TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1 Financial Statements
Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 3 Quanitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
Item 4 Controls and Procedures
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1 Legal Proceedings
Item 1A Risk Factors
Item 2 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5 Other Information
Item 6 Exhibits
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report, and with our audited consolidated financial statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” presented in our Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The Company may from time to time make written or oral “forward-looking statements,” including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in its reports to stockholders and in other communications by the Company (including this press release), which are made in good faith by the Company pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions that are subject to change based on various important factors (some of which are beyond the Company’s control). The most significant factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated by our forward-looking statements include the ongoing impact of higher inflation levels, higher interest rates and general economic and recessionary concerns, all of which could impact economic growth and could cause a reduction in financial transactions and business activities, including decreased deposits and reduced loan originations, our ability to manage liquidity in a rapidly changing and unpredictable market, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and additional interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following factors: the integration of the businesses of the Company and Cornerstone Financial Corporation (“Cornerstone”) following the completion of the business combination with Cornerstone, may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected; the ability to complete the transaction on the expected timeframe may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected; the global impact of the regional conflicts around the world, including the Ukraine and the Middle East; the impact of any future pandemics or other natural disasters; civil unrest, rioting, acts or threats of terrorism, or actions taken by the local, state and Federal governments in response to such events, which could impact business and economic conditions in our market area; the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which the Company and Bank conduct operations; the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; market and monetary fluctuations; market volatility; the value of the Company’s products and services as perceived by actual and prospective customers, including the features, pricing and quality compared to competitors’ products and services; the willingness of customers to substitute competitors’ products and services for the Company’s products and services; credit risk associated with the Company’s lending activities; risks relating to the real estate market and the Company’s real estate collateral; the impact of changes in applicable laws and regulations and requirements arising out of our supervision by banking regulators; other regulatory requirements applicable to the Company and the Bank; and the timing and nature of the regulatory response to any applications filed by the Company and the Bank; technological changes; other acquisitions; changes in consumer spending and saving habits; those risks disclosed in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including under the heading “Risk Factors” set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the success of the Company at managing the risks involved in the foregoing.
The Company cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company, except as required by applicable law or regulation.
Throughout this document, references to “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to the Company and the Bank.
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Executive Overview
The Company is the holding company for The Bank of Princeton (the “Bank”), a community bank founded in 2007. The Bank is a New Jersey state-chartered commercial bank with 22 branches in New Jersey, including three in Princeton and others in Bordentown, Browns Mills, Chesterfield, Cream Ridge, Deptford, Fort Lee, Hamilton, Kingston, Lakewood, Lambertville, Lawrenceville, Monroe, New Brunswick, Palisades Park, Pennington, Piscataway, Princeton Junction, Quakerbridge and Sicklerville. There are also five branches in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area and two in the New York City metropolitan area. The Bank of Princeton is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”).
On January 18, 2024, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Cornerstone Financial Corporation (“Cornerstone”), the New Jersey based bank holding company for Cornerstone Bank (“Cornerstone Bank”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Cornerstone will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving (the “Merger”). The Company plans to merge Cornerstone Bank with and into the Bank immediately after the Merger. The Company has received the requisite approvals of the Merger Agreement from the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. The Company anticipates that the Merger will close in August 2024.
The Company’s common stock trades on the “Nasdaq Global Select Market” under ticker symbol, “BPRN.”
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Princeton Bancorp has chosen accounting policies that it believes are appropriate to accurately and fairly report its operating results and financial position, and the Company applies those accounting policies in a consistent manner. The Significant Accounting Policies are summarized in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K. There have been no changes to the Critical Accounting Estimates since the Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
New Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Note 1- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in this document.
Economy
The US economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.8% over the three months ended June 30, 2024, lifted by consumer spending. Inflation has slowed after hitting a 40-year high, but households still grapple with a 20% increase in prices since 2021, an increase in energy prices, higher interest rates (impacting the real estate market) and uncertainties resulting from regional conflicts in around the world, including in Ukraine and the Middle East. U.S. unemployment, at 4.1%, is low but rising. The unemployment rate in New Jersey is 4.6% at June 30, 2024.
Comparison of Financial Condition at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
General
Total assets were $1.98 billion on June 30, 2024, an increase of $67.4 million, or 3.52%, when compared to $1.92 billion at the end of 2023. The primary reasons for the increase in total assets were an increase in available for sale securities of $40.3 million and an increase in net loans of $25.0 million.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents increased $748 thousand, or 0.50%, to $151.3 million at June 30, 2024 compared to December 31, 2023.
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Investment securities
Total available-for-sale investment securities increased million $40.3, or 44.16%, to $131.7 million at June 30, 2024 compared to December 31, 2023. This increase was related to the purchase of mortgage-backed securities U.S. government sponsored enterprises and U.S government agency securities during the six-months ended June 30, 2024.
Loans
Loans, net of deferred loan fees and costs, increased $25.0 million, or 1.62%, to $1.57 billion at June 30, 2024 compared to December 31, 2023. The increase in the Company’s net loans consisted of a $51.4 million increase in commercial real estate loans, partially offset by a decrease of $22.9 million in construction loans, a decrease of $2.0 million in residential mortgage loans, a decrease of $671 thousand in commercial and industrial loans and a decrease of $498 thousand in HELOC/consumer loans.
The Company’s CRE loan portfolio, which includes multi-family, land, owner-occupied and nonowner-occupied CRE loans, was $1.19 billion or 75.8% of total loans of $1.57 billion at June 30, 2024. The Company’s CRE loan portfolio included $463.6 million or 38.8% of the total in multi-family loans, $352.5 million or 29.6% of the total in non-owner-occupied loans, $348.0 million or 29.1% of the total in owner-occupied loans and $30.3 million or 2.5% of the total in land loans. The Company’s non-owner-occupied portfolio by property type included $90.7 million in office buildings, $77.7 million in retail, $69.5 million in industrial warehousing, $43.6 million in mixed-use, $17.1 million in restaurants, $7.9 million in healthcare and $46.0 million in other. There were 585 loans in the Company’s CRE portfolio with an average and median loan size of $2.0 million and $0.6 million, respectively. Loan to Value (“LTV”) estimates are less than 70% for $1.10 billion or 92.3% of the CRE portfolio and less than 80% for $1.18 billion or 99.2% of the CRE portfolio.
The following table presents the commercial real estate portfolio by property type along with the weighted average loan to value for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):
Multi Family
Owner Occupied
Land
Non Owner Occupied
Office Building
Retail
Industrial/Warehousing
Mixed Use
Restaurants
Healthcare
Other
Total non owner occupied
Total Commercial Real Estate
The following table presents the geographic markets of the commercial real estate portfolio for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):
Geographical Market
New York
New Jersey
Pennslyvania
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For the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2024, charge-offs were $84 thousand and $367 thousand, and recoveries were $99 thousand and $206 thousand. For the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2023, charge-offs were $1.9 million for both periods, and recoveries were $27 thousand and $30 thousand, respectively. The coverage ratio of the allowance for credit losses to period end loans was 1.17% at June 30, 2024 and 1.19% at December 31, 2023.
At June 30, 2024, non-performing assets totaled $3.2 million, a decrease of $3.5 million when compared to the amount at December 31, 2023. Non-performing assets as a percentage of total loans, net of deferred fees and costs, was 0.20% at June 30, 2024 and 0.43% at December 31, 2023.
Deposits
Total deposits at June 30, 2024 increased $63.3 million, or 3.87%, when compared to December 31, 2023. Money market deposits increased $49.9 million, and certificates of deposit increased $41.3 million, partially offset by decreases in interest-bearing demand deposits of $24.2 million and non-interest-bearing deposits of $4.2 million.
At June 30, 2024, the Company had approximately $505.0 million in uninsured deposits, consisting of $55.9 million in non-interest-bearing demand deposits, $147.4 million in interest-bearing demand deposits, $118.8 million in money market accounts, $21.1 million in savings deposits and $161.8 million in certificates of deposits.
Borrowings
The Company had no outstanding borrowings at June 30, 2024 and at December 31, 2023.
Stockholders’ equity
Total stockholders’ equity on June 30, 2024 increased $4.6 million or 1.93% when compared to December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to the $5.7 million increase in retained earnings, consisting of $9.5 million in net income partially offset by $3.8 million of cash dividends recorded during the period. The ratio of equity to total assets at June 30, 2024 and at December 31, 2023 was 12.34% and 12.53%, respectively.
Liquidity
Our liquidity, represented by cash and cash equivalents, is a product of our operating, investing and financing activities. Our primary sources of funds are deposits, principal repayments of securities and outstanding loans, and funds provided from operations. In addition, we invest excess funds in short-term interest-earnings assets such as overnight deposits or U.S. agency securities, which provide liquidity to meet lending requirements. While scheduled payments from the amortization of loans and securities and short-term investments are relatively predictable sources of funds, general interest rates, economic conditions and competition greatly influence deposit flows and repayments on loans and mortgage-backed securities.
As a member of the FHLB we are eligible to borrow funds in an aggregate amount of up to 50% of the Company’s total assets, subject to its collateral requirements. Based on available eligible securities and qualified real estate loan collateral, and a $70.0 million line of credit with the FHLB supporting municipal deposits, the Company had the ability to borrow an additional $491.8 million as of June 30, 2024.
As of June 30, 2024, the Bank was eligible to use the Federal Reserve discount window for borrowings. Based on assets pledged as collateral as of the applicable date, the Bank’s borrowing availability was approximately $10.0 million at June 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had no outstanding advances from the discount window.
The Company is also a shareholder of Atlantic Community Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Atlantic Community Bankers Bank (“ACBB”). As of June 30, 2024, the Company had available borrowing capacity with ACBB of $10.0 million to provide short-term liquidity generally for a period of not more than fourteen days. No amounts were outstanding under our line of credit with ACBB at June 30, 2024.
We believe that our current sources of funds provide adequate liquidity for our current cash flow needs.
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Capital Resources
Regulatory Capital Requirements. Federally insured, state-chartered non-member banks are required to maintain minimum levels of regulatory capital. Current FDIC capital standards require these institutions to satisfy a common equity Tier 1 capital requirement and a Tier 1 capital requirement, a leverage capital requirement and a risk-based capital requirement.
In addition, in order to make capital distributions and pay discretionary bonuses to executive officers without restriction, an institution must also maintain additional common equity in excess of the minimum requirements. This excess is referred to as a capital conservation buffer. At June 30, 2024, the required capital conservation buffer is 2.50%.
Under the risk-based capital requirements, “total” capital (a combination of core and “supplementary” capital) must equal at least 8.0% of “risk-weighted” assets. The FDIC also is authorized to impose capital requirements in excess of these standards on individual institutions on a case-by-case basis. Management believes, as of June 30, 2024, that the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject and is “well capitalized” under applicable regulations.
The Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios and the regulatory requirements at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are presented below:
June 30, 2024:
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Common equity tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 leverage capital (to average assets)
December 31, 2023:
Common equity tier 1 capital (to risk- weighted assets)
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Comparison of Operating Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
The Company reported net income of $5.1 million, or $0.80 per diluted common share, for the second quarter of 2024, compared to net income of $6.8 million, or $1.07 per diluted common share, for the second quarter of 2023. The $1.7 million decrease in net income for the second quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 was primarily due to acquisition-related items recorded in the second quarter of 2023 due to the Company’s acquisition of Noah Bank, resulting in a decrease in non-interest income of $9.5 million and an increase in income tax expense of $877 thousand, partially offset by a decrease in non-interest expenses of $5.8 million, a decrease in the provision for credit losses of $2.6 million and an increase in net interest income of $307 thousand when compared to the second quarter of 2023.
Interest income
Interest income increased $6.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023. Interest income on loans increased $4.5 million due to increases in both the average balance of loans of $153.2 million and the yield of 58 basis points. Other interest and dividend income increased $1.2 million due to an increase in average balance of $81.6 million and an increase in the yield of 33 basis points. Interest on taxable available-for-sale securities increased $709 thousand due to a 185 basis point increase in yield and a $44.9 million increase in the average balance of taxable available-for-sale securities.
Interest expense
Interest expense on deposits increased $6.1 million to $13.4 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2024, due to increases in both the rate paid on interest-bearing deposits of 120 basis points and in the average balance of interest-bearing deposits of $280.8 million over the same prior year period.
Provision for credit losses
The Company recorded a reversal of credit losses of $118 thousand during the three-months ended June 30, 2024, which consisted of $169 thousand decrease recorded to the allowance of credit losses, offset by an increase to the provision for credit losses of $51 thousand related to unfunded commitments, which are recorded in other liabilities on the Company’s statements of financial condition. Charge-offs were $84 thousand, and recoveries were $99 thousand, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.
Non-interest income
Total non-interest income was $2.1 million for the three-months ended June 30, 2024, a decrease of $9.5 million or 82.0% when compared to the same prior year period. The decrease was primarily due to the bargain purchase gain of $9.7 million attributed to the acquisition of Noah Bank, which closed in May 2023.
Non-interest expense
Total non-interest expense was $12.0 million for the three-months ended June 30, 2024, a decrease of $5.8 million or 32.6% when compared to the same prior year period. The decrease was due primarily to $7.0 million in merger-related expenses recorded, $667 thousand more in salaries and benefits expense and $145 thousand more in occupancy and equipment expenses during the three-months ended June 30, 2023 that were all primarily associated with the Noah Bank acquisition in 2023.
Provision for income taxes
For the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $1.0 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 16.8%, compared to an income tax expense of $161 thousand resulting in an effective tax rate of 2.32% for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. The effective tax rate in the second quarter of 2023 was lower than the current quarter’s rate because of the non-taxable $9.7 million bargain purchase gain from the Noah bank acquisition.
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Average Balances, Net Interest Income, and Yields Earned and Rates Paid
The following table shows for the three-month period indicated the total dollar amount of interest earned from average interest earning assets and the resulting yields, as well as the interest expense on average interest-bearing liabilities and the resulting costs, expressed both in dollars and rates. Average loan receivables balances include non-accrual loans. Average yields have been annualized. Tax-exempt incomes and yields have not been adjusted to a tax-equivalent basis.
Interest-earning assets:
Loans receivable
Securities
Taxable available-for-sale
Tax exempt available-for-sale
Held-to-maturity
Federal funds sold
Other interest earning-assets
Total interest-earning assets
Other non-earnings assets
Total assets
Interest-bearing liabilities
Demand
Savings
Money markets
Certificates of deposit
Total deposit
Total interest-bearing liabilities
Non-interest-bearing deposits
Other liabilities
Total liabilities
Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity
Net interest-earnings assets
Net interest income; interest rate spread
Net interest margin
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Rate/Volume Analysis
The following table reflects the changes in our interest income and interest expense segregated into amounts attributable to changes in volume and in yields on interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities during the periods indicated.
Interest and dividend income:
Loans receivable, including fees
Other interest-earning assets
Interest expense:
Money market
Total interest expense
Change in net interest income
Comparison of Operating Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024, and 2023
The Company reported net income of $9.5 million, or $1.48 per diluted common share, for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, compared to net income of $12.9 million, or $2.02 per diluted common share, for the same period in 2023. The decrease in net income for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, was primarily due to acquisition-related items recorded during 2023 due to the acquisition of Noah Bank. In addition, net interest income declined $906 thousand over the two periods for the reasons described below.
Interest income increased $13.9 million for the six-months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023. Interest income on loans increased $9.6 million due to increases in both the average balance of loans of $164.1 million and the yield of 59 basis points. Other interest and dividend income increased $3.3 million due to an increase in average balance of $117.4 million and an increase in the yield of 40 basis points. Interest on taxable available-for-sale securities increased $995 thousand due to a 158 basis point increase in yield and a $30.7 million increase in the average balance of taxable available-for-sale securities.
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Interest expense on deposits increased $14.8 million to $26.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, due to increases in both the rate paid on interest-bearing deposits of 162 basis points and in the average balance of interest-bearing deposits of $315.9 million over the same prior year period.
The Company recorded a $68 thousand provision for credit losses for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024 and recorded $2.7 million provision for credit losses for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023. The decrease for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, compared with the same prior year period, is primarily due to $1.7 million of the provision related to non-purchased credit deteriorated loans acquired in the Noah Bank acquisition and net charge-offs of $1.8 million recorded for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2024, charge-offs were $367 thousand, and recoveries were $206 thousand.
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, non-interest income decreased $8.9 million or 68.5%, from the same six-month period in 2023, primarily due to the $9.7 million bargain purchase gain from the Noah acquisition recorded in the six-month period ended June 30, 2023.
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, non-interest expense was $23.8 million, compared to $27.6 million for the same period in 2023. This decrease was primarily due to acquisition-related expenses of $7.0 million in the prior year period, partially offset by increases in salaries and employee benefits of $1.8 million and occupancy and equipment expense of $833 thousand.
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, the Bank recorded an income tax expense of $2.1 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 18.2%, compared to an income tax expense of $2.1 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 13.8% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023. The effective tax rate for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023 was substantially lower as a result of the non-taxable bargain purchase gain related to the Noah acquisition.
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Securities available-for-sale
Taxable
Tax-exempt
Securities held-to-maturity
Other interest and dividend income
Total interest and dividend income
How We Manage Market Risk
Market risk is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and rates. Our market risk arises primarily from interest rate risk which is inherent in our lending, investment and deposit gathering activities. To that end, management actively monitors and manages interest rate risk exposure. In addition to market risk, our primary risk is credit risk on our loan portfolio. We attempt to manage credit risk through our loan underwriting and oversight policies.
The principal objective of our interest rate risk management function is to evaluate the interest rate risk embedded in certain balance sheet accounts, determine the level of risk appropriate given our business strategy, operating environment, capital and liquidity requirements and performance objectives, and manage the risk consistent with approved guidelines. We seek to manage our exposure to risks from changes in interest rates while at the same time trying to improve our net interest spread. We monitor interest rate risk as such risk relates to our operating strategies. We have established an Asset/Liability Committee which is comprised of both Management and members of the Board of Directors. The Asset/Liability Committee meets on a regular basis and is responsible for reviewing our asset/liability policies and interest rate risk position. Both the extent and direction of shifts in interest rates are uncertainties that could have a negative impact on future earnings.
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Gap Analysis. The matching of assets and liabilities may be analyzed by examining the extent to which such assets and liabilities are “interest rate sensitive” and by monitoring the Company’s interest rate sensitivity “gap.” An asset or liability is said to be interest rate sensitive within a specific time period if it will mature or reprice within that time period. The interest rate sensitivity gap is defined as the difference between the amount of interest-earning assets maturing or repricing within a specific time period and the amount of interest-bearing liabilities maturing or repricing within that same time period. A gap is considered positive when the amount of interest rate sensitive assets exceeds the amount of interest rate-sensitive liabilities. A gap is considered negative when the amount of interest rate sensitive liabilities exceeds the amount of interest rate sensitive assets. During a period of rising interest rates, a negative gap would tend to affect adversely net interest income while a positive gap would tend to result in an increase in net interest income. Conversely, during a period of falling interest rates, a negative gap would tend to result in an increase in net interest income while a positive gap would tend to affect adversely net interest income.
The table on the next page sets forth the amounts of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities outstanding at June 30, 2024, which we expect, based upon certain assumptions, to reprice or mature in each of the future time periods shown (the “GAP Table”). Except as stated below, the amounts of assets and liabilities shown which reprice or mature during a particular period were determined in accordance with the earlier of term to repricing or the contractual maturity of the asset or liability. The table sets forth an approximation of the projected repricing of assets and liabilities at June 30, 2024, based on contractual maturities, anticipated prepayments, and scheduled rate adjustments within a three-month period and subsequent selected time intervals. The loan amounts in the table reflect principal balances expected to be redeployed and/or repriced as a result of contractual amortization and anticipated prepayments of adjustable-rate loans and fixed-rate loans, and as a result of contractual rate adjustments on adjustable-rate loans.
Interest-earning assets: (1)
Other interest-earnings assets (2)
Other non-interest assets
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Checking and savings accounts
Money market accounts
Certificate accounts
Interest-earning assets less interest-bearing liabilities
Cumulative interest-rate sensitivity gap (3)
Cumulative interest-rate gap as a percentage of total assets at June 30, 2024
Cumulative interest-earning assets as a percentage of cumulative interest-bearing liabilities at June 30, 2024
Interest-earnings assets are included in the period in which the balances are expected to be redeployed and/or repriced as a result of anticipated prepayments, scheduled rate adjustments and contractual maturities.
Includes interest-bearing bank balances, FHLB Stock and Federal Funds Sold
Interest-rate sensitivity gap represents the difference between total interest-earning assets and total interest-bearing liabilities.
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Certain shortcomings are inherent in the method of analysis presented in the foregoing table. For example, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods to repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates. Also, the interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest rates, while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in market rates. Additionally, certain assets, such as adjustable-rate loans, have features which restrict changes in interest rates both on a short-term basis and over the life of the asset. Further, in the event of a change in interest rates, prepayment and early withdrawal levels would likely deviate significantly from those assumed in calculating the table. Finally, the ability of many borrowers to service their adjustable-rate loans may decrease in the event of an interest rate increase.
Net Portfolio Value Analysis. Our interest rate sensitivity is also monitored by management through the use of a model which generates estimates of the changes in our net portfolio value (“NPV”) over a range of interest rate scenarios. NPV is the present value of expected cash flows from assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet contracts. The NPV ratio, under any interest rate scenario, is defined as the NPV in that scenario divided by the market value of assets in the same scenario. The following table sets forth our NPV as of June 30, 2024, and reflects the changes to NPV as a result of immediate and sustained changes in interest rates as indicated.
Change in
Interest Rates
In Basis Points
(Rate Shock)
300
200
100
Static
(100)
(200)
(300)
Economic Value of Equity (EVE) divded by Economic Value of Assets (EVA)
As is the case with the GAP Table, certain shortcomings are inherent in the methodology used in the above interest rate risk measurements. Modeling changes in NPV require the making of certain assumptions which may or may not reflect the manner in which actual yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. In this regard, the models presented assume that the composition of our interest sensitive assets and liabilities existing at the beginning of a period remains constant over the period being measured and assumes that a particular change in interest rates is reflected uniformly across the yield curve regardless of the duration to maturity or repricing of specific assets and liabilities. Accordingly, although the NPV model provides an indication of interest rate risk exposure at a particular point in time, such model is not intended to and does not provide a precise forecast of the effect of changes in market interest rates on net interest income and will differ from actual results.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
A smaller reporting company, such as the Company, is not required to provide the information by this Item. Certain market risk disclosure is set forth in Item 2 above under “How We Manage Market Risk.”
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule l3a-l5 (e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2024. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of June 30, 2024 to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in FDIC rules and forms.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting identified during the quarter ended June 30, 2024, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II–OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth under the Part I, Item 1.A. Risk Factors as set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The Company’s repurchase of shares of common stock for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were as follows:
Period
April 1 - 30, 2024
May 1 - 31, 2024
June 1 - 30, 2024
On August 10, 2023, the Company announced a stock repurchase program to repurchase up to 314,000 shares of common stock, approximately 5% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, over a period of time necessary to complete such repurchases.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Exhibits
ExhibitNumber
Description
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SIGNATURES
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/ Edward Dietzler
/s/ George Rapp
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