Exhibit 99.1
AWBC – Q3 2005 Earnings
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AMERICANWEST BANCORPORATION | ||||
CONTACT: | Robert M. Daugherty | President and CEO | ||
Diane L. Kelleher | Chief Financial Officer | |||
(509) 467-6993 |
NEWS RELEASE
AMERICANWEST BANCORPORATION ANNOUNCES 2005 THIRD QUARTER RESULTS
Spokane, Washington – October 27, 2005 – AmericanWest Bancorporation (Nasdaq:AWBC) today announced that net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $9.9 million or $0.94 per diluted share, which is 13% higher than $8.8 million or $0.84 per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The net income for the third quarter of 2005 was $3.2 million or $0.30 per diluted share as compared to $4.0 million or $0.38 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2004.
AWBC also announced that, in a letter dated October 24, 2005, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) notified the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, AmericanWest Bank (AWB or Bank), that, following the recently completed Compliance Examination of the Bank by the FDIC, the FDIC has terminated the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between AWB and the FDIC relating to the Bank’s compliance controls, processes and training, and that the Bank is no longer restricted by that supervisory enforcement action. The MOU had been issued based upon AWB’s operations under prior management.
“With $77 million in core deposit growth this past quarter, clearly our growth initiatives in both lending and deposit gathering have gained significant traction. Now that we are free to expand following termination of the MOU, we expect this traction and growth trend to accelerate with the immediate addition of plannedde novo branches in some rapidly growing areas in both existing and adjacent market areas,” said Robert M. Daugherty, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our credit quality has been sound on a going-forward basis since changes to the Bank’s prior credit culture were implemented late last year but further net reductions of nonperforming assets did not improve as much during the third quarter as we had hoped due to the deterioration of one credit during the quarter. However, final resolution of approximately $5 million of our nonperforming assets is presently scheduled to occur during the fourth quarter. We remain confident of our ultimate success based upon performance year to date and planned growth, both organically and through expansion, during 2006,” he continued. “The resolution of the compliance issues on which the MOU was based,” he said, “was distracting and also expensive but we are pleased to now have that behind us and, with our new compliance procedures, we are poised to move forward aggressively with a well-founded growth plan.”
LOAN GROWTH AND CREDIT QUALITY:
Gross loans increased $11.5 million during the third quarter of 2005, resulting in an increase of $69.8 million or 7.5% from the prior year-end. At September 30, 2005 total gross loans were $997.7 million compared to
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$927.9 million at December 31, 2004. This includes an increase of commercial and industrial loans of $27.8 million and commercial real estate loans of $25.0 million. Commercial real estate loans continue to be a significant percentage of the total portfolio at 52.3% as of September 30, 2005 compared to 53.6% at December 31, 2004.
Total nonperforming loans were $17.2 million or 1.73% of total gross loans at September 30, 2005 as compared to $15.5 million or 1.57% of total gross loans at June 30, 2005. The increase during the quarter is primarily due to management’s reclassification of a $2.4 million loan during the quarter to nonaccrual status due to operating losses and deterioration in collateral values as evidenced by an updated appraisal. The loan remains current as of September 30, 2005 and management is exploring options for collection of the account in full. Despite the slight deterioration in the current quarter, the nonperforming loans have decreased approximately $7.0 million or 29.0% compared to $24.3 million which was 2.62% of total gross loans at December 31, 2004. The decrease from the prior year is due mainly to management’s continued efforts to collect on past due loans and to improve the overall credit quality of the portfolio.
The Company’s total nonperforming assets, including foreclosed real estate and other foreclosed assets, were $20.5 million or 1.79% of total assets at September 30, 2005 compared to $28.5 million or 2.71% of total assets at December 31, 2004. This decrease is due to the nonperforming loans discussed above and a decrease of approximately $1.0 million in foreclosed assets and other foreclosed real estate related mainly to the sale of one property.
Total loans delinquent 30 or more days and still accruing were $2.2 million or 0.22% of total gross loans at September 30, 2005, as compared to $2.7 million or 0.28% at June 30, 2005; $4.2 million or 0.45% at December 31, 2004; and $10.0 million or 1.05% at September 30, 2004. The decrease is due to management’s continued emphasis on portfolio management and the shift in the credit culture of the Company.
The allowance for loan losses was $16.0 million at September 30, 2005 compared to $18.5 million at December 31, 2004. At September 30, 2005 the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total gross loans was 1.60% as compared to the December 31, 2004 allowance of 1.99% and the September 30, 2004 allowance of 1.57%. The decline from the prior year-end is due to the resolution of various nonperforming loans in line with the provisions provided during the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Provision for loan losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $1.1 million and $2.4 million, respectively. These are compared to $1.8 million and $8.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, respectively. The 2004 provision included a specific provision of $4.0 million related to one borrower relationship. Loan charge offs for the three months ended September 30, 2005 were $0.5 million compared to $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004. Loan charge offs for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 were $5.0 million compared to $6.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.
DEPOSIT AND BORROWING BALANCES:
Deposits were $963.0 million as of September 30, 2005, which is an increase of $68.2 million or 7.6% from $894.8 million at December 31, 2004. Most of this increase has occurred during this quarter as a result of cultivation of a retail branch sales culture, including a new line-up of retail products, training and targeted marketing efforts. Time deposits increased 22.2% and noninterest bearing deposits increased 15.1% from December 31, 2004. NOW and savings accounts decreased 4.0% during this same period. These new deposits
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are replacing borrowings that had been increasing to support loan growth. The cost of deposits increased to 2.07% for the nine month period ended September 30, 2005 compared to 1.61% for the similar period ended September 30, 2004 due to higher interest rates reflecting increases in rates by the Federal Reserve Board.
Short-term borrowings were $38.1 million as of September 30, 2005, an increase of $13.6 million from $24.5 million at December 31, 2004. Long-term borrowings were $3.2 million at September 30, 2005, which is a decrease of $2.4 million from December 31, 2004.
NET INTEREST MARGIN:
Net interest margin was 5.68% for the nine month period through September 30, 2005 compared to 6.25% for the similar period of 2004. The primary reason is higher costs of deposits and borrowings due to rising market rates. The overall cost of interest bearing liabilities has increased 57 basis points during the nine month period. In addition, the Bank’s efforts to decrease the risk profile of its overall loan portfolio have resulted in slightly decreased loan yields even though market rates have increased. The Bank is booking new business at competitive rates while maintaining profitable margins. The investments yield is also lower due to sales and maturities as there have been minimal purchases during 2005. The overall yield on earning assets has decreased by 20 basis points.
Net interest income decreased $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to September 30, 2004. The net interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 has decreased $4.1 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2004 due to the decline in the net interest margin.
NONINTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE:
Noninterest income decreased $0.2 million to $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004. The noninterest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 of $4.8 million is $1.2 million lower than for the same period of 2004. This is due mainly to a $0.6 million gain recorded in 2004 related to the divesture of a branch and smaller gains on sales of foreclosed real estate and other foreclosed assets than in the prior year.
Noninterest expense increased $0.5 million to $10.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005 from $10.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004. The increase is due to the loss on an exchange of bank owned life insurance policies of $0.6 million during the third quarter of 2005. In addition, occupancy expense increased as a result of rent costs at executive offices that were placed into service late in 2004. Equipment expenses for the quarter also increased over the prior year as the Company continues to update and improve technology bankwide. These increases were partially offset by $0.7 million in write-offs of deferred compensation and salary continuation agreements during the third quarter of 2005 due to the unfortunate passing of a prior bank executive and lower write downs taken during the third quarter of 2005 on foreclosed assets and other foreclosed real estate than taken during the comparable period in 2004.
INCOME TAXES:
The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was 28.1% as compared to 31.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The decrease in the tax rate is due mainly to the reversal of a $0.9
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million tax reserve recorded in 2004 for the anticipated surrender of some bank owned life insurance policies. These policies were exchanged, rather than surrendered, in the third quarter of 2005 and this resulted in a $0.6 million write-down of the asset rather than a tax loss.
AmericanWest Bancorporation is a community bank holding company with 42 locations in Eastern and Central Washington and Northern Idaho. For further information on the Company or to access Internet banking, please visit our web site at www.awbank.net.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA). Such forward looking statements include but are not limited to, that both lending and deposit growth will continue, that resolution of $5 million in nonperforming assets will be resolved during the fourth quarter, and that growth and expansion will continue in 2006. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Those factors include, but are not limited to, impact of the current national and regional economy on small business loan demand in the Company’s market, loan delinquency rates, changes in portfolio composition, the bank’s ability to attract quality commercial business, interest rate movements and the impact on margins such movement may cause, changes in the demographic make-up of the Company’s market, fluctuation in demand for the Company’s products and services, the Company’s ability to attract and retain qualified people, regulatory changes, competition with other banks and financial institutions, and other factors. For a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ, please see the Company’s reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Words such as “targets,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “would,” and “could” are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s view only as of the date hereto. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. This statement is included for the express purpose of protecting the Company under PSLRA’s safe harbor provisions.
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AmericanWest Bancorporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
9/30/2005 | 9/30/2004 | 9/30/2005 | 9/30/2004 | |||||||||
Statement of Income Data | ||||||||||||
Interest Income | ||||||||||||
Interest and fees on loans | $ | 18,697 | $ | 18,849 | $ | 53,193 | $ | 53,538 | ||||
Interest on securities | 242 | 930 | 913 | 1,943 | ||||||||
Other interest income | 11 | 10 | 42 | 57 | ||||||||
Total Interest Income | 18,950 | 19,789 | 54,148 | 55,538 | ||||||||
Interest Expense | ||||||||||||
Interest on deposits | 4,110 | 2,993 | 10,597 | 8,696 | ||||||||
Interest on borrowings | 1,132 | 744 | 2,312 | 1,469 | ||||||||
Total Interest Expense | 5,242 | 3,737 | 12,909 | 10,165 | ||||||||
Net Interest Income | 13,708 | 16,052 | 41,239 | 45,373 | ||||||||
Provision for loan losses | 1,100 | 1,788 | 2,365 | 8,498 | ||||||||
Net Interest Income After Provision for Loan Losses | 12,608 | 14,264 | 38,874 | 36,875 | ||||||||
Noninterest Income | ||||||||||||
Fees and service charges | 1,253 | 1,294 | 3,589 | 3,645 | ||||||||
Other | 438 | 582 | 1,232 | 2,424 | ||||||||
Total Noninterest Income | 1,691 | 1,876 | 4,821 | 6,069 | ||||||||
Noninterest Expense | ||||||||||||
Salaries and employee benefits | 5,775 | 5,870 | 16,878 | 17,290 | ||||||||
Occupancy expense, net | 820 | 770 | 2,637 | 2,239 | ||||||||
Equipment expense | 740 | 595 | 2,259 | 1,900 | ||||||||
State business and occupation tax | 244 | 321 | 693 | 720 | ||||||||
Foreclosed real estate and other foreclosed assets expense | 125 | 504 | 544 | 2,280 | ||||||||
Other | 2,819 | 1,916 | 6,904 | 5,695 | ||||||||
Total Noninterest Expense | 10,523 | 9,976 | 29,915 | 30,124 | ||||||||
Income Before Provision for Income Tax | 3,776 | 6,164 | 13,780 | 12,820 | ||||||||
Provision for Income Tax | 552 | 2,186 | 3,875 | 4,037 | ||||||||
Net Income | $ | 3,224 | $ | 3,978 | $ | 9,905 | $ | 8,783 | ||||
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AmericanWest Bancorporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
9/30/2005 | 9/30/2004 | 9/30/2005 | 9/30/2004 | |||||||||
Share Data: | ||||||||||||
Basic earnings per share | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.39 | $ | 0.95 | $ | 0.86 | ||||
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.30 | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.94 | $ | 0.84 | ||||
Basic weighted average shares outstanding | 10,425,258 | 10,191,775 | 10,388,358 | 10,177,990 | ||||||||
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 10,633,733 | 10,438,276 | 10,566,666 | 10,477,819 |
Nine Months Ended | ||||||
9/30/2005 | 9/30/2004 | |||||
Financial Ratios, annualized: | ||||||
Return on average assets | 1.25 | % | 1.10 | % | ||
Return on average equity | 11.94 | % | 11.70 | % | ||
Efficiency ratio | 64.95 | % | 58.56 | % | ||
Noninterest expenses to average assets | 3.77 | % | 3.76 | % | ||
Net interest margin to average earning assets | 5.68 | % | 6.25 | % |
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AmericanWest Bancorporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)
9/30/2005 | 12/31/2004 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||||
Consolidated Statement of Condition | ||||||||||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 46,843 | $ | 26,915 | $ | 19,928 | 74.0 | % | ||||||
Overnight interest bearing deposits with other banks | 10,620 | 2,302 | 8,318 | 361.3 | % | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 57,463 | 29,217 | 28,246 | 96.7 | % | |||||||||
Securities | 28,347 | 33,886 | (5,539 | ) | -16.3 | % | ||||||||
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $16,013 and $18,475, respectively | 981,284 | 909,255 | 72,029 | 7.9 | % | |||||||||
Accrued interest receivable | 7,348 | 6,520 | 828 | 12.7 | % | |||||||||
Premises and equipment, net | 21,938 | 23,955 | (2,017 | ) | -8.4 | % | ||||||||
Foreclosed real estate and other foreclosed assets | 3,210 | 4,201 | (991 | ) | -23.6 | % | ||||||||
Life insurance and salary continuation assets | 16,911 | 18,912 | (2,001 | ) | -10.6 | % | ||||||||
Goodwill | 12,050 | 12,050 | — | 0.0 | % | |||||||||
Intangible assets | 2,454 | 2,642 | (188 | ) | -7.1 | % | ||||||||
Other assets | 8,756 | 8,356 | 400 | 4.8 | % | |||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 1,139,761 | $ | 1,048,994 | $ | 90,767 | 8.7 | % | ||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||
Noninterest bearing - demand deposits | $ | 195,154 | $ | 169,579 | $ | 25,575 | 15.1 | % | ||||||
Interest bearing deposits: | ||||||||||||||
NOW and savings accounts | 434,376 | 452,357 | (17,981 | ) | -4.0 | % | ||||||||
Time, $100,000 and over | 167,884 | 123,006 | 44,878 | 36.5 | % | |||||||||
Other time | 165,573 | 149,856 | 15,717 | 10.5 | % | |||||||||
Total Deposits | 962,987 | 894,798 | 68,189 | 7.6 | % | |||||||||
Short-term borrowings | 38,099 | 24,539 | 13,560 | 55.3 | % | |||||||||
Long-term borrowings | 3,248 | 5,668 | (2,420 | ) | -42.7 | % | ||||||||
Capital lease obligations | 380 | 416 | (36 | ) | -8.7 | % | ||||||||
Subordinated debentures | 10,310 | 10,310 | — | 0.0 | % | |||||||||
Accrued interest payable | 1,506 | 1,000 | 506 | 50.6 | % | |||||||||
Other liabilities | 6,713 | 7,188 | (475 | ) | -6.6 | % | ||||||||
Total Liabilities | 1,023,243 | 943,919 | 79,324 | 8.4 | % | |||||||||
Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||||
Common stock, no par, shares authorized $15 million; issued and outstanding 10,483,623 and 10,269,454, respectively | 103,324 | 100,812 | 2,512 | 2.5 | % | |||||||||
Retained earnings | 14,000 | 4,057 | 9,943 | 245.1 | % | |||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | (16 | ) | 206 | (222 | ) | -107.8 | % | |||||||
Unearned employee common stock awards | (790 | ) | — | (790 | ) | -100.0 | % | |||||||
Total Stockholders’ Equity | 116,518 | 105,075 | 11,443 | 10.9 | % | |||||||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | $ | 1,139,761 | $ | 1,048,994 | $ | 90,767 | 8.7 | % | ||||||
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AmericanWest Bancorporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)
9/30/2005 | 12/31/2004 | |||||||
Loan Portfolio: | ||||||||
Commercial real estate | $ | 522,283 | $ | 497,253 | ||||
Commercial and industrial | 225,761 | 197,912 | ||||||
Agricultural | 124,111 | 122,735 | ||||||
Real estate mortgage | 56,279 | 32,703 | ||||||
Real estate construction | 40,921 | 45,908 | ||||||
Installment | 18,545 | 22,454 | ||||||
Bankcards and other | 9,796 | 8,909 | ||||||
Total loans, gross | $ | 997,696 | $ | 927,874 | ||||
Allowance for loan losses | (16,013 | ) | (18,475 | ) | ||||
Deferred loan fees, net of deferred costs | (399 | ) | (144 | ) | ||||
Total loans, net | $ | 981,284 | $ | 909,255 | ||||
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
9/30/2005 | 9/30/2004 | 9/30/2005 | 9/30/2004 | |||||||||||||
Allowance for loan losses: | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 15,377 | $ | 14,011 | $ | 18,475 | $ | 12,453 | ||||||||
Provision for loan losses | 1,100 | 1,788 | 2,365 | 8,498 | ||||||||||||
Loan charge-offs | (517 | ) | (983 | ) | (5,024 | ) | (6,726 | ) | ||||||||
Loan recoveries | 53 | 162 | 197 | 753 | ||||||||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | 16,013 | $ | 14,978 | $ | 16,013 | $ | 14,978 | ||||||||
Allowance for loan loss to total gross loans | 1.60 | % | 1.57 | % | 1.60 | % | 1.57 | % |
9/30/2005 | 6/30/2005 | 3/31/2005 | 12/31/2004 | |||||||||||||
Nonperforming assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Accruing loans over 90 days past due | $ | 1 | $ | 74 | $ | 46 | $ | 53 | ||||||||
Nonaccrual loans | 17,241 | 15,441 | 31,314 | 24,222 | ||||||||||||
Total nonperforming loans | $ | 17,242 | $ | 15,515 | $ | 31,360 | $ | 24,275 | ||||||||
Foreclosed real estate and other foreclosed assets | 3,210 | 3,222 | 1,940 | 4,201 | ||||||||||||
Total nonperforming assets | $ | 20,452 | $ | 18,737 | $ | 33,300 | $ | 28,476 | ||||||||
Ratio of total nonperforming assets to total assets | 1.79 | % | 1.69 | % | 3.26 | % | 2.71 | % | ||||||||
Ratio of total nonperforming loans to total gross loans | 1.73 | % | 1.57 | % | 3.46 | % | 2.62 | % | ||||||||
Ratio of allowance for loan loss to nonperforming loans | 92.87 | % | 99.11 | % | 53.96 | % | 76.10 | % |
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AmericanWest Bancorporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||
2005 | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) | Average Balance | Interest | % | Average Balance | Interest | % | ||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||
Loans, gross | $ | 941,025 | $ | 53,193 | 7.56 | % | $ | 903,669 | $ | 53,538 | 7.91 | % | ||||||
Taxable Investments | 22,849 | 654 | 3.83 | % | 52,682 | 1,663 | 4.22 | % | ||||||||||
Nontaxable Investments | 8,680 | 409 | 6.30 | % | 9,063 | 423 | 6.23 | % | ||||||||||
Overnight deposits with other banks | 1,606 | 31 | 2.58 | % | 6,982 | 57 | 1.09 | % | ||||||||||
Total earning assets | 974,160 | $ | 54,287 | 7.45 | % | 972,396 | $ | 55,681 | 7.65 | % | ||||||||
Other assets | 82,490 | 95,691 | ||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 1,056,650 | $ | 1,068,087 | ||||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest bearing deposits | $ | 684,854 | $ | 10,597 | 2.07 | % | $ | 721,660 | $ | 8,696 | 1.61 | % | ||||||
Borrowings | 78,196 | 2,312 | 3.95 | % | 83,928 | 1,469 | 2.34 | % | ||||||||||
Total interestbearing liabilities | 763,050 | $ | 12,909 | 2.26 | % | 805,588 | $ | 10,165 | 1.69 | % | ||||||||
Noninterest bearing deposits | 173,711 | 154,884 | ||||||||||||||||
Other liabilities | 9,273 | 7,555 | ||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 946,034 | 968,027 | ||||||||||||||||
Stockholders’ equity | 110,616 | 100,060 | ||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 1,056,650 | $ | 1,068,087 | ||||||||||||||
Net interest income and spread | 5.19 | % | 5.96 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net interest margin to average earning assets | 5.68 | % | 6.25 | % | ||||||||||||||
The above table includes nonaccrual loans in the average loan balances. Tax exempt securities income has been presented using a tax equivalent basis and an assumed tax rate of 34%.
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