Exhibit 99.1
Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
July 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
VERSABANK
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||
July 31 | October 31 | July 31 | ||||||||||
As at | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Cash | $ | 84,214 | $ | 271,523 | $ | 297,005 | ||||||
Securities (note 4) | 133,682 | - | - | |||||||||
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses (note 5) | 2,814,121 | 2,103,050 | 1,952,154 | |||||||||
Other assets (note 6) | 43,326 | 40,513 | 36,612 | |||||||||
$ | 3,075,343 | $ | 2,415,086 | $ | 2,285,771 | |||||||
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | ||||||||||||
Deposits | $ | 2,475,063 | $ | 1,853,204 | $ | 1,817,746 | ||||||
Subordinated notes payable (note 7) | 98,706 | 95,272 | 95,683 | |||||||||
Other liabilities (note 8) | 154,926 | 134,504 | 120,310 | |||||||||
2,728,695 | 2,082,980 | 2,033,739 | ||||||||||
Shareholders' equity: | ||||||||||||
Share capital (note 9) | 242,510 | 241,466 | 166,404 | |||||||||
Retained earnings | 104,071 | 90,644 | 85,626 | |||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 67 | (4 | ) | 2 | ||||||||
346,648 | 332,106 | 252,032 | ||||||||||
$ | 3,075,343 | $ | 2,415,086 | $ | 2,285,771 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)
(thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
for the three months ended | for the nine months ended | |||||||||||||||
July 31 | July 31 | July 31 | July 31 | |||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
Interest income: | ||||||||||||||||
Loans | $ | 33,165 | $ | 22,078 | $ | 83,151 | $ | 64,465 | ||||||||
Other | 1,012 | 322 | 1,594 | 1,099 | ||||||||||||
34,177 | 22,400 | 84,745 | 65,564 | |||||||||||||
Interest expense: | ||||||||||||||||
Deposits and other | 12,727 | 6,539 | 26,435 | 19,967 | ||||||||||||
Subordinated notes | 1,388 | 1,319 | 4,121 | 1,586 | ||||||||||||
14,115 | 7,858 | 30,556 | 21,553 | |||||||||||||
Net interest income | 20,062 | 14,542 | 54,189 | 44,011 | ||||||||||||
Non-interest income | 1,177 | 1,187 | 3,951 | 3,110 | ||||||||||||
Total revenue | 21,239 | 15,729 | 58,140 | 47,121 | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses (note 5) | 166 | 96 | 246 | (159 | ) | |||||||||||
21,073 | 15,633 | 57,894 | 47,280 | |||||||||||||
Non-interest expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Salaries and benefits | 6,768 | 4,853 | 19,577 | 14,836 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 5,519 | 2,414 | 13,162 | 7,136 | ||||||||||||
Premises and equipment | 929 | 933 | 2,880 | 2,657 | ||||||||||||
13,216 | 8,200 | 35,619 | 24,629 | |||||||||||||
Income before income taxes | 7,857 | 7,433 | 22,275 | 22,651 | ||||||||||||
Income tax provision (note 10) | 2,137 | 1,997 | 6,046 | 6,181 | ||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 5,720 | $ | 5,436 | $ | 16,229 | $ | 16,470 | ||||||||
Other comprehensive income: | ||||||||||||||||
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to net income: Foreign exchange gain on translation of foreign operations | 24 | 5 | 67 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive income | $ | 5,744 | $ | 5,441 | $ | 16,296 | $ | 16,472 | ||||||||
Basic and diluted income per common share (note 11) | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.72 | ||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding | 27,441,082 | 21,123,559 | 27,441,082 | 21,123,559 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||||||
for the three months ended | for the nine months ended | |||||||||||||||
July 31 | July 31 | July 31 | July 31 | |||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
Common shares (note 9): | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning and end of the period | $ | 227,674 | $ | 152,612 | $ | 227,674 | $ | 152,612 | ||||||||
Preferred shares (note 9): | ||||||||||||||||
Series 1 preferred shares | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning and end of the period | $ | 13,647 | $ | 13,647 | $ | 13,647 | $ | 13,647 | ||||||||
Series 3 preferred shares | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of the period | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 15,690 | ||||||||
Redemption of preferred shares (note 9) | - | - | - | (15,690 | ) | |||||||||||
Balance, end of the period | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||
Contributed surplus: | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of the period | $ | 765 | $ | 145 | $ | 145 | $ | 145 | ||||||||
Fair value of stock-based compensation (note 9) | 424 | - | 1,044 | - | ||||||||||||
Balance, end of the period | $ | 1,189 | $ | 145 | $ | 1,189 | $ | 145 | ||||||||
Total share capital | $ | 242,510 | $ | 166,404 | $ | 242,510 | $ | 166,404 | ||||||||
Retained earnings: | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of the period | $ | 99,285 | $ | 80,965 | $ | 90,644 | $ | 73,194 | ||||||||
Transfer of transaction costs on redemption of Series 3, preferred shares (note 9) | - | - | - | (1,123 | ) | |||||||||||
Net income | 5,720 | 5,436 | 16,229 | 16,470 | ||||||||||||
Dividends paid on common and preferred shares | (934 | ) | (775 | ) | (2,802 | ) | (2,915 | ) | ||||||||
Balance, end of the period | $ | 104,071 | $ | 85,626 | $ | 104,071 | $ | 85,626 | ||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss): | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of the period | $ | 43 | $ | (3 | ) | $ | - | $ | - | |||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | 24 | 5 | 67 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Balance, end of the period | $ | 67 | $ | 2 | $ | 67 | $ | 2 | ||||||||
Total shareholders' equity | $ | 346,648 | $ | 252,032 | $ | 346,648 | $ | 252,032 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||
for the nine months ended | ||||||||
July 31 | July 31 | |||||||
2022 | 2021 | |||||||
Cash provided by (used in): | ||||||||
Operations: | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 16,229 | $ | 16,470 | ||||
Adjustments to determine net cash flows: | ||||||||
Items not involving cash: | ||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 246 | (43 | ) | |||||
Stock-based compensation | 1,044 | - | ||||||
Income tax provision | 6,046 | 6,181 | ||||||
Interest income | (84,745 | ) | (65,564 | ) | ||||
Interest expense | 30,556 | 21,553 | ||||||
Amortization | 1,431 | 1,273 | ||||||
Accretion of discount on securities | (255 | ) | - | |||||
Foreign exchange rate change on assets and liabilities | 3,300 | 1,238 | ||||||
Interest received | 77,970 | 62,667 | ||||||
Interest paid | (24,919 | ) | (23,224 | ) | ||||
Income taxes paid | (5,207 | ) | (970 | ) | ||||
Change in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Loans | (704,607 | ) | (294,255 | ) | ||||
Deposits | 617,589 | 252,970 | ||||||
Change in other assets and liabilities | 19,426 | 11,474 | ||||||
(45,896 | ) | (10,230 | ) | |||||
Purchase of investment: | ||||||||
Acquisition of DBG, net of cash acquired | - | (7,473 | ) | |||||
Purchase of securities (note 4) | (133,427 | ) | - | |||||
Purchase of investment (note 6) | - | (953 | ) | |||||
Purchase of property and equipment | (746 | ) | (67 | ) | ||||
(134,173 | ) | (8,493 | ) | |||||
Financing: | ||||||||
Issuance of subordinated notes payable, net of issue costs (note 7) | - | 89,498 | ||||||
Redemption of preferred shares (note 9) | - | (16,813 | ) | |||||
Repayment of loan assumed from DBG | - | (1,410 | ) | |||||
Redemption of securitization liability | - | (8,631 | ) | |||||
Dividends paid | (2,802 | ) | (2,915 | ) | ||||
Repayment of lease obligations | (469 | ) | (458 | ) | ||||
(3,271 | ) | 59,271 | ||||||
Change in cash | (183,340 | ) | 40,548 | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | (3,969 | ) | (1,187 | ) | ||||
Cash, beginning of the period | 271,523 | 257,644 | ||||||
Cash, end of the period | $ | 84,214 | $ | 297,005 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
1. Reporting entity:
VersaBank (the “Bank”) operates as a Schedule I bank under the Bank Act (Canada) and is regulated by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”). The Bank, whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Stock Exchange, provides commercial lending and banking services to select niche markets in Canada and the United States as well as cybersecurity services through the operations of its wholly owned subsidiary DRT Cyber Inc., (“DRTC”). The Bank’s management has established two reportable operating segments, those being Digital Banking and DRTC (cybersecurity services and banking and financial technology development). Details of the Bank’s segment reporting are set out in note 17.
The Bank is incorporated in Canada, and maintains its registered head office at Suite 2002, 140 Fullarton Street, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5P2.
2. Basis of preparation:
a) Statement of compliance:
These interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (“IAS”) 34 – Interim Financial Reporting and do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements. These interim Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Bank’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended October 31, 2021.
The interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2022 and 2021 were approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors on August 29, 2022.
b) Basis of measurement:
These interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for the investment in Canada Stablecorp Inc. which is measured at fair value through other comprehensive income (see note 6).
c) Functional and presentation currency:
These interim Consolidated Financial Statements are presented in Canadian dollars, which is the Bank’s functional currency. Functional currency is also determined for each of the Bank’s subsidiaries and items included in the interim financial statements of the subsidiaries are measured using their functional currency.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
d) Use of estimates and judgements:
In preparing these interim Consolidated Financial Statements, management has exercised judgement and developed estimates in applying accounting policies and generating reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and income and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant judgement was applied in assessing significant changes in credit risk on financial assets and in the selection of relevant forward-looking information in assessing the Bank’s allowance for expected credit losses on its financial assets as described in note 5 – Loans. Estimates are applied in the determination of the allowance for expected credit losses on financial assets and the measurement of deferred income taxes. It is reasonably possible, on the basis of existing knowledge, that actual results may vary from that expected in the development of these estimates. This could result in material adjustments to the carrying amounts of assets and/or liabilities affected in the future.
Estimates were applied by management in determining the fair value of stock options granted in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 as described in note 9.
Available forward-looking information, including forecast macroeconomic indicator and industry performance trend data are influenced by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the anticipation of continued monetary policy tightening and the effectiveness of same on mitigating inflation levels, consumers’ ability to service household debt at higher interest rates, the sustainability of a strong labour market and the effectiveness of low unemployment offsetting the impact of elevated inflation as well as geo-political risk derived from the crisis in Ukraine and the impact of the crisis on global supply chains. The dynamic nature of these macroeconomic influences and the trends exhibited by the available forward looking information derived from same results in the assumptions, judgements and estimates made by management in the preparation of these interim Consolidated Financial Statements being subject to some uncertainty.
Estimates and their underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are applied prospectively once they are known.
3. Significant accounting policies and future accounting changes:
The accounting policies applied by the Bank in these interim Consolidated Financial Statements are the same as those applied by the Bank as at and for the year ended October 31, 2021 and are detailed in note 3 of the Bank’s 2021 audited Consolidated Financial Statements. During the current year the Bank updated or incorporated the following significant accounting policies:
Segment reporting:
Effective the quarter ended January 31, 2022, the Bank is presenting segmented information in its Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with IFRS 8 Segment Reporting. The Bank’s management has established two reportable operating segments, those being Digital Banking and DRTC. Details of the Bank’s segment reporting are set out in note 17.
4. Securities:
During the quarter ended July 31, 2022, the Bank purchased a series of Government of Canada Treasury Bills for $88.8 million with a face value totaling $90.0 million resulting in a weighted average yield of 2.60% on the instruments, with maturities ranging from October 27, 2022 to May 25, 2023. The Bank also purchased a U.S. Government Treasury Bill for USD $34.9 million ($45.3 million) with a face value of USD $35 million ($45.6 million) resulting in a yield of 2.15% on the instrument which matures on October 13, 2022. The securities are measured at amortized cost and the carrying value at July 31, 2022 approximates the fair value of these assets.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
5. Loans:
The Bank organizes its lending portfolio into the following four broad asset categories: Point of Sale Loans and Leases, Commercial Real Estate Mortgages, Commercial Real Estate Loans, and Public Sector and Other Financing. These categories have been established in the Bank’s proprietary, internally developed asset management system and have been designed to catalogue individual lending assets as a function primarily of their key risk drivers, the nature of the underlying collateral, and the applicable market segment.
The Point-of-Sale Loans and Leases (“POS Financing”) asset category is comprised of Point of Sale Loan and Lease Receivables acquired from the Bank’s broad network of origination and servicing partners as well as Warehouse Loans that provide bridge financing to the Bank’s origination and servicing partners for the purpose of accumulating and seasoning practical volumes of individual loans and leases prior to the Bank purchasing the cashflow receivables derived from same.
The Commercial Real Estate Mortgages (“CRE Mortgages”) asset category is comprised of Commercial and Residential Construction Mortgages, Commercial Term Mortgages, Commercial Insured Mortgages and Land Mortgages. While all of these loans would be considered commercial loans or business-to-business loans, the underlying credit risk exposure is diversified across both the commercial and retail market segments, and further, the portfolio benefits from diversity in its underlying security in the form of a broad range of collateral properties.
The Commercial Real Estate Loans (“CRE Loans”) asset category is comprised primarily of Condominium Corporation Financing loans.
The Public Sector and Other Financing (“PSOF”) asset category is comprised primarily of Public Sector Loans and Leases, a small balance of Corporate Loans and Leases and Single Family Residential Conventional and Insured Mortgages.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
a) Summary of loans and allowance for credit losses:
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||
July 31 | October 31 | July 31 | ||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Point-of-sale loans and leases | $ | 1,998,993 | $ | 1,279,576 | $ | 1,144,902 | ||||||
Commercial real estate mortgages | 755,042 | 757,576 | 738,063 | |||||||||
Commercial real estate loans | 13,510 | 26,569 | 30,044 | |||||||||
Public sector and other financing | 35,605 | 32,587 | 33,201 | |||||||||
2,803,150 | 2,096,308 | 1,946,210 | ||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses | (1,699 | ) | (1,453 | ) | (1,732 | ) | ||||||
Accrued interest | 12,670 | 8,195 | 7,676 | |||||||||
Total loans, net of allowance for credit losses | $ | 2,814,121 | $ | 2,103,050 | $ | 1,952,154 |
The following table provides a summary of loan amounts, expected credit loss allowance amounts, and expected loss rates by lending asset category:
As at July 31, 2022 | As at October 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Total | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Point-of-sale loans and leases | $ | 1,993,887 | $ | 3,714 | $ | 1,392 | $ | 1,998,993 | $ | 1,277,011 | $ | 2,565 | $ | - | $ | 1,279,576 | ||||||||||||||||
ECL allowance | 528 | - | - | 528 | 275 | - | - | 275 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
EL % | 0.03 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.03 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.02 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Commercial real estate mortgages | $ | 648,297 | $ | 106,745 | $ | - | $ | 755,042 | $ | 694,869 | $ | 62,707 | $ | - | $ | 757,576 | ||||||||||||||||
ECL allowance | 979 | 117 | - | 1,096 | 980 | 134 | - | 1,114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
EL % | 0.15 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.14 | % | 0.21 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.15 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Commercial real estate loans | $ | 13,510 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 13,510 | $ | 26,569 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 26,569 | ||||||||||||||||
ECL allowance | 49 | - | - | 49 | 45 | - | - | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
EL % | 0.36 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.36 | % | 0.17 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Public sector and other financing | $ | 35,422 | $ | 183 | $ | - | $ | 35,605 | $ | 32,507 | $ | 80 | $ | - | $ | 32,587 | ||||||||||||||||
ECL allowance | 25 | 1 | - | 26 | 16 | 3 | - | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
EL % | 0.07 | % | 0.55 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.07 | % | 0.05 | % | 3.75 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.06 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total loans | $ | 2,691,116 | $ | 110,642 | $ | 1,392 | $ | 2,803,150 | $ | 2,030,956 | $ | 65,352 | $ | - | $ | 2,096,308 | ||||||||||||||||
Total ECL allowance | 1,581 | 118 | - | 1,699 | 1,316 | 137 | - | 1,453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total EL % | 0.06 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.21 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.07 | % |
The Bank’s maximum exposure to credit risk is the carrying value of its financial assets. The Bank holds security against the majority of its loans in the form of mortgage interests over property, other registered securities over assets, guarantees or cash reserves on loan and lease receivables included in the POS Financing portfolio (see note 8).
Allowance for Credit Losses
The Bank must maintain an allowance for expected credit losses (“ECL”) that is adequate, in management’s opinion, to absorb all credit related losses in the Bank’s lending and treasury portfolios. Under IFRS 9 the Bank’s ECL is estimated using the expected credit loss methodology and is comprised of expected credit losses recognized on both performing loans, and non-performing, or impaired loans even if no actual loss event has occurred.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
Assessment of significant increase in credit risk (“SICR”)
At each reporting date, the Bank assesses whether or not there has been a SICR for loans since initial recognition by comparing, at the reporting date, the risk of default occurring over the remaining expected life against the risk of default at initial recognition.
SICR is a function of the loan’s internal risk rating assignment, internal watchlist status, loan review status and delinquency status which are updated as necessary in response to changes including, but not limited to, changes in macroeconomic and/or market conditions, changes in a borrower’s credit risk profile, and changes in the strength of the underlying security, including guarantor status, if a guarantor exists.
Quantitative models may not always be able to capture all reasonable and supportable information that may indicate a SICR. As a result, qualitative factors may be considered to supplement such a gap.
Examples include but are not limited to changes in adjudication criteria for a particular group of borrowers or asset categories or changes in portfolio composition as well as changes in Canadian and U.S. macroeconomic trends attributable to changes in monetary policy, inflation, employment rates, consumer behaviour and geo-political risks.
Expected credit loss model - Estimation of expected credit losses
Expected credit losses are an estimate of a loan’s expected cash shortfalls discounted at the effective interest rate, where a cash shortfall is the difference between the contractual cash flows that are due to the Bank and the cash flows that the Bank actually expects to receive.
Forward-Looking Information
The Bank incorporates the impact of future economic conditions, or more specifically forward-looking information into the estimation of expected credit losses at the credit risk parameter level. This is accomplished via the credit risk parameter models and proxy datasets that the Bank utilizes to develop probability of default (“PD”), and loss given default (“LGD”), term structure forecasts for its loans. The Bank has sourced credit risk modeling systems and forecast macroeconomic scenario data from Moody’s Analytics, a third-party service provider for the purpose of computing forward-looking credit risk parameters under multiple macroeconomic scenarios that consider both market-wide and idiosyncratic factors and influences. These systems are used in conjunction with the Bank’s internally developed ECL models. Given that the Bank has experienced very limited historical losses and, therefore, does not have available statistically significant loss data inventory for use in developing internal, forward looking expected credit loss trends, the use of unbiased, third-party forward-looking credit risk parameter modeling systems is particularly important for the Bank in the context of the estimation of expected credit losses.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
The Bank utilizes macroeconomic indicator data derived from multiple macroeconomic scenarios in order to mitigate volatility in the estimation of expected credit losses, as well as to satisfy the IFRS 9 requirement that future economic conditions are to be based on an unbiased, probability-weighted assessment of possible future outcomes. More specifically, the macroeconomic indicators set out in the macroeconomic scenarios are used as inputs for the credit risk parameter models utilized by the Bank to sensitize the individual PD and LGD term structure forecasts to the respective macroeconomic trajectory set out in each of the scenarios (see Expected Credit Loss Sensitivity below). Currently the Bank utilizes upside, downside and baseline forecast macroeconomic scenarios, and assigns discrete weights to each for use in the estimation of its reported ECL. The Bank has also applied expert credit judgement, where appropriate, to reflect, amongst other items, uncertainty in the Canadian and U.S. macroeconomic environments.
The macroeconomic indicator data utilized by the Bank for the purpose of sensitizing PD and LGD term structure data to forward economic conditions include, but are not limited to: GDP, the national unemployment rate, long term interest rates, the consumer price index, the S&P/TSX Index and the price of oil. These specific macroeconomic indicators were selected in an attempt to ensure that the spectrum of fundamental macroeconomic influences on the key drivers of the credit risk profile of the Bank’s balance sheet, including: corporate, consumer and real estate market dynamics; corporate, consumer and SME borrower performance; geography; as well as collateral value volatility, are appropriately captured and incorporated into the Bank’s forward macroeconomic sensitivity analysis.
Key assumptions driving the base case macroeconomic forecast trends this quarter include: the Bank of Canada (“BoC”) continues to tighten monetary policy into early 2023; consumer spending remains somewhat stable as a strong labour market and higher wages effectively offset the impact of higher interest rates and elevated inflation; the housing market continues to cool attributable to higher interest rates dampening demand and home values continuing to decline through 2022; supply-chain challenges dissipate as demand for durable goods moderates and more wide-spread vaccination against COVID-19 supports a broader, sustainable re-opening; and, only limited public health restrictions are imposed, even with the continued emergence of new COVID-19 variants.
Management developed ECL estimates using credit risk parameter term structure forecasts sensitized to individual baseline, upside and downside forecast macroeconomic scenarios, each weighted at 100%, and subsequently computed the variance of each to the Bank’s reported ECL as at July 31, 2022 in order to assess the alignment of the Bank’s reported ECL with the Bank’s credit risk profile, and further, to assess the scope, depth and ultimate effectiveness of the credit risk mitigation strategies that the Bank has applied to its lending portfolios (see Expected Credit Loss Sensitivity below).
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
Expected Credit Loss Sensitivity:
The following table presents the sensitivity of the Bank’s estimated ECL to a range of individual macroeconomic scenarios, that in isolation may not reflect the Bank’s actual expected ECL exposure, as well as the variance of each to the Bank’s reported ECL as at July 31, 2022:
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||||||
Reported | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||
ECL | Upside | Baseline | Downside | |||||||||||||
Allowance for expected credit losses | $ | 1,699 | $ | 1,129 | $ | 1,436 | $ | 2,000 | ||||||||
Variance from reported ECL | (570 | ) | (263 | ) | 301 | |||||||||||
Variance from reported ECL (%) | (34 | %) | (15 | %) | 18 | % |
The ECL model requires the recognition of credit losses based on 12 months of expected losses for performing loans which is reflected in the Bank’s Stage 1 grouping. The Bank recognizes a lifetime expected losses on loans that have experienced a significant increase in credit risk since origination which is reflected in the Bank’s Stage 2 grouping. Impaired loans require recognition of lifetime losses and is reflected in Stage 3 grouping.
The determination of a significant increase in credit risk is a function primarily of loan product type and the associated risk profile of same. The principal factors considered in making this determination include relative changes in the Bank’s internal risk rating assignment, the loan’s watchlist status, and the loan’s delinquency status. Notwithstanding the above, the assessment of a significant increase in credit risk will require experienced credit judgement.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
The following table provides a reconciliation of the Bank’s ECL allowance by lending asset category for the three months ended July 31, 2022:
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Point-of-sale loans and leases | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 419 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 419 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | 16 | (16 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | (45 | ) | 45 | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 138 | (29 | ) | - | 109 | |||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 109 | - | - | 109 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 528 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 528 | ||||||||
Commercial real estate mortgages | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 948 | $ | 101 | $ | - | $ | 1,049 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | 16 | (16 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | (88 | ) | 88 | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 49 | (38 | ) | - | 11 | |||||||||||
Loan originations | 64 | - | - | 64 | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | (10 | ) | (18 | ) | - | (28 | ) | |||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 31 | 16 | - | 47 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 979 | $ | 117 | $ | - | $ | 1,096 | ||||||||
Commercial real estate loans | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 40 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 40 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 9 | - | - | 9 | ||||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 9 | - | - | 9 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 49 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 49 | ||||||||
Public sector and other financing | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 24 | $ | 1 | $ | - | $ | 25 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 25 | $ | 1 | $ | - | $ | 26 | ||||||||
Total balance at end of period | $ | 1,581 | $ | 118 | $ | - | $ | 1,699 |
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
The following table provides a reconciliation of the Bank’s ECL allowance by lending asset category for the three months ended July 31, 2021:
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Point-of-sale loans and leases | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 238 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 238 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | 34 | (34 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | (29 | ) | 29 | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 16 | 5 | - | 21 | ||||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 21 | - | - | 21 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 259 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 259 | ||||||||
Commercial real estate mortgages | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 1,079 | $ | 229 | $ | - | $ | 1,308 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | 47 | (47 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | (23 | ) | 23 | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 20 | (17 | ) | - | 3 | |||||||||||
Loan originations | 120 | - | - | 120 | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | (30 | ) | - | - | (30 | ) | ||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 134 | (41 | ) | - | 93 | |||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 1,213 | $ | 188 | $ | - | $ | 1,401 | ||||||||
Commercial real estate loans | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 49 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 49 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 3 | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 3 | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 52 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 52 | ||||||||
Public sector and other financing | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 41 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 41 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | (16 | ) | - | - | (16 | ) | ||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | (5 | ) | - | - | (5 | ) | ||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | (21 | ) | - | - | (21 | ) | ||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 20 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 20 | ||||||||
Total balance at end of period | $ | 1,544 | $ | 188 | $ | - | $ | 1,732 |
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
The following table provides a reconciliation of the Bank’s ECL allowance by lending asset category for the nine months ended July 31, 2022:
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Point-of-sale loans and leases | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 275 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 275 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | 68 | (68 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | (130 | ) | 130 | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 315 | (62 | ) | - | 253 | |||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 253 | - | - | 253 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 528 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 528 | ||||||||
Commercial real estate mortgages | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 980 | $ | 134 | $ | - | $ | 1,114 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | 38 | (38 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | (92 | ) | 92 | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | (48 | ) | (49 | ) | - | (97 | ) | |||||||||
Loan originations | 224 | - | - | 224 | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | (123 | ) | (22 | ) | - | (145 | ) | |||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | (1 | ) | (17 | ) | - | (18 | ) | |||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 979 | $ | 117 | $ | - | $ | 1,096 | ||||||||
Commercial real estate loans | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 45 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 45 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 49 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 49 | ||||||||
Public sector and other financing | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 16 | $ | 3 | $ | - | $ | 19 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 10 | (2 | ) | - | 8 | |||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | �� | (1 | ) | - | - | (1 | ) | |||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 9 | (2 | ) | - | 7 | |||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 25 | $ | 1 | $ | - | $ | 26 | ||||||||
Total balance at end of period | $ | 1,581 | $ | 118 | $ | - | $ | 1,699 |
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
The following table provides a reconciliation of the Bank’s ECL allowance by lending asset category for the nine months ended July 31, 2021:
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Point-of-sale loans and leases | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 215 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 215 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | 75 | (75 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | (119 | ) | 119 | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | 88 | (44 | ) | - | 44 | |||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 44 | - | - | 44 | ||||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 259 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 259 | ||||||||
Commercial real estate mortgages | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 1,174 | $ | 192 | $ | - | $ | 1,366 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | 47 | (47 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | (81 | ) | 81 | - | - | |||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | (169 | ) | 29 | - | (140 | ) | ||||||||||
Loan originations | 344 | - | - | 344 | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | (102 | ) | (67 | ) | - | (169 | ) | |||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 39 | (4 | ) | - | 35 | |||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 1,213 | $ | 188 | $ | - | $ | 1,401 | ||||||||
Commercial real estate loans | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 137 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 137 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | (85 | ) | - | - | (85 | ) | ||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | (85 | ) | - | - | (85 | ) | ||||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 52 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 52 | ||||||||
Public sector and other financing | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 57 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 57 | ||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Transfer in (out) to Stage 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net remeasurement of loss allowance | (31 | ) | - | - | (31 | ) | ||||||||||
Loan originations | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Derecognitions and maturities | (6 | ) | - | (116 | ) | (122 | ) | |||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | (37 | ) | - | (116 | ) | (153 | ) | |||||||||
Write-offs | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Recoveries | - | - | 116 | 116 | ||||||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | 20 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 20 | ||||||||
Total balance at end of period | $ | 1,544 | $ | 188 | $ | - | $ | 1,732 |
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Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
b) Impaired loans:
At July 31, 2022, the Bank held three impaired loans totalling $1.4 million ( October 31, 2021 - $nil). Two of the impaired loans totalling $1.0 million were subsequently fully repaid on August 2, 2022, and the third loan for $400,000 remains well secured and is scheduled to be repaid in early September 2022.
6. | Other assets: |
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||
July 31 | October 31 | July 31 | ||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Accounts receivable | $ | 3,744 | $ | 2,643 | $ | 1,279 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other | 16,067 | 12,699 | 10,699 | |||||||||
Property and equipment | 6,965 | 7,075 | 7,272 | |||||||||
Right-of-use assets | 4,296 | 4,817 | 4,990 | |||||||||
Deferred income tax asset | 2,248 | 2,931 | 1,943 | |||||||||
Investment | 953 | 953 | 953 | |||||||||
Goodwill | 5,754 | 5,754 | 5,754 | |||||||||
Intangible assets | 3,299 | 3,641 | 3,722 | |||||||||
$ | 43,326 | $ | 40,513 | $ | 36,612 |
7. | Subordinated notes payable: |
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||
July 31 | October 31 | July 31 | ||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Ten year term, unsecured, non-viability contingent capital compliant, subordinated notes payable, principal amount of $5.0 million, $500,000 is held by related party (note 13), effective interest rate of 10.41%, maturing March 2029. | $ | 4,906 | $ | 4,898 | $ | 4,896 | ||||||
Ten year term, unsecured, non-viability contingent capital compliant, subordinated notes payable, principal amount of USD $75.0 million, effective interest rate of 5.38%, maturing May 2031. | 93,800 | 90,374 | 90,787 | |||||||||
$ | 98,706 | $ | 95,272 | $ | 95,683 |
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8. | Other liabilities: |
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||
July 31 | October 31 | July 31 | ||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Accounts payable and other | $ | 8,317 | $ | 6,893 | $ | 6,328 | ||||||
Current income tax liability | 3,157 | 2,949 | 2,053 | |||||||||
Deferred income tax liability | 769 | 898 | 840 | |||||||||
Lease obligations | 4,644 | 5,113 | 5,276 | |||||||||
Cash collateral and amounts held in escrow | 10,992 | 7,887 | 3,182 | |||||||||
Cash reserves on loan and lease receivables | 127,047 | 110,764 | 102,631 | |||||||||
$ | 154,926 | $ | 134,504 | $ | 120,310 |
9. | Share capital: |
a) Common shares:
At July 31, 2022, there were 27,441,082 ( October 31, 2021 – 27,441,082) common shares outstanding.
b) Preferred shares:
At July 31, 2022, there were 1,461,460 ( October 31, 2021 – 1,461,460) Series 1 preferred shares outstanding. These shares are Basel III compliant, non-cumulative rate reset preferred shares which include NVCC provisions. As a result, these shares qualify as Additional Tier 1 Capital (see note 14).
On April 30, 2021, the Bank redeemed all of its 1,681,320 outstanding Non-Cumulative Series 3 preferred shares (NVCC) using cash on hand. The amount paid on redemption for each share was $10.00, and in aggregate $16.8 million. Transaction costs, incurred at issuance in the amount of $1.1 million were applied against retained earnings.
c) Stock options
Under the Bank’s stock option plan, the Bank will grant, to eligible participants, options for the Bank’s common shares on a periodic basis. As per the Bank’s current stock option plan all options issued have a five year term and vest over a three year period. At July 31, 2022, the Bank was authorized to issue 1,240,000 common share stock options through its stock option plan of which 953,730 common share stock options were issued and outstanding ( October 31, 2021 – 40,000).
Stock option transactions during the three and nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021:
for the three months ended | for the nine months ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July 31, 2022 | July 31, 2021 | July 31, 2022 | July 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted | Weighted | Weighted | Weighted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of | average | Number of | average | Number of | average | Number of | average | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
options | exercise price | options | exercise price | options | exercise price | options | exercise price | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding, beginning of period | 953,730 | $ | 15.53 | 42,017 | $ | 10.73 | 40,000 | $ | 7.00 | 42,017 | $ | 10.73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Granted | - | - | - | - | 913,730 | 15.90 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercised | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forfeired/cancelled | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expired | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding, end of period | 953,730 | $ | 15.53 | 42,017 | $ | 10.73 | 953,730 | $ | 15.53 | 42,017 | $ | 10.73 |
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
For the three and nine month periods ended July 31, 2022, the Bank recognized $424,000 ( July 31, 2021 - $nil) and $1.0 million ( July 31, 2021 - $nil), respectively, in compensation expense related to the estimated fair value of options granted. The fair value of the 913,730 stock options granted during the period ended January 31, 2022, was estimated at the grant date using the Black-Scholes valuation model and the following input assumptions: risk-free rate of 1.26%, expected option life of 3.5 years, expected volatility of 29.5%, expected annual dividends of 0.64% and a forfeiture rate of 2.0%. The fair value of each stock option granted was estimated at $3.10 per share. As at July 31, 2022, 40,000 common share stock options were fully vested and exercisable at $7.00 per share and expire in October 2023.
10. | Income tax provision: |
Income tax provision for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2022 was $2.1 million ( July 31, 2021 - $2.0 million) and $6.0 million ( July 31, 2021 - $6.2 million) respectively. The Bank’s combined statutory federal and provincial income tax rate is approximately 27% (2021 – 27%). The effective rate is affected by certain items not being taxable or deductible for income tax purposes.
11. | Income per common share: |
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||||||
for the three months ended | for the nine months ended | |||||||||||||||
July 31 | July 31 | July 31 | July 31 | |||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 5,720 | $ | 5,436 | $ | 16,229 | $ | 16,470 | ||||||||
Less: dividends on preferred shares | (247 | ) | (247 | ) | (741 | ) | (1,331 | ) | ||||||||
5,473 | 5,189 | 15,488 | 15,139 | |||||||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding | 27,441,082 | 21,123,559 | 27,441,082 | 21,123,559 | ||||||||||||
Income per common share: | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.72 |
Common shares associated with the Series 1 NVCC preferred shares are contingently issuable shares and would only have a dilutive impact upon issuance.
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Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
12. | Commitments and contingencies: |
The amount of credit related commitments represents the maximum amount of additional credit that the Bank could be obligated to extend.
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||
July 31 | October 31 | July 31 | ||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Loan commitments | $ | 315,757 | $ | 296,248 | $ | 280,086 | ||||||
Letters of credit | 58,732 | 46,462 | 51,418 | |||||||||
$ | 374,489 | $ | 342,710 | $ | 331,504 |
13. | Related party transactions: |
The Bank’s Board of Directors and Senior Executive Officers represent key management personnel and are related parties. At July 31, 2022, amounts due from these related parties totalled $1.3 million ( October 31, 2021 - $1.5 million) and an amount due from a corporation controlled by key management personnel totalled $2.4 million ( October 31, 2021 - $2.8 million). The interest rates charged on loans and advances to related parties are based on mutually agreed upon terms. Interest income earned on the above loans for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2022, was $24,000 ( July 31, 2021 - $25,000) and $71,000 ( July 31, 2021 – $58,000). There were no specific provisions for credit losses associated with loans issued to key management personnel ( October 31, 2021 - $nil), and all loans issued to key management personnel were current as at July 31, 2022. $500,000 of the Bank’s $5.0 million subordinated notes payable, issued in March 2019, are held by a related party (note 7).
14. | Capital management: |
a) Overview:
The Bank’s policy is to maintain a strong capital base in order to retain investor, creditor and market confidence as well as to support the future growth and development of the business. The impact of the level of capital held on shareholders’ return is an important consideration and the Bank recognizes the need to maintain a balance between the higher returns that may be possible with greater leverage and the advantages and security that may be afforded by a more robust capital position.
OSFI sets and monitors capital requirements for the Bank. Capital is managed in accordance with policies and plans that are regularly reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors and that take into account, amongst other items, forecasted capital requirements and current and anticipated financial market conditions.
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Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
Our objectives with respect to regulatory capital are to maintain adequate capital levels for the Bank to be considered well capitalized, protect consumer deposits and provide capacity to support organic growth as well as to capitalize on strategic opportunities that do not otherwise require accessing the public capital markets, all the while providing a satisfactory return to shareholders. The Bank’s regulatory capital is comprised of share capital, retained earnings and unrealized gains and losses on fair value through other comprehensive income securities (Common Equity Tier 1 capital), preferred shares (Additional Tier 1 capital) and subordinated notes (Tier 2 capital).
The Bank monitors its capital adequacy and related capital ratios on a daily basis and has policies setting internal targets and thresholds for its capital ratios. These capital ratios consist of the leverage ratio and the risk-based capital ratios.
The Bank makes use of the Standardized Approach for credit risk as prescribed by OSFI, and therefore, may include eligible ECL allowance amounts in its Tier 2 capital, up to a maximum of 1.25% of its credit risk-weighted assets calculated under the Standardized Approach. Further to this, and as a result of the onset of COVID-19 and the economic uncertainty precipitated by same, OSFI introduced guidance over the course of the second quarter of fiscal 2020 that set out transitional arrangements pertaining to the capital treatment of expected credit loss provisioning which allows for a portion of eligible ECL allowance amounts to be included in CET1 capital, on a transitional basis, over the course of the period ranging between 2020 and 2022 inclusive. The portion of the Bank’s ECL allowance that is eligible for inclusion in CET1 capital is calculated as the increase in the sum of Stage 1 and Stage 2 ECL allowance amounts estimated in the current period relative to the sum of Stage 1 and Stage 2 ECL allowance amounts estimated for the baseline period, which has been designated by OSFI to be the three months ended January 31, 2020, adjusted for tax effects and multiplied by a scaling factor. The scaling factor was set by OSFI at 70% for fiscal 2020, 50% for fiscal 2021 and 25% for fiscal 2022. The impact of the capital treatment of expected credit loss provisioning on the Bank’s capital levels and associated capital ratios is presented in the table below.
During the period ended July 31, 2022, there were no material changes in the Bank’s management of capital.
b) | Risk-Based Capital Ratios: |
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published the Basel III rules on capital adequacy and liquidity (“Basel III”). OSFI requires that all Canadian banks must comply with the Basel III standards on an “all-in” basis for the purpose of determining their risk-based capital ratios. Required minimum regulatory capital ratios are a 7.0% Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio (“CET1”), an 8.5% Tier 1 capital ratio and a 10.5% total capital ratio, all of which include a 2.50% capital conservation buffer.
OSFI also requires banks to measure capital adequacy in accordance with guidelines for determining risk adjusted capital and risk-weighted assets including off-balance sheet credit instruments as specified in the Basel III regulations. Based on the deemed credit risk for each type of asset, both on and off-balance sheet assets of the Bank are assigned a weighting ranging between 0% to 150% to determine the Bank’s risk weighted equivalent assets and its risk-based capital ratios.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
The Bank’s risk-based capital ratios are calculated as follows:
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||
July 31 | October 31 | |||||||
2022 | 2021 | |||||||
"Transitional" | ||||||||
& "All in" | "All in" | |||||||
Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital | ||||||||
Directly issued qualifying common share capital | $ | 228,863 | $ | 227,819 | ||||
Retained earnings | 104,071 | 90,644 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 67 | (4 | ) | |||||
CET1 before regulatory adjustments | 333,001 | 318,459 | ||||||
Regulatory adjustments applied to CET1 | (11,615 | ) | (12,751 | ) | ||||
Common Equity Tier 1 capital | $ | 321,386 | $ | 305,708 | ||||
Additional Tier 1 capital | ||||||||
Directly issued qualifying Additional Tier 1 instruments | $ | 13,647 | $ | 13,647 | ||||
Total Tier 1 capital | $ | 335,033 | $ | 319,355 | ||||
Tier 2 capital | ||||||||
Directly issued Tier 2 capital instruments | $ | 101,180 | $ | 97,910 | ||||
Tier 2 capital before regulatory adjustments | 101,180 | 97,910 | ||||||
Eligible stage 1 and stage 2 allowance | 1,699 | 1,453 | ||||||
Total Tier 2 capital | $ | 102,879 | $ | 99,363 | ||||
Total regulatory capital | $ | 437,912 | $ | 418,718 | ||||
Total risk-weighted assets | $ | 2,568,678 | $ | 2,013,544 | ||||
Capital ratios | ||||||||
CET1 capital ratio | 12.51 | % | 15.18 | % | ||||
Tier 1 capital ratio | 13.04 | % | 15.86 | % | ||||
Total capital ratio | 17.05 | % | 20.80 | % |
As at July 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021, the Bank exceeded all of the minimum Basel III regulatory capital requirements prescribed by OSFI.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
c) | Leverage Ratio: |
The leverage ratio, which is prescribed under the Basel III Accord, is a supplementary measure to the risk-based capital requirements and is defined as the ratio of Tier 1 capital to the Bank’s total exposures. The Basel III minimum leverage ratio is 3.0%. The Bank’s leverage ratio is calculated as follows:
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||
July 31 | October 31 | |||||||
2022 | 2021 | |||||||
"Transitional" | ||||||||
& "All in" | "All in" | |||||||
On-balance sheet assets | $ | 3,075,343 | $ | 2,415,086 | ||||
Assets amounts adjusted in determining the Basel III Tier 1 capital | (11,615 | ) | (12,751 | ) | ||||
Total on-balance sheet exposures | 3,063,728 | 2,402,335 | ||||||
Total off-balance sheet exposure at gross notional amount | $ | 374,489 | $ | 342,710 | ||||
Adjustments for conversion to credit equivalent amount | (210,567 | ) | (210,065 | ) | ||||
Total off-balance sheet exposures | 163,922 | 132,645 | ||||||
Tier 1 capital | 335,033 | 319,355 | ||||||
Total exposures | 3,227,650 | 2,534,980 | ||||||
Leverage ratio | 10.38 | % | 12.60 | % |
As at July 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021, the Bank was in compliance with the leverage ratio prescribed by OSFI.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
15. | Interest rate risk position: |
The Bank is subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that a movement in interest rates could negatively impact net interest margin, net interest income and the economic value of assets, liabilities and shareholders’ equity. The following table provides the duration difference between the Bank’s assets and liabilities and the potential after-tax impact of a 100 basis point shift in interest rates on the Bank’s earnings during a 12 month period as well as the potential after-tax impact of a 100 basis point shift in interest rates on the Bank’s shareholders’ equity over a 60 month period if no remedial actions are taken.
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||||||
July 31, 2022 | October 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Increase 100 bps | Decrease 100 bps | Increase 100 bps | Decrease 100 bps | |||||||||||||
Increase (decrease): | ||||||||||||||||
Impact on projected net interest income during a 12 month period | $ | 5,877 | $ | (5,823 | ) | $ | 4,147 | $ | (3,220 | ) | ||||||
Impact on reported equity during a 60 month period | $ | (1,694 | ) | $ | 1,890 | $ | 1,603 | $ | (1,586 | ) | ||||||
Duration difference between assets and liabilities (months) | 0.8 | 2.3 |
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
16. | Fair Value of Financial Instruments: |
Fair values are based on management’s best estimates of market conditions and valuation policies at a certain point in time. The estimates are subjective and involve particular assumptions and matters of judgement and as such, may not be reflective of future fair values. The Bank’s loans and deposits lack an available market as they are not typically exchanged and, therefore, the book value of these instruments are not necessarily representative of amounts realizable upon immediate settlement. See note 19 of the October 31, 2021 audited Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on fair values.
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||||||
As at | July 31, 2022 | October 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||
Book | Fair | Book | Fair | |||||||||||||
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | Value | Value | Value | Value | ||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Cash | $ | 84,214 | $ | 84,214 | $ | 271,523 | $ | 271,523 | ||||||||
Securities | 133,682 | 133,602 | - | - | ||||||||||||
Loans | 2,814,121 | 2,849,584 | 2,103,050 | 2,118,636 | ||||||||||||
Other financial assets | 3,744 | 3,744 | 3,596 | 3,596 | ||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
Deposits | $ | 2,475,063 | $ | 2,390,055 | $ | 1,853,204 | $ | 1,860,332 | ||||||||
Subordinated notes payable | 98,706 | 101,180 | 95,272 | 97,910 | ||||||||||||
Other financial liabilities | 151,000 | 151,000 | 130,657 | 130,657 |
17. | Operating Segmentation: |
The Bank has established two reportable operating segments, those being Digital Banking and DRTC (cybersecurity services). The two operating segments are strategic business operations providing distinct products and services to different markets and are separately managed as a function of the distinction in the nature of each business. The following summarizes the operations of each of the reportable segments:
Digital Banking – The Bank employs a business-to-business model using its proprietary financial technology to address underserved segments in the Canadian and U.S. banking markets. VersaBank obtains its deposits and provides the majority of its loans and leases electronically via innovative deposit and lending solutions for financial intermediaries.
DRTC (cybersecurity services and banking and financial technology development) - Leveraging its internally developed IT security software and capabilities, VersaBank established a wholly-owned subsidiary, DRT Cyber Inc. to pursue significant large-market opportunities in cybersecurity and develop innovative solutions to address the rapidly growing volume of cyber threats challenging financial institutions, multi-national corporations and government entities.
The basis for the determination of the reportable segments is a function primarily of the systematic, consistent process employed by our chief operating decision maker, the Chief Executive Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer in reviewing and interpreting the operations and performance of each segment. The accounting policies applied to these segments are consistent with those employed in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements, as disclosed in note 3 of the Bank’s 2021 audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
Performance is measured based on segment net income, as included in the Bank’s internal management reporting. Management has determined that this measure is the most relevant in evaluating segment results and in the allocation of resources.
Following is information regarding the results of each reportable operating segment as at and for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2022 and 2021:
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
for the three months ended | July 31, 2022 | July 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital | DRTC | Eliminations/ | Consolidated | Digital | DRTC | Eliminations/ | Consolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Banking | Adjustments | Banking | Adjustments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income | $ | 20,062 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 20,062 | $ | 14,542 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 14,542 | ||||||||||||||||
Non-interest income | 12 | 1,206 | (41 | ) | 1,177 | 2 | 1,226 | (41 | ) | 1,187 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenue | 20,074 | 1,206 | (41 | ) | 21,239 | 14,544 | 1,226 | (41 | ) | 15,729 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 166 | - | - | 166 | 96 | - | - | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19,908 | 1,206 | (41 | ) | 21,073 | 14,448 | 1,226 | (41 | ) | 15,633 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salaries and benefits | 5,600 | 1,168 | - | 6,768 | 4,411 | 442 | - | 4,853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 5,217 | 343 | (41 | ) | 5,519 | 2,286 | 169 | (41 | ) | 2,414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Premises and equipment | 610 | 319 | - | 929 | 607 | 326 | - | 933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11,427 | 1,830 | (41 | ) | 13,216 | 7,304 | 937 | (41 | ) | 8,200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 8,481 | (624 | ) | - | 7,857 | 7,144 | 289 | - | 7,433 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax provision | 2,099 | 38 | - | 2,137 | 1,904 | 93 | - | 1,997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 6,382 | $ | (662 | ) | $ | - | $ | 5,720 | $ | 5,240 | $ | 196 | $ | - | $ | 5,436 | |||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 3,076,611 | $ | 21,796 | $ | (23,064 | ) | $ | 3,075,343 | $ | 2,285,882 | $ | 18,323 | $ | (18,434 | ) | $ | 2,285,771 | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | $ | 2,725,820 | $ | 24,794 | $ | (21,919 | ) | $ | 2,728,695 | $ | 2,030,180 | $ | 20,848 | $ | (17,289 | ) | $ | 2,033,739 |
(thousands of Canadian dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
for the nine months ended | July 31, 2022 | July 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital | DRTC | Eliminations/ | Consolidated | Digital | DRTC | Eliminations/ | Consolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Banking | Adjustments | Banking | Adjustments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income | $ | 54,189 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 54,189 | $ | 44,011 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 44,011 | ||||||||||||||||
Non-interest income | 14 | 4,061 | (124 | ) | 3,951 | (14 | ) | 3,234 | (110 | ) | 3,110 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenue | 54,203 | 4,061 | (124 | ) | 58,140 | 43,997 | 3,234 | (110 | ) | 47,121 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses | 246 | - | - | 246 | (159 | ) | - | - | (159 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
53,957 | 4,061 | (124 | ) | 57,894 | 44,156 | 3,234 | (110 | ) | 47,280 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salaries and benefits | 16,625 | 2,952 | - | 19,577 | 13,634 | 1,202 | - | 14,836 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 12,460 | 826 | (124 | ) | 13,162 | 6,585 | 661 | (110 | ) | 7,136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Premises and equipment | 1,851 | 1,029 | - | 2,880 | 1,775 | 882 | - | 2,657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30,936 | 4,807 | (124 | ) | 35,619 | 21,994 | 2,745 | (110 | ) | 24,629 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 23,021 | (746 | ) | - | 22,275 | 22,162 | 489 | - | 22,651 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax provision | 5,805 | 241 | - | 6,046 | 5,910 | 271 | - | 6,181 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 17,216 | $ | (987 | ) | $ | - | $ | 16,229 | $ | 16,252 | $ | 218 | $ | - | $ | 16,470 | |||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 3,076,611 | $ | 21,796 | $ | (23,064 | ) | $ | 3,075,343 | $ | 2,285,882 | $ | 18,323 | $ | (18,434 | ) | $ | 2,285,771 | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | $ | 2,725,820 | $ | 24,794 | $ | (21,919 | ) | $ | 2,728,695 | $ | 2,030,180 | $ | 20,848 | $ | (17,289 | ) | $ | 2,033,739 |
The Bank has operations in the US, through both its Digital Banking and DRTC businesses, however as at July 31, 2022 substantially all of the Bank’s earnings and assets are based in Canada.
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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Three month & nine month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021
18. | Acquisition: |
On June 14, 2022, VersaBank signed a definitive agreement to acquire Minnesota-based Stearns Bank Holdingford, N.A. (“SBH”), a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary of Stearns Financial Services Inc. (“SFSI”) based in St. Cloud, Minnesota, for an estimated USD $13.5 million (CAD $17.4 million), subject to adjustment at closing. SBH is a fully operational OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)-chartered national bank, focused on small business lending, which is expected to add approximately USD $60 million in total assets to VersaBank’s balance sheet, subject to any adjustments at closing. The acquisition is intended to provide VersaBank with access to U.S. deposits to expand the growth of its Receivable Purchase Program business, which VersaBank launched in the U.S. in the prior quarter. Subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval by both the OCC and OSFI, the transaction is anticipated to close before December 31, 2022.
19. | Comparative balances: |
Certain comparative balances have been reclassified to conform with the financial statement presentation adopted in the current period.
20. | Subsequent event: |
On August 5, 2022, the Bank received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) to proceed with a Normal Course Issuer Bid (“NCIB”) for its common shares. Pursuant to the NCIB, VersaBank may purchase for cancellation up to 1,700,000 of its common shares representing approximately 9.54% of its public float. VersaBank’s directors and management believe that the market price of VersaBank’s common shares does not reflect the value of the business and the future prospects of same, and further, reflects a material discount to book value and as such the purchase of common shares for cancellation at such time is a prudent corporate measure and represents an attractive investment for the Bank.
As of August 10, 2022, the public float comprised 17,817,350 common shares and there were 27,441,082 issued and outstanding Common Shares in total. Daily purchases under the NCIB will be limited to 25% of the Bank’s average daily trading volume, which is 1,182 common shares, other than block purchase exceptions. During the preceding six-month period, 1,054,624 VersaBank common shares were traded on all Canadian exchanges. Of that total, 591,481 shares were traded on the TSX and the remaining 463,143 shares were traded on a number of alternate exchanges and trading systems.
The purchases may commence on August 17, 2022 and will terminate on August 16, 2023, or such earlier date as VersaBank may complete its purchases pursuant to the NCIB. The purchases will be made by VersaBank through the facilities of the TSX and alternate trading systems and in accordance with the rules of the TSX or such alternate trading systems, as applicable, and the prices that VersaBank will pay for any Common Shares will be the market price of such shares at the time of acquisition. VersaBank will make no purchases of Common Shares other than open market purchases. All shares purchased under the NCIB will be cancelled.