FORM 10-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
For fiscal year ended June 30, 2003
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
For the transition period from to
Commission file number (1-14588)
NORTHEAST BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maine |
01-0425066 |
158 Court Street, Auburn, Maine |
04210 |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: |
(207) 777-6411 |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class : |
Name of each exchange on which registered: |
Common Stock, $1.00 par value |
American Stock Exchange |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
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
NoIndicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [x]
The aggregate market value of the Registrant's common shares held by non-affiliates, as of September 19, 2003, was approximately $43,420,894 based on the last reported sales price of the Company's common shares on the American Stock Exchange as of the close of business on such date. Although directors and executive officers of the registrant and its subsidiaries were assumed to be "affiliates" of the registrant for the purposes of this calculation, this classification is not to be interpreted as an admission of such status. There were 2,584,577 common shares of the registrant outstanding as of September 19, 2003.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The following documents, in whole or in part, are specifically incorporated by reference in the indicated Part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
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Form 10-K Reference Location |
Proxy Statement for the 2003 Annual Meeting of Shareholders |
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This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. See "Item 1. Business -Forward Looking Statements and Risk Factors."
PART I
Item 1. Business
General
Northeast Bancorp ("us", "our", "we", or the "Company"), a Maine corporation chartered in April 1987, is a unitary savings and loan holding company registered with the Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS"), its primary regulator. Prior to 1996, the Company operated under the name Bethel Bancorp. The Company's primary subsidiary and principal asset is its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Northeast Bank, FSB (the "Bank"), which has branches located in Auburn, Augusta, Bethel, Brunswick, Buckfield, Harrison, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls, Mechanic Falls, Portland, Richmond and South Paris, Maine. The Bank's wholly owned subsidiary Northeast Financial Services, Inc. ("NFS") has an office in Falmouth, Maine from which loan applications are accepted and investment, insurance and financial planning products and services are offered. NFS also has an office in Bethel, Maine where its insurance division offers casualty and property insurance products.
Northeast Bancorp through its subsidiary, Northeast Bank and the Bank's subsidiary Northeast Financial Services, Inc. provides a broad range of financial services to individuals and companies in western and south-central Maine. Although historically the Bank has been primarily a residential mortgage lender, over the last decade the Bank has expanded its commercial loan business, increased its line of financial products and services, and expanded its market area. Management believes that this strategy will increase core earnings in the long term by providing stronger interest margins, additional non-interest income, and increased loan volume. We believe that the local character of the Bank's business and its "community bank" management philosophy allows it to compete effectively in its market area. As of June 30, 2003, the Company, on a consolidated basis, had total assets of approximately $468 million, total deposits of approximately $319 million, and stockholders' equity of approximately $36 million. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein to the Company include the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
The Bank (which was formerly known as Bethel Savings Bank F.S.B. ("Bethel")) is a federally chartered savings bank, which was originally organized in 1872 as a Maine-chartered mutual savings bank. The Bank received its federal charter in 1984. In 1987, the Bank converted to a stock form of ownership and in subsequent years has engaged in a strategy of both geographic and product expansion. The Bank has broad powers, including the power to engage in non-residential lending activities. In connection with its conversion into a federal savings bank in 1983, the Bank retained its then-authorized powers as a Maine-chartered mutual savings bank. Under applicable regulations, except as otherwise determined by the OTS, the Bank retains the authority that it was permitted to exercise as a mutual savings bank under the state law existing at the time of the conversion. Historically, Maine-chartered savings banks have had certain lending, investment, and other powers that have only recently been granted to federa l savings institutions, including commercial lending authority and the ability to offer personal checking and negotiable order of withdrawal ("NOW") accounts.
Strategy
Our corporate philosophy is to offer a wide array of financial products and services with an emphasis on a high level of personalized service. This strategy is designed to attract profitable long-term banking relationships with its customers that will increase the Bank's core earnings by developing strong interest margins, non-interest fee income, and increasing the volume of banking products and services as its market area expands. In keeping with this strategy, the Bank is making a concerted effort to become an all-inclusive financial center that is able to provide its customers with virtually any financial product and service that will meet their needs. In this regard, the Bank assists its clients in assessing their financial needs through its personalized financial planning services. Once our customer's financial needs have been identified, we provide the customer with financial product or service solutions, designed to meet their needs. Management believes that the ability to deliver such personalized service and advice will be one of the primary competitive factors in the financial institutions industry in the future. Accordingly, over the past few years we have invested a substantial amount of resources in developing our ability to offer a high level of personalized service with an emphasis on financial planning and delivery of financial advisory services that are responsive to a broad range of customer needs.
To further support our corporate philosophy, we have expanded the scope of lending and other financial services that we provide to our customers. In the past, we focused primarily on our residential mortgage lending business. As a result, our business had historically consisted of attracting deposits from the general public through its retail banking offices and applying those funds principally to the origination, retention, servicing, investing in and selling first mortgage loans on single and multi-family residential real estate. However, we have expanded the scope of its services by placing additional emphasis on:
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The Company also offers to its customers financial planning, investment services and all lines of insurance products through the Bank's subsidiary, Northeast Financial Services, Inc. "NFS", which is located at Northeast Bancorp's headquarters in Auburn, Maine. NSF offers our customers access to investment, insurance and annuity products through an arrangement with Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc., an unaffiliated, fully licensed New York securities firm, which licenses the brokers who sell such products and services. We also offer all lines of insurance products to customers through the insurance division of NFS.
Trust services and employee benefit products are provided to our customers through the Bank's trust department, Northeast Trust, a division of the Bank.
The community banking strategy of Northeast Bancorp emphasizes the development of long-term full banking relationships with customers at each branch location by providing consistent, high quality service from:
With the goal of providing a full range of banking services to its customers and in an effort to develop strong long-term primary banking relationships with businesses and individuals, we have expanded our commercial banking operations by selectively making commercial loans to small and medium sized companies. In this regard, our business development efforts have been directed towards full service credit packages and financial services, as well as competitively priced mortgage packages. At June 30, 2003, the Bank's loan portfolio consisted of 35% residential real estate mortgages, 26% commercial real estate mortgages, 18% commercial loans, and 21% consumer loans. At June 30, 2003, the Bank's lending limit was approximately $5.5 million. To the extent that customer's credit needs exceed our lending limits, we may seek participations in such loans with other banks. In addition, the Bank invests in certain U.S. government and agency obligations and other investments permitted by applic able law and regulations.
The Bank is subject to examination and comprehensive regulation by the OTS and its deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") to the extent permitted by law. The Bank also is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") of Boston. Although the Bank's deposits are primarily insured through the Bank Insurance Fund, deposits at the Brunswick branch, which represent approximately 19% of the Bank's total deposits, are insured through the Savings Association Insurance Fund.
The principal executive offices of Northeast Bancorp and the Bank are located at 158 Court Street, Auburn, Maine, 04210, and their telephone number is (207) 777-6411.
Market Area
The Bank is headquartered in Auburn, Maine with full service branches in Auburn, Augusta, Bethel, Brunswick, Buckfield, Harrison, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls, Mechanic Falls, Portland, Richmond and South Paris, Maine. The Bank's wholly owned NFS has an office in Falmouth, Maine from which loan applications are accepted and investment, insurance and financial planning products and services are offered. NFS also has an office in Bethel, Maine where its insurance division offers casualty and property insurance products. The Company's market area, which covers western and south central regions of the State of Maine, is characterized by a diverse economy that has experienced moderate growth in recent years.
Market for Services and Competition
Management believes that the Bank's principal markets are: (i) the residential real estate market within its primary market area; (ii) the commercial market and small-to-medium sized businesses within its primary market area; (iii) the growing consumer loan market, including indirect automobile dealer and recreational vehicle loans; and (iv) developing a market for a wide range of other consumer-oriented financial services and products such as financial planning services, investments, life insurance, property and casualty insurance, trust services, college loans and other similar products.
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Businesses are solicited through the personal efforts of the directors and officers of both Northeast Bancorp and the Bank. We believe that a locally-based independent bank is often perceived by the local business community as possessing a clearer understanding of local commerce and its needs. Consequently, we believe that we are able to make prudent lending decisions quickly and more equitably than our competitors without compromising asset quality or profitability.
In an effort to attract a broader base of long-term customer relationships and diversity in its banking operations, during the past few years we have expanded our focus from primarily seeking residential loan customers to becoming a "one-stop shopping" destination point for our customers' full financial needs. As a part of this strategy, we have significantly increased the number and type of financial products, loans, and services that we make available to our customers.
The Company encounters strong competition in its market area in making loans, attracting deposits, and selling its other customer products and services. The deregulation of the banking industry, the ability to create financial services holding companies to engage in a wide range of financial services other than banking, and the widespread enactment of state laws which permit multi-bank holding companies, as well as the availability of nationwide interstate banking, has created a highly competitive environment for financial services providers. In one or more aspects of its business, we compete with other savings banks, commercial banks, credit unions, finance companies, mutual funds, insurance companies, brokerage and investment banking companies, finance companies, and other financial intermediaries operating in Maine and elsewhere. Many of our primary competitors, some of which are affiliated with large bank holding companies or other larger financial-based institutions, have substantially greater re sources and have higher lending limits.
The principal factors in competing for deposits are convenient office locations, flexible hours, interest rates and services, while the principal competitive factors relating to loans are interest rates, the range of lending services offered and lending fees. We believe that an emphasis on personalized financial planning and advice tailored to individual customer needs, together with the local character of the Bank's business and its "community bank" management philosophy will enhance our ability to compete successfully in our market areas. Further, we also offer a wide range of financial services to our customers, including not only basic loan and deposit services, but also investment services, trust services, and insurance products. We believe that our ability to provide such services and advice, and to provide the financial services and products required by our customers, will be an attractive alternative to consumers in our market area.
Lending Activities
General
The primary source of income generated by the Bank is from the interest earned from the loan portfolio. The principal lending activities of the Bank are the origination and purchase of conventional mortgages for the purpose of constructing, financing, or re-financing one-to-four family residential properties and commercial properties. The majority of the properties securing the mortgage loan portfolio are located in the State of Maine. However, in an effort to diversify the geographic scope of the real estate collateral held by it, the Bank does purchase in the secondary market residential mortgage loans collateralized by properties in other states. Interest rates and origination fees charged on loans originated by the Bank are generally competitive with other financial institutions and other mortgage originators in its general market area.
Although residential and commercial real estate lending remains a strong component of the Bank's lending operations, consistent with our business strategy, we also actively seek an increased volume of commercial and consumer loans. Commercial loans are originated for commercial construction, acquisition, remodeling, and general business purposes. In this regard, the Bank, among other things, also originates loans to small businesses in association with the Small Business Administration. Consumer loans include those for the purchase of automobiles, boats, home improvements and personal investments. We also pursue quality indirect lending through local automobile and recreational vehicle dealerships.
Residential Lending
The major component of the Bank's lending activities consists of the origination of single-family residential mortgage loans collateralized by owner-occupied property, most of which is located in its primary service areas. The Bank offers a variety of mortgage loan products. Its originations are generally for adjustable rate mortgages ("ARMs") or fixed rate mortgage loans having a term of 15 years or 30 years amortized on a monthly basis, with principal and interest due each month. The Bank holds in portfolio all adjustable rate mortgage and fixed rate mortgage loans with terms of 15 years. Fixed rate loans with terms over 15 years are sold into the secondary market. Additionally, the Bank offers second mortgage residential loans.
The Bank offers one-year ARMs with rate adjustments tied to the weekly average rate of U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant one-year maturity with specified minimum and maximum interest rate adjustments. The interest rates on a majority of these mortgages are adjusted yearly with limitations on upward adjustments of 2% per adjustment period and 6% over the life of the loan. The Bank also originates fixed-rate mortgage loans on single-family residential real estate. The Bank generally charges a higher interest rate if the property is not owner-occupied. It has been the Bank's experience that the proportions of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate loan originations depend in large part on the level of interest rates. As interest rates fall, there is generally a reduced demand for ARMs and, as interest rates rise, there is generally an increased demand for ARMs.
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Fixed rate and adjustable rate mortgage loans collateralized by single family residential real estate generally have been originated in amounts of no more than 80% of appraised value. The Bank may, however, lend up to 95% of the value of the property collateralizing the loan, but if such loans are required to be made in excess of 80% of the value of the property, they must be insured by private or federally guaranteed mortgage insurance. In the case of mortgage loans, the Bank will procure mortgagee's title insurance to protect against defects in its lien on the property that may collateralize the loan. The Bank in most cases requires title, fire, and extended casualty insurance to be obtained by the borrower, and, where required by applicable regulations, flood insurance. The Bank maintains its own errors and omissions insurance policy to protect against loss in the event of failure of a mortgagor to pay premiums on fire and other hazard insurance policies.
Although the contractual loan payment period for single-family residential real estate loans is generally for a 15 to 30 year period, such loans often remain outstanding for significantly shorter periods than their contractual terms. In addition, the Bank charges no penalty for prepayment of mortgage loans. Mortgage loans originated by the Bank customarily include a "due on sale" clause giving the Bank the right to declare a loan immediately due and payable in the event, among other matters, that the borrower sells or otherwise disposes of the real property subject to a mortgage. In general, the Bank enforces due on sale clauses. Borrowers are typically permitted to refinance or prepay loans at their option without penalty.
The Bank generally applies the same underwriting criteria to residential mortgage loans whether purchased or originated. In its loan purchases, the Bank generally reserves the right to reject particular loans from a loan package being purchased and does reject loans in a package that do not meet its underwriting criteria. In connection with loan purchases, the Bank receives various representations and warranties from the sellers of the loans regarding the quality and characteristics of the loans. In determining whether to purchase or originate a loan, the Bank assesses both the borrower's ability to repay the loan and the adequacy of the proposed collateral. On originations, the Bank obtains appraisals of the property securing the loan. On purchases, the Bank reviews the appraisal obtained by the loan seller or originator. On purchases and originations, the Bank reviews information concerning the income, financial condition, employment and credit history of the applicant.
We have adopted written, non-discriminatory underwriting standards for use in the underwriting and review of every loan considered for origination or purchase. These underwriting standards are reviewed and approved annually by our board of directors. Our underwriting standards for fixed rate residential mortgage loans generally conform to standards established by Fannie Mae ("FNMA") and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (the "FHLMC"). A loan application is obtained or reviewed by the Bank's underwriters to determine the borrower's ability to repay, and confirmation of the more significant information is obtained through the use of credit reports, financial statements, and employment and other verifications.
The Bank generally uses appraisals to determine the value of collateral for all loans it originates. When originating a real estate mortgage loan, the Bank obtains a new appraisal of the property from an independent third party to determine the adequacy of the collateral, and such appraisal is reviewed by one of the underwriters. Otherwise, the collateral value is determined by reference to the documentation contained in the original file.
The Bank also requires that a survey be conducted and title insurance be obtained, insuring the priority of its mortgage lien. Pursuant to its underwriting standards, the Bank generally requires private mortgage insurance policies on newly originated mortgage loans with loan-to-value ratios greater than 80%. All loans are reviewed by the Bank's underwriters to ensure that its guidelines are met or that waivers are obtained in limited situations where offsetting factors exist.
Commercial Real Estate Lending
The Bank originates both multi-family and commercial real estate loans. Multi-family and commercial property loans generally are made in amounts up to 80% of the lesser of the appraised value or purchase price of the property. Although the largest multi-family or commercial loan in our portfolio at June 30, 2003 was approximately $2.725 million, the majority of such loans have balances under $500,000.
The Bank's permanent commercial real estate loans are secured by improved property such as office buildings, medical facilities, retail centers, warehouses, apartment buildings, condominiums, and other types of buildings, which are located in its primary market area. Multi-family and commercial real estate loans generally have fixed or variable interest rates indexed to FHLB and prime interest rates with notes having terms of 3 - 5 years. Mortgage loan maturities have terms up to 15 years.
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Loans secured by multi-family and commercial real estate generally are larger and involve greater risks than one-to-four family residential mortgage loans. Because payments on loans secured by multi-family and commercial properties often are dependent on successful operation or management of the properties, repayment of such loans may be subject to a greater extent to adverse conditions in the real estate market or the economy. We seek to minimize these risks in a variety of ways, including limiting the size of our multi-family and commercial real estate loans and generally restricting such loans to our primary market area. In determining whether to originate multi-family or commercial real estate loans, we also consider such factors as the financial condition of the borrower and the debt service coverage of the property. The Company intends to continue to make multi-family and commercial real estate loans as the market demands and economic conditions permit.
Commercial Lending
The Bank offers a variety of commercial loan services including term loans, lines of credit, equipment, and receivables financing. A broad range of short-to-medium term commercial loans, both collateralized and uncollateralized, are made available to businesses for working capital (including inventory and receivables), business expansion (including acquisitions of real estate and improvements), and the purchase of equipment and machinery. Equipment loans are typically originated on both a one year line of credit basis and on a fixed-term basis ranging from one to five years. The purpose of a particular loan generally determines its structure.
The Bank's commercial loans primarily are underwritten in the Company's market areas on the basis of the borrowers' ability to service such debt from income. As a general practice, the Bank takes as collateral a security interest in any available real estate, equipment, or other chattel, although such loans may be made on an uncollateralized basis. Collateralized working capital loans are primarily collateralized by short-term assets whereas term loans are primarily collateralized by long-term assets.
Unlike residential mortgage loans, which generally are made on the basis of the borrower's ability to make repayment from the borrower's wages and other income and which are collateralized by real property whose value tends to be easily ascertainable, commercial loans typically are made on the basis of the borrower's ability to make repayment from the cash flow of their business and generally are collateralized by business assets, such as accounts receivable, equipment, and inventory. As a result, the availability of funds for the repayment of commercial loans may be substantially dependent on the success of the business itself. Further, the collateral underlying the loans, which may depreciate over time, usually cannot be appraised with as much precision as residential real estate, and may fluctuate in value based on the success of the business.
Consumer Loans
Consumer loans made by the Bank have included automobiles, recreational vehicles, boats, second mortgages, home improvements, home equity lines of credit, mobile home loans, personal (collateralized and uncollateralized), and deposit account collateralized loans. The Bank's consumer loan portfolio consists primarily of loans to individuals for various consumer purposes, but includes some business purpose loans which are payable on an installment basis. A majority of these loans are for terms of less than 60 months and although generally collateralized by liens on various personal assets of the borrower, they may be originated without collateral. Consumer loans are made at fixed and variable interest rates and may be made based on up to a 5 year amortization schedule.
Consumer loans are attractive to us because they typically have a shorter term and carry higher interest rates than that charged on other types of loans. Consumer loans, however, do pose additional risks of collectability when compared to traditional types of loans granted by commercial banks such as residential mortgage loans. In many instances, the Bank is required to rely on the borrower's ability to repay since the collateral may be of reduced value at the time of collection. Accordingly, the initial determination of the borrower's ability to repay is of primary importance in the underwriting of consumer loans.
In 1998, the Bank entered the indirect automobile lending market. Indirect automobile lending consists of automobile loans made by the Bank through the purchase of contracts from automobile dealers. Generally, the Bank will obtain fixed-rate automobile loans indirectly through various automobile dealerships located in its market areas. These automobile dealers are selected by us. Currently a majority of these loans were originated by 34 dealers located in our market area. Because the collateral is a deteriorating asset, the initial determination of the borrower's ability to pay is of primary importance. The indirect origination of consumer loan products generally requires funding of dealer reserves. These reserves are maintained for the benefit of the dealer who originated such loans, but such funding is subject to performance of certain loan conditions. The dealer is generally responsible to the Bank for the amount of the reserve only if a loan giving rise to the reserve becomes delinquent or the loan has been prepaid. The same process applies to indirect recreational vehicle lending which started in 2000.
Construction Loans
The Bank originates residential construction loans to finance the construction of single-family dwellings. Most of the residential construction loans are made to individuals who intend to erect owner-occupied housing on a purchased parcel of real estate. The Bank's construction loans to individuals typically range in size from $100,000 to $300,000. Construction loans also are made to contractors to erect single-family dwellings for resale. Construction loans are generally offered on the same basis as other residential real estate loans, except that a larger percentage down payment is typically required.
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The Bank also may make residential construction loans to real estate developers for the acquisition, development, and construction of residential subdivisions. The Bank has limited involvement with this type of loan. Such loans may involve additional risk attributable to the fact that funds will be advanced to fund the project under construction, which is of uncertain value prior to completion and because it is relatively difficult to evaluate accurately the total amount of funds required to complete a project.
The Bank finances the construction of individual, owner-occupied houses on the basis of written underwriting and construction loan management guidelines. Construction loans are structured either to be converted to permanent loans with the Bank at the end of the construction phase or to be paid off upon receiving financing from another financial institution. Construction loans on residential properties are generally made in amounts up to 80% of appraised value. Construction loans to developers generally have terms of up to 12 months. Loan proceeds on builders' projects are disbursed in increments as construction progresses and as inspections warrant. The maximum loan amounts for construction loans are based on the lesser of the current appraisal value or the purchase price for the property.
Construction loans are generally considered to involve a higher degree of risk than long-term financing collateralized by improved, occupied real estate. A lender's risk of loss on a construction loan is dependent largely upon the accuracy of the initial estimate of the property's value at the completion of construction and estimated cost (including interest) of construction. If the estimate of construction cost proves to be inaccurate, the lender could be required to advance funds beyond the amount originally committed in order to permit completion of the project. If the estimate of anticipated value proves to be inaccurate, the lender may have collateral which has value insufficient to assure full repayment.
Loans collateralized by subdivisions and multi-family residential real estate generally are larger than loans collateralized by single-family, owner-occupied housing and also generally involve a greater degree of risk. Payments on these loans depend to a large degree on the results of operations and management of the properties, and repayment of such loans may be more subject to adverse conditions in the real estate market or the economy.
Loan Origination and Processing
Loan originations are derived from a number of sources. Residential loan originations can be attributed to real estate broker referrals, mortgage loan brokers, direct solicitation by the Bank's loan officers, present savers and borrowers, builders, attorneys, walk-in customers and, in some instances, other lenders. Loan applications, whether originated through the Bank or through mortgage brokers, are underwritten and closed based on the same standards, which generally meet FNMA underwriting guidelines. Consumer and commercial real estate loan originations emanate from many of the same sources. The legal lending limit of the Bank, as of June 30, 2003, was approximately $5.5 million.
The loan underwriting procedures followed by the Bank conform to regulatory specifications and are designed to assess the borrower's ability to make principal and interest payments and the value of any assets or property serving as collateral for the loan. Generally, as part of the process, a bank loan officer meets with each applicant to obtain the appropriate employment and financial information as well as any other required loan information. Upon receipt of the borrower's completed loan application, the Bank then obtains reports with respect to the borrower's credit record, and orders and reviews an appraisal of any collateral for the loan (prepared for the Bank through an independent appraiser). The loan information supplied by the borrower is independently verified. Loan officers or other loan production personnel in a position to directly benefit monetarily through loan solicitation fees from individual loan transactions do not have approval authority. Once a loan application has been completed and all information has been obtained and verified, the loan request is submitted to a final review process. As part of the loan approval process, all uncollateralized loans of more than $100,000 and all collateralized loans of more than $1,000,000 require pre-approval by the Bank's loan committee, which is currently comprised of five directors of the Bank and meets on such basis as is deemed necessary to promptly service loan demand. All loans of more than $1,000,000 require pre-approval by the Bank's Board of Directors, and borrowers requesting amounts which will result in a loan relationship of more than $1,000,000 also must be approved by the board of directors of the Bank.
Loan applicants are notified promptly of the decision of the Bank by telephone and a letter. If the loan is approved, the commitment letter specifies the terms and conditions of the proposed loan including the amount of the loan, interest rate, amortization term, a brief description of the required collateral, and required insurance coverage. Prior to closing any long-term loan, the borrower must provide proof of fire and casualty insurance on the property serving as collateral which insurance must be maintained during the full term of the loan. Title insurance is required on loans collateralized by real property. Interest rates on committed loans are normally locked in at the time of application for a 30 to 45 day period. The commitment issued at the time of approval will be for the time remaining, based on the application date.
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Other Subsidiaries
On October 4, 1999, the Company formed NBN Capital Trust, a Delaware statutory trust and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Trust"), for the purpose of (i) issuing and selling its common securities to the company and its trust preferred securities to the public, and (ii) using the proceeds therefrom to purchase 9.60% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures ("Junior Subordinated Debentures") from the Company. The Junior Subordinated Debentures are the sole asset of the Trust. In the quarter ended December 31, 1999, the Trust sold its trust-preferred securities to the public and its common securities to the Company. The Trust used the proceeds to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debentures issued by the Company. The Company pays interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures at a rate of 9.60% to the Trust at the end of each quarter, which is equal to the dividend rate payable to the holders of the Trust's preferred securities. The cost of the issuance of the pref erred securities is treated as a deferred asset and will be amortized over the life of the securities. Following the offer and sale of the Trust's securities, the Company owned and currently holds all of the outstanding common securities of the Trust, its only voting securities, and as a result the Trust is a subsidiary of the Company.
The Company acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary, ASI Data Services, Inc. (ASI) through two stock purchases during 1993-1994. ASI initially provided data processing services to the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company's board transferred the assets and operations of ASI to the Bank in 1996 and ASI now is an inactive corporate subsidiary.
NFS, a Maine Corporation, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank was originally formed in 1982 as a vehicle through which the Bank could participate in certain real estate development projects. At June 30, 2003, investment in and loans to its subsidiary constituted 0.18% of the Company's total assets. Generally, any proposed development project will be examined for its profit potential and its ability to enhance the communities served by the Bank. At the present time, there are no definitive plans for additional real estate development projects. NFS also supports the Bank's non-banking financial services through its relationship with Commonwealth Financial Services, Inc., ("Commonwealth"), a fully licensed New York securities firm, and through the insurance division of NFS, which allows the Bank to deliver insurance products to its customers. NFS has not invested in any assets in its business relationship with Commonwealth.
Employees
As of June 30, 2003, the Company, the Bank and its subsidiary together employed 168 full-time and 23 part-time employees. The Company's employees are not represented by any collective bargaining unit. The Company believes that its relations with its employees are good.
SUPERVISION AND REGULATION
General
Northeast Bancorp is a savings and loan holding company that is regulated and subject to examination by the OTS. The Bank is a federally chartered savings bank and also is subject to the regulations, examinations, and reporting requirements of the OTS. The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and the Bank's deposits are insured by the FDIC. As the administrator of the deposit insurance fund, the FDIC has certain regulatory and full examination authority over OTS regulated savings associations.
The Bank also is subject to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System governing reserves to be maintained against deposits and certain other matters. The Bank's relationship with its depositors and borrowers also is regulated to a great extent by both federal and state laws. Any change in applicable laws or regulations, or a change in the ways these laws and regulations are interpreted by regulatory agencies or courts, may have a material adverse impact on the business of Northeast Bancorp and the Bank.
The following information is a summary of some of the laws and regulations applicable to Northeast Bancorp and the Bank. The applicable statutes and regulations are summarized and do not purport to be complete, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the particular statutes and regulations.
Federal Regulation of Savings and Loan Holding Companies
General Limitations
Northeast Bancorp is a unitary savings and loan holding company within the meaning of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 ("HOLA") and is registered with the OTS. As a result, the Company is subject to the regulations, examinations, supervision and reporting requirements of the OTS. Further, the OTS has enforcement authority over Northeast Bancorp and its non-savings institution subsidiaries. Among other things, this authority permits the OTS to restrict or prohibit activities that are determined to be a serious risk to the subsidiary savings institution.
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As a unitary savings and loan holding company, we generally are not restricted under existing laws as to the types of business activities in which the Bank may engage, provided that the Bank continues to be a qualified thrift lender. See "Supervision and Regulation Federal Regulations of Savings Associations Qualified Thrift Lender Test." Nevertheless, various activities conducted by savings and loan holding companies require OTS authorization.
The HOLA prohibits a savings and loan holding company from directly or indirectly acquiring control (including through an acquisition by merger, consolidation or purchase of assets) of any savings association, or any other savings and loan holding company, without prior OTS approval. In considering whether to grant approval for any such transaction, the OTS will take into consideration a number of factors, including:
Further, a savings and loan holding company may not acquire more than 5% of the voting shares of any savings association unless by merger, consolidation or purchase of assets, each of which requires prior OTS approval. In addition, under other provisions of HOLA, a savings and loan holding company may acquire up to 15% of the voting shares of certain undercapitalized savings associations.
Multiple Savings and Loan Holding Companies
At the present time, Northeast Bancorp is a unitary savings and loan holding company. If we were to acquire a separate subsidiary savings association, we would become a multiple savings and loan holding company and would be subject to extensive limitations on the types of business activities in which we could engage. A holding company that acquires another institution and maintains it as a separate subsidiary or whose sole subsidiary fails to meet the qualified thrift lender test will become subject to the activities limitations applicable to multiple savings bank holding companies. In general, a multiple savings bank holding company (or subsidiary thereof that is not an insured institution) may not commence, or continue for more than a limited period of time after becoming a multiple savings bank holding company (or a subsidiary thereof), any business activity other than:
These restrictions do not apply to a multiple savings bank holding company if (a) all, or all but one, of its insured institution subsidiaries were acquired in emergency thrift acquisitions or assisted acquisitions and (b) all of its insured institution subsidiaries are qualified thrift lenders.
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The OTS is prohibited from approving any acquisition that would result in a multiple savings and loan holding company controlling savings institutions in more than one state, subject to two exceptions: (a) the approval of interstate supervisory acquisitions by savings and loan holding companies, and (b) the acquisition of a savings institution in another state if the laws of the state of the target savings institution specifically permit such acquisitions. The states vary with regard to the extent to which they permit interstate savings and loan holding company acquisitions. We currently are not a party to any discussions with any potential acquisition targets which would make us a multiple savings and loan holding company.
Safety and Soundness
Under federal law, the Director of the OTS is authorized to take action when it determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the continuation by a savings bank holding company of any particular activity constitutes a serious risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of a savings bank holding company's subsidiary savings institution. The Director of the OTS has oversight authority for all holding company affiliates, not just the insured institution. Specifically, the Director of the OTS may, as necessary:
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
On July 30, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act"). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act represents a comprehensive revision of laws affecting corporate governance, accounting obligations and corporate reporting. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is applicable to all companies with equity or debt securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In particular, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act establishes: (i) new requirements for audit committees, including independence, expertise, and responsibilities; (ii) additional responsibilities regarding financial statements for the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the reporting company; (iii) new standards for auditors and regulation of audits; (iv) increased disclosure and reporting obligations for the reporting company and their directors and executive officers; and (v) new and increased civil and criminal penalties for violation of the securities laws. Although we anticipate that we will in cur additional expense in complying with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the resulting regulations, management does not expect that such compliance will have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.
Enactment of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("Gramm-Leach") was signed into law on November 12, 1999. This legislation is intended to modernize the financial services industry. This legislation, among other things, establishes a comprehensive framework to permit affiliations among commercial banks, insurance companies and securities firms. Generally, the new law:
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Gramm-Leach also restricts the power of new unitary savings and loan association holding companies. Unitary savings and loan holding companies that are "grandfathered," (i.e., unitary savings and loan holding companies in existence or with applications filed with the OTS on or before May 4, 1999), such as the Company, retain their authority under the prior law. All other unitary savings and loan holding companies are limited to financially related activities permissible for bank holding companies, as defined under Gramm-Leach. Gramm-Leach also prohibits non-financial companies from acquiring grandfathered unitary savings and loan association holding companies.
Gramm-Leach also requires financial institutions to disclose, on ATM machines, any non-customer fees and to disclose to their customers upon the issuance of any ATM card any fees that may be imposed by the institutions on ATM users. For older ATMs, financial institutions will have until December 31, 2004 to provide such notices.
Bank holding companies are permitted to engage in a wider variety of financial activities than permitted under the prior law, particularly with respect to insurance and securities activities. Gramm-Leach establishes state regulators as the appropriate functional regulators for insurance activities but provides that state regulators cannot "prevent or significantly interfere" with affiliations between banks and insurance firms. In addition, in a change from the prior law bank holding companies are in a position to be owned, controlled or acquired by any company engaged in financially related activities.
The Company does not believe that the law has had or will have a material adverse affect upon its operations in the near term. However, to the extent the new law permits banks, securities firms and insurance companies to affiliate, the financial services industry may experience further consolidation. This type of consolidation could result in a growing number of larger financial institutions that offer a wider variety of financial services than the Bank currently offers and that can more aggressively compete in the markets we currently serve.
Federal Regulation of Savings InstitutionsBusiness Activities
The activities of savings institutions are governed by the HOLA and, in certain respects, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the rules and regulations issued by the OTS and the FDIC pursuant to these acts. These laws and regulations delineate the nature and extent of the activities in which savings associations may engage.
Capital Requirements
The OTS capital regulations require federally chartered savings associations to satisfy three different capital requirements: a leverage (core capital) limit, a tangible capital requirement, and a risk-based capital requirement.
The leverage limit requires that a federally chartered savings association maintain core capital of at least 4% of its adjusted total assets. However, OTS regulations also provide for a minimum capital leverage ratio of 3% for depository institutions that have been assigned the highest composite rating of 1 under the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System. For purposes of this requirement, total assets are adjusted to exclude intangible assets and investments in certain subsidiaries, and to include the assets of certain other subsidiaries, certain intangibles arising from prior period supervisory transactions, and permissible mortgage servicing rights. Core capital includes common shareholders' equity and retained earnings, non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus and minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, minus intangibles, plus certain mortgage servicing rights and certain goodwill arising from prior regulatory accounting practices.
Certain mortgage servicing rights are not deducted in computing core and tangible capital. Prior to August 10, 1998, generally, the lower of 90% of the fair market value of readily marketable mortgage servicing rights, or the current unamortized book value as determined under GAAP could be included in core and tangible capital up to a maximum of 50% of core capital computed before the deduction of any disallowed qualifying intangible assets. Effective August 10, 1998, the OTS increased the maximum amount of mortgage servicing rights that are includable in regulatory capital from 50% to 100% of core capital.
In determining core capital, all investments in and loans to subsidiaries engaged in activities not permissible for national banks, which are generally more limited than activities permissible for savings associations and their subsidiaries, must be deducted. Certain exceptions are provided, including exceptions for mortgage banking subsidiaries and subsidiaries engaged in agency activities for customers (unless determined otherwise by the FDIC on safety and soundness grounds). Generally, all subsidiaries engaged in activities permissible for national banks are required to be consolidated for purposes of calculating capital compliance by the parent savings association. In assessing an institution's capital adequacy, the OTS takes into consideration not only the above numeric factors, but also qualitative factors as well, and has the authority to establish higher capital requirements for individual institutions where necessary.
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The tangible capital requirement mandates that a savings association maintain tangible capital of at least 1.5% of adjusted total assets, provided, however, that savings institutions may include up to 90% of the fair market value of readily marketable purchased mortgage servicing rights included in core capital as tangible capital (subject to certain conditions, including any limitations imposed by the FDIC on the maximum percentage of the tangible capital requirement that may be satisfied with such servicing rights). For purposes of the tangible capital requirement, adjusted total assets are calculated on the same basis as the leverage limit. As of June 30, 2003, the Bank was in compliance with these requirements. The balances maintain the same manner as core capital, except that all intangible assets must be deducted.
The risk-based requirement promulgated by the OTS pursuant to the HOLA, tracks the standard applicable to national banks, except that the OTS may determine to reflect interest rate and other risks not specifically included in the national bank standard. However, such deviations from the national bank standard may not result in a materially lower risk-based requirement for savings associations than for national banks. The risk-based standard adopted by the OTS is similar to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency standard for national banks. The risk-based standards of the OTS require maintenance of core capital equal to at least 4% of risk-weighted assets and total capital equal to at least 8% of risk-weighted assets. Total capital includes core capital plus supplementary capital (to the extent it does not exceed core capital). Supplementary capital includes (a) cumulative perpetual preferred stock; (b) mutual capital certificates, income capital certificates and net worth certificates; (c) non- withdrawable accounts and pledged deposits to the extent not included in core capital; (d) perpetual and mandatory convertible subordinated debt and maturing capital instruments meeting specified requirements; and (e) general loan and lease loss allowances, up to a maximum of 1.25% of risk-weighted assets. See Item 8. "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 11."
In determining the amount of risk-weighted assets, savings associations must assign balance sheet assets to one of four risk-weight categories, reflecting the relative credit risk inherent in the asset. Off-balance-sheet items are assigned to one of the four risk-weight categories after a credit conversion factor is applied.
The OTS adopted regulations intended to revise their 8% risk-based capital standards discussed above to take into account interest rate risk, concentration of credit risk, and the risk of non-traditional activities. Only savings associations with more than a normal level of interest rate risk are subject to these requirements. Specifically, savings associations with interest rate risk exposure in excess of 2% (measured in accordance with an OTS Model and Guidelines) must deduct an interest rate risk component from total capital prior to calculating their risk-based capital ratios. The interest rate risk component is calculated as one-half of the difference between the institution's measured interest rate risk and 2%, multiplied by the market value of the institution's assets. This deduction will have the effect of requiring savings associations with interest rate risk exposure of more than 2% to hold more capital than those with less than 2% exposure. On August 21, 1995, the OTS adopted and approved an appeal process, but delayed the interest rate risk capital deduction indefinitely.
Loans to One Borrower
Under the HOLA, savings institutions are generally subject to the national bank limits on loans to a single or related group of borrowers. Generally, a savings association may not make a loan or extend credit to a single borrower or group of related borrowers, on an unsecured basis, in an amount greater than 15% of its unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus. An additional amount may be loaned not in excess of 10% of the savings association's unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus, if the loan is secured by readily marketable collateral, which is defined to include certain financial instruments and bullion, but generally does not include real estate. The OTS by regulation has amended the loans to one borrower rule to permit savings associations meeting certain requirements to extend loans to one borrower in additional amounts under circumstances limited essentially to loans to develop or complete residential housing units. The OTS also may impose more stringent limits on an as sociation's loans to one borrower, if it determines that such limits are necessary to protect the safety and soundness of the institution.
Qualified Thrift Lender Test
Under HOLA, all savings associations, including the Bank, are required to meet a qualified thrift lender ("QTL") test for, among other things, future eligibility for FHLB advances. A savings association that fails to satisfy the QTL test is subject to substantial restrictions on its activities and to other significant penalties. A savings association is a QTL if it meets either (a) has invested at least 65% of its "portfolio assets" in qualified thrift investments and maintains this level of "qualified thrift investments" on a monthly average basis in the nine of every twelve months, or (b) the test for being a domestic building and loan association, as that term is defined in Section 7701(a) (19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The term "portfolio assets" under the QTL test is defined as savings institutions total assets less the sum of: (i) certain intangibles, including goodwill and credit card rights, (ii) properties used to conduct business, and (iii) liquid assets (up to 20% total assets). The following assets may be included as "qualified thrift investments" without limit: (1) domestic residential housing or manufactured housing loans, (2) home equity loans and mortgage backed securities backed by residential housing and manufactured housing loans, (3) FHLB stock, (4) certain obligations of the FDIC and certain other related entities, and (5) education, small business, and credit card loans. In addition, the following assets, which may be included in the aggregate amount of up to 20% of portfolio assets, also constitute qualified thrift investments: (i) 50% of originated residential mortgage loans sold within 90 days of origination, (ii) investments in debt or equity of service corporations that derive 80% of their gr oss revenues from housing-related activities, (iii) 200% of certain loans to, and investment in, low cost one-to-four family housing, (iv) 200% of loans for residential real property, churches, nursing homes, schools, and small businesses in areas where the credit needs of low-and moderate- income families are not met, (v) other loans for churches, schools, nursing homes and hospitals, and (vi) personal, family, or household loans (other than education, small business, or credit card loans). At June 30, 2003, the Bank maintained approximately 84.3% of its portfolio assets in qualified thrift institutions and satisfied the QTL test in each of the previous 12 months.
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Any savings association that fails to meet the QTL test must convert to a national bank charter, unless it requalifies. A savings association may requalify the next time it meets the requirement in nine of the preceding twelve months, but it may requalify only one time. If an institution fails the QTL test and has not yet requalified or converted to a national bank charter, the savings institution is immediately ineligible to receive any new FHLB advances, and is subject to national bank limits for payment of dividends. Further, it may not establish a branch office at any location at which a national bank located in the savings association's state could not establish a branch. In addition, within one year of the loss of QTL status, the holding company of the savings association that does not convert to a bank charter must register as a bank holding company and will be subject to all statutes applicable to bank holding companies.
These penalties, however, do not apply to a federal savings association, such as the Bank, which existed as a federal savings association on August 9, 1989 but was chartered before October 15, 1982 as a savings bank under state law.
Limitation on Capital Distributions
OTS regulations impose limitations upon all capital distributions by savings institutions, including:
OTS rules establish three tiers of institutions, which are based primarily on an institution's capital level. Under OTS regulations, certain savings associations are permitted to pay capital distributions during a calendar year that do not exceed the association's net capital income for that year plus its retained net income for the prior two years without notice to, or the approval of the OTS. However, a savings association subsidiary of a savings and loan holding company, such as the Bank, must file a notice unless the specific capital distribution requires an application. In addition, the OTS can prohibit a proposed capital distribution, otherwise permissible under the regulation, if the OTS has determined that the association is in need of more than normal supervision if it determined that the proposed distribution by an association would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice. Furthermore, under the OTS prompt corrective action regulations, the Bank would be prohibited from maki ng any capital distribution if, after the distribution, the Bank failed to meet its minimum capital requirements as described above. See "Supervision and Regulation - Federal Regulation of Savings Institutions - Capital Requirements."
Liquidity
During fiscal 2001, Congress eliminated the statutory liquidity requirement which required federally chartered savings associations to maintain a minimum amount of liquid assets between 4% and 10%, depending on economic conditions and savings flows of all savings associations. The OTS recently conformed its implementing regulations to reflect this statutory change. Under the revised regulations, which became effective March 15, 2001, the Bank is required to maintain sufficient liquidity to ensure safe and sound operations.
Community Reinvestment Act and Fair Lending Laws
Savings associations have a responsibility under the Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA") and related regulations of the OTS to help meet the credit needs of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. In addition, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act prohibit lenders from discriminating in their lending practices on the basis of characteristics specified in those statutes. The CRA does not establish specific lending requirements or programs for financial institutions nor does it limit an institution's discretion to develop the types of products and services that it believes are best suited to its particular community, consistent with the CRA. The CRA requires the OTS, in connection with its examination of a savings association, to assess the association's record of meeting the credit needs of its community and to take such record into account in its evaluation of certain applications by such association. The CRA regulations establish an assessment system that bases an association's rating on its actual performance in meeting community needs. In particular, the assessment system focuses on three tests: (a) a lending test, to evaluate the institution's record of making loans in its assessment areas, (b) an investment test, to evaluate the institution's record of investing in community development projects, affordable housing, and programs benefiting low or moderate income individuals or businesses, and (c) a service test, to evaluate the institution's delivery of services through its branches, ATMs, and other offices. The CRA also requires all institutions to make public disclosure of their CRA rating. In addition, in May 2000, the OTS proposed regulations implementing the requirements under Gramm-Leach that insured depository institutions publicly disclose certain agreements that are in fulfillment of the CRA. The Bank has no such agreement in place at this time.
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A savings institution's failure to comply with the provisions of the CRA could, at a minimum, result in regulatory restrictions on its activities. Failure of a savings association to comply with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act could result in enforcement actions by the OTS, as well as other federal regulatory agencies and the Department of Justice. The Bank received a "satisfactory" CRA rating under the current regulations in its most recent federal examination by the OTS.
The Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Laws
The Bank Secrecy Act was enacted by Congress in 1970. This act requires every financial institution within the United States to file a Currency Transaction Report with the Internal Revenue Service for each transaction in currency of more than $10,000 not exempted by the United States Treasury Department.
The Money Laundering Prosecution Improvements Act requires financial institutions, typically banks, to verify and record the identity of the purchaser upon the issuance or sale of bank checks or drafts, cashier's checks, traveler's checks, or money orders involving $3,000 or more in cash. Institutions also must verify and record the identity of the originator and beneficiary of certain funds transfers.
USA Patriot Act
In response to the events of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Requiring to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2002, or the USA PATRIOT Act, on October 26, 2001. The USA PATRIOT Act gives the federal government new powers to address terrorist threats through the enhanced domestic security measures, expanded surveillance powers, increased information sharing, and broadened anti-money laundering requirements. By way of amendments to the bank Secrecy Act, Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act takes measures intended to encourage information sharing among bank regulatory agencies and law enforcement bodies. Further, certain provisions of Title III impose affirmative obligations on a broad range of financial institutions, including banks, thrifts, brokers, dealers, credit union, money transfer agents and parties registered under the Commodity Exchange Act. Under the USA PATRIOT Act, financial institution s are subject to prohibitions against specified financial transactions and account relationships as well as enhanced due diligence and "know your customer" standards in their dealings with foreign financial institutions and foreign customers.
Among other requirements, Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act imposes the following requirements with respect to financial institutions:
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During the first quarter of 2002 the Federal Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the Department of Treasury, issued proposed and interim regulations to implement the provisions of Section 312 and 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act. To date, it has not been possible to predict the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act and its implementing regulations may have on the Company and the Bank.
Branching
Subject to certain statutory restrictions in the HOLA and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Bank is authorized to branch on a nationwide basis. Branching by savings associations also is subject to other regulatory requirements, including compliance with the CRA and its implementing regulations.
Transactions with Related Parties
The Bank's authority to engage in transactions with related parties or "affiliates" (i.e., any company that controls or is under common control with the Bank, including Northeast Bancorp and any non-savings institution subsidiaries) or to make loans to certain insiders of the Bank or Northeast Bancorp, is limited by Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act. OTS regulations prohibit a savings association (a) from lending to any of its affiliates that are engaged in activities that are not permissible for bank holding companies under Section 4(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and (b) from purchasing the securities of any affiliate other than a subsidiary. Section 23A limits the aggregate amount of transactions with any individual affiliate to 10% of the capital and surplus of the savings institution and also limits the aggregate amount of transactions with all affiliates to 20% of the savings institution's capital and surplus. Certain transactions with affiliates are required to be secured by collateral in an amount and of a type described in Section 23A and the purchase of low quality assets from affiliates is generally prohibited. Section 23B provides that certain transactions with affiliates, including loans and asset purchases, must be on terms and under circumstances, including credit standards, that are substantially the same or at least as favorable to the institution as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with non - -affiliated companies.
Loans to Officers, Directors, and Principal Stockholders
The Bank's authority to extend credit to any of the following persons currently is governed by the requirements of Sections 22(g) and 22(h) of the Federal Reserve Act and Regulation O of the Federal Reserve Board promulgated thereunder:
Among other things, these provisions require that extensions of credit to such insiders be made on terms substantially the same as those prevailing on comparable transactions made to unaffiliated individuals, and that such extensions of credit do not involve more than the normal risk of repayment or present other unfavorable features. Certain extensions of credit to such persons must first be approved in advance by a disinterested majority of a savings association's entire board of directors. Section 22(h) of the Federal Reserve Act prohibits loans to any such individuals where the aggregate amount exceeds an amount equal to 15% of an insured institution's unimpaired capital and surplus, plus an additional 10% of unimpaired capital and surplus in the case of loans that are fully secured by readily marketable collateral, or when the aggregate amount on all such extensions of credit outstanding to all such persons would exceed the Bank's unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus. Sect ion 22(g) establishes additional limitations on loans to executive officers.
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Changes in Directors and Senior Executive Officers
Section 32 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended by the 1996 Act, requires a depository institution or holding company of a depository institution to give 30 days prior written notice to its primary federal regulator of any proposed appointment of a director or senior executive officer if the institution is not in compliance with the minimum capital requirements or otherwise is in a troubled condition. The regulator then has the opportunity to disapprove the proposed appointment.
Permissible Loans and Investments
Federally chartered savings banks, such as the Bank, are authorized to originate, invest in, sell, purchase, service, participate, and otherwise deal in: (1) loans made on the security of residential and nonresidential real estate, (2) commercial loans (up to 20% of assets, the last 10% of which must be small business loans), (3) consumer loans (subject to certain percentage of asset limitations), and (4) credit card loans. The lending authority of federally chartered associations is subject to various OTS requirements, including, as applicable, requirements governing loan-to-value ratio, percentage-of-assets limits, and loans to one borrower limits. In September 1996, the OTS substantially revised its investment and lending regulations eliminating many of their specific requirements in favor of a more general standard of safety and soundness.
Federally chartered savings associations may invest, without limitation, in the following assets: (1) obligations of the United States government or certain agencies thereof; (2) stock issued or loans made by FHLB or the FNMA; (3) obligations issued or guaranteed by the FNMA, the Student Loan Marketing Association, the GNMA, or any agency of the United States Government; (4) certain mortgages, obligations, or other securities that have been sold by the FHLMC; (5) stock issued by a national housing partnership corporation; (6) demand, time, or savings deposits, shares, or accounts of any insured depository institution; (7) certain "liquidity" investments approved by the OTS to meet liquidity requirements; (8) shares of registered investment companies, the portfolios of which are limited to investments that a federal association is otherwise authorized to make; (9) certain MBS; (10) general obligations of any state of the United States or any political subdivision or municipality thereof, provided that not more than 10% of a savings association's capital may be invested in the general obligations of any one issuer; (11) loans secured by residential real property; (12) credit card loans; and (13) educational loans. Federally chartered savings associations may invest in secured or unsecured loans for commercial, corporate, business, or agricultural purposes, up to 20% of assets, provided that the last 10% is invested in small business loans. The HOLA also limits a federal savings association's aggregate nonresidential real property loans to 400% of the savings association's capital as determined pursuant to the OTS's capital requirements. See "Supervision and Regulation Federal Regulation of Savings Associations Capital Requirements." The OTS may allow a savings association to exceed the aggregate limitation, if the OTS determines that exceeding the limitation would pose no significant risk to the safe and sound operations of the association and would be consistent with prudent operating practices. Federall y chartered savings associations also are authorized by the HOLA to make investments in consumer loans, business development credit corporations, certain commercial paper and corporate debt securities, service corporations, and small business investment companies. All of these types of investments are subject to percentage-of-assets and various other limitations.
Service Corporations
The HOLA authorizes federally chartered savings associations, such as the Bank, to invest in the capital stock, obligations, or other securities of service corporations. The HOLA authorizes a savings association to invest up to a total of 3% of its assets in service corporations. The last 1% of the 3% statutory investment limit applicable to service corporations must be primarily invested in community development investments drawn from a broad list of permissible investments that include, among other things: (1) government guaranteed loans, (2) loans for investment in small businesses, (3) investments in revitalization, and rehabilitation projects, and (4) investments in low- and moderate-income housing developments.
Service corporations are authorized to engage in a variety of pre-approved activities, some of which (e.g., securities brokerage and real estate development) are ineligible activities for the parent savings association. The OTS regulations implementing the service corporation authority contained in the HOLA also provide that activities reasonably related to the activities of a federally chartered savings association may be approved on a case-by-case basis by the Director of the OTS.
Operating Subsidiaries
All federal savings associations are authorized to establish or acquire one or more operating subsidiaries. Operating subsidiaries are subject to examination and supervision by the OTS to the same extent as the parent thrift. An operating subsidiary is a corporation that meets all of the following requirements: (1) it engages only in activities that a federal savings association is permitted to engage in directly; (2) the parent savings association owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the subsidiary's voting stock; and (3) no person or entity other than the parent thrift may exercise effective operating control over the subsidiary. While a savings association's investment in its service corporations is generally limited to an amount that does not exceed 3% of the parent savings association's total assets, OTS regulations do not limit the amount that a parent savings association may invest in its operating subsidiaries. Operating subsidiaries may be incorporated and operat ed in any geographical location where its parent may operate. An operating subsidiary that is a depository institution may accept deposits in any location, provided that the subsidiary has federal deposit insurance.
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Enforcement
Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the OTS has primary enforcement responsibility over savings institutions and has the authority to bring enforcement action against all "institution-affiliation parties," including stockholders, and any attorneys, appraisers and accountants who knowingly or recklessly participate in any violation of applicable law or regulation or breach of fiduciary duty or certain other wrongful actions that cause or is likely to have more than a minimal loss or other significant adverse effect on an insured institution. Formal enforcement action may range from the issuance of a capital directive or cease and desist order to removal of officers and/or directors of the institutions, receivership, conservatorship or the termination of deposit insurance. Civil penalties cover a wide range of violations and actions, and range up to $25,000 per day, unless a finding of reckless disregard is made, in which case penalties may be as high as $1 million per day. Unde r the Act, the FDIC has the authority to recommend to the Director of OTS that enforcement action be taken with respect to a particular savings institution. If action is not taken by the Director, the FDIC has authority to take such actions under certain circumstances.
Standards for Safety and Soundness
The Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended by FDICIA and the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement of 1994, the OTS and the bank regulatory agencies have adopted a set of general standards relating to, among other things, internal controls, information systems and audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate risk exposure, asset growth, asset quality, earnings, and compensation, fees, and benefits and such other operational and managerial standards as the agency deems appropriate. The federal banking agencies adopted a final regulation and Interagency Guidelines Prescribing Standards for Safety and Soundness to implement the safety and soundness standards required under the act. These guidelines set forth the safety and soundness standards that the federal banking agencies use to identify and address problems at insured depository institutions before capital becomes impaired. Further, the guidelines address (a) internal controls and inf ormation systems; (b) internal audit system; (c) credit underwriting; (d) loan documentation; (e) interest rate risk exposure; (f) asset growth; and (g) compensation, fees and benefits. If the appropriate federal banking agency determines that an institution fails to meet any standard prescribed by these guidelines, the agency may require the institution to submit to the agency an acceptable plan to achieve compliance with the standard, as required by the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. The final regulations establish deadlines for the submission and review of such safety and soundness compliance plans.
Insurance Activities
The Bank generally is permitted to engage in certain insurance activities through its subsidiaries. In August 2000, the OTS and the other federal banking agencies proposed regulations pursuant to Gramm-Leach which would prohibit depository institutions from conditioning the extension of credit to individuals upon either the purchase of an insurance product or annuity or an agreement that the consumer not purchase an insurance product or annuity from an entity that is not affiliated with the depository institution. The proposed regulations also would require prior disclosure of this prohibition to potential insurance product or annuity customers. We do not believe that these regulations, if adopted as proposed, would have a material impact on our operations.
Prompt Corrective Regulatory Action
Under the OTS Prompt Corrective Action regulations, the OTS is required to take certain supervisory actions against undercapitalized institutions, the severity of which depends upon the institution's degree of capitalization. Generally, a savings institution that has total risk-based capital of less than 8.0% or a leverage ratio or a Tier 1 core capital ratio that is less than 4.0% (3.0% if the association receives the highest rating on the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System) is considered to be undercapitalized. A savings institution that has total risk-based capital of less than 6.0%, a Tier 1 core risk-based capital ratio of less than 4.0% or a leverage ratio that is less than 4.0% (3.0% if the association receives the highest rating on the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System) is considered to be "significantly undercapitalized" and a savings institution that has a tangible capital to assets ratio equal to or less than 2% is deemed to be "critically undercapital ized."
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Subject to a narrow exception, the OTS is required to appoint a receiver or conservator for an institution that is "critically undercapitalized." The regulation also provides that a capital restoration plan must be filed with the
OTS within 45 days of the date an institution receives notices that it is "undercapitalized," "significantly undercapitalized" or "critically undercapitalized." In addition, numerous mandatory supervisory actions become immediately applicable to the institution, including, but not limited to, restrictions on growth, investment activities, capital distributions, and affiliate transactions. The OTS also could take any one of a number of discretionary supervisory actions, including the issuance of a capital directive and the replacement of senior executive officers and directors. As of June 30, 2003, the Bank was considered to be well-capitalized.Insurance of Deposit Accounts and Assessments
The Bank's deposits are insured by the FDIC through the bank insurance fund ("BIF") and the savings association insurance fund ("SAIF") for up to $100,000 for each insured account holder, the maximum amount currently permitted by law. The FDIC establishes premium assessment rates for BIF and SAIF deposit insurance. There is no statutory limit on the maximum assessment and the percent of increase in the assessment that the FDIC may impose in any one year, provided, however, that the FDIC may not collect more than is necessary to reach or maintain the BIF's and SAIF's designated reserve ratio and must rebate any excess collected. Under the FDIC's risk-based insurance system, BIF and SAIF-assessable deposits are now subject to premiums of between 0 to 27 cents per $100 of deposits, depending upon the institution's capital position and other supervisory factors.
To arrive at a risk-based assessment for each bank and thrift, the FDIC places the institution in one of nine risk categories using a two-step process based first on capital ratios and then on relevant supervisory information. Each institution is assigned to one of three groups (well-capitalized, adequately capitalized, or undercapitalized) based on its capital ratios. A well-capitalized institution is one that has at least a 10% total risk-based capital ratio (the ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets), a 6% tier 1 risk-based capital ratio (the ratio of tier 1 core capital to risk-weighted assets), and a 5% leverage capital ratio (the ratio of core capital to adjusted total assets). An adequately capitalized institution has at least an 8% total risk-based capital ratio, a 4% tier 1 core risk-based capital ratio, and a 4% leverage capital ratio. An undercapitalized institution is one that does not meet either the definition of well-capitalized or adequately capitalized.
The FDIC also assigns each institution to one of three supervisory subgroups based on an evaluation of the risk posed by the institution. These supervisory evaluations modify premium rates within each of the three capital groups. The nine risk categories and the corresponding SAIF assessment rates are as follows:
Supervisory Subgroup |
|||
Meets numerical standards for: |
A |
B |
C |
Well-capitalized |
0 |
3 |
17 |
Adequately capitalized |
3 |
10 |
24 |
Undercapitalized |
10 |
24 |
27 |
For purposes of assessments of FDIC insurance premiums, the Bank is a well-capitalized institution as of June 30, 2003. FDIC regulations prohibit disclosure of the supervisory subgroup to which an insured institution is assigned.
Brokered Deposits
Only a well-capitalized depository institution may accept brokered deposits without prior regulatory approval. Under implementing regulations, well-capitalized banks may accept brokered deposits without restriction, adequately capitalized banks may accept brokered deposits without a waiver from the FDIC (subject to certain restrictions on payments of rates), while undercapitalized banks may not accept brokered deposits.
Federal Home Loan Bank System
The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which consists of 12 regional banks. FHLBs provide a central credit facility primarily for member institutions. The Bank, as a member of the FHLB of Boston, is required to acquire and hold shares of capital stock in that institution in an amount at least equal to the greater of: (a) 1% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bank's unpaid residential mortgage loans and similar obligations at the beginning of each year, (b) 0.390 of total assets, or (c) 5% of its advances from the FHLB of Boston.
Pursuant to Gramm-Leach, the foregoing minimum share ownership requirements will be replaced by regulations to be promulgated by the Federal Housing Finance Board. Gramm-Leach specifically provides that the minimum requirements in existence immediately prior to adoption of Gramm-Leach shall remain in effect until such regulations are adopted. Formerly, federal savings associations were required to be members of the FHLB System. The new law removed the mandatory membership requirement and authorized voluntary membership for federal savings associations, as is the case for all other eligible institutions.
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Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve Board regulations require savings institutions to maintain non-interest-earning reserves against their transaction accounts (primarily NOW and regular checking accounts). As of June 30, 2003, the Bank was in compliance with these requirements. The balances maintained to meet the reserve requirements imposed by the Federal Reserve Board may be used to satisfy liquidity requirements imposed by the OTS.
Federal Securities Laws
Northeast Bancorp's common stock is registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Accordingly, Northeast Bancorp is subject to the information, proxy solicitation, insider trading restrictions and other requirements under the Securities Exchange Act.
Maine Law
Northeast Bancorp and the Bank are headquartered in, and qualified to do business in the State of Maine. Accordingly, the Maine Bureau of Banking has the authority to impose certain regulations and the power to examine both the Bank and Northeast Bancorp. In addition to approvals from federal regulatory agencies, Northeast Bancorp may be required to seek approval of the Maine Bureau of Banking prior to engaging in certain extraordinary transactions.
Legislation
Federal legislation and regulation have significantly affected the operations of federally insured savings associations, such as the Bank, and other federally regulated financial institutions in the past several years and has increased competition among savings associations, commercial banks, and other financial institutions. Congress has been considering legislation in various forms that would require federal thrifts, such as the Bank, to convert their charters to national or state bank charters. The Bank cannot determine whether, or in what form, such legislation may eventually be enacted, and there can be no assurance of the effect that any legislation that is enacted would have on Northeast Bancorp, the Bank, and its affiliates. The operations of regulated depository institutions will continue to be subject to changes in applicable statutes and regulations from time to time and could adversely affect Northeast Bancorp, the Bank, and its affiliates.
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE
The additional statistical disclosure describing the business of the Company and the Banks required by Industry Guide 3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is provided in Item 8b of this Form 10-K.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTORS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K (including the Exhibits hereto) contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities law Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21 E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such as statements relating to financial condition, prospective results of operations, future performance or expectations, plans, objectives, prospects, loan loss reserve adequacy, simulation of changes in interest rates, capital spending and finance sources, and revenue sources. These statements relate to expectations concerning matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements, which are based on various assumptions (some of which are beyond the Company's control), may be identified by reference to a future period or periods, or by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe", "expect", "estimate", "anticipate", "continue", "plan", "approximately", "intend", or other similar terms or variations on those terms, or the future or conditional verbs such as "will", "may", "should", "could", and "would". In addition, the Company may from time to time make such oral or written "forward-looking statements" in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commiss ion (including exhibits thereto), in its reports to shareholders, and in other communication made by or with the approval of the Company.
Such forward-looking statements reflect our current views and expectations based largely on information currently available to our management, and upon current expectations, estimates and projections regarding the Company and its industry, our management's belief with respect there to, and certain assumptions made by management. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable estimates and assumptions, they are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies, and other factors. Accordingly, we can not give you any assurance that our expectations will in fact occur or that our estimates or assumptions will be correct. We caution you that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, those related to the economic environment, particularly in the market areas in which the Company operates, compe titive products and pricing, fiscal and monetary policies of the U.S. Government, changes in government regulations affecting financial institutions, including regulatory fees and capital requirements, changes in prevailing interest rates, acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses, credit risk management, asset/liability management, changes in technology, changes in the securities markets, and the availability of and the costs associated with sources of liquidity. Accordingly, investors and others are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.
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Potential risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause the Company's financial performance or results of operations to differ materially from current expectations or such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
a) |
general economic conditions becoming less favorable than expected, either nationally or in the markets where the Company or its subsidiaries offer their financial products or services, resulting in, among other things, a deterioration of credit quality or in a decreased demand for the Company's products or services; |
b) |
competitive pressure in the banking and financial services industry increasing significantly and, more particularly, competition in the Company's market areas as described under "Business -- Market for Services and Competition"; |
c) |
changes in the interest rate environment which reduces margins, including those described under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition -- Risk Management" and also may have a negative impact on the Company's interest rate exchange agreement; |
d) |
the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses and the Bank's asset quality, including those matters described in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition -- Results of Operations". |
e) |
changes in political conditions or changes occurring in the legislative or regulatory environment, including the impact of any changes in laws and regulations relating to banking, securities, taxes, and insurance; |
f) |
the ability to increase market share and to control expenses, and changes in consumer spending, borrowing, and saving habits; |
g) |
changes in trade, tax, monetary, or fiscal policies, including the interest rate policies of the FRB; |
h) |
money market and monetary fluctuations, and changes in inflation or in the securities markets; |
i) |
future acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses and assets; |
j) |
changes in the Company's organizational structure and in its compensation and benefit plans, including those necessitated by pressures in the labor market for attracting and retaining qualified personnel; |
k) |
the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by regulatory agencies as well as the Financial Accounting Standards Board; |
l) |
unanticipated litigation, regulatory, or other judicial proceedings; |
m) |
the success of the Company at managing the risks involved in the foregoing; |
n) |
other one-time events, risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Such forward-looking statements speak only to the date that such statements are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
The Company's results are strongly influenced by general economic conditions in its market areas in the western, central, and mid-coastal regions of the State of Maine. The deterioration in these conditions could have a material adverse effect on the quality of the Bank's loan portfolio and the demand for its products and services. In particular, changes in the real estate or service industries, or a slow-down in population growth may adversely impact the Company's performance. See "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition."
All forward-looking statements presume a continuation of the existing regulatory environment and monetary policy. The banking industry is subject to extensive state and federal regulation, and significant new laws or regulations, or changes in or repeals of existing laws or regulations may cause results of the Company to differ materially. Further federal monetary policy, particularly as implemented by the FRB, significantly affect credit conditions for the Bank and its customers. Such changes could adversely impact the Company's financial results. See "Item 1. Business Supervision and Regulation."
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A significant source of risks arise from the possibility that losses will be sustained because borrowers, guarantors, and related parties fail to perform in accordance with the terms of their loans. The Bank has adopted underwriting and credit monitoring procedures and credit policies, including the establishment and review of the allowance for loan losses, that management believe are appropriate to minimize the risks in assessing the likelihood of nonperformance, tracking loan performance, and diversifying the Bank's loan portfolio. However, such policies may not prevent unexpected losses that could adversely affect the Company's results and the allowance for loan losses may not be adequate in all instances. See "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition - Results of Operations," , " - Financial Condition," and " - Risk Management." Further, certain types of lending relationships carry greater risks of nonperformance and collectability, such as comm ercial and consumer loans. For a discussion of the risks associated with such lending relationships, see "Item 1. Business -- Lending Activities."
Item 2. Properties
The principal executive and administrative offices of the Company and the Bank were relocated to 158 Court Street from 232 Center Street, Auburn, Maine in fiscal 2003. This building is owned by the Bank in fee simple and, in addition to the executive offices, houses the commercial and residential real estate loan underwriting functions.
The Bank has 12 branching locations, including the new branch in Portland. The branches located in Augusta, Bethel, Brunswick, Buckfield, Harrison, Lisbon Falls, Mechanic Falls, and Richmond, Maine are owned by the Bank in fee simple. The branches located in Auburn, Portland, South Paris and Lewiston, Maine are leased by the Bank. In addition to the leased branches, the Bank leases a facility in Lewiston, Maine where operations, accounting and training functions are performed and a facility in Falmouth, Maine for the investment division of NEF. These leases have renewal options. In aggregate, branch and other facility leases require payments of $447,000 per year. Certain real property and improvements in Falmouth, Maine, owned in fee simple, was sold in fiscal 2003 when the investment division of NFS. relocated to leased space also in Falmouth. The lease for the facility in Bethel, Maine for the insurance division was terminated in July, 2003 when the staff relocated to the Bank's branch in Bethel. The facilities owned or occupied under lease by the Bank and its subsidiaries are considered by management to be adequate.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
There are no pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or any of its property is the subject. There are no material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business of banking, to which the Bank is a party or of which any of the Bank's property is the subject. There are no material pending legal proceedings to which any director, officer or affiliate of the Company, any owner of record beneficially of more than five percent of the common stock of the Company, or any associate of any such director, officer, affiliate of the Company or any security holder is a party adverse to the Company or has a material interest adverse to the Company or the Bank.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There were no matters submitted to a vote of the Company's securities-holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003.
Item 4A. Executive Officers of the Registrant
Pursuant to the Instructions of Form 10-K and Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K, the name, age, and position of each executive officer of the Company and the Bank are set forth below along with such officer's business experience during the past five years. Officers are elected annually by the respective Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank to hold office until the earlier of their death, resignation, or removal.
Name |
Age |
Position with Company and/or Bank |
James D. Delamater |
52 |
President and Chief Executive Officer (1) |
Philip C. Jackson |
59 |
Senior Vice President of Bank Trust Operations |
Gary Berlucchi |
57 |
Senior Vice President of Bank - Operations |
A. Daniel Keneborus |
62 |
Senior Vice President of Bank - Commercial Lending |
Marcel Blais |
44 |
Senior Vice President of the Bank - Retail Banking |
Robert S. Johnson |
51 |
Chief Financial Officer (1) |
Suzanne Carney |
36 |
Clerk |
(1) Each of these individuals serves both the Company and the Bank in the same capacities as indicated above.
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James D. Delamater has been President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of the Company and the Bank since 1987.
Philip C. Jackson has been a director of the Company and the Bank since 1987. Mr. Jackson also has served as the Senior Vice President of the Bank's Trust Operations since 1997. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Jackson served as President of Bethel Savings, the predecessor to the Bank.
Gary Berlucchi has been the Senior Vice President of the Bank - Operations since January 1999. From 1972 to 1995, Mr. Berlucchi was a Vice President of Casco Northern Bank, N.A., in operations and credit policy. Previous to joining Northeast Bank, Mr. Berlucchi was self-employed as a financial consultant.
A. Daniel Keneborus has been the Senior Vice President of the Bank - Commercial Lending since October 1998. Mr. Keneborus served as Vice President, Casco Northern Bank from 1976 to 1990, Vice President Commercial Lending of Peoples Heritage from 1990 to 1992, and Vice President Commercial Lending for Shawmut Bank from 1993 to 1997.
Marcel Blais has been the Senior Vice President of the Bank - Retail Banking since 1998. Mr. Blais joined the Company in 1997 as the Vice President of the Bank - Branch Administration. Prior to joining the Company he served as Vice President of Atlantic Bank from 1995 to 1997, and as Vice President - Branch Manager of Casco Bank from 1977 until 1995.
Robert S. Johnson has been the Chief Financial Officer of the bank since December 2001. Prior to joining the company he served as Mortgage Controller of Banknorth Group from 1998 to 1999 and as President and Chief Financial Officer of Pepperell Bank & Trust from 1999 to 2001.
Suzanne Carney
has been Clerk of the Bank since March 1999 and has been with the company since 1994 in the Accounting Division.
PART II
Item 5. Market Prices of Common Stock and Dividends Paid
The Common Stock of Northeast Bancorp trades on the American Stock Exchange
("AMEX") under the symbol "NBN". As of the close of business
on September 12, 2003, there were approximately 2,576,827 shares of common
stock outstanding held by approximately 488 stockholders of record.
The following table sets forth the high and low closing sales prices of the
Company's Common Stock as reported on AMEX, and dividends paid during each
quarter for fiscal years ending June 30, 2003 and 2002.
2002 - 2003 |
High |
Low |
Div Pd |
Jul 1- Sep 30 |
14.99 |
13.43 |
.080 |
Oct 1 - Dec 31 |
14.90 |
13.00 |
.080 |
Jan 1 - Mar 31 |
15.20 |
14.34 |
.080 |
Apr 1 - Jun 30 |
16.55 |
15.00 |
.080 |
2001 - 2002 |
High |
Low |
Div Pd |
Jul 1- Sep 30 |
13.20 |
11.50 |
.063 |
Oct 1 - Dec 31 |
13.00 |
11.25 |
.063 |
Jan 1 - Mar 31 |
15.25 |
13.20 |
.063 |
Apr 1 - Jun 30 |
15.25 |
14.00 |
.080 |
On September 12, 2003, the last reported sale price of the Company's Common stock as quoted on AMEX was $16.80. Holders of the Company's Common stock are entitled to receive dividends when and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available. The amount and timing of future dividends payable on the Company's Common Stock will depend on, among other things, the financial condition of the Company, regulatory considerations, and other factors. The Company is a legal entity separate from the Bank, but the revenues are derived primarily from the Bank. Accordingly, the ability of the Company to pay cash dividends on its stock in the future generally will be dependent upon the earnings of the Bank and the Bank's ability to pay dividends to the Company. The payment of dividends by the Bank will depend on a number of factors, including capital requirements, regulatory limitations, the Bank's results of operations and financial condition, tax considerations, and general economic conditions. National banking laws regulate and restrict the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to the Company. See "Item 1.Business - Supervision and Regulation".
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data | |||||||
At or for the Year | |||||||
Ended June 30, | |||||||
2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | |||
(Dollars in thousands except for Per Share Data) | |||||||
Selected operations data: | |||||||
Interest income | $ 28,586 | $ 31,664 | $ 35,800 | $ 32,406 | $ 26,857 | ||
Interest expense | 13,769 | 16,998 | 21,754 | 18,352 | 14,550 | ||
Net interest income | 14,817 | 14,666 | 14,046 | 14,054 | 12,307 | ||
Provision for loan losses | 1,091 | 842 | 781 | 1,072 | 610 | ||
Other operating income (1) | 4,615 | 3,675 | 2,934 | 2,451 | 2,621 | ||
Net securities gains | 921 | 547 | 148 | 84 | 95 | ||
Other operating expenses (2) | 13,530 | 12,146 | 10,975 | 10,543 | 10,570 | ||
Income before income taxes | 5,732 | 5,900 | 5,372 | 4,974 | 3,843 | ||
Income tax expense | 1,877 | 2,047 | 1,888 | 1,764 | 1,433 | ||
Net income | $ 3,855 | $ 3,853 | $ 3,484 | $ 3,210 | $ 2,410 | ||
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Consolidated per share data: | |||||||
Net income: | |||||||
Basic | $ 1.46 | $ 1.48 | $ 1.32 | $ 1.17 | $ 0.88 | ||
Diluted | $ 1.44 | $ 1.44 | $ 1.30 | $ 1.17 | $ 0.86 | ||
Cash dividends | $ 0.32 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.21 | ||
Selected balance sheet data: | |||||||
Total assets | $ 467,684 | $ 442,216 | $ 431,298 | $ 433,852 | $ 364,383 | ||
Loans receivable | 378,987 | 374,634 | 380,483 | 381,824 | 318,986 | ||
Deposits | 318,743 | 303,198 | 274,136 | 259,982 | 219,364 | ||
Borrowings | 93,769 | 93,130 | 115,222 | 129,801 | 104,569 | ||
Total stockholders' equity | 36,499 | 34,731 | 30,445 | 28,126 | 26,683 | ||
Other ratios: | |||||||
Return on average assets | 0.86% | 0.88% | 0.80% | 0.79% | 0.71% | ||
Return on average equity | 10.58% | 11.73% | 11.65% | 11.59% | 9.18% | ||
Average equity to average total assets | 8.11% | 7.51% | 6.84% | 6.85% | 7.73% | ||
Common dividend payout ratio | 22.22% | 17.36% | 19.23% | 19.66% | 24.42% | ||
(1) Includes fees for deposit, investment brokerage, and trust services to customers and gains on the sale of loans. | |||||||
(2) Includes salaries, employee benefits, occupancy, equipment and other expenses. |
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition
The Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition which follows presents a review of the consolidated operating results of Northeast Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") during for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001. This discussion and analysis is intended to assist you in understanding the results of our operations and financial condition. You should read this discussion together with your review of the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes and other statistical information included in this report. Certain amounts in the years prior to 2003 have been reclassified to conform to the 2003 presentation.
A NOTE ABOUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities law Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such as statements relating to our financial condition, prospective results of operations, future performance or expectations, plans, objectives, prospects, loan loss reserve adequacy, simulation of changes in interest rates, capital spending and finance sources, and revenue sources. These statements relate to expectations concerning matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements, which are based on various assumptions (some of which are beyond the Company's control), may be identified by reference to a future period or periods, or by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe", "expect", "estimate", "anticipate", "continue", "plan", "approximately", "intend", or other similar terms or variations on those terms, or the future or conditional verbs such as "will", "may", "should", "could", and "would". In addition, the Company may from time to time make such oral or written "forward-looking statements" in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including exhibits thereto), in its reports to shareholders, and in other communications made by or with the approval of the Company.
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Such forward-looking statements reflect our current views and expectations based largely on information currently available to
our management, and upon current expectations, estimates, and projections regarding the Company and its industry, our management's belief with respect thereto, and certain assumptions made by our management. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable estimates and assumptions, they are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies, and other factors. Accordingly, we can not give you any assurance that our expectations will in fact occur or that our estimates or assumptions will be correct. We caution you that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, those related to the economic environment, particularly in the market areas in which the Company operates, competitive products and pricing, fiscal and monetary policies of the U.S. Government, changes in government regulations affecting financial institutions, including regulatory fees and capital requirements, changes in prevailing interest rates, acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses, credit risk management, asset/liability management, changes in technology, changes in the securities markets, and the availability of and the costs associated with sources of liquidity. Accordingly, investors and others are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. For a more complete discussion of certain risks and uncertainties affecting the Company, please see "Item 1. Business - Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors" set forth in our Form 10-K.CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contain a summary of Northeast Bancorp's significant accounting policies. The level of the allowance for loan losses is important to the portrayal of the Company's results of operations and financial condition. The determination of what the loan loss allowance should be requires management to make difficult or subjective judgments, some of which may relate to matters that are inherently uncertain. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates and assumptions. Additional information about this policy can be found in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The allowance for loan losses represents management's estimate of probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. This evaluation process is subject to numerous estimates and judgments. The frequency of default, risk ratings, and the loss recovery rates, among other things, are considered in making this evaluation, as are the size and diversity of individual large credits. Changes in these estimates could have a direct impact on the provision and could result in a change in the allowance. The larger the provision for loan loss, the greater the negative impact on our net income. Larger balance, non-homogeneous loans representing significant individual credit exposures are evaluated based upon the borrower's overall financial condition, resources, and payment record; the prospects for support from any financially responsible guarantors; and, if appropriate, the realizable value of any collateral. The allowance for loan losses attributed to these loans is established through a process that includes estimates of historical and projected default rates and loss severities; internal risk ratings; and geographic, industry, and other environmental factors. Management also considers overall portfolio indicators, including trends in internally risk-rated loans, classified loans, nonaccrual loans, and historical and forecasted write-offs; and a review of industry, geographic, and portfolio concentrations, including current developments. In addition, management considers the current business strategy and credit process, including credit limit setting and compliance, credit approvals, loan underwriting criteria, and loan workout procedures. Within the allowance for credit losses, amounts are specified for larger-balance, non-homogeneous loans that have been individually determined to be impaired. These reserves consider all available evidence, including, as appropriate, the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's contractual effective rate and the fair value of collateral. Each portfolio of smaller balance, homogeneous loans, including residential real estate and consumer loans, is collectively evaluated for impairment. The allowance for loan losses is established via a process that includes historical delinquency and credit loss experience, together with analyses that reflect current trends and conditions. Management also considers overall portfolio indicators including historical credit losses; delinquent, non-performing and classified loans; trends in volumes; terms of loans; an evaluation of overall credit quality and the credit process, including lending policies and procedures; and economic factors.
For a further description of our estimation process in determining the allowance for loan losses, see Asset Quality below.
GENERAL
Northeast Bancorp (the "Company") is a Maine corporation and a registered unitary savings and loan holding company with the Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS") its primary regulator. We conduct business from our headquarters in Auburn, Maine and, as of June 30, 2003, 13 banking offices all located in Western and South-Central Maine. At June 30, 2003, we had consolidated assets of $467.7 million and consolidated stockholders' equity of $36.5 million.
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Northeast Bancorp's principal asset is all the capital stock of Northeast Bank, FSB (the "Bank"), a federally chartered savings and loan association. Accordingly, Northeast Bancorp's results of operations are primarily dependent on the results of the operations of the Bank. The Bank has offices in Auburn, Augusta, Bethel, Brunswick, Buckfield, Harrison, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls, Mechanic Falls, Portland, Richmond, and South Paris, Maine. The Bank's wholly owned subsidiary Northeast Financial Services, Inc. has an office in Falmouth, Maine from which loan applications are accepted and investment, insurance and financial planning products and services are offered. It also has an office in Bethel, Maine where its insurance division offers property and casualty insurance products.
Business Strategy
The principal business of the Bank consists of attracting deposits from the general public and applying those funds to originate or acquire residential mortgage loans, commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, and a variety of consumer loans. The Bank sells residential mortgage loans into the secondary market. The Bank also invests in mortgage-backed securities and securities issued by agencies of the United States Government. The Bank emphasizes the growth of noninterest sources of income from trust management, financial planning, and investment and insurance brokerage. The Bank's profitability depends primarily on net interest income, which is the difference between interest income earned from interest-earning assets (i.e. loans and investments) and interest expense incurred on interest-bearing liabilities (i.e. customer deposits and borrowed funds). Net interest income is affected by the relative balances of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and the rates paid on these balances.
Our goal is to continue modest, but profitable growth by increasing our loan and deposit market share in our existing markets in Western and South-Central Maine, closely manage the yields on earning assets and rates on interest-bearing liabilities, introduce new financial products and services, increase non-interest income from expanded trust, investment and insurance brokerage services, and control the growth of non-interest expenses. It also is part of our business strategy to make targeted acquisitions in our current market areas from time to time when opportunities present themselves. As part of our growth strategy, Northeast Financial Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank, acquired an insurance agency in fiscal 2002.
The Company's profitability is affected by such factors as the Bank's interest rate spread, which is the difference between the average yield earned on its interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on its interest-bearing liabilities. It is also affected by the level of non-interest income and expenses of Northeast Bancorp and the Bank, the provision for loan losses, and the effective tax rate. Non-interest income consists primarily of loan and deposit service fees; trust, investment brokerage and insurance brokerage fees; and gains on the sales of loans and investments. Noninterest expenses consist of compensation and benefits, occupancy related expenses, deposit insurance premiums paid to the FDIC, and other operating expenses which include advertising, computer services, supplies, telecommunication and postage expenses.
Economic Conditions
We believe that our market area has generally witnessed a softening in economic growth from late 2001 through early 2003. Although these developments have not materially affected us to date, they did contribute to the increase in nonperforming assets in fiscal 2003. The economy and real estate markets in our market areas will continue to be significant determinants of the quality of our assets in future periods and our results of operations, liquidity, and financial condition. We believe future economic activity will significantly depend on consumer confidence, consumer spending and business expenditures for new capital equipment, all of which are tied to strong employment.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Comparison of Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002
Overview
For the fiscal 2003, we reported net income of $3,855,318, or $1.44 per diluted share as compared to $3,852,620, or $1.44 per diluted share, for the fiscal 2002, an increase of 0.1%. The improved results were attributable to increased noninterest income and to a lesser extent by increased net interest income, partially offset by increased provision for loan losses and increased noninterest expense. The return on average assets was 0.86% in fiscal 2003 and 0.88% in fiscal 2002. The return on average equity was 10.58% in fiscal 2003 and 11.73% in fiscal 2002. The decrease in our return on average assets and our return on average equity was due to the fact that we experienced virtually flat net income for those periods while average assets and average equity increased.
Net interest income and noninterest income increased 1% and 31%, respectively, during fiscal 2003. The increase in our net interest income was due to an increase in our earning assets, primarily loans. Net interest margin, the ratio of net interest income to average earning assets, declined by 1 basis point to 3.49% in fiscal 2003 from 3.50% in fiscal 2002. Net interest spread, the difference between the yield on earning assets and the cost of funds, increased by 11 basis points to 3.12% in fiscal 2003 from 3.01% in fiscal 2002. This increase was attributable to the decrease in average rates paid on interest-bearing deposits and borrowings, which reduced our cost of funds, but was partially offset by a decrease in the yield on earning assets. Accordingly, both the decrease in our cost of funds and in our yields on earning assets were affected by the general decline in interest rates that resulted from the decision of the Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve Board to reduce short-term interest rates during the fiscal 2003. The increase in our noninterest income for fiscal 2003 was primarily due to net securities gains, gains on sales of residential real estate loans, investment and insurance commissions, and an increase in the cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance.
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Noninterest expense increased 11% during fiscal 2003. This increase was primarily due to increases in salaries and employee benefits and occupancy expense.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income increased by $150,829 or 1% during fiscal 2003 primarily due to increasing lower cost of funds from NOW, money market and savings accounts combined with reduction in interest rates paid on interest-bearing deposits. These lower cost of funds and reduced interest payments resulted in a 92 basis point reduction in the average rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, more than offsetting the 81 basis points decrease in the yield on earning assets. Average earning assets increased $4.9 million during fiscal 2003 primarily from an increase in average loans of approximately $11.4 million, or 3%, as compared to fiscal 2002. The increase in average loans was primarily due to commercial real estate, commercial, and consumer loans originated during fiscal 2003. Average investment securities decreased by $3.6 million, or 13%, during 2003 to fund loan originations. Average interest-bearing deposits increased by $8.7 million, or 3%, during fiscal 2003 primarily from NOW Express Gold and new money market Maximum Return Sweep accounts. Average repurchase agreements and borrowed funds decreased during fiscal 2003 by $3 million, or 3%. The decrease in borrowings was due to repayments at maturity. Table 1 shows the average balances, yields and rates of assets, liabilities, and net worth of the Company for the past three years. The table below shows the changes from 2002 to 2003 in net interest income by category due to changes in rate and volume.
Rate/Volume Analysis for the Year Ended |
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Difference Due to |
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Volume |
Rate |
Total |
|
Investments |
$ (142,411) |
$ (266,363) |
$ (408,774) |
Loans, net |
877,850 |
(3,422,591) |
(2,544,741) |
FHLB deposits & other |
(51,961) |
(72,748) |
(124,709) |
Total interest-earning assets |
683,478 |
(3,761,702) |
(3,078,224) |
Deposits |
(324,070) |
(2,515,740) |
(2,839,810) |
Repurchase agreements |
(2,130) |
(45,580) |
(47,710) |
Borrowings |
(184,161) |
(157,372) |
(341,533) |
Total interest-bearing liabilities |
(510,361) |
(2,718,692) |
(3,229,053) |
Net interest income |
$ 1,193,839 |
$ (1,043,010) |
$ 150,829 |
Rate/volume amounts are spread proportionately between Volume and Rate. Borrowings in the table above include trust-preferred securities and FHLB advances.
Provision for Loan Losses
The provision for loan losses in fiscal 2003 was $1,090,787, an increase of $248,686, or 30%, compared to fiscal 2002. This increase in the provision for loan losses reflects the higher risk profile of our loan portfolio resulting from the increase in commercial real estate, commercial and consumer loans that were added to our loan portfolio during fiscal 2003. This risk was mitigated by lower net charge-offs, a decrease in classified loans, a decrease in loan delinquency, but negatively affected by the increase in nonaccrual loans. Net charge-offs were $570,787 in fiscal 2003 compared to $1,124,101 in fiscal 2002. This $553,314 decrease, or 49%, was due to decreased gross charge-offs of commercial real estate and commercial loans and higher recoveries. Net charge-offs to average loans outstanding was 0.15% in fiscal 2003 compared to 0.30% in fiscal 2002.
The allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2003 was $4,016,000 as compared to $3,496,000 at June 30, 2002, an increase of $520,000, or 15%. The allowance to total portfolio loans was 1.06% at June 30, 2003 compared to 0.93% at June 30, 2002. The ratio of the allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans was 220% at June 30, 2003 and 299% at June 30, 2002, reflecting an increase in nonperforming loans. Nonperforming loans were 0.49% of total assets at June 30, 2003 as compared to 0.31% at June 30, 2002. The increase in nonperforming assets was primarily due to an increase in nonperforming commercial real estate and commercial loans contractually past due 90 days or more. Total nonperforming loans increased 56 % from the prior year.
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For additional information on the allowance for loan losses, see Critical Accounting Policies above.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 was $5,535,944 and $4,222,467, respectively, an increase of $1,313,477, or 31% in fiscal 2003. Most of this increase was due to increased fees and service charges on loans, net securities gains, gains on sales of loans, and investment and insurance commission revenue, and the increase in bank owned life insurance cash surrender value.
Fees and service charges on loans of $597,694 increased $9,638 or 2% during fiscal 2003. This increase was attributed to an increase in letter of credit fees and late charges collected on commercial and commercial real estate loans.
Fees for other services to customers of $869,744 increased $40,465 or 5% during fiscal 2003. This increase was due to higher transaction account service fees, overdraft fees, ATM and debit card revenue as compared to fiscal 2002.
Net securities gains of $922,134 increased $375,520 or 69% during fiscal 2003. These gains were primarily from the sale of mortgage backed securities because cash inflows increased from high prepayments. Gains from the sale of equity and bond securities are subject to market and economic conditions and there can be no assurance that gains reported in prior periods will be achieved in the future. Write-downs on equity securities of $249,498 and $288,887 which were considered to be other than temporary during fiscal 2003 and 2002, respectively, were included in noninterest expense.
Gains on the sales of loans of $1,049,643 increased $357,002 or 52% during fiscal 2003. The increase was primarily due to the sale of residential real estate loans of $45,800,000 in fiscal 2003 as compared to $26,600,000 in fiscal 2002. Residential real estate loans were sold to reduce interest rate risk.
Investment and insurance commissions of $1,475,980 increased $192,703 or 15% during the fiscal year 2003. The increase was due to increased commissions earned from the third party sale of mutual funds, annuities, stocks, bonds, and life insurance. The full year operation of the insurance division of Northeast Financial Services, Inc. contributed commission revenue of $300,732 in 2003 compared to $77,425 in fiscal 2002.
The increase in the cash surrender value of BOLI contributed $309,780 to our noninterest income for the 2003 fiscal year. The additions to cash surrender value are based an average interest yield of 5.79% guaranteed for the initial policy year ending September 30, 2003. The interest rates on the policies are reset annually to an amount determined by the life insurance companies. Each policy is subject to minimum interest rates. There was no BOLI in 2002.
Other income of $311,640 increased $29,529 or 10% during fiscal 2003. This increase was primarily from trust fee revenue received by the Company.
Noninterest Expense
Noninterest expense for fiscal years ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 was $13,529,779 and $12,146,326, respectively, an increase of $1,383,453 or 11%. The increase in fiscal 2003 was primarily from an increase in salaries and employee benefits. Our efficiency ratio increased to 66.5% during fiscal 2003 from 64.8% in fiscal 2002.
Salaries and employee benefits expense of $7,601,529 increased $1,019,018 or 15% during the 2003 fiscal year. This increase includes the salary and benefits for 15 staff additions in the commercial banking center in Portland, the investment and insurance divisions of Northeast Financial Services, Inc., the customer call center and staff to support increased commercial and residential real estate loan volume.
Occupancy expense of $1,199,502 increased $275,578 or 30% during the 2003 fiscal year. This increase was primarily from the new leased space for the Portland commercial banking center opened in the fall of 2002, and new space in Falmouth relocating the investment brokerage division of Northeast Financial Services, Inc.
Equipment expense of $909,096 increased $51,275 or 6% during the 2003 fiscal year. This increase was attributable to moving and storage expense and an increase in minor equipment purchases.
Goodwill amortization was unchanged from the Company electing the early adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" on July 1, 2002. The Company replaced the annual amortization with an annual impairment test. There was no impairment based on the test performed at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
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Intangible assets amortization of $265,872 increased $54,594 or 26% during the 2003 fiscal year. The increase was due to a full year in fiscal 2003 of amortization from the customer list and non-compete intangibles acquired recognized in the insurance agency acquisition.
Other expense of $3,553,780 decreased $17,012 or 1% during fiscal 2003. The decrease was primarily due to lower write downs on equity and non-marketable securities in fiscal 2003.
Taxes
The Company's effective tax rate was 32.7% and 34.7% for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease is primarily attributable to non-taxable BOLI income.
Comprehensive Income
The Company's comprehensive income was $3,768,325 and $4,208,501 during 2003 and 2002, respectively. Comprehensive income differed from our net income in 2003 and 2002 due to the change in net unrealized (losses) gains on available for sale securities of $(86,993) and $355,881 in 2003 and 2002, respectively. See the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity and Note 18 in the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Comparison of Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2002 and 2001
For the 2002 fiscal year, we reported net income of $3,852,620, or $1.44 per diluted share as compared to net income of $3,483,901, or $1.30 per diluted share reported for the 2001 fiscal year, an increase of 11%. Return on average assets and return on average equity were 0.88% and 11.73%, respectively, in 2002 and 0.80% and 11.65%, respectively, in 2001.
Net interest income totaled $14,666,205 during 2002 compared with $14,046,235 in 2001. The increase of $619,970, or 4%, was due from a 118 basis point reduction in the average interest rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, more than offsetting the 95 basis point decrease in the yield on earning assets. The net interest margin increased to 3.50% in 2002 from 3.33% in 2001. The table below shows the changes from 2001 to 2002 in net interest income by category due to changes in rate and volume.
Rate/Volume Analysis for the Year Ended |
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Difference Due to |
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Volume |
Rate |
Total |
|
Investments |
$ 173,826 |
$ (377,391) |
$ (203,565) |
Loans, net |
(904,235) |
(2,874,128) |
(3,778,363) |
FHLB deposits & other |
106,396 |
(260,296) |
(153,900) |
Total interest-earning assets |
(624,013) |
(3,511,815) |
(4,135,828) |
Deposits |
620,276 |
(2,684,811) |
(2,064,535) |
Repurchase agreements |
(119,542) |
(276,010) |
(395,552) |
Borrowings |
(1,694,437) |
(601,274) |
(2,295,711) |
Total interest-bearing liabilities |
(1,193,703) |
(3,562,095) |
(4,755,798) |
Net interest income |
$ 569,690 |
$ 50,280 |
$ 619,970 |
Rate/volume amounts are spread proportionately between Volume and Rate. Borrowings in the table above include trust-preferred securities and FHLB advances.
The provision for loan losses was $842,101 in 2002 compared to $780,846 in 2001. The increase of $61,255 or 8% was attributable to the increase in charge-offs during 2002, and mitigated by a decrease in classified and nonaccrual loans and a decrease in total loans. Nonperforming loans decreased $2,458,000 from June 30, 2001 to $1,171,000, or 0.40% of total assets at June 30, 2002. The ratio of the allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans was 299% in 2002 compared to 104% in 2001. The allowance for loan losses was $3,496,000 at June 30, 2002 a decrease of $282,000, or 7%, from $3,778,000 at June 30, 2001. The allowance for loan losses represented 0.93% of total loans at June 30, 2002 compared to 0.99% at June 30, 2001. Accruing loans 90 days or more past due were $87,000 at June 30, 2002, down $457,000 from the prior year.
Noninterest income was $4,222,467 during 2002 compared to $3,081,705 during 2001. The increase of $1,140,762, or 37%, was due to increased fees and service charges on loans, net securities gains, gains on the sale of loans, and investment and insurance commission revenue.
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Noninterest expense was $12,146,326 in 2002 compared to $10,975,264, an increase of $1,171,062 or 11%. This increase was due primarily to salaries and employee benefits. The efficiency ratio, which excludes securities transactions, increased slightly to 64.8% during 2002 compared to 64.0% in 2001.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
The Company's total assets increased $25,467,715, or 6%, to $467,683,632 at June 30, 2003 compared to $442,215,917 at June 30, 2002. This increase was due to loans, investments, and BOLI funded with increased noninterest-bearing and interest-bearing non-maturing deposits, and securities sold under repurchase agreements. Stockholders' Equity totaled $36,499,448 and $34,730,791 at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase of $1,768,657 was due to net income of $3,855,318 and issuance of $28,100 of treasury stock upon the exercise of previously granted stock options. Partially offsetting these increases were the payment of cash dividends of $847,246, a decrease in net unrealized gains on available for sale securities of $86,993 and share repurchases of $1,180,522.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Average cash and cash equivalents (cash and due from bank and short-term investments) decreased $1,532,249 to $16,661,632 in fiscal 2003 as compared to $18,193,881 in fiscal 2002. This decrease was due to lower excess cash invested in FHLB overnight deposits.
Investments Securities and Other Earning Assets
The average balance of the available for sale securities portfolio was $25,133,293 and $28,743,239 for fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively. The decrease of $3,609,946 was due to the liquidation of the investment portfolio to fund loan growth. The portfolio is comprised of U.S. Government agency and mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds, and equity securities, with most our investment portfolio consisting of federal agency mortgage-backed securities and short-term federal agency bonds. See Tables 2 and 3 for a detail of available for sale securities and investment maturities, respectively.
All of the Company's securities are classified as available for sale and are carried at fair value at $41,729,122 and $32,440,386 as of June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. These securities had net unrealized gains net of taxes of $91,169 and $178,162 at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. These unrealized gains and losses do not impact net income or regulatory capital but are recorded as an adjustment to stockholders' equity, net of related deferred income taxes. Unrealized gains and losses, net of related deferred income taxes, are a component of comprehensive income contained in the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity.
Loans
The average balance for loans, including loans held for sale, was $386,607,415 in fiscal 2003 compared to $375,226,704 in fiscal 2002. The increase of $11,380,711, or 3% in our average balance of loans at June 30, 2003, was attributable to an increase in commercial real estate and commercial loans and a decrease in residential real estate loans. See Tables 4 and 5 for additional information on the composition of the loan portfolio.
Residential real estate loans averaged $151,641,570 in fiscal 2003 as compared to $170,970,245 in fiscal 2002. The decrease of $19,328,675, or 11%, was attributable to refinancing activity increasing prepayments. As a result of the low interest rate environment, we decided to sell most of the residential real estate loans originated by us into the secondary market. Residential real estate loans were 33% and 43% of the total loan portfolio at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Of residential real estate loans at June 30, 2003, approximately 35% were variable rate products as compared to 34% at June 30, 2002. The increase in the percentage of variable rate product resulted from holding new variable rate loans in portfolio while selling fixed rate product into the secondary market.
Commercial real estate loans averaged $89,551,090 in fiscal 2003 and $73,603,085 in fiscal 2002. The increase of $15,948,005 or 22% reflects our focus to primarily lend to small businesses within our market areas. This portfolio consists of loans secured primarily by income-producing commercial real estate and multifamily residential real estate. Commercial real estate loans were 26% and 22% of the total loan portfolio at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Approximately 93% of the commercial real estate loans were variable rate product, minimizing the interest rate risk for this portfolio. At June 30, 2002, approximately 93% of this portfolio also consisted of variable rate product.
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Construction loans averaged $8,075,802 in fiscal 2003 and $7,552,655 in fiscal 2002. The increase of $523,147, or 7%, was primarily in commercial construction loans. All construction loans are subject to interest rates based on the prime rate, contractual maturities under 12 months, and disbursements made on construction as completed and verified by inspection.
Commercial loans averaged $57,426,804 in fiscal 2003 and $46,780,721 in fiscal 2002. The increase of $10,646,083, or 23%, reflects additional opportunities with small businesses in our market areas. Commercial loans were 18% and 13% of total loans at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Variable rate products comprised 63% of this loan portfolio at June 30, 2003, and approximately 53% of this portfolio at June 30, 2002. The increase in variable rate loans reflects our policy to originate commercial loans with interest rates tied to prime rate. The commercial loan credit risk exposure is highly dependent on the cash flow of the customer's business. The Company mitigates credit risk by strictly adhering to our underwriting and credit policies.
Consumer and other loans averaged $77,121,672 in fiscal 2003 and $73,455,823 in fiscal 2002. The increase of $3,665,849, or 5%, is attributable to new indirect recreational vehicle loans. Consumer and other loans comprise 21% and 20% of total loans at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. These loans are mostly fixed rate products. We held $19,655,782 and $17,084,991 of indirect auto loans as of June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. We continue to originate indirect auto loans and continue to build relationships with other institutions for future sales of indirect auto loans the Bank originates. Indirect auto, indirect RV and mobile home loans together comprise approximately 93% of total consumer and other loans, an increase from 92% in 2002. The Company underwrites all automobile dealer finance, recreational vehicle and mobile home loans to protect credit quality. The Company pays a nominal one-time origination fee on these loans. The fees are deferred and amortized over the contractual life of the loan as a yield adjustment. Management attempts to mitigate credit and interest rate risk by keeping the products offered short-term, earning a rate of return commensurate with the risk, and lending to individuals in the Company's known market areas.
Net deferred loan origination costs averaged $2,790,477 in fiscal 2003 and $2,864,175 in fiscal 2002, an increase of $73,698, or 3%.
BOLI was purchased on September 30, 2002. BOLI was invested in the general account of two quality insurance companies. Standard and Poor's rated these companies AA+ or better at September 30, 2002. Interest earnings increase the cash surrender value. These interest earnings are based on interest rates reset each year, subject to minimum interest rates. The increases in cash surrender value offset all or a portion of employee benefit costs. These increases were recognized in other income and are not subject to income taxes. Borrowing on or surrendering the policy may subject the Bank to income tax expense on the increase in cash surrender value. For these reasons, management considers BOLI an illiquid asset. BOLI represented 18.3% of capital and the allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2003.
Deposits
Average demand deposit accounts were $29,698,516 at June 30, 2003 as compared to $26,826,135 at June 30, in 2002. The increase of $2,872,381, or 11%, is consistent with our focus of increasing consumer and commercial core deposits.
Average interest-bearing deposits increased by $8,708,719 during fiscal 2003 to $277,635,444. Average NOW accounts increased 20% during fiscal 2003 to $64,372,181. This increase of $10,852,769 was attributable to the promotion of Express Gold, a NOW account with tiered interest rates. The average interest rate paid on NOW accounts decreased from 2.41% in fiscal 2002 to 1.49% in fiscal 2003. Average money market accounts increased $12,802,375, or 141%, to $21,902,233 during fiscal 2003 from introducing the Maximum Return Sweep account. This is a sweep account for commercial demand deposit account customers. The Maximum Return Sweep account was no longer offered after March 31, 2003. Customers' requests to collateralize balances above the FDIC insured limit caused us to offer securities sold under repurchase agreements with similar interest rates. The average interest rate paid on money market accounts decreased from 2.19% in fiscal 2002 to 1.65% in fiscal 2003. Average savings accounts increased $2,751,870, or 13%, to $23,253,038 during fiscal 2003. The average interest rate paid on savings accounts decreased from 1.79% in fiscal 2002 to 1.16% in fiscal 2003. Average certificates of deposit decreased $10,808,046, or 7%, to $144,433,705 during fiscal 2003. Our overall funding strategy includes the use of deposits obtained from firms which obtain funds from their customers for deposit with us ("brokered deposits"). These brokered deposits, each a certificate of deposit, averaged $23,674,287 and $30,564,536 during fiscal 2003 and 2002, respectively. Certificates of deposit and brokered deposit comprise time deposits. The average rate paid on time deposits decreased from 4.94% in fiscal 2002 to 3.93% in fiscal 2003. See Table 10 for the scheduled maturities of time deposit of $100,000 or more.
Other Funding Sources
The Company's source of funding other than deposits are securities sold under repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances. Average securities sold under repurchase agreements during fiscal 2003 were $9,710,237, compared to $9,857,892 during fiscal 2002. This liability was collateralized by federal agency mortgage-backed and agency securities. See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Average FHLB borrowings for fiscal 2003 were $85,646,652, compared to $88,724,286 in fiscal 2002. The decrease of $3,077,634, or 3%, was attributed to repayment of FHLB borrowings at maturity using funds from deposits. These borrowings had an average cost of 5.58% during fiscal 2003 compared to 5.77% during fiscal 2002. At June 30, 2003 and 2002, FHLB borrowings amounted to $86,595,570 and $85,956,608, respectively. The Company had no additional borrowing capacity with the FHLB at June 30, 2003. On July 1, 2003, the Bank paid down an FHLB advance of $3,045,000 and added $5 million in securities to a separate safekeeping account pledged to collateralize FHLB advances. Management intends to maintain available FHLB borrowing capacity by continuing to add securities to this safekeeping account. See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
ASSET QUALITY
We monitor our asset quality with lending and credit policies which require the regular review of our loan portfolio. We maintain an internal rating system which provides a process to regularly monitor the credit quality of our loan portfolio.
At June 30, 2003 and 2002, the allowance for loan losses was $4,016,000 and $3,496,000, respectively. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total loans was 1.06% and 0.93% at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase in the allowance for loan losses was attributed to a mix change in the Bank's loan portfolio increasing commercial and consumer loans which have a higher risk profile.
Classified loans, exclusive of non-performing loans, that could potentially become non-performing due to delinquencies or marginal cash flows were $360,000 and $0 at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
The following table reflects the annual trend of total delinquencies 30 days or more past due, including loans on non-accrual status, which are not delinquent, as a percentage of total loans:
06/30/03 |
06/30/02 |
06/30/01 |
06/30/00 |
1.09% |
1.03% |
1.53% |
0.85% |
Non-performing Assets
Non-performing assets consist of non-performing loans, other real estate owned and repossessed assets. Total non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets were 0.41% at June 30, 2003 and 0.40% at June 30, 2002. See Table 8 for a summary of non-performing assets for the last five years.
Total non-performing loans were $1,829,000 and $1,171,000 at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase of $658,000, or 56%, was attributable primarily to the commercial real estate and commercial loans. Non-performing loans as a percentage of total loans were 0.49% and 0.31% at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The allowance for loan losses was equal to 220% and 299% of total non-performing loans at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The following table represents the non-performing loans as of June 30, 2003 and 2002.
Description |
June 30, 2003 |
June 30, 2002 |
Residential real estate |
$ 568,000 |
$ 486,000 |
Commercial real estate |
585,000 |
330,000 |
Commercial loans |
600,000 |
183,000 |
Consumer and other |
76,000 |
172,000 |
Total non-performing |
$ 1,829,000 |
$ 1,171,000 |
At June 30, 2003, non-performing loans included $633,202 of loans that are current and paying as agreed, but which the Bank maintains as non-performing until the borrower has demonstrated a sustainable period of performance. Excluding these loans, the total delinquencies 30 days and more past due as a percentage of total assets would be 0.92% and 1.00% for June 30, 2003 and 2002 respectively.
We continue to focus on asset quality issues and allocate significant resources to credit policy and loan review. The collection, workout and asset management functions focus on the reduction of non-performing assets. Despite this ongoing effort on asset quality and reduction of non-performing assets levels, there can be no assurance that adverse changes in the real estate markets and economic conditions will not result in higher non-performing assets levels in the future and negatively impact our operations through higher provision for loan losses, net loan charge-offs, decreased accrual of income and increased noninterest expenses.
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Residential real estate, commercial real estate, commercial, and consumer and other loans are generally placed on nonaccrual when reaching 90 days past due or, in the case of loans secured by real estate, in process of foreclosure. Secured consumer loans are written down to realizable value and unsecured consumer loans are charged-off upon reaching 90 days past due. Based on our judgment, we may place on nonaccrual status loans which are currently less than 90 days past due or performing in accordance with their terms but are likely to present future principal and/or interest repayment problems thus classified as non-performing.
Net charge-offs were $570,787 during 2003 compared to $1,124,101 in 2002. Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans outstanding were 0.15% and 0.30% in 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease of $553,314 was due to lower gross charge-offs in commercial real estate loans and higher recoveries. See Table 6 for more information concerning charge-offs and recoveries for the last five years.
Potential Problems Loans
Commercial real estate and commercial loans are periodically evaluated under a seven point risk rating system. These ratings are guidelines in assessing the risk of a particular loan. We had classified commercial real estate and commercial loans totaling $2,328,600 and $3,076,800 at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively as substandard or lower on our risk rating system. At June 30, 2003, this amount includes $1,185,000 of non-performing commercial real estate and commercial loans. The remaining $1,143,600 of commercial real estate and commercial loans classified as substandard at June 30, 2003 evidence one or more weaknesses or potential weaknesses and may become non-performing loans in future periods.
Management actively monitors the Bank's asset quality to evaluate the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses and, when appropriate, to charge-off loans against the allowance for loan losses, provide specific loss allowances when necessary, and change the level of the loan loss allowance. The process of evaluating the allowance involves a high degree of management judgment. The methods employed to evaluate the allowance for loan losses are quantitative in nature and consider such factors as the loan mix, the level of non-performing loans, delinquency trends, past charge-off history, loan reviews and classifications, collateral, and the current economic climate.
Management believes that the allowance for loan losses is adequate considering the level of risk in the loan portfolio. While management believes that it uses the best information available to make its determinations with respect to the allowance, there can be no assurance that the Company will not have to increase its allowance for loan losses in the future as a result of changing economic conditions, adverse markets for real estate or other factors. Regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the Bank's allowance for loan losses. These agencies may require the Bank to recognize additions to the allowance for loan losses based on their judgments about information available to them at the time of their examination. No such adjustments were proposed by the Office of Thrift Supervision based on their 2003 examination.
At June 30, 2003, the Company had acquired assets of $96,756 compared to $586,642 at June 30, 2002. The decrease of $489,886 was due to a decrease in real estate owned, in-substance foreclosure and repossessed vehicles. The Bank has an allowance for losses on acquired assets. It was established to provide for declines in market values and estimated selling costs. The Company provided for the allowance through a charge against earnings of $56,000 and $24,000 for the years ending June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 5 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Management periodically receives independent appraisals on acquired assets. As a result of this review of the independent appraisals and the acquired assets portfolio, the Company believes the allowance for losses on acquired assets is adequate to state acquired assets at lower of cost or fair value less estimated selling costs.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Asset-Liability Management
The Company's success is largely dependent upon its ability to manage interest rate risk. Interest rate risk can be defined as the exposure of the Company's net interest income to adverse movements in interest rates. Although the Company regularly manages other risks, such as credit and liquidity risk, in the normal course of its business, management considers interest rate risk to be its most significant market risk and could potentially have the most material effect on the Company's financial condition and results of operations. The Company does not believe that it is exposed to significant market risk from trading activities because these assets are immaterial.
Asset-liability management is governed by policies reviewed and approved annually by the Board. The Board delegates responsibility for asset-liability management to the Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO) which is comprised of members of senior management who set the strategic directives that guide the day-to-day asset-liability management activities. ALCO reviews and approves all major risk, liquidity and capital management programs, except for pricing which is a subcommittee of ALCO members.
The Company continues to reduce the volatility of its net interest income by managing the relationship of interest-rate sensitive assets to interest-rate sensitive liabilities. To accomplish this, management undertakes steps to increase the percentage of variable rate assets, as a percentage of its total earning assets. Recently the focus has been to originate adjustable rate commercial and commercial real estate loans, which reprice or mature more quickly than similar fixed-rate loans. Adjustable rate residential real estate loans are originated for the loan portfolio. Fixed rate residential real estate loans are originated for sale to the secondary market. Consumer loans, including indirect auto and recreational vehicle loans, are primarily originated with fixed rates. The Company's adjustable-rate loans are primarily tied to published indices, such as the Wall Street Journal prime rate and one-year U.S. Treasury Bills. Management considers the Bank's assets and liabilities well matched. The balance sheet is slightly asset sensitive.
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The table below presents in tabular form contractual balances of the Company's on balance sheet financial instruments that are interest rate sensitive, in U.S. dollars, at the expected maturity dates as well as the fair value of those on balance sheet financial instruments that are interest rate sensitive for the period ended June 30, 2003, with comparative summary balances for the period ended June 30, 2002. The expected maturity categories take into consideration historical prepayment speeds as well as actual amortization of principal and do not take into consideration reinvestment of cash. Principal prepayments are the amounts of principal reduction, over and above normal amortization, that the Company has experienced in the past twenty-four months. The Company's assets and liabilities that do not have a stated maturity date, such as cash equivalents and certain deposits, are considered to be long term in nature and are reported in the "Thereafter" column. The Company does not consider these financial instruments materially sensitive to interest rate fluctuations and historically the balances have remained fairly constant over various economic conditions. The loan information in the table reflects contractual maturity and does not indicate repricing in variable rate loans. Variable rate loans reprice in the fiscal years as follows: fiscal year 2004 $138,454,162, fiscal year 2005 $17,210,907, fiscal year 2006 $7,716,303, fiscal year 2007 $7,004,843, and fiscal year 2008 $12,284,911. In the fiscal years after 2008 there are no variable rate loans repricing. The weighted average interest rates for the various assets and liabilities presented are actual as of June 30, 2003.
Market Risk | |||||||||||
June 30, 2003 | |||||||||||
($ In Thousands) | |||||||||||
Expected Maturity Date | |||||||||||
2003 | 2002 | ||||||||||
6/30/04 | 6/30/05 | 6/30/06 | 6/30/07 | 6/30/08 | There- after |
2003 Total |
Fair Value |
2002 Total |
Fair Value |
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Financial Assets: | |||||||||||
Interest Bearing Deposits | |||||||||||
Variable Rate | $ -- | $ -- | $ -- | $ -- | $ -- | $ 2,186 | $ 2,186 | $ 2,186 | $ 4,406 | $ 4,406 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.94% | 0.94% | 1.69% | |||
Available for Sale Securities | 3,581 | 2,213 | 7,431 | 9,665 | 11,825 | 6,876 | 41,591 | 41,729 | 32,170 | 32,440 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 5.27% | 4.66% | 2.90% | 3.15% | 3.94% | 4.71% | 3.85% | 5.43% | |||
FHLB Stock (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6,645 | 6,645 | 6,645 | 6,645 | 6,645 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.15% | 3.15% | 3.75% | |||
Loans Held For Sale | |||||||||||
Fixed Rate | 3,383 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,383 | 3,435 | 611 | 643 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 5.37% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5.37% | 7.19% | |||
Loans | |||||||||||
Fixed Rate Loans | 17,044 | 19,505 | 24,496 | 30,270 | 33,126 | 69,645 | 194,086 | 206,570 | 207,825 | 218,776 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 8.01% | 8.56% | 8.55% | 8.21% | 7.92% | 8.80% | 8.43% | 8.87% | |||
Variable Rate Loans | 49,040 | 16,466 | 18,805 | 23,928 | 22,140 | 50,506 | 180,885 | 180,744 | 163,313 | 159,492 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 5.19% | 5.59% | 5.74% | 5.73% | 5.74% | 5.99% | 5.65% | 6.64% | |||
Interest Receivable | 1,933 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,933 | 1,933 | 2,229 | 2,229 | |
Financial Liabilities: | |||||||||||
NOW/Money Market/Savings | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 119,676 | 119,676 | 119,676 | 101,370 | 101,370 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.12% | 1.12% | 1.92% | |||
Time Deposits | 83,435 | 38,167 | 12,868 | 17,896 | 12,479 | 66 | 164,911 | 168,887 | 173,575 | 176,037 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 3.13% | 3.12% | 3.62% | 4.76% | 3.71% | 5.63% | 3.39% | 4.29% | |||
Repurchase Agreements | |||||||||||
Fixed Rate | 16,102 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16,102 | 16,102 | 8,872 | 8,872 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 1.07% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.07% | 1.15% | |||
FHLB Advances | |||||||||||
Fixed Rate | 19,733 | 16,113 | 27,000 | -- | 16,750 | 7,000 | 86,596 | 90,821 | 85,957 | 88,364 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 5.10% | 4.60% | 6.70% | -- | 4.35% | 4.80% | 5.34% | 5.54% | |||
Junior Subordinated Debentures | |||||||||||
Fixed Rate | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7,173 | 7,173 | 7,583 | 7,173 | 7,788 | |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9.60% | 9.60% | 9.60% | |||
(1) | FHLB stock does not have a market; therefore, its fair value is unknown. |
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The fair values of interest-bearing deposits at other banks and interest receivable approximate their book values due to their short maturities. The fair value of available for sale securities are based on bid quotations from security dealers or on bid prices published in financial newspapers. FHLB stock does not have a market and the fair value is unknown, however, shares are bought and sold at par. The fair value of loans are estimated in portfolios with similar financial characteristics and takes into consideration discounted cash flows through the estimated maturity or repricing dates using estimated market discount rates that reflect credit risk. The fair value of loans held for sale is based on bid quotations from loan dealers. The fair value of demand deposits, NOW, money market, and savings accounts is the amount payable upon demand. The fair value of time deposits is based upon the discounted value of contractual cash flows, which is estimated using current rates offered for deposits of similar remaining terms. The fair value of repurchase agreements approximates the carrying value due to their short maturity. The fair value of FHLB borrowings is estimated by discounting the cash flows through maturity or the next repricing date based on current rates offered by the FHLB for borrowings with similar maturities. The fair value of trust preferred securities is based on comparisons to similar contracts at year-end.
There have been no substantial changes in the Company's market risk from the preceding year, other than the fair value of the Company's loans. The fair value of the Company's loans improved at June 30, 2003 when compared to June 30, 2002. As interest rates decreased during the fiscal year, the loan portfolio improved in value due to the fixed coupon rates in the portfolio being higher than current market rates.
LIQUIDITY
On a parent company only basis, our commitments and debt service requirements at June 30, 2003 consisted of junior subordinated debentures issued to NBN Capital Trust in connection with the issuance of $7,172,998 in 9.60% trust preferred securities due December 31, 2029. See Note 20 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. NBN Capital is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and was formed for the purpose of raising funds for the Bank. The principal sources of funds for us to meet parent-only obligations are dividends from our banking subsidiary, which are subject to regulatory limitations and borrowings from public and private sources. For information on the restrictions on the payment of dividends by our banking subsidiary see Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
For our banking subsidiary, liquidity represents the ability to fund asset growth, accommodate deposit withdrawals and meet other contractual obligations and commitments. Liquidity risk is the danger that a bank cannot meet anticipated or unexpected funding requirements or can meet them only at excessive cost. Liquidity is measured by the ability to raise cash when needed at a reasonable cost. Many factors affect a bank's ability to meet liquidity needs, including variation in the markets served, its asset-liability mix, its reputation and credit standing in the market and general economic conditions.
In addition to traditional deposits, the Bank has other liquidity sources, including the proceeds from maturing securities and loans, the sale of securities, asset securitizations and borrowed funds such as FHLB advances and brokered deposits. We monitor and forecast our liquidity position. There are several interdependent methods used by us for this purpose, including daily review of federal funds positions, monthly review of balance sheet changes, monthly review of liquidity ratios, periodic liquidity forecasts and periodic review of contingent funding plans.
At June 30, 2003, our banking subsidiary had $91 million of immediately accessible liquidity, defined as cash that could be raised within 7 days through collateralized borrowings, brokered deposits or security sales. This represented 20% of total assets, compared to a policy minimum of 10%.
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CAPITAL
At June 30, 2003 and 2002, stockholders' equity totaled $36,499,448 and $34,730,791 respectively, or 7.80% and 7.85% of total assets, respectively. In addition, we had on these dates $7,172,998 of junior subordinated debentures which mature in 2029 and qualify as Tier 1 Capital. See Note 20 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The changes in stockholders' equity include net income for the year ended June 30, 2003 of $3,855,318 and treasury stock issued for $28,100 from the exercise of stock options, which were partially offset by dividend payments of $847,246, net unrealized loss on available for sale securities of $86,993, and stock repurchases of $1,180,522, representing 73,385 shares with an average cost of $16.09 per share. See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on capital ratios.
In December 1999, the Company's Board of Directors approved a plan to repurchase up to $2,000,000 of its common stock. An additional repurchase of $2,000,000 of its common stock was approved by the Company's Board of Directors in May 2001. Under the common stock repurchase plans, the Company may purchase shares of its common stock from time to time in the open market at prevailing prices. Repurchased shares are held in treasury and may be used in connection with employee benefits and other general corporate purposes. The Company does not believe that the current market price for its common stock adequately reflects full value. As of June 30, 2003, the Company had repurchased $2,516,340 of its common stock. Management believes that these and future purchases have not and will not have a significant impact on the Company's liquidity. The repurchases had a positive effect on diluted earnings per share during 2003 and 2002, by reducing the number of common stock shares outstanding.
Regulatory capital guidelines require the Bank to maintain certain capital ratios. The Bank's Tier 1 Capital was $40,303,000 or 8.65% of total assets at June 30, 2003 compared to $38,063,000 or 8.65% of total assets at June 30, 2002. We are also required to maintain capital ratios based on the level of assets, as adjusted to reflect their perceived level of risk. Our regulatory capital ratios currently exceed all applicable requirements. See Note 11 on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS
Our contractual obligations and commitments as of June 30, 2003 are summarized in Note 16 on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
IMPACT OF INFLATION
The consolidated financial statements and related notes have been presented in terms of historic dollars without considering changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation. Unlike industrial companies, substantially all of the assets and virtually all of the liabilities of the Company are monetary in nature. As a result, interest rates have a more significant impact on the Company's performance than the general level of inflation. Over short periods of time, interest rates may not necessarily move in the same direction or in the same magnitude as inflation.
IMPACT OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued the following statements and interpretations affecting the Company:
FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 143 Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations effective after June 15, 2002. SFAS 143 applies to the legal obligation associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development, and (or) the normal operation of a long-lived asset. This standard is not expected to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, earnings per share or cash flows.
SFAS No. 145 Rescission of FASB Statement Nos. 4, 44 and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement 13 and Technical Corrections was issued in April, 2002. SFAS 145 rescinds SFAS No. 4, which required all gains and losses from extinguishment of debt to be aggregated and, if material, classified as an extraordinary item, net of related income tax effect. It also amends SFAS No. 13 to require that certain lease modifications that have economic effects similar to sale-leaseback transactions be accounted for in the same manner as sale-leaseback transactions. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, earnings per share or cash flows.
SFAS No. 146 Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities was effective after December 31, 2002. SFAS No. 146 requires the recognition of certain costs associated with exit or disposal activities when they are incurred rather than at the date of a commitment to an exit or disposal plan. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, earnings per share or cash flows.
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SFAS No. 147 Acquisition of Certain Financial Institutions-an Amendment of FASB Statements No. 72 and 144 and FASB Interpretation No. 9 was effective October 1, 2002. The provisions of this Statement that relate to the application of the purchase method of accounting apply to all acquisitions of financial institutions, except transactions between two or more mutual enterprises. The provisions of this Statement that relate to the application of Statement 144 apply to certain long-term customer-relationship intangible assets recognized in an acquisition of a financial institution, including those acquired in transactions between mutual enterprises. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, earnings per share or cash flows.
SFAS No. 148 Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure was issued December, 2002. SFAS No. 148 amends SFAS No. 123 Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation to provide alternative methods of transition when companies elect to change from the intrinsic method to the fair value method of accounting for stock-based compensation, including stock options. The Statement also amends the disclosure requirement of SFAS No. 123 to require prominent disclosures in the both annual and interim financial statements about the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results. The Company adopted the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 148 as of December 31, 2002 and currently uses the intrinsic method of accounting for stock options.
SFAS No. 149 Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities is effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003 and will be applied prospectively. SFAS No. 149 amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivatives instruments embedded in other contracts and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133 Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities resulting in more consistent reporting of contracts as either derivatives or hybrid instruments. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operation, earnings per share or cash flows.
SFAS No. 150 Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and for contract in existence at the start of the first interim period after June 15, 2003. This Statement applies generally to freestanding financial instruments that embody obligations of the issuing entity to redeem the instrument or to settle the obligation by repurchasing its equity shares through the transfer of assets or through issuance of it own shares. Such freestanding instruments must be classified as liabilities or, in some cases, assets. SFAS No. 150 requires that financial instruments containing obligations to repurchase the issuing entity's equity shares and, under certain circumstances, obligations that are settled by delivery of the issuer's shares, be classified as liabilities. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, earnings per share or cash flows.
FASB Interpretation No. 45 Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others requires the recording at fair value of the issuance of guarantees which would include the issuance of standby letters of credit. The initial recognition and measurement provision apply to guarantees issued or modified after December 31. 2002. The pronouncement is not expected to have a material effect on the Company.
FASB Interpretation No. 46 Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an interpretation of ARB No. 51is effective immediately for variable interest entities (VIEs) created after January 31, 2003 and is effective beginning July 1, 2003 for VIEs created prior to the issuance of the interpretation. Interpretation No. 46 provides a new framework for identifying VIEs and determining when a company should include the assets, liabilities, non-controlling interests, and results of activities of a VIE in its consolidated financial statements. Like other bank holding companies, we are evaluating whether trusts established prior to the adoption of Interpretation No. 46 to issue preferred securities which are included in Tier 1 capital for regulatory purposes may continue to be treated as consolidated subsidiaries under Interpretation No. 46 after July 1, 2003. We expect that the Company's preferred securities will be moved on the balance sheet to liabilities from it current presentation above stockholders' equity.
Item 7 A. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk |
See Item 7 of our Form 10-K, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Market Risks" and accompanying table set forth therein for quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk. |
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Item 8. |
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
a. |
Financial Statements Required by Regulation S-X |
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
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The Board of Directors
Northeast Bancorp and Subsidiaries
We have audited the consolidated statements of financial condition of Northeast Bancorp and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of Northeast Bancorp's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Northeast Bancorp and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2003 and 2002, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
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/s/ Baker Newman & Noyes |
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Portland, Maine |
Baker Newman & Noyes |
August 1, 2003 |
Limited Liability Company |
NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
ASSETS |
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2003 |
2002 |
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Cash and due from banks |
$ 16,621,692 |
$ 14,343,009 |
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Interest bearing deposits |
656,227 |
674,083 |
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Federal Home Loan Bank overnight deposits (note 9) |
1,530,000 |
3,732,000 |
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Total cash and cash equivalents |
18,807,919 |
18,749,092 |
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Available for sale securities, at market value (notes 2, 9 and 10) |
41,729,122 |
32,440,386 |
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Loans held for sale |
3,382,719 |
611,210 |
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Loans receivable (notes 3 and 9): |
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Mortgage loans: |
||||
Residential real estate |
125,436,951 |
159,566,886 |
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Construction |
9,299,302 |
11,084,462 |
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Commercial real estate |
97,853,671 |
80,423,303 |
||
Total mortgage loans |
232,589,924 |
251,074,651 |
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Commercial loans |
67,585,418 |
48,535,162 |
||
Consumer and other loans |
78,235,230 |
74,267,760 |
||
378,410,572 |
373,877,573 |
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Undisbursed portion of construction loans |
(2,098,837) |
(2,126,410) |
||
Net deferred loan origination costs |
2,675,053 |
2,882,956 |
||
378,986,788 |
374,634,119 |
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Less allowance for loan losses (note 3) |
4,016,000 |
3,496,000 |
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Net loans |
374,970,788 |
371,138,119 |
||
Premises and equipment - net (note 4) |
3,950,757 |
4,150,197 |
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Acquired assets - net (note 5) |
96,756 |
586,642 |
||
Accrued interest receivable - loans |
1,705,993 |
1,951,997 |
||
Accrued interest receivable - investments |
226,595 |
276,896 |
||
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost (note 9) |
6,644,500 |
6,644,500 |
||
Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of Goodwill, net of |
|
|
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Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $1,620,882 in |
|
|
||
Bank owned life insurance (BOLI) |
7,429,821 |
- |
||
Due from broker |
3,091,672 |
- |
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Other assets (notes 14 and 20) |
4,655,247 |
4,409,263 |
||
Total assets |
$ 467,683,632 |
$ 442,215,917 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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2003 |
2002 |
|||
Liabilities: |
||||
Deposits (note 8): |
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Demand |
$ 34,156,534 |
$ 28,252,757 |
||
NOW |
68,078,750 |
62,468,856 |
||
Money market |
25,570,052 |
15,879,962 |
||
Regular savings |
26,026,860 |
23,021,132 |
||
Brokered time deposits |
27,693,306 |
24,463,179 |
||
Certificates of deposit under $100,000 |
105,573,070 |
117,688,983 |
||
Certificates of deposit $100,000 or more |
31,644,376 |
31,422,777 |
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Total deposits |
318,742,948 |
303,197,646 |
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FHLB borrowings (note 9) |
86,595,570 |
85,956,608 |
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Securities sold under repurchase agreements (note 10) |
16,102,418 |
8,871,642 |
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Other liabilities |
2,570,250 |
2,286,232 |
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Total liabilities |
424,011,186 |
400,312,128 |
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Guaranteed Preferred Beneficial Interest in the Company's Junior |
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Commitments and contingent liabilities (notes 14, 15 and 16) |
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Stockholders' equity (notes 2, 11, 12, 14 and 15): |
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Preferred stock, cumulative, $1 par value, 1,000,000 shares |
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|
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Common stock, $1 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized; |
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|
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Additional paid-in capital |
10,381,692 |
10,374,285 |
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Retained earnings |
25,756,832 |
22,748,760 |
||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
91,169 |
178,162 |
||
Treasury stock, 209,268 and 138,383 shares at June 30, 2003 and |
|
|
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Total stockholders' equity |
36,499,448 |
34,730,791 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
$ 467,683,632 |
$ 442,215,917 |
See accompanying notes.
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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Income
Years Ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
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Interest and dividend income: |
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Interest on loans |
$ 27,107,000 |
$ 29,651,741 |
$ 33,430,104 |
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Interest on Federal Home Loan Bank overnight deposits |
61,104 |
181,580 |
320,846 |
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Interest and dividends on available for sale securities |
1,183,020 |
1,525,931 |
1,532,659 |
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Dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank stock |
226,850 |
292,713 |
489,550 |
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Other interest and dividend income |
7,905 |
12,138 |
26,772 |
||
Total interest and dividend income |
28,585,879 |
31,664,103 |
35,799,931 |
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Interest expense: |
|||||
Deposits (note 8) |
8,189,340 |
11,029,150 |
13,093,685 |
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Repurchase agreements |
96,568 |
144,278 |
539,830 |
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Borrowed funds |
4,776,856 |
5,118,389 |
7,414,100 |
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Trust preferred securities |
706,081 |
706,081 |
706,081 |
||
Total interest expense |
13,768,845 |
16,997,898 |
21,753,696 |
||
Net interest income before provision for loan losses |
14,817,034 |
14,666,205 |
14,046,235 |
||
Provision for loan losses (note 3) |
1,090,787 |
842,101 |
780,846 |
||
Net interest income after provision for loan losses |
13,726,247 |
13,824,104 |
13,265,389 |
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Noninterest income: |
|||||
Fees and service charges on loans |
597,694 |
588,056 |
320,705 |
||
Fees for other services to customers |
869,744 |
829,279 |
793,055 |
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Net securities gains (note 2) |
922,134 |
546,614 |
134,875 |
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(Loss) gain on trading activities |
(671) |
489 |
12,867 |
||
Gain on sales of loans |
1,049,643 |
692,641 |
393,018 |
||
Investment and insurance commissions |
1,475,980 |
1,283,277 |
1,045,268 |
||
Increase in cash surrender value of BOLI |
309,780 |
- |
- |
||
Other income |
311,640 |
282,111 |
381,917 |
||
Total noninterest income |
5,535,944 |
4,222,467 |
3,081,705 |
||
Noninterest expense: |
|||||
Salaries and employee benefits (note 15) |
$ 7,601,529 |
$ 6,582,511 |
$ 5,661,743 |
||
Occupancy expense |
1,199,502 |
923,924 |
872,220 |
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Equipment expense |
909,096 |
857,821 |
913,021 |
||
Goodwill amortization (note 6) |
- |
- |
101,975 |
||
Intangible assets amortization |
265,872 |
211,278 |
172,284 |
||
Other (notes 2 and 13) |
3,553,780 |
3,570,792 |
3,254,021 |
||
Total noninterest expense |
13,529,779 |
12,146,326 |
10,975,264 |
||
Income before income taxes |
5,732,412 |
5,900,245 |
5,371,830 |
||
Income tax expense (note 14) |
1,877,094 |
2,047,625 |
1,887,929 |
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Net income |
$ 3,855,318 |
$ 3,852,620 |
$ 3,483,901 |
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Earnings per common share (notes 12 and 15): |
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Basic |
$ 1.46 |
$ 1.48 |
$ 1.32 |
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Diluted |
$ 1.44 |
$ 1.44 |
$ 1.30 |
See accompanying notes.
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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES
IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Years Ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001
|
Additional |
|||
Balance at June 30, 2000 |
$ 2,786,095 |
$ 10,265,909 |
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Net income |
- |
- |
||
Other comprehensive income net of tax: |
||||
Net unrealized gains on investments available for sale, net of |
|
|
||
Total comprehensive income |
- |
- |
||
Treasury stock purchased, 112,499 shares |
- |
- |
||
Stock options exercised |
- |
1,158 |
||
Dividends on common stock at $0.25 per share |
- |
- |
||
Balance at June 30, 2001 |
2,786,095 |
10,267,067 |
||
Net income |
- |
- |
||
Other comprehensive income net of tax: |
||||
Net unrealized gains on investments available for sale, net of |
|
|
||
Total comprehensive income |
- |
- |
||
Treasury stock purchased, 1,398 shares |
- |
- |
||
Stock options exercised |
- |
(7,326) |
||
Dividends on common stock at $0.25 per share |
- |
- |
||
Treasury stock issued in connection with acquisition of Kendall
Insurance, |
|
|
||
Balance at June 30, 2002 |
2,786,095 |
10,374,285 |
||
Net income |
- |
- |
||
Other comprehensive income net of tax: |
||||
Net unrealized losses on investments available for sale, net of |
|
|
||
Total comprehensive income |
- |
- |
||
Treasury stock purchased, 73,385 shares |
- |
- |
||
Stock options exercised |
- |
7,407 |
||
Dividends on common stock at $0.32 per share |
- |
- |
||
Balance at June 30, 2003 |
$ 2,786,095 |
$ 10,381,692 |
See accompanying notes.
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|
Accumulated Other |
|
|
|
$ 16,722,474 |
$ (776,174) |
$ (871,826) |
$ 28,126,478 |
|
3,483,901 |
- |
- |
3,483,901 |
|
- |
598,455 |
- |
598,455 |
|
- |
- |
- |
4,082,356 |
|
- |
- |
(1,125,257) |
(1,125,257) |
|
- |
- |
21,786 |
22,944 |
|
(661,504) |
- |
- |
(661,504) |
|
19,544,871 |
(177,719) |
(1,975,297) |
30,445,017 |
|
3,852,620 |
- |
- |
3,852,620 |
|
- |
355,881 |
- |
355,881 |
|
- |
- |
- |
4,208,501 |
|
- |
- |
(16,981) |
(16,981) |
|
- |
- |
465,532 |
458,206 |
|
(648,731) |
- |
- |
(648,731) |
|
- |
- |
170,235 |
284,779 |
|
22,748,760 |
178,162 |
(1,356,511) |
34,730,791 |
|
3,855,318 |
- |
- |
3,855,318 |
|
- |
(86,993) |
- |
(86,993) |
|
- |
- |
- |
3,768,325 |
|
- |
- |
(1,180,522) |
(1,180,522) |
|
- |
- |
20,693 |
28,100 |
|
(847,246) |
- |
- |
(847,246) |
|
$ 25,756,832 |
$
91,169 |
$ (2,516,340) |
$ 36,499,448 |
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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
||||||
Net income |
$ 3,855,318 |
$ 3,852,620 |
$ 3,483,901 |
|||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used) provided by |
||||||
Provision for loan losses |
1,090,787 |
842,101 |
780,846 |
|||
Provision for losses on acquired assets |
56,000 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
|||
Write-down of investment securities |
66,832 |
257,187 |
105,643 |
|||
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense |
(34,667) |
163,023 |
(274,481) |
|||
Increase in cash surrender value of BOLI |
(309,780) |
- |
- |
|||
Depreciation of premises and equipment |
588,877 |
583,400 |
701,830 |
|||
Amortization of goodwill |
- |
- |
101,975 |
|||
Amortization of intangible assets |
265,872 |
211,278 |
172,284 |
|||
Net gain on sale of available for sale securities |
(922,134) |
(546,614) |
(134,875) |
|||
Net gain on sales of loans |
(1,049,643) |
(692,641) |
(393,018) |
|||
Originations of loans held for sale |
(49,127,483) |
(25,888,420) |
(13,008,894) |
|||
Proceeds from sale of loans held for sale |
45,894,661 |
26,600,687 |
12,155,643 |
|||
Other |
252,642 |
22,310 |
(89,157) |
|||
Change in other assets and liabilities: |
||||||
Interest receivable |
296,305 |
173,931 |
890 |
|||
Other assets and liabilities |
96,787 |
(562,821) |
(215,082) |
|||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
1,020,374 |
5,040,041 |
3,411,505 |
|||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
||||||
Proceeds from the sale of available for sale securities |
26,171,196 |
13,931,845 |
604,650 |
|||
Purchases of available for sale securities |
(42,689,054) |
(30,804,586) |
(1,589,596) |
|||
Proceeds from maturities and principal payments on available for |
|
|
|
|||
Proceeds from sale of portfolio loans |
366,438 |
6,645,499 |
5,488,691 |
|||
Net increase in loans |
(4,884,056) |
(2,052,873) |
(4,880,739) |
|||
Purchases of premises and equipment |
(531,194) |
(603,610) |
(433,658) |
|||
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment |
141,757 |
- |
- |
|||
Proceeds from sale of acquired assets |
1,331,101 |
490,457 |
382,645 |
|||
Purchase of BOLI |
(7,120,041) |
- |
- |
|||
Cash paid in connection with acquisition of Kendall Insurance, Inc. |
|
|
|
|||
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities |
(22,376,919) |
(7,294,304) |
4,479,116 |
|||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
||||||
Net increase in deposits |
15,545,302 |
29,061,868 |
14,153,966 |
|||
Net borrowings (repayments) from the Federal Home Loan Bank |
638,962 |
(22,092,115) |
(14,579,082) |
|||
Net increase (decrease) in repurchase agreements |
7,230,776 |
52,843 |
(4,291,366) |
|||
Dividends paid |
(847,246) |
(648,731) |
(661,504) |
|||
Treasury stock purchased |
(1,180,522) |
(16,981) |
(1,125,257) |
|||
Issuance of common stock and treasury stock sold |
28,100 |
458,206 |
22,944 |
|||
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities |
21,415,372 |
6,815,090 |
(6,480,299) |
|||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
58,827 |
4,560,827 |
1,410,322 |
|||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
18,749,092 |
14,188,265 |
12,777,943 |
|||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
$ 18,807,919 |
$ 18,749,092 |
$ 14,188,265 |
|||
Supplemental schedule of cash flow information: |
||||||
Interest paid |
$ 13,827,252 |
$ 17,104,899 |
$ 21,696,449 |
|||
Income taxes paid |
1,943,800 |
1,940,200 |
2,101,500 |
|||
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities: |
||||||
Transfer from loans to acquired assets |
$ 897,215 |
$ 716,022 |
$ 513,712 |
|||
Treasury stock issued in connection with acquisition of |
|
|
|
|||
Change in valuation allowance for unrealized losses (gains) |
|
|
|
|||
Net change in deferred taxes for unrealized losses (gains) on |
|
|
|
See accompanying notes.
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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The accounting and reporting policies of Northeast Bancorp and Subsidiaries (the Company) conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and general practice within the banking industry.
Business
Northeast Bancorp provides a full range of banking services to individual and corporate customers throughout south-central and western Maine through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Northeast Bank, F.S.B. The bank is subject to competition from other financial institutions. The bank is subject to the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and undergoes periodic examinations by the OTS.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Northeast Bancorp, a savings and loan holding company, and two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Northeast Bank, F.S.B. (including the Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Northeast Financial Services, Inc.), and NBN Capital Trust. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the Unites States of America. In preparing the financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet and income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses. In connection with the determination of the allowance for loan losses, management obtains independent appraisals for significant properties. A substantial portion of the Company's loans are secured by real estate in the State of Maine. Accordingly, the ultimate collectibility of a substantial portion of the Company's loan portfolio is susceptible to changes in market conditions in Maine.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of presentation in the consolidated statements of cash flow, cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and due from banks, Federal Home Loan Bank overnight deposits and interest bearing deposits. The Company is required to maintain a certain reserve balance in the form of cash or deposits with the Federal Reserve Bank. At June 30, 2003, the reserve balance was approximately $5,832,000.
Available for Sale Securities
Marketable equity securities, and debt securities which may be sold prior to maturity, are classified as available for sale and are carried at market value. Market value is determined based on bid prices published in financial newspapers or bid quotations received from securities dealers. Changes in market value, net of applicable income taxes, are reported as a separate component of stockholders' equity. When a decline in market value of a security is considered other than temporary, the loss is charged to other expense in the consolidated statements of income and is treated as a write-down of the security's cost. Realized gains and losses on the sale of securities are recognized on the trade date using the specific identification method.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
Federal Home Loan Bank stock is carried at cost. This is a restricted investment.
Loans Held for Sale and Mortgage Banking Activities
Loans originated for sale are specifically identified and carried at the lower of aggregate cost or market value, estimated based on bid quotations from loan dealers. The carrying value of loans held for sale approximates the market value at June 30, 2003 and 2002. Realized gains and losses on sale of loans are determined using the specific identification method and are reflected as gains on sale of loans in the consolidated statements of income.
The Company sells loans both on a servicing released and servicing retained basis. The Company recognizes as separate assets the rights to service mortgage loans for others, and performs an assessment of capitalized mortgage servicing rights for impairment based on the current fair value of those rights. The Company capitalizes mortgage servicing rights at their allocated cost (based on the relative fair values of the rights and the related loans) upon the sale of the related loans.
The Company's mortgage servicing rights asset at June 30, 2003 and 2002 was approximately $558,000 and $448,000, respectively, and is included in other assets in the consolidated statements of financial position. The fair value of mortgage servicing rights approximates carrying value. Mortgage servicing rights are amortized over the estimated weighted average life of the loans. The Company's assumptions with respect to prepayments, which affect the estimated average life of the loans, are adjusted periodically to reflect current circumstances. The Company evaluates the estimated life of its servicing portfolio based on data which is disaggregated to reflect note rate, type and term on the underlying loans.
Loans
Loans are carried at the principal amounts outstanding plus net premiums paid and net deferred loan origination costs. Loan origination fees and certain direct loan origination costs are deferred and recognized in interest income as an adjustment to the loan yield over the life of the related loans. Loan premiums paid to acquire loans are recognized as a reduction of interest income over the estimated life of the loans. Loans are generally placed on nonaccrual status when they are past due 90 days as to either principal or interest, or when in management's judgment the collectibility of interest or principal of the loan has been significantly impaired. When a loan has been placed on nonaccrual status, previously accrued and uncollected interest is reversed against interest on loans. A loan can be returned to accrual status when collectibility of principal is reasonably assured and the loan has performed for a period of time, generally six months. Loans are classified as impaired when it is probable that the Company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status and collateral value.
Allowance for Loan Losses
The allowance for loan losses is established through a provision for loan losses charged to operations. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes that the collectibility of the loan principal is unlikely. Recoveries on loans previously charged off are credited to the allowance.
The allowance is an amount that management believes will be adequate to absorb loan losses based on evaluations of collectibility and prior loss experience. The evaluation takes into consideration such factors as changes in the nature and volume of the portfolio, overall portfolio quality, specific problem loans, and current economic conditions that may affect the borrowers' ability to repay.
Management believes that the allowance for loan losses is adequate. While management uses available information to recognize losses on loans, changing economic conditions and the economic prospects of the borrowers might necessitate future additions to the allowance. In addition, various regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the Company's allowance for loan losses. Such agencies may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance based on their judgments about information available to them at the time of their examination.
Premises and Equipment
Premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed by the straight-line and accelerated methods over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred and the cost of major renewals and betterments are capitalized.
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Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets are evaluated periodically for impairment. An assessment of recoverability is performed prior to any write-down of the asset. If circumstances suggest that their value may be impaired, then an expense would be charged in the then current period.
Income Taxes
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 enacted 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 a change in tax rates is recognized in the period that includes the enactment date.
Acquired Assets
Acquired assets are carried at the lower of cost or fair value of the collateral less estimated selling expenses.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill arising from the acquisition of a bank in prior years is deemed to have an indefinite useful life. The Company ceased amortization of goodwill on July 1, 2001 as further described in note 6. Intangible assets including core deposit premiums, noncompete agreement and customer lists are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated life of the asset ranging from five to ten years. Goodwill and intangible assets are reviewed annually for possible impairment, and if the assets are deemed impaired, an expense would be charged in the then current period.
Advertising Expense
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs were approximately $233,000, $253,000, and $286,000 for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
At June 30, 2003, the Company has stock-based employee compensation plans, which are described more fully in note 15. The Company accounts for those plans under the recognition and measurement principles of APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations. No stock-based employee compensation cost is reflected in net income, as all options granted under those plans has an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, to stock-based employee compensation.
Years Ended June 30, |
||||
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
||
Net income, as reported |
$ 3,855,318 |
$ 3,852,620 |
$ 3,483,901 |
|
Deduct: total stock-based employee compensation |
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net income |
$ 3,855,318 |
$ 3,638,113 |
$ 3,367,981 |
|
======== | ======== | ======== | ||
Earnings per share: |
||||
Basic - as reported |
1.46 |
1.48 |
1.32 |
|
Basic - pro forma |
1.46 |
1.40 |
1.27 |
|
Diluted - as reported |
1.44 |
1.44 |
1.30 |
|
Diluted - pro forma |
1.44 |
1.36 |
1.26 |
The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
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2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
|
Dividend yield |
- |
1.9% |
1.9% |
Expected volatility |
- |
26.5% |
28.0% |
Risk-free interest rates |
- |
4.8% |
5.4% |
Expected lives |
- |
8 years |
8 years |
There were no stock options granted in 2003. The Company's stock options immediately vest upon being granted. The weighted-average fair values of options granted during 2002 and 2001 were $4.21 and $2.86, respectively.
Comprehensive Income
Accumulated other comprehensive income or loss consists solely of unrealized gains or losses on investment securities available for sale net of related income taxes.
Derivatives
The Company accounts for derivatives in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, which requires the Company to recognize all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that are not hedges must be adjusted to fair value through income. If the derivative is a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of derivatives are either offset against the change in fair value of assets, liabilities or firm commitments through earnings or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative's change in fair value will be immediately recognized in earnings.
The Company has only limited involvement with derivative financial instruments and they are used for trading and hedging purposes. The derivative financial instruments used by the Company are covered call and put contracts on its equity securities portfolio and certain residential mortgage loan commitments for resale into the secondary market. The total value of securities under call and put contracts and commitments to originate residential mortgage loans for resale at any one time is immaterial to the Company's financial position, liquidity, or results of operations.
Trust Assets
Assets of the Company's trust department are not included in these consolidated financial statements because they are not assets of the Company. As of June 30, 2003, total assets held in trust for customers, for which the Company has fiduciary responsibility, amounted to approximately $47,000,000.
2. Available for Sale Securities
A summary of the cost and approximate fair values of available for sale securities at June 30, 2003 and 2002 follows:
2003 |
2002 |
|||
|
Fair |
|
Fair |
|
Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury |
|
|
|
|
Corporate bonds |
- |
- |
149,938 |
154,125 |
Mortgage-backed securities |
21,466,317 |
21,629,581 |
18,448,558 |
18,912,078 |
Equity securities |
1,571,114 |
1,498,347 |
1,483,350 |
1,197,308 |
$ 41,590,988 |
$ 41,729,122 |
$ 32,170,444 |
$ 32,440,386 |
The gross unrealized gains and unrealized losses on available for sale securities are as follows:
2003 |
2002 |
|||
Gross |
Gross |
Gross |
Gross |
|
Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury |
|
|
|
|
Corporate bonds |
- |
- |
4,187 |
- |
Mortgage-backed securities |
184,994 |
21,730 |
463,520 |
- |
Equity securities |
121,760 |
194,527 |
6,669 |
292,711 |
$ 391,809 |
$ 253,675 |
$ 562,653 |
$ 292,711 |
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At June 30, 2003, mortgage-backed and agency securities with a market value of approximately $22,395,000 were pledged as collateral to secure outstanding repurchase agreements.
Included in accumulated other comprehensive income as an adjustment to stockholders' equity are the following:
2003 |
2002 |
|
Net unrealized gains |
$ 138,134 |
$ 269,942 |
Net of the deferred tax effect |
(46,965) |
(91,780) |
$ 91,169 |
$ 178,162 |
The cost and fair values of available for sale securities at June 30, 2003, by contractual maturity are shown below. Actual maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
|
Fair |
||
Debt securities |
|||
Due after one year through five years |
$ 17,563,520 |
$ 17,621,194 |
|
Due after ten years |
990,037 |
980,000 |
|
18,553,557 |
18,601,194 |
||
Mortgage-backed securities (including securities with
interest |
|
|
|
Equity securities |
1,571,114 |
1,498,347 |
|
$ 41,590,988 |
$ 41,729,122 |
Realized gains and losses on sales of available for sale securities for the year ended June 30, 2003, were $923,051 and $917, respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2002, were $559,390 and $12,776, respectively, and for the year ended June 30, 2001, were $134,875 and $0, respectively.
Based on management's assessment of available for sale securities, there has been more than a temporary decline in fair value of certain securities. During the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001, write-downs of available for sale securities were $66,832, $257,187 and $105,643, respectively, and are included in other expense in the consolidated statements of income.
3. Loans Receivable
The Company's lending activities are predominantly conducted in south-central and western Maine. However, the Company does purchase residential mortgage loans in the open market out of this geographical area when management believes this is prudent. The Company grants single-family and multi-family residential loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial loans and a variety of consumer loans. In addition, the Company grants loans for the construction of residential homes, multi-family properties, commercial real estate properties and for land development. Also, the Company participates in indirect lending arrangements for automobile, equipment, mobile home and recreational vehicle loans. The Company's indirect lending activities are conducted throughout the State of Maine, but are concentrated in south-central and western Maine. Most loans granted by the Company are collateralized by real estate. The ability and willingness of residential and commercial real estate, commercial and construction loan borrowers to honor their repayment commitments is generally dependent on the health of the real estate sector in the borrowers' geographic area and/or the general economy.
In the ordinary course of business, the Company has loan transactions with its officers, directors and their associates and affiliated companies ("related parties") at substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with others. Such loans amounted to $4,239,854 and $3,527,236 at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In 2003, new loans and advances granted to related parties totaled $7,547,955 payments and reductions amounted to $6,835,337.
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Included in the loan portfolio are unamortized premiums on purchased loans of approximately $221,000 and $290,500 at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
Activity in the allowance for loan losses was as follows:
Years Ended June 30, |
||||
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
||
Balance at beginning of year |
$ 3,496,000 |
$ 3,778,000 |
$ 3,498,000 |
|
Provision charged to operating expenses |
1,090,787 |
842,101 |
780,846 |
|
Loans charged off |
(971,383) |
(1,332,116) |
(744,345) |
|
Recoveries on loans previously charged off |
400,596 |
208,015 |
243,499 |
|
Net loans charged off |
(570,787) |
(1,124,101) |
(500,846) |
|
Balance at end of year |
$ 4,016,000 |
$ 3,496,000 |
$ 3,778,000 |
Commercial and commercial real estate loans with balances greater than $25,000 are considered impaired when it is probable that the Company will not collect all amounts due in accordance with the contractual terms of the loan. Loans that are returned to accrual status are no longer considered to be impaired. Certain loans are exempt from individual impairment evaluation, including large groups of smaller-balance homogenous loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment, such as consumer and residential mortgage loans and commercial loans with balances less than $25,000.
The allowance for loan losses includes impairment reserves related to loans that are identified as impaired, which are based on discounted cash flows using the loan's effective interest rate, the fair value of the collateral for collateral-dependent loans, or the observable market price of the impaired loan. When foreclosure is probable, impairment is measured based on the fair value of the collateral. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays (less than 60 days) and insignificant shortfalls in payment amounts (less than 10%) generally are not classified as impaired. Restructured loans are reported as impaired in the year of restructuring. Thereafter, such loans may be removed from the impaired loan disclosure if the loans were paying a market rate of interest at the time of restructuring and are performing in accordance with their renegotiated terms.
The Company recognizes interest on impaired loans on a cash basis when the ability to collect the principal balance is not in doubt; otherwise, cash received is applied to the principal balance of the loan.
The following table summarizes information about impaired loans at or for the years ended:
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
|
Impaired loans |
$ 1,165,132 |
$ 459,005 |
$ 3,311,240 |
Impaired loans with related allowances |
573,068 |
171,992 |
1,987,699 |
Allowances on impaired loans |
320,000 |
10,000 |
515,704 |
Average balance of impaired loans during the year |
1,189,177 |
980,976 |
1,963,065 |
Interest recognized on impaired loans |
23,775 |
7,640 |
36,781 |
Loans on nonaccrual status, including impaired loans described above, at June 30, 2003 and 2002, totaled approximately $1,829,000 and $1,171,000, respectively. Interest income that would have been recorded under the original terms of such loans, net of interest income actually recognized for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001, totaled approximately $65,000, $66,000 and $287,000, respectively. The Company has no material outstanding commitments to lend additional funds to customers whose loans have been placed on nonaccrual status or the terms of which have been modified.
The Company was servicing, for others, mortgage loans of approximately $49,174,000, $43,871,000 and $48,540,000 at June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
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4. Premises and Equipment
Premises and equipment at June 30, 2003 and 2002, are summarized as follows:
2003 |
2002 |
||
Land |
$ 982,914 |
$ 1,025,440 |
|
Buildings |
2,161,691 |
2,240,667 |
|
Leasehold and building improvements |
1,538,128 |
1,507,833 |
|
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |
4,739,047 |
4,271,488 |
|
9,421,780 |
9,045,428 |
||
Less accumulated depreciation |
5,471,023 |
4,895,231 |
|
Net premises and equipment |
$ 3,950,757 |
$ 4,150,197 |
Depreciation of premises and equipment, included in occupancy and equipment expense, was $588,877, $583,400 and $701,830 for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
5. Acquired Assets
The following table summarizes the composition of acquired assets at June 30:
2003 |
2002 |
|
Real estate properties acquired in settlement of loans and other acquired assets |
$ 107,415 |
$ 603,090 |
Less allowance for losses |
10,659 |
16,448 |
$ 96,756 |
$ 586,642 |
Activity in the allowance for losses on acquired assets was as follows:
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
|
Balance at beginning of year |
$ 16,448 |
$ 21,194 |
$ 28,455 |
Provision for losses on acquired assets |
56,000 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
Write-downs |
(61,789) |
(28,746) |
(31,261) |
Balance at end of year |
$ 10,659 |
$ 16,448 |
$ 21,194 |
6. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 141, Business Combinations, and No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, on July 1, 2001. The most substantive effect on the Company is that goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives will no longer be amortized but will be tested for impairment on a periodic basis.
Northeast Bancorp operates in the banking industry and management considers the Company to be aggregated in one reportable operating segment. The Company determined that the estimated fair value of the assets and liabilities of Northeast Bancorp (the reporting unit) exceeded the carrying value, including goodwill, at June 30, 2003 and 2002, and therefore no impairment has been experienced. Accordingly, the Company has discontinued the annual amortization of $101,975.
The following schedule presents the impact of adoption of FASB 142 for the periods indicated:
For the Years Ended June 30, |
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2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
||
Reported net income |
$ 3,855,318 |
$ 3,852,620 |
$ 3,483,901 |
|
Add back goodwill amortization |
- |
- |
101,975 |
|
Adjusted net income |
$ 3,855,318 |
$ 3,852,620 |
$ 3,585,876 |
|
Basic earnings per share: |
||||
Reported net income |
$ 1.46 |
$ 1.48 |
$ 1.32 |
|
Goodwill amortization |
- |
- |
0.03 |
|
Adjusted basic earnings per share |
$ 1.46 |
$ 1.48 |
$ 1.35 |
|
Diluted earnings per share: |
||||
Reported net income |
$ 1.44 |
$ 1.44 |
$ 1.30 |
|
Goodwill amortization |
- |
- |
0.04 |
|
Adjusted diluted earnings per share |
$ 1.44 |
$ 1.44 |
$ 1.34 |
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7. Acquisition of Assets from Kendall Insurance, Inc.
On February 20, 2002, Northeast Financial Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northeast Bank, F.S.B., acquired substantially all of the assets of Kendall Insurance, Inc. located in Bethel, Maine for a purchase price of $569,564. The assets purchased were primarily intangibles, including customer lists and a noncompete agreement both with useful lives of 7 years and 5 years, respectively. The purchase was structured as an asset acquisition, and consideration was paid 50% in cash and 50% from the issuance of 21,412 shares of common stock of Northeast Bancorp from treasury. The common stock issued was based on the market price on the date of acquisition. Kendall Insurance, Inc. was purchased from Ronald C. Kendall, a director of Northeast Bancorp and Northeast Bank, F.S.B., in an arm's length transaction. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase in accordance with FASB 141. The results of operations of Kendall Insurance, Inc. have been included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company since the acquisition date. The acquisition was not material to the financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
8. Deposits
Deposits at June 30 are summarized as follows:
Weighted |
|
|
||||||
Amount |
Percent |
Amount |
Percent |
|||||
Demand |
0.00% |
$ 34,156,534 |
10.7% |
28,252,757 |
9.3% |
|||
NOW |
0.95 |
68,078,750 |
21.4 |
62,468,856 |
20.6 |
|||
Money market |
1.17 |
25,570,052 |
8.0 |
15,879,962 |
5.2 |
|||
Regular savings |
1.52 |
26,026,860 |
8.2 |
23,021,132 |
7.6 |
|||
Certificates of deposit and |
||||||||
Less than 1.00% |
0.99 |
556,074 |
0.2 |
- |
- |
|||
1.00 - 3.75% |
2.37 |
95,866,182 |
30.1 |
45,123,629 |
14.9 |
|||
3.76 - 5.75% |
4.73 |
64,849,150 |
20.3 |
112,784,269 |
37.2 |
|||
5.76 - 7.75% |
6.58 |
3,639,346 |
1.1 |
15,667,041 |
5.2 |
|||
2.44% |
$ 318,742,948 |
100.0% |
$303,197,646 |
100.0% |
The scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit and brokered time deposits for the twelve months ended June 30, respectively, are as follows:
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Thereafter |
|
Less than 1.00% |
$ 546,022 |
$ 10,052 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
1.00 - 3.75% |
51,441,828 |
25,694,177 |
7,900,099 |
2,982,206 |
7,847,872 |
- |
3.76 - 5.75% |
30,764,738 |
10,077,850 |
4,588,007 |
14,746,072 |
4,630,736 |
41,747 |
5.76 - 7.75% |
682,629 |
2,384,869 |
380,208 |
167,197 |
- |
24,443 |
$ 83,435,217 |
$ 38,166,948 |
$ 12,868,314 |
$ 17,895,475 |
$ 12,478,608 |
$ 66,190 |
Interest expense on deposits for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001 is summarized as follows:
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
|
NOW |
$ 958,230 |
$ 1,291,733 |
$ 864,359 |
Money market |
360,632 |
199,454 |
178,334 |
Regular savings |
269,458 |
365,729 |
484,288 |
Certificates of deposit and brokered time deposits |
6,601,020 |
9,172,234 |
11,566,704 |
$ 8,189,340 |
$ 11,029,150 |
$ 13,093,685 |
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9. Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings
A summary of borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank are as follows:
June 30, 2003 |
||
Principal |
Interest |
Maturity |
$ 19,732,620 |
1.77% - 6.67% |
2004 |
16,113,460 |
3.11 - 6.65 |
2005 |
27,000,000 |
5.52 - 6.79 |
2006 |
16,749,490 |
2.68 - 5.68 |
2008 |
7,000,000 |
4.50 - 4.99 |
2011 |
$ 86,595,570 |
||
June 30, 2002 |
||
Principal |
Interest |
Maturity |
$ 9,478,495 |
1.84% - 6.64% |
2003 |
17,478,113 |
4.78 - 6.67 |
2004 |
17,000,000 |
3.11 - 6.65 |
2005 |
27,000,000 |
5.52 - 6.79 |
2006 |
8,000,000 |
5.59 - 5.68 |
2008 |
7,000,000 |
4.50 - 4.99 |
2011 |
$ 85,956,608 |
At June 30, 2003, FHLB borrowings of $25,000,000 are subject to call provisions and may be called prior to the stated maturity.
Certain mortgage loans, free of liens, pledges and encumbrances and certain investment securities maintained at the FHLB not otherwise pledged have been pledged under a blanket agreement to secure these borrowings. The Company is required to own stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston in order to borrow from the Federal Home Loan Bank.
As of June 30, 2003, the Company had a $3,045,000 line of credit arrangement (included in the schedule above) with the FHLB which was fully drawn. Also at June 30, 2003, the Company had no additional capacity to borrow from the FHLB for long-term advances.
10. Securities Sold Under Repurchase Agreements
During 2003 and 2002, the Company sold securities under agreements to repurchase. The weighted average interest rate on repurchase agreements was 1.07% and 1.15% at June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. These borrowings, which were scheduled to mature the next business day, were collateralized by mortgage-backed and agency securities with a market value of $22,395,000 and amortized cost of $22,225,000 at June 30, 2003, and a market value of $16,950,000 and amortized cost of $16,548,000 at June 30, 2002. The average balance of repurchase agreements was $9,710,000 and $9,858,000 during the years ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The maximum amount outstanding at any month-end during 2003 and 2002 was $16,102,500 and $14,816,000, respectively. Securities sold under these agreements were under the control of the Company throughout 2003 and 2002.
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11. Capital and Regulatory Matters
The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory - and possibly additional discretionary - actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Bank's financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Bank's assets, liabilities and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Bank's capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors.
The prompt corrective action regulations define specific capital categories based on an institution's capital ratios. The capital categories, in declining order, are "well capitalized," "adequately capitalized," "undercapitalized," "significantly undercapitalized" and "critically undercapitalized."
As of June 30, 2003 and 2002, the most recent notification from the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) categorized the Bank as "well capitalized" under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as "well capitalized" the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based and Tier 1 capital as set forth in the table below. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the institution's category.
Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios as set forth in the table below. At June 30, 2003 and 2002, the Bank ratios exceeded the regulatory requirements. Management believes that the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject as of June 30, 2003 and 2002.
The following tables illustrate the actual and required amounts and ratios for the Bank at the dates indicated.
|
|
To Be "Well Capitalized" |
|||||
Amount |
Ratio |
Amount |
Ratio |
Amount |
Ratio |
||
(Dollars in Thousands) |
|||||||
As of June 30, 2003: |
|||||||
Tier 1 (Core) capital to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tier 1 (Core) capital to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total capital to risk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of June 30, 2002: |
|||||||
Tier 1 (Core) capital to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tier 1 (Core) capital to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total capital to risk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Bank may not declare or pay a cash dividend on, or repurchase, any of its capital stock from the Parent if the effect thereof would cause the capital of the Bank to be reduced below the capital requirements imposed by the regulatory authorities or if such amount exceeds the otherwise allowable amount under OTS rules (approximately $3,443,000 is available at June 30, 2003).
In December 1999, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a plan to repurchase up to $2,000,000 of the Company's common stock. Also in May 2001, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $2,000,000 of common stock. Under the common stock repurchase plans, the Company may purchase shares of its common stock from time to time in the open market at prevailing prices. Repurchased shares will be held in treasury and may be used in connection with employee benefits and other general corporate purposes. As of June 30, 2003, the Company had $2,516,340 of treasury stock, which is carried at cost.
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12. Earnings Per Common Share
Basic earnings per share (EPS) are computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding. The following table shows the weighted average number of shares outstanding for each of the last three years. Shares issuable relative to stock options granted have been reflected as an increase in the shares outstanding used to calculate diluted EPS, after applying the treasury stock method. The number of shares outstanding for basic and diluted EPS are presented as follows:
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
||
Average shares outstanding, used in computing |
||||
Basic EPS |
2,644,317 |
2,599,368 |
2,648,205 |
|
Dilutive effect of stock options |
41,626 |
67,665 |
23,727 |
|
Average equivalent shares outstanding, used |
||||
in computing Diluted EPS |
2,685,943 |
2,667,033 |
2,671,932 |
13. Other Expenses
Other expenses include the following for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001:
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
|
Professional fees |
$ 471,898 |
$ 465,210 |
$ 512,041 |
Printing and office supplies |
263,290 |
248,829 |
275,742 |
Real estate owned expenses |
24,951 |
38,900 |
33,343 |
Write-down of investment securities |
66,832 |
257,187 |
105,643 |
Other |
2,726,809 |
2,560,666 |
2,327,252 |
$ 3,553,780 |
$ 3,570,792 |
$ 3,254,021 |
14. Income Taxes
The current and deferred components of income tax (benefit) expense were as follows for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001:
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
||
Federal: |
||||
Current |
$ 1,835,636 |
$ 1,810,686 |
$ 2,093,089 |
|
Deferred |
(34,667 ) |
163,023 |
(274,481 ) |
|
1,800,969 |
1,973,709 |
1,818,608 |
||
State and local - current |
76,125 |
73,916 |
69,321 |
|
$ 1,877,094 |
$ 2,047,625 |
$ 1,887,929 |
Total income tax expense is different from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rates in effect to income before income taxes. The reasons for these differences are as follows for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001:
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2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
||||
|
% of |
|
% of |
|
% of |
|
Expected income tax expense at |
|
|
|
|
|
|
State tax, net of federal tax benefit |
50,242 |
0.9 |
48,785 |
0.8 |
45,752 |
0.9 |
Nondeductible goodwill |
- |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
34,671 |
0.6 |
Dividend received deduction |
(20,364) |
(0.4) |
(19,367) |
(0.3) |
(17,832) |
(0.3) |
Non-taxable BOLI income |
(105,325) |
(1.8) |
- |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
Other |
3,521 |
0.0 |
12,124 |
0.2 |
(1,084 ) |
0.0 |
$ 1,877,094 |
32.7% |
$ 2,047,625 |
34.7% |
$ 1,887,929 |
35.2% |
The tax effect of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at June 30, 2003 and 2002, are presented below:
2003 |
2002 |
||||
Deferred tax assets: |
|||||
Loans, principally due to allowance for loan losses |
$ 1,257,000 |
$ 1,185,000 |
|||
Interest on nonperforming loans |
22,000 |
23,000 |
|||
Difference in tax and financial statement bases of investments |
138,000 |
80,000 |
|||
Difference in tax and financial statement amortization of goodwill and
other |
|
|
|||
Other |
80,000 |
117,000 |
|||
Total deferred tax assets |
1,729,000 |
1,594,000 |
|||
Deferred tax liabilities: |
|||||
Loan loss reserve - tax basis |
(15,000) |
(30,000) |
|||
Mortgage servicing rights |
(188,000) |
(148,000) |
|||
Premises and equipment |
(109,000) |
(65,000) |
|||
Other |
(98,000 ) |
(111,000 ) |
|||
Total deferred tax liabilities |
(410,000 ) |
(354,000 ) |
|||
Net deferred tax assets, included in other assets |
$ 1,319,000 |
$ 1,240,000 |
The Company has sufficient refundable taxes paid in available carryback years to fully realize its recorded deferred tax assets. Accordingly, no valuation allowance has been recorded.
Tax legislation requires that all thrift institutions, such as the Company, recapture all or a portion of their tax bad debt reserves added since the base year (last taxable year beginning before January 1, 1988). The Company has previously recorded a deferred tax liability equal to the tax bad debt recapture and as such, the rules will have no effect on net income or federal income tax expense. Except as stated below, the unrecaptured base year reserves will not be subject to recapture as long as the Bank continues to carry on the business of banking. However, the balance of the pre-1988 tax bad debt reserves is subject to provisions of present law that require recapture in the case of certain excess distributions to stockholders. For federal income tax purposes, the Company has designated approximately $2,400,000 of net worth as a reserve for tax basis bad debts on loans. No deferred taxes have been provided for base year reserve recapture as management plans to avoid the events that would cause such recapture.
15. Employee Benefit Plans
401(k) Plan
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The Company offers a contributory 401(k) plan which is available to all full-time salaried and hourly-paid employees who are regularly scheduled to work 1,000 hours or more in a Plan year, have attained age 21, and after completing 90 days of employment. Employees may contribute between 1% and 15% of their base compensation to which the Company will match 50% up to the first 6% contributed. For the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001, the Company contributed $150,238, $125,294 and $117,046, respectively.
The Company also has a profit sharing plan which covers substantially all full-time employees. Contributions and costs are determined as a percent of each covered employee's salary and are at the Board of Directors' discretion. There were no discretionary contributions in 2003, 2002 and 2001.
Stock Option Plans
The Company has adopted Stock Option Plans. Both "incentive stock options" and "nonqualified stock options" may be granted pursuant to the Option Plans. Under the Option Plans, incentive stock options may only be granted to employees of the Company and nonqualified stock options may be granted to employees and directors. All options granted under the Option Plans will be required to have an exercise price per share equal to at least the fair market value per share of common stock on the date the option is granted. Options immediately vest upon being granted. The options are exercisable for a maximum of ten years after the options are granted in the case of all incentive stock options and five years after the grant date for nonqualified stock options.
In accordance with the Stock Option Plans, a total of 383,000 shares of unissued common stock were reserved for issuance. Of these shares, 89,000 were designated for the incentive stock option plan, 9,000 for the nonqualified stock plan and the remaining 285,000 for either plan. At June 30, 2003, a total of 178,000 shares remain available to be granted including 7,000 available for the incentive stock option plan, 1,000 for the nonqualified stock plan and 170,000 for either plan.
A summary of the qualified and nonqualified stock option activity for the years ended June 30 follows:
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
|||||
|
Weighted- |
|
Weighted- |
|
Weighted- |
||
Outstanding at beginning of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted |
- |
- |
51,000 |
13.09 |
40,500 |
8.25 |
|
Exercised |
(2,500) |
11.25 |
(54,750) |
8.37 |
(2,500) |
8.33 |
|
Expired |
(3,000 ) |
13.15 |
(5,250 ) |
18.50 |
(5,750 ) |
14.10 |
|
Outstanding and exercisable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at June 30, 2003:
Options Outstanding |
|||
|
Number |
Weighted-Average |
|
$7.50 |
12,000 |
1.2 years |
$ 7.50 |
$8.00 to $9.00 |
65,500 |
5.9 |
8.28 |
$10.50 |
2,500 |
5.3 |
10.50 |
$12.00 to $13.50 |
43,000 |
8.1 |
13.09 |
$15.00 to $18.50 |
23,000 |
4.7 |
18.36 |
$7.50 to $18.50 |
146,000 |
6.0 |
$ 11.26 |
16. Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Other Off-Balance Sheet Risks
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The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers and to reduce its own exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated statements of financial condition. The contract amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Company has in particular classes of financial instruments.
The Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments.
Financial instruments with contract amounts which represent credit risk:
2003 |
2002 |
||
Commitments to originate loans: |
|||
Residential real estate mortgages |
$ 25,507,000 |
$ 7,749,000 |
|
Commercial real estate mortgages, including multi-family residential real estate |
6,339,000 |
6,374,000 |
|
Commercial business loans |
606,000 |
5,171,000 |
|
32,452,000 |
19,294,000 |
||
Unused lines of credit |
30,843,000 |
29,385,000 |
|
Standby letters of credit |
3,374,000 |
1,618,000 |
|
Unadvanced portions of construction loans |
2,099,000 |
2,126,000 |
Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Company evaluates each customer's credit worthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Company upon extension of credit, is based on management's credit evaluation of the counter party. Collateral held varies but may include accounts receivable, inventory, property, plant and equipment, and income-producing commercial properties.
Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those guarantees are issued to support private borrowing arrangements. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers.
Lease Obligations
The Company leases certain properties and equipment used in operations under terms of operating leases which include renewal options. Rental expense under these leases approximated $473,000, $289,000 and $264,000 for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
Approximate future minimum lease payments over the remaining terms of the leases at June 30, 2003, are as follows:
2004 |
$ 447,000 |
2005 |
457,000 |
2006 |
369,000 |
2007 |
309,000 |
2008 |
84,000 |
2009 and after |
277,000 |
$ 1,943,000 |
Legal Proceedings
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The Company and its subsidiaries are parties to litigation and claims arising in the normal course of business. Management believes that the liabilities, if any, arising from such litigation and claims will not be material to the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations.
17. Condensed Parent Information
Condensed financial statements for Northeast Bancorp at June 30, 2003 and 2002, and for each of the years in the three year period ended June 30, 2003, are presented below.
Balance Sheets |
|||
June 30, |
|||
Assets |
2003 |
2002 |
|
Cash (primarily deposited with banking subsidiary) |
$ 435,711 |
$ 666,710 |
|
Investment in banking subsidiary |
41,082,007 |
39,325,029 |
|
Investment in common securities of Trust subsidiary |
221,851 |
221,851 |
|
Goodwill, net |
407,897 |
407,897 |
|
Other assets |
1,748,157 |
1,505,468 |
|
Total assets |
$ 43,895,623 |
$ 42,126,955 |
|
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
|||
Junior Subordinated Debentures issued to subsidiary |
$ 7,394,849 |
$ 7,394,849 |
|
Other liabilities |
1,326 |
1,315 |
|
7,396,175 |
7,396,164 |
||
Stockholders' equity |
36,499,448 |
34,730,791 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
$ 43,895,623 |
$ 42,126,955 |
Statements of Income |
|||||
Years Ended June 30, |
|||||
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
|||
Income: |
|||||
Dividends from banking subsidiary |
$ 2,525,000 |
$ 1,000,000 |
$ 2,330,000 |
||
Other income |
21,756 |
21,970 |
26,486 |
||
Total income |
2,546,756 |
1,021,970 |
2,356,486 |
||
Expenses: |
|||||
Amortization of goodwill |
- |
- |
101,975 |
||
Interest on Junior Subordinated Debentures paid to |
|
|
|
||
General and administrative expenses |
77,652 |
125,649 |
65,389 |
||
Total expenses |
805,031 |
853,028 |
894,743 |
||
Income before income tax benefit and equity in |
|
|
|
||
Income tax benefit |
269,622 |
286,062 |
264,458 |
||
Income before equity in undistributed net income of |
|
|
|
||
Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries |
1,843,971 |
3,397,616 |
1,757,700 |
||
Net income |
$ 3,855,318 |
$ 3,852,620 |
$ 3,483,901 |
||
Years Ended June 30, |
|||||
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
|||
Statements of Cash Flows |
|||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|||||
Net income |
$ 3,855,318 |
$ 3,852,620 |
$ 3,483,901 |
||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash |
|||||
Amortization |
17,474 |
17,474 |
119,448 |
||
Undistributed earnings of subsidiaries |
(1,843,971) |
(3,397,616) |
(1,757,700) |
||
(Increase) decrease in other assets |
(260,163) |
53,036 |
(271,592) |
||
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities |
11 |
- |
(3,575 ) |
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
1,768,669 |
525,514 |
1,570,482 |
||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|||||
Issuance of common stock and treasury stock |
28,100 |
458,206 |
22,944 |
||
Issuance of treasury stock to subsidiary |
- |
284,779 |
- |
||
Treasury stock purchased |
(1,180,522) |
(16,981) |
(1,125,257) |
||
Dividends paid to stockholders |
(847,246 ) |
(648,731 ) |
(661,504 ) |
||
Net cash (used) provided by financing activities |
(1,999,668 ) |
77,273 |
(1,763,817 ) |
||
Net (decrease) increase in cash |
(230,999) |
602,787 |
(193,335) |
||
Cash, beginning of year |
666,710 |
63,923 |
257,258 |
||
Cash, end of year |
$ 435,711 |
$ 666,710 |
$ 63,923 |
||
Supplemental schedule of cash flow information: |
|||||
Interest paid |
$ 727,379 |
$ 727,379 |
$ 727,379 |
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18. Other Comprehensive Income
The components of other comprehensive income for the years ended 2003, 2002 and 2001 are as follows:
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
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Unrealized gains arising during the period, net of tax effect of |
|
|
|
|
Less: reclassification adjustment for gains on investments, |
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income |
$ (86,993) |
$ 355,881 |
$ 598,455 |
19. Segment Reporting
Northeast Bancorp through its banking subsidiary, Northeast Bank and its subsidiary Northeast Financial Services, Inc., provide a broad range of financial services to individuals and companies in western and south-central Maine. These services include lending, demand, savings and time deposits, cash management, investment, insurance and trust services. While the Company's senior management team monitors the operations of the subsidiaries, the subsidiaries are primarily organized to operate in the banking industry. Substantially all income and services are derived from banking products and services in Maine. Accordingly, the Company's subsidiaries are considered by management to be aggregated in one reportable operating segment.
20. Guaranteed Preferred Beneficial Interests in the Company's Junior Subordinated Debentures
NBN Capital Trust ("NBNCT"), a Delaware statutory trust, exists for the exclusive purpose of (i) issuing and selling Common Securities to the Company and Preferred Securities to the public (together the "Trust Securities"), (ii) using the proceeds of the sale of Trust Securities to acquire 9.60% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures ("Junior Subordinated Debentures") issued by the Company, and (iii) engaging only in those other activities necessary, convenient or incidental thereto (such as registering the transfer of the Trust Securities). Accordingly, the Junior Subordinated Debentures are the sole assets of NBNCT. The preferred securities accrue and pay distributions quarterly at an annual rate of 9.60% of the stated liquidation amount of $7.00 per preferred security. The Company has fully and unconditionally guaranteed all of the obligations of the NBNCT. The guaranty covers the quarterly distributions and payments on liquidation or redemption of the trust preferred securities, but only to the extent of funds held by NBNCT. The trust preferred securities are mandatory redeemable upon the maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures on December 31, 2029 or upon earlier redemption as provided in the Indenture. The Company has the right to redeem the Junior Subordinated Debentures, in whole or in part on or after December 31, 2004 at a redemption price specified in the Indenture plus any accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date. The costs of the issuance of the trust preferred securities was approximately $524,000 and is included in other assets in the Company's consolidated statements of financial condition at June 30, 2003 and 2002, as a deferred financing cost, net of accumulated amortization. The costs are being amortized into interest expense over the life of the securities. The Company owns all of the common securities of NBNCT, the only voting security, and as a result, NBNCT is a subsidiary of the Company.
21. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair value estimates, methods and assumptions are set forth below for the Company's significant financial instruments.
Cash and Cash Equivalents - The fair value of cash, due from banks, interest bearing deposits and FHLB overnight deposits approximates their relative book values, as these financial instruments have short maturities.
Available for Sale Securities - The fair value of available for sale securities is estimated based on bid prices published in financial newspapers or bid quotations received from securities dealers.
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock - This financial instrument does not have a market nor is it practical to estimate the fair value without incurring excessive costs.
Loans and Loans Held for Sale - Fair values are estimated for portfolios of loans with similar financial characteristics. The fair value of performing loans is calculated by discounting scheduled cash flows through the estimated maturity using estimated market discount rates that reflect the credit and interest rate risk inherent in the loan. The estimates of maturity are based on the Company's historical experience with repayments for each loan classification, modified, as required, by an estimate of the effect of current economic conditions, lending conditions and the effects of estimated prepayments.
Fair value for significant nonperforming loans is based on estimated cash flows and is discounted using a rate commensurate with the risk associated with the estimated cash flows. Assumptions regarding credit risk, cash flows and discount rates are judgmentally determined using available market information and historical information.
Management has made estimates of fair value using discount rates that it believes to be reasonable. However, because there is no market for many of these financial instruments, management has no basis to determine whether the fair value presented would be indicative of the value negotiated in an actual sale.
The fair value of loans held for sale is estimated based on bid quotations received from loan dealers.
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Interest Receivable - The fair value of this financial instrument approximates the book value as this financial instrument has a short maturity. It is the Company's policy to stop accruing interest on loans past due by more than ninety days. Therefore this financial instrument has been adjusted for estimated credit loss.
Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) - The fair value of this financial instrument approximates its book value due to the nature of the asset. The book value is calculated by considering the amount paid in, the earnings on those amounts and the cost of insurance through year end.
Deposits - The fair value of deposits with no stated maturity, such as noninterest-bearing demand deposits, savings, NOW accounts and money market accounts, is equal to the amount payable on demand. The fair values of time deposits are based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows.
The discount rate is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.
The fair value estimates do not include the benefit that results from the low-cost funding provided by the deposit liabilities compared to the cost of borrowing funds in the market. If that value was considered, the fair value of the Company's net assets could increase.
Borrowed Funds and Repurchase Agreements - The fair value of the Company's borrowings with the Federal Home Loan Bank is estimated by discounting the cash flows through maturity or the next repricing date based on current rates available to the Company for borrowings with similar maturities.
The fair value of repurchase agreements approximates the carrying value, as these financial instruments have a short maturity.
Junior Subordinated Debentures - The fair value of the Company's Junior Subordinated Debentures is estimated based on published sources.
Commitments to Originate Loans - The Company has not estimated the fair value of commitments to originate loans due to their short term nature and their relative immateriality.
Limitations - Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These values do not reflect any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time the Company's entire holdings of a particular financial instrument. Because no market exists for a significant portion of the Company's financial instruments, fair value estimates are based on judgments regarding future expected loss experience, current economic conditions, risk characteristics of various financial instruments and other factors. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and therefore cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.
Fair value estimates are based on existing on and off-balance sheet financial instruments without attempting to estimate the value of anticipated future business and the value of assets and liabilities that are not considered financial instruments. Other significant assets and liabilities that are not considered financial instruments include the deferred tax asset, premises and equipment and intangible assets, including the customer base. In addition, the tax ramifications related to the realization of the unrealized gains and losses can have a significant effect on fair value estimates and have not been considered in any of the estimates.
The following table presents the estimated fair value of the Company's significant financial instruments at June 30, 2003 and 2002:
June 30, 2003 |
June 30, 2002 |
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Carrying |
Estimated |
Carrying |
Estimated |
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(Dollars in Thousands) |
|||||
Financial assets: |
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ 18,808 |
$ 18,808 |
$ 18,749 |
$ 18,749 |
|
Available for sale securities |
41,729 |
41,729 |
32,440 |
32,440 |
|
Loans held for sale |
3,383 |
3,435 |
611 |
643 |
|
Loans |
374,971 |
387,314 |
371,138 |
378,268 |
|
Interest receivable |
1,933 |
1,933 |
2,229 |
2,229 |
|
BOLI |
7,430 |
7,430 |
- |
- |
|
Financial liabilities: |
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Deposits (with no stated maturity) |
153,832 |
153,832 |
129,623 |
129,623 |
|
Time deposits |
164,911 |
168,887 |
173,575 |
176,037 |
|
Borrowed funds |
86,596 |
90,821 |
85,957 |
88,364 |
|
Repurchase agreements |
16,102 |
16,102 |
8,872 |
8,872 |
|
Junior Subordinated Debentures |
7,173 |
7,583 |
7,173 |
7,788 |
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Item 8.b. Statistical Disclosures Required by Industry Guide 3
Table 1 | |||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |||||||
Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (in thousands) | |||||||
Interest Rates and Interest Differential | |||||||
Years Ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001 | |||||||
Interest |
Average |
||||||
Average | Income/ | Yield/ | |||||
June 30, 2003 |
Balance | Expense | Rate | ||||
Assets: | |||||||
Interest earning-assets: | |||||||
Investment securities (1) | $ 25,133 | $ 1,183 | 4.71% | ||||
Loans (2)(3)(4) | 386,607 | 27,107 | 7.01% | ||||
FHLB stock | 6,645 | 227 | 3.42% | ||||
Short-term investments (5) | 5,822 | 69 | 1.19% | ||||
Total interest-earning assets/interest | |||||||
income/average rates earned | 424,207 | 28,586 | 6.74% | ||||
Non-interest earning assets: | |||||||
Cash & due from banks | 10,840 | ||||||
Bank premises and equipment, net | 4,158 | ||||||
Other assets (7) | 13,597 | ||||||
Allowance for loan losses | (3,795) | ||||||
Total non-interest earning assets | 24,800 | ||||||
Total assets | $ 449,007 | ||||||
====== | |||||||
Liabilities & net worth: | |||||||
Interest-bearing liabilities: | |||||||
Now | $ 64,372 | $ 958 | 1.49% | ||||
Money market | 21,902 | 361 | 1.65% | ||||
Savings | 23,253 | 269 | 1.16% | ||||
Time | 168,108 | 6,601 | 3.93% | ||||
Total interest-bearing deposits | 277,635 | 8,189 | 2.95% | ||||
Repurchase agreements | 9,710 | 97 | 1.00% | ||||
Borrowed funds | 85,647 | 4,777 | 5.58% | ||||
Junior subordinated debentures | 7,173 | 706 | 9.84% | ||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities/ | |||||||
interest expense/average rates paid | 380,165 | 13,769 | 3.62% | ||||
Total non-interest bearing liabilities: | |||||||
Demand deposits and escrow accounts | 29,699 | ||||||
Other liabilities | 2,718 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 412,582 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity | 36,425 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 449,007 | ||||||
====== | |||||||
Net interest income | $ 14,817 | ||||||
====== | |||||||
Interest rate spread | 3.12% | ||||||
Net yield on interest earning assets (6) | 3.49% | ||||||
Interest |
Average |
||||||
Average | Income/ | Yield/ | |||||
June 30, 2002 | Balance | Expense | Rate | ||||
Assets: | |||||||
Interest earning-assets: | |||||||
Investment securities (1) | $ 28,743 | $ 1,526 | 5.31% | ||||
Loans (2)(3)(4) | 375,226 | 29,652 | 7.90% | ||||
FHLB stock | 6,645 | 293 | 4.41% | ||||
Short-term investments (5) | 8,726 | 193 | 2.21% | ||||
Total interest-earning assets/interest | |||||||
income/average rates earned | 419,340 | 31,664 | 7.55% | ||||
Non-interest earning assets: | |||||||
Cash & due from banks | 9,468 | ||||||
Bank premises and equipment, net | 4,140 | ||||||
Other assets (7) | 8,112 | ||||||
Allowance for loan losses | (3,704) | ||||||
Total non-interest earning assets | 18,016 | ||||||
Total assets | $ 437,356 | ||||||
====== | |||||||
Liabilities & net worth: | |||||||
Interest-bearing liabilities: | |||||||
Now | $ 53,519 | $ 1,292 | 2.41% | ||||
Money market | 9,100 | 199 | 2.19% | ||||
Savings | 20,501 | 366 | 1.79% | ||||
Time | 185,806 | 9,172 | 4.94% | ||||
Total interest-bearing deposits | 268,926 | 11,029 | 4.10% | ||||
Repurchase agreements | 9,858 | 144 | 1.46% | ||||
Borrowed funds | 88,725 | 5,119 | 5.77% | ||||
Junior subordinated debentures | 7,173 | 706 | 9.84% | ||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities/ | |||||||
interest expense/average rates paid | 374,682 | 16,998 | 4.54% | ||||
Total non-interest bearing liabilities: | |||||||
Demand deposits and escrow accounts | 26,826 | ||||||
Other liabilities | 3,002 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 404,510 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity | 32,846 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 437,356 | ||||||
====== | |||||||
Net interest income |
$ 14,666 |
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====== | |||||||
Interest rate spread | 3.01% | ||||||
Net yield on interest earning assets (6) | 3.50% | ||||||
Interest |
Average |
||||||
Average | Income/ | Yield/ | |||||
June 30, 2001 | Balance | Expense | Rate | ||||
Assets: | |||||||
Interest earning-assets: | |||||||
Investment securities (1) | $ 22,576 | $ 1,533 | 6.79% | ||||
Loans (2)(3)(4) | 385,888 | 33,430 | 8.66% | ||||
FHLB stock | 6,645 | 489 | 7.36% | ||||
Short-term investments (5) | 6,216 | 348 | 5.60% | ||||
Total interest-earning assets/interest | |||||||
income/average rates earned | 421,325 | 35,800 | 8.50% | ||||
Non-interest earning assets: | |||||||
Cash & due from banks | 6,808 | ||||||
Bank premises and equipment, net | 4,331 | ||||||
Other assets (7) | 8,412 | ||||||
Allowance for loan losses | (3,634) | ||||||
Total non-interest earning assets | 15,917 | ||||||
Total assets | $ 437,242 | ||||||
====== | |||||||
Liabilities & net worth: | |||||||
Interest-bearing liabilities: | |||||||
Now | $ 29,563 | $ 865 | 2.93% | ||||
Money market | 6,596 | 178 | 2.70% | ||||
Savings | 20,970 | 484 | 2.31% | ||||
Time | 186,260 | 11,567 | 6.21% | ||||
Total interest-bearing deposits | 243,389 | 13,094 | 5.38% | ||||
Repurchase agreements | 13,573 | 540 | 3.98% | ||||
Borrowed funds | 116,013 | 7,414 | 6.39% | ||||
Junior subordinated debentures | 7,173 | 706 | 9.84% | ||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities/ | |||||||
interest expense/average rates paid | 380,148 | 21,754 | 5.72% | ||||
Total non-interest bearing liabilities: | |||||||
Demand deposits and escrow accounts | 25,440 | ||||||
Other liabilities | 1,741 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 407,329 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity | 29,913 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 437,242 | ||||||
====== | |||||||
Net interest income | $ 14,046 | ||||||
====== | |||||||
Interest rate spread | 2.77% | ||||||
Net yield on interest earning assets (6) | 3.33% | ||||||
(1) | Taxable. The yield information does not give effect to changes in fair value that are reflected as a | ||||||
component of stockholders equity. | |||||||
(2) | Non-accruing loans are included in computation of average balance, but unpaid interest on | ||||||
nonperforming loans has not been included for purposes of determining interest income. | |||||||
(3) | Interest income on loans includes amortization of net deferred costs of $905 in 2003, | ||||||
$790 in 2002, and $814 in 2001. | |||||||
(4) | Includes Loans Held for Sale. | ||||||
(5) | Short term investments include FHLB overnight deposits and other interest-bearing deposits. | ||||||
(6) | The net yield on average earning assets is net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets. | ||||||
(7) | Other assets includes BOLI of $5,466 which contributed $310 to fee revenue. |
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Table 2 | ||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | ||||
Investment Securities Portfolio | ||||
($ in thousands) | ||||
For Years Ended June 30, |
||||
2003 | 2002 | 2001 | ||
Available for sale (1) | ||||
U.S. Government and agency obligations | $ 18,601 | $ 12,177 | $ 248 | |
Mortgage-backed securities | 21,630 | 18,912 | 18,663 | |
Other bonds | 0 | 154 | 152 | |
Equity securities | 1,498 | 1,197 | 1,110 | |
Total available for sale (2): | $ 41,729 | $ 32,440 | $ 20,173 | |
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(1) |
Carried at estimated market value. Northeast Bancorp does not have any securities classified as | |||
held to maturity. | ||||
(2) |
Cost of such securities ($ in thousands) was $41,591 as of June 30, 2003, $32,170 as of | |||
June 30, 2002, and $20,442 as of June 30, 2001. |
Table 3 | |||||||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |||||||||||
Investment Maturity | |||||||||||
($ in thousands) | |||||||||||
After One Year | After Five Years | ||||||||||
But Within | But Within | ||||||||||
Within One Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | After 10 Years | Total | |||||||
Amount |
Yield | Amount | Yield | Amount | Yield | Amount | Yield | Amount | Yield | ||
Year Ended June 30, 2003 | |||||||||||
U. S. Government and agencies obligations | $ - | 0.00% | $ 17,621 | 2.62% | $ - | 0.00% | $ 980 | 5.00% | $ 18,601 | 2.75% | |
Mortgage-backed securities | - | 0.00% | 3,327 | 4.50% | 12,418 | 4.40% | 5,885 | 5.23% | 21,630 | 4.64% | |
Other bonds | - | 0.00% | - | 0.00% | - | 0.00% | - | 0.00% | - | 0.00% | |
Equity securities | 1,498 | 6.04% | - | 0.00% | - | 0.00% | - | 0.00% | 1,498 | 6.04% | |
$ 1,498 | 6.04% | $ 20,948 | 2.92% | $ 12,418 | 4.40% | $ 6,865 | 5.20% | $ 41,729 | 3.85% | ||
==== | ==== | ===== | ==== | ===== | ==== | ==== | ==== | ==== | ==== | ||
Year Ended June 30, 2002 | |||||||||||
U. S. Government and agencies obligations | $ 5,113 | 4.50% | $ 7,064 | 4.02% | $ - | 0.00% | $ - | 0.00% | $ 12,177 | 4.22% | |
Mortgage-backed securities | - | 0.00% | 4 | 8.50% | 253 | 7.00% | 18,655 | 6.15% | 18,912 | 6.16% | |
Other bonds | - | 0.00% | 154 | 5.95% | - | 0.00% | - | 0.00% | 154 | 5.95% | |
Equity securities | 1,197 | 6.02% | - | 0.00% | - | 0.00% | - | 0.00% | 1,197 | 6.02% | |
$ 6,310 | 4.79% | $ 7,222 | 4.06% | $ 253 | 7.00% | $ 18,655 | 6.15% | $ 32,440 | 5.43% | ||
==== | ==== | ===== | ==== | ===== | ==== | ==== | ==== | ==== | ==== | ||
No tax-exempt securities are carried in our investment portfolio. |
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Table 4 | |||||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |||||||||
Loan Portfolio | |||||||||
($ in thousands) | |||||||||
For Years Ended | |||||||||
June 30, 2003 | June 30, 2002 | June 30, 2001 | |||||||
Amount | Percent of Total Loans |
Amount | Percent of Total Loans |
Amount | Percent of Total Loans |
||||
Loan portfolio: | |||||||||
Residential real estate | $ 125,437 | 33.33% | $ 159,567 | 42.92% | $ 185,985 | 49.25% | |||
Commercial real estate | 97,854 | 26.00% | 80,423 | 21.63% | 68,569 | 18.16% | |||
Construction | 7,201 | 1.92% | 8,958 | 2.41% | 4,878 | 1.29% | |||
Commercial | 67,585 | 17.96% | 48,535 | 13.06% | 45,438 | 12.03% | |||
Consumer and other | 78,235 | 20.79% | 74,268 | 19.98% | 72,778 | 19.27% | |||
Total loans | 376,312 | 100.00% | 371,751 | 100.00% | 377,648 | 100.00% | |||
Net deferred loan costs | 2,675 | 2,883 | 2,835 | ||||||
Less: | |||||||||
Allowance for loan losses | 4,016 | 3,496 | 3,778 | ||||||
Net loans | $ 374,971 | $ 371,138 | $ 376,705 | ||||||
====== | ====== | ====== | |||||||
For Years Ended | |||||||||
June 30, 2000 | June 30, 1999 | ||||||||
Amount | Percent of Total Loans |
Amount | Percent of Total Loans |
||||||
Loan portfolio: | |||||||||
Residential real estate | $ 194,288 | 51.24% | $ 182,244 | 57.37% | |||||
Commercial real estate | 61,924 | 16.33% | 55,438 | 17.45% | |||||
Construction | 7,406 | 1.95% | 1,686 | 0.53% | |||||
Commercial | 41,518 | 10.95% | 34,647 | 10.91% | |||||
Consumer and other | 74,028 | 19.53% | 43,643 | 13.74% | |||||
Total loans | 379,164 | 100.00% | 317,658 | 100.00% | |||||
Net deferred loan costs | 2,660 | 1,328 | |||||||
Less: | |||||||||
Allowance for loan losses | 3,498 | 2,924 | |||||||
Net loans | $ 378,326 | $ 316,062 | |||||||
====== | ====== |
Table 5 | |||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |||||
Maturities and Repricing of Loans ($ in thousands) | |||||
For Year Ended of June 30, 2003 | |||||
1 Year | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | Over 10 | Total | |
or Less | Years | Years | Years | Loans | |
Mortgages: | |||||
Residential | $ 35,092 | $ 11,207 | $ 10,649 | $ 68,489 | $ 125,437 |
Commercial | 61,673 | 31,760 | 122 | 4,299 | 97,854 |
Construction | 6,577 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 7,201 |
Non-mortgage loans: | |||||
Commercial | 39,328 | 25,978 | 1,415 | 864 | 67,585 |
Consumer and other | 1,149 | 22,488 | 10,754 | 43,844 | 78,235 |
________ | ________ | ________ | ________ | ________ | |
Total loans | $ 143,819 | $ 92,057 | $ 22,940 | $ 117,496 | $ 376,312 |
====== | ====== | ====== | ====== | ====== | |
Type of interest rate: | |||||
Predetermined rate, maturity | |||||
greater than 1 year | 188,276 | ||||
Floating or adjustable rate | |||||
due after one year | 44,217 | ||||
________ | |||||
Total due after 1 year: | 232,493 | ||||
====== | |||||
Scheduled repayments are reported in the maturity category in which the payment is due. Demand | |||||
loans and overdrafts are reported in one year or less. Maturities are based upon contract terms. |
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Table 6 | ||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | ||||||
Summary of Loan Losses Experience | ||||||
($ in thousands) | ||||||
For Years Ended June 30, | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | |
Average net loans outstanding during the period (1) | $ 380,948 | $ 370,195 | $ 81,922 | $ 353,142 | $ 294,207 | |
====== | ====== | ====== | ====== | ====== | ||
Net loans at end of period (1) | $ 378,987 | $ 374,634 | $ 380,483 | $ 381,824 | $ 318,986 | |
====== | ====== | ====== | ====== | ====== | ||
Allowance at beginning of period | $ 3,496 | $ 3,778 | $ 3,498 | $ 2,924 | $ 2,978 | |
Loans charged-off during the period: | ||||||
Residential real estate | 120 | 69 | 27 | 81 | 232 | |
Commercial real estate | 22 | 413 | 0 | 46 | 26 | |
Commercial | 130 | 200 | 69 | 10 | 272 | |
Consumer and other | 699 | 650 | 648 | 627 | 396 | |
_______ | _______ | _______ | _______ | _______ | ||
Total loans charged-off | 971 | 1,332 | 744 | 764 | 926 | |
Recoveries on loans previously charged-off: | ||||||
Residential real estate | 41 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 12 | |
Commercial real estate | 55 | 39 | 29 | 64 | 109 | |
Commercial | 166 | 60 | 120 | 108 | 20 | |
Consumer and other | 138 | 101 | 78 | 80 | 121 | |
_______ | _______ | _______ | _______ | _______ | ||
Total recoveries | 400 | 208 | 243 | 266 | 262 | |
Net loans charged off during the period | 571 | 1,124 | 501 | 498 | 664 | |
Provision for loan losses | 1,091 | 842 | 781 | 1,072 | 610 | |
________ | ________ | ________ | ________ | ________ | ||
Allowance at end of period | $ 4,016 | $ 3,496 | $ 3,778 | $ 3,498 | $ 2,924 | |
====== | ====== | ====== | ====== | ====== | ||
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans outstanding | 0.15% | 0.30% | 0.13% | 0.14% | 0.23% | |
Allowance as a percentage of total loans | 1.06% | 0.93% | 0.99% | 0.92% | 0.92% | |
Allowance as a percentage of | ||||||
non-performing and non-accrual loans | 219.57% | 298.55% | 104.11% | 296.94% | 255.59% | |
(1) | Excludes loans held for sale. | |||||
The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans increased in 2003 due to an increase in commercial and consumer loans which have a higher risk of loss. This required a larger provision for loan losses and, consequently, a higher allowance for loan losses. Management believes that the allowance for loan losses is adequate. | ||||||
For each period indicated, this table summarizes loans outstanding at the end of each period, the average amount of loans outstanding, changes in the allowance for loan losses, and other selected statistics. | ||||||
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Table 7 | |||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |||||||
Allowance for Loan Losses | |||||||
($ in thousands) | |||||||
June 30, 2003 |
June 30, 2002 |
June 30, 2001 |
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Percent of | Percent of | Percent of | |||||
Loans in Each | Loans in Each | Loans in Each | |||||
Category to | Category to | Category to | |||||
Amount | Total Loans | Amount | Total Loans | Amount | Total Loans | ||
Allocation of allowance for loan losses: | |||||||
Residential real estate | $ 516 | 33.33% | $ 387 | 42.92% | $ 437 | 49.25% | |
Commercial real estate | 855 | 26.00% | 1,122 | 21.63% | 929 | 18.16% | |
Construction | 7 | 1.92% | 55 | 2.41% | 0 | 1.29% | |
Commercial | 1,640 | 17.96% | 1,021 | 13.06% | 620 | 12.03% | |
Consumer | 998 | 20.79% | 911 | 19.98% | 1,356 | 19.27% | |
Unallocated | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 436 | 0.00% | |
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Total | $ 4,016 | 100.00% | $ 3,496 | 100.00% | $ 3,778 | 100.00% | |
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June 30, 2000 |
June 30, 1999 |
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Percent of | Percent of | ||||||
Loans in Each | Loans in Each | ||||||
Category to | Category to | ||||||
Amount | Total Loans | Amount | Total Loans | ||||
Allocation of allowance for loan losses: | |||||||
Residential real estate | $ 405 | 51.24% | $ 378 | 57.37% | |||
Commercial real estate | 799 | 16.33% | 882 | 17.45% | |||
Construction | 0 | 1.95% | 0 | 0.53% | |||
Commercial | 412 | 10.95% | 508 | 10.91% | |||
Consumer | 1,244 | 19.53% | 497 | 13.74% | |||
Unallocated | 638 | 0.00% | 659 | 0.00% | |||
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Total | $ 3,498 | 100.00% | $ 2,924 | 100.00% | |||
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This table shows how the allowance for loan losses was allocated for the periods indicated. | |||||||
The allowance for loan losses is established through a provision for loan losses charged to operations. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes that the collectibility of the loan principal is unlikely. Recoveries on loans previously charged off are credited to the allowance. | |||||||
The allowance is an amount that management believes will be adequate to absorb possible loan losses based on evaluations of collectibility and prior loss experience. The evaluation takes into consideration such factors as changes in the nature and volume of the portfolio, overall portfolio quality, specific problem loans, and current economic conditions that may affect the borrowers' ability to pay. Management also obtains appraisals when considered necessary. |
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Table 8 | ||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | ||||||
Non-performing Loans | ||||||
($ in thousands) | ||||||
For Years Ended June 30, | ||||||
2003 |
2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | ||
Non-accrual loans: | ||||||
Residential real estate | $ 568 | $ 486 | $ 577 | $ 191 | $ 235 | |
Commercial real estate | 524 | 254 | 1,635 | 650 | 595 | |
Commercial loans | 28 | 183 | 483 | 80 | 0 | |
Consumer and other | 76 | 161 | 390 | 185 | 197 | |
Total non-accrual loans | 1,196 | 1,084 | 3,085 | 1,106 | 1,027 | |
Accruing loans contractually past due 90 days or more | 633 | 87 | 544 | 72 | 117 | |
Total non-performing loans | 1,829 | 1,171 | 3,629 | 1,178 | 1,144 | |
Acquired assets | 97 | 587 | 385 | 278 | 194 | |
Total non-performing assets | $ 1,926 | $ 1,758 | $ 4,014 | $ 1,456 | $ 1,338 | |
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Non-performing loans to total loans | 0.49% | 0.31% | 0.96% | 0.31% | 0.36% | |
Non-performing assets to total assets | 0.41% | 0.40% | 0.93% | 0.34% | 0.37% | |
As of June 30, 2003, there were no troubled debt restructured loans. | ||||||
See additional information concerning non-performing and impaired loans in note 3 of the consolidated financial statements as well as in the Management's Discussion and Analysis. |
Table 9 | |||||||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |||||||||||
Average Deposits ($ in thousands) and Rates | |||||||||||
For Years Ended |
June 30, 2003 |
June 30, 2002 |
June 30, 2001 |
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% of | % of | % of | |||||||||
Amount | Rate | Deposits | Amount | Rate | Deposits | Amount | Rate | Deposits | |||
Average deposits: | |||||||||||
Non-interest bearing demand deposits | $ 29,699 | 0.00% | 9.66% | $ 26,826 | 0.00% | 9.07% | $ 25,440 | 0.00% | 9.46% | ||
Regular savings | 23,253 | 1.16% | 7.57% | 20,501 | 1.79% | 6.93% | 20,970 | 2.31% | 7.80% | ||
NOW and money market | 86,274 | 1.53% | 28.07% | 62,619 | 2.38% | 21.17% | 36,159 | 2.89% | 13.45% | ||
Time deposits | 168,108 | 3.93% | 54.70% | 185,806 | 4.94% | 62.83% | 186,260 | 6.21% | 69.29% | ||
_______ | _____ | ______ | _______ | _____ | ______ | _______ | _____ | ______ | |||
Total average deposits | $ 307,334 | 2.67% | 100.00% | $ 295,752 | 3.73% | 100.00% | $ 268,829 | 4.87% | 100.00% | ||
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This table shows the average daily amount of deposits and average rates paid on such deposits for the periods indicated. |
Table 10 | |
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |
Maturities of Time Deposits $100,000 & Over | |
For Year Ended June 30, 2003 | |
($ in thousands) | |
Balance |
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3 months or less | $ 504 |
Over 3 through 6 months | 1,148 |
Over 6 through 12 months | 2,201 |
Over 12 months | 27,791 |
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Total time deposits $100,000 & over | $ 31,644 |
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Table 11 | ||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | ||||||
Repurchase Agreements | ||||||
($ in thousands) | ||||||
For Years Ended June 30, | ||||||
2003 | 2002 | 2001 | ||||
Weighted | Weighted | Weighted | ||||
Balance | Rate | Balance | Rate | Balance | Rate | |
Balance at year end | $ 16,102 | 1.07% | $ 8,872 | 1.15% | $ 8,819 | 2.66% |
Average outstanding during year | 9,710 | 1.00% | 9,858 | 1.46% | 13,573 | 3.98% |
Maximum outstanding at any month end | 16,102 | 14,816 | 16,109 | |||
These borrowings, which were scheduled to mature within 4 days, were collateralized by securities with the market value of $22,395,000 and amortized cost of $22,225,000 at June 30, 2003, a market value of$16,950,000 and amortized cost of $16,548,000 at June 30, 2002, and a market value of $14,211,000 and amortized cost of $14,388,000 at June 30, 2001. Securities sold under these agreements were under the control of the Company during 2003, 2002 and 2001. |
Table 12 | ||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | ||||||
FHLB Advances Due in 1 Year or Less | ||||||
($ in thousands) | ||||||
For Years Ended June 30, | ||||||
2003 | 2002 | 2001 | ||||
Weighted | Weighted | Weighted | ||||
Balance | Rate | Balance | Rate | Balance | Rate | |
Balance at year end | $ 19,733 | 5.10% | $ 9,478 | 4.22% | $ 38,105 | 5.18% |
Average outstanding during year | 13,037 | 5.24% | 11,100 | 5.08% | 65,019 | 6.22% |
Maximum outstanding at any month end | 20,068 | 30,488 | 88,574 | |||
This table shows the Federal Home Loan Advances the Company had due to mature in one year or less as of June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001. |
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Table 13 | |||||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |||||||
Maturities and Repricing of Earning Assets & Interest-bearing Liabilities | |||||||
For Year Ended of June 30, 2003 | |||||||
($ in thousands) | |||||||
Term to Repricing or Maturity | |||||||
Less Than | 1-5 | Over 5 | % of | ||||
1 Year | Years | Years | Total | Total | |||
Interest earning assets: | |||||||
Investment securities | $ 1,498 | $ 20,948 | $ 19,283 | $ 41,729 | 9.70% | ||
FHLB stock | - | - | 6,645 | 6,645 | 1.55% | ||
Short-term investments (1) | 5,569 | - | - | 5,569 | 1.30% | ||
Mortgage loans: | |||||||
Residential real estate: | |||||||
Fixed rate loans | 59 | 2,783 | 79,138 | 81,980 | 19.05% | ||
Variable loans | 35,033 | 8,424 | - | 43,457 | 10.10% | ||
Commercial real estate | 61,673 | 31,760 | 4,421 | 97,854 | 22.74% | ||
Construction | 6,577 | 624 | - | 7,201 | 1.67% | ||
Other loans: | |||||||
Commercial | 39,328 | 25,978 | 2,279 | 67,585 | 15.71% | ||
Consumer and other | 1,149 | 22,488 | 54,598 | 78,235 | 18.18% | ||
Total loans | 143,819 | 92,057 | 140,436 | 376,312 | 87.45% | ||
Total interest-earning assets | $ 150,886 | $ 113,005 | $ 166,364 | $ 430,255 | 100.00% | ||
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Interest-bearing liabilities: | |||||||
Customer deposits: | |||||||
NOW accounts | 68,079 | - | - | 68,079 | 17.26% | ||
Money market accounts | 25,570 | - | - | 25,570 | 6.48% | ||
Regular savings | 26,027 | - | - | 26,027 | 6.60% | ||
Certificates of deposit | 83,435 | 81,409 | 66 | 164,910 | 41.81% | ||
Total customer deposits | 203,111 | 81,409 | 66 | 284,586 | 72.15% | ||
Borrowings: | |||||||
Repurchase agreements | 16,102 | - | - | 16,102 | 4.08% | ||
Other borrowings | 19,733 | 59,863 | 7,000 | 86,596 | 21.95% | ||
Junior subordinated debentures | - | - | 7,173 | 7,173 | 1.82% | ||
Total borrowings | 35,835 | 59,863 | 14,173 | 109,871 | 27.85% | ||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | $ 238,946 | $ 141,272 | $ 14,239 | $ 394,457 | 100.00% | ||
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Interest sensitivity gap | $ (88,060) | $ (28,267) | $ 152,125 | $ 35,798 | |||
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________ | ________ | ________ | ________ | ||||
Cumulative gap | $ (88,060) | $ (116,327) | $ 35,798 | $ 35,798 | |||
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Cumulative gap ratio | 63.15% | 69.41% | 109.08% | 109.08% | |||
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Cumulative gap as a percentage of total assets | -18.83% | -24.87% | 7.65% | 7.65% | |||
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(1) | Includes FHLB overnight deposits, interest earning deposits and loans held for sale. | ||||||
This table summarizes the anticipated maturities and repricing of the Company's earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities at June 30, 2003. | |||||||
The Company's internal asset/liability analysis considers regular savings, NOW and money market accounts core deposits. Due to this consideration, the Company's internal asset/liability model has these core deposits designated in a five year or greater maturity category and not one year or less as the above schedule shows. Because of this difference, the Company does not consider its position to be as negative as presented in the schedule above. |
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Table 14 | |||||
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |||||
Quarterly Data (Unaudited) | |||||
For Year Ended June 30, 2003 | |||||
1st Qtr | 2nd Qtr | 3rd Qtr | 4th Qtr | ||
Sept. 30 | Dec. 31 | Mar. 31 | June 30 | ||
2002 | 2002 | 2003 | 2003 | ||
Interest income | |||||
Interest on loans | $ 7,014,612 | $ 6,972,980 | $ 6,651,462 | $ 6,467,946 | |
Interest & dividends on investments | |||||
& available for sale securities | 425,968 | 344,938 | 323,944 | 384,029 | |
Total interest and dividend income | 7,440,580 | 7,317,918 | 6,975,406 | 6,851,975 | |
Interest expense | |||||
Interest on deposits | 2,279,131 | 2,096,200 | 1,960,417 | 1,853,592 | |
Interest on repurchase agreements | 26,134 | 28,141 | 16,881 | 25,412 | |
Interest on borrowings | 1,210,089 | 1,211,778 | 1,182,718 | 1,172,271 | |
Interest on trust preferred securities | 176,520 | 176,520 | 176,520 | 176,521 | |
Total interest expense | 3,691,874 | 3,512,639 | 3,336,536 | 3,227,796 | |
Net interest income | 3,748,706 | 3,805,279 | 3,638,870 | 3,624,179 | |
Provision for loan losses | 225,476 | 465,082 | 225,042 | 175,187 | |
Net interest income after provision | |||||
for loan losses | 3,523,230 | 3,340,197 | 3,413,828 | 3,448,992 | |
Securities transactions | 182,850 | 252,501 | 401,491 | 84,622 | |
Other operating income | 851,223 | 1,193,351 | 1,122,460 | 1,447,447 | |
Other operating expense | 3,175,884 | 3,445,813 | 3,343,425 | 3,564,657 | |
Income before income taxes | 1,381,419 | 1,340,236 | 1,594,354 | 1,416,404 | |
Income tax expense | 474,480 | 428,253 | 518,328 | 456,033 | |
Net income | $ 906,939 | $ 911,983 | $ 1,076,026 | $ 960,371 | |
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Earnings per share: | |||||
Basic | $ 0.34 | $ 0.34 | $ 0.41 | $ 0.36 | |
Diluted | $ 0.34 | $ 0.34 | $ 0.40 | $ 0.36 | |
Northeast Bancorp Consolidated | |||||
Quarterly Data (Unaudited) | |||||
For Year Ended June 30, 2002 | |||||
1st Qtr | 2nd Qtr | 3rd Qtr | 4th Qtr | ||
Sept. 30 | Dec. 31 | Mar. 31 | June 30 | ||
2001 | 2001 | 2002 | 2002 | ||
Interest income | |||||
Interest on loans | $ 7,999,536 | $ 7,663,289 | $ 6,986,374 | $ 7,002,543 | |
Interest & dividends on investments | |||||
& available for sale securities | 487,474 | 458,538 | 506,644 | 559,705 | |
Total interest and dividend income | 8,487,010 | 8,121,827 | 7,493,018 | 7,562,248 | |
Interest expense | |||||
Interest on deposits | 3,181,049 | 2,874,682 | 2,538,863 | 2,434,557 | |
Interest on repurchase agreements | 61,708 | 38,218 | 21,141 | 23,211 | |
Interest on borrowings | 1,443,299 | 1,274,207 | 1,198,453 | 1,202,430 | |
Interest on trust preferred securities | 176,520 | 176,520 | 176,520 | 176,520 | |
Total interest expense | 4,862,576 | 4,363,627 | 3,934,977 | 3,836,718 | |
Net interest income | 3,624,434 | 3,758,200 | 3,558,041 | 3,725,530 | |
Provision for loan losses | 210,323 | 210,693 | 210,670 | 210,415 | |
Net interest income after provision | |||||
for loan losses | 3,414,111 | 3,547,507 | 3,347,371 | 3,515,115 | |
Securities transactions | 11,036 | 35,046 | 360,219 | 140,801 | |
Other operating income | 869,034 | 985,866 | 890,236 | 930,228 | |
Other operating expense | 2,848,283 | 3,006,261 | 3,122,565 | 3,169,217 | |
Income before income taxes | 1,445,898 | 1,562,158 | 1,475,261 | 1,416,927 | |
Income tax expense | 503,537 | 543,795 | 511,564 | 488,729 | |
Net income | $ 942,361 | $ 1,018,363 | $ 963,697 | $ 928,198 | |
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Earnings per share: | |||||
Basic | $ 0.37 | $ 0.40 | $ 0.37 | $ 0.35 | |
Diluted | $ 0.36 | $ 0.38 | $ 0.36 | $ 0.34 |
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Item 9. |
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
Not applicable |
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Item 9A. |
Controls and Procedures |
An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this annual report. We do not expect that our disclosure of controls and procedures will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system's objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, errors, and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been or will be detected. The inherent limitations include, among other things, the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls and procedures also can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management or employee override of the controls and procedures. The design of any system of controls and procedures 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 and procedures may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with its policies or procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. If and when management learns that any control or procedure is not being properly implemented (a) it immediately reviews its controls and procedures to determine whether they are appropriate to accomplish the control objective and, if necessary, modify and improve its controls and procedures to assure compliance with our control objectives: (b) it takes immediate action to cause its controls and procedures to be strictly adhered to, (c) it immediately informs all relevant managers of the requirement to adhere to such controls and procedures including the education of all relevant personnel throughout our organization, and (d) it implements in its managers' training program specific emphasis on such controls and procedures throughout the Company to assure compliance with such controls and procedures. The development, modification, improvement, implementation and evaluation of our systems of controls and procedures is a continuous project that requires changes and modifications to them to remedy deficiencies, to improve training, and to improve implementation in order to assure the achievement of the overall control objectives. |
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Based on their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded, subject to the limitations described above, that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report were effective. |
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There have been no significant changes in our internal controls, or in other factors that could significantly affect our internal controls, subsequent to the date the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer completed their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses. |
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Item 10. |
Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant. |
The information required by Item 10 of Form 10-K with respect to our directors and executive officers is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned "Election of Directors" in the Company's definitive Proxy Statement for the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 120 days after the close of the Company's 2003 fiscal year (the "2003 Proxy Statement"). Certain information with respect to executive officers is included in Part I, Item 4A of this report. The information required by Item 10 of Form 10-K with respect to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" in 2003 Proxy Statement. |
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Item 11. |
Executive Compensation |
The information required by Item 11 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the sections captioned "Election of Directors - Compensation of Directors," "Compensation of Executive Officers," "Report on Executive Compensation" and "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" in the 2003 Proxy Statement. |
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Item 12. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management |
(a) |
The information required by Item 12 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned "Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners" in the 2003 Proxy Statement |
(b) |
The following table provided information about the Company's Common Stock that may be issued upon the exercise of stock options under all of the registrant's equity compensation plans in effect as of June 30, 2003. |
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Number of securities remaining |
Equity compensation |
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Equity compensation |
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(1) |
Includes stock options granted or available under the following stockholder approved plans of 2001, 1999, 1992 and 1989 (the "Stock Option Plans") |
Our Stock Option Plans provide for a proportionate adjustment to the number of shares reserved for issuance in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination, recapitalization, or similar event. |
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Item 13. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions |
The information required by Item 13 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" in the 2003 Proxy Statement. |
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Item 14. |
Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
The information required by Item 14 of Form 10-K is not required to be included in this report in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 34-47265A . |
PART IV
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Item 15. |
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K |
(a) |
List of Financial Statements Filed as Part of This Report |
The following financial statements are submitted herewith in response to Part II Item 8: |
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Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of June 30, 2003 and 2002 |
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Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001 |
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001 |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001 |
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(b) |
Reports on Form 8-K |
On April 22, 2003, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 9 to disclose the Press Release for 3rd quarter earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 and the declaration of a dividend. |
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On May 14, 2003, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 9 to disclose that the certificates required by 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, were submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection and simultaneously with the filing of the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003. The certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief financial Officer was filed therewith as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 respectively. | |
(c) |
Exhibits |
The exhibits listed below are filed herewith or are incorporated herein by reference to other filings. |
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2.1 |
Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities dated as of May 4, 1994 between Bethel Savings Bank and Key Bank of Maine, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Northeast Bancorp's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 4, 1994 |
2.2 |
Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities dated as of May 4, 1994 between Brunswick Federal Savings Bank and Key Bank of Maine, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Northeast Bancorp's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 4, 1994 |
2.3 |
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 9, 1997 by and among Northeast Bancorp, Northeast Bank, FSB and Cushnoc Bank and Trust Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-31797) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
3.1 |
Conformed Articles of Incorporation of Northeast Bancorp, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No.333-31797) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
3.2 |
Bylaws of Northeast Bancorp, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to amendment No.1 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No.333-31797) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
4.1 |
Form of Indenture with respect to Northeast Bancorp's Junior Subordinated Debentures, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.2 |
Form of Junior Subordinated Debentures (included in Exhibit 4.1), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement of Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.3 |
Trust Agreement of NBN Capital Trust (including Certificate of Trust of NBN Capital Trust), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.4 |
Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of NBN Capital Trust, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.5 |
Form of Preferred Securities of NBN Capital Trust (included in Exhibit 4.4), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.6 |
Form of Guarantee Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
10.1* |
1987 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp (formerly known as Bethel Bancorp), incorporated by reference to Bethel Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-12815), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
10.2* |
1989 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp (formerly known as Bethel Bancorp) is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Bethel Bancorp's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1994 |
10.3* |
1992 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp (formerly known as Bethel Bancorp), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Bethel Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1992 |
10.4* |
1999 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to Northeast Bancorp's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended December 31, 1999 |
10.5* |
2001 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp incorporated by reference to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2002 |
11 |
Statement regarding computation of per share earnings is submitted herewith as Exhibit 11 |
21 |
A list of subsidiaries of Northeast Bancorp is filed herewith as Exhibit 21 |
23 |
The Consent of Baker Newman & Noyes, Limited Liability Company, is submitted herewith as Exhibit 23 |
31.1 |
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). ** |
31.2 |
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). ** |
32.1 |
Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(b)). ** |
* |
Management or compensation plan or arrangement required to be filed as an Exhibit pursuant to Item 15(c) of Form 10-K. |
** |
Exhibit filed herewith |
With the exception of the information expressly incorporated herein by reference, the Company's 2003 Proxy Statement for the 2003 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is not to be deemed filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
NORTHEAST BANCORP
Date: September 19, 2003 |
By: /s/ James D. Delamater |
James D. Delamater President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name |
Title |
Date |
/s/ John B. Bouchard |
Director |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ James P. Day |
Director |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ James D. Delamater James D. Delamater |
Director, |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ Ronald J. Goguen |
Director |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ Judith W. Kelly |
Chairman of the Board |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ Philip C. Jackson |
Director |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ Ronald C. Kendall |
Director |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ John Rosmarin |
Vice-Chairman of the Board |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ John Schiavi |
Director |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ John W. Trinward, DMD |
Director |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ Stephen W. Wight |
Director |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ Dennis A. Wilson |
Director |
September 19, 2003 |
/s/ Robert S. Johnson |
Chief Financial Officer |
September 19, 2003 |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Exhibit |
2.1 |
Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities dated as of May 4, 1994 between Bethel Savings Bank and Key Bank of Maine, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Bethel Bancorp's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 4, 1994 |
2.2 |
Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities dated as of May 4, 1994 between Brunswick Federal Savings Bank and Key Bank of Maine, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Bethel Bancorp's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 4, 1994 |
2.3 |
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 9, 1997 by and among Northeast Bancorp, Northeast Bank, FSB and Cushnoc and Trust Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-31797) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
3.1 |
Conformed Articles of Incorporation of Northeast Bancorp, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (333-31797) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
3.2 |
Bylaws of Northeast Bancorp, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to amendment No.1 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No.333-31797) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
4.1 |
Form of Indenture with respect to Northeast Bancorp's Junior Subordinated Debentures, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.2 |
Form of Junior Subordinated Debentures (included in Exhibit 4.1), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement of Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.3 |
Trust Agreement of NBN Capital Trust (including Certificate of Trust of NBN Capital Trust), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.4 |
Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of NBN Capital Trust, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.5 |
Form of Preferred Securities of NBN Capital Trust (included in Exhibit 4.4), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
4.6 |
Form of Guarantee Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-88853-01), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
10.1* |
1987 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp (formerly known as Bethel Bancorp), incorporated by reference to Bethel Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-12815), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
10.2* |
1989 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp (formerly known as Bethel Bancorp) is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Bethel Bancorp's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1994 |
10.3* |
1992 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp (formerly known as Bethel Bancorp), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Bethel Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1992 |
10.4* |
1999 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to Northeast Bancorp's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended December 31, 1999 |
10.5* |
2001 Stock Option Plan of Northeast Bancorp incorporated by reference to Northeast Bancorp's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2002 |
11 |
Statement regarding computation of per share earnings is submitted herewith as Exhibit 11 |
21 |
A list of subsidiaries of Northeast Bancorp is filed herewith as Exhibit 21 |
23.1 |
The Consent of Baker Newman & Noyes, Limited Liability Company, is submitted herewith as Exhibit 23 |
31.1 |
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). ** |
31.2 |
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). ** |
32.1 |
Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(b)). ** |
* |
Management or compensation or plan arrangement required to be filed as an Exhibit pursuant to Item 15 (c) of Form 10-K |
** |
Exhibit filed herewith |
Exhibit 11. Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
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EQUIVALENT SHARES: |
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Weighted average shares outstanding |
2,644,317 |
2,599,368 |
Total diluted shares |
2,685,943 |
2,667,033 |
Net income |
$ 3,855,318 |
$ 3,852,620 |
Basic earnings per share |
$ 1.46 |
$ 1.48 |
Diluted earnings per share |
$ 1.44 |
$ 1.44 |