General
HMN
Financial, Inc. (HMN or the Company) is a stock savings bank holding company that owns 100% of Home Federal Savings Bank (the Bank). The Bank has a community banking philosophy and operates retail banking and loan production facilities in Minnesota
and Iowa. The Bank has one wholly owned subsidiary, Osterud Insurance Agency, Inc. (OIA) which offers financial planning products and services. HMN has another wholly owned subsidiary, Security Finance Corporation (SFC), which is currently not
actively engaged in any activities.
The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1994.
As a community-oriented financial institution, the Company seeks to serve the financial needs of communities in its market area. The Companys
business involves attracting deposits from the general public and businesses and using such deposits to originate or purchase one-to-four family residential, commercial real estate, and multi-family mortgage loans as well as consumer, construction,
and commercial business loans. The Company also invests in mortgage-backed and related securities, U.S. government agency obligations and other permissible investments. The executive offices of the Company are located at 1016 Civic Center Drive
Northwest, Rochester, Minnesota 55901. Its telephone number at that address is (507) 535-1200. The Companys website is located at www.hmnf.com. Information contained on the Companys website is expressly not incorporated by reference
into this Form 10-K.
Market Area
The Company serves the southern Minnesota counties of Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and Winona and portions of Steele, Dodge, Goodhue and Wabasha through its corporate office located in
Rochester, Minnesota and its eight branch offices located in Albert Lea, Austin, La Crescent, Rochester, Spring Valley and Winona, Minnesota. The portion of the Companys southern Minnesota market area consisting of Rochester and the contiguous
communities is composed of primarily urban and suburban communities, while the balance of the Companys southern Minnesota market area consists primarily of rural areas and small towns. Primary industries in the Companys southern
Minnesota market area include manufacturing, agriculture, health care, wholesale and retail trade, service industries and education. Major employers include the Mayo Clinic, Hormel Foods (a food processing company), and IBM. The Companys
market area is also the home of Winona State University, Rochester Community and Technical College, University of MinnesotaRochester, Winona State UniversityRochester Center and Austins Riverland Community College.
The Company serves Dakota County, in the southern portion of the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan area, from its office located in Eagan, Minnesota.
Major employers in this market area include Delta Airlines, Cenex Harvest States (cooperative), Flint Hills Resources LP (oil refinery), Unisys Corp (computer software), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, and West Group, a Thomson Reuters business
(legal research).
The Company serves the Iowa county of Marshall through its branch office located in Marshalltown, Iowa. Major employers in
the area are Swift & Company (pork processors), Fisher Controls International (valve and regulator manufacturing), Lennox Industries (furnace and air conditioner manufacturing), Iowa Veterans Home (hospital care), Marshall Community School
District (education), Marshall Medical & Surgical Center (hospital care) and Meskwaki Casino (gaming operations).
Based upon
information obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau for 2011 (the last year for which information is available), the population of the six primary counties in the Companys southern Minnesota market area was estimated as follows: Fillmore
20,876; Freeborn 31,172; Houston 18,916; Mower 39,349; Olmsted 145,769; and Winona 51,378. For these same six counties, the median household income from the U.S. Census Bureau for 2007-2011 ranged from $43,447 to
$66,202. The population of Dakota County was 402,006 and the median household income was $73,723. With respect to Iowa, the population of Marshall County was 40,980 and the median household income was $47,691.
4
The Company also serves a diverse high net worth customer base of individuals and businesses in Olmsted
County from its private banking offices located in Rochester, Minnesota.
Lending Activities
General.
Historically, the Company has originated 15 and 30 year fixed rate mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family residences
for its loan portfolio. Over the past 10 years, the Company has focused on managing interest rate risk and increasing interest income by increasing its investment in shorter term and generally higher yielding commercial real estate, commercial
business and construction loans, while reducing its investment in longer term one-to-four family real estate loans. The Company continues to originate 15 and 30 year fixed rate mortgage loans and some shorter term fixed rate loans. The shorter term
fixed and adjustable rate loans are placed into portfolio, while the majority of the 15 and 30 year fixed rate mortgage loans are sold in the secondary mortgage market. Mortgage interest rates were at historical lows in 2012 and very few 15 and 30
year loans were placed into portfolio as most were sold into the secondary market in order to manage the Companys interest rate risk position. The Company also offers an array of consumer loan products that include both open and closed end
home equity loans. Home equity lines of credit have adjustable interest rates based upon the prime rate, as published in the Wall Street Journal, plus a margin. Refer to Notes 4 and 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual
Report for more information on the loan portfolio (incorporated by reference in Item 8 of Part II of this Form 10-K).
5
The following table shows the composition of the Companys loan portfolio by fixed and adjustable rate
loans as of December 31:
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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(Dollars in thousands)
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Amount
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Percent
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Amount
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Percent
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Amount
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Percent
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Amount
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Percent
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Amount
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Percent
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Fixed rate Loans
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Real estate:
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One-to-four family
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$
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57,463
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12.08
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%
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$
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69,426
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11.96
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%
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$
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69,424
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9.80
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%
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$
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77,694
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9.42
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%
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$
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88,690
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9.59
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%
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Multi-family
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9,608
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2.02
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26,132
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4.50
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23,079
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3.26
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11,455
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1.39
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4,703
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0.50
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Commercial
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115,519
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24.28
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94,535
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16.29
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110,267
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15.56
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103,036
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12.49
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91,835
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9.93
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Construction or development
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8,430
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1.77
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5,145
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0.89
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5,743
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0.81
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11,148
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1.35
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29,344
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3.17
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Total real estate loans
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191,020
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40.15
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195,238
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33.64
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208,513
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29.43
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203,333
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24.65
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214,572
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23.19
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Consumer loans:
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Savings
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220
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0.05
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576
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0.10
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534
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0.07
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324
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0.04
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277
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0.03
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Automobile
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623
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0.13
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404
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0.07
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604
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0.09
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902
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0.11
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1,333
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0.15
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Home equity
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11,390
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2.39
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13,426
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2.31
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18,126
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2.56
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21,396
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2.59
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22,961
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2.48
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Mobile home
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449
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0.09
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657
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0.11
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764
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0.11
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977
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0.12
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1,316
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0.14
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Land/Lot loans
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2,120
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0.45
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2,391
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0.41
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2,139
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0.30
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2,554
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0.31
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1,956
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0.21
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Other
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2,038
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0.43
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2,532
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0.44
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2,791
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0.39
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4,777
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0.58
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3,087
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0.33
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Total consumer loans
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16,840
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3.54
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19,986
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3.44
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24,958
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|
|
3.52
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30,930
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|
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3.75
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30,930
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3.34
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Commercial business loans
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32,769
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|
|
6.89
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|
54,604
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|
|
9.41
|
|
|
|
68,962
|
|
|
|
9.73
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|
|
|
76,936
|
|
|
|
9.33
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|
|
|
90,458
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|
|
|
9.77
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Total non-real estate loans
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49,609
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|
10.43
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|
|
|
74,590
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|
|
|
12.85
|
|
|
|
93,920
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|
|
13.25
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|
|
|
107,866
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|
|
|
13.08
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|
|
121,388
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|
|
|
13.11
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Total fixed rate loans
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|
|
240,629
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|
|
|
50.58
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|
|
|
269,828
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|
|
|
46.49
|
|
|
|
302,433
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|
|
|
42.68
|
|
|
|
311,199
|
|
|
|
37.73
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|
|
|
335,960
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|
|
36.30
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|
Adjustable rate Loans
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|
Real estate:
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|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
One-to-four family
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|
|
39,574
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|
|
|
8.32
|
|
|
|
49,640
|
|
|
|
8.55
|
|
|
|
59,111
|
|
|
|
8.34
|
|
|
|
66,937
|
|
|
|
8.12
|
|
|
|
73,299
|
|
|
|
7.92
|
|
Multi-family
|
|
|
2,148
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|
|
|
0.45
|
|
|
|
9,385
|
|
|
|
1.62
|
|
|
|
25,187
|
|
|
|
3.56
|
|
|
|
47,811
|
|
|
|
5.80
|
|
|
|
24,589
|
|
|
|
2.66
|
|
Commercial
|
|
|
105,202
|
|
|
|
22.11
|
|
|
|
148,940
|
|
|
|
25.66
|
|
|
|
182,607
|
|
|
|
25.77
|
|
|
|
209,678
|
|
|
|
25.42
|
|
|
|
233,469
|
|
|
|
25.24
|
|
Construction or development
|
|
|
4,000
|
|
|
|
0.84
|
|
|
|
5,777
|
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
|
9,508
|
|
|
|
1.34
|
|
|
|
29,264
|
|
|
|
3.55
|
|
|
|
78,939
|
|
|
|
8.53
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total real estate loans
|
|
|
150,924
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|
|
|
31.72
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|
|
|
213,742
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|
|
|
36.83
|
|
|
|
276,413
|
|
|
|
39.01
|
|
|
|
353,690
|
|
|
|
42.89
|
|
|
|
410,296
|
|
|
|
44.35
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
Consumer:
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home equity
|
|
|
36,521
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|
|
|
7.68
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|
|
|
41,429
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|
|
|
7.14
|
|
|
|
44,647
|
|
|
|
6.30
|
|
|
|
50,061
|
|
|
|
6.07
|
|
|
|
52,194
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|
|
|
5.64
|
|
Land/Lot loans
|
|
|
126
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|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
332
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|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
|
371
|
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
|
636
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
|
|
1,013
|
|
|
|
0.11
|
|
Other
|
|
|
488
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
|
|
414
|
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
|
627
|
|
|
|
0.09
|
|
|
|
588
|
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
|
2,464
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|
|
|
0.27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consumer loans
|
|
|
37,135
|
|
|
|
7.80
|
|
|
|
42,175
|
|
|
|
7.27
|
|
|
|
45,645
|
|
|
|
6.44
|
|
|
|
51,285
|
|
|
|
6.22
|
|
|
|
55,671
|
|
|
|
6.02
|
|
Commercial business loans
|
|
|
47,085
|
|
|
|
9.90
|
|
|
|
54,655
|
|
|
|
9.41
|
|
|
|
84,077
|
|
|
|
11.87
|
|
|
|
108,589
|
|
|
|
13.16
|
|
|
|
123,317
|
|
|
|
13.33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total non-real estate loans
|
|
|
84,220
|
|
|
|
17.70
|
|
|
|
96,830
|
|
|
|
16.68
|
|
|
|
129,722
|
|
|
|
18.31
|
|
|
|
159,874
|
|
|
|
19.38
|
|
|
|
178,988
|
|
|
|
19.35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total adjustable rate loans
|
|
|
235,144
|
|
|
|
49.42
|
|
|
|
310,572
|
|
|
|
53.51
|
|
|
|
406,135
|
|
|
|
57.32
|
|
|
|
513,564
|
|
|
|
62.27
|
|
|
|
589,284
|
|
|
|
63.70
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total loans
|
|
|
475,773
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
580,400
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
708,568
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
824,763
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
925,244
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unamortized discounts
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
413
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
177
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
569
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred loan fees
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
511
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,086
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,518
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,529
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for losses on loans
|
|
|
21,608
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,888
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
42,828
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,812
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,257
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total loans receivable, net
|
|
$
|
454,045
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
555,908
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
664,241
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
799,256
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
900,889
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
The following table illustrates the interest rate maturities of the Companys loan portfolio at
December 31, 2012. Loans which have adjustable or renegotiable interest rates are shown as maturing in the period during which the contract is due. Scheduled repayments of principal are reflected in the year in which they are scheduled to be
paid. The schedule does not reflect the effects of possible prepayments or enforcement of due-on-sale clauses.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real Estate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One-to-four family
|
|
|
Multi-family and
Commercial
|
|
|
Construction or
Development
|
|
|
Consumer
|
|
|
Commercial
Business
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Due During Years Ending
December 31,
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Rate
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Rate
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Rate
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Rate
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Rate
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Rate
|
|
2013
(1)
|
|
$
|
12,639
|
|
|
|
5.18
|
%
|
|
$
|
64,880
|
|
|
|
5.64
|
%
|
|
$
|
8,041
|
|
|
|
4.28
|
%
|
|
$
|
3,329
|
|
|
|
8.14
|
%
|
|
$
|
42,135
|
|
|
|
5.29
|
%
|
|
$
|
131,024
|
|
|
|
5.46
|
%
|
2014
|
|
|
4,298
|
|
|
|
5.95
|
|
|
|
16,356
|
|
|
|
5.39
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
2,888
|
|
|
|
6.58
|
|
|
|
13,129
|
|
|
|
5.45
|
|
|
|
36,671
|
|
|
|
5.57
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2,899
|
|
|
|
3.96
|
|
|
|
27,574
|
|
|
|
1.44
|
|
|
|
2,126
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
3,465
|
|
|
|
6.01
|
|
|
|
1,904
|
|
|
|
6.03
|
|
|
|
37,968
|
|
|
|
2.20
|
|
2016 through 2017
|
|
|
4,279
|
|
|
|
5.77
|
|
|
|
46,847
|
|
|
|
4.95
|
|
|
|
470
|
|
|
|
5.50
|
|
|
|
5,124
|
|
|
|
6.42
|
|
|
|
14,200
|
|
|
|
4.82
|
|
|
|
70,920
|
|
|
|
5.09
|
|
2018 through 2022
|
|
|
18,364
|
|
|
|
4.15
|
|
|
|
50,956
|
|
|
|
5.82
|
|
|
|
669
|
|
|
|
6.02
|
|
|
|
4,827
|
|
|
|
6.72
|
|
|
|
7,417
|
|
|
|
5.63
|
|
|
|
82,233
|
|
|
|
5.48
|
|
2023 through 2037
|
|
|
36,622
|
|
|
|
3.98
|
|
|
|
25,864
|
|
|
|
5.19
|
|
|
|
491
|
|
|
|
4.28
|
|
|
|
34,334
|
|
|
|
5.23
|
|
|
|
1,069
|
|
|
|
6.13
|
|
|
|
98,380
|
|
|
|
4.76
|
|
2038 and thereafter
|
|
|
17,936
|
|
|
|
5.12
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
633
|
|
|
|
4.99
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
18,577
|
|
|
|
5.11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
97,037
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
232,477
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
12,430
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
53,975
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
79,854
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
475,773
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes demand loans, loans having no stated maturity and overdraft loans.
|
The total amount of loans due after December 31, 2013 that have predetermined interest rates is $148.8 million, while the total amount of loans due after such date that have floating or adjustable
interest rates is $196.0 million. At December 31, 2012, construction or development loans were $6.6 million for one-to-four family dwellings, $3.8 million for multi-family and $2.0 million for nonresidential.
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The aggregate amount of loans and extensions of credit that the Bank is permitted to make to any one
borrower is generally limited to 15% of unimpaired capital and surplus. In addition to the 15% limit, the Bank is permitted to lend an additional amount equal to 10% of unimpaired capital and surplus if the additional amount is fully secured by
readily marketable collateral having a current market value of at least 100% of the loan or extension of credit. Similarly, the Bank is permitted to lend additional amounts equal to the lesser of 30% of unimpaired capital and surplus or
$30 million for certain residential development loans. Applicable law establishes a number of rules for combining loans to separate borrowers. Loans or extensions of credit to one person may be attributed to other persons if: (i) the proceeds
of a loan or extension of credit are used for the direct benefit of the other person; or (ii) a common enterprise is deemed to exist between persons. At December 31, 2012, based upon the 15% limitation, the Banks regulatory limit for
loans to one borrower was approximately $12.7 million. At December 31, 2012, excluding loans subject to an exception to the 15% lending limit, loans to one borrower exceeded the current 15% limitation, by $0.6 million. This loan is not
considered to be a violation of the regulatory lending limit requirements as it was within the Banks lending limit when it was originated and the Bank is making efforts to bring the loan balance into compliance with the current lending limit.
As of December 31, 2012, other loans also exceeded the 15% limit but were subject to additional limits referenced above. At December 31, 2012, the Banks largest aggregate amount of loans to one borrower totaled $23.1 million. All of
the loans for the largest borrower were performing in accordance with their terms and the borrower had no affiliation with the Bank other than its relationship as a borrower.
All of the Banks lending is subject to its written underwriting standards and to loan origination procedures. Decisions on loan applications are made on the basis of detailed applications and
property valuations determined by an independent appraiser. The loan applications are designed primarily to determine the borrowers ability to repay. The more significant items on the application are verified through the use of credit reports,
financial statements, tax returns or confirmations.
One-to-four family loans that are equal to or less than the conforming/saleable loan
dollar limits as established by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) or Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) may be approved by a designated underwriter. This limit was $417,000 for both 2012 and 2011. Loans less than $750,000
may be approved by one of the Banks designated underwriters, the Banks Chief Credit Officer, or a majority of the Banks Executive Loan Committee. Loans up to $2 million may be approved by the Chief Credit Officer or a majority of
the Executive Loan Committee and loans over $2 million and up to a maximum allowable loan of $4.5 million require approval of a majority of the Executive Loan Committee.
The Banks individual commercial loan officers have the authority to approve loans that meet the guidelines established by the Banks commercial loan policy for loans up to $500,000 based on
their individual delegated aggregate relationship authority. Individual delegated aggregate relationship authority varies by loan officer, with the highest individual authorities being $500,000. The aggregate relationship amount is determined by the
total customer credit commitments outstanding plus the new loan request amount. The Business Banking Department Manager can approve loans up to a $500,000 aggregate relationship. The Chief Commercial Credit Officer and Limited Committee (consisting
of the lender and the Business Banking Department Manager) or the Chief Credit Officer and Limited Committee have approval authorities up to $1.0 million aggregate and $2.0 million aggregate, respectively. New relationship loan requests greater than
$2.0 million up to our internal loan limit to one borrower of $4.5 million, or existing loan relationship requests greater than $2.0 million to $7.5 million, are approved by the Senior Loan Committee. Any loan requests greater than these limits must
be approved by the Banks Executive Loan Committee.
The Bank generally requires title insurance on its mortgage loans, as well as fire
and extended coverage casualty insurance in amounts at least equal to the principal amount of the loan or the value of improvements on the property. The Bank also requires flood insurance to protect the property securing its interest when the
property is located in a flood plain.
One-to-Four Family Residential Real Estate Lending
.
At December 31, 2012, the
Companys one-to-four family real estate loans, consisting of both fixed rate and adjustable rate loans, totaled $97.0 million, a decrease of $22.1 million, from $119.1 million at December 31, 2011. The decrease in the one-to-four family
loans in 2012 is
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the result of selling more of the loans that were originated into the secondary market, instead of placing them into the portfolio, in order to reduce the Companys interest rate risk
position. The Companys short term strategy is to continue to sell the majority of the loans originated into the secondary market at least until market interest rates increase from their current levels.
The Company offers conventional fixed rate one-to-four family loans that have maximum terms of 30 years. In order to manage interest rate risk, the
Company typically sells the majority of fixed rate loan originations with terms to maturity of 15 years or greater that are eligible for sale in the secondary market. The interest rates charged on the fixed rate loan products are based on the
secondary market delivery rates, as well as other competitive factors. The Company also originates fixed rate loans with terms up to 30 years that are insured by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Veterans Administration, Minnesota Housing Finance
Agency or Iowa Finance Authority.
The Company also offers one-year adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) at a margin (generally 275 to 450 basis
points) over the yield on the Average Monthly One Year U.S. Treasury Constant Maturity Index for terms of up to 30 years. The ARM loans offered by the Company allow the borrower to select (subject to pricing) an initial period of one year, three
years, or five years between the loan origination and the date the first interest rate change occurs. The ARMs generally have a 200 basis point annual interest rate change cap and a lifetime cap of 600 basis points over or under the initial rate.
The Companys originated ARMs do not permit negative amortization of principal, generally do not contain prepayment penalties and are not convertible into fixed rate loans. Because of the low interest rate environment that has existed over the
last couple of years, a limited number of ARM loans have been originated as consumers have opted for the longer term fixed rate loans.
In
underwriting one-to-four family residential real estate loans, the Company evaluates the borrowers credit history, ability to make principal, interest and escrow payments, the value of the property that will secure the loan, and debt to income
ratios. Properties securing one-to-four family residential real estate loans made by the Company are appraised by independent appraisers. The Company originates residential mortgage loans with loan-to-value ratios up to 97% for owner-occupied homes
and up to 85% for non-owner occupied homes; however, private mortgage insurance is generally required to reduce the Companys exposure to 80% of value or less on most loans. In addition, all non-owner occupied properties must be self supporting
using the debt service ratio requirements, which usually requires approximately a 50% down payment on one-to-four family dwellings. The Company generally seeks to underwrite its loans in accordance with secondary market or FHA standards.
The Companys residential mortgage loans customarily include due-on-sale clauses giving it the right to declare the loan immediately due and payable
in the event that, among other things, the borrower sells or otherwise disposes of the property subject to the mortgage.
Fixed rate loans in
the Companys portfolio represent conventional fixed rate loans. At December 31, 2012, $2.5 million of the one-to-four family residential loan portfolio was non-performing compared to $4.4 million at December 31, 2011.
Commercial Real Estate and Multi-Family Lending.
The Company originates permanent commercial real estate and multi-family loans secured by
properties located primarily in its market area. It also purchases a limited amount of participations in commercial real estate and multi-family loans originated by third parties. The commercial real estate and multi-family loan portfolio includes
loans secured by motels, hotels, apartment buildings, churches, ethanol plants, manufacturing plants, office buildings, business facilities, shopping malls, nursing homes, golf courses, restaurants, warehouses and other non-residential building
properties primarily located in the upper Midwestern portion of the United States. At December 31, 2012, the Companys commercial and multi-family real estate loans totaled $232.5 million, a decrease of $46.5 million, from $279.0 million
at December 31, 2011.
Permanent commercial real estate and multi-family loans are generally originated for a maximum term of 10 years
and may have longer amortization periods with balloon maturity features. The interest rates may be fixed for the term of the loan or have adjustable features that are tied to the prime rate or another published index. Commercial
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real estate and multi-family loans are generally written in amounts up to 80% of the lesser of the appraised value of the property or the purchase price and generally have a debt service coverage
ratio of at least 120%. The debt service coverage ratio is the ratio of net cash from operations to debt service payments. The Company may originate construction loans secured by commercial or multi-family real estate, or may purchase participation
interests in third party originated construction loans secured by commercial or multi-family real estate.
Appraisals on commercial real
estate and multi-family real estate properties are performed by independent appraisers prior to the time the loan is made. For transactions less than $250,000, the Company may use an internal valuation. All appraisals on commercial and multi-family
real estate are reviewed and approved by a credit manager or a qualified third party. The Banks underwriting procedures require verification of the borrowers credit history, income and financial statements, banking relationships and
income projections for the property. The commercial loan policy generally requires personal guarantees from the proposed borrowers. An initial on-site inspection is generally required for all collateral properties for loans with balances in excess
of $250,000. Independent annual reviews are performed for aggregate commercial lending relationships that exceed $500,000. The reviews cover financial performance, documentation completeness and accuracy of loan risk ratings.
Multi-family and commercial real estate loans generally present a higher level of risk than loans secured by one-to-four family residences. This greater
risk is due to several factors, including the concentration of principal in a limited number of loans and borrowers, the effects of general economic conditions on income producing properties and the increased difficulty of evaluating and monitoring
these types of loans. Furthermore, the repayment of loans secured by multi-family and commercial real estate is typically dependent upon the successful operation of the related real estate project. If the cash flow from the project is reduced (for
example, if leases are not obtained or renewed), the borrowers ability to repay the loan may be impaired. At December 31, 2012, $25.5 million of loans in the commercial real estate portfolio were non-performing compared to $22.7 million
at December 31, 2011. The two largest non-performing loans in this category as of December 31, 2012 totaled $15.4 million and were secured by commercial and residential developments in Minnesota.
Construction Lending.
The Company makes construction loans to individuals for the construction of their residences and to builders for the
construction of one-to-four family residences. It also makes a very limited number of loans to builders for houses built on speculation. Construction loans also include commercial real estate loans.
Almost all loans to individuals for the construction of their residences are structured as permanent loans. These loans are made on the same terms as
residential loans, except that during the construction phase, which typically lasts up to twelve months, the borrower pays interest only. Generally, the borrower also pays a construction fee at the time of origination equal to the origination fee
plus other costs associated with processing the loan. Residential construction loans are underwritten pursuant to the same guidelines used for originating residential loans on existing properties.
Construction loans to builders or developers of one-to-four family residences generally carry terms of one year or less and may permit the payment of
interest from loan proceeds.
Construction loans to owner occupants are generally made in amounts up to 95% of the lesser of cost or appraised
value, but no more than 90% of the loan proceeds can be disbursed until the building is completed. The Company generally limits the loan-to-value ratios on loans to builders to 80%. Prior to making a commitment to fund a construction loan, the
Company requires a valuation of the property, financial data, and verification of the borrowers income. The Company obtains personal guarantees for substantially all of its construction loans to builders. Personal financial statements of
guarantors are also obtained as part of the loan underwriting process. Construction loans are generally located in the Companys market area.
Construction loans are obtained principally through continued business from builders and developers who have previously borrowed from the Bank, as well as referrals from existing customers and walk-in
customers. The application process includes a submission to the Bank of accurate plans, specifications and costs of the project to
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be constructed. These items are used as a basis to determine the appraised value of the subject property to be built.
At December 31, 2012, construction loans totaled $12.4 million, of which one-to-four family residential totaled $6.6 million, multi-family residential totaled $3.8 million and commercial real estate
totaled $2.0 million. The nature of construction loans makes them more difficult to evaluate and monitor, especially in a market where home prices have been declining. The risk of loss on a construction loan is dependent largely upon the accuracy of
the initial estimate of the propertys value upon completion of the project, experience of the builder, and the estimated cost (including interest) of the project. If the estimate of value proves to be inaccurate, the Company may be confronted,
at or prior to the maturity of the loan, with a project having a value that is insufficient to assure full repayment and/or the possibility of having to make substantial investments to complete and sell the project. Because defaults in repayment may
not occur during the construction period, it may be difficult to identify problem loans at an early stage. In these cases, the Company may be required to modify the terms of the loan. At December 31, 2012, $3.3 million of construction loans in
the commercial real estate portfolio were non-performing compared to $1.5 million at December 31, 2011.
Consumer
Lending.
The Company originates a variety of consumer loans, including home equity loans (open-end and closed-end), automobile, mobile home, lot loans, loans secured by deposit accounts and other loans for household and personal
purposes. At December 31, 2012, the Companys consumer loans totaled $54.0 million, a decrease of $8.2 million, from $62.2 million at December 31, 2011.
Consumer loan terms vary according to the type and value of collateral, length of contract and creditworthiness of the borrower. The Companys consumer loans are made at fixed or adjustable interest
rates, with terms up to 20 years for secured loans and up to five years for unsecured loans.
The Companys home equity loans are written
so that the total commitment amount, when combined with the balance of any other outstanding mortgage liens, may not exceed 90% of the appraised value of the property or an internally established market value. Internal market values are established
using current market data, including tax assessment values and recent sales data, and are typically lower than third party appraised values. The closed-end home equity loans are written with fixed or adjustable rates with terms up to 15 years. The
Company may also use an Auto Value Method where properties are entered into a Fannie Mae website to determine market values. The open-end home equity lines are written with an adjustable rate with a 10-year draw period that requires interest
only payments followed by a 10-year repayment period that fully amortizes the outstanding balance. The consumer may access the open-end home equity line either by making a withdrawal at the Bank or writing a check on the home equity line of
credit account. Open and closed-end equity loans, which are generally secured by second mortgages on the borrowers principal residence, represented 88.8% of the Companys consumer loan portfolio at December 31, 2012.
The underwriting standards employed by the Company for consumer loans include a determination of the applicants payment history on other debts and
ability to meet existing obligations and payments on the proposed loan. Although creditworthiness of the applicant is of primary consideration, the underwriting process also includes a comparison of the value of the security, if any, in relation to
the proposed loan amount. Consumer loans may entail greater credit risk than do residential mortgage loans, particularly in the case of consumer loans that are unsecured or are secured by rapidly depreciable assets, such as automobiles or mobile
homes. In these cases, any repossessed collateral for a defaulted consumer loan may not provide an adequate source of repayment of the outstanding loan balance as a result of the greater likelihood of damage, loss or depreciation. In addition,
consumer loan collections are dependent on the borrowers continuing financial stability, and thus are more likely to be affected by adverse personal circumstances. Furthermore, the application of various federal and state laws, including
bankruptcy and insolvency laws, may limit the amount that can be recovered on such loans. At December 31, 2012, $0.3 million of the consumer loan portfolio was non-performing compared to $0.7 million at December 31, 2011.
Commercial Business Lending.
The Company maintains a portfolio of commercial business loans to borrowers associated with the real
estate industry as well as to retail, manufacturing operations and professional firms. The
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Companys commercial business loans generally have terms ranging from six months to five years and may have either fixed or variable interest rates. The Companys commercial business
loans generally include personal guarantees and are usually, but not always, secured by business assets such as inventory, equipment, leasehold interests in equipment, fixtures, real estate and accounts receivable. The underwriting process for
commercial business loans includes consideration of the borrowers financial statements, tax returns, projections of future business operations and inspection of the subject collateral, if any. The Company also purchases participation interests
in commercial business loans originated outside of the Companys market area from third party originators. These loans generally have underlying collateral of inventory or equipment and repayment periods of less than ten years. At
December 31, 2012, the Companys commercial business loans totaled $79.9 million, a decrease of $29.4 million, from $109.3 million at December 31, 2011.
Unlike residential mortgage loans, which generally are made on the basis of the borrowers ability to make repayment from his or her income, and which are secured by real property with more easily
ascertainable value, commercial business loans are of higher risk and typically are made on the basis of the borrowers ability to make repayment from the cash flow of the borrowers business. As a result, the availability of funds for the
repayment of commercial business loans may be substantially dependent on the success of the business itself. Furthermore, the collateral securing the loans may depreciate over time, may be difficult to appraise and may fluctuate in value based on
the success of the business. At December 31, 2012, $1.6 million of loans in the commercial business loan portfolio were non-performing compared to $6.2 million at December 31, 2011.
Originations, Purch
ases and Sales of Loans and Mortgage-Backed and Related Securities
Real estate loans are generally originated by the Companys salaried loan officers. Mortgage and consumer loan officers may also receive a commission in addition to their base salary for meeting
production and other branch goals. Loan applications are taken in all branch and loan production offices.
The Company originates both fixed
and adjustable rate loans, however, its ability to originate loans is dependent upon the relative customer demand for loans in its markets. Demand for adjustable rate loans is affected by the interest rate environment and the number of adjustable
rate loans remained low in 2012 due to the low long term fixed mortgage rates that existed during the year. The Company originated for its portfolio $3.0 million of one-to-four family adjustable rate loans during 2012, a decrease of $0.9 million,
from $3.9 million in 2011. The Company also originated for its portfolio $11.1 million of fixed rate one-to-four family loans during 2012, a decrease of $9.1 million, from $20.2 million for 2011. The decrease in the fixed rate one-to-four family
loans that were placed into the loan portfolio in 2012 when compared to 2011 is the result of low interest rate environment that existed during 2012 which resulted in fewer loans being placed into the Banks portfolio in order to reduce the
interest rate risk associated with holding these loans.
During the past several years, the Company has focused its portfolio loan origination
efforts on commercial real estate, commercial business and consumer loans because these loans have terms to maturity and adjustable interest rate characteristics that are generally more beneficial to the Company in managing interest rate risk than
single family fixed rate conventional loans. The Company originated $106.8 million of multi-family and commercial real estate, commercial business and consumer loans (which excludes commercial real estate loans in construction or development) during
2012, an increase of $10.9 million, from originations of $95.9 million for 2011. The increase in originations and participations sold primarily reflects $49.8 million in ethanol related loans that were refinanced in 2012 with $45.1 million of the
originated amount being sold to participants.
In order to supplement loan demand in the Companys market area and geographically
diversify its loan portfolio, the Company purchases participations in real estate loans from selected sellers, with yields based upon then-current market rates. The Company reviews and underwrites all loans purchased to ensure that they meet the
Companys underwriting standards and the seller generally continues to service the loans. The Company has generally not experienced higher losses or credit quality issues historically with purchased participations than other loans originated by
the Company. The Company purchased $4.9 million of loans during 2012, an increase of $0.7 million, from $4.2 million during 2011. The commercial real estate and commercial business loans that were purchased have terms and interest rates that are
similar in nature to the Companys originated commercial
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and business portfolio. Refer to Notes 4 and 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report for more information on purchased loans (incorporated by reference in
Item 8 of Part II of this Form 10-K).
The Company has some mortgage-backed and related securities that are held, based on investment
intent, in the available for sale portfolio. The Company did not purchase any mortgage-backed securities in 2012 or 2011. No mortgage-backed securities were purchased in 2012 as debt instruments issued by federal agencies, such as Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac, became more appealing to purchase due to their shorter duration given the low interest rate environment that existed in 2012. The Company did not sell any mortgage backed securities in 2012 or 2011. See Investment
Activities.
The following table shows the loan and mortgage-backed and related securities origination, purchase, acquisition, sale and
repayment activities of the Company for the periods indicated.
LOANS HELD FOR INVESTMENT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Originations by type:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustable rate:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- one-to-four family
|
|
$
|
2,996
|
|
|
|
3,892
|
|
|
|
5,539
|
|
- commercial
|
|
|
9,763
|
|
|
|
29,998
|
|
|
|
12,504
|
|
- construction or development
|
|
|
7,658
|
|
|
|
4,759
|
|
|
|
3,042
|
|
Non-real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- consumer
|
|
|
15,686
|
|
|
|
12,596
|
|
|
|
9,413
|
|
- commercial business
|
|
|
58,753
|
|
|
|
31,568
|
|
|
|
11,539
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total adjustable rate
|
|
|
94,856
|
|
|
|
82,813
|
|
|
|
42,037
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed rate:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- one-to-four family
|
|
|
11,059
|
|
|
|
20,194
|
|
|
|
7,606
|
|
- multi-family
|
|
|
245
|
|
|
|
450
|
|
|
|
450
|
|
- commercial
|
|
|
7,475
|
|
|
|
5,817
|
|
|
|
15,165
|
|
- construction or development
|
|
|
7,752
|
|
|
|
5,227
|
|
|
|
6,492
|
|
Non-real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- consumer
|
|
|
5,552
|
|
|
|
7,097
|
|
|
|
14,745
|
|
- commercial business
|
|
|
9,443
|
|
|
|
8,367
|
|
|
|
8,732
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fixed rate
|
|
|
41,526
|
|
|
|
47,152
|
|
|
|
53,190
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total loans originated
|
|
|
136,382
|
|
|
|
129,965
|
|
|
|
95,227
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases
:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- commercial
|
|
|
1,375
|
|
|
|
319
|
|
|
|
5,683
|
|
- construction or development
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
|
2,573
|
|
|
|
625
|
|
Non-real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- commercial business
|
|
|
3,340
|
|
|
|
1,300
|
|
|
|
3,930
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total loans purchased
|
|
|
4,900
|
|
|
|
4,192
|
|
|
|
10,238
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales, participations and repayments
:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- one-to-four family
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
390
|
|
- commercial
|
|
|
5,801
|
|
|
|
29,350
|
|
|
|
3,921
|
|
- construction or development
|
|
|
161
|
|
|
|
700
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Non-real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- consumer
|
|
|
471
|
|
|
|
231
|
|
|
|
1,813
|
|
- commercial business
|
|
|
52,536
|
|
|
|
22,896
|
|
|
|
6,230
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total sales
|
|
|
58,969
|
|
|
|
53,177
|
|
|
|
12,354
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfers to loans held for sale
|
|
|
8,196
|
|
|
|
2,681
|
|
|
|
4,478
|
|
Principal repayments
|
|
|
167,510
|
|
|
|
158,433
|
|
|
|
173,485
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total reductions
|
|
|
234,675
|
|
|
|
214,291
|
|
|
|
190,317
|
|
Decrease in other items, net
|
|
|
(11,234
|
)
|
|
|
(48,034
|
)
|
|
|
(31,343
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease
|
|
$
|
(104,627
|
)
|
|
|
(128,168
|
)
|
|
|
(116,195
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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LOANS HELD FOR SALE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Originations by type
:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustable rate:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- one-to-four family
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
705
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total adjustable rate
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
705
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed rate:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- one-to-four family
|
|
|
118,661
|
|
|
|
56,120
|
|
|
|
81,659
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fixed rate
|
|
|
118,661
|
|
|
|
56,120
|
|
|
|
81,659
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total loans originated
|
|
|
118,661
|
|
|
|
56,825
|
|
|
|
81,659
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and repayments
:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real estate -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- one-to-four family
|
|
|
127,982
|
|
|
|
58,582
|
|
|
|
86,367
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total sales
|
|
|
127,982
|
|
|
|
58,582
|
|
|
|
86,367
|
|
Transfers from loans held for investment
|
|
|
(8,196
|
)
|
|
|
(2,681
|
)
|
|
|
(4,478
|
)
|
Changes in deferred fees and market value
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
(56
|
)
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total reductions
|
|
|
119,786
|
|
|
|
55,845
|
|
|
|
81,896
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease)
|
|
$
|
(1,125
|
)
|
|
|
980
|
|
|
|
(237
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MORTGAGE-BACKED AND RELATED SECURITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases
:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mortgage-backed securities:
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchases
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales
:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mortgage-backed securities:
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total sales
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal repayments
|
|
|
(10,224
|
)
|
|
|
(12,861
|
)
|
|
|
(20,053
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease
|
|
$
|
(10,224
|
)
|
|
|
(12,861
|
)
|
|
|
(20,053
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Classified Assets a
nd Delinquencies
Classification of Assets
.
Federal regulations require that each savings institution evaluate and classify its assets on a regular
basis. In addition, in connection with examinations of savings institutions, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) examiners may identify problem assets and, if appropriate, require
them to be classified with an adverse rating. There are three adverse classifications: substandard, doubtful and loss. Assets classified as substandard have one or more defined weaknesses and are characterized by the distinct possibility that the
Bank will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected. Assets classified as doubtful have the weaknesses of those classified as substandard, with additional characteristics that make collection in full on the basis of currently existing
facts, conditions and values questionable, and there is a high possibility of loss. An asset classified as loss is considered uncollectible and of such little value that continuance as an asset on the balance sheet of the institution is not
warranted. Assets classified as substandard or doubtful require the institution to establish prudent specific allowances for loan losses. If an asset, or portion thereof, is classified as loss, the institution must charge off such amount. If an
institution does not agree with an OCC or FDIC examiners classification of an asset, it may appeal the determination to the OCC District Director or the appropriate FDIC personnel, depending on the regulator. On the basis of managements
review of its assets, at December 31, 2012, the Bank classified a total of $106.0 million of its loans and other assets as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
One-to-Four
Family
|
|
|
Real Estate
Construction or
Development
|
|
|
Commercial and
Multi-family
|
|
|
Consumer
|
|
|
Commercial
Business
|
|
|
Other Assets
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Substandard
|
|
$
|
13,915
|
|
|
|
5,259
|
|
|
|
61,316
|
|
|
|
1,543
|
|
|
|
12,948
|
|
|
|
10,595
|
|
|
|
105,576
|
|
Doubtful
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
290
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
157
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
157
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
13,948
|
|
|
|
5,259
|
|
|
|
61,316
|
|
|
|
1,823
|
|
|
|
13,082
|
|
|
|
10,595
|
|
|
|
106,023
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Banks classified assets consist of non-performing loans and loans and other assets of concern discussed in
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (incorporated by reference in Item 7 of Part II of this Form 10-K). See Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report for
more information on classified assets. At December 31, 2012, these asset classifications were materially consistent with those of the OCC and FDIC.
Delinquency Procedures.
Generally, the following procedures apply to delinquent one-to-four family real estate loans. When a borrower fails to make a required payment on a loan, the Company
attempts to cure the delinquency by contacting the borrower. A late notice is sent on all loans over 16 days delinquent. Additional written and verbal contacts are made with the borrower between 30 and 60 days after the due date. If the loan is
contractually delinquent 90 days, the Company sends a 30-day demand letter to the borrower and after the loan is contractually delinquent 120 days, institutes appropriate action to foreclose on the property. If foreclosed, the property is sold at a
sheriffs sale and may be purchased by the Company. Delinquent commercial real estate and commercial business loans are generally handled in a similar manner. The Companys procedures for repossession and sale of consumer collateral are
subject to various requirements under state consumer protection laws.
Real estate acquired by the Company as a result of foreclosure is
typically classified as real estate in judgment for six to twelve months and thereafter as real estate owned until it is sold. When property is acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, it is recorded as real estate owned at the lower
of cost or estimated fair value less the estimated cost of disposition. After acquisition, all costs incurred in maintaining the property are expensed. Costs relating to the development and improvement of the property, however, are capitalized to
the extent of fair value less disposition cost.
The following table sets forth the Companys loan delinquencies by loan type, amount and
percentage of type at December 31, 2012 for loans past due 60 days or more.
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Loans Delinquent For:
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60-89 Days
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90 Days and Over
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Total Delinquent
Loans
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Percent
of Loan
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Percent
of Loan
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(Dollars in thousands)
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Number
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|
Amount
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Category
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|
Number
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Amount
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Category
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Number
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Amount
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One-to-four family real estate
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3
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$
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240
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|
0.25
|
%
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0
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$
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0
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0.00
|
%
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3
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|
$
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240
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0.25
|
%
|
Commercial real estate
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0
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0
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0.00
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6
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289
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|
0.13
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6
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289
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0.13
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Consumer
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5
|
|
|
|
80
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|
|
|
0.15
|
|
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0
|
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0
|
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|
0.00
|
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5
|
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|
80
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|
0.15
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Commercial business
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4
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106
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0.13
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3
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7,546
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9.45
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7
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7,652
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9.58
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Total
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12
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$
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426
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0.09
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%
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9
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$
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7,835
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1.65
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%
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21
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$
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8,261
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1.74
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%
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Loans delinquent for 90 days and over are generally non-accruing and are included in the Companys non-performing
asset total at December 31, 2012.
Investment Activities
The Company and the Bank utilize the available for sale securities portfolio in virtually all aspects of asset/liability management. In making investment
decisions, the Investment-Asset/Liability Committee considers, among other things, the yield and interest rate objectives, the credit risk position, and the Banks liquidity and projected cash flow requirements.
15
Securities.
Federally chartered savings institutions have the authority to invest in
various types of liquid assets, including United States Treasury obligations, securities of various federal agencies, certain certificates of deposit of insured banks and savings institutions, certain bankers acceptances, repurchase agreements
and federal funds. Subject to various restrictions, the holding company of a federally chartered savings institution may also invest its assets in commercial paper, investment grade corporate debt securities and mutual funds whose assets conform to
the investments that a federally chartered savings institution is otherwise authorized to make directly.
The investment strategy of the
Company and the Bank has been directed toward a mix of high-quality assets (primarily government agency obligations) with short and intermediate terms to maturity. At December 31, 2012, the Company did not own any investment securities of a
single issuer that exceeded 10% of the Companys stockholders equity other than U.S. government agency obligations.
The Bank
invests a portion of its liquid assets in interest-earning overnight deposits of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (FRB). Other investments include high grade medium-term (up to five years)
federal agency notes. The Company invests in the same type of investment securities as the Bank and may also invest in taxable and tax exempt municipal obligations and corporate equities such as preferred and common stock. Refer to Note 3 of the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report for additional information regarding the Companys securities portfolio (incorporated by reference in Item 8 of Part II of this Form 10-K).
16
The following table sets forth the composition of the Companys securities portfolio, excluding
mortgage-backed and related securities, at the dates indicated.
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December 31, 2012
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December 31, 2011
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December 31, 2010
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(Dollars in thousands)
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Amort
Cost
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|
|
Adjusted
To
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
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|
% of
Total
|
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Amort
Cost
|
|
|
Adjusted
To
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
|
% of
Total
|
|
|
Amort
Cost
|
|
|
Adjusted
To
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
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|
% of
Total
|
|
Securities available for sale:
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|
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U.S. Government agency obligations
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$
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75,059
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166
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75,225
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47.10
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%
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$
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105,000
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294
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105,294
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60.5
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%
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$
|
117,931
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(48
|
)
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117,883
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82.7
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%
|
Corporate preferred stock
(1)
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|
|
700
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(455
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)
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|
245
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|
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|
0.20
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|
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|
700
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(525
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)
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|
175
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|
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|
0.1
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|
700
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|
(525
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)
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|
175
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|
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|
0.1
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|
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|
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|
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Subtotal
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|
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75,759
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75,470
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|
|
|
47.30
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|
|
|
105,700
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
105,469
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|
|
|
60.6
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|
|
|
118,631
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
118,058
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|
|
|
82.8
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|
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
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|
|
4,063
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,063
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|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
|
4,222
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,222
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
|
|
|
6,743
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,743
|
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Total investment securities and Federal Home Loan Bank stock
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|
|
79,822
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79,533
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|
|
|
49.80
|
|
|
|
109,922
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
109,691
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|
|
|
63.0
|
|
|
|
125,374
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
124,801
|
|
|
|
87.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average remaining life of investment securities excluding
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
|
|
|
0.94 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.23 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.41 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other interest earning assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash equivalents
|
|
|
80,126
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
80,126
|
|
|
|
50.20
|
|
|
|
64,449
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
64,449
|
|
|
|
37.0
|
|
|
|
17,796
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,796
|
|
|
|
12.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
159,948
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
159,659
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
$
|
174,371
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
174,140
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
143,170
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
142,597
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average remaining life or term to repricing of investment securities and other interest earning assets, excluding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
|
|
|
0.51 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.76 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.36 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Average life assigned to corporate preferred stock holdings is five years.
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17
The composition and maturities of the investment securities portfolio, excluding FHLB stock, mortgage-backed
and related securities, are indicated in the following table.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
or Less
|
|
|
After 1
through 5
Years
|
|
|
After 5
through
10 Years
|
|
|
Over 10
Years
|
|
|
Total Securities
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
Amortized
Cost
|
|
|
Amortized
Cost
|
|
|
Amortized
Cost
|
|
|
Amortized
Cost
|
|
|
Amortized Cost
Adjusted To
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Securities available for sale:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. government agency securities
(1)
securities
|
|
$
|
60,020
|
|
|
|
15,039
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
75,059
|
|
|
|
166
|
|
|
|
75,225
|
|
Corporate preferred stock
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
700
|
|
|
|
700
|
|
|
|
(455
|
)
|
|
|
245
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
60,020
|
|
|
|
15,039
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
700
|
|
|
|
75,759
|
|
|
|
(289
|
)
|
|
|
75,470
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average yield
(2)
|
|
|
0.69
|
%
|
|
|
0.65
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
4.68
|
|
|
|
0.72
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Callable U.S. government agency securities maturity date based on first available call date that the security is anticipated to be called.
|
(2)
|
Yields are computed on a tax equivalent basis.
|
Mortgage-Backed and Related Securities
.
In order to supplement loan production and achieve its asset/liability management goals, the Company invests in mortgage-backed and related
securities. All of the mortgage-backed and related securities owned by the Company are issued, insured or guaranteed either directly or indirectly by a U.S. Government Agency. The Company had $10.4 million of mortgage-backed and related securities
classified as available for sale at December 31, 2012, compared to $20.6 million at December 31, 2011 and $33.5 million at December 31, 2010. The decrease in mortgage backed securities in 2012 and 2011 is the result of fewer purchases
by the Company and normal repayments. Fewer mortgage-backed securities were purchased due to the increased pricing and low interest rate environment over the past several years and the Companys desire to shorten the duration of new investment
purchases. The collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) in the Companys portfolio are issued by U.S. Government agencies and are not supported by subprime mortgages.
The contractual maturities of the mortgage-backed and related securities portfolio without any prepayment assumptions at December 31, 2012 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
5 Years
or Less
|
|
|
5 to 10
Years
|
|
|
10 to 20
Years
|
|
|
Over 20
Years
|
|
|
Dec. 31,
2012
Balance
Outstanding
|
|
Securities available for sale:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
|
|
$
|
2,865
|
|
|
|
3,098
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
5,963
|
|
Federal National Mortgage Association
|
|
|
1,498
|
|
|
|
2,879
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
4,377
|
|
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
4,363
|
|
|
|
6,058
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
10,421
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average yield
|
|
|
4.29
|
%
|
|
|
4.36
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
4.33
|
%
|
At December 31, 2012, the Company did not have any non-agency mortgage-backed or related securities in excess of 10%
of its stockholders equity.
CMOs are securities derived by reallocating the cash flows from mortgage-backed securities or pools of
mortgage loans in order to create multiple classes, or tranches, of securities with coupon rates and average lives that differ from the underlying collateral as a whole. The term to maturity of any particular tranche is dependent upon the prepayment
speed of the underlying collateral as well as the structure of the particular CMO. Although a significant proportion of the Companys CMOs are in tranches which have been structured (through the use of cash flow priority and support tranches)
to give somewhat more predictable cash flows, the cash flow and, therefore, the value of CMOs is subject to change.
At December 31, 2012
and 2011, the Company had no investments in CMOs that have floating interest rates that change either monthly or quarterly, and $1,000 was invested in these types of investments at December 31, 2010.
18
Mortgage-backed and related securities can serve as collateral for borrowings and, through sales and
repayments, as a source of liquidity. In addition, mortgage-backed and related securities available for sale can be sold to respond to changes in economic conditions.
Sources of Funds
General.
The
Banks primary sources of funds are retail, internet and brokered deposits, payments of loan principal, interest earned on loans and securities, repayments and maturities of securities, borrowings, sales of preferred shares and other funds
provided from operations.
Deposits.
The Bank offers a variety of deposit accounts to retail and commercial
customers having a wide range of interest rates and terms. The Banks deposits consist of savings accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW), money market, non-interest bearing checking and certificate accounts (including individual
retirement accounts). The Bank relies primarily on competitive pricing policies and customer service to attract and retain these deposits.
The variety of deposit accounts offered by the Bank has allowed it to be competitive in obtaining funds and to respond with flexibility to changes in
consumer demand. As customers have become more interest rate conscious, the Bank has become more susceptible to short-term fluctuations in deposit flows. The Bank manages the pricing of its deposits in keeping with its asset/liability management,
profitability and growth objectives. Based on its experience, the Bank believes that its savings and NOW accounts are relatively stable sources of deposits. However, the ability of the Bank to attract and maintain certificates of deposit and money
market accounts, and the rates paid on these deposits, has been and will continue to be significantly affected by market conditions. The decrease in deposits in 2012, 2011, and 2010 are the direct result of the Bank decreasing the amount of
outstanding loans in order to improve capital ratios. Deposits also decreased because of the sale of the Toledo, Iowa branch in the first quarter of 2012. Brokered deposits decreased $51.9 million, $39.6 million, and $103.1 million in 2012, 2011,
and 2010, respectively, as the proceeds from loan payoffs were used to pay off the outstanding brokered deposits that matured during the year. Pursuant to a regulatory directive, the Bank cannot renew any existing brokered deposits or accept any new
brokered deposits without the prior consent of the OCC.
The following table sets forth the savings flows at the Bank during the periods
indicated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Opening balance
|
|
$
|
620,128
|
|
|
|
683,230
|
|
|
|
796,011
|
|
Deposits
|
|
|
4,611,526
|
|
|
|
6,648,738
|
|
|
|
5,537,842
|
|
Withdrawals
|
|
|
(4,720,489
|
)
|
|
|
(6,682,944
|
)
|
|
|
(5,662,903
|
)
|
Deposits transferred to held for sale
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
(36,048
|
)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest credited
|
|
|
3,786
|
|
|
|
7,152
|
|
|
|
12,280
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending balance
|
|
|
514,951
|
|
|
|
620,128
|
|
|
|
683,230
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease
|
|
$
|
(105,177
|
)
|
|
|
(63,102
|
)
|
|
|
(112,781
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percent decrease
|
|
|
(16.96
|
)%
|
|
|
(9.23
|
)%
|
|
|
(14.16
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19
The following table sets forth the dollar amount of deposits in the various types of deposit programs
offered by the Bank as of December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
Transaction and Savings
Deposits
(1)
:
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Percent
of Total
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Percent
of Total
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Percent
of Total
|
|
Non-interest checking
|
|
$
|
101,198
|
|
|
|
19.6
|
%
|
|
$
|
113,188
|
|
|
|
18.3
|
%
|
|
$
|
96,581
|
|
|
|
14.1
|
%
|
NOW Accounts 0.02%
(2)
|
|
|
71,472
|
|
|
|
13.9
|
|
|
|
64,783
|
|
|
|
10.4
|
|
|
|
94,205
|
|
|
|
13.8
|
|
Savings Accounts 0.12%
(3)
|
|
|
42,691
|
|
|
|
8.3
|
|
|
|
36,071
|
|
|
|
5.8
|
|
|
|
33,973
|
|
|
|
5.0
|
|
Money Market Accounts 0.33%
(4)
|
|
|
111,000
|
|
|
|
21.6
|
|
|
|
108,876
|
|
|
|
17.6
|
|
|
|
114,357
|
|
|
|
16.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non-Certificates
|
|
$
|
326,361
|
|
|
|
63.4
|
%
|
|
$
|
322,918
|
|
|
|
52.1
|
%
|
|
$
|
339,116
|
|
|
|
49.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Certificates
:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.00 0.99%
|
|
$
|
90,103
|
|
|
|
17.5
|
%
|
|
$
|
72,768
|
|
|
|
11.7
|
%
|
|
$
|
41,311
|
|
|
|
6.1
|
%
|
1.00 1.99%
|
|
|
81,143
|
|
|
|
15.8
|
|
|
|
134,567
|
|
|
|
21.8
|
|
|
|
142,742
|
|
|
|
20.9
|
|
2.00 2.99%
|
|
|
15,063
|
|
|
|
2.9
|
|
|
|
65,842
|
|
|
|
10.6
|
|
|
|
105,126
|
|
|
|
15.4
|
|
3.00 3.99%
|
|
|
2,263
|
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
22,583
|
|
|
|
3.6
|
|
|
|
50,529
|
|
|
|
7.4
|
|
4.00 4.99%
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
1,450
|
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
4,113
|
|
|
|
0.6
|
|
5.00 5.99%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
293
|
|
|
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Certificates
|
|
|
188,590
|
|
|
|
36.6
|
%
|
|
|
297,210
|
|
|
|
47.9
|
%
|
|
|
344,114
|
|
|
|
50.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Deposits
|
|
$
|
514,951
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
620,128
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
683,230
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Reflects weighted average rates paid on transaction and savings deposits at December 31, 2012.
|
(2)
|
The weighted average rate on NOW Accounts for 2011 was 0.06% and 2010 was 0.11%.
|
(3)
|
The weighted average rate on Savings Accounts for 2011 was 0.17% and 2010 was 0.15%.
|
(4)
|
The weighted average rate on Money Market Accounts for 2011 was 0.46% and 2010 was 0.75%.
|
20
The following table shows rate and maturity information for the Banks certificates of deposit as of
December 31, 2012.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
Certificate accounts maturing in quarter ending:
|
|
0.00-
0.99%
|
|
|
1.00-
1.99%
|
|
|
2.00-
2.99%
|
|
|
3.00-
3.99%
|
|
|
4.00-
4.99%
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Percent
of Total
|
|
March 31, 2013
|
|
|
17,311
|
|
|
|
21,762
|
|
|
|
3,199
|
|
|
|
578
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
42,868
|
|
|
|
22.73
|
%
|
June 30, 2013
|
|
|
17,021
|
|
|
|
7,055
|
|
|
|
6,179
|
|
|
|
328
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
30,583
|
|
|
|
16.22
|
|
September 30, 2013
|
|
|
18,340
|
|
|
|
11,110
|
|
|
|
542
|
|
|
|
281
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
30,273
|
|
|
|
16.05
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
|
13,813
|
|
|
|
4,044
|
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
|
511
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
18,509
|
|
|
|
9.81
|
|
March 31, 2014
|
|
|
4,514
|
|
|
|
14,009
|
|
|
|
454
|
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
19,100
|
|
|
|
10.13
|
|
June 30, 2014
|
|
|
3,340
|
|
|
|
4,786
|
|
|
|
177
|
|
|
|
154
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
8,457
|
|
|
|
4.48
|
|
September 30, 2014
|
|
|
4,192
|
|
|
|
3,896
|
|
|
|
813
|
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
9,002
|
|
|
|
4.77
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
|
|
3,891
|
|
|
|
4,770
|
|
|
|
737
|
|
|
|
88
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
9,486
|
|
|
|
5.03
|
|
March 31, 2015
|
|
|
1,379
|
|
|
|
2,210
|
|
|
|
312
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
3,901
|
|
|
|
2.07
|
|
June 30, 2015
|
|
|
2,787
|
|
|
|
1,749
|
|
|
|
455
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
4,991
|
|
|
|
2.65
|
|
September 30, 2015
|
|
|
2,264
|
|
|
|
868
|
|
|
|
646
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
3,778
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
December 31, 2015
|
|
|
994
|
|
|
|
156
|
|
|
|
633
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
1,783
|
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
257
|
|
|
|
4,728
|
|
|
|
775
|
|
|
|
99
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
5,859
|
|
|
|
3.11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
90,103
|
|
|
|
81,143
|
|
|
|
15,063
|
|
|
|
2,263
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
188,590
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percent of total
|
|
|
47.78
|
%
|
|
|
43.02
|
%
|
|
|
7.99
|
%
|
|
|
1.20
|
%
|
|
|
0.01
|
%
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21
The following table indicates the amount of the Banks certificates of deposit and
other deposits by time remaining until maturity as of December 31, 2012.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 Months
or Less
|
|
|
Over
3 to 6
Months
|
|
|
Over
6 to 12
Months
|
|
|
Over
12
Months
|
|
|
Total
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
Certificates of deposit less than $100,000
|
|
$
|
24,037
|
|
|
|
18,293
|
|
|
|
33,744
|
|
|
|
46,972
|
|
|
|
123,046
|
|
Certificates of deposit of $100,000 or more
|
|
|
18,494
|
|
|
|
11,290
|
|
|
|
14,840
|
|
|
|
19,105
|
|
|
|
63,729
|
|
Public funds less than $100,000
(1)
|
|
|
88
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
|
214
|
|
Public funds of $100,000 or more
(1)
|
|
|
249
|
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
|
206
|
|
|
|
1,601
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total certificates of deposit
|
|
$
|
42,868
|
|
|
|
30,583
|
|
|
|
48,782
|
|
|
|
66,357
|
|
|
|
188,590
|
|
Savings Accounts of $100,000 or more
|
|
$
|
160,334
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
160,334
|
|
Accounts of $100,000 or more
|
|
$
|
179,077
|
|
|
|
12,290
|
|
|
|
14,986
|
|
|
|
19,311
|
|
|
|
225,664
|
|
(1)
|
Deposits from governmental and other public entities.
|
For additional information regarding the composition of the Banks deposits, see Note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report (incorporated by reference in
Item 8 of Part II of this Form 10-K). For additional information on certificate maturities and the impact on the Companys liquidity see Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
-Liquidity and Capital Resources of the Annual Report (incorporated by reference in Item 7 of Part II of this Form 10-K).
Borrowings.
The Banks other available sources of funds include advances from the FHLB and other borrowings from the Federal Reserve
Bank (FRB). As a member of the FHLB of Des Moines, the Bank is required to own capital stock in the FHLB and is authorized to apply for advances. Each FHLB credit program has its own interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, and range of
maturities. The FHLB may prescribe the acceptable uses for these advances, as well as limitations on the size of the advances and repayment provisions. Consistent with its asset/liability management strategy, the Bank has utilized FHLB advances from
time to time to fund loan demand and extend the term to maturity of its liabilities. The Bank also uses short-term FHLB and FRB borrowings to offset short term cash needs due to deposit outflows or loan fundings. At December 31, 2012, the Bank
had $70.0 million of FHLB advances and no FRB borrowings outstanding. All of the outstanding advances at December 31, 2012 have quarterly call provisions which allow the FHLB to request that the advance be paid back or refinanced at the rates
then being offered by the FHLB. On such date, the Bank had a collateral pledge arrangement with the FHLB pursuant to which the Bank may borrow up to an additional $55.5 million for liquidity purposes, subject to approval from the FHLB. The Bank also
had the ability to draw additional borrowings of $27.7 million from the FRB based upon the loans that were pledged as collateral at December 31, 2012. Refer to the information on pages 24 and 25 under the caption Liquidity and Capital
Resources in the Annual Report and Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report for more information on FHLB advances and FRB borrowings (incorporated by reference in Items 7 and 8 of Part II of this Form
10-K).
Service Corporations of the Bank
As a federally chartered savings bank, the Bank is permitted by OCC regulations to invest up to 2% of its assets in the stock of, or loans to, service corporation subsidiaries, and may invest an
additional 1% of its assets in service corporations where these additional funds are used for inner-city or community development purposes. In addition to investments in service corporations, federal institutions are permitted to invest an unlimited
amount in operating subsidiaries engaged solely in activities in which a federal savings bank may engage directly.
OIA is the Banks
sole subsidiary. OIA is a Minnesota corporation that was organized in 1983 and operated as an insurance agency until 1986 when its assets were sold. OIA remained inactive until 1993 when it began offering credit life insurance, annuity and mutual
fund products to the Banks customers and others. OIA currently offers a variety of financial planning products and services.
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Competition
The Bank faces strong competition both in originating real estate, commercial and consumer loans and in attracting deposits. Competition in originating loans comes primarily from mortgage bankers,
commercial banks, credit unions and other savings institutions which have offices in the Banks market area and those that operate through Internet banking operations throughout the United States. The Bank competes for loans principally on the
basis of the interest rates and loan fees it charges, the types of loans it originates and the quality of services it provides to borrowers.
Competition for deposits is principally from mutual funds, securities firms, commercial banks, credit unions and other savings institutions located in
the same communities and those that operate through Internet banking operations throughout the United States. The ability of the Bank to attract and retain deposits depends on its ability to provide an investment opportunity that satisfies the
requirements of investors as to rate of return, liquidity, risk, convenience and other factors. The Bank competes for these deposits by offering a variety of deposit accounts at competitive rates, convenient business hours and a customer oriented
staff.
Other Corporations Owned by the Company
HMN has one other wholly owned subsidiary, SFC, which is currently not actively engaged in any activities.
Employees
At December 31, 2012, the Company had a total of
204 employees, of which 162 were full-time employees. None of the employees of the Company or its subsidiaries are represented by any collective bargaining unit. Management considers its employee relations to be good.
Regulation and Supervision
The banking industry is highly regulated. As a savings and loan holding company, the Company is presently subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB). The Bank, a federally-chartered savings
association, is also subject to extensive regulation, supervision and examination by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which is the Banks primary federal regulator. The FDIC also has authority to regulate the Bank.
Subsidiaries of the Company and the Bank may also be subject to state regulation and/or licensing in connection with certain insurance and investment activities. The Company and the Bank are subject to numerous laws and regulations. These laws and
regulations impose restrictions on activities, set minimum capital requirements, impose lending and deposit restrictions and establish other restrictions. References in this section to applicable statutes and regulations are brief and incomplete
summaries only. You should consult the statutes and regulations for a full understanding of the details of their operation. Changes in statutes, regulation or regulatory policies applicable to the Bank or the Company, including interpretation or
implementation thereof, could have a material effect on the Companys business.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act
On July 21, 2010, the President signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank
Act). This new law significantly changes the regulatory structure for financial institutions and their holding companies and affects the lending, deposit, investment, trading and operating activities of financial institutions and their holding
companies. The Dodd-Frank Act (i) restructured the federal bank regulatory structure and abolished the OTS; (ii) created a new consumer protection agency called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with extensive rulemaking
power with regard to consumer financial products and services and supervisory and enforcement powers over certain institutions including depository institutions with assets of more than $10 billion; (iii) provided the U.S. Department of the
Treasury (Treasury), the FDIC and the FRB orderly liquidation powers to close large financial (including non-bank) institutions; (iv) established a new Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to identify and respond to emerging risks
throughout the financial system; (v) adopted new standards for the mortgage industry; (vi) established new federal regulation of the derivatives market; (vii) restricts proprietary trading by depository institutions and their holding
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large, complex financial companies to prepare plans for their wind up; (ix) established new regulation of the securitization market requiring enhanced disclosure and retention of risk
requirements; (x) places strict limits on debit card interchange fees charged by depository institutions to retailers; (xi) established new and enhanced compensation and corporate governance oversight for the financial services industry;
(xii) adopted new federal hedge fund regulation; (xiii) established new fiduciary duties and regulation of broker dealers, investment companies and investment advisors; (xiv) requires the federal banking agencies to adopt new and
enhanced capital standards for all depository institutions and, for the first time, requires specific capital standards for savings and loan holding companies; (xv) narrows the scope of federal preemption for national banks and federal thrifts;
and (xvi) places a moratorium on ownership of industrial loan and credit card banks by non-financial companies. The Dodd-Frank Act requires various federal agencies to adopt a broad range of new implementing rules and regulations, and to
prepare numerous studies and reports for Congress. Federal banking regulators and other agencies including, among others, the CFPB, have been engaged in extensive rule-making efforts to implement the Dodd-Frank Act. Some of the resulting regulations
are referenced herein. Some components of the Dodd-Frank Act have yet to be finalized, and it is difficult to predict the ultimate effect of the Dodd-Frank Act on the Company or the Bank at this time.
Holding Company Regulation
An
entity that owns a savings association is a savings and loan holding company (SLHC). If a holding company owns more than one savings association, it is a multiple SLHC; if it owns only one savings association, it is a unitary SLHC. The Company is a
unitary SLHC. The Home Owners Loan Act (HOLA) historically limited multiple SLHCs and their non-savings association subsidiaries to financial activities and services and to activities authorized for bank holding companies, but unitary SLHCs, in the
past, were not subject to restrictions on the activities that could be conducted by holding companies or their affiliates.
In November of
1999, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the GLB Act) was signed into law. The GLB Act made significant changes to laws regulating the financial services industry. Changes included (i) prohibitions on new unitary SLHCs from engaging in non-financial
activities or affiliating with non-financial entities; and (ii) modifications to the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Unitary SLHCs, such as the Company, that were in existence or had an application filed with the OTS on or before May 4,
1999, are not subject to the new restrictions on unitary SLHCs. As a result, the GLB Act did not affect the Companys ability to control non-financial firms or engage in non-financial activities.
In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act, the OTS was integrated into the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on July 21, 2011 and the
primary banking regulator for the Company became the FRB. The FRB supervises and regulates all savings and loan holding companies, including the Company, that were formerly regulated by the OTS. The Dodd-Frank Act also codifies the FRBs
so-called source of strength doctrine. While the OTS had suggested that SLHCs were to serve as a source of support, the OTS did not have a formal policy. The source of strength doctrine requires financial institution holding
companies, such as the Company, to provide financial assistance to their subsidiary financial institutions in the event of financial distress. The Dodd-Frank Act and applicable FRB regulations now subject all SLHCs to the source-of-strength
doctrine. The regulations do not explicitly authorize the FRB to compel an SLHC to recapitalize a subsidiary savings association, but the FRB does have broad enforcement authority over SLHCs. The practical impact of this for the Company is still
unclear. It may mean that the Company should be able to demonstrate its ability to access the capital markets for additional funds. The Dodd-Frank Act does not directly alter grandfathered unitary SLHCs ability to engage in non-financial
activities. However, the FRB now has the authority to require a grandfathered unitary SLHC to form an intermediate holding company to serve as the direct parent of a thrift, and it is possible that the FRB would impose other restrictions if the
Company sought to engage in non-financial activities.
Acquisitions by Savings and Loan Holding Companies.
Acquisition of a savings
association or a savings and loan holding company is generally subject to FRB approval and the public must have an opportunity to comment on the proposed acquisition. Without prior approval from the FRB, the Company may not acquire, directly or
indirectly, control of another savings association.
Examination and Reporting.
Under HOLA and FRB regulations, the Company, as a SLHC,
must file periodic reports with the FRB. In addition, the Company must comply with FRB record keeping requirements and is
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subject to holding company supervision and examination by the FRB. The FRB may take enforcement action if the activities of a SLHC constitute a serious risk to the financial safety, soundness or
stability of a subsidiary savings association.
Affiliate Transactions.
The Bank, as a holding company subsidiary that is a depository
institution, is subject to both qualitative and quantitative limitations on transactions with the Company and the Companys other subsidiaries. See Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.
Capital Adequacy.
The Company entered into a Supervisory Agreement with the OTS effective February 22, 2011. The Supervisory Agreement
required that the Company submit a consolidated capital plan by May 31, 2011 (and thereafter the plan is to be updated on an annual basis commencing January 31, 2012) for approval by the OTS (the Capital Plan), which had to
include a proposed minimum tangible equity capital ratio commensurate with the Companys consolidated risk profile, projections demonstrating the Companys ability to attain and maintain the minimum tangible equity capital ratio including
detailed scenarios to stress-test such ratio. In addition, the Supervisory Agreement requires that the Company: (i) not declare, make or pay any cash dividends on any of its stock or make any other capital distributions or purchase or redeem
any of its stock without the prior consent of the FRB; (ii) not incur any debt or pay any interest or principal payments thereon, increase any current lines of credit or guarantee the debt of any entity without the prior consent of the FRB;
(iii) comply with existing notification requirements pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the FRB with respect to changes in directors and certain executive officers; (iv) not make any golden parachute payment unless such
payment complies with the applicable rules and regulations of the FDIC; and (v) not enter into any new contractual arrangement or renew or revise any existing contractual arrangement related to compensation or benefits with any director or
certain executive officers without the prior consent of the FRB, with any such arrangement to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the FRB and FDIC. In addition, beginning in July 2015, for the first time, SLHCs, including the
Company, will be subject to formal capital requirements. As such, the Company will be required to hold capital in the same amount and of the same type that is required for insured depository institutions. The Bank is already subject to various
capital requirements. See Capital Requirements. In accordance with the Companys Supervisory Agreement, we submitted a two year capital plan by May 31, 2011 to the OTS. The Company submitted an updated two-year capital plan in
January 2012 and January 2013.
Bank Regulation
Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, the OTS bank regulatory powers were transferred to other agencies on July 21, 2011, and the OTS was subsequently abolished. As a result, the OCC became the Banks
primary federal regulator. Rulemaking with respect to consumer financial protection functions was transferred to the CFPB and supervision, examination and enforcement of consumer protection and safety and soundness requirements are with the OCC.
As a federally-chartered savings association, the Bank is subject to regulation and supervision by the OCC. Federal law authorizes the Bank,
as a federal savings association, to conduct, subject to various conditions and limitations, business activities that include: accepting deposits and paying interest on them; making and buying loans secured by residential and other real estate;
making a limited amount of consumer loans; making a limited amount of commercial loans; investing in corporate obligations, government debt securities, and other securities; and offering various banking, trust, securities and insurance agency
services to its customers.
Savings associations are expected to conduct lending activities in a prudent, safe and sound manner. The OCC
regulates the safety and soundness of the Bank by enforcing statutory limits on the Banks lending and investment powers. OCC regulations set aggregate limits on certain types of loans including commercial business, commercial real estate, and
consumer loans. OCC regulations also establish limits on loans to a single borrower. As of December 31, 2012, the Banks lending limit to one borrower was approximately $12.7 million. A federal savings association generally may not invest
in noninvestment-grade debt securities. A federal savings association may establish subsidiaries to conduct any activity the association is authorized to conduct and may establish service corporation subsidiaries for limited preapproved activities.
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The Bank entered into a Supervisory Agreement with the OTS effective February 22, 2011. The Supervisory
Agreement required that the Bank submit an updated business plan by May 31, 2011 (and thereafter the plan is to be updated on an annual basis commencing January 31, 2012) for approval by the OTS (the Business Plan), including
strategies to ensure that the Bank has the financial and personnel resources necessary to implement the Business Plan and maintain compliance with applicable regulatory capital requirements, plans to improve the Banks core earnings and achieve
profitability, financial projections and strategies to stress-test and adjust earnings forecasts based on results of operations, economic conditions and quality of the Banks loan portfolio. In addition, the Supervisory Agreement requires that
the Bank (i) submit a detailed plan to reduce the Banks level of problem assets which must address quarterly targets for the level of problem assets as a percentage of Tier 1 (Core) Capital plus the allowance for loan and
lease losses (ALLL) and a description of methods for attaining such targets as well as specific workout plans for certain adversely classified loans (generally those in excess of $1,000,000); (ii) revise its loan modification
policy; (iii) revise its program for identifying, monitoring and controlling risk associated with concentrations of credit; (iv) revise its documentation of its policies and procedures relating to the calculation of ALLL; (v) not
declare or pay any dividends or make any other capital distributions without at least 30 days prior written notice to, and approval of, the OCC; (vi) not increase its total assets during any quarter in excess of the net interest credited on
deposit liabilities during the prior quarter without the consent of the OCC; and (vii) not enter into any significant arrangement or contract with a third party service provider without the prior consent of the OCC. The Supervisory Agreement
also provides that the Bank is subject to restrictions on changes in directors and certain executive officers, golden parachute payments and employment and compensatory arrangements as applicable to the Company pursuant to the Companys
Supervisory Agreement. In accordance with the Banks Supervisory Agreement, the Bank submitted a two year business plan by May 31, 2011 and the OCC accepted the plan with the expectation that the Bank would meet the capital requirements in
connection with the IMCR described below. The Bank submitted updated two-year plans in January 2012 and January 2013 to the OCC.
Qualified
Thrift Lender Test.
Savings associations, including the Bank, must be qualified thrift lenders (QTLs). A savings association generally satisfies the QTL requirement if at least 65% of a specified asset base consists of assets such as loans to
small businesses and loans to purchase or improve domestic residential real estate. Savings associations may qualify as QTLs in other ways. Savings associations that do not qualify as QTLs are subject to significant restrictions on their operations.
If the Bank fails to meet QTL requirements, the Bank and the Company would face certain limitations, including potential enforcement action by the OCC and, as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, a statutory bar to the payment by the Bank of dividends
except under prescribed conditions including approval by the OCC. As of December 31, 2012, the Bank met the QTL test.
OCC
Assessments.
The OCC is authorized by statute to charge assessments to cover the costs of examining the financial institutions it regulates and to fund its operations. The Banks OCC assessments for the year ended December 31, 2012
were approximately $312,000. While all SLHCs, including the Company, were subject to examination fees imposed by the OTS, the FRB has not assessed fees for its examination function.
Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.
Savings associations, like banks, are subject to affiliate and insider transaction restrictions. The restrictions prohibit or limit a savings association
from extending credit to, or entering into certain covered transactions with affiliates, principal stockholders, directors and executive officers of the savings association and its affiliates. The term affiliate generally includes a
holding company, such as the Company, and any company under common control with the savings association. Federal law limits covered transactions between the Bank and any one affiliate to 10% of the Banks capital and surplus and with all
affiliates in the aggregate to 20%. In addition, the federal law governing unitary savings and loan holding companies prohibits the Bank from making any loan to any affiliate whose activity is not permitted for a subsidiary of a bank holding
company. This law also prohibits the Bank from making any equity investment in any affiliate that is not its subsidiary. The Bank is currently in compliance with these requirements. The Dodd-Frank Act expanded the limitations on transactions with
affiliates to cover transactions that create credit risk. Covered transactions now include derivatives and the borrowing and lending of securities. Repurchase agreements with affiliates are now subject to collateralization requirements. This change
is not expected to affect the Bank or the Company.
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Dividend Restrictions.
Federal law limits the ability of a depository institution, such as the Bank,
to pay dividends or make other capital distributions. The Bank, as a subsidiary of a savings and loan holding company, must file a notice with the OCC before payment of a dividend or approval of a proposed capital distribution by its board of
directors and must obtain prior approval from the OCC if it fails to meet certain regulatory conditions. The Bank did not declare or distribute any dividends to the Company in 2012. In addition, the Bank Supervisory Agreement states that the Bank
may not declare or pay any dividends or make any other capital distributions without at least 30 days prior written notice to, and approval of, the OCC.
Deposit Insurance.
The FDIC insures the deposits of the Bank through the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF). The DIF is funded by assessments of FDIC members such as the Bank. The FDIC applies a
risk-based system for setting deposit insurance assessments. Under the risk-based assessment system, an institutions insurance assessments vary according to the level of capital the institution holds and the degree to which it is the subject
of supervisory concern.
The Dodd-Frank Act instituted three significant changes that modify the way DIF is managed by the FDIC and
capitalized. Some of the changes will not impact the Bank or the Company as they only apply to insured depository institutions with more than $10 billion is assets. The changes to DIF were as follows: (i) the assessment base on which deposit
insurance is determined was modified to base assessments on the average total consolidated assets of an insured depository institution minus the sum of average tangible equity of the insured depository institution during the assessment period, which
increases the assessment burden on larger banks (which tend to rely more heavily on non-deposit liabilities than smaller banks); (ii) the DIF reserve ratio floor was raised from 1.15% to 1.35% (complete implementation of the higher reserve
ratio is to be fully implemented by September 30, 2020, offsetting for the impact of deposit insurance assessments on institutions with less than $10 billion in consolidated assets, meaning that assessments on larger institutions will be
responsible for the 20 basis point increase); and (iii) a requirement that the FDIC pay dividends to insured depository institutions whenever the DIF exceeds a reserve ratio of 1.35% was repealed.
In December 2009, the Bank was required to make a prepayment of $5.0 million, which represented an estimate of FDIC assessments for the fourth quarter of
2009 and for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. This amount was set up as a prepaid expense at December 31, 2009 and is being expensed quarterly as the FDIC charges are assessed. The amount of prepaid deposit insurance expense remaining at
December 31, 2012 is approximately $342,000. During 2012, the Bank was assessed approximately $1.1 million for the DIF.
In addition to
deposit insurance assessments, the FDIC is authorized to collect assessments against insured deposits to be paid to the Financing Corporation (FICO) to service the FICO debt incurred in the 1980s. The FICO assessment rate is adjusted
quarterly. In 2012, the Bank paid a FICO assessment of approximately $43,000.
Capital Requirements and Prompt Corrective Action
Requirements
. 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 Companys 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 Banks assets, liabilities and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Quantitative measures established by regulations to ensure capital adequacy
require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of Tier 1 (Core) capital, and Risk-based capital to total assets (in each case as defined in the regulations). The Banks capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative
judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of
1991 (FDICIA) established five capital categories: 1) well-capitalized; 2) adequately capitalized; 3) undercapitalized; 4) significantly undercapitalized; and 5) critically undercapitalized. The activities in which a
depository institution may engage and regulatory responsibilities of federal bank regulatory agencies vary depending upon whether an institution is well-capitalized, adequately capitalized or undercapitalized. Undercapitalized institutions are
subject to various restrictions such as limitations on dividends and growth. A depository institutions prompt corrective action capital category depends upon where its capital levels are in relation to relevant capital measures, which include
a risk-based capital measure and certain other factors. The federal banking agencies (including the OCC) adopted
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regulations that implement this statutory framework. Under these regulations, an institution is generally treated as well-capitalized if its ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets is
10.00% or more, its ratio of core capital to risk-weighted assets is 6.00% or more, its ratio of core capital to adjusted total assets (leverage ratio) is 5.00% or more, and it is not subject to any federal supervisory order or directive to meet a
specific capital level. In order to be adequately capitalized, an institution must have a total risk-based capital ratio of not less than 8.00%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of not less than 4.00%, and a leverage ratio of not less than 4.00%.
Any institution that is neither well-capitalized nor adequately capitalized will be considered undercapitalized.
In addition to the capital
standards of the prompt corrective action regulations, the OCC has established an individual minimum capital requirement (IMCR) for the Bank. An IMCR requires a bank to establish and maintain levels of capital greater than those generally required
for a bank to be classified as well-capitalized. Effective December 31, 2011, the Bank was required to establish, and subsequently maintain, core capital at least equal to 8.5% of adjusted total assets, which was in excess of the
Banks 7.14% core capital to adjusted total assets ratio at December 31, 2011. In February 2012, the Bank received a notice from the OCC arising out of its failure to establish and maintain its IMCR of 8.5% core capital to adjusted total
assets at December 31, 2011. In April 2012, the Bank submitted to the OCC a further written capital plan of how it would achieve and maintain its IMCR, and a contingency plan in the event the IMCR is not achieved through the
Banks primary plan. As a result of a decrease in assets and improved financial results, the Banks core capital to adjusted total assets ratio improved to 9.68% at December 31, 2012. The Banks failure to comply with the terms
of the IMCR was, and could in the future be, deemed an unsafe and unsound banking practice.
At December 31, 2012, the Banks
capital amounts and ratios are presented for (a) actual capital, (b) required capital and ratios under the Prompt Corrective Actions regulations, and (c) required capital and ratios under the IMCR to which the Bank is subject:
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Management believes that, as of December 31, 2012, the Banks capital ratios were in excess of those
quantitative capital ratio standards set forth under the prompt corrective action regulations described above and was well capitalized within the meaning of these prompt corrective action regulations. However, there can be no assurance
that the Bank will continue to maintain such status in the future. The OCC has extensive discretion in its supervisory and enforcement activities, and can downgrade the Banks prompt corrective action capital category by one level.
Under applicable banking regulations, the failure to satisfy the terms of the Supervisory Agreements and the IMCR, and failure to otherwise comply with
applicable requirements as they arise, could subject the Company, the Bank and its directors and officers to such restrictions, legal actions or sanctions as the OCC considers appropriate. Possible sanctions include among others (i) the
imposition of one or more cease and desist orders requiring corrective action, which are enforceable directives that may address any aspect of the Company or Bank management, operations or capital, including requirements to change management, raise
equity capital, dispose of assets or effect a change of control; (ii) civil money penalties; and (iii) downgrades in the capital adequacy status
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of the Company and the Bank. These regulatory actions may significantly restrict the ability of the Company and the Bank to take operating and strategic actions that may be in the best interests
of stockholders or compel the Company and the Bank to take operating and strategic actions that are not potentially in the best interests of stockholders.
The capital requirements of the Company and the Bank may be affected in the future by regulatory changes proposed by the FRB, the FDIC and the OCC in June 2012 (Proposed Rules). In November 2012, these
federal regulatory agencies issued a press release referencing these proposals and industry participants concerns that they might be subject to a final regulatory capital rules on January 1, 2013, with insufficient time to understand and
make necessary changes based on the rule. The press release further stated that, in light of comments received during the comment period on the proposed changes, the agencies do not expect that any of the proposed rules would become effective
on January 1, 2013 and will take operational and other considerations into account when determining appropriate implementation dates and associated transition periods. In any event, the Proposed Rules remain pending and, as
yet, have not resulted in final rules. The details of such final rules, and their implementation schedule, remain uncertain.
As proposed by
the FRB, the FDIC and the OCC in June 2012, the new capital rules would require the Company and the Bank to (1) establish a new minimum common equity Tier 1 ratio of 4.5% of risk-weighted assets; (2) raise the minimum Tier 1 capital ratio
from 4.0% to 6.0% of risk-weighted assets; (3) maintain the minimum total capital ratio of 8.0% of risk-weighted assets; and (4) maintain a ratio of minimum Tier 1 capital to adjusted total assets of 4.0%. As originally proposed, these
changes would have been phased in incrementally beginning January 1, 2013 to provide time for banking organizations to meet the new capital standards, with full implementation to occur by January 1, 2015.
In addition, the Proposed Rules would add a requirement for a minimum common equity Tier 1 capital conservation buffer of 2.5% of risk-weighted assets
(Conservation Buffer) to be applied to the common equity Tier 1 capital ratio, the Tier 1 capital ratio and the total capital ratio. Therefore, application of the Conservation Buffer would result in (1) a common equity Tier 1 ratio of 7% of
risk-weighted assets; (2) a Tier 1 capital ratio of 8.5% of risk-weighted assets; and (3) a total capital ratio of 10.5% of risk-weighted assets. Failure to maintain the Conservation Buffer would result in restrictions on capital
distributions and certain discretionary cash bonus payments to executive officers. As originally proposed, the required minimum Conservation Buffer would be phased in incrementally beginning January 1, 2016, with full implementation by
January 1, 2019. An institution would be subject to limitations on paying dividends, engaging in share repurchases, and paying discretionary bonuses if its capital falls below the Conservation Buffer. These limitations would establish a maximum
percentage of eligible retained income that could be utilized for such actions.
The Proposed Rules would also revise the definition of
capital to improve the ability of regulatory capital instruments to absorb losses and revise the rules for calculating risk-weighted assets to enhance risk sensitivity, which will exclude certain non-qualifying capital instruments, including
cumulative preferred stock (other than preferred securities issued in connection with the TARP Capital Purchase Program) and trust preferred securities, as a component of Tier 1 capital. The Proposed Rules set forth certain changes for the
calculation of risk-weighted assets, which, according to the original proposal, the Company and the Bank would be required to utilize beginning January 1, 2015. The Proposed Rules utilize an increased number of credit risk exposure categories
and risk weights, and also addresses: (1) a proposed alternative standard of creditworthiness consistent with Section 939A of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; (2) revisions to recognition of credit risk
mitigation; (3) rules for risk weighting of equity exposures and past due loans; and (4) revised capital treatment for derivatives and repo-style transactions.
The Proposed Rules also revise certain of the prompt corrective action regulations described above. As proposed, these revisions would take effect January 1, 2015. Under the prompt corrective action
regulations, the Bank would be required to meet the following capital level requirements in order to qualify as well capitalized: (1) a new common equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 6.5% of risk-weighted assets; (2) a Tier 1
capital ratio of 8% (increased from 6%) of risk-weighted assets; (3) a total capital ratio of 10% (unchanged from current rules) of risk-weighted assets; and (4) a Tier 1 capital to adjusted total assets ratio of 5% (unchanged from current
rules). The IMCR
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requirement discussed above is currently higher than the Tier 1 capital to adjusted total assets of 5.0% that would be required by the Proposed Rules.
The details and implementation schedule for final capital rules remain uncertain. The Company and the Bank are continuing to review the potential impact
of the Proposed Rules on its future capital requirements.
Other Regulations and Examination Authority.
The FDIC has adopted
regulations to protect the DIF and depositors, including regulations governing the deposit insurance of various forms of accounts. Federal regulation of depository institutions is intended for the protection of depositors, and not for the protection
of stockholders or other creditors. In addition, federal law requires that in any liquidation or other resolution of any FDIC-insured depository institution, claims for administrative expenses of the receiver and for deposits in U.S. branches
(including claims of the FDIC as subrogee of the insured institution) shall have priority over the claims of general unsecured creditors.
The
OCC may sanction any OCC-regulated bank that does not operate in accordance with OCC regulations, policies and directives. The FDIC has additional authority to terminate insurance of accounts, after notice and hearing, upon a finding that the
insured institution is or has engaged in any unsafe or unsound practice that has not been corrected, is operating in an unsafe or unsound condition, or has violated any applicable law, regulation, rule, or order of or condition imposed by the FDIC.
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System.
The Bank is a member of the FHLB of Des Moines, which is one of the 12 regional Federal
Home Loan Banks (FHBs). The primary purpose of the FHBs is to provide funding to their saving association members in support of the home financing credit function of the members. Each FHB serves as a reserve or central bank for its members within
its assigned region. FHBs are funded primarily from proceeds derived from the sale of consolidated obligations of the FHLB System. FHBs make loans or advances to members in accordance with policies and procedures established by the board of
directors of the FHB. These policies and procedures are subject to the regulation and oversight of the Federal Housing Financing Board. All advances from an FHB are required to be fully secured by sufficient collateral as determined by the FHB.
Long-term advances are required to be used for residential home financing and small business and agricultural loans.
As a member, the Bank is
required to purchase and maintain stock in the FHLB of Des Moines. As of December 31, 2012, the Bank had $4.1 million in FHLB stock, which was in compliance with this requirement. The Bank receives dividends on its FHLB stock. In December
2012, the FHLB notified its members that it was changing its dividend philosophy to one that differentiates between membership and activity-based capital stock. Based on the FHLBs most recent quarterly filing on Form 10-Q for the nine months
ended September 30, 2012, the effective combined annualized dividend rate paid on both subclasses of its capital stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was 2.95% and 3.00%, respectively. Based on implementation of
the new dividend philosophy, it is anticipated that the dividend rate paid on the Banks outstanding FHLB stock will continue to be lower than it has been historically.
Other Regulation.
Under Federal Reserve Board regulations, the Bank is required to maintain reserves against transaction accounts (primarily interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking
accounts). Historically, reserves generally have been maintained in cash or in noninterest-bearing accounts, thereby effectively increasing an institutions cost of funds. These regulations generally require that the Bank maintain reserves
against net transaction accounts. The reserve levels are subject to adjustment by the Federal Reserve Board. The policy of not paying interest on reserves was changed on October 6, 2008. The Federal Reserve Board will utilize the rate of
interest paid on reserves to conduct monetary policy. A savings association, like other depository institutions maintaining reservable accounts, may, under certain conditions, borrow from the Federal Reserve Bank discount window.
Numerous other regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board, CFPB or the OCC affect the business operations of the Bank. These include but are
not limited to regulations relating to privacy, equal credit access, mortgage lending and foreclosure practices, electronic fund transfers, collection of checks, lending and savings disclosures, and availability of funds.
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The recently-created CFPB has broad authority to develop new rules and interpretations with respect to
consumer financial products and services. As a result, the CFPB has the potential to reshape consumer-related laws affecting the Bank, even though its examination and enforcement authority currently does not extend to the Bank.
The CFPBs rule-making activities include, among other things, the issuance in January 2013 of final rules implementing the Dodd-Frank Act mortgage
lending requirements, including the ability-to-repay requirement for mortgage lending together with certain safe harbors and rebuttable presumptions of compliance associated with qualified mortgages. The Company and the Bank
will be assessing the impact of these rules, which are scheduled to become effective for mortgage loan applications in January 2014, as well as the impact of concurrent proposals by the CFPB to amend those rules.
Community Reinvestment Act.
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) requires financial institutions regulated by the federal financial
supervisory agencies to ascertain and help meet the credit needs of their delineated communities, including low-to moderate-income neighborhoods within those communities, while maintaining safe and sound banking practices. The regulatory agency
assigns one of four possible ratings to an institutions CRA performance and is required to make public an institutions rating and written evaluation. The four possible ratings of meeting community credit needs are outstanding,
satisfactory, needs improvement and substantial noncompliance. Under regulations that apply to all CRA performance evaluations after July 1, 1997, many factors play a role in assessing a financial institutions CRA performance. The
institutions regulator must consider its financial capacity and size, legal impediments, local economic conditions and demographics, including the competitive environment in which it operates. The evaluation does not rely on absolute
standards, and the institutions are not required to perform specific activities or to provide specific amounts or types of credit. The Bank maintains a CRA statement for public viewing, as well as an annual CRA highlights document. These documents
describe the Banks credit programs and services, community outreach activities, public comments and other efforts to meet community credit needs. The Banks last CRA exam was January 18, 2011 and the Bank received a
satisfactory rating under the Intermediate Small Savings Association criteria.
Bank Secrecy Act.
The Bank Secrecy Act
(BSA) requires financial institutions to verify the identity of customers, keep records and file reports that are determined to have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax and regulatory matters, and to implement anti-money laundering
programs and compliance procedures. The impact on Bank operations from the BSA depends on the types of customers served by the Bank.
Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program
On October 3, 2008, the federal government enacted the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA). EESA was enacted to provide liquidity to the U.S. financial system and lessen the impact of
accelerating economic problems. The EESA included broad authority. The centerpiece of the EESA was the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). EESAs broad authority was interpreted to allow the Treasury to purchase equity interests in both
healthy and troubled financial institutions. The equity purchase program is commonly referred to as the Capital Purchase Program (CPP). The Company elected to participate in the CPP and sold series A preferred stock to the Treasury in December 2008.
As a participant in the CPP, the Company was subject to the regulatory requirements of the EESA, as amended, and the interim final rule published on June 15, 2009, 31 C.F.R. Part 30, TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance
(IFR), which imposed, among other things, certain restrictions on executive compensation and corporate governance practices. Further, series A preferred stockholders are entitled to a 5% annual cumulative compounding dividend for each of the first
five years of the investment, increasing to 9% thereafter, unless the Company redeems the shares. The Company has deferred the last nine quarterly dividend payments, beginning with the February 15, 2011 dividend payment, on the series A
preferred stock. The deferred dividend payments have been accrued for payment in the future and are being reported for the deferral period as a preferred dividend requirement that is deducted from income for financial statement purposes to arrive at
the net income (loss) available to common shareholders. Under the terms of the certificate of designations for the series A preferred stock, dividend payments may be deferred, but the dividend is cumulative and compounding when unpaid and, since the
Company failed to pay dividends for six quarters, the holders of series A preferred stock have the right to appoint two representatives to the Companys board of directors.
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On February 8, 2013, the Treasury sold the series A preferred stock issued by the Company to
unaffiliated third party investors in a private transaction for $18.8 million. The Company received no proceeds from the sale and it had no effect on the terms of the outstanding series A preferred stock, including the Companys obligation to
satisfy accrued and unpaid compounded dividends prior to the payment of any dividend or other distribution to holders of junior stock, including the Companys common stock, and an increase in the dividend rate from 5% to 9%, commencing with the
dividend payment date of February 15, 2014. Further, the sale of the series A preferred stock had no effect on the Companys capital, financial condition or results of operations. Because of the sale, the Company generally is no longer
subject to the various executive compensation and corporate governance restrictions to which participants in Treasurys CPP were subject while Treasury held the series A preferred stock. In addition, the Company has been advised that the
current holders of substantially all of the series A preferred stock have entered into agreements with the FRB pursuant to which they have each agreed not to take actions, without the consent of the FRB, which might be construed as exercising or
attempting to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of the Company or the Bank, including exercise of any right to elect any representatives to the Companys board of directors.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Officers are chosen by and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank. There are no family relationships among any of the directors or officers of the Company and the
Bank. The business experience of each executive officer of both the Company and the Bank is set forth below.
Bradley C.
Krehbiel
, age 54.
Mr. Krehbiel has been a director of the Company since November 2009 and he has been President of the Bank since January 2009, President of the Company since April 2010, and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
and the Bank since April 2012. Prior to that, he had been the Executive Vice President of the Bank since 2004. Mr. Krehbiel joined the Bank as Vice President of Business Banking in 1998. Prior to his employment at the Bank, Mr. Krehbiel
held several positions in the financial services industry, including six years as a private banking consultant.
Jon J.
Eberle
, age 47.
Mr. Eberle is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Bank. Mr. Eberle has held the Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer positions since October 2003 and the Executive Vice President position since April 2012. Prior to that he served as a Vice President since 2000 and as the Controller since 1998. From 1994 to 1998, he served as the
Director of Internal Audit for the Company and the Bank. Prior to his employment at the Bank, Mr. Eberle worked for six years as a certified public accountant with a national accounting firm.
Lawrence D. McGraw
,
age 49
. Mr. McGraw is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the Bank. Mr. McGraw
has held such positions since April 2012. Prior to that Mr. McGraw was Chief Credit Officer and Senior Vice President since February 2010. Prior to his employment at the Bank, Mr. McGraw served as Regional President and Chief Banking
Officer of United Prairie Bank from January 2005 until February 2010. He also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of their Owatonna location from January 2001 to January 2005. Prior to his tenure with United Prairie Bank,
Mr. McGraw held various positions with Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank, Waukon State Bank and the FDIC.
Dwain C.
Jorgensen
, age 64.
Mr. Jorgensen has served as Senior Vice President of Technology, Facilities and Compliance of the Company and Bank since 2007. From 1998 to 2007, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations of the Company
and the Bank. From 1989 to 1998, he served as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Bank. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Jorgensen was an Assistant Vice President and Operations Officer for the Bank.
Susan K. Kolling
, age 61.
Ms. Kolling has been a director of the Company since 2001. Ms. Kolling served as a Vice
President of the Bank from 1992 to 1994 and has served as a Senior Vice President of the Bank and the Company since 1995. In addition, from 1997 to 2003, Ms. Kolling was an owner of Kolling Family Corp. which does business as Valley Home
Improvement, a retail lumber yard. Ms. Kolling became a director of Kolling Family Corp. in 2004.
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Available Information
The Companys website is www.hmnf.com. The Company makes available, free of charge, through its website its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and
amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as soon as reasonably practicable after it electronically files these materials with, or furnishes them to, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC). Information contained on the Companys website is expressly not incorporated by reference into this Form 10-K.
Like all financial
companies, the Companys business and results of operations are subject to a number of risks, many of which are outside of the Companys control. In addition to the other information in this report, readers should carefully consider that
the following important factors, among others, could materially impact the Companys business and future results of operations.
Risks
Related to our Business
The Company and the Bank are subject to the restrictions and conditions of the Supervisory Agreements with
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, and the Federal Reserve Board, or FRB. The OCC has also established an Individual Minimum Capital Ratio (IMCR) for the Bank. The Bank failed to comply with the IMCR at December 31, 2011
and, at such date, the Bank and the Company were not in full compliance with the Supervisory Agreements. Failure to comply with the Supervisory Agreements or the IMCR could result in enforcement actions against us, including the imposition of cease
and desist orders and monetary penalties.
The Company and the Bank each entered into Supervisory Agreements effective
February 22, 2011 with the Office of Thrift Supervision, or OTS, the predecessor prior to July 21, 2011 to the OCC, the Banks primary banking regulator, and to the FRB, the Companys primary banking regulator. The Supervisory
Agreements supersede the memoranda of understanding between the Company and the Bank and the OTS dated December 9, 2009. In accordance with the Companys Supervisory Agreement, the Company submitted a two year consolidated capital plan by
May 31, 2011 to the OTS upon which the FRB may make comments, and to which the FRB may require revisions. The Company submitted to the FRB updated two-year capital plans in January 2012 and January 2013. We must operate within the parameters of
the capital plan and are required to monitor and submit periodic reports on our compliance with the plan. Also, under the Companys Supervisory Agreement, without the consent of the FRB, we may not incur or issue any debt, guarantee the debt of
any entity, declare or pay any cash dividends or repurchase any of our capital stock, enter into any new contractual arrangement or renew or extend any existing arrangement relating to compensation or benefits with any director or executive officer,
or make any golden parachute payments.
The Banks Supervisory Agreement primarily relates to the Banks financial
performance and credit quality issues. In accordance with the Banks Supervisory Agreement, the Bank submitted a two year business plan and the OCC accepted the plan with the expectation that the Bank will meet the capital requirements in
connection with the individual minimum capital requirement, or IMCR, described below. The Bank submitted updated two-year plans in January 2012 and January 2013. The Bank must operate within the parameters of the business plan and is required to
monitor and submit periodic reports on its compliance with the plan. The Bank also submitted a problem asset reduction plan that the OCC accepted. The Bank must operate within the parameters of the final problem asset plan and is required to monitor
and submit periodic reports on its compliance with the plan. The Bank also revised its loan modification policies and their programs for identifying, monitoring and controlling risk associated with concentrations of credit and improved its
documentation of the allowance for loan and lease losses. In addition, without the consent of the OCC, the Bank may not declare or pay any cash dividends, materially increase the total assets of the Bank, enter into any new contractual arrangement
or renew or extend any existing arrangement related to compensation or benefits with any directors or officer, make any golden parachute payments, or enter into any significant contracts with a third party service provider.
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The failure of the Company and the Bank to meet the anticipated earnings and capital
forecasts set forth in their respective plans, resulted in a single exception of noncompliance with the Supervisory Agreements as of December 31, 2011. The Company and the Bank were in compliance with the Supervisory Agreements as of
December 31, 2012.
In addition, the OCC established in August 2011 an IMCR for the Bank. An IMCR requires a bank to
establish and maintain levels of capital greater than those generally required for a bank to be classified as well-capitalized. Effective December 31, 2011, the Bank was required to establish, and subsequently maintain, core capital
at least equal to 8.5% of adjusted total assets, which was in excess of the Banks 7.14% core capital to adjusted total assets ratio at December 31, 2011.
In February 2012, the Bank received a notice from the OCC arising out of its failure to establish and maintain its IMCR of 8.5% core capital to adjusted total assets at December 31, 2011. The
Bank was required to submit to the OCC by April 30, 2012 a further written capital plan of how it will achieve and maintain its IMCR, and a contingency plan in the event the IMCR is not achieved through the Banks primary plan. In April
2012, the Bank submitted the required revised capital and contingency plan to the OCC to which the OCC may make comments and require revisions. Because of the improved financial results and the decrease in assets experienced during 2012, the
Banks core capital ratio improved to 9.68% at December 31, 2012. As a result, the Company believed the Bank was in compliance at that time with the terms of the IMCR and that each of the Company and the Bank were in compliance with their
respective Supervisory Agreements. The Banks failure to comply with the terms of the IMCR at December 31, 2011 was, and its failure to continue to comply in the future can be, deemed an unsafe and unsound banking practice and could
subject it to further limits on growth and such legal actions or sanctions as the OCC considers appropriate.
There can be no
assurance that the Company and the Bank will maintain compliance with their respective Supervisory Agreements or the IMCR. Under applicable banking regulations, the failure to satisfy the terms of the Supervisory Agreements and the IMCR, and failure
to otherwise comply with applicable requirements as they arise, could subject the Company, the Bank and its directors and officers to such restrictions, legal actions or sanctions as either the FRB or the OCC considers appropriate. Possible
sanctions include among others (i) the imposition of one or more cease and desist orders requiring corrective action, which are enforceable directives that may address any aspect of the Company or Bank management, operations or capital,
including requirements to change management, raise equity capital, dispose of assets or effect a change of control; (ii) civil money penalties; and (iii) downgrades in the prompt corrective action capital category capital adequacy status
of the Company and the Bank. These regulatory actions may significantly restrict the ability of the Company and the Bank to take operating and strategic actions that may be in the best interests of stockholders or compel the Company and the Bank to
take operating and strategic actions that are not potentially in the best interests of stockholders.
Our capital may not be adequate to
meet all our needs and requirements. We have taken a number of steps, and may be required to take additional steps, to meet our capital needs. These actions may reduce our base of earning assets and core deposits and may dilute our shareholders or
result in a change of control of the Company or the Bank. There can be no assurance that we will satisfactorily meet our required capital needs.
We are required by federal regulatory authorities to maintain adequate levels of capital to support our operations and protect depositors of the Bank. As a result of significant losses in recent years,
elevated levels of nonperforming and other classified assets, regulatory requirements, including the IMCR, the Supervisory Agreements, and other capital demands, such as our preferred stock dividend requirements (which due to deferral since February
2011 have been accumulating and compounding at a stated rate of 5% per annum, increasing to 9% per annum in February 2014), it has been necessary for us to increase the Banks capital and core capital ratio. In order to improve and
maintain its capital ratios and comply with the Bank IMCR and the Supervisory Agreement, the Bank has, among other things, been working to improve its financial results, reduce non-performing assets, and decrease the asset size of the Bank. From
December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2012, our assets decreased $492 million, from $1,144 million to $653 million. We anticipate this strategic direction to continue throughout 2013. These reductions in assets decrease our ability to earn net
interest income, our primary source of income.
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In March 2012, the Bank also sold substantially all of the assets and liabilities associated
with its Toledo, Iowa branch, which resulted in a decrease in the Banks overall assets of approximately $37 million. If capital conditions were to deteriorate, the Bank may also determine it to be necessary or prudent to dispose of other
non-strategic assets. These actions have resulted, and may result in changes in the Banks assets, liabilities and earnings, some of which may be material, during the period in which the action is taken or is consummated or over a longer period
of time.
Depending upon the operating performance of the Bank, the need for continued compliance with the Supervisory
Agreements and the IMCR, and our other liquidity and capital needs, we may find it prudent subject to prevailing market conditions and other factors, or necessary if required by federal banking regulators, to raise additional capital through the
issuance of additional shares of our common stock or other equity securities. In addition to the requirements of the IMCR and the Supervisory Agreements, regulators have placed increasing emphasis on the amount of common equity as a component of
core bank capital, and proposed capital regulations incorporating specific levels of common equity capital. Proposed regulations would also require regulatory capital to meet required levels on a consolidated basis. Additional capital would also
potentially permit the Company to return to a strategy of growing Bank assets. Depending on circumstances, if we were to raise capital, we may deploy it to the Bank for general banking purposes, or may retain some or all of such capital at the
holding company level.
If the Company were to raise capital through the issuance of additional shares of common stock or
other equity securities, it could dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders and, given our current common stock trading price, would be expected to dilute the per share book value of our common stock, could dilute the Companys
earnings per share, and could result in a change in control of the Company and the Bank. New investors may also have rights, preferences and privileges senior to our current stockholders which may adversely impact our current stockholders. Our
ability to raise additional capital through the issuance of equity securities, if deemed prudent or required, will depend on conditions in the capital markets at that time, which are outside of our control, and on our financial performance. It may
also depend potentially on our ability to increase our authorized common stock and make other changes to our Certificate of Incorporation requiring stockholder approval that may be needed to accommodate a significant investment by a person or group.
Accordingly, we may not be able to raise additional capital, if needed, at all, on favorable economic terms, or other terms acceptable to us.
There can be no assurance that these or other actions we may take will be sufficient and timely in order to address our consolidated and Bank capital requirements, as needed, and maintain compliance with
the Supervisory Agreements, the IMCR or any capital plan submitted by us. If we cannot satisfactorily address our capital needs as they arise, our ability to maintain or expand our operations, to limit or reverse accumulation of unpaid preferred
stock dividends and to operate without additional regulatory sanctions or other restrictions, and our operating results, could be materially adversely affected.
The Bank may not be able to meet its cash flow needs on a timely basis at a reasonable cost, and its cost of funds for banking operations may significantly increase as a result of general economic
conditions, interest rates and competitive pressures
;
the Company on an unconsolidated basis has limited capital resources and liquidity and currently is unable to satisfy its preferred stock dividend obligations, which increase in
2014, or to assist the Bank with its liquidity and capital requirements.
Liquidity is the ability to meet cash flow
needs on a timely basis and at a reasonable cost. The liquidity of the Bank is used to pay expenses, make loans and to repay deposit and borrowing liabilities as they become due, or are demanded by customers and creditors. Many factors affect the
Banks ability to meet liquidity needs, including variations in the markets served by its network of offices, its mix of assets and liabilities, reputation and standing in the marketplace and general economic conditions.
The Banks primary source of funding is retail deposits, gathered through its network of twelve banking offices. Wholesale funding
sources principally consist of borrowing lines from the FHLB of Des Moines and the FRB and brokered and internet certificates of deposit obtained from the national market. Pursuant to a regulatory directive, the Bank may not renew existing brokered
deposits or accept new brokered deposits without the consent of the OCC. Borrowings from the FHLB are subject to the FHLBs credit policies and procedures relating to the valuation of the loans securing advances as well as the amount of funds
the FHLB will loan to the Bank. The current collateral pledged to secure advances may no longer be acceptable, the formulas for determining the
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excess pledged collateral may change or the Banks credit rating with the FHLB could decrease. In these cases, the Bank may not have sufficient collateral to pledge or have the borrowing
capacity to meet its funding needs and may be required to rely upon alternate funding sources, such as the Federal Reserve Bank, which bear higher borrowing costs. The Banks securities and loan portfolios also provide a source of contingent
liquidity that could be accessed in a reasonable time period through sales.
Significant changes in general economic
conditions, market interest rates, competitive pressures or otherwise, could cause the Banks deposits to decrease relative to overall banking operations, and it would have to rely more heavily on borrowings in the future, which are typically
more expensive than deposits.
The Bank actively manages its liquidity position and monitors it using cash flow forecasts.
Changes in economic conditions, including consumer savings habits and availability or access to borrowed funds and the brokered deposit market, subject to OCC approval, and the internet deposit market could potentially have a significant impact on
the Companys liquidity position, which in turn could materially impact its financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
The Companys primary source of cash is dividends from the Bank and, pursuant to the Banks Supervisory Agreement, the Bank is restricted from paying dividends to the Company without obtaining
prior consent of the OCC. At December 31, 2012, the Company had $1.0 million in cash and other assets that could readily be turned into cash. Primarily, the Company requires cash for the payment of expenses and dividends on the Companys
outstanding preferred stock. On February 15, 2011, the Company suspended payment of dividends on its preferred stock in order to preserve cash and liquidity at the Company, and has failed to pay each of the required nine dividend payments to
and including February 15, 2013. The amount of accrued but unpaid compounded dividends totaled $3.1 million at February 15, 2013. The stated rate on these dividends will increase from 5% per annum to 9% per annum beginning
February 15, 2014. The Company does not anticipate that it will have adequate liquid resources to make future preferred stock dividend payments in 2013, or, absent an external capital raising event, cash resources which would assist the Bank in
meeting any liquidity or capital requirements. Failure to obtain OCC approval for any future dividends from the Bank to the Company could cause the Company to require other sources of liquidity for the payment of expenses and other needs beyond
2013. Further information about the Companys liquidity position is available on page 24 in the Management Discussion & Analysis Liquidity and Capital Resources section of the Annual Report incorporated by reference
in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K.
Our allowance for loan losses may prove to be insufficient to absorb losses or appropriately
reflect at any given time the inherent risk of loss in our loan portfolio.
Our non-performing assets remained elevated
from historical levels at $ 40.6 million, or 6.2% of total assets at December 31, 2012 and $50.6 million, or 6.4% of total assets at December 31, 2011. Classified loans also remained at elevated levels at December 31, 2012 at
$115.6 million, or 24.3% of total loans, compared to $107.5 million, or 18.5% of total loans at December 31, 2011. Classified loans represent special mention, performing substandard and nonperforming loans. The elevated level of non-performing
and classified loans was primarily due to the weak economic recovery and the continued difficulties in the real estate markets we primarily serve. We also experienced a significant increase in charge offs in 2011. The increase in charge offs was due
to a change in the fourth quarter of 2011 in our charge off policy on non-performing loans, which required the charge off of previously established specific valuation allowances (SVAs), and to instances of deterioration in borrowers financial
condition that warranted a charge off of the loan balance. If the economic recovery and/or the real estate markets continue to remain weak, these assets may not perform according to their terms and the value of the collateral may be insufficient to
pay any remaining loan balance. If this occurs, we may experience losses or an increased risk of loss in our loan portfolio, which could have a negative effect on our results of operations. Like all financial institutions, we maintain an allowance
for loan losses to provide for loans in our portfolio that may not be repaid in their entirety. Our allowance for loan losses may not be sufficient to cover actual loan losses or the inherent risk of loss in our loan portfolio, and future provision
for loan losses could materially adversely affect our operating results.
In evaluating the appropriateness of our allowance
for loan losses, we consider numerous quantitative factors, including our historical charge-off experience, changes in the size of our loan portfolio, changes in the composition of loan portfolio and the volume of delinquent and classified loans. In
addition, we use information
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about specific borrower situations, including their financial position and estimated collateral values, to estimate the risk and amount of loss for those borrowers. We also consider many
qualitative factors, including general and economic business conditions, duration of the current business cycle, current general market collateral valuations, valuation reserves already established, trends apparent in any of the factors we take into
account and other matters, which are, by nature, more subjective and fluid. Our estimates of the risk of loss and amount of loss on any loan are complicated by the significant uncertainties surrounding our borrowers abilities to successfully
execute their business models through changing economic environments, competitive challenges and other factors. Because of the degree of uncertainty and susceptibility of these factors to change, our actual losses and estimates of risk of loss
inherent in our loan portfolio have varied and are likely to continue to vary from our current estimates. Such variances may materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Federal regulators, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review our allowance for loan losses and may require
us to increase our allowance for loan losses by recognizing additional provisions for loan losses charged to expense, or to decrease our allowance for loan losses by recognizing loan charge-offs. Any such additional provisions for loan losses or
charge-offs, as required by these regulatory agencies, can have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
The Company has concentrations in commercial business and commercial real estate loans, increasing the risk in its loan portfolio.
In order to enhance the yield and shorten the term-to-maturity of its loan portfolio, the Company expanded its
commercial business and commercial real estate lending for a number of years prior to 2008 and these categories of loans represented over 50% of the total loans receivable in each of the past five years. Much of the increase in the Companys
commercial real estate portfolio over this period was in land development loans, while many of the Companys commercial business loans were made to borrowers associated with the real estate industry. Commercial business and commercial real
estate loans generally, and land development loans in particular, present a higher level of risk than loans secured by one-to-four family residences. This greater risk is due to several factors, including the concentration of principal in a limited
number of loans and borrowers, the effects of general economic conditions on income producing properties and the increased difficulty of evaluating and monitoring these types of loans.
Furthermore, the repayment of loans secured by commercial real estate is typically dependent upon the successful operation of the related
real estate project. If the cash flow from the project is reduced (for example, if leases are not obtained or renewed or properties intended for resale are not developed and sold), the borrowers ability to repay the loan and the underlying
collateral may be impaired. Commercial business loans to businesses that are dependent on the cash flow generated by the sale or leasing of real estate are similarly impacted. The Companys commercial business and commercial real estate loan
portfolios have experienced difficulties in recent years, which has adversely affected the Companys results of operations and financial condition. At December 31, 2012, the Company classified $30.0 million of loans as non-performing, of
which $22.8 million related to commercial business and commercial real estate loans. At December 31, 2012, total classified loans included $98.8 million of commercial business and commercial real estate loans. The level of non-performing and
other classified loans increased our loan loss provision and had a negative impact on our earnings
.
The Company may experience actual losses in respect of these classified loans and further increases in the level of classified loans in our
loan portfolio that may require further increases in our provision for loan losses.
Declines in home values have decreased our loan
originations and increased delinquencies and defaults, including in our commercial business and commercial real estate loans.
Declines in home values in our markets have adversely impacted and may continue to impact our results from operations. Like all financial institutions, the Company is subject to the effects of any
economic downturn, and in particular, the significant decline in home values. More stringent lending standards implemented by the mortgage industry and the Company has made it more difficult for borrowers with marginal credit to qualify for a
mortgage. This, along with overall weakness in the economy, has reduced the demand for single family homes and their corresponding value and has resulted in a decrease in new home equity loan originations and increased delinquencies and defaults in
both the consumer home equity loan and residential real estate loan portfolios. The decline in the value of single family homes has also significantly impacted the delinquencies and defaults of our
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commercial real estate loans due to the decrease in estimated value of the underlying collateral and the inability of such commercial borrowers to generate cash flows from the related real estate
development, which is often contingent upon the sale of such property. In the current environment, sales of these properties has been, and is anticipated to continue to be difficult. Commercial business loans to businesses that are dependent on the
cash flow generated by the sale or renting of residential real estate are similarly impacted.
Regional economic changes in the
Companys markets have adversely impacted, and may continue to adversely impact, results from operations.
Like
all financial institutions, the Company is subject to the effects of any economic downturn, and in particular a significant decline in home values and reduced commercial development in the Companys markets has had a negative effect on results
of operations. The Companys success depends primarily on the general economic conditions in the counties in which the Company conducts business, and in the southern Minnesota and northern Iowa areas in general. Unlike larger financial
institutions that are more geographically diversified, the Company provides banking and financial services to customers primarily in the southern Minnesota counties of Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and Winona and portions of Steele,
Dodge, Goodhue and Wabasha counties, as well as Marshall county in Iowa. The local economic conditions in these market areas have a significant impact on the Companys ability to originate loans, the ability of the borrowers to repay these
loans and the value of the collateral securing these loans. A significant decline in the general economic conditions caused by inflation, recession, unemployment or other factors beyond the Companys control can affect and has affected these
local economic conditions and adversely affected the Companys financial condition and results of operations. The Company has a significant amount of commercial business and commercial real estate loans and decreases in tenant occupancy and
development home sales have had a negative effect on the ability of many of the Companys borrowers to make timely repayments of their loans and the value of the collateral held as security for these loans, which has adversely impacted the
Companys earnings.
Because of the asset size of the Company, adverse performance affecting a few large loans or lending
relationships can cause significant volatility in earnings.
Due to the Companys asset size, the provision for
loan losses or charge offs associated with individual loans can be large relative to the Companys earnings for a particular period. If one or a few relatively large loans become non-performing in a period and the Company is required to
increase its loss reserves, or to write off principal or interest relative to such loans, the operating results for that period could be significantly adversely affected. The effect on results of operations for any given period from a change in the
performance of a small number of loans may be disproportionately larger than the impact of such loans on the quality of the Companys overall loan portfolio. In 2009, our internal loan limits were lowered to $4.5 million per borrower. However,
existing borrowers with relationships over that limit were grandfathered in and it will take time to reduce the size of all existing relationships below the new limit. The Banks largest borrowing relationship had outstanding loans
totaling $23.1 million and was performing at December 31, 2012.
The Company and the Bank operate in a highly regulated environment
and may be adversely affected by changes in federal and state laws and regulations, including recent changes under federal law.
The Company and the Bank are subject to extensive examination, supervision and comprehensive regulation by federal bank regulatory agencies. Banking regulations are primarily intended to protect
depositors funds, federal deposit insurance funds, and the banking system and the financial system as a whole, and not holders of our common stock. These regulations affect our lending practices, capital structure, investment practices,
dividend policy, and growth, among other things. See Item 1 Business Regulation and Supervision in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 incorporated by reference herein for
information regarding regulation affecting the Bank and the Company.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank Act) is changing the bank regulatory structure and affecting the lending, deposit, investment, trading and operating activities of financial institutions and their holding companies, including the
Bank and the Company. The Dodd-Frank Act transferred the regulatory powers of the former OTS to other agencies as of July 21, 2011 (the Transfer Date). The OCC became the primary federal regulator for the Bank and the FRB became the
primary federal regulator for the Company and its nondepository subsidiaries, and rulemaking with respect to consumer
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financial protection functions was transferred to the CFPB. The Dodd-Frank Act provides that all orders, resolutions, determinations, agreements, and regulations, interpretive rules, other
interpretations, guidelines, and other advisory materials issued, made, prescribed, or allowed to become effective by the OTS on or before the Transfer Date with respect to savings and loan holding companies and their non-depository subsidiaries,
and with respect to savings associations, remain in effect and are enforceable until modified, terminated, set aside, or superseded in accordance with applicable law by the FRB or the OCC, as applicable, by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by
operation of law. Accordingly, the Supervisory Agreement entered into by the Company with the OTS is enforced by the FRB and the Supervisory Agreement entered into by the Bank with the OTS is enforced by the OCC.
The Dodd-Frank Act requires various federal agencies, including the FRB, the OCC and the CFPB, to adopt a broad range of new implementing
rules and regulations. The federal agencies were given significant discretion in drafting the implementing rules and regulations. In addition, many of the requirements called for in the Dodd-Frank Act are being implemented over the course of several
years. Given the uncertainty associated with the manner in which the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act will be implemented by the various regulatory agencies and through regulations, the full extent of the impact such requirements will have on our
operations remains unclear. The changes resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act may significantly impact the profitability of business activities, require material changes to certain business practices, impose more stringent capital, liquidity and
leverage requirements or otherwise adversely affect our business.
In implementing its new authority over savings and loan
holding companies and their non-depository subsidiaries, in 2011, the FRB promulgated a new Regulation LL that largely duplicated provisions of former OTS regulations. While many of the changes were non-substantive, Regulation LL replaces the OTS
rules and guidance addressing when a party is deemed to control or not control a savings association with somewhat more restrictive FRB rules that apply to bank holding companies. The most likely impact of this change will be
for investors interested in making passive investments in savings and loan holding companies. Such investors may be subject to additional requirements that were previously not applicable to savings associations or their holding companies. Regulation
LL also states that a savings and loan holding company such as the Company must serve as a source of financial and managerial strength to its subsidiary savings associations and may not conduct its operations in an unsafe and unsound manner.
Although these concepts are consistent with former OTS policy, the Dodd-Frank Act placed the requirement in statute. Regulation LL reflects this requirement. The extent and timing of any substantive changes may have an impact on the Companys
capital requirements and liquidity but the effects remain difficult to predict at this time.
The FRB has announced that it
will assess the condition, performance and activities of savings and loan holding companies in a manner that is consistent with its established risk-based approach regarding bank holding company supervision to ensure that savings and loan holding
companies are effectively supervised and can serve as a source of strength for, and do not threaten the soundness of, subsidiary depository institutions.
In addition, the capital requirements of the Company and the Bank may be affected in the future by regulatory changes proposed in June 2012 by federal regulatory agencies including the FRB and the OCC to
establish an integrated regulatory capital framework for implementing the Basel Committee on Banking Supervisions Basel III regulatory capital reforms and changes required by the Dodd-Frank Act. The proposals would, among other things,
apply a strengthened set of capital requirements to both the Bank and the Company and revise the rules for calculating risk-weighted assets for purposes of such requirements. The agencies have received comments on the proposed rules but have
not issued final rules, so the details and the timetable for implementation of these rules remain uncertain.
The CFPB, through
rule-making, enforcement and other activities, has the potential to reshape consumer-related laws affecting the Bank. The CFPBs rule-making activities include, among other things, the issuance in January 2013 of final rules implementing
Dodd-Frank Act mortgage lending requirements, including the ability-to-repay requirement for mortgage lending together with certain safe harbors and rebuttable presumptions of compliance associated with qualified mortgages.
Congress and federal regulatory agencies continually review banking laws, regulations, and policies for possible changes.
Changes to statutes, regulations, or regulatory policies, including changes in interpretation or implementation of statutes, regulations, or policies, could affect us in substantial and unpredictable ways. Such
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changes could subject us to additional costs, limit the types of financial services and products we may offer, restrict mergers and acquisitions, investments, access to capital, the location of
banking offices, or increase the ability of non-banks to offer competing financial services and products, among other things. Failure, or alleged failure, to comply with laws, regulations or policies could result in sanctions by regulatory agencies,
civil or criminal penalties or money damages in connection with actions or proceedings on behalf of regulators or consumers, and/or reputational damage, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and
results of operations. While we have policies and procedures designed to prevent any such violations and to reduce the likelihood of such actions or proceedings, there can be no assurance that such violations will not occur or that such actions or
proceedings will not be brought.
Changes to laws and regulations, including changes in interpretation or implementation, may
also limit the Banks flexibility on financial products and fees which could result in additional operational costs and a reduction in our non-interest income.
Further, our regulators have significant discretion and authority to prevent or remedy unsafe or unsound practices or violations of laws by financial institutions and holding companies in the performance
of their supervisory and enforcement duties. Examples include limits on payment of dividends by banks and regulations governing compensation. Regulation of dividends would limit the liquidity of the Company and limits on compensation may adversely
affect our ability to attract and retain employees. See the other risk factors included herein and incorporated by reference for a discussion of risks related to the Companys and the Banks Supervisory Agreements to which we have become
subject, for a discussion regarding the Bank IMCR, and for a discussion of other restrictions to which the Company and the Bank have become subject.
We have a recent history of losses and earning asset contraction, our continued high level of classified and nonperforming assets, accruing and unpaid preferred stock dividends and regulatory
restrictions make the sustainability of our return to profitability and ability to grow uncertain.
We had net income
in the year ended December 31, 2012, but have experienced net losses in each of the previous four calendar years during the four-year period ended December 31, 2011. These losses have been primarily due to loan losses in our commercial
loan portfolios. We continue to have relatively high levels of nonperforming and other classified assets that pose a risk to our interest income, capital and liquidity. Unpaid and accruing dividends on our outstanding preferred stock have
significantly reduced the net income (loss), available to common stockholders since February 2011. In addition, in order to improve our capital ratios, we have significantly contracted the size of the Bank through reductions in assets, primarily
loans, and in liabilities, primarily brokered deposits and advances. Total assets have decreased $383 million and brokered deposits and advances decreased $194 million in the three year period ended December 31, 2012. These reductions in assets
and liabilities have correspondingly reduced the base of earning assets from which we realize our primary source of income, net interest income. Further, pursuant to the Banks Supervisory Agreement, the Bank is prohibited from increasing its
total assets during any quarter in excess of an amount equal to net interest credited on deposit liabilities during the previous quarter without the prior consent of the OCC. Other regulatory actions, including the Supervisory Agreements, restrict,
among other things, Company and Bank dividends and compensation. Our failure fully to comply with the Supervisory Agreements and the IMCR may result in the imposition of additional restrictions. These factors may make it more difficult for us to
sustain profitable operations and earnings growth that inure to the benefit of our common stockholders.
Holders of the series A
preferred stock have certain limited voting rights, including the right to elect two directors due to our failure to pay preferred stock dividends at the stated rate; and while we are in arrears on preferred stock dividends, we are restricted in our
ability to pay any dividend or make any distribution on or repurchase of our common stock.
Generally, the holders of
the series A preferred stock have no voting rights except with respect to certain fundamental changes in the terms of the series A preferred stock and certain other matters, including the right to elect two directors as described below, and except
as may be required by applicable law.
In February 2011, the Company suspended payment of regular quarterly cash dividends on
its series A preferred stock following discussions with the OTS in order to preserve cash for potential future needs. Further, pursuant to the Companys Supervisory Agreement, the Company may not declare or pay any cash dividends,
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including those on the series A preferred stock, without the consent of the OCC. The Company intends to re-evaluate the deferral of these dividend payments periodically in consultation with the
OCC, taking into account the Companys financial condition, applicable legal restrictions and other relevant factors. Under the terms of the series A preferred stock, the Company is required to pay dividends on a quarterly basis
compounding at a per annum rate of 5% for the first five years, after which the dividend rate automatically increases to 9%. As of February 15, 2013, the dividends on the series A preferred stock have not been paid for nine quarterly
periods and accumulated and unpaid compounded dividends aggregated $3.1 million. Due to this failure to pay preferred stock dividends, under the certificate of designations relating to the preferred stock, the total number of positions on the
Companys board of directors automatically has been increased by two, and the holders of the series A preferred stock have the right, at the next annual or special meeting of stockholders, to elect two individuals to serve in the new director
positions; provided, that no person may be elected as a series A preferred stock director who would cause the Company to violate any corporate governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility on which its securities may
then be listed or traded. This right and the terms of such directors will end when we have paid in full all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past dividend periods. We have been advised by the FRB that the investors that hold substantially all of
the series A preferred stock have, as a condition to their investment in the series A preferred stock, entered into passivity commitments with the FRB pursuant to which they have, among other things, waived, unless they obtain prior FRB consent, the
right to elect representatives to our board of directors. We are not a party to this agreement, and the FRB may waive any such restriction in its discretion, without consultation with the Company. In any such event, the holders of the series A
preferred stock would, unless we have fully satisfied all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, have the right to elect up to two representatives to our board of directors.
Further, the Company cannot declare or pay a dividend or make any distribution on our common stock, so long as any shares of our series A preferred stock remain outstanding, unless all accrued and unpaid
dividends for all prior dividend periods have been paid or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full on our series A preferred stock, other than a dividend payable solely in common stock. In addition, while we are in arrears in the payment of
preferred stock dividends we may not redeem, purchase or acquire any shares of our common stock or other capital stock ranking junior to the preferred stock, other than for limited exceptions. These restrictions limit our ability to manage our
capital resources generally and, specifically, to return capital to our common stockholders, and may adversely affect the value of an investment in our common stock.
Our compensation expense may increase materially following Treasurys sale of the series A preferred stock.
As a result of our participation in the CPP, among other things, during the period Treasury owned the series A preferred stock, we were subject to Treasurys standards for executive compensation and
corporate governance. As a result of Treasurys sale of the series A preferred stock, these executive compensation and corporate governance standards are no longer applicable. As a result of this change and subject to other factors, including
earnings and cash flow and the application of other regulatory restrictions under our Supervisory Agreements, our compensation expense for our executive officers and other senior employees may increase materially.
Changes in interest rates could negatively impact the Companys results of operations.
The earnings of the Company are primarily dependent on net interest income, which is the difference between interest earned on loans and
investments and interest paid on interest-bearing liabilities such as deposits and borrowings. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including government monetary and fiscal policies and domestic and international economic and
political conditions. Conditions such as inflation, recession, unemployment, money supply, government borrowing and other factors beyond managements control may also affect interest rates. If the Companys interest-earning assets mature,
reprice or prepay more quickly than interest-bearing liabilities in a given period, a decrease in market interest rates could adversely affect net interest income. Likewise, if interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice, or, in the case of
deposits, are withdrawn by the accountholder, more quickly than interest-earning assets in a given period, an increase in market interest rates could adversely affect net interest income. Given the Companys mix of assets and liabilities as of
December 31, 2012, a falling interest rate environment would negatively impact the Companys results of operations. The effect on our deposits of decreases in interest rates generally lags the effect on our assets. The lagging effect of
deposit rate changes is primarily due to the Banks deposits that are in the form of certificates of deposit, which do not re-price immediately when the federal funds rate changes.
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Fixed rate loans increase the Companys exposure to interest rate risk in a rising rate
environment because interest-bearing liabilities would be subject to repricing before assets become subject to repricing. Adjustable rate loans decrease the risks to a lender associated with changes in interest rates but involve other risks. As
interest rates rise, the payment by the borrower rises to the extent permitted by the terms of the loan, and the increased payment increases the potential for default. At the same time, for secured loans, the marketability of the underlying
collateral may be adversely affected by higher interest rates. In a declining interest rate environment, there is likely to be an increase in prepayment activity on loans as the borrowers refinance their loans at lower interest rates. Under these
circumstances, the Companys results of operations could be negatively impacted.
Changes in interest rates also can
affect the value of loans, investments and other interest-rate sensitive assets including mortgage servicing rights, and the Companys ability to realize gains on the sale or resolution of assets. This type of income can vary significantly from
quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year based on a number of different factors, including the interest rate environment. An increase in interest rates that adversely affects the ability of borrowers to pay the principal or interest on loans may lead to
an increase in non-performing assets and increased loan loss reserve requirements that could have a material adverse effect on the Companys results of operations.
Changes in interest rates or prepayment speeds could negatively impact the value of capitalized mortgage servicing rights.
The capitalization, amortization and impairment of mortgage servicing rights are subject to significant estimates. These estimates are
based upon loan types, note rates and prepayment speed assumptions. Changes in interest rates or prepayment speeds may have a material effect on the net carrying value of mortgage servicing rights. In a declining interest rate environment,
prepayment speed assumptions will increase and result in an acceleration in the amortization of the mortgage servicing rights as the assumed underlying portfolio declines and also may result in impairment as the value of the mortgage servicing
rights declines.
The extended disruption or compromise of vital infrastructure, including the Companys technology systems, could
negatively impact the Companys results of operations and financial condition.
The Companys business
depends on its ability to process, record and monitor a large number of transactions. The Companys technological and physical infrastructures, which include its financial, accounting and other data processing systems, are vital to its
operation. Extended disruption or compromise of its vital infrastructure by fire, power loss, natural disaster, telecommunications failure, computer hacking and viruses, terrorist activity or the domestic and foreign response to such activity, or
other events outside of the Companys control, could cause the Company to suffer regulatory consequences, reputational damage and financial losses, any of which, could have a material adverse effect either on the financial services industry as
a whole, or on the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations.
Strong competition within the Companys
market area may limit profitability or increase losses.
The Company faces significant competition both in attracting
deposits and in the origination of loans. Mortgage bankers, commercial banks, credit unions and other savings institutions, which have offices in the Banks market area have historically provided most of the Companys competition for
deposits and loans; however, the Company also competes with financial institutions that operate through Internet banking operations throughout the United States. In addition, and particularly in times of high interest rates, the Company faces
additional and significant competition for funds from money market and mutual funds, and securities firms located in the same communities and those that operate through Internet banking operations throughout the United States. Many competitors have
substantially greater financial and other resources than the Company. Finally, credit unions do not pay federal or state income taxes and are subject to fewer regulatory constraints than savings banks and as a result, they may enjoy a competitive
advantage over the Company. The Bank competes for loans principally on the basis of the interest rates and loan fees it charges, the types of loans it originates and the quality of services it provides to borrowers. This competitive strategy places
significant competitive pressure on the prices of loans and deposits.
Our reputation and its attributes are key assets of our
business. Our recent operating performance, elevated level of non-performing assets and enhanced regulatory scrutiny and associated adverse publicity could
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adversely affect the perception of our customers and prospective customers in our markets, our employees, investors and other stakeholders.
Loss of large checking and money market deposit customers could increase cost of funds and have a negative effect on results of operations.
The Company has a number of large deposit customers that maintain balances in checking and money market accounts at
the Bank. At December 31, 2012, there were $28 million in checking and money market accounts of customers that have relationship balances greater than $5 million. The ability to attract and retain these types of deposits has a positive effect
on the Companys net interest margin as they provide a relatively low cost of funds to the Company compared to certificates of deposits or advances. If these depositors were to withdraw these funds and the Bank was not able to replace them with
similar types of deposits, the Banks cost of funds would increase and the Companys results of operation would be negatively impacted.
We are subject to the Community Reinvestment Act and fair lending laws, and failure to comply with these laws could lead to material penalties.
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and fair lending laws and regulations impose nondiscriminatory lending
requirements on financial institutions. The Department of Justice and other federal agencies are responsible for enforcing these laws and regulations. A successful challenge to an institutions performance under the CRA or fair lending laws and
regulations could result in a wide variety of sanctions, including the required payment of damages and civil money penalties, injunctive relief, imposition of restrictions on mergers and acquisitions activity, and restrictions on expansion activity.
Private parties may also have the ability to challenge an institutions performance under fair lending laws in private class action litigation.
The USA Patriot Act and Bank Secrecy Act may subject us to large fines for non-compliance.
The USA Patriot and Bank Secrecy Acts require financial institutions to develop programs to prevent financial institutions from being used for money laundering and terrorist activities. If these
activities are detected, financial institutions are obligated to file suspicious activity reports with the U.S. Treasury Departments Office of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. These rules require financial institutions to establish
procedures for identifying and verifying the identity of customers seeking to open new financial accounts. Failure to comply with these regulations could result in fines or sanctions. In recent years, several banking institutions have received large
fines for non-compliance with these laws and regulations. Although the Company has developed policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance, regulators may take enforcement action against the Company in the event of noncompliance.
Risks related to our Common Stock
The price of our common stock has been volatile and could continue to fluctuate in the future.
During the year ended December 31, 2012, the closing price of our common stock on The NASDAQ Global Market ranged from $1.61 to $3.80
per share, and over the period from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012 it has ranged from $1.50 to $3.22. Our closing sale price on December 31, 2012 was $3.47 per share and on February 27, 2013 was $5.37 per share. Our stock
generally trades in low volumes and its price may fluctuate in response to a number of events and factors, including, but not limited to, variations in operating results, litigation or governmental and regulatory proceedings, market perceptions of
our financial reporting, changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts, the operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors may deem comparable to us, and news reports relating to trends in our
markets or general economic conditions.
We may issue additional stock, or reissue shares of treasury stock, without shareholder
consent.
We have authorized 11,000,000 shares of common stock, of which 4,423,589 shares were issued and outstanding,
4,705,073 shares were held as treasury stock, and 1,871,338 shares were unissued, as of December 31, 2012. We also had 833,333 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding warrants and 121,965 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
our equity incentive plans. In addition, we have submitted to our stockholders for consideration at our annual meeting to be held April 23, 2013 a proposal to increase the authorized common
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stock we may issue by 5 million shares, to a total of 16 million shares. The board of directors has authority, without action or vote of the shareholders, to issue all or part of the
authorized but unissued shares and to reissue all of the treasury shares. Additional shares may be issued, or treasury shares reissued, in connection with future financing, acquisitions, employee stock plans, or otherwise. Any such issuance, or
reissuance, will dilute the percentage ownership of existing stockholders. We are also currently authorized to issue up to 500,000 shares of preferred stock. As of December 31, 2012, there were 26,000 shares issued and outstanding of our series
A preferred stock. These shares have a preference in payment of dividends and proceeds of any liquidation relative to our common stock. Under our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors can issue additional preferred stock in one or
more series and fix the terms of such stock without shareholder approval. Preferred stock may include the right to vote as a series on particular matters, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, conversion and redemption rights and sinking fund
provisions. The issuance of preferred stock could adversely affect the rights of the holders of common stock and reduce the value of the common stock. In addition, specific rights granted to holders of preferred stock could be used to restrict our
ability to merge with or sell our assets to a third party.
Future sale of shares of our common stock in the public market upon exercise
of the outstanding warrant could depress our stock price.
Shares issuable upon exercise of the warrant issued to
Treasury in connection with its purchase of the series A preferred stock represented beneficial ownership of approximately 16% of our common stock as of December 31, 2012. We are obligated to register the resale of the warrant and underlying
common stock under the Securities Act of 1933 and these securities may also be eligible for sale publicly under rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 in certain circumstances. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock, whether under the
foregoing registration statement or otherwise, or the perception that those sales could occur may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Our ability to pay dividends on or repurchase our common stock is significantly restricted; we have not paid a dividend on our common stock since 2008 and our current financial condition and results
of operations and accrued and unpaid preferred dividends make payment of any such dividend unlikely in the foreseeable future.
We are a stock savings bank holding company and our operations are conducted primarily by our banking subsidiary, Home Federal Savings Bank. Since we receive substantially all of our revenue from
dividends from our banking subsidiary, our ability to pay dividends on our common stock depends on our receipt of dividends from our banking subsidiary. Dividend payments from our banking subsidiary are subject to legal and regulatory limitations,
generally based on net income and retained earnings. The ability of our banking subsidiary to pay dividends to us is also subject to its profitability, financial condition, capital expenditures and other cash flow requirements. The Bank is not
currently permitted to pay dividends to the Company under applicable limitations, and the further restrictions described below. There is no assurance that our banking subsidiary will be able to pay dividends to us in the future or that we will
generate adequate cash flow to pay dividends in the future. The inability to receive dividends from our banking subsidiary could have an adverse affect on our business and financial condition.
On October 20, 2008, we announced that our board of directors had decided to suspend the payment of quarterly cash dividends on
shares of Company common stock. Since that time, the Company and the Bank have entered into the Supervisory Agreements which prohibit the declaration or payment of any cash dividend or repurchase or redemption of any equity stock of these entities
without advance notice to the applicable banking regulator and receipt of written non-objection therefrom.
In addition, so
long as any shares of our series A preferred stock remain outstanding, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all prior dividend periods have been paid or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full on our series A preferred stock, we may
not pay or declare any dividend on our common stock or other junior stock, other than a dividend payable solely in common stock. Holders of shares of series A preferred stock are entitled to receive cumulative compounding cash dividends at a stated
rate per annum of 5% per share on a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of series A preferred stock with respect to each dividend period from December 23, 2008 to, but excluding, February 15, 2014. From and after
February 15, 2014, holders of shares of series A preferred stock are entitled to receive cumulative compounding cash dividends at a stated rate per annum of 9% per share on a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of series A preferred
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dividend payment due February 15, 2011, the Company has failed to make any required series A preferred stock dividend payment. As of February 15, 2013, the aggregate accrued and unpaid
series A preferred dividends (including applicable compounding) totaled $3.1 million. No dividend is anticipated to be paid on the series A preferred stock in 2013. Any such series A preferred dividend which is accrued and unpaid is senior in right
of payment to any common stock dividend and must be satisfied in full before any common stock dividend or distribution may be made.
These factors make payment of any common stock dividend or distribution unlikely in the foreseeable future.
Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as Delaware and federal law, may discourage, delay or prevent an acquisition of control of us, even in situations that may be
viewed as desirable by our stockholders.
Provisions included in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well
as provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law and federal law, may discourage, delay or prevent potential acquisitions of control of us, particularly when attempted in a transaction that is not negotiated directly with, and approved by, our
board of directors, despite perceived short-term benefits to our stockholders, such as an increase in the trading price of our common stock.
Specifically, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws include provisions that:
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the outstanding shares of our stock entitled to vote in the election of directors, be approved by at least 80% of the total number of our outstanding voting shares;
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divide our board of directors, other than directors who may be elected by a class or series of preferred stock, into three classes serving staggered
three-year terms and provide that a director may only be removed prior to the expiration of a term for cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to
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authorize the issuance of preferred stock with such designations, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by our board of
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require that amendments to (i) our certificate of incorporation be approved by a two-thirds vote of our board of directors and by a majority of
the outstanding shares of our voting stock or, with respect to the amendment of certain provisions (regarding, among other things, provisions relating to number, classification, election and removal of directors, amendment of the bylaws, call of
special stockholder meetings, acquisitions of control, director liability, and certain business combinations), by 80% of the outstanding shares of our voting stock, and (ii) our bylaws be approved by a majority vote of our board of directors or
the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the total votes eligible to be voted at a duly constituted meeting of stockholders.
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We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with
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stockholder for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed
manner. For purposes of Section 203, a business combination includes a merger, asset sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder, and an interested stockholder is a person
who, either alone or together with affiliates and associates, owns (or within the past three years, did own) 15% or more of the corporations voting stock. For purposes of Section 203, voting stock means stock of any class or
series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. Furthermore, federal law requires OCC approval prior to any direct or indirect acquisition of control (as defined in regulations) of our banking subsidiary, including any acquisition of
control of us.
Our outstanding preferred stock has a liquidation preference over our common stock.
Shares of our common stock represent equity interests in us and do not constitute indebtedness. Accordingly, the shares of our common
stock rank junior to all of its indebtedness, our series A preferred stock, and to other non-equity claims on us with respect to assets available to satisfy such claims. In the event that we voluntarily or involuntarily liquidate, dissolve or wind
up our affairs, holders of our series A preferred stock would be entitled to receive an amount per share, referred to as the total liquidation amount, equal to the fixed liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, plus any accrued and unpaid
dividends, whether or not declared, to the date of payment. Holders of the series A preferred stock would be entitled to receive the total liquidation amount out of our assets that are available for distribution to stockholders, after payment or
provision for payment of our debts and other liabilities but before any distribution of assets is made to holders of our common stock.
An ownership change for purposes of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code may materially impair our ability to use our net
operating loss carryforwards.
Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards to offset future taxable income
will be limited if we experience an ownership change as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. In general, an ownership change will occur if there is a cumulative increase in our ownership by 5-percent
shareholders (as defined in the Code) that exceeds 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. A corporation that experiences an ownership change will generally be subject to an annual limitation on the use of its pre-ownership
change net operating losses equal to the equity value of the corporation immediately before the ownership change, multiplied by the long-term tax-exempt rate.
In the event an ownership change was to occur, we could realize a permanent loss of a portion of our U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards and lose certain built-in losses that have
not been recognized for tax purposes. The amount of the permanent loss would depend on the size of the annual limitation (which is a function of our market capitalization at the time of an ownership change and the then prevailing
long-term tax exempt rate) and the remaining carry forward period (U.S. federal net operating losses generally may be carried forward for a period of 20 years).