EXHIBIT 99.1
News Release
Contact: | TOM LAMPEN, CHOICEONE BANK
(616) 887-2337
TLAMPEN@CHOICEONE.COM |
ChoiceOne Financial Announces Second Quarter Earnings For 2012
Sparta, Michigan - July 27, 2012 - ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc., parent company for ChoiceOne Bank, announced that ChoiceOne reported net income of $1,021,000 for the second quarter of 2012 compared to $904,000 in the same period last year. Earnings per share were $0.31 for the second quarter of 2012 compared to $0.28 for the second quarter in 2011. Net income for the first six months of 2012 was $2,036,000 or $0.62 per share, compared to $1,608,000 or $0.49 per share in the first half of 2011.
"We are pleased to report record net income", said James Bosserd, President and Chief Executive Officer of ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. "In the second quarter of 2012, we continued to grow cash deposits, which allowed us to fund additional earning assets. Our residential mortgage lending volume was outstanding as borrowers took advantage of low interest rates. We continued our commitment to community banking, which we believe includes taking in local deposits and investing them back into our communities by making loans to our neighboring families and businesses."
The increase in net income in both the second quarter and first six months of 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 was due to a lower provision for loan losses and higher noninterest income. These were partially offset by lower net interest income in the second quarter and first six months of 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011. Noninterest expense declined in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. Noninterest expense increased in the first quarter and first six months of 2012 compared to the same periods in the prior year.
Net interest income was $182,000 lower in the second quarter of 2012 and $108,000 lower in the first six months of 2012 than in the same periods in 2011. Average earning assets were $15.7 million higher in the first half of 2012 than in the same period in 2011. The average balance of loans was $4.4 million lower, primarily due to payments received on agricultural loans. The average balance of securities was $21.8 million higher as securities were purchased to provide growth in earning assets. ChoiceOne's net interest spread was 19 basis points lower in the first six months of 2012 than in the same period in 2011 because of the low interest rate environment that currently exists. The interest spread decrease was caused by reductions in rates earned on loans and investment securities that were greater than rate decreases on funding sources.
The provision for loan losses was $650,000 in the second quarter of 2012 and $1,475,000 in the first six months of 2012 compared to $850,000 and $1,850,000, respectively, in the same periods in 2011. The decrease in the provision in 2012 was based on lower net charge-offs. Net charge-offs were $377,000 in the second quarter and $1,079,000 in the first half of 2012, compared to $779,000 and $1,777,000, respectively, in the same periods in 2011. ChoiceOne's allowance for loan losses was 1.84% of total loans as of June 30, 2012, compared to 1.74% as of March 31, 2012 and 1.63% as of December 31, 2011. Total nonperforming loans were $8.3 million as of June 30, 2012, compared to $7.4 million as of March 31, 2012 and $6.7 million as of December 31, 2011. The increase in nonperforming loans was due to higher balances of nonaccrual loans and troubled debt restructurings at June 30, 2012 than existed at December 31, 2011.
Noninterest income increased $89,000 in the second quarter and increased $382,000 in the first half of 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011. Customer service charges dropped $99,000 and $129,000 in the second quarter and first six months of 2012, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year as a result of reduced overdraft fees, which was partially offset by growth in debit card fee income. Gains on sales of loans grew $254,000 in the second quarter and $489,000 in the first half of 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 as mortgage refinancing activity was stimulated by low interest rates for long-term fixed rate mortgage loans. Gains on
sales of securities increased $91,000 in the second quarter and $224,000 in the first six months of 2012 over the same periods in 2011 due to a higher level of sales activity. Net losses on sales of other assets were up $151,000 in the second quarter of 2012 and $281,000 in the first half of 2012 over the same periods in the prior year as a result of write-downs of foreclosed properties.
Noninterest expense decreased $56,000 in the second quarter and increased $92,000 in the first six months of 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011. Salaries and benefits expense grew $81,000 in the second quarter and $142,000 in the first half of 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 as a result of higher incentives and profit sharing, commission expense, and health insurance costs. FDIC insurance cost decreased $22,000 in the second quarter and $87,000 in the first six months of 2012 compared to the same periods in the prior year due to a change in the assessment base for insurance beginning in the second quarter of 2011.
Total assets declined $6.1 million in the second quarter of 2012, in contrast to $17.2 million of growth in the twelve months ended June 30, 2012. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $5.6 million in the second quarter of 2012 and increased $2.8 million in the last twelve months due to the timing of deposit growth and purchases of securities. Securities increased $3.2 million in the second quarter of 2012 and $26.2 million in the last twelve months as the reduction in loan balances and deposit growth provided funds for securities purchases. Net loans declined $2.5 million in the second quarter of 2012 as a result of loan pay-downs and have decreased $9.3 million in the twelve months ended June 30, 2012. Commercial real estate loans, agricultural loans, and residential mortgage loans declined over $1.0 million each while commercial and industrial loans grew over $2.0 million in the second quarter of 2012. Total deposits decreased $10.1 million in the second quarter of 2012 and have increased $13.3 million in the last twelve months. Checking, money market, and savings deposits decreased $2.8 million in the second quarter of 2012 while total certificates of deposit decreased $7.3 million during the same period.
ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Sparta, Michigan and the parent corporation of ChoiceOne Bank. ChoiceOne Bank operates thirteen full service offices in parts of Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon, and Newaygo Counties in Michigan. ChoiceOne Bank offers insurance and investment products through its subsidiary, ChoiceOne Insurance Agencies, Inc. For more information, please visit ChoiceOne's website at www.choiceone.com.
Condensed Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
(In Thousands) | 6/30/2012 | | 12/31/2011 | | 6/30/2011 |
Cash and Cash Equivalents | $ | 20,084 | | $ | 17,125 | | $ | 17,307 |
Securities | | 133,322 | | | 118,025 | | | 107,118 |
Loans, Net of Allowance For Loan Losses | | 300,229 | | | 316,176 | | | 309,525 |
Premises and Equipment | | 11,775 | | | 12,080 | | | 12,343 |
Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance Policies | | 9,813 | | | 9,834 | | | 9,675 |
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets | | 15,676 | | | 15,900 | | | 16,124 |
Other Assets | | 5,674 | | | 6,774 | | | 7,324 |
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Total Assets | $ | 496,573 | | $ | 495,914 | | $ | 479,416 |
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Noninterest-bearing Deposits | $ | 85,112 | | $ | 78,263 | | $ | 72,563 |
Interest-bearing Demand Deposits | | 133,759 | | | 127,505 | | | 121,627 |
Savings Deposits | | 50,107 | | | 46,737 | | | 45,596 |
Local Certificates of Deposit | | 130,216 | | | 144,983 | | | 143,775 |
Nonlocal Certificates of Deposit | | 3,548 | | | 5,877 | | | 5,877 |
Borrowings | | 30,096 | | | 30,316 | | | 30,203 |
Other Liabilities | | 4,353 | | | 4,329 | | | 3,569 |
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Total Liabilities | | 437,191 | | | 438,010 | | | 423,210 |
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Shareholders' Equity | | 59,382 | | | 57,904 | | | 56,206 |
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Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | $ | 496,573 | | $ | 495,914 | | $ | 479,416 |
Condensed Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
| Quarter Ended | | Six Months Ended | |
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Data) | 6/30/2012 | | 6/30/2011 | | 6/30/2012 | | 6/30/2011 | |
Interest Income | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Loans, including fees | $ | 4,165 | | $ | 4,593 | | $ | 8,511 | | $ | 9,142 | |
Securities | | 833 | | | 786 | | | 1,657 | | | 1,513 | |
Other | | 6 | | | 7 | | | 11 | | | 13 | |
Total Interest Income | | 5,004 | | | 5,386 | | | 10,179 | | | 10,668 | |
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Interest Expense | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Deposits | | 532 | | | 764 | | | 1,144 | | | 1,552 | |
Borrowings | | 182 | | | 150 | | | 326 | | | 299 | |
Total Interest Expense | | 714 | | | 914 | | | 1,470 | | | 1,851 | |
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Net Interest Income | | 4,290 | | | 4,472 | | | 8,709 | | | 8,817 | |
Provision for Loan Losses | | 650 | | | 850 | | | 1,475 | | | 1,850 | |
Net Interest Income After Provision
for Loan Losses | |
3,640
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3,622
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7,234
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6,967
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Noninterest Income | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Customer service charges | | 806 | | | 905 | | | 1,586 | | | 1,715 | |
Gains on sales of loans | | 386 | | | 132 | | | 760 | | | 271 | |
Gains on sales of securities | | 117 | | | 26 | | | 286 | | | 62 | |
Gains (losses) on sales of other assets | | (68 | ) | | 83 | | | (239 | ) | | 42 | |
Other income | | 472 | | | 478 | | | 1,013 | | | 934 | |
Total Noninterest Income | | 1,713 | | | 1,624 | | | 3,406 | | | 3,024 | |
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Noninterest Expense | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salaries and benefits | | 1,949 | | | 1,868 | | | 3,818 | | | 3,676 | |
Occupancy and equipment | | 545 | | | 583 | | | 1,137 | | | 1,132 | |
Data processing | | 434 | | | 435 | | | 876 | | | 866 | |
FDIC insurance | | 105 | | | 127 | | | 210 | | | 297 | |
Other expense | | 978 | | | 1,054 | | | 1,985 | | | 1,963 | |
Total Noninterest Expense | | 4,011 | | | 4,067 | | | 8,026 | | | 7,934 | |
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Income Before Income Tax | | 1,342 | | | 1,179 | | | 2,614 | | | 2,057 | |
Income Taxes | | 321 | | | 275 | | | 578 | | | 449 | |
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Net Income | $ | 1,021 | | $ | 904 | | $ | 2,036 | | $ | 1,608 | |
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Basic Earnings Per Share | $ | 0.31 | | $ | 0.28 | | $ | 0.62 | | $ | 0.49 | |
Diluted Earnings Per Share | $ | 0.31 | | $ | 0.28 | | $ | 0.62 | | $ | 0.49 | |
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Performance Ratios | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Return on Average Assets (Annualized) | | | | | | | | 0.82 | % | | 0.66 | % |
Return on Average Equity (Annualized) | | | | | | | | 6.94 | % | | 5.84 | % |
Net Interest Margin (Tax Equivalent) | | | | | | | | 4.02 | % | | 4.21 | % |
Efficiency Ratio | | | | | | | | 67.9 | % | | 67.4 | % |
Net Loan Charge-offs | | | | | | | $ | 1,079 | | $ | 1,777 | |
Net Loan Charge-offs as Percentage of | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Average Loans (Annualized) | | | | | | | | 0.70 | % | | 1.13 | % |
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Words such as "believes," "expects," "predicts," "may," "could," "continue," and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Management's determination of the provision and allowance for loan losses, the carrying value of goodwill and loan servicing rights, and the fair value of investment securities (including whether any impairment on any investment security is temporary or other than temporary) and management's assumptions concerning pension and other postretirement benefit plans involve judgments that are inherently forward-looking. These statements reflect management's current beliefs as to the expected outcomes of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. These statements involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions ("risk factors") that are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. Therefore, actual results and outcomes
may materially differ from what may be expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Furthermore, ChoiceOne undertakes no obligation to update, amend, or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Risk factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors described in Item 1A in ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011; changes in interest rates and interest rate relationships; demand for products and services; the degree of competition by traditional and non-traditional competitors; changes in banking laws and regulations; changes in tax laws; changes in prices, levies and assessments; the impact of technological advances; governmental and regulatory policy changes; the outcomes of pending and future litigation and contingencies; trends in customer behavior as well as their abilities to repay loans; changes in the local and national economies; changes in market conditions; the level and timing of asset growth; various other local and global uncertainties such as acts of terrorism and military actions; and current uncertainties and fluctuations in the financial markets and stocks of financial services providers due to concerns about capital levels and credit availability and concerns about the Michigan economy in particular. These are representative of the risk factors that could cause a difference between an ultimate actual outcome and a preceding forward-looking statement.
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EDITORS NOTE: Media interviews with ChoiceOne Bank executives are available by calling Tom Lampen at (616) 887-2337 or tlampen@choiceone.com. Electronic versions of bank official headshots are also available.
