For the six months ended June 30, 2009, noninterest income decreased $268,000, or 3%, from the same period in 2008. The 2008 results include a $560,000 pre-tax gain on the sale of the Liberty branch. Excluding this amount, noninterest income increased $292,000 or 3%.
For the six months ended June 30, 2009, noninterest expense increased $48.3 million or 182% from prior year. The increase is due to a $45.4 million goodwill impairment charge related to the banking segment. Excluding the goodwill impairment charge, noninterest expenses were $29.4 million during the first half of 2009, an increase of $2.9 million, or 11%, from the same period in 2008. The year-over-year increase includes additional FDIC premiums of $1.8 million due to the FDIC special assessment and newly implemented rate structure and $1.9 million of legal and other real estate expenses related to nonperforming assets. These increases are offset by a $1.6 million decrease in salaries and benefits due to staff reductions and reduced incentive compensation.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, increases in Occupancy were primarily due to expenses related to a new Wealth Management location which was occupied in the fourth quarter of 2008.
For the six months ended June 30, 2009, Amortization of intangibles decreased $204,000 due to a lower carrying value on the customer related intangible that resulted from the Millennium impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The Company’s efficiency ratio in the second quarter of 2009 was 68.7% compared to 59.9% in the second quarter of 2008. Excluding the goodwill impairment charge, the efficiency ratio for the six months ended June 30, 2009 is 66.8% compared to 61.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2008.
Income Taxes
Generally, the provision for income taxes is determined by applying an estimated annual effective income tax rate to income before income taxes. The rate is based on the most recent annualized forecast of pretax income, permanent book versus tax differences and tax credits. FASB Interpretation No. 18 (“FIN 18”), “Accounting for Income Taxes in Interim Periods – an interpretation of APB No. 28,” provides that, when a reliable estimate of the annual effective tax rate cannot be made, the actual effective tax rate for the year-to-date period may be used. During the second quarter of 2009, the Company concluded that minor changes in the Company’s 2009 estimated pre-tax results and projected permanent items produced significant variability in the estimated annual effective tax rate, and thus, the estimated rate may not be reliable. Accordingly, the Company has determined that the actual effective tax rate for the year-to-date period is the best estimate of the effective tax rate. We re-evaluate the combined federal and state income tax rates each quarter. Therefore, the current projected effective tax rate for the entire year may change.
The Company’s income tax benefit, which includes both federal and state taxes, was $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared to an income tax expense of $1.8 million for the same period in 2008. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the income tax benefit was $3.6 million compared to an income tax expense of $3.8 million for the same period in 2008. The combined federal and state effective income tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 were 138.5% and 6.7%, respectively, compared to 34.2% and 34.8% for the same periods in 2008. Our income tax provision in the first half of 2009 reflects the impact of the $45.4 million goodwill impairment charge, which is not tax deductible. The effective tax rate in the second quarter of 2009 reflects the use of the annual effective tax rate for the year-to-date period which increased the amount of income tax benefit recognized. The change in the effective tax rate year over year is primarily the result the nondeductible goodwill impairment charge and other permanent differences related to tax exempt interest and federal tax credits.
The Company is permitted to recognize deferred tax assets only to the extent that they are expected to be used to reduce amounts that have been paid or will be paid to tax authorities. Management has determined, based on all positive and negative evidence, that the deferred tax asset is more likely-than-not-to be realized.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity management
The objective of liquidity management is to ensure the Company has the ability to generate sufficient cash or cash equivalents in a timely and cost-effective manner to meet its commitments as they become due. Funds are available from a number of sources, such as from the core deposit base and from loans and securities repayments and maturities. Additionally, liquidity is provided from sales of the securities portfolio, lines of credit with major banks, the Federal Reserve and the FHLB, the ability to acquire brokered deposits and the ability to sell loan participations to other banks.
The Company’s liquidity management framework includes measurement of several key elements, such as the loan to deposit ratio, volatile liabilities as a percentage of long-term earning assets, and liquid assets plus availability on secured lines as a percentage of certain liabilities. The Company’s liquidity framework also incorporates contingency planning to assess the nature and volatility of funding sources and to determine alternatives to these sources. Strong capital ratios, credit quality and core earnings are essential to retaining cost-effective access to the wholesale funding markets. Deterioration in any of these factors could have an impact on the Company’s ability to access these funding sources and, as a result, these factors are monitored on an ongoing basis as part of the liquidity management process.
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While core deposits and loan and investment repayments are principal sources of liquidity, funding diversification is another key element of liquidity management. Diversity is achieved by strategically varying depositor types, terms, funding markets, and instruments.
During the second quarter of 2009, we substantially strengthened our liquidity position. As a result of our loan clients using their cash to paydown their outstanding loans, we experienced some decline in transaction account balances during the second quarter of 2009. However, the declines in these accounts were more than offset by increases in certificates of deposit, both from the CDARS program and our own CDs. During the second quarter of 2009, the increase in core deposits along with the reduced loan funding requirements enabled us to reduce our brokered time deposits by $21.0 million and short-term borrowings by $53.0 million. In addition, as part of a strategy to reposition our securities portfolio, we also increased our investment portfolio by $44.0 million.
Parent Company liquidity
The parent company’s liquidity is managed to provide the funds necessary to pay dividends to shareholders, service debt, invest in subsidiaries as necessary, and satisfy other operating requirements. The parent company’s primary funding sources to meet its liquidity requirements are dividends and other payments from subsidiaries and proceeds from the issuance of equity (i.e. stock option exercises).
In December 2008, the Company was approved by the U.S. Treasury for a $62.0 million Capital Purchase Program investment. At the same time, the Company had the opportunity to privately place a Convertible Trust Preferred Security offering. As a result, the Company decided to take advantage of both the private and public capital sources.
On December 12, 2008, we completed a private placement of $25.0 million in Convertible Trust Preferred Securities that qualify as Tier II regulatory capital until they would convert to EFSC common stock. On December 19, 2008, we received $35.0 million from the U.S. Treasury under the Capital Purchase Program.
As of December 31, 2008, $20.0 million of the capital funds were used to pay off the Company’s line of credit and term loan. Our line of credit with a major bank was closed during the first quarter of 2009. In December 2008, we also injected $18.0 million into Enterprise to support continued loan growth and bolster its capital ratios. Subject to other demands for cash, we expect to use the remaining capital funds to support continuing loan growth and strengthening our capital position as appropriate.
As of June 30, 2009, the Company had $85.1 million of outstanding subordinated debentures as part of nine Trust Preferred Securities Pools. These securities are classified as debt but are included in regulatory capital and the related interest expense is tax-deductible, which makes them a very attractive source of funding. Management believes our current level of cash at the holding company of $18.6 million will be sufficient to meet all projected cash needs in 2009.
On June 17, 2009, the Company filed a Shelf Registration statement on Form S-3 for up to $35 million of certain types of our securities. Proceeds from an offering would be used for capital expenditures, repayment or refinancing of indebtedness or other securities from time to time, working capital, to make acquisitions, or for general corporate purposes. The Registration went effective on July 1, 2009. We are sensitive to the dilution a stock offering may have on our shareholders and therefore, are carefully monitoring the equity markets and have no formal plans for an offering at this time.
Enterprise liquidity
Enterprise is subject to regulations and, among other things, may be limited in its ability to pay dividends or transfer funds to the parent Company. Accordingly, consolidated cash flows as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows may not represent cash immediately available for the payment of cash dividends to the Company’s shareholders or for other cash needs.
Enterprise has a variety of funding sources available to increase financial flexibility. In addition to amounts currently borrowed, at June 30, 2009, Enterprise could borrow an additional $145.0 million from the FHLB of Des Moines under blanket loan pledges and an additional $275.2 million from the Federal Reserve Bank under a pledged loan agreement. Enterprise has unsecured federal funds lines with five correspondent banks totaling $55.0 million.
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Investment securities are an important tool to the Company’s liquidity objective. During the first half of 2009, we elected to sell and reinvest a portion of our investment portfolio. During the first six months of 2009, we sold approximately $49.0 million of agency mortgage backed securities. In addition, we executed a leverage strategy whereby we borrowed $20.0 million from the FHLB at a weighted average rate of 2.06% for a term of approximately 31 months. With the proceeds from the securities sales, the FHLB advance and other excess cash, we purchased approximately $123.0 million of fixed rate agency mortgage backed and floating rate Small Business Administration securities. These transactions allowed us to increase our collateral available in the securities portfolio by approximately $59.0 million during the first half of 2009. As of June 30, 2009, of the $155.8 million of the securities available for sale, $59.0 million was pledged as collateral for public deposits, treasury, tax and loan notes, and other requirements. The remaining $96.8 million could be pledged or sold to enhance liquidity, if necessary.
In July 2008, Enterprise joined the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service, or CDARS, which allows us to provide our customers with access to additional levels of FDIC insurance coverage. The Company considers the reciprocal deposits placed through the CDARS program as core funding and does not report the balances as brokered sources in its internal or external financial reports. As of June 30, 2009, the Bank had $105.5 million of reciprocal CDARS deposits outstanding. In addition to the reciprocal deposits available through CDARS, we also have access to the “one-way buy” program, which allows us to bid on the excess deposits of other CDARS member banks. The Company will report any outstanding “one-way buy” funds as brokered funds in its internal and external financial reports. At June 30, 2009, we had no outstanding “one-way buy” deposits.
Finally, because the bank is “well-capitalized”, it has the ability to sell certificates of deposit through various national or regional brokerage firms, if needed. At June 30, 2009, we had $236.0 million of brokered certificates of deposit outstanding compared to $336.0 million outstanding at December 31, 2008, a decrease of $100.0 million.
Over the normal course of business, the Company enters into certain forms of off-balance sheet transactions, including unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit. These transactions are managed through the Company’s various risk management processes. Management considers both on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet transactions in its evaluation of the Company’s liquidity. The Company has $488.5 million in unused loan commitments as of June 30, 2009. While this commitment level would be difficult to fund given the Company’s current liquidity resources, the nature of these commitments is such that the likelihood of funding them is low.
Regulatory capital
The Company and its bank affiliate are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the Federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possible additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and its bank affiliate must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The banking affiliate’s 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 its banking affiliate 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. To be categorized as “well capitalized”, banks must maintain minimum total risk-based (10%), Tier 1 risk-based (6%) and Tier 1 leverage ratios (5%). Management believes, as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, that the Company and its banking affiliates meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
The following table summarizes the Company’s risk-based capital and leverage ratios at the dates indicated:
| | At June 30 | | At December 31 |
(Dollars in thousands) | | 2009 | | 2008 |
Tier I capital to risk weighted assets | | | 8.47 | % | | | 8.89 | % |
Total capital to risk weighted assets | | | 13.13 | % | | | 12.81 | % |
Leverage ratio (Tier I capital to average assets) | | | 7.77 | % | | | 8.67 | % |
Tangible common equity to tangible assets | | | 5.84 | % | | | 6.07 | % |
Tier I capital | | $ | 172,380 | | | $ | 190,254 | |
Total risk-based capital | | $ | 267,407 | | | $ | 273,977 | |
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Critical Accounting Policies
The impact and any associated risks related to the Company’s critical accounting policies on business operations are discussed throughout “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results. For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
The Company’s consolidated financial position reflects material amounts of assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value. Securities available for sale and state tax credits held for sale are carried at fair value. The fair value of securities available for sale is based upon measurements from an independent pricing service, including dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, the U.S. Treasury yield curve, live trading levels, trade execution data and other information. Fair value of state tax credits held for sale is determined using an internal valuation model with observable market data inputs. Considerable judgment may be required in determining the assumptions used in certain pricing models, including interest rate, credit risk and liquidity risk assumptions. Changes in these assumptions may have a significant effect on values.
See Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for more information on recent accounting pronouncements and their impact, if any, on our consolidated financial statements. Management believes there have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies.
ITEM 3: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The disclosures set forth in this item are qualified by the section captioned “Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995” included in Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of this report and other cautionary statements set forth elsewhere in this report.
Market risk arises from exposure to changes in interest rates and other relevant market rate or price risk. The Company faces market risk in the form of interest rate risk through transactions other than trading activities. Market risk from these activities, in the form of interest rate risk, is measured and managed through a number of methods. The Company uses financial modeling techniques to measure interest rate risk. These techniques measure the sensitivity of future earnings due to changing interest rate environments. Guidelines established by the Asset/Liability Management Committees and approved by the Company’s Board of Directors are used to monitor exposure of earnings at risk. General interest rate movements are used to develop sensitivity as the Company feels it has no primary exposure to a specific point on the yield curve. These limits are based on the Company’s exposure to a 100 basis points and 200 basis points immediate and sustained parallel rate move, either upward or downward.
Interest rate simulations for June 30, 2009 demonstrate that a rising rate environment will initially have a negative impact on net interest income because the Enterprise prime rate is set higher than the market prime rate and will not increase with the cost of our deposits and other interest-bearing liabilities.
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The following table represents the Company’s estimated interest rate sensitivity and periodic and cumulative gap positions calculated as of June 30, 2009.
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(in thousands) | Year 1 | | Year 2 | | Year 3 | | Year 4 | | Year 5 | | maturity | | Total |
Interest-Earning Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Securities available for sale | $ | 44,611 | | | $ | 17,754 | | | $ | 18,418 | | | $ | 5,267 | | $ | 2,389 | | $ | 67,355 | | $ | 155,794 |
Other investments | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | 13,515 | | | 13,515 |
Interest-bearing deposits | | 2,893 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 2,893 |
Federal funds sold | | 4,252 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 4,252 |
Loans (1) | | 1,268,093 | | | | 180,275 | | | | 140,347 | | | | 176,583 | | | 68,746 | | | 71,296 | | | 1,905,340 |
Loans held for sale | | 2,004 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 2,004 |
Total interest-earning assets | $ | 1,321,853 | | | $ | 198,029 | | | $ | 158,765 | | | $ | 181,850 | | $ | 71,135 | | $ | 152,166 | | $ | 2,083,798 |
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Interest-Bearing Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Savings, NOW and Money market deposits | $ | 749,366 | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | 749,366 |
Certificates of deposit | | 589,564 | | | | 153,972 | | | | 25,553 | | | | 1,990 | | | 252 | | | 428 | | | 771,759 |
Subordinated debentures | | 32,064 | | | | 10,310 | | | | 14,433 | | | | - | | | 28,274 | | | - | | | 85,081 |
Other borrowings | | 141,221 | | | | 21,196 | | | | 22,096 | | | | 90 | | | 42 | | | 10,349 | | | 194,994 |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | $ | 1,512,215 | | | $ | 185,478 | | | $ | 62,082 | | | $ | 2,080 | | $ | 28,568 | | $ | 10,777 | | $ | 1,801,200 |
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Interest-sensitivity GAP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
GAP by period | $ | (190,362 | ) | | $ | 12,551 | | | $ | 96,683 | | | $ | 179,770 | | $ | 42,567 | | $ | 141,389 | | $ | 282,598 |
Cumulative GAP | $ | (190,362 | ) | | $ | (177,811 | ) | | $ | (81,128 | ) | | $ | 98,642 | | $ | 141,209 | | $ | 282,598 | | $ | 282,598 |
Ratio of interest-earning assets to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
interest-bearing liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Periodic | | 0.87 | | | | 1.07 | | | | 2.56 | | | | 87.43 | | | 2.49 | | | 14.12 | | | 1.16 |
Cumulative GAP as of June 30, 2009 | | 0.87 | | | | 0.90 | | | | 0.95 | | | | 1.06 | | | 1.08 | | | 1.16 | | | 1.16 |
(1) Adjusted for the impact of the interest rate swaps.
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ITEM 4: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
As of June 30, 2009, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), management has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2009, to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s periodic SEC filings is processed, recorded, summarized and reported when required. There were no changes during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in the Company’s internal controls that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, those controls.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 4: SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS: The annual meeting of shareholders was held on April 30, 2009. Proxies were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. There was no solicitation in opposition to management’s nominees for Directors and all nominees were elected.
The results of the voting on each proposal submitted at the meeting are as follows:
PROPOSAL NO. 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS*
| For | | Withheld |
Peter F. Benoist | 9,317,885 | | 123,998 | |
James J. Murphy, Jr. | 8,911,866 | | 530,017 | |
Michael A. DeCola | 9,246,525 | | 195,358 | |
William H. Downey | 9,197,600 | | 244,283 | |
Robert E. Guest, Jr. | 9,157,999 | | 283,884 | |
Lewis A. Levey | 9,355,746 | | 83,137 | |
Birch M. Mullins | 9,186,391 | | 255,492 | |
Brenda D. Newberry | 9,293,667 | | 148,216 | |
Sandra A. Van Trease | 8,083,329 | | 1,358,554 | |
Henry D. Warshaw | 9,210,620 | | 231,263 | |
*Vote tally for Directors is reported on a non-cumulative basis.
PROPOSAL NO. 2: AN ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) VOTE APPROVING EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
For | | Against | | Abstain |
8,735,887 | | 664,485 | | 41,511 |
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ITEM 6: EXHIBITS
Exhibit | | |
Number | | Description |
| | Registrant herby agrees to furnish to the Commission, upon request, the instruments defining the rights of holders of each issue of long-term debt of Registrant and its consolidated subsidiaries. |
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*31.1 | | Chief Executive Officer’s Certification required by Rule 13(a)-14(a). |
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*31.2 | | Chief Financial Officer’s Certification required by Rule 13(a)-14(a). |
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**32.1 | | Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to section § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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**32.2 | | Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to section § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
* Filed herewith
** Furnished herewith. Notwithstanding any incorporation of this Quarterly Statement on Form 10-Q in any other filing by the Registrant, Exhibits furnished herewith and designated with two (**) shall not be deemed incorporated by reference to any other filing unless specifically otherwise set forth herein.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Clayton, State of Missouri on the day of August 10, 2009.
ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP |
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By: | /s/ | Peter F. Benoist | |
| | Peter F. Benoist | |
| | Chief Executive Officer | |
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By: | /s/ | Frank H. Sanfilippo | |
| | Frank H. Sanfilippo | |
| | Chief Financial Officer | |
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