The following table shows the dollar amount of increase (decrease) in the Company’s consolidated interest income and expense for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, and attributes such variance to “volume” or “rate” changes. Variances that were immaterial have been allocated equally between rate and volume categories (dollars in thousands):
At June 30, 2006, the reserve for losses on loans and loan commitments was 1.37% of outstanding loans, as compared to 1.45% for the year ago period. The loan loss provision was $1,200,000 in the second quarter of 2006 compared to $1,000,000 for the year earlier period. Provision expense is determined by the Company’s ongoing analytical and evaluative assessment of the adequacy of the reserve for loan losses. This assessment reflects a continued sound credit quality profile, with low delinquent loans, modest net loan charge-offs and stable non-performing assets. At this date, management believes that its reserve for loan losses is at an appropriate level under current circumstances and prevailing economic conditions.
Non-interest income increased 21.5% for the six months and increased 33.2% for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 compared to the year ago periods. The year-over-year increases were due to modestly higher service charges on deposit accounts, mortgage revenue and increased income related to card issuer and merchant services. Service charge revenue increased in both periods primarily due to increased customer base in connection with the recent acquisition of F&M and the utilization of overdraft protection products.
Mortgage revenue increased due to an increase in mortgage originations, as the Company originated $53.8 million in residential mortgages during the quarter ended June 30, 2006, compared to $39.2 million for the year ago quarter and $38.0 million for the immediately preceding quarter.
Generally accepted accounting principles currently call for MSRs to be carried at the lower of origination value less accumulated amortization (book value) or fair value. At June 30, 2006, the Company serviced $499.7 million in mortgage loans on behalf of its customers, representing approximately 3,800 mortgage loans. The Company’s MSRs had a book value of $4.3 million compared to a fair value of approximately $5.8 million. Thus, there was no MSR valuation adjustment for the current quarter. At June 30, 2006, expressed as a percentage of loans serviced, the book value of MSR was .86% of serviced mortgage loans, while fair value was approximately 1.15% of serviced mortgages. Fair value as a percentage of loans serviced was estimated at 1.04% a year ago.
Non-Interest Expense
Non-interest expense increased 41.1% for the six months and 61.5% for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, compared to the same periods in 2005. Expense increases were primarily due to increased staffing related to the acquisition of F&M and the strong growth in business volumes.
Income Taxes
Income tax expense increased between the periods presented primarily as a result of higher pre-tax income.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
At June 30, 2006 total assets increased 69.1% to $2.1 billion compared to $1.3billion at December 31, 2005. The majority of the increase is attributable to the acquisition of F&M as well as organic loan growth during the first six months of 2006. The investment portfolio was $130.8 million at June 30, 2006 as compared to $59.3 million at year-end 2005. Asset growth was primarily funded by increased deposits over the past 6 months. Since December 31, 2005, deposits increased $575 million to $1.6 billion at June 30, 2006 as compared to $1.1 billion at December 31, 2005. Deposit growth is a function of ongoing growth in relationship customer balances and is positively impacted by the strong economies in which Cascade operates.
Brokered and Municipal Deposits:
During the first quarter of 2006, the Bank joined the Certificate of Account Registry Service (CDARS) that enables Cascade to distribute (and/or receive reciprocal) time deposits with other banks participating in the CDARS network on behalf of customers that are sensitive to the $100,000 FDIC insurance limitation. Such deposits are considered to be brokered funds and totaled approximately $33.3 million at June 30, 2006. In addition, during the second quarter of 2006, the Company participated in the State of Oregon CD program and at June 30, 2006, time deposits included $15 million of such time deposits.
The Company had no material off balance sheet derivative financial instruments as of June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005.
LIQUIDITY AND SOURCES OF FUNDS
The objective of liquidity management is to maintain ample cash flows to meet obligations for depositor withdrawals, fund the borrowing needs of loan customers, and to fund ongoing operations. Core relationship deposits are the primary source of the Bank’s liquidity. As such, the Bank focuses on deposit relationships with local business and consumer clients who maintain multiple accounts and services at the Bank. Management views such deposits as the foundation of its long-term liquidity because it believes such core deposits are more stable and less sensitive to changing interest rates and other economic factors compared to large time deposits or wholesale purchased funds. The Bank’s customer relationship strategy has resulted in a relatively higher percentage of its deposits being held in checking and money market accounts, and a lesser percentage in time deposits. The Bank’s present funding mix is diverse, with approximately 75% of its checking account balances arising from business and public accounts and 25% from consumers. The composition of money market and interest-bearing demand accounts was 46% business and 54% consumer. During the periods presented, deposit growth has generally been sufficient to fund increases in loans. Management invests excess funds in short-term and overnight money market instruments. Since December 31, 2005, the average amount of overnight investments declined by approximately $53 million on average, with such funds redeployed to fund loan growth. At June 30, 2006, total borrowings included Cascade’s issuance of approximately $68.6 million in junior subordinated trust preferred securities.
A further source of funds and liquidity is the Company’s capability to borrow from reliable counterparties. The Bank utilizes its investment securities, certain loans, FHLB Stock and certain deposits to provide collateral to support its borrowing needs.
Policy requires the analysis and testing of liquidity to ensure ample cash flow is available under a range of circumstances. Management believes that its focus on core relationship deposits coupled with access to borrowing through reliable counterparties provides reasonable and prudent assurance that ample liquidity is available. However, depositor or counterparty behavior could change in response to competition, economic or market situations including relative returns available in stock or bond markets or other unforeseen circumstances, which could have liquidity implications that may require different strategic or operational actions.
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The Bank’s primary counterparty for borrowing purposes is the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB). At June 30, 2006, the FHLB had extended the Bank a secured line of credit of $317.5 million that may be accessed for short or long-term borrowings given sufficient qualifying collateral. The Bank also had $15.0 million in short-term borrowing availability from the Federal Reserve Bank that requires specific qualifying collateral. In addition, the Bank maintained unsecured lines of credit totaling $49.0 million for the purchase of funds on a short-term basis from several commercial bank counterparties. At June 30, 2006, the Bank had aggregate remaining available borrowing sources totaling $264.1 million, given sufficient collateral.
Liquidity may be affected by the Bank’s routine commitments to extend credit. Historically a significant portion of such commitments (such as lines of credit) have expired or terminated without funding. In addition, more than one-third of total commitments pertain to various construction projects. Under the terms of such construction commitments, completion of specified project benchmarks must be certified before funds may be drawn. At June 30, 2006 the Bank had approximately $755.1 million in outstanding commitments to extend credit, compared to approximately $446.6 million at year-end 2005. Management believes that the Bank’s available resources will be sufficient to fund its commitments in the normal course of business.
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
In June 2006, the Company established its fourth subsidiary grantor trust (Cascade Bancorp Statutory Trust IV), which issued $20 million of trust preferred securities (TPS) and $619,000 of common securities on June 29, 2006 bringing total TPS outstanding to approximately $68.6 million. The purpose of the Company’s million of trust preferred securities is to support general corporate purposes and to augment regulatory capital. Management believes the securities qualify as Tier 1 regulatory capital and are priced at a competitive level. The Company’s obligations under the Debentures and related agreements, taken together, constitute a full and irrevocable guarantee by the Company of the obligations of the Trusts. The TPS are mandatorily redeemable upon the maturity of the Debentures, or upon earlier redemption as provided in the Indenture related to the Debentures. The TPS may be called by the Company at par at any time subsequent to March 31, 2011, and may be redeemed earlier upon the occurrence of certain events that impact the income tax or the regulatory capital treatment of the TPS. See footnote 7 of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details.
OTHER BORROWINGS
At June 30, 2006, the Bank had a total of approximately $100.9 million in long-term borrowings from FHLB with maturities from 2007 to 2025, bearing a weighted-average interest rate of 4.63%. In addition, at June 30, 2006, the Bank had short-term borrowings with FHLB and FRB of approximately $10.5 million and $6.0 million, respectively. At year-end 2005, the Bank had a total of $61.1 million in long-term borrowings from FHLB bearing a weighted-average interest rate of 3.91%, and short-term borrowings with FRB of approximately $3.2 million. See “Liquidity and Sources of Funds” section on page 23 for further discussion.
CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company’s total stockholders’ equity at June 30, 2006 was $242.5 million, an increase of $138.1 million from December 31, 2005. The increase primarily resulted from the issuance of stock in connection with the acquisition of F&M in the amount of $124.5 million, net income for the six months ended June 30, 2006 of $14.9 million, less cash dividends paid to shareholders of $3.6 million during the same period. In addition, at June 30, 2006 the Company had accumulated other comprehensive income of approximately $.2 million.
At June 30, 2006, the Company’s Tier 1 and total risked-based capital ratios under the Federal Reserve Board’s (“FRB”) risk-based capital guidelines were 9.70% and 10.96%, respectively. The FRB’s minimum risk-based capital ratio guidelines for Tier 1 and total capital are 4% and 8%, respectively.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risk is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and rates. The Company’s market risk arises principally from interest rate risk in its lending, deposit and borrowing activities. Management actively monitors and manages its interest rate risk exposure. Management considers interest rate risk to be a significant market risk, which could have the largest material effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
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There has not been any material change in the market risk disclosure contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in alerting them on a timely basis to material information relating to the Company required to be included in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Changes in Internal Controls
Since the Evaluation Date, there have not been any significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect such controls.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A. | Risk Factors |
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| There are no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. |
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Item 5. | Other Information |
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| (b) | Reports on Form 8-K |
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| | The Company filed a report on Form 8-K on May 16, 2006 to announce that on May 10, 2006 it made a presentation at the D.A. Davidson & Co. 8th Annual Financial Services Conference. The presentation was included by exhibit. |
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| | The Company filed a report on Form 8-K on July 12, 2006 to announce that it completed issuance of $20 million in trust preferred securities on June 29, 2006. |
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| | The Company filed a report on Form 8-K on July 13, 2006, in regards to release of the Company’s second quarter 2006 earnings. |
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Item 6. | Exhibits |
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| (a) | Exhibits |
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| | 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer |
| | 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer |
| | 32 | Certification Pursuant to Section 906 |
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SIGNATURES
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.
| CASCADE BANCORP |
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Date 8/7/06 | By | /s/ Patricia L. Moss |
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| | Patricia L. Moss, President & CEO |
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Date 8/8/06 | By | /s/ Gregory D. Newton |
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| | Gregory D. Newton, EVP/Chief Financial Officer |
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