investment Related Investment Related
in Allowance in Allowance
Impaired for Loan Impaired for Loan
Loans Losses Loans Losses
-------- -------- -------- ---------
Impaired loans
With a related allowance
for loan losses
Commercial and Financial $ 699 $ 97 $1,559 $ 361
Commercial Real Estate 479 72 173 26
Without a related allowance
for loan losses
Commercial and Financial -- -- 50 --
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$1,178 $ 169 $1,782 $ 387
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All the above loans were measured on the fair value of collateral, except for
one Commercial and Financial loan in 1996 with a $558,000 loan balance and a
$279,000 related allowance which was measured using the present value of
expected future cash flows.
The following table sets forth certain information about impaired loans:
(in thousands)
---------------------------
Years Ended December 31,
---------------------------
1997 1996
--------- ---------
Average recorded investment $1,221 $2,112
======== ========
Interest income recognized during time
period that loans were impaired, using
cash-basis method of accounting $67 $126
======= ========
Changes in the allowance for loan losses are summarized as follows: (in
thousands)
------------------------------
Year Ended December 31,
------------------------------
1997 1996 1995
--------- ------- ------
Balance at beginning of year $3,653 $3,647 $3,839
Additions (deductions)
Provision charged to operations 1,630 700 1,200
Recoveries on loans previously
charged off 183 208 118
Loans charged off (573) (902) (1,510)
------ ------ ------
Balance at end of year $4,893 $3,653 $3,647
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For years ended December 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995, the provisions charged to
expense for federal income tax purposes amounted to approximately $390,000,
$694,000, and $1,392,000, respectively.
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7. Premises and Equipment, net
Premises and equipment are summarized as follows: (in thousands)
-------------------
December 31,
-------------------
1997 1996
------- -------
Land $ 1,007 $ 743
Buildings 2,260 1,062
Furniture, fixtures and equipment 5,228 3,817
Leasehold improvements 5,667 4,954
------- -------
14,162 10,576
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization 6,291 5,425
------- -------
$ 7,871 $ 5,151
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8. Deposits
Deposits are summarized as follows: (in thousands)
-----------------------
December 31,
-----------------------
1997 1996
-------- --------
Noninterest bearing demand deposits $ 92,145 $ 76,340
Interest bearing demand deposits 147,573 117,461
Money market deposits 40,049 39,815
Savings deposits 64,917 66,778
Time deposits 126,009 129,619
-------- --------
$470,693 $430,013
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At December 31, 1997 and 1996, the carrying amounts of certificates of
deposit that individually exceed $100,000 amounted to $21,357,000, and
$17,153,000, respectively. Interest expense related to such deposits was
approximately $953,000, $692,000, and $568,000 in 1997, 1996, and 1995,
respectively.
9. Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase and Short-term Borrowings
Securities sold under repurchase agreements and short-term borrowings are
summarized as follows: (in thousands)
-------------------
December 31,
-------------------
1997 1996
------- -------
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase $13,027 $11,050
Federal funds purchased -- 5,200
======= =======
$13,027 $16,250
======= =======
The Bank has a $51.0 million line of credit available through its
membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.
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10. Long-term Borrowings
Long-term borrowings are comprised of two Federal Home Loan Bank (the
"FHLB") advances consisting of a $3.9 million advance with a 20-year
amortization term, a fixed interest rate of 6.31% and matures in November 1999;
and a $6.0 million advance, that has a fixed rate of 5.72% and matures in
December 1999 and is collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities. The FHLB has an
option to call the $6.0 million advance after December 1998.
11. Benefit Plans
In 1993, the Company established a non-contributory defined benefit pension
plan covering all eligible employees. The funding policy is to contribute an
amount that is at least the minimum required by law. The plan assets consist of
investments in fixed income funds and equity mutual funds. Retirement income is
based on years of service under the plan and, subject to certain limits, on
final average compensation. Effective January 1, 1994, the Company established a
supplemental plan that provides for retirement income that would have been paid
but for the limitation under the qualified plan.
Effective August 1, 1994, the Company established a retirement plan for all
directors of the Company or the Bank who are not employees of the Company or of
any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company. As a part of this Plan, the Company
contributes annually to a life insurance policy or annuity contract as follows:
Years of Service Amount Contributed
---------------- ------------------
6 $5,000
7 6,000
8 7,000
9 8,000
10 9,000
11 or more 10,000
The life insurance policies or annuity contracts are owned by the Company.
Retirement income to a director who has completed five years of service through
ten years of service will be based on the cash value of the life insurance
policy or annuity contract. After ten years of service, the retirement income
will be the greater of the cash value of the life insurance policy or annuity
contract or an amount determined by multiplying the standard annual retainer
fees (currently $11,000) at the director's retirement day by the director's
years of service.
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Net pension cost of each plan consists of the following: (in thousands)
Pension Plan Supplemental Plan Directors' Plan
----------------------- --------------------- ---------------------
1997 1996 1995 1997 1996 1995 1997 1996 1995
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Service cost of benefits during period $ 195 $ 179 $ 134 $ 13 $ 12 $ 10 $ 47 $ 40 $ 39
Interest cost on projected benefit
obligation 53 37 22 4 3 2 71 69 66
Actual return on plan assets (96) (51) (65) -- -- -- -- -- --
Net amortization or deferral 45 10 39 1 1 -- 147 147 147
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Net pension cost $ 197 $ 175 $ 130 $ 18 $ 16 $ 12 $ 265 $ 256 $ 252
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The following table sets forth the funded status, as of December 31, of the
plans and amounts recognized in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets and
the major assumptions used to determine these amounts: (dollars in thousands)
Pension Plan Supplemental Plan Directors' Plan
------------------ ------------------- -------------------
1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Accumulated benefit obligation,
Vested $ 416 $ 32 $ 32 -- $ 1,036 $ 931
Non-vested 172 376 12 $ 29 38 --
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
$ 588 $ 408 $ 44 $ 29 $ 1,074 $ 931
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Projected benefit obligation $ 1,013 $ 710 $ 70 $ 50 $ 1,074 $ 931
Plan assets at fair value 738 644 -- -- -- --
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Projected benefit obligation in excess of
plan assets 275 66 70 50 1,074 931
Unrecognized prior service cost 6 6 (7) (8) (239) (387)
Unrecognized net gain/(loss) 65 77 (1) 2 (54) (29)
Adjustment for additional liability -- -- -- -- 293 416
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Accrued pension cost included in the
balance sheet $ 346 $ 149 $ 62 $ 44 $ 1,074 $ 931
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Major assumptions:
Discount rate 7.25% 7.50% 7.25% 7.50% 7.25% 7.50%
Expected rate of increase in future
compensation 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 N/A N/A
Expected long-term rate of return
on assets 8.00 8.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A
The Company has a Capital Investment Plan (the "Plan") which permits
employees to make basic contributions up to 4% of base compensation. Additional
contributions up to 10% of compensation may be made when coupled with basic
contributions. Under the Plan, the Company provides a matching contribution
equal to 50% of the basic contribution of each participant. In addition, the
Company makes a fixed contribution on behalf of each participant equal to 1% of
such participant's base compensation. The Company's contribution to the Plan
amounted to $126,000, and $119,000 in 1997 and 1996, respectively.
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12. Stock Option Plan
In 1997, the Company adopted a stock option plan, retitled the Stock Option
and Incentive Plan of 1997 that covers certain key employees. Under this plan,
as amended, a maximum of 425,250 shares of common stock may be granted at fair
market value at the date of grant. Options granted expire if not exercised
within ten years of date of grant and are exercisable starting one year from the
date of grant.
If compensation cost for Plan awards had been measured based on the fair
value of the stock options awarded at the grant dates, net income and diluted
earnings per common share would have been reduced to the pro-forma amounts below
for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996: (no options were granted in
1995) (in thousands except share data)
-------------------------
December 31,
--------- ---------
1997 1996
--------- ---------
Net income:
As reported $ 7,556 $ 6,419
Pro-forma 7,550 6,412
Diluted Earnings per common share
As reported $ 1.75 $ 1.50
Pro-forma 1.75 1.50
The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using
the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend
yield of 1.89 percent in 1997 and 2.45 in 1996, expected volatility of 23.77
percent in 1997 and 22.26 percent in 1996 and weighted-average risk-free
interest rate of 5.60 percent in 1997 and 6.26 percent in 1996. The effects of
applying these assumptions in determining the pro forma net income may not be
representative of the effects on pro forma net income for future years.
A summary of the Plan's status as of December 31, and changes during the
years then ended is presented below: (in thousands)
1997 1996 1995
--------------- ---------------- ----------------
Weighted- Weighted- Weighted-
Average Average Average
Exercise Exercise Exercise
Shares Price Shares Price Shares Price
------ ----- ------ ----- ------ -----
Outstanding at January 1 113,404 $ 9.21 101,196 $ 8.81 101,196 $8.81
Granted 1,500 24.00 12,208 12.54 -- --
Excercised (33,613) 8.16 -- -- -- --
------- ------- -------
Outstanding at
December 31 81,291 9.83 113,404 9.21 101,196 8.81
======= ======= =======
Options exercisable at
December 31 71,655 9.33 101,199 8.81 85,314 8.45
======= ======= =======
Weighted-average value
of options granted
during the year
ended December 31 $12.36 5.10 --
(per option)
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The following table summarizes information about options outstanding under
the Plan at December 31, 1997: (in thousands)
Options Outstanding Options Exerciable
- ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------
Weighted-
Average Weighted- Weighted-
Ranges of Remaining Average Average
Exercise Number Contractual Exercise Number Exercise
Prices Outstanding Life Price Exercisable Price
------ ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- -----
5-10 29,847 1.96 $ 7.06 29,847 $ 7.06
10-15 49,944 6.34 11.21 41,808 10.95
20-25 1,500 9.50 24.00 -- --
------ ------
81,291 71,655
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From time to time the Company will acquire shares of its common stock and
place them in treasury. The shares are intended to be issued for the exercise of
stock options and the grants of restricted stock to executive management. At
December 31, 1997, there were 89,350 shares in the treasury. There were no
treasury shares at December 31, 1996.
13. Capital
The Company and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital
requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet
minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory--and possibly
additional discretionary--actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have
a direct material effect on the Company's financial statements. Under capital
adequacy guidelines, the Company and the Bank must meet specific capital
guidelines that involve quantitative measures of their assets, liabilities, and
certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting
practices. The Company and the Bank's capital amounts and the Bank's
classification, under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, are
also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk
weightings, and other factors.
Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy
require the Company and the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total
and Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets and Tier I capital to average assets.
Management believes, as of December 31, 1997, that the Company and the Bank meet
all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject.
As of December 31, 1997, the most recent notification from the Federal
Reserve Bank categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory
framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized,
the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier I risk-based and Tier I
leverage ratios as set forth in the following table. There are no conditions or
events since that notification that management believes have changed the
institution's category.
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The Company's capital amounts and ratios are as follows: (dollars in
thousands)
To Be Well
Capitalized Under
For Capital Prompt Corrective
Actual Adequacy Purposes Action Provisions
------------------ ------------------- --------------------
Amount Ratio Amount Ratio Amount Ratio
------- ------ ------- ----- -------- ------
As of December 31, 1997:
Total Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
The Company $52,541 14.03% $29,961 8.00% N/A N/A
The Bank 50,691 13.60 29,815 8.00 $37,269 10.00%
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
The Company 47,860 12.78 14,981 4.00 N/A N/A
The Bank 46,032 12.35 14,908 4.00 22,361 6.00
Tier 1 Capital (to Average Assets):
The Company 47,860 8.86 16,214 3.00 N/A N/A
The Bank 46,032 8.56 16,135 3.00 26,892 5.00
As of December 31, 1996:
Total Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
The Company $46,720 14.42% $25,918 8.00% N/A N/A
The Bank 45,391 14.07 25,813 8.00 $32,266 10.00%
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
The Company 43,067 13.29 12,959 4.00 N/A N/A
The Bank 41,738 12.94 12,906 4.00 19,359 6.00
Tier 1 Capital (to Average Assets):
The Company 43,067 8.66 14,925 3.00 N/A N/A
The Bank 41,738 8.39 14,925 3.00 24,875 5.00
14. Earnings Per Share
The reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and
diluted earnings per share computations for the years ended December 31, are as
follows: (dollars in thousands)
1997 1996 1995
--------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Weighted Per Weighted Per Weighted Per
Average Share Average Share Average Share
Income Shares Amount Income Shares Amount Income Shares Amount
-------- ---------- ------- -------- -------- ------ ------ -------- ------
Net Income $7,556 $6,419 $6,280
Less: preferred stock dividends -- -- 85
------ ------ ------
Basic Earnings per Common Share
Income available to common
shareholders $7,556 4,257 $1.77 $6,419 4,257 $1.51 $6,195 4,248 $1.46
===== =====
Effect of Dilutive Shares
Options issued to management -- 53 -- 32 -- 27
------ ----- ------ ----- ------ -----
Diluted Earnings per Common Share
Income available to common
shareholders $7,556 4,310 $1.75 $6,419 4,289 $1.50 $6,195 4,275 $1.45
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15. Other Noninterest Expenses
Expenses included in other noninterest expenses which exceed one percent of
the aggregate of total interest income and noninterest income for the years
ended, December 31, are as follows: (in thousands)
1997 1996 1995
------ ------ ------
Professional fees $1,183 $1,117 $1,321
Amortization of premiums in
connection with acquisitions 444 444 444
Directors' fees, travel and retirement 564 553 536
16. Income Taxes
Income tax expense for the years ended December 31, is summarized as
follows: (in thousands)
1997 1996 1995
------ ------ ------
Federal: current $4,093 $2,955 $3,168
deferred (588) 154 (122)
State: current 734 339 259
deferred (171) 8 (12)
------ ------ ------
$4,068 $3,456 $3,293
====== ====== ======
The effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions
of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, are as
follows: (in thousands)
1997 1996
------- ------
Deferred tax assets
Excess of book over tax allowance
for loan losses $1,504 $ 958
Excess of book over tax depreciation 303 264
Excess of book over tax provision for
benefit plan expense 631 408
Core deposit premium 157 105
Unrealized loss on other assets -- 10
Other 33 --
------ ------
Total deferred tax assets 2,628 1,745
------ ------
Deferred tax liabilities
Unrealized gains - securities available for sale 693 151
Loan origination fees 142 34
Other 95 79
------ ------
Total deferred tax liabilities 930 264
------ ------
Net deferred tax assets $1,698 $1,481
====== ======
Under the present tax law, banks with average total assets under $500
million qualify to compute a tax bad debt deduction based on an average loss
experience ratio, while banks with over $500 million in average total assets
must compute a tax bad debt deduction based on actual losses. In 1997, the
Company's average total assets exceeded $500 million, and thus, it is now
required to use the actual loss method when calculating the bad
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debt deduction for tax purposes. The Company is required to amortize its tax bad
debt reserves which have accumulated under the average loss method in taxable
income over a four year period. However, since the difference between the
average loss experience method and the actual loss method has been recorded as a
temporary difference, this change will have no effect on the Company's statement
of income in future years.
Net deferred tax assets are included in other assets on the consolidated
balance sheet. It is more likely than not that deferred tax assets of $1.7
million will be principally realized through carryback to taxable income in
prior years and future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences and,
to a lesser extent, future taxable income and tax planning strategies.
The provision for income taxes differs from the expected statutory
provision as follows:
------------------------------
December 31,
------------------------------
1997 1996 1995
------ ------ ------
Expected provision at statutory rate 34% 34% 34%
Difference resulting from:
State income tax, net of federal benefit 3 2 1
Interest income exempt from federal taxes (2) (1) (1)
--- --- ---
35% 35% 34%
=== === ===
17. Preferred Stock
On September 15, 1995, the Company exercised its right to redeem all of
its preferred stock, not held as Treasury Stock, at $50 per share. At the same
time the Company elected to cancel these shares together with the shares held as
Treasury Stock. The cancellation included all of the 100,000 shares issued in
1987.
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18. Parent Company Information (in thousands)
-------------------------
December 31,
-------------------------
1997 1996
----------- -----------
Condensed balance sheets
Assets
Cash -- $ 6
Securities available for sale $ 2,372 1,375
Investment in subsidiaries
Bank 47,313 43,001
Other 646 142
Dividends receivable 570 525
Other assets (418) (21)
-------- --------
Total assets $ 50,483 $ 45,028
======== ========
Liabilities
Dividends payable $ 570 $ 525
Other liabilities 143 142
-------- --------
713 667
-------- --------
Stockholders' equity
Common stock 4,811 4,733
Surplus 15,836 14,931
Retained earnings 29,698 24,429
Unrealized gain - securities
available for sale, net of taxes 1,131 268
-------- --------
51,476 44,361
Less: Treasury stock 1,706 --
-------- --------
Total stockholders' equity 49,770 44,361
-------- --------
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $ 50,483 $ 45,028
======== ========
================================================================================
------------------------------------
Years Ended December 31,
------------------------------------
1997 1996 1995
----------- ---------- ---------
Condensed statements of income
Dividends from subsidiary bank $3,798 $3,400 $3,627
Dividends on equity securities 35 -- --
Management fees 40 45 44
------ ------ ------
Total revenues 3,873 3,445 3,671
------ ------ ------
Operating expenses 366 206 142
------ ------ ------
Income before equity in
undistributed earnings
of subsidiaries 3,507 3,239 3,529
Equity in undistributed
earnings of subsidiaries 4,049 3,180 2,751
------ ------ ------
Net income $7,556 $6,419 $6,280
====== ====== ======
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------------------------------------
Years Ended December 31,
------------------------------------
1997 1996 1995
----------- ---------- ---------
Condensed statements of cash flows
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 7,556 $ 6,419 $ 6,280
Adjustments to reconcile net income
to net cash provided by
(used in) operating activities
(Increase)/decrease in other
assets (45) (39) 97
Increase in dividends payable 45 40 13
Increase/(decrease) in other
liabilities 1 -- (12)
Equity in undistributed income
of subsidiaries (4,049) (3,180) (2,751)
------- ------- -------
Net cash provided by
operating activities 3,508 3,240 3,627
------- ------- -------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of available for
sale securities -- (1,323) --
Washington Interchange merger 37 -- --
------- ------- -------
Net cash provided by /
(used in) investing activities 37 (1,323) --
------- ------- -------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash dividends paid (2,287) (2,077) (2,027)
Treasury stock (1,543) -- (1,600)
Proceeds from issuance of
common stock 279 156 --
------- ------- -------
Net cash used in financing
activities (3,551) (1,921) (3,627)
------- ------- -------
Net decrease in cash (6) (4) --
Cash at beginning of year 6 10 10
------- ------- -------
Cash at end of year $ -- $ 6 $ 10
======= ======= =======
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19. Restrictions of Subsidiary Bank Dividends
Under New Jersey State law, the Bank may declare a dividend only if, after
payment thereof, its capital would be unimpaired and its remaining surplus would
equal 50 percent of its capital. At December 31, 1997, undistributed net assets
of the Bank were $47,313,000 of which $42,995,000 was available for the payment
of dividends. In addition, payment of dividends is limited by the requirement to
meet the capital guidelines issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
20. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
The Company has outstanding commitments and contingent liabilities
including agreements to extend credit which arise in the normal course of
business and which are not shown in the accompanying financial statements.
Loan commitments are made to accommodate the financial needs of the
Company's customers. Standby letters of credit commit the Company to make
payments on behalf of customers when certain specified future events occur. They
are issued primarily to support performance bonds. Both arrangements have credit
risks essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers and
are subject to the normal credit policies of the Company.
A summary of commitments to extend credit at December 31, are summarized
as follows: (in thousands)
1997 1996
---- ----
Credit card loans $ 5,468 $ 6,631
Home equity loans 48,119 43,204
Other loans 44,762 38,041
Standby letters of credit 1,385 444
------- -------
$99,734 $88,320
======= =======
The minimum annual rental under non-cancelable operating leases for
premises and equipment, exclusive of payments for maintenance, insurance and
taxes, is summarized as follows: (in thousands)
1998 $ 804
1999 729
2000 577
2001 367
2002 194
thereafter 602
------
Total minimum lease payments $3,273
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Rent expense for all leases amounted to approximately $913,000, $1,024,000
and $985,000 in 1997, 1996, and 1995, respectively.
In 1997, the Company leased certain real estate from a company affiliated
with directors of the Company. In 1996 and 1995, certain real estate was leased
from two and three companies, respectively, that were affiliated with directors
of the Company. Rental expense associated with such leases was $30,000, $143,000
and $157,000 for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
A director of the Company also provided legal services through his affiliated
firm. Fees paid for these services amounted to approximately $382,000, $375,000
and $323,000 in 1997, 1996, and 1995, respectively.
The Company is also a party to routine litigation involving various
aspects of its business, none of which, in the opinion of management and its
legal counsel, is expected to have a material adverse impact on the consolidated
financial condition, results of operations or liquidity of the Company.
21. Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (in thousands except per share data)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Second Third Fourth
1997 Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interest income $ 9,616 $ 9,875 $10,196 $10,488
Interest expense 3,638 3,847 3,990 4,058
Net interest income 5,978 6,028 6,206 6,430
Provision for
loan losses 610 510 210 300
Net gain on sale
of securities -- -- -- --
Income before
income taxes 3,160 2,955 2,776 2,733
Net income 2,054 1,921 1,804 1,777
Basic earnings
per common share 0.48 0.44 0.43 0.42
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Second Third Fourth
1996 Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interest income $9,207 $9,232 $9,262 $9,583
Interest expense 3,748 3,645 3,577 3,629
Net interest income 5,459 5,587 5,685 5,954
Provision for
loan losses 250 150 150 150
Net gain on sale
of securities 235 -- -- 7
Income before
income taxes 2,480 2,274 1,982 3,139
Net income 1,612 1,478 1,288 2,041
Basic earnings per
common share 0.38 0.35 0.30 0.48
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22. Fair Value of Financial Instruments (in thousands)
Fair value estimates of the Company's financial instruments are made at a
particular point in time, based on relevant market information and information
about the financial instrument. Fair values are most commonly derived from
quoted market prices. In the event market prices are not available, fair value
is determined using the present value of anticipated future cash flows. This
method is sensitive to the various assumptions and estimates used and the
resulting fair value estimates may be significantly affected by minor variations
in those assumptions or estimates. In that regard, it is likely that amounts
different from the fair value estimates would be realized by the Company in
immediate settlement of the financial instruments.
-----------------------------------------
December 31,
-----------------------------------------
1997 1996
------------------- -------------------
Carrying Fair Carrying Fair
Amount Value Amount Value
-------- -------- -------- --------
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 26,197 $ 26,197 $ 24,322 $ 24,322
Securities held to maturity 46,370 46,786 63,376 63,319
Securities available for sale 61,257 61,257 55,252 55,252
Loans, net 396,961 397,398 348,140 350,702
-------- -------- -------- --------
$530,785 $531,638 $491,090 $493,595
======== ======== ======== ========
Financial liabilities:
Deposits $470,693 $470,390 $430,013 $430,229
Short-term borrowings 13,027 13,027 16,250 16,250
Long-term borrowings 9,879 9,872 9,983 9,981
-------- -------- -------- --------
$493,599 $493,289 $456,246 $456,460
======== ======== ======== ========
The methods and significant assumptions used to determine the estimated
fair values of the Company's financial instruments are as follows:
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, amounts due from banks and
federal funds sold. The estimated fair values of these financial instruments
approximate their carrying values since they mature overnight or are due on
demand.
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Investment securities and securities available for sale
Estimated fair values are based principally on quoted market prices, where
available, or dealer quotes. In the event quoted market prices are not
available, fair values are estimated using market prices of similar securities.
Loans
The loan portfolio is segregated into various categories for purposes of
estimating fair value. The fair values of certain loans that reprice frequently
and have no significant change in credit risk is assumed to equal their carrying
values. The fair value of other types of loans is estimated by discounting the
future cash flows using interest rates that are currently being offered for
loans with similar terms to borrowers with similar credit quality. The fair
value of nonperforming loans is estimated using methods employed by management
in evaluating the allowance for loan losses.
In prior years, the Company in addition to the above, valued certain
homogenous loan categories on a pool basis using quoted market prices for
similar loans sold.
Deposits
The estimated fair values of deposits with no stated maturity, such as
demand deposits, savings, NOW and money market accounts are, by definition,
equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date. The fair values of
fixed-rate certificates of deposit are based on discounting the remaining
contractual cash flows using interest rates currently being offered on
certificates of deposit with similar attributes and remaining maturities.
Short-term borrowings
The fair value of short-term borrowings is assumed to equal the carrying
value in the financial statements, as these instruments are short-term.
Long-term borrowings
Fair value estimates of long-term borrowings are based on discounting the
remaining contractual cash flows using rates which are comparable to rates
currently being offered for borrowings with similar remaining maturities.
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Off-balance-sheet financial instruments
The fair values of commitments to extend credit and unadvanced lines of
credit approximate the fees currently charged to enter into similar
transactions, considering the remaining terms of the commitments and the
credit-worthiness of the potential borrowers. At December 31, 1997 and 1996, the
estimated fair values of these off-balance-sheet financial instruments were
immaterial.
23. Subsequent Events
Merger Announcement
On January 27, 1998, the Company and The Jersey Bank for Savings
("Jersey") signed a definitive agreement under which the Company will acquire
Jersey in a merger of Jersey into the Bank. The merger is intended to be a
share-for-share tax free transaction and will be accounted for as a pooling of
interests. Each of the outstanding shares of Jersey will be exchanged for one
share of the Company's common stock, subject to adjustment for stock splits and
other events. Because the Company's Board has authorized a 3 for 2 stock split
distributable on April 17, 1998, the share exchange ratios will adjust to 1.5
Company shares for each Jersey share.
At December 31, 1997, Jersey had total assets of $77 million, deposits of
$70 million and shareholders' equity of $6.4 million. Jersey's net income for
the year ended December 31, 1997, was approximately $425 thousand, excluding
extraordinary items.
The acquisition is conditioned upon the satisfaction of necessary bank
regulatory approvals, the approval of the shareholders of Jersey and other
customary conditions. It is anticipated that the merger will be consummated late
in the second, or early in the third quarter of 1998.
Stock Split (Unaudited)
On February 26, 1998, the Company declared a 3 for 2 stock split payable
on April 17, 1998 to shareholders of record on March 20, 1998. At December 31,
1998, the pro forma basic earnings per common share would have been $1.18 and
the diluted earnings per common share would have been $1.17.
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