The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, information regarding (i) the total dollar amount of interest and dividend income of the Company from interest-earning assets and the resultant average yields; (ii) the total dollar amount of interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities and the resultant average costs; (iii) net interest/dividend income; (iv) interest-rate spread; and (v) net interest margin. Yields and costs were derived by dividing annualized income or expense by the average balance of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods shown. The average balance of loans includes loans on which the Company has discontinued accruing interest. The yields and costs include certain fees which are considered to constitute adjustments to yields.
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Comparison of the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2005 and 2004
General Operating Results. Net income for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 was $2.9 million, or $.54 per basic share and $.53 per diluted share, compared to $2.3 million, or $.42 per basic share and $.41 per diluted share, for the comparable period in 2004. The $662,000 increase in net income resulted primarily from a $1.4 million increase in net interest income, offset by an increase in noninterest expense of $424,000.
Interest Income. Interest income increased $1.9 million to $15.1 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, when compared to the three-month period ended March 31, 2004. The increase was due to an increase in the average yield earned on interest-earning assets from 5.89% for the three months ended March 31, 2004 to 5.93% for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and a $121.1 million or 13.5% increase in average interest-earning assets outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2005.
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $454,000 or 8.0%, from $5.7 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2004 to $6.1 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $100.5 million or 12.0% in average interest-bearing liabilities outstanding, partially offset by a decrease in the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities from 2.70% for the three months ended March 31, 2004 to 2.61% for the comparable 2005 period. Average interest-bearing deposits increased from $684.5 million outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2004 to $765.1 million outstanding during the comparable period for 2005. Average borrowings increased from $155.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2004 to $175.2 million for the comparable 2005 period.
Provision for Loan Losses.A provision for loan losses is charged to income to increase the total loan loss allowance to a level deemed appropriate by management. The amount of the provision is based upon the volume and type of lending conducted by the Company, the Company’s charge-off experience, industry standards, the amount of nonperforming loans, general economic conditions, particularly as they relate to the Company’s market area, and other factors related to the collectibility of the Company’s loan portfolio. The Company recorded provisions for loan losses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 of $349,000 and $339,000, respectively. Net loans charged off for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 were $61,000 and $183,000, respectively. Management believes that the allowance for loan losses, which was $6.8 million or .70% of gross loans at March 31, 2005 is adequate.
Noninterest Income. Noninterest income increased $84,000 or 8.6% from $1.0 million during the three month period ended March 31, 2004 period to $1.1 million during the comparable 2005 period. The increase was primarily due to and increase in deposit account fees of $89,000 and a $56,000 net gain on securities available for sale, offset by a $71,000 decrease in net gain on sale of loans held for sale.
Noninterest Expense. Noninterest expense increased by $424,000 or 9.3% from $4.6 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2004 to $5.0 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005. The increase was primarily due to increases of $343,000 in salaries and employee benefits, and $99,000 in occupancy and equipment expense, both related to the overall growth of the Company.
Income Taxes. The Company made a provision for $1.4 million provision for income taxes for the three-month period ended March 31, 2004 (an effective tax rate of 37.5%) and $1.8 million (an effective tax rate of 37.7%) for the corresponding period in 2005.
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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 primarily from interest-rate risk inherent in its lending and deposit taking activities. The Company has little or no risk related to trading accounts, commodities or foreign exchange.
Management actively monitors and manages its interest rate risk exposure. The primary objective in managing interest-rate risk is to limit, within established guidelines, the adverse impact of changes in interest rates on the Company’s net interest income and capital, while adjusting the Company’s asset-liability structure to obtain the maximum yield-cost spread on that structure. Management relies primarily on its asset-liability structure to control interest rate risk. However, a sudden and substantial increase in interest rates could adversely impact the Company’s earnings, to the extent that the interest rates borne by assets and liabilities do not change at the same speed, to the same extent, or on the same basis. There have been no significant change in the Company’s market risk exposure since December 31, 2004. The Company does not believe that the interest rate swap entered into in September 2002 exposes the Company to significant interest rate risk.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
a. Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. The Company maintains controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Based upon their evaluation of those controls and procedures performed within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the Chief Executive and Chief Financial officers of the Company concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were adequate.
b. Changes in internal controls. The Company made no significant changes in its internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of the evaluation of those controls by the Chief Executive and Chief Financial officers.
FFLC BANCORP, INC.
Part II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
There are no material pending legal proceeding to which FFLC Bancorp, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their property is subject.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Common Stock. There were no repurchases of shares of the common stock by the Holding Company during the three months ended March 31, 2005.
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
Not applicable
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Not applicable
Item 5. Other Information
On March 9, 2005, the Bank entered into an Employee Retention Agreement with Paul K. Mueller to provide Mr. Mueller with an incentive to continue his employment with the Bank and to motivate him to maximize the value of the Bank. Under the terms of the Employee Retention Agreement, Mr. Mueller would be eligible to receive a retention payment of $184,000 if he remains employed by the Bank until June 30, 2005. A copy of the Employee Retention Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.5
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Item 6. Exhibits
(a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.
| 3.1 | | Certificate of Incorporation of FFLC Bancorp, Inc.* |
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| 3.2 | | Bylaws of FFLC Bancorp, Inc. *** |
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| 4.0 | | Stock Certificate of FFLC Bancorp, Inc.* |
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| 10.1 | | First Federal Savings Bank of Lake County Recognition and Retention Plan** |
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| 10.2 | | First Federal Savings Bank of Lake County Recognition and Retention Plan for Outside Directors** |
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| 10.3 | | FFLC Bancorp, Inc. Incentive Stock Option Plans for Officers and Employees** |
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| 10.4 | | FFLC Bancorp, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors** |
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| 10.5 | | Employee Retention Agreement of Paul K. Mueller |
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| 31.1 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Exchange Act |
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| 31.2 | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Exchange Act |
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| 32.1 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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| 32.2 | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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| * | Incorporated herein by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form S-1, Registration Statement, initially filed on September 27, 1993, Registration No. 33-69466. |
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| ** | Incorporated herein by reference into this document from the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 12, 1994. |
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| *** | Incorporated herein by reference into this document from the June 30, 2004 FFLC Bancorp, Inc. Form 10-Q filed July 23, 2004. |
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 29, 2005
| | FFLC Bancorp, Inc. |
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| By: | /s/ Stephen T. Kurtz |
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| Name: | Stephen T. Kurtz, President and |
| | Chief Executive Officer |
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| By: | /s/ Paul K. Mueller |
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| Name: | Paul K. Mueller, Executive Vice |
| | President and Treasurer |