U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.


2014.

Commission file number: 0-22208


QCR HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                         Delaware                                                                                         42-1397595                           
                    (State of incorporation)                                                        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Delaware

42-1397595

(State of incorporation) 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3551 7th Street, Moline, Illinois 61265

(Address of principal executive offices)

(309) 743-7761

743-7724

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

Common stock, $1.00 Par Value The NASDAQ Global Market


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

Preferred Share Purchase Rights


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes [   ]No  [ X ]


Act.                                              

Yes [   ]          No [ X ] 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.Yes [   ]No  [ X ]


Act.                                        

Yes [   ]          No [ X ] 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for past 90 days. Yes [ X ]    No [   ]


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes [ X ]                                No  [   ]                    

Yes [ X ]          No [   ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [   ]

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer [   ]    Accelerated filer [ X ]    Non-accelerated filer [   ]    Smaller reporting company [   X  ]


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

                                                                                                Yes [   ]                                No [ X ]                    

Yes [   ]          No [ X ] 


The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the last sales price quoted on The NASDAQ Global Market on June 30, 2012,2014, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $53,041,956.

$119,992,664.

As of February 28, 2013,27, 2015, the Registrant had outstanding 4,932,3567,987,964 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share.


Documents incorporated by reference:

Part III of Form 10-K - Proxy statement for annual meeting of stockholders to be held in May 2013.

2015.

 

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QCR HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


INDEX

    

Page

Number(s)

Part I

Item 1.Business4-13
Item 1A.Risk Factors13-23
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments24
Item 2.Properties24
Item 3.Legal Proceedings24
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures24
Part II
Item 5.
Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
25-26
     
 

Item 6.1.

Selected Financial Data

Business

 27

4-13

 

Item 7.1A.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and

Risk Factors

 28-57

13-22

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

22

Item 2.

Properties

22-23

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

23

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

23

  Results of Operations  

Part II

Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk57-58
Item 8.Financial Statements59-121
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting
and Financial Disclosure
122
     
 

Item 9A.5.

Controls

Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Mattersand ProceduresIssuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 122-124

23-24

 

Item 9B.6.

Other Information

Selected Financial Data

 125

25

Item 7.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition andResults of Operations

26-55

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

55-56

Item 8.

Financial Statements

57-130

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accountingand Financial Disclosure

131

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

131-134

Item 9B.

Other Information

134

     
Part III 

Part III

Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance125
Item 11.Executive Compensation125
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters
125
     
 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

134

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

134

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management andRelated Stockholder Matters

134

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 125

135

 

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 125

135

     

Part IV

    
 

Item 15.

Exhibits

 125-129

135-138

     

Signatures

  130-131

139-140

 

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Part I


Item 1.   Business


General.QCR Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Moline, Illinois, that was formed in February 1993 under the laws of the state of Delaware. The Company serves the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo/Cedar Falls and Rockford communities through the following three wholly-owned banking subsidiaries, which provide full-service commercial and consumer banking and trust and asset management services:


 ·

Quad City Bank and Trust Company (“QCBT”), which is based in Bettendorf, Iowa, and commenced operations in 1994;

 ·

Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company (“CRBT”), which is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and commenced operations in 2001; and

 ·

Rockford Bank and Trust Company (“RB&T”), which is based in Rockford, Illinois, and commenced operations in 2005.


On May 13, 2013, the Company acquired Community National Bancorporation (“Community National”) and its banking subsidiary, Community National Bank (“CNB”). Community National and CNB commenced operations in 1997 and historically provided full-service commercial and consumer banking, and trust and asset management services, to Cedar Falls, Mason City, and Waterloo, Iowa and Austin, Minnesota. At acquisition, CNB had a total of eight branch facilities with four in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area where CNB was headquartered, two in Mason City, and two in Austin. On October 4, 2013, the Company finalized the sale of the two branches in Mason City. On October 11, 2013, the Company finalized the sale of the two branches in Austin. On October 26, 2013, CNB merged with and into CRBT. CNB’s merged branch offices operate as a division of CRBT under the name “Community Bank & Trust.” In December 2013, one of the branch facilities in Cedar Falls was closed due to lack of sufficient customer activity. See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the acquisition and sales of certain branches.

The Company also engages in direct financing lease contracts through m2 Lease Funds, LLC (“m2”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of QCBT based in Brookfield, Wisconsin. QCBT previously owned 80% of m2. In August 2012, QCBT entered into an amendment to the operating agreement of m2 and purchased the remaining 20% noncontrolling interest. See Note 21 to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the acquisition.


Velie Plantation Holding Company (“VPHC”), previously owned 91% by the Company, was engaged in holding the real estate property known as the Velie Plantation in Moline, Illinois, which is the location for the Company’s headquarters.  In October 2012, the Company acquired the remaining 9% noncontrolling interest, and effective December 31, 2012, VPHC was dissolved and liquidated.

Quad City Bancard, Inc. (“Bancard”), previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, conducted the Company’s credit card issuing and merchant credit cards acquiring operations.  During 2008, Bancard sold its merchant credit card acquiring business.  The resulting gain on sale, net of taxes and related expenses, was approximately $3.0 million.  The comparative financial results associated with the merchant credit card acquiring business have been reflected as discontinued operations throughout the annual report.  Effective December 31, 2009, Bancard was dissolved and liquidated.  The credit card issuing operation was merged in as a department of QCBT.  In January 2013, QCBT sold its credit card portfolio and the related credit card issuing operations to a third party.  In connection with the transaction, the Company expects a pre-tax gain, net of transaction-related costs, of approximately $875 thousand to be realized in the first quarter of 2013.

In February 2013, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Community National Bancorporation (“Community National”).  The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.  Based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on February 13, 2013, the implied valuation of the acquisition is approximately $20.1 million.  See Note 23 to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the acquisition.


On December 31, 2008, the Company sold its Milwaukee, Wisconsin subsidiary, First Wisconsin Bank and Trust Company (“FWBT”), for $13.7 million which resulted in a pre-tax gain on sale of approximately $495 thousand. The comparative financial results associated with FWBT have been reflected as discontinued operations throughout the annual report.

Subsidiary Banks.QCBT was capitalized on October 13, 1993, and commenced operations on January 7, 1994. QCBT is an Iowa-chartered commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System with depository accounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) to the maximum amount permitted by law. QCBT provides full service commercial, correspondent, and consumer banking and trust and asset management services in the Quad Cities and adjacent communities through its five offices that are located in Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa and in Moline, Illinois. QCBT, on a consolidated basis with m2, had total segment assets of $1.18$1.32 billion and $1.11$1.25 billion as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively.

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CRBT is an Iowa-chartered commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System with depository accounts insured by the FDIC to the maximum amount permitted by law. The Company commenced operations in Cedar Rapids in June 2001, operating a branch of QCBT. The Cedar Rapids branch operation then began functioning under the CRBT charter in September 2001. As previously discussed, the merged branches of CNB operate as a division of CRBT under the name “Community Bank & Trust.” CRBT provides full-service commercial and consumer banking and trust and asset management services to Cedar Rapids and Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa and adjacent communities through its twofive facilities. The headquarters for CRBT is located in downtown Cedar Rapids and itswith one other branch location is located in northern Cedar Rapids.Rapids ,two branches located in Waterloo and one branch located in Cedar Falls. CRBT had total segment assets of $625.7$840.3 million and $560.1$804.2 million as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively.


RB&T is an Illinois-chartered commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System with depository accounts insured by the FDIC to the maximum amount permitted by law. The Company commenced operations in Rockford, Illinois in September 2004, operating a branch of QCBT, and that operation began functioning under the RB&T charter in January 2005. RB&T provides full-service commercial and consumer banking and trust and asset management services to Rockford and adjacent communities through its original office located in downtown Rockford and its branch facilityheadquarters located on Guilford Road at Alpine Road in Rockford and its branch facility located in downtown Rockford. RB&T had total segment assets of $313.8$353.4 million and $294.4$339.4 million as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively.


See Note 2022 to the consolidated financial statements for additional business segment information.


Other Operating Subsidiaries.m2, which is based in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is engaged in the business of leasing machinery and equipment to commercial and industrial businesses under direct financing lease contracts. On August 26, 2005, QCBT originally acquired 80% of the membership units of m2.  John Engelbrecht,m2 but subsequently acquired the President and Chief Executive Officer of m2, retained 20% of the membership units.  On August 31, 2012, QCBT acquired theremaining 20% noncontrolling interest previously owned by John Engelbrecht.Engelbrecht in 2012.


VPHC

Velie Plantation Holding Company (“VPHC”), previously owned 91% by the Company, was engaged in holding the real estate property known as the Velie Plantation Mansion in Moline, Illinois.  Beginning in 1998,Illinois, which is the Company held a 20% equity investment in VPHC.  The Company acquired additional membership units in 2006 (37%), in 2009 (16%), and in 2010 (18%), bringing its total equity investment to 91%.location for the Company’s headquarters. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company acquired the remaining 9% noncontrolling interest and, effective as of December 31, 2012, VPHC was dissolved and liquidated.


On January 1, 2008, QCBT acquired 100% of the membership units of CMG Investment Advisors, LLC, which is an investment management and advisory company.  During 2010, the operating subsidiary was renamed Quad City Investment Advisors, LLC.

Trust Preferred Subsidiaries.Following is a listing of the Company’s non-consolidated subsidiaries formed for the issuance of trust preferred securities, including pertinent information as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011:2013:

NameDate Issued Amount Issued Interest Rate 
Interest
Rate as of
12/31/12
  
Interest
Rate as of
12/31/11
 
            
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IIFebruary 2004 $12,372,000 2.85% over 3-month LIBOR *  3.21%  3.22%
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IIIFebruary 2004  8,248,000 2.85% over 3-month LIBOR  3.21%  3.22%
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IVMay 2005  5,155,000 1.80% over 3-month LIBOR  2.14%  2.20%
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust VFebruary 2006  10,310,000 1.55% over 3-month LIBOR **  1.89%  1.95%
   $36,085,000 Weighted Average Rate  2.68%  2.71%
*Rate was fixed at 6.93% until March 31, 2011 when it became variable based on 3-month LIBOR plus 2.85%, reset quarterly.
**Rate was fixed at 6.62% until April 7, 2011 when it became variable based on 3-month LIBOR plus 1.55%, reset quarterly.

Name

Date Issued

 

Amount Issued

 

Interest Rate

 

Interest Rate as of 12/31/2014

  

Interest Rate as of 12/31/2013

 
               

QCR Holdings Statutory Trust II

February 2004

 $12,372,000 

2.85% over 3-month LIBOR

  3.08%   3.10% 

QCR Holdings Statutory Trust III

February 2004

  8,248,000 

2.85% over 3-month LIBOR

  3.08%   3.10% 

QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IV

May 2005

  5,155,000 

1.80% over 3-month LIBOR

  2.03%   2.04% 

QCR Holdings Statutory Trust V

February 2006

  10,310,000 

1.55% over 3-month LIBOR

  1.78%   1.79% 

Community National Statutory Trust II

September 2004

  3,093,000 

2.17% over 3-month LIBOR

  2.42%   2.42% 

Community National Statutory Trust III

March 2007

  3,609,000 

1.75% over 3-month LIBOR

  1.99%   1.99% 
   $42,787,000 

Weighted Average Rate

  2.50%   2.51% 

Securities issued by Trust II, Trust III, Trust IV, and Trust Vall of the trusts listed above mature thirty years from the date of issuance, but are all currently callable at par at anytime.

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Other Ownership Interests.The Company invests limited amounts of its capital in stocks of financial institutions and mutual funds. In addition to its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Company owns a 20% equity position in Nobel Real Estate Investors, LLC. In June 2005, CRBT entered into a joint venture as a 50% owner of Cedar Rapids Mortgage Company, LLC.


The Company previously ownedLLC, which provided residential real estate mortgage lending services. During the first quarter of 2013, CRBT and the partner mutually terminated the joint venture. CRBT continues to provide residential real estate mortgage lending services through its consumer banking division. In December 2014, QCBT entered into a 2.25% equity investment in Trisource Solutions, LLC (“Trisource”).  On July 2, 2010, the Company exercisedjoint venture as a put option and sold its equity investment back to the majority20% owner of Trisource for $750 thousand received in monthly installments of $10 thousand through July 2012,Ruhl Mortgage, to provide residential real estate mortgage lending services and a final balloon payment of $584 thousand received in August 2012.  The gain (materially all of the sales proceeds) was recognized on a cash basis.

products to QCBT clients.

Business.The Company’s principal business consists of attracting deposits and investing those deposits in loans/leases and securities. The deposits of the subsidiary banks are insured to the maximum amount allowable by the FDIC. The Company’s results of operations are dependent primarily on net interest income, which is the difference between the interest earned on its loans/leases and securities and the interest paid on deposits and borrowings. The Company’s operating results are affected by economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in interest rates, government policies and actions of regulatory authorities, as described more fully in this Form 10-K. Its operating results also can be affected by trust fees, investment advisory and management fees, deposit service charge fees, gains on the sale of residential real estate and government guaranteed loans, earnings from bank-owned life insurance (“BOLI”) and other income. Operating expenses include employee compensation and benefits, occupancy and equipment expense, professional and data processing fees, advertising and marketing expenses, bank service charges, FDIC and other insurance, loan/lease expenses and other administrative expenses.


The Company and its subsidiaries collectively employed 356409 and 355400 full-time equivalents (“FTEs”) at December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively.


The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) is the primary federal regulator of the Company and its subsidiaries. In addition, QCBT and CRBT are regulated by the Iowa Superintendent of Banking (“Iowa Superintendent”) and RB&T is regulated by the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (“DFPR”). The FDIC, as administrator of the Deposit Insurance Fund, also has regulatory authority over the subsidiary banks.


See Appendix A for more information on the federal and state statutes and regulations that are applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries.

Lending/Leasing. The Company and its subsidiaries provide a broad range of commercial and retail lendinglending/leasing and investment services to corporations, partnerships, individuals, and government agencies. The subsidiary banks actively market their services to qualified lending and deposit clients. Officers actively solicit the business of new clients entering their market areas as well as long-standing members of the local business community. The Company has an established lending/leasing policy which includes a number of underwriting factors to be considered in making a loan/lease, including, but not limited to, location, loan-to-value ratio, cash flow, collateral and the credit history of the borrower.

 

In accordance with Iowa regulation, the legal lending limit to one borrower for QCBT and CRBT, calculated as 15% of aggregate capital, was $14.9$15.5 million and $8.4$11.9 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2012.2014. In accordance with Illinois regulation, the legal lending limit to one borrower for RB&T, calculated as 25% of aggregate capital, totaled $9.4$9.0 million as of December 31, 2012.

2014.

The Company recognizes the need to prevent excessive concentrations of credit exposure to any one borrower or group of related borrowers. As such, the Company has established an in-house lending limit, which is lower than each subsidiary bank’s legal lending limit, in an effort to manage individual borrower exposure levels.

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The in-house lending limit is the maximum amount of credit each subsidiary bank will extend to a single borrowing entity or group of related entities. Under the in-house limit, total credit exposure to a single borrowing entity or group of related entities will not exceed the following, subject to certain exceptions:


Quad City Bank & Trust:

$7.5 10.0 million

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust:

$6.5 7.5 million

Rockford Bank & Trust:

$3.7 million


On a consolidated basis, the in-house lending limit is $10.0$15.0 million, which is the maximum amount of credit that all affiliated banks, when combined, will extend to a single borrowing entity or group of related entities, subject to certain exceptions.

In addition, m2’s in-house lending limit is $1.0 million to a single leasing entity or group of related entities.

As part of the loan monitoring activity at the three subsidiary banks, credit administration personnel interact closely with senior bank management. For example, the internal loan committee of each subsidiary bank meets weekly. The Company has a separate in-house loan review function to analyze credits of the subsidiary banks. To complement the in-house loan review, an independent third-party performs external loan reviews. ManagementHistorically, management has attempted to identify problem loans at an early stage and to aggressively seek a resolution of those situations.

The Company recognizes that a diversified loan/lease portfolio contributes to reducing risk in the overall loan/lease portfolio. The specific loan/lease portfolio mix is subject to change based on loan/lease demand, the business environment and various economic factors. The Company actively monitors concentrations within the loan/lease portfolio to ensure appropriate diversification and concentration risk is maintained.

 

Specifically, each subsidiary bank’s total loans as a percentage of average assets may not exceed 85%. In addition, following are established policy limits and the actual allocations for the three subsidiary banks as of December 31, 20122014 for the loan portfolio on a per loan type basis, reflected as a percentage of the subsidiary bank’s average gross loans:

     As of December 31, 2012 
Type of Loan * Maximum Percentage per Loan Policy **  QCBT  CRBT  RB&T 
             
             
One-to-four family residential  30%  15%  11%  19%
Multi-family  15%  4%  8%  5%
Farmland  5%  0%  0%  1%
Non-farm, nonresidential  50%  28%  40%  45%
Construction and land development  20%  5%  5%  3%
Commercial and industrial  60%  20%  30%  24%
Loans to individuals  10%  3%  2%  1%
Lease financing  20%  16%  0%  0%
All other loans  10%  9%  4%  2%
       100%  100%  100%
                 
Bank stock loans ***  15%  7%  0%  1%

  

QCBT

 

CRBT

 

RBT

          

Type of Loan *

 

Maximum

Percentage per

Loan Policy

As of

December 31,

2014

 

Maximum

Percentage per

Loan Policy

As of

December 31,

2014

 

Maximum

Percentage per

Loan Policy

As of

December 31,

2014

          

One-to-four family residential

 

30%

14%

 

25%

11%

 

30%

21%

Multi-family

 

15%

3%

 

15%

7%

 

15%

4%

Farmland

 

5%

1%

 

5%

1%

 

5%

0%

Non-farm, nonresidential

 

50%

25%

 

50%

35%

 

50%

46%

Construction and land development

 

20%

3%

 

15%

9%

 

20%

3%

Commercial and industrial

 

60%

20%

 

60%

25%

 

60%

22%

Loans to individuals

 

10%

1%

 

10%

1%

 

10%

1%

Lease financing

 

30%

22%

 

5%

0%

 

20%

0%

Bank stock loans

 

**

6%

 

10%

2%

 

10%

0%

All other loans

 

15%

5%

 

10%

9%

 

10%

3%

   

100%

  

100%

  

100%

* The loan types above are as defined and reported in the subsidiary banks’ quarterly Reports of Condition and Income (also known as Call Reports).

** TheQCBT’s maximum percentages listed are the same for all subsidiary banks except for CRBT, where the maximum percentage for one-to-four family residential is 25%, the maximum percentage for construction and land development is 15%, and the maximum percentage for lease financing receivables is 5%.  Additionally, both CRBT and RB&T have maximum percentages for bank stock loans is 150% of 10%aggregate capital (bank stock loan commitments are limited to 200% of aggregate capital).

*** Bank At December 31, 2014, QCBT’s bank stock loans are not a separate reportable line item on the Call Reports.  The loans are reported within “all other loans” above.
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totaled 62% of aggregate capital.

The following table presents total loans/leases by major loan/lease type and subsidiary as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011.2013. Residential real estate loans held for sale are included in residential real estate loans below.

  
Quad City
Bank & Trust
  
m2
Lease Funds
  
Cedar Rapids
Bank & Trust
  
Rockford
Bank & Trust
  
Intercompany
Elimination
  
Consolidated
Total
 
  $   %   $   %  $   %  $   %   $  $   % 
                                         
  (dollars in thousands)  
As of December 31, 2012:                                    
                                         
Commercial and industrial loans $203,542   36% $-   0% $130,261   35% $60,441   26% $-  $394,244   31%
Commercial real estate loans  258,133   45%  -   0%  201,659   54%  136,025   58%  (1,838)  593,979   46%
Direct financing leases  -   0%  103,686   96%  -   0%  -   0%  -   103,686   8%
Residential real estate loans  60,666   11%  -   0%  27,863   7%  27,053   11%  -   115,582   9%
Installment and other consumer loans  47,621   8%  -   0%  17,425   4%  11,675   5%  -   76,721   6%
Deferred loan/lease origination costs, net of fees  (77)  0%  3,907   4%  (738)  0%  84   0%  -   3,176   0%
  $569,885   100% $107,593   100% $376,470   100% $235,278   100% $(1,838) $1,287,388   100%
                                             
As of December 31, 2011:                                            
                                             
Commercial and industrial loans $177,069   34% $-   0% $116,714   34% $57,011   25% $-  $350,794   29%
Commercial real estate loans  260,895   49%  -   0%  184,338   53%  134,580   59%  (2,009)  577,804   48%
Direct financing leases  -   0%  93,212   97%  -   0%  -   0%  -   93,212   8%
Residential real estate loans  43,405   8%  -   0%  29,847   8%  24,855   11%  -   98,107   8%
Installment and other consumer loans  48,590   9%  -   0%  17,846   5%  11,787   5%  -   78,223   7%
Deferred loan/lease origination costs, net of fees  56   0%  3,217   3%  (703)  0%  35   0%  -   2,605   0%
  $530,015   100% $96,429   100% $348,042   100% $228,268   100% $(2,009) $1,200,745   100%

  

Quad City

  

m2

  

Cedar Rapids

  

Rockford

  

Intercompany

  

Consolidated

 
  

Bank & Trust

  

Lease Funds

  

Bank & Trust

  

Bank & Trust

  

Elimination

  

Total

 
  

$

  

%

  

$

  

%

  

$

  

%

  

$

  

%

  

$

  

$

  

%

 
  (dollars in thousands) 

As of December 31, 2014:

 

 

 
                                             

Commercial and industrial loans

 $238,495   39% $4,739   3% $212,208   37% $68,485   25% $-  $523,927   32%

Commercial real estate loans

  256,195   42%  -   0%  297,377   51%  150,031   55%  (1,463)  702,140   43%

Direct financing leases

  -   0%  166,032   93%  -   0%  -   0%  -   166,032   10%

Residential real estate loans

  75,095   13%  -   0%  43,863   8%  39,675   15%  -   158,633   10%

Installment and other consumer loans

  35,213   6%  -   0%  24,252   4%  13,142   5%  -   72,607   5%

Deferred loan/lease origination costs, net of fees

  80   0%  6,673   4%  (337)  0%  248   0%  -   6,664   0%
  $605,078   100% $177,444   100% $577,363   100% $271,581   100% $(1,463) $1,630,003   100%

As of December 31, 2013:

                                            
                                             

Commercial and industrial loans

 $209,150   38% $-   0% $161,032   31% $61,506   24% $-  $431,688   30%

Commercial real estate loans

  239,965   44%  -   0%  290,625   55%  142,819   57%  (1,656)  671,753   46%

Direct financing leases

  -   0%  128,902   96%  -   0%  -   0%  -   128,902   9%

Residential real estate loans

  65,678   12%  -   0%  45,457   9%  36,221   14%  -   147,356   10%

Installment and other consumer loans

  36,791   7%  -   0%  28,427   5%  10,816   4%  -   76,034   5%

Deferred loan/lease origination costs, net of fees

  45   0%  4,814   4%  (537)  0%  225   0%  -   4,547   0%
  $551,629   100% $133,716   100% $525,004   100% $251,587   100% $(1,656) $1,460,280   100%

Proper pricing of loans is necessary to provide adequate return to the Company’s stockholders. Loan pricing, as established by the subsidiary banks’ Asset/Liability Committee, shall includeinternal loan committees, includes consideration for the cost of funds, loan maturity and risk, origination and maintenance costs, appropriate stockholder return, competitive factors, and the economic environment. The portfolio contains a mix of loans with fixed and floating interest rates. Management attempts to maximize the use of interest rate floors on its variable rate loan portfolio. Refer to Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk for more discussion on the Company’s management of interest rate risk.

 

Commercial and Industrial Lending

As noted above, the subsidiary banks are active commercial and industrial lenders. The current areas of emphasis include loans to small andsmalland mid-sized businesses with a wide range of operations such as wholesalers, manufacturers, building contractors, business services companies, other banks, and retailers. The banks provide a wide range of business loans, including lines of credit for working capital and operational purposes, and term loans for the acquisition of facilities, equipment and other purposes. Since 2010, the subsidiary banks have been active in participating in lending programs offered by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). Under these programs, the government entities will generally provide a guarantee of repayment ranging from 50% to 85% of the principal amount of the qualifying loan.

Loan approval is generally based on the following factors:

 ·

Ability and stability of current management of the borrower;

 ·

Stable earnings with positive financial trends;

 ·

Sufficient cash flow to support debt repayment;

 ·

Earnings projections based on reasonable assumptions;

 ·

Financial strength of the industry and business; and

 ·

Value and marketability of collateral.


For commercial and industrial loans, the Company assigns internal risk ratings which are largely dependent upon the aforementioned approval factors. The risk rating is reviewed annually or on an as needed basis depending on the specific circumstances of the loan. See Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information, including the internal risk rating scale.

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As part of the underwriting process, management reviews current borrower financial statements. When appropriate, certain commercial and industrial loans may contain covenants requiring maintenance of financial performance ratios such as, but not limited to:

 ·

Minimum debt service coverage ratio;

 ·

Minimum current ratio;

 ·

Maximum debt to tangible net worth ratio; and/or

 ·

Minimum tangible net worthworth.


Establishment of these financial performance ratios depends on a number of factors, including risk rating and the specific industry.


Collateral for these loans generally includes accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, and real estate. The Company’s lending policy specifies approved collateral types and corresponding maximum advance percentages. The value of collateral pledged on loans must exceed the loan amount by a margin sufficient to absorb potential erosion of its value in the event of foreclosure and cover the loan amount plus costs incurred to convert it to cash. Approved non-real estate collateral types and corresponding maximum advance percentages for each are listed below.

Approved Collateral Type

Maximum Advance%Advance %

  

Financial Instruments

U.S. Government Securities

90% of market value

Securities of Federal Agencies

90% of market value

Municipal Bonds rated by Moody’s

As “A” or better

80% of market value

Listed Stocks

75% of market value

Mutual Funds

75% of market value

Cash Value Life Insurance

95%, less policy loans

Savings/Time Deposits (Bank)

100% of current value

General Business

General Business

Accounts Receivable

80% of eligible accounts

Inventory

50% of value

Fixed Assets (Existing)

50% of net book value, or

 75% of orderly liquidation appraised value

Fixed Assets (New)

80% of cost

Leasehold Improvements

0%

 

Generally, if the above collateral is part of a cross-collateralization with other approved assets, then the maximum advance percentage may be higher.

The Company’s lending policy specifies maximum term limits for commercial and industrial loans. For term loans, the maximum term is generally 7 years. Generally, term loans range from 3three to 5five years. For lines of credit, the maximum term is typically 365 days.

In addition, the subsidiary banks often take personal guarantees or cosignors to help assure repayment. Loans may be made on an unsecured basis if warranted by the overall financial condition of the borrower.

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Commercial Real Estate Lending


The subsidiary banks also make commercial real estate loans. Commercial real estate loans are subject to underwriting standards and processes similar to commercial and industrial loans, in addition to those standards and processes specific to real estate loans. Collateral for these loans generally includes the underlying real estate and improvements, and may include additional assets of the borrower. The Company’s lending policy specifies maximum loan-to-value limits based on the category of commercial real estate (commercial real estate loans on improved property, raw land, land development, and commercial construction). These limits are the same limits as, or in some situations, more conservative than, those established by regulatory authorities. Following is a listing of these limits as well as some of the other guidelines included in the Company’s lending policy for the major categories of commercial real estate loans:

Commercial Real Estate Loan Types

 

Maximum Advance Rate **

 

Maximum Term

Commercial Real Estate Loans on Improved Property *

 

80%

 

7 years

Raw Land

 

Lesser of 90% of project cost, or 65% of

"as is" appraised value
12 months
Land Development

 

12 months

Land Development

Lesser of 90% of project cost, or 75% of

appraised value

24 months

Commerical Construction Loans

 

Lesser of 90% of project cost, or 80% of

appraised value

365 days

* Generally, the debt service coverage ratio must be a minimum of 1.25x for non-owner occupied loans and 1.15x for owner-occupied loans. For loans greater than $500 thousand, the subsidiary banks sensitivity testsensitize this ratio for deteriorated economic conditions, major changes in interest rates, and/or significant increases in vacancy rates.

** These maximum rates are consistent with, , or in some situations, more conservative than, those established by regulatory authorities.


The Company’s lending policy also includes guidelines for real estate appraisals and evaluations, including minimum appraisal and evaluation standards based on certain transactions. In addition, the subsidiary banks often take personal guarantees to help assure repayment.

In addition, management tracks the level of owner-occupied commercial real estate loans versus non-owner occupied loans. Owner-occupied loans are generally considered to have less risk. As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, approximately 35%37% and 29%39%, respectively, of the commercial real estate loan portfolio was owner-occupied.


The Company’s lending policy limits non-owner occupied commercial real estate lending to 300% of total risk-based capital, and limits construction, land development, and other land loans to 100% of total risk-based capital. Exceeding these limits warrants the use of heightened risk management practices in accordance with regulatory guidelines. As of December 31, 2012,2014, all three subsidiary banks were in compliance with these limits.

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Following is a listing of the significant industries within the Company’s commercial real estate loan portfolio as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011:

  2012  2011 
  Amount  %  Amount  % 
             
  (dollars in thousands) 
             
Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings $178,060   30% $179,511   31%
Lessors of Residential Buildings  61,460   10%  50,029   9%
Land Subdivision  28,854   5%  33,252   6%
New Car Dealers  27,079   5%  25,223   4%
Hotels  26,710   4%  19,061   3%
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property  12,765   2%  15,830   3%
New Single Family Construction  10,746   2%  10,788   2%
Other *  248,305   42%  244,110   42%
                 
Total Commercial Real Estate Loans $593,979   100% $577,804   100%
2013:

  

2014

  

2013

 
  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

 
                 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                 

Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings

 $256,436   37% $237,049   35%

Lessors of Residential Buildings

  74,668   11%  69,087   10%

Land Subdivision

  19,504   3%  29,117   4%

Lessors of Other Real Estate Property

  17,553   2%  15,509   2%

Nursing Care Facilities

  17,078   2%  19,212   3%

Hotels

  16,252   2%  20,975   3%

New Car Dealers

  16,090   2%  16,597   3%

Other *

  284,559   41%  264,207   40%

Total Commercial Real Estate Loans

 $702,140   100% $671,753   100%


* “Other” consists of all other industries. None of these had concentrations greater than $10.0$15.0 million, or 2.0%2% of total commercial real estate loans.

Direct Financing Leasing


m2 leases machinery and equipment to commercial and industrial customers under direct financing leases. All lease requests are subject to the credit requirements and criteria as set forth in the lending/leasing policy. In all cases, a formal independent credit analysis of the lessee is performed.


The following private and public sector business assets are generally acceptable to consider for lease funding:


 ·

Computer systemssystems;

 ·

Photocopy systemssystems;

 ·

Fire truckstrucks;

 ·

Specialized road maintenance equipmentequipment;

 ·

Medical equipmentequipment;

 ·

Commercial business furnishingsfurnishings;

 ·

Vehicles classified as heavy equipmentequipment;

 ·

Aircraft

Aircraft;

 ·

Equipment classified as plant or office equipmentequipment; and

 ·

Marine boat liftslifts.


m2 will generally refrain from funding leases of the following type:


 ·

Leases collateralized by non-marketable itemsitems;

 ·

Leases collateralized by consumer items, such as vehicles, household goods, recreational vehicles, boats, etc.;

 ·

Leases collateralized by used equipment, unless its remaining useful life can be readily determineddetermined; and

 ·

Leases with a repayment schedule exceeding 7 yearsyears.

 

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Residential Real Estate Lending

Generally, the subsidiary banks’ residential real estate loans conform to the underwriting requirements of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to allow the subsidiary banks to resell loans in the secondary market. The subsidiary banks structure most loans that will not conform to those underwriting requirements as adjustable rate mortgages that adjust in one to five years, and then retain these loans in their portfolios. During 2011 and 2012, the subsidiary banks originated and held a limited amount of 15-year fixed rate residential real estate loans that met certain credit guidelines. Servicing rights are not presently retained on the loans sold in the secondary market. The Company’s lending policy establishes minimum appraisal and other credit guidelines.

As mentioned above, the subsidiary banks sell the majority of their residential real estate loans in the secondary market.  

The following table presents the originations and sales of residential real estate loans for the Company.

  For the year ended December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
          
  (dollars in thousands) 
          
Originations of residential real estate loans $151,676  $117,914  $164,572 
Sales of residential real estate loans $104,740  $83,926  $134,304 
Percentage of sales to originations  69%  71%  82%
Included in originations is activity related to the refinancing of previously held in-house mortgages.

  

For the year ended December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Originations of residential real estate loans

 $72,146  $105,716  $151,676 

Sales of residential real estate loans

 $33,100  $56,103  $104,740 

Percentage of sales to originations

  46%  53%  69%

Installment and Other Consumer Lending


The consumer lending department of each subsidiary bank provides many types of consumer loans, including motor vehicle, home improvement, home equity, motor vehicle, signature loans and small personal credit lines. The Company’s lending policy addresses specific credit guidelines by consumer loan type. In particular, for home equity loans and home equity lines of credit, the minimum credit bureau score is 680. For both home equity loans and lines of credit, the maximum advance rate is 90% of value with a minimum credit bureau score of 720, and the maximum advance rate is 80% of value with a credit bureau score of 680 to 719. The maximum term on home equity loans is 10 years and maximum amortization is 15 years. The maximum term on home equity lines of credit is 5five years.


*****


In some instances for all loans/leases, it may be appropriate to originate or purchase loans/leases that are exceptions to the guidelines and limits established within the Company’s lending policy described above. In general, exceptions to the lending policy do not significantly deviate from the guidelines and limits established within the lending policy and, if there are exceptions, they are generally noted as such and specifically identified in loan/lease approval documents.



Competition.The Company currently operates in the highly competitive Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo/Cedar Falls, and Rockford markets. Competitors include not only other commercial banks, credit unions, thrift institutions, and mutual funds, but also insurance companies, finance companies, brokerage firms, investment banking companies, and a variety of other financial services and advisory companies. Many of these competitors are not subject to the same regulatory restrictions as the Company. Many of these unregulated competitors compete across geographic boundaries and provide customers increasing access to meaningful alternatives to banking services. The Company competes in markets with a number of much larger financial institutions with substantially greater resources and larger lending limits.

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Appendices.The commercial banking business is a highly regulated business. See Appendix A for a summary of the federal and state statutes and regulations that are applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries. Supervision, regulation and examination of banks and bank holding companies by bank regulatory agencies are intended primarily for the protection of depositors rather than stockholders of bank holding companies and banks.


See Appendix B for tables and schedules that show selected comparative statistical information relating to the business of the Company required to be presented pursuant to federal securities laws. Consistent with the information presented in the Form 10-K, results are presented for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.

2012.

 

Internet Site, Securities Filings and Governance Documents. The Company maintains an Internet sites for itself and each of its three banking subsidiaries.site at www.qcrh.com. The Company makes available free of charge through these sitesthis site its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and other reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as soon as reasonably practicable after it electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. Also available are many of its corporate governance documents, including the Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy.  The sites are

www.qcrh.com, www.qcbt.com, www.crbt.com, and www.rkfdbank.com.



Item 1A.  Risk Factors

In addition to the other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, stockholders or prospective investors should carefully consider the following risk factors:


Difficult market

A prolonged continuation of economic uncertainty or worsening of current economic conditions could have affected the financial industry and may adversely affect us in the future.

Dramatic declines in the U.S. housing market over the past few years, with falling home prices and increasing foreclosures, unemployment and under-employment, have negatively impacted the credit performance of mortgage loans and resulted in significant write-downs of asset values by financial institutions, including government-sponsored entities as well as major commercial banks and investment banks.  These write-downs, initially of mortgage-backed securities but spreading to credit default swaps and other derivative and cash securities, in turn, have caused many financial institutions to seek additional capital from private and government entities, to merge with larger and stronger financial institutions and, in some cases, to fail.  While these challenges are generally less severe than in recent years, their impact continues to be felt.
Reflecting concern about the stability of the financial markets in general and the strength of counterparties, many lenders and institutional investors have reduced or ceased providing funding to borrowers, including other financial institutions.  This market turmoil and tightening of credit have led to an increased level of commercial and consumer delinquencies, erosion of consumer confidence, increased market volatility and widespread reduction of business activity in general.  The resulting economic pressurea material adverse effect on consumers and erosion of confidence in the financial markets has already adversely affected our industry and may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.  Although we believe

While some economic indicators show signs of gradual improvement, elevated levels of uncertainty related to U.S. and European fiscal issues, political climates and global economic conditions continue. There can be no assurance that these difficult conditionsthis improvement will continue or be spread evenly throughout the markets that the Company serves. Continued uncertainty, sustained high unemployment, volatility or disruptions of global financial markets, or prolonged deterioration in the global, national or local business or economic conditions could result in, among other things, a deterioration of credit quality, further impairment of real estate values or a reduced demand for credit or other products and services we offer to clients.

Additionally, competitive dynamics in our industry could change as a result of continued consolidation of financial markets have recently improved, a worsening of these conditions would likely exacerbate the adverse effects of these difficult market conditions on us and other financial institutions.  In particular, we may face the following risksservices companies in connection with these events:

·Our ability to assess the creditworthiness of our customers may be impaired if the models and approaches we use to select, manage and underwrite the loans become less predictive of future behaviors.
·The models used to estimate losses inherent in the credit exposure require difficult, subjective, and complex judgments, including forecasts of economic conditions and how these economic predictions might impair the ability of the borrowers to repay their loans, which may no longer be capable of accurate estimation and which may, in turn, impact the reliability of the models.
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·Our ability to borrow from other financial institutions or to engage in sales of mortgage loans to third parties on favorable terms, or at all, could be adversely affected by further disruptions in the capital markets or other events, including deteriorating investor expectations.
·Competitive dynamics in the industry could change as a result of consolidation of financial services companies in connection with current market conditions.
·We expect to face increased regulation of our industry.  Compliance with such regulation may increase our costs and limit our ability to pursue business opportunities.
·We expect to face increased capital requirements, both at the Company level and at each of the subsidiary banks.  In this regard, the Collins Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) requires the federal banking agencies to establish minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements that will apply to both insured banks and their holding companies.  Furthermore, the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision, the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, in September 2010 announced an agreement to a strengthened set of capital requirements for internationally active banking organizations, known as Basel III.  While implementation of the proposed rules under Basel III in the U.S. has been indefinitely delayed, we expect U.S. banking authorities to follow the lead of Basel III and require all U.S. banking organizations to maintain significantly higher levels of capital, which may limit our ability to pursue business opportunities and adversely affect our results of operations and growth prospects.
·We may be required to pay significantly higher FDIC premiums because market developments have significantly depleted the Deposit Insurance Fund, or DIF, and reduced the ratio of reserves to insured deposits.  Furthermore, the Dodd-Frank Act requires the FDIC to increase the DIF’s reserves against future losses, which will necessitate increased assessments on depository institutions.  Although the precise impact on us will not be clear until implementing rules are issued, any future increases in assessments applicable to us will decrease our earnings and could have a material adverse effect on the value of, or market for, our common stock.
current market conditions.

If current levels of market disruption and volatilityconditions do not continue to improve or worsen to recessionary conditions, and/or if negative developments in the domestic and international credit markets continue, there can be no assurance that we will not experience an adverse effect, which may be material, on our ability to access capital and on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The acquisition of Community National, and other potential

Potential future acquisitions could be difficult to integrate, divert the attention of key personnel, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value and adversely affect our financial results.


On February 14,May 13, 2013, we announced the entry into an agreement providing for the acquisition ofacquired Community National which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.and CNB. As part of our business strategy, we may consider acquisitions of other banks or financial institutions or branches, assets or deposits of such organizations. There is no assurance, however, that we will determine to pursue any of these opportunities or that if we determine to pursue them that we will be successful.  Acquisitions involve numerous risks, any of which could harm our business, including:


 ·

difficulties in integrating the operations, technologies, products, existing contracts, accounting processes and personnel of the target company and realizing the anticipated synergies of the combined businesses;

 ·

difficulties in supporting and transitioning customers of the target company;

 ·

diversion of financial and management resources from existing operations;

 ·

the price we pay or other resources that we devote may exceed the value we realize, or the value we could have realized if we had allocated the purchase price or other resources to another opportunity;

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 ·

risks of entering new markets or areas in which we have limited or no experience or are outside our core competencies;

 

 ·

potential loss of key employees, customers and strategic alliances from either our current business or the business of the target company;

 ·

assumption of unanticipated problems or latent liabilities; and

 ·

inability to generate sufficient revenue to offset acquisition costs.


Future acquisitions may involve the issuance of our equity securities as payment or in connection with financing the business or assets acquired, and as a result, could dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders. In addition, consummating these transactions could result in the incurrence of additional debt and related interest expense, as well as unforeseen liabilities, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. The failure to successfully evaluate and execute acquisitions or otherwise adequately address the risks associated with acquisitions could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.


We must effectively manage our credit risk.


There are risks inherent in making any loan, including risks inherent in dealing with specific borrowers, risks of nonpayment, risks resulting from uncertainties as to the future value of collateral and risks resulting from changes in economic and industry conditions. We attempt to minimize our credit risk through prudent loan application approval procedures, careful monitoring of the concentration of our loans within specific industries and periodic independent reviews of outstanding loans by our credit review department and an external third party. However, we cannot assure you that such approval and monitoring procedures will reduce these credit risks.


The majority of our subsidiary banks’ loan portfolios are invested in commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans, and we focus on lending to small to medium-sized businesses. The size of the loans we can offer to commercial customers is less than the size of the loans that our competitors with larger lending limits can offer. This may limit our ability to establish relationships with the area’s largest businesses. Smaller companies tend to be at a competitive disadvantage and generally have limited operating histories, less sophisticated internal record keeping and financial planning capabilities and fewer financial resources than larger companies. As a result, we may assume greater lending risks than financial institutions that have a lesser concentration of such loans and tend to make loans to larger, more established businesses. Collateral for these loans generally includes accounts receivable, inventory, equipment and real estate. However, depending on the overall financial condition of the borrower, some loans are made on an unsecured basis. In addition to commercial and commercial real estate loans, our subsidiary banks are also active in residential mortgage and consumer lending. Should the economic climate fail to meaningfully improve or if it worsens, ourOur borrowers may experience financial difficulties, and the level of nonperforming loans, charge-offs and delinquencies could rise, which could negatively impact our business through increased provision for loan/lease losses (“provision”), reduced interest income on loans/leases, and increased expenses incurred to carry and resolve problem loans/leases.


Commercial and industrial loans make up a large portion of our loan/lease portfolio.


Commercial and industrial loans were $394.2$523.9 million, or approximately 31%32% of our total loan/lease portfolio, as of December 31, 2012.2014. Our commercial and industrial loans are primarily made based on the identified cash flow of the borrower and secondarily on the underlying collateral provided by the borrower. Most often, this collateral is accounts receivable, inventory, equipment and real estate. Credit support provided by the borrower for most of these loans and the probability of repayment is based on the liquidation value of the pledged collateral and enforcement of a personal guarantee, if any exists. Whenever possible, we require a personal guarantee or cosigner on commercial loans. As a result, in the case of loans secured by accounts receivable, the availability of funds for the repayment of these loans may be substantially dependent on the ability of the borrower to collect amounts due from its customers. The collateral securing these loans may depreciate over time, may be difficult to appraise, and may fluctuate in value based on the success of the business. In addition, if the U.S. economy experiences a prolonged recovery period, it could harm or continue to harm the businesses of our commercial and industrial customers and reduce the value of the collateral securing these loans.

 

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Our loan/lease portfolio has a significant concentration of commercial real estate loans, which involve risks specific to real estate values.


Commercial real estate lending comprises a significant portion of our lending business. Specifically, commercial real estate loans were $594.0$702.1 million, or approximately 46%43% of our total loan/lease portfolio, as of December 31, 2012.2014. Of this amount, $204.9 million,$260.1million, or approximately 35%37%, was owner-occupied. The market value of real estate securing our commercial real estate loans can fluctuate significantly in a short period of time as a result of market conditions in the geographic area in which the real estate is located and in the past several years our market areas have experienced a general weakening in real estate valuations.  Continued adverseAdverse developments affecting real estate values in one or more of our markets could increase the credit risk associated with our loan portfolio. Additionally, real estate lending typically involves higher loan principal amounts and the repayment of the loans generally is dependent, in large part, on sufficient income from the properties securing the loans to cover operating expenses and debt service. Economic events or governmental regulations outside of the control of the borrower or lender could negatively impact the future cash flow and market values of the affected properties.

The problems that have occurred in the residential real estate and mortgage markets throughout much of the U.S. in recentprior years also affected the commercial real estate market. In our market areas, we generally experienced a downturn in credit performance by our commercial real estate loan customers in recentprior years relative to historical norms, and despite recent improvements in certain aspects of the economy, a level of uncertainty continues to exist in the economy and credit markets, there can be no guarantee that we will not experience further deterioration in the performance of commercial real estate and other real estate loans in the future. In such case, we may not be able to realize the amount of security that we anticipated at the time of originating the loan, which could cause us to increase our provision for loan losses and adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and/or capital.

Our allowance for loan/lease losses may prove to be insufficient to absorb losses in our loan/lease portfolio.


We establish our allowance for loan/lease losses (“allowance”) in consultation with management of our subsidiaries and maintain it at a level considered adequate by management to absorb loan/lease losses that are inherent in the portfolio. The amount of future loan/lease losses is susceptible to changes in economic, operating and other conditions, including changes in interest rates, which may be beyond our control, and such losses may exceed current estimates. At December 31, 2012,2014, our allowance for loan/lease losses as a percentage of total gross loans/leases was 1.55%1.42%, and as a percentage of total nonperforming loans/leases was approximately 78.47%114.78%. In addition, we had net charge-offs as a percentage of gross average loans/leases of 0.27%0.34% for the year ended December 31, 2012.2014. Because of the concentration of commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans in our loan portfolio, which tend to be larger in amount than residential real estate and installment loans, the movement of a small number of loans to nonperforming status can have a significant impact on this ratio.these ratios. Although management believes that the allowance for loan/lease losses as of December 31, 20122014 was adequate to absorb losses on any existing loans/leases that may become uncollectible, in light of the current economic environment, which remains challenging, we cannot predict loan/lease losses with certainty, and we cannot assure you that our allowance for loan/lease losses will prove sufficient to cover actual loan/lease losses in the future, particularly if economic conditions are more difficult than what management currently expects. Additional provisions to the allowance for loan/lease losses and loan/lease losses in excess of our allowance for loan/lease losses may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Company’s information systems may experience an interruption or breach in security and cyber-attacks, all of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business.

The Company relies heavily on internal and outsourced technologies, communications, and information systems to conduct its business.  Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Company collects, processes and retains sensitive and confidential information regarding our customers. As the Company’s reliance on technology has increased, so have the potential risks of a technology-related operation interruption (such as disruptions in the Company’s customer relationship management, general ledger, deposit, loan, or other systems) or the occurrence of a cyber-attacks (such as unauthorized access to the Company’s systems).  These risks have increased for all financial institutions as new technologies, the use of the Internet and telecommunications technologies (including mobile devices) to conduct financial and other business transactions and the increased sophistication and activities of organized crime, perpetrators of fraud, hackers, terrorists and others. In addition to cyber-attacks or other security breaches involving the theft of sensitive and confidential information, hackers have engaged in attacks against financial institutions, particularly denial of service attacks that are designed to disrupt key business services, such as customer-facing web sites. The Company is not able to anticipate or implement effective preventive measures against all security breaches of these types, especially because the techniques used change frequently and because attacks can originate from a wide variety of sources.  However, applying guidance from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, the Company has analyzed and will continue to analyze security related to device specific considerations, user access topics, transaction-processing and network integrity.

 

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The Company also faces risks related to cyber-attacks and other security breaches in connection with credit card and debit card transactions that typically involve the transmission of sensitive information regarding the Company’s customers through various third parties, including merchant acquiring banks, payment processors, payment card networks and its processors. Some of these parties have in the past been the target of security breaches and cyber-attacks, and because the transactions involve third parties and environments such as the point of sale that the Company does not control or secure, future security breaches or cyber-attacks affecting any of these third parties could impact the Company through no fault of its own, and in some cases it may have exposure and suffer losses for breaches or attacks relating to them.  Further cyber-attacks or other breaches in the future, whether affecting the Company or others, could intensify consumer concern and regulatory focus and result in reduced use of payment cards and increased costs, all of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business.  To the extent we are involved in any future cyber-attacks or other breaches, the Company’s reputation could be affected, would could also have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

System failure or breaches of our network security could subject us to increased operating costs as well as litigation and other liabilities.


The computer systems and network infrastructure we use could be vulnerable to unforeseen problems. Our operations are dependent upon our ability to protect our computer equipment against damage from physical theft, fire, power loss, telecommunications failure or a similar catastrophic event, as well as from security breaches, denial of service attacks, viruses, worms and other disruptive problems caused by hackers. Any damage or failure that causes an interruption in our operations could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Computer break-ins, phishing and other disruptions could also jeopardize the security of information stored in and transmitted through our computer systems and network infrastructure, as well as that of our customers engaging in internet banking activities, which may result in significant liability to us and may cause existing and potential customers to refrain from doing business with us. Although we, with the help of third-party service providers, intend to continue to implement security technology and establish operational procedures to prevent such damage, there can be no assurance that these security measures will be successful. In addition, advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography or other developments could result in a compromise or breach of the algorithms we and our third-party service providers use to encrypt and protect customer transaction data. Any interruption in, or breach of security of, our computer systems and network infrastructure, or that of our internet banking customers, could damage our reputation, result in a loss of customer business, subject us to additional regulatory scrutiny, or expose us to civil litigation and possible financial liability, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.


We are subject to certain operational risks, including, but not limited to, customer or employee fraud and data processing system failures and errors.


Employee errors and employee and customer misconduct could subject us to financial losses or regulatory sanctions and seriously harm our reputation. Misconduct by our employees could include hiding unauthorized activities from us, improper or unauthorized activities on behalf of our customers or improper use of confidential information. It is not always possible to prevent employee errors and misconduct, and the precautions we take to prevent and detect this activity may not be effective in all cases. Employee errors could also subject us to financial claims for negligence.


We maintain a system of internal controls and insurance coverage to mitigate against operational risks, including data processing system failures and errors and customer or employee fraud. Should our internal controls fail to prevent or detect an occurrence, and if any resulting loss is not insured or exceeds applicable insurance limits, such failure could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


We may be materially and adversely affected by the highly regulated environment in which we operate.

The Company and its bank subsidiaries are subject to extensive federal and state regulation, supervision and examination. Banking regulations are primarily intended to protect depositors’ funds, FDIC funds, customers and the banking system as a whole, rather than stockholders. These regulations affect our lending practices, capital structure, investment practices, dividend policy and growth, among other things.

As a bank holding company, we are subject to regulation and supervision primarily by the Federal Reserve. QCBT and CRBT, as Iowa-chartered state member banks, are subject to regulation and supervision primarily by both the Iowa Superintendent and the Federal Reserve. RB&T, as an Illinois-chartered state member bank, is subject to regulation and supervision primarily by both the DFPR and the Federal Reserve. We and our banks undergo periodic examinations by these regulators, who have extensive discretion and authority to prevent or remedy unsafe or unsound practices or violations of law by banks and bank holding companies.

The primary federal and state banking laws and regulations that affect us are described in Appendix A to this report. These laws, regulations, rules, standards, policies and interpretations are constantly evolving and may change significantly over time. For example, on July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law, which significantly changed the regulation of financial institutions and the financial services industry. The Dodd-Frank Act, together with the regulations to be developed thereunder, includes provisions affecting large and small financial institutions alike, including several provisions that affect how community banks, thrifts and small bank and thrift holding companies are and will be regulated. In addition, in recent years the Federal Reserve has adopted numerous new regulations addressing banks’ overdraft and mortgage lending practices. Further, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was recently established, with broad powers to supervise and enforce consumer protection laws, and additional consumer protection legislation and regulatory activity is anticipated in the near future.

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In September 2010, the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision, the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, adopted Basel III, which constitutes a strengthened set of capital requirements for banking organizations in the U.S. and around the world. In July 2013, the U.S., Basel III is currently the subject of notices of proposed rulemakings released in June of 2012 by the respective federal bank regulatory agencies. The comment period for these notices of proposed rulemakings ended on October 22, 2012, but final regulations have not yet been released. Basel III was intended to be implemented beginning January 1, 2013 and to be fully-phased in on a global basis on January 1, 2019. However, on November 9, 2012, the federal bank regulatory agencies announced thatbanking authorities approved the implementation of the proposed rules under Basel III inregulatory capital reforms and issued rules effecting certain changes required by the U.S. was indefinitely delayed. If and when implemented in the U.S.,Dodd-Frank Act (the “Basel III Rules”).  The Basel III would require higher levelsRules are applicable to all U.S. banks that are subject to minimum capital requirements, as well as to bank and savings and loan holding companies other than “small bank holding companies” (generally bank holding companies with consolidated assets of less than $1 billion).  The Basel III Rules not only increased most of the required minimum regulatory capital ratios, but they introduced a new Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio and the concept of a capital conservation buffer.  The Basel III Rules also expanded the definition of capital as in effect currently by establishing criteria that instruments must meet to be heldconsidered Additional Tier 1 Capital (Tier 1 Capital in the form of tangible common equity, generally increase the required capital ratios, phase out certain kinds of intangibles treated as capitaladdition to Common Equity) and certain typesTier 2 Capital.  A number of instruments like trust preferred securities, include unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securitiesthat now qualify as Tier 1 Capital will not qualify, or their qualifications will change.  The Basel III Rules also permit smaller banking organizations to retain, through a one-time election, the existing treatment for accumulated other comprehensive income, which currently does not affect regulatory capital.  The Company intends to make this election in the first quarter of 2015. The Basel III Rules have maintained the general structure of the current prompt corrective action framework, while incorporating the increased requirements. The prompt corrective action guidelines were also revised to add the Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio.  In order to be a “well-capitalized” depository institution under the new regime, a bank and changeholding company must maintain a Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio of 6.5% or more; a Tier 1 Capital ratio of 8% or more; a Total Capital ratio of 10% or more; and a leverage ratio of 5% or more.  Generally, financial institutions became subject to the risk weightings of assets used to determine required capital ratios.  Such changes, including changes regarding interpretations and implementation, could affect us in substantial and unpredictable ways and could have a material adverse effectnew Basel III Rules on us. Further, such changes could subject us to additional costs, limit the types of financial services and products we may offer, and/or increase the ability of non-banks to offer competing financial services and products, among other things.

January 1, 2015.  

U.S. financial institutions are also subject to numerous monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements designed to detect and prevent illegal activities such as money laundering and terrorist financing. These requirements are imposed primarily through the Bank Secrecy Act, (“BSA”) which was most recently amended by the USA Patriot Act. We have instituted policies and procedures to protect us and our employees, to the extent reasonably possible, from being used to facilitate money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes. There can be no guarantee, however, that these policies and procedures are effective.

Failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations or policies could result in sanctions by regulatory agencies, civil monetary penalties, and/or damage to our reputation, which could have a material adverse effect on us. Although we have policies and procedures designed to mitigate the risk of any such violations, there can be no assurance that such violations will not occur.

 
In addition to the foregoing laws and regulations, the policies of the Federal Reserve also have a significant impact on us. Among other things, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies directly and indirectly influence the rate of interest earned on loans and paid on borrowings and interest-bearing deposits, and can also affect the value of financial instruments we hold and the ability of borrowers to repay their loans, which could have a material adverse effect on us.

Monetary policies and regulations of the Federal Reserve could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition to being affected by general economic conditions, our earnings and growth are affected by the policies of the Federal Reserve.  An important function of the Federal Reserve is to regulate the money supply and credit conditions.  Among the instruments used by the Federal Reserve to implement these objectives are open market operations in U.S. government securities, adjustments of the discount rate and changes in reserve requirements against bank deposits.  These instruments are used in varying combinations to influence overall economic growth and the distribution of credit, bank loans, investments and deposits.  Their use also affects interest rates charged on loans or paid on deposits.

The monetary policies and regulations of the Federal Reserve have had a significant effect on the operating results of commercial banks in the past and are expected to continue to do so in the future.  The effects of such policies upon our business, financial condition and results of operations cannot be predicted.

Interest rates and other conditions impact our results of operations.

Our profitability is in large part a function of the spread between the interest rates earned on investments and loans/leases and the interest rates paid on deposits and other interest bearing liabilities. Like most banking institutions, our net interest spread and margin will be affected by general economic conditions and other factors, including fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government that influence market interest rates and our ability to respond to changes in such rates. At any given time, our assets and liabilities will be such that they are affected differently by a given change in interest rates. As a result, an increase or decrease in rates, the length of loan/lease terms, the mix of adjustable and fixed rate loans/leases in our portfolio, the length of time deposits and borrowings, and the rate sensitivity of our deposit customers could have a positive or negative effect on our net income, capital and liquidity. We measure interest rate risk under various rate scenarios and using specific criteria and assumptions. A summary of this process, along with the results of our net interest income simulations is presented at “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” included under Item 7A of Part II of this Form 10-K. Although we believe our current level of interest rate sensitivity is reasonable and effectively managed, significant fluctuations in interest rates may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. 

We are required to maintain capital to meet regulatory requirements, and if we fail to maintain sufficient capital, whether due to losses, an inability to raise additional capital or otherwise, our financial condition, liquidity and results of operations, as well as our ability to maintain regulatory compliance, would be adversely affected.


The Company and each of its banking subsidiaries are required by federal and state regulatory authorities to maintain adequate levels of capital to support their operations, and,which have recently increased due to the global financial crisis, we expect thateffectiveness of the capital requirements imposed by the regulators will increase in the future.Basel III Rules.. We intend to grow our business organically and to explore opportunities to grow our business by taking advantage of attractive acquisition opportunities, and such growth plans may require us to raise additional capital to ensure that we have adequate levels of capital to support such growth on top of our current operations. Our ability to raise additional capital, when and if needed or desired, will depend on conditions in the capital markets, economic conditions and a number of other factors, including investor perceptions regarding the banking industry and market condition,conditions, and governmental activities, many of which are outside our control, and on our financial condition and performance. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will be able to raise additional capital if needed or on terms acceptable to us. Our failure to meet these capital and other regulatory requirements could affect customer confidence, our ability to grow, our costs of funds and FDIC insurance costs, our ability to pay dividends on common and preferred stock and to make distributions on our trust preferred securities, our ability to make acquisitions, and our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Failure to pay interest on our debt or dividends on our preferred stock may adversely impact our ability to pay common stock dividends.


As of December 31, 2012,2014, we had $36.1$40.4 million of junior subordinated debentures held by foursix business trusts that we control. Interest payments on the debentures, which totaled $1.0$1.2 million for 2012,2014, must be paid before we pay dividends on our capital stock, including our common stock. We have the right to defer interest payments on the debentures for up to 20 consecutive quarters. However, if we elect to defer interest payments, all deferred interest must be paid before we may pay dividends on our capital stock. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had 25,000 shares of non-cumulative convertible perpetual preferred stock issued and outstanding.  Although these non-cumulative preferred shares will accrue no dividends, dividends will be payable on the preferred shares if declared, and no dividends may be declared on the Company’s common stock unless and until dividends have been declared on the outstanding shares.  Deferral of either interest payments on the debentures or preferred dividends on the preferred shares, could cause a subsequent decline in the market price of our common stock because the Companywe would not be able to pay dividends on itsour common stock.


In addition, as of December 31, 2012, we had 29,867 shares of senior non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock issued and outstanding, which we issued to the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) as part of the Small Business Lending Fund Program (“SBLF”).  The terms of the senior preferred stock impose limits on our ability to pay dividends on and repurchase shares of our common stock and other securities.  In general, we may declare and pay dividends on our common stock or any other stock junior to the senior preferred stock, or repurchase shares of any such stock, only if after payment of such dividends or repurchase of such shares, our Tier 1 Capital would be at least 90% of our consolidated Tier 1 Capital on the date of issuance of the senior preferred stock.  If we fail to declare and pay dividends on the senior preferred stock in a given quarter, then during such quarter and for the next three quarters following such missed dividend payment we may not pay dividends on or repurchase any common stock or any other securities that are junior to (or in parity with) the senior preferred stock, except that dividends may be paid on parity stock to the extent necessary to avoid any material breach of a covenant by which our company is bound.  Although we expect to be able to pay all required dividends on the senior preferred stock (and to continue to pay dividends on common stock at current levels), there is no guarantee that we will be able to do so.

As a bank holding company, our sources of funds are limited.


We are a bank holding company, and our operations are primarily conducted by our subsidiary banks, which are subject to significant federal and state regulation. When available, cash to pay dividends to our stockholders is derived primarily from dividends received from our subsidiary banks. Our ability to receive dividends or loans from our subsidiary banks is restricted. Dividend payments by our subsidiaries to us in the future will require generation of future earnings by them and could require regulatory approval if any proposed dividends are in excess of prescribed guidelines. Further, as a structural matter, our right to participate in the assets of our subsidiary banks in the event of a liquidation or reorganization of any of the banks would be subject to the claims of the creditors of such bank, including depositors, which would take priority except to the extent we may be a creditor with a recognized claim. As of December 31, 2012,2014, our subsidiary banks had deposits and other liabilities in the aggregate of approximately $1.93$2.30 billion.


Interest rates and other conditions impact our results of operations.

Our profitability is in large part a function of the spread between the interest rates earned on investments and loans/leases and the interest rates paid on deposits and other interest bearing liabilities.  Like most banking institutions, our net interest spread and margin will be affected by general economic conditions and other factors, including fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government, that influence market interest rates and our ability to respond to changes in such rates.  At any given time, our assets and liabilities will be such that they are affected differently by a given change in interest rates.  As a result, an increase or decrease in rates, the length of loan/lease terms or the mix of adjustable and fixed rate loans/leases in our portfolio could have a positive or negative effect on our net income, capital and liquidity.  We measure interest rate risk under various rate scenarios and using specific criteria and assumptions.  A summary of this process, along with the results of our net interest income simulations is presented at “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” included under Item 7A of Part II of this Form 10-K.  Although we believe our current level of interest rate sensitivity is reasonable and effectively managed, significant fluctuations in interest rates may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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Declines in asset values may result in impairment charges and adversely affect the value of our investments, financial performance and capital.


The market value of investments in our securities portfolio has become increasingly volatile in recent years, and as of December 31, 2012,2014, we had gross unrealized losses of $445 thousand$7.1 million, or 1.1% of amortized cost, in our investment portfolio (more than(mostly offset by gross unrealized gains of $9.0$5.8 million). The market value of investments may be affected by factors other than the underlying performance of the servicer of the securities or the mortgages underlying the securities, such as ratings downgrades, adverse changes in the business climate and a lack of liquidity in the secondary market for certain investment securities. On a quarterly basis, we formally evaluate investments and other assets for impairment indicators. We may be required to record additional impairment charges if our investments suffer a decline in value that is considered other-than-temporary. If we determine that a significant impairment has occurred, we would be required to charge against earnings the credit-related portion of the other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”), which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in the periods in which the write-offs occur.

The downgrade Based on management’s evaluation, it was determined that the gross unrealized losses at December 31, 2014 were temporary and primarily a function of the U.S. credit rating and Europe’s debt crisis could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and liquidity.
Standard & Poor’s lowered its long term sovereign credit rating on the U.S. of America from AAA to AA+ on August 5, 2011.  A further downgrade or a downgrade by other rating agencies could have a material adverse impact on financial markets and economic conditionschanges in the U.S. and worldwide. Any such adverse impact could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.  Many of our investment securities are issued by U.S. government sponsored entities.
In addition, the possibility that certain European Union (“EU”) member states will default on their debt obligations have negatively impacted economic conditions and global markets.  The continued uncertainty over the outcome of international and the EU’s financial support programs and the possibility that other EU member states may experience similar financial troubles could further disrupt global markets.  The negative impact on economic conditions and global markets could also have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.
market interest rates.

Liquidity risks could affect operations and jeopardize our business, results of operations and financial condition.


Liquidity is essential to our business. An inability to raise funds through deposits, borrowings, the sale of securities and/or loans and other sources could have a substantial negative effect on our liquidity. Our primary sources of funds consist of cash from operations, deposits, investment maturities and calls, and loan/lease repayments. Additional liquidity is provided by federal funds purchased from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (the “Federal Reserve Bank”) or other correspondent banks, FHLBFederal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances, wholesale and customer repurchase agreements, brokered time deposits, and the ability to borrow at the Federal Reserve Bank’s Discount Window. Our access to funding sources in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our activities or on terms that are acceptable to us could be impaired by factors that affect us directly or the financial services industry or economy in general, such as disruptions in the financial markets or negative views and expectations about the prospects for the financial services industry.


Since mid-2007,

During the recent recession and subsequent recovery, the financial services industry and the credit markets generally have beenwere materially and adversely affected by significant declines in asset values and by a lack of liquidity.  The liquidity issues have beenwere particularly acute for regional and community banks, as many of the larger financial institutions have significantly curtailed their lending to regional and community banks to reduce their exposure to the risks of other banks.  In addition, many of the larger correspondent lenders have reduced or even eliminated federal funds lines for their correspondent customers. Furthermore, regional and community banks generally have less access to the capital markets than do the national and super-regional banks because of their smaller size and limited analyst coverage. Any decline in available funding could adversely impact our ability to originate loans/leases, invest in securities, meet our expenses, pay dividends to our stockholders, or fulfill obligations such as repaying our borrowings or meeting deposit withdrawal demands, any of which could have a material adverse impact on our liquidity, business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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Our business is concentrated in and dependent upon the continued growth and welfare of the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo/Cedar Falls, and Rockford markets.


We operate primarily in the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo/Cedar Falls, and Rockford markets, and as a result, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows are subject to changes in the economic conditions in those areas. We have developed a particularly strong presence in Bettendorf, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Davenport,Waterloo, Iowa and Moline and Rockford, Illinois and their surrounding communities. Our success depends upon the business activity, population, income levels, deposits and real estate activity in these markets. Although our customers’ business and financial interests may extend well beyond these market areas, adverse economic conditions that affect these market areas could reduce demand for our products and services, affect the ability of our customers to repay their loans to us, increase the levels of our nonperforming and problem loans, and generally affect our financial condition and results of operations. Because of our geographic concentration, we are less able than other regional or national financial institutions to diversify our credit risks across multiple markets.


We face intense competition in all phases of our business from other banks and financial institutions.


The banking and financial services businesses in our markets are highly competitive. Our competitors include large regional banks, local community banks, savings and loan associations, securities and brokerage companies, mortgage companies, insurance companies, finance companies, money market mutual funds, credit unions and other non-bank financial services providers. Many of these competitors are not subject to the same regulatory restrictions as we are. Many of our unregulated competitors compete across geographic boundaries and are able to provide customers with a feasible alternative to traditional banking services.


Increased competition in our markets may result in a decrease in the amounts of our loans and deposits, reduced spreads between loanloan/lease rates and deposit rates or loanloan/lease terms that are more favorable to the borrower. Any of these results could have a material adverse effect on our ability to grow and remain profitable. If increased competition causes us to significantly discount the interest rates we offer on loans or increase the amount we pay on deposits, our net interest income could be adversely impacted. If increased competition causes us to modifyour underwriting standards, we could be exposed to higher losses from lending and leasing activities. Additionally, many of our competitors are much larger in total assets and capitalization, have greater access to capital markets, have larger lending limits and offer a broader range of financial services than we can offer.


The soundness of other financial institutions could negatively affect us.

Our ability to engage in routine funding and other transactions could be negatively affected by the actions and commercial soundness of other financial institutions. Financial services institutions are interrelated as a result of trading, clearing, counterparty or other relationships. Defaults by, or even rumors or questions about, one or more financial services institutions, or the financial services industry generally, have led to market-wide liquidity problems and losses of depositor, creditor and counterparty confidence and could lead to losses or defaults by us or by other institutions. We could experience increases in deposits and assets as a result of the difficulties or failures of other banks, which would increase the capital we need to support our growth.

Our community banking strategy relies heavily on our subsidiaries’ independent management teams, and the unexpected loss of key managers may adversely affect our operations.


We rely heavily on the success of our bank subsidiaries’ independent management teams. Accordingly, much of our success to date has been influenced strongly by our ability to attract and to retain senior management experienced in banking and financial services and familiar with the communities in our market areas. Our ability to retain the executive officers and current management teams of our operating subsidiaries will continue to be important to the successful implementation of our strategy. It is also critical, as we manage our existing portfolio and grow, to be able to attract and retain qualified additional management and loan officers with the appropriate level of experience and knowledge about our market areas to implement our community-based operating strategy. The unexpected loss of services of any key management personnel, or the inability to recruit and retain qualified personnel in the future, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We have a continuing need for technological change, and we may not have the resources to effectively implement new technology.


The financial services industry continues to undergo rapid technological changes with frequent introductions of new technology-driven products and services. In addition to enabling us to better serve our customers, the effective use of technology increases efficiency and the potential for cost reduction. Our future success will depend in part upon our ability to address the needs of our customers by using technology to provide products and services that will satisfy customer demands for convenience as well as to create additional efficiencies in our operations as we continue to grow our market share. Many of our larger competitors have substantially greater resources to invest in technological improvements. As a result, they may be able to offer additional or superior products to those that we will be able to offer, which would put us at a competitive disadvantage. Accordingly, we cannot provide you with assurance that we will be able to effectively implement new technology-driven products and services or be successful in marketing such products and services to our customers.


Our reputation could be damaged by negative publicity.

Reputational risk, or the risk to our business, financial condition or results of operations from negative publicity, is inherent in our business. Negative publicity can result from actual or alleged conduct in a number of areas, including legal and regulatory compliance, lending practices, corporate governance, litigation, inadequate protection of customer data, ethical behavior of our employees, and from actions taken by regulators, ratings agencies and others as a result of that conduct. Damage to our reputation could impact our ability to attract new or maintain existing loan and deposit customers, employees and business relationships.

The repeal of federal prohibitions on payment of interest on business demand deposits could increase our interest expense.

All federal prohibitions on the ability of financial institutions to pay interest on business demand deposit accounts were repealed as part of the Dodd-Frank Act. As a result, some financial institutions have commenced offering interest on these demand deposits to compete for customers. If competitive pressures require us to pay interest on these demand deposits to attract and retain business customers, our interest expense would increase and our net interest margin would decrease. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Further, the effect of the repeal of the prohibition could be more significant in a higher interest rate environment as business customers would have a greater incentive to seek interest on demand deposits.

The expiration of the FDIC’s Transaction Account Guarantee Program could negatively impact our liquidity and cost of funds.
Under the FDIC’s Transaction Account Guarantee Program, certain non-interest-bearing transaction accounts, including those of consumers and businesses, were insured by the FDIC over and above the $250,000 limit.  This program expired on December 31, 2012, which could cause our depositors to withdraw deposits in excess of FDIC-insured levels.  The withdrawal of these deposits could negatively impact our liquidity.  Furthermore, the withdrawal of these deposits could negatively impact our cost of funds by potentially reducing our levels of core deposits and increasing our need to rely on wholesale funding sources, which typically represent higher cost funds.
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The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments, which are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty and which may differ from actual results.

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and general reporting practices within the financial services industry, which require us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Some accounting policies, such as those pertaining to our allowance, for loan/lease losses, require the application of significant judgment by management in selecting the appropriate assumptions for calculating financial estimates. By their nature, these estimates and judgments are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty and actual results may differ from these estimates and judgments under different assumptions or conditions, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations in subsequent periods.

From time to time, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission change the financial accounting and reporting standards or the interpretation of those standards that govern the preparation of our external financial statements. These changes are beyond our control, can be difficult to predict and could materially impact how we report our financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Changes in these standards are continuously occurring, and given the current economic environment, more drastic changes may occur. The implementation of such changes could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Secondary mortgage and government guaranteed loan market conditions could have a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

Currently, we sell a portion of the residential real estate and government guaranteed loans we originate. The profitability of these operations depends in large part upon our ability to make loans and to sell them in the secondary market at a gain. Thus, we are dependent upon the existence of an active secondary market and our ability to profitably sell loans into that market.

In addition to being affected by interest rates, the secondary markets are also subject to investor demand for residential mortgages and government guaranteed loans and investor yield requirements for those loans. These conditions may fluctuate or even worsen in the future. As a result, a prolonged period of secondary market illiquidity may reduce our loan production volumes and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.  

Customers may decide not to use banks to complete their financial transactions, which could result in a loss of income to us.

Technology and other changes are allowing customers to complete financial transactions using nonbanks that historically have involved banks at one or both ends of the transaction. For example, customers can now pay bills and transfer funds directly without going through a bank. The process of eliminating banks as intermediaries, known as disintermediation, could result in the loss of fee income as well as the loss of customer deposits.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments


There are no unresolved staff comments.


Item 2.     Properties


The following table is a listing of the Company’s operating facilities for its subsidiary banks:


Facility Address

 

Facility

Square

Footage

Facility Owned or

Leased

     

Quad City Bank & Trust

    

2118 Middle Road in Bettendorf, IA

6,700

Owned

4500 Brady Street in Davenport, IA

36,000

Owned

3551 7th Street in Moline, IL

30,000

Owned

5405 Utica Ridge Road in Davenport, IA

7,400

Leased

1700 Division Street in Davenport, IA

12,000

Owned

     
2118 Middle Road in Bettendorf, IA

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust

  6,700

500 1st Avenue NE, Suite 100 in Cedar Rapids, IA**

 Owned
4500 Brady Street in Davenport, IA

48,000

 

Owned

36,000

5400 Council Street in Cedar Rapids, IA

 Owned
3551 7th Street in Moline, IL

5,900

 

Owned

30,000

422 Commercial Street in Waterloo, IA *

 Owned *
5405 Utica Ridge Road in Davenport, IA

25,000

 

Owned

7,400

11 Tower Park Drive in Waterloo, IA *

 Leased
1700 Division Street in Davenport, IA

6,000

 

Owned

12,000

312 1st Street in Cedar Falls, IA *

 

3,000

Owned

     
Cedar Rapids

Rockford Bank & Trust

    

500 1st Avenue NE, Suite 100 in Cedar Rapids, IA

36,000Owned
5400 Council Street in Cedar Rapids, IA5,900Owned
Rockford Bank & Trust
127 North Wyman Street in Rockford, IL7,800Leased
4571 Guilford Road in Rockford, IL

 

20,000

 

Owned

308 West State Street in Rockford, IL  

1,100 

 

Leased

* The building was previously owned by VPHC.  WithBranches of Community Bank & Trust.

**In January 2015, CRBT purchased the acquisition3rd floor of the remaining 9% noncontrolling interest and the subsequent dissolution1st Avenue NE branch facility, adding approximately 12,000 square feet of VPHC, the Company now owns 100% of the building as of December 31, 2012.additional business space.


The subsidiary banks intend to limit their investment in premises to no more than 50% of their capital. Management believes that the facilities are of sound construction, in good operating condition, are appropriately insured, and are adequately equipped for carrying on the business of the Company.


No individual real estate property or mortgage amounts to 10% or more of consolidated assets.


Item 3.     Legal Proceedings


There are no material pending legal proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to their respective businesses.


Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures


Not applicable.

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Part II


Item 5.     Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


Market Information.The common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company is listed on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “QCRH”. The stock began trading on NASDAQ on October 6, 1993. The Company transferred its listing from the NASDAQ Capital Market to the NASDAQ Global Market on March 1, 2010. As of December 31, 2012,February 27, 2015, there were 4,918,2027,987,964 shares of common stock outstanding held by approximately 2,6002,400 holders of record. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices of the common stock, as reported by NASDAQ for the periods indicated.

  2012 Sales Price  2011 Sales Price  2010 Sales Price 
  High  Low  High  Low  High  Low 
                   
First quarter $12.450  $8.500  $8.670  $7.220  $10.000  $7.650 
Second quarter  14.500   10.700   9.470   7.290   14.400   8.730 
Third quarter  14.980   12.620   9.928   8.701   10.970   8.930 
Fourth quarter  15.500   11.400   9.234   8.420   9.520   6.745 

  

2014 Sales Price

  

2013 Sales Price

  

2012 Sales Price

 
  

High

  

Low

  

High

  

Low

  

High

  

Low

 
                         

First quarter

 $17.48  $16.99  $16.96  $13.05  $12.45  $8.50 

Second quarter

 $17.96  $17.00  $16.50  $13.18  $14.50  $10.70 

Third quarter

 $18.10  $16.96  $16.51  $14.96  $14.98  $12.62 

Fourth quarter

 $18.20  $17.50  $18.20  $15.65  $15.50  $11.40 

Dividends on Common Stock.  Stock.On May 2, 2012,14, 2014, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.04 per share, or $189$315 thousand, which was paid on July 6, 2012,8, 2014, to stockholders of record as of June 21, 2012.20, 2014. On November 8, 2012,6, 2014, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.04 per share, or $192$316 thousand, which was paid on January 7, 2015, to stockholders of record as of December 19, 2014. On May 1, 2013, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.04 per share, or $229 thousand, which was paid on July 8, 2013, to stockholders of record as of June 21, 2013. On November 7, 2013, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.04 per share, or $230 thousand, which was paid on January 7, 2014, to stockholders of record as of December 22, 2012.20, 2013. In the future, it is the Company’s intention to continue to consider the payment of dividends on a semi-annual basis. The Company anticipates an ongoing need to retain much of its operating income to help provide the capital to redeem the Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series F Preferred Stock” (see Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements for a detailed discussion of preferred stock) in the short-term and for continued growth, in the long-term, but believes that operating results have reached a level that can sustain dividends to stockholders as well.stockholders.


The Company is heavily dependent on dividend payments from its subsidiary banks to makeprovide cash flow for the operations of the holding company and dividend payments on the Company’s preferred and common stock. Under applicable state laws, the banks are restricted as to the maximum amount of dividends that they may pay on their common stock. Iowa and Illinois law provide that state-chartered banks in those states may not pay dividends in excess of their undivided profits.


The Company’s ability to pay dividends to its stockholders may be affected by both general corporate law considerations and policies of the Federal Reserve applicable to bank holding companies. The payment of dividends by any financial institution or its holding company is affected by the requirement to maintain adequate capital pursuant to applicable capital adequacy guidelines and regulations, and a financial institution generally is prohibited from paying any dividends if, following payment thereof, the institution would be undercapitalized.


The Company also has certain contractual restrictions on its ability to pay dividends. The Company has issued junior subordinated debentures in foursix private placements.placements (including two that were assumed in the acquisition of Community National). Under the terms of the debentures, the Company may be prohibited, under certain circumstances, from paying dividends on shares of its common stock. Additionally, the Company has issued shares of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and under the terms of this preferred stock, the Company may be prohibited, under certain circumstances, from paying dividends on shares of its common stock.  See Note 1011 to the consolidated financial statements for additional detail on the preferred stock.junior subordinated debentures. None of these circumstances existed through the date of filing of this Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Purchase of Equity Securities by the Company.There were no purchases of common stock by the Company for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.2012.

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Stockholder Return Performance Graph.The following graph indicates, for the period commencing December 31, 20072009 and ending December 31, 2012,2014, a comparison of cumulative total returns for the Company, the NASDAQ Composite Index, and the SNL Bank NASDAQ Index prepared by SNL Securities, Charlottesville, Virginia. The graph was prepared at the Company’s request by SNL Securities. The information assumes that $100 was invested at the closing price inon December 31, 20072009 in the common stock of the Company and in each index, and that all dividends were reinvested.

 Period Ending

Index

 

12/31/09

  

12/31/10

  

12/31/11

  

12/31/12

  

12/31/13

  

12/31/14

 

QCR Holdings, Inc.

  100.00   86.26   110.96   162.25   210.00   221.22 

NASDAQ Composite

  100.00   118.15   117.22   138.02   193.47   222.16 

SNL Bank NASDAQ

  100.00   117.98   104.68   124.77   179.33   185.73 

 

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Item 6.     Selected Financial Data

The following “Selected Financial Data” of the Company is derived in part from, and should be read in conjunction with, our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto. See Item 88. Financial Statements. Results for past periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any future period.

  Years Ended December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010  2009  2008 
STATEMENT OF INCOME DATA               
                
Continuing Operations:               
Interest income $77,376  $77,723  $80,097  $85,611  $85,147 
Interest expense  19,727   23,578   30,233   34,949   40,524 
Net interest income  57,649   54,145   49,864   50,662   44,623 
Provision for loan/lease losses  4,371   6,616   7,464   16,976   9,222 
Non-interest income  16,621   17,462   15,406   15,547   13,931 
Non-interest expense  52,259   50,993   48,549   46,937   42,334 
Income tax expense  4,534   3,868   2,449   247   1,735 
Income from continuing operations  13,106   10,130   6,808   2,049   5,263 
                     
Discontinued Operations:                    
Income from discontinued operations, before taxes  -   -   -   -   2,580 
Income tax expense  -   -   -   -   846 
Income from discontinued operations  -   -   -   -   1,734 
                     
Net income  13,106   10,130   6,808   2,049   6,997 
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests  488   438   221   277   288 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.  12,618   9,692   6,587   1,772   6,709 
Less: preferred stock dividends and discount accretion  3,496   5,284   4,128   3,844   1,785 
Net income (loss) attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders  9,122   4,408   2,459   (2,072)  4,924 
                     
                     
PER COMMON SHARE DATA                    
                     
Income (loss) from continuing operations - Basic (1) $1.88  $0.93  $0.54  $(0.46) $0.69 
Income from discontinued operations - Basic (1)  -   -   -   -   0.38 
Net income (loss) - Basic (1)  1.88   0.93   0.54   (0.46)  1.07 
Income (loss) from continuing operations - Diluted (1)  1.85   0.92   0.53   (0.46)  0.69 
Income from discontinued operations - Diluted (1)  -   -   -   -   0.37 
Net income (loss) - Diluted (1)  1.85   0.92   0.53   (0.46)  1.06 
Cash dividends declared  0.08   0.08   0.08   0.08   0.08 
Dividend payout ratio  4.26%  8.60%  14.81%  (17.39) %  7.48 
                     
BALANCE SHEET DATA                    
                     
Total assets $2,093,730  $1,966,610  $1,836,635  $1,779,646  $1,605,629 
Securities  602,239   565,229   424,847   370,520   256,076 
Total loans/leases  1,287,388   1,200,745   1,172,539   1,244,320   1,214,690 
Allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases  19,925   18,789   20,365   22,505   17,809 
Deposits  1,374,114   1,205,458   1,114,816   1,089,323   1,058,959 
Borrowings  547,758   590,603   566,060   542,895   431,820 
Stockholders' equity:                    
Preferred  53,163   63,386   62,214   58,578   20,158 
Common  87,271   81,047   70,357   67,017   72,337 
                     
KEY RATIOS                    
                     
Return on average assets (2)  0.62%  0.51%  0.36%  0.10%  0.43 
Return on average common stockholders' equity (3)  10.84   5.82   3.58   (2.97)  7.07 
Return on average total stockholder's equity (2)  8.90   7.09   5.03   1.43   7.47 
Net interest margin, tax equivalent yield (4)  3.10   3.08   2.92   3.14   3.27 
Efficiency ratio (5)  70.36   71.21   74.38   70.89   72.30 
Loans to deposits  93.69   99.61   105.18   114.23   114.71 
Nonperforming assets to total assets  1.41   2.06   2.73   2.27   1.58 
Allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases to total loans/leases  1.55   1.56   1.74   1.81   1.47 
Allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases to nonperforming loans/leases  78.47   58.70   49.49   74.94   84.60 
Net charge-offs to average loans/leases  0.27   0.70   0.79   1.00   0.24 
Average total stockholders' equity to average total assets  7.00   7.17   7.13   7.18   5.78 

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
                     
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

  

2011

  

2010

 

STATEMENT OF INCOME DATA

 

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

Interest income

 $85,965  $81,872  $77,376  $77,723  $80,097 

Interest expense

  16,894   17,767   19,727   23,578   30,233 

Net interest income

  69,071   64,105   57,649   54,145   49,864 

Provision for loan/lease losses

  6,807   5,930   4,371   6,616   7,464 

Non-interest income

  20,998   25,814   16,621   17,462   15,406 

Non-interest expense

  65,270   64,433   52,259   50,993   48,549 

Income tax expense

  3,039   4,618   4,534   3,868   2,449 

Net income

  14,953   14,938   13,106   10,130   6,808 

Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

  -   -   488   438   221 

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.

  14,953   14,938   12,618   9,692   6,587 

Less: preferred stock dividends and discount accretion

  1,082   3,168   3,496   5,284   4,128 

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders

  13,871   11,770   9,122   4,408   2,459 
                     

PER COMMON SHARE DATA

                    
                     

Net income - Basic (1)

 $1.75  $2.13  $1.88  $0.93  $0.54 

Net income - Diluted (1)

  1.72   2.08   1.85   0.92   0.53 

Cash dividends declared

  0.08   0.08   0.08   0.08   0.08 

Dividend payout ratio

  4.57

%

  3.76

%

  4.26

%

  8.60

%

  14.81

%

                     

BALANCE SHEET DATA

                    

Total assets

 $2,524,958  $2,394,953  $2,093,730  $1,966,610  $1,836,635 

Securities

  651,539   697,210   602,239   565,229   424,847 

Total loans/leases

  1,630,003   1,460,280   1,287,388   1,200,745   1,172,539 

Allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases

  23,074   21,448   19,925   18,789   20,365 

Deposits

  1,679,668   1,646,991   1,374,114   1,205,458   1,114,816 

Borrowings

  662,558   563,381   547,758   590,603   566,060 

Stockholders' equity:

                    

Preferred

  -   29,799   53,163   63,386   62,214 

Common

  144,079   117,778   87,271   81,047   70,357 
                     

KEY RATIOS

                    

Return on average assets (2)

  0.61

%

  0.64

%

  0.62

%

  0.51

%

  0.36

%

Return on average common stockholders' equity (1)

  10.49   11.48   10.84   5.82   3.58 

Return on average total stockholder's equity (2)

  10.48   10.24   8.90   7.09   5.03 

Net interest margin, tax equivalent yield (3)

  3.15   3.03   3.14   3.08   2.92 

Efficiency ratio (4)

  72.47   71.66   70.36   71.21   74.38 

Loans to deposits

  97.04   88.66   93.69   99.61   105.18 

Nonperforming assets to total assets

  1.31   1.28   1.41   2.06   2.73 

Allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases to total loans/leases

  1.42   1.47   1.55   1.56   1.74 

Allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases to nonperforming loans/leases

  114.78   104.70   78.47   58.70   49.49 

Net charge-offs to average loans/leases

  0.34   0.31   0.27   0.70   0.79 

Average total stockholders' equity to average total assets

  5.82   6.26   7.00   7.17   7.13 

(1) Income (loss) amounts areNumerator is net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.

common stockholders

(2) Numerator is net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.

(3) Numerator is net income (loss) available to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders

(4) Interest earned and yields on nontaxable investments and nontaxable loans are determined on a tax equivalent basis using a 34%35% tax rate
(5)

(4) Non-interest expenses divided by the sum of net interest income before provision for loan/lease losses and non-interest income

 

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations


The following discussion provides additional information regarding our operations for the years ending December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010,2012, and our financial condition at December 31, 20122014 and 2011.2013. This discussion should be read in conjunction with “Selected Financial Data” and our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto included or incorporated by reference elsewhere in this document.


OVERVIEW


The Company was formed in February 1993 for the purpose of organizing QCBT. Over the past twenty years, the Company has grown to include two additional banking subsidiaries (including the 2013 acquisition of CNB which was merged into one of the Company’s legacy banking subsidiaries) and a number of nonbanking subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2012,2014, the Company had $2.09$2.52 billion in consolidated assets, including $1.29$1.63 billion in total loans/leases and $1.37$1.68 billion in deposits.


The Company recognized net income and net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. of $15.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. After preferred stock dividends of $1.1 million, the Company reported net income available to common stockholders of $13.9 million, or diluted earnings per common share (“EPS”) of $1.72. For the same period in 2013, the Company recognized net income and net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. of $14.9 million. After preferred stock dividends of $3.2 million, the Company reported net income available to common stockholders of $11.8 million, or EPS of $2.08. By comparison, for 2012, the Company recognized net income of $13.1 million, for the year ended December 31, 2012, and net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. of $12.6 million, which excludesexcluded the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $488 thousand. After preferred stock dividends of $3.5 million, the Company reported net income available to common stockholders of $9.1 million, or diluted earnings per shareEPS of $1.85.  For the same period in 2011, the Company recognized net income of $10.1 million, and net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. of $9.7 million, which excludes the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $438 thousand.  After preferred stock dividends and discount accretion of $5.3 million, the Company reported net income available to common stockholders of $4.4 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.92.  The $5.3 million of preferred stock dividends and discount accretion included $1.2 million of accelerated discount accretion on the repurchased Treasury Capital Purchase Program (“TCPP”) preferred shares.  Excluding the impact of the accelerated accretion, the Company’s diluted earnings per share for 2011 would have been $1.18.  By comparison, for 2010,  the Company recognized net income of $6.8 million, and net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. of $6.6 million, which excludes the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $221 thousand.  After preferred stock dividends and discount accretion of $4.1 million, the Company reported net income available to common stockholders of $2.5 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.53.

Following is a table that represents the various net income measurements for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.

2012.

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Net income

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $13,106,240 

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

  -   -   488,473 

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $12,617,767 
             

Less: Preferred stock dividends and discount accretion

  1,081,877   3,168,302   3,496,085 

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders

 $13,870,660  $11,769,943  $9,121,682 
             

Diluted earnings per common share

 $1.72  $2.08  $1.85 
             

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding*

  8,048,661   5,646,926   4,919,559 

*On December 23, 2013, the Company converted $25.0 million of its outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock to common stock, which resulted in the issuance of 2,057,502 shares of common stock, or an increase of approximately 35% in the number of common shares outstanding. The conversion strengthened tangible common equity and reduced the Company’s annual preferred stock dividend commitment by $1.75 million. In May 2013, the Company issued 834,715 shares of common stock as a result of the Community National acquisition.

 
  Year Ended December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
          
Net income $13,106,240  $10,129,869  $6,807,726 
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests  488,473   438,221   221,047 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. $12,617,767  $9,691,648  $6,586,679 
             
Less: Preferred stock dividends and discount accretion  3,496,085   5,283,885  *4,128,104 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders $9,121,682  $4,407,763  $2,458,575 
             
Diluted earnings per common share $1.85  $0.92  $0.53 
             
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding  4,919,559   4,789,026   4,618,242 

*Includes $1.2 million of accelerated accretion of discount on the TCPP preferred shares repurchased during the third quarter of 2011.  See Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements for detailed discussion of preferred stock.
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Following is a table that represents the major income and expense categories.

  Year Ended December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
          
Net interest income $57,649,260  $54,144,856  $49,863,768 
Provision for loan/lease losses  (4,370,767)  (6,616,014)  (7,463,618)
Noninterest income  16,621,295   17,461,878   15,405,888 
Noninterest expense  (52,258,947)  (50,992,652)  (48,549,063)
Federal and state income tax  (4,534,601)  (3,868,199)  (2,449,249)
Net income $13,106,240  $10,129,869  $6,807,726 

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Net interest income

 $69,071,128  $64,105,437  $57,649,260 

Provision for loan/lease losses

  (6,807,000)  (5,930,420)  (4,370,767)

Noninterest income

  20,997,300   25,813,828   16,621,295 

Noninterest expense

  (65,269,921)  (64,432,658)  (52,258,947)

Federal and state income tax

  (3,038,970)  (4,617,942)  (4,534,601)

Net income

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $13,106,240 

In comparison to 2013, the following are some noteworthy changes in the Company’s financial results for 2014:

Net interest income grew $5.0 million, or 8%, mostly due to strong organic loan/lease growth throughout 2014.

Provision for loan/lease losses increased $877 thousand, or 15%, due to high levels of provisions in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Excluding the acquisition-related gains in 2013 (bargain purchase gain of $1.8 million upon acquisition and gains on CNB branch sales of $2.3 million) and other several one-time items in 2013 ($495 thousand gain on the sale of credit card portfolio, $355 thousand gain on the sale of credit card issuing operations, and $576 thousand gain on the sale of nonperforming loans), noninterest income increased $785 thousand, or 4%, led by wealth management fees, deposit service fees, and correspondent banking fees.

Excluding acquisition and data conversion costs totaling $2.4 million in 2013, noninterest expense increased $3.2 million, or 5%, with most of this increase attributable to the addition of CNB’s cost structure for the first full year.

NET INTEREST INCOME AND MARGIN


Net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis, grew $4.2$6.3 million, or 8%10%, in 20122014 compared to 2011.  Interest2013. The increase in net interest income (on a tax equivalent basis) grew slightly aswas partly driven by the addition of CNB for the first full year. Additionally, the Company’s legacy charters experienced strong organic loan growth and improvements in earning assets coupled with diversification of theinvestment securities portfolio outpaced the impact of declining yields.  In addition, interest expense continued its significant decline as the Company continued its shift in mix of funding from wholesale (FHLB advances, wholesale structured repurchase agreements (“structured repos”), and brokered time deposits) to core deposits.  For 2012, average earning assets increased by $122.2 million, or 7%, while average interest-bearing liabilities grew modestly by $15.7 million, or 1%, when compared with average balances for 2011.  Primarily funding the growth in average earning assets, noninterest-bearing deposits grew $95.9 million, or 30%.yield during 2014. A comparison of yields, spreads and margins from 20122014 to 20112013 shows the following (on a tax equivalent basis):


 ·

The average yield on interest-earning assets increased 4 basis points from 3.84% to 3.88%.

The average cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased 10 basis points from 1.09% to .99%.

The net interest spread improved 14 basis points from 2.75% to 2.89%.

The net interest margin improved 12 basis points from 3.03% to 3.15%.

Net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis, grew $7.2 million, or 12%, in 2013 compared to 2012. The increase in net interest income was primarily driven by the addition of CNB for more than half of the year. Secondarily, the Company’s legacy charters experienced modest organic growth in earning assets during 2013. A comparison of yields, spreads and margins from 2013 to 2012 shows the following (on a tax equivalent basis):

The average yield on interest-earning assets decreased 2734 basis points from 4.41%4.18% to 4.14%3.84%.

 ·

The average cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased 28 basis points from 1.65%1.37% to 1.37%1.09%.

 ·

The net interest spread improved 1declined 6 basis pointpoints from 2.76%2.81% to 2.77%2.75%.

 ·

The net interest margin improved 2declined 11 basis points from 3.08%3.14% to 3.10%3.03%.


Net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis, grew $4.3 million, or 9% in 2011 compared to 2010.  A decline in interest income was more than offset by a significant decline in interest expense.  For 2011, average earning assets increased by $53.0 million, or 3%, and average interest-bearing liabilities declined by $25.3 million, or 2%, when compared with average balances for 2010.  Offsetting this decline and primarily funding the growth in average earning assets, noninterest-bearing deposits grew $84.5 million, or 36%.  A comparison of yields, spreads and margins from 2011 to 2010 shows the following (on a tax equivalent basis):

·The average yield on interest-earning assets decreased 27 basis points from 4.68% to 4.41%.
·The average cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased 43 basis points from 2.08% to 1.65%.
·The net interest spread improved 16 basis points from 2.60% to 2.76%.
·The net interest margin improved 16 basis points from 2.92% to 3.08%.

The Company’s management closely monitors and manages net interest margin. From a profitability standpoint, an important challenge for the Company’s subsidiary banks and leasing company is the improvement of their net interest margins. Management continually addresses this issue with pricing and other balance sheet management strategies including, but not limitedstrategies.


During 2014, the Company placed an emphasis on shifting its balance sheet mix. With a stated goal of increasing loans/leases as a percentage of assets to at least 70%, the Company plans to fund this loan/lease growth with a mixture of core deposits and cash from the investment securities portfolio. Strategies are continuously being evaluated in which securities are sold and the cash is redeployed into the loan portfolio, with little to no extension of duration and a significant increase in yield. Additionally, the Company is recognizing gains on these sales due to the usecurrent rate environment. As rates rise, the Company will also have less market volatility in the investment securities portfolio, as this becomes a smaller portion of alternative funding sources.  the balance sheet.

Over the past twothree years, the Company’s management has emphasized improving its funding mix by reducing its reliance on wholesale funding, which tends to be at a higher cost than deposits. In addition, with deposit growth outpacing loan growth, the Company’s management has focused on growing and diversifying its securities portfolio.

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The following strategies were executed by the Company to reduce reliance on wholesale funding or reducing the cost of portions of the Company’s wholesale funding.

The Company’s largest subsidiary bank, QCBT, executed a balance sheet restructuring during the first quarter of 2011.   Specifically, the bank utilized excess liquidity and prepaid $15.0 million of FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 4.87% and a weighted average maturity of May 2012.  The fees for prepayment totaled $832 thousand.  The Company sold $37.4 million of government sponsored agency securities and recognized pre-tax gains of $880 thousand which more than offset the prepayment fees.  The proceeds from the sales of the government sponsored agency securities were reinvested into government guaranteed residential mortgage-backed securities with reduced risk-weighting for regulatory capital purposes and yields that were comparable to the sold securities.  The resulting impacts were significant and included:

·Significantly reduced interest expense and improved net interest margin
·Stronger regulatory capital
·Reduced reliance on wholesale funding

Separately, during the first quarter of 2011, QCBT modified $20.4 million of fixed rate FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 4.33% and a weighted average maturity of October 2013 into new fixed rate advances with a weighted average interest rate of 3.35% and a weighted average maturity of February 2014.

Additionally, during the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company’s newest subsidiary bank, RB&T, modified $13.0 million of fixed rate FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 3.37% and a weighted average maturity of March 2013 into new fixed rate FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 2.29% and a weighted average maturity of February 2016.

During the second quarter of 2012, the CompanyCompany’s subsidiary banks modified $25.0 million of fixed rate wholesale structured reposrepurchase agreements (“structured repos”) with a weighted average interest rate of 3.77% and a weighted average maturity of December 2015 into new fixed rate structured repos with a weighted average interest rate of 3.21% and a weighted average maturity of April 2019.


During the first quarter of 2013, QCBT modified $50.0 million of structured repos with a weighted average interest rate of 3.21% and a weighted average maturity of February 2016 into new fixed rate structured repos with a weighted average interest rate of 2.65% and a weighted average maturity of May 2020. During the second quarter of 2013, CRBT modified $20.0 million of fixed rate FHLB advances with a weighted average rate of 4.82% and a weighted average maturity of October 2016 into new fixed rate FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 4.12% and a weighted average maturity of June 2019.

These modifications serve to reduce interest expense and improve net interest margin, and minimize the exposure to rising rates through the duration extension of fixed rate liabilities.

The Company continues to monitor and evaluate both prepayment and debt restructuring opportunities within the wholesale funding portion of the balance sheet, as executing on such a strategy could potentially increase net interest margin at a much quicker pace than holding the debt until maturity.

 

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The Company’s average balances, interest income/expense, and rates earned/paid on major balance sheet categories are presented in the following table:

  Years Ended December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
  
Average
Balance
  
Interest
Earned
or Paid
  
Average
Yield or
Cost
  
Average
Balance
  
Interest
Earned
or Paid
  
Average
Yield or
Cost
  
Average
Balance
  
Interest
Earned
or Paid
  
Average
Yield or
Cost
 
                            
  (dollars in thousands) 
ASSETS                           
Interest earning assets:                           
Federal funds sold $3,003  $6   0.20% $49,510  $92   0.19% $63,430  $174   0.27 
Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions  54,834   378   0.69   29,691   405   1.36   31,002   411   1.33 
Investment securities (1)  603,568   14,268   2.36   501,470   12,344   2.46   400,224   11,457   2.86 
Restricted investment securities  15,172   507   3.34   15,573   558   3.58   16,750   497   2.97 
Gross loans/leases receivable (2) (3) (4)  1,219,623   63,364   5.20   1,177,705   64,808   5.50   1,209,587   67,999   5.62 
   Total interest earning assets $1,896,200   78,523   4.14  $1,773,949   78,207   4.41  $1,720,993   80,538   4.68 
                                     
Noninterest-earning assets:                                    
Cash and due from banks $40,770          $48,797          $34,559         
Premises and equipment, net  31,502           30,848           31,557         
Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases  (19,162)          (19,902)          (21,678)        
Other  76,383           73,346           73,887         
                                     
   Total assets $2,025,693          $1,907,038          $1,839,318         
                                     
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                                    
Interest-bearing liabilities:                                    
Interest-bearing demand deposits $545,739   2,679   0.49% $530,340   3,927   0.74% $425,702   3,771   0.89 
Time deposits  352,582   3,540   1.00   363,337   5,012   1.38   465,160   8,911   1.92 
Short-term borrowings  170,065   248   0.15   144,267   290   0.20   142,197   628   0.44 
Federal Home Loan Bank advances  201,704   7,280   3.61   211,361   7,972   3.77   233,384   9,247   3.96 
Junior subordinated debentures  36,085   1,039   2.88   36,085   1,228   3.40   36,085   1,945   5.39 
Other borrowings (4)  137,226   4,941   3.60   142,281   5,149   3.62   150,430   5,732   3.81 
   Total interest-bearing liabilities $1,443,401   19,727   1.37  $1,427,670   23,578   1.65  $1,452,958   30,234   2.08 
                                     
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits $412,039          $316,110          $231,604         
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities  28,460           26,558           23,690         
Total liabilities $1,883,900          $1,770,338          $1,708,252         
                                     
Stockholders' equity  141,793           136,700           131,066         
                                     
   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $2,025,693          $1,907,038          $1,839,318         
                                     
Net interest income     $58,796          $54,629          $50,304     
                                     
Net interest spread          2.77%          2.76%          2.60%
                                     
Net interest margin          3.10%          3.08%          2.92%
                                     
Ratio of average interest earning assets to  average interest-bearing liabilities
  131.37%          124.25%          118.45%        

  Years Ended December 31, 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
      

Interest

  

Average

      

Interest

  

Average

      

Interest

  

Average

 
  

Average

  

Earned

  

Yield or

  

Average

  

Earned

  

Yield or

  

Average

  

Earned

  

Yield or

 
  

Balance

  

or Paid

  

Cost

  

Balance

  

or Paid

  

Cost

  

Balance

  

or Paid

  

Cost

 
                                     
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

ASSETS

                                    

Interest earning assets:

                                    

Federal funds sold

 $17,263  $21   0.12% $14,577  $19   0.13% $3,003  $6   0.20%

Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions

  56,620   299   0.53   43,909   275   0.63   54,834   378   0.69 

Investment securities (1)

  688,827   18,679   2.71   700,344   16,140   2.30   603,568   14,268   2.36 

Restricted investment securities

  16,349   529   3.24   16,083   559   3.48   15,172   507   3.34 

Gross loans/leases receivable (1) (2) (3)

  1,540,382   70,414   4.57   1,425,364   67,484   4.73   1,219,623   64,100   5.26 

Total interest earning assets

 $2,319,441   89,942   3.88  $2,200,277   84,477   3.84  $1,896,200   79,259   4.18 
                                     

Noninterest-earning assets:

                                    

Cash and due from banks

 $44,905          $44,336          $40,770         

Premises and equipment, net

  36,372           35,820           31,502         

Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases

  (22,726)          (21,500)          (19,162)        

Other

  75,686           71,671           76,383         

Total assets

 $2,453,678          $2,330,604          $2,025,693         
                                     

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

                                    

Interest-bearing liabilities:

                                    

Interest-bearing demand deposits

 $741,061   1,832   0.25% $672,038   1,879   0.28% $545,739   2,679   0.49%

Time deposits

  392,167   2,677   0.68   404,495   2,836   0.70   352,582   3,540   1.00 

Short-term borrowings

  162,732   234   0.14   164,710   293   0.18   170,065   248   0.15 

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

  218,704   6,026   2.76   207,684   6,863   3.30   201,704   7,280   3.61 

Junior subordinated debentures

  40,356   1,234   3.06   39,495   1,143   2.89   36,085   1,039   2.88 

Other borrowings

  147,091   4,891   3.33   140,888   4,753   3.37   137,226   4,941   3.60 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 $1,702,111   16,894   0.99  $1,629,310   17,767   1.09  $1,443,401   19,727   1.37 
                                     

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits

 $575,549          $518,406          $412,039         

Other noninterest-bearing liabilities

  33,284           36,982           28,460         

Total liabilities

 $2,310,944          $2,184,698          $1,883,900         
                                     

Stockholders' equity

  142,734           145,906           141,793         
                                     

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 $2,453,678          $2,330,604          $2,025,693         
                                     

Net interest income

     $73,048          $66,710          $59,532     
                                     

Net interest spread

          2.89%          2.75%          2.81%
                                     

Net interest margin

          3.15%          3.03%          3.14%
                                     

Ratio of average interest earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities

  136.27%          135.04%          131.37%        

(1) Interest earned and yields on nontaxable investment securities and loans are determined on a tax equivalent basis using a 34%35% tax rate in each year presented.

(2) Loan/lease fees are not material and are included in interest income from loans/leases receivable in accordance with accounting and regulatory guidance.

(3) Non-accrual loans/leases are included in the average balance for gross loans/leases receivable in accordance with accounting and regulatory guidance.

(4)  In accordance with ASC 860, effective January 1, 2010, the Company accounts for some participations sold, including sales of government-guaranteed portions of loans during the recourse period, as secured borrowings.  As such, these amounts are included in the average balance for gross loans/leases receivable and other borrowings.  For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, this totaled $0.0 million, $2.5 million and $9.6 million, respectively.  During the second quarter of 2011, SBA removed the recourse provision for sales which allowed for sale accounting treatment at the time of sale; thus, the decline in average balance.
 

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The Company’s components of change in net interest income are presented in the following table:

  For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 
  
Inc./(Dec.)
from
  
Components
of Change (1)
  
Inc./(Dec.)
from
  
Components
of Change (1)
 
  Prior Year  Rate  Volume  Prior Year  Rate  Volume 
  2012 vs. 2011  2011 vs. 2010 
  (dollars in thousands)  (dollars in thousands) 
INTEREST INCOME                  
Federal funds sold $(86) $6  $(92) $(82) $(49) $(33)
Interest-bearing deposits at other financial institutions .  (27)  (263)  236   (6)  12   (18)
Investment securities (2)  1,924   (506)  2,430   887   (1,750)  2,637 
Restricted investment securities  (51)  (37)  (14)  61   98   (37)
Gross loans/leases receivable (3) (4) (5)  (1,444)  (3,701)  2,257   (3,191)  (1,420)  (1,771)
                         
Total change in interest income $316  $(4,501) $4,817  $(2,331) $(3,109) $778 
                         
INTEREST EXPENSE                        
Interest-bearing demand deposits $(1,248) $(1,359) $111  $156  $(727) $883 
Time deposits  (1,472)  (1,328)  (144)  (3,899)  (2,188)  (1,711)
Short-term borrowings  (42)  (88)  46   (338)  (347)  9 
Federal Home Loan Bank advances  (692)  (336)  (356)  (1,275)  (430)  (845)
Junior subordinated debentures  (189)  (189)  -   (717)  (717)  - 
Other borrowings (5)  (208)  (26)  (182)  (583)  (281)  (302)
                         
Total change in interest expense $(3,851) $(3,326) $(525) $(6,656) $(4,690) $(1,966)
                         
Total change in net interest income $4,167  $(1,175) $5,342  $4,325  $1,581  $2,744 
(1)  The column "Inc/(Dec) from Prior Year" is segmented into the changes attributable to variations in volume and the changes attributable to changes in interest rates.
       The variations attributable to simultaneous volume and rate changes have been proportionately allocated to rate and volume.
(2)  Interest earned and yields on nontaxable investment securities are determined on a tax equivalent basis using a 34% tax rate in each year presented.
(3)  Loan/lease fees are not material and are included in interest income from loans/leases receivable in accordance with accounting and regulatory guidance.
(4)  Non-accrual loans/leases are included in the average balance for gross loans/leases receivable in accordance with accounting and regulatory guidance.
(5)  In accordance with ASC 860, effective January 1, 2010, the Company accounts for some participations sold, including sales of government-guaranteed portions of loans during the recourse period, as secured borrowings.  As such, these amounts are included in the average balance for gross loans/leases receivable and other borrowings.  For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, this totaled $0.0 million, $2.5 million and $9.6 million, respectively.  During the second quarter of 2011, SBA  removed the recourse provision for sales which allowed sale accounting treatment at the time of the sale; thus, the decline in average balance.

  

For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

 
                         
  

Inc./(Dec.)

  

Components

  

Inc./(Dec.)

  

Components

 
  

from

  

of Change (1)

  

from

  

of Change (1)

 
  

Prior Year

  

Rate

  

Volume

  

Prior Year

  

Rate

  

Volume

 
  

2014 vs. 2013

  

2013 vs. 2012

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

  

(dollars in thousands)

 

INTEREST INCOME

                        

Federal funds sold

 $2  $(1) $3  $13  $(3) $16 

Interest-bearing deposits at other financial institutions

  24   (48)  72   (103)  (33)  (70)

Investment securities (2)

  2,539   2,808   (269)  1,872   (366)  2,238 

Restricted investment securities

  (30)  (39)  9   52   21   31 

Gross loans/leases receivable (2) (3)

  2,930   (2,384)  5,314   3,384   (6,754)  10,138 
                         

Total change in interest income

 $5,465  $336  $5,129  $5,218  $(7,135) $12,353 
                         

INTEREST EXPENSE

                        

Interest-bearing demand deposits

 $(47) $(230) $183  $(800) $(1,327) $527 

Time deposits

  (159)  (74)  (85)  (704)  (1,174)  470 

Short-term borrowings

  (59)  (55)  (4)  45   53   (8)

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

  (837)  (1,186)  349   (417)  (628)  211 

Junior subordinated debentures

  91   66   25   104   5   99 

Other borrowings

  138   (69)  207   (188)  (318)  130 
                         

Total change in interest expense

 $(873) $(1,548) $675  $(1,960) $(3,389) $1,429 
                         

Total change in net interest income

 $6,338  $1,884  $4,454  $7,178  $(3,746) $10,924 

(1)

The column "Inc/(Dec) from Prior Year" is segmented into the changes attributable to variations in volume and the changes attributable to changes in interest rates. The variations attributable to simultaneous volume and rate changes have been proportionately allocated to rate and volume.

(2)

Interest earned and yields on nontaxable investment securities and loans are determined on a tax equivalent basis using a 35% tax rate in each year presented.

(3)

Loan/lease fees are not material and are included in interest income from loans/leases receivable in accordance with accounting and regulatory guidance.

The Company’s operating results are also impacted by various sources of noninterest income, including trust department fees, investment advisory and management fees, deposit service fees, gains from the sales of residential real estate loans and government guaranteed loans, earnings on bank-owned life insurance,BOLI, and other income. Offsetting these items, the Company incurs noninterest expenses which include salaries and employee benefits, occupancy and equipment expense, professional and data processing fees, FDIC and other insurance expense, loan/lease expense, and other administrative expenses.


The Company’s operating results are also affected by economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in interest rates, income tax rates, government policies, and actions of regulatory authorities.

 

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES


The Company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The financial information contained within these statements is, to a significant extent, financial information that is based on approximate measures of the financial effects of transactions and events that have already occurred.


Based on its consideration of accounting policies that involve the most complex and subjective decisions and assessments, management has identified its most critical accounting policy to be that related to the allowance for loan/lease losses (also referred to as “allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases” or “allowance”). The Company’s allowance for loan/lease losses methodology incorporates a variety of risk considerations, both quantitative and qualitative, in establishing an allowance for loan/lease losses that management believes is appropriate at each reporting date. Quantitative factors include the Company’s historical loss experience, delinquency and charge-off trends, collateral values, governmental guarantees, payment status, changes in nonperforming loans/leases, and other factors. Quantitative factors also incorporate known information about individual loans/leases, including borrowers’ sensitivity to interest rate movements. Qualitative factors include the general economic environment in the Company’s markets, including economic conditions throughout the Midwest, and in particular, the economic health of certain industries. Size and complexity of individual credits in relation to loan/lease structure, existing loan/lease policies and pace of portfolio growth are other qualitative factors that are considered in the methodology. As the Company adds new products and increases the complexity of its loan/lease portfolio, it enhances its methodology accordingly. Management may report a materially different amount for the provision for loan/lease losses in the statement of operations to change the allowance for loan/lease losses if its assessment of the above factors were different. The discussion regarding the Company’s allowance for loan/lease losses should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and the accompanying notes presented elsewhere in this Form 10-K, as well as the portion of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis section entitled “Financial Condition – Allowance for Estimated Losses on Loans/Leases.” Although management believes the level of the allowance as of December 31, 20122014 was adequate to absorb losses inherent in the loan/lease portfolio, a decline in local economic conditions, or other factors, could result in increasing losses that cannot be reasonably predicted at this time.


The Company’s assessment of other-than-temporary impairmentOTTI of its available-for-sale securities portfolio is another critical accounting policy as a result of the level of judgment required by management. Available-for-sale and held to maturity securities are evaluated to determine whether declines in fair value below their cost are other-than-temporary. In estimating other-than-temporary impairmentOTTI losses, management considers a number of factors including, but not limited to,to: (1) the length of time and extent to which the fair value has been less than amortized cost,cost; (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer,issuer; (3) the current market conditions,conditions; and (4) the intent of the Company to not sell the security prior to recovery and whether it is not more-likely-than-not that the Company will be required to sell the security prior to recovery. The discussion regarding the Company’s assessment of other-than-temporary impairmentOTTI should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and the accompanying notes presented elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010


2012

OVERVIEW.Net income attribute to QCR Holdings, Inc. for 2014 was $15.0 million, or EPS of $1.72 after preferred stock dividends of $1.1 million. Comparing 2014 to 2013, annual earnings were flat and EPS decreased 17%, due to the increase in common shares outstanding that resulted from the conversion of the Company’s Series E Non-Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”) in December 2013 and the acquisition of Community National in May 2013. Net interest income grew $5.0 million, or 8%, in 2014 due to organic loan growth in the Company’s legacy markets, as well as improvements in the average yield of investment securities. Provision increased $877 thousand, or 15%, as the Company grew loans/leases 12% in 2014, and proactively addressed asset quality issues in the fourth quarter. Noninterest income decreased $4.8 million, or 19%, as 2013 included several nonrecurring items related to the acquisition of CNB, disposition of the credit card portfolio and credit card issuing operations, as well as a large gain on the sale of a nonperforming loan, all totaling approximately $5.6 million. Excluding these one-time items, noninterest income increased $785 thousand, or 4%, led by increased wealth management fees, deposit service fees and correspondent banking fees. Noninterest expenses grew $3.2 million, or 5%, in 2014, excluding acquisition and data conversion costs incurred in 2013 totaling $2.4 million. The addition of CNB’s cost structure (net of the cost savings realized post-acquisition) for the first full year contributed to the increased costs..  

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. for 20122013 was $12.6$14.9 million, or diluted earnings per shareEPS of $1.85$2.08 after preferred stock dividends of $3.5$3.2 million. Comparing 20122013 to 2011,2012, annual earnings grew 30%,18% and diluted earnings per share more than doubled.EPS increased 12%. Net interest income grew $3.5$6.5 million, or 11%, in 2013 with the acquisition of CNB and organic growth in the Company’s legacy markets. Provision increased $1.6 million, or 36%, as the Company added specific allowances to several existing nonperforming loans as workouts of those loans continued to progress. Noninterest income jumped $9.2 million, or 55%, propelled by acquisition-related gains of $4.1 million (bargain purchase gain of $1.8 million and the gains on branch sales of $2.3 million), growth in wealth management fee income of $1.5 million, increased gains on sales of government guaranteed portions of loans of $1.1 million, as well as increases across many of the core recurring noninterest income sources as a result of the acquisition of CNB. Noninterest expenses grew $12.2 million, or 23%, in 2013. Acquisition and data conversion costs totaled $2.4 million for the year. The addition of CNB’s cost structure contributed to increased costs for more than half of the year.

INTEREST INCOME. For 2014, interest income grew $4.1 million, or 5%. In total, the Company’s average interest-earning assets increased $119.2 million, or 5%, year-over-year. This growth more than offset the continued impact of declining yields on loans. Average loans/leases grew 8%, while average securities declined 2%. This shift was part of the Company’s strategy to shift the mix of earning assets from lower yielding securities to higher yielding loans and leases. Additionally, the Company continued to diversify its securities portfolio, included increasing its portfolio of tax exempt municipal securities. The large majority of these are privately placed debt issuances located in the Midwest and require a thorough underwriting process before investment. Execution of this strategy has led to increased interest income on a tax equivalent basis over the past several years. Management understands that this strategy has extended the duration of its securities portfolio and continually evaluates the combined benefit of increased interest income and reduced effective income tax rate and the impact on interest rate risk.

For 2013, interest income grew $4.5 million, or 6%, as growth and shift in mixwith the addition of the CNB’s earning assets and funding outpaced(approximately $255.9 million at acquisition which was later reduced by the branch sales in October 2013). In total, the Company’s average interest-earning assets increased $304.1 million, or 16%, year-over-year. This growth more than offset the continued impact of declining yields on loans and securities. Provision for loan/lease  losses declined $2.2 million as loan quality continued to improve.  Noninterest income fell $841 thousand which was primarilyAverage loans/leases grew 17% and average securities jumped 16%. Of the result of increased losses on other real estate owned (“OREO”) as most of the other recurring sources realized modest gains year-over-year.  Noninterest expenses grew $1.3 million, or 2%, during 2012.  The large majority of this increase was salaries and employee benefits as health insurance costs continued to increase, incentive compensation grew due to improved financial performance, and the continuation of customary annual salary and benefits increases across the employee base.


Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. for 2011 was $9.7 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.92 after preferred stock dividends and discount accretion of $5.3 million, compared to $6.6 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.53 after preferred stock dividends of $4.1 million, for 2010.  The $5.3 million of preferred stock dividends and discount accretion included $1.2 million of accelerated discount accretion on the repurchased TCPP preferred shares.  Excluding the impact of the accelerated accretion, the Company’s diluted earnings per share for 2011 would have been $1.18. Net interest income grew $4.3 million, or 9%, year-over-year.  The Company’s noninterest income increased $2.1 million, or 13%, during 2011.  As part of the balance sheet restructuring at QCBT and as a result of favorable market conditions, the Company sold $54.3 million of securities at pre-tax gains totaling $1.5 million.  The remaining increase consisted of modest growth across the majority of the Company’s major noninterest income sources.  Noninterest expense increased $2.4 million, or 5%, during 2011.  The large majority of this increase was salaries and employee benefits as the Company resumed customary annual salary and benefits increases for the majority of the employee base, increased health insurance costs, and increased incentive compensation based on improved financial performance.  Lastly, the Company’s provision for loan/lease losses declined $848 thousand, or 11%, during 2011.

INTEREST INCOME.  For 2012, interest income declined modestly ($347 thousand, or less than 1%) as growth in earning assets and diversification of the securities portfolio fell short of the impact of declining yields on loans and securities.  The Company’s average interest-earning assets increased $122.2 million, or 7%, year-over-year.  The Company grew securities ($102.1 million, or 20%) and loans ($41.9 million, or 4%), while its federal funds sold position declined $46.5 million as the Company invested some of its excess liquidity.  As growth in deposits continued to outpace loan growth during 2012,latter, the Company continued to grow and diversify its securities portfolio, includingincluded increasing the portfolio of government guaranteed residential mortgage-backed securities as well as more than tripling theits portfolio of tax exempt municipal securities.  Of the latter, the large majority are privately placed debt issuances located in or near the Company’s existing markets and require a thorough underwriting process before investment.   Notably, the significant increase in tax exempt municipal debt securities expanded interest income on a tax equivalent basis to reflect net growth year-over-year.

For 2011, interest income declined $2.4 million, or 3%, primarily as a result of the continued shift in interest-earning asset mix and the extended historical low interest rate environment.  The Company’s average interest-earning assets increased $53.0 million, or 3%, year-over-year.  Most notably, the Company grew its securities portfolio as the average balance of investment securities increased $101.3 million, or 25%.  Partially offsetting this growth, the average balance of loans/leases declined $31.9 million, or 3%, and the average balance of federal funds sold fell $13.9 million, or 22%.  This continued shift in interest-earning asset mix is the result of weak loan demand and the Company’s strategy to invest some of its excess liquidity in government sponsored agency securities and government guaranteed residential mortgage-backed securities.

The Company intends to continue to grow quality loans and leases as well as diversify the securities portfolio to maximize yield while minimizing credit and interest rate risk.

 

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INTEREST EXPENSE. Comparing 20122014 to 2011,2013, interest expense declined $3.9 million,$872 thousand, or 16%5%, year-over-year. With averageAverage interest-bearing liabilities increasing slightly, the following were major contributorsgrew 4% in 2014 with most of this in deposits. The Company was successful in continuing to the decline in interest expense:manage down its cost of funds as follows:


 ·

Continued reduction of interest rates paid across all deposits without runoff (the average cost of interest-bearing deposits fell from 1.00%0.44% for 2011 down2013 to 0.61%0.40% for 2012),2014);

 ·

Focus on continued growth in noninterest bearing deposit accounts (average noninterest bearing balances grew 11% in 2014, primarily due to successful growth in the correspondent banking area); and

Continued shift of funding from high-cost borrowings to deposits and/or low-cost borrowings.

Comparing 2013 to 2012, interest expense declined $2.0 million, or 10%, year-over-year. Average interest-bearing liabilities grew 13% in 2013 with most of this in deposits as borrowings were flat. The acquisition of CNB was the primary contributor to the deposit growth. More than offsetting the growth, the Company was successful in continuing to manage down its cost of funds as follows:

Continued reduction of interest rates paid across all deposits without runoff (the average cost of interest-bearing deposits fell from 0.61% for 2012 to 0.44% for 2013);

The impact of the aforementioned balance sheet restructuring strategies executed in 20112012 and 2012,2013; and

 ·

Continued shift of funding from wholesale borrowings and brokered and other time deposits(higher cost of funds) to core deposits, including non-interest bearing deposits.


Comparing 2011 to 2010, interest expense declined $6.7 million, or 22%, year-over-year.  The Company’s average interest-bearing liabilities decreased $25.3 million, or 2%, from 2010 to 2011.  Also contributing to the decline in interest expense, the Company was successful in shifting the mix of funding from wholesale borrowings and brokered time deposits to core deposits.   The aforementioned balance sheet strategies executed by QCBT and RB&T in 2011 were major contributors to the shift in mix and the decline in interest expense.  Lastly, management continued to drive down deposit pricing.  The average cost of interest-bearing deposits declined 42 basis points from 1.42% for 2010 down to 1.00% for 2011.

The Company’s management intends to continue to shift the mix of funding from wholesale borrowing and brokered and other time depositsfunds to core deposits, including noninterest-bearing deposits. Continuing this trend will strengthen the Company’s franchise value, reduce funding costs, and increase fee income opportunities through deposit service charges.


PROVISION FOR LOAN/LEASE LOSSES. The provision for loan/lease losses is established based on a number of factors, including the Company’s historical loss experience, delinquencies and charge-off trends, the local and national economy and the risk associated with the loans/leases in the portfolio as described in more detail in the “Critical Accounting Policies” section.


The Company’s provision totaled $6.8 million for 2014 which was an increase of $877 thousand, or 15%, from 2013 due to strong loan/lease losses declined $2.2growth coupled with charge-offs that addressed asset quality issues in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Comparing 2013 to 2012, the Company’s provision increased $1.5 million, or 34%36%, from $6.6 million for 2011 to $4.4 million for 2012.  This decline followed a2012 to $5.9 million for 2013. Despite the drop in provisionnonperforming loans (decline of $4.9 million, or 19%) in 2013, the Company had an increased need for loan/lease losses of $848 thousand, or 11%, comparing 2010 to 2011.  The declines were the result of continued improvement in loan quality as evidenced by a declining trend in the level of classified and criticizedspecific reserves for certain existing nonperforming loans (see table and further discussion in the Allowance for Estimated Losses on Loans/Leases section).  This trend translated over to nonperforming loans/leases, as the Company’s levelworkouts of nonperforming loans/leases declined $9.1 million, or 22%, from 2010 to 2011, and then again $6.6 million, or 21%, from 2011 to 2012.  The impact of improving loan quality to the provision for loan/lease losses more than offset the impact of loan growth over the past two years.


these loans progressed.

The Company had an allowance for estimated losses onof 1.42% of total gross loans/leases at December 31, 2014, compared to 1.47% of total gross loans/leases at December 31, 2013, and compared to 1.55% of total gross loans/leases at December 31, 2012, compared2012. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for acquisition accounting, the acquired CNB loans were recorded at fair value; therefore, there was no allowance associated with CNB’s loans at acquisition. Further, the Company’s allowance to 1.56% of total grossnonperforming loans/leases was 115% at December 31, 2011, and compared to 1.74% of total gross loans/leases2014, which was up from 105% at December 31, 2010.

2013, and up from 78% at December 31, 2012.

 

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NONINTEREST INCOME. The following tables set forth the various categories of noninterest income for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.2012.

  Years Ended         
  
December 31,
2012
  
December 31,
2011
  $ Change  % Change 
                 
Trust department fees $3,632,278  $3,368,995  $263,283   7.8%
Investment advisory and management fees, gross  2,361,159   2,108,918   252,241   12.0 
Deposit service fees  3,485,929   3,493,001   (7,072)  (0.2)
Gains on sales of residential real estate loans  1,388,142   999,162   388,980   38.9 
Gains on sales of government guaranteed portions of loans  1,069,565   1,565,881   (496,316)  (31.7)
Earnings on bank-owned life insurance  1,609,208   1,445,891   163,317   11.3 
Credit card fees, net of processing costs  599,164   500,544   98,620   19.7 
Subtotal $14,145,445  $13,482,392  $663,053   4.9 
Securities gains, net  104,600   1,472,528   (1,367,928)  (92.9)
Losses on other real estate owned, net  (1,332,972)  (374,910)  (958,062)  255.5 
Other  3,704,222   2,881,868   822,354   28.5 
Total noninterest income $16,621,295  $17,461,878  $(840,583)  (4.8) %
                 
  Years Ended         
  December 31, 2011  December 31, 2010  $ Change  % Change 
                 
Trust department fees $3,368,995  $3,290,844  $78,151   2.4%
Investment advisory and management fees, gross  2,108,918   1,812,903   296,015   16.3 
Deposit service fees  3,493,001   3,478,743   14,258   0.4 
Gains on sales of residential real estate loans  999,162   1,655,570   (656,408)  (39.6)
Gains on sales of government guaranteed portions of loans  1,565,881   1,513,944   51,937   3.4 
Earnings on bank-owned life insurance  1,445,891   1,331,085   114,806   8.6 
Credit card fees, net of processing costs  500,544   259,590   240,954   92.8 
Subtotal $13,482,392  $13,342,679  $139,713   1.0 
Securities gains, net  1,472,528   -   1,472,528   100.0 
Losses on other real estate owned, net  (374,910)  (835,163)  460,253   (55.1)
Other  2,881,868   2,898,372   (16,504)  (0.6)
Total noninterest income $17,461,878  $15,405,888  $2,055,990   13.3%

  

Years Ended

         
  

December 31, 2014

  

December 31, 2013

  

$ Change

  

% Change

 
                 

Trust department fees

 $5,715,151  $4,941,681  $773,470   15.7

%

Investment advisory and management fees, gross

  2,798,170   2,580,140   218,030   8.5 

Deposit service fees

  4,483,585   4,267,162   216,423   5.1 

Gains on sales of residential real estate loans

  460,721   836,065   (375,344)  (44.9)

Gains on sales of government guaranteed portions of loans

  2,040,638   2,148,979   (108,341)  (5.0)

Earnings on bank-owned life insurance

  1,721,507   1,786,023   (64,516)  (3.6)

Debit card fees

  982,005   991,300   (9,295)  (0.9)

Correspondent banking fees

  1,064,030   772,120   291,910   37.8 

Participation service fees on commercial loan participations

  854,621   768,547   86,074   11.2 

Bargain purchase gain on Community National Acquisition

  -   1,841,385   (1,841,385)  (100.0)

Gains on sales of certain Community National Bank branches

  -   2,334,216   (2,334,216)  (100.0)

Securities gains, net

  92,363   432,492   (340,129)  (78.6)

Losses on other real estate owned, net

  (447,272)  (545,340)  98,068   (18.0)

Other

  1,231,781   2,659,058   (1,427,277)  (53.7)

Total noninterest income

 $20,997,300  $25,813,828  $(4,816,528)  (18.7

)%

  

Years Ended

         
  

December 31, 2013

  

December 31, 2012

  

$ Change

  

% Change

 
                 

Trust department fees

 $4,941,681  $3,632,278  $1,309,403   36.0

%

Investment advisory and management fees, gross

  2,580,140   2,361,159   218,981   9.3 

Deposit service fees

  4,267,162   3,485,929   781,233   22.4 

Gains on sales of residential real estate loans

  836,065   1,388,142   (552,077)  (39.8)

Gains on sales of government guaranteed portions of loans

  2,148,979   1,069,565   1,079,414   100.9 

Earnings on bank-owned life insurance

  1,786,023   1,609,208   176,815   11.0 

Debit card fees

  991,300   951,200   40,100   4.2 

Correspondent banking fees

  772,120   424,458   347,662   81.9 

Participation service fees on commercial loan participations

  768,547   665,992   102,555   15.4 

Bargain purchase gain on Community National Acquisition

  1,841,385   -   1,841,385   100.0 

Gains on sales of certain Community National Bank branches

  2,334,216   -   2,334,216   100.0 

Securities gains, net

  432,492   104,600   327,892   313.5 

Losses on other real estate owned, net

  (545,340)  (1,332,972)  787,632   (59.1)

Other

  2,659,058   2,261,736   397,322   17.6 

Total noninterest income

 $25,813,828  $16,621,295  $9,192,533   55.3

%

Trust department fees continue to be a significant contributor to noninterest income.income, increasing 16% in 2014 and 36% in 2013. Income is generated primarily from fees charged based on assets under administration for corporate and personal trusts and for custodial services. The majority of the trust department fees are determined based on the value of the investments within the fully managed trusts. Part of this increase stems from the addition of CNB’s trust department for the first full year. As the markets have experienced volatilitystrengthened with the national economy’s recovery from recession, the Company’s fee income has experienced similar volatility, but has realized net growth year-over-year in fee income for 2011 (2.4%) and 2012 (7.8%).growth. In recent years, the Company has been successful in expanding its customer base which has helped to offset some ofdrive the volatility and contributed to the net growthrecent increases in fee income.


Over the past two

In recent years, management has placed a stronger emphasis on growing its investment advisory and management services. Part of this initiative has been to restructure the Company’s Wealth Management Division to allow for more efficient delivery of products and services including adding three business development officers in late 2011through selective additions of talent as well as leverage of and early 2012.  Fee income fromcollaboration among existing resources (including the aforementioned trust department). CNB did not provide investment advisory and management services; however, the Company is leveraging its existing infrastructure to efficiently offer these services increased in consecutive years with year-over-year increases of 16.3% and 12.0% for 2011 and 2012, respectively.the communities served by CNB. Similar to trust department fees, these fees are largely determined based on the value of the investments managed. And, similar to the trust department, the Company has had some success in expanding its customer base which has helped to offsetdrive the market volatility affecting asset values as the national economy continues to slowly recover.

recent increases in fee income. Investment advisory fees increased 9% in both 2014 and 2013.

As management understands the importance offocuses on growing fee income, expanding market share in trust and investment advisory services will continue to be a primary strategic focus.

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Deposit service fees have remained flat overexpanded 5% in 2014 and 22% in 2013 largely due to the past two years.addition of CNB’s deposits. The Company has placed an emphasis on shifting the mix of deposits from brokered and retail time deposits to non-maturity demand deposits as the latter tends to be lower in interest cost and higher in service fees. A large majority of this shift and growth over the past two years has been non-interest bearing correspondent bank deposits.  The majority of these deposits include a variety of services (processing of cash letter items, wire transfer services, safekeeping of securities, etc.) and the Company has offered a reduction of fees charged for these services if the correspondent bank carries a certain level of non-interest bearing deposits.  With loan demand weak and liquidity strong across the correspondent bank customer portfolio, the correspondent bank customers have carried higher deposits to maximize the reduction of fees.  The Company has continually reviewed the fees charged on all deposit-related services and has consistently increased across the board to be in line with or to lead the market.  In addition, the Company has recently evaluated the level of fee reduction and compensating balances for the aforementioned correspondent bank deposits and restructured the program to minimize the reduction of fees beginning in 2013.  The Company plans to continue thethis shift in mix of deposits and to further focus on growing deposit service fees.


Regarding

Gains on sales of residential mortgages,real estate loans decreased 45% in 2014 and 40% in 2013. With the sustained historically low interest rate environment, refinancing activity has slowed as many of the Company’s existing and prospective customers have already executed a refinancing.

Gains on the sale of government guaranteed portions of loans decreased 5% in 2014, while increasing 101% in 2013. As one of its core strategies, the Company experienced fluctuation as refinancing activity was strong in 2010, slowed in 2011, and rebounded in 2012 as the yield curve flattened further driving down longer-term interest rates and allowing opportunities for refinancing.


In 2010, the Company elevatedcontinues to leverage its focus on small business lending expertise by taking advantage of programs offered by the SBA and the USDA. The Company’s portfolio of government guaranteed loans has grown as a direct result of the Company’s strong expertise in SBA and USDA lending. In some cases, it is more beneficial for the Company to sell the government guaranteed portion aton the secondary market for a premium.premium rather than retain the loans in the Company’s portfolio. Sales activity for government guaranteed portions of loans tends to fluctuate depending on the demand for small business loans that fit the criteria for the government guarantee. Further, some of the transactions can be large and, as the gain is determined as a percentage of the guaranteed amount, the resulting gain on sale can be large. Lastly, a strategy for improved pricing is packaging loans together for sale. From time to time, the Company may execute on this strategy, which may delay the gains on sales of some loans to achieve better pricing. Despite the fluctuation, theThe Company will continue to focusis adding additional talent and executing on growing small business lending and selling the government guaranteed portion as it continues to be beneficial.

During the third quarter of 2011, as a result of favorable market conditions, QCBT sold $8.6 million of government agency securities for a pre-tax gain totaling $444 thousand.  The related sales proceeds were reinvested into residential mortgage-backed securities with higher yields and similar credit risk to the sold securities.  Similarly, as a result of favorable market conditions, RB&T sold $8.3 million of government agency securities for a pre-tax gain totaling $149 thousand.  The sales proceeds were utilized to diversify RB&T’s securities portfolio and fund loan growth.  Separately, during the first quarter of 2011,strategies in an effort to offsetmake this a more consistent and larger source of revenue.

Earnings on Bank-Owned Life Insurance (“BOLI”) were relatively flat in 2014 (decreasing 4%). BOLI earnings increased 11% in 2013. There were no purchases of BOLI in 2014. With the $832 thousandacquisition of fees for prepaying $15.0CNB in 2013, the Company acquired $4.6 million of FHLB advances, QCBT sold $37.4 million of government agency securities for a pre-tax gain totaling $880 thousand.  See detailed discussion of this restructuring transaction in the Net Interest Income and Margin section earlier in Management’s Discussion and Analysis.


In 2012,BOLI. Additionally, the Company incurred increased write-downs of existing OREO as the result of further declines in appraised values.  Of the total losses on OREO for the year, the Company wrote down $1.2 million of existing OREO and recognized losses on sales of $173 thousand.  Management continues to proactively manage its OREO portfolio in an effort to sell timely at minimal loss.  The Company’s OREO portfolio totaled $4.0 million at December 31, 2012 which is the lowest level since 2008.

Earnings on bank-owned life insurance (“BOLI”) experienced strong growth over the past two years.  The Company purchased additional BOLI in 2011 totaling $7.0 million (or growth of 21% over 2010), and another $2.0 million (or growth of 5% over 2011) in 2012. Yields on BOLI (based on a simple average and excluding the impact of the federal income tax exemption) were 3.26% for 2014, 3.65% for 2013, and 3.67% for 2012 and 3.83% for 2011.2012. Notably, a small portion of the Company’s BOLI is variable rate whereby the returns are determined by the performance of the equity market. Management intends to continue to review its BOLI investments to be consistent with policy and regulatory limits in conjunction with the rest of its earning assets in an effort to maximize returns while minimizing risk.

Debit card fees were relatively flat in 2014, while increasing 4% in 2013. The majority of the Company’s customer checking accounts have debit cards that have high usage rates. This item represents the interchange revenue that the Company earns on debit card issuances and transactions. As the Company continues to grow the number of these deposits, this line item will continue to expand.

Correspondent banking fees grew 38% in 2014 and 82% in 2013. Correspondent banking continues to be a core strategy for the Company, as this line of business provides a high level of noninterest bearing deposits that can be used to fund additional loan growth as well as a steady source of fee income. In 2014, the Company expanded its territory to Wisconsin in order to continue to build this business unit. The Company now serves approximately 164 Banks in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin.

Participation service fees on commercial loan participations increased 11% in 2014 and 15% in 2013. These fees represent the amount paid to the Company by participants to cover the servicing expenses incurred by the Company. The fee is generally 25 basis points of the participated loan amount. Additionally, the Company receives a mandated 1% servicing fee on the sold portion of government guaranteed loans.

 

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Included

In accordance with acquisition accounting rules, the Company recognized a bargain purchase gain of $1.8 million in 2013 in recording the acquisition of Community National. The Company adjusted the acquired assets and assumed liabilities to fair value as determined by an independent valuation specialist. The gain resulted primarily from the recording of a core deposit intangible based on the value of the acquired deposit portfolio, and the recognition of a discount on the trust preferred securities that were previously issued by Community National and were assumed by the Company in the transaction. Net of other more modest valuation adjustments, and the resulting deferred income tax liabilities, the $1.8 million bargain purchase gain was included in noninterest incomeincome. See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the Company’s acquisition of Community National.

In October 2013, the Company sold certain assets and liabilities of certain branches of CNB for a pre-tax gain on sale of $2.3 million. Specifically, the Company sold certain assets and liabilities of the two Mason City, Iowa branches, including deposits of $55 million and loans of $23 million, for a pre-tax gain on sale of $874 thousand. Additionally, the Company sold certain assets and liabilities of the two Austin, Minnesota branches, including deposits of $36 million and loans of $32 million, for a pre-tax gain on sale of $1.4 million. See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding these branch sales.

As the Company works to improve its balance sheet mix, investment securities continue to be sold (as market opportunity allows) to fund loan/lease growth and municipal securities, improving the yield the Company earns on these assets and net interest margin. In 2014, the Company sold $78.5 million of investment securities at a modest gain of $92 thousand. During the third quarter of 2013, the Company sold a mix of government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities, government-sponsored agency securities, and one smaller individual trust preferred security at a pre-tax gain on sale of $432 thousand. In turn, QCBT reinvested the sales proceeds back into a blend of government-sponsored agency securities and residential mortgage-backed securities at a higher yield with modest duration extension.

In 2014, the Company wrote down three existing OREO properties by a total of $475 thousand (offset by small gains on the sale of OREO). The losses were the result of further declines in appraised values. In 2013, the Company wrote down one existing individual OREO property by $463 thousand as a result of a decline in appraised value. The remaining $82 thousand consisted of small losses on the sales of several properties. In 2012, the Company incurred elevated levels of write-downs of existing OREO as the result of further declines in appraised values of certain properties. Of the total losses on OREO for 2012, the Company wrote down $1.2 million of existing OREO and recognized $580 thousand pre-tax gainlosses on sales of $173 thousand. Management continues to proactively manage its OREO portfolio in an effort to sell timely at minimal loss.

Included in “Other” noninterest income were the sale of a small equity interest in a company that provided data processing services to the Company merchant credit card acquiring business that was previously sold in 2008.  In addition, CRBT recognized $616 thousand of fee income for the execution of interest rate swaps related to four commercial loans in 2012.  The interest rate swaps allow the commercial borrowers to pay a fixed interest rate while CRBT receives a variable interest rate as well as an upfront fee depending on the pricing.  Management believes that these swaps help position CRBT more favorably for rising rate environments.  Management will continue to review opportunities to execute these swaps at all three of its subsidiary banks as the circumstances are appropriate for the borrower and the Company.

following items:

During the first quarter of 2013, QCBT sold its credit card loan portfolio for a pre-tax gain on sale of $495 thousand. In addition, QCBT sold its credit card issuing operations to the same purchaser for a pre-tax gain on sale of $355 thousand. The latter was the primary reason for the decline in the credit card fees, net of processing costs, during 2013.

In December 2013, QCBT sold certain related nonperforming loans at a gain of $576 thousand.

In 2012, the Company recognized $580 thousand pre-tax gain on the sale of a small equity interest in a company that provided data processing services to the Company’s merchant credit card acquiring business that was previously sold in 2008.

 

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NONINTERESTNONINTEREST EXPENSES. The following tables set forth the various categories of noninterest expenses for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.2012.


  Years Ended       
  
December 31,
2012
  
December 31,
2011
  $ Change  % Change 
             
Salaries and employee benefits $33,274,509  $30,365,020  $2,909,489   9.6%
Occupancy and equipment expense  5,635,257   5,297,949   337,308   6.4 
Professional and data processing fees  4,317,939   4,461,187   (143,248)  (3.2)
FDIC and other insurance  2,330,611   2,698,282   (367,671)  (13.6)
Loan/lease expense  1,041,824   2,160,674   (1,118,850)  (51.8)
Advertising and marketing  1,445,476   1,288,797   156,679   12.2 
Postage and telephone  959,708   937,557   22,151   2.4 
Stationery and supplies  541,122   516,873   24,249   4.7 
Bank service charges  853,895   725,717   128,178   17.7 
Subtotal $50,400,341  $48,452,056  $1,948,285   4.0 
Prepayment fees on Federal Home Loan Bank advances  -   832,099   (832,099)  (100.0)
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities  62,400   118,847   (56,447)  (47.5)
Other  1,796,206   1,589,650   206,556   13.0 
Total noninterest expense $52,258,947  $50,992,652  $1,266,295   2.5%
  Years Ended         
  
December 31,
2011
  
December 31,
2010
  $ Change  % Change 
                 
Salaries and employee benefits $30,365,020  $27,843,127  $2,521,893   9.1%
Occupancy and equipment expense  5,297,949   5,472,248   (174,299)  (3.2)
Professional and data processing fees  4,461,187   4,524,519   (63,332)  (1.4)
FDIC and other insurance  2,698,282   3,528,267   (829,985)  (23.5)
Loan/lease expense  2,160,674   1,657,552   503,122   30.4 
Advertising and marketing  1,288,797   1,053,909   234,888   22.3 
Postage and telephone  937,557   1,004,176   (66,619)  (6.6)
Stationery and supplies  516,873   491,252   25,621   5.2 
Bank service charges  725,717   420,252   305,465   72.7 
Subtotal $48,452,056  $45,995,302  $2,456,754   5.3 
Prepayment fees on Federal Home Loan Bank advances  832,099   -   832,099   100.0 
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities  118,847   113,800   5,047   4.4 
Losses on lease residual values  -   617,000   (617,000)  (100.0)
Other  1,589,650   1,822,961   (233,311)  (12.8)
Total noninterest expense $50,992,652  $48,549,063  $2,443,589   5.0%

  

Years Ended

         
  

December 31, 2014

  

December 31, 2013

  

$ Change

  

% Change

 
                 

Salaries and employee benefits

 $40,337,055  $37,510,318  $2,826,737   7.5

%

Occupancy and equipment expense

  7,385,526   6,712,468   673,058   10.0 

Professional and data processing fees

  6,191,574   6,424,594   (233,020)  (3.6)

FDIC and other insurance

  2,895,494   2,587,041   308,453   11.9 

Loan/lease expense

  1,310,644   1,521,523   (210,879)  (13.9)

Advertising and marketing

  1,985,121   1,726,314   258,807   15.0 

Postage and telephone

  930,408   1,069,142   (138,734)  (13.0)

Stationery and supplies

  579,330   562,301   17,029   3.0 

Bank service charges

  1,291,017   1,144,757   146,260   12.8 

Acquisition and data conversion costs

  -   2,353,162   (2,353,162)  (100.0)

Other

  2,363,752   2,821,038   (457,286)  (16.2)

Total noninterest expense

 $65,269,921  $64,432,658  $837,263   1.3

%

  

Years Ended

         
  

December 31, 2013

  

December 31, 2012

  

$ Change

  

% Change

 
                 

Salaries and employee benefits

 $37,510,318  $33,274,509  $4,235,809   12.7

%

Occupancy and equipment expense

  6,712,468   5,635,257   1,077,211   19.1 

Professional and data processing fees

  6,424,594   4,317,939   2,106,655   48.8 

FDIC and other insurance

  2,587,041   2,330,611   256,430   11.0 

Loan/lease expense

  1,521,523   1,041,824   479,699   46.0 

Advertising and marketing

  1,726,314   1,445,476   280,838   19.4 

Postage and telephone

  1,069,142   959,708   109,434   11.4 

Stationery and supplies

  562,301   541,122   21,179   3.9 

Bank service charges

  1,144,757   853,895   290,862   34.1 

Acquisition and data conversion costs

  2,353,162   -   2,353,162   100.0 

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities

  -   62,400   (62,400)  (100.0)

Other

  2,821,038   1,796,206   1,024,832   57.1 

Total noninterest expense

 $64,432,658  $52,258,947  $12,173,711   23.3

%

Management places strong emphasis on overall cost containment and is committed to improveimproving the Company’s general efficiency.

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Salaries and employee benefits, which is the largest component of noninterest expense, increased 9.1%8% and 9.6%13% in 20112014 and 2012,2013, respectively. ForThe increases were largely due to the past two years,addition of CNB’s cost structure for more than half of the year in 2013 and the full year in 2014. Excluding the impact of CNB, the Company’s increases arewere largely the result of:


 ·

Customary annual salary and benefits increases averaging approximately 2.5% for the majority of the Company’s employee base in 20112014 and 2012.  For 2010, the Company did not generally increase salaries across the employee base.2013.

 ·

Continued increases in health insurance-related employee benefits for the majority of the Company’s employee base.

 ·

Higher accrued incentive compensation based on improved financial performance in 2011 and 2012.compensation.

 ·

Targeted talent additionsadditions. Specifically, in late 2011 and early 2012.  Specifically,2014, the Company added fourtwelve business developmentdevelopment/sales officers (three(four in the Wealth Management Division, and onefour in the Commercial area, three in the Correspondent Banking Division)Division, and one at m2) in an effort to continue to grow market share.

 

Occupancy and equipment expense increased from 2011in 2014 and 2013 due to 2012the addition of CNB’s branch network. At acquisition, CNB had eight branches, and the Company sold four in early October of 2013 and closed one in December of 2013. Over the past several years, the Company incurred increased equipment cost with the purchases of additional technology for enhanced customer service and for improved fraud detection and prevention systems. In addition, the largest branch office of RB&T was renovated in 2012 to allow for existing and future expansion.


Professional and data processing fees declineddecreased 4% in 20112014 and againincreased 49% in 20122013. The increase in 2013 was due to the addition of CNB’s cost structure and increased legal fees for a longstanding legal matter concerning a past nonperforming loan that experienced increased litigation activity. The Company, the plaintiff in the litigation, was awarded judgment in an amount to be paid by the defendant. The defendant, however, appealed the court’s decision in January 2014 and as management was successful in containingof February 2015, the case continues to be ongoing. Management will continue to focus on minimizing one-time costs and driving those recurring costs down through contract renegotiation or managed reduction in activity where costs are determined on a usage basis.  Management will continue to focus on driving these recurring costs down.


FDIC and other insurance expense experienced significant declines in 2011 and 2012. FDIC insurance premiums are calculated using a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, balance sheet levels, funding mix, and regulatory compliance.  The subsidiary banks have been successful in managing these factors and driving down FDIC insurance cost.  In addition,has generally fallen over the past several years since the FDIC modified its assessment calculation to more closely align with bank performance and risk. The increase in 2014 and 2013 was primarily the calculationresult of adding CNB for premiums effective duringmore than half of the second quarter of 2011.  The modification was favorableyear in 2013 and for the Company’s subsidiary banks.


full year in 2014.

Loan/lease expense fluctuated significantly over the past two years with a 30% increase14% decrease during 2011,2014, and a 52% decline46% increase in 2012.2013. Some of the increase in 2013 was the result of adding CNB’s cost structure. In addition, the Company incurred elevated levels of expense at the legacy banks in 2013 for certain existing nonperforming loans as workouts progressed. Generally, loan/lease expense has a direct relationship with the level of nonperforming loans/leases; however, it may deviate depending upon the individual nonperforming loans/leases. Management expects these historically elevated levels of expense to continue to decline in line with the declining trend in nonperforming loans/leases.


The Company incurred additional expenses for advertising and marketing during 20112014 and 20122013 in an effort to gain market share across all threefour markets the Company serves.


Part of the increase in both periods was due to the addition of CNB’s cost structure for more than half of the year in 2013 and the full year in 2014.

Bank service charges, which include costs incurred to provide services to QCBT’s correspondent banking customer portfolio, have increased significantly over the past two years. The increase iswas due, in large part, to the success QCBT has had in growing its correspondent banking customer portfolio over the past two years.

With the acquisition of Community National on May 13, 2013, the Company incurred costs related to the acquisition including professional fees (legal, investment banking, accounting), data conversion costs (including both the de-conversion of the sold branches and the conversion of the remaining branches), and compensation costs for retained and severed employees. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the Company expensed these costs as incurred.


In an effort to utilize some of its excess liquidity and improve net interest margin by eliminating some of its higher cost wholesale funding, QCBT prepaid $15.0 million of FHLB advances during the first quarter of 2011.  As a result, QCBT incurred a prepayment fee totaling $832 thousand.  To offset these fees, QCBT sold $37.4 million of government sponsored agency securities for a pre-tax gain totaling $880 thousand.  See a detailed discussion of this restructuring transaction in the Net Interest Income and Margin section earlier in Management’s Discussion and Analysis.

During 2012, the Company’s evaluation of its securities portfolio for other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”)OTTI determined that two privately held equity securities experienced declines in fair value that were other-than-temporary. As a result, the Company wrote down the value of these securities and recognized losses in the amount of $62 thousand. Similarly, during 2011,There were no OTTI losses in 2013 or 2014.

Other noninterest expense decreased 16% in 2014 and increased 57% in 2013. Due to the Company’s evaluation determined that two privately held equity securities experienced declinesacquisition of CNB in fair value that2013, expenses were other-than-temporaryinflated due to one-time items and other miscellaneous costs related to conversion and the Company wrote down the valueunwinding of these securities and recognized lossesdual cost structures. Expenses decreased in the amount of $119 thousand.  Moreover, in 2010, management identified a single issue trust preferred security that experienced a decline in fair value determined to be other-than-temporary.  As a result, the Company wrote down the value of this security and recognized a loss totaling $114 thousand.  The Company does not own any other trust preferred securities.

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During the first quarter of 2010, the Company recognized losses in residual values for two direct financing equipment leases.  The sharp declines in value were isolated and attributable to changes in unique market conditions during the quarter related2014 due to the specific equipment.  Specifically, onefull integration of the affected leases related to auto-industry equipment.  During the first quarter of 2010, several like equipment dealers declared bankruptcy which led to disruption in the specific market.  As a result, pricing for new like equipment declined sharply.  Similarly, for the other affected lease, the underlying equipment was a commercial printer.  The commercial printing industry has experienced some challenges and pricing for this particular equipment experienced sharp declines during the first quarter of 2010.  In both cases, management determined the amount of the loss by comparing the recorded estimated residual value of the affected leases to the estimated value at the end of the lease term, as adjusted for the declined pricing for new like equipment.  And, in both cases, the equipment was sold in the second quarter of 2010 without any further losses realized.  For 2011 and 2012, there were no losses on residual values.  Management continues to perform periodic and specific reviews of its residual values, and has identified modest residual risk remaining in the lease portfolio.

CNB.

INCOME TAX EXPENSE.The provision for income taxes was $3.0 million for 2014, or an effective tax rate of 16.9%, compared to $4.6 million for 2013, or an effective tax rate of 23.6%, and compared to $4.5 million for 2012, or an effective tax rate of 25.7%, compared to $3.9 million for 2011, or an. The declines in the effective tax rate of 27.6%, for an increase of $666 thousand, or 17%.  The decline in effective tax rate iswere primarily the result of the following:


 ·

The continued applicationincreases in tax-exempt income for securities, loans, and BOLI. For securities, nontaxable interest income on municipal securities grew 46% in 2014 and 77% in 2013. These growth rates outpaced the growth rates of tax credits that were acquired in the third quarter of 2011.Company’s taxable income sources.

 ·

The increaseCompany recognized a one-time tax benefit in tax-exempt municipal securities during 2012, which, in turn, resulted in an increase in nontaxable income.  Specifically, the Company grew its municipal securities portfolio from $25.7 million at December 31, 2011first quarter of 2014 of $359 thousand as a result of the finalization of the tax issues related to $97.6 million at December 31, 2012.the CNB acquisition following the filing of the acquired entity’s final tax return.


The provision for income taxes was $3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $2.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 for an increase of $1.4 million, or 58%.  The increase was the result of significant growth in income before taxes of $4.7 million, or 51%, year-over-year.  Additionally, primarily due to a decline in the proportionate share of tax-exempt income to total income year-over-year, the Company experienced a slight increase in the effective tax rate from 26.5% for 2010 to 27.6% for 2011.


FINANCIAL CONDITION


OVERVIEW. Following is a table that represents the major categories of the Company’s balance sheet.

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

 

Cash, federal funds sold, and interest-bearing deposits

 $120,350   5% $114,431   5% $110,488   5%

Securities

  651,539   26%  697,210   29%  602,239   29%

Net loans/leases

  1,606,929   64%  1,438,832   60%  1,267,462   61%

Other assets

  146,140   5%  144,480   6%  113,541   5%

Total assets

 $2,524,958   100% $2,394,953   100% $2,093,730   100%
                         

Total deposits

 $1,679,668   67% $1,646,991   69% $1,374,114   66%

Total borrowings

  662,558   26%  563,381   24%  547,758   26%

Other liabilities

  38,653   1%  37,004   1%  31,424   1%

Total stockholders' equity

  144,079   6%  147,577   6%  140,434   7%

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 $2,524,958   100% $2,394,953   100% $2,093,730   100%

In 2014, total assets grew $130.0 million, or 5%. The Company organically grew its net loan/lease portfolio $168.1 million, which was partly funded by cash from the securities portfolio, as it decreased $45.7 million, or 7% (mostly due to the sale of securities). Deposits grew $32.7 million, or 2% during 2014. Borrowings increased $99.2 million, mostly due to an increase in overnight funding of $80.6 million. Quarter-end and year-end deposit balances can fluctuate a great deal due to large customer and correspondent bank activity. Since this cash outflow is typically temporary, the Company normally fills the funding gap with overnight or other short-term borrowings.

In 2013, total assets grew $301.2 million, or 14%, as a result of the acquisition of CNB and organic growth in the Company’s legacy markets. Specifically, excluding the impact of the branch sales, the Company grew loans/leases $225.8 million, or 18%, during 2013. Additionally, the Company grew its securities portfolio $95.0 million, or 16%, during 2013 with most of this growth in tax-exempt municipal securities. The earning asset growth was funded primarily by deposits which grew $363.9 million, or 26%, excluding the impact of the branch sales.

 
  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
  (dollars in thousands) 
                   
  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  % 
Cash, federal funds sold, and interest-bearing deposits $110,488   5% $100,673   5% $143,737   8%
Securities  602,239   29%  565,229   29%  424,847   23%
Net loans/leases  1,267,462   61%  1,181,956   60%  1,152,174   63%
Other assets  113,541   5%  118,752   6%  115,877   6%
Total assets $2,093,730   100% $1,966,610   100% $1,836,635   100%
                         
Total deposits $1,374,114   66% $1,205,458   61% $1,114,816   61%
Total borrowings  547,758   26%  590,603   30%  566,059   31%
Other liabilities  31,424   1%  26,116   1%  23,189   1%
Total stockholders' equity  140,434   7%  144,433   8%  132,571   7%
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $2,093,730   100% $1,966,610   100% $1,836,635   100%


Total

In 2012, total assets grew $127.1 million, or 6%, to $2.09 billion at December 31, 2012, from $1.97 billion at December 31, 2011.. The Company grew its net loan/lease portfolio $85.5 million, or 7%, and its securities portfolio $37.0 million, or 7%, during 2012. The asset growth was funded by strong and continued growth of the Company’s deposit portfolio (as balances grew $168.7 million, or 14%) partially offset by a reduction in federal funds purchased.

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Total assets grew $130.0 million, or 7%, to $1.97 billion at December 31, 2011, from $1.84 billion at December 31, 2010.  The Company grew its securities portfolio $140.4 million, or 33%, during 2011.  Additionally, gross loans/leases grew $28.2 million, or 2%.  The growth was partially offset by a decline in federal funds sold and interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions as the Company invested some of its excess liquidity.  The net increase in assets was funded primarily by strong and continued growth of the Company’s deposit portfolio as balances grew $90.6 million, or 8%.

INVESTMENT SECURITIES.The composition of the Company’s securities portfolio is managed to meet liquidity needs while prioritizing the impact on asset-liability position and maximizing return. With the strong growth in deposits more than outpacing the loan growth over the past twoIn recent years, the Company has grown and diversified its securities portfolio, including increasing the portfolio of agency sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities as well as more than tripling the portfolio of municipal securities. Of the latter, the large majority are privately placed debt issuances by municipalities located in the Midwest (with some in or near the Company’s existing marketsmarkets) and require a thorough underwriting process before investment. As the portfolio has grown over the recent years, management has elevated its focus on maximizing return while minimizing credit and interest rate risk. Additionally, management will continue to diversify the portfolio with further growth strictly dictated by the pace of growth in deposits and loans. Ideally, management expects to fund future loan growth partially with cashflow from the securities portfolio (calls and maturities of government sponsored agencies, and/or paydowns on residential mortgage-backed securities)securities, and/or targeted sales of securities that meet certain criteria as defined by management).


Following is a breakdown of the Company’s securities portfolio by type as of December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.2012.

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities

 $307,869   47% $356,473   51% $338,609   56%

Municipal securities

  229,230   35%  180,361   26%  97,615   17%

Residential mortgage-backed and related securities

  111,423   17%  157,429   23%  163,601   27%

Trust preferred securities

  -   0%  -   0%  139   0%

Other securities

  3,017   1%  2,947   0%  2,275   0%
  $651,539   100% $697,210   100% $602,239   100%
                         

As a % of Total Assets

  25.80%      27.61%      28.76%    

Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) as a % of Amortized Cost

  -0.19%      -4.02%      1.44%    

Duration (in years)

  4.4       4.7       2.8     

As a result of fluctuations in longer-term interest rates, the Company’s fair value of its securities portfolio moved from a net unrealized gain position (approximately 1.4% of amortized cost at the end of 2012) to a net unrealized loss position (approximately 4.0% at the end of 2013 and a very modest 0.2% at the end of 2014). Management monitors the level of unrealized gains/losses including performing quarterly reviews of individual securities for evidence of OTTI. Management identified no OTTI in 2014.

In 2014, the duration of the securities portfolio decreased slightly for two reasons:

A portion of the government-sponsored agency securities contain call options at the discretion of the issuer whereby the issuer can call the security at par at certain times which vary by individual security.  With a steady decline in longer-term market interest rates in 2014, the duration of these callable agency securities shortened as the likelihood of a call increased. 

The Company’s sales strategy in 2014 targeted the liquidation of longer duration government-sponsored agency securities and government-sponsored mortgage-backed securities.


  2012  2011  2010 
  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  % 
  (dollars in thousands) 
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities $338,609   56% $428,955   76% $402,225   95%
Residential mortgage-backed and related securities  163,601   27%  108,854   19%  70   0%
Municipal securities  97,615   16%  25,689   5%  20,603   5%
Trust preferred securities  139   0%  81   0%  78   0%
Other securities  2,275   0%  1,650   0%  1,871   0%
  $602,239   100% $565,229   100% $424,847   100%
                         
As a % of Total Assets  28.76%      28.74%      23.13%    
Net Unrealized Gains as a % of Amortized Cost  1.44%      1.38%      0.27%    
Duration (in years)  2.8       1.8       1.7     

The duration of the securities portfolio lengthened in 2013 for two reasons:

With the sharp increase in longer-term rates in 2013, the duration of those callable agency securities lengthened as the likelihood of a call became remote. 

The increased investment in tax-exempt municipal securities which tend to be longer term (average maturity is approximately seven years).  Management understands that this extended the duration of its securities portfolio and continually evaluates the combined benefit of increased interest income and reduced effective income tax rate and the impact on interest rate risk.

The Company has not invested in commercial mortgage-backed securities or pooled trust preferred securities.


Additionally, the Company has not invested in the types of securities subject to the Volcker Rule (a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act).

See Note 23 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the Company’s investment securities.


LOANS/LEASES.The Company’s gross loan/lease portfolio grew $86.6$167.6 million, or 7%12%, from 1.20 billion at December 31, 2011, to $1.29 billion at December 31, 2012.  The growth was spread out overduring 2014. Notably, commercial and industrial ($43.5loans increased $92.2 million, or 12%), owner-occupied commercial real estate ($37.1 million, or 22%), residential real estate loans ($17.5 million, or 18%)21%, and direct financing leases ($10.5increased $37.1 million, or 11%)29%. Partially offsetting this growth, commercial construction loans ($15.4 million, or 26%) and other non-owner occupiedAlthough commercial real estate loans ($4.9grew $30.4 million, or 1%) declined.5%, this sector of the loan/lease portfolio is becoming a smaller percentage of total loans/leases (down from 46% in 2013 to 43% in 2014).

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The Company’s gross loan/lease portfolio grew $28.2$171.4 million, or 2%13%, from $1.17 billion at December 31, 2010, to $1.20 billion at December 31, 2011.  The growth was spread out over owner-occupied commercial real estate loans ($26.4during 2013. Excluding the impact of the branch sales, the Company grew loans/leases $225.8 million, or 19%)18%, direct financing leases ($10.2 million, or 12%), and residential real estate loans ($15.9 million, or 19%).  Partially offsetting this growth, commercial and industrial loans declined $14.8 million, or 4%.  The net decline in commercial and industrial loans is primarily a function of:


·The residual impact of the economic downturn whereby originations have been outpaced by payments and maturities, and
·The Company’s strategy to sell the government guaranteed portions of certain commercial and industrial loans at a premium.  The guaranteed portion typically ranged from 70% to 90% of the total outstanding loan balance.  For 2011, the Company sold $27.1 million of government guaranteed portions of commercial and industrial loans.

The shift in mix withinduring 2013. With the commercialaddition of CNB’s loan portfolio in 2012 was favorable as commercial construction and other non-owner commercial real estate loans are historically riskier than commercial and industrial and owner-occupied commercial real estate loans.

Regardingorganic growth at the Company’s levelslegacy markets, the mix of qualified small business lending as defined by the Treasury as part of the Company’s participation in the SBLF, see the Stockholders’ Equity section later in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis.

loans/leases was relatively flat from 2012 to 2013.

The mix of loan/lease types within the Company’s loan/lease portfolio is presented in the following table.

  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010  2009  2008 
  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  % 
  (dollars in thousands) 
Commercial and industrial loans $394,244   31% $350,794   29% $365,625   31% $441,536   36% $439,117   36%
Commercial real estate loans  593,979   46%  577,804   48%  553,717   47%  556,007   45%  526,669   43%
Direct financing leases  103,686   8%  93,212   8%  83,010   7%  90,059   7%  79,408   7%
Residential real estate loans  115,582   9%  98,107   8%  82,197   7%  70,608   6%  79,228   7%
Installment and other consumer loans  76,720   6%  78,223   7%  86,240   8%  84,271   6%  88,540   7%
                                         
Total loans/leases $1,284,211   100% $1,198,140   100% $1,170,789   100% $1,242,481   100% $1,212,962   100%
                                         
Plus deferred loan/lease origination costs, net of fees  3,176       2,605       1,750       1,839       1,727     
Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases  (19,925)      (18,789)      (20,365)      (22,505)      (17,809)    
                                         
Net loans/leases $1,267,462      $1,181,956      $1,152,174      $1,221,815      $1,196,880     


  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

  

2011

  

2010

 
  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Commercial and industrial loans

 $523,927   32% $431,688   30% $394,244   31% $350,794   29% $365,625   31%

Commercial real estate loans

  702,140   43%  671,753   46%  593,979   46%  577,804   48%  553,717   47%

Direct financing leases

  166,032   10%  128,902   9%  103,686   8%  93,212   8%  83,010   7%

Residential real estate loans

  158,633   10%  147,356   10%  115,582   9%  98,107   8%  82,197   7%

Installment and other consumer loans

  72,607   5%  76,034   5%  76,720   6%  78,223   7%  86,240   8%
Total loans/leases $1,623,339   100% $1,455,733   100% $1,284,211   100% $1,198,140   100% $1,170,789   100%
                                         

Plus deferred loan/lease origination costs, net of fees

  6,664       4,547       3,176       2,605       1,750     

Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases

  (23,074)      (21,448)      (19,925)      (18,789)      (20,365)    
Net loans/leases $1,606,929      $1,438,832      $1,267,462      $1,181,956      $1,152,174     

Historically, the Company structures most residential real estate loans to conform to the underwriting requirements of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to allow the subsidiary banks to resell the loans on the secondary market avoidingto avoid the interest rate risk associated with longer term fixed rate loans and recognizing noninterest income for the gain on sale. Loans originated for this purpose were classified as held for sale and are included in the residential real estate loans in the table above. Historically, the subsidiary banks structure most loans that will not conform to those underwriting requirements as adjustable rate mortgages that mature or adjust in one to five years, and then retain these loans in their portfolios. During 2011 and 2012, the Company originated and heldcontinues to hold a limited amount of 15-year fixed rate residential real estate loans that met certain credit guidelines. In 2013, the Company discontinued this specific strategy to originate and hold certain 15-year fixed residential real estate loans. The remaining residential real estate loans originated by the Company werecontinue to be sold on the secondary market to avoid the interest rate risk associated with longer term fixed rate loans. In addition, the Company has not originated any subprime, Alt-A, no documentation, or stated income residential real estate loans throughout its history.

 

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The following tables set forth the remaining maturities by loan/lease type as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011.2013. Maturities are based on contractual dates.

  As of December 31, 2012 
           Maturities After One Year 
  
Due in one
year or less
  
Due after one
through 5 years
  
Due after
5 years
  
Predetermined
interest rates
  
Adjustable
interest rates
 
                
  (dollars in thousands) 
                
Commerical and industrial loans $183,891  $147,051  $63,302  $117,183  $93,170 
Commercial real estate loans  135,789   328,703   129,487   322,114   136,076 
Direct financing leases  4,256   95,675   3,755   99,430   - 
Residential real estate loans  1,717   2,253   111,612   75,573   38,292 
Installment and other consumer loans  33,132   38,566   5,022   23,322   20,266 
  $358,785  $612,248  $313,178  $637,622  $287,804 
                     
Percentage of total loans/leases  28%  48%  24%  69%  31%
  As of December 31, 2011 
              Maturities After One Year 
  
Due in one
year or less
  
Due after one
through 5 years
  
Due after
5 years
  
Predetermined
interest rates
  
Adjustable
interest rates
 
                     
  (dollars in thousands) 
                     
Commerical and industrial loans $144,928  $150,567  $55,299  $108,815  $97,051 
Commercial real estate loans  129,446   332,610   115,748   336,709   111,649 
Direct financing leases  3,109   86,663   3,440   90,103   - 
Residential real estate loans  825   1,064   96,218   57,244   40,038 
Installment and other consumer loans  27,389   43,869   6,965   27,333   23,501 
  $305,697  $614,773  $277,670  $620,204  $272,239 
                     
Percentage of total loans/leases  26%  51%  23%  69%  31%

  

As of December 31, 2014

 
              

Maturities After One Year

 
  

Due in one

  

Due after one

  

Due after

  

Predetermined

  

Adjustable

 
  

year or less

  

through 5 years

  

5 years

  

interest rates

  

interest rates

 
                     
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                     

Commerical and industrial loans

 $179,177  $254,961  $89,789  $226,178  $118,572 

Commercial real estate loans

  131,438   446,352   124,350   427,753   142,949 

Direct financing leases

  5,326   151,558   9,148   160,706   - 

Residential real estate loans

  3,688   2,625   152,320   109,398   45,547 

Installment and other consumer loans

  21,851   41,077   9,679   25,711   25,045 
  $341,480  $896,573  $385,286  $949,746  $332,113 
                     

Percentage of total loans/leases

  21%  55%  24%  74%  26%

  

As of December 31, 2013

 
              

Maturities After One Year

 
  

Due in one

  

Due after one

  

Due after

  

Predetermined

  

Adjustable

 
  

year or less

  

through 5 years

  

5 years

  

interest rates

  

interest rates

 
                     
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                     

Commerical and industrial loans

 $159,145  $199,936  $72,607  $172,889  $99,654 

Commercial real estate loans

  111,686   407,750   152,317   421,568   138,499 

Direct financing leases

  4,292   117,106   7,504   124,610   - 

Residential real estate loans

  3,213   2,558   141,585   100,492   43,651 

Installment and other consumer loans

  17,935   49,612   8,487   30,999   27,100 
  $296,271  $776,962  $382,500  $850,558  $308,904 
                     

Percentage of total loans/leases

  20%  54%  26%  73%  27%

Over the past two years, the Company has seen minimal extensionmodest changes to the duration of its overall loan/lease portfolio. With the growth in municipal securities and residential real estate loans, both of which are longer duration assets with fixed interest rates, it’sit is important that the Company limits extension of the rest of the loan portfolio in an effort to limit exposure to rising rate scenarios. The aforementioned strategy, as discussed in the Noninterest Income“Noninterest Income” section, forof the execution of interest rate swaps on commercial loans, helps to offset the growth of the longer term fixed rate assets and maintain a favorable interest rate risk profile.


Management continues to focus on growing quality loans/leases and carefully monitors maturities and interest rate sensitivity of the current portfolio.

See Note 34 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the Company’s loan/lease portfolio.

 

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ALLOWANCE FOR ESTIMATED LOSSES ON LOANS/LEASES. The allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases totaled $19.9$23.1 million at December 31, 2012,2014, which was an increase of $1.1 million, or 6%, from $18.8 million at December 31, 2011.  Provision for loan/lease losses totaled $4.4 million for 2012 and outpaced net charge-offs of $3.2 million, or 27 basis points of average loans/leases outstanding, which is the lowest level since 2008.


The allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases was $18.8 million at December 31, 2011, which was a decline of $1.6 million, or 8%, from $20.4$21.4 million at December 31, 2010.  For 2011,2013. Provision totaled $6.8 million for 2014 and outpaced net charge-offs of $8.2$5.2 million or 70(or 34 basis points of average loans/leases outstanding, exceeded provision leading to theoutstanding).

The allowance totaled $21.4 million at December 31, 2013, which was an increase of $1.5 million, or 8%, from $19.9 million at December 31, 2012. Provision totaled $5.9 million for 2013 and outpaced net decline.


charge-offs of $4.4 million (or 31 basis points of average loans/leases outstanding). 

The following table summarizes the activity in the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases.

  Years ended December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010  2009  2008 
  (dollars in thousands) 
              
Average amount of loans/leases outstanding, before allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases
 $1,219,623  $1,177,705  $1,209,587  $1,222,493  $1,124,255 
                     
Allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases:                    
Balance, beginning of fiscal period $18,789  $20,365  $22,505  $17,809  $11,315 
Charge-offs:                    
Commercial and industrial  (683)  (3,334)  (2,609)  (7,510)  (1,205)
Commercial real estate  (2,232)  (3,682)  (5,922)  (2,824)  (805)
Direct financing leases  (740)  (1,101)  (999)  (1,255)  (264)
Residential real estate  (4)  -   (35)  (314)  (326)
Installment and other consumer  (717)  (945)  (1,135)  (2,104)  (1,085)
Subtotal charge-offs  (4,376)  (9,062)  (10,700)  (14,007)  (3,685)
                     
Recoveries:                    
Commercial and industrial  663   414   380   344   313 
Commercial real estate  222   287   381   98   420 
Direct financing leases  77   3   163   52   - 
Residential real estate  -   -   -   40   81 
Installment and other consumer  179   166   172   1,193   143 
Subtotal recoveries  1,141   870   1,096   1,727   957 
                     
Net charge-offs  (3,235)  (8,192)  (9,604)  (12,280)  (2,728)
Provision charged to expense  4,371   6,616   7,464   16,976   9,222 
Balance, end of fiscal year $19,925  $18,789  $20,365  $22,505  $17,809 
                     
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans/leases outstanding  0.27%  0.70%  0.79%  1.00%  0.24%

allowance.

  

Years ended December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

  

2011

  

2010

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Average amount of loans/leases outstanding, before allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases

 $1,540,382  $1,425,364  $1,219,623  $1,177,705  $1,209,587 
                     

Allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases:

                    

Balance, beginning of fiscal period

 $21,448  $19,925  $18,789  $20,365  $22,505 

Charge-offs:

                    

Commercial and industrial

  (1,476)  (963)  (683)  (3,334)  (2,609)

Commercial real estate

  (2,756)  (3,573)  (2,232)  (3,682)  (5,922)

Direct financing leases

  (1,504)  (917)  (740)  (1,101)  (999)

Residential real estate

  (131)  (162)  (4)  -   (35)

Installment and other consumer

  (269)  (229)  (717)  (945)  (1,135)

Subtotal charge-offs

  (6,136)  (5,844)  (4,376)  (9,062)  (10,700)
                     

Recoveries:

                    

Commercial and industrial

  363   626   663   414   380 

Commercial real estate

  418   574   222   287   381 

Direct financing leases

  68   12   77   3   163 

Residential real estate

  10   17   -   -   - 

Installment and other consumer

  96   208   179   166   172 

Subtotal recoveries

  955   1,437   1,141   870   1,096 

Net charge-offs

  (5,181)  (4,407)  (3,235)  (8,192)  (9,604)

Provision charged to expense

  6,807   5,930   4,371   6,616   7,464 

Balance, end of fiscal year

 $23,074  $21,448  $19,925  $18,789  $20,365 

Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans/leases outstanding

  0.34%  0.31%  0.27%  0.70%  0.79%

The adequacy of the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases was determined by management based on factors that included the overall composition of the loan/lease portfolio, types of loans/leases, historical loss experience, loan/lease delinquencies, potential substandard and doubtful credits, economic conditions, collateral positions, government guarantees and other factors that, in management's judgment, deserved evaluation. To ensure that an adequate allowance was maintained, provisions were made based on the increase/decrease in loans/leases and a detailed analysis of the loan/lease portfolio. The loan/lease portfolio was reviewed and analyzed monthly with specific detailed reviews completed on all credits risk-rated less than “fair quality” and carrying aggregate exposure in excess of $100 thousand. The adequacy of the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases was monitored by the credit administration staff and reported to management and the board of directors.


During the year ended December 31, 2010, two of the Company’s subsidiary banks, CRBT and RB&T, decreased the duration for the historical charge-off experience used in the quantitative factor from five years to three years.  Based on the change (growth, mix, and quality) of the loan portfolios of CRBT and RB&T over the past several years, management determined decreasing the duration appropriately addressed the credit risk within the current portfolios.
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The Company continued the strengthening of its core loan portfolio as the levels of criticized andloans remained relatively flat, while levels of classified loans declined in 20112014 and 2012,2013, as reported in the following table.

  As of December 31, 
Internally Assigned Risk Rating * 2012  2011  2010 
          
  (dollars in thousands) 
          
Special Mention (Rating 6) $22,056  $26,034  $43,551 
Substandard (Rating 7) - Performing  31,821   36,278   42,498 
Substandard (Rating 7) - Nonperforming  16,427   26,434   32,612 
Doubtful (Rating 8)  -   -   21 
  $70,304  $88,746  $118,682 
             
             
Criticized Loans ** $70,304  $88,746  $118,682 
Classified Loans *** $48,248  $62,712  $75,131 


  As of December 31, 

Internally Assigned Risk Rating *

 

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
      

(dollars in thousands)

     

Special Mention (Rating 6)

 $32,958  $24,572  $22,056 

Substandard (Rating 7)

  35,715   43,508   48,248 

Doubtful (Rating 8)

  -   -   - 
  $68,673  $68,080  $70,304 
             

Criticized Loans **

 $68,673  $68,080  $70,304 

Classified Loans ***

 $35,715  $43,508  $48,248 

* Amounts above exclude the government guaranteed portion, if any. The Company assigns internal risk ratings of Pass (Rating 2) for the government guaranteed portion.

** Criticized loans are defined as commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans with internally assigned risk ratings of 6, 7, or 8, regardless of performance.

*** Classified loans are defined as commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans with internally assigned risk ratings of 7 or 8, regardless of performance.


The declining trend

Criticized loans stayed relatively flat in criticized and classified loans over2014, which coincided with the past two years translated to a reductionmodest decrease in nonperforming loans during the year. Nonperforming loans/leases (consisting of $6.6nonaccrual loans/leases, accruing loans/leases past due 90 days or more, and accruing troubled debt restructurings) declined $383 thousand, or 2%, during 2014 and $4.9 million, or 21%19%, during 2012, and $9.1 million, or 22%, during 2011.2013. Furthermore, nonperforming loans/leases have declined $22.4$27.7 million or 47%, from their peak at September 30, 2010. See the table in the following section for further detail on nonperforming loans/leases and nonperforming assets. As a direct result, the level of allowance as a percentage of gross loans/leases has declined since 2009 and leveled off2009. Further, in 2012.  Notably,accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for acquisition accounting, the acquired CNB loans were recorded at fair value; therefore, there was no allowance associated with CNB’s loans at acquisition. Additionally, the Company has strengthened its allowance as a percentage of nonperforming loans/leases. The following table summarizes the trend in allowance as a percentage of gross loans/leases and as a percentage of nonperforming loans/leases as of December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.2012.

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Allowance / Gross Loans/Leases

  1.42%  1.47%  1.55%

Allowance / Nonperforming Loans/Leases

  114.78%  104.70%  78.47%

 
  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
          
Allowance / Gross Loans/Leases  1.55%  1.56%  1.74%
Allowance / Nonperforming Loans/Leases *  78.47%  58.70%  49.49%

*Nonperforming loan/leases consist of nonaccrual loans/leases, accruing loans/leases past due 90 days or more, and accruing troubled debt restructurings.
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The following table presents the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases by type and the percentage of loan/lease type to total loans/leases.

  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010  2009  2008 
  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  % 
                               
  (dollars in thousands) 
                               
Commercial and industrial loans  4,532   31%  4,878   29%  7,549   31%  6,239   36%  8,260   36%
Commercial real estate loans  11,070   46%  10,597   48%  9,087   47%  11,147   45%  6,255   43%
Direct financing leases  1,990   8%  1,339   8%  1,531   7%  1,681   7%  1,402   7%
Residential real estate loans  1,070   9%  705   8%  748   7%  737   6%  690   7%
Installment and other consumer loans  1,263   6%  1,270   7%  1,450   8%  2,407   6%  1,195   7%
Unallocated  -  NA   -  NA   -  NA   294  NA   7  NA 
  $19,925   100% $18,789   100% $20,365   100% $22,505   100% $17,809   100%

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

  

2011

  

2010

 
  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Commercial and industrial loans

  8,750   32%  5,649   30%  4,532   31%  4,878   29%  7,549   31%

Commercial real estate loans

  8,353   43%  10,705   46%  11,070   46%  10,597   48%  9,087   47%

Direct financing leases

  3,443   10%  2,517   9%  1,990   8%  1,339   8%  1,531   7%

Residential real estate loans

  1,526   10%  1,396   10%  1,070   9%  705   8%  748   7%

Installment and other consumer loans

  1,002   5%  1,181   5%  1,263   6%  1,270   7%  1,450   8%

Unallocated

  -  

NA

   -  

NA

   -  

NA

   -  

NA

   -  

NA

 
  $23,074   100% $21,448   100% $19,925   100% $18,789   100% $20,365   100%

% - Represents the percentage of the certain type of loan/lease to total loans/leases


Although management believes that the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases at December 31, 20122014 was at a level adequate to absorb probable losses on existing loans/leases, there can be no assurance that such losses will not exceed the estimated amounts or that the Company will not be required to make additional provisions for loan/lease losses in the future. Unpredictable future events could adversely affect cash flows for both commercial and individual borrowers, which could cause the Company to experience increases in problem assets, delinquencies and losses on loans/leases, and require additional increases in the provision. Asset quality is a priority for the Company and its subsidiaries. The ability to grow profitably is in part dependent upon the ability to maintain that quality. The Company continually focuses efforts at its subsidiary banks and its leasing company with the intention to improve the overall quality of the Company’s loan/lease portfolio.


See Note 34 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the Company’s allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases.


allowance.

NONPERFORMING ASSETS. The table below presents the amounts of nonperforming assets.


  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010  2009  2008 
                
  (dollars in thousands) 
                
Nonaccrual loans/leases (1) (2) $17,932  $18,995  $37,427  $28,742  $20,828 
Accruing loans/leases past due 90 days or more  159   1,111   320   89   222 
Troubled debt restructures - accruing  7,300   11,904   3,405   1,201   - 
Other real estate owned  3,955   8,386   8,535   9,286   3,857 
Other repossessed assets  212   109   366   1,071   450 
  $29,558  $40,505  $50,053  $40,389  $25,357 
                     
Nonperforming loans/leases to total loans/leases  1.97%  2.67%  3.51%  2.41%  1.73%
Nonperforming assets to total loans/leases plus reposessed property  2.29%  3.35%  4.24%  3.22%  2.08%
Nonperforming assets to total assets  1.41%  2.06%  2.73%  2.27%  1.58%
Texas ratio (3)  18.68%  25.58%  33.57%  27.47%  23.69%

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

  

2011

  

2010

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Nonaccrual loans/leases (1) (2)

 $18,588  $17,878  $17,932  $18,995  $37,427 

Accruing loans/leases past due 90 days or more

  93   84   159   1,111   320 

Troubled debt restructures - accruing

  1,421   2,523   7,300   11,904   3,405 

Nonperforming loans/leases

  20,102   20,485   25,391   32,010   41,152 

Other real estate owned

  12,768   9,729   3,955   8,386   8,535 

Other repossessed assets

  155   346   212   109   366 

Nonperforming assets

 $33,025  $30,560  $29,558  $40,505  $50,053 
                     

Nonperforming loans/leases to total loans/leases

  1.23%  1.40%  1.97%  2.67%  3.51%

Nonperforming assets to total loans/leases plus reposessed property

  2.01%  2.08%  2.29%  3.35%  4.24%

Nonperforming assets to total assets

  1.31%  1.28%  1.41%  2.06%  2.73%

Texas ratio (3)

  20.26%  18.43%  18.68%  25.58%  33.57%

 

(1)

Includes government guaranteed portions of loans, if applicable.

 

(2)

Includes troubled debt restructurings of $5.0 million at December 31, 2014, $10.9 million at December 31, 2013, $5.7 million at December 31, 2012, $8.6 million at December 31, 2011, and $12.6 million at December 31, 2010 and none for the other periods presented.2010.

 

(3)

Texas Ratio = Nonperforming Assets (excluding Other Repossessed Assets) / Tangible Equity plus Allowance for Estimated Losses on Loans/Leases. Texas Ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure. Management included the ratio as thisit is considered by many investors and analysts to be a metric with which to analyze and evaluate asset quality. Other companies may calculate this ratio differently.


Historically, the large majority of the Company’s nonperforming assets consisted of nonaccrual loans/leases and OREO. For nonaccrual loans/leases, management has thoroughly reviewed these loans/leases and has provided specific allowances as appropriate. OREO is carried at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

 

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The policy of the Company is to place a loan/lease on nonaccrual status if: (a) payment in full of interest or principal is not expected; or (b) principal or interest has been in default for a period of 90 days or more unless the obligation is both in the process of collection and well secured. A loan/lease is well secured if it is secured by collateral with sufficient market value to repay principal and all accrued interest. A debt is in the process of collection if collection of the debt is proceeding in due course either through legal action, including judgment enforcement procedures, or in appropriate circumstances, through collection efforts not involving legal action which are reasonably expected to result in repayment of the debt or in its restoration to current status.


Over the past two years,

In 2014, the Company’s nonperforming assets have declined significantly ($10.9increased $2.5 million, or 27%8%, during 2012, and $9.5 million, or 19%, during 2011).  A combination of improved performance and charge-offs contributed to the general decrease throughout 2011 and 2012.  In addition, there was a significant shift in mix as accruingwhile nonaccrual loans increased $710 thousand. Accruing troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”) grew and nonaccrual loans/leases and OREO fell during the two-year period.  This shift in mix is favorable$1.1 million, as the accruing TDRs are performingresult of improved performance. The growth in OREO was primarily the result of foreclosure on the restructured termscollateral securing one large nonperforming relationship that was shared between each of the three charters. Management continues to proactively manage its OREO portfolio in an effort to sell timely at minimal loss. In 2013, the Company’s nonperforming assets increased $1.0 million, or 3%. Most of this increase was due to the addition of CNB’s nonperforming assets, which totaled $2.1 million at December 31, 2013. Excluding the impact of CNB, the Company’s nonperforming assets at its legacy charters experienced a decline of $1.0 million, or 4%.

The Company’s lending/leasing practices remain unchanged and accruing interest income.


asset quality remains a top priority for management.

DEPOSITS. Deposits grew $168.7$32.7 million, or 14%2%, during 2012, and2014. For 2013, deposits grew $90.6$272.9 million, or 8%20%, during 2011.mostly the result of the CNB acquisition. The table below presents the composition of the Company’s deposit portfolio.


  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  % 
                   
  (dollars in thousands) 
                   
Noninterest bearing demand deposits $450,660   33% $357,184   30% $276,827   25%
Interest bearing demand deposits  588,912   43%  510,788   42%  460,624   41%
Time deposits  289,222   21%  292,575   24%  312,010   28%
Brokered time deposits  45,320   3%  44,911   4%  65,355   6%
  $1,374,114   100% $1,205,458   100% $1,114,816   100%

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Noninterest bearing demand deposits

 $511,992   31% $542,566   33% $450,660   33%

Interest bearing demand deposits

  792,052   47%  715,643   43%  588,912   43%

Time deposits

  306,364   18%  326,852   20%  289,222   21%

Brokered time deposits

  69,260   4%  61,930   4%  45,320   3%
  $1,679,668   100% $1,646,991   100% $1,374,114   100%

The Company has been successful in shifting thegrowing its noninterest bearing deposit mixportfolio over the past twoseveral years, with an increasegrowing average balances 11% in noninterest bearing deposits2014 and declines26% in brokered2013. Year-end balances can fluctuate a great deal due to large customer and retail time deposits.  Specifically, QCBT continues tocorrespondent bank activity. Trends have success growing its correspondent banking business as noninterest bearing correspondent deposits more than doubled growing $123.2 million from $80.8 million at December 31, 2010 to $204.0 million at December 31, 2012.  These increases and the Company’s overall strong liquidity position have allowed the Company to reduce the level of brokered and other time deposits which drives the reduction in the Company’s average cost of deposits.shown that this fluctuation is temporary. Management will continue to focus on growing its noninterest bearing deposit portfolio, including its correspondent banking business at QCBT, as well as shifting the mix from brokered and other higher cost deposits to lower cost core deposits. With the significant success achieved by QCBT in growing its correspondent banking business, QCBT has developed procedures to proactively monitor this industry concentration of deposits and loans. Other deposit-related industry concentrations and large accounts are monitored by the internal asset liability management committee. See discussion regarding policy limits on bank stock loans in the Lending/Leasing section under Item 1 – Business in Part I of this Form 10-K.


SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS. The subsidiary banks offer overnight repurchase agreements to some of their major customers. Also, the subsidiary banks purchase federal funds for short-term funding needs from the Federal Reserve Bank, or from their correspondent banks. The table below presents the composition of the Company’s short-term borrowings.

  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
          
  (dollars in thousands) 
          
Overnight repurchase agreements with customers $104,943  $110,236  $118,904 
Federal funds purchased  66,140   103,300   22,250 
  $171,083  $213,536  $141,154 
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The large increase

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Overnight repurchase agreements with customers

 $137,252  $98,823  $104,943 

Federal funds purchased

  131,100   50,470   66,140 
  $268,352  $149,293  $171,083 

While overnight repurchase agreements with customers increased in 2014, the Company intends to shift some of these customer funds to deposit products which do not require collateral, helping to free up additional liquidity for the Company. Regarding the Company’s federal funds purchased, from December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2011 was temporary andthis fluctuates based on the result of short-term fluctuations in noninterest bearing correspondent deposit balances for several customers over the endfunding needs of the year.


Company’s subsidiary banks. See Note 68 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the Company’s short-term borrowings.

FHLB ADVANCESADVANCES AND OTHER BORROWINGS.As a result of their memberships in the FHLB of Des Moines and Chicago, the subsidiary banks have the ability to borrow funds for short-term or long-term purposes under a variety of programs. The subsidiary banks utilize FHLB advances for loan matching as a hedge against the possibility of rising interest rates or when these advances provide a less costly source of funds than customer deposits. For 2014, FHLB advances declined $34.0decreased $27.9 million, or 12%, as QCBT had $20.4 million of advances mature without replacementduring the year. For 2013, FHLB advances increased $29.0 million, or 14%, during 2011 as the result of a combination of prepayment ($15.0 million) and maturities ($19.0 million).  For 2012, FHLB advances declined slightly; however, the decline would have been larger if RB&T had notand CRBT borrowed aovernight and other short-term 14-day advance in the amount of $9.0 million at the end of 2012advances for short-term funding needs because the cost of the FHLB advance was less than federal funds purchased.


  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
          
  (dollars in thousands) 
          
Amount Due $202,350  $204,750  $238,750 
Weighted Average Interest Rate at Year-End  3.45%  3.67%  3.84%

  As of December 31, 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Amount Due

 $203,500  $231,350  $202,350 

Weighted Average Interest Rate at Year-End

  2.83%  2.86%  3.45%

See Note 79 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding FHLB advances.


Other borrowings consist largely of wholesale structured repurchase agreements which the subsidiary banks utilize as an alternative funding source to FHLB advances and customer deposits. The table below presents the composition of the Company’s other borrowings.

  As of December 31,  
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Wholesale structured repurchase agreements

 $130,000  $130,000  $130,000 

Term note

  17,625   9,800   - 

364-day revolving note

  -   -   5,600 

Series A subordinated notes

  2,657   2,648   2,640 
  $150,282  $142,448  $138,240 

 
  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
          
  (dollars in thousands) 
          
Wholesale structured repurchase agreements $130,000  $130,000  $135,000 
364-day revolving note  5,600   3,600   2,500 
Series A subordinated notes  2,640   2,632   2,624 
Secured borrowings - loan participations sold  -   -   9,946 
  $138,240  $136,232  $150,070 

The increase in borrowing on

In June of 2014, the 364-day revolving noteCompany restructured its existing term debt and borrowed an additional $10.0 million of $2.0 million wasterm debt to assist with the result of funding needed to execute on the partialfinal redemption of the Series F Preferred Stock previously issued to the Treasury under the SBLF program.  For a detailed discussion of this partial redemption, see below.


As a result of a change in accounting rules, effective January 1, 2010, the Company recorded $9.9 million ofStock. The term debt is secured borrowings and $561 thousand of deferred gains related to salesby common stock of the government guaranteed portion of certain loans as of December 31, 2010.  These secured borrowings did not bearCompany’s subsidiary banks and has a 4-year term with principal and interest and matured within 90 days of the sales, at which time the sales were fully recognized for accounting purposes.

Effective with the second quarter of 2011, SBA and USDA removed the recourse provisions for future sales which allows for sale accounting treatmentdue quarterly. Interest is calculated at the time of sale.  As a result, the Company was able to recognize gains at the time of sale for the sales during the second quarter and in subsequent periods.  In addition, the Company did not have any related secured liabilitieseffective LIBOR rate plus 3.00% per annum (3.23% at December 31, 2011 or2014). Additionally, the Company continued to maintain its $10.0 million revolving line of credit note. At December 31, 2012.

2014, the Company had not borrowed on this revolving credit note and had the full $10.0 million line available.

Additional information regarding other borrowings is described in Note 810 to the consolidated financial statements.

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It is management’s intention to continue to reduce the reliance on wholesale funding, including FHLB advances, structured repos, and brokered time deposits. Replacement of this funding with core deposits helps to reduce interest expense as the wholesale funding tends to be higher funding cost. Management continually evaluates the potential opportunities to prepay or modify (essentially refinance at a net lower interest rate while extending the maturity) these liabilities, as the Company has successfully executed in the past. The Company may choose to utilize advances to supplement funding needs, as this is a way for the company to effectively and efficiently manage interest rate risk. The table below presents the maturity schedule including weighted average cost for the Company’s combined wholesale funding portfolio.

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

 
      

Weighted

      

Weighted

 
      

Average

      

Average

 
      

Interest Rate

      

Interest Rate

 

Maturity:

 

Amount Due

  

at Quarter-End

  

Amount Due

  

at Year-End

 

Year ending December 31:

 

(dollar amounts in thousands)

 

2014

 $-   0.00% $110,521   1.24%

2015

  103,818   0.92   41,000   2.00 

2016

  50,642   3.51   48,642   3.63 

2017

  53,965   2.96   43,075   3.43 

2018

  60,042   3.41   58,042   3.47 

2019

  83,152   3.59   77,000   3.72 

Thereafter

  51,141   2.64   45,000   2.66 

Total Wholesale Funding

 $402,760   2.66% $423,280   2.72%


  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011 
Maturity: Amount Due  
Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
at Quarter-End
  Amount Due  
Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
at Year-End
 
  (dollar amounts in thousands) 
Year ending December 31:   
             
2012 $-   0.00% $34,601   2.93%
2013  34,508   1.29   18,000   2.24 
2014  39,170   2.88   39,170   2.87 
2015  66,000   2.59   67,000   2.97 
2016  85,992   3.72   82,890   3.81 
2017  46,000   3.70   42,000   3.91 
Thereafter  106,000   3.66   96,000   3.75 
Total Wholesale Funding $377,670   3.20  $379,661   3.41 

STOCKHOLDERS’STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY.The table below presents the composition of the Company’s stockholders’ equity, including the common and preferred equity components.

  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  % 
                   
  (dollars in thousands) 
                   
Common stock $5,039     $4,879     $4,732    
Additional paid in capital - common  25,804      26,381      24,328    
Retained earnings  53,327      44,586      40,551    
Accumulated other comprehensive income  4,707      4,755      704    
Noncontrolling interests  -      2,052      1,648    
Less: Treasury stock  (1,606)     (1,606)     (1,606)   
Total common stockholders' equity  87,271   62%  81,047   56%  70,357   53%
                         
Preferred stock  55       65       63     
Additional paid in capital - preferred  53,108       63,321       62,151     
Total preferred stockholders' equity  53,163   38%  63,386   44%  62,214   47%
                         
Total stockholders' equity $140,434   100% $144,433   100% $132,571   100%
                         
Tangible common equity* / total tangible assets  4.02%      3.85%      3.56%    

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Common stock

 $8,074      $8,006      $5,039     

Additional paid in capital - common

  61,669       60,360       25,804     

Retained earnings

  77,877       64,637       53,327     

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

  (1,935)      (13,644)      4,707     

Less: Treasury stock

  (1,606)      (1,606)      (1,606)    

Total common stockholders' equity

  144,079   100%  117,753   80%  87,271   62%
                         

Preferred stock

  -       30       55     

Additional paid in capital - preferred

  -       29,794       53,108     

Total preferred stockholders' equity

  -   0%  29,824   20%  53,163   38%
                         

Total stockholders' equity

 $144,079   100% $147,577   100% $140,434   100%
                         

Tangible common equity* / total tangible assets

  5.52%      4.71%      4.02%    

*Tangible common equity is defined as total common stockholders’ equity excluding equity of noncontrolling interests and excluding goodwill and other intangible assets. This ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure. Management included this ratio as it is considered by many investors and analysts to be a metric with which to analyze and evaluate the equity composition. Other companies may calculate this ratio differently.

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The following table presents the details of the preferred stock issued and outstanding as

As of December 31, 2012.

 Date Issued 
Aggregate
Purchase Price
  
Stated Dividend
Rate
  
Annual
Dividend
 
           
Series E Non-Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred StockJune 2010 $25,000,000   7.00% $1,750,000 
Series F Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred StockSeptember 2011  29,867,000   5.00%  1,493,350 
   $54,867,000      $3,243,350 
2014, no preferred stock was outstanding. At December 31, 2013, preferred stock consisted solely of Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F, and totaled $29.8 million.

The Series E Noncumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series E Preferred Stock”) is perpetually convertible by the holderwas converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a per share conversion price of $12.15, subjecton December 23, 2013. Pursuant to anti-dilution adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events.  In addition, the Company can exercise a conversion option on or after the third anniversaryterms of the issue date (June 30, 2013) at the same $12.15 per share conversion price ifSeries E Preferred Stock, because the Company’s common stock price equals or exceedsexceeded $17.22 for at least 20 trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days.


Regardingdays, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the conversion and the preferred stockholders were notified by mail on November 21, 2013. Each share of Series E Preferred Stock was converted into the number of shares of common stock that resulted from dividing $1,000 (the issuance price per share of the Series FE Preferred Stock, non-cumulative dividends are payable quarterly, and the dividend rate is based on changes in the level of “Qualified Small Business Lending” or “QSBL”Stock) by the Company’s wholly owned bank subsidiaries, QCBT, CRBT and RB&T.  Based upon the change in the banks’ level of QSBL over the baseline level (as defined by the SBLF, the baseline is the average of QSBL for the last two quarters of 2009 and the first two quarters of 2010), the dividend rate for the first 10 calendar quarters may be adjusted to between 1% and 5%$12.15 (the conversion price per share). For the 11th calendar quarter through 4.5 years after issuance, the dividend rate will be fixed at between 1% and 5%, based upon the increase in QSBL from the baseline level to the level as of the end of the ninth dividend period (i.e. as of September 30, 2013), or will be fixed at 7% if there is no increase or there isAs a decrease in QSBL during such period.  In addition, beginning on April 1, 2014 and ending on April 1, 2016, if there is no increase or there is a decrease in QSBL from the baseline level to the level as of the end of the ninth dividend period (i.e. as of September 30, 2013), because of the Company’s participation in the TCPP, the Company will be subject to an additional lending incentive fee of 2% per year, or 9% dividend rate.  After 4.5 years from issuance, regardless of QSBL growth over baseline, the dividend rate will increase to 9%.

For 2011 and 2012, the Company reported a net decline in QSBL from the baseline; therefore, the dividend rate for all of the corresponding calendar quarters was 5%.  Specifically, as of December 31, 2012, the Company reported its QSBL in accordance with SBLF guidelines and calculated a net decline from the baseline of $66.9 million, or 15%.  The decline is primarily the result of the following:

·The Company’s strategic introduction into SBA and USDA lending in 2010.  The government guaranteed portion of these loans (typically 50% to 85% of the total amount outstanding) is not eligible as QSBL per SBLF guidelines.
·Based on the size of the Company and its legal lending limit, the majority of commercial loan growth over the past several years has been to businesses whose revenues exceeded the limits defined as QSBL per SBLF guidelines.
·The Company had a strong small business loan portfolio as of the baseline, which coupled with the residual impact of the economic downturn  and the increased competition for small business loans (as many competitor lenders shifted their focus from construction and non-owner occupied commercial real estate lending to small business lending), resulted in originations outpaced by payments and maturities in the second half of 2010 and all of 2011.

Since the baseline,conversion, the Company continues to support the lending needsissued 2,057,502 shares of small businesses, although some of this support may be ineligible as QSBL per SBLF guidelines.  Regardless of eligibility, the Company will continue to focus strongly on small business lending.
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common stock.

On June 29, 2012, the Company redeemed 10,223 shares of Series F Preferred Stock from the Treasury for an aggregate redemption amount of $10.2 million plus unpaid dividends to the date of redemption of $125 thousand. The remainingOn March 31, 2014, the Company redeemed 15,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock may be redeemed at any time atfrom the optionTreasury for an aggregate redemption amount of $15.0 million plus unpaid dividends to the date of redemption of $338 thousand. On June 30, 2014, the Company subject to approvalredeemed 14,867 shares of Series F Preferred Stock from the Company’s primary federal banking regulator.  All redemptions must be in amounts equalTreasury for an aggregate redemption amount of $14.8 million plus unpaid dividends to the lesserdate of at least 25% of the number of originally issued shares, or 100% of the then-outstanding shares.


See Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements for detail on the Company’s preferred stock.
DISCUSSION ON CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY FOR 2012.  Stockholders’ equity decreased $4.0 million, or 3%, during 2012.  Net income of $13.1 million for 2012 increased retained earnings; however, this was more than offset by the partial redemption of $10.2 million$374 thousand. With the final redemption of the Series F Preferred Stock on June 30, 2014, the purchase ofCompany has completely retired all preferred stock and eliminated the noncontrolling interests of m2 and VPHC of $4.7 million, andassociated dividend payment commitments. See Note 12 to the declaration of preferred and common stock dividends totaling $3.5 million and $381 thousand, respectively.  SpecificallyConsolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the preferred stock dividends, the following details the dividend activity for 2012:
·$1.8 million for the four quarterly dividends on the outstanding shares of the Series E Preferred Stock at a stated dividend rate of 7.00%, and
·$1.7 million for the four quarterly dividends on the outstanding shares of the Series F Preferred Stock at a stated dividend rate of 5.00%.

See discussion above and Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion on the partialCompany’s final redemption of the Series F Preferred Stock.


The following table presents the rollforward of stockholders’ equity for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

  

For the Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 

Beginning balance

 $147,577  $140,434 

Net income

  14,953   14,938 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

  11,709   (18,351)

Preferred and common cash dividends declared

  (1,713)  (3,627)

Issuance of 834,715 shares of common stock for acquisition of CNB, net

  -   13,017 

Redemption of 29,867 shares of Series F Preferred Stock

  (29,824)  - 

Other *

  1,377   1,166 

Ending balance

 $144,079  $147,577 


*Includes mostly common stock issued for options exercised and the employee stock purchase plans, as well as stock-based compensation.

The available for sale portion of the securities portfolio experienced a significant decline in fair value during 2013 as the result of the increase in longer term interest rates. The fair value then rebounded in 2014 as the result of the decrease in longer term interest rates. See previous discussion in the Investment Securities section.

See Note 212 to the consolidated financial statements for discussion on the acquisition of CNB and the noncontrolling interest in m2 which comprises the large majority of the total purchase of $4.7 million described above.

Lastly, the available for sale portion of the securities portfolio experienced a slight decline in fair value for 2012.
DISCUSSION ON CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY FOR 2011.  Stockholders’ equity increased $11.9 million, or 9%, during 2011.  Net income of $10.1 million for 2011 increased retained earnings; however, this was partially offset by declaration and accrual of preferred stock dividends and discount accretion totaling $5.3 million, and declarationissuance of common stock dividends of $373 thousand.  Specifically regarding the preferred stock dividends, the following details the dividend activity for 2011:
therewith.

 
·$1.8 million for the quarterly dividends on the outstanding shares of the Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) at a stated rate of 5.00%, including the related discount accretion, paid up through redemption which occurred on September 15, 2011,
·$1.2 million for the accelerated accretion of the remaining discount on the redeemed Series D Preferred Stock,
·$1.8 million for the four quarterly dividends on the outstanding shares of the Series E Preferred Stock at a stated dividend rate of 7.00%, and
·$590 thousand for the first quarterly dividend on the outstanding shares of the Series F Preferred Stock at a stated dividend rate of 5.00%.

The net proceeds from the issuance of the Series F Preferred Stock and the simultaneous redemption of the Series D Preferred Stock totaled $1.7 million which helped contribute to the increase in stockholder’s equity.  See Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the Series F Preferred Stock.

Lastly, the available for sale portion of the securities portfolio experienced an increase in fair value of $4.1 million, net of tax, for 2011 as a result of fluctuation in certain market interest rates.
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES


Liquidity measures the ability of the Company to meet maturing obligations and its existing commitments, to withstand fluctuations in deposit levels, to fund its operations, and to provide for customers’ credit needs. The Company monitors liquidity risk through contingency planning stress testing on a regular basis. The Company seeks to avoid over concentration of funding sources and to establish and maintain contingent funding facilities that can be drawn upon if normal funding sources become unavailable. One source of liquidity is cash and short-term assets, such as interest-bearing deposits in other banks and federal funds sold, which averaged $118.8 million during 2014, $102.8 million during 2013, and $98.6 million during 2012, $128.0 million during 2011, and $129.0 million during 2010.2012. The Company’s on balance sheet liquidity position can fluctuate based on short-term activity in deposits and loans.  During 2012, the Company invested some of its excess liquidity as its overall liquidity position (both on and off balance sheet liquidity) had strengthened.


The subsidiary banks have a variety of sources of short-term liquidity available to them, including federal funds purchased from correspondent banks, FHLB advances, structured repos, brokered time deposits, lines of credit, borrowing at the Federal Reserve Discount Window, sales of securities available for sale, and loan/lease participations or sales. The Company also generates liquidity from the regular principal payments and prepayments made on its loan/lease portfolio, and on the regular monthly payments on its residential mortgage-backed securities portfolio. At December 31, 2012,2014, the subsidiary banks had 3135 lines of credit totaling $311.7$351.6 million, of which $52.7$17.1 million was secured and $259.0$334.5 million was unsecured. At December 31, 2012, $271.72014, $237.6 million was available as $40.0$114.0 million was utilized for short-term borrowing needs at QCBT.QCBT and RB&T. At December 31, 2011,2013, the subsidiary banks had 2233 lines of credit totaling $225.4$351.3 million, of which $72.9$26.8 million was secured and $152.5$324.5 million was unsecured. At December 31, 2011, $159.42013, $315.3 million was available as $66.0$36.0 million was utilized as a result of thefor short-term fluctuations in noninterest bearing correspondent deposit balances for several customers over the end of the year.borrowing needs at QCBT. The Company has emphasized growing the number and amount of lines of credit in an effort to strengthen this contingent source of liquidity. Additionally, the Company has a single $20.0maintains its $10.0 million secured revolving credit note with a variable interest rate and a maturity of March 29, 2013.  As ofJune 24, 2015. At December 31, 2012,2014, the Company had $14.4 million available asnot borrowed on this revolving credit note and had the note carried an outstanding balance of $5.6 million.full amount available. See Note 810 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the lines of credit, term note, and revolving credit note.

Investing activities used cash of $129.9 million during 2014 compared to $164.6 million during 2013, and $132.8 million during 2012 compared to $137.3 million for 2011, and $59.5 million for 2010.2012. Proceeds from calls, maturities, paydowns, and sales of securities were $137.3 million for 2014 compared to $230.8 million for 2013, and $433.5 million for 2012 compared to $486.3 million for 2011, and $326.1 million for 2010.2012. Purchases of securities used cash of $76.3 million for 2014 compared to $313.0 million for 2013, and $474.5 million for 2012 compared to $622.2 million for 2011, and $383.0 million for 2010.2012. The net increase in loans/leases used cash of $180.3 million for 2014 compared to $55.3 million for 2013, and $91.3 million for 2012 compared to $56.12012. The Company paid cash of $30.4 million for 2011.  For 2010, the Company’s net decreaseon sales of certain branches of CNB in loans/leases was $63.4 million.


2013.

Financing activities provided cash of $110.5$100.6 million for 20122014 compared to $111.8$112.9 million for 2011,2013, and $47.7$110.6 million for 2010.2012. Net increases in deposits totaled $32.7 million, $108.9 million, and $168.7 million $90.6 million,for 2014, 2013, and $25.5 million for 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.


Total cash provided by operating activities was $25.6 million for 2014 compared to $32.0 million for 2013, and $30.7 million for 2012 compared to $36.6 million for 2011, and $17.9 million for 2010.


2012.

Throughout its history, the Company has secured additional capital through various resources, including the issuance of trust preferred securities and the issuance of preferred stock. See Notes 911 and 1012 to the consolidated financial statements for information on the issuance of trust preferred securities and the issuance of preferred stock, respectively.


On June 30, 2014, the Company filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). This registration statement, declared effective by the SEC on July 14, 2014, will allow the Company to issue various types of securities, from time to time, up to an aggregate amount of $75.0 million. The specific terms and prices of the securities will be determined at the time of any future offering and described in a separate prospectus supplement, which would be filed with the SEC at the time of the particular offering, if any.

As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, the subsidiary banks remained “well-capitalized” in accordance with regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking authorities. See Note 1416 to the consolidated financial statements for detail of the capital amounts and ratios for the Company and subsidiary banks.


In June 2012,July 2013, the U.S. federal bankbanking authorities approved the implementation of the Basel III regulatory agenciescapital reforms and issued joint proposed rules that would implement an international capital accord called “Basel III,” developedeffecting certain changes required by the Dodd-Frank Act. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, a committee of central banks and bank supervisors.  The proposed rules would applyIII Rules are applicable to all depository organizations in the United StatesU.S. banks that are subject to minimum capital requirements, as well as to bank and savings and loan holding companies other than “small bank holding companies” (generally bank holding companies with consolidated assets of less than $1 billion).  The Basel III Rules not only increased most of their parent companies and would increasethe required minimum regulatory capital ratios, addbut they introduced a new minimum common equityCommon Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio addand the concept of a new capital conservation buffer, include unrealized gainsbuffer.  The Basel III Rules also expanded the definition of capital as in effect currently by establishing criteria that instruments must meet to be considered Additional Tier 1 Capital (Tier 1 Capital in addition to Common Equity) and losses on available-for-sale securitiesTier 2 Capital.  A number of instruments that now qualify as Tier 1 Capital will not qualify, or their qualifications will change.  The Basel III Rules also permit smaller banking organizations to retain, through a one-time election, the existing treatment for accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”), which currently does not affect regulatory capital.  The Company intends to make this election in the first quarter of 2015. The Basel III Rules have maintained the general structure of the current prompt corrective action framework, while incorporating the increased requirements. The prompt corrective action guidelines were also revised to add the Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio.  In order to be a “well-capitalized” depository institution under the new regime, a bank and would change the risk-weightingsholding company must maintain a Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio of certain assets for the purposes6.5% or more; a Tier 1 Capital ratio of calculating certain capital ratios.8% or more; a Total Capital ratio of 10% or more; and a leverage ratio of 5% or more.  The proposed changes, if implemented, would be phased in from 2013 through 2019.  The comment period with respectCompany became subject to the proposed rules expired on October 22, 2012.  Various banking associations, industry groups, individual financial institutions (including the Company) provided comments on the proposed rules to the regulators.  On November 9, 2012, the federal bank regulatory agencies announced that the implementation of the proposed rules undernew Basel III inRules on January 1, 2015.  Management believes that its current capital structure and the United States was indefinitely delayed.  It is unclear when the final rulesexecution of its existing capital plan will be adopted and what changes, if any, may be madesufficient to meet the proposed rules.  Management continues to assessrevised regulatory capital ratios as required by the effect of the proposed rules on the Company and the subsidiary banks’ capital positions and will monitor development regarding the proposed rules.

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new Basel III Rules.     

COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, AND OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS


In the normal course of business, the subsidiary banks make various commitments and incur certain contingent liabilities that are not presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The commitments and contingent liabilities include various guarantees, commitments to extend credit, and standby letters of credit.


Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The subsidiary banks evaluate each customer's creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the banks upon extension of credit, is based upon management's credit evaluation of the counter-party. Collateral held varies but may include accounts receivable, marketable securities, inventory, property, plant and equipment, and income-producing commercial properties.


Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the subsidiary banks to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements and, generally, have terms of one year, or less. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. The banks hold collateral, as described above, supporting those commitments if deemed necessary. In the event the customer does not perform in accordance with the terms of the agreement with the third party, the banks would be required to fund the commitments. The maximum potential amount of future payments the banks could be required to make is represented by the contractual amount. If the commitment is funded, the banks would be entitled to seek recovery from the customer. At December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, no amounts had been recorded as liabilities for the banks' potential obligations under these guarantees.


As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, commitments to extend credit aggregated $430.1$499.3 million and $393.6$432.6 million, respectively. As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, standby letters of credit aggregated $15.2$12.9 million and $8.3$9.7 million, respectively. Management does not expect that all of these commitments will be funded.


Additional information regarding commitments, contingencies, and off-balance sheet arrangements is described in Note 1618 to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Company has various financial obligations, including contractual obligations and commitments, which may require future cash payments. The following table presents, as of December 31, 2012,2014, significant fixed and determinable contractual obligations to third parties by payment date. Further discussion of the nature of each obligation is included in the referenced note to the consolidated financial statements.


  Financial  Payments Due by Period 
Description 
Statement
Note Reference
  Total  
One Year
or Less
  2 - 3 Years  4 - 5 Years  After 5 Years 
                   
     (dollars in thousands) 
                   
Deposits without a stated maturity  N/A  $1,039,572  $1,039,572  $-  $-  $- 
                         
Certificates of deposit  5   334,542   225,152   90,917   18,473   - 
                         
Short-term borrowings  6   171,083   171,083   -   -   - 
                         
FHLB advances  7   202,350   24,000   43,850   93,500   41,000 
                         
Other borrowings  8   138,240   5,600   35,000   30,000   67,640 
                         
Junior subordinated debentures  9   36,085   -   -   -   36,085 
                         
Rental commitments  4   1,752   373   592   448   339 
                         
Operating contracts  N/A   6,158   4,173   1,985   -   - 
                         
Total contractual cash obligations     $1,929,782  $1,469,953  $172,344  $142,421  $145,064 

  

Financial

  

Payments Due by Period

 
  

Statement

      

One Year

             

Description

 

Note Reference

  

Total

  

or Less

  

2 - 3 Years

  

4 - 5 Years

  

After 5 Years

 
      

(dollars in thousands)

 

Deposits without a stated maturity

 

 

N/A  $1,304,044  $1,304,044  $-  $-  $- 

Certificates of deposit

  7   375,624   294,616   57,332   17,535   6,141 

Short-term borrowings

  8   268,352   268,352   -   -   - 

FHLB advances

  9   203,500   63,000   77,500   63,000   - 

Other borrowings

  10   150,282   9,700   19,400   76,182   45,000 

Junior subordinated debentures

  11   40,424   -   -   -   40,424 

Rental commitments

  5   1,072   234   481   357   - 

Operating contracts

 

 

N/A   14,220   4,952   4,644   4,624   - 

Total contractual cash obligations

     $2,357,518  $1,944,898  $159,357  $161,698  $91,565 

Purchase obligations represent obligations under agreements to purchase goods or services that are enforceable and legally binding on the Company and that specify all significant terms, including: (1) fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased; (2) fixed, minimum or variable price provisions; and (3) the approximate timing of the transaction. The Company had no purchase obligations at December 31, 2012.2014. The Company's operating contract obligations represent short and long-term lease payments for data processing equipment and services, software, and other equipment and professional services.


IMPACT OF INFLATION AND CHANGING PRICES


The consolidated financial statements of the Company and the accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, which require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollar amounts without considering the changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation. The impact of inflation is reflected in the increased cost of the Company’s operations. Unlike industrial companies, nearly all of the assets and liabilities of the Company are monetary in nature. As a result, interest rates have a greater impact on the Company’s performance than do the effects of general levels of inflation. Interest rates do not necessarily move in the same direction or to the same extent as the price of goods and services.


IMPACT OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In May 2011,January 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-04,Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure. The objective of ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments2014-04 is to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Requirementsreduce diversity by clarifying when an in U.S. GAAP and IFRS.  ASU 2011-04 amended Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, that is, when a creditor should be considered to convergehave received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan such that the fair value measurement guidance in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards. ASU 2011-04 clarified the application of existing fair value measurement requirements, changed certain principles in Topic 820 and required additional fair value disclosures. ASU 2011-04 was effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  See Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements.

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In June 2011, FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) - Presentation of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-05 amended Topic 220, Comprehensive Income, to require that all nonowner changes in stockholders’ equityloan receivable should be presented in either a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. Additionally, ASU 2011-05 required entities to present, on the face of the financial statements, reclassification adjustments for items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income in the statement or statements where the components of net incomederecognized and the components of other comprehensive income are presented. The option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity was eliminated.real estate property recognized. ASU 2011-05 was effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  Additionally, in December 2011, FASB issued ASU 2011-12, Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in ASU No. 2011-05.  ASU 2011-12 deferred the effective date for the changes in ASU 2011-05 that specifically refer to the presentation of the effects of reclassifications adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the components of net income and other comprehensive income on the face of the financial statements for all periods presented.  ASU 2011-12 reinstated the requirements of the presentation of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income that were in place before the issuance of ASU 2011-05.   ASU 2011-12 and 2011-05 were both effective for the Company for the quarter ending March 31, 2012.  See new separate consolidated statements of comprehensive income within the consolidated financial statements.
In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.  ASU 2011-11 requires entities to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the balance sheet, and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement.  ASU 2011-112014-04 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013,fiscal years, and interim periods within those annual periods.  Adoptionyears, beginning after December 15, 2014 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


In February 2013,May 2014, FASB issued ASU 2013-02, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) – Reporting2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 implements a common revenue standard that clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue. The core principle of Amounts Reclassified out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.  ASU 2013-02 supersedes and replaces the presentation requirements for reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) in ASUs 2011-05 and 2011-12, which were adopted by the Company during the current year.  The amendments require2014-09 is that an entity should recognize revenue to provide information aboutdepict the amounts reclassified outtransfer of AOCI by component.  In addition,promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve that core principle, an entity is required to present, either onshould apply the face offollowing steps: (i) identify the statement where net income is presented orcontract(s) with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of AOCI bycontract, (iii) determine the respective line items of net income iftransaction price, (iv) allocate the amount reclassified is requiredtransaction price to be reclassified in its entiretythe performance obligations in the same reporting period.  For other amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, ancontract and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 is required to cross-reference to other disclosures required.  Adoptioneffective on January 1, 2017 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


In June 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-11,Transfers and Servicing. ASU 2014-11 requires that repurchase-to-maturity transactions be accounted for as secured borrowings, consistent with the accounting for other repurchase agreements. In addition, ASU 2014-11 requires separate accounting for repurchase financings, which entail the transfer of a financial asset executed contemporaneously with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty. The standard requires entities to disclose certain information about transfers accounted for as sales in transactions that are economically similar to repurchase agreements. In addition, ASU 2014-11 requires disclosures related to collateral and remaining tenor and of the potential risks associated with repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and repurchase-to-maturity transactions. ASU 2014-11 is effective on January 1, 2015 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-14,Classification of Certain Government-Guaranteed Mortgage Loans Upon Foreclosure. ASU 2014-14 requires creditors to reclassify loans that are within the scope of the ASU to “other receivables” upon foreclosure, rather than reclassifying them as other real estate owned. The most common types of government guaranteed loans include those guaranteed by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The separate other receivable recorded upon foreclosure is to be measured based on the amount of the loan balance (principal and interest) the creditor expects to recover from the guarantor. ASU 2014-14 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2014 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS


This document (including information incorporated by reference) contains, and future oral and written statements of the Company and its management may contain, forward-looking statements, within the meaning of such term in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of the Company. Forward-looking statements, which may be based upon beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the Company’s management and on information currently available to management, are generally identifiable by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “bode,” “predict,” “suggest,” “project,” “appear,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “likely,” or other similar expressions. Additionally, all statements in this document, including forward-looking statements, speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any statement in light of new information or future events.

 

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The Company’s ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. The factors that could have a material adverse effect on the operations and future prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries are detailed in the “Risk Factors” section included under Item 1A. of Part I of this Form 10-K. In addition to the risk factors described in that section, there are other factors that may impact any public company, including ours, which could have a material adverse effect on the operations and future prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries. These additional factors include, but are not limited to, the following:


 ·

The economic impact of past and any future terrorist attacks, acts of war or threats thereof and the response of the United States to any such threats and attacks.

 ·

The costs, effects and outcomes of existing or future litigation.

 ·

Changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by state and federal regulatory agencies, the FASB, the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 ·

The ability of the Company to manage the risks associated with the foregoing as well as anticipated.


These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.


Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk


The Company, like other financial institutions, is subject to direct and indirect market risk. Direct market risk exists from changes in interest rates. The Company’s net income is dependent on its net interest income. Net interest income is susceptible to interest rate risk to the degree that interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice on a different basis than interest-earning assets. When interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice more quickly than interest-earning assets in a given period, a significant increase in market rates of interest could adversely affect net interest income. Similarly, when interest-earning assets mature or reprice more quickly than interest-bearing liabilities, falling interest rates could result in a decrease in net interest income.


In an attempt to manage the Company’s exposure to changes in interest rates, management monitors the Company’s interest rate risk. Each subsidiary bank has an asset/liability management committee of the board of directors that meets quarterly to review the bank’s interest rate risk position and profitability, and to make or recommend adjustments for consideration by the full board of each bank. Internal asset/liability management teams consisting of members of the subsidiary banks’ management meet weekly to manage the mix of assets and liabilities to maximize earnings and liquidity and minimize interest rate and other risks. Management also reviews the subsidiary banks’ securities portfolios, formulates investment strategies, and oversees the timing and implementation of transactions to assure attainment of the board's objectives in the most effective manner. Notwithstanding the Company’s interest rate risk management activities, the potential for changing interest rates is an uncertainty that can have an adverse effect on net income.


In adjusting the Company’s asset/liability position, the board of directors and management attempt to manage the Company’s interest rate risk while maintaining or enhancing net interest margins. At times, depending on the level of general interest rates, the relationship between long-term and short-term interest rates, market conditions and competitive factors, the board of directors and management may decide to increase the Company’s interest rate risk position somewhat in order to increase its net interest margin. The Company’s results of operations and net portfolio values remain vulnerable to increases in interest rates and to fluctuations in the difference between long-term and short-term interest rates.

 

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One method used to quantify interest rate risk is a short-term earnings at risk summary, which is a detailed and dynamic simulation model used to quantify the estimated exposure of net interest income to sustained interest rate changes. This simulation model captures the impact of changing interest rates on the interest income received and interest expense paid on all interest sensitive assets and liabilities reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. This sensitivity analysis demonstrates net interest income exposure annually over a five-year horizon, assuming no balance sheet growth and various interest rate scenarios including no change in rates; 200, 300, 400, and 500 basis point upward shifts; and a 100 basis point downward shift in interest rates, where interest-bearing assets and liabilities reprice at their earliest possible repricing date. The model assumes parallel and pro rata shifts in interest rates over a twelve-month period for the 200 basis point upward shift and 100 basis point downward shift. For the 400 basis point upward shift, the model assumes a parallel and pro rata shift in interest rates over a twenty-four month period. For the 500 basis point upward shift, the model assumes a flattening and pro rata shift in interest rates over a twelve-month period where the short-end of the yield curve shifts upward greater than the long-end of the yield curve. Effective with the modeling for the second quarter of 2010,Further, in recent years, the Company added anadditional interest rate scenarioscenarios where interest rates experience a parallel and instantaneous shift upward 100, 200, 300, and 400 basis points and a parallel and instantaneous shift downward 100 basis points. The Company will run additional interest rate scenarios on an as-needed basis. The asset/liability management committees of the subsidiary bank boards of directors hashave established policy limits of a 10% decline in net interest income for the 200 and the newly added 300 basis point upward shiftsparallel shift and the 100 basis point downward parallel shift.


For the 300 basis point upward shock, the established policy limit has been increased to 25% decline in net interest income. The increased policy limit is appropriate as the shock scenario is extreme and unlikely and warrants a higher limit than the more realistic and traditional parallel/pro-rata shift scenarios.   

Application of the simulation model analysis for select interest rate scenarios at December 31, 20122014 demonstrated the following:

  NET INTEREST INCOME EXPOSURE in YEAR 1 
INTEREST RATE SCENARIO As of December 31, 2012  As of December 31, 2011  As of December 31, 2010 
          
100 basis point downward shift  -1.5%  -1.5%  -1.9%
200 basis point upward shift  -0.9%  -3.1%  -3.0%
300 basis point upward shock  0.8%  -4.2%  -1.6%

      

NET INTEREST INCOME EXPOSURE in YEAR 1

 

INTEREST RATE SCENARIO

 

POLICY LIMIT

  

As of December 31, 2014

  

As of December 31, 2013

  

As of December 31, 2012

 
                 

100 basis point downward shift

  -10.0%  -1.7%  -1.0%  -1.5%

200 basis point upward shift

  -10.0%  -5.0%  -4.8%  -0.9%

300 basis point upward shock

  -25.0%  -11.9%  -11.0%  0.8%

The simulation is within the board-established policy limit of a 10% decline in net interest incomelimits for all three scenarios.


Additionally, for all of the various interest rate scenarios modeled and measured by management (as described above), the results at December 31, 2014 were within established risk tolerances as established by policy or by best practice (if the interest rate scenario didn’t have a specific policy limit).

In the second quarter of 2014, the Company executed two interest rate cap transactions, each with a notional value of $15.0 million, for a total of $30.0 million. The initial cost (prepaid premium) of the interest rate caps totaled $2.1 million. This amount was recorded in the Other Assets section of the balance sheet. This asset will be amortized to interest expense according to a predetermined schedule and will also be adjusted to fair value on a recurring basis. The change in fair value will flow through Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income and the derivative transaction will be tested for effectiveness according to cash flow hedge accounting standards. The interest rate caps purchased will essentially set a ceiling to the interest rate paid on the $30.0 million of short-term FHLB advances that are being hedged, minimizing the interest rate risk associated with rising interest rates. The Company will continue to analyze and evaluate similar transactions as an alternative and cost effective way to mitigate interest rate risk.

Interest rate risk is considered to be one of the most significant market risks affecting the Company. For that reason, the Company engages the assistance of a national consulting firm and its risk management system to monitor and control the Company’s interest rate risk exposure. Other types of market risk, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk and commodity price risk, do not arise in the normal course of the Company’s business activities.

 

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Item 8. Financial Statements

QCR Holdings, Inc.


Holdings, Inc.

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Financial Statements

Financial Statements

Consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013

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Consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012  2011, and 2010

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Consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 2011, and 2010

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Consolidated statements of changes in stockholders' equity for the years ended

December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 2011, and 2010

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Consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 2011, and 2010

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Notes to consolidated financial statements

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm



To the Board of Directors and Stockholders

QCR Holdings, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of QCR Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012.2014. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of QCR Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012,2014, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), QCR Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012,2014, based on criteria established inInternal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013, and our report dated March 11, 201312, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of QCR Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting.

Davenport, Iowa

March 12, 2015

 
Davenport, Iowa
March 11, 2013

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QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 31, 20122014 and 2011


Assets 2012  2011 
Cash and due from banks $61,568,446  $53,136,710 
Federal funds sold  26,560,000   20,785,000 
Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions  22,359,490   26,750,602 
         
         
Securities held to maturity, at amortized cost  72,079,385   200,000 
Securities available for sale, at fair value  530,159,986   565,029,291 
   602,239,371   565,229,291 
         
Loans receivable, held for sale  4,577,233   3,832,760 
Loans/leases receivable, held for investment  1,282,810,406   1,196,912,737 
   1,287,387,639   1,200,745,497 
Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases  (19,925,204)  (18,789,262)
   1,267,462,435   1,181,956,235 
         
Premises and equipment, net  31,262,390   31,740,751 
Goodwill  3,222,688   3,222,688 
Bank-owned life insurance  45,620,489   42,011,281 
Restricted investment securities  15,747,850   15,253,600 
Other real estate owned, net  3,954,538   8,385,758 
Other assets  13,732,795   18,138,138 
Total assets $2,093,730,492  $1,966,610,054 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        
Liabilities:        
Deposits:        
Noninterest-bearing $450,659,723  $357,183,481 
Interest-bearing  923,454,377   848,274,307 
Total deposits  1,374,114,100   1,205,457,788 
         
Short-term borrowings  171,082,961   213,536,450 
Federal Home Loan Bank advances  202,350,000   204,750,000 
Other borrowings  138,239,762   136,231,663 
Junior subordinated debentures  36,085,000   36,085,000 
Other liabilities  31,424,848   26,116,451 
Total liabilities  1,953,296,671   1,822,177,352 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
         
Stockholders' Equity:        
Preferred stock, $1 par value, shares authorized 250,000  54,867   65,090 
December 2012 - 54,867 shares issued and outstanding        
December 2011 - 65,090 shares issued and outstanding        
Common stock, $1 par value; shares authorized 20,000,000  5,039,448   4,879,435 
December 2012 - 5,039,448 shares issued and 4,918,202 outstanding        
December 2011 - 4,879,435 shares issued and 4,758,189 outstanding        
Additional paid-in capital  78,912,791   89,702,533 
Retained earnings  53,326,542   44,585,902 
Accumulated other comprehensive income  4,706,683   4,754,714 
Noncontrolling interests  -   2,051,538 
Less treasury stock, December 2012 and 2011 - 121,246 common shares, at cost  (1,606,510)  (1,606,510)
Total stockholders' equity  140,433,821   144,432,702 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $2,093,730,492  $1,966,610,054 
2013

Assets

 

2014

  

2013

 

Cash and due from banks

 $38,235,019  $41,950,790 

Federal funds sold

  46,780,000   39,435,000 

Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions

  35,334,682   33,044,917 
         

Securities held to maturity, at amortized cost

  199,879,574   145,451,895 

Securities available for sale, at fair value

  451,659,630   551,758,458 

Total securities

  651,539,204   697,210,353 
         

Loans receivable, held for sale

  553,000   1,358,290 

Loans/leases receivable, held for investment

  1,629,450,070   1,458,921,268 

Gross loans/leases receivable

  1,630,003,070   1,460,279,558 

Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases

  (23,074,365)  (21,448,048)

Net loans/leases receivable

  1,606,928,705   1,438,831,510 
         

Bank-owned life insurance

  53,723,548   52,002,041 

Premises and equipment, net

  36,021,128   36,755,364 

Restricted investment securities

  15,559,575   17,027,625 

Other real estate owned, net

  12,767,636   9,729,053 

Goodwill

  3,222,688   3,222,688 

Core deposit intangible

  1,670,921   1,870,433 

Other assets

  23,174,994   23,873,150 

Total assets

 $2,524,958,100  $2,394,952,924 
         

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

        

Liabilities:

        

Deposits:

        

Noninterest-bearing

 $511,991,864  $542,566,087 

Interest-bearing

  1,167,676,149   1,104,425,156 

Total deposits

  1,679,668,013   1,646,991,243 
         

Short-term borrowings

  268,351,670   149,292,967 

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

  203,500,000   231,350,000 

Other borrowings

  150,282,492   142,448,362 

Junior subordinated debentures

  40,423,735   40,289,830 

Other liabilities

  38,653,681   37,003,742 

Total liabilities

  2,380,879,591   2,247,376,144 
         

Commitments and Contingencies

        
         

Stockholders' Equity:

        

Preferred stock, $1 par value, shares authorized 250,000

  -   29,867 

December 2014 - 0 shares issued and outstanding

        

December 2013 - 29,867 shares issued and outstanding

        

Common stock, $1 par value; shares authorized 20,000,000

  8,074,443   8,005,708 

December 2014 - 8,074,443 shares issued and 7,953,197 outstanding

        

December 2013 - 8,005,708 shares issued and 7,884,462 outstanding

        

Additional paid-in capital

  61,668,968   90,154,528 

Retained earnings

  77,876,824   64,637,173 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss:

        

Securities available for sale

  (1,535,849)  (13,643,986)

Interest rate cap derivatives

  (399,367)  - 

Less treasury stock, December 2014 and 2013 - 121,246 common shares, at cost

  (1,606,510)  (1,606,510)

Total stockholders' equity

  144,078,509   147,576,780 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 $2,524,958,100  $2,394,952,924 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Income

Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010

  2012  2011  2010 
Interest and dividend income:         
Loans/leases, including fees $63,363,520  $64,807,673  $67,999,191 
Securities:            
Taxable  10,781,300   10,877,832   10,109,083 
Nontaxable  2,339,579   983,040   907,085 
Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions  378,566   404,879   411,079 
Restricted investment securities  507,281   557,698   497,214 
Federal funds sold  5,627   92,126   173,714 
Total interest and dividend income  77,375,873   77,723,248   80,097,366 
             
Interest expense:            
Deposits  6,218,713   8,939,056   12,681,625 
Short-term borrowings  248,545   290,450   628,255 
Federal Home Loan Bank advances  7,279,599   7,972,025   9,246,562 
Other borrowings  4,940,970   5,149,022   5,732,142 
Junior subordinated debentures  1,038,786   1,227,839   1,945,014 
Total interest expense  19,726,613   23,578,392   30,233,598 
             
Net interest income  57,649,260   54,144,856   49,863,768 
Provision for loan/lease losses  4,370,767   6,616,014   7,463,618 
Net interest income after provision for loan/lease losses  53,278,493   47,528,842   42,400,150 
             
Noninterest income:            
Trust department fees  3,632,278   3,368,995   3,290,844 
Investment advisory and management fees  2,361,159   2,108,918   1,812,903 
Deposit service fees  3,485,929   3,493,001   3,478,743 
Gains on sales of loans, net  2,457,707   2,565,043   3,169,514 
Securities gains  104,600   1,472,528   - 
Losses on other real estate owned, net  (1,332,972)  (374,910)  (835,163)
Earnings on bank-owned life insurance  1,609,208   1,445,891   1,331,085 
Credit card issuing fees, net of processing costs  599,164   500,544   259,590 
Other  3,704,222   2,881,868   2,898,372 
Total noninterest income  16,621,295   17,461,878   15,405,888 
             
Noninterest expenses:            
Salaries and employee benefits  33,274,509   30,365,020   27,843,127 
Occupancy and equipment expense  5,635,257   5,297,949   5,472,248 
Professional and data processing fees  4,317,939   4,461,187   4,524,519 
FDIC and other insurance  2,330,611   2,698,282   3,528,267 
Loan/lease expense  1,041,824   2,160,674   1,657,552 
Advertising and marketing  1,445,476   1,288,797   1,053,909 
Postage and telephone  959,708   937,557   1,004,176 
Stationery and supplies  541,122   516,873   491,252 
Bank service charges  853,895   725,717   420,252 
Prepayment fees on Federal Home Loan Bank advances  -   832,099   - 
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities  62,400   118,847   113,800 
Losses on lease residual values  -   -   617,000 
Other  1,796,206   1,589,650   1,822,961 
Total noninterest expenses  52,258,947   50,992,652   48,549,063 
             
Income before income taxes  17,640,841   13,998,068   9,256,975 
Federal and state income tax expense  4,534,601   3,868,199   2,449,249 
Net income $13,106,240  $10,129,869  $6,807,726 
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests  488,473   438,221   221,047 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. $12,617,767  $9,691,648  $6,586,679 
             
Less: preferred stock dividends and discount accretion  3,496,085   5,283,885   4,128,104 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders  9,121,682   4,407,763   2,458,575 
             
Basic earnings per common share $1.88  $0.93  $0.54 
Diluted earnings per common share $1.85  $0.92  $0.53 
             
Weighted average common shares outstanding  4,844,776   4,724,781   4,593,096 
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding  4,919,559   4,789,026   4,618,242 
             
Cash dividends declared per common share $0.08  $0.08  $0.08 
2012

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 

Interest and dividend income:

            

Loans/leases, including fees

 $69,423,001  $66,810,952  $63,363,520 

Securities:

            

Taxable

  9,618,436   10,061,066   10,781,300 

Nontaxable

  6,074,896   4,147,050   2,339,579 

Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions

  299,227   275,352   378,566 

Restricted investment securities

  528,660   558,946   507,281 

Federal funds sold

  21,036   18,592   5,627 

Total interest and dividend income

  85,965,256   81,871,958   77,375,873 
             

Interest expense:

            

Deposits

  4,508,921   4,714,306   6,218,713 

Short-term borrowings

  233,994   293,020   248,545 

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

  6,025,749   6,863,216   7,279,599 

Other borrowings

  4,890,845   4,753,260   4,940,970 

Junior subordinated debentures

  1,234,619   1,142,719   1,038,786 

Total interest expense

  16,894,128   17,766,521   19,726,613 
             

Net interest income

  69,071,128   64,105,437   57,649,260 

Provision for loan/lease losses

  6,807,000   5,930,420   4,370,767 

Net interest income after provision for loan/lease losses

  62,264,128   58,175,017   53,278,493 
             

Noninterest income:

            

Trust department fees

  5,715,151   4,941,681   3,632,278 

Investment advisory and management fees

  2,798,170   2,580,140   2,361,159 

Deposit service fees

  4,483,585   4,267,162   3,485,929 

Gains on sales of residential real estate loans, net

  460,721   836,065   1,388,142 

Gains on sales of government guaranteed portions of loans, net

  2,040,638   2,148,979   1,069,565 

Securities gains

  92,363   432,492   104,600 

Earnings on bank-owned life insurance

  1,721,507   1,786,023   1,609,208 

Debit card fees

  982,005   991,300   951,200 

Correspondent banking fees

  1,064,030   772,120   424,458 

Participation service fees on commercial loan participations

  854,621   768,547   665,992 

Bargain purchase gain on Community National Acquisition

  -   1,841,385   - 

Gains on sales of certain Community National Bank branches

  -   2,334,216   - 

Losses on other real estate owned, net

  (447,272)  (545,340)  (1,332,972)

Other

  1,231,781   2,659,058   2,261,736 

Total noninterest income

  20,997,300   25,813,828   16,621,295 
             

Noninterest expenses:

            

Salaries and employee benefits

  40,337,055   37,510,318   33,274,509 

Occupancy and equipment expense

  7,385,526   6,712,468   5,635,257 

Professional and data processing fees

  6,191,574   6,424,594   4,317,939 

FDIC and other insurance

  2,895,494   2,587,041   2,330,611 

Loan/lease expense

  1,310,644   1,521,523   1,041,824 

Advertising and marketing

  1,985,121   1,726,314   1,445,476 

Postage and telephone

  930,408   1,069,142   959,708 

Stationery and supplies

  579,330   562,301   541,122 

Bank service charges

  1,291,017   1,144,757   853,895 

Acquisition and data conversion costs

  -   2,353,162   - 

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities

  -   -   62,400 

Other

  2,363,752   2,821,038   1,796,206 

Total noninterest expenses

  65,269,921   64,432,658   52,258,947 
             

Income before income taxes

  17,991,507   19,556,187   17,640,841 

Federal and state income tax expense

  3,038,970   4,617,942   4,534,601 

Net income

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $13,106,240 

Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

  -   -   488,473 

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $12,617,767 
             

Less: preferred stock dividends

  1,081,877   3,168,302   3,496,085 

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders

 $13,870,660  $11,769,943  $9,121,682 
             

Basic earnings per common share

 $1.75  $2.13  $1.88 

Diluted earnings per common share

 $1.72  $2.08  $1.85 
             

Weighted average common shares outstanding

  7,925,220   5,531,948   4,844,776 

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding

  8,048,661   5,646,926   4,919,559 
             

Cash dividends declared per common share

 $0.08  $0.08  $0.08 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

62

QCR HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(LOSS)

Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010


  2012  2011   2010 
Net income $13,106,240  $10,129,869  $6,807,726 
             
Other comprehensive income (loss):            
             
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale:            
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period before tax  (40,839)  7,914,236   803,133 
Less reclassification adjustment for gains (losses) included in net income before tax  42,200   1,353,681   (113,800)
   (83,039)  6,560,555   916,933 
Tax expense (benefit)  (35,008)  2,510,006   348,376 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax  (48,031)  4,050,549   568,557 
             
Comprehensive income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. $13,058,209  $14,180,418  $7,376,283 
2012

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 

Net income

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $13,106,240 
             

Other comprehensive income (loss):

            
             

Unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale:

            

Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period before tax

  19,697,118   (29,292,079)  (40,839)

Less reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income before tax

  92,363   432,492   42,200 
   19,604,755   (29,724,571)  (83,039)

Unrealized losses on interest rate cap derivatives:

            

Unrealized holding losses arising during the period before tax

  (584,264)  -   - 

Less reclassification adjustment for ineffectiveness and caplet amortization before tax

  (30,147)  -   - 
   (614,411)  -   - 
             

Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax

  18,990,344   (29,724,571)  (83,039)

Tax expense (benefit)

  7,281,574   (11,373,902)  (35,008)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

  11,708,770   (18,350,669)  (48,031)
             

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.

 $26,661,307  $(3,412,424) $13,058,209 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

63

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity

Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010

  
Preferred
Stock
  
Common
Stock
  
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
  
Retained
Earnings
  
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
  
Noncontrolling
Interests
  
Treasury
Stock
  Total 
Balance, December 31, 2009 $38,805  $4,674,536  $82,194,330  $38,458,477  $135,608  $1,699,630  $(1,606,510) $125,594,876 
Net income  -   -   -   6,586,679   -   221,047   -   6,807,726 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax  -   -   -   -   568,557   -   -   568,557 
Common cash dividends declared, $0.08 per share  -   -   -   (366,152)  -   -   -   (366,152)
Preferred cash dividends declared and accrued  -   -   -   (3,679,100)  -   -   -   (3,679,100)
Discount accretion on cumulative preferred stock  -   -   449,004   (449,004)  -   -   -   - 
Exchange of 268 shares of Series B Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock for 13,400 shares of Series E Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock
  13,132   -   (13,132)  -   -   -   -   - 
Exchange of 300 shares of Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock for 7,500 shares of Series E Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock
  7,200   -   (7,200)  -   -   -   -   - 
Proceeds from issuance of 4,100 shares of Series E Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock
  4,100   -   3,183,133   -   -   -   -   3,187,233 
Proceeds from issuance of warrants to purchase 54,000 shares of common stock in conjunction with the issuance of Series A Subordinated Notes
  -   -   84,240   -   -   -   -   84,240 
Proceeds from issuance of 28,907 shares of common stock as a result of stock purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  -   28,907   192,362   -   -   -   -   221,269 
Proceeds from issuance of 5,754 shares of common stock as a result of stock options exercised
  -   5,754   37,621   -   -   -   -   43,375 
Exchange of 367 shares of common stock in connection with payroll taxes for restricted stock
  -   (367)  (2,730)  -   -   -   -   (3,097)
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   533,271   -   -   -   -   533,271 
Restricted stock awards  -   23,598   (23,598)  -   -   -   -   - 
Purchase of noncontrolling interests  -   -   (149,032)  -   -   (270,968)  -   (420,000)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests  -   -   -   -   -   (1,490)  -   (1,490)
Balance, December 31, 2010 $63,237  $4,732,428  $86,478,269  $40,550,900  $704,165  $1,648,219  $(1,606,510) $132,570,708 
Net income  -   -   -   9,691,648   -   438,221   -   10,129,869 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax  -   -   -   -   4,050,549   -   -   4,050,549 
Common cash dividends declared, $0.08 per share  -   -   -   (372,761)  -   -   -   (372,761)
Preferred cash dividends declared and accrued  -   -   -   (3,694,441)  -   -   -   (3,694,441)
Discount accretion on cumulative preferred stock *  -   -   1,589,444   (1,589,444)  -   -   -   - 
Proceeds from issuance of 40,090 shares of Series F Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
  40,090   -   39,956,832   -   -   -   -   39,996,922 
Redemption of 38,237 shares of Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
  (38,237)  -   (38,198,763)  -   -   -   -   (38,237,000)
Redemption of 521,888 shares of common stock warrants issued in conjunction with Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
  -   -   (1,100,000)  -   -   -   -   (1,100,000)
Proceeds from issuance of 36,174 shares of common stock as a result of stock purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  -   36,174   207,592   -   -   -   -   243,766 
Proceeds from issuance of 36,459 shares of common stock as a result of stock options exercised
  -   36,459   216,765   -   -   -   -   253,224 
Exchange of 2,550 shares of common stock in connection with stock options exercised
  -   (2,550)  (17,101)  -   -   -   -   (19,651)
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   646,419   -   -   -   -   646,419 
Restricted stock awards  -   76,924   (76,924)  -   -   -   -   - 
Distributions to noncontrolling interests  -   -   -   -   -   (34,902)  -   (34,902)
Balance, December 31, 2011 $65,090  $4,879,435  $89,702,533  $44,585,902  $4,754,714  $2,051,538  $(1,606,510) $144,432,702 
Net income  -   -   -   12,617,767   -   488,473   -   13,106,240 
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax  -   -   -   -   (48,031)  -   -   (48,031)
Common cash dividends declared, $0.08 per share  -   -   -   (381,042)  -   -   -   (381,042)
Preferred cash dividends declared and accrued  -   -   -   (3,496,085)  -   -   -   (3,496,085)
Redemption of 10,223 shares of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
  (10,223)  -   (10,212,777)  -   -   -   -   (10,223,000)
Proceeds from issuance of 31,554 shares of common stock as a result of stock purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  -   31,554   249,316   -   -   -   -   280,870 
Proceeds from issuance of 17,876 shares of common stock as a result of stock options exercised
  -   17,876   155,428   -   -   -   -   173,304 
Exchange of 611 shares of common stock in connection with stock options exercised
  -   (611)  (7,125)  -   -   -   -   (7,736)
Exchange of 576 shares of common stock in connection with payroll taxes for restricted stock
  -   (576)  (2,103)  -   -   -   -   (2,679)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants to purchase 54,000 shares of common stock issued in conjunction with the Series A Subordinated Notes
  -   54,000   486,000   -   -   -   -   540,000 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   849,760   -   -   -   -   849,760 
Restricted stock awards  -   57,770   (57,770)  -   -   -   -   - 
Purchase of noncontrolling interest  -   -   (2,250,471)  -   -   (2,531,748)  -   (4,782,219)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests  -   -   -   -   -   (8,263)  -   (8,263)
Balance, December 31, 2012 $54,867  $5,039,448  $78,912,791  $53,326,542  $4,706,683  $-  $(1,606,510) $140,433,821 
* Includes $1,252,895 of accelerated discount accretion as a result of redeeming Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
2012

                  

Accumulated

             
          

Additional

      

Other

             
  

Preferred

  

Common

  

Paid-In

  

Retained

  

Comprehensive

  

Noncontrolling

  

Treasury

     
  

Stock

  

Stock

  

Capital

  

Earnings

  

Income (Loss)

  

Interests

  

Stock

  

Total

 

Balance, December 31, 2011

 $65,090  $4,879,435  $89,702,533  $44,585,902  $4,754,714  $2,051,538  $(1,606,510) $144,432,702 

Net income

  -   -   -   12,617,767   -   488,473   -   13,106,240 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

  -   -   -   -   (48,031)  -   -   (48,031)

Common cash dividends declared, $0.08 per share

  -   -   -   (381,042)  -   -   -   (381,042)

Preferred cash dividends declared and accrued

  -   -   -   (3,496,085)  -   -   -   (3,496,085)

Redemption of 10,223 shares of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock

  (10,223)  -   (10,212,777)  -   -   -   -   (10,223,000)

Proceeds from issuance of 31,554 shares of common stock as a result of stock purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  -   31,554   249,316   -   -   -   -   280,870 

Proceeds from issuance of 17,876 shares of common stock as a result of stock options exercised

  -   17,876   155,428   -   -   -   -   173,304 

Exchange of 611 shares of common stock in connection with stock options exercised

  -   (611)  (7,125)  -   -   -   -   (7,736)

Exchange of 576 shares of common stock in connection with payroll taxes for restricted stock

  -   (576)  (2,103)  -   -   -   -   (2,679)

Proceeds from exercise of warrants to purchase 54,000 shares of common stock issued in conjunction with the Series A Subordinated Notes

  -   54,000   486,000   -   -   -   -   540,000 

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   -   849,760   -   -   -   -   849,760 

Restricted stock awards

  -   57,770   (57,770)  -   -   -   -   - 

Purchase of noncontrolling interest

  -   -   (2,250,471)  -   -   (2,531,748)  -   (4,782,219)

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

  -   -   -   -   -   (8,263)  -   (8,263)

Balance, December 31, 2012

 $54,867  $5,039,448  $78,912,791  $53,326,542  $4,706,683  $-  $(1,606,510) $140,433,821 

Net income

  -   -   -   14,938,245   -   -   -   14,938,245 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

  -   -   -   -   (18,350,669)  -   -   (18,350,669)

Common cash dividends declared, $0.08 per share

  -   -   -   (459,312)  -   -   -   (459,312)

Preferred cash dividends declared and accrued

  -   -   -   (3,168,302)  -   -   -   (3,168,302)

Issuance of 834,715 shares of common stock as a  result of the acquisition of Community National Bancorporation, net

  -   834,715   12,181,894   -   -   -   -   13,016,609 

Conversion of 25,000 shares of Series E Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock to 2,057,502 shares of common stock

  (25,000)  2,057,502   (2,032,502)  -   -   -   -   - 

Proceeds from issuance of 27,110 shares of common stock as a result of stock purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  -   27,110   304,396   -   -   -   -   331,506 

Proceeds from issuance of 41,258 shares of common stock as a result of stock options exercised

  -   41,258   373,519   -   -   -   -   414,777 

Exchange of 7,679 shares of common stock in connection with stock options exercised

  -   (7,679)  (120,955)  -   -   -   -   (128,634)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   -   792,279   -   -   -   -   792,279 

Tax benefit of nonqualified stock options exercised

  -   -   62,371   -   -   -   -   62,371 

Restricted stock awards

  -   30,152   (30,152)  -   -   -   -   - 

Exchange of 16,798 shares of common stock in connection with restricted stock vested

  -   (16,798)  (289,113)  -   -   -   -   (305,911)

Balance, December 31, 2013

 $29,867  $8,005,708  $90,154,528  $64,637,173  $(13,643,986) $-  $(1,606,510) $147,576,780 

Net income

  -   -   -   14,952,537   -   -   -   14,952,537 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax - unrealized gains on securities available for sale of $12,108,137, unrealized losses on interest rate caps derivatives of ($399,367)

  -   -   -   -   11,708,770   -   -   11,708,770 

Common cash dividends declared, $0.08 per share

  -   -   -   (631,009)  -   -   -   (631,009)

Preferred cash dividends declared and accrued

  -   -   -   (1,081,877)  -   -   -   (1,081,877)

Redemption of 29,867 shares of Series F Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock

  (29,867)  -   (29,794,055)  -   -   -   -   (29,823,922)

Proceeds from issuance of 25,321 shares of common stock as a result of stock purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  -   25,321   353,566   -   -   -   -   378,887 

Proceeds from issuance of 23,659 shares of common stock as a result of stock options exercised

  -   23,659   218,095   -   -   -   -   241,754 

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   -   891,619   -   -   -   -   891,619 

Tax benefit of nonqualified stock options exercised

  -   -   42,954   -   -   -   -   42,954 

Restricted stock awards

  -   30,055   (30,055)  -   -   -   -   - 

Exchange of 10,300 shares of common stock in connection with restricted stock vested

  -   (10,300)  (167,684)  -   -   -   -   (177,984)

Balance, December 31, 2014

 $-  $8,074,443  $61,668,968  $77,876,824  $(1,935,216) $-  $(1,606,510) $144,078,509 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 
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QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 20102012

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

            

Net income

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $13,106,240 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

            

Depreciation

  2,812,645   2,695,578   2,350,303 

Provision for loan/lease losses

  6,807,000   5,930,420   4,370,767 

Deferred income taxes

  (1,165,009)  (1,021,991)  2,302,418 

Stock-based compensation expense

  891,619   792,279   849,760 

Deferred compensation expense accrued

  1,311,627   822,335   844,844 

Losses on other real estate owned, net

  447,272   545,340   1,332,972 

Amortization of premiums on securities, net

  1,809,804   3,574,097   3,946,551 

Securities gains

  (92,363)  (432,492)  (104,600)

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities

  -   -   62,400 

Loans originated for sale

  (58,128,415)  (80,027,780)  (120,430,173)

Proceeds on sales of loans

  61,435,064   86,231,767   122,143,407 

Gains on sales of residential real estate loans, net

  (460,721)  (836,065)  (1,388,142)

Gains on sales of government guaranteed portions of loans, net

  (2,040,638)  (2,148,979)  (1,069,565)

Gain on sale of credit card loan receivables

  -   (495,405)  - 

Gain on sale of credit card issuing operations

  -   (355,268)  - 

Bargain purchase gain on Community National acquisition

  -   (1,841,385)  - 

Amortization of core deposit intangible

  199,512   178,881   - 

Accretion of acquisition fair value adjustments, net

  (674,539)  (1,060,708)  - 

Gains on sales of certain branches of Community National Bank

  -   (2,334,216)  - 

Increase in cash value of bank-owned life insurance

  (1,721,507)  (1,786,023)  (1,609,208)

Decrease (increase) in other assets

  (1,198,107)  7,650,490   1,153,373 

Increase in other liabilities

  414,134   1,017,133   2,793,570 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  25,599,915   32,036,253   30,654,917 
             

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

            

Net increase in federal funds sold

  (7,345,000)  (540,000)  (5,775,000)

Net (increase) decrease in interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions

  (2,289,765)  (8,660,888)  4,391,112 

Proceeds from sales of other real estate owned

  1,593,714   1,345,479   5,241,265 

Purchase of derivative instruments

  (2,071,650)  -   - 

Activity in securities portfolio:

            

Purchases

  (76,256,503)  (312,970,498)  (474,461,164)

Calls, maturities and redemptions

  35,247,090   147,264,900   374,292,050 

Paydowns

  23,611,559   46,098,773   39,956,569 

Sales

  78,476,422   37,393,047   19,215,075 

Activity in restricted investment securities:

            

Purchases

  (1,912,050)  (7,264,600)  (4,584,300)

Redemptions

  3,380,100   7,244,200   4,090,050 

Purchases of bank-owned life insurance

  -   -   (2,000,000)

Net increase in loans/leases originated and held for investment

  (180,325,359)  (55,311,462)  (91,275,511)

Purchase of premises and equipment

  (2,035,855)  (2,430,353)  (1,871,942)

Proceeds from sale of credit card loan receivables

  -   10,674,723   - 

Net cash received from Community National Acquisition

  -   3,025,073   - 

Net cash paid on sales of certain branches of Community National Bank

  -   (30,425,618)  - 

Net cash used in investing activities

  (129,927,297)  (164,557,224)  (132,781,796)
             

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

            

Net increase in deposits

  32,695,797   108,923,293   168,656,312 

Net (decrease) increase in short-term borrowings

  119,058,703   (21,789,994)  (42,453,489)

Activity in Federal Home Loan Bank advances:

            

Advances

  6,000,000   77,000,000   13,000,000 

Calls and maturities

  (27,850,000)  (82,000,000)  (24,400,000)

Net change in short-term and overnight advances

  (6,000,000)  34,000,000   9,000,000 

Net (decrease) increase in other borrowings

  -   (200,000)  8,099 

Proceeds from term debt

  10,000,000   10,000,000   - 

Principal payments on term debt

  (2,125,000)  -   - 

Advance (payment) on 364-day revolving note

  -   (5,600,000)  2,000,000 

Repayment of Community National's other borrowings at acquisition

  -   (3,950,000)  - 

Payment of cash dividends on common and preferred stock

  (1,964,608)  (4,062,726)  (4,088,949)

Redemption of 10,223 shares of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net

  -   -   (10,223,000)

Redemption of 29,867 shares of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net

  (29,823,922)  -   - 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

  620,641   582,742   994,174 

Purchase of noncontrolling interests

  -   -   (1,934,532)

Net cash provided by financing activities

  100,611,611   112,903,315   110,558,615 
             

Net (decrease) increase in cash and due from banks

  (3,715,771)  (19,617,656)  8,431,736 

Cash and due from banks, beginning

  41,950,790   61,568,446   53,136,710 

Cash and due from banks, ending

 $38,235,019  $41,950,790  $61,568,446 

Continued


  2012  2011  2010 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:         
Net income $13,106,240  $10,129,869  $6,807,726 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities            
Depreciation  2,350,303   2,442,896   2,533,597 
Provision for loan/lease losses  4,370,767   6,616,014   7,463,618 
Deferred income taxes  2,684,367   3,952,046   1,256,004 
Amortization of offering costs on subordinated debentures  14,317   14,317   14,317 
Stock-based compensation expense  849,760   696,407   488,112 
Losses on other real estate owned, net  1,332,972   374,910   835,163 
Amortization of premiums on securities, net  3,946,551   3,487,361   3,411,202 
Securities gains, net  (104,600)  (1,472,528)  - 
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities  62,400   118,847   113,800 
Loans originated for sale  (120,430,173)  (100,789,010)  (172,623,744)
Proceeds on sales of loans  122,143,407   113,606,152   167,843,529 
Gains on sales of loans, net  (2,457,707)  (2,565,043)  (3,169,514)
Prepayment fees on Federal Home Loan Bank advances  -   832,099   - 
Losses on lease residual values  -   -   617,000 
Increase in cash value of bank-owned life insurance  (1,609,208)  (1,445,891)  (1,331,085)
Decrease (increase) in other assets  757,107   (1,881,557)  2,248,856 
Increase in other liabilities  3,638,414   2,523,387   1,406,270 
Net cash provided by operating activities  30,654,917   36,640,276   17,914,851 
             
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:            
Net (increase) decrease in federal funds sold  (5,775,000)  41,175,000   (55,361,667)
Net decrease (increase) in interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions  4,391,112   12,995,009   (10,416,198)
Proceeds from sales of other real estate owned  5,241,265   9,220,631   6,038,825 
Activity in securities portfolio:            
Purchases  (474,461,164)  (622,245,920)  (383,018,764)
Calls, maturities and redemptions  374,292,050   422,870,000   325,649,238 
Paydowns  39,956,569   9,094,080   435,149 
Sales  19,215,075   54,326,191   - 
Activity in restricted investment securities:            
Purchases  (4,584,300)  (292,800)  (1,710,800)
Redemptions  4,090,050   1,707,900   252,200 
Activity in bank-owned life insurance:            
Purchases  (2,000,000)  (7,000,000)  (3,150,000)
Surrender of policy  -   -   609,772 
Net (increase) decrease in loans/leases originated and held for investment  (91,275,511)  (56,096,989)  63,387,668 
Purchase of premises and equipment  (1,871,942)  (3,064,903)  (2,197,448)
Net cash used in investing activities  (132,781,796)  (137,311,801)  (59,482,025)
             
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:            
Net increase in deposits  168,656,312   90,641,931   25,493,131 
Net (decrease) increase in short-term borrowings  (42,453,489)  72,381,951   (9,745,072)
Activity in Federal Home Loan Bank advances:            
Advances  23,000,000   5,000,000   36,000,000 
Calls and maturities  (25,400,000)  (24,000,000)  (13,100,000)
Prepayments  -   (15,832,099)  - 
Net increase (decrease) in other borrowings  2,008,099   (13,839,122)  7,395,184 
Proceeds from issuance of Series A Subordinated Notes and detachable warrants to purchase 54,000 shares of common stock
  -   -   2,700,000 
Payment of cash dividends on common and preferred stock  (4,088,949)  (3,712,493)  (4,052,089)
Redemption of 10,223 share of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net  (10,223,000)  -   - 
Proceeds from issuance of 40,090 shares of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net  -   39,996,922   - 
Redemption of Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net  -   (38,237,000)  - 
Repurchase of 521,888 shares of common stock warrants issued in conjunction with Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
  -   (1,100,000)  - 
Proceeds from issuance of Series E Noncumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, net  -   -   3,187,233 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net  994,174   477,339   261,547 
Purchase of noncontrolling interests  (1,934,532)  -   (420,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities  110,558,615   111,777,429   47,719,934 
             
Net increase in cash and due from banks  8,431,736   11,105,904   6,152,760 
Cash and due from banks, beginning  53,136,710   42,030,806   35,878,046 
Cash and due from banks, ending $61,568,446  $53,136,710  $42,030,806 
             
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information, cash payments for:            
Interest $19,962,937  $24,194,198  $31,017,369 
Income and franchise taxes  1,345,000   1,246,489   3,236,558 
             
Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Investing Activities:            
             
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), unrealized gains (losses) on on securities available for sale, net
  (48,031)  4,050,549   568,557 
Exchange of shares of common stock in connection with payroll taxes for restricted stock and options exercised
  (10,415)  -   (3,097)
Transfers of loans to other real estate owned  2,143,017   9,446,588   6,122,328 
Liability established for purchase of noncontrolling interest  2,847,687   -   - 

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information, cash payments for:

            

Interest

 $16,826,619  $17,953,357  $19,962,937 

Income and franchise taxes

  4,541,000   3,011,244   1,345,000 
             

Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Investing Activities:

            

Change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), unrealized gains (losses) on on securities available for sale and interest rate cap derivatives, net

  11,708,770   (18,350,669)  (48,031)

Exchange of shares of common stock in connection with payroll taxes for restricted stock and options exercised

  (177,984)  (434,545)  (10,415)

Transfers of loans to other real estate owned

  5,594,256   7,115,008   2,143,017 

Due from broker

  2,290,930   -   - 

Liability established for purchase of noncontrolling interest

  -   -   2,847,687 
             

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information for Community National Acquisition:

            

Fair value of assets acquired:

            

Cash and due from banks *

 $-  $9,286,757  $- 

Federal funds sold

  -   12,335,000   - 

Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions

  -   2,024,539   - 

Securities available for sale

  -   45,853,826   - 

Loans/leases receivable held for investment, net

  -   195,658,486   - 

Premises and equipment, net

  -   8,132,021   - 

Core deposit intangible

  -   3,440,076   - 

Bank-owned life insurance

  -   4,595,529   - 

Restricted investment securities

  -   1,259,375   - 

Other real estate owned

  -   550,326   - 

Other assets

  -   5,178,583   - 

Total assets acquired

 $-  $288,314,518  $- 
             

Fair value of liabilities assumed:

            

Deposits

 $-  $255,045,071  $- 

Other borrowings

  -   3,950,000   - 

Junior subordinated debentures

  -   4,125,175   - 

Other liabilities

  -   3,911,053   - 

Total liabilities assumed

 $-  $267,031,299  $- 
             

Net assets acquired

 $-  $21,283,219  $- 

Consideration paid:

            

Cash paid *

 $-  $6,261,684  $- 

Issuance of 834,715 shares of common stock

  -   13,180,150   - 

Total consideration paid

 $-  $19,441,834  $- 
             

Bargain purchase gain

 $-  $1,841,385  $- 

* Net cash received at closing totaled $3,025,073

            
             

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information for sales of certain Community National Bank branches:

            

Assets sold:

            

Cash **

 $-  $30,425,618  $- 

Loans receivable

  -   54,458,870   - 

Premises and equipment, net

  -   2,373,822   - 

Core deposit intangible

  -   1,390,762   - 

Other assets

  -   138,899   - 

Total assets sold

 $-  $88,787,971  $- 
             

Liabilities sold:

            

Deposits

 $-  $91,022,098  $- 

Other liabilities

  -   100,089   - 

Total liabilities sold

 $-  $91,122,187  $- 
             

Gains on sales of certain branches of Community National Bank

 $-  $2,334,216  $- 

** Net cash paid at closing totaled $30,425,618

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 
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QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of business:


QCR Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) is a bank holding company providing bank and bank relatedbank-related services through its banking subsidiaries, Quad City Bank and Trust Company (“QCBT”), Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company (“CRBT”), and Rockford Bank and Trust Company (“RB&T”),. On May 13, 2013, the Company acquired Community National Bancorporation (“Community National”) and its banking subsidiary, Community National Bank (“CNB”). In October 2013, the Company sold certain assets and liabilities of certain branches of CNB in two separate transactions. The Company operated CNB as a separate banking charter since the acquisition until October 26, 2013, when CNB’s charter was merged with and into CRBT. CNB’s merged branch offices operate as a division of CRBT under the name of “Community Bank & Trust.” See Note 2 for additional information on the acquisition, sales of certain branches, and subsequent merger into CRBT. The Company also engages in direct financing lease contracts through its wholly-owned equity investment by QCBT in m2 Lease Funds, LLC (“m2”), QCR Holdings Statutory Trust II (“Trust II”), QCR Holdings Statutory Trust III (“Trust III”), QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IV (“Trust IV”),headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The remaining subsidiaries of the Company consist of six non-consolidated subsidiaries formed for the issuance of trust preferred securities. The Company assumed two of these subsidiaries in the acquisition of Community National on May 13, 2013. See Note 11 for a listing of these subsidiaries and QCR Holdings Statutory Trust V (“Trust V”).additional information. QCBT is a commercial bank that serves the Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities and adjacent communities. CRBT is a commercial bank that serves Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and adjacent communities.communities including Cedar Falls and Waterloo, Iowa, under the name “Community Bank & Trust.” RB&T is a commercial bank that serves Rockford, Illinois, and adjacent communities.


QCBT and CRBT are chartered and regulated by the state of Iowa, and RB&T is chartered and regulated by the state of Illinois. All three subsidiary banks are insured and subject to regulation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), and are members of and regulated by the Federal Reserve System. m2, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of QCBT, based in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, is engaged in the business of direct financing lease contracts. QCBT previously owned 80% of m2. In August 2012, QCBT purchased the remaining 20% noncontrolling interest. See Note 2123 for further discussion of the acquisition. Velie Plantation Holding Company, LLC ("VPHC)(“VPHC”), previously owned 91% by the Company, was engaged in holding the real estate property known as the Velie Plantation in Moline, Illinois. The Velie Plantation is the location of the Company’s headquarters. In October 2012, the Company acquired the remaining 9% noncontrolling interest, and effective December 31, 2012, VPHC was dissolved. Trust II, Trust III, Trust IVIn December 2014, the Company entered into a joint venture providing residential real estate mortgage services and Trust V were formed for the purpose of issuing various trust preferred securities (see Note 9).


products to customers. This joint venture is a collaboration between QCBT and Ruhl Mortgage. QCBT has a 20% ownership interest.

Significant accounting policies:


Accounting estimates: The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases, other-than-temporary impairment of securities, and the fair value of financial instruments.


Principles of consolidation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, except Trust II, Trust III, Trust IV and Trust V,those six subsidiaries formed for the issuance of trust preferred securities which do not meet the criteria for consolidation. See Note 11 for a detailed listing of these subsidiaries. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Presentation of cash flows: For purposes of reporting cash flows, cash and due from banks include cash on hand and noninterest bearing amounts due from banks. Cash flows from federal funds sold, interest bearing deposits at financial institutions, loans/leases, deposits, and short-term and other borrowings are treated as net increases or decreases.


Cash and due from banks: The subsidiary banks are required by federal banking regulations to maintain certain cash and due from bank reserves. The reserve requirement was approximately $15,512,000$23,251,000 and $6,247,000$22,435,000 as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively.

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Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Investment securities: Investment securities held to maturity are those debt securities that the Company has the ability and intent to hold until maturity regardless of changes in market conditions, liquidity needs, or changes in general economic conditions. Such securities are carried at cost adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. If the ability or intent to hold to maturity is not present for certain specified securities, such securities are considered available for sale as the Company intends to hold them for an indefinite period of time but not necessarily to maturity. Any decision to sell a security classified as available for sale would be based on various factors, including movements in interest rates, changes in the maturity mix of the Company's assets and liabilities, liquidity needs, regulatory capital considerations, and other factors. Securities available for sale are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains or losses, net of taxes, are reported as increases or decreases in accumulated other comprehensive income. Realized gains or losses, determined on the basis of the cost of specific securities sold, are included in earnings.


All securities are evaluated to determine whether declines in fair value below their amortized cost are other-than-temporary.


In estimating other-than-temporary impairment losses on available for sale debt securities, management considers a number of factors including, but not limited to, (1) the length of time and extent to which the fair value has been less than amortized cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, (3) the current market conditions, and (4) the intent of the Company to not sell the security prior to recovery and whether it is not more-likely-than-not that it will be required to sell the security prior to recovery. If the Company does not intend to sell the security, and it is not more-likely-than-not the entity will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, the Company will recognize the credit component of an other-than-temporary impairment of a debt security in earnings and the remaining portion in other comprehensive income. For held to maturity debt securities, the amount of an other-than-temporary impairment recorded in other comprehensive income for the noncredit portion would be amortized prospectively over the remaining life of the security on the basis of the timing of future estimated cash flows of the security.


In estimating other-than-temporary impairment losses on available for sale equity securities management considers factors (1), (2) and (3) above as well as whether the Company has the intent and the ability to hold the security until its recovery. If the Company (a) intends to sell an impaired equity security and does not expect the fair value of the security to fully recover before the expected time of sale, or (b) does not have the ability to hold the security until its recovery, the security is deemed other-than-temporarily impaired and the impairment is charged to earnings. The Company recognizes an impairment loss through earnings if based upon other factors the loss is deemed to be other-than-temporary even if the decision to sell has not been made.


Loans receivable, held for sale: Residential real estate loans which are originated and intended for resale in the secondary market in the foreseeable future are classified as held for sale. These loans are carried at the lower of cost or estimated market value in the aggregate. As assets specifically acquired for resale, the origination of, disposition of, and gain/loss on these loans are classified as operating activities in the statement of cash flows.


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Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Loans receivable, held for investment: Loans that management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future, or until pay-off or maturity occurs, are classified as held for investment. These loans are stated at the amount of unpaid principal adjusted for charge-offs, the allowance for estimated losses on loans, and any deferred fees and/or costs on originated loans. Interest is credited to earnings as earned based on the principal amount outstanding. Deferred direct loan origination fees and/or costs are amortized as an adjustment of the related loan’s yield. As assets held for and used in the production of services, the origination and collection of these loans are classified as investing activities in the statement of cash flows.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

The Company discloses allowance for credit losses (also known as “allowance for estimated loss on loans/leases” or “allowance”) and fair value by portfolio segment, and credit quality information, impaired financing receivables, nonaccrual status, and troubled debt restructurings by class of financing receivable.  A portfolio segment is the level at which the Company develops and documents a systematic methodology to determine its allowance for credit losses. A class of financing receivable is a further disaggregation of a portfolio segment based on risk characteristics and the Company’s method for monitoring and assessing credit risk. See thisthe following information following and in Note 3.


4.

The Company’s portfolio segments are as follows:


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Commercial and industrial

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Commercial real estate

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Residential real estate

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Installment and other consumer


Direct financing leases would beare considered a segment within the overall loan/lease portfolio.  The accounting policies for direct financing leases are disclosed below.


The Company’s classes of loans receivable are as follows:


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Commercial and industrial

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Owner-occupied commercial real estate

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Commercial construction, land development, and other land loans that are not owner-occupied commercial real estate

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Other non-owner-occupied commercial real estate

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Residential real estate

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Installment and other consumer


Direct financing leases would beare considered a class of financing receivable within the overall loan/lease portfolio. The accounting policies for direct financing leases are disclosed below.


Generally, for all classes of loans receivable, loans are considered past due when contractual payments are delinquent for 31 days or greater.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

For all classes of loans receivable, loans will generally be placed on nonaccrual status when the loan has become 90 days past due (unless the loan is well secured and in the process of collection); or if any of the following conditions exist:


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It becomes evident that the borrower will not make payments, or will not or cannot meet the terms for renewal of a matured loan,loan;

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When full repayment of principal and interest is not expected,expected;

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When the loan is graded “doubtful”;

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When the borrower files bankruptcy and an approved plan of reorganization or liquidation is not anticipated in the near future,future; or

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When foreclosure action is initiated.


When a loan is placed on nonaccrual status, income recognition is ceased. Previously recorded but uncollected amounts of interest on nonaccrual loans are reversed at the time the loan is placed on nonaccrual status. Generally, cash collected on nonaccrual loans is applied to principal. Should full collection of principal be expected, cash collected on nonaccrual loans can be recognized as interest income.

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Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

For all classes of loans receivable, nonaccrual loans may be restored to accrual status provided the following criteria are met:


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The loan is current, and all principal and interest amounts contractually due have been made,made;

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All principal and interest amounts contractually due, including past due payments, are reasonably assured of repayment within a reasonable period,period; and

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There is a period of minimum repayment performance, as follows, by the borrower in accordance with contractual terms:

 

o

Six months of repayment performance for contractual monthly payments, or

 

o

One year of repayment performance for contractual quarterly or semi-annual paymentspayments.


Direct finance leases receivable, held for investment: The Company leases machinery and equipment to customers under leases that qualify as direct financing leases for financial reporting and as operating leases for income tax purposes. Under the direct financing method of accounting, the minimum lease payments to be received under the lease contract, together with the estimated unguaranteed residual values (approximately 3% to 15% of the cost of the related equipment), are recorded as lease receivables when the lease is signed and the lease property delivered to the customer. The excess of the minimum lease payments and residual values over the cost of the equipment is recorded as unearned lease income. Unearned lease income is recognized over the term of the lease on a basis that results in an approximate level rate of return on the unrecovered lease investment. Lease income is recognized on the interest method. Residual value is the estimated fair market value of the equipment on lease at lease termination. In estimating the equipment’s fair value at lease termination, the Company relies on historical experience by equipment type and manufacturer and, where available, valuations by independent appraisers, adjusted for known trends. The Company’s estimates are reviewed continuously to ensure reasonableness; however, the amounts the Company will ultimately realize could differ from the estimated amounts. If the review results in a lower estimate than had been previously established, a determination is made as to whether the decline in estimated residual value is other-than-temporary. If the decline in estimated unguaranteed residual value is judged to be other-than-temporary, the accounting for the transaction is revised using the changed estimate. The resulting reduction in the investment is recognized as a loss in the period in which the estimate is changed. An upward adjustment of the estimated residual value is not recorded.


The policies for delinquency and nonaccrual for direct financing leases are materially consistent with those described above for all classes of loan receivables.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

The Company defers and amortizes fees and certain incremental direct costs over the contractual term of the lease as an adjustment to the yield. These initial direct leasing costs generally approximate 4%5.5% of the leased asset’s cost. The unamortized direct costs are recorded as a reduction of unearned lease income.


Troubled debt restructuringsrestructurings: Troubled debt restructuring exists when the Company, for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower’s/lessee’s financial difficulties, grants a concession (either imposed by court order, law, or agreement between the borrower/lessee and the Company) to the borrower/lessee that it would not otherwise consider. The Company is attempting to maximize its recovery of the balances of the loans/leases through these various concessionary restructurings.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

The following criteria, related to granting a concession, together or separately, create a troubled debt restructuring:


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A modification of terms of a debt such as one or a combination of:


-      The reduction of the stated interest rate.

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o

The reduction of the stated interest rate.

o

The extension of the maturity date or dates at a stated interest rate lower than the current market rate for the new debt with similar risk.

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o

The reduction of the face amount or maturity amount of the debt as stated in the instrument or other agreement.

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o

The reduction of accrued interest.


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A transfer from the borrower/lessee to the Company of receivables from third parties, real estate, other assets, or an equity position in the borrower to fully or partially satisfy a loan.


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The issuance or other granting of an equity position to the Company to fully or partially satisfy a debt unless the equity position is granted pursuant to existing terms for converting the debt into an equity position.


Allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases:For all portfolio segments, the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases (“allowance”) is established as losses are estimated to have occurred through a provision for loan/lease losses (“provision”) charged to earnings. Loan/lease losses, for all portfolio segments, are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectability of a loan/lease balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.


For all portfolio segments, the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases is evaluated on a regular basis by management and is based upon management’s periodic review of the collectability of the loans/leases in light of historical experience, the nature and volume of the loan/lease portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrower’s/lessee’s ability to repay, estimated value of any underlying collateral and prevailing economic conditions. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

A discussion of the risk characteristics and the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases by each portfolio segment follows:


Forcommercial and industrial loans, the Company focuses on small and mid-sized businesses with primary operations as wholesalers, manufacturers, building contractors, business services companies, other banks, and retailers. The Company provides a wide range of commercial and industrial loans, including lines of credit for working capital and operational purposes, and term loans for the acquisition of facilities, equipment and other purposes. Approval is generally based on the following factors:


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Ability and stability of current management of the borrower;

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Stable earnings with positive financial trends;

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Sufficient cash flow to support debt repayment;

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Earnings projections based on reasonable assumptions;

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Financial strength of the industry and business; and

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Value and marketability of collateral.


Collateral for commercial and industrial loans generally includes accounts receivable, inventory, equipment and real estate. The Company’s lending policy specifies approved collateral types and corresponding maximum advance percentages. The value of collateral pledged on loans must exceed the loan amount by a margin sufficient to absorb potential erosion of its value in the event of foreclosure and cover the loan amount plus costs incurred to convert it to cash.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

The Company’s lending policy specifies maximum term limits for commercial and industrial loans. For term loans, the maximum term is generally 7 years. Generally, term loans range from 3 to 5 years. For lines of credit, the maximum term is typically 365 days.

In addition, the Company often takes personal guarantees or cosignerscosignors to help assure repayment. Loans may be made on an unsecured basis if warranted by the overall financial condition of the borrower.

Commercial real estate loans are subject to underwriting standards and processes similar to commercial and industrial loans, in addition to those standards and processes specific to real estate loans. Collateral for commercial real estate loans generally includes the underlying real estate and improvements, and may include additional assets of the borrower. The Company’s lending policy specifies maximum loan-to-value limits based on the category of commercial real estate (commercial real estate loans on improved property, raw land, land development, and commercial construction). These limits are the same limits established by regulatory authorities.

The Company’s lending policy also includes guidelines for real estate appraisals, including minimum appraisal standards based on certain transactions. In addition, the Company often takes personal guarantees to help assure repayment.

In addition, management tracks the level of owner-occupied commercial real estate loans versus non-owner occupied loans. Owner-occupied loans are generally considered to have less risk. As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, approximately 35%37% and 29%39%, respectively, of the commercial real estate loan portfolio was owner-occupied.


The Company’s lending policy limits non-owner occupied commercial real estate lending to 300% of total risk-based capital, and limits construction, land development, and other land loans to 100% of total risk-based capital. Exceeding these limits warrants the use of heightened risk management practices in accordance with regulatory guidelines. As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, all three subsidiary banks were in compliance with these limits.


In some instances for all loans/leases, it may be appropriate to originate or purchase loans/leases that are exceptions to the guidelines and limits established within the Company’s lending policy described above and below. In general, exceptions to the lending policy do not significantly deviate from the guidelines and limits established within the Company’s lending policy and, if there are exceptions, they are clearly noted as such and specifically identified in loan/lease approval documents.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Forcommercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans, the allowance for estimated losses on loans consists of specific and general components.


The specific component relates to loans that are classified as impaired, as defined below. For those loans that are classified as impaired, an allowance is established when the discounted cash flows (or collateral value or observable market price) of the impaired loan are lower than the carrying value of that loan.


For commercial and industrial loans and all classes of commercial real estate loans, a loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed. Impairment is measured on a case-by-case basis by either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, the loan’s obtainable market price, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

The general component consists of quantitative and qualitative factors and covers non-impaired loans. The quantitative factors are based on historical charge-off experience and expected loss given default derived from the Company’s internal risk rating process. See below for a detailed description of the Company’s internal risk rating scale. The qualitative factors are determined based on an assessment of internal and/or external influences on credit quality that are not fully reflected in the historical loss or risk rating data.


For commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans, the Company utilizes the following internal risk rating scale:


1. Highest Quality – loans of the highest quality with no credit risk, including those fully secured by subsidiary bank certificates of deposit and U.S. government securities.


2. Superior Quality – loans with very strong credit quality. Borrowers have exceptionally strong earnings, liquidity, capital, cash flow coverage, and management ability. Includes loans secured by high quality marketable securities, certificates of deposit from other institutions, and cash value of life insurance. Also includes loans supported by U.S. government, state, or municipal guarantees.


3. Satisfactory Quality Quality–loans with satisfactory credit quality. Established borrowers with satisfactory financial condition, including credit quality, earnings, liquidity, capital and cash flow coverage. Management is capable and experienced. Collateral coverage and guarantor support, if applicable, are more than adequate. Includes loans secured by personal assets and business assets, including equipment, accounts receivable, inventory, and real estate.


4. Fair Quality Quality–loans with moderate but still acceptable credit quality. The primary repayment source remains adequate; however, management’s ability to maintain consistent profitability is unproven or uncertain. Borrowers exhibit acceptable leverage and liquidity. May include new businesses with inexperienced management or unproven performance records in relation to peer, or borrowers operating in highly cyclical or deteriorating industries.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

5. Early Warning Warning–loans where the borrowers have generally performed as agreed, however unfavorable financial trends exist or are anticipated. Earnings may be erratic, with marginal cash flow or declining sales. Borrowers reflect leveraged financial condition and/or marginal liquidity. Management may be new and a track record of performance has yet to be developed. Financial information may be incomplete, and reliance on secondary repayment sources may be increasing.


6. Special Mention – loans where the borrowers exhibit credit weaknesses or unfavorable financial trends requiring close monitoring. Weaknesses and adverse trends are more pronounced than Early Warning loans, and if left uncorrected, may jeopardize repayment according to the contractual terms. Currently, no loss of principal or interest is expected. Borrowers in this category have deteriorated to the point that it would be difficult to refinance with another lender. Special Mention should be assigned to borrowers in turnaround situations. This rating is intended as a transitional rating, therefore, it is generally not assigned to a borrower for a period of more than one year.


7. Substandard Substandard–loans which are inadequately protected by the current sound worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if applicable. These loans have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses which jeopardize repayment according to the contractual terms. There is distinct loss potential if the weaknesses are not corrected. Includes loans with insufficient cash flow coverage which are collateral dependent, other real estate owned, and repossessed assets.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

8. Doubtful Doubtful–loans which have all the weaknesses inherent in a Substandard loan, with the added characteristic that existing weaknesses make full principal collection, on the basis of current facts, conditions and values, highly doubtful. The possibility of loss is extremely high, but because of pending factors, recognition of a loss is deferred until a more exact status can be determined. All doubtful loans will be placed on non-accrual, with all payments, including principal and interest, applied to principal reduction.


The Company has certain loans risk-rated 7 (substandard), which are not classified as impaired based on the facts of the credit. For these non-impaired and risk-rated 7 loans, the Company does not follow the same allowance methodology as it does for all other non-impaired, collectively evaluated loans. Rather, the Company performs a more detailed analysis including evaluation of the cash flow and collateral valuations. Based upon this evaluation, an estimate of the probable loss in this portfolio is collectively evaluated under ASC 450-20. These non-impaired risk-rated 7 loans exist primarily in the commercial and industrial and commercial real estate segments.

For term commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans or credit relationships with aggregate exposure greater than $1,000,000, a loan review is required within 15 months of the most recent credit review. The review is completed in enough detail to, at a minimum, validate the risk rating. Additionally, the review shall include an analysis of debt service requirements, covenant compliance, if applicable, and collateral adequacy. The frequency of the review is generally accelerated for loans with poor risk ratings.


The Company’s Loan Quality area will perform a documentation review of a sampling of commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans, the primary purpose of which is to ensure the credit is properly documented and closed in accordance with approval authorities and conditions. A review will also be performed by the Company’s Internal Audit Department of a sampling of commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans, according to an approved schedule. Validation of the risk rating is part of Internal Audit’s review. Additionally, over the past several years, the Company has contracted an independent outside third party to review a sampling of commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans. Validation of the risk rating is part of this review as well.


The Company leases machinery and equipment to commercial and industrial customers underdirect financing leases. All lease requests are subject to the credit requirements and criteria as set forth in the lending/leasing policy. In all cases, a formal independent credit analysis of the lessee is performed.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

For direct financing leases,, the allowance for estimated lease losses consists of specific and general components.


The specific component relates to leases that are classified as impaired, as defined for commercial loans above. For those leases that are classified as impaired, an allowance is established when the discounted cash flows (or collateral value or observable market price) of the impaired lease is lower than the carrying value of that lease.


The general component consists of quantitative and qualitative factors and covers nonimpaired leases. The quantitative factors are based on historical charge-off experience for the entire lease portfolio. The qualitative factors are determined based on an assessment of internal and/or external influences on credit quality that are not fully reflected in the historical loss data.


Generally, the Company’sresidential real estate loans conform to the underwriting requirements of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to allow the subsidiary banks to resell loans in the secondary market. The subsidiary banks structure most loans that will not conform to those underwriting requirements as adjustable rate mortgages that mature or adjust in one to five years or fixed rate mortgages that mature in 15 years, and then retain these loans in their portfolios. Servicing rights are not presently retained on the loans sold in the secondary market. The Company’s lending policy establishes minimum appraisal and other credit guidelines.

The Company provides many types ofinstallment and other consumer loans including motor vehicle, home improvement, home equity, signature loans and small personal credit lines. The Company’s lending policy addresses specific credit guidelines by consumer loan type.


Forresidential real estate loans, andinstallment and other consumer loans, these large groups of smaller balance homogenous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. The Company applies a quantitative factor based on historical charge-off experience in total for each of these segments. Accordingly, the Company generally does not separately identify individual residential real estate loans, and/or installment or other consumer loans for impairment disclosures, unless such loans are the subject of a restructuring agreement due to financial difficulties of the borrower.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

During the year ended December 31, 2010, CRBT and RB&T decreased the duration for the historical charge-off experience used in the quantitative factor from five years to three years.  Based on the change (growth, mix, and quality) of the loan portfolios of CRBT and RB&T over the past several years, management determined decreasing the duration allowed for a more accurate assessment of the credit risk within the current portfolios.

Troubled debt restructurings are considered impaired loans/leases and are subject to the same allowance methodology as described above for impaired loans/leases by portfolio segment.


Credit related financial instruments: In the ordinary course of business, the Company has entered into commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Transfers of financial assets: Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales only when control over the assets has been surrendered. Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when: (1) the assets have been isolated from the Company, (2) the transferee obtains the right to pledge or exchange the assets it received, and no condition both constrains the transferee from taking advantage of its right to pledge or exchange and provides more than a modest benefit to the transferor, and (3) the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity or the ability to unilaterally cause the holder to return specific assets. In addition, for transfers of a portion of financial assets (for example, participations of loan receivables), the transfer must meet the definition of a “participating interest” in order to account for the transfer as a sale. Following are the characteristics of a “participating interest”:


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Pro-rata ownership in an entire financial asset.

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From the date of the transfer, all cash flows received from entire financial assets are divided proportionately among the participating interest holders in an amount equal to their share of ownership.

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The rights of each participating interest holder have the same priority, and no participating interest holder’s interest is subordinated to the interest of another participating interest holder. That is, no participating interest holder is entitled to receive cash before any other participating interest holder under its contractual rights as a participating interest holder.

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No party has the right to pledge or exchange the entire financial asset unless all participating interest holders agree to pledge or exchange the entire financial asset.


Bank-owned life insurance: Bank-owned life insurance is carried at cash surrender value with increases/decreases reflected as income/expense in the statement of income.

Premises and equipment: Premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed primarily by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.


Goodwill:  The Company has recorded goodwill from QCBT’s purchase of 80% of m2 in August 2005.  The goodwill is not being amortized, but is evaluated at least annually for impairment.  An impairment charge is recognized when the calculated fair value of the reporting unit, including goodwill, is less than its carrying amount.  Based on the annual analysis completed as of July 31, 2012, the Company determined that the goodwill was not impaired.


Bank-owned life insurance:  Bank-owned life insurance is carried at cash surrender value with increases/decreases reflected as income/expense in the statement of income.

Restricted investment securities: Restricted investment securities represent Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) and Federal Reserve Bank common stock. The stock is carried at cost. These equity securities are “restricted” in that they can only be sold back to the respective institution or another member institution at par. Therefore, they are less liquid than other tradable equity securities. The Company views its investment in restricted stock as a long-term investment. Accordingly, when evaluating for impairment, the value is determined based on the ultimate recovery of the par value, rather than recognizing temporary declines in value. There have been no other-than-temporary write-downs recorded on these securities.
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QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Other real estate owned: Real estate acquired through, or in lieu of, loan foreclosures, is held for sale and initially recorded at fair value less costs to sell, establishing a new cost basis. Subsequent to foreclosure, valuations are periodically performed by management and the assets are carried at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. Subsequent write-downs to fair value are charged to earnings.

Goodwill: The Company recorded goodwill from QCBT’s purchase of 80% of m2 in August 2005. The goodwill is not being amortized, but is evaluated at least annually for impairment. An impairment charge is recognized when the calculated fair value of the reporting unit, including goodwill, is less than its carrying amount. Based on the annual analysis completed as of September 30, 2014, the Company determined that the goodwill was not impaired.

Core deposit intangible: The Company recorded a core deposit intangible from the acquisition of Community National. The core deposit intangible was the portion of the acquisition purchase price which represented the value assigned to the existing deposit base at acquisition. The core deposit intangible has a finite life and is amortized by the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the deposits (10 years).


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Derivatives and hedging activities: The Company enters into derivative financial instruments as part of its strategy to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates.

Derivative instruments represent contracts between parties that result in one party delivering cash to the other party based on a notional amount and an underlying index (such as a rate, security price or price index) as specified in the contract. The amount of cash delivered from one party to the other is determined based on the interaction of the notional amount of the contract with the underlying index.

The derivative financial instruments currently used by the Company to manage its exposure to interest rate risk include: (1) interest rate lock commitments provided to customers to fund certain mortgage loans to be sold into the secondary market (although this type of derivative is negligible); and (2) interest rate caps to manage the interest rate risk of certain short-term fixed rate liabilities.

Interest rate caps are valued by the transaction counterparty on a monthly basis and corroborated by a third party annually. The company uses the hypothetical derivative method to assess and measure effectiveness in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 815, Derivatives and Hedging.

Treasury stock: Treasury stock is accounted for by the cost method, whereby shares of common stock reacquired are recorded at their purchase price. When treasury stock is reissued, any difference between the sales proceeds, or fair value when issued for business combinations, and the cost is recognized as a charge or credit to additional paid-in capital.


Stock-based compensation plans: At December 31, 2012,2014, the Company had fourthree stock-based employee compensation plans, which are described more fully in Note 13.15.

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation with measurement of compensation cost for all stock-based awards at fair value on the grant date and recognition of compensation over the requisite service period for awards expected to vest.


As discussed in Note 13,15, during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010,2012, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options, stock purchase plans, and stock appreciation rights of $849,760, $696,407,$891,619, $792,279, and $488,112,$849,760, respectively. As required, management made an estimate of expected forfeitures and is recognizing compensation costs only for those equity awards expected to vest.


The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock option grants with the following assumptions for the indicated periods:

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 

Dividend yield

  .47%   .44% to .53%   .86% 

Expected volatility

  29.07% to 29.18%   29.50% to 30.56%   29.36% 

Risk-free interest rate

  2.69% to 2.82%   1.71% to 2.90%   1.98% 

Expected life of option grants (years)

  6   6   6 

Weighted-average grant date fair value

 $5.68  $5.14  $2.79 


 201220112010
Dividend yield.86%.88% to 1.00%.89% to .90%
Expected volatility29.36%29.64% to 30.30%26.72% to 26.88%
Risk-free interest rate1.98%1.90% to 3.58%3.86% to 4.21%
Expected life of option grants (years)666
Weighted-average grant date fair value$2.79$2.74$2.89

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

The Company also uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock purchase grants with the following assumptions for the indicated periods:


 201220112010
Dividend yield.61% to .88%.88% to 1.12%.85% to .96%
Expected volatility27.20% to 31.11%51.62% to 53.58%39.56% to 56.43%
Risk-free interest rate.03% to .18%.08% to .23%.13% to .29%
Expected life of purchase grants (months)3 to 63 to 63 to 6
Weighted-average grant date fair value$1.71$1.68$1.81

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 

Dividend yield

  .46% to .47%   .53% to .61%   .61% to .88% 

Expected volatility

  16.96% to 19.35%   23.05% to 24.25%   27.20% to 31.11% 

Risk-free interest rate

  .04% to .12%   .10% to .18%   .03% to .18% 

Expected life of purchase grants (months)

  3 to 6   3 to 6   3 to 6 

Weighted-average grant date fair value

 $2.37  $2.10  $1.71 

The fair value is amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods of the grants and will be adjusted for subsequent changes in estimated forfeitures. The expected dividend yield assumption is based on the Company's current expectations about its anticipated dividend policy. Expected volatility is based on historical volatility of the Company's common stock price. The risk-free interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the option or purchase is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant. The expected life of the option and purchase grants is derived using the “simplified” method and represents the period of time that options and purchases are expected to be outstanding. Historical data is used to estimate forfeitures used in the model. Two separate groups of employees (employees subject to broad based grants, and executive employees and directors) are used.

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QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1.                 Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

As of December 31, 2012,2014, there was $419,100$737,464 of unrecognized compensation cost related to share based payments, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.22.4 years.


The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the quoted price of the Company's common stock for the 305,222583,466 options that were in-the-money at December 31, 2012.2014. The aggregate intrinsic value at December 31, 20122014 was $1,295,785$2,771,424 on options outstanding and $398,168$1,754,995 on options exercisable. During the years ended December 31, 2012, 20112014, 2013 and 2010,2012, the aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised under the Company's stock option plans was $56,371, $47,026,$173,105, $268,920, and $16,639,$56,371, respectively, and determined as of the date of the option exercise.


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Income taxes: The Company files its tax return on a consolidated basis with its subsidiaries. The entities follow the direct reimbursement method of accounting for income taxes under which income taxes or credits which result from the inclusion of the subsidiaries in the consolidated tax return are paid to or received from the parent company.


Deferred income taxes are provided under the liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.


When tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-notmore likely than not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheet along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination.


Interest and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits are classified as additional income taxes in the statements of income.


Trust assets: Trust assets held by the subsidiary banks in a fiduciary, agency, or custodial capacity for their customers, other than cash on deposit at the subsidiary banks, are not included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements since such items are not assets of the subsidiary banks.


Earnings per common share: See Note 1517 for a complete description and calculation of basic and diluted earnings per common share.


Reclassifications: Certain amounts in the prior year financial statements have been reclassified, with no effect on net income, comprehensive income, or stockholders’ equity, to conform with the current period presentation.

 

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QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 1.          Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

(continued)

New accounting pronouncementspronouncements::

In May 2011,January 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-04,Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure.The objective of ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments2014-04 is to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Requirementsreduce diversity by clarifying when an in U.S. GAAP and IFRS.  ASU 2011-04 amended Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, that is, when a creditor should be considered to convergehave received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan such that the fair value measurement guidance in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards. ASU 2011-04 clarified the application of existing fair value measurement requirements, changed certain principles in Topic 820 and required additional fair value disclosures. ASU 2011-04 was effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  See Note 19.

In June 2011, FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) - Presentation of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-05 amended Topic 220, Comprehensive Income, to require that all nonowner changes in stockholders’ equityloan receivable should be presented in either a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. Additionally, ASU 2011-05 required entities to present, on the face of the financial statements, reclassification adjustments for items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income in the statement or statements where the components of net incomederecognized and the components of other comprehensive income are presented. The option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity was eliminated.real estate property recognized. ASU 2011-05 was effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  Additionally, in December 2011, FASB issued ASU 2011-12, Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in ASU No. 2011-05.  ASU 2011-12 deferred the effective date for the changes in ASU 2011-05 that specifically refer to the presentation of the effects of reclassifications adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the components of net income and other comprehensive income on the face of the financial statements for all periods presented.  ASU 2011-12 reinstated the requirements of the presentation of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income that were in place before the issuance of ASU 2011-05.   ASU 2011-12 and 2011-05 were both effective for the Company for the quarter ending March 31, 2012.  See new separate consolidated statements of comprehensive income within the consolidated financial statements.
In December 2011, FASB issued ASU 2011-11, Balance Sheet (Topic 210) - Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.  ASU 2011-11 requires entities to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the balance sheet, and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement.  ASU 2011-112014-04 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013,fiscal years, and interim periods within those annual periods.  Adoptionyears, beginning after December 15, 2014 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2013,May 2014, FASB issued ASU 2013-02, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) – Reporting2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 implements a common revenue standard that clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue. The core principle of Amounts Reclassified out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.  ASU 2013-02 supersedes and replaces the presentation requirements for reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) in ASUs 2011-05 and 2011-12, which were adopted by the Company during the current year.  The amendments require2014-09 is that an entity should recognize revenue to provide information aboutdepict the amounts reclassified outtransfer of AOCI by component.  In addition,promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve that core principle, an entity is required to present, either onshould apply the face offollowing steps: (i) identify the statement where net income is presented orcontract(s) with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of AOCI bycontract, (iii) determine the respective line items of net income iftransaction price, (iv) allocate the amount reclassified is requiredtransaction price to be reclassified in its entiretythe performance obligations in the same reporting period.  For other amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, ancontract and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 is required to cross-reference to other disclosures required.  Adoptioneffective on January 1, 2017 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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In June 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-11,Transfers and Servicing. ASU 2014-11 requires that repurchase-to-maturity transactions be accounted for as secured borrowings, consistent with the accounting for other repurchase agreements. In addition, ASU 2014-11 requires separate accounting for repurchase financings, which entail the transfer of a financial asset executed contemporaneously with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty. The standard requires entities to disclose certain information about transfers accounted for as sales in transactions that are economically similar to repurchase agreements. In addition, ASU 2014-11 requires disclosures related to collateral and remaining tenor and of the potential risks associated with repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and repurchase-to-maturity transactions. ASU 2014-11 is effective on January 1, 2015 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-14,Classification of Certain Government-Guaranteed Mortgage Loans Upon Foreclosure. ASU 2014-14 requires creditors to reclassify loans that are within the scope of the ASU to “other receivables” upon foreclosure, rather than reclassifying them as other real estate owned. The most common types of government guaranteed loans include those guaranteed by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The separate other receivable recorded upon foreclosure is to be measured based on the amount of the loan balance (principal and interest) the creditor expects to recover from the guarantor. ASU 2014-14 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2014 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 2.          Community National Bancorporation and Community National Bank

On May 13, 2013, the Company acquired 100% of Community National’s outstanding common stock for aggregate consideration totaling $19,441,834, which consisted of 834,715 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $13,180,150 and cash of $6,261,684. Community National was a bank holding company providing bank and bank related services through its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, CNB. CNB was a commercial bank headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa serving Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa. As a de novo bank, CNB commenced its operations in 1997. Previously, CNB also served Mason City, Iowa and Austin, Minnesota. On October 4, 2013, the Company sold certain assets and liabilities of the two Mason City branches of CNB. And, on October 11, 2013, the Company sold certain assets and liabilities of the two Austin branches of CNB. The Company operated CNB as a separate banking charter from the date of acquisition until October 26, 2013, when CNB’s charter was merged with and into CRBT. CNB’s merged branch offices now operate as a division of CRBT under the name “Community Bank & Trust.”

The Company accounted for the business combination under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, “Business Combinations” (“ASC 805”). The Company recognized the full fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, net of applicable income tax effects. The excess of fair value of net assets over the carrying value is recorded as bargain purchase gain which is included in noninterest income on the statement of income. The market value adjustments are accreted or amortized on a level yield basis over the expected term. Additionally, the Company recorded a core deposit intangible totaling $3,440,076, which was the portion of the acquisition purchase price that represented the value assigned to the existing deposit base at acquisition. The core deposit intangible has a finite life and is amortized by the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the deposits (10 years). Following is a rollforward of the core deposit intangible for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Balance, beginning

 $1,870,433  $- 

Core deposit intangible from Community National Acquistion

  -   3,440,076 

Amortization expense

  (199,512)  (178,881)

Core deposit intangible sold in branch sales

  -   (1,390,762)

Balance, ending

 $1,670,921  $1,870,433 

The Company expects annual amortization expense of $199,512 for each of the five succeeding years and $673,361 combined in years thereafter.

 


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 2.          InvestmentCommunity National Bancorporation and Community National Bank (continued)

The following table presents the gross carrying amount, accumulated amortization, and net carrying amount of the core deposit intangible as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Gross carrying amount

 $1,995,127  $1,995,127 

Accumulated amortization

  (324,206)  (124,694)

Net carrying amount

 $1,670,921  $1,870,433 

The Company’s acquired loans were recorded at fair value at the acquisition date and no separate valuation allowance was established. The initial fair value was determined with the assistance of a valuation specialist that discounted expected cash flows at appropriate rates. The discount rates were based on market rates for new originations of comparable loans and did not include a factor for credit losses, as that was included in the estimated cash flows. ASC Topic 310-30, “Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality”, applies to loans acquired in a transfer with evidence of deterioration of credit quality for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable. If both conditions exist, the Company determines whether to account for each loan individually or whether such loans will be assembled into pools based on common risk characteristics such as credit score, loan type, and origination date. Based on this evaluation, the Company determined that the loans acquired from the Community National acquisition subject to ASC Topic 310-30 would be accounted for individually. At the acquisition date, the historical cost and fair value of these loans totaled $3,033,022 and $2,207,891, respectively.

The Company considered expected prepayments and estimated the total expected cash flows, which includes undiscounted expected principal and interest. The excess of that amount over the fair value of the loan is referred to as accretable yield. Accretable yield is recognized as interest income on a constant yield basis over the expected life of the loan. The excess of the contractual cash flows over expected cash flows is referred to as nonaccretable difference and is not accreted into income. Over the life of the loan, the Company continues to estimate expected cash flows. Subsequent decreases in expected cash flows are recognized as impairments in the current period through a provision for loan losses. Subsequent increases in cash flows to be collected are first used to reverse any existing valuation allowance and any remaining increase is recognized prospectively through an adjustment of the loan’s yield over its remaining life. At the acquisition date, accretable yield totaled $4,128,315 and nonaccretable yield totaled $397,894. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, accretable yield totaled $1,215,398 and $2,068,332 and nonaccretable yield totaled $98,615 and $233,933, respectively. The decline in accretable yield was primarily the result of accelerated accretion of accretable yield for the acquired performing loans sold in the branch sales, early payoffs of acquired performing loans and the predetermined schedule of accretable yield.

The Company assumed junior subordinated debentures with principal outstanding of $6,702,000 and fair value of $4,125,175 after a discount of $2,576,825. The initial fair value was determined with the assistance of a valuation specialist that discounted expected cash flows at appropriate rates. The discount is accreted as interest expense on a level yield basis over the expected remaining term of the junior subordinated debentures.

Results of the operations of the acquired business are included in the income statement from the effective date of the acquisition.


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 2.          Community National Bancorporation and Community National Bank (continued)

The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including the consideration paid and resulting bargain purchase gain, is as follows:

   

As of

  
   

May 13, 2013

  
 

ASSETS

     
 

Cash and due from banks

 $9,286,757  
 

Federal funds sold

  12,335,000  
 

Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions

  2,024,539  
 

Securities available for sale

  45,853,826  
 

Loans/leases receivable, net

  195,658,486  
 

Premises and equipment

  8,132,021  
 

Core deposit intangible

  3,440,076  
 

Bank-owned life insurance

  4,595,529  
 

Restricted investment securities

  1,259,375  
 

Other real estate owned

  550,326  
 

Other assets

  5,178,583  
 

Total assets acquired

 $288,314,518  
       
 

LIABILITIES

     
 

Deposits

 $255,045,071  
 

Other borrowings

  3,950,000  
 

Junior subordinated debentures

  4,125,175  
 

Other liabilities

  3,911,053  
 

Total liabilties assumed

 $267,031,299  
       
 

Net assets acquired

 $21,283,219  
       
 

CONSIDERATION PAID:

     
 

Cash

 $6,261,684  
 

Issuance of 834,715 shares of common stock

  13,180,150  
 

Total consideration paid

 $19,441,834  
       
 

Bargain purchase gain

 $1,841,385  

In order to fund the cash portion of the consideration and pay off the $3,950,000 of Community National borrowings at acquisition, the Company borrowed $4,400,000 on its 364-day revolving credit note. The outstanding balance on the 364-day revolving credit note totaled $10,000,000 until maturity at June 26, 2013. Upon maturity, the credit facility was restructured whereby the $10,000,000 of outstanding debt was restructured into a secured 3-year term note with principal due quarterly and interest due monthly where the interest is calculated at the effective LIBOR rate plus 3.00% per annum (3.17% at December 31, 2013). Additionally, as part of the restructuring, the Company maintained a secured 364-day revolving credit note with availability of $10,000,000 where the interest is calculated at the effective LIBOR rate plus 2.50% per annum. At December 31, 2013, the Company had not borrowed on this revolving credit note and had the full amount available. See Note 10 regarding 2014 activity in this debt.

The current note agreement contains certain covenants that place restrictions on additional debt and stipulate minimum capital and various asset quality and operating ratios.


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 2.          Community National Bancorporation and Community National Bank (continued)

The Company recorded a bargain purchase gain on the acquisition totaling $1,841,385 as the market value of the net assets acquired from Community National exceeded the total consideration paid. The consideration paid approximated a slight premium to the book value of Community National’s net assets at acquisition. The net impact of the market value adjustments resulted in a net increase to Community National’s net assets. The more significant market value adjustments were the core deposit intangible ($3,440,076) and the discount on the trust preferred securities ($2,576,825), as previously discussed.

The Company incurred costs related to the acquisition of Community National totaling $2,353,162. These costs consisted of professional fees (legal, investment banking, and accounting) for the acquisition of Community National and the subsequent branch sales, as well as data conversion costs (including both the de-conversion of the sold branches and the conversion of the remaining branches), and compensation costs for severed and retained employees.

Unaudited pro forma combined operating results for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, giving effect to the Community National acquisition as if it had occurred as of January 1, 2012, are as follows:

  

Years ended

 
  

December 31,

 
  

2013

  

2012

 
         

Interest income

 $83,008,255  $87,514,410 

Noninterest income

 $22,042,194  $19,792,383 

Net income

 $11,320,890  $14,077,018 

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders

 $8,152,588  $10,092,460 
         

Earnings per common share attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders

        

Basic

 $1.47  $1.82 

Diluted

 $1.44  $1.79 

The pro forma results exclude the impact of the bargain purchase gain of $1,841,385 and the impact of the gains on sales of certain CNB branches of $2,334,216. Additionally, the pro forma results do not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have resulted had the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2012 or of future results of operations of the consolidated entities.


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 2.          Community National Bancorporation and Community National Bank (continued)

On October 4, 2013, the Company finalized the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the two Mason City, Iowa branches of CNB. The detail of the assets and liabilities sold, and resulting gain on sale, is as follows:

   

As of

  
 

ASSETS

 

October 4, 2013

  
 

Cash

 $29,905,991  
 

Loans receivable

  22,709,735  
 

Premises and equipment

  776,782  
 

Core deposit intangible

  910,415  
 

Other assets

  68,456  
 

Total assets sold

 $54,371,379  
       
 

LIABILITIES

     
 

Deposits

 $55,191,930  
 

Other liabilities

  53,421  
 

Total liabilties sold

 $55,245,351  
       
 

Gain on sale, pre-tax

 $873,972  

On October 11, 2013, the Company finalized the sale of certain assets and liabilities of the two Austin, Minnesota branches of CNB. The detail of the assets and liabilities sold, and resulting gain on sale, is as follows:

   

As of

  
 

ASSETS

 

October 11, 2013

  
 

Cash

 $519,627  
 

Loans receivable

  31,749,135  
 

Premises and equipment

  1,597,040  
 

Core deposit intangible

  480,347  
 

Other assets

  70,443  
 

Total assets sold

 $34,416,592  
       
 

LIABILITIES

     
 

Deposits

 $35,830,168  
 

Other liabilities

  46,668  
 

Total liabilties sold

 $35,876,836  
       
 

Gain on sale, pre-tax

 $1,460,244  


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 3.          Investment Securities

The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 are summarized as follows:

  
Amortized
Cost
  
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
  
Gross
Unrealized
(Losses)
  
Fair
Value
 
December 31, 2012:            
Securities held to maturity:            
Municipal securities $71,429,385  $997,969  $(71,648) $72,355,706 
Other securities  650,000   -   -   650,000 
  $72,079,385  $997,969  $(71,648) $73,005,706 
                 
Securities available for sale:                
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities $336,570,995  $2,198,655  $(160,279) $338,609,371 
Residential mortgage-backed and related securities  160,035,196   3,736,821   (170,914)  163,601,103 
Municipal securities  24,508,015   1,696,555   (18,834)  26,185,736 
Trust preferred securities  86,200   53,200   -   139,400 
Other securities  1,347,113   300,732   (23,469)  1,624,376 
  $522,547,519  $7,985,963  $(373,496) $530,159,986 
                 
December 31, 2011:                
Securities held to maturity:                
Other securities $200,000  $-  $-  $200,000 
                 
Securities available for sale:                
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities $426,581,913  $2,428,994  $(55,687) $428,955,220 
Residential mortgage-backed and related securities  105,373,614   3,488,350   (8,215)  108,853,749 
Municipal securities  23,937,118   1,752,246   -   25,689,364 
Trust preferred securities  86,200   -   (5,400)  80,800 
Other securities  1,354,940   140,022   (44,804)  1,450,158 
  $557,333,785  $7,809,612  $(114,106) $565,029,291 

      

Gross

  

Gross

     
  

Amortized

  

Unrealized

  

Unrealized

  

Fair

 
  

Cost

  

Gains

  

(Losses)

  

Value

 

December 31, 2014:

                

Securities held to maturity:

                

Municipal securities

 $198,829,574  $2,420,298  $(1,186,076) $200,063,796 

Other securities

  1,050,000   -   -   1,050,000 
  $199,879,574  $2,420,298  $(1,186,076) $201,113,796 
                 

Securities available for sale:

                

U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities

 $312,959,760  $173,685  $(5,263,873) $307,869,572 

Residential mortgage-backed and related securities

  110,455,925   1,508,331   (541,032)  111,423,224 

Municipal securities

  29,408,740   1,053,713   (62,472)  30,399,981 

Other securities

  1,342,554   625,145   (846)  1,966,853 
  $454,166,979  $3,360,874  $(5,868,223) $451,659,630 
                 

December 31, 2013:

                

Securities held to maturity:

                

Municipal securities

 $144,401,895  $299,789  $(7,111,579) $137,590,105 

Other securities

  1,050,000   -   -   1,050,000 
  $145,451,895  $299,789  $(7,111,579) $138,640,105 
                 

Securities available for sale:

                

U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities

 $376,574,132  $41,696  $(20,142,841) $356,472,987 

Residential mortgage-backed and related securities

  160,110,199   1,153,409   (3,834,157)  157,429,451 

Municipal securities

  35,813,866   923,315   (778,324)  35,958,857 

Other securities

  1,372,365   524,798   -   1,897,163 
  $573,870,562  $2,643,218  $(24,755,322) $551,758,458 

The Company’s held-to-maturity municipal securities consist largely of private issues of municipal debt. The municipalities are located within the Midwest with a large portion located in or adjacent to the communities of QCBT and CRBT. The municipal debt investments are underwritten using specific guidelines with ongoing monitoring.


The Company’s residential mortgage-backed and related securities portfolio consists entirely of government sponsored or government guaranteed securities. The Company has not invested in commercial mortgage-backed securities or pooled trust preferred securities.

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(continued)

Gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, are summarized as follows:

  Less than 12 Months  12 Months or More  Total 
  
Fair
Value
  
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
  
Fair
Value
  
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
  
Fair
Value
  
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
December 31, 2012:                  
Securities held to maturity:                  
Municipal securities $4,282,352  $(71,648) $-  $-  $4,282,352  $(71,648)
                         
Securities available for sale:                        
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities $55,621,718  $(160,279) $-  $-  $55,621,718  $(160,279)
Residential mortgage-backed and related securities  29,324,928   (170,914)  -   -   29,324,928   (170,914)
Municipal securities  1,039,625   (18,834)  -   -   1,039,625   (18,834)
Other securities  -   -   217,500   (23,469)  217,500   (23,469)
  $85,986,271  $(350,027) $217,500  $(23,469) $86,203,771  $(373,496)
                         
December 31, 2011:                        
Securities available for sale:                        
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities $59,979,620  $(55,687) $-  $-  $59,979,620  $(55,687)
Residential mortgage-backed and related securities  4,906,398   (8,215)  -   -   4,906,398   (8,215)
Trust preferred securities  -   -   80,800   (5,400)  80,800   (5,400)
Other securities  251,957   (44,332)  2,778   (472)  254,735   (44,804)
  $65,137,975  $(108,234) $83,578  $(5,872) $65,221,553  $(114,106)


  

Less than 12 Months

  

12 Months or More

  

Total

 
      

Gross

      

Gross

      

Gross

 
  

Fair

  

Unrealized

  

Fair

  

Unrealized

  

Fair

  

Unrealized

 
  

Value

  

Losses

  

Value

  

Losses

  

Value

  

Losses

 

December 31, 2014:

                        

Securities held to maturity:

                        

Municipal securities

 $20,419,052  $(587,992) $38,779,545  $(598,084) $59,198,597  $(1,186,076)
                         

Securities available for sale:

                        

U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities

 $23,970,085  $(102,695) $255,743,056  $(5,161,178) $279,713,141  $(5,263,873)

Residential mortgage-backed and related securities

  10,710,671   (10,139)  37,570,774   (530,893)  48,281,445   (541,032)

Municipal securities

  920,935   (1,773)  4,425,337   (60,699)  5,346,272   (62,472)

Other securities

  243,004   (846)  -   -   243,004   (846)
  $35,844,695  $(115,453) $297,739,167  $(5,752,770) $333,583,862  $(5,868,223)
                         

December 31, 2013:

                        

Securities held to maturity:

                        

Municipal securities

 $101,983,602  $(6,711,240) $2,697,375  $(400,339) $104,680,977  $(7,111,579)
                         

Securities available for sale:

                        

U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities

 $333,194,820  $(19,141,077) $10,978,390  $(1,001,764) $344,173,210  $(20,142,841)

Residential mortgage-backed and related securities

  94,723,092   (2,947,770)  14,117,719   (886,387)  108,840,811   (3,834,157)

Municipal securities

  13,890,692   (724,939)  985,687   (53,385)  14,876,379   (778,324)
  $441,808,604  $(22,813,786) $26,081,796  $(1,941,536) $467,890,400  $(24,755,322)

At December 31, 2012,2014, the investment portfolio included 378495 securities. Of this number, 50212 securities hadwere in an unrealized loss position. The aggregate losses with aggregate depreciation of less thanthese securities totaled approximately 1% fromof the total aggregate amortized cost basis.cost. Of these 50, one212 securities, 164 securities had an unrealized loss for 12 months or more. All of the debt securities in unrealized loss positions are considered acceptable credit risks. Based upon an evaluation of the available evidence, including the recent changes in market rates, credit rating information and information obtained from regulatory filings, management believes the declines in fair value for these debt securities are temporary. In addition, the Company does not intend to sell these securities and/or it is not more-likely-than-not that the Company will be required to sell these debt securities before their anticipated recovery. At December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, the Company’s equity securities represent less than 1% of the total portfolio.


For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the

The Company did not recognize other-than-temporary impairment on any debt securities.


Forsecurities for the yearyears ended December 31, 2010, the Company’s evaluation determined the decline in fair value for one individual issue trust preferred security was other-than-temporary.  As a result, the Company wrote down the value of this security and recognized a loss in the amount of $113,800.  2014, 2013 or 2012.

The Company doesdid not haverecognize other-than-temporary impairment on any other investments in trust preferred securities.


equity securities for the years ended December 31, 2014 or 2013.

For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company’s evaluation determined that one privately held equity security experienced a decline in fair value that was other-than-temporary. As a result, the Company wrote down the value of this security and recognized a loss in the amount of $62,400.


For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company’s evaluation determined that two privately held equity securities experienced declines in fair value that were other-than-temporary.  As a result, the Company wrote down the value of these securities and recognized losses in the amount of $118,847.

The Company did not recognize other-than-temporary impairment on any equity securities for the year ended December 31, 2010.
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Note 2.3.          Investment Securities (Continued)


(continued)

All sales of securities, as applicable, for the years ended December 31, 2012, 20112014, 2013 and 2010,2012, respectively, were from securities identified as available for sale. Information on proceeds received, as well as the gains and losses from the sale of those securities is as follows:

  2012  2011  2010 
          
Proceeds from sales of securities $19,215,075  $54,326,191  $- 
Gross gains from sales of securities  104,600   1,472,528   - 

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Proceeds from sales of securities

 $78,476,422  $37,393,047  $19,215,075 

Gross gains from sales of securities

  517,116   523,071   104,600 

Gross losses from sales of securities

  (424,753)  (90,579)  - 

The amortized cost and fair value of securities as of December 31, 2012,2014, by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities of mortgage-backed and related securities may differ from contractual maturities because the mortgages underlying the securities may be called or prepaid without any penalties. Therefore, these securities are not included in the maturity categories in the following summary. Other securities“Other securities” available for sale are excluded from the maturity categories as there is no fixed maturity date.

  Amortized Cost  Fair Value 
Securities held to maturity:      
Due in one year or less $853,965  $858,014 
Due after one year through five years  9,801,254   9,813,395 
Due after five years  61,424,166   62,334,297 
  $72,079,385  $73,005,706 
         
Securities available for sale:        
Due in one year or less $995,005  $995,917 
Due after one year through five years  33,202,789   33,663,178 
Due after five years  326,967,416   330,275,412 
  $361,165,210  $364,934,507 
Residential mortgage-backed and related securities  160,035,196   163,601,103 
Other securities  1,347,113   1,624,376 
  $522,547,519  $530,159,986 
date for those securities.

  

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

 

Securities held to maturity:

        

Due in one year or less

 $13,233,202  $13,236,032 

Due after one year through five years

  18,369,970   18,455,551 

Due after five years

  168,276,402   169,422,213 
  $199,879,574  $201,113,796 
         

Securities available for sale:

        

Due in one year or less

 $1,465,251  $1,472,292 

Due after one year through five years

  92,324,465   91,274,581 

Due after five years

  248,578,784   245,522,680 
  $342,368,500  $338,269,553 

Residential mortgage-backed and related securities

  110,455,925   111,423,224 

Other securities

  1,342,554   1,966,853 
  $454,166,979  $451,659,630 


Portions of the U.S. government sponsored agencies and municipal securities contain call options, at the discretion of the issuer, to terminate the security at predetermined dates prior to the stated maturity, summarized as follows:

  Amortized Cost  Fair Value 
         
Municipal securities, held to maturity $46,672,253  $47,157,578 
         
         
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities  304,670,224   306,253,738 
Municipal securities, available for sale  13,498,939   14,381,300 
  $318,169,163  $320,635,038 

  

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

 

Securities held to maturity:

        

Municipal securities

 $110,251,899  $111,121,516 
         

Securities available for sale:

        

U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities

  232,619,254   228,580,781 

Municipal securities

  17,823,260   18,324,081 
  $250,442,514  $246,904,862 


As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, investment securities with a carrying value of $384,194,020$402,507,865 and $412,820,519,$497,286,275, respectively, were pledged on Federal Home Loan Bank advances, customer and wholesale repurchase agreements, and for other purposes as required or permitted by law.
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Note 3.          Investment Securities (continued)

As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s municipal securities portfolios were comprised of general obligation bonds issued by 77 issuers with fair values totaling $68.8 million and revenue bonds issued by 64 issuers, primarily consisting of states, counties, towns, villages and school districts with fair values totaling $161.7 million. The Company held investments in general obligation bonds in 19 states, including three states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million. The Company held investments in revenue bonds in eight states, including four states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million.

As of December 31, 2013, the Company’s municipal securities portfolios were comprised of general obligation bonds issued by 84 issuers with fair values totaling $54.2 million and revenue bonds issued by 52 issuers, primarily consisting of states, counties, towns, villages and school districts with fair values totaling $119.3 million. The Company held investments in general obligation bonds in 20 states, including two states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million. The Company held investments in revenue bonds in eight states, including four states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million.

The amortized cost and fair values of the Company’s portfolio of general obligation bonds are summarized in the following tables by the issuer’s state:

December 31, 2014:

                

U.S. State:

 

Number of Issuers

  

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

  

Average

Exposure Per

Issuer

(Fair Value)

 
                 

Iowa

  14  $20,156,969  $20,446,655  $1,460,475 

Missouri

  11   8,424,928   8,426,047   766,004 

Illinois

  10   22,447,799   22,784,638   2,278,464 

Other

  42   16,838,719   17,110,831   407,401 

Total general obligation bonds

  77  $67,868,415  $68,768,171  $893,093 

December 31, 2013:

                

U.S. State:

 

Number of Issuers

  

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

  

Average

Exposure Per

Issuer

(Fair Value)

 
                 

Iowa

  16  $17,946,059  $17,444,045  $1,090,253 

Illinois

  12   15,063,325   15,264,718   1,272,060 

Other

  56   22,166,026   21,512,582   384,153 

Total general obligation bonds

  84  $55,175,410  $54,221,345  $645,492 

 


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Note 3.          Investment Securities (continued)

The amortized cost and fair values of the Company’s portfolio of revenue bonds are summarized in the following tables by the issuer’s state:

December 31, 2014:

                

U.S. State:

 

Number of Issuers

  

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

  

Average

Exposure Per

Issuer

(Fair Value)

 
                 

Missouri

  30  $62,358,276  $62,584,516  $2,086,151 

Iowa

  20   59,417,246   60,402,941   3,020,147 

Indiana

  8   17,991,200   17,925,721   2,240,715 

Kansas

  2   12,307,866   12,332,528   6,166,264 

Other

  4   8,295,311   8,449,900   2,112,475 

Total revenue bonds

  64  $160,369,899  $161,695,606  $2,526,494 

December 31, 2013:

                

U.S. State:

 

Number of Issuers

  

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

  

Average

Exposure

Per Issuer

(Fair Value)

 
                 

Iowa

  17  $47,903,572  $46,257,997  $2,721,059 

Missouri

  21   42,085,249   40,054,613   1,907,363 

Indiana

  7   15,020,000   14,324,717   2,046,388 

Kansas

  2   11,022,382   9,997,068   4,998,534 

Other

  5   9,009,148   8,693,222   1,738,644 

Total revenue bonds

  52  $125,040,351  $119,327,617  $2,294,762 

Both general obligation and revenue bonds are diversified across many issuers. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company did not hold general obligation or revenue bonds of any single issuer, the aggregate book or market value of which exceeded 10% of the Company’s stockholders’ equity. Of the general obligation and revenue bonds in the Company’s portfolio, the majority are unrated bonds that represent small, private issuances. All unrated bonds were underwritten according to loan underwriting standards and have an average risk rating of 2, indicating very high quality. Additionally, many of these bonds are funding essential municipal services (water, sewer, education, medical facilities).

The Company’s municipal securities are owned by each of the three charters, whose investment policies set forth limits for various subcategories within the municipal securities portfolio. Each charter is monitored individually and as of December 31, 2014, all were well-within policy limitations approved by the board of directors. Policy limits are calculated as a percentage of total risk-based capital.

As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s standard monitoring of its municipal securities portfolio had not uncovered any facts or circumstances resulting in significantly different credits ratings than those assigned by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or in the case of unrated bonds, the rating assigned using the credit underwriting standards.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 4.          Loans/Leases Receivable


The composition of the loan/lease portfolio as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 is presented as follows:

  2012  2011 
       
Commercial and industrial loans $394,244,252  $350,794,278 
Commercial real estate loans        
Owner-occupied commercial real estate  204,911,308   167,790,621 
Commercial construction, land development, and other land  44,962,381   60,384,738 
Other non owner-occupied commercial real estate  344,105,550   349,628,491 
   593,979,239   577,803,850 
         
Direct financing leases *  103,685,656   93,212,362 
Residential real estate loans **  115,581,573   98,107,051 
Installment and other consumer loans  76,720,514   78,223,080 
   1,284,211,234   1,198,140,621 
Plus deferred loan/lease orgination costs, net of fees  3,176,405   2,604,876 
   1,287,387,639   1,200,745,497 
Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases  (19,925,204)  (18,789,262)
  $1,267,462,435  $1,181,956,235 
         
         
* Direct financing leases:        
Net minimum lease payments to be received $117,719,380  $106,389,988 
Estimated unguaranteed residual values of leased assets  1,095,848   1,043,326 
Unearned lease/residual income  (15,129,572)  (14,220,952)
   103,685,656   93,212,362 
Plus deferred lease origination costs, net of fees  3,907,140   3,217,011 
   107,592,796   96,429,373 
Less allowance for estimated losses on leases  (1,990,395)  (1,339,496)
  $105,602,401  $95,089,877 

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Commercial and industrial loans

 $523,927,140  $431,688,129 

Commercial real estate loans

        

Owner-occupied commercial real estate

  260,069,080   261,215,912 

Commercial construction, land development, and other land

  68,118,989   57,844,902 

Other non owner-occupied commercial real estate

  373,952,353   352,692,115 
   702,140,422   671,752,929 
         

Direct financing leases *

  166,032,416   128,901,442 

Residential real estate loans **

  158,632,492   147,356,323 

Installment and other consumer loans

  72,606,480   76,033,810 
   1,623,338,950   1,455,732,633 

Plus deferred loan/lease orgination costs, net of fees

  6,664,120   4,546,925 
   1,630,003,070   1,460,279,558 

Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases

  (23,074,365)  (21,448,048)
  $1,606,928,705  $1,438,831,510 
         
         

* Direct financing leases:

        

Net minimum lease payments to be received

 $188,181,432  $145,662,254 

Estimated unguaranteed residual values of leased assets

  1,488,342   1,694,499 

Unearned lease/residual income

  (23,637,358)  (18,455,311)
   166,032,416   128,901,442 

Plus deferred lease origination costs, net of fees

  6,639,244   4,814,183 
   172,671,660   133,715,625 

Less allowance for estimated losses on leases

  (3,442,915)  (2,517,217)
  $169,228,745  $131,198,408 

Management performs an evaluation of the estimated unguaranteed residual values of leased assets on an annual basis, at a minimum. The evaluation consists of discussions with reputable and current vendors and management’s expertise and understanding of the current states of particular industries to determine informal valuations of the equipment. As necessary and where available, management will utilize valuations by independent appraisers. The large majority of leases with residual values contain a lease options rider which requires the lessee to pay the residual value directly, finance the payment of the residual value, or extend the lease term to pay the residual value. In these cases, the residual value is protected and the risk of loss is minimal.


There were no losses related to residual values during the years ended December 31, 20122014, 2013, and 2011.  For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company recognized losses totaling $617,000 in residual values for two direct financing equipment leases.2012. At December 31, 2012,2014, the Company had 3427 leases remaining with residual values totaling $1,095,848$1,488,342 that were not protected with a lease end options rider. At December 31, 2011,2013, the Company had 3933 leases remaining with residual values totaling $1,043,326$1,694,499 that were not protected with a lease end options rider. Management has performed specific evaluations of these residual values and determined that the valuations are appropriate.


**Includes residential real estate loans held for sale totaling $4,577,233$553,000 and $3,832,760$1,358,290 as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively.

 

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Note 3.4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)


(continued)

The aging of the loan/lease portfolio by classes of loans/leases as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 is presented as follows:


  2012 
Classes of Loans/Leases Current  
30-59 Days
Past Due
  
60-89 Days
Past Due
  
Accruing Past
Due 90 Days or
More
  Nonaccrual Loans/Leases  Total 
                   
Commercial and Industrial $388,825,307  $3,724,506  $9,940  $120,000  $1,564,499  $394,244,252 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  204,141,070   142,993   -   -   627,245   204,911,308 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  42,180,819   -   -   -   2,781,562   44,962,381 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  332,644,532   86,986   1,111,856   -   10,262,176   344,105,550 
Direct Financing Leases  101,635,084   877,210   174,560   -   998,802   103,685,656 
Residential Real Estate  111,993,859   2,254,730   283,466   -   1,049,518   115,581,573 
Installment and Other Consumer  75,711,203   301,025   20,112   39,481   648,693   76,720,514 
  $1,257,131,874  $7,387,450  $1,599,934  $159,481  $17,932,495  $1,284,211,234 
                         
As a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio  97.89%  0.58%  0.12%  0.01%  1.40%  100.00%
  2011 
Classes of Loans/Leases Current  
30-59 Days
 Past Due
  
60-89 Days
 Past Due
  
Accruing Past
Due 90 Days or
More
  Nonaccrual Loans/Leases  Total 
                   
Commercial and Industrial $347,417,683  $226,394  $239,991  $120,000  $2,790,210  $350,794,278 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  166,632,318   146,847   -   -   1,011,456   167,790,621 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  55,741,827   211,878   486,802   968,919   2,975,312   60,384,738 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  336,080,128   522,323   3,732,935   -   9,293,105   349,628,491 
Direct Financing Leases  91,273,406   826,187   396,344   -   716,425   93,212,362 
Residential Real Estate  95,456,433   1,127,465   389,678   -   1,133,475   98,107,051 
Installment and Other Consumer  76,376,399   737,543   12,122   22,160   1,074,856   78,223,080 
  $1,168,978,194  $3,798,637  $5,257,872  $1,111,079  $18,994,839  $1,198,140,621 
                         
As a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio  97.57%  0.32%  0.44%  0.09%  1.59%  100.00%

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2014

 

Classes of Loans/Leases

 

Current

  

30-59 Days

Past Due

  

60-89 Days

Past Due

  

Accruing Past

Due 90 Days or

More

  

Nonaccrual

Loans/Leases

  

Total

 
                         

Commercial and Industrial

 $515,616,752  $323,145  $-  $822  $7,986,421  $523,927,140 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  259,166,743   239,771   -   -   662,566   260,069,080 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  67,021,157   729,983   111,837   -   256,012   68,118,989 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  360,970,551   3,448,902   2,840,862   60,000   6,632,038   373,952,353 

Direct Financing Leases

  164,059,914   573,575   293,212   -   1,105,715   166,032,416 

Residential Real Estate

  154,303,644   2,528,287   475,343   25,673   1,299,545   158,632,492 

Installment and Other Consumer

  71,534,329   172,872   246,882   6,916   645,481   72,606,480 
  $1,592,673,090  $8,016,535  $3,968,136  $93,411  $18,587,778  $1,623,338,950 
                         

As a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio

  98.11%  0.49%  0.24%  0.01%  1.15%  100.00%

  

2013

 

Classes of Loans/Leases

 

Current

  

30-59 Days

Past Due

  

60-89 Days

Past Due

  

Accruing Past

Due 90 Days or

More

  

Nonaccrual

Loans/Leases

  

Total

 
                         

Commercial and Industrial

 $429,557,699  $199,949  $185,500  $-  $1,744,981  $431,688,129 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  258,557,660   465,418   993,163   60,286   1,139,385   261,215,912 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  56,301,186   358,626   -   -   1,185,090   57,844,902 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  341,743,730   476,877   151,017   -   10,320,491   352,692,115 

Direct Financing Leases

  126,878,515   714,464   414,005   -   894,458   128,901,442 

Residential Real Estate

  142,353,936   3,088,516   275,262   20,126   1,618,483   147,356,323 

Installment and Other Consumer

  74,811,489   127,082   116,468   3,762   975,009   76,033,810 
  $1,430,204,215  $5,430,932  $2,135,415  $84,174  $17,877,897  $1,455,732,633 
                         

As a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio

  98.25%  0.37%  0.15%  0.01%  1.23%  100.00%

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 3.4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)


(continued)

Nonperforming loans/leases by classes of loans/leases as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 is presented as follows:

  2012 
Classes of Loans/Leases Accruing Past Due 90 Days or More  Nonaccrual Loans/Leases *  Troubled Debt Restructurings - Accruing  Total Nonperforming Loans/Leases  Percentage of Total Nonperforming Loans/Leases 
                
Commercial and Industrial $120,000  $1,564,499  $184,084  $1,868,583   7.36%
Commercial Real Estate                    
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  -   627,245   -   627,245   2.47%
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  -   2,781,562   1,016,023   3,797,585   14.96%
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  -   10,262,176   5,820,765   16,082,941   63.34%
Direct Financing Leases  -   998,802   -   998,802   3.93%
Residential Real Estate  -   1,049,518   167,739   1,217,257   4.79%
Installment and Other Consumer  39,481   648,693   110,982   799,156   3.15%
  $159,481  $17,932,495  $7,299,593  $25,391,569   100.00%

  

2014

 

Classes of Loans/Leases

 

Accruing Past

Due 90 Days or

More

  

Nonaccrual

Loans/Leases *

  

Troubled Debt

Restructurings -

Accruing

  

Total

Nonperforming

Loans/Leases

  

Percentage of

Total

Nonperforming

Loans/Leases

 
                     

Commercial and Industrial

 $822  $7,986,421  $235,926  $8,223,169   40.91%

Commercial Real Estate

                    

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  -   662,566   -   662,566   3.30%

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  -   256,012   -   256,012   1.27%

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  60,000   6,632,038   -   6,692,038   33.29%

Direct Financing Leases

  -   1,105,715   233,557   1,339,272   6.66%

Residential Real Estate

  25,673   1,299,545   489,183   1,814,401   9.02%

Installment and Other Consumer

  6,916   645,481   462,552   1,114,949   5.55%
  $93,411  $18,587,778  $1,421,218  $20,102,407   100.00%


*At December 31, 2012,2014, nonaccrual loans/leases included $5,658,781$5,013,041 of troubled debt restructurings, including $99,804$1,227,537 in commercial and industrial loans, $5,173,589$3,214,468 in commercial real estate loans, $64,722$61,144 in direct financing leases, $506,283 in residential real estate loans, and $320,666$3,609 in installment loans.

  2011 
Classes of Loans/Leases 
Accruing Past Due 90 Days or
More
  Nonaccrual Loans/Leases *  Troubled Debt Restructurings - Accruing  Total Nonperforming Loans/Leases  
Percentage of
 Total
Nonperforming Loans/Leases
 
                     
Commercial and Industrial $120,000  $2,790,210  $187,407  $3,097,617   9.68%
Commercial Real Estate                    
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  -   1,011,456   -   1,011,456   3.16%
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  968,919   2,975,312   6,076,143   10,020,374   31.30%
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  -   9,293,105   5,049,795   14,342,900   44.81%
Direct Financing Leases  -   716,425   590,238   1,306,663   4.08%
Residential Real Estate  -   1,133,475   -   1,133,475   3.54%
Installment and Other Consumer  22,160   1,074,856   -   1,097,016   3.43%
  $1,111,079  $18,994,839  $11,903,583  $32,009,501   100.00%

  

2013

 

Classes of Loans/Leases

 

Accruing Past

Due 90 Days or

More

  

Nonaccrual

Loans/Leases *

  

Troubled Debt

Restructurings -

Accruing

  

Total Nonperforming

Loans/Leases

  

Percentage of

Total

Nonperforming

Loans/Leases

 
                     

Commercial and Industrial

 $-  $1,744,981  $878,381  $2,623,362   12.81%

Commercial Real Estate

                    

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  60,286   1,139,385   -   1,199,671   5.86%

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  -   1,185,090   -   1,185,090   5.79%

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  -   10,320,491   905,205   11,225,696   54.80%

Direct Financing Leases

  -   894,458   -   894,458   4.37%

Residential Real Estate

  20,126   1,618,483   371,995   2,010,604   9.82%

Installment and Other Consumer

  3,762   975,009   367,000   1,345,771   6.57%
  $84,174  $17,877,897  $2,522,581  $20,484,652   100.00%

**At December 31, 2011,2013, nonaccrual loans/leases included $8,622,874$10,890,785 of troubled debt restructurings, including $198,697$77,072 in commercial and industrial loans, $8,074,777$10,077,501 in commercial real estate loans, $64,726$446,996 in direct financing leases,residential real estate loans, and $284,674$289,216 in installment loans.


 

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Note 3.4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)


(continued)

Changes in the allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases by portfolio segment for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 20102012 are presented as follows:

  

Year Ended December 31, 2014

 
                         
  

Commercial and Industrial

  

Commercial Real Estate

  

Direct Financing Leases

  

Residential Real Estate

  

Installment and Other Consumer

  

Total

 
                         

Balance, beginning

 $5,648,774  $10,705,434  $2,517,217  $1,395,849  $1,180,774  $21,448,048 

Provisions charged to expense

  4,213,738   (13,326)  2,361,647   251,030   (6,089)  6,807,000 

Loans/leases charged off

  (1,475,885)  (2,756,083)  (1,504,181)  (130,900)  (268,656)  (6,135,705)

Recoveries on loans/leases previously charged off

  363,690   417,361   68,232   9,973   95,766   955,022 

Balance, ending

 $8,750,317  $8,353,386  $3,442,915  $1,525,952  $1,001,795  $23,074,365 

  

Year Ended December 31, 2013

 
                         
  

Commercial and Industrial

  

Commercial Real Estate

  

Direct Financing Leases

  

Residential Real Estate

  

Installment and Other Consumer

  

Total

 
                         

Balance, beginning

 $4,531,545  $11,069,502  $1,990,395  $1,070,328  $1,263,434  $19,925,204 

Provisions charged to expense

  1,453,455   2,635,327   1,431,246   471,060   (60,668)  5,930,420 

Loans/leases charged off

  (962,607)  (3,573,006)  (916,836)  (162,010)  (229,447)  (5,843,906)

Recoveries on loans/leases previously charged off

  626,381   573,611   12,412   16,471   207,455   1,436,330 

Balance, ending

 $5,648,774  $10,705,434  $2,517,217  $1,395,849  $1,180,774  $21,448,048 

  

Year Ended December 31, 2012

 
                         
  

Commercial and Industrial

  

Commercial Real Estate

  

Direct Financing Leases

  

Residential Real Estate

  

Installment and Other Consumer

  

Total

 
                         

Balance, beginning

 $4,878,006  $10,596,958  $1,339,496  $704,946  $1,269,856  $18,789,262 

Provisions charged to expense

  (327,045)  2,482,327   1,313,767   370,140   531,578   4,370,767 

Loans/leases charged off

  (682,877)  (2,232,004)  (739,755)  (4,758)  (717,035)  (4,376,429)

Recoveries on loans/leases previously charged off

  663,461   222,221   76,887   -   179,035   1,141,604 

Balance, ending

 $4,531,545  $11,069,502  $1,990,395  $1,070,328  $1,263,434  $19,925,204 

 
  Year Ended December 31, 2012 
                   
  Commercial and Industrial  
Commercial Real
Estate
  Direct Financing Leases  
Residential Real
 Estate
  Installment and Other Consumer  Total 
                   
Balance, beginning $4,878,006  $10,596,958  $1,339,496  $704,946  $1,269,856  $18,789,262 
Provisions charged to expense  (327,045)  2,482,327   1,313,767   370,140   531,578   4,370,767 
Loans/leases charged off  (682,877)  (2,232,004)  (739,755)  (4,758)  (717,035)  (4,376,429)
Recoveries on loans/leases previously charged off  663,461   222,221   76,887   -   179,035   1,141,604 
Balance, ending $4,531,545  $11,069,502  $1,990,395  $1,070,328  $1,263,434  $19,925,204 
                         
  Year Ended December 31, 2011 
                         
  Commercial and Industrial  
Commercial Real
Estate
  Direct Financing Leases  
Residential Real
 Estate
  
Installment and
Other Consumer
  Total 
                         
Balance, beginning $7,548,922  $9,087,315  $1,530,572  $748,028  $1,449,819  $20,364,656 
Provisions charged to expense  256,945   4,759,003   907,014   (4,147)  697,199   6,616,014 
Loans/leases charged off  (3,262,742)  (3,590,868)  (1,100,886)  (38,935)  (1,068,320)  (9,061,751)
Recoveries on loans/leases previously charged off  334,881   341,508   2,796   -   191,158   870,343 
Balance, ending $4,878,006  $10,596,958  $1,339,496  $704,946  $1,269,856  $18,789,262 
                         
  Year Ended December 31, 2010 
                         
  Commercial and Industrial  
Commercial Real
Estate
  Direct Financing Leases  
Residential Real
Estate
  
Installment and
Other Consumer
  Total 
                         
Balance, beginning $5,425,624  $12,665,721  $1,681,376  $685,732  $2,046,281  $22,504,734 
Provisions charged to expense  5,099,350   1,203,163   684,619   97,723   378,763   7,463,618 
Loans/leases charged off  (3,309,273)  (5,210,444)  (998,737)  (35,427)  (1,146,395)  (10,700,276)
Recoveries on loans/leases previously charged off  333,221   428,875   163,314   -   171,170   1,096,580 
Balance, ending $7,548,922  $9,087,315  $1,530,572  $748,028  $1,449,819  $20,364,656 

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Note 3.4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)


(continued)

The allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases by impairment evaluation and by portfolio segment as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 is presented as follows:

  

2014

 
  

Commercial and Industrial

  

Commercial Real Estate

  

Direct Financing Leases

  

Residential Real Estate

  

Installment and Other Consumer

  

Total

 
                         

Allowance for impaired loans/leases

 $3,300,199  $1,170,020  $356,996  $151,663  $265,795  $5,244,673 

Allowance for nonimpaired loans/leases

  5,450,118   7,183,366   3,085,919   1,374,289   736,000   17,829,692 
  $8,750,317  $8,353,386  $3,442,915  $1,525,952  $1,001,795  $23,074,365 
                         
                         

Impaired loans/leases

 $7,279,709  $7,433,383  $1,339,272  $1,788,729  $1,165,548  $19,006,641 

Nonimpaired loans/leases

  516,647,431   694,707,039   164,693,144   156,843,763   71,440,932   1,604,332,309 
  $523,927,140  $702,140,422  $166,032,416  $158,632,492  $72,606,480  $1,623,338,950 
                         
                         

Allowance as a percentage of impaired loans/leases

  45.33%  15.74%  26.66%  8.48%  22.80%  27.59%

Allowance as a percentage of nonimpaired loans/leases

  1.05%  1.03%  1.87%  0.88%  1.03%  1.11%

Total allowance as a percentage of total loans/leaess

  1.67%  1.19%  2.07%  0.96%  1.38%  1.42%

  

2013

 
  

Commercial and Industrial

  

Commercial Real Estate

  

Direct Financing Leases

  

Residential Real Estate

  

Installment and Other Consumer

  

Total

 
                         

Allowance for impaired loans/leases

 $927,453  $3,174,704  $192,847  $246,266  $467,552  $5,008,822 

Allowance for nonimpaired loans/leases

  4,721,321   7,530,730   2,324,370   1,149,583   713,222   16,439,226 
  $5,648,774  $10,705,434  $2,517,217  $1,395,849  $1,180,774  $21,448,048 
                         
                         

Impaired loans/leases

 $1,761,850  $12,956,915  $894,458  $2,116,747  $1,350,450  $19,080,420 

Nonimpaired loans/leases

  429,926,279   658,796,014   128,006,984   145,239,576   74,683,360   1,436,652,213 
  $431,688,129  $671,752,929  $128,901,442  $147,356,323  $76,033,810  $1,455,732,633 
                         
                         

Allowance as a percentage of impaired loans/leases

  52.64%  24.50%  21.56%  11.63%  34.62%  26.25%

Allowance as a percentage of nonimpaired loans/leases

  1.10%  1.14%  1.82%  0.79%  0.95%  1.14%

Total allowance as a percentage of total loans/leaess

  1.31%  1.59%  1.95%  0.95%  1.55%  1.47%

 
  2012 
  Commercial and Industrial  
Commercial Real
 Estate
  Direct Financing Leases  
Residential Real
Estate
  Installment and Other Consumer  Total 
                   
Allowance for loans/leases individually evaluated for impairment $280,170  $4,005,042  $125,000  $105,565  $71,992  $4,587,769 
Allowance for loans/leases collectively evaluated for impairment  4,251,375   7,064,460   1,865,395   964,763   1,191,442   15,337,435 
  $4,531,545  $11,069,502  $1,990,395  $1,070,328  $1,263,434  $19,925,204 
                         
                         
Loans/leases individually evaluated for impairment $1,006,952  $20,383,846  $998,802  $1,217,256  $687,355  $24,294,211 
Loans/leases collectively evaluated for impairment  393,237,300   573,595,393   102,686,854   114,364,317   76,033,159   1,259,917,023 
  $394,244,252  $593,979,239  $103,685,656  $115,581,573  $76,720,514  $1,284,211,234 
                         
                         
Allowance as a percentage of loans/leases individually evaluated for impairment  27.82%  19.65%  12.51%  8.67%  10.47%  18.88%
Allowance as a percentage of loans/leases collectively evaluated for impairment  1.08%  1.23%  1.82%  0.84%  1.57%  1.22%
Total allowance as a percentage of total loans/leaess  1.15%  1.86%  1.92%  0.93%  1.65%  1.55%
   2011 
  Commercial and Industrial  
Commercial Real
Estate
  Direct Financing Leases  
Residential Real
Estate
  Installment and Other Consumer  Total 
                         
Allowance for loans/leases individually evaluated for impairment $903,187  $4,297,738  $66,675  $55,884  $22,819  $5,346,303 
Allowance for loans/leases collectively evaluated for impairment  3,974,819   6,299,220   1,272,821   649,062   1,247,037   13,442,959 
  $4,878,006  $10,596,958  $1,339,496  $704,946  $1,269,856  $18,789,262 
                         
                         
Loans/leases individually evaluated for impairment $2,152,855  $24,281,365  $1,306,663  $1,133,474  $984,806  $29,859,163 
Loans/leases collectively evaluated for impairment  348,641,423   553,522,485   91,905,699   96,973,577   77,238,274   1,168,281,458 
  $350,794,278  $577,803,850  $93,212,362  $98,107,051  $78,223,080  $1,198,140,621 
                         
                         
Allowance as a percentage of loans/leases individually evaluated for impairment  41.95%  17.70%  5.10%  4.93%  2.32%  17.91%
Allowance as a percentage of loans/leases collectively evaluated for impairment  1.14%  1.14%  1.38%  0.67%  1.61%  1.15%
Total allowance as a percentage of total loans/leaess  1.39%  1.83%  1.44%  0.72%  1.62%  1.56%

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Note 3.4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)


(continued)

Information for impaired loans/leases is presented in the tables below. The recorded investment represents customer balances net of any partial charge-offs recognized on the loan/lease. The unpaid principal balance represents the recorded balance outstanding on the loan/lease prior to any partial charge-offs.


Loans/leases, by classes of financing receivable, considered to be impaired as of and for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 2011, and 2010 isare presented as follows:

  2012 
Classes of Loans/Leases Recorded Investment  Unpaid Principal Balance  Related Allowance  Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized  Interest Income Recognized for Cash Payments Received 
                   
Impaired Loans/Leases with No Specific Allowance Recorded:                        
Commercial and Industrial $438,355  $1,203,710  $-  $757,286  $7,910  $7,910 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  503,321   503,321   -   624,766   -   - 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  678,523   678,523   -   3,359,435   3,549   3,549 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  495,702   495,702   -   5,288,820   2,017   2,017 
Direct Financing Leases  777,645   777,645   -   871,076   -   - 
Residential Real Estate  944,211   1,127,242   -   1,050,160   6,728   6,728 
Installment and Other Consumer  534,368   534,368   -   815,720   629   629 
  $4,372,125  $5,320,511  $-  $12,767,263  $20,833  $20,833 
                         
Impaired Loans/Leases with Specific Allowance Recorded:                        
Commercial and Industrial $568,597  $590,849  $280,170  $499,036  $-  $- 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  3,967,583   3,967,583   1,105,795   2,311,845   5,749   5,749 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  14,738,717   14,991,676   2,899,247   10,949,295   308,339   308,339 
Direct Financing Leases  221,157   221,157   125,000   90,610   -   - 
Residential Real Estate  273,045   273,045   105,565   258,677   -   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  152,987   152,987   71,992   101,075   -   - 
  $19,922,086  $20,197,297  $4,587,769  $14,210,538  $314,088  $314,088 
                         
Total Impaired Loans/Leases:                        
Commercial and Industrial $1,006,952  $1,794,559  $280,170  $1,256,322  $7,910  $7,910 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  503,321   503,321   -   624,766   -   - 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  4,646,106   4,646,106   1,105,795   5,671,280   9,298   9,298 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  15,234,419   15,487,378   2,899,247   16,238,115   310,356   310,356 
Direct Financing Leases  998,802   998,802   125,000   961,686   -   - 
Residential Real Estate  1,217,256   1,400,287   105,565   1,308,837   6,728   6,728 
Installment and Other Consumer  687,355   687,355   71,992   916,795   629   629 
  $24,294,211  $25,517,808  $4,587,769  $26,977,801  $334,921  $334,921 

  

2014

 

Classes of Loans/Leases

 

Recorded Investment

  

Unpaid Principal Balance

  

Related Allowance

  

Average Recorded Investment

  

Interest Income Recognized

  

Interest Income Recognized for Cash Payments Received

 
                         

Impaired Loans/Leases with No Specific Allowance Recorded:

                        

Commercial and Industrial

 $246,308  $342,391  $-  $525,543  $7,599  $7,599 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  67,415   163,638   -   548,464   -   - 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  31,936   143,136   -   1,656,401   -   - 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  491,717   491,717   -   4,925,681   13,283   13,283 

Direct Financing Leases

  561,414   561,414   -   867,657   31,911   31,911 

Residential Real Estate

  1,060,770   1,060,770   -   1,269,213   3,032   3,032 

Installment and Other Consumer

  671,319   671,319   -   898,764   -   - 
  $3,130,879  $3,434,385  $-  $10,691,723  $55,825  $55,825 
                         

Impaired Loans/Leases with Specific Allowance Recorded:

                        

Commercial and Industrial

 $7,033,401  $8,190,495  $3,300,199  $3,159,985  $14,837  $14,837 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  620,896   620,896   4,462   316,743   -   - 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  337,076   577,894   12,087   528,564   -   - 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  5,884,343   6,583,934   1,153,471   4,240,000   -   - 

Direct Financing Leases

  777,858   777,858   356,996   514,144   -   - 

Residential Real Estate

  727,959   763,537   151,663   538,678   2,967   2,967 

Installment and Other Consumer

  494,229   494,229   265,795   386,009   3,564   3,564 
  $15,875,762  $18,008,843  $5,244,673  $9,684,123  $21,368  $21,368 
                         

Total Impaired Loans/Leases:

                        

Commercial and Industrial

 $7,279,709  $8,532,886  $3,300,199  $3,685,528  $22,436  $22,436 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  688,311   784,534   4,462   865,207   -   - 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  369,012   721,030   12,087   2,184,965   -   - 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  6,376,060   7,075,651   1,153,471   9,165,681   13,283   13,283 

Direct Financing Leases

  1,339,272   1,339,272   356,996   1,381,801   31,911   31,911 

Residential Real Estate

  1,788,729   1,824,307   151,663   1,807,891   5,999   5,999 

Installment and Other Consumer

  1,165,548   1,165,548   265,795   1,284,773   3,564   3,564 
  $19,006,641  $21,443,228  $5,244,673  $20,375,846  $77,193  $77,193 

Impaired loans/leases for which no allowance has been provided have adequate collateral, based on management’s current estimates.

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Note 3.4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)

  2011 
Classes of Loans/Leases Recorded Investment  Unpaid Principal Balance  Related Allowance  Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized  Interest Income Recognized for Cash Payments Received 
                   
Impaired Loans/Leases with No Specific Allowance Recorded:                        
Commercial and Industrial $360,947  $979,901  $-  $3,873,371  $-  $- 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  736,610   736,610   -   1,909,754   -   - 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  -   -   -   2,979,950   -   - 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  3,936,826   3,986,820   -   5,568,776   -   - 
Direct Financing Leases  1,094,178   1,094,178   -   1,487,570   81,921   81,921 
Residential Real Estate  788,685   862,298   -   892,480   -   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  593,987   593,987   -   821,889   -   - 
  $7,511,233  $8,253,794  $-  $17,533,790  $81,921  $81,921 
                         
Impaired Loans/Leases with Specific Allowance Recorded:                        
Commercial and Industrial $1,791,908  $1,791,908  $903,187  $1,175,105  $36,984  $36,984 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  217,059   217,059   47,911   121,201   -   - 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  9,051,455   9,051,455   3,002,450   4,334,241   16,249   16,249 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  10,339,415   10,839,415   1,247,377   5,595,044   11,623   11,623 
Direct Financing Leases  212,485   212,485   66,675   138,127   5,244   5,244 
Residential Real Estate  344,789   344,789   55,884   282,020   -   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  390,819   390,819   22,819   51,871   -   - 
  $22,347,930  $22,847,930  $5,346,303  $11,697,609  $70,100  $70,100 
                         
Total Impaired Loans/Leases:                        
Commercial and Industrial $2,152,855  $2,771,809  $903,187  $5,048,476  $36,984  $36,984 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  953,669   953,669   47,911   2,030,955   -   - 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  9,051,455   9,051,455   3,002,450   7,314,191   16,249   16,249 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  14,276,241   14,826,235   1,247,377   11,163,820   11,623   11,623 
Direct Financing Leases  1,306,663   1,306,663   66,675   1,625,697   87,165   87,165 
Residential Real Estate  1,133,474   1,207,087   55,884   1,174,500   -   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  984,806   984,806   22,819   873,760   -   - 
  $29,859,163  $31,101,724  $5,346,303  $29,231,399  $152,021  $152,021 
(continued)

  

2013

 

Classes of Loans/Leases

 

Recorded Investment

  

Unpaid Principal Balance

  

Related Allowance

  

Average Recorded Investment

  

Interest Income Recognized

  

Interest Income Recognized for Cash Payments Received

 
                         

Impaired Loans/Leases with No Specific Allowance Recorded:

                        

Commercial and Industrial

 $492,622  $568,951  $-  $747,134  $7,749  $7,749 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  392,542   392,542   -   1,881,823   -   - 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  1,943,168   2,054,368   -   2,666,039   -   - 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  1,790,279   1,902,279   -   3,869,493   58,534   58,534 

Direct Financing Leases

  557,469   557,469   -   802,825   -   - 

Residential Real Estate

  1,071,927   1,071,927   -   1,010,027   4,235   4,235 

Installment and Other Consumer

  509,667   509,667   -   606,282   4,464   4,464 
  $6,757,674  $7,057,203  $-  $11,583,623  $74,982  $74,982 
                         

Impaired Loans/Leases with Specific Allowance Recorded:

                        

Commercial and Industrial

 $1,269,228  $1,956,755  $927,453  $1,222,449  $33,703  $33,703 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  159,247   159,247   67,498   87,035   -   - 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  888,547   1,011,747   503,825   1,137,489   10,862   10,862 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  7,783,132   8,488,414   2,603,381   7,426,299   45,926   45,926 

Direct Financing Leases

  336,989   336,989   192,847   97,846   -   - 

Residential Real Estate

  1,044,820   1,044,820   246,266   641,217   1,883   1,883 

Installment and Other Consumer

  840,783   840,783   467,552   640,557   -   - 
  $12,322,746  $13,838,755  $5,008,822  $11,252,892  $92,374  $92,374 
                         

Total Impaired Loans/Leases:

                        

Commercial and Industrial

 $1,761,850  $2,525,706  $927,453  $1,969,583  $41,452  $41,452 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  551,789   551,789   67,498   1,968,858   -   - 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  2,831,715   3,066,115   503,825   3,803,528   10,862   10,862 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  9,573,411   10,390,693   2,603,381   11,295,792   104,460   104,460 

Direct Financing Leases

  894,458   894,458   192,847   900,671   -   - 

Residential Real Estate

  2,116,747   2,116,747   246,266   1,651,244   6,118   6,118 

Installment and Other Consumer

  1,350,450   1,350,450   467,552   1,246,839   4,464   4,464 
  $19,080,420  $20,895,958  $5,008,822  $22,836,515  $167,356  $167,356 


Impaired loans/leases for which no allowance has been provided have adequate collateral, based on management’s current estimates.

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Note 3.4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)

  2010 
Classes of Loans/Leases Recorded Investment  
Unpaid
Principal
Balance
  Related Allowance  Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized  Interest Income Recognized for Cash Payments Received 
                   
Impaired Loans/Leases with No Specific Allowance Recorded:                  
Commercial and Industrial $1,459,790  $3,350,036  $-  $1,782,357  $-  $- 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  681,727   681,727   -   553,012   -   - 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  2,538,621   2,872,083   -   1,530,324   -   - 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  2,942,189   3,792,226   -   1,478,956   -   - 
Direct Financing Leases  953,994   953,994   -   1,080,564   27,089   27,089 
Residential Real Estate  758,031   758,031   -   721,757   -   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  1,561,322   1,561,322   -   569,542   11,825   11,825 
  $10,895,674  $13,969,419  $-  $7,716,512  $38,914  $38,914 
                         
Impaired Loans/Leases with Specific Allowance Recorded:                        
Commercial and Industrial $7,364,880  $7,866,634  $3,331,436  $5,962,381  $19,891  $19,891 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  1,074,210   1,074,210   232,194   847,507   45,641   45,641 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  7,660,458   7,660,458   1,818,193   9,263,675   3,832   3,832 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  9,872,826   10,091,777   1,658,791   9,393,250   235,366   235,366 
Direct Financing Leases  811,096   811,096   335,000   663,697   -   - 
Residential Real Estate  528,246   528,246   27,355   565,051   -   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  49,777   49,777   49,777   432,460   -   - 
  $27,361,493  $28,082,198  $7,452,746  $27,128,021  $304,730  $304,730 
                         
Total Impaired Loans/Leases:                        
Commercial and Industrial $8,824,670  $11,216,670  $3,331,436  $7,744,738  $19,891  $19,891 
Commercial Real Estate                        
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  1,755,937   1,755,937   232,194   1,400,519   45,641   45,641 
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  10,199,079   10,532,541   1,818,193   10,793,999   3,832   3,832 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  12,815,015   13,884,003   1,658,791   10,872,206   235,366   235,366 
Direct Financing Leases  1,765,090   1,765,090   335,000   1,744,261   27,089   27,089 
Residential Real Estate  1,286,277   1,286,277   27,355   1,286,808   -   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  1,611,099   1,611,099   49,777   1,002,002   11,825   11,825 
  $38,257,167  $42,051,617  $7,452,746  $34,844,533  $343,644  $343,644 
(continued)

  

2012

 

Classes of Loans/Leases

 

Recorded Investment

  

Unpaid Principal Balance

  

Related Allowance

  

Average Recorded Investment

  

Interest Income Recognized

  

Interest Income Recognized for Cash Payments Received

 
                         

Impaired Loans/Leases with No Specific Allowance Recorded:

                        

Commercial and Industrial

 $438,355  $1,203,710  $-  $757,286  $7,910  $7,910 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  503,321   503,321   -   624,766   -   - 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  678,523   678,523   -   3,359,435   3,549   3,549 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  495,702   495,702   -   5,288,820   2,017   2,017 

Direct Financing Leases

  777,645   777,645   -   871,076   -   - 

Residential Real Estate

  944,211   1,127,242   -   1,050,160   6,728   6,728 

Installment and Other Consumer

  534,368   534,368   -   815,720   629   629 
  $4,372,125  $5,320,511  $-  $12,767,263  $20,833  $20,833 
                         

Impaired Loans/Leases with Specific Allowance Recorded:

                        

Commercial and Industrial

 $568,597  $590,849  $280,170  $499,036  $-  $- 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  -   -   -   -   -   - 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  3,967,583   3,967,583   1,105,795   2,311,845   5,749   5,749 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  14,738,717   14,991,676   2,899,247   10,949,295   308,339   308,339 

Direct Financing Leases

  221,157   221,157   125,000   90,610   -   - 

Residential Real Estate

  273,045   273,045   105,565   258,677   -   - 

Installment and Other Consumer

  152,987   152,987   71,992   101,075   -   - 
  $19,922,086  $20,197,297  $4,587,769  $14,210,538  $314,088  $314,088 
                         

Total Impaired Loans/Leases:

                        

Commercial and Industrial

 $1,006,952  $1,794,559  $280,170  $1,256,322  $7,910  $7,910 

Commercial Real Estate

                        

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  503,321   503,321   -   624,766   -   - 

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  4,646,106   4,646,106   1,105,795   5,671,280   9,298   9,298 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  15,234,419   15,487,378   2,899,247   16,238,115   310,356   310,356 

Direct Financing Leases

  998,802   998,802   125,000   961,686   -   - 

Residential Real Estate

  1,217,256   1,400,287   105,565   1,308,837   6,728   6,728 

Installment and Other Consumer

  687,355   687,355   71,992   916,795   629   629 
  $24,294,211  $25,517,808  $4,587,769  $26,977,801  $334,921  $334,921 

Impaired loans/leases for which no allowance has been provided have adequate collateral, based on management’s current estimates.

 
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Note 3.4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)


(continued)

For commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans, the Company’s credit quality indicator is internally assigned risk ratings. Each commercial loan is assigned a risk rating upon origination. The risk rating is reviewed every 15 months, at a minimum, and on an as needed basis depending on the specific circumstances of the loan. See Note 1 for further discussion on the Company’s risk ratings.


For direct financing leases, residential real estate loans, and installment and other consumer loans, the Company’s credit quality indicator is performance determined by delinquency status. Delinquency status is updated daily by the Company’s loan system.


For each class of financing receivable, the following presents the recorded investment by credit quality indicator as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011:

  2012 
     Commercial Real Estate    
        Non Owner-Occupied    
Internally Assigned Risk Rating Commercial and Industrial  Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  Other Commercial Real Estate  Total 
                
Pass (Ratings 1 through 5) $371,856,380  $195,567,523  $38,125,793  $312,370,393  $917,920,089 
Special Mention (Rating 6)  8,008,866   5,488,602   1,238,152   7,319,902   22,055,522 
Substandard (Rating 7)  14,379,006   3,855,183   5,598,436   24,415,255   48,247,880 
Doubtful (Rating 8)  -   -   -   -   - 
  $394,244,252  $204,911,308  $44,962,381  $344,105,550  $988,223,491 
    2012 
Delinquency Status *     Direct Financing Leases  Residential Real Estate  Installment and Other Consumer  Total 
                     
Performing     $102,686,854  $114,364,316  $75,921,358  $292,972,528 
Nonperforming      998,802   1,217,257   799,156   3,015,215 
      $103,685,656  $115,581,573  $76,720,514  $295,987,743 
  2011 
     Commercial Real Estate    
        Non Owner-Occupied    
Internally Assigned Risk Rating Commercial and Industrial  Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  Other Commercial Real Estate  Total 
                
Pass (Ratings 1 through 5) $324,225,905  $158,955,618  $46,268,554  $310,401,972  $839,852,049 
Special Mention (Rating 6)  8,814,497   2,700,496   764,586   13,754,798   26,034,377 
Substandard (Rating 7)  17,753,876   6,134,507   13,351,598   25,471,721   62,711,702 
Doubtful (Rating 8)  -   -   -   -   - 
  $350,794,278  $167,790,621  $60,384,738  $349,628,491  $928,598,128 
       2011 
Delinquency Status *     Direct Financing Leases  Residential Real Estate  Installment and Other Consumer  Total 
                     
Performing     $91,905,699  $96,973,576  $77,126,064  $266,005,339 
Nonperforming      1,306,663   1,133,475   1,097,016   3,537,154 
      $93,212,362  $98,107,051  $78,223,080  $269,542,493 
2013:

  

2014

 
      

Commercial Real Estate

     
          

Non Owner-Occupied

     

Internally Assigned Risk Rating

 

Commercial and Industrial

  

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  

Other Commercial Real Estate

  

Total

 
                     

Pass (Ratings 1 through 5)

 $491,883,568  $245,237,462  $65,691,737  $354,581,419  $1,157,394,186 

Special Mention (Rating 6)

  17,034,909   12,637,930   -   3,285,191   32,958,030 

Substandard (Rating 7)

  15,008,663   2,193,688   2,427,252   16,085,743   35,715,346 

Doubtful (Rating 8)

  -   -   -   -   - 
  $523,927,140  $260,069,080  $68,118,989  $373,952,353  $1,226,067,562 

  

2014

 

Delinquency Status *

 

Direct Financing Leases

  

Residential Real Estate

  

Installment and Other Consumer

  

Total

 
                 

Performing

 $164,693,144  $156,818,091  $71,491,531  $393,002,766 

Nonperforming

  1,339,272   1,814,401   1,114,949   4,268,622 
  $166,032,416  $158,632,492  $72,606,480  $397,271,388 

  

2013

 
      

Commercial Real Estate

     
          

Non Owner-Occupied

     

Internally Assigned Risk Rating

 

Commercial and Industrial

  

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  

Other Commercial Real Estate

  

Total

 
                     

Pass (Ratings 1 through 5)

 $407,294,743  $250,028,731  $51,868,919  $326,168,882  $1,035,361,275 

Special Mention (Rating 6)

  11,355,713   8,318,232   1,588,086   3,310,017   24,572,048 

Substandard (Rating 7)

  13,037,673   2,868,949   4,387,897   23,213,216   43,507,735 

Doubtful (Rating 8)

  -   -   -   -   - 
  $431,688,129  $261,215,912  $57,844,902  $352,692,115  $1,103,441,058 

  

2013

 

Delinquency Status *

 

Direct Financing Leases

  

Residential Real Estate

  

Installment and Other Consumer

  

Total

 
                 

Performing

 $128,006,984  $145,345,719  $74,688,039  $348,040,742 

Nonperforming

  894,458   2,010,604   1,345,771   4,250,833 
  $128,901,442  $147,356,323  $76,033,810  $352,291,575 

*Performing = loans/leases accruing and less than 90 days past due. Nonperforming = loans/leases on nonaccrual, accruing loans/leases that are greater than or equal to 90 days past due, and accruing troubled debt restructurings.

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Note 3.4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)


(continued)

As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, troubled debt restructurings totaled $12,958,374$6,434,259 and $20,526,457,$13,413,366, respectively.


For each class of financing receivable, the following presents the number and recorded investment of troubled debt restructurings, by type of concession, that were restructured during the years ended December 31, 20122014 and 2011.2013. The difference between the pre-modification recorded investment and the post-modification recorded investment would be any partial charge-offs at the time of restructuring.

  2012 
Classes of Loans/Leases Number of Loans/Leases  
Pre-
Modification
 Recorded
Investment
  
Post-
Modification
 Recorded
 Investment
  
Specific
 Allowance
 
             
CONCESSION - Extension of maturity            
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  1  $733,442  $733,442  $176,526 
                 
CONCESSION - Significant payment delay                
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  8  $1,274,172  $1,274,172  $190,997 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  2   264,173   264,173   36,724 
Residential Real Estate  1   64,722   64,722   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  2   35,318   35,318   5,332 
   13  $1,638,385  $1,638,385  $233,053 
                 
CONCESSION - Interest rate adjusted below market                
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  1  $337,500  $337,500  $55,295 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  2   1,542,784   1,289,825   262,704 
Residential Real Estate  1   167,739   167,739   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  1   16,043   16,043   - 
   5  $2,064,066  $1,811,107  $317,999 
                 
TOTAL  19  $4,435,893  $4,182,934  $727,578 


Of the troubled debt restructurings reported above, 9 with post-modification recorded investments totaling $1,779,126 were on nonaccrual The specific allowance is as of December 31, 2012.
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Note 3.                 Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)
  2011 
Classes of Loans/Leases Number of Loans/Leases  
Pre-
Modification
 Recorded
Investment
  
Post-
Modification
Recorded
 Investment
  
Specific
 Allowance
 
             
CONCESSION - Extension of maturity            
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  1  $2,851,134  $2,851,134  $- 
                 
CONCESSION - Significant payment delay                
Commercial and Industrial  4  $1,175,819  $1,175,819  $- 
Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate  2   4,309,589   4,309,589   308,254 
Direct Financing Leases  2   633,621   633,621   - 
Installment and Other Consumer  1   187,650   187,650   125,928 
   9  $6,306,679  $6,306,679  $434,182 
                 
CONCESSION - Interest rate adjusted below market                
Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land  5  $6,549,376  $6,549,376  $2,203,438 
                 
TOTAL  15  $15,707,189  $15,707,189  $2,637,620 


2013, respectively. The following excludes any troubled debt restructurings that were restructured and paid off or charged off in the same year.

  

2014

 

Classes of Loans/Leases

 

Number of Loans/Leases

  

Pre-Modification Recorded Investment

  

Post-Modification Recorded Investment

  

Specific Allowance

 
                 

CONCESSION - Extension of maturity

                

Commercial and Industrial

  1  $58,987  $58,987  $58,987 

Direct Financing Leases

  2   303,701   303,701   12,644 

Residential Real Estate

  1   159,680   159,680   25,360 

Installment and Other Consumer

  1   113,653   113,653   113,653 
   5  $636,021  $636,021  $210,644 
                 

CONCESSION - Significant payment delay

                

Commercial and Industrial

  3  $889,154  $889,154  $217,524 
   3  $889,154  $889,154  $217,524 
                 

CONCESSION - Foregiveness of principal

                

Commercial and Industrial

  1   96,439   71,760   6,948 
   1  $96,439  $71,760  $6,948 
                 

CONCESSION - Other

                

Commercial and Industrial

  1  $427,849  $427,849  $60,429 
   1  $427,849  $427,849  $60,429 
                 

TOTAL

  10  $2,049,463  $2,024,784  $495,545 

Of the troubled debt restructurings reported above, five with post-modification recorded investments totaling $4,480,398$1,387,147 were on nonaccrual atas of December 31, 2011.  None of2014.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company had no troubled debt restructurings reported above had partial charge-offs.


For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, none of the Company’s troubled debt restructurings hadthat redefaulted within 12 months subsequent to restructure, where default is defined as delinquency of 90 days or more and/or placement on nonaccrual status.

Not included in the table above, the Company had one troubled debt restructuring that was restructured and charged off in 2014, totaling $89,443.


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Note 4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (continued)

  

2013

 

Classes of Loans/Leases

 

Number of Loans/Leases

  

Pre-Modification Recorded Investment

  

Post-Modification Recorded Investment

  

Specific Allowance

 
                 

CONCESSION - Extension of maturity

                

Commercial and Industrial

  3  $809,494  $809,494  $182,498 

Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate

  1   61,517   61,517   10,260 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate *

  8   6,637,835   6,637,835   1,535,154 
   12  $7,508,846  $7,508,846  $1,727,912 
                 

CONCESSION - Significant payment delay

                

Residential Real Estate

  1  $91,581  $91,581  $- 

Installment and Other Consumer

  1   370,000   370,000   300 
   2  $461,581  $461,581  $300 
                 

CONCESSION - Interest rate adjusted below market

                

Commercial Construction, Land Development, and Other Land

  1  $337,500  $337,500  $- 

Other Non Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate **

  1   -   -   4,837 

Residential Real Estate

  3   394,838   394,838   108,121 
   5  $732,338  $732,338  $112,958 
                 

TOTAL

  19  $8,702,765  $8,702,765  $1,841,170 

*Includes one troubled debt restructuring that is a $136,000 line of credit that had nothing outstanding at the time of modification. The total amount outstanding as of December 31, 2013 was $135,477 with specific allowance of $67,745.

**Includes one troubled debt restructuring that is a $25,000 line of credit that had nothing outstanding at the time of modification. The total amount outstanding as of December 31, 2013 was $4,837 with specific allowance of $4,837.

Of the troubled debt restructurings reported above, nine with post-modification recorded investments totaling $6,579,346 were on nonaccrual as of December 31, 2013.

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company had one troubled debt restructuring that redefaulted within 12 months subsequent to restructure, where default is defined as delinquency of 90 days or more and/or placement on nonaccrual status. The one troubled debt restructuring had a pre-modification and post-modification recorded investment of $61,517 with no specific allowance.


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Note 4.          Loans/Leases Receivable (continued)

Loans are made in the normal course of business to directors, executive officers, and their related interests. The terms of these loans, including interest rates and collateral, are similar to those prevailing for comparable transactions with other persons. An analysis of the changes in the aggregate committed amount of loans greater than or equal to $60,000 during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, 2011, and 2010, wasis as follows:

  2012  2011  2010 
          
Balance, beginning $19,155,542  $20,796,427  $25,532,422 
Net increase (decrease) due to change in related parties  2,784,143   (235,000)  (9,306,435)
Advances  6,754,970   10,674,567   13,576,200 
Repayments  (8,192,597)  (12,080,452)  (9,005,760)
Balance, ending $20,502,058  $19,155,542  $20,796,427 

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Note 3.                 Loans/Leases Receivable (Continued)

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Balance, beginning

 $39,192,966  $20,502,058  $19,155,542 

Net increase due to change in related parties

  1,040,278   17,124,702   2,784,143 

Advances

  13,284,475   6,213,381   6,754,970 

Repayments

  (11,048,608)  (4,647,175)  (8,192,597)

Balance, ending

 $42,469,111  $39,192,966  $20,502,058 

The Company’s loan portfolio includes a geographic concentration in the Midwest. Additionally, the loan portfolio includesincluded a concentration of loans in certain industries as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 as follows:

  

2014

  

2013

 

Industry Name

 

Balance

  

Percentage of Total Loans/Leases

  

Balance

  

Percentage of Total Loans/Leases

 
                 

Lessors of Non-Residential Buildings

 $256,436,213   16% $237,049,149   16%

Lessors of Residential Buildings

  74,667,674   5%  69,087,354   5%

Bank Holding Companies

  60,910,570   4%  56,716,875   4%

Concentrations within the leasing portfolio are monitored by equipment type – none of which represent a concentration within the total loans/leases portfolio. Within the leasing portfolio, diversification is spread among construction, manufacturing and the service industries.


  2012  2011 
Industry Name Balance  
Percentage of
 Total
Loans/Leases
  Balance  
Percentage of
Total
Loans/Leases
 
             
Lessors of Non-Residential Buildings $178,060,120   14% $179,510,937   15%
Lessors of Residential Buildings  61,459,574   5%  50,029,069   4%
Bank Holding Companies  47,662,055   4%  38,046,779   3%
                 

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Note 4.5.          Premises and Equipment


The following summarizes the components of premises and equipment as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011:


  2012  2011 
       
Land $5,583,180  $5,525,022 
Buildings (useful lives 15 to 50 years)  28,368,503   28,124,868 
Furniture and equipment (useful lives 3 to 10 years)  20,069,281   18,882,807 
   54,020,964   52,532,697 
Less accumulated depreciation  22,758,574   20,791,946 
  $31,262,390  $31,740,751 

2013:

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Land

 $7,100,393  $7,287,656 

Buildings (useful lives 15 to 50 years)

  31,602,931   31,290,618 

Furniture and equipment (useful lives 3 to 10 years)

  23,142,643   21,882,303 
   61,845,967   60,460,577 

Less accumulated depreciation

  25,824,839   23,705,213 
  $36,021,128  $36,755,364 

Certain facilities are leased under operating leases. Rental expense was $372,631, $290,101,$484,868, $795,816, and $464,447,$372,631 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.


Future minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases are as follows as of December 31, 2012:

Year ending December 31:   
2013 $373,079 
2014  374,846 
2015  216,844 
2016  222,897 
2017  224,772 
Thereafter  339,102 
  $1,751,540 
2014:

Year ending December 31:

    

2015

 $233,512 

2016

  239,565 

2017

  241,440 

2018

  194,340 

2019

  162,819 

Thereafter

  - 
  $1,071,676 

Note 6.          Derivatives and Hedging Activities

During the second quarter of 2014, the Company executed and designated two interest rate cap derivatives (“caps”) as cash flow hedges of short-term fixed rate FHLB advances. The short-term FHLB advance rates fluctuate with rate movements; therefore the Company determined it was necessary to hedge against this increase in interest expense in a rising rate environment. The caps purchased will essentially set a ceiling on the rate paid on the FHLB advances, minimizing the risk associated with rate increases.

Below is a summary of the interest rate cap derivatives held by the Company as of December 31, 2014. An initial premium of $2.1 million was paid upfront for the two caps. The fair value of these instruments will fluctuate with market value changes, as well as amortization of the initial premium to interest expense.

Effective Date

Maturity Date

Balance Sheet

Location

 

Notional Amount

 

Accounting Treatment

 

Fair Value

 

June 5, 2014

June 5, 2019

Other Assets

 $15,000,000 

Cash Flow Hedging

 $608,189 

June 5, 2014

June 5, 2021

Other Assets

  15,000,000 

Cash Flow Hedging

  879,197 
    $30,000,000   $1,487,386 


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Note 5.6.          Derivatives and Hedging Activities (continued)

Changes in the fair values of derivative financial instruments accounted for as cash flow hedges to the extent they are effective hedges, are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. The following is a summary of how accumulated other comprehensive income was impacted during the reporting periods:

  

Twelve Months Ended

December, 2014

 

Unrealized loss at beginning of period, net of tax

 $- 

Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to noninterest income related to hedge ineffectiveness

  (30,212)

Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to interest expense related to caplet amortization

  65 

Amount of loss recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax

  (369,220)

Unrealized loss at end of period, net of tax

 $(399,367)

Changes in the fair value related to the ineffective portion of cash flow hedges, are reported in noninterest income during the period of the change. As shown in the table above, $30,212 of the change in fair value year-to-date, was due to ineffectiveness.

Note 7.          Deposits


The aggregate amount of certificates of deposit, each with a minimum denomination of $100,000,$250,000, was $249,664,219$230,925,385 and $244,564,702$222,017,080 as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively.


As of December 31, 2012,2014, the scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit were as follows:

Year ending December 31:

    

2015

 $294,615,613 

2016

  38,993,397 

2017

  18,338,677 

2018

  6,336,460 

2019

  11,198,767 

Thereafter

  6,141,000 
  $375,623,914 

The Company has a $15.0 million Public Unit Deposit Letter of Credit with the FHLB of Des Moines for the purpose of providing additional collateral on public deposits. There was no amount outstanding under this letter of credit as of December 31, 2014.

 
Year ending December 31:   
2013 $225,152,331 
2014  51,775,136 
2015  39,141,526 
2016  14,601,275 
2017  3,871,506 
  $334,541,774 


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Note 6.8.          Short-Term Borrowings


Short-term borrowings as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 are summarized as follows:

  2012  2011 
       
Overnight repurchase agreements with customers $104,942,961  $110,236,450 
Federal funds purchased  66,140,000   103,300,000 
  $171,082,961  $213,536,450 

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Overnight repurchase agreements with customers

 $137,251,670  $98,822,967 

Federal funds purchased

  131,100,000   50,470,000 
  $268,351,670  $149,292,967 

Information concerning overnight repurchase agreements with customers is summarized as follows as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011:


  2012  2011 
       
Average daily balance during the period $111,782,307  $110,468,792 
Average daily interest rate during the period  0.13%  0.23%
Maximum month-end balance during the period $141,890,506  $117,901,743 
Weighted average rate as of end of period  0.11%  0.23%
         
Securities underlying the agreements as of end of period:        
Carrying value $160,950,808  $201,053,829 
Fair value  160,950,808   201,053,829 

2013:

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Average daily balance during the period

 $128,818,152  $123,543,416 

Average daily interest rate during the period

  0.12%  0.12%

Maximum month-end balance during the period

 $147,623,624  $146,075,177 

Weighted average rate as of end of period

  0.13%  0.13%
         

Securities underlying the agreements as of end of period:

        

Carrying value

 $165,360,426  $143,262,002 

Fair value

  165,360,426   143,262,002 

The securities underlying the agreements as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 were under the Company's control in safekeeping at third-party financial institutions.

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Note 6.                 Short-Term Borrowings (Continued)

Information concerning federal funds purchased is summarized as follows as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011:

  2012  2011 
       
Average daily balance during the period $52,379,823  $33,702,904 
Average daily interest rate during the period  0.27%  0.27%
Maximum month-end balance during the period $80,150,000  $103,300,000 
Weighted average rate as of end of period  0.26%  0.22%
2013:

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Average daily balance during the period

 $33,876,815  $41,156,729 

Average daily interest rate during the period

  0.40%  0.40%

Maximum month-end balance during the period

 $131,100,000  $95,380,000 

Weighted average rate as of end of period

  0.23%  0.28%

Note 7.9.          Federal Home Loan Bank Advances


The subsidiary banks are members of the FHLB of Des Moines or Chicago. As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, the subsidiary banks held $11,986,400$11,279,000 and $11,516,800,$12,343,500, respectively, of FHLB stock, which is included in restricted investment securities on the consolidated balance sheets.


sheet.

During the firstsecond quarter of 2011, the Company’s largest subsidiary bank, QCBT, prepaid $15,000,000 of FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 4.87% and a weighted average maturity of May 2012.  The fees for prepayment totaled $832,099 and are included in noninterest expenses in the Statement of Income.  In addition, QCBT2013, CRBT modified $20,350,000$20,000,000 of fixed rate FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 4.33%4.82% and a weighted average maturity of October 20132016 into new fixed rate FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 3.35%4.12% and a weighted average maturity of February 2014.


During the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company’s smallest subsidiary bank, RB&T, modified $13,000,000 of fixed rate FHLB advances with a weighted average rate of 3.37% and a weighted average maturity of March 2013 into new fixed rate FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 2.29% and a weighted average maturity of February  2016.

June 2019.

There were no FHLB advance prepayments or modifications or prepayments during 2012.

2014.

 

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Note 7.9.          Federal Home Loan Bank Advances (Continued)


(continued)

Maturity and interest rate information on advances from FHLB as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 is as follows:

  December 31, 2012 
  Amount Due  
Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
at Year-End
  
Amount Due
with
Putable Option *
  
Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
at Year-End
 
Maturity:            
Year ending December 31:            
2013 $24,000,000   1.50% $-   -%
2014  27,850,000   3.16   -   - 
2015  16,000,000   2.84   -   - 
2016  57,500,000   4.19   47,500,000   4.64 
2017  36,000,000   3.89   20,000,000   4.51 
Thereafter  41,000,000   3.58   33,000,000   3.64 
Total FHLB advances $202,350,000   3.45  $100,500,000   4.29 
  December 31, 2011 
  Amount Due  
Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
at Year-End
  
Amount Due
with
Putable Option *
  
Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
at Year-End
 
Maturity:                
Year ending December 31:                
2012 $15,400,000   3.95% $-   -%
2013  15,000,000   2.35   -   - 
2014  27,850,000   3.16   -   - 
2015  16,000,000   3.03   -   - 
2016  57,500,000   3.91   47,500,000   4.64 
Thereafter  73,000,000   3.85   53,000,000   3.97 
Total FHLB advances $204,750,000   3.67  $100,500,000   4.29 
                 


  

December 31, 2014

 
      

Weighted

      

Weighted

 
      

Average

  

Amount Due

  

Average

 
      

Interest Rate

  

with

  

Interest Rate

 
  

Amount Due

  

at Year-End

  

Putable Option *

  

at Year-End

 

Maturity:

                

Year ending December 31:

                

2015

 $63,000,000   0.87% $-   -%

2016

  44,500,000   3.81   32,500,000   4.56 

2017

  33,000,000   3.59   15,000,000   4.42 

2018

  43,000,000   3.49   5,000,000   2.84 

2019

  20,000,000   4.12   -   - 

Total FHLB advances

 $203,500,000   2.83% $52,500,000   4.36%

  

December 31, 2013

 
      

Weighted

      

Weighted

 
      

Average

  

Amount Due

  

Average

 
      

Interest Rate

  

with

  

Interest Rate

 
  

Amount Due

  

at Year-End

  

Putable Option *

  

at Year-End

 

Maturity:

                

Year ending December 31:

                

2014

 $75,850,000   1.32% $-   -%

2015

  21,000,000   2.26   -   - 

2016

  42,500,000   3.96   32,500,000   4.56 

2017

  31,000,000   3.75   15,000,000   4.42 

2018

  41,000,000   3.58   5,000,000   2.84 

Thereafter

  20,000,000   4.12   -   - 

Total FHLB advances

 $231,350,000   2.86% $52,500,000   4.36%

*Of the advances outstanding, a large portion have putable options which allow the FHLB, at its discretion, to terminate the advances and require the subsidiary banks to repay at predetermined dates prior to the stated maturity date of the advances.


Advances are collateralized by securities with a carrying value of $18,959,669$0 and $14,095,430$87,061,601 as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively, and by loans pledged of $423,179,584$499,084,047 and $413,662,493,$543,076,034, respectively, in aggregate. On pledged loans, the FHLB applies varying collateral maintenance levels from 125% to 333% based on the loan type.

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As of December 31, 2014 and included with the 2015 maturity grouping above are $37.0 million of short-term advances from the FHLB. These advances have maturities ranging from 2 weeks to 1 month. Short-term and overnight advances totaled $42.0 million as of December 31, 2013 and had maturities ranging from 1 day to 6 months.

 

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Note 8.10.          Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit


Other borrowings as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 are summarized as follows:

  2012  2011 
       
Wholesale structured repurchase agreements $130,000,000  $130,000,000 
364-day revolving note  5,600,000   3,600,000 
Series A subordinated notes  2,639,762   2,631,663 
  $138,239,762  $136,231,663 

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Wholesale structured repurchase agreements

 $130,000,000  $130,000,000 

Term note

  17,625,000   9,800,000 

Series A subordinated notes

  2,657,492   2,648,362 
  $150,282,492  $142,448,362 

Maturity and interest rate information concerning wholesale structured repurchase agreements is summarized as follows:

  December 31, 2012  December 31, 2011 
  Amount Due  
Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
at Year-End
  Amount Due  
Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
at Year-End
 
Maturity:            
Year ending December 31:            
2015 $35,000,000   3.00% $45,000,000   3.11%
2016  20,000,000   3.46   35,000,000   3.67 
2017  10,000,000   3.00   10,000,000   3.00 
Thereafter  65,000,000   3.71   40,000,000   4.03 
Total Wholesale Structured Repurchase Agreements $130,000,000   3.43  $130,000,000   3.54 

  

December 31, 2014

  

December 31, 2013

 
      

Weighted

      

Weighted

 
      

Average

      

Average

 
      

Interest Rate

      

Interest Rate

 
  

Amount Due

  

at Year-End

  

Amount Due

  

at Year-End

 

Maturity:

                

Year ending December 31:

                

2015

 $5,000,000   2.77% $5,000,000   2.77%

2016

  -   -   -   - 

2017

  10,000,000   3.00   10,000,000   3.00 

2018

  10,000,000   3.97   10,000,000   3.97 

2019

  60,000,000   3.57   60,000,000   3.57 

Thereafter

  45,000,000   2.66   45,000,000   2.66 

Total Wholesale Structured Repurchase Agreements

 $130,000,000   3.21% $130,000,000   3.21%

Each wholesale structured repurchase agreement has a one-time put option, at the discretion of the counterparty, to terminate the agreement and require the subsidiary bank to repay at predetermined dates prior to the stated maturity date of the agreement.


Of the $130.0 million in wholesale structured repurchase agreements outstanding at December 31, 2014, $55.0 million no longer have put options, $5.0 million are putable in 2015, $50.0 million are putable in 2016 and $20.0 million are putable in 2017.

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and 2011,interest rate caps were embedded within $50,000,000 and $65,000,000, respectively,certain wholesale structured repurchase agreements. All of the caps expired in 2014.


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Note 10.          Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (continued)

During 2013, the Company modified $50,000,000 of fixed rate wholesale structured repurchase agreements werewith a weighted average interest rate cap optionsof 3.21% and a weighted average maturity of February 2016 into new fixed rate wholesale structured repurchase agreements with varying terms.  Of the $50,000,000 as of December 31, 2012, $20,000,000 matures in 2016 with the caps expiring in 2013 in conjunction with the one-time put option, and $30,000,000 matures in 2019 with the caps expiring in 2014 in conjunction with the one-time put option.  Of the $65,000,000 at December 31, 2011, $35,000,000 matures in 2016 with the caps expiring in 2013 in conjunction with the one-time put option, and $30,000,000 matures in 2019 with the caps expiring in 2014 in conjunction with the one-time put option.  Thea weighted average interest rate cap options are effected when the 3-month LIBOR rate increases to certain levels.  If that situation occurs, the rate paid will be decreased by the difference between the 3-month LIBOR rateof 2.65% and the particular cap level.  In no case will the rate paid fall below 0.00%.


a weighted average maturity of May 2020. During 2012, the Company modified $25,000,000 of fixed rate wholesale structured repurchase agreements with a weighted average interest rate of 3.77% and a weighted average maturity of December 2015 into new fixed rate wholesale structured repurchase agreements with a weighted average interest rate of 3.21% and a weighted average maturity of April 2019. Of this $25,000,000, $15,000,000 had interest rate cap options embedded that were set to expire in 2013 in conjunction with the one-time put option. Upon modification, the interest rate cap options were cancelled.

The wholesale structured repurchase agreements are collateralized by securities with a carrying value of $160,772,093$153,757,514 and $156,909,176$151,592,944 as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively.

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Note 8.                 Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Continued)

At December 31, 2011,2013, the Company had a single $20,000,000 secured revolving credit3-year term note which matures every 364 days.  At December 31, 2011,with principal due quarterly and interest due monthly where the note carried a balance outstanding of $3,600,000.  Interest was payable monthlyinterest is calculated at the effective LIBOR rate plus 3.00% per annum (3.17% at December 31, 2013). The note, which originated in conjunction with the CNB acquisition, carried a balance of $9,800,000 at December 31, 2013. In June 2014, the Company restructured its existing term debt and borrowed an additional $10.0 million to help assist with the final redemption of the Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F (“Series F Preferred Stock”). The term debt is secured by common stock of the Company’s subsidiary banks and has a 4-year term with principal and interest due quarterly. Interest is calculated at the effective LIBOR rate plus 3.00% per annum (3.23% at December 31, 2014) and the balance totaled $17,625,000 at December 31, 2014. Maturity information for term debt is summarized as defined by the credit agreement.  Asfollows:

  

2014

  

2013

 

2014

 $-  $3,600,000 

2015

  4,700,000   3,600,000 

2016

  4,700,000   3,600,000 

2017

  4,700,000   - 

2018

  3,525,000   - 
  $17,625,000  $10,800,000 

Additionally, as of December 31, 2011,2014 and 2013, the Company maintained a $10.0 million revolving line of credit notewhere the interest rate on the note was 3.27%.  The note renewed on March 30, 2012.    At December 31, 2012, the note carried a balance outstanding of $5,600,000.  Interest is payable monthlycalculated at the effective LIBOR rate plus 2.50% per annum, as a result of achieving certain asset quality measures as defined in the credit agreement.  As ofannum. At December 31, 2012,2014 and 2013, the interest rateCompany had not borrowed on this revolving credit note and had the note was 2.71%.


full amount available.

The current revolving note agreement contains certain covenants that place restrictions on additional debt and stipulate minimum capital and various operating ratios.


On March 19, 2010, the Company closed a private placement offering resulting in the issuance

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Note 10.          Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of 2,700 units (each, a “Unit”) to accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price of $2,700,000, or $1,000 per Unit.  Each Unit consists of a 6.00%Credit (continued)

The Series A Subordinated Note, due September 1, 2018 (collectively, the “Subordinated Notes”), $1,000 principal amount, and a detachable warrant (collectively, the “Warrants”) to acquire 20 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a per share exercise price equal to $10.00 per share, subject to normal adjustments, as set forth in the Warrants.


The Subordinated Notes have a maturity date of September 1, 2018.  The Subordinated Notes2018 and bear interest payable semi-annually, in arrears, on June 30 and December 30 of each year, at a fixed interest rate of 6.00% per year. The Company may, at its option, subject to regulatory approvals, redeem some or all of the Subordinated Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the redeemed notes, plus any accrued but unpaid interest.

The Warrants will expire on March 19, 2015 and may be exercised at any time prior to their expiration date, at the holder’s option, by payment of the cash exercise price.  The Company may require holders of the Warrants to convert each Warrant into 20 shares of Common Stock, if at any time after the first anniversary of their date of issuance, the volume weighted-average per share price of the common stock equals or exceeds 130% of the exercise price for at least 20 trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days.  The Warrants are detachable from the Subordinated Notes and, subject to any limitations imposed by applicable securities laws, may be transferred separately from the Subordinated Notes at any time after March 19, 2012.  During the year ended December 31, 2012, all 54,000 Warrants were exercised by the holders for total proceeds in the amount of $540,000.

The Subordinated Notes are intended to qualify as Tier 2 capital of the Company for regulatory purposes.  The Company used the net proceeds from the sale of the Units to further strengthen the capital positions of the Company and specifically RB&T.

Unused lines of credit of the subsidiary banks as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 are summarized as follows:

  2012  2011 
       
Secured $52,703,791  $72,929,607 
Unsecured  259,000,000   152,500,000 
  $311,703,791  $225,429,607 

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Secured

 $17,050,159  $26,791,107 

Unsecured

  329,500,000   324,500,000 
  $346,550,159  $351,291,107 

The Company pledges the eligible portion of its municipal securities portfolio and select commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for borrowing at the Discount Window.

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Window.

 

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Note 9.11.         Junior Subordinated Debentures


As part of the acquisition of Community National, the Company assumed two junior subordinated debentures detailed as follows:

The first debenture assumed was issued in September 2004 in the amount of $3,093,000, and provides that interest is payable quarterly with the interest rate adjusted to equal three-month LIBOR plus 2.17%. Principal is due September 20, 2034, but is callable at any time. The second debenture assumed was issued in March 2007 in the amount of $3,609,000, and provides that interest is payable quarterly with the interest rate adjusted to equal three-month LIBOR plus 1.75%. Principal is due March 15, 2037, but is callable at any time.

Junior subordinated debentures are summarized as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 as follows:

  2012  2011 
       
Note Payable to Trust II $12,372,000  $12,372,000 
Note Payable to Trust III  8,248,000   8,248,000 
Note Payable to Trust IV  5,155,000   5,155,000 
Note Payable to Trust V  10,310,000   10,310,000 
  $36,085,000  $36,085,000 

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Note Payable to QCR Holdings Capital Trust II

 $12,372,000  $12,372,000 

Note Payable to QCR Holdings Capital Trust III

  8,248,000   8,248,000 

Note Payable to QCR Holdings Capital Trust IV

  5,155,000   5,155,000 

Note Payable to QCR Holdings Capital Trust V

  10,310,000   10,310,000 

Note Payable to Community National Trust II

  3,093,000   3,093,000 

Note Payable to Community National Trust III

  3,609,000   3,609,000 

Market Value Discount per ASC 805 (see Note 2)

  (2,363,265)  (2,497,170)
  $40,423,735  $40,289,830 

A schedule of the Company’s non-consolidated subsidiaries formed for the issuance of trust preferred securities including the amounts outstanding as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, is as follows:

NameDate Issued Amount Issued Interest Rate 
Interest
Rate as of
 12/31/12
  
Interest
Rate as of
12/31/11
 
            
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IIFebruary 2004 $12,372,000 2.85% over 3-month LIBOR *  3.21%  3.22%
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IIIFebruary 2004  8,248,000 2.85% over 3-month LIBOR  3.21%  3.22%
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IVMay 2005  5,155,000 1.80% over 3-month LIBOR  2.14%  2.20%
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust VFebruary 2006  10,310,000 1.55% over 3-month LIBOR **  1.89%  1.95%
   $36,085,000 Weighted Average Rate  2.68%  2.71%

*Rate was fixed at 6.93% until March 31, 2011 when it became variable based on 3-month LIBOR plus 2.85%, reset quarterly.
**Rate was fixed at 6.62% until April 7, 2011, when it became variable based on 3-month LIBOR plus 1.55%, reset quarterly.

Name

Date Issued

 

Amount Issued

 

Interest Rate

 

Interest Rate as of 12/31/2014

  

Interest Rate as of 12/31/2013

 
               

QCR Holdings Statutory Trust II

February 2004

 $12,372,000 

2.85% over 3-month LIBOR

  3.08%  3.10%

QCR Holdings Statutory Trust III

February 2004

  8,248,000 

2.85% over 3-month LIBOR

  3.08%  3.10%

QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IV

May 2005

  5,155,000 

1.80% over 3-month LIBOR

  2.03%  2.04%

QCR Holdings Statutory Trust V

February 2006

  10,310,000 

1.55% over 3-month LIBOR

  1.78%  1.79%

Community National Statutory Trust II

September 2004

  3,093,000 

2.17% over 3-month LIBOR

  2.42%  2.42%

Community National Statutory Trust III

March 2007

  3,609,000 

1.75% over 3-month LIBOR

  1.99%  1.99%
   $42,787,000 

Weighted Average Rate

  2.50%  2.51%

Securities issued by Trust II, Trust III, Trust IV, and Trust Vall of the trusts listed above mature 30 years from the date of issuance, but all are currently callable at par at anytime.

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Note 10.12.          Preferred Stock


Preferred stock is summarized as

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011 as follows:

  2012  2011 
       
Series E Non-Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock  25,000   25,000 
Series F Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock  29,867   40,090 
  $54,867  $65,090 

2014, no preferred stock is outstanding. At December 31, 2013 preferred stock consisted solely of Series BF Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock:  The 268 shares of Series B Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) had a stated dividend rate of 8.00%.  On June 30, 2010, the 268 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were exchanged in the issuance of Stock.

Series E Non-Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred StockStock (“Series E Preferred Stock”).  See below for detailed discussion of the issuance of Series E Preferred Stock.


Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock:  The 300 shares of Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) had a stated dividend rate of 9.50%.  On June 30, 2010, the 300 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were exchanged in the issuance of Series E Preferred Stock.  See below for detailed discussion of the issuance of Series E Preferred Stock.

Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and Common Stock Warrant: On February 13, 2009, the Company issued 38,237 shares of Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) to the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) for an aggregate purchase price of $38,237,000.  The sale of Series D Preferred Stock was a result of the Company’s participation in the Treasury’s voluntary Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”).  The Series D Preferred Stock qualified as Tier 1 capital and paid cumulative dividends at a rate of 5% per annum for the first five years, and 9% per annum thereafter.  This sale also included the issuance of a warrant (“CPP Warrant”) that allowed Treasury to purchase up to 521,888 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $10.99.  The CPP Warrant had a ten-year term and was immediately exercisable upon its issuance, with an exercise price, subject to anti-dilution adjustments, equal to $10.99 per share of the Company’s common stock.
The proceeds received from the Treasury were allocated to the Series D Preferred Stock and the CPP Warrant based on relative fair value.  The fair value of the Series D Preferred Stock was determined through a discounted future cash flows model using a discount rate of 12%.  The fair value of the CPP Warrant was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which includes assumptions regarding the Company’s dividend yield, stock price volatility, and the risk-free interest rate.  The relative fair value of the Series D Preferred Stock and the CPP Warrant on February 13, 2009, the date of issuance, was $35.8 million and $2.4 million, respectively.
The Company calculated a discount on the Series D Preferred Stock in the amount of $2.4 million, which was being amortized over a 5 year period.  The effective cost on the Series D Preferred Stock, including the accretion of the discount, was approximately 6.23%.  In determining net income (loss) attributable to the Company’s common stockholders, the periodic accretion and the cash dividend on the preferred stock were subtracted from net income (loss) attributable to the Company.
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Note 10.                 Preferred Stock (Continued)

On September 15, 2011, the Company redeemed the 38,237 shares of Series D Preferred Stock simultaneously upon the issuance of the Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F (the “Series F Preferred Stock”).  See below for a detailed discussion of the issuance of Series F Preferred Stock.  Upon redemption, accretion of the remaining discount, or $1,252,023, was recognized.

Separately, on November 16, 2011, the Company repurchased the CPP Warrant from the Treasury for an aggregate price of $1,100,000.  Simultaneous with the repurchase, the Company cancelled the CPP Warrant.

Series E Non-Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock: On June 30, 2010, the Company closed a private placement offering resulting in the issuance of 25,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000, or $1,000 per share (the liquidation amount).  The private placement was fully subscribed and involved the exchange of $20.9 million (gross amount before related issuance costs) of the Company’s previously outstanding Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock and $4.1 million (gross amount before related issuance costs) of new capital from cash investors.

The Series E Preferred Stock, carriesoriginally issued on June 30, 2010, carried a stated dividend rate of 7.00% and iswas perpetually convertible by the holder into shares of common stock at a per share conversion price of $12.15, subject to anti-dilution adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events. In addition, the Company cancould exercise a conversion option on or after the third anniversary of the issue date (June 30, 2013), at the same $12.15 conversion price if the Company’s common stock price equals or exceeds $17.22 for at least 20 trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days. The Series E Preferred Stock was not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and was issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Regulation D of the rules promulgated under the Act.

The Company has the right, at any time after the fifth anniversary of the issuance date, to redeem all, but not less than all, of the shares of Series E Preferred Stock, for an amount per share equal to: (i) $1,000; plus (ii) any declared but unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period. 

The Company’s previously outstanding Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock carried stated dividend rates of 8.00% and 9.50%, respectively.  All of the outstanding shares of Series B and Series C Preferred Stock were exchanged for the newly issued shares of Series E Preferred Stock.

The Series E Preferred Stock iswas intended to qualify as Tier 1 capital of the Company for regulatory purposes. The Company used the net proceeds from the issuance to further strengthen its capital and liquidity positions.

Pursuant to the terms of the Series E Preferred Stock, because the Company’s common stock price exceeded $17.22 for at least 20 trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the conversion and the preferred shareholders were notified by mail on November 21, 2013. The conversion was effective December 23, 2013. Each share of the Series E Preferred Stock was converted into the number of shares of common stock that resulted from dividing $1,000 (the issuance price per share of the Series E Preferred Stock) by $12.15 (the conversion price per share). No fractional shares were issued as a result of the conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock. Instead, holders received cash totaling $1,915 which equaled the amount of fractional shares multiplied by $17.24 (the closing price of the Company’s common stock on December 20, 2013). As a result of the conversion, the Company issued 2,057,502 shares of common stock.

Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual PreferredStock, Series F Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock:On September 15, 2011, the Company issued 40,090 shares of Series F Preferred Stock to the Treasury for an aggregate purchase price of $40,090,000. The sale of Series F Preferred Stock iswas the result of an investment by the Treasury from the Small Business Lending Fund, (“SBLF”), a $30 billion fund established under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 that encourages lending to small businesses by providing capital to qualified community banks with assets of less than $10 billion.  As a requirement of the SBLF, simultaneously, the Company redeemed the 38,327 shares of Series D Preferred Stock, at an aggregate price of $38,237,000, plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption of $159,321.


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Note 10.                 Preferred Stock (Continued)

The Series F Preferred Stock qualifies as Tier 1 capital of the Company.  Non-cumulative dividends are payable quarterly on the Series F Preferred Stock, and the dividend rate is based on changes in the level of “Qualified Small Business Lending” or “QSBL” by the Company’s wholly owned bank subsidiaries, QCBT, CRBT and RB&T.  Based upon the change in the banks’ level of QSBL over the baseline level (as defined by SBLF, the baseline is the average of QSBL for the last two quarters of 2009 and the first two quarters of 2010), the dividend rate for the initial dividend period, which was from the date of issuance through September 30, 2011, was set at 5%, and the dividend rate for the fourth quarter of 2011 has also been set at 5%.  For the 2nd through 10th calendar quarters, the annual dividend rate may be adjusted to between 1% and 5%, to reflect the amount of change in the banks’ level of QSBL.  For the 11th calendar quarter through 4.5 years after issuance, the dividend rate will be fixed at between 1% and 5%, based upon the increase in QSBL from the baseline level to the level as of the end of the ninth dividend period (i.e., as of September 30, 2013), or will be fixed at 7% if there is no increase or there is a decrease in QSBL during such period. In addition, beginning on April 1, 2014 and ending on April 1, 2016, if there is no increase or there is a decrease in QSBL from the baseline level to the level as of the end of the ninth dividend period (i.e., as of September 30, 2013), because of the Company’s participation in the CPP, the Company will be subject to an additional lending incentive fee of 2% per year. After 4.5 years from issuance, the dividend rate will increase to 9%.

In accordance with SBLF, the Company may pay dividends on all stock assuming Tier 1 capital levels remain at least 90% of the level existing upon the date of issuance, or September 15, 2011.  This threshold is subject to reduction depending on increases in the Company’s QSBL.

The Series F Preferred Stock is nonvoting, other than for consent rights granted to the Treasury with respect to (i) any authorization or issuance of shares ranking senior to the Series F Preferred Stock, (ii) any amendment to the rights of the Series F Preferred Stock, (iii) any merger, exchange, dissolution, or similar transaction that would affect the rights of the Series F Preferred Stock and (iv) any sale of all, or any material portion of, the Company’s assets if in conjunction with such sale, the Series F Preferred Stock will not be redeemed in full.

If the Company misses five dividend payments, whether or not consecutive, the holder of the Series F Preferred Stock will have the right, but not the obligation, to appoint a representative as an observer on the Company’s Board of Directors.  If the Company misses six dividend payments, whether or not consecutive, and if the then outstanding aggregate liquidation amount of the Series F Preferred Stock is at least $25,000,000, then the holder of the Series F Preferred Stock will have the right to designate two directors to the Board of Directors of the Company.

The Series F Preferred Stock was issued in a private placement exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act.

On June 29, 2012, the Company redeemed 10,223 shares of Series F Preferred Stock from the Treasury for an aggregate redemption amount of $10,223,000 plus unpaid dividends to the date of redemption of $124,948. The remainingOn March 31, 2014, the Company redeemed 15,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock may be redeemed at any time atfor an aggregate amount of $15,000,000 plus unpaid dividends to the optiondate of redemption of $337,500. On June 30, 2014, the Company subjectredeemed the remaining 14,867 shares of Series F Preferred Stock for an aggregate amount of $14,823,922, plus unpaid dividends to the approvaldate of redemption of $373,869. With this final redemption on June 30, 2014, the Company’s primary federal banking regulator.  All redemptions must be in amounts equal to at least the lesser of 25% of the number of originally issued shares, or 100% of the then-outstanding shares.

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Company no longer has any outstanding preferred stock and all preferred stock dividend payment commitments have been eliminated.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 11.13.          Federal and State Income Taxes


Federal and state income tax expense was comprised of the following components for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010:

  2012  2011  2010 
          
Current $1,850,234  $195,135  $1,193,245 
Deferred  2,684,367   3,673,064   1,256,004 
  $4,534,601  $3,868,199  $2,449,249 

2012:

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Current

 $4,203,979  $5,639,933  $2,232,183 

Deferred

  (1,165,009)  (1,021,991)  2,302,418 
  $3,038,970  $4,617,942  $4,534,601 

A reconciliation of the expected federal income tax expense to the income tax expense included in the consolidated statements of income was as follows for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010:

  Years Ended December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
  Amount  
% of
Pretax
Income
  Amount  
% of
Pretax
Income
  Amount  
% of
Pretax
Income
 
                   
Computed "expected" tax expense $6,174,295   35.0% $4,899,324   35.0% $3,239,941   35.0%
Effect of graduated tax rates interest  (20,775)  (0.1)  (139,981)  (1.0)  (92,570)  (1.0)
Tax exempt income, net  (1,243,660)  (7.0)  (692,742)  (4.9)  (556,682)  (6.0)
Bank-owned life insurance  (544,292)  (3.1)  (490,491)  (3.5)  (451,457)  (4.9)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit, current year
  730,865   4.1   533,250   3.8   330,917   3.6 
Change in unrecognized tax benefits  (149,183)  (0.8)  2,074   -   71,671   0.8 
Noncontrolling interests  (166,081)  (0.9)  (148,995)  (1.1)  (75,156)  (0.8)
Other  (246,568)  (1.5)  (94,240)  (0.7)  (17,415)  (0.2)
  $4,534,601   25.7% $3,868,199   27.6% $2,449,249   26.5%


2012:

  

Years Ended December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
      

% of

      

% of

      

% of

 
      

Pretax

      

Pretax

      

Pretax

 
  

Amount

  

Income

  

Amount

  

Income

  

Amount

  

Income

 
                         

Computed "expected" tax expense

 $6,297,027   35.0% $6,844,665   35.0% $6,174,295   35.0%

Effect of graduated tax rates

  (79,529)  (0.4)  (123,868)  (0.6)  (20,775)  (0.1)

Tax exempt income, net

  (2,646,275)  (14.7)  (1,790,049)  (9.2)  (1,243,660)  (7.0)

Bank-owned life insurance

  (585,312)  (3.3)  (624,847)  (3.2)  (544,292)  (3.1)

State income taxes, net of federal benefit, current year

  497,068   2.8   758,695   3.9   730,865   4.1 

Change in unrecognized tax benefits

  (6,395)  -   37,180   0.2   (149,183)  (0.8)

Acquisition costs

  -   -   248,952   1.3   -   - 

Noncontrolling interests

  -   -   -   -   (166,081)  (0.9)

Other

  (437,614)  (2.4)  (732,786)  (3.8)  (246,568)  (1.5)
  $3,038,970   17.0% $4,617,942   23.6% $4,534,601   25.7%

Changes in the unrecognized tax benefits included in other liabilities are as follows for the years ended December 31, 20122014 and 2011:

  2012  2011 
       
Balance, beginning $1,148,549  $1,034,025 
Impact of tax positions taken during current year  202,341   245,441 
Gross increase related to tax positions of prior years  21,781   89,310 
Reduction as a result of a lapse of the applicable statute of limitations  (378,593)  (220,227)
Balance, ending $994,078  $1,148,549 

2013:

  

2014

  

2013

 
         

Balance, beginning

 $1,058,019  $994,078 

Impact of tax positions taken during current year

  234,475   288,016 

Gross increase related to tax positions of prior years

  16,915   16,939 

Reduction as a result of a lapse of the applicable statute of limitations

  (307,118)  (241,014)

Balance, ending

 $1,002,291  $1,058,019 

Included in the unrecognized tax benefits liability at December 31, 20122014 are potential benefits of approximately $692,000$742,000 that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 11.                 Federal and State Income Taxes (Continued)

The liability for unrecognized tax benefits includes accrued interest for tax positions, which either do not meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold or where the tax benefit is measured at an amount less than the tax benefit claimed or expected to be claimed on an income tax return. At December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, accrued interest on uncertain tax positions was approximately $302,000$260,000 and $343,500,$316,000, respectively. Estimated interest related to the underpayment of income taxes is classified as a component of “income taxes” in the statements of income.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 13.          Federal and State Income Taxes (continued)

The Company’s federal income tax returns are open and subject to examination from the 20092011 tax return year and forward.later. Various state franchise and income tax returns are generally open from the 20082010 and later tax return years based on individual state statute of limitations.


The net deferred tax assets (liabilities) included with other assets on the consolidated balance sheets consisted of the following as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011:

  2012  2011 
Deferred tax assets:      
Alternative minimum tax credits $3,075,372  $1,955,270 
New markets tax credits  1,000,000   500,000 
Compensation  5,756,439   4,934,312 
Loan/lease losses  5,927,442   5,130,551 
Net operating loss carryforwards, federal and state  876,769   6,342,415 
Deferred loan origination fees, net  285,794   240,063 
Other  379,523   285,590 
   17,301,339   19,388,201 
Deferred tax liabilities:        
Net unrealized gains on securities available for sale  2,905,784   2,940,792 
Premises and equipment  1,532,602   1,580,272 
Equipment financing leases  20,516,189   19,897,412 
Investment accretion  43,740   43,648 
Other  444,302   417,996 
   25,442,617   24,880,120 
Net deferred tax asset (liability) $(8,141,278) $(5,491,919)

2013:

  

2014

  

2013

 

Deferred tax assets:

        

Alternative minimum tax credits

 $5,018,008  $3,936,226 

New markets tax credits

  2,100,000   1,500,000 

Net unrealized losses on securities available for sale and derivative instruments

  1,186,544   8,468,118 

Compensation

  8,266,896   7,056,579 

Loan/lease losses

  7,393,437   6,890,532 

Net operating loss carryforwards, federal and state

  2,415,284   2,914,140 

Deferred loan origination fees, net

  13,536   143,949 

Other

  482,908   410,640 
   26,876,613   31,320,184 

Deferred tax liabilities:

        

Premises and equipment

  1,216,080   1,575,582 

Equipment financing leases

  24,701,676   23,191,514 

Acquisition fair value adjustments

  1,774,157   1,319,981 

Investment accretion

  45,580   45,463 

Other

  619,121   551,080 
   28,356,614   26,683,620 

Net deferred tax asset (liability)

 $(1,480,001) $4,636,564 

At December 31, 2014, the Company had $6,424,739 of federal tax net operating loss carryforwards which are set to expire in varying amounts between 2029 and 2033. At December 31, 2014, the Company had $4,759,745 of state tax net operating loss carryforwards which are set to expire in varying amounts between 2017 and 2029. All of the federal tax net operating loss carryforwards and the majority of the state tax net operating loss carryforwards were acquired from Community National and CNB.    

The change in deferred income taxes was reflected in the consolidated financial statements as follows for the years ended ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010:

  2012  2011  2010 
          
Provision for income taxes $2,684,367  $3,673,064  $1,256,004 
Statement of stockholders' equity- accumulated other comprehensive income,unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale, net
  (35,008)  2,510,006   348,376 
  $2,649,359  $6,183,070  $1,604,380 
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2012:

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Provision for income taxes

 $(1,165,009) $(1,021,991) $2,302,418 

Statement of stockholders' equity- accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale, net, and unrealized losses on derivative instruments

  7,281,574   (11,373,902)  (35,008)
  $6,116,565  $(12,395,893) $2,267,410 

 

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements




Note 12.14.          Employee Benefit Plans


The Company has a profit sharing plan which includes a provision designed to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to allow for participant contributions. All employees are eligible to participate in the plan. The Company matches 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions, and 50% of the next 3% of employee contributions, up to a maximum amount of 4.5% of an employee's compensation. Additionally, at its discretion, the Company may make additional contributions to the plan which are allocated to the accounts of participants in the plan based on relative compensation. Company contributions for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 20102012 were as follows:

  2012  2011  2010 
          
Matching contribution $1,014,418  $929,869  $875,138 
Discretionary contribution  188,700   150,000   99,400 
  $1,203,118  $1,079,869  $974,538 

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Matching contribution

 $1,179,979  $1,129,726  $1,014,418 

Discretionary contribution

  198,800   186,000   188,700 
  $1,378,779  $1,315,726  $1,203,118 

The Company has entered into nonqualified supplemental executive retirement plans (“SERPs”) with certain executive officers. The SERPs allow certain executives to accumulate retirement benefits beyond those provided by the qualified plans. During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010,2012, the Company expensed $289,437, $190,105,$650,016, $264,672, and $157,261,$289,437, respectively, related to these plans. As part of the acquisition of Community National, the Company assumed the liability related to a SERP for one CNB executive. The assumed SERP liability was $317,418 at acquisition. As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, the liability related to the SERPs, included in other liabilities, was $2,802,497$3,800,603 and $2,630,060,$3,267,587, respectively. Payments to former executives in the amount of $117,000 were made in both 20122014 and 2011.


2013.

The Company has entered into deferred compensation agreements with certain executive officers. Under the provisions of the agreements, the officers may defer compensation and the Company matches the deferral up to certain maximums. The Company’s matching contribution varies by officer and is a maximum of between $10,000$17,500 and $20,000$25,000 annually. Interest on the deferred amounts is earned atThe Wall Street Journal’s prime rate subject to a minimum of 6% and a maximum of 12% with such limits differing by officer. The Company has also entered into deferred compensation agreements with certain management officers. Under the provisions of the agreements the officers may defer compensation and the Company matches the deferral up to certain maximums. The Company’s matching contribution differs by officer and is a maximum between 4% and 10% of officer’s compensation. Interest on the deferred amounts is earned atThe Wall Street Journal’s prime rate plus one percentage point, and has a minimum of 4% and shall not exceed 8%. Upon retirement, the officer will receive the deferral balance in 180 equal monthly installments. As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, the liability related to the agreements totaled $5,151,630$7,503,692 and $4,202,733,$6,224,368, respectively.


Changes in the deferred compensation agreements, included in other liabilities, are as follows for the years ended December 31, 2012, 20112014, 2013, and 2010:


  2012  2011  2010 
          
Balance, beginning $4,202,733  $3,469,525  $2,734,989 
Company expense  555,407   414,478   369,950 
Employee deferrals  405,788   381,616   371,374 
Cash payments made  (12,298)  (62,886)  (6,788)
Balance, ending $5,151,630  $4,202,733  $3,469,525 
             

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2012:

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Balance, beginning

 $6,224,368  $5,151,630  $4,202,733 

Company expense

  661,611   557,663   555,407 

Employee deferrals

  628,589   525,469   405,788 

Cash payments made

  (10,876)  (10,394)  (12,298)

Balance, ending

 $7,503,692  $6,224,368  $5,151,630 

 

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 13.15.          Stock-Based Compensation


Stock-based compensation expense was reflected in the consolidated financial statements as follows for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.

  2012  2011  2010 
          
Stock option and incentive plans $798,929  $587,900  $475,835 
Stock purchase plan  50,831   58,519   57,436 
Stock appreciation rights  -   49,988   (45,159)
  $849,760  $696,407  $488,112 

2012.

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Stock option and incentive plans

 $832,845  $734,827  $798,929 

Stock purchase plan

  58,774   57,452   50,831 
  $891,619  $792,279  $849,760 

Stock option and incentive plans:


The Company’s Board of Directors adopted in January 2008, and the stockholders approved in May 2008, the QCR Holdings, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (“2008 Equity Incentive Plan”). Up to 250,000 shares of common stock may be issued to employees and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to the exercise of nonqualified stock options and restricted stock granted under the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.  As of December 31, 2012, there were 14,922 remaining options available for grant under this plan. The Company’s Board of Directors adopted in February 2010, and the stockholders approved in May 2010, the QCR Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (“2010 Equity Incentive Plan”). Up to 350,000 shares of common stock may be issued to employees and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to the exercise of the nonqualified stock options and restricted stock granted under the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan. AsThe Company’s Board of December 31, 2012, there were 57,872 remainingDirectors adopted in February 2013, and the stockholders approved in May 2013, the QCR Holdings, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (“2013 Equity Incentive Plan”). Up to 350,000 shares of common stock may be issued to employees and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to the exercise of nonqualified stock options available for grantand restricted stock granted under this plan.the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. The 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and the 20102013 Equity Incentive Plan (collectively, “the stock option plans”) are administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”).


As of December 31, 2014, there were 186,589 remaining options available for grant under the stock option plans.

The number and exercise price of options granted under the stock option plans isare determined by the Committee at the time the option is granted. In no event can the exercise price be less than the value of the common stock at the date of the grant for incentive stock options. All options have a 10-year life and will vest and become exercisable from 1-to-51-to-7 years after the date of the grant. Only nonqualified stock options have been issued to date.


In the case of nonqualified stock options, the stock option plans provide for the granting of "Tax Benefit Rights" to certain participants at the same time as these participants are awarded nonqualified options. Each Tax Benefit Right entitles a participant to a cash payment, which is expensed by the Company, equal to the excess of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the exercise date over the exercise price of the related option multiplied by the difference between the rate of tax on ordinary income over the rate of tax on capital gains (federal and state).

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 13.15.          Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)


(continued)

A summary of the stock option plans as of December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 20102012 and changes during the years then ended is presented below:


  December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
  Shares  
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Shares  
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Shares  
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
                   
Outstanding, beginning  535,130  $13.85   510,612  $14.04   474,416  $14.44 
Granted  102,722   9.30   73,250   8.23   67,760   9.00 
Exercised  (17,876)  9.68   (36,459)  8.30   (5,754)  10.24 
Forfeited  (11,124)  10.57   (12,273)  8.28   (25,810)  9.68 
Outstanding, ending  608,852   13.27   535,130   13.85   510,612   14.04 
                         
Exercisable, ending  391,378       355,398       321,336     
                         
                         
Weighted average fair value per option of options granted during the period
 $2.79      $2.74      $2.89     

  

December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
      

Weighted

      

Weighted

      

Weighted

 
      

Average

      

Average

      

Average

 
      

Exercise

      

Exercise

      

Exercise

 
  

Shares

  

Price

  

Shares

  

Price

  

Shares

  

Price

 
                         

Outstanding, beginning

  662,506  $13.82   608,852  $13.27   535,130  $13.85 

Granted

  82,609   17.11   96,232   15.68   102,722   9.30 

Exercised

  (23,659)  10.22   (41,258)  10.06   (17,876)  9.68 

Forfeited

  (59,685)  19.02   (1,320)  10.53   (11,124)  10.57 

Outstanding, ending

  661,771   13.89   662,506   13.82   608,852   13.27 
                         

Exercisable, ending

  420,429       419,735       391,378     
                         

Weighted average fair value per option of options granted during the period

 $5.68      $5.14      $2.79     

A further summary of options outstanding as of December 31, 20122014 is presented below:

  Options Outstanding       
     Weighted     Options Exercisable 
Range of
Exercise Prices
 
Number
Outstanding
  
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
  
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  
Number
Exercisable
  
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
                
$7.72 to $8.93  65,530   7.90  $8.10   16,730  $8.22 
$9.00 to $11.64  239,692   7.75   9.21   78,098   9.19 
$13.25 to $16.85  157,205   4.68   15.94   150,125   15.96 
$17.00 to $18.60  49,840   2.73   18.06   49,840   18.06 
$18.67 to $20.90  67,885   2.16   19.48   67,885   19.48 
$21.00 to $22.00  28,700   2.16   21.28   28,700   21.28 
   608,852           391,378     

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Options Outstanding

         
        

Weighted

      

Options Exercisable

 
        

Average

  

Weighted

      

Weighted

 
        

Remaining

  

Average

      

Average

 

Range of

 

Number

  

Contractual

  

Exercise

  

Number

  

Exercise

 

Exercise Prices

 

Outstanding

  

Life

  

Price

  

Exercisable

  

Price

 
                       
$7.72to

$8.93

  51,990   5.89  $8.13   29,140  $8.19 
$9.00to

$10.24

  198,499   5.82   9.22   131,420   9.21 
$13.25 to

$16.85

  237,893   4.92   15.85   169,514   15.94 
$17.00 to

$18.60

  114,424   7.05   17.33   31,390   17.86 
$19.05to

$20.63

  30,265   1.04   19.10   30,265   19.10 
$21.00to

$22.00

  28,700   0.16   21.28   28,700   21.28 
     661,771           420,429     

 

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 13.15.          Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)


(continued)

Stock purchase plan:


The Company’s Board of Directors and its stockholders adopted in October 2002 the QCR Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”). On May 2, 2012, the Company'sCompany’s stockholders approved a complete amendment and restatement of the Purchase Plan. As of January 1, 2012,2014, there were 32,266254,851 shares of common stock available for issuance under the Purchase Plan. For each six-month offering period, the Board of Directors will determine how many of the total number of available shares will be offered. The purchase price is the lesser of 90% of the fair market value at the date of the grant or the investment date. The investment date, as established by the Board of Directors, is the date common stock is purchased after the end of each calendar quarter during an offering period. The maximum dollar amount any one participant can elect to contribute in an offering period is $7,500. Additionally, the maximum percentage that any one participant can elect to contribute is 8% of his or her compensation for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.2012. Information for the stock purchase plan for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 20102012 is presented below:

  2012  2011  2010 
          
Shares granted  29,671   34,860   31,718 
Shares purchased  31,554   36,174   28,907 
Weighted average fair value per share granted $1.71  $1.68  $1.81 


Stock appreciation rights:

The 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and 2004 Stock Incentive Plan allowed the granting of stock appreciation rights (“SARs”).  SARs are rights entitling the grantee to receive cash equal to the fair market value of the appreciation in the market value of a stated number of shares from the date of grant.  Like options, the number and exercise price of SARs granted is determined by the Committee.  The SARs vested 20% per year, and the term of the SARs was not to exceed 10 years from the date of the grant.  As of December 31, 2011, all SARs have expired or been paid out; therefore, there was no further liability related to the SARs as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.  Previously, there were 36,350 SARs outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2010.  Payments made on SARs were $0, $67,326, and $35,040 during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
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2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Shares granted

  24,811   27,415   29,671 

Shares purchased

  25,321   27,110   31,554 

Weighted average fair value per share granted

 $2.37  $2.10  $1.71 

 

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 14.16.          Regulatory Capital Requirements and Restrictions on Dividends


The Company (on a consolidated basis) and the subsidiary banks are 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 Company and subsidiary banks’ financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and the subsidiary banks must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of their assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the subsidiary banks to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the following table) of total and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets and of Tier 1 capital to average assets, each as defined by regulation. Management believes, as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, that the Company and the subsidiary banks met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.


Under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, to be categorized as “well capitalized,” an institution must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the following tables. The Company and the subsidiary banks’ actual capital amounts and ratios as of December 31, 20122014 and 20112013 are also presented in the following table (dollars in thousands). As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, the subsidiary banks met the requirements to be “well capitalized”.

  Actual  
For Capital
Adequacy Purposes
  
To Be Well
Capitalized Under
Prompt Corrective
Action Provisions
 
  Amount  Ratio  Amount  Ratio  Amount  Ratio 
As of December 31, 2012:                  
Company:                  
Total risk-based capital $188,841   12.71% $118,878  >8.0%  N/A   N/A 
Tier 1 risk-based capital  167,475   11.27%  59,439  >4.0%  N/A   N/A 
Tier 1 leverage  167,475   8.13%  82,357  >4.0%  N/A   N/A 
Quad City Bank & Trust:                        
Total risk-based capital $98,789   12.12% $65,218  >8.0% $81,522   10.00%
Tier 1 risk-based capital  90,533   11.11%  32,609  >4.0   48,913  >6.00%
Tier 1 leverage  90,533   7.74%  46,784  >4.0   58,480  >5.00%
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust:                        
Total risk-based capital $55,736   12.87% $34,652  >8.0% $43,315  >10.00%
Tier 1 risk-based capital  50,297   11.61%  17,326  >4.0   25,989  >6.00%
Tier 1 leverage  50,297   8.49%  23,685  >4.0   29,606  >5.00%
Rockford Bank & Trust:                        
Total risk-based capital $36,894   15.33% $19,255  >8.0% $24,609  >10.00%
Tier 1 risk-based capital  33,870   14.07%  9,628  >4.0   14,441   6.00%
Tier 1 leverage  33,870   11.13%  12,177  >4.0   15,221  >5.00%
                         
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Actual

  

For Capital

Adequacy Purposes

  

To Be Well

Capitalized Under

Prompt Corrective

Action Provisions

 
  

Amount

  

Ratio

  

Amount

  

Ratio

  

Amount

  

Ratio

 

As of December 31, 2014:

                        

Company:

                        

Total risk-based capital

 $204,376   10.91% $149,876  >8.0% 

N/A

  

N/A

 

Tier 1 risk-based capital

  178,364   9.52%  74,938  >4.0  

N/A

  

N/A

 

Tier 1 leverage

  178,364   7.62%  93,658  >4.0  

N/A

  

N/A

 

Quad City Bank & Trust:

                        

Total risk-based capital

 $104,869   11.26% $74,495  >8.0% $93,119  >10.0%

Tier 1 risk-based capital

  93,785   10.07%  37,248  >4.0   55,872  >6.0 

Tier 1 leverage

  93,785   7.10%  52,817  >4.0   66,021  >5.0 

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust:

                       

Total risk-based capital

 $76,662   11.54% $53,126  >8.0% $66,407  >10.0%

Tier 1 risk-based capital

  68,772   10.36%  26,563  >4.0   39,844  >6.0 

Tier 1 leverage

  68,772   8.21%  33,525  >4.0   41,906  >5.0 

Rockford Bank & Trust:

                        

Total risk-based capital

 $35,906   12.56% $22,875  >8.0% $28,594  >10.0%

Tier 1 risk-based capital

  32,325   11.30%  11,438  >4.0   17,156  >6.0 

Tier 1 leverage

  32,325   9.16%  14,112  >4.0   17,640  >5.0 

 

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 14.16.          Regulatory Capital Requirements and Restrictions on Dividends (Continued)

  Actual  
For Capital
Adequacy Purposes
  
To Be Well
Capitalized Under
Prompt Corrective
Action Provisions
 
  Amount  Ratio  Amount  Ratio  Amount  Ratio 
As of December 31, 2011:                  
Company:                  
Total risk-based capital $191,419   13.84% $110,686  >8.0%  N/A   N/A 
Tier 1 risk-based capital  169,360   12.24%  55,343  >4.0%  N/A   N/A 
Tier 1 leverage  169,360   8.70%  77,857  >4.0%  N/A   N/A 
Quad City Bank & Trust:                        
Total risk-based capital $98,382   13.03% $60,391  >8.0% $75,488  >10.00%
Tier 1 risk-based capital  90,336   11.97%  30,195  >4.0   45,293  >6.00%
Tier 1 leverage  90,336   8.21%  44,009  >4.0   55,012  >5.00%
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust:                        
Total risk-based capital $56,312   14.44% $31,198  >8.0% $38,998  >10.00%
Tier 1 risk-based capital  51,415   13.18%  15,599  >4.0   23,399  >6.00%
Tier 1 leverage  51,415   9.02%  22,807  >4.0   28,509  >5.00%
Rockford Bank & Trust:                        
Total risk-based capital $36,259   15.27% $19,001  >8.0% $23,752  >10.00%
Tier 1 risk-based capital  33,277   14.01%  9,501  >4.0   14,251  >6.00%
Tier 1 leverage  33,277   11.31%  11,770  >4.0   14,713  >5.00%

(continued)

  

Actual

  

For Capital

Adequacy Purposes

  

To Be Well

Capitalized Under

Prompt Corrective

Action Provisions

 
  

Amount

  

Ratio

  

Amount

  

Ratio

  

Amount

  

Ratio

 

As of December 31, 2013:

                        

Company:

                        

Total risk-based capital

 $217,011   12.87% $134,935  >8.0% 

N/A

  

N/A

 

Tier 1 risk-based capital

  193,044   11.45%  67,468  >4.0  

N/A

  

N/A

 

Tier 1 leverage

  193,044   7.96%  97,029  >4.0  

N/A

  

N/A

 

Quad City Bank & Trust:

                        

Total risk-based capital

 $101,168   12.25% $66,049  >8.0% $82,562  >10.0%

Tier 1 risk-based capital

  91,820   11.12%  33,025  >4.0   49,537  >6.0 

Tier 1 leverage

  91,820   7.13%  51,527  >4.0   64,408  >5.0 

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust:

                        

Total risk-based capital

 $74,912   12.54% $47,808  >8.0% $59,760  >10.0%

Tier 1 risk-based capital

  67,432   11.28%  23,904  >4.0   35,856  >6.0 

Tier 1 leverage

  67,432   8.78%  30,736  >4.0   38,420  >5.0 

Rockford Bank & Trust:

                        

Total risk-based capital

 $38,778   14.59% $21,263  >8.0% $26,579  >10.0%

Tier 1 risk-based capital

  35,449   13.34%  10,631  >4.0   15,947  >6.0 

Tier 1 leverage

  35,449   10.54%  13,459  >4.0   16,824  >5.0 

The Company’s ability to pay dividends to its stockholders may be affected by both general corporate law considerations and policies of the Federal Reserve applicable to bank holding companies.


The payment of dividends by any financial institution or its holding company is affected by the requirement to maintain adequate capital pursuant to applicable capital adequacy guidelines and regulations, and a financial institution generally is prohibited from paying any dividends if, following payment thereof, the institution would be undercapitalized. Notwithstanding the availability of funds for dividends, however, the Federal Reserve may prohibit the payment of any dividends by the subsidiary banks if the Federal Reserve determines such payment would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice.


The Company also has certain contractual restrictions on its ability to pay dividends. The Company has issued junior subordinated debentures in four private placements.placements and assumed two issues of junior subordinated debentures in connection with the Community National acquisition. Under the terms of the debentures, the Company may be prohibited, under certain circumstances, from paying dividends on shares of its common stock. Additionally, the Company has issued shares of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and under the terms of this preferred stock, the Company may be prohibited, under certainThese circumstances from paying dividends on shares of its common stock.  None of these circumstances existeddid not exist at December 31, 20122014 or 2011.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements




Note 15.16.          Regulatory Capital Requirements and Restrictions on Dividends (continued)

In July 2013, the U.S. federal banking authorities approved the implementation of the Basel III regulatory capital reforms and issued rules effecting certain changes required by the Dodd-Frank Act (the “Basel III Rules”).  The Basel III Rules are applicable to all U.S. banks that are subject to minimum capital requirements, as well as to bank and savings and loan holding companies other than “small bank holding companies” (generally bank holding companies with consolidated assets of less than $1 billion).  The Basel III Rules not only increased most of the required minimum regulatory capital ratios, but they introduced a new Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio and the concept of a capital conservation buffer.  The Basel III Rules also expand the definition of capital as in effect currently by establishing criteria that instruments must meet to be considered Additional Tier 1 Capital (Tier 1 Capital in addition to Common Equity) and Tier 2 Capital.  A number of instruments that now qualify as Tier 1 Capital will not qualify, or their qualifications will change.  The Basel III Rules also permit smaller banking organizations (including the Company and the subsidiary banks) to retain, through a one-time election, the existing treatment for accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”), which currently does not affect regulatory capital.  The Company will elect the existing treatment for AOCI. The Basel III Rules have maintained the general structure of the current prompt corrective action framework, while incorporating the increased requirements. The prompt corrective action guidelines were also revised to add the Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio.  In order to be a “well-capitalized” depository institution under the new regime, a bank and holding company must maintain a Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio of 6.5% or more; a Tier 1 Capital ratio of 8% or more; a Total Capital ratio of 10% or more; and a leverage ratio of 5% or more.  Generally, financial institutions, including the Company and subsidiary banks, became subject to the new Basel III Rules on January 1, 2015, with the first formal reporting as of March 31, 2015.  Management believes that its current capital structure and the execution of its existing capital plan will be sufficient to meet and exceed the revised regulatory capital ratios as required by the new Basel III Rules.

Note 17.          Earnings Per Common Share


The following information was used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010:

  2012  2011  2010 
          
Net income $13,106,240  $10,129,869  $6,807,726 
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests  488,473   438,221   221,047 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. $12,617,767  $9,691,648  $6,586,679 
             
Less: Preferred stock dividends and discount accretion  3,496,085   5,283,885*  4,128,104 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders $9,121,682  $4,407,763  $2,458,575 
             
Earnings per common share attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders         
Basic $1.88  $0.93  $0.54 
Diluted $1.85  $0.92  $0.53 
             
Weighted average common shares outstanding  4,844,776   4,724,781   4,593,096 
             
Weighted average common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and under the employee stock purchase plan **
  74,783   64,245   25,146 
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding  4,919,559   4,789,026   4,618,242 


*For the year ended December 31, 2011, includes approximately $1.2 million of accelerated accretion of discount on the redemption of Series D Preferred Stock during the third quarter of 2011.  See Note 10 for additional information.
*2012:

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Net income

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $13,106,240 

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

  -   -   488,473 

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $12,617,767 
             

Less: Preferred stock dividends

  1,081,877   3,168,302   3,496,085 *

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders

 $13,870,660  $11,769,943  $9,121,682 
             

Earnings per common share attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. common stockholders

            

Basic

 $1.75  $2.13  $1.88 

Diluted

 $1.72  $2.08  $1.85 
             

Weighted average common shares outstanding

  7,925,220   5,531,948   4,844,776 

Weighted average common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and under the employee stock purchase plan *

  123,441   114,978   74,783 

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding

  8,048,661   5,646,926   4,919,559 

*Excludes anti-dilutive shares of 158,375124,983, 116,324, and 546,521158,375 at December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, and 2011, respectively.


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 16.18.          Commitments and Contingencies


In the normal course of business, the subsidiary banks make various commitments and incur certain contingent liabilities that are not presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The commitments and contingent liabilities include various guarantees, commitments to extend credit, and standby letters of credit.


Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The subsidiary banks evaluate each customer's creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the subsidiary banks upon extension of credit, is based upon management's credit evaluation of the counterparty. Collateral held varies but may include accounts receivable, marketable securities, inventory, property, plant and equipment, and income-producing commercial properties.


Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the subsidiary banks to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements and, generally, have terms of one year or less. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. The subsidiary banks hold collateral, as described above, supporting those commitments if deemed necessary. In the event the customer does not perform in accordance with the terms of the agreement with the third party, the subsidiary banks would be required to fund the commitments. The maximum potential amount of future payments the subsidiary banks could be required to make is represented by the contractual amount. If the commitment is funded, the subsidiary banks would be entitled to seek recovery from the customer. At December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, no amounts had been recorded as liabilities for the subsidiary banks’ potential obligations under these guarantees.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 16.                 Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, commitments to extend credit aggregated $430,058,000$499,267,717 and $393,559,000,$432,601,000, respectively. As of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, standby letters of credit aggregated $15,179,000$12,896,428 and $8,250,000,$9,697,000, respectively. Management does not expect that all of these commitments will be funded.


The Company has also executed contracts for the sale of mortgage loans in the secondary market in the amount of $4,577,233$553,000 and $3,832,760$1,358,290 as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively. These amounts are included in loans held for sale at the respective balance sheet dates.


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 18.          Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

Residential mortgage loans sold to investors in the secondary market are sold with varying recourse provisions. Essentially, all loan sales agreements require the repurchase of a mortgage loan by the seller in situations such as breach of representation, warranty, or covenant, untimely document delivery, false or misleading statements, failure to obtain certain certificates or insurance, unmarketability, etc. Certain loan sales agreements contain repurchase requirements based on payment-related defects that are defined in terms of the number of days/months since the purchase, the sequence number of the payment, and/or the number of days of payment delinquency. Based on the specific terms stated in the agreements of investors purchasing residential mortgage loans from the Company’s subsidiary banks, the Company had $38,846,068$9,049,519 and $51,129,561$16,151,133 of sold residential mortgage loans with recourse provisions still in effect at December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively. The subsidiary banks did not repurchase any loans from secondary market investors under the terms of loans sales agreements during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010.2012. In the opinion of management, the risk of recourse and the subsequent requirement of loan repurchase to the subsidiary banks is not significant, and accordingly no liabilities have been established related to such.


Aside from cash on-hand and in-vault, the majority of the Company's cash is maintained at upstream correspondent banks. The total amount of cash on deposit, certificates of deposit, and federal funds sold exceeded federal insured limits by approximately $30,020,230$101,602,829 and $22,455,000$54,163,895 as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, respectively. In the opinion of management, no material risk of loss exists due to the financial condition of the upstream correspondent banks.  In addition, some of the Company’s cash maintained at upstream correspondent banks is in non-interest bearing deposit accounts.  In accordance with the FDIC’s Transaction Account Guarantee (“TAG”) Program, cash maintained in non-interest bearing deposit accounts was fully insured through December 31, 2012.  As scheduled, the unlimited coverage for noninterest-bearing transaction accounts provided under the Dodd-Frank Act expired on December 31, 2012.  Effective January 1, 2013, deposits held in noninterest-bearing transaction accounts are now aggregated with interest-bearing deposits the owner holds, and the combined total is insured up to $250,000.


In an arrangement with Goldman Sachs and Company (“Goldman Sachs”), certain subsidiary banks offer a cash management program for select customers. Based on a predetermined minimum balance, which must be maintained in the account, excess funds are automatically swept daily to an institutional money market fund administered by Goldman Sachs. At December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, the Company had $66,783,049$89,006,285 and $57,332,572,$78,880,300, respectively of customer funds invested in this cash management program.

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In the opinion of management, no material risk of loss exists due to the financial condition of Goldman Sachs.

In April 2011, CNB was named as one of 36 co-defendants in a complaint alleging unjust enrichment relating to participation loans originated, sold and repaid in a fraudulent scheme perpetuated by a loan broker. At acquisition, CNB had not settled the claims and, using all available information, including the settlement amounts of many of the initial co-defendants who had already settled, CNB’s management recorded a contingent liability of $1,028,000, which was assumed by the Company upon acquisition of CNB. In December 2013, the Company settled the claim in the amount of $940,333.

 

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries


Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 17.19.          Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)


  Year Ended December 31, 2012 
  
March
2012
  
June
2012
  
September
2012
  
December
2012
 
             
Total interest income $19,373,804  $19,534,528  $19,487,525  $18,980,016 
Total interest expense  5,170,351   5,019,035   4,858,007   4,679,220 
Net interest income  14,203,453   14,515,493   14,629,518   14,300,796 
Provision for loan/lease losses  780,446   1,048,469   1,496,194   1,045,658 
Noninterest income  3,956,878   4,067,509   4,117,182   4,479,726 
Noninterest expense  12,738,080   13,109,083   13,031,517   13,380,267 
Income before taxes  4,641,805   4,425,450   4,218,989   4,354,597 
Federal and state income tax expense  1,238,956   1,152,071   1,034,479   1,109,095 
Net income $3,402,849  $3,273,379  $3,184,510  $3,245,502 
Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests  166,031   201,223   127,177   (5,958)
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. $3,236,818  $3,072,156  $3,057,333  $3,251,460 
                 
Earnings per common share:                
Basic $0.48  $0.44  $0.45  $0.50 
Diluted $0.48  $0.44  $0.44  $0.49 
  Year Ended December 31, 2011 
   
March
2011
   
June
2011
   
September
2011
   
December
2011
 
                 
Total interest income $18,651,232  $19,862,076  $19,569,430  $19,640,510 
Total interest expense  6,442,430   5,911,021   5,740,726   5,484,215 
Net interest income  12,208,802   13,951,055   13,828,704   14,156,295 
Provision for loan/lease losses  1,067,664   1,672,221   2,456,965   1,419,164 
Noninterest income  5,057,124   4,173,381   4,335,307   3,896,066 
Noninterest expense  13,012,271   12,555,547   12,773,149   12,651,685 
Income before taxes  3,185,991   3,896,668   2,933,897   3,981,512 
Federal and state income tax expense  954,507   1,123,454   667,296   1,122,942 
Net income $2,231,484  $2,773,214  $2,266,601  $2,858,570 
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests  106,524   98,245   103,446   130,006 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc. $2,124,960  $2,674,969  $2,163,155  $2,728,564 
                 
Earnings per common share:                
Basic $0.23  $0.35  $(0.01) $0.36 
Diluted $0.23  $0.34  $(0.01) $0.35 


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Year Ended December 31, 2014

 
  

March

  

June

  

September

  

December

 
  

2014

  

2014

  

2014

  

2014

 
                 

Total interest income

 $21,035,211  $21,105,376  $21,796,642  $22,028,027 

Total interest expense

  4,185,970   4,140,033   4,321,311   4,246,814 

Net interest income

  16,849,241   16,965,343   17,475,331   17,781,213 

Provision for loan/lease losses

  1,094,162   1,001,879   1,063,323   3,647,636 

Noninterest income

  4,746,841   5,344,213   5,067,642   5,838,604 

Noninterest expense

  16,140,420   16,106,529   16,388,109   16,634,863 

Income before taxes

  4,361,500   5,201,148   5,091,541   3,337,318 

Federal and state income tax expense

  472,285   1,193,312   1,028,876   344,497 

Net income

 $3,889,215  $4,007,836  $4,062,665  $2,992,821 
                 

Earnings per common share:

                

Basic

 $0.40  $0.46  $0.51  $0.38 

Diluted

 $0.40  $0.45  $0.50  $0.37 

  

Year Ended December 31, 2013

 
  

March

  

June

  

September

  

December

 
  

2013

  

2013

  

2013

  

2013

 
                 

Total interest income

 $18,537,482  $20,139,401  $21,996,243  $21,198,832 

Total interest expense

  4,346,165   4,431,349   4,685,907   4,303,100 

Net interest income

  14,191,317   15,708,052   17,310,336   16,895,732 

Provision for loan/lease losses

  1,057,782   1,520,137   1,366,984   1,985,517 

Noninterest income

  5,204,029   6,948,756   5,934,653   7,726,390 

Noninterest expense

  13,958,500   15,234,349   17,027,268   18,212,541 

Income before taxes

  4,379,064   5,902,322   4,850,737   4,424,064 

Federal and state income tax expense

  1,113,920   1,857,091   1,038,793   608,138 

Net income

 $3,265,144  $4,045,231  $3,811,944  $3,815,926 
                 

Earnings per common share:

                

Basic

 $0.50  $0.60  $0.52  $0.51 

Diluted

 $0.49  $0.59  $0.51  $0.50 

 

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Note 18.20.          Parent Company Only Financial Statements


The following is condensed financial information of QCR Holdings, Inc. (parent company only):

Condensed Balance Sheets

December 31, 20122014 and 2011

Assets 2012  2011 
       
Cash and due from banks $1,072,434  $3,542,484 
Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions  185,113   183,176 
Securities available for sale, at fair value  1,406,876   1,252,658 
Investment in bank subsidiaries  182,465,733   181,045,066 
Investment in nonbank subsidiaries  1,202,791   2,510,382 
Premises and equipment, net  3,318,757   - 
Other assets  7,720,933   5,196,321 
Total assets $197,372,637  $193,730,087 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        
Liabilities:        
Other borrowings $10,077,769  $6,231,663 
Junior subordinated debentures  36,085,000   36,085,000 
Other liabilities  10,776,047   9,032,260 
Total liabilities  56,938,816   51,348,923 
         
Stockholders' Equity:        
Preferred stock  54,867   65,090 
Common stock  5,039,448   4,879,435 
Additional paid-in capital  78,912,791   89,702,533 
Retained earnings  53,326,542   44,585,902 
Accumulated other comprehensive income  4,706,683   4,754,714 
Treasury stock  (1,606,510)  (1,606,510)
Total stockholders' equity  140,433,821   142,381,164 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $197,372,637  $193,730,087 
         
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Assets

 

2014

  

2013

 
         

Cash and due from banks

 $4,499,139  $7,212,584 

Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions

  190,127   187,401 

Securities available for sale, at fair value

  1,724,353   1,644,663 

Investment in bank subsidiaries

  198,881,739   187,410,269 

Investment in nonbank subsidiaries

  1,388,361   1,396,632 

Premises and equipment, net

  3,160,035   3,243,575 

Other assets

  6,765,109   8,709,546 

Total assets

 $216,608,863  $209,804,670 
         

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

        

Liabilities:

        

Other borrowings

 $21,745,116  $14,104,323 

Junior subordinated debentures

  40,423,735   40,289,830 

Other liabilities

  10,361,503   7,833,737 

Total liabilities

  72,530,354   62,227,890 
         

Stockholders' Equity:

        

Preferred stock

  -   29,867 

Common stock

  8,074,443   8,005,708 

Additional paid-in capital

  61,668,968   90,154,528 

Retained earnings

  77,876,824   64,637,173 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  (1,935,216)  (13,643,986)

Treasury stock

  (1,606,510)  (1,606,510)

Total stockholders' equity

  144,078,509   147,576,780 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 $216,608,863  $209,804,670 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 18.20.          Parent Company Only Financial Statements (Continued)

(continued)

Condensed Statements of Income

Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010

  2012  2011  2010 
          
Total interest income $57,136  $62,521  $43,157 
Equity in net income of bank subsidiaries  17,206,086   14,449,843   11,223,115 
Equity in net income of nonbank subsidiaries  168,934   174,058   199,285 
Other *  657,733   129,773   46,030 
Total income  18,089,889   14,816,195   11,511,587 
             
Interest expense  1,408,948   1,562,323   2,296,446 
Salaries and employee benefits  4,717,609   4,078,474   3,153,062 
Professional fees  988,306   1,103,910   1,192,225 
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities  62,400   118,847   - 
Other  760,618   783,460   743,859 
Total expenses  7,937,881   7,647,014   7,385,592 
             
Income before income tax benefit  10,152,008   7,169,181   4,125,995 
             
Income tax benefit  2,465,759   2,522,467   2,460,684 
Net income $12,617,767  $9,691,648  $6,586,679 
             

2012

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
             

Total interest income

 $40,815  $43,476  $57,136 

Equity in net income of bank subsidiaries

  20,333,194   20,499,070   17,206,086 

Equity in net income of nonbank subsidiaries

  32,675   31,540   168,934 

Bargain purchase gain on Community National acquisition

  -   1,841,385   - 

Other *

  7,486   7,942   657,733 

Total income

  20,414,170   22,423,413   18,089,889 
             

Interest expense

  1,986,752   1,714,814   1,408,948 

Salaries and employee benefits

  4,671,719   4,765,762   4,717,609 

Professional fees

  1,100,714   977,571   988,306 

Acquisition and data conversion costs

  -   2,037,684   - 

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities

  -   -   62,400 

Other

  635,081   642,044   760,618 

Total expenses

  8,394,266   10,137,875   7,937,881 
             

Income before income tax benefit

  12,019,904   12,285,538   10,152,008 
             

Income tax benefit

  2,932,633   2,652,707   2,465,759 

Net income

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $12,617,767 

*For theThe year ended December 31, 2012 includes pre-tax gain of approximately $580 thousand on the sale of a 2.25% equity interest in a company providing data processing services to merchant credit card acquiring businesses.

 

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Note 18.20.          Parent Company Only Financial Statements (Continued)

(continued)

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010

2012

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

            

Net income

 $14,952,537  $14,938,245  $12,617,767 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

            

Distributions in excess of (less than) earnings of:

            

Bank subsidiaries

  166,806   5,500,930   (3,706,086)

Nonbank subsidiaries

  9   (103)  (132,911)

Bargain purchase gain on Community National acquisition

  -   (1,841,385)  - 

Accretion of acquisition fair value adjustments

  133,905   79,655   - 

Depreciation

  100,158   75,182   - 

Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities

  -   -   62,400 

Stock-based compensation expense

  891,619   792,279   849,760 

Decrease (increase) in other assets

  1,912,597   (725,105)  (437,827)

(Decrease) increase in other liabilities

  2,644,458   (2,978,106)  1,938,832 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  20,802,089   15,841,592   11,191,935 
             

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

            

Net increase in interest-bearing deposits at financial instituions

  (2,726)  (2,288)  (1,937)

Purchase of securities available for sale

  (40,523)  (34,040)  (53,501)

Calls, maturities and redemptions of securities available for sale

  71,429   -   - 

Net cash paid for Community National acquisition

  -   (6,261,684)  - 

Increase in cash from dissolution of VPHC

  -   -   99,645 

Purchase of premises and equipment

  (16,618)  -   - 

Net cash (used in) provided by' investing activities

  11,562   (6,298,012)  44,207 
             

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

            

Net (decrease) increase in other borrowings

  (2,359,207)  (373,446)  - 

Proceeds from other borrowings term note

  10,000,000   10,000,000   - 

Advance (payment) on 364-day revolving note

  -   (5,600,000)  2,000,000 

Repayment of Community National's other borrowings at acquisition

  -   (3,950,000)  - 

Payment of cash dividends on common and preferred stock

  (1,964,608)  (4,062,726)  (4,088,949)

Redemption of 10,223 shares of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net

  -   -   (10,223,000)

Redemption of 29,867 shares of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net

  (29,823,922)  -   - 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

  620,641   582,742   994,174 

Purchase of noncontrolling interests

  -   -   (2,388,417)

Net cash used in financing activities

  (23,527,096)  (3,403,430)  (13,706,192)
             

Net increase (decrease) in cash and due from banks

  (2,713,445)  6,140,150   (2,470,050)
             

Cash and due from banks:

            

Beginning

  7,212,584   1,072,434   3,542,484 

Ending

 $4,499,139  $7,212,584  $1,072,434 

 

  2012  2011  2010 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:         
Net income $12,617,767  $9,691,648  $6,586,679 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:            
Distributions in excess of (less than) earnings of:            
Bank subsidiaries  (3,706,086)  (4,449,843)  (4,573,115)
Nonbank subsidiaries  (132,911)  133,951   (141,234)
Depreciation  -   54   590 
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities  62,400   118,847   - 
Stock-based compensation expense  849,760   646,419   533,271 
Increase in other assets  (437,827)  (65,205)  (2,935,064)
Increase in other liabilities  1,930,733   658,610   926,645 
Net cash provided by operating activities  11,183,836   6,734,481   397,772 
             
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:            
Net increase in interest-bearing deposits at financial instituions  (1,937)  (1,227)  (940)
Purchase of securities available for sale  (53,501)  (58,149)  (27,980)
Capital infusion, bank subsidiaries  -   (1,693,679)  (2,700,000)
Increase in cash from dissolution of VPHC  99,645   -   - 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities  44,207   (1,753,055)  (2,728,920)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:            
Net increase (decrease) in other borrowings  2,008,099   1,107,630   (2,491,727)
Proceeds from issuance of Series A Subordinated Notes and detachable warrants to purchase 54,000 shares of common stock
  -   -   2,700,000 
Payment of cash dividends on common and preferred stock  (4,088,949)  (3,712,493)  (4,052,089)
Redemption of 10,223 shares of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net  (10,223,000)  -   - 
Proceeds from issuance of 40,090 shares of Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net  -   39,996,922   - 
Redemption of Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, net  -   (38,237,000)  - 
Repurchase of 521,888 shares of common stock warrants issued in conjunction with Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
  -   (1,100,000)  - 
Proceeds from issuance of Series E Noncumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, net  -   -   3,187,233 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net  994,174   477,339   261,547 
Purchase of noncontrolling interests  (2,388,417)  -   (149,032)
Net cash used in financing activities  (13,698,093)  (1,467,602)  (544,068)
             
Net increase (decrease) in cash and due from banks  (2,470,050)  3,513,824   (2,875,216)
             
Cash and due from banks:            
Beginning  3,542,484   28,660   2,903,876 
Ending $1,072,434  $3,542,484  $28,660 
             
Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Investing Activities:            
Dissolution of VPHC (see Note 1)            
             
Assets acquired:            
Cash $99,645  $-  $- 
Premises  3,318,757   -   - 
Other assets  12,473   -   - 
Total assets  3,430,875   -   - 
Liabilities assumed:            
Other borrowings  1,838,007   -   - 
Other liabilities  14,461   -   - 
Total liabilities  1,852,468   -   - 
Net  1,578,407   -   - 
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Note 19.21.          Fair Value


Accounting guidance on fair value measurements uses a hierarchy intended to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. This hierarchy includes three levels and is based upon the valuation techniques used to measure assets and liabilities. The three levels are as follows:


 ·

Level 1 – Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in markets;

 ·

Level 2 – Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument; and

 ·

Level 3 – Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement


Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis comprisecomprised the following at December 31, 20122014 and 2011:

     Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using 
  Fair Value  
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
             
December 31, 2012:            
Securities available for sale:            
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities $338,609,371  $-  $338,609,371  $- 
Residential mortgage-backed securities  163,601,103   -   163,601,103   - 
Municipal securities  26,185,736   -   26,185,736   - 
Trust preferred securities  139,400   -   139,400   - 
Other securities  1,624,376   234,453   1,389,923   - 
  $530,159,986  $234,453  $529,925,533  $- 
                 
December 31, 2011:                
Securities available for sale:                
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities $428,955,220  $-  $428,955,220  $- 
Residential mortgage-backed securities  108,853,749   -   108,853,749   - 
Municipal securities  25,689,364   -   25,689,364   - 
Trust preferred securities  80,800   -   80,800   - 
Other securities  1,450,158   191,506   1,258,652   - 
  $565,029,291  $191,506  $564,837,785  $- 

2013:

      

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using

 
      

Quoted Prices

  

Significant

     
      

in Active

  

Other

  

Significant

 
      

Markets for

  

Observable

  

Unobservable

 
      

Identical Assets

  

Inputs

  

Inputs

 
  

Fair Value

  

(Level 1)

  

(Level 2)

  

(Level 3)

 
                 

December 31, 2014:

                

Securities available for sale:

                

U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities

 $307,869,572  $-  $307,869,572  $- 

Residential mortgage-backed securities

  111,423,224   -   111,423,224   - 

Municipal securities

  30,399,981   -   30,399,981   - 

Other securities

  1,966,853   345,952   1,620,901   - 

Derivative instruments

  1,487,386   -   1,487,386   - 
  $453,147,016  $345,952  $452,801,064  $- 
                 

December 31, 2013:

                

Securities available for sale:

                

U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities

 $356,472,987  $-  $356,472,987  $- 

Residential mortgage-backed securities

  157,429,451   -   157,429,451   - 

Municipal securities

  35,958,857   -   35,958,857   - 

Other securities

  1,897,163   317,698   1,579,465   - 
  $551,758,458  $317,698  $551,440,760  $- 

There were no transfers of assets or liabilities between Levels 1, 2, and 3 of the fair value hierarchy during the years ended December 31, 20122014 or 2011.


2013.

A small portion of the securities available for sale portfolio consists of common stocksstock issued by various unrelated bank holding companies and mutual funds. The fair values used by the Company are obtained from an independent pricing service, which represent quoted market prices for the identical securities (Level 1 inputs).

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Note 19.21.          Fair Value (Continued)


(continued)

The remainder of the securities available for sale portfolio consistconsists of securities whereby the Company obtains fair values from an independent pricing service. The fair values are determined by pricing models that consider observable market data, such as interest rate volatilities, LIBOR yield curve, credit spreads and prices from market makers and live trading systems (Level 2 inputs).


Derivative instruments consist of interest rate caps that are used for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the details of these instruments. The fair values are determined by pricing models that consider observable market data for derivative instruments with similar structures (Level 2 inputs).

Certain financial assets are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis; that is, the assets are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances (for example, when there is evidence of impairment).


Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis comprisecomprised the following at December 31, 20122014 and 2011:

     Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using 
  Fair Value  
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
December 31, 2012:            
Impaired loans/leases $18,054,234  $-  $-  $18,054,234 
Other real estate owned  4,270,901   -   -   4,270,901 
  $22,325,135  $-  $-  $22,325,135 
                 
December 31, 2011:                
Impaired loans/leases $19,603,360  $-  $-  $19,603,360 
Other real estate owned  9,056,619   -   -   9,056,619 
  $28,659,979  $-  $-  $28,659,979 

2013:

      

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using

 
      

Quoted Prices

  

Significant

     
      

in Active

  

Other

  

Significant

 
      

Markets for

  

Observable

  

Unobservable

 
      

Identical Assets

  

Inputs

  

Inputs

 
  

Fair Value

  

(Level 1)

  

(Level 2)

  

(Level 3)

 

December 31, 2014:

                

Impaired loans/leases

 $12,467,362  $-  $-  $12,467,362 

Other real estate owned

  13,789,047   -   -   13,789,047 
  $26,256,409  $-  $-  $26,256,409 
                 

December 31, 2013:

                

Impaired loans/leases

 $9,009,557  $-  $-  $9,009,557 

Other real estate owned

  10,507,377   -   -   10,507,377 
  $19,516,934  $-  $-  $19,516,934 

Impaired loans/leases are evaluated and valued at the time the loan/lease is identified as impaired, at the lower of cost or fair value and are classified as a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.  Fair value is measured based on the value of the collateral securing these loans/leases.  Collateral may be real estate and/or business assets including equipment, inventory and/or accounts receivable and is determined based on appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Company.  Appraised and reported values may be discounted based on management’s historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of valuation, and/or management’s expertise and knowledge of the client and client’s business.  


Other real estate owned in the table above consists of property acquired through foreclosures and settlements of loans.  Property acquired is carried at the estimated fair value of the property, less disposal costs, and is classified as a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.   The estimated fair value of the property is determined based on appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Company.  Appraised and reported values are discounted based on management’s historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of valuation, and/or management’s expertise and knowledge of the property.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 21.          Fair Value (continued)

The following table presents additional quantitative information about assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:

  

Quantitave Information about Level Fair Value Measurments

 
  

Fair Value

 

Valuation Technique

Unobservable Input

 

Range

 

December 31, 2014:

          

Impaired loans/leases

 $12,467,362 

Appraisal of collateral

Appraisal adjustments

  -10.00% to -50.00%

Other real estate owned

  13,789,047 

Appraisal of collateral

Appraisal adjustments

  0.00% to -35.00%

  

Quantitave Information about Level Fair Value Measurments

 
  

Fair Value

 

Valuation Technique

Unobservable Input

 

Range

 

December 31, 2013:

          

Impaired loans/leases

 $9,009,557 

Appraisal of collateral

Appraisal adjustments

  -10.00% to -50.00%

Other real estate owned

  10,507,377 

Appraisal of collateral

Appraisal adjustments

  0.00% to -35.00%

For impaired loans/leases and other real estate owned, the Company records carrying value at fair value less disposal or selling costs. The amounts reported in the tables above are fair values before the adjustment for disposal or selling costs.


There have been no changes in valuation techniques used for any assets measured at fair value during the years ended December 31, 20122014 or 2011.

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Note 19.                 Fair Value (Continued)

2013.

The following table presents the carrying values and estimated fair values of financial assets and liabilities carried on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets,sheet, including those financial assets and liabilities that are not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring basis or non-recurring basis:

 

Fair Value

 

As of December 31, 2014

  

As of December 31, 2013

 
 

Heirarchy

 

Carrying

  

Estimated

  

Carrying

  

Estimated

 
 

Level

 

Value

  

Fair Value

  

Value

  

Fair Value

 
                  

Cash and due from banks

Level 1

 $38,235,019  $38,235,019  $41,950,790  $41,950,790 

Federal funds sold

Level 2

  46,780,000   46,780,000   39,435,000   39,435,000 

Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions

Level 2

  35,334,682   35,334,682   33,044,917   33,044,917 

Investment securities:

                 

Held to maturity

Level 3

  199,879,574   201,113,796   145,451,895   138,640,105 

Available for sale

See Previous Table

  451,659,630   451,659,630   551,758,458   551,758,458 

Loans/leases receivable, net

Level 3

  11,543,854   12,467,362   8,342,182   9,009,557 

Loans/leases receivable, net

Level 2

  1,595,384,851   1,606,646,146   1,430,489,328   1,441,952,443 

Derivative instruments

Level 2

  1,487,386   1,487,386   -   - 

Deposits:

                 

Nonmaturity deposits

Level 2

  1,304,044,099   1,304,044,099   1,256,209,352   1,256,209,352 

Time deposits

Level 2

  375,623,914   376,509,000   390,781,891   391,923,000 

Short-term borrowings

Level 2

  268,351,670   268,351,670   149,292,967   149,292,967 

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

Level 2

  203,500,000   208,172,000   231,350,000   241,623,000 

Other borrowings

Level 2

  150,282,492   159,741,000   142,448,362   152,761,000 

Junior subordinated debentures

Level 2

  40,423,735   28,585,294   40,289,830   28,094,228 

 
   As of December 31, 2012  As of December 31, 2011 
 
Fair Value
Heirarchy
Level
 
Carrying
Value
  
Estimated
Fair Value
  
Carrying
Value
  
Estimated
Fair Value
 
              
Cash and due from banksLevel 1 $61,568,446  $61,568,446  $53,136,710  $53,136,710 
Federal funds soldLevel 2  26,560,000   26,560,000   20,785,000   20,785,000 
Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutionsLevel 2  22,359,490   22,359,490   26,750,602   26,750,602 
Investment securities:                 
Held to maturityLevel 3  72,079,385   73,005,706   200,000   200,000 
Available for saleSee Previous Table  530,159,986   530,159,986   565,029,291   565,029,291 
Loans/leases receivable, netLevel 3  16,716,883   18,054,234   18,151,259   19,603,360 
Loans/leases receivable, netLevel 2  1,250,745,552   1,262,090,766   1,163,804,976   1,183,213,640 
Deposits:                 
Nonmaturity depositsLevel 2  1,039,572,326   1,039,572,326   867,972,148   867,972,148 
Time depositsLevel 2  334,541,774   337,343,000   337,485,640   341,224,852 
Short-term borrowingsLevel 2  171,082,961   171,082,961   213,536,450   213,536,450 
Federal Home Loan Bank advancesLevel 2  202,350,000   220,815,000   204,750,000   223,678,000 
Other borrowingsLevel 2  138,239,762   154,101,000   136,231,663   151,813,000 
Junior subordinated debenturesLevel 2  36,085,000   18,786,000   36,085,000   18,444,000 
                  

QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 21.          Fair Value (continued)

The methodologies for estimating the fair value of financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis are discussed above. For certain financial assets and liabilities, carrying value approximates fair value due to the nature of the financial instrument. These instruments include: cash and due from banks, federal funds sold, interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions, non-maturity deposits, and short-term borrowings. The Company used the following methods and assumptions in estimating the fair value of the following instruments:


Securities held to maturity:The fair values are estimated using pricing models that consider certain observable market data, however, as most of the securities have limited or no trading activity and are not rated, the fair value is partially dependent upon unobservable inputs.


Loans/leases receivable: The fair values for all types of loans/leases are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, using interest rates currently being offered for loans/leases with similar terms to borrowers with similar credit quality. The fair value of loans held for sale is based on quoted market prices of similar loans sold in the secondary market.


Deposits: The fair values disclosed for demand deposits equal their carrying amounts, which represent the amount payable on demand. Fair values for time deposits are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on time deposits to a schedule of aggregate expected monthly maturities on time deposits.


FHLB advances and junior subordinated debentures: The fair value of these instruments is estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, based on the Company's current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.

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QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 19.                 Fair Value (Continued)

Other borrowings: The fair value for the wholesale repurchase agreements and fixed rate other borrowings is estimated using rates currently available for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. The fair value for variable rate other borrowings is equal to its carrying value.


Commitments to extend credit: The fair value of these commitments is not material.



Note 20.22.          Business Segment Information


Selected financial and descriptive information is required to be disclosed for reportable operating segments, applying a “management perspective” as the basis for identifying reportable segments. The management perspective is determined by the view that management takes of the segments within the Company when making operating decisions, allocating resources, and measuring performance. The segments of QCR Holdings, Inc.the Company have been defined by the structure of the Company’s internal organization, focusing on the financial information that the Company’s operating decision-makers routinely use to make decisions about operating matters.


The Company’s primary segment, Commercial Banking, is geographically divided by markets into the secondary segments which are the three subsidiary banks wholly-owned by the Company: QCBT, CRBT, and RB&T. CRBT includes CNB’s operations from acquisition date (May 13, 2013) forward. Each of these secondary segments offer similar products and services, but are managed separately due to different pricing, product demand, and consumer markets. Each offers commercial, consumer, and mortgage loans and deposit services.


The Company’s Wealth Management segment represents trust and asset management and investment management and advisory services offered at the Company’s three subsidiary banks in aggregate. This segment generates income primarily from fees charged based on assets under administration for corporate and personal trusts, custodial services, and investments managed. No assets of the subsidiary banks have been allocated to the Wealth Management segment.


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 22.          Business Segment Information (continued)

The Company’s All Other segment includes the corporate operations of the parent and operations of all other consolidated subsidiaries and/or defined operating segments that fall below the segment reporting thresholds.  This segment includes the corporate operations of the parent and VPHC, which was dissolved and liquidated effective December 31, 2012.

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QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 20.                 Business Segment Information (Continued)

Selected financial information on the Company's business segments, with all intercompany accounts and transactions eliminated, is presented as follows as of and for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010:


  Commercial Banking             
  
Quad City
Bank & Trust
  
Cedar Rapids
Bank & Trust
  
Rockford
Bank & Trust
  
Wealth
Management
  All other  
Intercompany
Eliminations
  
Consolidated
Total
 
                      
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2012                     
Total revenue $47,984,123  $26,697,921  $12,955,951  $5,993,437  $745,682  $(379,946) $93,997,168 
Net interest income  33,770,092   15,717,038   9,630,481   -   (1,468,351)  -   57,649,260 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.  9,915,267   5,786,446   857,610   646,762   (4,577,566)  (10,752)  12,617,767 
Total assets  1,177,294,502   625,713,218   313,824,607   -   14,906,904   (38,008,739)  2,093,730,492 
Provision for loan/lease losses  1,527,767   1,275,000   1,568,000   -   -   -   4,370,767 
Goodwill  3,222,688   -   -   -   -   -   3,222,688 
                             
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2011                            
Total revenue $47,952,867  $28,406,789  $13,518,534  $5,477,913  $228,900  $(399,877) $95,185,126 
Net interest income  30,831,946   15,856,555   9,085,293   -   (1,628,938)  -   54,144,856 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.  8,176,665   5,154,769   329,251   789,159   (4,733,869)  (24,327)  9,691,648 
Total assets  1,113,435,783   560,076,246   294,382,640   -   14,826,484   (16,111,099)  1,966,610,054 
Provision for loan/lease losses  2,735,014   1,655,000   2,226,000   -   -   -   6,616,014 
Goodwill  3,222,688   -   -   -   -   -   3,222,688 
                             
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2010                            
Total revenue $47,708,698  $29,221,682  $13,718,493  $5,103,747  $147,577  $(396,943) $95,503,254 
Net interest income  28,664,024   15,568,717   8,041,016   -   (2,409,989)  -   49,863,768 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.  5,767,982   3,565,637   729,714   1,159,782   (4,581,870)  (54,566)  6,586,679 
Total assets  1,025,699,414   546,789,724   271,378,714   -   11,622,441   (18,855,077)  1,836,635,216 
Provision for loan/lease losses  2,457,618   4,200,000   806,000   -   -   -   7,463,618 
Goodwill  3,222,688   -   -   -   -   -   3,222,688 
2012:

  

Commercial Banking

                 
  

Quad City

  

Cedar Rapids

  

Rockford

  

Wealth

      

Intercompany

  

Consolidated

 
  

Bank & Trust

  

Bank & Trust

  

Bank & Trust

  

Management

  

All other

  

Eliminations

  

Total

 
                             

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2014

                            

Total revenue

 $48,542,678  $35,683,917  $14,598,307  $8,513,322  $80,978  $(456,646) $106,962,556 

Net interest income

  36,539,635   24,215,815   10,261,615   -   (1,945,937)  -   69,071,128 

Net income

  9,065,183   7,562,252   2,149,676   1,556,082   (5,380,656)  -   14,952,537 

Total assets

  1,320,684,456   840,331,777   353,448,134   -   17,727,123   (7,233,390)  2,524,958,100 

Provision for loan/lease losses

  3,800,667   1,855,333   1,151,000   -   -   -   6,807,000 

Goodwill

  3,222,688   -   -   -   -   -   3,222,688 

Core deposit intangible

  -   1,670,921   -   -   -   -   1,670,921 
                             

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2013

                            

Total revenue

 $48,742,635  $36,089,448  $13,809,593  $7,521,821  $1,924,329  $(402,040) $107,685,786 

Net interest income

  33,892,035   22,239,329   9,645,411   -   (1,671,338)  -   64,105,437 

Net income

  9,310,779   7,953,230   1,855,672   1,379,402   (5,560,838)  -   14,938,245 

Total assets

  1,245,128,136   804,223,453   339,375,139   -   22,394,401   (16,168,205)  2,394,952,924 

Provision for loan/lease losses

  3,391,406   1,531,014   1,008,000   -   -   -   5,930,420 

Goodwill

  3,222,688   -   -   -   -   -   3,222,688 

Core deposit intangible

  -   1,870,433   -   -   -   -   1,870,433 
                             

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2012

                            

Total revenue

 $47,984,123  $26,697,921  $12,955,951  $5,993,437  $745,682  $(379,946) $93,997,168 

Net interest income

  33,770,092   15,717,038   9,630,481   -   (1,468,351)  -   57,649,260 

Net income

  9,915,267   5,786,446   857,610   646,762   (4,577,566)  (10,752)  12,617,767 

Total assets

  1,177,294,502   625,713,218   313,824,607   -   14,906,904   (38,008,739)  2,093,730,492 

Provision for loan/lease losses

  1,527,767   1,275,000   1,568,000   -   -   -   4,370,767 

Goodwill

  3,222,688   -   -   -   -   -   3,222,688 

Note 21.23.          Acquisition of 20% Noncontrolling Interest in m2 Lease Funds


On August 27, 2012, the Company’s largest subsidiary bank, QCBT, entered into an amendment to the operating agreement of m2 and purchased the remaining 20% noncontrolling interest in m2 for $4,501,442. The purchase price and related acquisition costs exceeded the book value by $2,133,417. This excess is reflected as a reduction in additional paid in capital.capital on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The acquisition iswas structured in two payments with the initial payment of $1,653,755 made on September 11, 2012 and the final payment of $3,307,509 due in September 2015. QCBT calculated the present value of this future payment using a discount rate of 5% and recorded a resulting liability of $2,847,687. QCBT is accreting the discount of $459,822 using the effective yield method over the three year period to the final payment date. DuringAccretion totaled $155,716, $148,137 and $47,759 for the yearyears ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, accretion totaled $47,758, and, as a result, therespectively. The liability related to the final payment due totals $3,199,298, $3,043,582 and $2,895,445 at December 31, 2012.


2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

In conjunction with the purchase agreement, the Company also entered into an agreement with the Chief Executive Officer and former 20% owner of m2, whereby he will be provided additional consideration equal to 20% of the earnings of m2 for the period from September 2012 through the earlier of August 2015 or his separation from service. The payment under this arrangement will also be due in September 2015. Because the payment is contingent upon future service, QCBT is accruing the liability and related compensation expense over the service period. As ofExpense totaled $701,634, $725,483 and $195,715 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, $195,715 has been accrued and expensedrespectively. The liability related to this obligation.future payment totaled $1,622,832, $921,198 and $195,715 at December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. 


QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 22.24.          Sale of Credit Card Loan Receivables and Credit Card Issuing Operations for QCBT


On January 31, 2013, QCBT entered into an agreement to sell its credit card loan receivables totaling approximately $10,180,000.$10,179,318. This transaction closed on February 15, 2013 and resulted in a pre-tax gain net of expenses, of approximately $435,000.$495,405. As a part of the agreement, QCBT also agreed to sell its credit card issuing operations to the purchaser. The gain to be realizedrecognized on this transaction is wholly dependent upon successful re-contractingwas $355,268. QCBT incurred pre-tax expenses related to these transactions of QCBT’s agent bank customer base with the purchaser.  The re-contracting period expires March 15, 2013 and the maximum$257,476, resulting in a net pre-tax gain expected to be realized is approximately $440,000.

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on the transactions of $593,197.

 
QCR Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 23.                 Acquisition of Community National Bancorporation and Community National Bank

On February 13, 2013, the Company signed a definitive agreement to acquire Community National Bancorporation (“Community National”) and Community National Bank (“CNB”).  Community National is a bank holding company providing bank and bank related services through its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, CNB.  CNB is a commercial bank headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa and serves Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Mason City, Iowa and Austin, Minnesota.  As a de novo bank, CNB commenced its operations in 1997.  As of December 31, 2012, Community National had total assets of $287.7 million, net loans receivable of $205.2 million, deposits of $247.8 million, and stockholders’ equity of $19.3 million.

The Company will acquire 100% of Community National’s outstanding common stock for aggregate consideration consisting of 70% Company common stock and 30% cash.  Subject to certain adjustments, each share of Community National common stock will receive 0.40 shares of the Company’s common stock and cash consideration of $3.00.  Based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on February 13, 2013, the implied valuation of the acquisition is approximately $20.1 million.  The transaction is subject to approval by banking regulators, approval by Community National shareholders, and certain closing conditions.
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Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure


None.


Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures


Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d – 15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2012.2014. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed and submitted under the Exchange Act waswas: (1) accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Finance Officer, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosures; and (2) recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.


Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act). Internal control over financial reporting includes controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention of overriding controls. Accordingly, even effective internal control can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Further, because of changes in conditions, the effectiveness of internal control may vary over time.

The Company’s management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012.2014. Management’s assessment is based on the criteria established in theInternal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013 and was designed to provide reasonable assurance that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012.2014. Based on this assessment, management believes that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012.2014.

McGladrey LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012,2014, which is included on the following pages of this Form 10-K.

 
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.  During 2005, the Company underwent a comprehensive effort to ensure compliance with the requirements under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Continuing enhancements to the Company’s control environment were made during 2012 as part of the Company’s ongoing efforts to improve internal control over financial reporting.  There have been no significant changes to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially effected, or are reasonably likely to affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Board of Directors and Stockholders

QCR Holdings, Inc.



We have audited QCR Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012,2014, based on criteria established inInternal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.Commission in 2013. QCR Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries’ management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.


We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.


A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that(a) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;(b) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and(c) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.


Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.


In our opinion, QCR Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
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We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of QCR Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 20122014 and 2011,2013, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 20122014 and our report dated March 11, 201312, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion.

Davenport, Iowa

March 12, 2015





Davenport, Iowa
March 11,

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have been no significant changes to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially effected, or are reasonably likely to affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. On May 14, 2013,

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COSO issued an updated version of its Internal Control – Integrated Framework (“2013 Framework”). Originally issued in 1992 (“1992 Framework”), the framework helps organizations design, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of internal control concepts and simplify their use and application. The 1992 Framework remained effective during the transition, which extended to December 15, 2014, after which time COSO considered it as superseded by the 2013 Framework. As of December 31, 2014, the Company has transitioned to the 2013 Framework.

Item 9B. Other Information


None.


Part III


Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance


The information required by this item is set forth under the captions “Proposal 1: Election of Directors,” “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Company’s 20132015 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 11.  Executive Compensation


The information required by this item is set forth under the captions “Executive Compensation” and “Director Compensation” in the Company’s 20132015 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters


The information required by this item is set forth under the captionscaption “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in the Company’s 20132015 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

The table below sets forth the following information as of December 31, 2014 for (i) all compensation plans previously approved by the Company’s stockholders and (ii) all compensation plans not previously approved by the Company’s stockholders:

(a)

The number of securities to be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options, warrants, and rights;

(b)

The weighted-average exercise price of such outstanding options, warrants, and rights; and

(c)

Other than securities to be issued upon the exercise of such outstanding options, warrants, and rights, the number of securities remaining available for future issuance under the plans.

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

Plan category

Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants, and rights

Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants, and rights

Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))

 
 

(a)

(b)

(c)

 
     

Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders

                                            667,450

$13.90

                                            416,629

(1)

     

Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders

                                                      -

                                                      -

                                                      -

 
     

Total

                                            667,450

$13.82

                                            416,629

(1)

     

(1)

Includes 230,040 shares available under the QCR Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.


Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence


The information required by this item is set forth under the captions “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors” and “Transactions with Management and Directors” in the Company’s 20132015 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information required by this item is set forth under the caption “Proposal 6:4: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Company’s 20132015 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Part IV


Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules


(a)  1.  Financial Statements

(a)

1. Financial Statements

These documents are listed in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8.


(a)  2.  Financial Statement Schedules

(a)

2. Financial Statement Schedules

Financial statement schedules are omitted, as they are not required or are not applicable, or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto.

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(a)

3. Exhibits


The following exhibits are either filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or are incorporated herein by reference:


Exhibit Number 

Exhibit Description

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation of QCR Holdings, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A Amendment No. 1 for the period ended September 30, 2011).

 

3.2

 

Bylaws of QCR Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated May 18, 2010).

4.1 
Form of 6.00% Series A Subordinated Note due September 1, 2018Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between QCR Holdings, Inc. and Quad City Bank and Trust Company dated May 8, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2010).
May 8, 2013)
4.2 
FormCertain instruments defining the rights of Warrantholders of long-term debt of the Company, none of which authorize a total amount of indebtedness in excess of 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, have not been filed as exhibits.  The Company hereby agrees to Purchase Common Stock (incorporated by referencefurnish a copy of any of these agreements to Exhibit 4.2 of Registrant’s Form 8-K filed March 22, 2010).
the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. 
 10.1  

10.1

Employment Agreement between QCR Holdings, Inc., Quad City Bank and Trust Company and Douglas M. Hultquist dated January 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003).


10.2

 

Employment Agreement between Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company and Larry J. Helling dated January 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003).

10.3  

10.3

Employment Agreement between QCR Holdings, Inc. and Todd A. Gipple dated January 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003).

10.4  

10.4

QCR Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Registrant’s Form S-8, file No. 333-101356 dated November 20, 2002).

10.5  

10.5

Dividend Reinvestment Plan of QCR Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Registrant’s Form S-3D, File No. 333-102699 dated January 24, 2003).

10.6
Indenture by and between QCR Holdings, Inc. / QCR Holdings Statutory Trust II and U.S. Bank National Association, as debenture and institutional trustee, dated February 18, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004).
 10.7
Indenture by and between QCR Holdings, Inc. / QCR Holdings Statutory Trust III and U.S. Bank National Association, as debenture and institutional trustee, dated February 18, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004).
      10.8
Lease Agreement between Quad City Bank and Trust Company and 127 North Wyman Development, L.L.C. dated November 3, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004).
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    10.92004 Stock Incentive Plan of QCR Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit B of Registrant’s Form Pre 14A, filed March 5, 2004, File No. 000-22208).
    10.10QCR Holdings, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to QCR Holdings, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated March 25, 2008).

   
    10.11Indenture by and between QCR Holdings, Inc./QCR Holdings Statutory Trust IV and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as debenture and institutional trustee, dated May 4, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005).
    10.1210.6 Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement between Quad City Bank and Trust Company and John Engelbrecht dated August 26, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005).
 10.13Indenture by and between QCR Holdings, Inc./QCR Holdings Statutory Trust V and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as debenture and institutional trustee, dated February 24, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005).
  
10.14

10.7

 

First Amendment to the Employment Agreement among QCR Holdings, Inc., Quad City Bank and Trust Company and Douglas M. Hultquist dated December 27, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

   
10.15

10.8

 

First Amendment to the Employment Agreement between Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust CompanyandCompany and Larry J. Helling dated December 30, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

   
10.16

10.9

 

First Amendment to the Employment Agreement between QCR Holdings, Inc. and Todd A. Gipple dated December 30, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

   
10.17

10.10

 

Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of QCR Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

   
10.18

10.11

 

Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan Participation Agreement among QCR Holdings, Inc., Quad City Bank and Trust Company and Douglas M. Hultquist dated October 24, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008)19, 2013 (exhibit is being filed herewith).

   
10.19

10.12

 

Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan Participation Agreement between Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company and Larry J. Helling dated October 24, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008)19, 2013 (exhibit is being filed herewith).

   
10.20

10.13

 

Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan Participation Agreement between QCR Holdings, Inc. and Todd A. Gipple dated October 24, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008)19, 2013 (exhibit is being filed herewith).

10.21 

10.14

Amended and Restated Non-Qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan of QCR Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

   
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10.22

10.15

 

Non-Qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Joinder Agreement among QCR Holdings, Inc., Quad City Bank and Trust Company and Douglas M. Hultquist dated December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).


10.16

 
10.23

Non-Qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Joinder Agreement between Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company and Larry J. Helling dated December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

   
10.24

10.17

 

Non-Qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Joinder Agreement between QCR Holdings, Inc. and Todd A. Gipple dated December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

   
10.25

10.18

 

Non-Qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Joinder Agreement among QCR Holdings, Inc., Quad City Bank and Trust Company and Michael A. Bauer dated December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008).

   
10.26

10.19

 QCR Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated March 22, 2010).
10.27Securities Purchase Agreement, dated September 15, 2011, between the Registrant and the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Series F Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated September 16, 2011).
10.28Repurchase Document, dated September 15, 2011, between the Registrant and the United States Department of the Treasury, with respect to the repurchase of the Series D Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated September 16, 2011).
10.29Warrant Letter Agreement, dated November 16, 2011, between the Registrant and the United States Department of the Treasury, with respect to the repurchase of the warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated November 17, 2011).
10.30

Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated March 21, 2012).

   
10.31

10.20

 

Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement between Quad City Bank and Trust Company and John Engelbrecht, dated August 26, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012).

 

10.32

10.21

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger among QCR Holdings, Inc., QCR Acquisition, LLC and Community National Bancorporation, dated February 13, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated February 14, 2013).

   
21.1

10.22

 Subsidiaries of

QCR Holdings, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated March 20, 2013).

10.23Form of Participation Agreement under the QCR Holdings, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (exhibit is being filed herewith).
   
23.110.24 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - McGladrey, LLPEmployment Agreement between Quad City Bank and Trust Company and John Anderson dated October 30, 2009 (exhibit is being filed herewith).
   
31.110.25 First Amendment to the Employment Agreement between Quad City Bank and Trust Company and John Anderson dated December 18, 2012 (exhibit is being filed herewith).
10.26Employment Agreement between Rockford Bank and Trust Company and Thomas Budd dated December 30, 2008 (exhibit is being filed herewith).
10.27First Amendment to the Employment Agreement between Rockford Bank and Trust Company and Thomas Budd dated December 30, 2008 (exhibit is being filed herewith).
10.28Employment Agreement between QCR Holdings, Inc. and Cathie Whiteside dated August 27, 2007 (exhibit is being filed herewith).
10.29First Amendment to the Employment Agreement between QCR Holdings, Inc. and Cathie Whiteside dated December 28, 2008 (exhibit is being filed herewith).

21.1

Subsidiaries of QCR Holdings, Inc. (exhibit is being filed herewith).

23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — McGladrey LLP (exhibit is being filed herewith).

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) (exhibit is being filed herewith).

   

31.2

 Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) (exhibit is being filed herewith).


32.1

 
32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (exhibit is being filed herewith).

32.2 

32.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (exhibit is being filed herewith).

   
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Interactive Data File

Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 20122014 and December 31, 2011;2013; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2012,2014, December 31, 20112013 and December 31, 2010;2012; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2012,2014, December 31, 2011,2013, and December 31, 2010;2012; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2012,2014, December 31, 20112013 and December 31, 2010;2012; (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2012,2014, December 31, 20112013 and December 31, 2010;2012; and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

**As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to liability under those sections.

 

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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

QCR HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Dated: March 11, 201312, 2015                    

By:

/s/ Douglas M. Hultquist

 

Douglas M. Hultquist

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Dated: March 11, 201312, 2015                    

By:

By

/s/ Todd A. Gipple 
Todd A. Gipple 

Todd A. Gipple

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and

Chief Financial Officer

 

Dated: March 12, 2015                    

By

        Chief Financial Officer/s/ Elizabeth A. Grabin 

Elizabeth A. Grabin

Vice President and Controller

Principal Accounting Officer

 

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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature

Title

Date

/s/ James J. Brownson

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 March 12, 2015

James J. Brownson

    

/s/ James J. BrownsonDouglas M. Hultquist

President, Chief Executive 

 March 12, 2015

Douglas M. Hultquist

Officer and Director

/s/ Pat S. Baird

Director

 March 12, 2015

Pat S. Baird

/s/ Lindsay Y. Corby

Director

 March 12, 2015

Lindsay Y. Corby

/s/ Todd A. Gipple

Executive Vice President, Chief      

 March 12, 2015

Todd A. Gipple

Operating Officer, Chief Financial

 Chairman of the Board of DirectorsMarch 11, 2013
James J. BrownsonOfficer and Director     

/s/ Douglas M. HultquistPresident, Chief Executive
March 11, 2013
Douglas M. HultquistOfficer and Director
/s/ Pat S. BairdDirector
March 11, 2013
Pat S. Baird
/s/ Lindsay Y. CorbyDirector
March 11, 2013
Lindsay Y. Corby
/s/ Todd A. GippleDirector
March 11, 2013
Todd A. Gipple

/s/ Larry J. Helling

Director

March 11, 201312, 2015

Larry J. Helling

/s/ Mark C. Kilmer

Director

March 11, 201312, 2015

Mark C. Kilmer

/s/ Linda K. Neuman

Director

 March 12, 2015

Linda K. Neuman

/s/ Michael L. Peterson

Director

 March 12, 2015

Michael L. Peterson

 
/s/ John K. LawsonDirector
March 11, 2013
John K. Lawson
/s/ Charles M. PetersDirector
March 11, 2013
Charles M. Peters
    
/s/ Ronald G. Peterson Director
March 11, 201312, 2015
Ronald G. Peterson   
/s/ George T. Ralph IIIDirectorMarch 12, 2015
George T. Ralph III
    
/s/ Donna J. Sorensen, J.D. Director
March 11, 201312, 2015
Donna J. Sorensen, J.D.   
 
/s/ John D. WhitcherDirector
March 11, 2013
John D. Whitcher
    
/s/ Marie Z. Ziegler DirectorMarch 11, 201312, 2015
Marie Z. Ziegler   

 

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 Appendix A

APPENDIX A

SUPERVISION AND REGULATION

General

Financial institutions, their holding companies and their affiliates are extensively regulated under federal and state law. As a result, the growth and earnings performance of the Company may be affected not only by management decisions and general economic conditions, but also by the requirements of federal and state statutes and by the regulations and policies of various bank regulatory authorities,agencies, including the Iowa Superintendent of Banking (the “Iowa Superintendent”), the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (the “DFPR”), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) and the newly-created Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “CFPB”). Furthermore, taxation laws administered by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities, accounting rules developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (the “FASB”) and securities laws administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and state securities authorities, and anti-money laundering laws enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) have an impact on the business of the Company. The effect of these statutes, regulations, regulatory policies and accounting rules are significant to the operations and results of the Company and its subsidiary Banks,banks, and the nature and extent of future legislative, regulatory or other changes affecting financial institutions are impossible to predict with any certainty.

Federal and state banking laws impose a comprehensive system of supervision, regulation and enforcement on the operations of financial institutions, their holding companies and affiliates that is intended primarily for the protection of the FDIC-insured deposits and depositors of banks, rather than stockholders. These federal and state laws, and the regulations of the bank regulatory authoritiesagencies issued under them, affect, among other things, the scope of business, the kinds and amounts of investments banks may make, reserve requirements, capital levels relative to operations, the nature and amount of collateral for loans, the establishment of branches, the ability to merge, consolidate and acquire, dealings with insiders and affiliates and the payment of dividends. Moreover, turmoil in the credit markets in recent yearsas a result of the global financial crisis prompted the enactment of unprecedented legislation that has allowed the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) to make equity capital available to qualifying financial institutions to help restore confidence and stability in the U.S. financial markets, which imposesimposing additional requirements on institutions in which the Treasury invests.

The Companyhas a remaining investment.

This supervisory and its subsidiary Banks are also subjectregulatory framework subjects banks and bank holding companies to regular examination by their respective regulatory authorities,agencies, which results in examination reports and ratings that are not publicly available and that can impact the conduct and growth of their business. These examinations consider not only compliance with applicable laws and regulations, but also capital levels, asset quality and risk, management ability and performance, earnings, liquidity, and various other factors. The regulatory agencies generally have broad discretion to impose restrictions and limitations on the operations of a regulated entity where the agencies determine, among other things, that such operations are unsafe or unsound, fail to comply with applicable law or are otherwise inconsistent with laws and regulations or with the supervisory policies of these agencies.  

The following is a summary of the material elements of the supervisory and regulatory framework applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries. It does not describe all of the statutes, regulations and regulatory policies that apply, nor does it restate all of the requirements of those that are described. The descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the particular statutory orand regulatory provision.


Financial Regulatory Reform

On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) into law. The Dodd-Frank Act representsrepresented a sweeping reform of the U.S. supervisory and regulatory framework applicable to financial institutions and capital markets in the United States,wake of the global financial crisis, certain aspects of which are described below in more detail. The Dodd-Frank Act creates new federal governmental entities responsible for overseeing different aspects of the U.S. financial services industry, including identifying emerging systemic risks. It also shifts certain authorities and responsibilities among federal financial institution regulators, including the supervision of holding company affiliates and the regulation of consumer financial services and products. In particular, and among other things, the Dodd-Frank Act: createscreated a Financial Stability Oversight Council as part of a regulatory structure for identifying emerging systemic risks and improving interagency cooperation; created the CFPB, which is authorized to regulate providers of consumer credit, savings, payment and other consumer financial products and services; narrowsnarrowed the scope of federal preemption of state consumer laws enjoyed by national banks and federal savings associations and expandsexpanded the authority of state attorneys general to bring actions to enforce federal consumer protection legislation; imposesimposed more stringent capital requirements on bank holding companies and subjectssubjected certain activities, including interstate mergers and acquisitions, to heightened capital conditions; with respect to mortgage lending, (i) significantly expands underwritingexpanded requirements applicable to loans secured by 1-4 family residential real property; restricts the interchange fees payableproperty, (ii) imposed strict rules on debit card transactions for issuers with $10 billion in assets or greater; requiresmortgage servicing, and (iii) required the originator of a securitized loan, or the sponsor of a securitization, to retain at least 5% of the credit risk of securitized exposures unless the underlying exposures are qualified residential mortgages or meet certain underwriting standardsstandards; repealed the prohibition on the payment of interest on business checking accounts; restricted the interchange fees payable on debit card transactions for issuers with $10 billion in assets or greater; in the so-called “Volcker Rule,” subject to be determined by regulation; creates a Financial Stability Oversight Council as partnumerous exceptions, prohibited depository institutions and affiliates from certain investments in, and sponsorship of, a regulatory structure for identifying emerging systemic riskshedge funds and improving interagency cooperation; providesprivate equity funds and from engaging in proprietary trading; provided for enhanced regulation of advisers to private funds and of the derivatives markets; enhancesenhanced oversight of credit rating agencies; and prohibitsprohibited banking agency requirements tied to credit ratings. These statutory changes shifted the regulatory framework for financial institutions, impacted the way in which they do business and have the potential to constrain revenues.

 

Numerous provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act arewere required to be implemented through rulemaking by the appropriate federal regulatory agencies. Many of the required regulations have been issued and others have been released for public comment, but there remain a number that haveare not yet to be released in any form.  Furthermore, whilefinal. Although the reforms primarily targettargeted systemically important financial service providers, their influence is expected to filter down in varying degrees to smaller institutions over time. Management of the Company and its three subsidiary banks (the “Banks”) will continue to evaluate the effect of the changes;Dodd-Frank Act; however, in many respects, the ultimate impact of the Dodd-Frank Act will not be fully known for years, and no current assurance may be given that the Dodd-Frank Act, or any other new legislative changes, will not have a negative impact on the results of operations and financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries.

The Increasing Regulatory Emphasis on Capital

The Company is subject

Regulatory capital represents the net assets of a financial institution available to various regulatoryabsorb losses. Because of the risks attendant to their business, depository institutions are generally required to hold more capital requirements administered by the federal and state banking regulators noted above. Failure to meet regulatory capital requirements may result in certain mandatory and possible additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on our financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for “prompt corrective action” (described below), the Company must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of our assets, liabilities and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting policies. Our capital amounts and classifications are also subject to judgments by the regulators regarding qualitative components, risk weightings andthan other factors.

businesses, which directly affects earnings capabilities. While capital has historically been one of the key measures of the financial health of both bank holding companies and depository institutions,banks, its role is becomingbecame fundamentally more important in the wake of the global financial crisis, as the banking regulators have recognized that the amount and quality of capital held by banking organizationsbanks prior to the crisis was insufficient to absorb losses during periods of severe stress. Certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III, discussed below, will ultimately establish strengthened capital standards for banks and bank holding companies, will require more capital to be held in the form of common stock and will disallow certain funds from being included in capital determinations. Once fully implemented, these provisionsstandards will represent regulatory capital requirements that are meaningfully more stringent than those in place currently.
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previously.

Company and BankRequired Capital Levels. Bank holding companies have historically had to comply with less stringent capital standards than their bank subsidiaries and werehave been able to raise capital with hybrid instruments such as trust preferred securities. The Dodd-Frank Act mandated the Federal Reserve to establish minimum capital levels for bank holding companies on a consolidated basis that are as stringent as those required for insured depository institutions. As a consequence, over a phase-in period of three years, the components of holding company permanent capital known as “Tier 1 capital” are beingCapital” were restricted to those capital instruments that are considered to be Tier 1 capitalCapital for insured depository institutions. A result of this change is that the proceeds of hybrid instruments, such as trust preferred securities, are being excluded from Tier 1 capital unlessCapital over a phase-out period. However, if such securities were issued prior to May 19, 2010 by bank holding companies with less than $15 billion of assets.assets as of December 31, 2009, they may be retained as Tier I Capital subject to certain restrictions. Because the Company hashad assets of less than $15 billion, it iswas able to meet the requirements and maintain its trust preferred proceeds as Tier 1 capitalCapital but will have to comply with newthe revised capital mandates in other respects and will not be able to raise Tier 1 capitalCapital in the future through the issuance of trust preferred securities. In addition, the Basel III proposal, discussed below, includes a phase-out of trust preferred securities for all bank holding companies, including the Company.

The Company owns three subsidiary banks (collectively, the “Banks”):  Quad City Bank and Trust Company (“QCBT”), Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company (“CRBT”), and Rockford Bank and Trust Company (“RB&T”).  Under current federal regulations, the Banks are subject to, and, after the phase-in period, the Company will be subject to, the following minimum capital standards:

standards effective for the year ended December 31, 2014 were:

 ·

a

A leverage requirement, consisting of a minimum ratio of Tier 1 capitalCapital to total adjusted book assets of 3% for the most highly-rated banks with a minimum requirement of at least 4% for all others, and

 ·

a

A risk-based capital requirement, consisting of a minimum ratio of total capitalTotal Capital to total risk-weighted assets of 8% and a minimum ratio of Tier 1 capitalCapital to total risk-weighted assets of 4%. For this purpose, “Tier 1 capital” consists primarily of common stock, noncumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus less intangible assets (other than certain loan servicing rights and purchased credit card relationships).  Total capital consists primarily of Tier 1 capital plus “Tier 2 capital,” which includes other non-permanent capital items, such as certain other debt and equity instruments that do not qualify as Tier 1 capital, and a portion of the Banks’ allowance for loan and leases losses. 

For these purposes, “Tier 1 Capital” consisted primarily of common stock, noncumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus less intangible assets (other than certain loan servicing rights and purchased credit card relationships). “Total Capital” consisted primarily of Tier 1 Capital plus “Tier 2 Capital,” which included other non-permanent capital items, such as certain other debt and equity instruments that do not qualify as Tier 1 Capital, and a portion of each Bank’s allowance for loan and lease losses. Further, risk-weighted assets for the purpose of the risk-weighted ratio calculations were balance sheet assets and off-balance sheet exposures to which required risk weightings of 0% to 100% were applied.  

 

The capital standards described above areminimum requirements. Federal requirements and were increased beginning January 1, 2015 under Basel III, as discussed below. Bank regulatory agencies uniformly encourage banks and bank holding companies to be “well-capitalized” and, to that end, federal law and regulations provide various incentives for banking organizations to maintain regulatory capital at levels in excess of minimum regulatory requirements. For example, a banking organization that is “well-capitalized” may: (i) qualify for exemptions from prior notice or application requirements otherwise applicable to certain types of activities; (ii) qualify for expedited processing of other required notices or applications; and (iii) accept, roll-over or renew brokered deposits. Under the capital regulations of the FDIC and Federal Reserve, in order to be “well-capitalized,” a banking organization, for the year ended December 31, 2014, must maintain a ratio of total capital to total risk-weighted assets of 10% or greater, a ratio of Tier 1 capitalhave maintained:

A leverage ratio of Tier 1 Capital to total assets of 5% or greater,

A ratio of Tier 1 Capital to total risk-weighted assets of 6% or greater, and

A ratio of Total Capital to total risk-weighted assets of 10% or greater.

The FDIC and a ratio of Tier 1 capital to total assets of 5% or greater. The Federal Reserve’sReserve guidelines also provide that banks and bank holding companies experiencing internal growth or making acquisitions willwould be expected to maintain strong capital positions substantially above the minimum supervisory levels without significant reliance on intangible assets. Furthermore, the guidelines indicate that the Federal Reserveagencies will continue to consider a “tangible tierTier 1 leverage ratio” (deducting all intangibles) in evaluating proposals for expansion or to engage in new activity.

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activities.

Higher capital levels maycould also be required if warranted by the particular circumstances or risk profilesprofile of individual banking organizations. For example, the Federal Reserve’s capital guidelines contemplate that additional capital may be required to take adequate account of, among other things, interest rate risk, or the risks posed by concentrations of credit, nontraditional activities or securities trading activities. Further, any banking organization experiencing or anticipating significant growth would be expected to maintain capital ratios, including tangible capital positions (i.e., Tier 1 capitalCapital less all intangible assets), well above the minimum levels.

Prompt Corrective Action.  Action.A banking organization’s capital plays an important role in connection with regulatory enforcement as well. Federal law provides the federal banking regulators with broad power to take prompt corrective action to resolve the problems of undercapitalized institutions. The extent of the regulators’ powers depends on whether the institution in question is “adequately capitalized,” “undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized” or “critically undercapitalized,” in each case as defined by regulation. Depending upon the capital category to which an institution is assigned, the regulators’ corrective powers include: (i) requiring the institution to submit a capital restoration plan; (ii) limiting the institution’s asset growth and restricting its activities; (iii) requiring the institution to issue additional capital stock (including additional voting stock) or to be acquired;sell itself; (iv) restricting transactions between the institution and its affiliates; (v) restricting the interest rate that the institution may pay on deposits; (vi) ordering a new election of directors of the institution; (vii) requiring that senior executive officers or directors be dismissed; (viii) prohibiting the institution from accepting deposits from correspondent banks; (ix) requiring the institution to divest certain subsidiaries; (x) prohibiting the payment of principal or interest on subordinated debt; and (xi) ultimately, appointing a receiver for the institution.

As of December 31, 2012:2014: (i) none of the Banks was subject to a directive from the Federal Reserve to increase its capital to an amount in excess of the minimum regulatory capital requirements; (ii) each Bank exceeded its minimum regulatory capital requirements under Federal Reserve capital adequacy guidelines; and (iii)(ii) each Bank was “well-capitalized,” as defined by Federal Reserve regulations. As of December 31, 2012,2014, the Company had regulatory capital in excess of the Federal Reserve’s requirements and met the Dodd-Frank capitalAct requirements.

The Basel III.International Capital Accords. The current risk-based capital guidelines described above which apply to the Banks and are being phased in for the Company, are based upon the 1988 capital accord known as “Basel I” adopted by the international Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, a committee of central banks and bank supervisors, as implemented by the U.S. federal banking regulators on an interagency basis. In 2008, the banking agencies collaboratively began to phase-in capital standards based on a second capital accord, referred to as “Basel II,” for large or “core” international banks (generally defined for U.S. purposes as having total assets of $250 billion or more, or consolidated foreign exposures of $10 billion or more). Basel II emphasized internal assessment of credit, market and operational risk, as well as supervisory assessment and market discipline in determining minimum capital requirements.

On September 12, 2010, the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision, the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, announced agreement on a strengthened set of capital requirements for banking organizations around the world, known as Basel III, to address deficiencies recognized in connection with the global financial crisis.  Basel III requires, among other things: 

was intended to be effective globally on January 1, 2013, with phase-in of certain elements continuing until January 1, 2019, and it is currently effective in many countries.

 

U.S. Implementation of Basel III. In July of 2013, the U.S. federal banking agencies approved the implementation of the Basel III regulatory capital reforms in pertinent part, and, at the same time, promulgated rules effecting certain changes required by the Dodd-Frank Act (the “Basel III Rule”). In contrast to capital requirements previously, which were in the form of guidelines, Basel III was released in the form of regulations by each of the federal regulatory agencies. The Basel III Rule is applicable to all financial institutions that are subject to minimum capital requirements, including federal and state banks and savings and loan associations, as well as to bank and savings and loan holding companies other than “small bank holding companies” (generally bank holding companies with consolidated assets of less than $1 billion).

The Basel III Rule not only increased most of the required minimum capital ratios as of January 1, 2015, but it introduced the concept of “Common Equity Tier 1 Capital,” which consists primarily of common stock, related surplus (net of treasury stock), retained earnings, and Common Equity Tier 1 minority interests, subject to certain regulatory adjustments. The Basel III Rule also established more stringent criteria for instruments to be considered “Additional Tier 1 Capital” (Tier 1 Capital in addition to Common Equity) and Tier 2 Capital. A number of instruments that qualified as Tier 1 Capital will not qualify, or their qualifications will change. For example, cumulative preferred stock and certain hybrid capital instruments, including trust preferred securities, will no longer qualify as Tier 1 Capital of any kind, with the exception, subject to certain restrictions, of such instruments issued before May 10, 2010, by bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of less than $15 billion as of December 31, 2009. For those institutions, trust preferred securities and other nonqualifying capital instruments currently included in consolidated Tier 1 Capital were permanently grandfathered under the Basel III Rule, subject to certain restrictions. Noncumulative perpetual preferred stock, which formerly qualified as simple Tier 1 Capital, will not qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, but will instead qualify as Additional Tier 1 Capital. The Basel III Rule also constrained the inclusion of minority interests, mortgage-servicing assets, and deferred tax assets in capital and requires deductions from Common Equity Tier 1 Capital in the event that such assets exceed a certain percentage of a banking institution’s Common Equity Tier 1 Capital.

As of January 1, 2015, the Basel III Rule requires:

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A new requiredminimum ratio of minimum common equity equalCommon Equity Tier 1 Capital to 4.5%risk-weighted assets of risk-weighted assets,4.5%;

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an

An increase in the minimum required amount of Tier 1 capital from the current level of 4% of total assetsCapital to 6% of risk-weighted assets, andassets;

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a

A continuation of the current minimum required amount of total capitalTotal Capital (Tier 1 plus Tier 2) at 8% of risk-weighted assets.assets; and

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A minimum leverage ratio of Tier 1Capital to total assets equal to 4% in all circumstances.

The Basel III Rule maintained the general structure of the prompt corrective action framework, while incorporating the increased requirements and adding the Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio. In order to be “well-capitalized” under the new regime, a depository institution must maintain a Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio of 6.5% or more; a Tier 1 Capital ratio of 8% or more; a Total Capital ratio of 10% or more; and a leverage ratio of 5% or more.

In addition, institutions that seek the freedom to make capital distributions (including for dividends and repurchases of stock) and pay discretionary bonuses to executive officers without restriction must also maintain 2.5% of risk-weighted assets in common equityCommon Equity Tier 1 attributable to a capital conservation buffer to be phased in over three years.years beginning in 2016. The purpose of the conservation buffer is to ensure that banksbanking institutions maintain a buffer of capital that can be used to absorb losses during periods of financial and economic stress. Factoring in the fully phased-in conservation buffer increases the minimum ratios depicted above to 7% for common equity,Common Equity Tier 1, 8.5% for Tier 1 capitalCapital and 10.5% for total capital.

On June 12, 2012,Total Capital. The leverage ratio is not impacted by the federalconservation buffer, and a banking regulators (the Officeinstitution may be considered well-capitalized while remaining out of compliance with the capital conservation buffer.

As discussed above, most of the Comptrollercapital requirements are based on a ratio of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC) (the “Agencies”) formally proposed for comment, in three separate but related proposals, rulesspecific types of capital to implement“risk-weighted assets.” Not only did Basel III inchange the United States. The proposals are: (i) the “Basel III Proposal,” which applies the Basel III capital framework to almost all U.S. banking organizations; (ii) the “Standardized Approach Proposal,” which applies certain elementscomponents and requirements of the Basel II standardized approach for credit risk weightings to almost all U.S. banking organizations; and (iii) the “Advanced Approaches Proposal,” which applies changes made to Basel II and Basel III in the past few years to large U.S. banking organizations subject to the advanced Basel II capital framework. The comment period for these notices of proposed rulemaking ended October 22, 2012.

The Basel III Proposal and the Standardized Approach Proposal are expected to have a direct impact on the Company and the Banks. The Basel III Proposal is applicable to all U.S. banks that are subject to minimum capital requirements, including federal and state banks, as well as to bank and savings and loan holding companies other than “small bank holding companies” (generally bank holding companies with consolidated assets of less than $500 million). There will be separate phase-in/phase-out periods for: (i) minimum capital ratios; (ii) regulatory capital adjustments and deductions; (iii) nonqualifying capital instruments; (iv) capital conservation and countercyclical capital buffers; (v) a supplemental leverage ratio for advanced approaches banks; and (vi) changes to the FDIC’s prompt corrective action rules.
The criteria in the U.S. proposal for common equity and additional Tier 1 capital instruments, as well as Tier 2 capital instruments, are broadly consistent with the Basel III criteria. A number of instruments that now qualify as Tier 1 capital will not qualify, or their qualification will change, if the Basel III Proposal becomes final. For example, cumulative preferred stock and certain hybrid capital instruments, including trust preferred securities, which the Company may retain under the Dodd-Frank Act, will no longer qualify as Tier 1 capital of any kind. Noncumulative perpetual preferred stock, which now qualifies as simple Tier 1 capital, would not qualify as common equity Tier 1 capital, but, would qualify as additional Tier 1 capital.
In addition to the changes in capital requirements included within the Basel III Proposal, the Standardized Approach Proposal revises a large number of the risk weightings (or their methodologies) for bank assets that are used to determine the capital ratios. For nearly every class of financial assets, the proposalBasel III Rule requires a more complex, detailed and calibrated assessment of credit risk and calculation of risk weightings. For example, underWhile Basel III would have changed the current risk-weighting rules, residential mortgages have a risk weighting of 50%. Under the proposed new rules, two categories offor residential mortgage lending would be created: (i) traditional lending would be category 1, where the risk weightings range from 35 to 100%;loans based on loan-to-value ratios and (ii) nontraditional loans would fall within category 2, where the risk weightings would range from 50 to 150%.  There iscertain product and underwriting characteristics, there was concern in the U.S.United States that the proposed methodology for risk weighting residential mortgage exposures and the higher risk weightings for certain types of mortgage products willwould increase costs to consumers and reduce their access to mortgage credit.
As a result, the Basel III Rule did not effect this change, and banking institutions will continue to apply a risk weight of 50% or 100% to their exposure from residential mortgages.

 
In addition,

Furthermore, there iswas significant concern noted by the financial industry in connection with the Basel III rulemaking as to the proposed treatment of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”). The proposed treatment of AOCI would requireBasel III requires unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities to flow through to regulatory capital as opposed to the currentprevious treatment, which neutralizesneutralized such effects. There is concern that this treatment would introduce capital volatility, due not only to credit risk but also to interest rate risk, and affectRecognizing the composition of firms’ securities holdings.

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Whileproblem for community banks, the U.S. bank regulatory agencies adopted the Basel III accord calledRule with a one-time election for national jurisdictions to implementsmaller institutions like the new requirements beginning January 1, 2013, in light of the volume of comments received by the AgenciesCompany and the concerns expressed above,Banks to opt out of including most elements of AOCI in regulatory capital. This opt-out, which must be made in the Agencies have indicated thatfirst quarter of 2015, would exclude from regulatory capital both unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities and accumulated net gains and losses on cash-flow hedges and amounts attributable to defined benefit post-retirement plans. The Company and the commencement dateBanks expect to make this election to avoid variations in the level of their capital depending on fluctuations in the fair value of their securities portfolio.

Banking institutions (except for the proposed Basel III rules has been delayed and it is unclear whenlarge, internationally active financial institutions) became subject to the Basel III regime, as it may be implemented by final rules, will become effectiveRule on January 1, 2015, and both the Company and its subsidiary Banks are currently in compliance with the United States.

new required ratios.There are separate phase-in/phase-out periods for: (i) the capital conservation buffer; (ii) regulatory capital adjustments and deductions; (iii) nonqualifying capital instruments; and (iv) changes to the prompt corrective action rules. The phase-in periods commence on January 1, 2016 and extend until 2019.

The Company

General.The Company, as the sole stockholder of each of the Banks, is a bank holding company. As a bank holding company, the Company is registered with, and is subject to regulation by, the Federal Reserve under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”). In accordance with Federal Reserve policy, and as now codified by the Dodd-Frank Act, the Company is legally obligated to act as a source of financial strength to the Banks and to commit resources to support the Banks in circumstances where the Company might not otherwise do so. Under the BHCA, the Company is subject to periodic examination by the Federal Reserve. The Company is also required to file with the Federal Reserve periodic reports of the Company’s operations and such additional information regarding the Company and its subsidiaries as the Federal Reserve may require.

Acquisitions, Activities and Change in Control..  The primary purpose of a bank holding company is to control and manage banks. Thebanks.The BHCA generally requires the prior approval of the Federal Reserve for any merger involving a bank holding company or any acquisition by a bank holding company of another bank or bank holding company. Subject to certain conditions (including deposit concentration limits established by the BHCA and the Dodd-Frank Act), the Federal Reserve may allow a bank holding company to acquire banks located in any state of the United States.U.S. In approving interstate acquisitions, the Federal Reserve is required to give effect to applicable state law limitations on the aggregate amount of deposits that may be held by the acquiring bank holding company and its insured depository institution affiliates in the state in which the target bank is located (provided that those limits do not discriminate against out-of-state depository institutions or their holding companies) and state laws that require that the target bank have been in existence for a minimum period of time (not to exceed five years) before being acquired by an out-of-state bank holding company. Furthermore, in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act, bank holding companies must be well-capitalized and well-managed in order to effect interstate mergers or acquisitions. For a discussion of the capital requirements, see “—The“The Increasing Regulatory Emphasis on Capital” above.

The BHCA generally prohibits the Company from acquiring direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 5% of the voting shares of any company that is not a bank and from engaging in any business other than that of banking, managing and controlling banks or furnishing services to banks and their subsidiaries. This general prohibition is subject to a number of exceptions. The principal exception allows bank holding companies to engage in, and to own shares of companies engaged in, certain businesses found by the Federal Reserve prior to November 11, 1999 to be “so closely related to banking ... as to be a proper incident thereto.” This authority would permit the Company to engage in a variety of banking-related businesses, including the ownership and operation of a savings association, or any entity engaged in consumer finance, equipment leasing, the operation of a computer service bureau (including software development) and mortgage banking and brokerage. The BHCA generally does not place territorial restrictions on the domestic activities of non-banknonbank subsidiaries of bank holding companies.

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Additionally, bank holding companies that meet certain eligibility requirements prescribed by the BHCA and elect to operate as financial holding companies may engage in, or own shares in companies engaged in, a wider range of nonbanking activities, including securities and insurance underwriting and sales, merchant banking and any other activity that the Federal Reserve, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, determines by regulation or order is financial in nature or incidental to any such financial activity or that the Federal Reserve determines by order to be complementary to any such financial activity and does not pose a substantial risk to the safety or soundness of depository institutions or the financial system generally. As of the date of this filing, theThe Company hasdoes not elected tocurrently operate as a financial holding company.

 

Federal law also prohibits any person or company from acquiring “control” of an FDIC-insured depository institution or its holding company without prior notice to the appropriate federal bank regulator. “Control” is conclusively presumed to exist upon the acquisition of 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a bank or bank holding company, but may arise under certain circumstances between 10% and 24.99% ownership.

Capital Requirements.  Requirements.Bank holding companies are required to maintain minimum levels of capital in accordance with Federal Reserve capital adequacy guidelines,requirements, as affected by the Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III. For a discussion of capital requirements, see “—The Increasing Regulatory Emphasis on Capital” above. If capital levels fall below the minimum required levels, a bank holding company, among other things, may be denied approval to acquire or establish additional banks or non-bank businesses.

U.S. Government Investment in Bank Holding Companies.Events in the U.S. and global financial markets in 2008 and 2009,leading up to the global financial crisis, including the deterioration of the worldwide credit markets, created significant challenges for financial institutions throughout the country. In response to this crisis affecting the U.S. banking system and financial markets, on October 3, 2008, the U.S. Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the “EESA”). The EESA authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to implement various temporary emergency programs designed to strengthen the capital positions of financial institutions and stimulate the availability of credit within the U.S. financial system. Financial institutions participating in certain of the programs established under the EESA are required to adopt the Treasury’s standards for executive compensation and corporate governance.

On October 14, 2008, the Treasury announced that it would provide Tier 1 capitalCapital (in the form of perpetual preferred stock) to eligible financial institutions. This program, known as the TARP Capital Purchase Program (the “TCPP”“CPP”), allocated $250 billion from the $700 billion authorized by the EESA to the Treasury for the purchase of senior preferred shares from qualifying financial institutions (the “TCPP“CPP Preferred Stock”). Under the program, eligible institutions were able to sell equity interests to the Treasury in amounts equal to between 1% and 3% of the institution’s risk-weighted assets. In conjunction with the purchase of the TCPPCPP Preferred Stock, the Treasury received warrants to purchase common stock from the participating public institutions with an aggregate market price equal to 15% of the preferred stock investment. Participating financial institutions were required to adopt the Treasury’s standards for executive compensation and corporate governance for the period during which the Treasury holds equity issued under the TCPP.

CPP. The Company determined participation in the CPP to be in its best interests given the economic uncertainties of the recession, the benefits of holding additional capital and the relatively low cost of participation.

Pursuant to the TCPP,CPP, on February 13, 2009, the Company entered into a Letter Agreement with the Treasury, pursuant to which the Company issued (i) 38,237 shares of its Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) and (ii) a warrant to purchase 521,888 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $38.237 million in cash.

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Small Business Lending Fund and TCPPCPP Redemption.Under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, the Treasury established a Small Business Lending Fund (the “SBLF”), a $30 billion fund that encourages lending to small businesses by providing capital to qualified community banks with assets of less than $10 billion. The Company applied for the SBLF program, was accepted, and on September 15, 2011, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Treasury, pursuant to which it issued and sold to the Treasury 40,090 shares of its Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F (the “Series F Preferred Stock”), having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Liquidation Amount”), for aggregate proceeds of $40,090,000. On the same date, the Company redeemed from the Treasury, using the proceeds from the issuance of the Series F Preferred Stock, all 38,237 outstanding shares of its Series D Preferred Stock issued under the TCPP,CPP, for a redemption price of approximately $38.4 million, including accrued but unpaid dividends to the date of redemption. The Treasury remitted a cash payment to the Company in the amount of approximately $1.7 million to cover the difference between the outstanding balance of the Series D Preferred Stock and the proceeds from the issuance of the Series F Preferred Stock. As a result of its redemption of the Series D Preferred Stock, the Company is no longer subject to the limits on executive compensation and other restrictions stipulated under the TCPP.CPP. The Company also repurchased the warrant issued to the Treasury in November of 2011 for an aggregate purchase price of $1.1 million.

On June 29, 2012,30, 2014, the Company redeemed 10,223the remaining 14,867 shares of the Series F Preferred Stock from the Treasury for an aggregate redemption amount of $10,223,000$14,823,922, plus unpaid dividends to the date of redemption of $124,948.  The remaining$373,869. Previously, on June 29, 2012, the Company redeemed 10,223 shares of Series F Preferred Stock may be redeemed at any time at the option ofand on March 31, 2014, the Company subject to the approval of the Company’s primary federal banking regulator.  All redemptions must be in amounts equal to at least 25% of the number of originally issued shares, or 100% of the then-outstanding shares (if less than 25% of the originally issued shares).

redeemed an additional 15,000 shares.

 

Dividend Payments.The Company’s ability to pay dividends to its stockholders may be affected by both general corporate law considerations and policies of the Federal Reserve applicable to bank holding companies. As a Delaware corporation, the Company is subject to the limitations of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), which allow the Company to pay dividends only out of its surplus (as defined and computed in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL) or if the Company has no such surplus, out of its net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year. In addition, under the Basel III Rule, institutions that seek the freedom to pay dividends will have to maintain 2.5% in Common Equity Tier 1 attributable to the capital conservation buffer, which is to be phased in over three years beginning in 2016. See “—The Increasing Regulatory Emphasis on Capital” above.

As a general matter, the Federal Reserve indicateshas indicated that the board of directors of a bank holding company should eliminate, defer or significantly reduce the dividends to stockholders if: (i) the company’s net income available to stockholders for the past four quarters, net of dividends previously paid during that period, is not sufficient to fully fund the dividends; (ii) the prospective rate of earnings retention is inconsistent with the company’s capital needs and overall current and prospective financial condition; or (iii) the company will not meet, or is in danger of not meeting, its minimum regulatory capital adequacy ratios. The Federal Reserve also possesses enforcement powers over bank holding companies and their non-bank subsidiaries to prevent or remedy actions that represent unsafe or unsound practices or violations of applicable statutes and regulations. Among these powers is the ability to proscribe the payment of dividends by banks and bank holding companies.

The terms of the Series F Preferred Stock issued in connection with the SBLF impose limits on the Company’s ability to pay dividends on and repurchase shares of its common stock and other securities. In general, the Company may declare and pay dividends on its common stock or any other stock junior to the Series F Preferred Stock, or repurchase shares of any such stock, only, if after payment of such dividends or repurchase of such shares, the Company’s Tier 1 Capital would be at least 90% of the Signing Date Tier 1 Capital (as defined and set forth in the Certificate of Designation), excluding any subsequent net charge-offs and any redemption of the Series F Preferred Stock (the “Tier 1 Dividend Threshold”). The Tier 1 Dividend Threshold is subject to reduction, beginning on the 2nd anniversary and ending on the 10th anniversary of issuance of the Series F Preferred Stock, by 10% for each one 1% increase in the Banks’ QSBL over the baseline level. If, however, the Company fails to declare and pay dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock in a given quarter, then during such quarter and for the next three quarters following such missed dividend payment the Company may not pay dividends on or repurchase any common stock or any other securities that are junior to (or in parity with) the Series F Preferred Stock, except in very limited circumstances.  If any Series F Preferred Stock remains outstanding on the 10th anniversary of issuance, the Company may not pay any further dividends on its common stock or any other junior stock until the Series F Preferred Stock is redeemed in full.
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Federal Securities Regulation.  Regulation.The Company’s common stock is registered with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Consequently, the Company is subject to the information, proxy solicitation, insider trading and other restrictions and requirements of the SEC under the Exchange Act.

Corporate Governance.  Governance.The Dodd-Frank Act addresses many investor protection, corporate governance and executive compensation matters that will affect most U.S. publicly traded companies. The Dodd-Frank Act will increase stockholder influence over boards of directors by requiring companies to give stockholders a non-binding vote on executive compensation and so-called “golden parachute” payments, and authorizing the SEC to promulgate rules that would allow stockholders to nominate and solicit voters for their own candidates using a company’s proxy materials. The legislation also directs the Federal Reserve to promulgate rules prohibiting excessive compensation paid to executives of bank holding company executives,companies, regardless of whether the company issuch companies are publicly traded.

The Banks

General.The Company owns three subsidiary banks: QCBTQuad City Bank and CRBTTrust Company (“QCBT”) and Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company are chartered under Iowa law (collectively, the “Iowa Banks”) and Rockford Bank and Trust Company (“RB&T&T”) is chartered under Illinois law. The deposit accounts of the Banks are insured by the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund (“DIF”) to the maximum extent provided under federal law and FDIC regulations. The Banks are also members of the Federal Reserve System (“member banks”).

As Iowa-chartered, FDIC-insured member banks, the Iowa Banks are subject to the examination, supervision, reporting and enforcement requirements of the Iowa Superintendent, as the chartering authority for Iowa banks. As an Illinois-chartered, FDIC-insured member bank, RB&T is subject to the examination, supervision, reporting and enforcement requirements of the DFPR, as the chartering authority for Illinois banks. The Banks are also subject to the examination, reporting and enforcement requirements of the Federal Reserve, as the primary federal regulator of member banks. In addition, the FDIC, as administrator of the DIF, has regulatory authority over the Banks.

Deposit Insurance.  Insurance.As FDIC-insured institutions, the Banks are required to pay deposit insurance premium assessments to the FDIC.  The FDIC has adopted a risk-based assessment system whereby FDIC-insured depository institutions pay insurance premiums at rates based on their risk classification.  An institution’s risk classification is assigned based on its capital levels and the level of supervisory concern the institution poses to the regulators.

On November 12, 2009, the FDIC adopted a final rule that required  For deposit insurance assessment purposes, an insured depository institutions to prepay on December 30, 2009, their estimated quarterly risk-based assessments for the fourth quarterinstitution is placed in one of 2009 and for all of 2010, 2011, and 2012.  As such, on December 31, 2009, the Banks prepaid the FDICfour risk categories each quarter. An institution’s assessment is determined by multiplying its assessments.assessment rate by its assessment base. The FDIC determined each institution’s prepaid assessment based on the institution’s: (i) actual September 30, 2009 assessment base, increased quarterly by a 5% annual growth rate through the fourth quarter of 2012; and (ii) total base assessment rate in effect on September 30, 2009, increased by an annualized threerates range from 2.5 basis points beginningto 45 basis points. While in 2011.  The FDIC began to offset prepaid assessments on March 30, 2010, representing payment of the regular quarterly risk-basedpast an insured depository institution’s assessment base was determined by its deposit insurance assessment for the fourth quarter of 2009.  Any prepaid assessment not exhausted after collection of the amount due on June 30, 2013, will be returned to the institution.
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Amendmentsbase, amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act also reviserevised the assessment base against which an insured depository institution’s deposit insurance premiums paid to the DIF will be calculated.  Under the amendments, the assessment base will no longer be the institution’s deposit base, but rather itsso that it is calculated using average consolidated total assets less itsminus average tangible equity. This may shiftchange shifted the burden of deposit insurance premiums toward those large depository institutions that rely on funding sources other than U.S. deposits. Additionally,


The FDIC has authority to raise or lower assessment rates on insured deposits in order to achieve statutorily required reserve ratios in the DIF and to impose special additional assessments. In light of the significant increase in depository institution failures in 2008-2010 and the increase of deposit insurance limits, the DIF incurred substantial losses during recent years. To bolster reserves in the DIF, the Dodd-Frank Act makes changes toincreased the minimum designated reserve ratio of the DIF increasing the minimum from 1.15% to 1.35% of the estimated amount of total insured deposits and eliminatingdeleted the requirement thatstatutory cap for the reserve ratio. In December 2010, the FDIC pay dividends to depository institutions whenset the designated reserve ratio exceeds certain thresholds.  Theat 2%, 65 basis points above the statutory minimum. At least semi-annually, the FDIC is given until September 3, 2020 to meetwill update its loss and income projections for the 1.35% reserve ratio target. Several of these provisions couldDIF and, if needed, will increase or decrease the assessment rates, following notice and comment on proposed rulemaking. As a result, the Banks’ FDIC deposit insurance premiums. 

The Dodd-Frank Act permanently increases the maximum amount ofpremiums could increase.

FICO Assessments.   In addition to paying basic deposit insurance for banks, savingsassessments, insured depository institutions and credit unions to $250,000 per insured depositor, retroactive to January 1, 2009.  Although the legislation provided that non-interest-bearing transaction accounts had unlimited deposit insurance coverage through December 31, 2012.

FICO Assessments.  Themust pay Financing Corporation (“FICO”) assessments. FICO is a mixed-ownership governmental corporation chartered by the former Federal Home Loan Bank Board pursuant to the Competitive Equality Banking Act of 1987 to function as a financing vehicle for the recapitalization of the former Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. FICO issued 30-year noncallable bonds of approximately $8.1 billion that mature in 2017 through 2019. FICO’s authority to issue bonds ended on December 12, 1991. Since 1996, federal legislation has required that all FDIC-insured depository institutions pay assessments to cover interest payments on FICO’s outstanding obligations. These FICO assessments are in addition to amounts assessed by the FDIC for deposit insurance. During the year ended December 31, 2012, theThe FICO assessment rate is adjusted quarterly and for the fourth quarter of 2014 was approximately 0.0066%, which reflects the change from an assessment base computed on deposits to an assessment base computed on assets as required by the Dodd-Frank Act.0.620 basis points (62 cents per $100 of assessable deposits).

Supervisory Assessments.  Assessments.Each of the Banks is required to pay supervisory assessments to its respective state banking regulator to fund the operations of that agency. The amount of the assessment payable by each Bank is calculated on the basis of that Bank’s total assets. During the year ended December 31, 2012,2014, the Iowa Banks paid supervisory assessments to the Iowa Superintendent totaling $160 thousand$154,288 and RB&T paid supervisory assessments to the DFPR totaling $48 thousand.$52,425.

Capital Requirements.Banks are generally required to maintain capital levels in excess of other businesses. For a discussion of capital requirements, see “—The Increasing Regulatory Emphasis on Capital” above.

Liquidity Requirements. Liquidity is a measure of the ability and ease with which bank assets may be converted to cash. Liquid assets are those that can be converted to cash quickly if needed to meet financial obligations. To remain viable, financial institutions must have enough liquid assets to meet their near-term obligations, such as withdrawals by depositors. Because the global financial crisis was in part a liquidity crisis, Basel III also included a liquidity framework that requires financial institutions to measure their liquidity against specific liquidity tests.One test, referred to asthe Liquidity Coverage Ratio (“LCR”), is designed to ensure that the banking entity has an adequate stock of unencumbered high-quality liquid assets that can be converted easily and immediately in private markets into cash to meet liquidity needs for a 30-calendar day liquidity stress scenario. The other test, known as the Net Stable Funding Ratio (“NSFR”), is designed to promote more medium- and long-term funding of the assets and activities of financial institutions over a one-year horizon. These tests provide an incentive for banks and holding companies to increase their holdings in Treasury securities and other sovereign debt as a component of assets, increase the use of long-term debt as a funding source and rely on stable funding like core deposits (in lieu of brokered deposits).

In addition to liquidity guidelines already in place, the U.S. bank regulatory agencies implemented the LCR in September 2014, which requires large financial firms to hold levels of liquid assets sufficient to protect against constraints on their funding during times of financial turmoil. While the LCR only applies to the largest banking organizations in the country, certain elements are expected to filter down to all insured depository institutions. The Company and the Banks are reviewing their liquidity risk management policies in light of the LCR and NSFR.

Liability of Commonly Controlled Institutions.Under federal law, institutions insured by the FDIC may be liable for any loss incurred by, or reasonably expected to be incurred by, the FDIC in connection with the default of commonly controlled FDIC-insured depository institutions or any assistance provided by the FDIC to commonly controlled FDIC-insured depository institutions in danger of default. Because the Company controls each of the Banks, the Banks are commonly controlledcommonly-controlled for purposes of these provisions of federal law.

Dividend Payments.   The primary source of funds for the Company is dividends from the Banks. In general, the Banks may only pay dividends either out of their historical net income after any required transfers to surplus or reserves have been made or out of their retained earnings. The Federal Reserve Act also imposes limitations on the amount of dividends that may be paid by state member banks, such as the Banks. Without prior Federal Reserve approval, a state member bank may not pay dividends in any calendar year that, in the aggregate, exceed the bank’s calendar year-to-date net income plus the bank’s retained net income for the two preceding calendar years.

 

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The payment of dividends by any financial institution is affected by the requirement to maintain adequate capital pursuant to applicable capital adequacy guidelines and regulations, and a financial institution generally is prohibited from paying any dividends if, following payment thereof, the institution would be undercapitalized. As described above, each of the Banks exceeded its minimum capital requirements under applicable guidelines as of December 31, 2012.2014. As of December 31, 2012,2014, approximately $10.9$10.1 million was available to be paid as dividends by the Banks. Notwithstanding the availability of funds for dividends, however, the Federal Reserve, DFPR and Iowa Superintendent may prohibit the payment of any dividends by one of the Banks if the Federal Reserveit determines such payment would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice.

In addition, under the Basel III Rule, institutions that seek the freedom to pay dividends will have to maintain 2.5% in Common Equity Tier 1 attributable to the capital conservation buffer, which is to be phased in over three years beginning in 2016. See “—The Increasing Regulatory Emphasis on Capital” above.

Insider Transactions.The Banks are subject to certain restrictions imposed by federal law on “covered transactions” between the Bankseach Bank and theirits “affiliates.” The Company is an affiliate of each Bankthe Banks for purposes of these restrictions, and covered transactions subject to the restrictions include extensions of credit to the Company, investments in the stock or other securities of the Company and the acceptance of the stock or other securities of the Company as collateral for loans made by any of the Banks. The Dodd-Frank Act enhances the requirements for certain transactions with affiliates as of July 21, 2011, including an expansion of the definition of “covered transactions” and an increase in the amount of time for which collateral requirements regarding covered transactions must be maintained.

Certain limitations and reporting requirements are also placed on extensions of credit by the Bankseach Bank to its directors and officers, to directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries, to principal stockholders of the Company and to “related interests” of such directors, officers and principal stockholders. In addition, federal law and regulations may affect the terms upon which any person who is a director or officer of the Company or the Banks, or a principal stockholder of the Company, may obtain credit from banks with which the Banks maintainmaintains a correspondent relationships.

relationship.

Safety and Soundness Standards.  Standards/Risk Management.The federal banking agencies have adopted guidelines that establish operational and managerial standards to promote the safety and soundness of federally insured depository institutions. The guidelines set forth standards for internal controls, information systems, internal audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate exposure, asset growth, compensation, fees and benefits, asset quality and earnings.

In general, the safety and soundness guidelines prescribe the goals to be achieved in each area, and each financial institution is responsible for establishing its own procedures to achieve those goals. If ana financial institution fails to comply with any of the standards set forth in the guidelines, the financial institution’s primary federal regulator may require the financial institution to submit a plan for achieving and maintaining compliance. If ana financial institution fails to submit an acceptable compliance plan, or fails in any material respect to implement a compliance plan that has been accepted by its primary federal regulator, the regulator is required to issue an order directing the financial institution to cure the deficiency. Until the deficiency cited in the regulator’s order is cured, the regulator may restrict the financial institution’s rate of growth, require the financial institution to increase its capital, restrict the rates the financial institution pays on deposits or require the financial institution to take any action the regulator deems appropriate under the circumstances. Noncompliance with the standards established by the safety and soundness guidelines may also constitute grounds for other enforcement action by the federal banking regulators,bank regulatory agencies, including cease and desist orders and civil money penalty assessments.

During the past decade, the bank regulatory agencies have increasingly emphasized the importance of sound risk management processes and strong internal controls when evaluating the activities of the financial institutions they supervise.  Properly managing risks has been identified as critical to the conduct of safe and sound banking activities and has become even more important as new technologies, product innovation, and the size and speed of financial transactions have changed the nature of banking markets.  The agencies have identified a spectrum of risks facing a banking institution including, but not limited to, credit, market, liquidity, operational, legal, and reputational risk. In particular, recent regulatory pronouncements have focused on operational risk, which arises from the potential that inadequate information systems, operational problems, breaches in internal controls, fraud, or unforeseen catastrophes will result in unexpected losses. New products and services, third-party risk management and cybersecurity are critical sources of operational risk that financial institutions are expected to address in the current environment. Each Bank is expected to have active board and senior management oversight; adequate policies, procedures, and limits; adequate risk measurement, monitoring, and management information systems; and comprehensive internal controls.

Branching Authority. Authority.The Iowa Banks have the authority under Iowa law to establish branches anywhere in the State of Iowa, subject to receipt of all required regulatory approvals. In 1997, the Company formed a de novo Illinois bank that was merged into QCBT, resulting in QCBT establishing a branch office in Illinois. Under Illinois law, QCBT may continue to establish offices in Illinois to the same extent permitted for an Illinois bank (subject to certain conditions, including certain regulatory notice requirements). Similarly, RB&T has the authority under Illinois law to establish branches anywhere in the State of Illinois, subject to receipt of all required regulatory approvals.

 

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Federal law permits state and national banks to merge with banks in other states subject to: (i) regulatory approval; (ii) federal and state deposit concentration limits; and (iii) state law limitations requiring the merging bank to have been in existence for a minimum period of time (not to exceed five years) prior to the merger. The establishment of new interstate branches or the acquisition of individual branches of a bank in another state (rather than the acquisition of an out-of-state bank in its entirety) has historically been permitted only in those states the laws of which expressly authorize such expansion. However, the Dodd-Frank Act permits well-capitalized and well-managed banks to establish new branches across state lines without these impediments.

State Bank Investments and Activities.The Banks are permitted to make investments and engage in activities directly or through subsidiaries as authorized by Iowa or Illinois law, as applicable. However, under federal law, and FDIC regulations, FDIC-insured state banks are prohibited, subject to certain exceptions, from making or retaining equity investments of a type, or in an amount, that are not permissible for a national bank. Federal law and FDIC regulations also prohibitprohibits FDIC-insured state banks and their subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, from engaging as principal in any activity that is not permitted for a national bank unless the bank meets, and continues to meet, its minimum regulatory capital requirements and the FDIC determines that the activity would not pose a significant risk to the DIF. These restrictions have not had, and are not currently expected to have, a material impact on the operations of the Banks.

Transaction Account Reserves.Federal Reserve regulations require insured depository institutions to maintain reserves against their transaction accounts (primarily NOW and regular checking accounts). For 2013:2015: the first $12.4$14.5 million of otherwise reservable balances are exempt from the reserve requirements; for transaction accounts aggregating more than $12.4$14.5 million to $79.5$103.6 million, the reserve requirement is 3% of total transaction accounts; and for net transaction accounts in excess of $79.5$103.6 million, the reserve requirement is $2,013,000$2,673,000 plus 10% of the aggregate amount of total transaction accounts in excess of $79.5$103.6 million. These reserve requirements are subject to annual adjustment by the Federal Reserve.

Federal Home Loan Bank System. The Banks are each a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (the “FHLB”), which serves as a central credit facility for its members. The FHLB is funded primarily from proceeds from the sale of obligations of the FHLB system. It makes loans to member banks in compliancethe form of FHLB advances. All advances from the FHLB are required to be fully collateralized as determined by the FHLB.

Community Reinvestment Act Requirements. The Community Reinvestment Act requires the Banks to have a continuing and affirmative obligation in a safe and sound manner to help meet the credit needs of the entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. Federal regulators regularly assess each Bank’s record of meeting the credit needs of its communities. Applications for additional acquisitions would be affected by the evaluation of the Bank’s effectiveness in meeting its Community Reinvestment Act requirements.

Anti-Money Laundering. The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (the “Patriot Act”) is designed to deny terrorists and criminals the ability to obtain access to the U.S. financial system and has significant implications for depository institutions, brokers, dealers and other businesses involved in the transfer of money. The Patriot Act mandates financial services companies to have policies and procedures with respect to measures designed to address any or all of the following matters: (i) customer identification programs; (ii) money laundering; (iii) terrorist financing; (iv) identifying and reporting suspicious activities and currency transactions; (v) currency crimes; and (vi) cooperation between financial institutions and law enforcement authorities.

Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate. Concentration risk exists when financial institutions deploy too many assets to any one industry or segment. Concentration stemming from commercial real estate is one area of regulatory concern. The interagency Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending, Sound Risk Management Practices guidance (“CRE Guidance”) provides supervisory criteria, including the following numerical indicators, to assist bank examiners in identifying banks with potentially significant commercial real estate loan concentrations that may warrant greater supervisory scrutiny: (i) commercial real estate loans exceeding 300% of capital and increasing 50% or more in the preceding three years; or (ii) construction and land development loans exceeding 100% of capital. The CRE Guidance does not limit banks’ levels of commercial real estate lending activities, but rather guides institutions in developing risk management practices and levels of capital that are commensurate with the foregoing requirements.level and nature of their commercial real estate concentrations. Based on the Banks’ loan portfolio, none of the Banks exceed these guidelines.

 

Consumer Financial Services

There are numerous developments in federal and state laws regarding consumer financial products and services that impact the Banks’ business. Importantly, the current

The historical structure of federal consumer protection regulation applicable to all providers of consumer financial products and services changed significantly on July 21, 2011, when the CFPB commenced operations to supervise and enforce consumer protection laws. The CFPB has broad rulemaking authority for a wide range of consumer protection laws that apply to all providers of consumer products and services, including the Banks, as well as the authority to prohibit “unfair, deceptive or abusive” acts and practices. The CFPB has examination and enforcement authority over providers with more than $10 billion in assets. Banks and savings institutions with $10 billion or less in assets, like the Banks, will continue to be examined by their applicable bank regulators.

Ability-to-Repay Requirement

Because abuses in connection with residential mortgages were a significant factor contributing to the financial crisis, many new rules issued by the CFPB and Qualified Mortgage Rule.required by the Dodd-Frank Act address mortgage and mortgage-related products, their underwriting, origination, servicing and sales. The Dodd-Frank Act contains additional provisions that affect consumer mortgage lending. First, it significantly expandsexpanded underwriting requirements applicable to loans secured by 1-4 family residential real property and augmentsaugmented federal law combating predatory lending practices. In addition to numerous new disclosure requirements, the Dodd-Frank Act imposesimposed new standards for mortgage loan originations on all lenders, including banks and savings associations, in an effort to strongly encourage lenders to verify a borrower’s ability to repay, while also establishing a presumption of compliance for certain “qualified mortgages.” Most significantly, the new standards limit the total points and fees that the Banks and/or a broker may charge on conforming and jumbo loans to 3% of the total loan amount. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act generally requiresrequired lenders or securitizers to retain an economic interest in the credit risk relating to loans that the lender sells, and other asset-backed securities that the securitizer issues, if the loans havedo not compliedcomply with the ability-to-repay standards.standards described below. The risk retention requirement generally will beis 5%, but could be increased or decreased by regulation.

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The Banks do not currently expect the CFPB’s rules to have a significant impact on their respective operations, except for higher compliance costs.

Ability-to-Repay Requirement and Qualified Mortgage Rule.On January 10, 2013, the CFPB issued a final rule effective January 10, 2014, which implementsimplementing the Dodd-Frank Act’s ability-to-repay requirements and clarifiesrequirements. Under the presumption of compliance for “qualified mortgages.”  Infinal rule, lenders, in assessing a borrower’s ability to repay a mortgage-related obligation, lenders generally must consider eight underwriting factors: (i) current or reasonably expected income or assets; (ii) current employment status; (iii) monthly payment on the subject transaction; (iv) monthly payment on any simultaneous loan; (v) monthly payment for all mortgage-related obligations; (vi) current debt obligations, alimony, and child support; (vii) monthly debt-to-income ratio or residual income; and (viii) credit history. The final rule also includes guidance regarding the application of, and methodology for evaluating, these factors.

Further, the final rule also clarifiesclarified that qualified mortgages do not include “no-doc” loans and loans with negative amortization, interest-only payments, balloon payments, terms in excess of 30 years, or points and fees paid by the borrower that exceed 3% of the loan amount, subject to certain exceptions. In addition, for qualified mortgages, the rule mandated that the monthly payment must be calculated on the highest payment that will occur in the first five years of the loan, and required that the borrower’s total debt-to-income ratio generally may not be more than 43%. The final rule also providesprovided that certain mortgages that satisfy the general product feature requirements for qualified mortgages and that also satisfy the underwriting requirements of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (while they operate under federal conservatorship or receivership), or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, or Department of Agriculture or Rural Housing Service, are also considered to be qualified mortgages. This second category of qualified mortgages will phase out as the aforementioned federal agencies issue their own rules regarding qualified mortgages, the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ends, and, in any event, after seven years.

As set forth in the Dodd-Frank Act, subprime (or higher-priced) mortgage loans are subject to the ability-to-repay requirement, and the final rule providesprovided for a rebuttable presumption of lender compliance for those loans. The final rule also appliesapplied the ability-to-repay requirement to prime loans, while also providing a conclusive presumption of compliance (i.e., a safe harbor) for prime loans that are also qualified mortgages. Additionally, the final rule generally prohibitsprohibited prepayment penalties (subject to certain exceptions) and setsset forth a 3-year record retention period with respect to documenting and demonstrating the ability-to-repay requirement and other provisions.

Changes to Mortgage Loan Originator Compensation. Effective April 2, 2011, previously existing regulations concerning As a part of the compensationoverhaul of mortgage loan originators were amended. As a result of these amendments,origination practices, mortgage loan originatorsoriginators’ compensation was limited such that they may notno longer receive compensation based on a mortgage transaction’s terms or conditions other than the amount of credit extended under the mortgage loan. Further, the new standards limit the total points and fees that a bank and/or a broker may charge on conforming and jumbo loans was limited to 3% of the total loan amount. Mortgage loan originators may receive compensation from a consumer or from a lender, but not both. These rules contain requirements designed to prohibit mortgage loan originators from “steering” consumers to loans that provide mortgage loan originators with greater compensation. In addition, the rules contain other requirements concerning recordkeeping.recordkeeping.

 

Servicing.The CFPB was also required to implement certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to mortgage servicing through rulemaking. The servicing rules require servicers to meet certain benchmarks for loan servicing and customer service in general. Servicers must provide periodic billing statements and certain required notices and acknowledgments, promptly credit borrowers’ accounts for payments received and promptly investigate complaints by borrowers and are required to take additional steps before purchasing insurance to protect the lender’s interest in the property. The servicing rules also called for additional notice, review and timing requirements with respect to delinquent borrowers, including early intervention, ongoing access to servicer personnel and specific loss mitigation and foreclosure procedures. The rules provided for an exemption from most of these requirements for “small servicers.” A small servicer is defined as a loan servicer that services 5,000 or fewer mortgage loans and services only mortgage loans that they or an affiliate originated or own.

Additional Constraints on the Company and Banks

Monetary Policy.The monetary policy of the Federal Reserve has a significant effect on the operating results of financial or bank holding companies and their subsidiaries. Among the tools available to the Federal Reserve to affect the money supply are open market transactions in U.S. government securities, changes in the discount rate on member bank borrowings and changes in reserve requirements against member bank deposits. These means are used in varying combinations to influence overall growth and distribution of bank loans, investments and deposits, and their use may affect interest rates charged on loans or paid on deposits.

The Volcker Rule.In addition to other implications of the Dodd-Frank Act discussed above, the Act amended the BHCA to require the federal regulatory agencies to adopt rules that prohibit banking entities and their affiliates from engaging in proprietary trading and investing in and sponsoring certain unregistered investment companies (defined as hedge funds and private equity funds). This statutory provision is commonly called the “Volcker Rule.” On December 10, 2013, the federal regulatory agencies issued final rules to implement the prohibitions required by the Volcker Rule. Thereafter, in reaction to industry concern over the adverse impact to community banks of the treatment of certain collateralized debt instruments in the final rule, the federal regulatory agencies approved an interim final rule to permit financial institutions to retain interests in collateralized debt obligations backed primarily by trust preferred securities (“TruPS CDOs”) from the investment prohibitions contained in the final rule. Under the interim final rule, the regulatory agencies permitted the retention of an interest in or sponsorship of covered funds by banking entities if the following qualifications were met: (i) the TruPS CDO was established, and the interest was issued, before May 19, 2010; (ii) the banking entity reasonably believes that the offering proceeds received by the TruPS CDO were invested primarily in qualifying TruPS collateral; and (iii) the banking entity's interest in the TruPS CDO was acquired on or before December 10, 2013. This amendment impacted the Company favorably as an issuer of TruPS CDOs.

Although the Volcker Rule has significant implications for many large financial institutions, the Company does not currently anticipate that it will have a material effect on the operations of the Company or the Banks. The Company may incur costs if it is required to adopt additional policies and systems to ensure compliance with certain provisions of the Volcker Rule, but any such costs are not expected to be material.

 
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Foreclosure and Loan Modifications. Federal and state laws further impact foreclosures and loan modifications, with many of such laws having the effect of delaying or impeding the foreclosure process on real estate secured loans in default. Mortgages on commercial property can be modified, such as by reducing the principal amount of the loan or the interest rate, or by extending the term of the loan, through plans confirmed under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. In recent years, legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Congress that would amend the Bankruptcy Code to permit the modification of mortgages secured by residences, although at this time the enactment of such legislation is not presently proposed. The scope, duration and terms of potential future legislation with similar effect continue to be discussed. We cannot predict whether any such legislation will be passed or the impact, if any, it would have on our business.
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Appendix B

GUIDE 3 INFORMATION

The following tables and schedules show selected comparative financial information required by the Securities and Exchange Commission SecuritiesCommissionSecurities Act Guide 3, regarding the business of QCR Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") for the periods shown.

I. Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Stockholders Equity; Interest Rates and Interest Differential

A. and B. Consolidated Average Balance Sheets and Analysis of Net Interest Earnings

The information requested is disclosed in Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the the Company's Form 10-K for10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

2014.

C. Analysis of Changes of Interest Income/Interest Expense

The information requested is disclosed in Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the the Company's Form 10-K for10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

2014.

 

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II.  Investment Portfolio

A.  Investment Securities

The following tables present the amortized cost and fair value of investment securities as of DecemberofDecember 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010

  
Amortized
Cost
  
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
  
Gross
Unrealized
(Losses)
  
Fair
Value
 
  (dollars in thousands) 
             
December 31, 2012            
             
Securities held to maturity:            
Municipal securities $71,429  $998  $(71) $72,356 
Other bonds  650   -   -   650 
                 
Totals $72,079  $998  $(71) $73,006 
                 
Securities available for sale:                
U.S. gov't.sponsored agency securities $336,571  $2,198  $(160) $338,609 
Residential mortgage-backed and related securitiies  160,035   3,737   (171)  163,601 
Municipal securities  24,508   1,697   (19)  26,186 
Trust preferred securities  86   53   -   139 
Other securities  1,347   301   (23)  1,625 
                 
Totals $522,547  $7,986  $(373) $530,160 
                 
                 
                 
December 31, 2011                
                 
Securities held to maturity:                
Other bonds $200  $-  $-  $200 
                 
Totals $200  $-  $-  $200 
                 
Securities available for sale:                
U.S. gov't.sponsored agency securities $426,582  $2,429  $(56) $428,955 
Residential mortgage-backed and related securitiies  105,374   3,488   (8)  108,854 
Municipal securities  23,937   1,752   -   25,689 
Trust preferred securities  86   -   (5)  81 
Other securities  1,355   140   (45)  1,450 
                 
Totals $557,334  $7,809  $(114) $565,029 
                 
                 
                 
December 31, 2010                
                 
Securities held to maturity:                
Other bonds $300  $-  $-  $300 
                 
Totals $300  $-  $-  $300 
                 
Securities available for sale:                
U.S. gov't.sponsored agency securities $401,711  $3,219  $(2,705) $402,225 
Municipal securities  20,135   579   (110)  20,604 
Residential mortgage-backed securities  65   6   -   71 
Trust preferred securities  86   -   (8)  78 
Other securities  1,415   168   (14)  1,569 
                 
Totals $423,412  $3,972  $(2,837) $424,547 
2012:

      

Gross

  

Gross

     
  

Amortized

  

Unrealized

  

Unrealized

  

Fair

 
  

Cost

  

Gains

  

(Losses)

  

Value

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                 

December 31, 2014

                
                 

Securities held to maturity:

                

Municipal securities

 $198,830  $2,420  $(1,186) $200,064 

Other bonds

  1,050   -   -   1,050 
                 

Totals

 $199,880  $2,420  $(1,186) $201,114 
                 

Securities available for sale:

                

U.S. gov't.sponsored agency securities

 $312,960  $174  $(5,264) $307,870 

Residential mortgage-backed and related securitiies

  110,456   1,508   (541)  111,423 

Municipal securities

  29,409   1,053   (62)  30,400 

Other securities

  1,342   626   (1)  1,967 
                 

Totals

 $454,167  $3,361  $(5,868) $451,660 
                 

December 31, 2013

                
                 

Securities held to maturity:

                

Municipal securities

 $144,402  $300  $(7,112) $137,590 

Other bonds

  1,050   -   -   1,050 
                 

Totals

 $145,452  $300  $(7,112) $138,640 
                 

Securities available for sale:

                

U.S. gov't.sponsored agency securities

 $376,574  $42  $(20,143) $356,473 

Residential mortgage-backed and related securitiies

  160,110   1,153   (3,834)  157,429 

Municipal securities

  35,814   923   (778)  35,959 

Other securities

  1,372   525   -   1,897 
                 

Totals

 $573,870  $2,643  $(24,755) $551,758 
                 

December 31, 2012

                
                 

Securities held to maturity:

                

Municipal securities

 $71,429  $998  $(71) $72,356 

Other bonds

  650   -   -   650 
                 

Totals

 $72,079  $998  $(71) $73,006 
                 

Securities available for sale:

                

U.S. gov't.sponsored agency securities ...……

 $336,571  $2,198  $(160) $338,609 

Residential mortgage-backed and related securitiies

  160,035   3,737   (171)  163,601 

Municipal securities

  24,508   1,697   (19)  26,186 

Trust preferred securities

  86   53   -   139 

Other securities

  1,347   301   (23)  1,625 
                 

Totals

 $522,547  $7,986  $(373) $530,160 

NOTE: Stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve Bank are NOT included in the above. The Companyreportscarries these investments separatelywithin restricted investment securities on the consolidated balance sheets. Following is a summaryof the carrying value of all of the Company's restricted investment securities as of December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 2010:2012:

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
             

Federal Home Loan Bank

 $11,279  $12,344  $15,748 

Federal Reserve Bank

  4,227   4,630   3,761 

Other

  54   54   - 

Totals

 $15,560  $17,028  $19,509 
             
 
  As of December 31, 
  2012  2011  2010 
  (dollars in thousands) 
          
Federal Home Loan Bank $11,987  $11,517  $12,980 
Federal Reserve Bank  3,761   3,737   3,689 
Totals $15,748  $15,254  $16,669 

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B.  Investment Securities, Maturities, and Yields


The following table presents the maturity of securities held on December 31, 2012 and2014and the weighted average stated coupon rates by range of maturity:

  
Amortized
Cost
  
Weighted
Average
Yield
 
  (dollars in thousands) 
       
U.S. gov't.sponsored agency securities:      
After 1 but within 5 years $27,498   1.29%
After 5 but within 10 years  291,300   1.69%
After 10 years  17,773   2.85%
         
Total $336,571   1.72%
         
         
Residential mortgage-backed and related securities:        
Within 1 year $9   6.08%
After 10 years  160,026   2.09%
         
Total $160,035   2.09%
         
         
Municipal securities:        
Within 1 year $1,749   2.62%
After 1 but within 5 years  14,956   2.33%
After 5 but within 10 years  27,584   3.17%
After 10 years  51,648   3.35%
         
Total $95,937   3.13%
         
         
Trust preferred securities:        
After 10 years $86   7.80%
         
         
Other bonds:        
Within 1 year $100   5.50%
After 1 but within 5 years  550   2.81%
         
Total $650   3.22%
         
         
Other securities with no maturity or stated face rate $1,347     

      

Weighted

 
  

Amortized

  

Average

 
  

Cost

  

Yield

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
         

U.S. gov't.sponsored agency securities:

        

Within 1 year

 $-   0.00%

After 1 but within 5 years

  85,251   1.41%

After 5 but within 10 years

  227,209   2.00%

After 10 years

  500   2.00%
         

Total

 $312,960   1.84%
         

Residential mortgage-backed and related securities:

        

After 1 but within 5 years

 $257   3.88%

After 5 but within 10 years

  4,048   4.02%

After 10 years

  106,151   3.36%
         

Total

 $110,456   3.39%
         

Municipal securities:

        

Within 1 year

 $14,698   1.51%

After 1 but within 5 years

  24,894   2.36%

After 5 but within 10 years

  53,315   3.22%

After 10 years

  135,332   3.60%
         

Total

 $228,239   3.24%
         

Other bonds:

        

After 1 but within 5 years

 $550   2.81%

After 5 but within 10 years

  742   3.73%
         

Total

 $1,292   3.34%
         

Other securities with no maturity or stated face rate

 $1,100     

NOTE: Yields above are NOT computed on a tax equivalent basis.

C.  As of December 31, 2012,2014, there were no securities with aggregate book value and market value purchasedvaluepurchased from a single issuer (as defined by Sction 2(4) of the Securities Act of 1933) that exceededthatexceeded 10% of stockholders' equity.


 
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III. Loan/Lease Portfolio
A. Types of Loans/Leases

III. Loan/Lease Portfolio

A. Types of Loans/Leases

The information requested is disclosed in Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the the Company's Form 10-K for10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

B. Maturities and Sensitivities of Loans/Leases to Changes in Interest Rates
2014.

B. Maturities and Sensitivities of Loans/Leases to Changes in Interest Rates

The information requested is disclosed in Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the the Company's Form 10-K for10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

C. Risk Elements
1. Nonaccrual, Past Due and Restructured Loans/Leases
2014.

C. Risk Elements

1. Nonaccrual, Past Due and Restructured Loans/Leases

The gross interest income that would have been recorded if nonaccrual loans/leases and performing troubled debt restructurings had beenhadbeen current in accordance with their original terms was $618,733$764,234 and $277,576,$19,978 respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2012.2014. The amount of interest collected on nonaccrual loans/leases and performing troubled debt restructurings that was included in interest incomeinterestincome was none and $334,921,$77,193, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2012.

2014.

The remaining information requested is disclosed in Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the the Company's Form 10-K for10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

2. Potential Problem Loans/Leases.
2014.

2. Potential Problem Loans/Leases.

To management's best knowledge, there are no such significant loans/leases that have not been disclosed in the table presentedtablepresented in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended DecemberendedDecember 31, 2012.

3. Foreign Outstandings.  None.
4. Loan/Lease Concentrations.
2014.

3. Foreign Outstandings. None.

4. Loan/Lease Concentrations.

As of December 31, 2012,2014, there was a single concentration of loans/leases exceeding 10% of total loans/leases, which is not otherwise disclosed in Item III. A. That concentration is Lessors of Non-Residential Buildings & Dwellings at 14%16%.

D. Other Interest-Bearing Assets

D. Other Interest-Bearing Assets

As of December 31, 2012,2014, there are no interest-bearing assets required to be disclosed in this Appendix.

IV. Summary of Loan/Lease Loss Experience
A. Analysis of the Allowance for Estimated Losses on Loans/Leases

IV. Summary of Loan/Lease Loss Experience

A. Analysis of the Allowance for Estimated Losses on Loans/Leases

The information requested is disclosed in Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the the Company's Form 10-K for10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

B. Allocation of the Allowance for Estimated Losses on Loans/Leases
2014.

B. Allocation of the Allowance for Estimated Losses on Loans/Leases

The information requested is disclosed in Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the the Company's Form 10-K for10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

2014.

 

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V. Deposits.

The average amount of and average rate paid for the categories of deposits for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, 2014, 2013,and 20102012 are included in the consolidated average balance sheets and can be found in the Management's Discussion andDiscussionand Analysis section of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

2014.

The Company has no deposits by foreign depositors in domestic offices as of December 31, 2012.

2014.

Included in interest bearing deposits at December 31, 2012,2014, were certificates of deposit totaling $249,664,000$301,555,000 that were $100,000$100,000 or greater. Maturities of these certificates were as follows:


  December 31, 
  2012 
  (dollars in thousands) 
    
One to three months $69,777 
Three to six months  48,478 
Six to twelve months  53,078 
Over twelve months  78,331 
     
Total certificates of deposit greater than $100,000
 $249,664 

  

December 31,

 
  

2014

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
     

One to three months

 $110,861 

Three to six months

  44,079 

Six to twelve months

  91,791 

Over twelve months

  54,824 
     

Total certificates of deposit greater than $100,000

 $301,555 

VI. Return on Equity and Assets.

The following tables present the return on assets and equity and the equity to assets ratio of the Company:

  

Years ended

 
  

December 31,

 
  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
             

Average total assets

 $2,453,678  $2,330,604  $2,025,693 

Average equity

  142,734   145,906   141,793 

Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.

  14,953   14,938   12,618 

Return on average assets

  0.61%  0.64%  0.62%

Return on average common equity

  10.49%  11.48%  10.84%

Return on average total equity

  10.48%  10.24%  8.90%

Dividend payout ratio

  4.57%  3.76%  4.26%

Average equity to average assets ratio

  5.82%  6.26%  7.00%

 

  
Years ended
December 31,
 
  2012  2011  2010 
  (dollars in thousands) 
          
Average total assets $2,025,691  $1,907,038  $1,839,318 
Average equity  141,793   136,700   131,066 
Net income attributable to QCR Holdings, Inc.  12,618   9,692   6,587 
Return on average assets  0.62%  0.51%  0.36%
Return on average common equity  10.84%  5.82%  3.58%
Return on average total equity  8.90%  7.09%  5.03%
Dividend payout ratio  4.26%  8.60%  14.81%
Average equity to average assets ratio  7.00%  7.17%  7.13%

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VII. Short Term Borrowings.


The following tables present the information requested on short-term borrowings of the Company:

Short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2012, 2011,2014, 2013, and 20102012 are summarized as follows:


  2012  2011  2010 
  (dollars in thousands) 
Overnight repurchase agreements with customers $104,943  $110,236  $118,904 
Federal funds purchased  66,140   103,300   22,250 
  $171,083  $213,536  $141,154 

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
   (dollars in thousands) 

Overnight repurchase agreements with customers

 $137,252  $98,823  $104,943 

Federal funds purchased

  131,100   50,470   66,140 
  $268,352  $149,293  $171,083 

Information concerning overnight repurchase agreements with customers is summarized as follows:

  2012  2011  2010 
  (dollars in thousands) 
Average daily balance during the period $111,782  $110,469  $108,232 
Average daily interest rate during the period  0.13%  0.23%  0.41%
Maximum month-end balance during the period $141,891  $117,902  $135,143 
Weighted average rate as of end of period  0.11%  0.23%  0.50%
             
Securities underlying the agreements as of end of period:            
Carrying value $160,951  $201,054  $157,042 
Fair value  160,951   201,054   157,042 

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  (dollars in thousands)  

Average daily balance during the period

 $128,818  $123,543  $111,782 

Average daily interest rate during the period

  0.12%  0.12%  0.13%

Maximum month-end balance during the period

 $147,624  $146,075  $141,891 

Weighted average rate as of end of period

  0.13%  0.13%  0.11%
             

Securities underlying the agreements as of end of period:

            

Carrying value

 $165,360  $143,262  $160,951 

Fair value

  165,360   143,262   160,951 

Information concerning federal funds purchased is summarized as follows:

  2012  2011  2010 
  (dollars in thousands) 
Average daily balance during the period $52,380  $33,703  $33,897 
Average daily interest rate during the period  0.27%  0.27%  0.31%
Maximum month-end balance during the period $80,150  $103,300  $46,990 
Weighted average rate as of end of period  0.26%  0.22%  0.27%

  

2014

  

2013

  

2012

 
  (dollars in thousands) 

Average daily balance during the period

 $33,877  $41,157  $52,380 

Average daily interest rate during the period

  0.40%  0.40%  0.27%

Maximum month-end balance during the period

 $131,100  $95,380  $80,150 

Weighted average rate as of end of period

  0.23%  0.28%  0.26%

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