Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Participants and Trustees
Kearny Federal Savings Bank Employees’ Savings & Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Kearny Federal Savings Bank Employees’ Savings & Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan'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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental Schedule H, Line 4(i) Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2012 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements, and in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
Clark, New Jersey
June 24, 2013
See notes to the financial statements.
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN (cont'd)
Disability Retirement
If a participant is disabled in accordance with the definition of disability under the Plan, he or she will be entitled to the same withdrawal rights as if terminating employment.
Pre-Retirement Death
Upon death, the value of a participant’s account will be payable to his or her beneficiary. This payment will be made in the form of a lump sum, unless the payment would exceed $500 and the participant had elected prior to death that the payment be made in annual installments over a period not to exceed 5 years (10 years if a spouse is the beneficiary). If such an election is not in effect at the time of death, the beneficiary may elect to receive the benefit in the form of annual installments over a period not to exceed 5 years (10 years if a spouse is the beneficiary) or make withdrawals as often as once per year, except that any balance remaining must be withdrawn by the 5th anniversary (10th anniversary if a spouse is the beneficiary) of the participant’s death.
Investment Options
Participants may direct that contributions be invested in any one, or combination, of the following investment options:
A. | Common/Collective Trusts. |
1. | Conservative Strategic Balanced SL Fund - Class 1 offers a broad diversification and a disciplined rebalancing process by investing approximately 75% U.S. bonds, 20% U.S. stocks and 5% in international stocks. |
2. | Moderate Strategic Balanced SL Fund - Class 1 portfolio is for the investor with a “moderate” risk profile. The fund seeks to offer a broad diversification and a disciplined rebalancing process by investing approximately 45% U.S. stocks, 10% in international stocks and 45% in U.S. bonds. |
3. | Aggressive Strategic Balanced SL Fund - Class 1 portfolio is for the investor with an “aggressive” risk profile. The fund seeks to offer a broad diversification and a disciplined rebalancing process by investing approximately 70% U.S. stocks, 15% in international stocks and 15% in U.S. bonds. |
4. | S&P 500 Index NL Series Fund – Class A - The Fund seeks to offer broad, low cost exposure to the stocks of large U.S. companies. The Fund seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the S&P 500 Index over the long term. |
KEARNY FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS & PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN (cont’d)
5. | S&P Large Cap Value Index SL Fund - Class 1 - The Fund seeks to offer broad, low cost exposure to large U.S. value stocks. The Fund seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the S&P 500 Value Index over the long term. |
6. | S&P Large Cap Growth Index SL Fund - Class 1 - The Fund seeks to offer low cost exposure to stocks of large U.S. companies considered to have above average growth potential. The Fund seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the S&P 500 Growth Index over the long term. |
7. | S&P Mid Cap Index NL Series Fund – Class A – The Fund seeks to offer broad, low cost exposure to the stocks of medium sized U.S. companies. This Fund seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the S&P MidCap 400 Index over the long term. |
8. | Russell Small Cap Index NL Series Fund – Class A - The Fund seeks to offer broad, low cost exposure to stocks of small U.S. companies and is intended for medium to long-term investors seeking the potential high return from investing in smaller U.S. companies. The Funds seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the Russell 2000 Index over the long term. |
9. | NASDAQ 100 Index Non-Lending Fund - Class A – The Fund seeks to offer low cost exposure to the stocks of large, non-financial U.S. and international companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. The Funds seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index over the long term. |
10. | International Index NL Series Fund – Class A - The Fund seeks to offer broad, low cost exposure to international stocks of companies in the developed markets of Europe, Australia and Far East. The Fund seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the MSCI EAFE Index over the long term. |
11. | Tuckerman REIT Index NL Series Fund – Class A - The Fund seeks to offer broad, low cost exposure to the U.S. commercial real estate securities market. The Fund seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Index over the long term. |
12. | Short-Term Investment Fund - Class A - The Fund seeks to offer safety of principal and a competitive yield to maximize current income. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated securities. |
13. | Invesco Stable Value Fund - Pentegra Class- The primary investment objective of the Fund will be to seek the preservation of principal and to provide interest income reasonably obtained under prevailing market conditions and rates, consistent with seeking to maintain required liquidity. |
KEARNY FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS & PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN (cont’d)
14. | U.S. Long Treasury Index SL Fund - Class A - The Fund seeks to offer broad, low cost exposure to long-term U.S. Treasury bonds with a minimum maturity of 10 years. The Fund seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as possible, before expenses, the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Long Treasury Bond Index over the long term. |
15. | Target Retirement Funds - Class A - 2010-2055 – The Funds seeks to offer complete, low cost investment strategies with asset allocations which become more conservative as you near retirement. You simply select the fund with a date closest to when you expect to retire and invest accordingly. Each Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a set of underlying SSgA collective trust funds representing various asset classes. Each fund (other than the SSgA Target Retirement Income Fund) is managed to a specific retirement year (target date) included in its name. |
16. | U.S. Bond Index NL Fund - Class A - The Fund seeks to offer broadly diversified, low cost exposure to the overall U.S. bond market. The Fund seeks an investment return that approximates as closely as practicable, before expenses, the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index over the long term. |
B. | Mutual Fund. Short–term Fund this fund is held in a short-term mutual fund until investment trades can be placed. |
C. | Employer Stock Fund. The Employer Stock Fund consists primarily of Kearny Financial Corp. common stock, the parent of the Employer Company. |
Valuation of Account
The Plan uses a unit system for valuing each Investment Fund, exclusive of the funds held in the short-term mutual fund. Under this system, units represent each participant’s share in any Investment Fund. The unit value is determined as of the close of business each regular business day (daily valuation). |
Plan Merger
Effective November 30, 2010, Kearny Financial Corp. (“Kearny”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Kearny Federal Savings Bank (“Kearny Bank”), acquired Central Jersey Bancorp (“Central Jersey”) by merger. On December 28, 2010, the Plan began to administer the participant loan balances totaling $106,720 of the Central Jersey Bank, N.A. Employees’ Savings & Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (“CJB Plan”). The remaining CJB Plan assets totaling $3,146,235 were transferred to the Plan in March 2011 upon the completion of the plan merger. The management of Kearny Federal Savings Bank and the legal counsel for the Plan believes that the Plan merger was a tax exempt transaction under the applicable provisions of the IRC and, therefore is not subject to federal income tax.
KEARNY FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS & PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
A summary of the significant accounting policies consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying financial statements follows:
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.
Investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The Plan invests in investment contracts through common / collective trust funds. The contract values for these common / collective trust funds are based on the net asset value of the fund as reported by the investment advisor. The statements of net assets available for benefits present the fair value of the investment in the common / collective trust fund as well as the adjustment of the investment in the common / collective trust fund from fair value to contract value relating to fully benefit responsive investment contracts. The statements of changes in net assets available for benefits are prepared on a contract value basis.
Valuation of Investments
The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation and (depreciation) includes gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.
Investment Fees
Net investment returns reflect certain fees paid by the investment funds to their affiliated investment advisors, transfer agents, and others as further described in each fund prospectus or other published documents. These fees are deducted prior to allocation of the Plan's investment earnings activity and thus are not separately identifiable as an expense.
Participant Loans Receivable
Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent participant loans are reclassified as distributions based upon the terms of the Plan document.
Payments of Benefits
Benefit payments are recorded when paid.
KEARNY FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS & PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d)
Administrative Costs
Significant administrative costs of the Plan have been absorbed by Kearny Federal Savings Bank, the Plan sponsor. Such costs are primarily related to audit fees and the use of sponsor company personnel to administer and account for the Plan.
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts 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.
New Accounting Standards
In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04 “Fair Value Measurement (topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Valve Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. (“ASU 2011-04”). ASU 2011-04 will expand disclosures about fair value measurement and result in common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. ASU 2011-04 is effective for fiscal years and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Adopting ASU 2011-04 did not have a material impact on the financial statements.
3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Plan measures its investments at fair value on a recurring basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP. FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements).
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or the price that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The framework that the authoritative guidance establishes for measuring fair value includes a hierarchy used to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used in determining valuations into three levels. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC Topic 820 are described below:
KEARNY FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS & PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (cont’d)
Level 1: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access. These generally provide the most reliable evidence and are used to measure fair value whenever available.
Level 2: Inputs to the valuation methodology include significant inputs, other than Level 1 inputs, that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset through corroboration with observable market data. Level 2 inputs include quoted market prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted market prices in inactive markets for identical or similar assets or liabilities, and other observable inputs.
Level 3: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
An asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value.
Common/collective trusts: Valued by the trustee based on the current market values of the underlying assets of the common collective trusts based on information reported by the investment advisor using audited financial statements of the common/collective trust funds at year end. The Invesco Stable Value Fund is valued at fair value by discounting the related cash flows based on current yields of similar instruments with comparable durations considering the credit-worthiness of the issuer.
Common stock: Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded.
Mutual fund: Valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end.
The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan’s management believes the valuation methodologies are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain investments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.
The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31:
The Plan owns shares of Kearny Financial Corp. common stock. The Employer Company pays for fees for accounting and other administrative services. In addition, participants pay for administrative fees and loan fees to Reliance Trust Company, Pentegra, and State Street Investor Services.