UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017
OR
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number: 001-37875
FB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Tennessee
62-1216058
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)
211 Commerce Street, Suite 300
Nashville, TN 37201
37201
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 564-1212
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 ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ 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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
☒ (Do not check if a small reporting company)
Small reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of May 11, 2017, the registrant had 24,154,323 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, outstanding. The registrant has no other classes of securities outstanding as of given date.
Table of Contents
Page
PART I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
2
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Income
3
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
7
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
38
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
70
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
72
PART II.
OTHER INFORMATION
Legal Proceedings
73
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5.
Other Information
Item 6.
Exhibits
74
Signatures
75
PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1—FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
FB Financial Corporation and subsidiaries
Consolidated balance sheets
(Unaudited)
(Amounts are in thousands except share amounts)
March 31,
December 31,
2017
2016
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks
$
53,748
50,157
Federal funds sold
18,512
13,037
Interest bearing deposits in financial institutions
57,292
73,133
Cash and cash equivalents
129,552
136,327
Investments:
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value
567,886
582,183
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost
7,743
Loans held for sale, at fair value
365,173
507,442
Loans
1,900,995
1,848,784
Less: allowance for loan losses
22,898
21,747
Net loans
1,878,097
1,827,037
Premises and equipment, net
66,108
66,651
Foreclosed real estate, net
6,811
7,403
Interest receivable
7,247
7,241
Mortgage servicing rights
47,593
32,070
Goodwill
46,867
Core deposit intangible, net
4,171
4,563
Other assets
39,211
51,354
Total assets
3,166,459
3,276,881
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities:
Demand deposits
Noninterest-bearing
696,112
697,072
Interest-bearing
1,473,535
1,449,382
Savings deposits
142,019
134,077
Time deposits
389,533
391,031
Total deposits
2,701,199
2,671,562
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
18,130
21,561
Short-term borrowings
—
150,000
Long-term debt
44,552
44,892
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
60,436
58,368
Total liabilities
2,824,317
2,946,383
Shareholders' equity :
Common stock, $1 par value; 75,000,000 and 25,000,000 shares authorized;
24,154,323 and 24,107,660 shares issued and outstanding at
March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
24,155
24,108
Additional paid-in capital
214,160
213,480
Retained earnings
104,152
93,784
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net
(325
)
(874
Total shareholders' equity
342,142
330,498
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
Consolidated statements of income
Three Months Ended March 31,
Interest income:
Interest and fees on loans
29,006
24,312
Interest on securities
Taxable
2,567
3,045
Tax-exempt
1,040
705
Other
276
180
Total interest income
32,889
28,242
Interest expense:
Deposits
Demand and savings accounts
1,531
1,397
583
362
10
59
514
481
Total interest expense
2,638
2,299
Net interest income
30,251
25,943
Provision for loan losses
(257
(9
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
30,508
25,952
Noninterest income:
Mortgage banking income
25,080
24,503
Service charges on deposit accounts
1,766
1,983
ATM and interchange fees
2,047
2,035
Investment services income
814
693
Gain on sale of securities
1
1,400
Gain (loss) on sales or write-downs of foreclosed assets
748
(11
Gain on other assets
140
Other income
631
292
Total noninterest income
31,087
31,035
Noninterest expenses:
Salaries, commissions and employee benefits
23,788
Occupancy and equipment expense
3,109
3,170
Legal and professional fees
1,428
1,032
Data processing
1,501
728
Merger and conversion
487
606
Amortization of core deposit intangibles
392
552
Amortization of mortgage servicing rights
1,457
Impairment of mortgage servicing rights
773
Regulatory fees and deposit insurance assessments
435
Software license and maintenance fees
457
509
Advertising
2,932
2,250
Other expense
6,670
5,995
Total noninterest expense
46,417
41,347
Income before income taxes
15,178
15,640
Income tax expense (Note 7)
5,425
1,041
Net income
9,753
14,599
Per share information:
Basic
24,138,437
17,180,000
Fully diluted
24,610,991
Earnings per share
0.40
0.85
Pro Forma (C Corporation basis) (Note 7):
Income tax expense
5,837
9,803
0.57
Consolidated statements of comprehensive income
Three Months Ended
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Net change in unrealized (loss) gain in available-for-sale securities,
net of taxes of $354 and $538
550
8,206
Reclassification adjustment for gain on sale of securities
included in net income, net of tax expense of $0 and $157
(1
(1,243
Comprehensive income
10,302
21,562
Consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity
Common
stock
Additional
paid-in
capital
Retained
earnings
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income, net
Total
shareholders' equity
Balance at December 31, 2015
17,180
94,544
122,493
2,457
236,674
Other comprehensive income, net of taxes
6,963
Cash dividends paid ($0.29 per share)
(5,000
Balance at March 31, 2016
132,092
9,420
253,236
Balance at December 31, 2016
Fair value election on mortgage servicing rights,
net of taxes of $396 (See Note 1)
615
549
Stock based compensation expense
1,352
Restricted stock units vested and distributed,
net of shares withheld for taxes
47
(672
(625
Balance at March 31, 2017
Consolidated statements of cash flows
Cash flows from operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation expense
1,002
1,015
Capitalization of mortgage servicing rights
(15,013
(9,130
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
501
Stock-based compensation expense
Provision for mortgage loan repurchases
183
390
Accretion of yield on purchased loans
(1,160
(826
Accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on securities, net
708
289
Gain on sales of securities
(1,400
Origination of loans held for sale
(1,346,535
(749,775
Proceeds from sale of loans held for sale
1,507,296
794,887
Gain on sale and change in fair value of loans held for sale
(22,833
(22,507
Net (gain) loss on sales or write-downs of foreclosed assets
(748
11
(Gain) loss on other assets
(140
Provision for deferred income tax
949
Changes in:
Other assets and interest receivable
11,954
(9,112
(4,732
(8,868
Net cash provided by operating activities
147,287
13,155
Cash flows from investing activities:
Activity in available-for-sale securities:
Sales
102,263
Maturities, prepayments and calls
19,480
19,895
Purchases
(4,987
(52,074
Net increase in loans
(46,190
(8,808
Purchases of premises and equipment
(459
(1,653
Proceeds from the sale of foreclosed assets
2,228
1,560
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
(29,928
61,183
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net increase in demand and savings deposits
31,135
41,438
Net increase (decrease) in time deposits
(1,498
(10,779
Net (decrease) increase in securities sold under agreements to repurchase
(3,431
(64,744
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
(150,000
(18,000
Payments on long-term debt
(340
(415
Dividends paid
Net cash used in financing activities
(124,134
(57,500
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
(6,775
16,838
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
97,723
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
114,561
Supplemental cash flow information:
Interest paid
2,330
2,361
Taxes paid
31
797
Supplemental noncash disclosures:
Transfers from loans to foreclosed real estate
888
530
Transfers from foreclosed real estate to loans
67
Transfers from loans held for sale to loans
4,341
1,232
Fair value election of mortgage servicing rights
1,011
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited)
Notes to consolidated financial statements
(Amounts are in thousands except share and per share amounts)
Note (1)—Basis of presentation:
FB Financial Corporation (the “Company”) is a bank holding company, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. FB Financial operates through its wholly owned banking subsidiary, FirstBank (the “Bank”), with 45 full-service bank branches across Tennessee, north Alabama and north Georgia, and a national mortgage business across the Southeast.
The consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto of the Company, formerly First South Bancorp, Inc. until the Company name was changed in 2016, have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP’) interim reporting requirements, and therefore do not include all information and notes included in the annual consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP. These interim consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP and general banking industry. In preparing the financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet and the reported results of operations for the periods then ended. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant changes in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses, the valuation of real estate acquired in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction of loans, and the determination of the fair value of financial instruments, including investment securities, derivatives and mortgage servicing rights. In connection with the determination of the estimated fair value of foreclosed real estate and impaired loans, management obtains independent appraisals for significant properties.
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation without any impact on the reported amounts of net income or shareholders’ equity.
On June 28, 2016, the Company declared a 100-for-1 stock split, increasing the number of issued and authorized shares from 171,800 to 17,180,000 and 250,000 to 25,000,000, respectively. Additional shares issued as a result of the stock split were distributed immediately upon issuance to the shareholder on that date. Share and per share amounts included in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto reflect the effect of the split for all periods presented. Additionally, in July 2016, the Company increased the authorized shares from 25,000,000 to 75,000,000.
On August 19, 2016, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) which was declared effective by the SEC on September 15, 2016. The Company sold and issued 6,764,704 shares of common stock at $19 per share pursuant to that Registration Statement. Total proceeds received by the Company, net of offering costs, were approximately $115,525. The proceeds were used to fund a $55,000 distribution to the majority shareholder and to repay all $10,075 aggregate principal amount of subordinated notes held by the majority shareholder, plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
The Company qualifies as an “emerging growth company” as defined by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”).
The Company terminated its S-Corporation status and became a taxable corporate entity (“C Corporation”) on September 16, 2016 in connection with its initial public offering. Pro forma amounts for income tax expense and basic and diluted earnings per share have been presented assuming the Company’s pro forma combined effective tax rate of 37.32% for the three months ended March 31, 2016, as if it had been a C Corporation during that period.
As of March 31, 2017, the Company is considered a “controlled company” and is controlled by the Company’s Executive Chairman and former sole shareholder, James W. Ayers.
Basic earnings per common share are net income divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share include the dilutive effect of additional potential common shares issuable under the restricted stock units granted but not yet vested and distributable. Unearned compensation plus assumed proceeds from the applicable tax benefits are used to repurchase common stock at the average market price. There were no dilutive instruments outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2016; therefore, diluted net income per common share is the same as basic net income per share for these periods.
The following is a summary of the basic and diluted earnings per common share calculation for each of the periods presented:
Basic earnings per share calculation:
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding
Basic earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share:
Average diluted common shares outstanding
472,554
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding
Diluted earnings per share
Pro forma earnings per share:
Pro forma net income
Pro forma basic earnings per share
Pro forma diluted earnings per share:
Pro forma diluted earnings per share
Except as set forth below, the Company did not adopt any new accounting policies that were not disclosed in the Company’s 2016 audited financial statements included on Form 10-K.
As of January 1, 2017, the Company elected to account for its mortgage servicing rights under the fair value option as permitted under ASC 860-50-35, Transfers and Servicing. The change in accounting policy resulted in a one-time adjustment to retained earnings of $615 for the after-tax increase in fair value above book value at January 1, 2017.
There are currently no new accounting standards that have been issued that will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows upon adoption that were not disclosed in the Company’s 2016 audited financial statements included on Form 10-K.
Note (2)—Mergers and acquisitions:
Clayton Bank and Trust and American City Bank
On February 8, 2017, the Company and FirstBank entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Clayton HC, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation (“Seller”), Clayton Bank and Trust, a Tennessee state bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (“CBT”), American City Bank, a Tennessee state bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (“ACB,” and together with CBT, the “Clayton Banks”), and James L. Clayton, the majority shareholder of Seller (“Clayton”). On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, FirstBank has committed to purchase from Seller all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Clayton Banks (the “Stock Purchase”). Following the consummation of the Stock Purchase, the Clayton Banks will merge with and into FirstBank, with FirstBank continuing as the surviving banking corporation. The acquisition is valued at approximately $284.2 million at the date of announcement. The Clayton Banks had approximately $1,199 million in assets, $1,065 million in loans and $929 million in deposits, and
8
18 banking offices in Tennessee as of March 31, 2017. Consummation of the Stock Purchase is subject to, among other things, the receipt of approval by regulatory authorities. The acquisition is expected to be completed sometime in the third quarter of 2017, subject to the satisfaction of the closing conditions thereto.
In connection with the transaction, the Company incurred $487 in merger and conversion expenses during the three month ended March 31, 2017.
Northwest Georgia Bank
On September 18, 2015, the Bank completed its acquisition of Northwest Georgia Bank (NWGB), a bank headquartered in Ringgold, Georgia, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 27, 2015 by and between the Bank and NWGB. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, NWGB was merged with and into the Bank, with the Bank as the surviving entity. Prior to the acquisition, NWGB operated six banking locations in Georgia and Tennessee. The acquisition of NWGB allowed the Company to further its strategic initiatives by expanding its geographic footprint into certain markets of Georgia and Tennessee. The Company acquired NWGB in a $1,500 cash purchase.
The Company recorded a bargain purchase gain of $2,794 and a core deposit intangible asset of $4,931. The fair value of the core deposit intangible is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, currently expected to be approximately 10 years.
In connection with the transaction, the Company incurred $606 in merger and conversion expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Note (3)—Investment securities:
The amortized cost of securities and their fair values at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are shown below:
March 31, 2017
Amortized cost
Gross unrealized gains
Gross unrealized losses
Fair Value
Securities Available-for-Sale
Debt securities
U.S. government agency securities
999
(12
987
Mortgage-backed securities - residential
432,499
824
(7,380
425,943
Municipals, tax exempt
119,182
3,149
(1,771
120,560
Treasury securities
11,817
(44
11,773
Total debt securities
564,497
3,973
(9,207
559,263
Equity securities
8,762
8,623
Total securities available-for-sale
573,259
3,974
(9,347
9
December 31, 2016
998
(13
985
450,874
939
(7,905
443,908
116,034
3,003
(2,114
116,923
11,809
(52
11,757
579,715
3,942
(10,084
573,573
8,744
(135
8,610
588,459
3,943
(10,219
Securities pledged at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 had a carrying amount of $401,409 and $390,814, respectively, and were pledged to secure Federal Home Loan Bank advances, a Federal Reserve Bank line of credit, public deposits and repurchase agreements.
The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities by contractual maturity at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are shown below. Maturities may differ from contractual maturities in mortgage-backed securities because the mortgage underlying the security may be called or repaid without any penalties. Therefore, mortgage-backed securities are not included in the maturity categories in the following maturity summary.
Available-for-sale
Fair value
Due in one year or less
11,332
11,429
9,290
9,352
Due in one to five
28,982
30,069
25,520
26,340
Due in five to ten years
27,447
28,486
31,122
32,248
Due in over ten years
64,237
63,336
62,909
61,725
131,998
133,320
128,841
129,665
Sales of available-for-sale securities were as follows:
Proceeds from sales
Gross realized gains
Gross realized losses
The Company also recognized $1 in gains related to the early call of available-for-sale securities for the three months ended March 31, 2017.
Subsequent to March 31, 2017, the Company sold $12,135 in available-for-sale securities and recognized a gain of $23 related to this transaction.
The following tables show gross unrealized losses at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:
Less than 12 months
12 months or more
Unrealized Loss
Unrealized loss
12
376,680
6,730
18,307
650
394,987
7,380
40,529
1,757
216
14
40,745
1,771
44
429,969
8,543
18,523
664
448,492
9,207
3,005
21,528
804
451,497
9,347
13
390,595
7,230
19,073
675
409,668
7,905
43,132
2,114
10,256
52
444,968
9,409
464,041
10,084
3,126
135
22,199
810
467,167
10,219
As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company’s securities portfolio consisted of 335 and 329 securities, 143 and 151 of which were in an unrealized loss position, respectively.
The Company evaluates securities with unrealized losses for other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI), and the Company recorded no OTTI for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. The unrealized losses associated with these investment securities are primarily driven by interest rates and are not due to the credit quality of the securities. For debt securities, the Company currently does not intend to sell those investments with unrealized losses, and it is unlikely that the Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases, which may be maturity. For equity securities, the Company has evaluated the near-term prospects of the investment in relation to the severity and duration of the impairment and based on that evaluation has the ability and intent to hold these investments until a recovery of fair value.
Note (4)—Loans and allowance for loan losses:
Loans outstanding at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, by major lending classification are as follows:
Commercial and industrial
399,333
386,233
Construction
267,998
245,905
Residential real estate:
1-to-4 family mortgage
302,166
294,924
Residential line of credit
177,928
177,190
Multi-family mortgage
45,244
44,977
Commercial real estate:
Owner occupied
359,120
357,346
Non-owner occupied
273,716
267,902
Consumer and other
75,490
74,307
Gross loans
Less: Allowance for loan losses
(22,898
(21,747
As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, $287,214 and $525,180, respectively, of 1-to-4 family mortgage loans and loans held for sale were pledged to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati securing advances against the Bank’s line. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, $31,309 and $40,537, respectively, of multi-family mortgage loans were pledged to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati securing advances against the Bank’s line.
The following provides the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segment and the related investment in loans net of unearned interest for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:
Commercial
and industrial
1-to-4
family
residential
mortgage
Residential
line of credit
Multi-
real estate
owner
occupied
non-owner occupied
Consumer
and other
Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
Beginning balance -
5,309
4,940
3,197
1,613
504
3,302
2,019
863
179
635
(239
(155
81
(998
236
Recoveries of loans
previously charged-off
83
29
26
56
1,639
1,850
Loans charged off
(169
(6
(88
(179
(442
Ending balance -
5,402
5,598
2,896
1,514
508
3,387
2,660
933
residential mortgage
Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
December 31, 2015
5,135
5,143
4,176
2,201
311
3,682
2,622
1,190
24,460
99
(666
42
(163
279
325
113
(38
41
62
37
232
(2
(250
(252
March 31, 2016
5,242
4,518
4,280
2,075
590
4,013
2,739
974
24,431
The following table provides the allocation of the allowance for loan losses by loan category broken out between loans individually evaluated for impairment and loans collectively evaluated for impairment as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Amount of allowance allocated to:
Individually evaluated for
impairment
34
22
102
85
243
Collectively evaluated for
5,368
2,874
3,285
2,575
22,655
Acquired with deteriorated
credit quality
Year-end amount of allowance allocated to:
23
242
513
5,174
3,174
3,189
1,777
21,234
The following table provides the amount of loans by loan category broken between loans individually evaluated for impairment and loans collectively evaluated for impairment as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Loans, net of unearned income
1,272
305
2,216
1,014
2,459
2,128
25
9,419
397,583
263,424
297,817
44,205
352,623
266,436
75,461
1,875,477
478
4,269
2,133
4,038
5,152
16,099
Individually evaluated
for impairment
1,476
2,686
2,471
1,027
2,752
27
12,951
Collectively evaluated
384,279
238,900
290,346
176,879
43,922
350,812
260,361
74,276
1,819,775
4,319
2,107
28
3,782
5,340
16,058
The Company categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt such as: current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends, among other factors. The Company analyzes loans individually by classifying the loans as to credit risk. The Company’s risk rating definitions include:
Watch. Loans rated as watch includes loans in which management believes conditions have occurred, or may occur, which could result in the loan being downgraded to a worse rated category. Also included in watch are loans rated as special mention, which have a potential weakness that deserves management’s close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loan or of the institution’s credit position at some future date.
Substandard. Loans rated as substandard are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any. Loans so rated have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected. Also included in this category are loans considered doubtful, which have all the weaknesses previously described and management believes those weaknesses may make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and values, highly questionable and improbable.
Loans not meeting the criteria above are considered to be pass rated loans.
The following table shows credit quality indicators by portfolio class at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Pass
Watch
Substandard
362,172
34,722
2,439
260,791
2,341
4,866
285,819
6,894
9,453
173,491
2,016
2,421
44,058
147
1,039
341,784
8,947
8,389
258,887
6,283
8,546
74,742
345
403
1,801,744
61,695
37,556
351,046
31,074
4,113
236,588
4,612
4,705
277,948
6,945
10,031
173,011
1,875
2,304
43,770
152
1,055
338,698
10,459
8,189
249,877
10,273
7,752
73,454
417
436
1,744,392
65,807
38,585
Loans acquired in business combinations that exhibited at the date of acquisition evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination such that it was probable that all contractually required payments would not be collected are considered to be purchased credit impaired and were as follows at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
The following table presents the current value of loans determined to be impaired at the time of acquisition at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Contractually-required principal and interest
21,997
22,961
Nonaccretable difference
(3,756
(4,459
Cash flows expected to be collected
18,241
18,502
Accretable yield
(2,142
(2,444
Carrying value
15
Changes in accretable yield and nonaccretable difference of purchased loans were as follows:
Accretable
yield
Nonaccretable
Difference
Purchased Credit Impaired
Purchased Non-impaired
(1,240
(8,143
Principal reductions/ pay-offs
(698
698
Charge-offs
Recoveries
(23
Accretion
1,023
137
1,160
(1,103
(7,001
(1,637
(2,008
(8,369
(209
(12,223
(231
231
440
Sale of credit card portfolio
408
418
826
(1,460
(1,590
(7,698
(139
(10,887
Nonperforming loans include loans that are no longer accruing interest (non-accrual loans) and loans past due ninety or more days and still accruing interest. Nonperforming loans and impaired loans are defined differently. Some loans may be included in both categories, whereas other loans may only be included in one category. Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality amounting to $16,099 and $16,058, respectively, at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 have been excluded from the tables below in accordance with ASC-310-10-50, Receivables- Overall- Disclosure.
The following table provides the period-end amounts of loans that are past due thirty to eighty-nine days, past due ninety or more days and still accruing interest, loans not accruing interest and loans current on payments accruing interest by category at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
30-89 days
past due
90 days or more
and accruing
interest
Non-accrual
loans
Loans current
on payments
123
1,092
397,204
398,855
174
194
248
263,113
263,729
3,601
346
1,950
294,136
300,033
1,307
780
285
175,556
45,219
217
1,933
352,851
355,082
2,170
266,313
268,564
355
66
75,037
75,486
6,171
1,590
7,706
1,869,429
1,884,896
16
262
127
1,297
384,069
385,755
441
17
254
240,874
241,586
3,130
697
2,289
286,701
292,817
1,139
433
601
175,017
44,949
186
2,007
351,371
353,564
158
2,251
260,153
262,562
55
30
73,785
74,303
5,749
1,329
8,729
1,816,919
1,832,726
Impaired loans recognized in conformity with ASC 310 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, segregated by class, were as follows:
Recorded investment
Unpaid principal
Related allowance
With a related allowance recorded:
727
869
365
623
654
521
1,048
1,970
2,936
With no related allowance recorded
545
676
317
2,117
2,118
1,836
2,943
1,607
2,339
7,449
9,433
Total impaired loans
12,369
854
103
369
1,151
1,678
2,744
3,556
With no related allowance recorded:
622
746
2,694
2,368
2,370
321
3,205
1,050
1,781
10,207
12,170
15,726
18
Average recorded investment and interest income on a cash basis recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 on impaired loans, segregated by class, were as follows:
Average recorded investment
Interest income recognized (cash basis)
791
101
629
836
2,357
584
1,496
2,243
156
1,021
1,977
8,828
11,185
98
1,051
154
2,187
163
1,310
2,905
7,770
573
2,685
1,749
1,066
1,095
1,112
8,280
105
16,050
132
19
994
1,750
1,756
6,432
43
494
20
1,120
119
7,835
455
14,267
498
As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company has a recorded investment in troubled debt restructurings of $8,681 and $8,802, respectively. The modifications included extensions of the maturity date and/or a stated rate of interest to one lower than the current market rate. The Company has allocated $234 and $402 of specific reserves for those loans at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, and has committed to lend additional amounts totaling up to $0 and $1, respectively to these customers. Of these loans, $4,262 and $4,265 were classified as non-accrual loans as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.
The following table presents the financial effect of TDRs recorded during the periods indicated:
Number of loans
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment
Charge offs and specific reserves
377
711
1,093
443
39
There were no loans modified as troubled debt restructurings for which there was a payment default within twelve months following the modification during the three months ended March 31, 2017 or 2016.
A loan is considered to be in payment default once it is 90 days contractually past due under the modified terms.
The terms of certain other loans were modified during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 that did not meet the definition of a troubled debt restructuring. The modification of these loans involved either a modification of the terms of a loan to borrowers who were not experiencing financial difficulties or a delay in a payment that was considered to be insignificant.
In order to determine whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, an evaluation is performed of the probability that the borrower will be in payment default on any of its debt in the foreseeable future without the modification. This evaluation is performed under the company’s internal underwriting policy.
Note (5)—Foreclosed real estate:
The amount reported as real estate acquired through foreclosure proceedings is carried at fair value less estimated cost to sell the property. The following table summarizes the foreclosed real estate for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:
Balance at beginning of period
11,641
Transfers from loans
Properties sold
(2,228
(1,560
Gain on sale of foreclosed assets
871
57
Transferred to loans
(67
Write-downs and partial liquidations
(123
(68
Balance at end of period
10,533
Foreclosed residential real estate properties included in the table above totaled $2,568 and $2,143 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The recorded investment in residential mortgage loans secured by residential real estate properties for which foreclosure proceedings are in process totaled $153 and $96 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
21
Note (6)—Mortgage servicing rights:
Changes in the Company’s mortgage servicing rights were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:
Carrying value at December 31
29,711
Fair value impact of change in accounting policy (See Note 1)
Carrying value at beginning of period
33,081
Capitalization
15,013
9,130
Amortization
(1,457
Impairment
(773
Change in fair value:
Due to pay-offs/pay-downs
(265
Due to change in valuation inputs or assumptions
(236
Carrying value at March 31
36,611
The following table summarizes servicing income and expense included in mortgage banking income and other noninterest expense within the Mortgage Segment operating results, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively:
Servicing income:
Servicing income
2,748
1,996
(501
Gross servicing income
2,247
Servicing expenses:
Servicing asset amortization
Servicing asset impairment
Other servicing expenses
926
Gross servicing expenses
Net servicing (loss) income
1,321
(642
Data and key economic assumptions related to the Company’s mortgage servicing rights as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are as follows:
Unpaid principal balance
4,102,412
2,833,958
Weighted-average prepayment speed (CPR)
8.40
%
Estimated impact on fair value of a 10% increase
(1,800
(1,256
Estimated impact on fair value of a 20% increase
(3,487
(2,434
Discount rate
9.79
9.54
Estimated impact on fair value of a 100 bp increase
(1,987
(1,394
Estimated impact on fair value of a 200 bp increase
(3,821
(2,679
Weighted-average coupon interest rate
3.65
3.59
Weighted-average servicing fee (basis points)
Weighted-average remaining maturity (in months)
326
328
During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company sold $34,118 of mortgage servicing rights on $3,332,903 of serviced mortgage loans, of which the Company continued to subservice until they were transferred in during the first quarter and into April 2017. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company subserviced $787,905 and $3,332,903, respectively, related to this transaction.
On March 7, 2017, the Company signed a letter of intent to sell approximately $1,086,465 in serviced mortgage loan balances. The sale was completed on April 7, 2017, recognizing a gain of $17 and transaction costs of approximately $248 in conjunction with the transaction.
Note (7)—Income taxes:
In connection with the initial public offering, as discussed in Note 1, the Company terminated its S-Corporation status and became a taxable entity (C Corporation) on September 16, 2016. As such, periods prior to September 16, 2016 will only reflect an effective state income tax rate. During the third quarter of 2016, the deferred tax net liability increased $13,181 from the conversion in the taxable status. The deferred tax net liability is the result of timing differences in the recognition of income/deductions for generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and tax purposes. The consolidated statements of income present pro forma statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Allocation of federal and state income taxes between current and deferred portions is as follows:
For the three months ended
Current
92
Deferred
Federal income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 differs from the statutory federal rate of 35% due to the following:
Federal taxes calculated at statutory rate
5,305
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
State taxes, net of federal benefit
610
1,001
Benefit of equity based compensation
(195
(295
40
Income tax expense, as reported
The components of the net deferred tax liability at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, are as follows:
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for loan losses
8,967
8,516
Amortization of core deposit intangible
1,031
996
Compensation related
4,491
7,552
Unrealized loss on securities
2,462
Net operating loss carryforward
3,212
2,349
2,430
Subtotal
22,157
21,956
Deferred tax liabilities:
FHLB stock dividends
(827
Depreciation
(6,476
(6,548
(18,637
(12,558
(6,175
(6,203
(32,115
(26,136
Net deferred tax liability
(9,958
(4,180
In recording the impact of the conversion to a C Corporation during the third quarter of 2016, the Company recorded a deferred income tax expense of $2,955 related to the unrealized gain on available for sale securities through the income statement in accordance with ASC 740-20-45-8; therefore, the amount shown in other comprehensive income has not been reduced by the above expense. This difference will remain in OCI until the underlying securities are sold or mature in accordance with the portfolio approach allowed under ASC 740.
Tax periods for all fiscal years after 2012 remain open to examination by the federal and state taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject.
Note (8)—Commitments and contingencies:
Some financial instruments, such as loan commitments, credit lines, letters of credit, and overdraft protection, are issued to meet customer financing needs. These are agreements to provide credit or to support the credit of others, as long as conditions established in the contract are met, and usually have expiration dates.
Commitments may expire without being used. Off-balance sheet risk to credit loss exists up to the face amount of these instruments, although material losses are not anticipated. The same credit policies are used to make such commitments as are used for loans, including obtaining collateral at exercise of the commitment.
Commitments to extend credit, excluding interest rate lock commitments
647,395
726,122
Letters of credit
23,486
22,547
670,881
748,669
24
In connection with the sale of mortgage loans to third party investors, the Bank makes usual and customary representations and warranties as to the propriety of its origination activities. Occasionally, the investors require the Bank to repurchase loans sold to them under the terms of the warranties. When this happens, the loans are recorded at fair value with a corresponding charge to a valuation reserve. The total principal amount of loans repurchased (or indemnified for) was $849 for three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. The Bank has established a reserve associated with loan repurchases. This reserve is recorded in accrued expenses and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. The following table summarizes the activity in the repurchase reserve:
2,659
2,156
Provision for loan repurchases or indemnifications
Recoveries on previous losses
Losses on loans repurchased or indemnified
2,842
2,546
Note (9)—Derivatives:
The Company utilizes derivative financial instruments as part of its ongoing efforts to manage its interest rate risk exposure as well as the exposure for its customers. Derivative financial instruments are included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets line item “Other assets” or “Other liabilities” at fair value in accordance with ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.”
The Company enters into commitments to originate loans whereby the interest rate on the loan is determined prior to funding (rate-lock commitments). Under such commitments, interest rates for a mortgage loan are typically locked in for forty-five days with the customer. These interest rate lock commitments are recorded at fair value in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The notional amount of commitments to fund fixed-rate mortgage loans was $449,009 and $532,920 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The Company also enters into mandatory delivery forward commitments to sell residential mortgage loans to secondary market investors. The notional amount of commitments to sell residential mortgage loans to secondary market investors was $598,500 and $829,000 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Gains and losses arising from changes in the valuation of the commitments are recognized currently in earnings and are reflected under the line item “Mortgage banking income” on the Consolidated Statements of Income.
The Company has entered into derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments to help its commercial customers manage their exposure to interest rate fluctuations. To mitigate the interest rate risk associated with these customer contracts, the Company enters into an offsetting derivative contract position. The Company manages its credit risk, or potential risk of default by its commercial customers, through credit limit approval and monitoring procedures. At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had notional amounts of $78,223 and $22,243, respectively, on interest rate contracts with corporate customers and $78,223 and $22,243, respectively, in offsetting interest rate contracts with other financial institutions to mitigate the Company’s rate exposure on its corporate customers’ contracts and certain fixed-rate loans. The fair value on the swaps was $1,215 and $586 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
Certain financial instruments, including derivatives, may be eligible for offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet when the “right of setoff” exists or when the instruments are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement, which includes the right of the non-defaulting party or non-affected party to offset recognized amounts, including collateral posted with the counterparty, to determine a net receivable or net payable upon early termination of the agreement. Certain of the Company’s derivative instruments are subject to master netting agreements. The Company has not elected to offset such financial instruments in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The following table provides details on the Company’s derivative financial instruments as of the dates presented:
Balance Sheet
Classification
Derivative assets:
Not designated as hedging:
Interest rate swaps
Other Assets
1,215
586
Forward commitments
12,731
Interest rate-lock commitments
9,370
6,428
10,585
19,745
Derivative liabilities:
Other Liabilities
3,445
4,660
Gains (losses) included in the Consolidated Statements of Income related to the Company’s derivative financial instruments were as follows:
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate lock commitments:
Included in mortgage banking income
2,942
7,268
Forward commitments:
(3,320
(8,753
(378
(1,485
Note (10)—Fair value of financial instruments:
ASC 820-10 establishes a framework for measuring the fair value of assets and liabilities according to a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The hierarchy maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that are derived from assumptions based on management’s estimate of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available under the circumstances.
The hierarchy is broken down into the following three levels, based on the reliability of inputs:
Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date.
Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs for assets or liabilities that are derived from assumptions based on management’s estimate of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities.
The Company records the fair values of financial assets and liabilities on a recurring and non-recurring basis using the following methods and assumptions:
Available-for-sale securities—Available-for-sale securities are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair values for securities are based on quoted market prices, where available. If quoted prices are not available, fair values are based on quoted market prices of similar instruments or are determined by matrix pricing, which is a mathematical technique widely used in the industry to value debt securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices for the specific securities but rather by relying on the pricing relationship or correlation among other benchmark quoted securities. Available-for-sale securities valued using quoted market prices of similar instruments or that are valued using matrix pricing are classified as Level 2. When significant inputs to the valuation are unobservable, the available-for-sale securities are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Where no active market exists for a security or other benchmark securities, fair value is estimated by the Company with reference to discount margins for other high risk securities.
Loans held for sale—Loans held for sale are carried at fair value. Fair value is used is determined using current secondary market prices for loans with similar characteristics, that is, using Level 2 inputs.
Derivatives—The fair value of the interest rate swaps are based upon fair values provided from entities that engage in interest rate swap activity and is based upon projected future cash flows and interest rates. Fair value of commitments is based on fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, and for fixed-rate commitments, the difference between current levels of interest rates and the committed rates is also considered. These financial instruments are classified as Level 2.
Foreclosed real estate—Foreclosed real estate (“REO”) is comprised of commercial and residential real estate obtained in partial or total satisfaction of loan obligations. REO acquired in settlement of indebtedness is recorded at the lower of the carrying amount of the loan or the fair value of the real estate less costs to sell. Fair value is determined on a nonrecurring basis based on appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers and is adjusted for management’s estimates of costs to sell and holding period discounts. The valuations are classified as Level 3.
Mortgage servicing rights—Servicing rights are carried at fair value. Fair value is determined using an income approach with various assumptions including expected cash flows, market discount rates, prepayment speeds, servicing costs, and other factors. Mortgage servicing rights are disclosed as Level 3.
Impaired loans—Loans considered impaired under FASB ASC 310, Receivables, are loans for which, based on current information and events, it is probable that the creditor will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Fair value adjustments for impaired loans are recorded on a non-recurring basis as either partial write downs based on observable market prices or current appraisal of the collateral. Impaired loans are classified as Level 3.
The following methods were used to estimate the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments which were not previously presented:
Cash and cash equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and due from banks with other financial institutions and federal funds sold. The carrying amount reported in the consolidated balance sheets approximates the fair value based upon the short-term nature of these assets. Also included are interest-bearing deposits in financial institutions. Interest bearing deposits in financial institutions consist of interest bearing accounts at the Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank. The carrying value reported in the consolidated balance sheets approximates the fair value based upon the short-term nature of the assets.
Federal Home Loan Bank stock—The carrying value of Federal Home Loan Bank stock reported in the consolidated balance sheets approximates the fair value as the stock is redeemable at the carrying value.
Loans—For variable rate loans that re-price frequently and with no significant change in credit risk, fair values are based upon carrying values. Fixed rate loan fair values are estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis based upon interest rates currently being offered for loans with similar terms to borrowers of similar credit quality.
Deposits—The fair value disclosed for demand deposits (both interest bearing and noninterest bearing) and savings deposits are equal to the amount payable on demand as of the reporting date. The fair value of the time deposits is estimated using a discounted cash flow method based upon current rates for similar types of accounts.
Short term borrowings—The fair value of the lines of credit which represent federal funds purchased approximate the carrying value of the amounts reported on the balance sheet due to the short-term nature of these liabilities.
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase—The fair value of the securities sold under agreement to repurchase approximate the carrying value of the amounts reported on the balance sheet due to the short-term nature of these liabilities.
Long-term debt—The fair value of long-term debt is determined using discounted cash flows using current rates.
Accrued interest payable and receivable – The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate fair value.
The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows:
Carrying amount
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Financial assets:
Available-for-sale securities
563,337
4,549
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
Loans, net
1,876,703
209
1,876,912
Loans held for sale
Derivatives
Financial liabilities:
Deposits:
Without stated maturities
2,311,666
With stated maturities
386,568
Securities sold under agreement to
repurchase
Interest payable
928
522
406
43,661
577,634
1,822,054
1,281
1,823,335
Mortgage servicing rights, net
2,280,531
390,484
Short term borrowings
620
237
383
43,994
The balances and levels of the assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2017 are presented in the following tables:
At March 31, 2017
Quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical assets
(liabilities)
(level 1)
Significant
observable
inputs
(level 2)
Significant unobservable
(level 3)
Recurring valuations:
Available-for-sale securities:
Mortgage-backed securities
Municipals, tax-exempt
4,074
Financial Liabilities:
The balances and levels of the assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at March 31, 2017 are presented in the following tables:
Non-recurring valuations:
Foreclosed assets
942
Impaired loans:
The balances and levels of the assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2016 are presented in the following tables:
At December 31, 2016
4,061
The balances and levels of the assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at December 31, 2016 are presented in the following tables:
other observable inputs
2,315
Impaired Loans:
542
1-4 family mortgage
Multifamily
There were no transfers between Level 1, 2 or 3 during the periods presented.
There was no change in fair value on available-for-sale securities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs, or Level 3 inputs, during either of the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.
The fair value of certain of the Company’s equity are determined from information derived from external parties that calculate discounted cash flows using swap and LIBOR curves plus spreads that adjust for loss severities, volatility, credit risk and optionality. When available, broker quotes are used to validate the model. Industry research reports as well as assumptions about specific-issuer defaults and deferrals are reviewed and incorporated into the calculations. There is no established market for the Company’s equity securities, and as such, the Company has estimated that historical costs approximates market value.
The following table presents information as of March 31, 2017 about significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) used in the valuation of assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis:
Financial instrument
Valuation technique
Significant Unobservable inputs
Range of
Impaired loans
Valuation of collateral
Discount for comparable sales
0%-30%
Appraised value of property less costs to sell
Discount for costs to sell
0%-10%
The following table presents information as of December 31, 2016 about significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) used in the valuation of assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis:
Discounted cash flows
See Note 6
Appraisals for both collateral-dependent impaired loans and real estate owned are performed by certified general appraisers (for commercial properties) or certified residential appraisers (for residential properties) whose qualifications and licenses have been reviewed and verified by the Company. Once received, a member of the lending administrative department reviews the assumptions and approaches utilized in the appraisal as well as the overall resulting fair value in comparison with independent data sources such as recent market data or industry wide statistics.
Fair value option
The Company elected to measure all loans originated for sale at fair value under the fair value option as permitted under ASC 825. Electing to measure these assets at fair value reduces certain timing differences and better matches the changes in fair value of the loans with changes in the fair value of derivative instruments used to economically hedge them.
Net gains of $7,606 and $1,579 resulting from fair value changes of the mortgage loans were recorded in income during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The amount does not reflect changes in fair values of related derivative instruments used to hedge exposure to market-related risks associated with these mortgage loans. The change in fair value of both loans held for sale and the related derivative instruments are recorded in Mortgage Banking Income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
The Company’s valuation of loans held for sale incorporates an assumption for credit risk; however, given the short-term period that the Company holds these loans, valuation adjustments attributable to instrument-specific credit risk is nominal. Interest income on loans held for sale measured at fair value is accrued as it is earned based on contractual rates and is reflected in loan interest income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
The following table summarizes the differences between the fair value and the principal balance for loans held for sale measured at fair value as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Aggregate
fair value
Unpaid
Principal
Balance
Mortgage loans held for sale measured at fair value
351,628
13,545
Past due loans of 90 days or more
Nonaccrual loans
501,503
5,939
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Note (11)—Segment reporting:
The Company and the Bank are engaged in the business of banking and provide a full range of financial services. The Company determines reportable segments based on the significance of the segment’s operating results to the overall Company, the products and services offered, customer characteristics, processes and service delivery of the segments and the regular financial performance review and allocation of resources by the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), the Company’s chief operating decision maker. The Company has identified two distinct reportable segments—Banking and Mortgage. The Company’s primary segment is Banking, which provides a full range of deposit and lending products and services to corporate, commercial and consumer customers. The Company offers full-service conforming residential mortgage products, including conforming residential loans and services through the Mortgage segment utilizing mortgage offices outside of the geographic footprint of the Banking operations as well as internet delivery channels. Additionally, the Mortgage Segment includes the servicing of residential mortgage loans and the packaging and securitization of loans to governmental agencies. The residential mortgage products and services originated in our Banking footprint and related revenues and expenses are included in our Banking segment. The Company’s mortgage division represents a distinct reportable segment which differs from the Company’s primary business of commercial and retail banking.
The financial performance of the Mortgage segment is assessed based on results of operations reflecting direct revenues and expenses and allocated expenses. This approach gives management a better indication of the operating performance of the segment. When assessing the Banking segment’s financial performance the CEO utilizes reports with indirect revenues and expenses including but not limited to the investment portfolio, electronic delivery channels and areas that primarily support the banking segment operations. Therefore these are included in the results of the Banking segment. Other indirect revenue and expenses related to general administrative areas are also included in the internal financial results reports of the Banking segment utilized by the CEO for analysis and are thus included for Banking segment reporting. The Mortgage segment utilizes funding sources from the Banking segment in order to fund mortgage loans that are ultimately sold on the secondary market. The Mortgage segment uses the proceeds from loan sales to repay obligations due to the Banking segment.
During 2016, the Company realigned its segment reporting structure to reclassify mortgage banking income and related expenses associated with retail mortgage originations within our Banking geographic footprint from the Mortgage segment to the Banking segment. This change was made to capture all of the product and service offerings for our Banking customer base within our banking geographic footprint into the Banking segment while capturing all of the mortgage banking activities outside of the banking footprint into the Mortgage segment to allow our CEO to better determine resource allocations and operating performance for each segment. As such, the tables below have been revised to reflect the reclassification for all periods presented.
The following tables provides segment financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 follows:
Banking
Mortgage
Consolidated
29,856
395
Provision for loan loss
5,666
19,414
Other noninterest income
6,007
864
138
Amortization of intangibles
Amortization and impairment of mortgage servicing rights
Loss on sale of mortgage servicing rights
Other noninterest mortgage banking expense
4,836
17,532
22,368
Other noninterest expense
13,039
2,139
2,705,118
461,341
46,767
100
33
26,014
(71
6,147
18,356
6,532
901
114
2,914
3,858
12,712
16,570
20,296
13,095
2,545
2,532,060
323,503
2,855,563
Our Banking segment provides our Mortgage segment with a warehouse line of credit that is used to fund mortgage loans held for sale. The warehouse line of credit had a prime interest rate of 4.00% and 3.50% as of March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The amount of interest paid by our Mortgage segment to our Banking segment under this warehouse line of credit is recorded as interest income to our Banking segment and as interest expense to our Mortgage segment, both of which are included in the calculation of net interest income for each segment. The amount of interest paid by our Mortgage segment to our Banking segment under this warehouse line of credit was $3,551 and $2,259 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Note (12)—Minimum capital requirements:
Banks and bank holding companies are subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and, additionally for banks, prompt corrective action regulations involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators. Failure to meet capital requirements can initiate regulatory action.
For March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 Interim Final Basel III rules require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of common equity Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets. Additionally under Basel III rules, the decision was made to opt-out of including accumulated other comprehensive income in regulatory capital. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Bank and Company met all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject. Also, as of March 31, 2017, the most recent notification from the FDIC, the Bank was well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the Bank’s category.
The table below includes new regulatory capital ratio requirements that became effective on January 1, 2015. Beginning in 2016, an additional conservation buffer was added to the minimum requirements for capital adequacy purposes, subject to a three year phase-in period. The capital conservative buffer will be fully phased in January 1, 2019 at 2.5 percent.
Actual and required capital amounts and ratios are presented below at period-end.
Actual
For capital adequacy purposes
Minimum Capital
adequacy with
capital buffer
To be well capitalized
under prompt corrective
action provisions
Amount
Ratio
Total Capital (to risk-weighted assets)
FB Financial Corporation
350,667
13.76
203,876
8.0
235,732
9.25
N/A
FirstBank
316,013
12.42
203,551
235,356
254,439
10.0
Tier 1 Capital (to risk-weighted assets)
327,769
12.87
152,806
6.0
184,641
7.25
293,115
11.52
152,664
184,469
Tier 1 Capital (to average assets)
10.46
125,342
4.0
9.36
125,263
156,579
5.0
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital
(to risk-weighted assets)
297,769
11.69
114,625
4.5
146,465
5.75
114,498
146,303
165,386
6.5
338,893
13.03
208,069
224,325
8.63
304,018
11.72
207,521
223,733
259,401
317,146
12.19
156,101
172,362
6.63
282,271
10.88
155,664
171,879
10.05
126,227
8.95
126,155
157,693
287,146
11.04
117,043
133,299
5.13
116,748
132,963
168,636
Note (13)—Stock-Based Compensation:
The Company granted shares of common stock and restricted stock units as a part of its initial public offering for the benefit of employees and executive officers. Restricted stock unit grants are subject to time-based vesting. The total number of restricted stock units granted represents the maximum number of restricted stock units eligible to vest based upon the service conditions set forth in the grant agreements.
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Following the initial public offering, participants in the EBI Plans were given the option to elect conversion of their outstanding cash-settled EBI Units to stock-settled EBI Units.
The following table summarizes information about vested and unvested restricted stock units outstanding at March 31, 2017:
Restricted Stock
Units
Outstanding
Weighted
Average Grant
Date
Balance, December 31, 2016
1,200,848
19.00
Grants
73,801
33.48
Released and distributed (vested)
(70,687
Forfeited/expired
(544
Balance, March 31, 2017
1,203,418
19.15
The total fair value of restricted stock units vested and released was $1,343 for the three months ended March 31, 2017.
The compensation cost related to restricted stock units (included in salaries and employee benefits) was $1,352 for the three months ended March 31, 2017.
As of March 31, 2017, there was $16,842 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock units which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.70 years.
At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, there were 67,470 and 180,447 units valued at $2,384 and $4,683, respectively, remaining in the equity based incentive plans for employees who elected cash settlement of EBI units.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
In 2016, the Company adopted an employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) under which employees, through payroll deductions, are able to purchase shares of Company common stock. The purchase price is 85%, with respect to the first offering period, or 95%, with respect to the current offering period, of the lower of the price on the first or last day of the offering period. The maximum number of shares issuable during any offering period is 200,000 shares and a participant may not purchase more than 725 shares during any offering period (and, in any event, no more than $25,000 worth of common stock in any calendar year). There were not any shares issued under the ESPP during the three months ended March 31, 2017. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, there were 2,479,623 shares available for issuance under the ESPP.
Note (14)—Related party transactions:
(A) Loans:
The Bank has made and expects to continue to make loans to the directors, certain management and executive officers of the Company and their affiliates in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, these transactions with directors and executive officers complied with federal banking Regulation O and were made on substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other unaffiliated persons and did not involve more than the normal risk.
An analysis of loans to executive officers, certain management, and directors of the Bank and their affiliates follows:
Loans outstanding at January 1, 2017
27,370
New loans and advances
2,065
Repayments
(1,975
Loans outstanding at March 31, 2017
27,460
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Unfunded commitments to certain executive officers and directors and their associates totaled $7,099 and $6,838 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
(B) Deposits:
The Bank held deposits from related parties totaling $155,390 and $150,373 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
(C) Leases:
The Bank leases various office spaces from entities related to the majority shareholder and his son, who is also a Director of the Company, under varying terms. The Company had $153 and $174 in unamortized leasehold improvements related to these leases at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. These improvements are being amortized over a term not to exceed the length of the lease. Lease expense for these properties totaled $126 and $134 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
(D) Subordinated debt:
On February 12, 1996, the Company borrowed $775 from the shareholder through a term subordinated note. On August 26, 1999, the Company borrowed $3,300 from the shareholder through a term subordinated note. On June 30, 2006, the Company borrowed $6,000 from the shareholder through a term subordinated note. The total of $10,075 was repaid with cash proceeds from the sale of common stock in the initial public offering, as discussed in Note 1. The Company paid interest payments related to these subordinated debentures to the shareholder amounting to approximately $68 for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
(E) Investment securities transactions:
The Company holds an investment in a fund that was issued by an entity owned by one of its directors. The balance in the investment was $1,145 and $1,145 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
(F) Aviation time sharing agreement:
Effective May 24, 2016, the Company entered an aviation time sharing agreement with an entity owned by the majority shareholder and his son, who is also a Director of the Company. This replaces the previous agreement dated December 21, 2012. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company made payments of $25 and $18, respectively, under these agreements.
ITEM 2—Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations
The following is a discussion of our financial condition at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, and should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and filed with the SEC and with our unaudited accompanying notes set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period March 31, 2017. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and are based on certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable but may prove to be inaccurate. Certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those set forth in the “Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements” and “Risk Factors” sections in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected results discussed in the forward-looking statements appearing in this discussion and analysis. We assume no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements.
Critical accounting policies
Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and general practices within the banking industry. Within our financial statements, certain financial information contain approximate measurements of financial effects of transactions and impacts at the consolidated balance sheet dates and our results of operations for the reporting periods. As certain accounting policies require significant estimates and assumptions that have a material impact on the carrying value of assets and liabilities, we have established critical accounting policies to facilitate making the judgment necessary to prepare financial statements. Our critical accounting policies are described in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” in our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 and in the “Critical Accounting Policies” section of “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations”, both in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the first quarter of 2017, we adopted a new accounting policy electing fair value on mortgage servicing rights, which is further described in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” on this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
We are a bank holding company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. We operate primarily through our wholly-owned bank subsidiary, FirstBank, the third largest bank headquartered in Tennessee, based on total assets. FirstBank provides a comprehensive suite of commercial and consumer banking services to clients in select markets in Tennessee, North Alabama, and North Georgia. Our footprint includes 45 full-service bank branches serving the following MSAs Nashville, Chattanooga (including North Georgia), Knoxville, Memphis, Jackson, and Huntsville (AL) and 12 community markets throughout Tennessee. FirstBank also provides mortgage banking services utilizing its bank branch network and mortgage banking offices strategically located throughout the southeastern United States and a national internet delivery channel.
We operate through two segments, Banking and Mortgage. We generate most of our revenue in our Banking segment from interest on loans and investments, loan-related fees, mortgage originations in our banking footprint, investment services and deposit-related fees and, in our Mortgage segment, from origination fees and gains on sales in the secondary market of mortgage loans that we originate outside our Banking footprint or through our internet delivery channels and from servicing. Our primary source of funding for our loans is customer deposits, and to a lesser extent Federal Home Loan Bank advances and other borrowings.
Selected financial data
The following table presents certain selected financial data as of the dates or for the period indicated:
As of or for the three months ended
As of or for the
year ended
Statement of Income Data
120,494
9,544
110,950
(1,479
144,685
194,790
Net income before income taxes
62,324
21,733
40,591
Net interest income (tax—equivalent basis)
30,963
26,445
113,311
Per Common Share
Basic net income
2.12
Diluted net income
2.10
Book value(1)
14.16
14.74
13.71
Tangible book value(5)
12.05
11.65
11.58
Pro Forma Statement of Income and Per Common Share Data(4)
Pro forma provision for income tax
22,902
39,422
Pro forma net income per common share—basic
2.06
Pro forma net income per common share—diluted
2.04
Selected Balance Sheet Data
51,133
Loans held for investment
1,712,386
(24,431
233,110
Available-for-sale securities, fair value
587,377
2,469,133
Core deposits(5)
2,638,530
2,417,089
2,611,438
Borrowings
56,201
194,892
Selected Ratios
Return on average:
Assets(2)
1.25
2.03
1.35
Shareholders' equity(2)
11.87
23.79
14.68
Average shareholders' equity to average assets
10.50
8.55
9.22
Net interest margin (tax-equivalent basis)
4.28
4.03
4.10
Efficiency ratio
75.67
72.57
76.20
Adjusted efficiency ratio (tax-equivalent basis)(5)
73.29
71.43
70.59
Loans held for investment to deposit ratio
70.38
69.35
69.20
Yield on interest-earning assets
4.65
4.40
4.45
Cost of interest-bearing liabilities
0.51
0.46
0.48
Cost of total deposits
0.32
0.29
Pro Forma Selected Ratios
Pro forma return on average assets(2)(4)
1.37
1.31
Pro forma return on average equity(2)(4)
15.97
14.25
Credit Quality Ratios
Allowance for loan losses to loans, net of unearned income
1.20
1.43
1.18
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans
246.32
212.54
216.22
Nonperforming loans to loans, net of unearned income
0.49
0.67
0.54
Capital Ratios (Company)
Shareholders' equity to assets
10.81
8.87
10.09
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)
7.66
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets(3)
9.52
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)(3)
13.28
11.05
Tangible common equity to tangible assets(5)
9.34
7.14
8.65
Common Equity Tier 1 (to risk-weighted assets) (CET1)(3)
11.28
8.19
Capital Ratios (Bank)
9.90
9.94
7.69
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)(3)
11.14
9.61
Total capital to (risk-weighted assets)(3)
12.01
10.97
(1)
Book value per share equals our total shareholders’ equity as of the date presented divided by the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of the date presented. The number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2017 and 2016 and December 31, 2016 was 24,154,323 and 17,180,000 and 24,107,660, respectively.
(2)
We have calculated our return on average assets and return on average equity for a period by dividing net income for that period by our average assets and average equity, as the case may be, for that period. We have calculated our pro forma return on average assets and pro forma return on average equity for a period by calculating our pro forma net income for that period as described in footnote 5 below and dividing that by our average assets and average equity, as the case be, for that period. We calculate our average assets and average equity for a period by dividing the sum of our total asset balance or total stockholder’s equity balance, as the case may be, as of the close of business on each day in the relevant period and dividing by the number of days in the period.
(3)
We calculate our risk-weighted assets using the standardized method of the Basel III Framework as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and the Basel II Framework for March 31, 2016, as implemented by the Federal Reserve and the FDIC.
(4)
We have calculated our pro forma net income, pro forma net income per share, pro forma returns on average assets and pro forma return on average equity for each period shown by calculating a pro forma provision for federal income tax using a combined effective income tax rate of 35.74% and 37.32% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively and 36.75% for the year ended December 31, 2016, and adjusting our historical net income for each period to give effect to the pro forma provision for U.S. federal income tax for such period.
(5)
These measures are not measures recognized under generally accepted accounting principles (United States) (“GAAP”), and are therefore considered to be non-GAAP financial measures. See “GAAP reconciliation and management explanation of non-GAAP financial measures” for a reconciliation of these measures to their most comparable GAAP measures.
GAAP reconciliation and management explanation of non-GAAP financial measures
We identify certain of the financial measures discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as being “non-GAAP financial measures.” In accordance with the SEC’s rules, we classify a financial measure as being a non-GAAP financial measure if that financial measure excludes or includes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of excluding or including amounts, that are included or excluded, as the case may be, in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States in our statements of income, balance sheets or statements of cash flows.
The non-GAAP financial measures that we discuss in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable or other financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Moreover, the manner in which we calculate the non-GAAP financial measures that we discuss in our summary historical consolidated financial data may differ from that of other companies reporting measures with similar names. You should understand how such other banking organizations calculate their financial measures similar or with names similar to the non-GAAP financial measures we have discussed in our summary historical consolidated financial data when comparing such non-GAAP financial measures. The following reconciliation table provides a more detailed analysis of these non-GAAP financial measures.
Adjusted efficiency ratio
The adjusted efficiency ratio is a non-GAAP measure that excludes securities gains (losses), merger-related and conversion expenses, one time IPO equity grants and other selected items. Our management uses this measure in its analysis of our performance. Our management believes this measure provides a greater understanding of ongoing operations and enhances comparability of results with prior periods, as well as demonstrates the effects of significant gains and charges. The most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP is the efficiency ratio.
The following table presents, as of the dates set forth below, the calculation of our efficiency ratio on a tax-equivalent basis:
Year ended
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Adjusted efficiency ratio (tax-equivalent basis)
Less vesting of one time equity grants
2,960
Less variable compensation charge related to
cash settled equity awards previously issued
1,254
Less merger and conversion expenses
3,268
Less impairment of MSRs
4,678
Less loss on sale of MSRs
4,447
Adjusted noninterest expense
45,295
39,968
178,183
Net interest income (tax-equivalent basis)
Less change in fair value on mortgage servicing rights
Less gain on sales or (write-downs) of other real
estate
1,282
Less gain (loss) on sale of other assets
(103
Less gain on sales of securities
4,407
Adjusted noninterest income
30,839
29,506
139,099
Adjusted operating revenue
61,802
55,951
252,410
Efficiency ratio (GAAP)
Tangible book value per common share and tangible common equity to tangible assets
Tangible book value per common share and tangible common equity to tangible assets are non-GAAP measures that exclude the impact of goodwill and other intangibles used by the Company’s management to evaluate capital adequacy. Because intangible assets such as goodwill and other intangibles vary extensively from company to company, we believe that the presentation of this information allows investors to more easily compare the Company’s capital position to other companies. The most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP is book value per common share and our total shareholders’ equity to total.
The following table presents, as of the dates set forth below, tangible common equity compared with total shareholders’ equity, tangible book value per common share compared with our book value per common share and common equity to tangible assets compared to total shareholders’ equity to total assets:
As of March 31,
As of December 31,
Tangible Assets
Adjustments:
(46,867
Core deposit intangibles
(4,171
(6,143
(4,563
Tangible assets
3,115,421
2,802,553
3,225,451
Tangible Common Equity
Tangible common equity
291,104
200,226
279,068
Common shares outstanding
24,154,323
24,107,660
Book value per common share
Tangible book value per common share
Total shareholders' equity to total assets
Tangible common equity to tangible
assets
Core deposits
Core deposits is a non-GAAP financial measure used by management and investors to evaluate organic growth of deposits and the quality of deposits as a funding source. We calculate core deposits by excluding jumbo time deposits (greater than $250,000) from total deposits. For core deposits the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP is total deposits.
The following table presents, as of the dates set forth below, core deposits compared total deposits:
(dollars in thousands)
Less jumbo time deposits
62,669
52,044
60,124
Mergers and acquisitions
On February 8, 2017, the Company and FirstBank entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Clayton HC, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation (“Seller”), Clayton Bank and Trust, a Tennessee state bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (“CBT”), American City Bank, a Tennessee state bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (“ACB,” and together with CBT, the “Clayton Banks”), and James L. Clayton, the significant shareholder of Seller (“Clayton”). On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, FirstBank has committed to purchase from Seller all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Clayton Banks (the “Stock Purchase”). Following the consummation of the Stock Purchase, the Clayton Banks will merge with and into FirstBank, with FirstBank continuing as the surviving banking corporation. The acquisition is valued at approximately $284.2 million at the date of announcement. The Clayton Banks had approximately $1,199 million in assets, $1,065 million in loans and $929 million in deposits, and 18 banking offices in Tennessee as of March 31, 2017. Consummation of the Stock Purchase is subject to, among other things, the receipt of approval by regulatory authorities. The acquisition is expected to be completed sometime in the third quarter of 2017, subject to the satisfaction of the closing conditions thereto, including approvals from our banking regulators. We have incurred merger and conversion expenses connected with this transaction amounting to $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017.
On September 18, 2015, we completed our acquisition of Northwest Georgia Bank, which we refer to as NWGB, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 27, 2015. We acquired the stock of NWGB for $1.5 million in cash. NWGB was a 110-year old institution with six branches, serving clients in Chattanooga, Tennessee MSA, including northern Georgia. We acquired net assets with a fair value of approximately $272 million, which includes a bargain purchase gain of $2.8 million, loans with a fair value of approximately $79 million, and assumed liabilities of approximately $268 million, including deposits with a fair value of approximately $246 million. At the acquisition date, $4.9 million of core deposit intangible assets were recorded. Additionally, we recorded merger and conversion related charges totaling $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Factors affecting comparability of financial results
S Corporation status
From our formation in 2001 through September 16, 2016, we elected to be taxed for federal income tax purposes as a “Subchapter S corporation” under the provisions of Section 1361 through 1379 of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, our net income was not subject to, and we have not paid, U.S. federal income taxes and we have not been required to make any provision or recognize any liability for federal income tax in our financial statements for the periods ending on or prior to September 16, 2016. We terminated our status as a “Subchapter S” corporation in connection with our initial public offering as of September 16, 2016. We commenced paying federal income taxes on our pre-tax net income and our net income for each fiscal year and each interim period commencing on or after September 16, 2016 will reflect a provision for federal income taxes. As a result of that change in our status under the federal income tax laws, the net income and earnings per share data presented in our historical financial statements set forth elsewhere in this report, which do not include any provision for federal income taxes, will not be comparable with our future net income and earnings per share in periods in which we are taxed as a C corporation, which will be calculated by including a provision for federal income taxes. Pro forma amounts for income tax expense and basic and diluted earnings per share are presented in the consolidated statements of income assuming the Company’s pro forma tax rates of 37.32% for the three months ended March 31, 2016, as if it had been a C corporation during those periods.
Although we did not historically pay federal income tax until our conversion to C corporation status, in the past, we made periodic cash distributions to our majority (and formerly sole) shareholder in amounts estimated to be necessary for him to pay his estimated individual U.S. federal income tax liabilities related to our taxable income that was “passed through” to him. Our historical cash flows and financial condition were affected by such cash distributions in prior periods.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of the change in tax rates resulting from becoming a C Corporation was recognized in income in the third quarter of 2016 in which such change took place. On September 16, 2016, the Company recorded an additional net deferred tax liability of $13.2 million to recognize the difference between the financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases as of the date that the Company became a taxable corporate entity. In recording the impact of the conversion to
a C Corporation, the Company recorded a deferred income tax expense of $3.0 million related to the unrealized gain on available for sale securities through the income statement; therefore, the amount shown in other comprehensive income has not been reduced by the above expense. This difference will remain in OCI until the underlying securities are sold or mature.
Public company costs
On August 19, 2016, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the SEC. That Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC on September 15, 2016. We sold and issued 6,764,704 shares of common stock at $19 per share pursuant to that Registration Statement. Total proceeds received, net of offering costs, were approximately $115.5 million. The proceeds were used to fund a $55.0 million distribution to the majority shareholder representing undistributed earnings previously taxed to him under subchapter S, and used to repay all $10.1 million aggregate principal amount of subordinated notes held by the majority shareholder, plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act).
There are additional costs associated with operating as a public company, hiring additional personnel, enhancing technology and expanding our capabilities. We expect that these costs will include legal, regulatory, accounting, investor relations and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. Sarbanes-Oxley, as well as rules adopted by the SEC, the FDIC and national securities exchanges also require public companies to implement specified corporate governance practices. In addition, due to regulatory changes in the banking industry and the implementation of new laws, rules and regulations, we are now subject to higher regulatory compliance costs. These additional rules and regulations also increase our legal, regulatory, accounting and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming.
Overview of recent financial performance
Results of operation
For the three months ended March 31, 2017, net income was $9.8 million compared to $14.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016. Pre-tax income was $15.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared with $15.6 million in the same period in 2016. Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.40 and $0.85 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. Pro forma net income on a C Corporation basis was $9.8 million and pro forma earnings per share was $0.57 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Our net income represented a ROAA of 1.25% and 2.03% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and a ROAE of 11.87% and 23.79% for the same periods. Our ratio of average shareholders’ equity to average assets in the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was 10.50% and 8.55%, respectively.
During the three months ended March 31, 2017, net interest income increased to $30.3 million compared to $25.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016, which was attributable to an increase in interest income, primarily driven by loan growth, and accretion of the credit discount on acquired loans of $1.2 million and $0.4 million of syndication fee income in the three months ended March 31, 2017. Noninterest income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 remained relatively flat, increasing by $0.05 million, or 0.2%. Our net interest margin, on a tax-equivalent basis, increased to 4.28% as compared to 4.03% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, due primarily to loan growth and increase in loan fees and accretion associated with the acquisition of the NWGB loan portfolio.
Noninterest expense also increased to $46.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $41.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, reflecting continued increases in personnel costs associated with our growth.
Financial condition
Our total assets decreased slighted by 3.4% in the three months ended March 31, 2017 to $3.17 billion as compared to $3.28 billion at December 31, 2016, due to a $142.3 million decline in mortgage loans held for sale. Loans held for investment increased by 2.8% to $1.90 billion at March 31, 2017 as compared to December 31, 2016.
We grew total deposits by 1.1% to $2.70 billion as compared to December 31, 2016. Noninterest bearing deposits as a percentage of total deposits was 25.8% at March 31, 2017 compared to 26.1% at December 31, 2016.
Business segment highlights
We operate our business in two business segments: Banking and Mortgage. See Note 11, “Segment Reporting,” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for a description of these business segments.
During the first quarter of 2016, management evaluated the current composition of its operating segments –Banking and Mortgage. The primary focus of the evaluation was on capturing all of the revenue and expenses from all customer activities within the Banking segment’s geographic footprint. Specifically, the primary product and service that was not previously captured by the Banking segment related to our retail mortgage origination activities occurring within our banking geographic footprint and typically within our existing branch network. Therefore, we have reclassified the revenue and associated expenses from the retail mortgage origination activities within the Banking geographic footprint into the Banking segment from the Mortgage segment for all periods presented. Based on the review and evaluation of the revised information, our chief executive officer believes that this presentation better presents the results of each segment to enhance overall resource allocation and evaluation of the Company’s performance. Additionally, we believe that the revised results of the Banking segment become more comparable to other banking organizations for analysis and understanding of the Banking segment operating results.
As discussed above, the mortgage retail origination activities within the Banking segment contributed the following to Banking segment results:
Noninterest expense
Income before taxes remained relatively flat, decreasing by $0.1 million, or 0.4% in the three months ended March 31, 2017 to $13.0 million as compared to $13.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016. Noninterest expense increased $3.1 million, primarily due to the investment in new branch locations and banking teams in the Nashville market.
Income before taxes from the mortgage segment decreased $0.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2017 to $2.1 million as compared to $2.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016. This decrease is primarily due to increases in the overall interest rate environment and deceleration of the housing market and interest rate lock pipeline. Loan originations increased $596.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 to $1,346.5 million as compared to $749.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Noninterest income increased $1.1 million to $19.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to $18.4 for the three months ended March 31, 2016, reflecting the significant increased activity in loan originations and sales. The increase in noninterest income was offset by a $1.9 million increase in noninterest expense, primarily driven by increases in salaries and commissions associated with the increase in volume. Interest rate lock commitments in the pipeline at March 31, 2017 were $449.0 million compared with $514.3 million at March 31, 2016.
Throughout the following discussion of our operating results, we present our net interest income, net interest margin and efficiency ratio on a fully tax-equivalent basis. The fully tax-equivalent basis adjusts for the tax-favored status of net interest income from certain loans and investments. We believe this measure to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income, which enhances comparability of net interest income arising from taxable and tax-exempt sources. The adjustment to convert certain income to a tax-equivalent basis consists of dividing tax exempt income by one minus the combined federal and state statutory income tax rate of 39.225%.
Our net interest income is primarily affected by the interest rate environment, and by the volume and the composition of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. We utilize net interest margin, or NIM which represents net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets, to track the performance of our investing and lending activities. We earn interest income from interest, dividends and fees earned on interest-earning assets, as well as from amortization and accretion of discounts on acquired loans. Our interest-earning assets include loans, time deposits in other financial institutions and securities available for sale. We incur interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities, including interest-bearing deposits, borrowings and other forms of indebtedness as well as from amortization of premiums on purchased deposits. Our interest-bearing liabilities include deposits, advances from the FHLB, other borrowings and other liabilities.
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Three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to three months ended March 31, 2016
Net interest income increased 16.6% to $30.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $25.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016. On a tax-equivalent basis, net interest income increased $4.5 million to $31.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to $26.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in tax-equivalent net interest income in the three months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily driven by higher loan balances, accelerated accretion of the credit discount on acquired loans of $1.2 million and loan syndication fees of $0.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2017.
Interest income, on a tax-equivalent basis, was $33.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, compared to $28.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, an increase of $4.9 million. The two largest components of interest income are loan income and investment income. Loan income consists primarily of interest earned on our loan held for investment portfolio in addition to loans held for sale. Investment income consists primarily of interest earned on our investment portfolio. Loan income on loans held for investment, on a tax-equivalent basis, increased $2.7 million to $25.0 million from $22.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 primarily due to increased loan balances of $165.0 million. The tax-equivalent yield on loans was 5.42%, up 16 basis points from the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in yield was primarily due to an increase in accretion on loans purchased from NWGB, which yielded 0.25% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared with 0.19% for the three month ended March 31, 2016, in addition to increased loan fees and syndicated loan fees, which increased 8 basis points and 8 basis points, respectively.
The components of our loan yield, a key driver to our NIM for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:
Interest
income/
expense
Average
yield/
rate
Loan yield components:
Contractual interest rate on loans held for
investment (1)
21,638
4.69
20,116
4.75
Origination and other loan fee income
1,363
Accretion on purchased loans
0.25
0.19
Syndicated fee income
353
0.08
0.00
Total loan yield
25,001
5.42
22,305
5.26
Includes tax equivalent adjustment using combined rate of 39.225%
Accretion on purchased loans contributed 16 and 13 basis points to the NIM for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Additionally, syndicated loan fees contributed 4 and 0 basis points to the NIM for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
For the three months ended March 31, 2017, interest income on loans held for sale increased by $2.0 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase was driven by an increase in volume of $1.4 million in addition to an increase in rates of $0.6 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, investment income, on a tax-equivalent basis, increased 1.7% to $4.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The average balance in the investment portfolio in the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $574.2 million compared to $604.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016. The decline in the balance is driven by the use of investment cash flow to fund loan growth and overall asset liability management.
Interest expense was $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, an increase of $0.3 million, or 14.7%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in interest expense was due primarily to an increase in deposit interest expense driven by overall increased interest rates and the growth in deposit volume. Interest expense on deposits was $2.1 million and $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The cost of total deposits was 0.32% and 0.29% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The cost of interest-bearing deposits was 0.43% and 0.39% for the same periods. The primary driver for the increase in total interest expense is the increase in money market and time deposit interest expense to $0.8 and $0.6 million from $0.5 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, driven by an increase in rate and balances. The rate on money markets was 0.44%, up 10 basis points from the three months ended March 31, 2016. Time deposit interest expense also increased $0.2 million from the three months ended March 31, 2016. The rate on time deposits was 0.61%, up 15 basis points from the three months ended March 31, 2016. This increase is due to a restructuring of our IRA savings products to a time deposit product during the second quarter of 2016. Time deposit
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balances increased $70.5 million to $390.2 million from $319.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017. Interest expense on borrowings was $0.5 and $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, while the cost of total borrowings was 1.93% and 1.18% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. For more information about our subordinated debentures which were partially paid off during the third quarter of 2016, refer to the discussion in this section under the heading “Financial condition: Borrowed funds.”
Our net interest margin, on a tax-equivalent basis, increased to 4.28% during the three months ended March 31, 2017 from 4.03% in the three months ended March 31, 2016, primarily as a result of our loan growth, increasing rates and accretion on loans purchased from NWGB.
Average balance sheet amounts, interest earned and yield analysis
The table below shows the average balances, income and expense and yield rates of each of our interesting-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities on a tax-equivalent basis, if applicable, for the periods indicated.
(dollars in thousands on tax-equivalent basis)
balances(1)
balances
Interest-earning assets:
Loans(2)(4)
1,869,951
1,704,973
381,932
4,046
4.30
250,355
2,054
3.30
Securities:
456,634
2.28
534,000
2.29
Tax-exempt(4)
117,615
1,711
5.90
70,561
6.61
Total Securities(4)
574,249
4,278
3.02
604,561
4,205
2.80
14,327
0.76
15,066
Interest-bearing deposits with other financial institutions
82,981
171
0.84
46,519
0.86
FHLB stock
78
4.09
6,528
4.07
Total interest earning assets(4)
2,931,183
33,601
2,628,002
28,744
Noninterest Earning Assets:
51,614
47,211
(21,955
(24,480
Other assets(3)
211,307
234,714
Total noninterest earning assets
240,966
257,445
3,172,149
2,885,447
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Interest bearing deposits:
390,212
0.61
319,715
Money market
729,934
785
0.44
630,911
534
0.34
Negotiable order of withdrawals
718,957
695
0.39
656,643
643
136,627
51
0.15
208,629
220
0.42
Total interest bearing deposits
1,975,730
0.43
1,815,898
1,759
Other interest-bearing liabilities:
FHLB advances
60,569
191
1.28
43,306
124
1.15
Other borrowings
18,884
0.21
99,779
63
30,930
323
4.24
41,005
3.46
Total other interest-bearing liabilities
110,383
524
1.93
184,090
540
Total Interest-bearing liabilities
2,086,113
1,999,988
Noninterest bearing liabilities:
708,612
605,578
Other liabilities
44,246
33,050
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities
752,858
638,628
2,838,971
2,638,616
Shareholders' equity
333,178
246,831
Interest rate spread (tax-equivalent basis)
4.22
4.00
Average interest-earning assets to average interesting-bearing
liabilities
140.5
131.4
Calculated using daily averages.
Average balances of nonaccrual loans are included in average loan balances. Loan fees of $1.9 and $1.4, accretion of $1.2 and $0.8, and syndication fee income of $0.4 million and $0 are included in interest income in the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 respectively.
Includes investments in premises and equipment, foreclosed assets, interest receivable, deposit base intangible, goodwill and other miscellaneous assets.
Interest income includes the effects of taxable-equivalent adjustments using a U.S. federal income tax rate and, where applicable, state income tax to increase tax-exempt interest income to a tax-equivalent basis. The net taxable-equivalent adjustment amounts included in the above table were $0.7 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Rate/volume analysis
The tables below present the components of the changes in net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. For each major category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, information is provided with respect to changes due to average volumes and changes due to rates, with the changes in both volumes and rates allocated to these two categories based on the proportionate absolute changes in each category.
Three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to
three months ended March 31, 2016
due to changes in
(in thousands on a tax-equivalent basis)
volume
Net increase
(decrease)
Loans(1)(2)
2,206
490
2,696
1,394
598
1,992
Securities available for sale and other securities:
(435
(43
(478
Tax Exempt(2)
685
(134
551
Federal funds sold and balances at Federal Reserve Bank
Time deposits in other financial institutions
(3
Total interest income(2)
3,935
921
4,857
116
221
106
145
251
Negotiable order of withdrawal accounts
60
(8
(27
(142
54
(42
(53
(105
76
(30
187
339
Change in net interest income(2)
3,783
735
Average loans are gross, including non-accrual loans and overdrafts (before deduction of net fees and allowance for loan losses). Loan fees of $1.9 and $1.4, accretion of $1.2 and $0.8, and syndication fee income of $0.4 million and $0 are included in interest income in the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 respectively.
Interest income includes the effects of the tax-equivalent adjustments to increase tax-exempt interest income to a tax-equivalent basis.
As discussed above, the $4.7 million increase in loans and loans held for sale interest income during the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016 was the primary driver of the $4.5 million increase in net interest income. The increase in loan interest income was driven by an increase in average loans held for investment of $165.0 million, or 9.7%, to $1.9 billion as of March 31, 2017, as compared to $1.7 billion as of March 31, 2016. Our loan growth during the period was driven by growth in our metropolitan markets, primarily in the Nashville MSA, resulting from the investment in a new location and banking teams and building upon customer relationships. The increase in average loans held for sale of $131.6 million was the result of an increase in volume, including the addition of a correspondent delivery channel in 2016.
The provision for loan losses charged to operating expense is an amount which, in the judgment of management, is necessary to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level that is believed to be adequate to meet the inherent risks of losses in our loan portfolio. Factors considered by management in determining the amount of the provision for loan losses include the internal risk rating of individual credits, historical and current trends in net charge-offs, trends in nonperforming loans, trends in past due loans, trends in the market values of underlying collateral securing loans and the current
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economic conditions in the markets in which we operate. The determination of the amount is complex and involves a high degree of judgment and subjectivity.
Our provision for loan losses for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was a reversal of $0.3 million as compared to a reversal for loan losses of $9 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2016, reflecting improving asset quality and a large recovery of a single credit during the three months ended March 31, 2017.
Noninterest income
Our noninterest income includes gains on sales of mortgage loans, fees on mortgage loan originations, loan servicing fees, hedging results, fees generated from deposit services, securities gains and all other noninterest income.
The following table sets forth the components of noninterest income for the periods indicated:
ATM and interchange
Net gain (loss) on sales or write-downs of foreclosed
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Noninterest income was $31.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, an increase of $0.05 million, or 0.2%, as compared to $31.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Noninterest income to average assets (excluding any gains or losses from sale of securities) was 4.0% in the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to 4.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Mortgage banking income primarily includes origination fees on mortgage loans, gains and losses on the sale of mortgage loans, change in fair value on derivatives, fees from wholesale and third party origination services provided to community banks and mortgage companies and mortgage servicing fees. Mortgage banking income was $25.1 million and $24.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
During the first quarter of 2017, the Bank’s mortgage operations had originations of $1,346.5 million which generated $22.8 million in gains and related fair value charges included in mortgage banking revenue. This compares to $749.8 million and $22.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, respectively. During the fourth quarter of 2016, mortgage rates began to increase above prevailing rates during the first three quarters of 2016. The combination of this increase in rates and the overall seasonal nature of historical mortgage production has caused the level of interest lock commitments in the pipeline to decline to approximately $449.0 million at March 31, 2017 from $514.3 million at March 31, 2016 and $532.9 million at December 31, 2016. Interest rate lock volume increased $378.7 million, or 31.0%, to $1,598.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 from the three months ended March 31, 2016, due in large part to the growth in our newly established correspondent delivery channel. With the increasing rates and a change in the mix of origination volume, including a higher contribution from the newly established correspondent origination channel, the Company is currently seeing a decline in mortgage origination margins from late 2016 for the current quarter. Income from mortgage servicing was $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 offset by a decline in fair value on MSR by $0.5 million. This compares to $2.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016. The fair value adjustment in the three months ended March 31, 2017 was the result of our change in accounting policy to elect fair value on mortgage servicing rights. As such, fair value adjustments are not reflected in mortgage banking income for any periods prior to March 31, 2017.
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The components of mortgage banking income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:
(in thousands)
Mortgage banking income:
Origination and sales of mortgage loans
27,577
16,610
Net change in fair value of loans held for sale and derivatives
(4,744
5,897
Change in fair value on mortgage servicing rights
Mortgage servicing income
Total mortgage banking income
Origination volume
1,346,535
749,775
Interest rate lock commitment volume
1,598,230
1,219,573
Outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans serviced
3,214,501
Mortgage banking income attributable to our Banking segment was $5.7 million and $6.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and mortgage banking income attributable to our Mortgage segment was $19.4 million and $18.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Service charges on deposit accounts include analysis and maintenance fees on accounts, per item charges, non-sufficient funds and overdraft fees. Service charges on deposit accounts were $1.8 million and $2.0 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
ATM and interchange fees include debit card interchange, ATM and other consumer fees. These fees remained flat at $2.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and three months ended March 31, 2016.
Gains on sales of securities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $1 thousand due to early calls of securities. This is compared to gains on sales of securities for the three months ended March 31, 2016 of $1.4 million. The gains are attributable to management taking advantage of portfolio structuring opportunities to lock in current gains while maintaining comparable interest rates and maturities and to fund current loan growth in addition to overall asset liability management.
Net gain on sales or write-downs of foreclosed assets for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $0.7 million compared to a net loss of $11 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2016. This change was the result of specific sales and valuation transactions of other real estate.
Other noninterest income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $0.6 million as compared to other noninterest income of $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. This $0.2 million increase in other noninterest income was the result of our overall growth from the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Our noninterest expense includes primarily salaries and employee benefits expense, occupancy expense, legal and professional fees, data processing expense, regulatory fees and deposit insurance assessments, advertising and promotion and foreclosed asset expense, among others. We monitor the ratio of noninterest expense to the sum of net interest income plus noninterest income, which is commonly known as the efficiency ratio.
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The following table sets forth the components of noninterest expense for the periods indicated:
Salaries and employee benefits
Occupancy and fixed asset expense
Data processing expense
Merger and conversion expenses
Foreclosed assets expense
244
245
6,426
5,750
Noninterest expense increased by $5.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017 to $46.4 million as compared to $41.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016. This increase resulted primarily from higher salaries and employee benefits expenses offset by decreases in impairment and amortization of mortgage servicing rights and increased costs associated with our growth.
Salaries and employee benefits expense is the largest component of noninterest expenses representing 62.5% and 57.5% of total noninterest expense in the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, salaries and employee benefits expense increased $5.2 million, or 21.9%, to $29.0 million as compared to $23.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in the three months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily due to increased mortgage commissions due to our volume increase and growth. The $3.9 million increase in mortgage banking salaries and benefits resulted from the increase in mortgage loan originations and delivery expansion.
The overall increase also reflects $0.7 million accrued for equity compensation grants during the three months ended March 31, 2017 that were made in conjunction with the initial public offering to all full-time associates. Salaries and employee benefits expense also includes amounts earned under our management incentive plans that (prior to the IPO) were based on our total assets, tangible book value of consolidated equity and contractually-defined after-tax earnings. As of September 16, 2016, the date of the initial public offering, participants in these plans were given the option to convert their equity based incentive plan units to shares of restricted stock units at the IPO price of $19 per share. Aggregate expenses recognized under these plans totaled $0.7 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Occupancy and fixed asset expense in the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $3.1 million, relatively flat compared to $3.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Legal and professional fees were $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in legal and professional fees is attributable to increased costs with being a publicly traded company.
Merger and conversion expenses related to the proposed merger with the Clayton Banks were $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to $0.6 million for the acquisition of NWGB for the three months ended March 31, 2016. We expect to incur approximately $10 million in merger and acquisition costs through the remainder of 2017 associated with our proposed merger of the Clayton Banks.
Data processing costs increased $0.8 million to $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 from $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was attributable to our growth and volume of transaction processing in addition to the change of our core processor from Cardinal to Jack Henry Silverlake in the second quarter of 2016.
Amortization of intangible assets totaled $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. This amortization relates to core deposit intangible assets, which are being amortized over their useful lives. As of March 31, 2017, these intangible assets have remaining estimated useful lives of approximately 9 years.
Mortgage servicing rights are recognized as a separate asset on the date the corresponding mortgage loan is sold. Prior to January 1, 2017, mortgage servicing rights were amortized in proportion to and over the period of estimated net servicing income. The amortization of mortgage servicing rights was determined using the level yield method based on the expected life of the loan and these servicing rights were carried at the lower of amortized cost or fair value. As of January 1, 2017, we elected to transition our accounting policy to carry mortgage servicing rights at fair value as permitted under ASC-860-50-35, Transfers and Servicing, which will position us to hedge our MSR portfolio. Fair value is determined using an income approach with various assumptions including expected cash flows, prepayment speeds, market discount rates, servicing costs and other factors. Mortgage servicing rights were carried at fair value at March 31, 2017 and amortized cost less impairment at March 31, 2016. Therefore, there was no amortization expense or impairment losses for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and amortization expense amounted to $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Impairment losses on mortgage servicing rights are recognized to the extent by which the unamortized cost exceeds fair value. Impairment losses on mortgage servicing rights of $0.8 million were recognized in earnings in the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Regulatory fees and deposit insurance assessments were $0.4 million for three months ended March 31, 2017, a decrease of $0.1 million compared to $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Expenses related to foreclosed assets for the three months ended March 31, 2017 were $244 thousand, which was relatively flat compared to $245 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Sales of real estate amounting to $1.5 million and $1.6 million was the primary driver for the expense during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Software license and maintenance fees for the three months ended March 31, 2017 were $0.5 million, flat compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Advertising costs for the three months ended March 31, 2017 were $2.9 million, an increase of $0.7 million compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. This increase was largely driven by the mortgage segment.
Other noninterest expense for three months ended March 31, 2017 was $6.4 million, an increase of $0.9 million from the three months ended March 31, 2016, reflecting an increase of various expenses in mortgage banking activities and expenses associated with our growth.
The efficiency ratio is one measure of productivity in the banking industry. This ratio is calculated to measure the cost of generating one dollar of revenue. That is, the ratio is designed to reflect the percentage of one dollar which must be expended to generate that dollar of revenue. We calculate this ratio by dividing noninterest expense by the sum of net interest income and noninterest income. For an adjusted efficiency ratio, we exclude certain gains, losses and expenses we do not consider core to our business.
Our efficiency ratio, was 75.67% and 72.57% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Our adjusted efficiently ratio, on a tax-equivalent basis, was 73.29% and 71.59% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. See “GAAP reconciliation and management explanation of non-GAAP financial measures” for a discussion of the adjusted efficiency ratio.
Return on equity and assets
The following table sets forth our ROAA, ROAE, dividend payout ratio and average shareholders’ equity to average assets ratio for the periods indicated:
Year Ended December 31,
Return on average total assets
Return on average shareholders' equity
Dividend payout ratio
34.25
170.73
Average shareholders’ equity to average assets
Income tax
Income tax expense was $5.4 million and $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, which increase is due to our conversion to a C Corporation. From our formation in 2001 through September 16, 2016, we elected to be taxed for federal income tax purposes as a “Subchapter S corporation” under the provisions of Section 1361 through 1379 of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, our net income was not subject to, and we have not paid, U.S. federal income taxes and we have not been required to make any provision or recognize any liability for federal income tax in our financial statements for the periods ending on or prior to June 30, 2016. We terminated our status as an S corporation in connection with our initial public offering as of September 16, 2016. We commenced paying federal income taxes on our pre-tax net income in the third quarter of 2016 and fiscal year and each interim period commencing on or after September 16, 2016 and each such period will reflect a provision for federal income taxes. See “Pro forma income tax expense and net income” below for a discussion on what our income tax expense and net income would have been had we been taxed as a C Corporation for the full periods.
Pro forma income tax expense and net income
We have determined that had we been taxed as a C Corporation and paid U.S. federal income tax for the three months ended March 31, 2016, our combined effective income tax rate would have been 37.32%. This pro forma effective rate reflects a U.S. federal income tax rate of 35.00% on corporate income and the fact that a portion of our net income in each of these periods was derived from nontaxable investment income and other nondeductible expenses. Our net income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was $9.8 million and $14.6 million, respectively, and our tax-equivalent net interest income for the same periods was $31.0 million and $26.4 million, respectively. Had we been subject to U.S. federal income tax during March 31, 2016, on a pro forma basis, our provision for combined federal and state income tax would have been $5.8 million and our pro forma net income (after U.S. federal income tax) would have been $9.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, respectively.
The following discussion of our financial condition compares the three months ended March 31, 2017 with the year ended December 31, 2016.
Our total assets were $3.17 billion at March 31, 2017. This compares to total assets of $3.28 billion as of December 31, 2016. The decrease in total assets is primarily attributable to a decrease in mortgage loans held for sale of $142.3 million offset by a $52.2 million increase in loans held for investment balances, driven by strong demand for our loan products in our markets and the success of our growth initiatives.
Loan portfolio
Our loan portfolio is our most significant earning asset, comprising 60.0% and 56.4% of our total assets as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Our strategy is to grow our loan portfolio by originating quality commercial and consumer loans that comply with our credit policies and that produce revenues consistent with our financial objectives. Our overall lending approach is primarily focused on providing credit to our customers directly rather than purchasing loan syndications and loan participations from other banks (collectively, “Purchased loans”). At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, loans held for investment included approximately $31.3 million and $29.7 million, respectively, related to Purchased loans. Currently, our loan portfolio is diversified relative to industry concentrations across the various loan portfolio categories. At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our outstanding loans to the broader healthcare industry made up less than 5% of our total outstanding loans and are spread across nursing homes, assisted living facilities, outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers, home health care services, and medical practices within our geographic markets. We believe our loan portfolio is well-balanced, which provides us with the opportunity to grow while monitoring our loan concentrations.
Loans increased $52.2 million, or 2.8%, to $1.90 billion as of March 31, 2017 as compared to $1.85 billion as of December 31, 2016. Our loan growth during the three months ended March 31, 2017 has been comprised of increases of $13.1 million or 3.4% in commercial and industrial, $22.1 million or 9.0% in construction loans, $1.8 million or 0.5% in owner occupied commercial real estate, $5.8 million or 2.2% in non-owner occupied commercial real estate, $7.2 or 2.5% in residential real estate and $1.2 or 1.6% in consumer and other of 1.6%, respectively. The increase in loans during the three months ended March 31, 2017 is attributable to continued strong demand in our metropolitan markets, building customer relationships and continued favorable economic conditions throughout much of our geographic footprint.
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Loans by type
The following table sets forth the balance and associated percentage of each major category in our loan portfolio of loans as of the dates indicated:
% of
total
Loan Type:
1-to-4 family
Line of credit
Multi-family
Owner-Occupied
Non-Owner Occupied
Total loans
Loan concentrations are considered to exist when there are amounts loaned to a number of borrowers engaged in similar activities which would cause them to be similarly impacted by economic or other conditions. At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, there were no concentrations of loans exceeding 10% of loans other than the categories of loans disclosed in the table above.
Loan categories
The principal categories of our loan held for investment portfolio are discussed below:
Commercial and industrial loans. We provide a mix of variable and fixed rate commercial and industrial loans. Our commercial and industrial loans are typically made to small and medium-sized manufacturing, wholesale, retail and service businesses for working capital and operating needs and business expansions, including the purchase of capital equipment and loans made to farmers relating to their operations. Commercial and industrial loans generally include lines of credit and loans with maturities of five years or less. The loans are generally made with operating cash flows as the primary source of repayment, but may also include collateralization by inventory, accounts receivable, equipment and personal guarantees. We plan to continue to make commercial and industrial loans an area of emphasis in our lending operations in the future. As of March 31, 2017, our commercial and industrial loans comprised of $399.3 million, or 21% of loans, compared to $386.2 million, or 21%, of loans as of December 31, 2016.
Commercial real estate owner-occupied loans. Our commercial real estate owner-occupied loans include loans to finance commercial real estate owner occupied properties for various purposes including use as offices, warehouses, production facilities, health care facilities, retail centers, restaurants, churches and agricultural based facilities. Commercial real estate owner-occupied loans are typically repaid through the ongoing business operations of the borrower, and hence are dependent on the success of the underlying business for repayment and are more exposed to general economic conditions. As of March 31, 2017, our owner occupied commercial real estate loans comprised $359.1 million or 19% of loans, compared to $357.3 million, or 19%, of loans as of December 31, 2016.
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied loans. Our commercial real estate non-owner occupied loans include loans to finance commercial real estate non-owner occupied investment properties for various purposes including use as offices, warehouses, health care facilities, hotels, mixed-use residential/commercial, retail centers, multifamily properties, assisted living facilities and agricultural based facilities. Commercial real estate non-owner occupied loans are typically repaid with the funds received from the sale of the completed property or rental proceeds from such property, and are therefore more sensitive to adverse conditions in the real estate market, which can also be affected by general economic conditions. As of March 31, 2017, our non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans comprised $273.7 million, or 15% of loans, compared to $267.9 million, or 15%, of loans as of December 31, 2016.
Residential real estate 1-4 family mortgage loans. Our residential real estate 1-4 family mortgage loans are primarily made with respect to and secured by single family homes, which are both owner-occupied and investor owned. We intend to continue to make residential 1-4 family housing loans at a similar pace, so long as housing values in our markets do not deteriorate from current prevailing levels and we are able to make such loans consistent with our current credit and
underwriting standards. First lien residential 1-4 family mortgages may be affected by unemployment or underemployment and deteriorating market values of real estate. As of March 31, 2017, our residential real estate mortgage loans comprised $302.2 million, or 16% of loans, compared to $294.9 million, or 16%, of loans as of December 31, 2016.
Residential line of credit loans. Our residential line of credit loans are primarily revolving, open-end lines of credit secured by 1-4 family residential properties. We intend to continue to make residential line of credit loans if housing values in our markets do not deteriorate from current prevailing levels and we are able to make such loans consistent with our current credit and underwriting standards. Residential line of credit loans may be affected by unemployment or underemployment and deteriorating market values of real estate. Our home equity loans as of March 31, 2017 comprised $177.9 million or 9% of loans compared to $177.2 million, or 10%, of loans as of December 31, 2016.
Multi-family residential loans. Our multi-family residential loans are primarily secured by multi-family properties, such as apartments and condominium buildings. These loans may be affected by unemployment or underemployment and deteriorating market values of real estate. Our multifamily loans as of March 31, 2017 comprised $45.2 million, or 2% of loans, compared to $45.0 million, or 2%, of loans as of December 31, 2016.
Construction loans. Our construction loans include commercial construction, land acquisition and land development loans and single-family interim construction loans to small- and medium-sized businesses and individuals. These loans are generally secured by the land or the real property being built and are made based on our assessment of the value of the property on an as-completed basis. We expect to continue to make construction loans at a similar pace so long as demand continues and the market for and values of such properties remain stable or continue to improve in our markets. These loans can carry risk of repayment when projects incur cost overruns, have an increase in the price of building materials, encounter zoning and environmental issues, or encounter other factors that may affect the completion of a project on time and on budget. Additionally, repayment risk may be negatively impacted when the market experiences a deterioration in the value of real estate. As of March 31, 2017, our construction loans comprised $268.0 million, or 14% of loans compared to $245.9 million, or 13% of loans as of December 31, 2016.
Consumer and other loans. Consumer and other loans include consumer loans made to individuals for personal, family and household purposes, including car, boat and other recreational vehicle loans and personal lines of credit. Consumer loans are generally secured by vehicles and other household goods. The collateral securing consumer loans may depreciate over time. The company seeks to minimize these risks through its underwriting standards. Other loans also include loans to states and political subdivisions in the U.S. These loans are generally subject to the risk that the borrowing municipality or political subdivision may lose a significant portion of its tax base or that the project for which the loan was made may produce inadequate revenue. None of these categories of loans represents a significant portion of our loan portfolio. As March 31, 2017, our consumer and other loans comprised $75.5 million, or 4% of loans, compared to $74.3 million, or 4% of loans as of December 31, 2016.
Loan maturity and sensitivities
The following tables present the contractual maturities of our loan portfolio as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. Loans with scheduled maturities are reported in the maturity category in which the payment is due. Demand loans with no stated maturity and overdrafts are reported in the “due in 1 year or less” category. Loans that have adjustable rates are shown as amortizing to final maturity rather than when the interest rates are next subject to change. The tables do not include prepayment or scheduled repayments.
Loan type (dollars in thousands)
Maturing in one
year or less
to five years
Maturing after
five years
As of March 31, 2017
173,328
173,173
52,832
75,283
232,436
51,401
55,650
161,897
56,169
43,579
122,954
135,633
15,351
38,233
124,344
1,651
39,986
3,607
148,757
89,225
30,016
31,519
31,449
12,522
545,118
889,353
466,524
As of December 31, 2016
158,621
172,112
55,500
69,642
230,289
57,415
55,611
161,341
50,950
44,631
115,783
134,510
15,614
39,232
122,344
4,089
39,938
950
146,447
79,108
20,350
30,174
31,436
12,697
524,829
869,239
454,716
For loans due after one year or more, the following tables present the sensitivities to changes in interest rates as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Fixed
interest rate
Floating
122,234
103,771
226,005
197,658
86,179
283,837
123,094
94,972
218,066
219,880
38,707
258,587
703
161,874
162,577
41,961
1,632
43,593
36,879
82,362
119,241
41,802
2,169
43,971
784,211
571,666
1,355,877
117,960
109,652
227,612
195,188
92,516
287,704
125,784
86,507
212,291
210,820
39,473
250,293
686
160,890
161,576
39,504
1,384
40,888
32,585
66,873
99,458
41,921
2,212
44,133
764,448
559,507
1,323,955
The following table presents the contractual maturities of our loan portfolio segregated into fixed and floating interest rate loans as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
One year or less
231,630
313,488
One to five years
586,235
303,118
More than five years
197,976
268,548
1,015,841
885,154
53.44
46.56
100.00
244,419
280,410
571,492
297,747
192,956
261,760
1,008,867
839,917
54.57
45.43
Of the loans shown above with floating interest rates totaling $885.2 million as of March 31, 2017, many of such have interest rate floors as follows:
Loans with interest rate floors (dollars in thousands)
Maturing in one year or less
Weighted average level of support (bps)
Maturing in one to five years
Maturing after five years
Loans with current rates above floors
141,483
86,176
146,990
Loans with current rates below floors:
1-25 bps
5,766
10.95
4,785
3.86
3,382
15.61
26-50 bps
18,875
46.21
4,810
49.96
1,068
45.50
51-75 bps
3,742
54.21
1,296
74.74
74.21
76-100 bps
15,587
87.10
8,508
94.39
98.36
101-125 bps
467
122.49
5,529
101.00
126-150 bps
293
150.00
5,022
149.84
261
145.85
151-200 bps
1,175
199.55
4,529
184.87
249
192.10
200-250 bps
6,995
226.36
227.82
251 bps and above
1,800
403.42
328.82
93
300.96
Total loans with current rates below floors
47,238
18.55
36,633
36.33
11,578
5.55
Asset quality
In order to operate with a sound risk profile, we focus on originating loans that we believe to be of high quality. We have established loan approval policies and procedures to assist us in maintaining the overall quality of our loan portfolio. When delinquencies in our loans exist, we rigorously monitor the levels of such delinquencies for any negative or adverse trends. From time to time, we may modify loans to extend the term or make other concessions to help a borrower with a deteriorating financial condition stay current on their loan and to avoid foreclosure. We generally do not forgive principal or interest on loans or modify the interest rates on loans to rates that are below market rates. Furthermore, we are committed to collecting on all of our loans which can result in us carrying higher nonperforming assets. We believe this practice leads to higher recoveries in the long term.
Nonperforming assets
Our nonperforming assets consist of nonperforming loans and foreclosed real estate. Nonperforming loans are those on which the accrual of interest has stopped, as well as loans that are contractually 90 days past due on which interest continues to accrue. Generally, the accrual of interest is discontinued when the full collection of principal or interest is in
doubt or when the payment of principal or interest has been contractually 90 days past due, unless the obligation is both well secured and in the process of collection. In our loan review process, we seek to identify and proactively address nonperforming loans. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we had $17.8 million and $19.1 million, respectively, in nonperforming assets. If such nonperforming assets would have been current during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, we would have recorded an additional $136 thousand and $153 thousand of interest income, respectively. No significant amount of interest income was recognized from loans classified as nonperforming during the three months ended March 31, 2017 or 2016. We had net interest recoveries of $198 thousand and $25 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, recognized on loans that had previously been charged off or classified as nonperforming in previous periods. The decline in our nonperforming assets is the result of the consistent improvement in our overall credit quality as economic conditions in our markets have remained strong throughout 2016 and the first quarter of 2017.
The following table provides details of our nonperforming assets, the ratio of such loans and foreclosed assets to total assets as of the dates presented, and certain other related information:
Loan Type
1,909
1,424
442
271
2,296
2,373
2,986
1,065
1,233
1,034
2,014
1,954
3,623
94
Total nonperforming loans
9,296
11,495
10,058
Other real estate owned
1,654
Total nonperforming assets
17,761
23,682
19,115
Total nonperforming loans as a percentage
of loans
Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of
total assets
0.56
0.83
0.58
Total accruing loans over 90 days delinquent as a
percentage of total assets
0.05
0.06
0.04
Loans restructured as troubled debt restructurings
8,681
15,444
8,802
Troubled debt restructurings as a percentage
0.90
Total nonperforming loans as a percentage of total loans were 0.5% as of March 31, 2017 as compared to 0.5% as of December 31, 2016. Our coverage ratio, or our allowance for loan losses as a percentage of our nonperforming loans, was 246.32% as of March 31, 2017 as compared to 216.22% as of December 31, 2016.
Management has evaluated the aforementioned loans and other loans classified as nonperforming and believes that all nonperforming loans have been adequately reserved for in the allowance for loan losses at March 31, 2017. Management also continually monitors past due loans for potential credit quality deterioration. Loans 30-89 days past due were $6.2 million at March 31, 2017, as compared to $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.
Under acquisition accounting rules, loans acquired from NWGB were recorded at their estimated fair value. We recorded the loan portfolio acquired from NWGB at fair value as of the acquisition date, which resulted in a discount to the loan portfolio’s previous carrying value. Neither the credit portion nor any other portion of the fair value mark is reflected in the reported allowance for loan and lease losses. The purchased non-credit impaired loans had remaining discount that will accrete into interest income over the life of the loans of $1.1 million and $1.2 million, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The purchased credit impaired loans had remaining discount of $2.1 million and $2.4 million, as of
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March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, which is the result of reclassifications from the nonaccretable difference due to pay downs and credit improvements.
Foreclosed assets consist of properties acquired through foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure. These properties are carried at the lower of cost or fair market value based on appraised value less estimated selling costs. Losses arising at the time of foreclosure of properties are charged against the allowance for loan losses. Reductions in the carrying value subsequent to acquisition are charged to earnings and are included in “Gain/(loss) on sales or write- downs of foreclosed assets” in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. Foreclosed assets with a cost basis of $2.2 million were sold as of three months ended March 31, 2017, resulting in a net gain of $0.7 million. Foreclosed assets with a cost basis of $1.6 million were sold during the three months ended March 31, 2016, resulting in a net loss of $11 thousand.
Classified loans
Accounting standards require us to identify loans, where full repayment of principal and interest is doubtful, as impaired loans. These standards require that impaired loans be valued at the present value of expected future cash flows, discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, or using one of the following methods: the observable market price of the loan or the fair value of the underlying collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. We have implemented these standards in our quarterly review of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses, and identify and value impaired loans in accordance with guidance on these standards. As part of the review process, we also identify loans classified as watch, which have a potential weakness that deserves management’s close attention.
Loans totaling $37.6 million and $38.6 million were classified substandard under our policy at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, $16.1 million and $16.1 million of substandard loans were acquired with deteriorated credit quality in connection with our acquisition of NWGB. The following table sets forth information related to the credit quality of our loan portfolio at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.
The allowance for loan losses is the amount that, based on our judgment, is required to absorb probable credit losses inherent in our loan portfolio and that, in management’s judgment, is appropriate under GAAP. The determination of the amount of the allowance is complex and involves a high degree of judgment and subjectivity. Among the material estimates required to establish the allowance are loss exposure at default, the amount and timing of future cash flows on impacted loans, value of collateral and determination of the loss factors to be applied to the various elements of the portfolio.
Our methodology for assessing the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses includes a general allowance for performing loans, which are grouped based on similar characteristics, and an allocated allowance for individual impaired loans. Actual credit losses or recoveries are charged or credited directly to the allowance.
The appropriate level of the allowance is established on a quarterly basis after input from management and our loan review staff and is based on an ongoing analysis of the credit risk of our loan portfolio. In making our evaluation of the credit risk of the loan portfolio, we consider factors such as the volume, growth and composition of our loan portfolio, the diversification by industry of our commercial loan portfolio, the effect of changes in the local real estate market on collateral values, trends in past dues, our experience as a lender, changes in lending policies, the effects on our loan portfolio of current economic indicators and their probable impact on borrowers, historical loan loss experience, industry loan loss experience, the amount of nonperforming loans and related collateral and the evaluation of our loan portfolio by our loan review function.
In addition, on a regular basis, management and the Bank’s Board of Directors review loan ratios. These ratios include the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans, net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans, the provision for loan losses as a percentage of average loans, nonperforming loans as a percentage of loans and the allowance coverage on nonperforming loans. Also, management reviews past due ratios by relationship manager, individual markets and the Bank as a whole. The allowance for loan losses was $22.9 million and $21.7 million at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
The following table presents the allocation of the allowance for loan losses by loan category as of the periods indicated:
Total allowance
The following table summarizes activity in our allowance for loan losses during the periods indicated:
Year ended December 31,
Allowance for loan loss at beginning
of period
Charge-offs:
(562
(224
(132
(249
(527
(1,154
Total charge-offs
(2,850
Recoveries:
195
240
Total recoveries
1,616
Net charge offs
1,408
(20
(1,234
Provision (reversal of provision) for
loan loss charged to operations
Allowance for loan loss at the end
Ratio of net charge-offs during the
period to average loans outstanding
during the period
0.31
-0.07
Allowance for loan loss as a
percentage of loans at end of period
Allowance of loan loss as a percentage
of nonperforming loans
Mortgage loans held for sale
Mortgage loans held for sale were $365.2 million at March 31, 2017 compared to $507.4 million at December 31, 2016. Originations of mortgage loans to be sold totaled $1,346.5 million and $749.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, while interest rate lock volume totaled $1,598.2 million and $1,219.6 million for the same periods. Generally, mortgage origination activity and interest rate lock volume increases in lower interest rate environments and robust housing markets and decreases in rising interest rate environments and slower housing markets. Increasing originations during 2017 reflect favorable economic conditions and the ongoing expansion of our mortgage banking business, including our expansion of our internet delivery channel and the establishment of our correspondent delivery channel and increased origination volume in our retail and third party origination channels.
Mortgage loans to be sold are sold either on a “best efforts” basis or under a mandatory delivery sales agreement. Under a “best efforts” sales agreement, residential real estate originations are locked in at a contractual rate with third party
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private investors or directly with government sponsored agencies, and we are obligated to sell the mortgages to such investors only if the mortgages are closed and funded. The risk we assume is conditioned upon loan underwriting and market conditions in the national mortgage market. Under a mandatory delivery sales agreement, we commit to deliver a certain principal amount of mortgage loans to an investor at a specified price and delivery date. Penalties are paid to the investor if we fail to satisfy the contract. Gains and losses are realized at the time consideration is received and all other criteria for sales treatment have been met. These loans are typically sold within thirty days after the loan is funded. Although loan fees and some interest income are derived from mortgage loans held for sale, the main source of income is gains from the sale of these loans in the secondary market.
Deposits represent the Bank’s primary source of funds. We continue to focus on growing core deposits through our relationship driven banking philosophy, community-focused marketing programs, and initiatives such as the development of our treasury management services.
Total deposits were $2.70 billion and $2.67 billion as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Noninterest-bearing deposits at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were $696.1 million and $697.1 million, respectively, while interest-bearing deposits were $2,005.1 million and $1,974.5 million at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. During the second quarter of 2016, our third party servicing provider, Cenlar, began transferring certain servicing escrow deposit accounts to the Bank which totaled $47.7 million and $61.6 million at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The mix between noninterest bearing and interest bearing demand has remained relatively stagnant, however management continues to focus on strategic pricing to grow noninterest bearing deposits while allowing more costly funding sources, including certain time deposits, to mature.
Average deposit balances by type, together with the average rates per periods are reflected in the average balance sheet amounts, interest earned and yield analysis tables included above under the discussion of net interest income.
The following table sets forth the distribution by type of our deposit accounts for the dates indicated:
% of total deposits
Average rate
Deposit Type
Noninterest
bearing
demand
0.41
0.38
Savings
deposits
0.37
Certificates of
deposit
Time Deposits
0.00-0.50%
202,296
207,081
0.51-1.00%
150,233
158,257
1.01-1.50%
32,697
16,209
1.51-2.00%
2,220
7,855
2.01-2.50%
2,061
1,603
0
Above 2.50%
Total time
The following table sets forth our time deposits segmented by months to maturity and deposit amount as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
of $100 and
greater
of less
than $100
Months to maturity:
Three or less
30,374
38,447
68,821
Over Three to Six
28,328
38,278
66,606
Over Six to Twelve
54,707
66,743
121,450
Over Twelve
70,937
61,719
132,656
184,346
205,187
27,749
41,699
69,448
33,638
37,745
71,383
55,494
63,058
118,552
66,135
65,513
131,648
183,016
208,015
Investment portfolio
Our investment portfolio provides liquidity and certain of our investment securities serve as collateral for certain deposits and other types of borrowings. Our investment strategy aims to maximize earnings while maintaining liquidity in securities with minimal credit risk. The types and maturities of securities purchased are primarily based on our current and projected liquidity and interest rate sensitivity positions.
The following table shows the carrying value of our total securities available for sale by investment type and the relative percentage of each investment type for the dated indicated:
Carrying
value
U.S. Government agency securities
Equity Securities
Total securities available for sale
The balance of our investment portfolio at March 31, 2017 was $567.9 million compared to $582.2 million at December 31, 2016. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016, we purchased $5.0 million and $316.4 million investment securities, respectively. Mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, or CMOs, in the aggregate, comprised 0.0% and 83.0% of these purchases, respectively. CMOs are included in the “Mortgage-backed securities” line item in the above table. The mortgage-backed securities and CMOs held in our investment portfolio are primarily issued by government sponsored entities. U.S. Government agency securities and municipal securities accounted for 100.0% and 17.0%, respectively of total securities purchased in the three months ended March 31, 2017 and year ended December 31, 2016. The carrying value of securities sold during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016, totaled $0.0 and $271.1 million, respectively. Maturities and calls of securities during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016, totaled $19.5 million and $104.4 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, net unrealized losses of $5.4 million and $6.3 million, respectively, were recorded on investment securities.
The following table sets forth the fair value, scheduled maturities and weighted average yields for our investment portfolio as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Fair
% of total
investment
securities
average
yield(1)
Maturing within one year
4,499
0.8
0.69
4,502
7,274
1.3
1.76
7,255
1.2
Maturing in five to ten years
Maturing after ten years
Total Treasury securities
2.1
2.0
Government agency securities:
0.2
Total government agency securities
Obligations of state and municipal
subdivisions:
6,930
4.79
4,850
5.87
21,808
3.8
4.76
18,100
3.1
6.22
5.5
6.17
11.2
3.35
10.6
4.81
Total obligations of state and municipal
subdivisions
21.2
3.85
20.0
5.45
Residential mortgage backed securities
guaranteed by FNMA, GNMA and FHLMC:
2.47
0.0
2.53
117
5.25
5.32
341
0.1
5.27
360
5.33
425,485
74.9
2.34
443,410
76.2
2.17
Total residential mortgage backed
securities guaranteed by FNMA,
GNMA and FHLMC
75.0
76.3
Total marketable equity securities
1.5
1.24
1.11
Total investment securities
100.0
2.95
Yields on a tax-equivalent basis.
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The following table summarizes the amortized cost of securities classified as available for sale and their approximate fair values as of the dates shown:
Amortized
cost
Gross
unrealized
gains
losses
Securities available for sale
US Government agency securities
Borrowed funds
Deposits and investment securities for sale are the primary source of funds for our lending activities and general business purposes. However, we may also obtain advances from the FHLB, purchase federal funds and engage in overnight borrowing from the Federal Reserve, correspondent banks, or enter into client purchase agreements. We also use these sources of funds as part of our asset liability management process to control our long-term interest rate risk exposure, even if it may increase our short-term cost of funds. This may include match funding of fixed-rate loans. Our level of short-term borrowing can fluctuate on a daily basis depending on funding needs and the source of funds to satisfy the needs.
Total borrowings include securities sold under agreements to repurchase, lines of credit, advances from the FHLB, federal funds, junior subordinated debentures and related party subordinated debt.
Weighted average
interest rate (%)
Maturing Within:
March 31, 2018
21,782
March 31, 2019
6,575
1.69
March 31, 2020
256
5.95
March 31, 2021
239
5.64
March 31, 2022
738
5.93
Thereafter
33,092
4.42
62,682
2.83
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The following table summarizes short-term borrowings (borrowings with maturities of one year or less), which consist of federal funds purchased from our correspondent banks on an overnight basis at the prevailing overnight market rates, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and FHLB Cash Management variable rate advances, or CMAs, and the weighted average interest rates paid:
Average daily amount of short-term borrowings
outstanding during the period
65,718
108,335
Weighted average interest rate on average daily
short-term borrowings
0.09
Maximum outstanding short-term borrowings
outstanding at any month-end
104,432
173,808
Short-term borrowings outstanding at period end
171,561
Weighted average interest rate on short-term
borrowings at period end
0.16
0.66
Lines of credit and other borrowings.
As a member of the FHLB Cincinnati, the Bank receives advances from the FHLB pursuant to the terms of various agreements that assist in funding its mortgage and loan portfolios. Under the agreements, we pledge certain qualifying multi-family and 1 to 4 family loans as well as certain investment securities as collateral. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had outstanding advances from the FHLB totaling $14.0 million and $14.0 million, respectively.
As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, $287.2 million and $525.2 million, respectively, of 1 to 4 family mortgage loans were pledged to the FHLB Cincinnati, securing advances against the Bank’s line of credit. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, $31.3 million and $40.5 million, respectively, of multi-family mortgage loans were pledged to the FHLB Cincinnati, securing advances against the Bank’s line.
The Bank has a secured line of credit with the FHLB for $280.4 million and $300.0 million as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, and the line is secured by qualifying 1 to 4 family and multi-family mortgages in the Bank’s loan portfolio as well as U.S. Government agency securities. Borrowings against this line were $0.0 million and $150.0 million as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
In addition to the FHLB line, the Bank maintains lines with certain correspondent banks that provide borrowing capacity in the form of federal fund purchases in the aggregate amount of $125.0 million as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 there were not any borrowings under these lines.
We have two wholly-owned subsidiaries that are statutory business trusts (“Trusts”). The Trusts were created for the sole purpose of issuing 30-year capital trust preferred securities to fund the purchase of junior subordinated debentures issued by the Company. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our $0.9 million investment in the Trusts, was included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and our $30.9 million obligation is reflected as junior subordinated debt. The junior subordinated debt bears interest at floating interest rates based on a spread over 3-month LIBOR of 3.25% (4.40% and 4.25% at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively) for the $21.7 million debenture and 3.78% (4.30% and 4.15% at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively) for the remaining $9.3 million. The $9.3 million debenture may be redeemed prior to the 2034 maturity date upon the occurrence of a special event and the $21.7 million debenture may be redeemed prior to 2034 at our option.
Liquidity and capital resources
Bank liquidity management
We are expected to maintain adequate liquidity at the Bank to meet the cash flow requirements of clients who may be either depositors wishing to withdraw funds or borrowers needing assurance that sufficient funds will be available to meet their credit needs. Our asset and liability management policy is intended to cause the Bank to maintain adequate liquidity and, therefore, enhance our ability to raise funds to support asset growth, meet deposit withdrawals and lending needs, maintain reserve requirements and otherwise sustain our operations. We accomplish this through management of the maturities of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. We believe that our present position is adequate to meet our current and future liquidity needs.
We continuously monitor our liquidity position to ensure that assets and liabilities are managed in a manner that will meet all of our short-term and long-term cash requirements. We manage our liquidity position to meet the daily cash flow needs of clients, while maintaining an appropriate balance between assets and liabilities to meet the return on investment objectives of our shareholder. We also monitor our liquidity requirements in light of interest rate trends, changes in the economy and the scheduled maturity and interest rate sensitivity of the investment and loan portfolios and deposits.
As part of our liquidity management strategy, we are also focused on minimizing our costs of liquidity and attempt to decrease these costs by growing our noninterest bearing and other low-cost deposits and replacing higher cost funding including time deposits and borrowed funds. While we do not control the types of deposit instruments our clients choose, we do influence those choices with the rates and the deposit specials we offer. As a result of these strategies, our cost of funds decreased in 2016 from 2015 as our funding mix improved due to growing noninterest bearing and other low-cost deposits and allowing higher-cost time deposits to mature.
Core deposits, which we defined as deposits excluding jumbo time deposits (greater than $250,000), are a major source of funds used by the Bank to meet its liquidity. Maintaining the ability to acquire these funds as needed in a variety of markets is important to assuring the Bank’s liquidity. Management continually monitors the liquidity and non-core dependency ratios to ensure compliance with targets established by the Bank’s Asset Liability Committee.
Our investment portfolio is another alternative for meeting liquidity needs. These assets generally have readily available markets that offer conversions to cash as needed. Securities within our investment portfolio are also used to secure certain deposit types and short-term borrowings. At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, securities with a carrying value of $401.4 million and $390.8 million, respectively, were pledged to secure government, public, trust and other deposits and as collateral for short- term borrowings, letters of credit and derivative instruments.
Additional sources of liquidity include federal funds purchased and advances from the FHLB. Interest is charged at the prevailing market rate on federal funds purchased and FHLB advances. The balance of outstanding federal funds purchased at December 31, 2016 was $150.0 million. There were no outstanding federal funds purchased at March 31, 2017. Funds obtained from the FHLB are used primarily to match-fund fixed rate loans in order to minimize interest rate risk and also be used to meet day to day liquidity needs, particularly when the cost of such borrowing compares favorably to the rates that we would be required to pay to attract deposits. At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the balance of our outstanding advances with the FHLB was $14.0 million and $14.0 million, respectively, and a secured short-term borrowing of $0.0 million and $150.0 million, respectively. The total amount of the remaining credit available to us from the FHLB at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was $300.0 million and $150.0 million, respectively. We also maintain lines of credit with other commercial banks totaling $125.0 million. These are unsecured, uncommitted lines of credit maturing at various times within the next twelve months. There were no amounts outstanding under these lines of credit at March 31, 2017 or December 31, 2016, respectively.
Holding company liquidity management
The Company is a corporation separate and apart from the Bank and, therefore, it must provide for its own liquidity. The Company’s main source of funding is dividends declared and paid to it by the Bank. Statutory and regulatory limitations exist that affect the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to the Company. Management believes that these limitations will not impact the Company’s ability to meet its ongoing short-term cash obligations. For additional information regarding dividend restrictions, see the “Risk factors: Risks related to our business,” “Dividend policy” and “Business: Supervision and regulation” sections included on our December 31, 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Due to state banking laws, the Bank may not declare dividends in any calendar year in an amount that would exceed an amount equal to the total of its net income for that year combined with its retained net income of the preceding two years, without the prior approval of the TDFI. Based upon this regulation, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, $60.7 million and $66.2 million of the Bank’s retained earnings were available for the payment of dividends without such prior approval. In addition, dividends paid by the Bank to the Company would be prohibited if the effect thereof would cause the Bank’s capital to be reduced below applicable minimum capital requirements.
The Bank also paid dividends of approximately $14.9 million to the Company in the year ended December 31, 2016 for dividends to our shareholder and operational expenses that did not require approval from the TDFI.
Additionally, the Company had cash balances on deposit with the Bank totaling $30.8 million and $31.0 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2016, respectively, for ongoing corporate needs.
Capital management and regulatory capital requirements
Our capital management consists of providing adequate equity to support our current and future operations. We are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by state and federal banking agencies, including the TDFI,
Federal Reserve and the FDIC. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements may prompt certain actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, we must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of our assets, liabilities and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Our capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components of capital, risk weightings and other factors.
As a result of recent developments such as the Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III, we have become subject to increasingly stringent regulatory capital requirements beginning in 2015. For further discussion of the changing regulatory framework in which we operate, see “Business: Supervision and regulation” included on our December 31, 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have issued guidelines governing the levels of capital that banks must maintain. Those guidelines specify capital tiers, which include the classifications set forth in the following table. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we exceeded all capital ratio requirements under prompt corrective action and other regulatory requirements, as detailed in the table below:
Required for capital
adequacy purposes
To be well
capitalized under
prompt corrective
action provision
(%)
Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)
>
Total capital (to risk weighted assets)
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
We also have outstanding junior subordinated debentures with a carrying value of $30.9 million at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, of which $30.0 million are included in our Tier 1 capital. The Federal Reserve Board issued rules in March 2005 providing more strict quantitative limits on the amount of securities that, similar to our junior subordinated debentures, are includable in Tier 1 capital. This guidance, which became fully phased-in in March 2009, did not impact the amount of debentures we include in Tier 1 capital. In addition, although our existing junior subordinated debentures are unaffected and are included in our Tier 1 capital, on account of changes enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, any trust preferred securities issued after May 19, 2010 may not be included in Tier 1 capital.
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In July 2013, the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved the implementation of the Basel III regulatory capital reforms and issued rules affecting certain changes required by the Dodd-Frank Act, which we refer to as the Basel III Rules, that call for broad and comprehensive revision of regulatory capital standards for U.S. banking organizations. The Basel III Rules implement a new common equity Tier 1 minimum capital requirement, a higher minimum Tier 1 capital requirement and other items that will affect the calculation of the numerator of a banking organization’s risk-based capital ratios. Additionally, the Basel III Rules apply limits to a banking organization’s capital distributions and certain discretionary bonus payments if the banking organization does not hold a specified amount of common equity Tier 1 capital in addition to the amount necessary to meet its minimum risk-based capital requirements.
The new common equity Tier 1 capital ratio includes common equity as defined under GAAP and does not include any other type of non-common equity under GAAP. When the Basel III Rules are fully phased in 2019, banks will be required to have common equity Tier 1 capital of 4.5% of average assets, Tier 1 capital of 6% of average assets, as compared to the current 4%, and total capital of 8% of risk-weighted assets to be categorized as adequately capitalized. The Basel III Rules do not require the phase-out of trust preferred securities as Tier 1 capital of bank holding companies of the Company’s size.
Further, the Basel III Rules changed the agencies’ general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets, which will affect the calculation of the denominator of a banking organization’s risk-based capital ratios. The Basel III Rules have revised the agencies’ rules for calculating risk-weighted assets to enhance risk sensitivity and incorporate certain international capital standards of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision set forth in the standardized approach of the “International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: A Revised Framework”.
The calculation of risk-weighted assets in the denominator of the Basel III capital ratios are adjusted to reflect the higher risk nature of certain types of loans. Specifically, as applicable to the Company and the Bank:
•
Commercial mortgages: Replaces the current 100% risk weight with a 150% risk weight for certain high volatility commercial real estate acquisition, development and construction loans.
Nonperforming loans: Replaces the current 100% risk weight with a 150% risk weight for loans, other than residential mortgages, that are 90 days past due or on nonaccrual status.
Securities pledged to overnight repurchase agreements.
Unfunded lines of credit one year or less.
Generally, the new Basel III Rules became effective on January 1, 2015, although parts of the Basel III Rules will be phased in through 2019. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Bank and Company met all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject. Also, as of June 30, 2016, the most recent notification from the FDIC, the Bank was well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the Bank’s category.
Capital Expenditures
Currently, we have not entered into any projects that would result in material capital expenditures over the next twelve months.
Shareholders’ equity
Our total shareholders’ equity was $342.1 million at March 31, 2017 and $330.5 million, at December 31, 2016. Book value per share was $14.16 at March 31, 2017 and $13.71 at December 31, 2016. The growth in shareholders’ equity was attributable to earnings retention offset by changes in accumulated other comprehensive income.
Off-balance sheet transactions
We enter into loan commitments and standby letters of credit in the normal course of our business. Loan commitments are made to accommodate the financial needs of our clients. Standby letters of credit commit us to make payments on behalf of clients when certain specified future events occur. Both arrangements have credit risk essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to clients and are subject to our normal credit policies. Collateral (e.g., securities, receivables, inventory, equipment, etc.) is obtained based on management’s credit assessment of the client.
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Loan commitments and standby letters of credit do not necessarily represent our future cash requirements because while the borrower has the ability to draw upon these commitments at any time, these commitments often expire without being drawn upon. Our unfunded loan commitments and standby letters of credit outstanding at the dates indicated were as follows:
Loan commitments
Standby letters of credit
22,486
We closely monitor the amount of our remaining future commitments to borrowers in light of prevailing economic conditions and adjust these commitments as necessary. We will continue this process as new commitments are entered into or existing commitments are renewed.
For more information about our off-balance sheet transactions, see Note 8, “Commitments and Contingencies,” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements.
Risk management
There have been no significant changes in our Risk Management practices as described in our December 31, 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Credit risk
There have been no significant changes in our Credit Risk Management practices as described in our December 31, 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
ITEM 3—QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Interest rate sensitivity
Our market risk arises primarily from interest rate risk inherent in the normal course of lending and deposit-taking activities. Management believes that our ability to successfully respond to changes in interest rates will have a significant impact on our financial results. To that end, management actively monitors and manages our interest rate risk exposure.
The Asset Liability Management Committee (ALMC), which is authorized by the Bank’s Board of Directors, monitors our interest rate sensitivity and makes decisions relating to that process. The ALMC’s goal is to structure our asset/ liability composition to maximize net interest income while managing interest rate risk so as to minimize the adverse impact of changes in interest rates on net interest income and capital in either a rising or declining interest rate environment. Profitability is affected by fluctuations in interest rates. A sudden and substantial change in interest rates may adversely impact our earnings because the interest rates borne by assets and liabilities do not change at the same speed, to the same extent or on the same basis.
We monitor the impact of changes in interest rates on our net interest income and economic value of equity, or EVE, using rate shock analysis. Net interest income simulations measure the short-term earnings exposure from changes in market rates of interest in a rigorous and explicit fashion. Our current financial position is combined with assumptions regarding future business to calculate net interest income under varying hypothetical rate scenarios. EVE measures our long-term earnings exposure from changes in market rates of interest. EVE is defined as the present value of assets minus the present value of liabilities at a point in time. A decrease in EVE due to a specified rate change indicates a decline in the long-term earnings capacity of the balance sheet assuming that the rate change remains in affect over the life of the current balance sheet.
The following analysis depicts the estimated impact on net interest income and EVE of immediate changes in interest rates at the specified levels for the periods presented:
Percentage change in:
Change in interest rates
Net interest income(1)
Year 1
Year 2
(in basis points)
+400
12.2
5.4
17.4
12.6
+300
9.2
4.1
13.4
9.7
+200
6.2
2.7
9.1
6.6
+100
4.7
3.5
-100
(8.8
)%
(7.7
(10.9
(9.6
Economic value of equity(2)
(7.6
(1.1
(5.0
(0.1
(2.7
0.5
(0.9
0.6
(9.2
(9.7
The percentage change represents the projected net interest income for 12 months and 24 months on a flat balance sheet in a stable interest rate environment versus the projected net income in the various rate scenarios.
The percentage change in this column represents our EVE in a stable interest rate environment versus EVE in the various rate scenarios.
The results for the net interest income simulations for March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 resulted in an asset sensitive position. These asset sensitive positions are primarily due to the increase in mortgage loans held for sale and trending growth of noninterest bearing deposits. As our mortgage loans held for sale increase, we become more asset sensitive, which has been our current trend. However, as mortgage rates rise, we expect our mortgage originations and mortgage loans held for sale to decline, which will make us less asset sensitive. Beta assumptions on loans and deposits were consistent for both time periods. The ALMC also reviewed beta assumptions for time deposits and loans with industry standards and revised them accordingly. For the March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 simulations the loan and time deposit betas were 100% for all rate scenarios as is industry standard.
The preceding measures assume no change in the size or asset/liability compositions of the balance sheet. Thus, the measures do not reflect the actions the ALMC may undertake in response to such changes in interest rates. The scenarios assume instantaneous movements in interest rates in increments of 100, 200, 300 and 400 basis points. With the present position of the target federal funds rate, the declining rate scenarios seem improbable. Furthermore, it has been the Federal Reserve’s policy to adjust the target federal funds rate incrementally over time. As interest rates are adjusted over a period of time, it is our strategy to proactively change the volume and mix of our balance sheet in order to mitigate our interest rate risk. The computation of the prospective effects of hypothetical interest rate changes requires numerous assumptions regarding characteristics of new business and the behavior of existing positions. These business assumptions are based upon our experience, business plans and published industry experience. Key assumptions employed in the model include asset prepayment speeds, competitive factors, the relative price sensitivity of certain assets and liabilities and the expected life of non-maturity deposits. Because these assumptions are inherently uncertain, actual results may differ from simulated results.
We utilize derivative financial instruments, including rate lock commitments and forward loan sales contracts as part of our ongoing efforts to mitigate our interest rate risk exposure inherent in our mortgage pipeline and held for sale portfolio. Under the interest rate lock commitments, interest rates for a mortgage loan are locked in with the client for a period of time, typically thirty days. Once an interest rate lock commitment is entered into with a client, we also enter into a forward commitment to sell the residential mortgage loan to secondary market investors. Forward loan sale contracts are contracts for delayed sale and delivery of mortgage loans to a counter party. We agree to deliver on a specified future date, a specified instrument, at a specified price or yield. The credit risk inherent to us arises from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. In the event of non-acceptance by the counterparty, we would be subject to the credit and inherent (or market) risk of the loans retained.
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For more information about our derivative financial instruments, see Note 9, “Derivative Instruments,” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements.
ITEM 4—CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
An evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”)) as of March 31, 2017 was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other members of the Company’s senior management. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2017, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Act is: (i) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management (including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and (ii) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. This conclusion was based on the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and as further described below.
The material weakness identified by our management results from deficiencies around the recording of mortgage banking transactions and reconciliations of mortgage loans held for sale and related clearing accounts on a timely and periodic basis in order to properly record identified reconciling items. The material weakness was identified during the fourth quarter of 2016 following the implementation of a new comprehensive mortgage lending accounting system. Our management believes that the conversion to the system, which was completed prior to the first quarter of 2017, and the revised policies and procedures for reconciling applicable accounts put in place prior to the first quarter of 2017 have been sufficient to remediate this material weakness. However, the material weakness will only be considered remediated when these controls have been performing as designed for a sufficient period of time.
Following additional testing and notwithstanding the existence of the material weakness described above, our management has concluded that the consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, the Company’s financial position, results or operations and cash flows as of the dates and for the periods presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Act.
There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Act) that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
The Company does not expect that its disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and fraud. A control procedure, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control procedure are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control procedures, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any control procedure also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control procedure, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
From time to time, we are the plaintiff or defendant in various legal actions arising in the normal course of business. We do not anticipate incurring any material liability as a result of such currently pending litigation.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
There have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of our December 31, 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
On September 15, 2016, our registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-213210) was declared effective by the SEC for our underwritten initial public offering in which we sold a total of 6,764,704 shares of our common stock at a price to the public of $19.00 per share. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., acted as the joint book-running managers for the offering, and Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P., and Stephens Inc. acted as co-managers.
The offering commenced on September 15, 2016 and closed on September 21, 2016. All of the shares registered pursuant to the registration statement were sold at an aggregate offering price of $128.5 million. We received net proceeds of approximately $115.5 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $9.0 million and other offering expenses of $4.0 million. No payments with respect to expenses were made by us to directors, officers or persons owning ten percent or more of either class of our common stock or to their associates, or to our affiliates. However, $55 million of the net proceeds from the offering were used to fund a cash distribution to James W. Ayers, our majority shareholder and executive chairman, which cash distribution was intended to be non-taxable to Mr. Ayers, and $10.1 million of the net proceeds from the offering were used to fund the repayment of all amounts outstanding under our subordinated notes held by Mr. Ayers. Pending their use in our business, we have temporarily invested the approximately $34.9 million of remaining net offering proceeds in interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our initial public offering as described in the Prospectus filed with the SEC on September 19, 2016.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable
Item 5. Other Information.
Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
Stock Purchase Agreement by and among FB Financial Corporation, FirstBank, Clayton HC, Inc., Clayton Bank and Trust, American City Bank, and James L. Clayton, dated as of February 8, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2017)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of FB Financial Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-213210), filed on September 6, 2016)
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of FB Financial Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016)
31.1
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer*
31.2
Rules 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer*
32.1
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer*
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
*
Filed herewith.
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
/s/ James R. Gordon
May 12, 2017
James R. Gordon
Chief Financial Officer
(duly authorized officer and principal financial officer)
Exhibit Index