Item 2. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
The following discussion supplements and provides information about the major components of the results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and capital resources of the Company. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the notes to the financial statements, and the other financial data included in this report, as well as the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K. In addition to current and historical information, the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to the Company’s future business, financial condition or results of operations. For a description of certain factors that may have a significant impact on future business, financial condition or results of operations, see “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” at the end of this Item 2. “Management’s Discussion and Aanlysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be attained for any other period. Amounts are rounded for presentation purposes while some of the percentages presented are computed based on unrounded amounts.
Overview
The Company’s primary goals are to maximize earnings by maintaining strong asset quality and deploying capital in profitable growth initiatives that will enhance long-term stockholder value. The Company operates in three principal business segments: the Bank, the Trust, and the Company as a separate segment, the Parent. Revenues from the Bank’s operations consist primarily of interest earned on loans and investment securities, fees earned on deposit accounts, debit card interchange, and treasury and commercial services and mortgage banking income. Trust’s operating revenues consist principally of income from fiduciary and asset management fees. The Parent’s revenues are mainly fees and dividends received from the Bank and Trust.
Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $2.0 million ($0.39 per diluted share) compared to $3.0 million ($0.58 per diluted share) for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Total assets of $1.3 billion as of March 31, 2022 decreased by $12.8 million from December 31, 2021.
Key factors affecting comparisons of consolidated net income for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are as follows. Comparisons are to the three months ended March 31, 2021 unless otherwise stated.
| • | Loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs), excluding PPP (non-GAAP), increased $106.9 million, or 14.4%; |
| • | Average earning assets increased $95.8 million, or 8.3%; |
| • | Interest income decreased $508 thousand, or 4.6%. The Company recognized net PPP origination fees of $408 thousand in the first quarter of 2022 compared to $1.6 million in the first quarter of 2021; |
| • | Interest expense increased $11 thousand, or 1.3%, due primarily to an increase in long term borrowings partially offset by lower rates and shifts in funding to lower cost deposits; |
| • | Net Interest Margin (NIM) was 3.14% for the first quarter of 2022 compared to 3.58% for the first quarter of 2021. The decrease was due primarily to lower accretion of net PPP origination fees; |
| • | Fiduciary and asset management fees and other service charges, commissions and fees increased $45 thousand, or 4.4%, and $105 thousand, or 11.1%, respectively; |
| • | Mortgage banking income decreased $968 thousand or 81.5% due to declines in mortgage industry volume and rising interest rates; and |
| • | On July 14, 2021, the Company issued $30.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.50% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2031 in a private placement transaction. The Notes initially bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.50% for five years and convert to the three-month SOFR plus 286 basis points, resetting quarterly, thereafter. Interest expense attributable to these subordinated notes impacted the Company’s net interest income and net interest margin for the first quarter of 2022 but not for the corresponding 2021 period. |
For more information about financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, please see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
Capital Management and Dividends
Total equity was $108.1 million at March 31, 2022, compared to $120.8 million at December 31, 2021. Total equity decreased $12.7 million at March 31, 2022 compared to December 31, 2021, due primarily to unrealized losses in the market value of securities available for sale, which are recognized as a component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, and the repurchase of shares under the Company’s share repurchase program, partially offset by net income. The Company’s securities available for sale are fixed income debt securities, and their decline in market value during the first quarter of 2022 was a result of increases in market interest rates. The Company expects to recover its investments in debt securities through scheduled payments of principal and interest and unrealized losses are not expected to affect the earnings or regulatory capital of the Company or its subsidiaries.
For the first quarter of 2022 the Company declared dividends of $0.13 per share, an increase of 8.3% over dividends of $0.12 per share declared in the first quarter of 2021. The Board of Directors of the Company continually reviews the amount of cash dividends per share and the resulting dividend payout ratio. The Company’s principal goals related to the maintenance of capital are to provide adequate capital to support the Company’s risk profile consistent with the board approved risk appetite, provide financial flexibility to support future growth and client needs, comply with relevant laws, regulations, and supervisory guidance, and provide a competitive return to stockholders. Risk-based capital ratios, which include CET1 capital, Tier 1 capital and Total capital for the Bank are calculated based on regulatory guidance related to the measurement of capital and risk-weighted assets.
The Company has a share repurchase program which was authorized by the Board of Directors in October 2021 to repurchase up to 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock through November 30, 2022. During the first quarter of 2022, 122,995 shares, for an aggregate purchase price of $3.0 million, were repurchased by the Company under this plan.
At March 31, 2022, the book value per share of the Company’s common stock was $21.12, and tangible book value per share (non-GAAP) was $20.75, compared to $23.06 and $22.69, respectively, at December 31, 2021. Refer to “Non-GAAP Financial Measures,” below, for information about non-GAAP financial measures, including a reconciliation to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and conform to general practices within the banking industry. The Company’s financial position and results of operations are affected by management’s application of accounting policies, including estimates, assumptions, and judgments made to arrive at the carrying value of assets and liabilities and amounts reported for revenues, expenses, and related disclosures. Different assumptions in the application of these policies could result in material changes in the Company’s consolidated financial position and/or results of operations. The Company evaluates its critical accounting estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis and updates them, as needed. Management has discussed the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Allowance for Loan Losses
The allowance for loan losses is established through charges to earnings in the form of a provision for loan losses. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when it is believed the collection of the principal is unlikely. Subsequent recoveries of losses previously charged against the allowance are credited to the allowance. The allowance represents an amount that, in the Company’s judgment, will be adequate to absorb probable and estimable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The judgment in determining the level of the allowance is based on evaluations of the collectability of loans while taking into consideration such factors as trends in delinquencies and charge-offs for relevant periods of time, changes in the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions that may affect a borrower’s ability to repay and the value of collateral, overall portfolio quality and review of specific potential losses. This evaluation is inherently subjective because it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. In evaluating the level of the allowance, management considers a range of possible assumptions and outcomes related to the various factors identified above. Under alternative assumptions that we considered in developing our estimate of an allowance that will be adequate to absorb probable and estimable losses inherent in the loan portfolio at March 31, 2022, our estimate of the allowance varied between $8 million and $10 million.
For further information concerning accounting policies, refer to Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K.
Results of Operations
Net Interest Income
The principal source of earnings for the Company is net interest income. Net interest income is the difference between interest and fees generated by earning assets and interest expense paid to fund them. Changes in the volume and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as well as their respective yields and rates, have a significant impact on the level of net interest income. The NIM is calculated by dividing net interest income by average earning assets, or on a fully tax-equivalent basis, tax-equivalent net interest income by average earning assets.
For the first quarter of 2022, net interest income was $9.6 million, an decrease of $519 thousand or 5.1% from the first quarter of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to significant growth in average earning asset balances at lower average earning yields. Lower average earning yields were in part driven by accelerated recognition of net deferred fees related to PPP forgiveness at a lower volume during the first quarter of 2022. This was partially offset by higher average interest-bearing liabilities at lower average rates.
The NIM was 3.14% for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 as compared to 3.58% for the first quarter of 2021. Net interest income, on a fully tax-equivalent basis, was $9.7 million for the first quarter of 2022, a decrease of $510 thousand from the 2021 comparative quarter. On a fully tax-equivalent basis, NIM was 3.16% and 3.60%, for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Average loan yields were lower by 52 basis points due to the lower interest rate environment which resulted in lower average yields on new loan originations, including PPP loans, which earn interest at a fixed 1%, and repricing within the existing loan portfolio. Lower levels of accelerated recognition of deferred fees and costs related to PPP forgiveness also contributed to the decrease when comparing the 2022 and 2021 quarters. Loan fees and costs related to PPP loans are deferred at time of loan origination, are amortized into interest income over the remaining terms of the loans and accelerated upon forgiveness or repayment of the PPP loans. Net PPP fees of $408 thousand and $1.6 million were recognized in first quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of March 31, 2022, unamortized net deferred PPP fees were $284 thousand. Subordinated debt interest expense also impacted the NIM for the first quarter of 2022 but not for the first quarter of 2021. High levels of liquidity invested at lower yielding short-term levels in the low interest rate environment also continue to impact the NIM. For more information about these FTE financial measures, please see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
Average loans, which includes both loans held for investment and loans held for sale, increased $28.4 million to $863.9 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, compared to 2021. Average loans held for investment included $12.9 million and $69.7 million of average balances of loans originated under the PPP for 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase in average loans outstanding in 2022 compared to 2021 was due primarily to growth in the commercial real estate, automobile, and consumer real estate segments of the loan portfolio. Average securities available for sale increased $49.7 million for 2022, compared to 2021, due primarily to higher purchases of securities. The average yield on the securities portfolio on a taxable-equivalent basis decreased 1 basis points for first quarter of 2022, compared to the first quarter of 2021.
Average money market, savings and interest-bearing demand deposits increased $67.2 million and average time deposits decreased $23.4 million, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, respectively, compared to the same period in 2021, due to growth in consumer and business deposits primarily as a result of new accounts and liquidity from government stimulus programs as well as a shift from time deposits as a result of lower interest rates. Average noninterest-bearing demand deposits increased $46.0 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 compared to March 31, 2021. The average cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 16 basis points for the first quarter of 2022 compared to the 2021 comparatvie period, due primarily to lower rates on deposits and a shift in composition from time deposits. While changes in rates take effect immediately for interest checking, money market and savings accounts, changes in the average cost of time deposits lag changes in pricing based on the repricing of time deposits at maturity.
Average borrowings decreased $7.8 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021 due primarily to the repayment of PPPLF borrowings during 2021 primarily offset by long-term borrowings related to the issuance of subordinated notes by the Company during July 2021. The average cost of borrowings increased 318 basis points during the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 due primarily to the issuance of subordinated notes by the Company during July 2021.
The following table shows analyses of average earning assets, interest-bearing liabilities and rates and yields for the periods indicated. Nonaccrual loans are included in loans outstanding.
TABLE 1: AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS, NET INTEREST INCOME AND RATES
| | For the quarters ended March 31, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
(dollars in thousands) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Loans* | | $ | 863,897 | | | $ | 9,196 | | | | 4.32 | % | | $ | 835,349 | | | $ | 9,965 | | | | 4.84 | % |
Investment securities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable | | | 201,940 | | | | 989 | | | | 1.99 | % | | | 159,516 | | | | 770 | | | | 1.96 | % |
Tax-exempt* | | | 37,007 | | | | 265 | | | | 2.90 | % | | | 29,696 | | | | 229 | | | | 3.12 | % |
Total investment securities | | | 238,947 | | | | 1,254 | | | | 2.13 | % | | | 189,212 | | | | 999 | | | | 2.14 | % |
Interest-bearing due from banks | | | 137,601 | | | | 73 | | | | 0.22 | % | | | 124,347 | | | | 43 | | | | 0.14 | % |
Federal funds sold | | | 4,441 | | | | 1 | | | | 0.09 | % | | | 4 | | | | - | | | | 0.04 | % |
Other investments | | | 1,142 | | | | 14 | | | | 4.90 | % | | | 1,319 | | | | 30 | | | | 9.16 | % |
Total earning assets | | | 1,246,028 | | | $ | 10,538 | | | | 3.43 | % | | | 1,150,231 | | | $ | 11,037 | | | | 3.89 | % |
Allowance for loan losses | | | (9,989 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | (9,648 | ) | | | | | | | | |
Other non-earning assets | | | 93,796 | | | | | | | | | | | | 97,123 | | | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | $ | 1,329,835 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1,237,706 | | | | | | | | | |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Time and savings deposits: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-bearing transaction accounts | | $ | 75,129 | | | $ | 3 | | | | 0.02 | % | | $ | 67,759 | | | $ | 3 | | | | 0.02 | % |
Money market deposit accounts | | | 389,368 | | | | 163 | | | | 0.17 | % | | | 347,530 | | | | 201 | | | | 0.24 | % |
Savings accounts | | | 126,258 | | | | 10 | | | | 0.03 | % | | | 108,262 | | | | 11 | | | | 0.04 | % |
Time deposits | | | 167,859 | | | | 361 | | | | 0.87 | % | | | 191,298 | | | | 584 | | | | 1.24 | % |
Total time and savings deposits | | | 758,614 | | | | 537 | | | | 0.29 | % | | | 714,849 | | | | 799 | | | | 0.45 | % |
Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements and other borrowings | | | 4,589 | | | | 1 | | | | 0.10 | % | | | 26,253 | | | | 23 | | | | 0.35 | % |
Long term borrowings | | | 29,419 | | | | 295 | | | | 4.01 | % | | | - | | | | - | | | | 0.00 | % |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | | | 792,622 | | | | 833 | | | | 0.43 | % | | | 741,102 | | | | 822 | | | | 0.45 | % |
Demand deposits | | | 414,080 | | | | | | | | | | | | 368,073 | | | | | | | | | |
Other liabilities | | | 5,368 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9,906 | | | | | | | | | |
Stockholders' equity | | | 117,765 | | | | | | | | | | | | 118,625 | | | | | | | | | |
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | | $ | 1,329,835 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1,237,706 | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest margin | | | | | | $ | 9,705 | | | | 3.16 | % | | | | | | $ | 10,215 | | | | 3.60 | % |
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*Computed on a fully tax-equivalent basis (non-GAAP) using a 21% rate, adjusting interest income by $68 thousand and $59 thousand for March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. |
Interest income and expense are affected by fluctuations in interest rates, by changes in volume of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and by the interaction of rate and volume factors. The following table shows the direct causes of the period-to-period changes in the components of net interest income. The Company calculates the rate and volume variances using a formula prescribed by the SEC. Rate/volume variances, the third element in the calculation, are not show separately in the table, but are allocated to the rate and volume variances in proportion to the absolute dollar amounts of each.
TABLE 2: VOLUME AND RATE ANALYSIS*
| | Three months ended March 31, 2022 from 2021 Increase (Decrease) | |
| | Due to Changes in: | |
(dollars in thousands) | | Volume | | | Rate | | | Total | |
EARNING ASSETS | | | | | | | | | |
Loans | | $ | 345 | | | $ | (1,114 | ) | | $ | (769 | ) |
Investment securities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable | | | 208 | | | | 11 | | | | 219 | |
Tax-exempt | | | 57 | | | | (21 | ) | | | 36 | |
Total investment securities | | | 265 | | | | (10 | ) | | | 255 | |
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Federal funds sold | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
Other investments ** | | | 1 | | | | 13 | | | | 14 | |
Total earning assets | | | 611 | | | | (1,110 | ) | | | (499 | ) |
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INTEREST-BEARING LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-bearing transaction accounts | | | 0 | | | | (0 | ) | | | - | |
Money market deposit accounts | | | 25 | | | | (63 | ) | | | (38 | ) |
Savings accounts | | | 2 | | | | (3 | ) | | | (1 | ) |
Time deposits | | | (73 | ) | | | (150 | ) | | | (223 | ) |
Total time and savings deposits | | | (46 | ) | | | (216 | ) | | | (262 | ) |
Federal funds purchased, repurchaseagreements and other borrowings | | | (19 | ) | | | (3 | ) | | | (22 | ) |
Long term borrowings | | | - | | | | 295 | | | | 295 | |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | | | (65 | ) | | | 76 | | | | 11 | |
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Change in net interest income | | $ | 676 | | | $ | (1,186 | ) | | $ | (510 | ) |
* Computed on a fully tax-equivalent basis, non-GAAP, using a 21% rate. ** Other investments include interest-bearing balances due from banks. |
The Company believes NIM may be affected in future periods by several factors that are difficult to predict, including (1) changes in interest rates, which may depend on the severity of adverse economic conditions, inflationary pressures, the timing and extent of any economic recovery, and the extent or continuing impact of government stimulus measures, which are inherently uncertain, and (2) possible changes in the composition of earning assets which may result from decreased loan demand as a result of the current economic environment. During the first quarter of 2022, market interest rates increased and the Company is asset sensitive at March 31, 2022; however, the Company can give no assurance as to the ultimate impact of rising interest rates or as to when or for how long the Company may experience an increase in the NIM.
Provision for Loan Losses
The provision for loan losses is a charge against earnings necessary to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level consistent with management's evaluation of the portfolio. This expense is based on management's estimate of probable credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio. Management's evaluation included credit quality trends, collateral values, discounted cash flow analysis, loan volumes, geographic, borrower and industry concentrations, the findings of internal credit quality assessments and results from external regulatory examinations. These factors, as well as identified impaired loans, historical losses and current economic and business conditions including uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, were used in developing estimated loss factors for determining the loan loss provision. Based on its analysis of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses, management concluded that the provision was appropriate.
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized a provision for loan losses of $101 thousand compared to a provision of $150 thousand for the first quarter of 2021. The lower provision expense during the first quarter of 2022 was driven primarily by the shift of one large commercial relationship from pooled to individually impaired with no specific reserve, partially offset by qualitative factor adjustments for volume trends. Charged-off loans totaled $700 thousand in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $316 thousand in the first quarter of 2021. Recoveries amounted to $254 thousand and $286 thousand for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Company’s annualized net loans charged off to average loans were 0.21% for the first quarter of 2022 as compared to 0.01% for the first quarter of 2021.
The state of the local economy can have a significant impact on the level of loan charge-offs. If the economy begins to contract, nonperforming assets could increase as a result of declines in real estate values and home sales or increases in unemployment rates and financial stress on borrowers. Increased nonperforming assets would increase charge-offs and reduce earnings due to larger contributions to the loan loss provision.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income was $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of $619 thousand or 15.0% from the first quarter of 2021. Although fiduciary and asset management fees, service charges on deposit accounts, other service charges, commissions and fees, bank-owned life insurance income, and other operating income increased compared to the prior year quarter, these increases were offset by lower mortgage banking income driven by reductions in volume which were attributable to changes in mortgage market conditions, resulting in a decline in noninterest income for the first quarter of 2022 when compared to the prior year quarter.
The Company continues to focus on diversifying noninterest income through efforts to expand Trust, insurance, and mortgage banking activities, and a continued focus on business checking and other corporate services.
Noninterest Expense
Noninterest expense was $10.7 million for the first quarter of 2022, an increase of $155 thousand, or 1.5%, compared to $10.6 million for the first quarter of 2021. The increase over the prior year quarter was primarily driven by increased salary and benefit expense and employee professional development related to recruiting partially offset by decreased ATM and other losses and other operating expenses. The increase in salary and benefits was related to lower commission expense of $215 thousand offset by lower deferred loan costs of $381 thousand.
During the first quarter of 2022, the Company completed implementation of a new online account opening solution, continues to navigate the ongoing roadmap for bank-wide technology and operating efficiency initiatives, is actively assessing major vendor contracts and relationships, and completed the closure of two branches, creating a more streamlined branch footprint.
The Company’s income tax expense decreased $263 thousand for the first quarter of 2022 when compared to the same period in 2021 primarily due to changes in the levels of net income and the mix of effective tax exempt income. The effective federal income tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021 were 13.1% and 15.9%, respectively.
Balance Sheet Review
At March 31, 2022, the Company had total assets of $1.3 billion, a decrease of $12.8 million compared to assets as of December 31, 2021.
Net loans held for investment increased $12.1 million or 1.5%, from $833.7 million at December 31, 2021 to $845.7 million at March 31, 2022. Loans held for investment, excluding PPP (non-GAAP), grew 2.8%, or $23.2 million, driven by loan growth in the following segments: commercial real estate of $12.6 million, construction, land development, and other land loans of $6.1 million, and multi-family residential real estate of $7.7 million. This segmented growth was partially offset by a decrease in PPP loans of $11.5 million. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $29.6 million or 15.8% from December 31, 2021 to March 31, 2022, and securities available for sale increased $3.7 million or 1.6% over the same period as additional liquidity provided by growth in deposit accounts was deployed in the Company’s investment portfolio.
Total deposits of $1.2 billion as of March 31, 2022 increased $1.8 million, or 0.2% from December 31, 2021. Noninterest-bearing deposits decreased $36.4 million, or 8.6%, savings deposits increased $42.3 million, or 7.2%, and time deposits decreased $4.1 million, or 2.5%. Liquidity continues to be impacted by record cumulative levels of consumer savings, government stimulus, and PPP loan related deposits.
The Company utilized the PPPLF initiated by the Federal Reserve Bank to partially fund PPP loan originations. PPPLF borrowings were fully repaid during the first quarter of 2022 compared to $480 thousand at December 31, 2021. The Company also utilizes FHLB advances as a source of liquidity as needed. At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no FHLB advances.
Securities Portfolio
When comparing March 31, 2022 to December 31, 2021, securities available-for-sale increased $3.7 million, or 1.5%. The majority of the change was due primarily to purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, securities issued by state and political subdivisions, and corporate bonds and other securities to deploy additional liquidity provided by growth in deposit accounts rather than holding in lower yielding cash reserves.
The Company’s strategy for the securities portfolio is primarily intended to manage the portfolio’s susceptibility to interest rate risk and to provide liquidity to fund loan growth. The securities portfolio is also adjusted to achieve other asset/liability objectives, including pledging requirements, and to manage tax exposure when necessary.
The following table sets forth a summary of the securities portfolio:
TABLE 3: SECURITIES PORTFOLIO
(Dollars in thousands) | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury securities | | $ | 17,895 | | | $ | 14,904 | |
Obligations of U.S. Government agencies | | | 37,247 | | | | 38,558 | |
Obligations of state and political subdivisions | | | 67,756 | | | | 65,803 | |
Mortgage-backed securities | | | 86,575 | | | | 89,058 | |
Money market investments | | | 1,147 | | | | 2,413 | |
Corporate bonds and other securities | | | 27,403 | | | | 23,585 | |
| | | 238,023 | | | | 234,321 | |
Restricted securities: | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Bank stock | | $ | 682 | | | | 383 | |
Federal Reserve Bank stock | | | 665 | | | | 609 | |
Community Bankers' Bank stock | | | 42 | | | | 42 | |
| | | 1,389 | | | | 1,034 | |
Total Securities | | $ | 239,412 | | | $ | 235,355 | |
For more information about the Company’s securities available for sale, including information about securities in an unrealized loss position at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, see Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 2, Securities in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Loan Portfolio
The following table shows a breakdown of total loans by segment at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
| | March 31, | | | December 31, | |
(Dollars in thousands) | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Commercial and industrial | | $ | 58,886 | | | $ | 68,690 | |
Real estate-construction | | | 64,502 | | | | 58,440 | |
Real estate-mortgage (1) | | | 212,824 | | | | 206,368 | |
Real estate-commercial | | | 394,987 | | | | 382,603 | |
Consumer | | | 117,701 | | | | 118,441 | |
Other | | | 6,334 | | | | 8,984 | |
Ending Balance | | $ | 855,234 | | | $ | 843,526 | |
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(1) The real estate-mortgage segment included residential 1-4 family, multi-family, second mortgages and equity lines of credit. | |
Based on the North American Industry Classification System code, there are no categories of loans that exceed 10% of total loans other than the categories disclosed in the preceding table.
As of March 31, 2022, the total loan portfolio increased by $11.7 million or 1.4% from December 31, 2021, primarily due to increases in real estate construction, real estate mortgage, and real estate-commercial which were offset by reductions in commercial and industrial due to a decline of $11.5 million in PPP loans outstanding. Net loans held for investment increased 1.5% from December 31, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs), excluding PPP (non-GAAP), grew 2.8%.
For more information about the Company’s loan portfolio at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, see Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Nonperforming Assets
Nonperforming assets consist of nonaccrual loans, loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest, nonperforming restructured loans, and other real estate owned (OREO). Restructured loans are loans with terms that were modified in a troubled debt restructuring (TDR) for borrowers experiencing financial difficulties. Refer to Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information.
Nonperforming assets increased by $3.3 million from $1.5 million at December 31, 2021 to $4.8 million at March 31, 2022. The total at March 31, 2022 consisted of $624 thousand in loans still accruing interest but past due 90 days or more and $4.2 million in nonaccrual loans. All of the nonaccrual loans are classified as impaired and 93.9% of the nonaccrual loans at March 31, 2022 were secured by real estate. Impaired loans are a component of the allowance for loan losses. When a loan changes from “90 days past due but still accruing interest” to “nonaccrual” status, the loan is normally reviewed for impairment. If impairment is identified, then the Company records a charge-off based on the value of the collateral or the present value of the loan’s expected future cash flows, discounted at the loan's effective interest rate. If the Company is waiting on an appraisal to determine the collateral’s value, management allocates funds to cover the deficiency to the allowance for loan losses based on information available to management at the time.
The recorded investment in impaired loans increased to $6.6 million as of March 31, 2022 from $1.3 million as of December 31, 2021 as detailed in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The majority of these loans were collateralized.
The following table presents information concerning the aggregate amount of nonperforming assets, which includes nonaccrual loans, past due loans, TDRs and OREO:
TABLE 6: NONPERFORMING ASSETS | |
| | March 31, | | | December 31, | |
(dollars in thousands) | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Nonaccrual loans | | | | | | |
Commercial and industrial | | $ | 255 | | | $ | 174 | |
Real estate-construction | | | 998 | | | | - | |
Real estate-mortgage (1) | | | 164 | | | | 191 | |
Real estate-commercial | | | 2,770 | | | | 113 | |
Total nonaccrual loans | | $ | 4,187 | | | $ | 478 | |
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Loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest | | | | | | | | |
Commercial and industrial | | $ | - | | | $ | 169 | |
Consumer loans (2) | | | 614 | | | | 846 | |
Other | | | 10 | | | | 10 | |
Total loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest | | $ | 624 | | | $ | 1,025 | |
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Restructured loans | | | | | | | | |
Real estate-construction | | $ | 78 | | | $ | 79 | |
Real estate-mortgage (1) | | | 418 | | | | 450 | |
Real estate-commercial | | | 399 | | | | 413 | |
Total restructured loans | | $ | 895 | | | $ | 942 | |
Less nonaccrual restructured loans (included above) | | | 164 | | | | 191 | |
Less restructured loans currently in compliance (3) | | | 731 | | | | 751 | |
Net nonperforming, accruing restructured loans | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
Nonperforming loans | | $ | 4,811 | | | $ | 1,503 | |
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Total nonperforming assets | | $ | 4,811 | | | $ | 1,503 | |
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Interest income that would have been recorded under original loan terms on nonaccrual loans above | | $ | 75 | | | $ | 11 | |
Interest income recorded for the period on nonaccrual loans included above | | $ | 4 | | | $ | 2 | |
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Total loans | | $ | 855,234 | | | $ | 843,526 | |
ALLL | | $ | 9,520 | | | $ | 9,865 | |
Nonaccrual loans to total loans | | | 0.49 | % | | | 0.06 | % |
ALLL to total loans | | | 1.11 | % | | | 1.17 | % |
ALLL to nonaccrual loans | | | 227.37 | % | | | 2063.81 | % |
(1) The real estate-mortgage segment includes residential 1 – 4 family, second mortgages and equity lines of credit.
(2) Amounts listed include student loans and small business loans with principal and interest amounts that are 97 - 100% guaranteed by the federal government. The past due principal portion of these guaranteed loans totaled $409 thousand at March 31, 2022 and $711 thousand at December 31, 2021. For additional information, refer to Note 3, Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses included in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” of this report on Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
(3) Amounts listed represent restructured loans that are in compliance with their modified terms as of the date presented.
As shown in the table above, as of March 31, 2022 compared to December 31, 2021, the nonaccrual loan category increased by $3.7 million and the 90-days past due and still accruing interest category decreased by $401 thousand or 39.1%. The increase in nonaccrual loans during the first quarter of 2022 was driven by one well-secured large commercial relationship which was downgraded during the fourth quarter of 2021 and became impaired and placed on nonaccrual status during the first quarter of 2022.
The nonaccrual loans at March 31, 2022 were related to eight credit relationships. All loans in these relationships have been analyzed to determine whether the cash flow of the borrower and the collateral pledged to secure the loans is sufficient to cover outstanding principal balances. The Company has set aside specific allocations for those loans without sufficient cash flow or collateral and charged off any balance that management does not expect to collect.
The majority of the loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest at March 31, 2022 ($409 thousand) were student loans. The federal government has provided guarantees of repayment of these student loans in an amount ranging from 97% to 98% of the total principal and interest of the loans; as such, management does not expect even a significant increase in past due student loans to have a material effect on the Company.
Management believes the Company has excellent credit quality review processes in place to identify problem loans quickly. For a detailed discussion of the Company’s nonperforming assets, refer to Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The Allowance for Loan Losses
The allowance for loan losses is based on several components. In evaluating the adequacy of the allowance, each segment of the loan portfolio is divided into several pools of loans:
1. | Specific identification (regardless of risk rating) |
3. | Pool–other assets especially mentioned (OAEM) (rated just above substandard) |
4. | Pool–pass loans (all other rated loans) |
The first component of the allowance for loan losses is determined based on specifically identified loans that may become impaired. These loans are individually analyzed for impairment and include nonperforming loans and both performing and nonperforming TDRs. This component may also include loans considered impaired for other reasons, such as outdated financial information on the borrower or guarantors or financial problems of the borrower, including operating losses, marginal working capital, inadequate cash flow, or business interruptions. Changes in TDRs and nonperforming loans affect the dollar amount of the allowance. Increases in the impairment allowance for TDRs and nonperforming loans are reflected as an increase in the allowance for loan losses except in situations where the TDR or nonperforming loan does not require a specific allocation (i.e., the discounted present value of expected future cash flows or the collateral value is considered sufficient).
The majority of the Company's TDRs and nonperforming loans are collateralized by real estate. When reviewing loans for impairment, the Company obtains current appraisals when applicable. If the Company has not yet received a current appraisal on loans being reviewed for impairment, any loan balance that is in excess of the estimated appraised value is allocated in the allowance. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the impaired loan component of the allowance for loan losses amounted to $33 thousand and $128 thousand, respectively. The decrease in the impaired loan component is due primarily to the charge-off of one credit relationship. The impaired loan component of the allowance for loan losses is reflected as a valuation allowance related to impaired loans in Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses included in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The second component of the allowance consists of qualitative factors and includes items such as economic conditions, growth trends, loan concentrations, changes in certain loans, changes in underwriting, changes in management and legal and regulatory changes.
Historical loss is the final component of the allowance for loan losses. The calculation of the historical loss component is conducted on loans evaluated collectively for impairment and uses migration analysis with eight migration periods covering twelve quarters each on pooled segments. These segments are based on the loan classifications set by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council in the instructions for the Call Report applicable to the Bank.
Consumer loans not secured by real estate and made to individuals for household, family and other personal expenditures are segmented into pools based on whether the loan's payments are current (including loans 1 – 29 days past due), 30 – 59 days past due, 60 – 89 days past due, or 90 days or more past due. All other loans, including loans to consumers that are secured by real estate, are segmented by the Company's internally assigned risk grades: substandard, other assets especially mentioned (rated just above substandard), and pass (all other loans). The Company may also assign loans to the risk grades of doubtful or loss, but as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no loans in these categories.
The overall historical loss rate from December 31, 2021 to March 31, 2022, improved 8 basis points as a percentage of loans evaluated collectively for impairment as a result of overall improving asset quality. For the same period, the qualitative factor components increased 1 basis point as a percentage of loans evaluated collectively for impairment overall. This increase was primarily due to adjustments for change in volume for certain segments. While there have not been significant changes in overall credit quality of the loan portfolio from December 31, 2021 to March 31, 2022, management will continue to monitor economic recovery challenges at macro and micro levels, including levels of inflation, the impacts of new COVID-19 variants, expansion and contraction of pandemic-related government stimulus efforts, supply chain disruption, and employment levels, which may be delaying signs of credit deterioration. If there are further challenges to the economic recovery, elevated levels of risk within the loan portfolio may require additional increases in the allowance for loan losses.
On a combined basis, the historical loss and qualitative factor components amounted to $9.5 million as of March 31, 2022 and $9.7 million as of December 31, 2021. Management is monitoring portfolio activity, such as levels of deferral and/or modification requests, deferral and/or modification concentration levels by collateral, as well as industry concentration levels to identify areas within the loan portfolio which may create elevated levels of risk should the economic environment created by uncertainty related to COVID-19 pandemic present indications of economic instability that is other than temporary in nature.
Overall Change in Allowance
As a result of management's analysis, the Company added, through the provision, $101 thousand to the ALLL for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The ALLL, as a percentage of period-end loans held for investment, was 1.11% and 1.17% at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The decrease in the ALLL as a percentage of loans held for investment at March 31, 2022 compared to the December 31, 2021 was primarily attributable to: (i) an increase in loans held for investment, excluding PPP loans (non-GAAP); (ii) continued improvement in historical qualitative loss rates; and (iii) the shift of one large commercial relationship from pooled to individually impaired with no specific reserve, partially offset by qualitative factor adjustments for volume trends. Excluding PPP loans, the ALLL as a percentage of loans held for investment was 1.12% and 1.20% at March 31 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Loans held for investment excluding PPP loans is a non-GAAP financial measure. For more information about financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, please see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below. Management believes that the allowance has been appropriately funded for losses on existing loans, based on currently available information. Low levels of past dues and year-over-year quantitative historical loss rates continue to demonstrate improvement. The Company will continue to monitor the loan portfolio, levels of nonperforming assets, and the sustainability of improving asset quality trends experienced closely and make changes to the allowance for loan losses when necessary. As the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, elevated levels of risk within the loan portfolio may require additional increases in the ALLL.
The allowance for loan losses represents an amount that, in management’s judgement, will be adequate to absorb probable and estimable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The provision for loan losses increase the allowance and loans charged-off, net of recoveries, reduce the allowance. The following table presents the Company’s loan loss experience for the periods indicated:
TABLE 7: ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
For the three month ended March 31, 2022
(Dollars in thousands) | | Commercial and Industrial | | | Real Estate Construction | | | Real Estate - Mortgage (1) | | | Real Estate - Commercial | | | Consumer | | | Other | | | Unallocated | | | Total | |
Allowance for loan losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, beginning | | $ | 683 | | | $ | 459 | | | $ | 2,390 | | | $ | 4,787 | | | $ | 1,362 | | | $ | 184 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 9,865 | |
Charge-offs | | | (296 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (307 | ) | | | (97 | ) | | | - | | | | (700 | ) |
Recoveries | | | 77 | | | | - | | | | 30 | | | | - | | | | 116 | | | | 31 | | | | - | | | | 254 | |
Provision for loan losses | | | 72 | | | | 45 | | | | 14 | | | | (187 | ) | | | 170 | | | | (13 | ) | | | - | | | | 101 | |
Ending Balance | | $ | 536 | | | $ | 504 | | | $ | 2,434 | | | $ | 4,600 | | | $ | 1,341 | | | $ | 105 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 9,520 | |
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Average loans | | | 67,002 | | | | 60,513 | | | | 212,063 | | | | 398,547 | | | | 116,691 | | | | 7,375 | | | | | | | | 862,191 | |
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans | | | 0.33 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | -0.01 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.16 | % | | | 0.89 | % | | | | | | | 0.05 | % |
For the three month ended March 31, 2021
(Dollars in thousands) | | Commercial and Industrial | | | Real Estate Construction | | | Real Estate - Mortgage (1) | | | Real Estate - Commercial | | | Consumer | | | Other | | | Unallocated | | | Total | |
Allowance for loan losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, beginning | | $ | 650 | | | $ | 339 | | | $ | 2,560 | | | $ | 4,434 | | | $ | 1,302 | | | $ | 123 | | | $ | 133 | | | $ | 9,541 | |
Charge-offs | | | (4 | ) | | | - | | | | (1 | ) | | | - | | | | (197 | ) | | | (114 | ) | | | - | | | | (316 | ) |
Recoveries | | | 2 | | | | - | | | | 14 | | | | 1 | | | | 213 | | | | 56 | | | | - | | | | 286 | |
Provision for loan losses | | | 93 | | | | (17 | ) | | | (24 | ) | | | (118 | ) | | | (33 | ) | | | 196 | | | | 53 | | | | 150 | |
Ending Balance | | $ | 741 | | | $ | 322 | | | $ | 2,549 | | | $ | 4,317 | | | $ | 1,285 | | | $ | 261 | | | $ | 186 | | | $ | 9,661 | |
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Average loans | | | 128,458 | | | | 42,744 | | | | 205,115 | | | | 323,380 | | | | 116,981 | | | | 8,764 | | | | | | | | 825,442 | |
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | -0.01 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | -0.01 | % | | | 0.66 | % | | | | | | | 0.00 | % |
(1) The real estate-mortgage segment included residential 1-4 family, multi-family, second mortgages and equity lines of credit.
The following table shows the amount of the allowance for loan losses allocated to each category and the ratio of corresponding outstanding loan balances as of the periods indicated. Although the allowance for loan losses is allocated into these categories, the entire allowance for loan losses is available to cover loan losses in any category.
TABLE 8: ALLOCATION OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
| | March 31, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
(Dollars in thousands) | | Amount | | | Percent of Loans to Total Loans | | | Amount | | | Percent of Loans to Total Loans | |
Commercial and industrial | | $ | 536 | | | | 6.89 | % | | $ | 683 | | | | 8.14 | % |
Real estate-construction | | | 504 | | | | 7.54 | % | | | 459 | | | | 6.93 | % |
Real estate-mortgage (1) | | | 2,434 | | | | 24.88 | % | | | 2,390 | | | | 24.46 | % |
Real estate-commercial | | | 4,600 | | | | 46.18 | % | | | 4,787 | | | | 45.36 | % |
Consumer | | | 1,341 | | | | 13.76 | % | | | 1,362 | | | | 14.04 | % |
Other | | | 105 | | | | 0.74 | % | | | 184 | | | | 1.07 | % |
Ending Balance | | $ | 9,520 | | | | 100.00 | % | | $ | 9,865 | | | | 100.00 | % |
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(1) The real estate-mortgage segment included residential 1-4 family, multi-family, second mortgages and equity lines of credit. | |
Deposits
The following table shows the average balances and average rates paid on deposits for the periods presented.
| | Three months ended March 31, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
(Dollars in thousands) | | | | | | | | Average Balance | | | | |
Interest-bearing transaction | | $ | 75,129 | | | | 0.02 | % | | $ | 67,759 | | | | 0.02 | % |
Money market | | | 389,368 | | | | 0.17 | % | | | 347,530 | | | | 0.24 | % |
Savings | | | 126,258 | | | | 0.03 | % | | | 108,262 | | | | 0.04 | % |
Time deposits | | | 167,859 | | | | 0.87 | % | | | 191,298 | | | | 1.24 | % |
Total interest bearing | | | 758,614 | | | | 0.29 | % | | | 714,849 | | | | 0.45 | % |
Demand | | | 414,080 | | | | | | | | 368,073 | | | | | |
Total deposits | | $ | 1,172,694 | | | | | | | $ | 1,082,922 | | | | | |
The Company’s average total deposits were $1.2 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $89.8 million or 8.3% from average total deposits for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Demand deposit and money market account categories had the largest increases, totaling $46.0 million and $41.8 million, respectively. Average time deposits, which is the Company’s most expensive deposit category, decreased by a total of $23.4 million as seen in the table above. The average rate paid on interest-bearing deposits by the Company in 2022 was 0.29% compared to 0.45% in 2021.
The impact of government stimulus, PPP loan related deposits, and higher levels of consumer savings were primary drivers of the increase in total deposits. The Company remains focused on increasing lower-cost deposits by actively targeting new noninterest-bearing deposits and savings deposits.
As of March 31, 2022 and 2021, the estimated amounts of total uninsured deposits were $273.7 million and $240.7 million, respectively. The following table shows maturities of the estimated amounts of uninsured time deposits at March 31, 2022. The estimate of uninsured deposits generally represents the portion of deposit accounts that exceed the FDIC insurance limit of $250,000 and is calculated based on the same methodologies and assumptions used for purposes of the Bank’s regulatory reporting requirements.
TABLE 10: MATURITIES OF UNINSURED TIME DEPOSITS
| | As of March 31, | |
(dollars in thousands) | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Maturing in: | | | | | | |
Within 3 months | | $ | 12,631 | | | $ | 13,006 | |
4 through 6 months | | | 8,512 | | | | 4,381 | |
7 through 12 months | | | 4,397 | | | | 8,913 | |
Greater than 12 months | | | 13,226 | | | | 16,020 | |
| | $ | 38,766 | | | $ | 42,320 | |
Capital Resources
Total stockholders' equity as of March 31, 2022 was $108.1 million, down 10.5% from $120.8 million on December 31, 2021. The decrease was related to unrealized losses in the market value of securities available for sale, which are recognized as a component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income and was driven by increases in market interest rates, and the repurchase of 122,995 shares, for an aggregate purchase price of $3.0 million, under the Company’s share repurchase program, partially offset by retained earnings.
The assessment of capital adequacy depends on such factors as asset quality, liquidity, earnings performance, and changing competitive conditions and economic forces. The adequacy of the Company’s and the Bank’s capital is regularly reviewed. The Company targets regulatory capital levels that will assure an adequate level of capital to support anticipated asset growth and to absorb potential losses. While the Company will continue to look for opportunities to invest capital in profitable growth, the Company will also consider investing capital in other transactions, such as share repurchases, that facilitate improving shareholder return, as measured by ROE and earnings per share.
The Bank’s capital position remains strong as evidenced by the regulatory capital measurements. Under the banking regulations, Total Capital is composed of core capital (Tier 1) and supplemental capital (Tier 2). Tier 1 capital consists of common stockholders' equity less goodwill. Tier 2 capital consists of certain qualifying debt and a qualifying portion of the allowance for loan losses.
In June 2013, the federal bank regulatory agencies adopted the Basel III Capital Rules (i) to implement the Basel III capital framework and (ii) for calculating risk-weighted assets. These rules became effective January 1, 2015, subject to limited phase-in periods. The EGRRCPA, enacted in May 2018, required action by the FRB to expand the applicability of its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement, which, among other things, exempts certain bank holding companies from reporting consolidated regulatory capital ratios and from minimum regulatory capital requirements that apply to other bank holding companies. In August 2018, the FRB issued an interim final rule provisionally expanding the applicability of the small bank holding company policy statement to bank holding companies with consolidated total assets of less than $3 billion. The statement previously applied only to bank holding companies with consolidated total assets of less than $1 billion. As a result of the interim final rule, which was effective upon its issuance, the Company expects that it will be treated as a small bank holding company and will not be subject to regulatory capital requirements. For an overview of the Basel III Capital Rules and the EGRRCPA, refer to “Regulation and Supervision” included in Item 1, “Business” of the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K.
On September 17, 2019 the FDIC finalized a rule that introduces an optional simplified measure of capital adequacy for qualifying community banking organizations (i.e., the community bank leverage ratio (CBLR) framework), as required by the EGRRCPA. The CBLR framework is designed to reduce burden by removing the requirements for calculating and reporting risk-based capital ratios for qualifying community banking organizations that opt into the framework.
In order to qualify for the CBLR framework, a community banking organization must have a Tier 1 leverage ratio of greater than 9%, less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets, and limited amounts of off-balance-sheet exposures and trading assets and liabilities. A qualifying community banking organization that opts into the CBLR framework and meets all requirements under the framework will be considered to have met the well-capitalized ratio requirements under the Prompt Corrective Action regulations and will not be required to report or calculate risk-based capital. The CBLR framework was available for banks to begin using in their March 31, 2020, Call Report. The Bank did not opt into the CBLR framework.
The following is a summary of the Bank’s capital ratios as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As shown below, these ratios were all well above the recommended regulatory minimum levels.
TABLE 11: REGULATORY CAPITAL
| | | | | March 31, 2022 | | | | | | December 31, 2021 | |
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets | | | 4.500 | % | | | 12.19 | % | | | 4.500 | % | | | 12.57 | % |
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets | | | 6.000 | % | | | 12.19 | % | | | 6.000 | % | | | 12.57 | % |
Tier 1 Leverage to Average Assets | | | 4.000 | % | | | 9.18 | % | | | 4.000 | % | | | 9.09 | % |
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets | | | 8.000 | % | | | 13.15 | % | | | 8.000 | % | | | 13.61 | % |
Capital Conservation Buffer | | | 2.500 | % | | | 5.15 | % | | | 2.500 | % | | | 5.61 | % |
Risk-Weighted Assets (in thousands) | | | | | | $ | 995,172 | | | | | | | $ | 952,218 | |
On July 14, 2021, the Company issued $30.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.50% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2031 (the Notes) in a private placement transaction. The Notes initially bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.50% for five years and convert to three month SOFR plus 286 basis points, resetting quarterly, thereafter. The Notes were structured to qualify as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes and are included in the Company’s Tier 2 capital as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Effective October 19, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program. The Company is authorized pursuant to this program to repurchase up to 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock through November 30, 2022. Repurchases under the program may be made through privately negotiated transactions or open market transactions, including pursuant to a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and/or Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act and shares repurchased will be returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares of common stock. The timing, number and purchase price of shares repurchased under the program, if any, will be determined by management in its discretion and will depend on a number of factors, including the market price of the shares as a percentage of tangible book value, general market and economic conditions, applicable legal requirements and other conditions, and there is no assurance that the Company will purchase any shares under the program. The Company repurchased 122,995 shares of the Company’s common stock at an aggregate cost of $3.0 million under this plan during the first quarter of 2022.
Liquidity
Liquidity is the ability of the Company to meet present and future financial obligations through either the sale or maturity of existing assets or the acquisition of additional funds through liability management. Liquid assets include cash, interest-bearing deposits with banks, federal funds sold, investments in securities and loans maturing within one year.
A major source of the Company’s liquidity is its large, stable deposit base. In addition, secondary liquidity sources are available through the use of borrowed funds if the need should arise, including secured advances from the FHLB and FRB. As of the end of the first quarter of 2022, the Company had $399.0 million in FHLB borrowing availability based on loans and securities currently available for pledging. The Company believes that the availability at the FHLB is sufficient to meet future cash-flow needs. The Company also has available short-term, unsecured borrowed funds in the form of federal funds lines of credit with correspondent banks.
Based on the Company’s management of liquid assets, the availability of borrowed funds, and the Company's ability to generate liquidity through liability funding, management believes that the Company maintains overall liquidity sufficient to satisfy its depositors’ requirements and to meet its customers’ future borrowing needs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s ability to maintain sufficient liquidity may be affected by numerous factors, including economic conditions nationally and in the Company’s markets. Depending on its liquidity levels, its capital position, conditions in the capital markets and other factors, the Company may from time to time consider the issuance of debt, equity, other securities or other possible capital markets transactions, the proceeds of which could provide additional liquidity for the Company’s operations.
The following table sets forth information relating to the Company’s sources of liquidity and the outstanding commitments for use of liquidity at March 31, 2022. Dividing the total short-term sources of liquidity by the outstanding commitments for use of liquidity derives the liquidity coverage ratio.
TABLE 12: LIQUIDITY SOURCES AND USES
| | March 31, | |
| | 2022 | |
(dollars in thousands) | | Total | | | In Use | | | Available | |
Sources: | | | | | | | | | |
Federal funds lines of credit | | $ | 115,000 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 115,000 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank advances | | | 399,020 | | | | - | | | | 399,020 | |
Federal funds sold & balances at the Federal Reserve | | | | | | | | | | | 141,964 | |
Securities, available for sale and unpledged at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | 176,084 | |
Total short-term funding sources | | | | | | | | | | $ | 832,068 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Uses: (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unfunded loan commitments and lending lines of credit | | | | | | | | | | | 74,457 | |
Letters of credit | | | | | | | | | | | 1,083 | |
Total potential short-term funding uses | | | | | | | | | | | 75,540 | |
Liquidity coverage ratio | | | | | | | | | | | 1101.5 | % |
(1) Represents partial draw levels based on loan segment. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The Company’s operating activities provided $4.5 million of cash during the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to $14.2 million provided during the comparative 2021 period. The Company’s investing activities used $30.8 million of cash during the first quarter of 2022, compared to $18.4 million of cash provided during the first quarter of 2021. The Company’s financing activities used $3.4 million and provided $24.4 million of cash during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Management is not aware of any market or institutional trends, events or uncertainties that are expected to have a material effect on the liquidity, capital resources or operations of the Company. Nor is management aware of any current recommendations by regulatory authorities that would have a material effect on liquidity or operations. The Company’s internal sources of liquidity are deposits, loan and investment repayments and securities available-for-sale. The Company’s primary external source of liquidity is advances from the FHLB.
In the ordinary course of business the Company has entered into contractual obligations and has made other commitments to make future payments. As of March 31, 2022, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business as disclosed in the Company’s contractual obligations disclosed in the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of March 31, 2022, there were no material changes in the Company’s off-balance sheet arrangements disclosed in the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In reporting the results of the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company has provided supplemental financial measures on a tax equivalent or an adjusted basis. These non-GAAP financial measures are a supplement to GAAP, which is used to prepare the Company’s financial statements, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the Company’s non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to non-GAAP financial measures of other companies. The Company uses the non-GAAP financial measures discussed herein in its analysis of the Company’s performance. The Company’s management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional understanding of ongoing operations and enhance comparability of results of operations with prior periods presented without the impact of items or events that may obscure trends in the Company’s underlying performance. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company to evaluate and measure the Company’s performance to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is presented below.
TABLE 13: Non-GAAP FINACIAL MEASURES
| | Three Months Ended March 31, | | | | |
(dollar in thousands, except per share data) | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | | |
Fully Taxable Equivalent Net Interest Income | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest income (GAAP) | | $ | 9,637 | | | $ | 10,156 | | | | |
FTE adjustment | | | 68 | | | | 59 | | | | |
Net interest income (FTE) (non-GAAP) | | $ | 9,705 | | | $ | 10,215 | | | | |
Noninterest income (GAAP) | | | 3,515 | | | | 4,134 | | | | |
Total revenue (FTE) (non-GAAP) | | $ | 13,220 | | | $ | 14,349 | | | | |
Noninterest expense (GAAP) | | | 10,713 | | | | 10,558 | | | | |
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Average earning assets | | $ | 1,246,028 | | | $ | 1,150,231 | | | | |
Net interest margin | | | 3.14 | % | | | 3.58 | % | | | |
Net interest margin (FTE) (non-GAAP) | | | 3.16 | % | | | 3.60 | % | | | |
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Tangible Book Value Per Share | | March 31, 2022 | | | December 31, 2021 | | | | |
Total Stockholders Equity (GAAP) | | $ | 108,099 | | | $ | 120,818 | | | | |
Less goodwill | | | 1,650 | | | | 1,650 | | | | |
Less core deposit intangible | | | 264 | | | | 275 | | | | |
Tangible Stockholders Equity (non-GAAP) | | $ | 106,185 | | | $ | 118,893 | | | | |
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Shares issued and outstanding | | | 5,118,193 | | | | 5,239,707 | | | | |
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Book value per share | | $ | 21.12 | | | $ | 23.06 | | | | |
Tangible book value per share | | $ | 20.75 | | | $ | 22.69 | | | | |
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ALLL as a Percentage of Loans Held for Investment | | March 31, 2022 | | | December 31, 2021 | | | March 31, 2021 | |
Loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs) (GAAP) | | $ | 855,234 | | | $ | 843,526 | | | $ | 807,661 | |
Less PPP originations | | | 7,509 | | | | 19,008 | | | | 66,805 | |
Loans held for investment, (net of deferred fees and costs), excluding PPP (non-GAAP) | | $ | 847,725 | | | $ | 824,518 | | | $ | 740,856 | |
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ALLL | | $ | 9,520 | | | $ | 9,865 | | | $ | 9,661 | |
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ALLL as a Percentage of Loans Held for Investment | | | 1.11 | % | | | 1.17 | % | | | 1.20 | % |
ALLL as a Percentage of Loans Held for Investment, net of PPP originations | | | 1.12 | % | | | 1.20 | % | | | 1.30 | % |
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains statements concerning the Company’s expectations, plans, objectives or beliefs regarding future financial performance and other statements that are not historical facts. These statements may constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined by federal securities laws and may include, but are not limited to: statements regarding expected future operations and financial performance; current and future interest rate levels and fluctuations; the Company’s technology and efficiency initiatives and anticipated completion timelines; potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including on asset quality, the allowance for loan losses, provision for loan losses, interest rates, and results of operations; certain items that management does not expect to have an ongoing impact on consolidated net income; net interest margin compression and items affecting net interest margin; strategic business initiatives and the anticipated effects thereof, forgiveness of loans originated under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of the Small Business Administration and the related impact on the Company’s results of operations; asset quality; adequacy of allowances for loan losses and the level of future chargeoffs; liquidity and capital levels; and the effect of future market and industry trends. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties due to factors that could have a material adverse effect on the operations and future prospects of the Company including, but not limited to, changes in:
| • | interest rates, such as increases or volatility in short-term interest rates or yields on U.S. Treasury bonds and increases or volatility in mortgage interest rates, and the impacts on macroeconomic conditions, customer and client behavior and the Company’s funding costs |
| • | general business conditions, as well as conditions within the financial markets |
| • | general economic conditions, including unemployment levels, supply chain disruptions, higher inflation, and slowdowns in economic growth, including related to further and sustained economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| • | the effectiveness of the Company’s efforts to respond to COVID-19, the severity and duration of the pandemic, the impact of loosening of governmental restrictions, the uncertainty regarding new variants, the pace and efficacy of vaccinations and treatment developments, the pace and durability of economic recovery and the heightened impact that COVID-19 may have on many of the risks described herein |
| • | the Company’s branch realignment initiatives |
| • | the Company’s technology, efficiency, and other strategic initiatives |
| • | the legislative/regulatory climate, regulatory initiatives with respect to financial institutions, products and services, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the CFPB) and the regulatory and enforcement activities of the CFPB |
| • | monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the effect of these policies on interest rates and business in our markets |
| • | future levels of government defense spending particularly in the Company’s service area |
| • | the impact of potential changes in the political landscape and related policy changes, including monetary, regulatory and trade policies |
| • | the U.S. Government’s guarantee of repayment of student or small business loans purchased by the Company |
| • | the value of securities held in the Company’s investment portfolios |
| • | demand for loan products and the impact of changes in demand on loan growth |
| • | the quality or composition of the loan portfolios and the value of the collateral securing those loans |
| • | changes in the volume and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities |
| • | the effects of management’s investment strategy and strategy to manage the net interest margin |
| • | the level of net charge-offs on loans and the adequacy of our allowance for loan and lease losses |
| • | performance of the Company’s dealer lending program |
| • | the strength of the Company’s counterparties |
| • | competition from both banks and non-banks |
| • | demand for financial services in the Company’s market area |
| • | implementation of new technologies |
| • | the Company’s ability to develop and maintain secure and reliable electronic systems |
| • | any interruption or breach of security in the Company’s information systems or those of the Company’s third-party vendors or their service providers |
| • | reliance on third parties for key services |
| • | cyber threats, attacks or events |
| • | potential adverse effects of unusual and infrequently occurring events, such as weather-related disasters, terrorist acts, geopolitical conflicts, such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, or public health events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and of governmental and societal responses thereto |
| • | the use of inaccurate assumptions in management’s modeling systems |
| • | technological risks and developments |
| • | the commercial and residential real estate markets |
| • | the demand in the secondary residential mortgage loan markets |
| • | expansion of the Company’s product offerings |
| • | accounting principles, policies and guidelines and elections made by the Company thereunder |
These risks and uncertainties, and the risks discussed in more detail in Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” of Part I of the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K should be considered in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained herein. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “intend,” “should,” “could,” or similar expressions, are not statements of historical fact, and are based on management’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations regarding future events or performance as of the date of this report, taking into account all information currently available. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made, except as otherwise required by law. In addition, past results of operations are not necessarily indicative of future results.
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. |
Not required.
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures. |
Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Management evaluated, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluating its disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Because of its inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Changes in Internal Controls. There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the Company’s second quarter ended March 31, 2022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings. |
There are no pending legal proceedings to which the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, is a party or to which the property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, in the opinion of management, may materially impact the financial condition of the Company.
There have been no material changes in the risk factors faced by the Company from those disclosed in the Company's 2021 Form 10-K.
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. |
Pursuant to the Company’s equity compensation plans, participants may pay the exercise price of certain awards or satisfy tax withholding requirements associated with awards by surrendering shares of the Company’s common stock that the participants already own. Additionally, participants may also surrender shares upon vesting of restricted stock awards to satisfy tax withholding requirements. Shares surrendered by participants of these plans are repurchased at current market value pursuant to the terms of the applicable awards. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company did not repurchase any shares related to the equity compensation plan awards.
Effective October 19, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program (the Repurchase Program). The Company is authorized pursuant to this program to repurchase up to 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock through November 30, 2022. Repurchases under the program may be made through privately negotiated transactions or open market transactions, including pursuant to a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and/or Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act and shares repurchased will be returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares of common stock. The timing, number and purchase price of shares repurchased under the Repurchase Program will be determined by management in its discretion and will depend on a number of factors, including the market price of the shares as a percentage of tangible book value, general market and economic conditions, applicable legal requirements and other conditions. There were 122,995 shares repurchased under the 2021 Repurchase Program during the first quarter of 2022. As of March 31, 2022, the Company has made aggregate common stock repurchases of 129,595 shares for an aggregate cost of $3.2 million under the Repurchase Program.
The following table summarizes repurchases of the Company’s common stock that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2022.
Period | | Total number of shares repurchased | | | Average price paid per share ($) | | | Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs | | | Maximum number (or approximaate dollar value) of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs ($) | |
January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022 | | | 30,143 | | | $ | 23.85 | | | | 30,143 | | | $ | 13,282,928 | |
February 1, 2022 - February 28, 2022 | | | 23,752 | | | | 24.41 | | | | 23,752 | | | | 12,703,136 | |
March 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022 | | | 69,100 | | | | 25.32 | | | | 69,100 | | | $ | 10,953,747 | |
Total | | | 122,995 | | | $ | 24.68 | | | | 122,995 | | | | | |
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities. |
None.
Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures. |
None.
Item 5. | Other Information. |
Information Required by Item 407(c)(3) of Regulation S-K:
The Company has made no changes to the process by which security holders may recommend nominees to its Board of Directors, which is discussed in the Company's Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Exhibit No. | Description |
| Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of October 27, 2017, by and among Old Point Financial Corporation, The Old Point National Bank of Phoebus, and Citizens National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Form 8-K filed November 2, 2017) |
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| Articles of Incorporation of Old Point Financial Corporation, as amended effective June 22, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-K filed March 12, 2009) |
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| Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Old Point Financial Corporation, effective May 26, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 to Form 8-K filed May 31, 2016) |
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| Bylaws of Old Point Financial Corporation, as amended and restated August 9, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 10-Q filed August 10, 2016) |
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| Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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| Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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| Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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101 | The following materials from Old Point Financial Corporation’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, formatted in Inline XBRL, filed herewith: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited for March 31, 2022), (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited), (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (unaudited), (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited), (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited), and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) |
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104 | The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022, formatted in Inline XBRL (included with Exhibit 101) |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| OLD POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
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May 16, 2022 | /s/Robert F. Shuford, Jr. | |
| Robert F. Shuford, Jr. | |
| Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) | |
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May 16, 2022 | /s/Elizabeth T. Beale | |
| Elizabeth T. Beale | |
| Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President/Finance | |
| (Principal Financial & Accounting Officer) | |