Evans Bancorp - 10-Q quarterly report FY

 

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     Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

Common Stock, $.50 par value 2,755,274 shares as of August 1, 2008

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EVANS BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

EVANS BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM I — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

EVANS BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM I — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

EVANS BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

PART 1 — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

EVANS BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM I—FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

EVANS BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM I—FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PART 1 — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

EVANS BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

The common stock per share information is based upon the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period, retroactively adjusted for stock dividends and stock splits. The Company’s potential dilutive securities included 1,792 and 1,002 dilutive shares for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2008, respectively. This compares with 0 and 682 for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007, respectively.

Potential common shares that would have the effect of increasing diluted earnings per share are considered to be anti-dilutive and not included in calculating diluted earnings per share. For the three and six months periods ended June 30, 2008, there were approximately 106 thousand and 100 thousand shares, respectively, that were not included in calculating diluted earnings per share because their effect was anti-dilutive. For the three and six months periods ended June 30, 2007, there were approximately 74 thousand and 61 thousand shares, respectively, that were not included in calculating diluted earnings per share because their effect was anti-dilutive.

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2008
(in thousands)

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2008
(in thousands)

Three Months Ended
June 30, 2007
(in thousands)

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2007
(in thousands)

Commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit include some exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance of the customer. The Bank’s credit policies and procedures for credit commitments and financial guarantees are the same as those for extensions of credit that are recorded on the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets. Because these instruments have fixed maturity dates, and because they may expire without being drawn upon, they do not necessarily represent cash requirements of the Bank. The Bank has not incurred any losses on its commitments during the past two years.

Certain lending commitments for construction residential mortgage loans are considered derivative instruments under the guidelines of SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” The changes in the fair value of these commitments due to interest rate risk are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets as the fair value of these derivatives are not considered material.

The Company is subject to possible litigation proceedings in the normal course of business. As of June 30, 2008, there were no claims pending against the Company that management considered to be material.

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2007 unaudited consolidated financial statements to conform with the presentation used in 2008.

On January 31, 2008, the Bank froze its defined benefit pension plan. The plan covered substantially all Company employees. The plan provides benefits that are based on the employees’ compensation and years of service. Under the freeze, eligible employees will receive the benefits already earned through January 31, 2008 at retirement, but will not be able to accrue any additional benefits. As a result, service cost will no longer be incurred.

The Bank used an actuarial method of amortizing prior service cost and unrecognized net gains or losses which result from actual experience and assumptions being different than those that are projected. The amortized method the Bank used recognized the prior service cost and net gains or losses over the average remaining service period of active employees. The freezing of the defined benefit pension plan was considered a curtailment. This resulted in the elimination of the unrecognized prior service cost and the unrecognized net loss. The elimination of those two components resulted in a $328 thousand gain in the first quarter of 2008.

The Bank also maintains a nonqualified supplemental executive retirement plan covering certain members of the Company’s senior management. The Bank uses an actuarial method of amortizing unrecognized net gains or losses which result from actual expense and assumptions being different than those that are projected. The amortization method the Bank uses recognizes the net gains or losses over the average remaining service period of active employees.

FASB Statement No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. In May 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 162. SFAS 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States (the GAAP hierarchy). We expect the hierarchical guidance provided by SFAS 162 will not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. When used in this report, or in the documents incorporated by reference herein, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “seek,” and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company’s business plans, prospects, growth and operating strategies, statements regarding the asset quality of the Company’s loan and investment portfolios, and estimates of the Company’s risks and future costs and benefits.

These forward-looking statements are based largely on the expectations of the Company’s management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to general economic conditions, either nationally or in the Company’s market areas, that are worse than expected; increased competition among depository or other financial institutions; inflation and changes in the interest rate environment that reduce the Company’s margins or reduce the fair value of financial instruments; changes in laws or government regulations affecting financial institutions, including changes in regulatory fees and capital requirements; the Company’s ability to enter new markets successfully and capitalize on growth opportunities; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate acquired entities; changes in accounting pronouncements and practices, as adopted by financial institution regulatory agencies, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; changes in consumer spending, borrowing and saving habits; changes in the Company’s organization, compensation and benefit plans; and other factors discussed elsewhere in this Report on Form 10-Q, as well as in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s control and are difficult to predict.

Because of these and other uncertainties, the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation, to publicly update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new, updated information, future events or otherwise.

The Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and follow general practices within the industries in which it operates. Application of these principles requires management to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes. These estimates, assumptions and judgments are based on information available as of the date of the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. Accordingly, as this information changes, the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements could reflect different estimates, assumptions and judgments. Certain policies inherently have a greater reliance on the use of estimates, assumptions and judgments, and as such, have a greater possibility of producing results that could be materially different than originally reported. Estimates, assumptions and judgments are necessary when assets and liabilities are required to be recorded at fair value, when a decline in the value of an asset not carried on the financial statements at fair value warrants an impairment write-down or valuation reserve to be established, or when an asset or liability needs to be recorded contingent upon a future event. Carrying assets and liabilities at fair value inherently results in more financial statement volatility. The fair values and the information used to record valuation adjustments for certain assets and liabilities are based either on quoted market prices or are provided by other third-party sources, when available. When third-party information is not available, valuation adjustments are estimated in good faith by management primarily through the use of internal cash flow modeling techniques. Refer to Note 3 in Item 1 of this report for further detail on fair value measurement.

The most significant accounting policies followed by the Company are presented in Note 1 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 in its Annual Report on Form 10-K. These policies, along with the disclosures presented in the other Notes to the Company’s Audited Consolidated Financial Statements contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K and in this financial review, provide information on how significant assets and liabilities are valued in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and how those values are determined.

Based on the valuation techniques used and the sensitivity of financial statement amounts to the methods, assumptions and estimates underlying those amounts, management has identified the determination of the allowance for loan and lease losses and valuation of goodwill to be the accounting areas that require the most subjective or complex judgments, and as such, could be most subject to revision as new information becomes available.

The allowance for loan and lease losses represents management’s estimate of probable losses in the Company’s loan and lease portfolio. Determining the amount of the allowance for loan and lease losses is considered a critical accounting estimate because it requires significant judgment on the part of management and the use of estimates related to the amount and timing of expected future cash flows on impaired loans and leases, estimated losses on pools of homogeneous loans and leases based on historical loss experience and consideration of current economic trends and conditions, all of which may be susceptible to significant change. The loan and lease portfolio also represents the largest asset type on the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets. Note 1 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 in its Annual Report on Form 10-K describes the methodology used to determine the allowance for loan and lease losses.

The amount of goodwill reflected in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements is required to be tested by management for impairment on at least an annual basis. The test for impairment of goodwill on the identified reporting unit is considered a critical accounting estimate because it requires judgment on the part of management and the use of estimates related to the growth assumptions and market multiples used in the valuation model.

     Total loans and leases grew to $366.0 at June 30, 2008, reflecting a $26.3 million or 7.7% increase from March 31, 2008 and a $41.9 million or 12.9% increase from December 31, 2007. Gross loans and leases are net of $10.1 million, $9.8 million and $9.7 million of unearned income on direct financing leases as of June 30, 2008, March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. Commercial loans and leases totaled $267.2 million at June 30, 2008, reflecting a $24.4 million or 10.1% increase from March 31, 2008 and a $38.8 million or 17.0% increase from December 31, 2007. Growth in commercial real estate loans of $16.8 million for the second fiscal quarter and $28.2 million for the year to date was largely responsible for the increase in commercial loans and leases from March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively, to June 30, 2008.

     The Company has no exposure to sub-prime lending, and as a result, the faltering sub-prime credit market has not affected the Company’s loan portfolio. Further, the local real estate market to date has not experienced the significant deterioration in values seen in high-growth parts of the United States as local real estate values have remained steady to slightly up. In contrast, some of the Bank’s larger competitors and the conduit markets are having capital adequacy and liquidity problems due to their exposure to sub-prime loans in their investment portfolio or lending activities in other parts of the United States. These problems have curtailed their lending activities somewhat and consequently created opportunities in the local commercial real estate market for smaller banks not experiencing the same issues such as the Bank. The increased opportunities have resulted in the Bank’s strong loan growth rates.

     Direct finance leases increased $3.5 million or 7.4% from March 31, 2008 and $5.8 million or 12.9% from December 31, 2007. Direct finance leases are sold through a national channel of brokers with whom the Company has had long standing relationships and finance small commercial equipment. Direct leases carry a higher risk than the rest of the loan portfolio, but also provide a higher return. Management employs strict underwriting standards in selecting credits for this portion of the portfolio. The loan composition strategy is to maintain the direct lease portfolio at an optimum percentage of the loan portfolio that weights the risk involved in this type of credit.

     Consumer loans totaled $97.9 million at June 30, 2008, reflecting a $2.0 million or 2.1% increase from March 31, 2008 and a $3.0 million or 3.2% increase from December 31, 2007. Real estate loans increased $0.7 million or 1.2% from March 31, 2008 and $1.3 million or 2.3% from December 31, 2007. While short-term interest rates have sharply decreased in 2008, long-term fixed rates have actually been gradually increasing. This has put some downward pressure on the demand for consumer loans, resulting in lower growth rates in consumer loan balances.

     The Bank continues to sell certain fixed rate residential mortgages originated below a designated interest level to the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), while maintaining the servicing rights for those mortgages. During the three month period ended June 30, 2008, the Bank sold mortgages to FNMA totaling $0.9 million, as compared with $0.8 million during the three month period ended June 30, 2007. During the six month period ended June 30, 2008, the Bank sold mortgages to FNMA totaling $1.4 million, as compared to $1.1 million during the six month period ended June 30, 2007. At June 30, 2008, the Bank had a loan servicing portfolio principal balance of $28.1 million upon which it earns servicing fees, as compared with $28.2 million at March 31, 2008 and $28.4 million at December 31, 2007.

     The following table presents selected information on the composition of the Company’s loan and lease portfolio in dollar amounts and in percentages as of the dates indicated.

     Net loan and lease charge-offs were $368 thousand in the three month period ended June 30, 2008 as compared with $360 thousand in the first quarter of 2008 and $365 thousand in the three month period ended June 30, 2007. Net charge-offs were $728 thousand for the six month period ended June 30, 2008, as compared with $533 thousand for the same period of 2007. Despite the turbulent economic environment, the Bank has experienced a relatively stable charge-off level year-to-date through June 30, 2008. Non-performing loans and leases, defined as accruing loans and leases greater than 90 days past due and non-accrual loans and leases, totaled 0.12% of total loans and leases outstanding at June 30, 2008 as compared with 0.13% at March 31, 2008 and 0.22% at December 31, 2007. The allowance for loan and lease losses totaled $5.1 million or 1.38% of total loans and leases outstanding at June 30, 2008 as compared with $4.8 million or 1.40% of total loans and leases outstanding as of March 31, 2008 and $4.6 million or 1.41% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2007.

     The adequacy of the Company’s allowance for loan and lease losses is reviewed quarterly by the Company’s management with consideration given to loan and lease concentrations, charge-off history, delinquent loan and lease percentages, and general economic conditions. Management believes the allowance for loan and lease losses is adequate for losses from existing loans and leases.

The following table sets forth information regarding non-performing loans and leases as of the dates specified.