1 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. 20549 Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 1996. Commission File Number 0-15580 ST. PAUL BANCORP, INC. Incorporated in the State of Delaware IRS Employer Identification #36-3504665 Address: 6700 West North Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60707 Telephone: (773) 622-5000 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, Par Value $0.01; Preferred Stock Purchase Rights. As of Jan. 31, 1997, St. Paul Bancorp, Inc. had 23,066,922 shares of common stock outstanding. The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates as of Jan. 31, 1997, was $487,151,256. (1) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No ---- ----- Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [x]. Documents Incorporated By Reference: PARTS I, II, III, AND IV: Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 1996. PART III: Portions of the definitive proxy statement for the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Report of the Organizational Planning and Stock Option Committees on Executive Compensation and the Corporate Performance Graph contained in the proxy statement shall not be incorporated by reference. - - ------------------- (1) Solely for the purpose of this calculation, all executive officers and directors of the registrant are considered to be affiliated. Also included are the shares held by various employee benefit plans where trustees are directors of St. Paul Bancorp, Inc. 2 The information required by the following items are incorporated herein by reference from portions of the registrant's Annual Report to Shareholders at Exhibit 13 as follows: Page Number PART I at Exhibit 13 ------------- Item 1 Business General................................. 20-21, 44, 67-68 Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity; Interest Rates and Interest Differential........... 26-27 Investment Portfolio............................ 39, 48-49 Loan Portfolio............... 32-34, 36, 39, 45, 49-50, 61 Summary of Loan Loss Experience........... 35, 36, 45, 50 Deposits...................................... 26, 38, 52 Return on Equity and Assets....................... 18-19 Short-Term Borrowings.............................. 52-54 Item 2 Properties............................................. 67 Item 3 Legal Proceedings..................................... none Item 4 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders...................................... none PART II Item 5 Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters........... 23, 25, 34, 55-56, 66-68, 72 Item 6 Selected Financial Data............................... 18-19 Item 7 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations................... 20-39 Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplemental Data............ 40-65 Item 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures.................. none PART III Item 10 Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant ... 70,* Item 11 Executive Compensation................................ * Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management........................................ * Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions........ * PART IV Item 14 Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K........................................... 68-69 * St. Paul Bancorp's definitive proxy statement for the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference, other than the sections entitled "Report of the Organizational Planning and Stock Option Committees on Executive Compensation" and "Comparative Performance Graph." 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on March 24, 1997 on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. St. Paul Bancorp, Inc. Joseph C. Scully Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below on March 24, 1997, by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated. /s/JOSEPH C. SCULLY /s/JOHN W. CROGHAN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Director /s/PATRICK J. AGNEW /s/ALAN J. FREDIAN President and Chief Operating Officer Director /s/ROBERT N. PARKE /s/PAUL C. GEAREN Senior Vice President and Treasurer Director (principal financial officer) /s/KENNETH J. JAMES /s/PAUL J. DEVITT Director First Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer) /s/JEAN C. MURRAY, O.P. Director /s/WILLIAM A. ANDERSON Director /s/JOHN J. VIERA Director 4 EXHIBITS (c) Financial Statements Filed Page - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Paul Bancorp, Inc. Consolidated Financial Statements...................................... 40 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements............................. 44 Report of Independent Auditors......................................... 65 Schedules to the consolidated financial statements required by Article 9 of Regulation S-X are omitted, since the required information is included in the footnotes or is not applicable. A current report on Form 8-K was filed on December 16, 1996 announcing a five-for-four stock split distributed on January 14, 1997 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 1996. The following Exhibit Index lists the Exhibits to Annual Report on Form 10-K. EXHIBIT NUMBER 3 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. i Restated Certificate of Incorporation (a). ii Bylaws of Registrant, as amended (a). iii Amendments to Bylaws of Registrant dated as of Dec. 18, 1989, July 18, 1992, Sept. 27, 1993, Oct. 25, 1993 and Feb. 28, 1994, respectively (a). EXHIBIT NUMBER 10 Material Contracts. i Stock Option Plan, as amended (a)(b). ii Amendment to Stock Option Plan dated May 13, 1992 (a)(b). iii Amendment to Stock Option Plan dated May 4, 1994 (a)(b). iv 1995 Incentive Plan (a)(b). v Employment Agreements dated as of Dec. 19, 1994 among St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Joseph C. Scully and Patrick J. Agnew, respectively (a)(b). vi Amendments to Employment Agreements, dated as of May 22, 1995, among St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Joseph C. Scully and Patrick J. Agnew, respectively (a)(b). vii Amendments to Employment Agreements, dated as of Aug. 28, 1995, among St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Joseph C. Scully and Patrick J. Agnew, respectively (a)(b). viii Amendments to Employment Agreements, dated as of Dec. 31, 1995, among St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Joseph C. Scully and Patrick J. Agnew, respectively (a)(b). ix Severance Agreements, dated as of Dec. 21, 1992, among St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Robert N. Parke, Thomas J. Rinella, Donald G. Ross and Clifford M. Sladnick, respectively (a)(b). x Amendments to Severance Agreements, dated as of Dec. 19, 1994, among St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Robert N. Parke, Thomas J. Rinella, Donald G. Ross and Clifford M. Sladnick, respectively (a)(b). xi Amendments to Severance Agreements, dated as of May 22, 1995, 5 among St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Robert N. Parke, Thomas J. Rinella, Donald G. Ross and Clifford M. Sladnick, respectively (a)(b). xii Amendments to Severance Agreements, dated as of Aug. 28, 1995, among St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Robert N. Parke, Thomas J. Rinella, Donald G. Ross and Clifford M. Sladnick, respectively (a)(b). xiii St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings Deferred Compensation Trust Agreement dated April 21, 1987 (a)(b). xiv First Amendment to Agreement in Trust dated as of Dec. 31, 1989 by and between St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings; and Alan J. Fredian, Michael R. Notaro and Faustin A. Pipal, as trustees (a)(b). xv St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and St. Paul Bancorp, Inc. Nonqualified Retirement Plan for Directors, as amended and restated as of March 28, 1994 (a)(b). xvi First Amendment to St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and St. Paul Bancorp, Inc. Nonqualified Retirement Plan for Directors, dated as of Dec. 31, 1995 (a)(b). xvii Agreement in Trust, dated as of Jan. 28, 1991 between St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Alan J. Fredian, Michael R. Notaro and Joseph C. Scully, as trustees (a)(b). xviii St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings Supplemental Retirement Plan and Excess Benefit Plan (a)(b). xix St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings Supplemental Retirement Trust (a)(b). xx St. Paul Bancorp, Inc. and St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings Employee Severance Compensation Plan, executed Dec. 20, 1993 (a)(b). xxi Term Loan Agreement, dated as of Nov. 21, 1991, among St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings Employee Stock Ownership Trust, St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., and Nationar (a). xxii First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1993 (but effective as of May 5, 1993), by and among St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings Employee Stock Ownership Trust, St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., and Nationar (a). xxiii Letter, dated Jan. 19, 1996, among St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings Employee Stock Ownership Trust, St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., and Northwest Savings Bank, as successor in interest to Nationar. xxiv Shareholders Rights Plan dated Oct. 26, 1992 (a). xxv Indenture for Subordinated Notes dated Feb. 1, 1993 between St. Paul Bancorp, Inc., and Harris Trust and Savings Bank (a). xxvi Indenture dated as of July 1, 1989 between St. Paul Federal Bank For Savings and Bankers Trust Company, Trustee (a). xxvii Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of Sept. 15, 1995, between St. Paul Bancorp, Inc. and LaSalle National Bank (a). xxviii First Amendment to Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of Oct. 15, 1996, between St. Paul Bancorp, Inc. and LaSalle National Bank. EXHIBIT NUMBER 13 Portions of the 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders. EXHIBIT NUMBER 21 Subsidiaries of Registrant. EXHIBIT NUMBER 23 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. EXHIBIT NUMBER 27 Financial Data Schedule. 6 (a) Exhibit has heretofore been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is incorporated herein by reference. (b) Management contract or compensation plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit. (c) Copies of the Exhibits will be furnished upon request and payment of the Company's expenses in furnishing the Financial Statement Schedule and Exhibits.