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Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
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Quarterly Reports (10-Q)
Submitted on 2009-08-10
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation - 10-Q quarterly report FY
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August 10, 2009
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009
Commission File Number 001-14951
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Federally chartered instrumentality
of the United States
52-1578738
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. employer identification number)
1133 Twenty-First Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C.
20036
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
(202) 872-7700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
x
No
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
¨
No
x
As of August 3, 2009 the registrant had 1,030,780 shares of Class A Voting Common Stock, 500,301 shares of Class B Voting Common Stock and 8,609,233 shares of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock outstanding.
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
The following information concerning Farmer Mac’s interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements is included in this report beginning on the pages listed below:
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008
3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008
4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008
5
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
6
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FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
June 30,
December 31,
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
362,858
$
278,412
Investment securities:
Available-for-sale, at fair value
836,540
1,072,096
Trading, at fair value
185,437
163,763
Total investment securities
1,021,977
1,235,859
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities:
Available-for-sale, at fair value
2,124,281
1,511,694
Trading, at fair value
895,131
939,550
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
3,019,412
2,451,244
Loans:
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value
613,126
66,680
Loans held for investment, at amortized cost
38,360
718,845
Allowance for loan losses
(1,810
)
(10,929
)
Total loans, net of allowance
649,676
774,596
Real estate owned, at lower of cost or fair value
41,561
606
Financial derivatives, at fair value
15,452
27,069
Interest receivable
53,796
73,058
Guarantee and commitment fees receivable
56,083
61,109
Deferred tax asset, net
39,820
87,793
Prepaid expenses and other assets
62,049
117,561
Total Assets
$
5,322,684
$
5,107,307
Liabilities, Mezzanine Equity and Stockholders' Equity:
Liabilities:
Notes payable:
Due within one year
$
3,262,856
$
3,757,099
Due after one year
1,535,362
887,999
Total notes payable
4,798,218
4,645,098
Financial derivatives, at fair value
123,286
181,183
Accrued interest payable
38,759
40,470
Guarantee and commitment obligation
50,572
54,954
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
20,839
20,532
Reserve for losses
7,496
5,506
Total Liabilities
5,039,170
4,947,743
Mezzanine Equity:
Series B redeemable preferred stock, par value $1,000,150,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding
144,216
144,216
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred stock:
Series C, stated at redemption/liquidation value, $1,000 per share, 75,000 shares authorized, 40,000 and 9,200 issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
40,000
9,200
Common stock:
Class A Voting, $1 par value, no maximum authorization
1,031
1,031
Class B Voting, $1 par value, no maximum authorization
500
500
Class C Non-Voting, $1 par value, no maximum authorization
8,607
8,601
Additional paid-in capital
95,961
95,572
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(12,546
)
(47,412
)
Retained earnings/(accumulated deficit)
5,745
(52,144
)
Total Stockholders' Equity
139,298
15,348
Total Liabilities, Mezzanine Equity and Stockholders' Equity
$
5,322,684
$
5,107,307
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Interest income:
Investments and cash equivalents
$
7,049
$
35,402
$
15,958
$
76,910
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
25,805
19,767
53,564
38,537
Loans
8,896
11,643
19,381
23,474
Total interest income
41,750
66,812
88,903
138,921
Total interest expense
21,849
42,454
45,562
96,625
Net interest income
19,901
24,358
43,341
42,296
Recoveries for loan losses
5,693
-
2,159
-
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
25,594
24,358
45,500
42,296
Non-interest income/(loss):
Guarantee and commitment fees
7,908
6,659
15,318
13,293
Gains/(losses) on financial derivatives
21,528
31,050
23,239
(10,670
)
Gains/(losses) on trading assets
35
(17,268
)
31,660
(7,157
)
Other-than-temporary impairment - credit losses
(2,292
)
(5,344
)
(2,373
)
(5,344
)
(Losses)/gains on sale of available-for-sale investment securities
(300
)
150
2,850
150
Gains on sale of loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
-
-
1,581
-
Other income
101
662
335
1,123
Non-interest income/(loss)
26,980
15,909
72,610
(8,605
)
Non-interest expense:
Compensation and employee benefits
3,572
3,929
7,597
7,579
General and administrative
2,986
2,242
5,900
4,270
Regulatory fees
512
512
1,025
1,025
Real estate owned operating costs, net
(16
)
38
5
87
(Recoveries)/provision for losses
(529
)
-
1,990
-
Non-interest expense
6,525
6,721
16,517
12,961
Income before income taxes
46,049
33,546
101,593
20,730
Income tax expense
16,534
11,555
34,624
6,436
Net income
29,515
21,991
66,969
14,294
Preferred stock dividends
(4,130
)
(560
)
(8,066
)
(1,120
)
Net income available to common stockholders
$
25,385
$
21,431
$
58,903
$
13,174
Earnings per common share and dividends:
Basic earnings per common share
$
2.50
$
2.15
$
5.81
$
1.33
Diluted earnings per common share
$
2.49
$
2.13
$
5.80
$
1.31
Common stock dividends per common share
$
0.05
$
0.10
$
0.10
$
0.20
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income
$
66,969
$
14,294
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Net amortization of premiums and discounts on loans, investments and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
2,207
2,752
Amortization of debt premiums, discounts and issuance costs
8,116
47,430
Proceeds from repayment and sale of trading investment securities
472
628
Purchases of loans held for sale
(53,045
)
(30,685
)
Proceeds from repayment of loans held for sale
16,117
5,792
Net change in fair value of trading securities and financial derivatives
(77,939
)
7,408
Amortization of SFAS 133 transition adjustment on financial derivatives
89
156
Other-than-temporary impairment - credit losses
2,373
5,344
Gains on sale of loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
(1,581
)
(150
)
Gains on sale of available-for-sale investment securities
(2,850
)
-
Total provision for losses
(169
)
-
Deferred income taxes
37,164
(3,537
)
Stock-based compensation expense
1,543
2,284
Decrease in interest receivable
19,262
15,503
Decrease in guarantee and commitment fees receivable
5,026
2,181
Decrease in other assets
42,734
131
Decrease in accrued interest payable
(1,711
)
(2,071
)
Decrease in other liabilities
(7,686
)
(8,122
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
57,091
59,338
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of available-for-sale investment securities
-
(1,017,845
)
Purchases of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
(949,480
)
(221,053
)
Purchases of loans held for investment
(14,670
)
(60,621
)
Purchases of defaulted loans
(5,602
)
(1,189
)
Proceeds from repayment of available-for-sale investment securities
129,265
296,048
Proceeds from repayment of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
137,572
152,670
Proceeds from repayment of loans
34,252
65,262
Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale investment securities
153,100
288,275
Proceeds from sale of loans held
358,953
-
Proceeds from sale of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
17,224
13,876
Net cash used in investing activities
(139,386
)
(484,577
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of discount notes
27,760,730
74,710,734
Proceeds from issuance of medium-term notes
2,074,185
1,011,944
Payments to redeem discount notes
(27,974,911
)
(73,636,115
)
Payments to redeem medium-term notes
(1,715,000
)
(1,050,000
)
Tax benefit from tax deductions in excess of compensation cost recognized
-
175
Proceeds from common stock issuance
17
3,368
Purchases of common stock
-
(830
)
Proceeds from preferred stock issuance
30,800
-
Dividends paid
(9,080
)
(3,108
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
166,741
1,036,168
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
84,446
610,929
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
278,412
101,445
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
362,858
$
712,374
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Note 1.
Accounting Policies
The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac” or the “Corporation”) have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present a fair statement of the financial condition and the results of operations and cash flows of Farmer Mac for the interim periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted as permitted by SEC rules and regulations. The December 31, 2008 condensed consolidated balance sheet presented in this report has been derived from the Corporation’s audited 2008 consolidated financial statements. Management believes that the disclosures are adequate to present fairly the condensed consolidated financial position, condensed consolidated results of operations and condensed consolidated cash flows as of the dates and for the periods presented. These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited 2008 consolidated financial statements of Farmer Mac included in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of those that may be expected for the fiscal year. Below is a summary of Farmer Mac’s significant accounting policies.
(a)
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Statements of Cash Flows
Farmer Mac considers highly liquid investment securities with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Changes in the balance of cash and cash equivalents are reported in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The following table sets forth information regarding certain cash and non-cash transactions for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008.
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For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
(in thousands)
Cash paid for:
Interest
$
42,465
$
57,410
Income taxes
10,000
21,500
Non-cash activity:
Transfer of loans held for investment to real estate owned
40,955
-
Loans acquired and securitized as Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
17,224
1,390
Transfers of investment securities from available-for-sale to trading from the effect of adopting SFAS 159
-
600,468
Transfers of Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities from held-to-maturity to trading from the effect of adopting SFAS 159
-
428,670
Transfers of available-for-sale investment securities to available-for-sale Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities - Rural Utilities
-
902,420
Transfers of trading investment securities to trading Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities - Rural Utilities
-
459,026
Transfers of Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities to loans held for sale
288,012
-
Transfers of loans held for investment to loans held for sale
617,072
-
(b)
Allowance for Losses
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac maintained an allowance for losses to cover estimated probable losses on loans held and loans underlying LTSPCs, Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities – Rural Utilities in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5,
Accounting for Contingencies
(“SFAS 5”) and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 114,
Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan
, as amended (“SFAS 114”).
The allowance for losses is increased through periodic provisions for loan losses that are charged against net interest income and provisions for losses that are charged to non-interest expense and is reduced by charge-offs for actual losses, net of recoveries. Negative provisions, or releases of allowance for losses, are recorded in the event that the estimate of probable losses as of the end of a period is lower than the estimate at the beginning of the period.
Farmer Mac’s methodology for determining its allowance for losses incorporates the Corporation’s automated loan classification system. That system scores loans based on criteria such as historical repayment performance, indicators of current financial condition, loan seasoning, loan size and loan-to-value ratio. For the purposes of the loss allowance methodology, the loans in Farmer Mac’s portfolio of loans and loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs have been scored and classified for each calendar quarter since first quarter 2000. The allowance methodology captures the migration of loan scores across concurrent and overlapping three-year time horizons and calculates loss rates separately within each loan classification for (1) loans underlying LTSPCs and (2) loans held and loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities. The calculated loss rates are applied to the current classification distribution of unimpaired loans in Farmer Mac’s portfolio to estimate inherent losses, on the assumption that the historical credit losses and trends used to calculate loss rates will continue in the future. Management evaluates this assumption by taking into consideration factors, including:
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·
economic conditions;
·
geographic and agricultural commodity/product concentrations in the portfolio;
·
the credit profile of the portfolio;
·
delinquency trends of the portfolio;
·
historical charge-off and recovery activities of the portfolio; and
·
other factors to capture current portfolio trends and characteristics that differ from historical experience.
Farmer Mac separately evaluates the cooperative lender obligations and loans underlying its Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities – Rural Utilities to determine if there are probable losses inherent in the securities or the underlying rural utilities loans.
Farmer Mac also analyzes impaired assets in its portfolio for impairment under SFAS 114. Farmer Mac’s impaired assets include:
·
non-performing assets (loans 90 days or more past due, in foreclosure, restructured, in bankruptcy – including loans performing under either their original loan terms or a court-approved bankruptcy plan);
·
loans for which Farmer Mac had adjusted the timing of borrowers’ payment schedules, but still expects to collect all amounts due and has not made economic concessions; and
·
additional performing loans that have previously been delinquent or are secured by real estate that produces agricultural commodities or products currently under stress.
For loans with an updated appraised value, other updated collateral valuation or management’s estimate of discounted collateral value, this analysis includes the measurement of the fair value of the underlying collateral for individual loans relative to the total recorded investment, including principal, interest and advances. In the event that the collateral value does not support the total recorded investment, Farmer Mac provides a specific allowance for the difference between the recorded investment and its fair value, less estimated costs to liquidate the collateral. For the remaining impaired assets without updated valuations, this analysis is performed in the aggregate in consideration of the similar risk characteristics of the assets and historical statistics.
Management believes that its use of this methodology produces a reliable estimate of probable losses, as of the balance sheet date, for all loans held and loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities - Rural Utilities in accordance with SFAS 5 and SFAS 114.
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The following table summarizes the changes in the components of Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
Allowance
Total
Allowance
Total
for Loan
Reserve
Allowance
for Loan
Reserve
Allowance
Losses
for Losses
for Losses
Losses
for Losses
for Losses
(in thousands)
(in thousands)
For the Three Months Ended:
Beginning balance
$
13,228
$
8,025
$
21,253
$
1,651
$
2,197
$
3,848
Provision/(recovery) for losses
(5,693
)
(529
)
(6,222
)
-
-
-
Charge-offs
(5,725
)
-
(5,725
)
(69
)
-
(69
)
Recoveries
-
-
-
10
-
10
Ending balance
$
1,810
$
7,496
$
9,306
$
1,592
$
2,197
$
3,789
For the Six Months Ended:
Beginning balance
$
10,929
$
5,506
$
16,435
$
1,690
$
2,197
$
3,887
Provision/(recovery) for losses
(2,159
)
1,990
(169
)
-
-
-
Charge-offs
(7,725
)
-
(7,725
)
(108
)
-
(108
)
Recoveries
765
-
765
10
-
10
Ending balance
$
1,810
$
7,496
$
9,306
$
1,592
$
2,197
$
3,789
No allowance for losses has been provided for loans underlying AgVantage securities or securities issued under the Farmer Mac II program (“Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities”). Each AgVantage security is a general obligation of an issuing institution approved by Farmer Mac and is collateralized by eligible loans in an amount at least equal to the outstanding principal amount of the security. As of June 30, 2009, there were no probable losses inherent in Farmer Mac’s AgVantage securities due to the credit quality of the obligors, as well as the underlying collateral. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had not experienced any credit losses on any AgVantage securities. The guaranteed portions collateralizing Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities are guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). Each USDA guarantee is an obligation backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had not experienced any credit losses on any Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities.
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The table below summarizes the components of Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:
June 30,
December 31,
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Allowance for loan losses
$
1,810
$
10,929
Reserve for losses:
On-balance sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities
-
869
Off-balance sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities
1,703
535
LTSPCs
5,793
4,102
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities - Rural Utilities
-
-
Total
$
9,306
$
16,435
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac individually analyzed $112.1 million of its $152.8 million of impaired assets for collateral shortfalls against updated appraised values, other updated collateral valuations or discounted values. Farmer Mac evaluated the remaining $40.7 million of impaired assets for which updated valuations were not available in the aggregate in consideration of their similar risk characteristics and historical statistics. Farmer Mac’s specific allowance for under-collateralized assets was $1.5 million as of June 30, 2009 and $8.6 million as of December 31, 2008. Farmer Mac’s non-specific or general allowances were $7.8 million as of both June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
Farmer Mac recognized interest income of approximately $0.6 million and $1.7 million on impaired loans during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively, compared to $0.9 million and $2.1 million, respectively, during the same periods in 2008. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s average investment in impaired loans was $142.4 million and $136.2 million, respectively, compared to $43.6 million and $41.3 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008.
(c)
Financial Derivatives
Farmer Mac enters into financial derivative transactions principally to protect against risk from the effects of market price or interest rate movements on the value of certain assets, future cash flows or debt issuance, not for trading or speculative purposes. Farmer Mac enters into interest rate swap contracts to adjust the characteristics of its short-term debt to match more closely the cash flow and duration characteristics of its longer-term mortgage and other assets, and also to adjust the characteristics of its long-term debt to match more closely the cash flow and duration characteristics of its short-term assets, thereby reducing interest rate risk and often times deriving an overall lower effective cost of borrowing than would otherwise be available to Farmer Mac in the conventional debt market. Farmer Mac also recognizes certain contracts and commitments as derivatives when the characteristics of those contracts and commitments meet the definition of a derivative as promulgated by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
, as amended (“SFAS 133”).
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Farmer Mac manages the interest rate risk related to loans it has committed to acquire, but has not yet purchased and permanently funded, through the use of forward sale contracts on the debt of other government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”), futures contracts involving U.S. Treasury securities and interest rate swap contracts. Farmer Mac uses forward sale contracts on GSE securities to reduce its interest rate exposure to changes in both U.S. Treasury rates and spreads on Farmer Mac debt. The notional amounts of these contracts are determined based on a duration-matched hedge ratio between the hedged item and the hedge instrument. Gains or losses generated by these hedge transactions should offset changes in funding costs.
All financial derivatives are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value as a freestanding asset or liability in accordance with SFAS 133. Farmer Mac does not designate its financial derivatives as fair value hedges or cash flow hedges; therefore, the changes in the fair values of financial derivatives are reported as gains or losses on financial derivatives in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The following tables summarize information related to Farmer Mac’s financial derivatives as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:
June 30, 2009
Weighted-
Weighted-
Weighted-
Weighted-
Average
Average
Average
Average
Remaining
Notional
Fair Value
Pay
Receive
Forward
Life
Amount
Asset
(Liability)
Rate
Rate
Price
(in years)
(dollars in thousands)
Interest rate swaps:
Pay fixed callable
$
129,980
$
-
$
(3,037
)
5.61
%
0.95
%
7.74
Pay fixed non-callable
1,207,273
-
(109,117
)
5.17
%
0.89
%
5.20
Receive fixed callable
300,000
441
-
0.79
%
1.36
%
0.95
Receive fixed non-callable
2,680,559
15,326
(9,674
)
0.87
%
1.80
%
2.16
Basis swaps
277,474
422
(3,411
)
2.29
%
1.15
%
3.04
Agency forwards
30,142
-
(203
)
98.47
Treasury futures
2,400
1
-
116.33
Credit valuation adjustment
-
(738
)
2,156
Total financial derivatives
$
4,627,828
$
15,452
$
(123,286
)
2.21
%
1.47
%
December 31, 2008
Weighted-
Weighted-
Weighted-
Weighted-
Average
Average
Average
Average
Remaining
Notional
Fair Value
Pay
Receive
Forward
Life
Amount
Asset
(Liability)
Rate
Rate
Price
(in years)
(dollars in thousands)
Interest rate swaps:
Pay fixed callable
$
208,958
$
-
$
(6,646
)
5.51
%
3.23
%
7.66
Pay fixed non-callable
1,311,218
-
(169,040
)
5.21
%
3.05
%
5.33
Receive fixed callable
606,500
1,727
(65
)
2.91
%
3.20
%
1.28
Receive fixed non-callable
1,347,069
25,269
(94
)
2.23
%
2.28
%
1.43
Basis swaps
206,863
45
(3,734
)
3.84
%
3.28
%
4.31
Agency forwards
74,998
-
(1,604
)
105.85
Treasury futures
2,500
28
-
126.88
Total financial derivatives
$
3,758,106
$
27,069
$
(181,183
)
3.68
%
2.82
%
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In the normal course of business, collateral requirements contained in Farmer Mac’s derivative contracts are enforced by Farmer Mac and its counterparties. Upon enforcement of the collateral requirements, the amount of collateral posted is typically based on the net fair value of all derivative contracts with the counterparty, i.e., derivative assets net of derivative liabilities at the counterparty level. If Farmer Mac were to be in violation of certain provisions of the derivative contracts, the related counterparty could request payment or full collateralization on the derivative contracts. As of June 30, 2009, the fair value of Farmer Mac’s derivatives in a net liability position at the counterparty level, which includes accrued interest but excludes any adjustment for nonperformance risk, was $126.3 million. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac posted assets with a fair value of $49.4 million as collateral for its derivatives in net liability positions. If Farmer Mac had breached certain provisions of the derivative contracts as of June 30, 2009, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements or post additional collateral of $76.9 million.
The following table summarizes the effects of Farmer Mac’s financial derivatives on the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:
Gains/(Losses) on Financial Derivatives
For the Three Months Ended
For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
(in thousands)
Interest rate swaps
$
21,720
$
30,582
$
24,380
$
(10,566
)
Agency forwards
(199
)
534
(1,078
)
215
Treasury futures
84
57
75
(85
)
21,605
31,173
23,377
(10,436
)
Amortization of SFAS 133 transition adjustment
(77
)
(123
)
(138
)
(234
)
Total
$
21,528
$
31,050
$
23,239
$
(10,670
)
As of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively, Farmer Mac had approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million of net after-tax unrealized losses on financial derivatives included in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the SFAS 133 transition adjustment. These amounts will be reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged forecasted transactions (either the payment of interest or the issuance of discount notes) affect earnings or immediately when it becomes probable that the original hedged forecasted transaction will not occur within two months of the originally specified date. Over the next 12 months, Farmer Mac estimates that $0.1 million of the amount currently reported in accumulated other comprehensive loss will be reclassified into earnings.
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As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had outstanding basis swaps with Zions First National Bank, a related party, with total notional amount of $120.5 million and a fair value of $(3.4) million. As of December 31, 2008, those basis swaps had a total notional amount of $131.9 million and a fair value of $(3.7) million. Under the terms of those basis swaps, Farmer Mac pays Constant Maturity Treasury-based rates and receives LIBOR. Those swaps economically hedge most of the interest rate basis risk related to loans Farmer Mac purchases that pay a Constant Maturity Treasury based-rate and the discount notes Farmer Mac issues to fund the loan purchases. The pricing of discount notes is closely correlated to LIBOR rates. Farmer Mac recorded unrealized gains of $0.8 million and $0.3 million on those outstanding basis swaps for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively, compared to an unrealized gain of $2.1 million and an unrealized loss of $0.4 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008.
(d)
Earnings Per Common Share
Basic earnings per common share are based on the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted earnings per common share are based on the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding adjusted to include all potentially dilutive common stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and nonvested restricted stock awards. The following schedule reconciles basic and diluted earnings per common share (“EPS”) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:
For the Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
Net
$ per
Net
$ per
Income
Shares
Share
Income
Shares
Share
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic EPS
Net income available to common stockholders
$
25,385
10,138
$
2.50
$
21,431
9,964
$
2.15
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options, SARs and nonvested shares (1)
38
(0.01
)
108
(0.02
)
Diluted EPS
$
25,385
10,176
$
2.49
$
21,431
10,072
$
2.13
(1)
For the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, stock options, SARs and nonvested shares of 1,862,829 and 1,546,664, respectively, were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share of common stock because they were anti-dilutive.
For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
Net
$ per
Net
$ per
Income
Shares
Share
Income
Shares
Share
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic EPS
Net income available to common stockholders
$
58,903
10,136
$
5.81
$
13,174
9,916
$
1.33
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options, SARs and nonvested shares (1)
19
(0.01
)
112
(0.02
)
Diluted EPS
$
58,903
10,155
$
5.80
$
13,174
10,028
$
1.31
(1)
For the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, stock options, SARs and nonvested shares of 1,881,885 and 1,385,929, respectively, were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share of common stock because they were anti-dilutive.
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(e)
Stock-Based Compensation
In 1997, Farmer Mac adopted a stock option plan for directors, officers and other employees to acquire shares of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock. Upon stock option exercise, new shares are issued by the Corporation. Under the plan, stock options awarded vest annually in thirds, with the first third vesting one year after the date of grant. If not exercised, any options granted under the 1997 plan expire ten years from the date of grant, except that options issued to directors since June 1, 1998, if not exercised, expire five years from the date of grant. For all stock options granted, the exercise price is equal to the closing price of the Class C Non-Voting Common Stock on or immediately preceding the date of grant. As of June 30, 2008, the plan had terminated pursuant to its terms and no further grants will be made under it.
During
2008, Farmer Mac’s stockholders approved the 2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan that authorizes the grants of restricted stock, stock options and SARs, among other alternative forms of equity-based compensation, to directors, officers and other employees. SARs awarded to officers and employees vest annually in thirds and SARs awarded to directors vest fully after approximately one year. If not exercised or terminated earlier due to the termination of employment or service on the Board, SARs granted to officers or employees expire after ten years and those granted to directors expire after seven years. For all SARs granted, the exercise price is equal to the closing price of the Class C Non-Voting Common Stock on the date of grant. SARs granted during June 2009 have an exercise price of $5.93 per share. Restricted stock was awarded to directors in June 2009 and vests fully after approximately one year. Restricted stock awarded to officers vests after approximately three years and only vests if certain performance conditions are met. Restricted stock awards granted to both directors and officers are not issued until full vesting occurs.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac recognized $0.9 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to stock options, SARs, and restricted stock awards compared to $1.4 million and $2.3 million for the same periods in 2008.
The following tables summarize activity related to stock options, SARs and nonvested restricted share awards for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:
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June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
Stock
Weighted-
Stock
Weighted-
Options
Average
Options
Average
and
Exercise
and
Exercise
SARs
Price
SARs
Price
For the Three Months Ended:
Outstanding, beginning of period
1,697,829
$
24.66
2,218,199
$
25.48
Granted
165,000
5.93
339,770
28.92
Exercised
-
-
(157,966
)
21.05
Canceled
(106,864
)
22.12
(18,500
)
28.79
Outstanding, end of period
1,755,965
$
23.06
2,381,503
$
26.24
For the Six Months Ended:
Outstanding, beginning of period
2,237,711
$
25.54
2,218,199
$
25.48
Granted
165,000
5.93
339,770
28.92
Exercised
-
-
(157,966
)
21.05
Canceled
(646,746
)
27.28
(18,500
)
28.79
Outstanding, end of period
1,755,965
$
23.06
2,381,503
$
26.24
Stock Options and SARs exercisable at the end of the period
1,349,258
$
25.51
1,597,527
$
25.06
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
Weighted-
Weighted-
Average
Average
Nonvested
Grant-date
Nonvested
Grant-date
Shares
Fair Value
Shares
Fair Value
For the Three Months Ended:
Nonvested at beginning of period
-
$
-
-
$
-
Granted
200,548
5.93
-
-
Canceled
-
-
-
-
Nonvested at end of period
200,548
$
5.93
-
$
-
For the Six Months Ended:
Nonvested at beginning of period
-
$
-
-
$
-
Granted
200,548
5.93
-
-
Canceled
-
-
-
-
Nonvested at end of period
200,548
$
5.93
-
$
-
The cancellations of stock options during the first six months of 2009 and 2008 were due to unvested options or SARs terminating and the cancellation of a portion of vested options upon employee and officers’ departures from Farmer Mac. There were no stock options or SARs exercised during the first six months of 2009 and 157,966 shares were exercised during the first six months of 2008.
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The following tables summarize information regarding stock options, SARs and nonvested shares outstanding as of June 30, 2009:
Outstanding
Exercisable
Vested or Expected to Vest
Weighted-
Weighted-
Weighted-
Stock
Average
Stock
Average
Stock
Average
Range of
Options
Remaining
Options
Remaining
Options
Remaining
Exercise
and
Contractual
and
Contractual
and
Contractual
Prices
SARs
Life
SARs
Life
SARs
Life
$5.00 - $ 9.99
255,000
9.7 years
-
-
229,500
9.7 years
10.00 - 14.99
-
-
-
-
-
-
15.00 - 19.99
81,722
4.7 years
81,722
4.7 years
81,722
4.7 years
20.00 - 24.99
552,088
4.8 years
541,249
4.8 years
548,836
4.8 years
25.00 - 29.99
653,487
5.3 years
528,622
4.8 years
637,734
5.3 years
30.00 - 34.99
213,668
2.6 years
197,665
2.2 years
208,867
2.5 years
1,755,965
1,349,258
1,706,659
Outstanding
Expected to Vest
Weighted-
Weighted-
Weighted-
Average
Average
Average
Remaining
Remaining
Grant-Date
Nonvested
Contractual
Nonvested
Contractual
Fair Value
Shares
Life
Shares
Life
$
5.93
200,548
1.6 years
180,493
1.6 years
The weighted-average grant date fair value of options and SARs granted during the six months ended 2009 and 2008 was $4.12 and $11.33 per share, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair value of nonvested shares granted during the six months ended 2009 was $5.93 per share. There were no nonvested shares granted in 2008. The fair values were estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on the following assumptions:
SARs and Stock Options
2009
2008
Risk-free interest rate
1.5
%
2.5
%
Expected years until exercise
7 years
6 years
Expected stock volatility
104.3
%
43.2
%
Dividend yield
3.4
%
1.4
%
Nonvested Shares
2009
2008
Risk-free interest rate
1.5
%
-
Expected years until vesting
3 years
-
Expected stock volatility
104.3
%
-
Dividend yield
0.0
%
-
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(f)
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications of prior period information were made to conform to the current period presentation.
(g)
Fair Value
Effective January 1, 2008, Farmer Mac adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157,
Fair Value Measurements
(“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and establishes a fair value hierarchy that ranks the quality and reliability of the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives highest rank to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest rank to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Effective January 1, 2009, Farmer Mac adopted FASB Staff Position No. 157-2,
Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157
(“FSP 157-2”) for all non-recurring fair value measurements of non-financial assets and liabilities. FSP 157-2 had delayed the effective date of SFAS 157 for non-recurring, non-financial assets and liabilities.
Farmer Mac’s assessment of the significance of the input to the fair value measurement requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the financial instrument. Both observable and unobservable inputs may be used to determine the fair value of positions that Farmer Mac has classified within the Level 3 category. As a result, the unrealized gains and losses for assets and liabilities within the Level 3 category may include changes in fair value that were attributable to both observable (e.g., changes in market interest rates) and unobservable (e.g., changes in long-dated volatilities) inputs.
Effective January 1, 2008, Farmer Mac adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159,
The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115
(“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 provides companies an irrevocable option to report financial instruments at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings as they occur. On January 1, 2008, Farmer Mac recorded a cumulative effect of adoption adjustment of $12.1 million, net of tax, as an increase to the beginning balance of retained earnings. The fair value option election was made for certain available-for-sale investment securities and certain Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities that were classified as held-to-maturity on January 1, 2008.
See Note 7 for more information regarding fair value measurement.
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(h)
New Accounting Standards
In April 2009, the FASB issued three final FSPs intended to provide additional application guidance and enhance disclosures regarding fair value measurements and impairments of securities. FSP FAS 157-4,
Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly,
provides guidelines for making fair value measurements more consistent with the principles presented in SFAS 157. FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1,
Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,
enhances consistency in financial reporting by increasing the frequency of fair value disclosures. FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2,
Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments,
provides additional guidance designed to create greater clarity and consistency in accounting for and presenting impairment losses on securities
.
The FSPs are effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. Farmer Mac adopted the FSPs for the interim period ending June 30, 2009. Farmer Mac’s adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Farmer Mac held no debt securities at the beginning of the interim period for which an other-than-temporary impairment was previously recognized. Accordingly, a cumulative effect of adoption adjustment was not recognized.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP
FAS 141(R)-1,
Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise from Contingencies.
This FSP amends and clarifies Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007),
Business Combinations,
to address application issues relating to the initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and accounting, and disclosure of assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in a business combination. This FSP was effective for assets or liabilities arising from contingencies in business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. Farmer Mac’s adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
In May 2009, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 165,
Subsequent Events
. This statement establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. Entities are required to disclose the date through which subsequent events were evaluated as well as the rationale for why that date was selected. This statement is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. Farmer Mac’s adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Farmer Mac evaluated subsequent events through August 10, 2009.
In June 2009, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 166,
Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets
(“SFAS 166”)
and
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 167,
Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)
(“SFAS 167”). These statements address amendments to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140,
Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities
(“SFAS 140”) and to FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003),
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities
(“FIN 46(R)”). The two FASB statements are effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The statements, amending SFAS 140 and FIN 46(R), remove the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity (“QSPE”) from SFAS 140 and remove the exception from applying FIN 46(R) to QSPEs. Although Farmer Mac is currently evaluating the impact of these new accounting standards, Farmer Mac believes adoption of SFAS 166 and SFAS 167 will result in the consolidation of assets and liabilities onto Farmer Mac’s balance sheet in connection with trusts that currently qualify for the QSPE exception. Additionally, interest income and interest expense related to the consolidated assets and liabilities related to the trusts will be reflected in the statement of operations. Farmer Mac expects it will be required to hold additional capital as a result of adopting SFAS 166 and SFAS 167; however, Farmer Mac believes it will have adequate capital to remain in compliance with regulatory capital requirements.
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In June 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 168,
The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162
. This statement identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles used in the preparation of financial statements of non-governmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States (the GAAP hierarchy). This statement is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. Farmer Mac does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Note 2.
Investments
The following tables present the amortized cost and estimated fair values of Farmer Mac’s investments as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
June 30, 2009
Amortized
Unrealized
Unrealized
Cost
Gains
Losses
Fair Value
(in thousands)
Available-for-sale:
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans
$
74,100
$
-
$
(5,384
)
$
68,716
Floating rate asset-backed securities
70,394
14
(288
)
70,120
Floating rate corporate debt securities
349,645
-
(13,991
)
335,654
Floating rate Government/GSE
guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
301,644
235
(2,613
)
299,266
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed
securities
6,812
235
-
7,047
Floating rate GSE subordinated debt
70,000
-
(15,813
)
54,187
Floating rate GSE preferred stock
700
850
-
1,550
Total available-for-sale
873,295
1,334
(38,089
)
836,540
Trading:
Floating rate asset-backed securities
7,022
-
(5,085
)
1,937
Fixed rate GSE preferred stock
179,898
3,602
-
183,500
Total trading
186,920
3,602
(5,085
)
185,437
Total investment securities
$
1,060,215
$
4,936
$
(43,174
)
$
1,021,977
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December 31, 2008
Amortized
Cost
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
(in thousands)
Available-for-sale:
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans (1)
$
193,950
$
-
$
(15,373
)
$
178,577
Floating rate asset-backed securities
85,005
1
(3,750
)
81,256
Floating rate corporate debt securities
458,428
-
(39,363
)
419,065
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
338,907
270
(3,512
)
335,665
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
7,375
188
-
7,563
Floating rate GSE subordinated debt
70,000
-
(20,811
)
49,189
Floating rate GSE preferred stock
781
-
-
781
Total available-for-sale
1,154,446
459
(82,809
)
1,072,096
Trading:
Floating rate asset-backed securities
7,494
-
(5,283
)
2,211
Fixed rate GSE preferred stock
180,579
-
(19,027
)
161,552
Total trading
188,073
-
(24,310
)
163,763
Total investment securities
$
1,342,519
$
459
$
(107,119
)
$
1,235,859
(1)
The fair value of these securities as of December 31, 2008 are inclusive of the fair value of Farmer Mac's put rights related to $119.9 million (par value) of its auction-rate certificates.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac recognized in earnings other-than-temporary impairment charges of $1.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively, compared to $5.3 million for the same periods during 2008. During second quarter 2009, Farmer Mac recorded an other-than-temporary impairment loss of $1.0 million related to its investment in CIT Group Inc. corporate debt securities. During second quarter 2008, Farmer Mac recorded an other-than-temporary impairment loss of $5.3 million related to its investment in Fannie Mae floating rate preferred stock. These losses were due to credit deterioration and were recognized as “Other-than-temporary impairment – credit losses” in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. During July 2009, Farmer Mac sold its investments in CIT Group Inc. corporate debt securities and Fannie Mae preferred stock and recognized an additional loss of $0.9 million and a recovery of $1.0 million, respectively, in third quarter 2009.
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As of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities were as follows:
June
30,
2009
Available-for-Sale
Securities
Unrealized loss position for
Unrealized loss position for
less
than
12
months
more
than
12
months
Unrealized
Unrealized
Fair Value
Loss
Fair Value
Loss
(in thousands)
Floating rate corporate debt securities
$
-
$
-
$
301,638
$
(13,991
)
Floating rate asset-backed securities
-
-
45,617
(288
)
Floating rate Government guaranteed auction-rate certificates
-
-
68,716
(5,384
)
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
179,172
(1,816
)
61,854
(797
)
Floating rate GSE subordinated debt
-
-
54,187
(15,813
)
Total
$
179,172
$
(1,816
)
$
532,012
$
(36,273
)
December 31, 2008
Available-for-Sale Securities
Unrealized loss position for
Unrealized loss position for
less than 12 months
more than 12 months
Unrealized
Unrealized
Fair Value
Loss
Fair Value
Loss
(in thousands)
Floating rate corporate debt securities
$
19,858
$
(142
)
$
393,808
$
(39,221
)
Floating rate asset-backed securities
80,605
(3,750
)
-
-
Floating rate Government guaranteed auction-rate certificates
58,727
(15,373
)
-
-
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
263,516
(3,138
)
10,751
(374
)
Floating rate GSE subordinated debt
-
-
49,189
(20,811
)
Total
$
422,706
$
(22,403
)
$
453,748
$
(60,406
)
The temporary unrealized losses presented above are principally due to a general widening of credit spreads from the dates of acquisition to June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, as applicable. The resulting decreases in fair values reflect an increase in the perceived risk by the financial markets related to those securities. As of June 30, 2009, all of the investment securities in an unrealized loss position were rated at least “A” by Standard & Poor’s, except two that were rated “BBB+” and one that was rated “BB-”. As of December 31, 2008, all of the investment securities in an unrealized loss position were rated at least “A”, except one that was rated “BBB+” and one that was rated “BBB-”. The unrealized losses were on 106 and 116 individual investment securities as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
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As of June 30, 2009, 77 of the securities in loss positions had been in loss positions for more than 12 months and had a total unrealized loss of $36.3 million. As of December 31, 2008, 34 of the securities in loss positions had been in loss positions for more than 12 months and had a total unrealized loss of $60.4 million. Securities in unrealized loss positions 12 months or more have a fair value as of June 30, 2009 that is, on average, approximately 94 percent of their amortized cost basis. Farmer Mac believes that all these unrealized losses are recoverable within a reasonable period of time through changes in credit spreads or maturity and expects to recover the amortized cost bases of these securities. Accordingly, Farmer Mac has concluded that none of the unrealized losses on its available-for-sale investment securities represent other-than-temporary impairment as of June 30, 2009. Farmer Mac does not intend to sell these securities and it is not more likely than not that Farmer Mac will be required to sell the securities before recovery of the amortized cost basis.
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac did not own any held-to-maturity investments. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac owned trading investment securities that mature after five years with an amortized cost of $186.9 million, a fair value of $185.4 million, and a weighted average yield of 8.07 percent. The amortized cost, fair value and weighted-average yield of investments by remaining contractual maturity for available-for-sale investment securities as of June 30, 2009 are set forth below. Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities are included based on their final maturities, although the actual maturities may differ due to prepayments of the underlying assets or mortgages.
Investment Securities
Available-for-Sale
as
of
June
30,
2009
Weighted
Amortized Cost
Fair Value
Average Yield
(dollars in thousands)
Due within one year
$
104,552
$
104,190
0.87
%
Due after one year through five years
277,371
263,683
1.19
%
Due after five years through ten years
132,139
131,440
2.30
%
Due after ten years
359,233
337,227
1.75
%
Total
$
873,295
$
836,540
1.55
%
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Note 3.
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
The following table sets forth information about on-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
June 30, 2009
Available-
for-Sale
Trading
Total
(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I
$
55,632
$
-
$
55,632
Farmer Mac II
644,572
447,957
1,092,529
Rural Utilities
1,424,077
447,174
1,871,251
Total
$
2,124,281
$
895,131
$
3,019,412
Amortized cost
$
2,106,662
$
854,253
$
2,960,915
Unrealized gains
30,310
40,878
71,188
Unrealized losses
(12,691
)
-
(12,691
)
Fair value
$
2,124,281
$
895,131
$
3,019,412
December 31, 2008
Available-
for-Sale
Trading
Total
(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I
$
349,292
$
-
$
349,292
Farmer Mac II
522,565
496,863
1,019,428
Rural Utilities
639,837
442,687
1,082,524
Total
$
1,511,694
$
939,550
$
2,451,244
Amortized cost
$
1,501,980
$
907,506
$
2,409,486
Unrealized gains
23,727
32,044
55,771
Unrealized losses
(14,013
)
-
(14,013
)
Fair value
$
1,511,694
$
939,550
$
2,451,244
The temporary unrealized losses presented above are principally due to changes in interest rates from the date of acquisition to June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, as applicable. As of June 30, 2009, the unrealized losses presented above are related to Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities, which are USDA-guaranteed portions. As of December 31, 2008, the available-for-sale unrealized losses were on 9 individual securities. One of the available-for-sale Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities in a loss position as of December 31, 2008 had been in a loss position for more than 12 months and had an unrealized loss that was less than one percent of the amortized security cost. Accordingly, Farmer Mac has concluded that none of the unrealized losses on its available-for-sale Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities represents an other-than-temporary impairment as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008. Farmer Mac does not intend to sell these securities and it is not more likely than not that Farmer Mac will be required to sell the securities before recovery of the amortized cost basis.
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The table below presents a sensitivity analysis for the Corporation’s on-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities as of June 30, 2009.
June 30, 2009
(dollars in thousands)
Fair value of beneficial interests retained in Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
$
3,019,412
Weighted-average remaining life (in years)
4.2
Weighted-average prepayment speed (annual rate)
4.4
%
Effect on fair value of a 10% adverse change
$
(870
)
Effect on fair value of a 20% adverse change
$
(1,825
)
Weighted-average discount rate
3.3
%
Effect on fair value of a 10% adverse change
$
(23,067
)
Effect on fair value of a 20% adverse change
$
(46,721
)
These sensitivities are hypothetical. Changes in fair value based on 10 percent or 20 percent variations in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumptions to the change in fair value may not be linear. Also, the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the retained interest is calculated without changing any other assumption. In fact, changes in one factor may result in changes in another (for example, increases in market interest rates may result in lower prepayments), which might amplify or counteract the sensitivities.
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The table below presents the outstanding principal balances for Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, loans, and LTSPCs as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
Outstanding Balance of Farmer Mac Loans and Loans Underlying
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs
June 30,
December 31,
2009
2008
(in thousands)
On-balance sheet:
Farmer Mac I:
Loans
$
650,290
$
781,305
Guaranteed Securities
5,797
282,185
AgVantage
46,800
53,300
Farmer Mac II
Guaranteed Securities
1,084,703
1,013,330
Farmer Mac Guaranteed
Securities - Rural Utilities
1,819,033
1,054,941
Total on-balance sheet
$
3,606,623
$
3,185,061
Off-balance sheet:
Farmer Mac I:
Guaranteed Securities
$
1,593,258
$
1,697,983
AgVantage
2,945,000
2,945,000
LTSPCs
2,181,712
2,224,181
Farmer Mac II
Guaranteed Securities
30,322
30,095
Total off-balance sheet
$
6,750,292
$
6,897,259
Total
$
10,356,915
$
10,082,320
When particular criteria are met, such as the default of the borrower, Farmer Mac becomes entitled to purchase the defaulted loans underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities (commonly referred to as “removal-of-account” provisions). Farmer Mac records these loans at their fair values in the condensed consolidated financial statements during the period in which Farmer Mac becomes entitled to purchase the loans and therefore regains effective control over the transferred loans. Fair values are determined by current collateral valuations or management’s estimate of discounted collateral values, and represent the cash flows expected to be collected. Farmer Mac records, at acquisition, the difference between each loan’s acquisition cost and its fair value, if any, as a charge-off to the reserve for losses. Subsequent to the purchase, such defaulted loans are treated as nonaccrual loans and, therefore, interest is accounted for on the cash basis. Any decreases in expected cash flows are recognized as impairment. The following table presents information related to Farmer Mac’s acquisition of defaulted loans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 and the outstanding balances and carrying amounts of all such loans as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
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For the Three Months Ended
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
2009
2008
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Fair value at acquisition date
$
572
$
26
$
5,637
$
1,189
Contractually required payments receivable
572
26
5,646
1,352
Impairment recognized subsequent to acquisition
5,725
-
7,725
-
June 30,
December 31,
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Outstanding balance
$
36,974
$
91,942
Carrying amount
26,208
69,308
Net credit losses and 90-day delinquencies as of and for the periods indicated for Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, loans and LTSPCs are presented in the table below. Information is not presented for loans underlying AgVantage securities or Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities. Each AgVantage security is a general obligation of an issuing institution approved by Farmer Mac and is secured by eligible loans in an amount at least equal to the outstanding principal amount of the security. As of June 30, 2009, there were no probable losses inherent in Farmer Mac’s AgVantage securities due to the credit quality of the obligors, as well as the underlying collateral. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had not experienced any credit losses on any AgVantage securities. The guaranteed portions collateralizing Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities are guaranteed by the USDA. Each USDA guarantee is an obligation backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had not experienced any credit losses on any Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities.
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90-Day
Net Credit
Delinquencies (1)
Losses (2)
As of
As of
As of
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
December 31,
June 30,
June 30,
2009
2008
2008
2009
2008
(in thousands)
On-balance sheet assets:
Farmer Mac I:
Loans
$
23,546
$
65,060
$
3,883
$
6,960
$
98
Total on-balance sheet
$
23,546
$
65,060
$
3,883
$
6,960
$
98
Off-balance sheet assets:
Farmer Mac I:
LTSPCs
$
18,761
$
2,060
$
1,287
$
-
$
-
Guaranteed Securities
-
-
-
-
-
Total off-balance sheet
$
18,761
$
2,060
$
1,287
$
-
$
-
Total
$
42,307
$
67,120
$
5,170
$
6,960
$
98
(1)
Includes loans and loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs that are 90 days or more past due, in foreclosure, restructured after delinquency, and in bankruptcy, excluding loans performing under either their original loan terms or a court-approved bankruptcy plan.
(2)
Includes loans and loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs.
Note 4. Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income represents all changes in stockholders’ equity except those resulting from investments by or distributions to stockholders, and is comprised primarily of net income and unrealized gains and losses on securities available-for-sale, net of related taxes. The following table sets forth Farmer Mac’s comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:
For the Three Months Ended
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
2009
2008
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Net income
$
29,515
$
21,991
$
66,969
$
14,294
Available-for-sale securities, net of tax:
Net unrealized holding gains/(losses)
32,178
8,595
33,941
(6,839
)
Reclassification adjustment for realized losses
835
3,376
835
3,376
Net change from available-for-sale securities (1)
33,013
11,971
34,776
(3,463
)
Financial derivatives, net of tax:
Reclassification for amortization of SFAS 133
transition adjustment (2)
50
84
90
156
Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax
33,063
12,055
34,866
(3,307
)
Comprehensive income
$
62,578
$
34,046
$
101,835
$
10,987
(1)
Unrealized gains/(losses) on available-for-sale securities is shown net of income tax (expense)/benefit of $(17.8) million and $(6.4) million for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $(18.7) million and $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
(2)
Amortization of SFAS 133 transition adjustment is shown net of income tax expense of $27,000 and $45,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $48,000 and $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
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The following table presents Farmer Mac’s accumulated other comprehensive loss as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and the year ended December 31, 2008.
June 30,
December 31,
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Available-for-sale securities:
Beginning balance
$
(47,214
)
$
(2,320
)
Reclassification adjustment to retained earnings for SFAS 159 adoption, net of tax
-
(11,237
)
Adjusted beginning balance
(47,214
)
(13,557
)
Net unrealized gains/(losses), net of tax
34,776
(33,657
)
Ending balance
$
(12,438
)
$
(47,214
)
Financial derivatives:
Beginning balance
$
(198
)
$
(473
)
Amortization of SFAS 133 transition adjustment on financial derivatives, net of tax
90
275
Ending balance
$
(108
)
$
(198
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
$
(12,546
)
$
(47,412
)
Farmer Mac held no debt securities at the beginning of the interim period for which an other-than-temporary impairment was previously recognized. Accordingly, a cumulative effect of adoption adjustment was not recognized upon adoption of FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2.
Note 5.
Off-Balance Sheet Guarantees and Long-Term Standby Purchase Commitments
Overview
Farmer Mac offers approved lenders two credit enhancement alternatives to increase their liquidity or lending capacity while retaining the cash flow benefits of their loans: (1) Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, which are available through each of the Farmer Mac I, Farmer Mac II and Rural Utilities programs; and (2) LTSPCs, which are available only through the Farmer Mac I and Rural Utilities programs. Both of these alternatives result in the creation of off-balance sheet obligations for Farmer Mac in the ordinary course of its business. Farmer Mac accounts for these transactions and other financial guarantees in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 45,
Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others
(“FIN 45”). In accordance with FIN 45, Farmer Mac records, at the inception of a guarantee, a liability for the fair value of its obligation to stand ready to perform under the terms of each guarantee and an asset that is equal to the fair value of the fees that will be received over the life of each guarantee. The fair values of the guarantee obligation and asset at inception are based on the present value of expected cash flows using management’s best estimate of certain key assumptions, including prepayment speeds, forward yield curves and discount rates commensurate with the risks involved. Because the cash flows of these instruments may be interest rate path dependent, these values and projected discount rates are derived using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The guarantee obligation and corresponding asset are subsequently amortized into guarantee and commitment fee income in relation to the decline in the unpaid principal balance on the underlying agricultural real estate mortgage and rural utilities loans.
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Off-Balance Sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
Eligible loans and other eligible assets may be placed into trusts that are used as vehicles for the securitization of the transferred assets and the Farmer Mac-guaranteed beneficial interests in the trusts are sold to investors. Proceeds from new securitizations during the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 were $17.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively. The increase year over year was driven by the first quarter 2009 transfer of $17.1 million of agricultural mortgage loans held on balance sheet into a trust as part of a securitization transaction in which guaranteed agricultural mortgage-backed securities were sold to Zions First National Bank, a related party. The following table summarizes cash flows received from and paid to trusts used for securitizations:
For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
(in thousands)
Proceeds from new securitizations
$
17,224
$
1,390
Guarantee fees received
5,858
6,145
Purchases of assets from the trusts
-
304
Servicing advances
7
6
Repayment of servicing advances
2
2
The following table presents the maximum principal amount of potential undiscounted future payments that Farmer Mac could be required to make under all off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, not including offsets provided by any recourse provisions, recoveries from third parties or collateral for the underlying loans.
Outstanding Balance of Off-Balance Sheet
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
June 30,
December 31,
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities
$
1,593,258
$
1,697,983
AgVantage
2,945,000
2,945,000
Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities
30,322
30,095
Total off-balance sheet Farmer Mac I and II
$
4,568,580
$
4,673,078
For those securities issued or modified on or after January 1, 2003, Farmer Mac has recorded a liability for its obligation to stand ready under the guarantee in the guarantee and commitment obligation on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. This liability approximated $32.9 million as of June 30, 2009 and $37.1 million as of December 31, 2008. As of June 30, 2009, the weighted-average remaining maturity of all loans underlying off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, excluding AgVantage securities, was 13.6 years.
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Long-Term Standby Purchase Commitments (LTSPCs)
An LTSPC is a commitment by Farmer Mac to purchase eligible loans from a segregated pool of loans under enumerated circumstances, either for cash or in exchange for Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities, on one or more undetermined future dates. As consideration for its assumption of the credit risk on loans underlying an LTSPC, Farmer Mac receives a commitment fee payable monthly in arrears in an amount approximating what would have been the guarantee fee if the transaction were structured as Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities.
The maximum principal amount of potential undiscounted future payments that Farmer Mac could be requested to make under all LTSPCs, not including offsets provided by any recourse provisions, recoveries from third parties or collateral for the underlying loans, was $2.2 billion as of both June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
As of June 30, 2009, the weighted-average remaining maturity of all loans underlying LTSPCs was 15.1 years. For those LTSPCs issued or modified on or after January 1, 2003, Farmer Mac has recorded a liability for its obligation to stand ready under the commitment in the guarantee and commitment obligation on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. This liability approximated $17.7 million as of June 30, 2009 and $17.9 million as of December 31, 2008.
Note 6.
Stockholders’ Equity and Mezzanine Equity
Common Stock
Farmer Mac has three classes of common stock outstanding:
·
Class A Voting Common Stock, which may be held only by banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions or similar entities that are not institutions of the Farm Credit System. By federal statute, no holder of Class A Voting Common Stock may directly or indirectly be a beneficial owner of more than 33 percent of the outstanding shares of that class of stock;
·
Class B Voting Common Stock, which may be held only by institutions of the Farm Credit System. There are no restrictions on the maximum holdings of Class B Voting Common Stock; and
·
Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, which has no ownership restrictions.
From fourth quarter 2004 through fourth quarter 2008, Farmer Mac paid a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share on all classes of the Corporation’s common stock. On March 11, 2009, Farmer Mac’s board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on the Corporation’s common stock payable on April 3, 2009. On June 3, 2009, Farmer Mac’s board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on the Corporation’s common stock payable on June 30, 2009. Farmer Mac’s ability to declare and pay a dividend could be restricted if it failed to comply with regulatory capital requirements.
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Preferred Stock
Farmer Mac has two series of preferred stock outstanding:
·
Series B, which was newly issued on September 30, 2008 and on December 15, 2008, is temporary equity and is reported as Mezzanine Equity on the condensed consolidated balance sheets because it contains redemption features that, although remote, are not solely within the control of Farmer Mac; and
·
Series C, which was newly issued during fourth quarter 2008 and during 2009, is a component of Stockholders’ Equity on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
During the second quarter of 2009, Farmer Mac sold 20,000 shares of its Series C Preferred Stock to National Rural Cooperative Finance Corporation (“National Rural”) pursuant to a program under which any participant who uses Farmer Mac for a credit enhancement or purchase transaction in excess of $20.0 million is required to purchase an equity interest in Farmer Mac in the form of shares of Series C, thereby enabling Farmer Mac to raise additional capital to support its mission of providing liquidity and lending capacity to agricultural and rural utilities lenders, compared to 10,800 shares in the first quarter of 2009. Farmer Mac sold the shares of Series C without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance upon the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(2), for an aggregate purchase price of $20.0 million or $1,000 per share in the second quarter of 2009, compared to $10.8 million in the first quarter 2009. There were 40,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2009, all held by National Rural.
Farmer Mac’s ability to declare and pay dividends on its outstanding preferred stock could be restricted if it failed to comply with regulatory capital requirements. All series of Farmer Mac’s preferred stock are included as components of core capital for regulatory and statutory capital compliance measurements.
Statutory and Regulatory Capital Requirements
Farmer Mac is subject to, and as of June 30, 2009 was in compliance with, its three statutory and regulatory capital requirements:
·
Minimum capital – Farmer Mac’s minimum capital level is equal to the sum of 2.75 percent of Farmer Mac’s aggregate on-balance sheet assets, as calculated for regulatory purposes, plus 0.75 percent of the aggregate off-balance sheet obligations of Farmer Mac, including Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs;
·
Critical capital – Farmer Mac’s critical capital level is equal to 50 percent of the minimum capital requirement at that time; and
·
Risk-based capital – the Farm Credit Administration (“FCA”) has established a risk-based capital stress test for Farmer Mac.
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s minimum and critical capital requirements were $196.2 million and $98.1 million, respectively, and Farmer Mac’s core capital level was $296.1 million, $99.9 million above the minimum capital requirement and $198.0 million above the critical capital requirement. As of December 31, 2008, Farmer Mac’s minimum and critical capital requirements were $193.5 million and $96.7 million, respectively, and its actual core capital level was $207.0 million, $13.5 million above the minimum capital requirement and $110.2 million above the critical capital requirement.
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Based on the risk-based capital stress test, Farmer Mac’s risk-based capital requirement as of June 30, 2009 was $50.2 million and Farmer Mac’s regulatory capital (core capital plus the allowance for losses) of $305.4 million exceeded that requirement by approximately $255.2 million.
Note 7.
Fair Value Disclosures
Fair Value Measurement
Effective January 1, 2008, Farmer Mac adopted SFAS 157 which defines fair value, establishes a hierarchy for ranking fair value measurements, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (also referred to as an exit price).
In determining fair value, Farmer Mac uses various valuation approaches, including market, income and/or cost approaches. The fair value hierarchy established in SFAS 157 requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. When available, the fair value of Farmer Mac’s financial instruments is based on quoted market prices, valuation techniques that use observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data. Pricing information obtained from third parties is internally validated for reasonableness prior to use in the condensed consolidated financial statements.
When observable market prices are not readily available, Farmer Mac estimates the fair value using techniques that rely on alternate market data or internally developed models using significant inputs that are generally less readily observable. Market data includes prices of financial instruments with similar maturities and characteristics, duration, interest rate yield curves, measures of volatility and prepayment rates. If market data needed to estimate fair value is not available, Farmer Mac estimates fair value using internally-developed models that employ a discounted cash flow approach. Even when market assumptions are not readily available, Farmer Mac’s assumptions reflect those that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date.
The fair value hierarchy established in SFAS 157 ranks the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values. The hierarchy gives highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The standard describes the following three levels used to classify fair value measurements:
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Level 1
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.
Level 2
Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.
Level 3
Prices or valuations that require unobservable inputs that are significant to the fair value measurement.
Farmer Mac performed a detailed analysis of the assets and liabilities carried at fair value to determine the appropriate level based on the transparency of the inputs used in the valuation techniques. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Farmer Mac’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement of an instrument requires judgment and consideration of factors specific to the instrument. While Farmer Mac believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with those of other market participants, using different methodologies or assumptions to determine fair value could result in a materially different estimate of the fair value of some financial instruments.
The following is a description of the fair value techniques used for instruments measured at fair value as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy described above. Fair value measurements related to financial instruments that are reported at fair value in the consolidated financial statements each period are referred to as recurring fair value measurements. Fair value measurements related to assets and liabilities that are not reported at fair value each period but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances are referred to as nonrecurring fair value measurements.
Recurring Fair Value Measurements and Classification
Available-for-Sale and Trading Investment Securities
Fair value is primarily determined using a reputable and nationally recognized third party pricing service for a significant portion of Farmer Mac’s investment portfolio, including most asset-backed securities, corporate debt securities, Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities and preferred stock issued by Fannie Mae. The prices obtained are non-binding and generally representative of recent market trades. The fair values of certain asset-backed and Government guaranteed mortgage-backed securities are estimated based on quotations from brokers or dealers. Farmer Mac corroborates its primary valuation source by obtaining a secondary price from another independent third party pricing service. Farmer Mac classifies these fair value measurements as Level 2.
For investment securities which are thinly traded or not quoted, Farmer Mac estimates fair value using internally-developed models that employ a discounted cash flow approach. Farmer Mac maximizes the use of observable market data, including prices of financial instruments with similar maturities and characteristics, interest rate yield curves, measures of volatility and prepayment rates. Farmer Mac generally considers a market to be inactive if the following conditions exist: (1) there are few transactions for the financial instruments; (2) the prices in the market are not current; (3) the price quotes vary significantly either over time or among independent pricing services or dealers; or (4) there is a limited availability of public market information. Farmer Mac classifies these fair value measurements as Level 3.
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Due to the lack of an active market for Farmer Mac’s investments in auction-rate certificates (“ARCs”) and GSE preferred stock issued by CoBank, ACB and AgFirst Farm Credit Bank with current par values of $74.1 million, $88.5 million and $88.0 million, respectively, Farmer Mac transferred these securities from Level 2 to Level 3 during 2008. Farmer Mac’s transfers in and out of Level 3 are as of the beginning of the reporting period on a quarterly basis. During first quarter 2009, Farmer Mac changed the inputs to its discounted cash flow model used to estimate the fair value of its investments in thinly traded GSE preferred stock. The benchmark securities previously used to derive credit spreads for estimates of fair value as of December 31, 2008 were preferred stock issued by large national financial institutions. The preferred stock securities of these large financial institutions experienced significant volatility during first quarter 2009 due to changes in the credit quality of the issuers and the market expectations regarding projected cash flows for the securities. The change in the market expectations of projected future cash flows for those securities was inconsistent with the Farm Credit System preferred stock owned by Farmer Mac. Had Farmer Mac estimated the fair value of the Farm Credit System preferred stock as of December 31, 2008 using the new methodology in place as of June 30, 2009, the fair values of those securities would have been $175.0 million, an increase of approximately $13.4 million from the estimated fair value of $161.6 million as of December 31, 2008.
For second quarter 2009, Farmer Mac transferred its investment in the subordinated debt of CoBank with a par value of $70.0 million from Level 2 to Level 3 for purposes of estimating its fair value. Farmer Mac determined that the third party pricing service used to estimate fair value for this security as a Level 2 investment, in second quarter 2009, provided a price that, while representative of a recent market trade, was not reflective of an orderly transaction. In accordance with FSP FAS 157-4, Farmer Mac used its internally-developed models as an alternative valuation technique to estimate fair value as a Level 3 investment.
Available-for-Sale and Trading Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
Farmer Mac estimates the fair value of its Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities by discounting the projected cash flows of these instruments at projected interest rates. The fair values are based on the present value of expected cash flows using management’s best estimate of certain key assumptions, which include prepayment speeds, forward yield curves and discount rates commensurate with the risks involved. Farmer Mac classifies these measurements as Level 3 because there is limited market activity and therefore little or no price transparency. On a sample basis, Farmer Mac corroborates the fair value of its Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities by obtaining a secondary valuation from an independent third party pricing service.
Financial Derivatives
The fair value of exchange-traded U.S. Treasury futures is based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical financial instruments. Farmer Mac classifies these fair value measurements as Level 1.
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Farmer Mac’s derivative portfolio consists primarily of interest rate swaps and forward sales contracts on the debt of other GSEs. Farmer Mac estimates the fair value of these financial instruments based upon the counterparty valuations. Farmer Mac internally values its derivative portfolio using a discounted cash flow valuation technique and obtains a secondary valuation for certain interest rate swaps to corroborate the counterparty valuations. Farmer Mac also regularly reviews the counterparty valuations as part of the collateral exchange process. Farmer Mac classifies these fair value measurements as Level 2.
Certain basis swaps are nonstandard interest rate swap structures and are therefore internally modeled using significant assumptions and unobservable inputs, resulting in Level 3 classification. Farmer Mac uses a discounted cash flow valuation technique, using management’s best estimates of certain key assumptions, which include prepayment speeds, forward yield curves and discount rates commensurate with the risks involved.
As of June 30, 2009, the consideration of credit risk, Farmer Mac’s and the counterparties’, resulted in an adjustment to the valuations of Farmer Mac’s derivative portfolio of $1.4 million. As of December 31, 2008, the consideration of credit risk, Farmer Mac’s and the counterparties’, did not result in a material adjustment to the valuations of Farmer Mac’s derivative portfolio.
Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements and Classification
Loans Held for Sale
Loans held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair value in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Farmer Mac internally models the fair value of loans by discounting the projected cash flows of these instruments at projected interest rates. The fair values are based on the present value of expected cash flows using management’s best estimate of certain key assumptions, which include prepayment speeds, forward yield curves and discount rates commensurate with the risks involved. The fair values of these instruments are classified as Level 3 measurements. As of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, Farmer Mac’s loans held for sale were reported at cost.
Real Estate Owned Properties
Farmer Mac initially records real estate owned (“REO”) properties at fair value less costs to sell and subsequently records them at the lower of carrying value or fair value less costs to sell. The fair value of REO is determined by third-party appraisals when available. When third-party appraisals are not available, fair value is estimated based on factors such as prices for similar properties in similar geographical areas and/or assessment through observation of such properties. Farmer Mac classifies the REO fair values as Level 3 measurements.
Fair Value Classification and Transfers
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s assets and liabilities recorded at fair value included financial instruments and non-financial assets valued at $3.4 billion whose fair values were estimated by management in the absence of readily determinable fair values (i.e., Level 3). These financial instruments measured as Level 3 represented 63 percent of total assets and 80 percent of financial instruments measured at fair value as of June 30, 2009.
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As of December 31, 2008, Farmer Mac’s assets and liabilities recorded at fair value included financial instruments valued at $2.8 billion whose fair values were estimated by management in the absence of readily determinable fair values (i.e., Level 3). These financial instruments measured as Level 3 represented 55 percent of total assets and 72 percent of financial instruments measured at fair value as of December 31, 2008.
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The following tables present information about Farmer Mac’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques used by Farmer Mac to determine such fair value.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value as of June 30, 2009
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
(in thousands)
Recurring:
Assets:
Investment Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans
$
-
$
-
$
68,716
$
68,716
Floating rate asset-backed securities
-
70,120
-
70,120
Floating rate corporate debt securities
-
335,654
-
335,654
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
-
299,266
-
299,266
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
-
7,047
-
7,047
Floating rate GSE subordinated debt
-
-
54,187
54,187
Floating rate GSE preferred stock
-
1,550
-
1,550
Total available-for-sale
-
713,637
122,903
836,540
Trading:
Floating rate asset-backed securities
-
-
1,937
1,937
Fixed rate GSE preferred stock
-
-
183,500
183,500
Total trading
-
-
185,437
185,437
Total investment securities
-
713,637
308,340
1,021,977
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Farmer Mac I
-
-
55,632
55,632
Farmer Mac II
-
-
644,572
644,572
Rural Utilities
-
-
1,424,077
1,424,077
Total available-for-sale
-
-
2,124,281
2,124,281
Trading:
Farmer Mac II
-
-
447,957
447,957
Rural Utilities
-
-
447,174
447,174
Total trading
-
-
895,131
895,131
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
-
-
3,019,412
3,019,412
Financial Derivatives
1
15,451
-
15,452
Total Assets at fair value
$
1
$
729,088
$
3,327,752
$
4,056,841
Liabilities :
Financial Derivatives
$
-
$
119,936
$
3,350
$
123,286
Total Liabilities at fair value
$
-
$
119,936
$
3,350
$
123,286
Nonrecurring:
Assets:
REO
$
-
$
-
$
43,260
$
43,260
Total Assets at fair value
$
-
$
-
$
43,260
$
43,260
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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value as of December 31, 2008
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
(in thousands)
Recurring:
Assets:
Investment Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans (1)
$
-
$
-
$
178,577
$
178,577
Floating rate asset-backed securities
-
81,256
-
81,256
Floating rate corporate debt securities
-
419,065
-
419,065
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
-
335,665
-
335,665
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
-
7,563
-
7,563
Floating rate GSE subordinated debt
-
49,189
-
49,189
Floating rate GSE preferred stock
-
781
-
781
Total available-for-sale
-
893,519
178,577
1,072,096
Trading:
Floating rate asset-backed securities
-
-
2,211
2,211
Fixed rate GSE preferred stock
-
-
161,552
161,552
Total trading
-
-
163,763
163,763
Total investment securities
-
893,519
342,340
1,235,859
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Farmer Mac I
-
-
349,292
349,292
Farmer Mac II
-
-
522,565
522,565
Rural Utilities
-
-
639,837
639,837
Total available-for-sale
-
-
1,511,694
1,511,694
Trading:
Farmer Mac II
-
-
496,863
496,863
Rural Utilities
-
-
442,687
442,687
Total trading
-
-
939,550
939,550
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
-
-
2,451,244
2,451,244
Financial Derivatives
28
27,041
-
27,069
Total Assets at fair value
$
28
$
920,560
$
2,793,584
$
3,714,172
Liabilities:
Financial Derivatives
$
-
$
177,464
$
3,719
$
181,183
Total Liabilities at fair value
$
-
$
177,464
$
3,719
$
181,183
(1)
Includes the fair value of Farmer Mac's put rights related to $119.9 million (par value) of its ARC holdings.
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The following tables present additional information about assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis for which Farmer Mac has used significant Level 3 inputs to determine fair value for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2008, respectively.
Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2009
Purchases,
Realized and
Unrealized
Sales,
Unrealized
Gains/(Losses)
Issuances and
Gains/(Losses)
included in
Other
Beginning
Settlements,
included in
Comprehensive
Net Transfers In
Balance
net
Income
Income
and/or Out
Ending Balance
(in thousands)
Recurring:
Assets:
Investment Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans
$
67,636
$
-
$
-
$
1,080
$
-
$
68,716
Floating rate GSE subordinated debt
-
-
-
5,055
49,132
54,187
Total available-for-sale
67,636
-
-
6,135
49,132
122,903
Trading:
Floating rate asset-backed securities(1)
1,962
(205
)
180
-
-
1,937
Fixed rate GSE preferred stock(1)
176,790
(333
)
7,043
-
-
183,500
Total trading
178,752
(538
)
7,223
-
-
185,437
Total investment securities
246,388
(538
)
7,223
6,135
49,132
308,340
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Farmer Mac I
63,216
(6,570
)
-
(1,014
)
-
55,632
Farmer Mac II
588,996
56,760
-
(1,184
)
-
644,572
Rural Utilities
912,695
500,000
-
11,382
-
1,424,077
Total available-for-sale
1,564,907
550,190
-
9,184
-
2,124,281
Trading:
Farmer Mac II(2)
476,681
(23,428
)
(5,296
)
-
-
447,957
Rural Utilities(1)
449,066
-
(1,892
)
-
-
447,174
Total trading
925,747
(23,428
)
(7,188
)
-
-
895,131
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
2,490,654
526,762
(7,188
)
9,184
-
3,019,412
Total Assets at fair value
$
2,737,042
$
526,224
$
35
$
15,319
$
49,132
$
3,327,752
Liabilities:
Financial Derivatives(3)
$
(4,236
)
$
-
$
886
$
-
$
-
$
(3,350
)
Total Liabilities at fair value
$
(4,236
)
$
-
$
886
$
-
$
-
$
(3,350
)
Nonrecurring:
Assets:
REO
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
43,260
$
43,260
Total Assets at fair value
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
43,260
$
43,260
(1)
Unrealized gains/(losses) are attributable to assets still held as of June 30, 2009 and are recorded in gains/(losses) on trading assets.
(2)
Includes unrealized gains of approximately $4.9 million attributable to assets still held as of June 30, 2009 that are recorded in gains/(losses) on trading assets.
(3)
Unrealized gains are attributable to liabilities still held as of June 30, 2009 and are recorded in gains/(losses) on financial derivatives.
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Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2008
Purchases,
Realized and
Unrealized
Sales,
Unrealized
Gains/(Losses)
Issuances and
Gains/(Losses)
included in Other
Beginning
Settlements,
included in
Comprehensive
Net Transfers In
Balance
net
Income
Income
and/or Out
Ending Balance
(in thousands)
Recurring:
Assets:
Investment Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans
$
229,360
$
(20,000
)
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
209,360
Floating rate corporate debt securities
399,331
-
-
-
(399,331
)
-
Fixed rate corporate securities
503,089
-
-
-
(503,089
)
-
Total available-for-sale
1,131,780
(20,000
)
-
-
(902,420
)
209,360
Trading:
Floating rate asset-backed securities(1)
7,179
(205
)
440
-
-
7,414
Fixed rate mortgage-backed securities
459,026
-
-
-
(459,026
)
-
Total trading
466,205
(205
)
440
-
(459,026
)
7,414
Total investment securities
1,597,985
(20,205
)
440
-
(1,361,446
)
216,774
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Farmer Mac I
325,272
68,979
-
(2,347
)
-
391,904
Rural Utilities
-
-
-
(781
)
902,420
901,639
Total available-for-sale
325,272
68,979
-
(3,128
)
902,420
1,293,543
Trading:
Farmer Mac II(2)
445,202
9,515
(4,155
)
-
-
450,562
Rural Utilities(1)
-
-
(17,341
)
-
459,026
441,685
Total trading
445,202
9,515
(21,496
)
-
459,026
892,247
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
770,474
78,494
(21,496
)
(3,128
)
1,361,446
2,185,790
Total Assets at fair value
$
2,368,459
$
58,289
$
(21,056
)
$
(3,128
)
$
-
$
2,402,564
Liabilities:
Financial Derivatives(3)
$
(3,507
)
$
-
$
2,050
$
-
$
-
$
(1,457
)
Total Liabilities at fair value
$
(3,507
)
$
-
$
2,050
$
-
$
-
$
(1,457
)
Nonrecurring:
Loans held for sale
$
-
$
-
$
(61
)
$
-
$
142,756
$
142,695
(1)
Unrealized gains/(losses) are attributable to assets still held as of June 30, 2008 and are recorded in gains/(losses) on trading assets.
(2)
Includes unrealized gains of approximately $1.8 million attributable to assets still held as of June 30, 2008 that are recorded in gains/(losses) on trading assets.
(3)
Unrealized gains are attributable to liabilities still held as of June 30, 2008 and are recorded in gains /(losses) on financial derivatives.
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The following tables present additional information about assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis for which Farmer Mac has used significant Level 3 inputs to determine fair value for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2008, respectively.
Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
Purchases,
Realized and
Unrealized
Sales,
Unrealized
Gains/(Losses)
Issuances and
Gains/(Losses)
included in Other
Beginning
Settlements,
included in
Comprehensive
Net Transfers In
Balance
net
Income
Income
and/or Out
Ending Balance
(in thousands)
Recurring:
Assets:
Investment Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans
$
178,577
$
(119,850
)
$
-
$
9,989
$
-
$
68,716
Floating rate GSE subordinated debt
-
-
-
5,055
49,132
54,187
Total available-for-sale
178,577
(119,850
)
-
15,044
49,132
122,903
Trading:
Floating rate asset-backed securities(1)
2,211
(473
)
199
-
-
1,937
Fixed rate GSE preferred stock(1)
161,552
(681
)
22,629
-
-
183,500
Total trading
163,763
(1,154
)
22,828
-
-
185,437
Total investment securities
342,340
(121,004
)
22,828
15,044
49,132
308,340
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Farmer Mac I
349,292
(3,681
)
-
(1,967
)
(288,012
)
55,632
Farmer Mac II
522,565
118,251
-
3,756
-
644,572
Rural Utilities
639,837
770,000
-
14,240
-
1,424,077
Total available-for-sale
1,511,694
884,570
-
16,029
(288,012
)
2,124,281
Trading:
Farmer Mac II(2)
496,863
(47,342
)
(1,564
)
-
-
447,957
Rural Utilities(1)
442,687
(5,909
)
10,396
-
-
447,174
Total trading
939,550
(53,251
)
8,832
-
-
895,131
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
2,451,244
831,319
8,832
16,029
(288,012
)
3,019,412
Total Assets at fair value
$
2,793,584
$
710,315
$
31,660
$
31,073
$
(238,880
)
$
3,327,752
Liabilities:
Financial Derivatives(3)
$
(3,719
)
$
-
$
369
$
-
$
-
$
(3,350
)
Total Liabilities at fair value
$
(3,719
)
$
-
$
369
$
-
$
-
$
(3,350
)
Nonrecurring:
Assets:
REO
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
43,260
$
43,260
Total Assets at fair value
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
43,260
$
43,260
(1)
Unrealized gains are attributable to assets still held as of June 30, 2009 and are recorded in gains/(losses) on trading assets.
(2)
Includes unrealized losses of approximately $0.9 million attributable to assets still held as of June 30, 2009 that are recorded in gains/(losses) on trading assets.
(3)
Unrealized gains are attributable to liabilities still held as of June 30, 2009 and are recorded in gains/(losses) on financial derivatives.
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Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2008
Purchases,
Realized and
Unrealized
Sales,
Unrealized
Gains/(Losses)
Issuances and
Gains/(Losses)
included in Other
Beginning
Settlements,
included in
Comprehensive
Net Transfers In
Balance
net
Income
Income
and/or Out
Ending Balance
(in thousands)
Recurring:
Assets:
Investment Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans
$
-
$
79,931
$
-
$
(2,115
)
$
131,544
$
209,360
Floating rate corporate debt securities
-
400,000
-
(669
)
(399,331
)
-
Fixed rate corporate securities
500,138
-
-
2,951
(503,089
)
-
Total available-for-sale securities
500,138
479,931
-
167
(770,876
)
209,360
Trading:
Floating rate asset-backed securities(1)
8,179
(628
)
(137
)
-
-
7,414
Fixed rate mortgage-backed securities(1)
415,813
29,367
13,846
-
(459,026
)
-
Total trading investment securities
423,992
28,739
13,709
-
(459,026
)
7,414
Total investment securities
924,130
508,670
13,709
167
(1,229,902
)
216,774
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities:
Available-for-sale:
Farmer Mac I
338,958
49,226
-
3,720
-
391,904
Rural Utilities
-
-
-
(781
)
902,420
901,639
Total available-for-sale
338,958
49,226
-
2,939
902,420
1,293,543
Trading:
Fa
rmer Mac II(2)
428,670
20,497
1,395
-
-
450,562
Rural Utilities(1)
-
-
(17,341
)
-
459,026
441,685
Total trading
428,670
20,497
(15,946
)
-
459,026
892,247
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
767,628
69,723
(15,946
)
2,939
1,361,446
2,185,790
Total Assets at fair value
$
1,691,758
$
578,393
$
(2,237
)
$
3,106
$
131,544
$
2,402,564
Liabilities:
Financial Derivatives (3)
$
(1,106
)
$
-
$
(351
)
$
-
$
-
$
(1,457
)
Total Liabilities at fair value
$
(1,106
)
$
-
$
(351
)
$
-
$
-
$
(1,457
)
Nonrecurring:
Loans held for sale
$
-
$
-
$
(61
)
$
-
$
142,756
$
142,695
(1)
Unrealized gains/(losses) are attributable to assets still held as of June 30, 2008 and are recorded in gains/(losses) on trading assets.
(2)
Includes unrealized gains of approximately $1.8 million attributable to assets still held as of June 30, 2008 that are recorded in gains/(losses) on trading assets
(3)
Unrealized losses are attributable to liabilities still held as of June 30, 2008 and are recorded in gains/(losses) on financial derivatives.
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Fair Value Option
SFAS 159 permits entities to make a one-time irrevocable election to report financial instruments at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings as they occur. One of the FASB’s stated objectives of SFAS 159 was to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions.
On January 1, 2008, with the adoption of SFAS 159, Farmer Mac elected to measure $600.5 million of investment securities and $427.3 million of Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities at fair value, with changes in fair value reflected in earnings as they occur. Upon adoption, Farmer Mac recorded a cumulative effect of adoption adjustment of $12.1 million, net of tax, as an increase to the beginning balance of retained earnings. During 2008, Farmer Mac elected to measure an additional $113.3 million of Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities at fair value, with changes in fair value reflected in earnings as they occur. Farmer Mac selected all of these assets for the fair value option under SFAS 159 because they were funded or hedged principally with financial derivatives and, therefore, it was expected that the changes in fair value of the assets would provide partial economic and financial reporting offsets to the related financial derivatives. During the first half of 2009, Farmer Mac did not elect the fair value option under SFAS 159 for any assets or liabilities.
Impact of Adopting SFAS 159 to Retained Earnings as of January 1, 2008
Carrying Value
as of January 1,
2008
Prior to Adoption of
Fair
Value
Option
Transition
Gain
Fair Value as of
January 1, 2008
After Adoption of
Fair
Value Option
(in thousands)
Available-for-sale investment securities(1):
Fixed rate GSE preferred stock
$
184,655
$
2,783
$
184,655
Fixed rate mortgage-backed securities
415,813
14,504
415,813
Held-to-maturity Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities:
Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities
427,330
1,340
428,670
Pre-tax cumulative effect of adoption
18,627
Tax effect
6,519
Cumulative effect of adoption to beginning retained earnings
$
12,108
(1)
Farmer Mac adopted the fair value option for certain securities within its investment portfolio classified as available-for-sale. These securities are presented in the consolidated balance sheet at fair value in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115,
Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,
and the amount of the transition gain was recongnized in accumulated other comprehensive loss prior to the adoption of SFAS 159.
For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac recorded net gains/(losses) on trading assets of $(0.1) million and $31.5 million, respectively, for changes in fair values of the assets selected for the fair value option, compared to $(17.7) million and $(7.0) million for the same periods ended June 30, 2008, respectively. These gains/(losses) are recognized as “Gains/(losses) on trading assets” in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
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Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following table sets forth the estimated fair values and the carrying values for financial assets, liabilities and guarantees and commitments as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107,
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments
:
June 30, 2009
December 31, 2008
Carrying
Carrying
Fair Value
Amount
Fair Value
Amount
(in thousands)
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
362,858
$
362,858
$
278,412
$
278,412
Investment securities
1,021,977
1,021,977
1,235,859
1,235,859
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
3,019,412
3,019,412
2,451,244
2,451,244
Loans
660,410
649,676
789,613
774,596
Financial derivatives
15,452
15,452
27,069
27,069
Interest receivable
53,796
53,796
73,058
73,058
Guarantee and commitment fees receivable:
LTSPCs
19,084
19,045
20,434
19,232
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
33,205
37,038
36,071
41,877
Financial liabilities:
Notes payable:
Due within one year
3,268,856
3,262,856
3,773,430
3,757,099
Due after one year
1,582,664
1,535,362
944,490
887,999
Financial derivatives
123,286
123,286
181,183
181,183
Accrued interest payable
38,759
38,759
40,470
40,470
Guarantee and commitment obligation:
LTSPCs
17,744
17,706
19,058
17,856
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
29,034
32,866
31,291
37,098
The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents and certain short-term investment securities is a reasonable estimate of their approximate fair value. Farmer Mac estimates the fair value of its guarantee and commitment fees receivable/obligation and notes payable by discounting the projected cash flows of these instruments at projected interest rates. The fair values are based on the present value of expected cash flows using management’s best estimate of certain key assumptions, which include prepayment speeds, forward yield curves and discount rates commensurate with the risks involved. Because the cash flows of these instruments may be interest rate path dependent, these values and projected discount rates are derived using a Monte Carlo simulation model.
Different market assumptions and estimation methodologies could significantly affect estimated fair value amounts.
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Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Financial information is consolidated to include the accounts of Farmer Mac and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation.
This discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read together with: (1) the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this report; and (2) Farmer Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009.
The discussion below is not necessarily indicative of future results.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements made in this report are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 pertaining to management’s current expectations as to Farmer Mac’s future financial results, business prospects and business developments. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and typically are accompanied by, and identified with, such terms as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “should” and similar phrases. The following management’s discussion and analysis includes forward-looking statements addressing Farmer Mac’s:
·
prospects for earnings;
·
prospects for growth in loan purchase, guarantee, securitization and LTSPC volume;
·
trends in net interest income;
·
trends in portfolio credit quality, delinquencies and provisions for losses;
·
trends in expenses;
·
trends in non-program investments;
·
prospects for asset impairments and allowance for losses;
·
changes in capital position; and
·
other business and financial matters.
Management’s expectations for Farmer Mac’s future necessarily involve a number of assumptions and estimates and the evaluation of risks and uncertainties. Various factors or events could cause Farmer Mac’s actual results to differ materially from the expectations as expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including the factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of Farmer Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009, as well as uncertainties regarding:
·
the ability of Farmer Mac to increase its capital in an amount and at a cost sufficient to enable it to continue to operate profitably and provide a secondary market for agricultural mortgage and rural utilities loans;
·
the availability of reasonable rates and terms of debt financing to Farmer Mac;
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·
fluctuations in the fair value of assets held by Farmer Mac, particularly in volatile markets;
·
the rate and direction of development of the secondary market for agricultural mortgage and rural utilities loans, including lender interest in Farmer Mac credit products and the Farmer Mac secondary market;
·
the general rate of growth in agricultural mortgage and rural utilities indebtedness;
·
borrower preferences for fixed rate agricultural mortgage indebtedness;
·
legislative or regulatory developments that could affect Farmer Mac;
·
increases in general and administrative expenses attributable to changes in the business and regulatory environment, including the hiring of additional personnel with expertise in key functional areas;
·
the willingness of investors to invest in Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities;
·
the severity and duration of current economic and financial conditions generally and within the agricultural and rural utilities sectors in particular; and
·
developments in the financial markets, including possible investor, analyst and rating agency reactions to events involving GSEs, including Farmer Mac.
In light of these potential risks and uncertainties, no undue reliance should be placed on any forward-looking statements expressed in this report. Furthermore, Farmer Mac undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of revisions to any forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect new information or any future events or circumstances, except as otherwise mandated by the SEC.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of Farmer Mac’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes for the periods presented. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The critical accounting policies that are both important to the portrayal of Farmer Mac’s financial condition and results of operations and require complex, subjective judgments are the accounting policies for: (1) the allowance for losses, (2) fair value measurement, and (3) other-than-temporary impairment.
During second quarter 2009, Farmer Mac amended its critical accounting policy relating to other-than-temporary impairments upon the adoption of FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2,
Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments.
This FSP amended the other-than-temporary impairment guidance for debt securities to make the guidance more operational and to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments on debt and equity securities in the financial statements. The existing recognition and measurement guidance related to other-than-temporary impairments of equity securities was not amended.
If the fair value of a security is less than its amortized cost basis as of the balance sheet date, Farmer Mac assesses whether the impairment is temporary or other-than-temporary. Other-than-temporary impairment occurs when the fair value of an available-for-sale debt security is below its amortized cost, and it is determined that management (a) has the intent to sell the debt security or (b) more likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery. In these cases, the entire difference between the amortized cost basis of the security and the fair value as of the balance sheet date is recognized as other-than-temporary impairment in earnings.
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If management does not intend to sell the security and it is not more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before anticipated recovery, Farmer Mac determines whether a credit loss exists. Many factors considered in this determination involve significant judgment, including recent events specific to the issuer or the related industry, changes in external credit ratings, the severity and duration of the impairment, recoveries or additional declines in fair value subsequent to the balance sheet date, and other relevant information related to the collectability of the security. If Farmer Mac determines that the present value of the cash flows likely to be collected from the security is greater than the amortized cost basis of the security, the impairment is deemed to be temporary. Conversely, if the present value of the expected cash flows is less than the amortized cost basis of the security, a credit loss has occurred and the security is deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired and the amount of the total other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss is recognized in earnings. The amount of the total other-than-temporary impairment related to all other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes.
For a discussion of Farmer Mac’s critical accounting policies related to the allowance for losses and fair value measurement and the related use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes for the periods presented, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009.
Results of Operations
Overview
. Farmer Mac’s net income available to common stockholders for second quarter 2009 was $25.4 million or $2.49 per diluted common share, compared to $21.4 million or $2.13 per diluted common share for second quarter 2008. Net income available to common stockholders for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $58.9 million or $5.80 per diluted common share, compared to $13.2 million or $1.31 per diluted common share for the six months ended June 30, 2008.
During the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s guarantee and commitment fees increased compared to the same periods in 2008 because the average level of guarantees and commitments outstanding during the quarter was higher and the average fee charged during the periods increased. In both cases, the increases are attributable to the rural utilities business added since June 30, 2008. For second quarter 2009, guarantee and commitment fees were $7.9 million, compared to $6.7 million for second quarter 2008 and for the six months ended June 30, 2009, guarantee and commitment fees were $15.3 million, compared to $13.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008.
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During 2009, Farmer Mac has maintained uninterrupted access to the capital markets at favorable rates, though the Corporation’s short-term borrowing costs relative to LIBOR moved back toward their historical levels during second quarter 2009. Toward the end of 2008 and into 2009, Farmer Mac reduced the size of its liquidity investment portfolio as it reevaluated its investment policies. The reduced level of investment has put downward pressure on the net interest income earned from that portfolio compared to earlier periods. For second quarter 2009, net interest income including income and expense related to financial derivatives was $10.0 million, compared to $16.3 million for second quarter 2008. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, net interest income including income and expense related to financial derivatives was $22.8 million, compared to $32.2 million for six months ended June 30, 2008.
Farmer Mac’s overall non-performing assets remained steady during second quarter 2009 at $97.1 million (2.17 percent) compared to $96.2 million as of March 31, 2009 (2.12 percent). Because four of Farmer Mac’s ethanol loans were transferred to real estate owned, the level of 90-day delinquencies dropped from $86.2 million (1.90 percent) as of March 31, 2009 to $42.3 million (0.95 percent) as of June 30, 2009. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s ethanol exposure, which includes loans, loans subject to LTSPCs and REO, was $279.1 million, with exposure to 29 different plants, and an additional $27.0 million of undisbursed commitments. Other than the undisbursed commitments, Farmer Mac is not seeking to add more ethanol loan exposure to its portfolio. See “—Risk Management—Credit Risk – Loans” for more detail about Farmer Mac’s ethanol portfolio.
The total allowance for losses was $9.3 million as of June 30, 2009 compared to $16.4 million as of December 31, 2008. During second quarter 2009, Farmer Mac recorded a release of its allowance for losses of $6.2 million and charge-offs of $5.7 million, both primarily related to ethanol loans, compared to no release or provision for losses and charge-offs net of recoveries of $0.1 million during second quarter 2008. During first quarter 2009, Farmer Mac recorded provisions for losses of $6.1 million and charge-offs net of recoveries of $1.2 million, both primarily related to ethanol loans, compared to no release or provision for losses and charge-offs of $39,000 during first quarter 2008.
Other than the ethanol portfolio, the loans underlying the Corporation’s guarantees and commitments continued to perform well during second quarter 2009, with delinquencies on non-ethanol loans showing slight increases, but remaining below Farmer Mac’s long-term average. This is in part a result of the cumulative strong performance of the U.S. agricultural economy over the past several years. However, based on the potential decline in the profitability of certain agricultural industries, Farmer Mac expects that delinquencies are likely to increase during the remainder of 2009 and beyond, although any such delinquencies and related credit losses are expected to remain within Farmer Mac’s historical experience. See “—Results of Operations—Outlook” and “—Risk Management—Credit Risk – Loans” for more detail about the outlook for certain agricultural industries.
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Farmer Mac’s 2009 results included significant gains on financial derivatives. The second quarter gain on financial derivatives was $21.5 million, compared to a gain of $31.1 million during second quarter 2008. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the gain on financial derivatives was $23.2 million, compared to a loss of $10.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008. Fair value gains on trading assets totaled $35,000 for second quarter 2009, compared to losses of $17.3 million for second quarter 2008. For the six months ended June 30, 2009 the gains on trading assets totaled $31.7 million, compared to losses of $7.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008. These changes in fair value for financial derivatives and trading assets have historically contributed significant volatility to Farmer Mac’s periodic earnings. While such changes may at times produce significant income, as has been the case in 2009, they may also produce significant losses, as has been the case in previous reporting periods. Future changes in those values cannot be reliably predicted; however, as of June 30, 2009 the cumulative fair value after-tax losses recorded on financial derivatives was $70.1 million. Over time, Farmer Mac will realize in earnings the net effect of the cash settlements on its interest rate swap contracts, which may on its own produce either income or expense, but is expected to generate positive effective net spread when combined with the interest earned and paid on the assets and liabilities Farmer Mac holds on its balance sheet. This positive effective net spread will continue to build retained earnings and capital over time. Although the unrealized fair value fluctuations experienced throughout the term of the financial derivatives will temporarily impact earnings and capital, those fluctuations will have no permanent effect upon maturity.
Farmer Mac’s year-to-date 2009 results benefited from two first quarter transactions. The first was the conversion of certain Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities into loans and the subsequent sale of a pool of loans consisting of a portion of the loans previously underlying those securities and other loans previously classified on the balance sheet as loans. The total principal balance of loans sold was $354.5 million. The sale resulted in a gain of $1.6 million and a recovery of previously charged off losses of $0.8 million. The primary purpose of the sale was to eliminate the need to hold capital in support of the loans under Farmer Mac’s statutory minimum capital requirements, thereby reducing Farmer Mac’s overall statutory minimum capital requirement by approximately $9.7 million. The second transaction was the sale of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. senior debt securities that had been written down to $5.4 million as of December 31, 2008. The sale of the securities during first quarter 2009 for $8.6 million resulted in a $3.2 million recovery of previously written off losses. That recovery was recorded as “(Losses)/gains on sale of available-for-sale investment securities” on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
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To assist in the comparison of results to prior periods, the table below summarizes many of the significant items discussed above as they relate to Farmer Mac’s results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 and reconciles those items as separate components of net income available to common stockholders, distinct from the recurring items during the periods presented.
For the Three Months Ended
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
2009
2008
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Recurring items:
Guarantee and commitment fees
$
7,908
$
6,659
$
15,318
$
13,293
Net interest income including realized gains on financial derivatives
10,141
16,660
20,300
31,877
Other income
101
662
335
1,123
Credit related charges
6,238
(38
)
164
(87
)
Operating costs
(7,070
)
(6,683
)
(14,522
)
(12,874
)
Related tax expense
(5,800
)
(5,854
)
(6,786
)
(10,846
)
Preferred stock dividends
(4,130
)
(560
)
(8,066
)
(1,120
)
Subtotal
7,388
10,846
6,743
21,366
Items resulting from fair value fluctuations:
Fair values changes in financial derivatives
31,288
38,748
46,280
(251
)
Fair value changes in trading assets
35
(17,268
)
31,660
(7,157
)
Related tax (expense)/benefit
(10,964
)
(7,519
)
(27,280
)
2,592
Subtotal
20,359
13,961
50,660
(4,816
)
Other items:
Other-than-temporary impairment - credit losses
(2,292
)
(5,344
)
(2,373
)
(5,344
)
(Losses)/gains on asset sales
(300
)
150
4,431
150
Related tax benefit/(expense)
230
1,818
(558
)
1,818
Subtotal
(2,362
)
(3,376
)
1,500
(3,376
)
Net income available to common stockholders
$
25,385
$
21,431
$
58,903
$
13,174
Set forth below is a more detailed discussion of Farmer Mac’s results of operations.
Net Interest Income
. Net interest income was $19.9 million for second quarter 2009, compared to $24.4 million for second quarter 2008. Net interest income was $43.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $42.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The net interest yield was 176 basis points for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to 149 basis points for the six months ended June 30, 2008.
The following table provides information regarding interest-earning assets and funding for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. The balance of non-accruing loans is included in the average balance of interest-earning loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities presented, though the related income is accounted for on the cash basis. Therefore, as the balance of non-accruing loans and the income received increases or decreases, the net interest yield will fluctuate accordingly. The average rate earned on cash and investments reflects lower short-term market rates during the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2008. The lower average rate on loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities during the six months ended June 30, 2009 reflects the decline in market rates reflected in the rates on loans acquired or reset during the past year. The lower average rate on Farmer Mac’s notes payable due within one year is consistent with general trends in average short-term rates during the periods presented. The downward trend in the average rate on notes payable due after one year reflects the retirement of older debt and the issuance of new debt at lower market rates during the latter part of 2008 and 2009.
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For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
Average
Balance
Income/
Expense
Average
Rate
Average
Balance
Income/
Expense
Average
Rate
(dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
Cash and investments
$
1,554,738
$
15,958
2.05
%
$
3,553,861
$
76,910
4.33
%
Loans and Farmer Mac
Guaranteed Securities
3,359,356
72,945
4.34
%
2,108,105
62,011
5.88
%
Total interest-earning assets
4,914,094
88,903
3.62
%
5,661,966
138,921
4.91
%
Funding:
Notes payable due within one year
3,223,496
15,144
0.94
%
3,784,194
58,187
3.08
%
Notes payable due after one year
1,482,193
30,418
4.10
%
1,653,313
38,438
4.65
%
Total interest-bearing liabilities
4,705,689
45,562
1.94
%
5,437,507
96,625
3.55
%
Net non-interest-bearing funding
208,405
-
224,459
Total funding
$
4,914,094
45,562
1.85
%
$
5,661,966
96,625
3.41
%
Net interest income/yield
$
43,341
1.76
%
$
42,296
1.49
%
The following table sets forth information regarding the changes in the components of Farmer Mac’s net interest income for the periods indicated. For each category, information is provided on changes attributable to changes in volume (change in volume multiplied by old rate) and changes in rate (change in rate multiplied by old volume). Combined rate/volume variances, the third element of the calculation, are allocated based on their relative size. The decreases in income due to changes in rate reflect the reset of variable-rate investments and adjustable-rate mortgages to lower rates and the acquisition of new lower-yielding investments, loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, as described above. The decreases in expense reflect the decreased cost of funding due to lower interest rates in the debt markets.
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For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
Compared to the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2008
Increase/(Decrease) Due to
Rate
Volume
Total
(in thousands)
Income from interest-earning assets:
Cash and investments
$
(29,445
)
$
(31,507
)
$
(60,952
)
Loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
(19,185
)
30,119
10,934
Total
(48,630
)
(1,388
)
(50,018
)
Expense from interest-bearing liabilities
(39,409
)
(11,654
)
(51,063
)
Change in net interest income
$
(9,221
)
$
10,266
$
1,045
Farmer Mac’s net interest yield excludes income and expense related to financial derivatives and includes yield maintenance payments received upon the early payoff of certain borrower’s loans. The following paragraphs describe the effects of these items on the net interest yield and the table below presents them as adjustments to reconcile to the net effective spread Farmer Mac earns on the difference between its interest-earning assets and its net funding costs, including payments for income and expense related to financial derivatives.
Farmer Mac accounts for its financial derivatives as undesignated financial derivatives. Accordingly, the Corporation records the income or expense related to financial derivatives as gains and losses on financial derivatives. For the three months ended June 30, 2009, this resulted in an increase of the net interest yield of $9.9 million (83 basis points), compared to an increase of the net interest yield of $8.1 million (55 basis points) for the three months ended June 30, 2008. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, this resulted in an increase of the net interest yield of $20.5 million (84 basis points), compared to an increase of the net interest yield of $10.1 million (36 basis points) for the six months ended June 30, 2008.
Farmer Mac’s net interest income and net interest yields for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 included the benefits of yield maintenance payments of $0.1 million (1 basis point) and $1.5 million (10 basis points), respectively. The net interest yields for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 included the benefits of yield maintenance payments of $0.4 million (2 basis points) and $2.9 million (10 basis points), respectively. Yield maintenance payments represent the present value of expected future interest income streams and accelerate the recognition of interest income from the related loans. As these figures demonstrate, the amounts of these payments, which are largely the result of borrower refinancing, were greatly reduced in 2009 compared to 2008. Because the timing and size of these payments vary greatly, variations do not necessarily indicate positive or negative trends to gauge future financial results.
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The following table presents the net effective spread between Farmer Mac’s interest-earning assets and its net funding costs. This spread is measured by including income or expense related to financial derivatives and subtracting yield maintenance payments.
For the Three Months Ended
For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
Amount
Yield
Amount
Yield
Amount
Yield
Amount
Yield
(dollars in thousands)
Net interest income/yield
$
19,901
1.66
%
$
24,358
1.66
%
$
43,341
1.76
%
$
42,296
1.49
%
Expense related to financial derivatives
(9,937
)
-0.83
%
(8,065
)
-0.55
%
(20,525
)
-0.84
%
(10,120
)
-0.36
%
Yield maintenance payments
(108
)
-0.01
%
(1,515
)
-0.10
%
(372
)
-0.02
%
(2,912
)
-0.10
%
Net spread
$
9,856
0.82
%
$
14,778
1.01
%
$
22,444
0.90
%
$
29,264
1.03
%
Provision for Loan Losses
. During second quarter 2009, Farmer Mac recorded a release of its allowance for loan losses of $5.7 million, compared to provisions of $3.5 million in first quarter 2009 and no release or provision in the same periods for 2008. The provisions for loan losses in 2009 were largely attributable to defaulted ethanol loans previously purchased from AgStar Financial Services, a related party, pursuant to the terms of an LTSPC agreement. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac's total allowance for loan losses was $1.8 million, compared to $10.9 million as of December 31, 2008. See “—Risk Management—Credit Risk – Loans.”
Guarantee and Commitment Fees
. Guarantee and commitment fees, which compensate Farmer Mac for assuming the credit risk on loans underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs, were $7.9 million for second quarter 2009 and $15.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $6.7 million and $13.3 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008. As noted above, Farmer Mac’s guarantee and commitment fees increased in 2009 both because the average level of guarantees and commitments outstanding and the average fees charged have increased. In both cases, the increases are attributable to the rural utilities business added since June 30, 2008.
Gains and Losses on Financial Derivatives
. Farmer Mac accounts for its financial derivatives as undesignated financial derivatives and does not apply hedge accounting available under SFAS 133. The net effect of gains and losses on financial derivatives for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 was net gains of $21.5 million and $23.2 million, compared to net gains of $31.1 million and net losses of $10.7 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008. The components of gains and losses on financial derivatives for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are summarized in the following table:
For the Three Months Ended
For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
(in thousands)
Realized:
Expense related to financial derivatives
$
(9,937
)
$
(8,065
)
$
(20,525
)
$
(10,120
)
Gains/(losses) due to terminations or net settlements
255
490
(2,378
)
(65
)
Unrealized gains/(losses) due to fair value changes
31,287
38,748
46,280
(251
)
Amortization of SFAS 133 transition adjustment
(77
)
(123
)
(138
)
(234
)
Gains/(losses) on financial derivatives
$
21,528
$
31,050
$
23,239
$
(10,670
)
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The accrual of periodic cash settlements for interest paid or received from Farmer Mac’s interest rate swap contracts is shown as expense related to financial derivatives in the table above. Payments or receipts to terminate derivative positions or net cash settle forward sales contracts on mortgage-backed securities and the debt of other GSEs and U.S. Treasury futures are included in losses due to terminations or net settlements. Changes in the fair value of Farmer Mac’s open derivative positions are captured in unrealized gains/(losses) due to fair value changes and are primarily the result of fluctuations in market interest rates. The amortization of the SFAS 133 transition adjustment reflects the reclassification into earnings of the unrealized losses on financial derivatives included in accumulated other comprehensive (loss)/income as a result of the adoption of SFAS 133. The remaining SFAS 133 transition adjustment of $0.1 million will be reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged forecasted transactions (either the payment of interest or the issuance of discount notes) affect earnings or immediately when it becomes probable that the original hedged forecasted transaction will not occur within two months of the originally specified date.
Gains on Trading Assets
. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac recognized gains on trading assets of $35,000 and $31.7 million, respectively, compared to losses of $17.3 million and $7.2 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008. Gains on trading assets are discussed further in Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. During first quarter 2009, Farmer Mac changed the inputs to its discounted cash flow model used to estimate the fair value of its investments in thinly traded GSE preferred stock. The benchmark securities previously used to derive credit spreads for estimates of fair value as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2008 were preferred stock issued by large national financial institutions. The preferred stock securities of these large financial institutions experienced significant volatility during first quarter 2009 due to changes in the credit quality of the issuers and the market expectations regarding projected cash flows for the securities. The change in the market expectations of projected future cash flows for those securities was inconsistent with the Farm Credit System preferred stock owned by Farmer Mac. Had Farmer Mac estimated the fair value of the Farm Credit System preferred stock as of December 31, 2008 using the new methodology in place as of June 30, 2009, the fair values of those securities would have been $175.0 million, an increase of approximately $13.4 million from the estimated fair value of $161.6 million as of December 31, 2008.
Gains on Sale of Available-for-Sale Investment Securities
. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac realized losses of $0.3 million and gains of $2.9 million, respectively, from the sale of securities from its available-for-sale portfolio, compared to gains of $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008. The gain in 2009 was primarily attributable to Farmer Mac’s sale of all of its remaining investment in Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. senior debt securities as to which the Corporation had recorded $54.5 million in other-than-temporary impairment losses during 2008.
General and Administrative Expenses
. General and administrative expenses, including legal, independent audit, and consulting fees, were $3.0 million for second quarter 2009 and $5.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $2.2 million and $4.3 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008. The increases in those expenses were largely attributable to legal and consulting fees related to the development of Farmer Mac programs and related transactions.
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Regulatory Fees
.
Regulatory fees for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 were $0.5 million and $1.0 million, respectively, compared to $0.5 million and $1.0 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008. FCA has advised Farmer Mac that its estimated fees for the federal fiscal year ending September 30, 2009 will be $2.1 million, compared to $2.1 million for the federal fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. After the end of a federal government fiscal year, FCA may revise its prior year estimated assessments to reflect actual costs incurred, and has issued both additional assessments and refunds in the past.
Provision for Losses
. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac recorded a release of $0.5 million and provisions of $2.0 million, respectively, for losses related to its guarantee activities and LTSPCs, compared to no such release or provision in the same periods in 2008. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s total reserve for losses was $7.5 million, compared to $5.5 million as of December 31, 2008.
Income Tax Expense
. Income tax expense totaled $16.5 million and $34.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively, compared to $11.6 million and $6.4 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008. Farmer Mac’s effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 were approximately 35.9 percent and 34.0 percent, respectively, compared to approximately 34.4 percent and 31.0 percent, respectively, for the same periods in 2008.
Business Volume
.
During second quarter 2009, Farmer Mac added $1.1 billion of new program volume in the form of:
·
purchases of $37.9 million of Farmer Mac I loans;
·
the placement of $22.7 million of Farmer Mac I loans under LTSPCs;
·
purchases of $96.3 million of Farmer Mac II USDA-guaranteed portions of loans; and
·
purchases of $900.0 million of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities – Rural Utilities.
This new business volume was partially offset by principal paydowns on outstanding loans and loans underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs. Farmer Mac’s outstanding program volume was $10.4 billion as of June 30, 2009. In May 2009, Farmer Mac entered into a note purchase agreement with National Rural for the guarantee and purchase of up to $1.0 billion additional notes representing general obligations of National Rural and secured by eligible rural utilities loans in an amount at least equal to the total principal amount of notes outstanding. The terms of this borrowing facility are similar to two previous $500.0 million facilities initially described in Farmer Mac’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 19, 2008 and then subsequent periodic filings with the SEC. As with the two previous facilities, National Rural will be required to purchase shares of Farmer Mac’s Series C Preferred Stock in an amount sufficient to maintain a balance at all times that is at least equal to 4.0 percent of the principal amount of the notes outstanding under the new facility. No secured notes were purchased from National Rural under the new facility during second quarter 2009. During third quarter 2009, Farmer Mac agreed to purchase at least $425.0 million of secured notes under the facility before the end of August 2009, which will result in the purchase of an additional $17.0 million of Series C Preferred Stock by National Rural.
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The following table sets forth Farmer Mac’s loan purchase, guarantee, and commitment activities for newly originated and current seasoned loans during the periods indicated:
For the Three Months Ended
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
2009
2008
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Loan purchase and guarantee and commitment activity:
Farmer Mac I:
Loans
$
37,900
$
53,838
$
67,714
$
91,306
LTSPCs
22,717
116,472
88,437
169,753
AgVantage
-
-
-
-
Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities
96,322
79,700
175,377
132,814
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities -
Rural Utilities
900,000
1,330,676
1,170,000
1,330,676
Total purchases, guarantees
and commitments
$
1,056,939
$
1,580,686
$
1,501,528
$
1,724,549
The weighted-average ages of the Farmer Mac I newly originated and current seasoned loans purchased during each of second quarter 2009 and second quarter 2008 was less than one month. Of the Farmer Mac I newly originated and current seasoned loans purchased during second quarter 2009 and second quarter 2008, 77 percent and 73 percent, respectively, had principal amortization periods longer than the maturity date, resulting in balloon payments at maturity, with a weighted-average remaining term to maturity of 16.2 years and 15.3 years, respectively. The weighted-average age of delinquent loans purchased out of securitized pools and LTSPCs during second quarter 2009 and second quarter 2008 was 2.3 years and 28.7 years, respectively.
As part of fulfilling its guarantee obligations for Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and commitments to purchase eligible loans underlying LTSPCs, Farmer Mac purchases defaulted loans, all of which are at least 90 days delinquent or in material non-monetary default at the time of purchase, out of the loan pools underlying those securities and LTSPCs, and records the purchased loans as such on its balance sheet. The purchase price for defaulted loans purchased out of Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities is the current outstanding principal balance of the loan plus accrued and unpaid interest. The purchase price for defaulted loans purchased under an LTSPC is the then-current outstanding principal balance of the loan, with accrued and unpaid interest on the defaulted loans payable out of any future loan payments or liquidation proceeds as received. The purchase price of a defaulted loan is not an indicator of the expected loss on that loan; many other factors affect expected loss, if any, on loans so purchased. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Risk Management—Credit Risk—Loans” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009.
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The following table presents Farmer Mac’s loan purchases of newly originated and current seasoned loans and defaulted loans purchased underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs:
For the Three Months Ended
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
2009
2008
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I newly originated and current seasoned loan purchases
$
37,900
$
53,838
$
67,714
$
91,306
Defaulted loans purchased underlying off-balance sheet Farmer Mac I
Guaranteed Securities
-
-
-
304
Defaulted loans underlying on-balance sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed
Securities transferred to loans
-
-
2,216
859
Defaulted loans purchased underlying LTSPCs
572
26
3,386
26
Total loan purchases
$
38,472
$
53,864
$
73,316
$
92,495
Outlook
. During second quarter 2009, the disruptions in the capital markets that began in 2008 and led to a sharp downturn in the national economy began to ease. While Farmer Mac’s medium-term note issuance was somewhat limited by market conditions near the end of 2008, during 2009 Farmer Mac has regularly issued medium-term notes, with maturities ranging from one to fifteen years. For several quarters prior to second quarter 2009, Farmer Mac had been able to issue shorter term discount notes at historically wide spreads below LIBOR as investors sought safety in the debt of the U.S. government and GSEs. Those spreads began moving back toward historical levels during second quarter 2009, primarily as a result of improved investor confidence in non-GSE issuers. These movements in spreads resulted in reduced net interest income during 2009, which may continue for the remainder of 2009.
To date in 2009, conditions in the agricultural sector have continued to be more stable than the national economy in general, but the sector is not insulated from the effects of the economic downturn. The agricultural sector is made up of diverse industries that respond in different ways to changes in economic conditions and, in fact, often compete with one another. While some industries continue to prosper, others, such as ethanol producers and the protein sector (i.e., cattle, poultry and pork producers) are being pressured by falling prices for their products and elevated input costs. In recent months, the pressure on the ethanol industry has moderated somewhat as the cost of corn, the primary input, has decreased, and the price of ethanol has risen. The dairy sector continues to experience operating losses due to oversupply and the worldwide economic slowdown, and significant portions of California and Texas are facing issues related to persistent drought. Farmer Mac will continue to monitor closely developments in those industries and areas experiencing stress, but anticipates that loan problems in those industries and areas are likely to increase throughout 2009, which could lead to higher delinquencies, provisions for losses and charge-offs, although any such credit issues are expected to remain within Farmer Mac’s historical experience.
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With respect to the agricultural operating and lending markets, recent farmland sales have not reflected the level of buyer confidence that has been evident over the past several years, as farm real estate values appear slightly lower in most U.S. agricultural regions. Farm input costs and current commodity prices have significantly squeezed profits and the related demand for farmland, especially in the protein sector and stressed irrigation water areas. Additionally, non-farmer investors who bought farmland during the past several years contributed to the rise in farm real estate values over that time, and these farmland buyers are notably fewer under current economic and market conditions. Based on these factors, Farmer Mac does not expect the rapid farm real estate value appreciation of the past several years to continue in the near term.
Farmer Mac foresees opportunities for business growth in the rural utilities segment, a new area for Farmer Mac as a result of the legislative expansion of its charter in May 2008. Farmer Mac’s expansion into the rural utilities sector has led to $1.8 billion of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities – Rural Utilites outstanding as of June 30, 2009. That business has been largely concentrated in the extension of credit to National Rural in the form of notes representing general obligations of National Rural and secured by eligible rural utilities loans in an amount at least equal to the total principal amount of notes outstanding. For more information about those obligations, which are similar in structure to AgVantage securities issued under the Farmer Mac I program, see “—Risk Management—Credit Risk – Institutional.” For more information about the rural utilities industry and Farmer Mac’s business prospects in that area, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations—Outlook for 2009” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009.
Balance Sheet Review
Assets
. Total assets as of June 30, 2009 were $5.3 billion, compared to $5.1 billion as of December 31, 2008. That increase is a result of Farmer Mac’s on-balance sheet program assets (Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and loans) increasing $443.2 million to a total of $3.7 billion and non-program assets decreasing $227.9 million to $1.7 billion as of June 30, 2009. The increase in program assets was largely a result of the purchase of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities – Rural Utilities, partially offset by the first quarter 2009 sale of $354.5 million of loans and ongoing borrower paydowns of loans and loans underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities.
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had $362.9 million of cash and cash equivalents compared to $278.4 million as of December 31, 2008. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had $1.0 billion of investment securities compared to $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2008.
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The following table summarizes Farmer Mac’s $1.0 billion of investment securities and the unrealized gains and losses as of June 30, 2009.
June 30, 2009
Amortized
Unrealized
Unrealized
Cost
Gains
Losses
Fair Value
(in thousands)
Available-for-sale:
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans
$
74,100
$
-
$
(5,384
)
$
68,716
Floating rate asset-backed securities
70,394
14
(288
)
70,120
Floating rate corporate debt securities
349,645
-
(13,991
)
335,654
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
301,644
235
(2,613
)
299,266
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
6,812
235
-
7,047
Floating rate GSE subordinated debt
70,000
-
(15,813
)
54,187
Floating rate GSE preferred stock
700
850
-
1,550
Total available-for-sale
873,295
1,334
(38,089
)
836,540
Trading:
Floating rate asset-backed securities
7,022
-
(5,085
)
1,937
Fixed rate GSE preferred stock
179,898
3,602
-
183,500
Total trading
186,920
3,602
(5,085
)
185,437
Total investment securities
$
1,060,215
$
4,936
$
(43,174
)
$
1,021,977
The unrealized losses on the investment securities classified as trading have been recognized in retained earnings and, as such, reduced Farmer Mac’s core capital for regulatory compliance purposes. The unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities are recorded to “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” in the equity section of Farmer Mac’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. Accumulated other comprehensive loss is not a component of Farmer Mac’s core capital for regulatory capital compliance purposes. Therefore, such losses do not impact Farmer Mac’s regulatory capital compliance measures. If such losses were realized, either through sale or determination that the unrealized losses were other-than-temporary, Farmer Mac’s regulatory capital compliance measures would be affected as such items would be recorded through retained earnings, which is a component of Farmer Mac’s core capital for regulatory capital compliance purposes.
As shown in the table above, unrealized losses on the investment securities are concentrated in two categories: floating rate corporate debt securities and floating rate GSE subordinated debt securities. The GSE subordinated debt securities are investments in CoBank, ACB, an institution of the Farm Credit System, a government-sponsored enterprise. The floating rate corporate debt securities with unrealized losses, the issuers of which are primarily financial institutions, are summarized in the following table as of June 30, 2009:
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June 30, 2009
Amortized
Unrealized
Fair
S&P Credit
Cost
Losses
Value
Rating
Maturity
(in thousands)
HSBC Finance
$
49,907
$
(4,868
)
$
45,039
A
Various through July 2012
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (1)
49,989
(4,145
)
45,844
A
November 2011
Goldman Sachs
61,730
(2,669
)
59,061
A
February 2012
Morgan Stanley
34,943
(785
)
34,158
A
Various through January 2011
Credit Suisse USA Inc.
35,000
(673
)
34,327
A+
Various through August 2011
Wachovia Corp. (2)
9,948
(450
)
9,498
AA-
October 2011
Wells Fargo & Co.
8,576
(187
)
8,389
AA-
January 2011
American Express Credit Corp.
15,536
(87
)
15,449
BBB+
Various through December 2009
John Deere Capital Corp
20,000
(85
)
19,915
A
July 2010
Bear Stearns Cos. LLC (3)
25,000
(37
)
24,963
A+
May 2010
Aleutian Investments LLC (4)
5,000
(5
)
4,995
A
April 2010
CIT Group Inc. (5)
34,016
-
34,016
BB-
August 2009
$
349,645
$
(13,991
)
$
335,654
(1)
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. was acquired by Bank of America in January 2009.
(2)
Wachovia Corp. was acquired by Wells Fargo in January 2009.
(3)
Bear Stearns Cos. LLC was acquired by JPMorgan in 2008. $20.0 million of the Bear Stearns corporate debt securities was sold in August 2009 at a price of 100.03% of par.
(4)
Aleutian Investments LLC's credit rating was downgraded by Moody's rating agency in July 2009 from Ba3 to Caa2.
(5)
CIT Group Inc. corporate debt securities were sold in July 2009 at a price of 94.55% of par.
Farmer Mac continues to evaluate the inherent risks of holding each of the investment securities in an unrealized loss position. That evaluation includes the assessment of the potential losses that could be realized (including other-than-temporary impairment charges), the likelihood of recovery (including an evaluation of the time to maturity and likelihood of repayment), the impact of recent and planned interventions by several governments and their agencies to support financial institutions, as well as the adequacy of Farmer Mac’s core capital to absorb a realized loss on the sale of a security. Farmer Mac does not intend to sell these securities and it is not more likely than not that Farmer Mac will be required to sell the securities before recovery of the amortized cost basis. Management will continue to evaluate each of these investment positions in light of the inherent risks and Farmer Mac’s capital position.
Liabilities
. Consistent with the net increase in total assets of $215.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2009, total liabilities increased $91.4 million and stockholder’s equity increased $124.0 million during the same period. The increase in liabilities was primarily due to additional funding used to acquire additional program assets.
Capital
. Farmer Mac was in compliance with its statutory minimum capital requirement and its risk-based capital standard as of June 30, 2009. Farmer Mac is required to hold capital at the higher of its statutory minimum capital requirement or the amount required by its risk-based capital stress test. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s core capital totaled $296.1 million and exceeded its statutory minimum capital requirement of $196.2 million by $99.9 million. As of December 31, 2008, Farmer Mac’s core capital totaled $207.0 million and exceeded its statutory minimum capital requirement of $193.5 million by $13.5 million. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s risk-based capital stress test generated a risk-based capital requirement of $50.2 million. Farmer Mac’s regulatory capital of $305.4 million exceeded that amount by approximately $255.2 million. Accumulated other comprehensive loss is not a component of Farmer Mac’s core capital or regulatory capital.
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Farmer Mac is currently evaluating its capital position and structure with respect to its statutory and regulatory capital requirements and prospective business opportunities. In addition to the ongoing issuance of its Series C Preferred Stock, in conjunction with the placement of pools of loans in excess of $20.0 million into a Farmer Mac program, the Corporation is exploring other potential strategies to strengthen Farmer Mac’s capital position. The strategies under consideration include offerings of common or preferred equity securities by Farmer Mac or a subsidiary of Farmer Mac and/or one or more offerings of trust securities that could be supported primarily by the cash flows from selected Farmer Mac program assets. Strengthening Farmer Mac’s capital position would provide greater assurance of Farmer Mac’s continued compliance with statutory and regulatory capital requirements and ability to accomplish its Congressional mission.
Off-Balance Sheet Program Activities
Farmer Mac offers approved lenders two credit enhancement alternatives to increase their liquidity or lending capacity while retaining the cash flow benefits of their loans: (1) Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, which are available through each of the Farmer Mac I, Farmer Mac II and Rural Utilities programs; and (2) LTSPCs, which are available only through the Farmer Mac I and Rural Utilities programs. Both of these alternatives result in the creation of off-balance sheet obligations for Farmer Mac in the ordinary course of its business. See Note 5 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information regarding Farmer Mac’s off-balance sheet program activities.
Risk Management
Credit Risk – Loans
.
Farmer Mac is exposed to credit risk resulting from the failure of borrowers to repay their loans in conjunction with a deficiency in the value of the collateral relative to the outstanding balance of the loan and the costs of liquidation. Farmer Mac is exposed to credit risk on:
·
loans held;
·
loans underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities; and
·
loans underlying LTSPCs.
Farmer Mac generally assumes 100 percent of the credit risk on loans held and loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities, LTSPCs and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities – Rural Utilities. Farmer Mac’s credit exposure on USDA-guaranteed portions is covered by the full faith and credit of the United States. Farmer Mac believes it has little or no credit risk exposure to USDA-guaranteed portions because of the USDA guarantee. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had not experienced any credit losses on any Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities and does not expect to incur any such losses in the future.
Farmer Mac AgVantage securities are general obligations of institutions approved by Farmer Mac and are secured by eligible loans in an amount at least equal to the outstanding principal amount of the security. Farmer Mac excludes the loans that secure AgVantage securities from the credit risk metrics it discloses because of the credit quality of the issuing institutions, the collateralization level for the securities, and because delinquent loans are required to be removed from the pool of pledged loans and replaced with current eligible loans. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had not experienced any credit losses on any AgVantage securities and does not expect to incur any such losses in the future.
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Farmer Mac has established underwriting, collateral valuation and documentation standards for eligible loans to mitigate the risk of loss from borrower defaults and to provide guidance concerning the management, administration and conduct of underwriting and appraisals to all participating sellers and potential sellers in its programs. Detailed information regarding Farmer Mac’s underwriting and collateral valuation standards and seller eligibility requirements are presented in “Business—Farmer Mac Programs—Farmer Mac I—Underwriting and Collateral Valuation (Appraisal) Standards,” “Business—Farmer Mac Programs—Farmer Mac I—Sellers” and “Business—Farmer Mac Programs—Rural Utilities” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009.
Farmer Mac maintains an allowance for losses to cover estimated probable losses on loans held and loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities, LTSPCs and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities – Rural Utilities in accordance with SFAS 5 and SFAS 114. The methodology that Farmer Mac uses to determine the level of its allowance for losses is described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Allowance for Losses” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009. Management believes that this methodology produces a reliable estimate of probable losses, as of the balance sheet date, for all loans held and loans underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs, in accordance with SFAS 5 and SFAS 114.
The following table summarizes the components of Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:
June 30,
December 31,
2009
2008
(in thousands)
Allowance for loan losses
$
1,810
$
10,929
Reserve for losses:
On-balance sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities
-
869
Off-balance sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities
1,703
535
LTSPCs
5,793
4,102
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities - Rural Utilities
-
-
Total
$
9,306
$
16,435
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The following table summarizes the changes in the components of Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2008
Allowance
Total
Allowance
Total
for Loan
Reserve
Allowance
for Loan
Reserve
Allowance
Losses
for Losses
for Losses
Losses
for Losses
for Losses
(in thousands)
For the Three Months Ended:
Beginning balance
$
13,228
$
8,025
$
21,253
$
1,651
$
2,197
$
3,848
Provision/(recovery) for losses
(5,693
)
(529
)
(6,222
)
-
-
-
Charge-offs
(5,725
)
-
(5,725
)
(69
)
-
(69
)
Recoveries
-
-
-
10
-
10
Ending balance
$
1,810
$
7,496
$
9,306
$
1,592
$
2,197
$
3,789
For the Six Months Ended:
Beginning balance
$
10,929
$
5,506
$
16,435
$
1,690
$
2,197
$
3,887
Provision/(recovery) for losses
(2,159
)
1,990
(169
)
-
-
-
Charge-offs
(7,725
)
-
(7,725
)
(108
)
-
(108
)
Recoveries
765
-
765
10
-
10
Ending balance
$
1,810
$
7,496
$
9,306
$
1,592
$
2,197
$
3,789
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac recorded releases of its allowance for losses of $6.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, compared to no release or provision for the same periods in 2008. Farmer Mac recorded $5.7 million and $7.7 million of charge-offs in the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively, against the allowance for losses, and $0.1 million of charge-offs for both of the same periods in 2008. Farmer Mac recorded no recoveries in the three months ended June 30, 2009 and $0.8 million in recoveries in the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $10,000 for both of the same periods in 2008. There was no previously accrued or advanced interest on loans or Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities charged off in second quarter 2009 or second quarter 2008. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses totaled $9.3 million, or 21 basis points of the outstanding principal balance of loans held and loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) and LTSPCs, compared to $16.4 million or 33 basis points as of December 31, 2008.
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s 90-day delinquencies were $42.3 million (0.95 percent), compared to $5.2 million (0.11 percent) as of June 30, 2008. Ethanol loans comprised $18.8 million of the 90-day delinquencies as of June 30, 2009. Other than the ethanol portfolio, the loans underlying the Corporation’s guarantees and commitments continued to perform well during second quarter 2009, with delinquencies on non-ethanol loans remaining below Farmer Mac’s historical average, consistent with the strength of the U.S. agricultural economy over the past several years. As of June 30, 2009, there were no delinquencies or non-performing assets in Farmer Mac’s portfolio of rural utilities loans. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s non-performing assets totaled $97.1 million (2.17 percent), compared to $28.2 million (0.57 percent) as of June 30, 2008. Ethanol loans comprised $59.7 million of non-performing assets as of June 30, 2009. Loans that have been restructured were insignificant and are included within the reported 90-day delinquency and non-performing asset disclosures. From quarter to quarter, Farmer Mac anticipates that 90-day delinquencies and non-performing assets will fluctuate, both in dollars and as a percentage of the outstanding portfolio, with higher levels likely at the end of the first and third quarters of each year corresponding to the semi-annual (January 1
st
and July 1
st
) payment characteristics of most Farmer Mac I loans.
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As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s ethanol exposure, which includes loans, loans subject to LTSPCs and REO, was $279.1 million on 29 different plants, with an additional $27.0 million of undisbursed commitments. Other than the undisbursed commitments, Farmer Mac is not seeking to add more ethanol loan exposure to its portfolio. During fourth quarter 2008, VeraSun Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. VeraSun’s subsidiaries operated four ethanol plants that, as of March 31, 2009, secured $43.9 million of outstanding loan participations in Farmer Mac’s portfolio, with the largest single exposure to any one plant of $12.4 million. As of March 31, 2009, Farmer Mac classified its outstanding loan participations as “Loans held for investment” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and a specific allowance of $12.1 million was included in the “Allowance for loan losses,” which brought the net carrying value to $31.8 million.
In April 2009, the lending groups that include Farmer Mac formed limited liability companies (“LLCs”) through which the lending groups acquired the four ethanol plants as part of the VeraSun bankruptcy proceedings, with the lender credit bid prevailing at the bankruptcy auction. The lender groups are in the process of selling the four ethanol plants. Subsequent to June 30, 2009, one of the ethanol plants was sold, and the lender groups signed agreements for the sale of two of the plants. Negotiations are currently underway for the sale of the remaining plant. Although the terms of sale and the participants in the lending group vary among each of the four ethanol plants, in each case the lending group is providing a significant portion of the financing to the purchasers.
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac classified its ownership interest in the ethanol plants as “Real estate owned” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and recorded its investment at the estimated net realizable value of $41.0 million, which is the estimated fair value of the ethanol plants less anticipated selling costs. Farmer Mac considered many factors in determining its best estimate of fair value, including sales price and financing terms, collectability of the sales price, credit standing and risk of loss of the purchaser, operating capacity of the plants and adequacy of cash flow projections, and an independent third-party appraisal. Due to the distressed nature of the bankruptcy auction in April 2009, Farmer Mac ultimately concluded that the sales prices negotiated in third quarter 2009 were the best evidence of the fair values of the REO properties as of the date of acquisition of the REO properties. Those fair values resulted in charge-offs of $5.7 million and the release of the remaining $6.3 million of the specific allowance outstanding as of March 31, 2009. While Farmer Mac believes there are no probable losses inherent in the loans made to finance the REO sales at this point in time, future operating performance of the facilities, fluctuations in corn and ethanol prices, along with other factors, may result in future provisions for losses and charge-offs on those loans.
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The following table presents historical information regarding Farmer Mac’s non-performing assets and 90-day delinquencies in the Farmer Mac I program compared to the principal balance of all loans held and loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) and LTSPCs:
Outstanding
Loans,
Less:
Guarantees (1),
Non-
REO and
LTSPCs,
performing
Performing
90-day
and REO
Assets
Percentage
Bankruptcies
Delinquencies
Percentage
(dollars in thousands)
As of:
June 30, 2009
$
4,471,567
$
97,123
2.17
%
$
54,816
$
42,307
0.95
%
March 31, 2009
4,530,892
96,175
2.12
%
9,941
86,234
1.90
%
December 31, 2008
4,983,963
80,032
1.61
%
12,912
67,120
1.35
%
September 30, 2008
4,989,755
32,883
0.66
%
21,402
11,481
0.23
%
June 30, 2008
4,937,870
28,230
0.57
%
23,060
5,170
0.11
%
March 31, 2008
4,933,720
31,640
0.64
%
20,666
10,974
0.22
%
December 31, 2007
5,063,164
31,924
0.63
%
21,340
10,584
0.21
%
September 30, 2007
4,891,525
37,364
0.76
%
20,341
17,023
0.35
%
June 30, 2007
4,904,592
37,225
0.76
%
22,462
14,763
0.30
%
March 31, 2007
4,905,244
50,026
1.02
%
21,685
28,341
0.58
%
(1) Excludes loans underlying AgVantage securities.
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac individually analyzed $112.1 million of its $152.8 million of impaired assets for collateral shortfalls against updated appraised values, other updated collateral valuations or discounted values. Farmer Mac evaluated the remaining $40.7 million of impaired assets for which updated valuations were not available in the aggregate in consideration of their similar risk characteristics and historical statistics. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had recorded specific allowances of $1.5 million for under-collateralized assets. Farmer Mac’s non-specific or general allowances were $7.8 million as of June 30, 2009.
As of June 30, 2009, the weighted-average original loan-to-value ratio (“LTV”) for loans held and loans underlying LTSPCs and Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) was 50.6 percent, and the weighted-average original LTV for all non-performing assets was 54.9 percent.
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The following table presents outstanding loans held and loans underlying LTSPCs and Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) and non-performing assets as of June 30, 2009 by year of origination, geographic region and commodity/collateral type.
Farmer Mac I Non-performing Assets as of June 30, 2009
Distribution of
Outstanding
Outstanding
Loans,
Loans,
Non-
Non-
Guarantees,
Guarantees,
performing
performing
LTSPCs and REO
LTSPCs and REO (1)
Assets (2)
Asset Rate
(dollars in thousands)
By year of origination:
Before 1997
9
%
$
371,215
$
6,262
1.69
%
1997
3
%
139,908
1,775
1.27
%
1998
4
%
199,843
4,393
2.20
%
1999
6
%
268,282
3,516
1.31
%
2000
3
%
134,241
1,864
1.39
%
2001
6
%
259,953
1,467
0.56
%
2002
8
%
353,917
3,162
0.89
%
2003
9
%
391,684
3,438
0.88
%
2004
7
%
313,872
523
0.17
%
2005
10
%
459,575
650
0.14
%
2006
13
%
547,062
38,511
7.04
%
2007
10
%
461,100
16,904
3.67
%
2008
10
%
466,550
6,836
1.47
%
2009
2
%
104,365
7,822
7.49
%
Total
100
%
$
4,471,567
$
97,123
2.17
%
By geographic region (3):
Northwest
15
%
$
659,740
$
34,011
5.16
%
Southwest
39
%
1,749,776
6,413
0.37
%
Mid-North
22
%
971,769
46,394
4.77
%
Mid-South
12
%
547,930
3,527
0.64
%
Northeast
8
%
358,712
2,983
0.83
%
Southeast
4
%
183,640
3,795
2.07
%
Total
100
%
$
4,471,567
$
97,123
2.17
%
By commodity/collateral type:
Crops
38
%
$
1,698,856
$
14,914
0.88
%
Permanent plantings
19
%
862,418
10,376
1.20
%
Livestock
28
%
1,246,374
7,843
0.63
%
Part-time farm/rural housing
7
%
333,229
4,270
1.28
%
Ag storage and processing
(including ethanol facilities)
7
%
301,412
59,720
19.81
%
Other
1
%
29,278
-
0.00
%
Total
100
%
$
4,471,567
$
97,123
2.17
%
(1)
Excludes loans underlying AgVantage securities.
(2)
Includes loans 90 days or more past due, in foreclosure, restructured after delinquency, in bankruptcy
(including loans performing under either their original loan terms or a court-approved bankruptcy plan),
and real estate owned.
(3)
Geographic regions - Northwest (AK, ID, MT, ND, NE, OR, SD, WA, WY); Southwest (AZ, CA, CO, HI,
NM, NV, UT); Mid-North (IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, WI); Mid-South (KS, OK, TX); Northeast (CT, DE,
KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WV); and Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA,
LA, MS, SC).
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The following table presents Farmer Mac’s cumulative net credit losses relative to the cumulative original balance for all loans purchased and loans underlying LTSPCs and Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) as of June 30, 2009, by year of origination, geographic region and commodity/collateral type. The purpose of this information is to present information regarding losses relative to original guarantees and commitments.
Farmer Mac I Credit Losses Relative to all
Cumulative Original Loans, Guarantees and LTSPCs
Cumulative Original
Cumulative
Cumulative
Loans, Guarantees
Net Credit
Loss
and LTSPCs (1)
Losses
Rate
(dollars in thousands)
By year of origination:
Before 1997
$
3,322,004
$
1,593
0.05
%
1997
717,213
2,493
0.35
%
1998
1,088,183
3,885
0.36
%
1999
1,088,879
1,291
0.12
%
2000
700,495
2,285
0.33
%
2001
998,743
45
0.00
%
2002
1,025,834
-
0.00
%
2003
840,781
-
0.00
%
2004
622,903
-
0.00
%
2005
749,392
114
0.02
%
2006
748,313
9,912
1.32
%
2007
547,172
-
0.00
%
2008
506,637
1,821
0.36
%
2009
109,544
1,193
1.09
%
Total
$
13,066,093
$
24,632
0.19
%
By geographic region (2):
Northwest
$
2,459,180
$
10,541
0.43
%
Southwest
5,151,849
5,978
0.12
%
Mid-North
2,285,072
8,132
0.36
%
Mid-South
1,263,904
(314
)
-0.02
%
Northeast
994,744
66
0.01
%
Southeast
911,344
229
0.03
%
Total
$
13,066,093
$
24,632
0.19
%
By commodity/collateral type:
Crops
$
5,361,435
$
559
0.01
%
Permanent plantings
2,942,497
9,350
0.32
%
Livestock
3,339,448
2,676
0.08
%
Part-time farm/rural housing
883,278
322
0.04
%
Ag storage and processing
(including ethanol facilities)
400,771
(3)
11,725
2.93
%
Other
138,664
-
0.00
%
Total
$
13,066,093
$
24,632
0.19
%
(1)
Excludes loans underlying AgVantage securities.
(2)
Geographic regions - Northwest (AK, ID, MT, ND, NE, OR, SD, WA, WY);
Southwest (AZ, CA, CO, HI, NM, NV, UT); Mid-North (IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO,
WI); Mid-South (KS, OK, TX); Northeast (CT, DE, KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ,
NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WV); and Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC).
(3)
Several of the loans underlying agricultural storage and processing LTSPCs are for
facilities under construction, and as of June 30, 2009, approximately
$27.0 million of the loans were not yet disbursed by the lender.
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Historically, losses and collateral deficiencies have been less prevalent in the loans secured by real estate producing agricultural commodities that receive significant government support (such as cotton, soybeans, wheat, corn and dairy) and more prevalent in those that do not receive such support (such as the protein sector, permanent plantings and vegetables). However, the level of government support may vary and is not necessarily the primary factor to forecast future losses and collateral deficiencies. In Farmer Mac’s experience, another significant determinant of ultimate losses on loans is the degree to which the collateral is specialized or highly improved, such as permanent plantings and facilities. As adverse economic conditions persist for the agricultural commodities or products related to those types of collateral, the prospective sale value of the collateral is likely to decrease and the related loans may become under-collateralized.
This analysis is consistent with corresponding commodity analyses, which indicate that Farmer Mac has experienced higher loss and collateral deficiency rates in its loans classified as permanent plantings as well as storage and processing loans, which include Farmer Mac’s exposure to loans on ethanol plants. Most of the loans classified as permanent plantings do not receive significant government support and are therefore more susceptible to adverse commodity-specific economic trends, while the collateral for storage and processing loans is typically highly improved and specialized. Farmer Mac anticipates that one or more particular commodity groups will be under economic pressure at any one time and actively manages its portfolio to mitigate concentration risks while preserving Farmer Mac’s ability to meet the financing needs of all commodity groups. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations—Outlook.”
Analysis of portfolio performance by geographic distribution indicates that, while commodities are the primary determinant of exposure to loss, within most commodity groups certain geographic areas allow greater economies of scale or proximity to markets than others and, consequently, result in more successful farms within the commodity group. Likewise, certain geographic areas offer better growing conditions than others and, consequently, result in more versatile and more successful farms within a given commodity group – and the ability to switch crops among commodity groups.
Farmer Mac’s methodologies for pricing its guarantee and commitment fees, managing credit risks and providing adequate allowances for losses consider all of the foregoing factors and information.
Credit Risk – Institutional
. Farmer Mac is also exposed to credit risk arising from its business relationships with other institutions, including:
·
issuers of AgVantage securities and other investments held or guaranteed by Farmer Mac;
·
sellers and servicers; and
·
interest rate swap contract counterparties.
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AgVantage securities are general obligations of the AgVantage issuers and are secured by eligible loans in an amount at least equal to the outstanding principal amount of the security, with some level of overcollaterization also required for Farmer Mac I AgVantage securities.
In those transactions, the corporate obligor is required to remove from the pool of pledged collateral any loan that becomes more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of principal or interest and to substitute an eligible loan that is current in payment to maintain the minimum required collateralization level. In the event of a default on the general obligation, Farmer Mac would have recourse to the pledged collateral and have rights to the ongoing borrower payments of principal and interest.
For a more detailed description of AgVantage securities, see “Business—Farmer Mac Programs—Farmer Mac I—AgVantage Securities” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009.
Outstanding AgVantage on-balance sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities totaled $46.8 million and $53.3 million as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities – Rural Utilities structured as AgVantage transactions issued by National Rural and held by Farmer Mac totaled $1.4 billion as of June 30, 2009, compared to $0.6 billion as of December 31, 2008. In addition, outstanding off-balance sheet AgVantage Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities totaled $2.9 billion as of both June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008. The following table provides information about the issuers of AgVantage securities, as well as the required collateralization levels for those transactions as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
June 30, 2009
December 31, 2008
Counterparty
Balance
S&P
Rating for
Unsecured Debt
Required
Collateralization
Balance
S&P
Rating for
Unsecured Debt
Required
Collateralization
(dollars in thousands)
Metlife
$
2,500,000
AA-
103%
$
2,500,000
AA
103%
National Rural (1)
1,400,000
A
100%
630,000
A
100%
M&I Bank
475,000
BBB
106%
475,000
A
106%
Other (2)
16,800
NA
(3)
23,300
NA
(3)
Total outstanding
$
4,391,800
$
3,628,300
(1)
National Rural's credit rating was downgraded by the Fitch rating agency in July 2009 from A+ to A for secured debt and from A to A
-
for unsecured debt.
(2)
Consists of AgVantage securities issued by 6 and 7 different issuers as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
(3)
Ranges from 111% to 120%.
Farmer Mac manages institutional credit risk related to sellers and servicers by requiring those institutions to meet Farmer Mac’s standards for creditworthiness. Farmer Mac monitors the financial condition of those institutions by evaluating financial statements and bank credit rating agency reports. For more information on Farmer Mac’s approval of sellers, see “Business—Farmer Mac Programs—Farmer Mac I—Sellers” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009.
Credit Risk – Other Investments
. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had $362.9 million of cash and cash equivalents and $1.0 billion of investment securities. The management of the credit risk inherent in these investments is governed by regulations promulgated by the FCA found at 12 C.F.R. §§ 652.1-652.45 (the “Investment Regulations”), which include dollar amount, issuer concentration, and credit quality limitations, as well as by Farmer Mac’s own policies. In general, these regulations and policies require each investment or issuer of an investment to be highly rated by a nationally-recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”). Investments in mortgage securities and asset-backed securities are required to have a rating in the highest NRSRO category. Corporate debt securities with maturities of no more than five years but more than three years are required to be rated in one of the two highest categories; corporate debt securities with maturities of three years or less are required to be rated in one of the three highest categories. There are limited exceptions where a rating is not required, such as obligations of the United States or diversified investment funds regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Investments in money market funds are further limited to those funds that are holding only instruments approved for direct purchase by Farmer Mac.
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FCA’s Investment Regulations and Farmer Mac’s policies also establish concentration limits, which are intended to reduce exposure to any one counterparty. Farmer Mac’s total credit exposure to any single issuer of securities or uncollateralized financial derivatives is limited to the greater of 25 percent of the Corporation’s regulatory capital or $25.0 million (as of June 30, 2009, 25 percent of Farmer Mac’s regulatory capital was $76.3 million). This limitation is not applied to the obligations of the United States or to qualified investment funds. The limitation applied to the obligations of any GSE is 100 percent of Farmer Mac’s regulatory capital.
In light of the severe impact that the historic turmoil in the nation’s capital markets has had on Farmer Mac’s investments, Farmer Mac conducted an extensive review of its investment policies and operations with a view to strengthening policies, procedures and oversight of its investment portfolio and related funding strategies. This review was concluded during first quarter 2009 and its findings are currently being implemented, with the goals of minimizing the Corporation’s exposure to financial market volatility, preserving capital and supporting the Corporation’s access to the debt markets.
Interest Rate Risk
. Farmer Mac is subject to interest rate risk on all assets held for investment because of possible timing differences in the cash flows of the assets and related liabilities. This risk is primarily related to loans held and on-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities due to the ability of borrowers to prepay their mortgages before the scheduled maturities, thereby increasing the risk of asset and liability cash flow mismatches. Cash flow mismatches in a changing interest rate environment can reduce the earnings of the Corporation if assets repay sooner than expected and the resulting cash flows must be reinvested in lower-yielding investments when Farmer Mac’s funding costs cannot be correspondingly reduced, or if assets repay more slowly than expected and the associated debt must be replaced by higher-cost debt.
Yield maintenance provisions and other prepayment penalties contained in many agricultural mortgage loans reduce, but do not eliminate, prepayment risk, particularly in the case of a defaulted loan where yield maintenance may not be collected. Those provisions require borrowers to make an additional payment when they prepay their loans so that, when reinvested with the prepaid principal, yield maintenance payments generate substantially the same cash flows that would have been generated had the loan not prepaid. Those provisions create a disincentive to prepayment and compensate the Corporation for some of its interest rate risks. As of June 30, 2009, 23 percent of the outstanding balance of retained Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities had yield maintenance provisions and 4 percent had other forms of prepayment protection (together covering 52 percent of all loans with fixed interest rates). Of the Farmer Mac I new and current loans purchased in second quarter 2009, 3 percent had yield maintenance or other forms of prepayment protection. As of June 30, 2009, none of the USDA-guaranteed portions underlying Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities had yield maintenance provisions; however, 3 percent contained prepayment penalties. Of the USDA-guaranteed portions purchased in second quarter 2009, 5 percent contained various forms of prepayment penalties.
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Taking into consideration the prepayment provisions and the default probabilities associated with its mortgage assets, Farmer Mac uses prepayment models to project and value cash flows associated with these assets. Because borrowers’ behavior in various interest rate environments may change over time, Farmer Mac periodically evaluates the effectiveness of these models compared to actual prepayment experience and adjusts and refines the models as necessary to improve the precision of subsequent prepayment forecasts.
Farmer Mac’s cash equivalents mature within three months and are funded with discount notes having similar maturities. As of June 30, 2009, $831.4 million of the $1.0 billion of investment securities (81 percent) were floating rate securities with rates that adjust within one year or fixed rate securities with original maturities between three months and one year. Such securities are funded with floating rate medium-term notes or discount notes that closely match the rate adjustment dates of the associated investments.
The goal of interest rate risk management at Farmer Mac is to create and maintain a portfolio that generates stable earnings and value across a variety of interest rate environments. Farmer Mac’s primary strategy for managing interest rate risk is to fund asset purchases with liabilities that have similar durations and cash flows so that they will perform similarly as interest rates change. To achieve this match, Farmer Mac issues discount notes and both callable and non-callable medium-term notes across a spectrum of maturities. Farmer Mac issues callable debt to offset the prepayment risk associated with some mortgage assets. By using a blend of liabilities that includes callable debt, the interest rate sensitivities of the liabilities tend to increase or decrease as interest rates change in a manner similar to changes in the interest rate sensitivities of the assets. Farmer Mac also uses financial derivatives to alter the duration of its assets and liabilities to better match their durations, thereby reducing overall interest rate sensitivity.
An important “stress test” of Farmer Mac’s exposure to long-term interest rate risk is the measurement of the sensitivity of its market value of equity (“MVE”) to yield curve shocks. MVE represents the present value of all future cash flows from on- and off-balance sheet assets, liabilities and financial derivatives, discounted at current interest rates and appropriate spreads. The following schedule summarizes the results of Farmer Mac’s MVE sensitivity analysis as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 to an immediate and instantaneous uniform or “parallel” shift in the yield curve. During the first half of 2009, Farmer Mac’s interest rate sensitivity increased somewhat due primarily to higher interest rates and a steeper yield curve as well as changes to the Corporation’s balance sheet.
Percentage Change in MVE from
Base Case
Interest Rate
June 30,
December 31,
Scenario
2009
2008
+ 300 bp
-27.7
%
-10.4
%
+ 200 bp
-16.5
%
-2.1
%
+ 100 bp
-6.6
%
3.7
%
- 100 bp
*
*
- 200 bp
*
*
- 300 bp
*
*
* As of the date indicated, a parallel shift of the U.S. Treasury yield curve by the number of basis points indicated produced negative interest rates for portions or all of this curve.
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As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s effective duration gap, another standard measure of interest rate risk that measures the difference between the sensitivities of assets compared to that of liabilities, was plus 1.3 months, compared to minus 2.4 months as of December 31, 2008. Duration matching helps to maintain the correlation of cash flows and stabilize portfolio earnings even when interest rates are not stable.
As of June 30, 2009, a parallel increase of 100 basis points would have decreased Farmer Mac’s net interest income (“NII”), a shorter-term measure of interest rate risk, by 10.2 percent, while a parallel decrease of 25 basis points would have decreased NII by 6.2
percent. Farmer Mac also measures the sensitivity of both MVE and NII to a variety of non-parallel interest rate shocks, including flattening and steepening yield curve scenarios. As of June 30, 2009, both MVE and NII showed similar or lesser sensitivity to non-parallel shocks than to the parallel shocks.
The economic effects of financial derivatives are included in the Corporation’s MVE, NII and duration gap analyses. Farmer Mac enters into the following financial derivative transactions principally to protect against risk from the effects of market price or interest rate movements on the value of assets, future cash flows and debt issuance, not for trading or speculative purposes:
·
“pay-fixed” interest rate swaps, in which it pays fixed rates of interest to, and receives floating rates of interest from, counterparties;
·
“receive-fixed” interest rate swaps, in which it receives fixed rates of interest from, and pays floating rates of interest to, counterparties; and
·
“basis swaps,” in which it pays variable rates of interest based on one index to, and receives variable rates of interest based on another index from, counterparties.
As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac had $4.6 billion combined notional amount of interest rate swaps, with terms ranging from one to fifteen years, of which $1.3 billion were pay-fixed interest rate swaps, $3.0 billion were receive-fixed interest rate swaps, and $0.3 billion were basis swaps.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Farmer Mac depends on regular access to the capital markets for liquidity, and Farmer Mac maintained access to the capital markets at favorable rates throughout second quarter 2009. Assuming continuation of current market conditions, Farmer Mac believes it has sufficient liquidity and capital resources to support its operations for the next 12 months and for the foreseeable future. Farmer Mac also has a liquidity contingency plan to manage unanticipated disruptions in its access to the capital markets. That plan involves borrowing through repurchase agreement arrangements and the sale of liquid assets. Consistent with FCA regulations, Farmer Mac maintains a minimum of 60 days of liquidity and targets 90 days of liquidity. In accordance with the methodology prescribed by those regulations, Farmer Mac maintained an average of 187 days of liquidity in the second quarter 2009 and had 176 days of liquidity as of June 30, 2009.
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Debt Issuance
. Farmer Mac funds its purchases of program and non-program assets primarily by issuing debt obligations of various maturities in the public capital markets. Debt obligations issued by Farmer Mac include discount notes and fixed and floating rate medium-term notes, including callable notes. Farmer Mac also issues discount notes and medium-term notes to obtain funds to finance its investments, transaction costs, guarantee payments and LTSPC purchase obligations. See “Business—Financing—Debt Issuance” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009 for more information about Farmer Mac’s debt issuance.
Farmer Mac’s board of directors has authorized the issuance of up to $7.0 billion of discount notes and medium-term notes (of which $4.8 billion was outstanding as of June 30, 2009), subject to periodic review of the adequacy of that level relative to Farmer Mac’s borrowing requirements. Farmer Mac invests the proceeds of such issuances in loans, Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, and non-program investment assets in accordance with policies established by its board of directors and subject to regulations established by FCA.
Liquidity
. The funding and liquidity needs of Farmer Mac’s business are driven by the purchase of loans, USDA-guaranteed portions and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities; the maturities of and interest payments on Farmer Mac’s discount notes and medium-term notes; and payment of principal and interest on Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities. Farmer Mac’s primary sources of funds to meet these needs are:
·
principal and interest payments and ongoing guarantee and commitment fees received on loans, Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, and LTSPCs;
·
principal and interest payments received from investment securities; and
·
the issuance of new discount notes and medium-term notes.
Farmer Mac’s short term borrowing costs have remained at favorable levels despite continued market volatility. Through September 2008, Farmer Mac historically used pay-fixed interest rate swaps, combined with a planned series of discount note issuances, as an alternative source of effectively fixed-rate funding. While the swap market may have provided favorable effectively fixed rates, swap transactions expose Farmer Mac to the risk of future widening of its own issuance spreads versus corresponding LIBOR rates. If the spreads on the Farmer Mac discount notes were to increase relative to LIBOR, Farmer Mac would be exposed to a commensurate reduction on its net interest yield on the notional amount of its pay-fixed interest rate swaps and other LIBOR-based floating rate assets. Conversely, if the rates on the Farmer Mac discount notes were to decrease relative to LIBOR, Farmer Mac would be exposed to a commensurate increase on its net interest yield on the notional amount of its pay-fixed interest rate swaps and other LIBOR-based floating rate assets. Further, the widespread use of pay-fixed interest rate swaps subjected the Corporation’s regulatory capital surplus to the potential adverse effects of a downward move in the fair values of those interest rate swaps. Such a downward move was seen in the third and fourth quarters of 2008. Since September 2008, Farmer Mac has been systematically entering into offsetting interest rate swaps, receive-fixed swaps, to counteract the fair value movements of previously-exiting swaps. These transactions dampen the susceptibility of Farmer Mac’s regulatory capital surplus to fair value movements of its financial derivatives.
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Farmer Mac maintains cash, cash equivalents (including short-term money market instruments) and other investment securities that can be drawn upon for liquidity needs. As of June 30, 2009, these assets consisted of: $362.9 million of cash and cash equivalents; $545.5 million of securities issued or guaranteed by GSEs or the U.S. Government and its agencies; $140.8 million of asset-backed securities (mainly backed by Government guaranteed student loans); and $335.7 million of corporate debt securities issued primarily by financial institutions. None of Farmer Mac’s asset-backed securities were backed by sub-prime or Alt-A residential or commercial mortgages or home-equity loans.
As described above in “—Balance Sheet Review,” due to continued market turmoil and general widening of corporate debt spreads, many of the corporate debt securities owned by Farmer Mac are in unrealized loss positions. If Farmer Mac needed to access those securities as a source of liquidity, Farmer Mac would realize losses in earnings and reductions to its core capital equal to amounts currently accounted for as unrealized losses in accumulated other comprehensive income, which is not a component of Farmer Mac’s core capital for statutory and regulatory compliance purposes. Currently, Farmer Mac does not foresee the need to sell those securities as a source of liquidity.
Farmer Mac’s asset-backed investment securities include callable, AAA-rated auction-rate certificates (“ARCs”), the interest rates on which are reset through an auction process or at formula-based floating rates in the event of a failed auction. Farmer Mac held $68.7 million of ARCs as of June 30, 2009, compared to $178.6 million as of December 31, 2008. All ARCs held by Farmer Mac are collateralized entirely by pools of Federal Family Education Loan Program (“FFELP”) guaranteed student loans that are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Beginning in mid-February 2008, there were widespread failures of the auction mechanism designed to provide regular liquidity to these types of securities. Consequently, Farmer Mac has not sold any of its ARCs into the auctions since that time and the interest rates on the ARCs have been set pursuant to the formulas set forth in the related transaction documents. Farmer Mac continues to believe that the credit quality of these securities is high, based on that guarantee and the securities’ continued AAA ratings. To date, Farmer Mac has received all interest due on ARCs it holds and expects to continue to do so. Farmer Mac does not believe that the auction failures will affect the Corporation’s liquidity or its ability to fund its operations or make dividend payments. All ARCs held by Farmer Mac are callable by the issuers at par at any time and Farmer Mac believes it is likely they will be called or repurchased during the next two years. Due to the absence of an active auction market or other market trading in ARCs, during first quarter 2008 Farmer Mac transferred all of its ARCs from Level 2 to Level 3. On October 31, 2008, Farmer Mac accepted an offer of Auction Rate Securities Rights, Series B-2 from UBS AG related to $119.9 million of the ARCs in Farmer Mac’s investment portfolio. Farmer Mac exercised those rights during first quarter 2009 and sold the ARCs to UBS for $119.9 million. As of June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac’s carrying value of its remaining ARCs was 92.7 percent of par. The discounted carrying value reflects uncertainty regarding the ability to obtain par in the absence of any active market trading.
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As of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, Farmer Mac had a remaining investment of $6.9 million and $17.3 million, respectively, in The Reserve Primary Fund (the “Fund”), a money market fund that has suspended redemptions and is being liquidated. Farmer Mac has classified its unsettled trades with the Fund as “Prepaid expenses and other assets” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. In September 2008, Farmer Mac delivered a timely redemption request to redeem its entire investment in the Fund, but its confirmed redemption request was not honored. On February 26, 2009, the Fund announced its decision to set aside $3.5 billion in a special reserve to cover potential liabilities for damages and associated expenses related to lawsuits and regulatory actions against the Fund. As part of that announcement, the Fund indicated that it planned to continue to make interim distributions up to $0.9172 per share. On May 5, 2009, the SEC filed a civil injunctive action charging the entities and individuals who operate the Fund with several counts of securities fraud for failing to disclose key material information to the Fund’s investors, board of trustees, and ratings agencies after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection during third quarter 2008. In this action, the SEC seeks an order providing for the continued pro rata distribution of the remaining assets to all unpaid shareholders and objects to the creation of the $3.5 billion reserve fund. The SEC contends that if all remaining Primary Fund assets were distributed on a pro rata basis to all unpaid shareholders, investors would recover approximately 98.4 cents per share.
Farmer Mac has received, to date, a total of $73.5 million of its initial investment of $81.7 million. Based on the SEC action described above, during second quarter 2009 Farmer Mac recorded an impairment loss of $1.3 million, which represents 98.4% of the initial investment, thereby reducing its remaining $8.2 million investment in the Fund to $6.9 million. This loss was recognized as “Other-than-temporary impairment – credit losses” in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Although Farmer Mac may be able to recover some of this loss through the SEC’s actions against the individuals who operated the Fund, any such recovery is uncertain and may take an extended period of time.
Capital
. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, Farmer Mac issued $20.0 million and $30.8 million of Series C Preferred Stock, respectively. For more information about the Series C Preferred Stock, see Note 6 to the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and Farmer Mac’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Balance Sheet Review—Capital” in this report for more information about Farmer Mac’s capital position.
Other Matters
Dividends
. Beginning in fourth quarter 2004 and continuing through fourth quarter 2008, Farmer Mac paid quarterly dividends of $0.10 per share on each of the Corporation’s three classes of common stock – Class A Voting Common Stock, Class B Voting Common Stock, and Class C Non-Voting Common Stock. For first and second quarter 2009, Farmer Mac’s board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on the Corporation’s common stock that were paid on April 3, 2009 and June 30, 2009, respectively. On August 6, 2009, Farmer Mac’s board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on the Corporation’s common stock payable on September 30, 2009. Farmer Mac’s ability to pay dividends on its common stock is also subject to the payment of dividends on its outstanding preferred stock. Farmer Mac’s ability to declare and pay dividends could be restricted if it were to fail to comply with the applicable regulatory capital requirements. See “Business—Government Regulation of Farmer Mac—Regulation—Capital Standards—Enforcement levels” in Farmer Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009.
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Supplemental Information
The following tables present quarterly and annual information regarding loan purchases, guarantees and LTSPCs and outstanding guarantees and LTSPCs.
Farmer Mac Purchases, Guarantees and LTSPCs
Farmer Mac I
Farmer Mac
Loans and
Guaranteed
Guaranteed
Securities -
Securities
LTSPCs (1)
Farmer Mac II
Rural Utilities (2)
Total
(in thousands)
For the quarter ended:
June 30, 2009
$
37,900
$
22,717
$
96,322
$
900,000
$
1,056,939
March 31, 2009
29,814
65,720
79,055
270,000
444,589
December 31, 2008
72,137
121,440
87,455
230,000
511,032
September 30, 2008
508,179
239,170
83,672
-
831,021
June 30, 2008
53,838
116,472
79,700
1,330,676
1,580,686
March 31, 2008
37,468
53,281
53,114
-
143,863
December 31, 2007
40,664
265,135
48,294
-
354,093
September 30, 2007
25,545
156,930
49,049
-
231,524
June 30, 2007
1,039,856
152,402
59,149
-
1,251,407
March 31, 2007
21,644
396,322
53,548
-
471,514
For the year ended:
December 31, 2008
671,622
530,363
303,941
1,560,676
3,066,602
December 31, 2007
1,127,709
970,789
210,040
-
2,308,538
(1)
During 2005, Farmer Mac began issuing LTSPCs for the construction of agricultural storage and processing
facilities, primarily ethanol facilities. As of June 30, 2009, approximately $27.0 million of the loans underlying
those $400.8 million of LTSPCs were not yet disbursed by the lender.
(2)
The enactment of the Farm Bill on May 22, 2008 expanded Farmer Mac’s authorities to include providing a
secondary market for rural electric and telephone loans made by cooperative lenders.
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Outstanding Balance of Farmer Mac Loans,
Guarantees and LTSPCs
Farmer Mac I
Farmer Mac
Loans and
Guaranteed
Guaranteed
Securities -
Securities
LTSPCs
Farmer Mac II
Rural Utilities
Total
(in thousands)
As of:
June 30, 2009
$
5,241,145
$
2,181,712
$
1,115,025
$
1,819,033
$
10,356,915
March 31, 2009
5,313,680
2,216,564
1,082,215
1,319,033
9,931,492
December 31, 2008
5,759,773
2,224,181
1,043,425
1,054,941
10,082,320
September 30, 2008
5,724,867
2,264,880
995,639
824,941
9,810,327
June 30, 2008
5,474,303
1,997,172
960,278
1,330,676
9,762,429
March 31, 2008
5,521,945
1,943,181
959,444
-
8,424,570
December 31, 2007
5,648,197
1,948,941
946,617
-
8,543,755
September 30, 2007
5,694,971
1,724,328
943,183
-
8,362,482
June 30, 2007
5,787,490
1,644,413
942,443
-
8,374,346
March 31, 2007
4,512,343
1,920,848
932,056
-
7,365,247
Outstanding Balance of Loans Held and Loans Underlying
On-Balance Sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
5-to-10-Year
Total
ARMs &
1-Month-to-
Held in
Fixed Rate
Resets
3 Year ARMs
Portfolio
(in thousands)
As of:
June 30, 2009
$
1,716,678
$
649,078
$
1,303,332
$
3,669,088
March 31, 2009
1,728,174
660,398
759,535
3,148,107
December 31, 2008
1,659,983
746,623
819,234
3,225,840
September 30, 2008
1,412,136
699,611
743,146
2,854,893
June 30, 2008
1,974,048
772,859
739,642
3,486,549
March 31, 2008
963,336
748,584
342,496
2,054,416
December 31, 2007
962,320
750,472
352,250
2,065,042
September 30, 2007
932,134
735,704
366,573
2,034,411
June 30, 2007
914,890
752,991
399,147
2,067,028
March 31, 2007
899,628
743,891
417,722
2,061,241
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Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Farmer Mac is exposed to market risk attributable to changes in interest rates. Farmer Mac manages this market risk by entering into various financial transactions, including financial derivatives, and by monitoring its exposure to changes in interest rates. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Risk Management—Interest Rate Risk” for more information about Farmer Mac’s exposure to interest rate risk and strategies to manage such risk. For information regarding Farmer Mac’s use of and accounting policies for financial derivatives, see Note 1(c) to the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this report. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” for further information regarding Farmer Mac’s debt issuance and liquidity risks.
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
(a)
Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
. Farmer Mac maintains disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Corporation’s periodic filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), including this report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis. These disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Corporation’s management on a timely basis to allow decisions regarding required disclosure. Management, including Farmer Mac’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”), has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2009.
The Corporation carried out the evaluation required by paragraph (b) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the CEO and CFO, of the effectiveness of Farmer Mac’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon this evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2009.
(b)
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
. There were no changes in Farmer Mac’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2009 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Farmer Mac’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
On December 5, 2008, a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Farmer Mac and certain of its present and former officers and directors on behalf of purchasers of the securities of the Corporation between March 15, 2007 and September 12, 2008. The lawsuit alleges, among other things, violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by all defendants and violations of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act by the individual defendants in relation to alleged statements and omissions concerning the financial condition of the Corporation alleged to be materially false or misleading. The complaint seeks class certification, compensatory damages, and other remedies. On February 23, 2009, the Court appointed lead plaintiffs for the litigation, and the lead plaintiffs are expected to file an amended complaint, which the defendants expect to move to dismiss. Farmer Mac intends to defend against plaintiffs’ claims vigorously.
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
There were no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Farmer Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009.
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
(a)
Farmer Mac is a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States and its debt and equity securities are exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
During second quarter 2009, one type of transaction occurred related to Farmer Mac common stock that was not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and not otherwise reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K. On April 2, 2009, pursuant to Farmer Mac’s policy that permits directors of Farmer Mac to elect to receive shares of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock in lieu of their annual cash retainers, Farmer Mac issued an aggregate of 2,909 shares of its Class C Non-Voting Common Stock to the four directors who elected to receive such stock in lieu of their cash retainers. The number of shares issued to the directors was calculated based on a price of $2.68 per share, which was the closing price of the Class C Non-Voting Common Stock on March 31, 2009 as reported by the New York Stock Exchange.
As reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 10, 2009, Farmer Mac granted stock appreciation rights and shares of restricted stock as incentive compensation under its 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan on June 4, 2009. On that date, an aggregate amount of 165,000 stock appreciation rights, at a grant price of $5.93 per share, were granted to the five officers of the Corporation, and an aggregate amount of 200,548 shares of restricted stock were granted to the fourteen directors and five officers of the Corporation.
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(b)
Not applicable.
(c)
None.
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
(a)
None.
(b)
None.
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a)
Farmer Mac’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on June 4, 2009.
(b)
In addition to the ten directors elected at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 4, 2009 as described in paragraph (c)(1) below, the following directors appointed by the President of the United States continue to serve as directors of Farmer Mac:
Lowell L. Junkins (Acting Chairman)
Julia Bartling
Grace T. Daniel
Glen O. Klippenstein
(c)
(1)
Election of Directors (cumulative voting):
Class A Stockholders
Nominee
Number of Votes For
Dennis L. Brack
770,043
James R. Engebretsen
769,210
Dennis A. Everson
775,918
Mitchell A. Johnson
768,918
Clark B. Maxwell
768,210
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Class B Stockholders
Nominee
Number of Votes For
Paul A. DeBriyn
508,752
Ernest M. Hodges
509,815
Brian P. Jackson
512,448
Brian J. O’Keane
509,086
John Dan Raines
424,903
Farmer Mac’s federal charter provides that five directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the holders of Class A Voting Common Stock and five directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the holders of Class B Voting Common Stock. Based on the results set forth above, the following individuals were elected to serve as directors of Farmer Mac for one-year terms beginning June 4, 2009: Dennis L. Brack, Paul A. DeBriyn, James R. Engebretsen, Dennis A. Everson, Ernest M. Hodges, Brian P. Jackson, Mitchell A. Johnson, Clark B. Maxwell, Brian J. O’Keane, and John Dan Raines.
(2)
Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
(Deloitte & Touche LLP):
Class A Stockholders and Class B Stockholders (combined)
Number of Votes
For
1,267,970
Against
15,401
Abstain
900
Broker Non-Vote
0
(d)
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Other Information
(a)
None.
(b)
None.
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Item 6.
Exhibits
*
3.1
-
Title VIII of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as most recently amended by the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (Form 10-Q filed August 12, 2008).
*
3.2
-
Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (Form 10-K filed March 17, 2008).
*
4.1
-
Specimen Certificate for Farmer Mac Class A Voting Common Stock (Form 10-Q filed May 15, 2003).
*
4.2
-
Specimen Certificate for Farmer Mac Class B Voting Common Stock (Form 10-Q filed May 15, 2003).
*
4.3
-
Specimen Certificate for Farmer Mac Class C Non-Voting Common Stock (Form 10-Q filed May 15, 2003).
*
4.4
-
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Terms and Conditions of Farmer Mac Senior Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B-1 (Form 10-K filed March 16, 2009).
*
4.5
-
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of Terms and Conditions of Farmer Mac Senior Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B-2 (Form 10-K filed March 16, 2009).
*
4.6
-
Certificate of Designation of Terms and Conditions of Farmer Mac Senior Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B-3 (Form 10-K filed March 16, 2009).
*
4.7
-
Certificate of Designation of Terms and Conditions of Non-Voting Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C (Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2009).
†*
10.1
-
Amended and Restated 1997 Incentive Plan (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2003).
†*
10.1.1
-
Form of stock option award agreement under 1997 Incentive Plan (Form 10-K filed March 16, 2005).
†*
10.1.2
-
2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Form 10-Q filed August 12, 2008).
†*
10.1.3
-
Form of SAR Agreement under the 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Previously filed as Exhibit 10 to Form 8-K filed June 11, 2008).
*
Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
**
Filed with this report.
†
Management contract or compensatory plan.
#
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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†*
10.1.4
-
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Officers) under the 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed June 10, 2009).
†*
10.1.5
-
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Directors) under the 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed June 10, 2009).
†*
10.2
-
Employment Agreement dated as of March 1, 2009 between Michael A. Gerber and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2009).
†*
10.3
-
Compiled Amended and Restated Employment Contract dated as of June 5, 2008 between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-Q filed August 12, 2008).
†*
10.4
-
Compiled Amended and Restated Employment Contract dated June 5, 2008 between Timothy L. Buzby and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-Q filed August 12, 2008).
†**
10.4.1
-
Amendment No. 6 to Employment Contract between Timothy L. Buzby and the Registrant, dated as of April 2, 2009.
†*
10.5
-
Compiled Amended and Restated Employment Contract dated June 5, 2008 between Mary K. Waters and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Form 10-Q filed August 12, 2008).
10.6
-
Exhibit number reserved for future use.
*
10.7
-
Farmer Mac I Seller/Servicer Agreement dated as of August 7, 1996 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).
*
10.8
-
Medium-Term Notes U.S. Selling Agency Agreement dated as of October 1, 1998 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).
*
10.9
-
Discount Note Dealer Agreement dated as of September 18, 1996 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).
*
Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
**
Filed with this report.
†
Management contract or compensatory plan.
#
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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*#
10.10
-
ISDA Master Agreement and Credit Support Annex dated as of June 26, 1997 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).
*#
10.11
-
Amended and Restated Master Central Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2004 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.11.2 to Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2004).
**#
10.11.1
-
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Master Central Servicing Agreement between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant, dated as of June 1, 2009.
*#
10.12
-
Loan Closing File Review Agreement dated as of August 2, 2005 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2005).
*#
10.13
-
Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of August 1, 1998 between AgFirst Farm Credit Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).
*#
10.13.1
-
Amendment No. 1 dated as of January 1, 2000 to Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of August 1, 1998 between AgFirst Farm Credit Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).
*
10.13.2
-
Amendment No. 2 dated as of September 1, 2002 to Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of August 1, 1998, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of January 1, 2000, between AgFirst Farm Credit Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).
*
10.14
-
Lease Agreement, dated June 28, 2001 between EOP – Two Lafayette, L.L.C. and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Form 10-K filed March 27, 2002).
*#
10.15
-
Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of August 1, 2007 between Farm Credit Bank of Texas and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Form 10-Q filed November 8, 2007).
*#
10.16
-
Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of June 1, 2003 between Farm Credit Bank of Texas and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2004).
*
Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
**
Filed with this report.
†
Management contract or compensatory plan.
#
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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*#
10.16.1
-
Amendment No. 1 dated as of December 8, 2006 to Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of June 1, 2003 between Farm Credit Bank of Texas and the Registrant (Form 10-K filed March 15, 2007).
*#
10.17
-
Central Servicer Delinquent Loan Servicing Transfer Agreement dated as of July 1, 2004 between AgFirst Farm Credit Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2004).
†*
10.18
-
Form of Indemnification Agreement for Directors (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed April 9, 2008).
†*
10.19
-
Description of compensation agreement between the Registrant and its directors (Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2007).
†*
10.20
-
Agreement and General Release dated as of January 30, 2009 between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2009).
†*
10.21
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Agreement and General Release dated as of February 6, 2009 between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2009).
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Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
**
31.1
-
Certification of Chief Executive Officer relating to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
**
31.2
-
Certification of Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
**
32
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
*
Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
**
Filed with this report.
†
Management contract or compensatory plan.
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Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
August 10, 2009
By:
/s/ Michael A. Gerber
Michael A. Gerber
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Timothy L. Buzby
Timothy L. Buzby
Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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