German American Bancorp - 10-Q quarterly report FY

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x        Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2009

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 0-11244

German American Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

711 Main Street, Jasper, Indiana  47546

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (812) 482-1314

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

YES   x       NO¨

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act):

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

Information included in or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and our press releases or other public statements, contains or may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Please refer to the discussions of our forward-looking statements and associated risks in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, in Item 1, “Business – Forward-Looking Statements and Associated Risks” and our discussion of risk factors in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of that annual report on Form 10-K, as updated from time to time in our subsequent SEC filings, including by Item 2 of Part I of this Report (“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”) at the conclusion of that Item 2 under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements and Associated Risks,” and by Part II, Item 1A of our quarterly report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 (“Risk Factors”).

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German American Bancorp, Inc. operates primarily in the banking industry.  The accounting and reporting policies of German American Bancorp, Inc. and its subsidiaries conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted.  All adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods reported have been included in the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements, and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.  Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with current classifications.  It is suggested that these consolidated financial statements and notes be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto in the German American Bancorp, Inc. December 31, 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. These financial statements consider events that occurred through August 5, 2009, the date the financial statements were issued.

 

The computations of Earnings per Share and Diluted Earnings per Share are as follows:

Stock options for 138,003 and 249,396 shares of common stock were not considered in computing diluted earnings per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, because they were anti-dilutive.

The computations of Earnings per Share and Diluted Earnings per Share are as follows:

Stock options for 169,433 and 236,025 shares of common stock were not considered in computing diluted earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, because they were anti-dilutive.

 

The amortized cost, unrealized gross gains and losses recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), and fair value of Securities Available-for-Sale at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, were as follows:

Equity securities that do not have readily determinable fair values are included in the above totals, are carried at historical cost and are evaluated for impairment on a periodic basis.  All mortgage-backed securities in the above table are residential mortgage-backed securities.

The carrying amount, unrecognized gains and losses and fair value of Securities Held-to-Maturity at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, were as follows:

Below is a summary of securities with unrealized losses as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, presented by length of time the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:

Securities are written down to fair value when a decline in fair value is not considered temporary.  In estimating other-than-temporary losses, management considers many factors, including: (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, (3) whether the market decline was affected by macroeconomic conditions, and (4) whether the Company has the intent to sell the debt security or more likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery.  The Company doesn’t intend to sell or expect to be required to sell these securities, and the decline in fair value is largely due to changes in market interest rates, therefore, the Company does not consider these securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired.  All mortgage-backed securities in the Company’s portfolio are guaranteed by government sponsored entities, are investment grade, and are performing as expected.

The Company’s equity securities consist of non-controlling investments in other banking organizations.  As required by SFAS 115, when a decline in fair value below cost is deemed to be other-than-temporary, the unrealized loss must be recognized as a charge to earnings.    At June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, certain equity securities in the Company’s portfolio with fair values below amortized cost were deemed to not be other-than-temporarily impaired due principally to the overall financial condition of the issuers, the near term prospects for the issuers, and the length of time that fair value has been less than cost.

 

 

Proceeds from the sales of Available-for-Sale Securities are summarized below:

 

Proceeds from the sales of Available-for-Sale Securities are summarized below:

 

Total loans, as presented on the balance sheet, are comprised of the following classifications:

 

Information Regarding Impaired Loans:

A summary of the activity in the Allowance for Loan Losses follows:

The Company’s operations include three primary segments: core banking, trust and investment advisory services, and insurance operations.  The core banking segment involves attracting deposits from the general public and using such funds to originate consumer, commercial and agricultural, commercial and agricultural real estate, and residential mortgage loans, primarily in the Company’s local markets.  The core banking segment also involves the sale of residential mortgage loans in the secondary market.  The trust and investment advisory services segment involves providing trust, investment advisory, and brokerage services to customers.  The insurance segment offers a full range of personal and corporate property and casualty insurance products, primarily in the affiliate banks’ local markets.

The core banking segment is comprised by the Company’s banking subsidiary, German American Bancorp, which operates through 28 retail banking offices.  Net interest income from loans and investments funded by deposits and borrowings is the primary revenue for the core-banking segment.  The trust and investment advisory services segment’s revenues are comprised primarily of fees generated by German American Financial Advisors & Trust Company (“GAFA”).  These fees are derived by providing trust, investment advisory, and brokerage services to its customers. The insurance segment consists of German American Insurance, Inc., which provides a full line of personal and corporate insurance products from seven offices; and German American Reinsurance Company, Ltd. (“GARC”), which reinsures credit insurance products sold by the Company’s affiliate banks.  Commissions derived from the sale of insurance products are the primary source of revenue for the insurance segment.

The following segment financial information has been derived from the internal financial statements of German American Bancorp, Inc., which are used by management to monitor and manage the financial performance of the Company.  The accounting policies of the three segments are the same as those of the Company.  The evaluation process for segments does not include holding company income and expense.  Holding company amounts are the primary differences between segment amounts and consolidated totals, and are reflected in the column labeled “Other” below, along with amounts to eliminate transactions between segments.

On April 26, 2001 the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program for up to 607,754 (as adjusted for subsequent stock dividends) of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company.  Shares may be purchased from time to time in the open market and in large block privately negotiated transactions.  The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under the program, and the program may be discontinued at any time before the maximum number of shares specified by the program are purchased.  As of June 30, 2009, the Company had purchased 334,965 (as adjusted for subsequent stock dividends) shares under the program.  No shares were purchased under the plan during the six months ended June 30, 2009.

The Company maintains equity incentive plans under which stock options, restricted stock, and other equity incentive awards can be granted.  At June 30, 2009, the Company has reserved 620,144 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for subsequent stock dividends and subject to further customary anti-dilution adjustments) for the purpose of issuance pursuant to outstanding and future grants of options, restricted stock, and other equity awards to officers, directors and other employees of the Company.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company granted no options, and accordingly, recorded no stock option expense related to option grants during the three or six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008.  In addition, there was no unrecognized option expense as all outstanding options were fully vested prior to June 30, 2009 and 2008.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2009, the Company granted no restricted stock awards.  During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company granted awards of 42,755 shares of restricted stock.  During the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008, the Company granted awards of 385 shares of restricted stock.  The expense recorded for the restricted stock grants totaled $71, net of an income tax benefit of $47, and $142, net of an income tax benefit of $93, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.  The expense recorded for the restricted stock grants totaled $1, net of an income tax benefit of $1, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, respectively.

 

The Company maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (a 1999 plan expires at the end of the current plan year in August 2009: a 2009 plan that is substantively the same in all material respects has succeeded the 1999 plan for the annual offering period commencing in August 2009) whereby eligible employees have the option to purchase the Company’s common stock at a discount.  The plan year for the Employee Stock Purchase Plan runs from August 17 through August 16 of the subsequent year.  The purchase price of the shares under this Plan is 95% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock as of the last day of the plan year.  The 1999 plan provides for the purchase of up to 542,420 shares of common stock, and the 2009 plan provides for the purchase of up to 500,000 shares of common stock.  The Company may obtain shares for sale under both the 1999 and 2009 plans by purchases on the open market or from private sources, or by issuing authorized but unissued common shares.  Funding for the purchase of common stock is from employee and Company contributions.  The Employee Stock Purchase Plan was not considered compensatory and no expense was recorded during the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 plan years.

The Company acquired through previous bank mergers a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan with benefits based on years of service and compensation prior to retirement.  The benefits under the plan were suspended in 1998.  The following tables represent the components of net periodic benefit cost for the periods presented:

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008, that it expected to contribute $54 to the pension plan during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009.  As of June 30, 2009, the Company has contributed $12 to the pension plan.

SFAS No. 157 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Statement 157 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.  The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1:  Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2:  Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3:  Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The fair values of securities available for sale are determined by obtaining quoted prices on nationally recognized securities exchanges (Level 1 inputs) or 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 securities’ relationship to other benchmark quoted securities (Level 2 inputs). For securities where quoted prices or market prices of similar securities are not available, fair values are calculated using discounted cash flows or other market indicators (Level 3).

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:

 

 

 

The table below presents a reconciliation and income statement classification of gains and losses for equity securities that do not have readily determinable fair values and are evaluated for impairment on a periodic basis. These assets were measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the period ended June 30, 2009:

 

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis are summarized below:

 

 

Impaired loans, which are measured for impairment using the fair value of the collateral for collateral dependent loans, had a carrying amount of $3,350 with a valuation allowance of $1,619, resulting in an additional provision for loan losses of $5 and $725 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.  Values for collateral dependent loans are generally based on appraisals obtained from licensed real estate appraisers and in certain circumstances consideration of offers obtained to purchase properties prior to foreclosure.  Appraisals for commercial real estate generally use three methods to derive value: cost, sales or market comparison and income approach.  The cost method bases value in the cost to replace the current property.  Values of market comparison approach evaluates the sales price of similar properties in the same market area.  The income approach considers net operating income generated by the property and an investor’s required return.  Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process to adjust for differences between the comparable sale and income data available.  Such adjustments are typically significant and result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value.

Other Real Estate had a carrying amount of $2,451 at June 30, 2009.  A charge to earnings through Other Operating Income of $228 was included in both the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.

The carrying amount and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments, not previously presented, are provided in the table below.  Not all of the Company’s assets and liabilities are considered financial instruments, and therefore are not included in the table.  Because no active market exists for a significant portion of the Company’s financial instruments, fair value estimates were based on subjective judgments, and therefore cannot be determined with precision.