Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011

Commission File Number: 1-14588

 

 

Northeast Bancorp

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maine   01-0425066

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

500 Canal Street, Lewiston, Maine   04240
(Address of Principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(207) 786-3245

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

 

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 subjected to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “accelerated filer”, “large accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨    Smaller Reporting Company   x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of May 11, 2011, the registrant had outstanding 3,311,173 shares of voting common stock, $1.00 par value per share, and 195,351 shares of non-voting common stock, $1.00 par value per share.

 

 

 


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Part I. Financial Information

     3   

        Item 1.

  

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

     3   
  

Consolidated Balance Sheets

March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) and June 30, 2010

     3   
  

Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2011

93 Days Ended March 31, 2011

181 Days Ended December 28, 2010

Three Months Ended March 31, 2010

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2010

     5   
  

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

93 Days Ended March 31, 2011

181 Days Ended December 28, 2010

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2010

     7   
  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

93 Days Ended March 31, 2011

181 Days Ended December 28, 2010

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2010

     9   
  

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

     11   

        Item 2.

  

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     32   

        Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

     51   

        Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

     51   

Part II. Other Information

     51   

        Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

     51   

        Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors

     51   

        Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     52   

        Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     52   

        Item 4.

  

[Removed and Reserved]

     52   

        Item 5.

  

Other Information

     52   

        Item 6.

  

Exhibits

     52   

 

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PART 1- FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Successor
Company (1)
          Predecessor
Company (2)
 
     March 31, 2011
(Unaudited)
          June 30, 2010
(Audited)
 
Assets          

Cash and due from banks

   $ 3,283           $ 7,019   

Short-term investments

     106,472             13,416   
                     

Total cash and cash equivalents

     109,755             20,435   

Available-for-sale securities, at fair value

     127,227             164,188   

Loans held-for-sale

     8,378             14,254   
 

Loans receivable

         

Residential real estate

     143,172             155,613   

Commercial real estate

     117,562             121,175   

Construction

     2,941             5,525   

Commercial business

     25,490             30,214   

Consumer

     23,891             69,782   
                     

Total loans, gross

     313,056             382,309   

Less allowance for loan losses

     14             5,806   
                     

Loans, net

     313,042             376,503   

Premises and equipment, net

     8,079             7,997   

Acquired assets, net

     753             1,292   

Accrued interest receivable

     1,375             2,081   

Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost

     4,889             4,889   

Federal Reserve Bank stock, at cost

     597             597   

Intangible assets

     13,344             11,371   

Bank owned life insurance

     13,667             13,286   

Other assets

     6,268             5,714   
                     

Total assets

   $ 607,374           $ 622,607   
                     

 

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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands)

(Continued)

 

     Successor
Company (1)
          Predecessor
Company (2)
 
     March 31, 2011
(Unaudited)
          June 30, 2010
(Audited)
 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity          

Liabilities:

         

Deposits

         

Demand

   $ 45,254           $ 35,266   

Savings and interest checking

     90,379             89,024   

Money market

     52,226             55,556   

Brokered time deposits

     4,934             4,883   

Certificates of deposit

     208,571             199,468   
                     

Total deposits

     401,364             384,197   

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

     43,974             50,500   

Structured repurchase agreements

     68,434             65,000   

Short-term borrowings

     13,226             46,168   

Junior subordinated debentures issued to affiliated trusts

     7,922             16,496   

Capital lease obligation

     2,114             2,231   

Other borrowings

     2,134             2,630   

Other liabilities

     3,317             4,479   
                     

Total liabilities

     542,485             571,701   
                     

Commitments and contingent liabilities

         

Stockholders’ equity

         

Preferred stock, $1.00 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; 4,227 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, liquidation preference of $1,000 per share

     4             4   

Voting common stock, at stated value, 13,500,000 and 15,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively; 3,310,173 and 2,323,832 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively

     3,310             2,324   

Non-voting common stock, at stated value, 1,500,000 and 0 shares authorized at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively; 195,351 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively

     195             —     

Warrants

     406             133   

Additional paid-in capital

     49,535             6,761   

Unearned restricted stock award

     (172          —     

Retained earnings

     11,579             37,338   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     32             4,346   
                     

Total stockholders’ equity

     64,889             50,906   
                     

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 607,374           $ 622,607   
                     

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

 

(1) “Successor Company” means Northeast Bancorp and its subsidiary after the closing of the merger with FHB Formation LLC on December 29, 2010.
(2) “Predecessor Company” means Northeast Bancorp and its subsidiary before the closing of the merger with FHB Formation LLC on December 29, 2010.

 

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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     Successor Company (1)           Predecessor Company (2)  
     Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
2011
     93 Days
Ended
March 31,
2011
          181 Days
Ended
Dec. 28,
2010
     Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
2010
     Nine
Months
Ended
March 31,
2010
 

Interest and dividend income:

                  

Interest on loans

   $ 5,649       $ 5,845           $ 11,210       $ 5,960       $ 18,034   

Taxable interest on available-for-sale securities

     832         872             2,854         1,733         5,171   

Tax-exempt interest on available-for-sale securities

     71         75             231         121         356   

Dividends on available-for-sale securities

     7         7             26         19         46   

Dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve Bank stock

     12         13             18         9         27   

Other interest and dividend income

     33         34             39         2         10   
                                                

Total interest and dividend income

     6,604         6,846             14,378         7,844         23,644   
                                                

Interest expense:

                  

Deposits

     774         816             2,796         1,682         5,507   

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

     284         299             918         457         1,336   

Structured repurchase agreements

     249         272             1,392         692         2,172   

Short-term borrowings

     60         67             376         165         486   

Junior subordinated debentures issued to affiliated trusts

     174         180             340         182         587   

Obligation under capital lease agreements

     26         28             55         28         88   

Other borrowings

     35         35             75         43         156   
                                                

Total interest expense

     1,602         1,697             5,952         3,249         10,332   
                                                

Net interest and dividend income before provision for loan losses

     5,002         5,149             8,426         4,595         13,312   

Provision for loan losses

     49         49             912         628         1,504   
                                                

Net interest and dividend income after provision for loan losses

     4,953         5,100             7,514         3,967         11,808   
                                                

 

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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited) (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     Successor Company (1)           Predecessor Company (2)  
     Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
2011
    93 Days
Ended
March 31,
2011
          181 Days
Ended

Dec. 28,
2010
     Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
2010
    Nine
Months
Ended
March  31,
2010
 

Noninterest income:

                

Fees for other services to customers

     310       323             698         350        1,116   

Net securities gains (losses)

     47       47             17         (63     (20

Gain on sales of loans

     295       344             1,867         141        708   

Investment commissions

     709       734             1,174         467        1,455   

Insurance commissions

     1,458       1,495             2,661         1,741        4,705   

BOLI income

     126       131             250         125        376   

Bargain purchase gain

     296       15,216             —           —          —     

Other income

     148       156             330         292        510   
                                              

Total noninterest income

     3,389       18,446             6,997         3,053        8,850   
                                              

Noninterest expense:

                

Salaries and employee benefits

     4,824       4,991             6,670         3,469        10,392   

Occupancy and equipment expense

     903       930             1,556         907        2,566   

Professional fees

     378       387             527         211        797   

Data processing fees

     326       337             618         300        927   

Intangible assets amortization

     439       444             344         177        549   

Merger expense

     132       3,182             94         157        157   

Other

     1,337       1,455             2,138         1,051        3,052   
                                              

Total noninterest expense

     8,339       11,726             11,947         6,272        18,440   
                                              

Income before income tax (benefit) expense

     3       11,820             2,564         748        2,218   

Income tax (benefit) expense

     (153     (171          768         217        542   
                                              

Net income

   $ 156     $ 11,991           $ 1,796       $ 531      $ 1,676   
                                              

Net income available to common stockholders

   $ 58     $ 11,891           $ 1,677       $ 470      $ 1,493   
                                              

Weighted-average shares outstanding

                

Basic

     3,492,498        3,492,498             2,330,197         2,322,332        2,321,726   

Diluted

     3,559,873        3,560,278             2,354,385         2,342,153        2,331,227   

Earnings per common share:

                

Basic

   $ 0.02      $ 3.39           $ 0.72       $ 0.20      $ 0.64   

Diluted

   $ 0.02      $ 3.33           $ 0.71       $ 0.20      $ 0.64   

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

 

(1) “Successor Company” means Northeast Bancorp and its subsidiary after the closing of the merger with FHB Formation on LLC on December 29, 2010.
(2) “Predecessor Company” means Northeast Bancorp and its subsidiary before the closing of the merger with FHB Formation LLC on December 29, 2010.

 

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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

Periods Ended March 31, 2011, December 28, 2010 and March 31, 2010

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Preferred Stock      Common Stock             Additional      Unearned            Accumulated
Other
       
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount      Warrants      Paid-in
Capital
     Restricted
Stock
     Retained
Earnings
    Comprehensive
Income
    Total  

Predecessor Company (2)

                           

Balance at June 30, 2009

     4,227       $ 4         2,321,332       $ 2,321       $ 133       $ 6,709       $ —         $ 36,698      $ 1,451      $ 47,316   

Net income for nine months ended March 31, 2010

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           1,676        —          1,676   

Other comprehensive income net of tax:

                           

Net unrealized loss on purchased interest rate caps and swap

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           —          (125     (125

Net unrealized gain on investments available for sale, net of reclassification adjustment

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           —          2,006        2,006   
                                 

Total comprehensive income

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           —          —          3,557   

Dividends on preferred stock

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           (159     —          (159

Dividends on common stock at $0.27 per share

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           (626     —          (626

Stock options exercised

     —           —           1,000         1         —           7         —           —          —          8   

Accretion of preferred stock

     —           —           —           —           —           20         —           (20     —          —     

Amortization of issuance cost of preferred stock

     —           —           —           —           —           4         —           (4     —          —     
                                                                                       

Balance at March 31, 2010

     4,227       $ 4         2,322,332       $ 2,322       $ 133       $ 6,740       $ —         $ 37,565      $ 3,332      $ 50,096   
                                                                                       

Predecessor Company (2)

                           

Balance at June 30, 2010

     4,227       $ 4         2,323,832       $ 2,324       $ 133       $ 6,761       $ —         $ 37,338      $ 4,346      $ 50,906   

Net income for 181 days ended December 28, 2010

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           1,796        —          1,796   

Other comprehensive income net of tax:

                           

Net unrealized loss on purchased interest rate caps and swap

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           —          (27     (27

Net unrealized gain on investments available for sale, net of reclassification adjustment

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           —          (1,863     (1863
                                 

Total comprehensive loss

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           —          —          (94

Dividends on preferred stock

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           (106     —          (106

Dividends on common stock $0.18 per share

     —           —           —           —           —           —           —           (419     —          (419

Stock options exercised

     —           —           7,500         8         —           54         —           —          —          62   

Accretion of preferred stock

     —           —           —           —           —           13         —           (13     —          —     

Amortization of issuance cost of preferred stock

     —           —           —           —           —           3         —           (3     —          —     
                                                                                       

Balance at December 28, 2010

     4,227       $ 4         2,331,332       $ 2,332       $ 133       $ 6,831       $ —         $ 38,593      $ 2,456      $ 50,349   
                                                                                       

 

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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

Periods Ended March 31, 2011, December 28, 2010 and March 31, 2010

(Dollars in thousands)

(Continued)

 

     Preferred Stock      Common Stock             Additional     Unearned           Other        
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount      Warrants      Paid-in
Capital
    Restricted
Stock
    Retained
Earnings
    Comprehensive
Income
    Total  

Successor Company (1)

                         

Balance at December 29, 2010

     4,227       $ 4         2,331,332       $ 2,332       $ 313       $ 34,128      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 36,777   

Net income for 93 days ended March 31, 2011

     —           —           —           —           —           —          —          11,991        —          11,991   

Other comprehensive income net of tax:

                         

Net unrealized loss on purchased interest rate caps and swap

     —           —           —           —           —           —          —          —          66        66   

Net unrealized gain on investments available for sale, net of reclassification adjustment

     —           —           —           —           —           —          —          —          (34     (34
                               

Total comprehensive income

     —           —           —           —           —           —          —          —          —          12,023   

Acquisition accounting adjustment

                         

Purchase accounting adjustment

     —           —           —           —           93         (443     —          —          —          (350

Restricted stock award

     —           —           13,026         13         —           168        (181     —          —          —     

Voting common stock issued

     —           —           965,815         965         —           12,489        —          —          —          13,454   

Non-voting common stock issued

     —           —           195,351         195         —           2,526        —          —          —          2,721   

Dividends on preferred stock

     —           —           —           —           —           —          —          (53     —          (53

Dividends on common stock at $0.09 per share

     —           —           —           —           —           —          —          (314     —          (314

Amortization of preferred stock

     —           —           —           —           —           45        —          (45     —          —     

Stock award earned

     —           —           —           —           —           —          9        —          —          9   

SAR Option activity

     —           —           —           —           —           526        —          —          —          526   

Options expense

     —           —           —           —           —           96        —          —          —          96   
                                                                                     

Balance at March 31, 2011

     4,227       $ 4         3,505,524       $ 3,505       $ 406       $ 49,535      $ (172   $ 11,579      $ 32      $ 64,889   
                                                                                     

 

(1) “Successor Company” means Northeast Bancorp and its subsidiary after the closing of the merger with FHB Formation on LLC on December 29, 2010.
(2) “Predecessor Company” means Northeast Bancorp and its subsidiary before the closing of the merger with FHB Formation LLC on December 29, 2010.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Successor Company (1)            Predecessor Company (2)  
     93 days ended
March 31, 2011
           181 days ended
Dec. 28, 2010
    Nine months ended
March 31, 2010
 

Cash flows from operating activities:

           

Net income

   $ 11,991          $ 1,796     $ 1,676  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

           

Provision for loan losses

     49            912       1,723  

Provision for REO

     56             113    

Provision made for deferred compensation

     57            105       146  

Write-down of available-for-sale securities

     —               —          103  

Write-down of non-marketable securities

     —               —          99  

Amortization of intangible assets

     444            344       549  

BOLI income, net

     (131          (250     (376

Depreciation of premises and equipment

     281            520       813  

Net securities gains

     (47          (17     20  

Net (gain) loss on sale of acquired assets

     (1          (16     219  

Net (gain) disposal, write-down and sale of fixed assets

     (4          —          117  

Net (gain) loss on sale of insurance business

     —               (104     (235

Net change in loans held-for-sale

     (525          6,401       (138

Net amortization (accretion) of securities

     301            90       (23

Bargain purchase gain

     (15,216          —          —     

Change in other assets and liabilities:

           

Interest receivable

     585            121       53  

Prepayment FDIC assessment

     —               —          (2,498

Decrease in prepayment FDIC assessment

     159            120       158  

Other assets and liabilities

     (702          (831     894  
                             

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

     (2,703          9,304       3,300  
                             

Cash flows from investing activities:

           

Proceeds from the sales of available-for-sale securities

     64,588            173       1,312  

Purchases of available-for-sale securities

     (51,029          (19,001     (59,188

Proceeds from maturities and principal payments on available-for-sale securities

     10,706            26,805       38,462  

Loan originations and principal collections, net

     10,955            14,440       2,989  

Proceed from sale of portfolio loans

     36,829            —          —     

Purchases of premises and equipment

     (463          (490     (645

Proceeds from sales of premises and equipment

     16            36       43  

Proceeds from sales of acquired assets

     184            483       418  

Proceeds from sale of insurance businesses

     —               154       534  

Investment in low income tax credit

     —                 (1,031
                             

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     71,786            22,600       (17,106
                             

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited) (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     Successor Company (1)            Predecessor Company (2)  
     93 days ended
March 31, 2011
           181 days ended
Dec. 28, 2010
    Nine months ended
March 31, 2010
 

Cash flows from financing activities:

           

Net increase (decrease) in deposits

     24,122            (9,580     (5,022

Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank

     —               —          12,500  

Repayment of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank

     (8,000          —          (2,000

Net repayments on Federal Home Loan Bank overnight advances

     —               —          (815

Net (decrease) increase in short-term borrowings

     (49,817          16,875       7,020  

Dividends paid

     (367          (525     (785

Issuance of common stock

     16,175            62       8  

Purchase of interest rate caps

     —               —          (325

Repayment on debt from insurance agencies acquisitions

     —               (496     (634

Repayment on capital lease obligation

     (39          (77     (110
                             

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

     (17,926          6,259       9,837  
                             

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     51,157            38,163       (3,969

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     58,598            20,435       13,022  
                             

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 109,755          $ 58,598     $ 9,053  
                             

Supplemental schedule of cash flow information:

           

Interest paid

   $ 2,971          $ 5,781     $ 10,550  

Income taxes paid

     28            846       340  

Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities:

           

Transfer from loans to acquired assets

   $ 27          $ 346     $ 2,034  

Transfer from acquired assets to loans

     —               56       45  

Change in valuation allowance for unrealized losses (gains) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

     (3,366          (1,890     1,881  

Net change in deferred taxes for unrealized losses (gains) on available-for-sale securities

     1,734            974       (1,033

Additional supplemental information as a result of the merger on December 29, 2010 is disclosed in Note 2, “Merger Transaction,” in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

 

(1) “Successor Company” means Northeast Bancorp and its subsidiary after the closing of the merger with FHB Formation on LLC on December 29, 2010.
(2) “Predecessor Company” means Northeast Bancorp and its subsidiary before the closing of the merger with FHB Formation LLC on December 29, 2010.

 

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NORTHEAST BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2011

 

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed and consolidated interim financial statements include the accounts of Northeast Bancorp (“Northeast” or the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Northeast Bank (the “Bank”). These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting principally of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position at March 31, 2011, the results of operations for the three-month and 93-day period ended March 31, 2010, the 181-day period ended December 28, 2010 and the three- and nine-month periods ended March 31, 2010, the changes in stockholders’ equity for the 93-day period ended March 31, 2011, the 181-day period ended December 28, 2010 and the nine-month period ended March 31, 2010, and the cash flows for the 93-day period ended March 31, 2011, the 181-day period ended December 28, 2010 and the nine-month period ended March 31, 2010. Operating results for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. For further information, refer to the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

2. Merger Transaction

On December 29, 2010, the merger of the Company and FHB Formation LLC (“FHB”) was consummated. FHB is the entity through which a group of independent accredited investors (the “Investors”) purchased 937,933 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock and 1,161,166 shares of newly-issued voting and non-voting common stock, at a price equal to $13.93 per share. As a result of this transaction, $16.2 million of new capital was contributed to the Company, and the Investors collectively own approximately 60% of the outstanding common shares of the Company. We have applied the acquisition method of accounting, as described in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, “Business Combinations,” to this transaction, which represents an acquisition by FHB of Northeast, with Northeast as the surviving company.

As a result of application of the acquisition method of accounting to the Company’s balance sheet, the Company’s financial statements from the periods prior to the transaction date are not directly comparable to the financial statements for periods subsequent to the transaction date. To make this distinction, we have labeled balances and results of operations prior to the transaction date as “Predecessor Company” and balances and results of operations for periods subsequent to the transaction date as “Successor Company.” The lack of comparability arises from the assets and liabilities having new accounting bases as a result of recording them at their fair values as of the transaction date rather than at historical cost basis. To denote this lack of comparability, the Company has placed a heavy black line between the Successor Company and Predecessor Company columns in the Consolidated Financial Statements and in the tables in the notes to the statements and in this discussion. In addition, the lack of comparability means that the periods being reported in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 in the statements and tables are not the same periods as reported for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the Company assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their respective fair values as of the transaction date. In connection with the merger, the consideration paid, and the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recorded at fair value on the date of acquisition, are summarized in the following tables:

 

     (Dollars in Thousands)  

Consideration Paid:

  

FHB investors’ purchase of 937,933 existing Northeast shares, at $13.93 per Surviving Company share

   $ 13,065   

Existing Northeast shareholders’ retention of shares in Surviving Company, 1,393,399 shares at $13.93 per share

     19,410   
        

Total consideration paid:

   $ 32,475   
        

 

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     (Dollars in Thousands)  

Net Assets Acquired:

  

Assets:

  

Cash and short-term investments

   $ 58,598   

Securities available for sale

     153,315   

Loans

     369,498   

Premises and equipment

     7,905   

Bank-owned life insurance

     13,536   

Core deposit intangible

     5,924   

Other identifiable intangibles

     7,865   

Other assets

     14,409   
        
   $ 631,050   

Liabilities and Preferred Equity:

  

Deposits

   $ 378,523   

Overnight borrowings

     63,043   

Term borrowings

     125,409   

Junior subordinated debentures issued to affiliated trusts

     7,889   

Other liabilities

     4,400   

Preferred stock

     4,095   
        
   $ 583,359   

Total identifiable net assets

   $ 47,691   

Consideration paid

   $ 32,475   
        

Bargain purchase gain recorded in income

   $ 15,216   
        

In this transaction, the estimated fair values of the Company’s net assets were greater than the purchase price. This resulted in a bargain purchase gain of $15.2 million in the 93-day period ended March 31, 2011. The transaction resulted in a gain principally because intangible asset fair values were identified totaling $13.7 million, while the purchase price paid by the Investors was based on the Company’s tangible book value as of September 30, 2009. Direct costs associated with the merger were expensed by the Company as incurred. Through March 31, 2011, those expenses–principally legal, accounting and investment banking fees–amounted to $3.9 million, of which $3.3 million was incurred in the nine-month period ended March 31, 2011.

The fair value of the loan portfolio was $369.5 million, and included $4.6 million of loans with evidence of deterioration in credit quality since origination for which it is probable, as of the transaction date, that the Company will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable. In accordance with ASC 310-30 this resulted in a non-accretable difference of $1.9 million, which is defined as the loan’s contractually required payments in excess of the amount of its cash flows expected to be collected. The Company considered factors such as payment history, collateral values, and accrual status when determining whether there was evidence of deterioration of a loan’s credit quality at the transaction date. The Company’s previously established allowance for loan losses was not carried forward in the determination of loan fair value.

The core deposit intangible asset recognized as part of the transaction is being amortized over its estimated useful life of 9.7 years. Existing goodwill totaling $4.1 million, recorded in conjunction with previous insurance agency acquisitions, was eliminated when determining the fair value of net assets. Other insurance agency identifiable intangibles, principally the value of agency customer lists, were appraised by an insurance valuation specialist.

The fair value of savings and transaction accounts was assumed to approximate their carrying value, since these deposits have no stated maturity and are payable upon demand. The fair values of certificates of deposit and term borrowings were determined by discounting their contractual cash flows at current market rates.

Commitments in Connection with Regulatory Approval of the Merger

The merger required the approval of the Maine Bureau of Financial Institutions (the “Bureau”) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Those approvals contain certain commitments by the Company, including the following:

 

   

The Federal Reserve requires that Northeast (i) maintain a leverage ratio (Tier 1) of at least 10%, (ii) maintain a total risk-based capital ratio of at least 15%, (iii) limit purchased loans to 40% of total loans, (iv) fund 100% of

 

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loans with core deposits, (v) hold commercial real estate loans (including owner-occupied commercial real estate) to within 300% of total risk-based capital, and (vi) amend the articles of incorporation to address certain technical concerns that the Federal Reserve had relating to the convertibility and transferability of non-voting common stock.

 

   

The Bureau requires that, for a two-year period, Northeast obtain the prior approval of the Bureau for any material deviation from the business plan. The Bureau’s approval includes other conditions on capital ratios and loan purchasing that are either the same as or less stringent than those of the Federal Reserve.

The Company and the Bank are currently in compliance with all commitments to the Federal Reserve and Bureau.

 

3. Loans

The Company’s loan portfolio includes residential real estate, commercial real estate, construction, commercial and consumer segments. Residential real estate loans include one- to four-family owner-occupied, second mortgages and equity lines of credit.

Consumer loans include personal and indirect loans for autos, boats and recreational vehicles. Loans that management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity or pay-off generally are reported at their outstanding unpaid principal balances adjusted for charge-offs, the allowance for loan losses, and any deferred fees or costs on originated loans. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance. Loan origination fees, net of certain direct origination costs, are deferred and recognized as an adjustment of the related loan yield using the interest method.

The accrual of interest on all loans is discontinued at the time the loan is 90 days past due unless the credit is well secured and in process of collection. Past due status is based on the contractual terms of the loan. In all cases, loans are placed on nonaccrual if collection of principal or interest is considered doubtful. All interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on nonaccrual is reversed against interest income. The interest on these is accounted for on a cash basis or cost recovery method, until qualifying for return to accrual. Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

Allowance for Loan Losses

The allowance for loan losses is established as losses are estimated to have occurred through a provision for loan losses charged to earnings. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed.

The allowance for loan losses is evaluated on a regular basis by management. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. The allowance consists of general, allocated and unallocated components, as further described below.

General Component

The general component of the allowance for loan losses is based on historical loss experience adjusted for qualitative factors stratified by the following loan segments: residential real estate, commercial real estate, construction, commercial and consumer. Management uses a rolling average of historical losses based on a time frame appropriate to capture the relevant loss data for each loan segment. This historical loss factor is adjusted for the following qualitative factors: levels/trends in delinquencies; trends in volume and terms of loans; effects of changes in risk selection and underwriting standards and other changes in lending policies, procedures and practices; experience/ability/depth of lending management and staff; and national and local economic trends and conditions. There were no changes in the Company’s policies or methodology pertaining to the general component of the allowance for loan losses in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011.

The qualitative factors are determined based on the various risk characteristics of each loan segment. Risk characteristics relevant to each portfolio segment are as follows:

Residential real estate – The Company generally does not originate loans with a loan-to-value ratio greater than 80 percent and does not originate subprime loans. All loans in this segment are collateralized by owner-occupied residential real estate and repayment is dependent on the credit quality of the individual borrower. The overall health of the economy, including unemployment rates and housing prices, will have an effect on the credit quality in this segment.

 

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Commercial real estate – Loans in this segment are primarily income-producing properties located in Maine and New Hampshire. The underlying cash flows generated by the properties may be adversely impacted by a downturn in the economy as evidenced by increased vacancy rates, which in turn, will have an effect on the credit quality in this segment. Management obtains rent rolls annually and monitors the cash flows of these loans.

Construction loans – Loans in this segment primarily include speculative real estate development loans for which payment is derived from the sale of the property. Credit risk is affected by cost overruns, time to sell at an adequate price, and market conditions.

Commercial loans – Loans in this segment are made to businesses and are generally secured by assets of the business. Repayment is expected from the cash flows of the business. A weakened economy, and resultant decreased consumer spending, will have an effect on the credit quality in this segment.

Consumer loans – Loans in this segment are secured by autos, boats, recreational vehicles and deposits with the Bank, and are also unsecured. Repayment is dependent on the credit quality of the individual borrower.

Allocated Component

The allocated component relates to loans that are classified as impaired. Impairment is measured on a loan-by-loan basis for commercial, commercial real estate and construction loans by either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. An allowance is established when the discounted cash flows or collateral value of the impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of that loan. Large groups of smaller balance homogeneous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. Accordingly, the Company does not separately identify individual consumer and residential real estate loans for impairment disclosures, unless such loans are subject to a troubled debt restructuring agreement.

A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed.

The Company periodically may agree to modify the contractual terms of the loans. When a loan is modified and a concession is made to a borrower experiencing financial difficultly, the modification is considered a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”). All TDRs are initially classified as impaired.

Unallocated Component

An unallocated component is maintained to cover uncertainties that could affect management’s estimate of probable losses. The unallocated component of the allowance reflects the margin of imprecision inherent in the underlying assumptions used in the methodologies for estimating allocated and general reserves in the loan portfolio.

The following is a summary of the composition of loans at the dates indicated:

 

     Successor
Company
          Predecessor
Company
 
     March 31, 2011           June 30, 2010  
(Dollars in thousands)                   

Residential real estate:

         

One- to four-family

   $ 92,627           $ 102,584   

Second mortgages

     25,299             27,316   

Equity lines of credit

     25,246             25,713   

Commercial

     117,562             121,175   

Construction

     2,941             5,525   
                     

Total mortgage loans on real estate

     263,675             282,313   

Commercial loans

     25,490             30,214   

Consumer installment loans

     23,891             69,782   
                     

Total loans

     313,056             382,309   

Less: Allowance for loan losses

     14             5,806   
                     

Loans, net

   $ 313,042           $ 376,503   
                     

 

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The following table sets forth activity in the Company’s allowance for loan losses for the periods indicated:

 

     Successor
Company
          Predecessor
Company
 
     93 Days
Ended
March 31,
2011
          181 Days
Ended
December 28,
2010
     Nine
Months
Ended
March 31,
2010
 
(Dollars in thousands)                          

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 5,980           $ 5,806       $ 5,764   

Add provision charged to operations

     49             912         1,723   

Recoveries on loans previously charged off

     20             121         136   
                              
     6,049             6,839         7,623   

Less: Loans charged off

     55             859         1,700   

Less: Allowance for loan losses eliminated in accordance with acquisition method of accounting

     5,980             —           —     
                              

Balance at end of period

   $ 14           $ 5,980       $ 5,923   
                              

Further information pertaining to the allowance for loan losses at March 31, 2011 follows:

 

     Residential
Real Estate
     Commercial
Real Estate
     Construction      Commercial      Consumer      Unallocated  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Loans deemed to be impaired as of March 31, 2011

   $ 48       $ 1,791       $ —         $ 933       $ —         $ —     

Loans not deemed to be impaired as of March 31, 2011

   $ 143,124       $ 115,771       $ 2,941       $ 24,557       $ 23,891       $ —     

The following is a summary of past due and non-accrual loans at March 31, 2011:

 

     30-59
Days
     60-89
Days
     Past Due
90

Days or
More
     Total
Past Due
     Total
Current
     Non-
Accrual
Loans
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Residential Real Estate:

                 

Residential one- to four-family

   $ 732       $ 933       $ 1,131       $ 2,796       $ 89,831       $ 1,315   

Second mortgages

     —           —           151         151         25,148         150   

Equity lines of credit

     —           47         —           47         25,199         38   

Commercial real estate

     957         —           699         1,656         115,918         3,511   

Construction

     —           —           121         121         2,820         121   

Commercial

     42         1         443         486         25,004         629   

Consumer

     952         289         556         1,797         22,094         555   
                                                     

Total

   $ 2,683       $ 1,270       $ 3,101       $ 7,054       $ 306,014       $ 6,319   
                                                     

 

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The following table provides additional information on impaired loans at March 31, 2011:

 

     Recorded
Investments
     Unpaid
Principal
Balance (1)
     Allowance  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Impaired loans without a valuation allowance:

        

Residential real estate:

        

Residential one- to four-family

   $ 48       $ 48       $ —     

Commercial real estate

     1,791         1,791         —     

Commercial

     933         933         —     
                          

Total

     2,772         2,772         —     

Impaired loans with a valuation allowance:

        

Residential real estate:

        

Residential one- to four-family

     —           —           —     

Commercial real estate

     —           —           —     

Commercial

     —           —           —     
                          

Total

     —           —           —     
                          

Total impaired loans

   $ 2,772       $ 2,772       $ —     
                          

 

(1) Impaired loans are presented net of the fair value adjustments of $1.79 million resulting from the application of the acquisition method of accounting in connection with the merger on December 29, 2010.

The following is a summary of information pertaining to impaired loans at March 31, 2011:

 

     Successor
Company
            Predecessor
Company
 
     93 Days
Ended
March 31,
2011
            181 Days
Ended
December 28,
2010
     Nine months
Ended
March 31,
2010
 

(Dollars in thousands)

                           

Average investment in impaired loans:

             

Residential one- to four-family

   $ 12            $ 330       $ 244   

Commercial real estate

     1,715              3,366         5,373   

Commercial

     976              1,738         2,723   
                               

Total average investment in impaired loans

   $ 2,703            $ 5,434       $ 8,340   
                               
 

Interest income recognized on impaired loans:

             

Residential one- to four-family

   $ 1            $ 2       $ 3   

Commercial real estate

     30              76         220   

Commercial

     16              20         86   
                               

Total interest income recognized on impaired loans

   $ 47            $ 98       $ 309   
                               
 

Interest income recognized on a cash basis:

             

on impaired loans:

             

Residential one- to four-family

   $ 1            $ 2       $ 3   

Commercial real estate

     30              76         220   

Commercial

     16              20         86   
                               

Total interest income recognized a cash basis on impaired loans:

   $ 47            $ 98       $ 309   
                               

No additional funds were committed to be advanced in connection with impaired loans.

Credit Quality Information

The Company utilizes an eight point internal loan rating system for commercial real estate, construction and commercial loans as follows:

Loans rated 1 – 4: Loans in these categories are considered “pass” rated loans with low to average risk.

Loans rated 5: Loans in this category are considered “special mention.” These loans are beginning to show signs of potential weakness and are being closely monitored by management.

Loans rated 6: Loans in this category are considered “substandard.” Generally, a loan is considered substandard if the current net worth inadequately protects it and the paying capacity of the obligors and/or the collateral pledged. There is a distinct possibility that the Company will sustain some loss if the weakness is not corrected.

Loans rated 7: Loans in this category are considered “doubtful.” Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified substandard with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of current existing facts, highly questionable and improbable.

 

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Loans rated 8: Loans in this category are considered “loss” and of such little value that their continuance as loans is not warranted.

On an annual basis, or more often if needed, the Company formally reviews the ratings on all commercial real estate, construction and commercial loans. Semi-annually, the Company engages an independent third-party to review a significant portion of loans within these segments. Management uses the results of these reviews as part of its annual review process.

The following table presents the Company’s loans by risk rating at March 31, 2011.

 

     Commercial
Real Estate
     Construction      Commercial  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Loans rated 1-5

   $ 105,372       $ 2,941       $ 22,211   

Loans rated 6

     12,190         —           3,279   

Loans rated 7

     —           —           —     

Loans rated 8

     —           —           —     
                          
   $ 117,562       $ 2,941       $ 25,490   
                          

 

4. Junior Subordinated Debentures Issued to Affiliated Trust

NBN Capital Trust II and NBN Capital Trust III were formed in December 2003, and NBN Capital Trust IV was formed in December 2004, to issue and sell common and trust preferred securities, using the proceeds to acquire Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Notes (“Junior Subordinated Debentures”) from the Company. The Junior Subordinated Debentures are the sole assets of each of the trusts.

The following table summarizes the Junior Subordinated Debentures and the common and trust preferred securities issued by each affiliated trust at March 31, 2011. The Company has the right to redeem the Junior Subordinated Debentures at the redemption price specified in the associated Indenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date.

 

Affiliated Trusts

   Balances
At Fair
Value
     Contractual
Obligations
     Interest
Rate
   

Maturity Date

     (Dollars in thousands)             

NBN Capital Trust II

   $ 1,716       $ 3,093         3.11   March 30, 2034

NBN Capital Trust III

     1,716         3,093         3.11   March 30, 2034

NBN Capital Trust IV

     4,490         10,310         2.20   February 23, 2035
                            

Total

   $ 7,922       $ 16,496         2.54  
                            

NBN Capital Trust II and NBN Capital Trust III pay a variable rate based on three month LIBOR plus 2.80%, and NBN Capital Trust IV pays a variable rate based on three month LIBOR plus 1.89%. Accordingly, the trust preferred securities of the trusts currently pay quarterly distributions at an annual rate of 3.11% for the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per preferred security for NBN Capital Trust II and NBN Capital Trust III and an annual rate of 2.20% for the stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per preferred security for NBN Capital Trust IV. The Company has fully and unconditionally guaranteed all of the obligations of each trust. The guaranty covers the quarterly distributions and payments on liquidation or redemption of the trust preferred securities, but only to the extent of funds held by the trusts. Based on the current rates and the impact of the interest rate swap referred to below, the annual interest expense on the trust preferred securities is approximately $676 thousand.

During the twelve months ended June 30, 2010, the Company purchased two interest rate caps and an interest rate swap to hedge the interest rate risk on notional amounts of $3 million, $3 million and $10 million, respectively, of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Each was a cash flow hedge to manage the risk to net interest income during a period of rising rates.

The notional amount of $3 million for each interest rate cap represents the outstanding junior subordinated debt from each trust. The strike rate is 2.505%. The Company will recognize higher interest expense on the Junior Subordinated Debentures for the first 200 basis points increase in three-month LIBOR. Once three-month LIBOR rate exceeds 2.505% on a quarterly reset date, there will be a payment by the counterparty to the Company at the following quarter end. The effective date of the purchased interest rate caps was September 30, 2009 and the caps mature in five years.

 

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The interest rate swap hedges Junior Subordinated Debentures resulting from the issuance of trust preferred stock by our affiliate NBN Capital Trust IV. The notional amount of $10 million represents the outstanding Junior Subordinated Debentures from this trust. Under the terms of the interest rate swap, Northeast pays a fixed rate of 4.69% quarterly for a period of five years from the effective date of February 23, 2010. We receive quarterly interest payments of three month LIBOR plus 1.89% over the same term.

See Note 13 for additional information on derivatives.

 

5. Securities

Securities available-for-sale at amortized cost and approximate fair values at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010 are summarized below:

 

     Successor Company          Predecessor Company  
     March 31, 2011          June 30, 2010  
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
         Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Debt securities issued by U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises

   $ 27,166       $ 27,165         $ 8,583       $ 8,649   

Mortgage-backed securities

     99,513         99,377           126,538         133,862   

Municipal bonds

     —           —             11,905         12,007   

Collateralized mortgage obligations

     —           —             7,331         7,423   

Corporate bonds

     —           —             994         1,030   

Equity securities

     197         212           1,044         776   

Trust preferred securities

     401         473           584         441   
                                     
   $ 127,277       $ 127,227         $ 156,979       $ 164,188   
                                     

The gross unrealized gains and unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities are as follows:

 

     Successor Company          Predecessor Company  
     March 31, 2011          June 30, 2010  
     Gross      Gross          Gross      Gross  
     Unrealized
Gains
     Unrealized
Losses
         Unrealized
Gains
     Unrealized
Losses
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Debt securities issued by U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises

   $ 9       $ 10         $ 66       $ —     

Mortgage-backed securities

     203         339           7,327         3   

Municipal bonds

     —           —             166         64   

Collateralized mortgage obligations

     —           —             92         —     

Corporate bonds

     —           —             36         —     

Equity securities

     16         1           5         273   

Trust preferred securities

     84         12           —           143   
                                     
   $ 312       $ 362         $ 7,692       $ 483   
                                     

The following summarizes the Company’s gross unrealized losses and fair values aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010:

 

     Less than 12 Months      More than 12 Months      Total  
     Fair
Value
     Unrealized
Losses
     Fair
Value
     Unrealized
Losses
     Fair
Value
     Unrealized
Losses
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

March 31, 2011:

                 

Debt securities issued by U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises

   $ 19,165       $ 10       $ —         $ —         $ 19,168       $ 10   

Mortgage-backed securities

     39,353         339         —           —           39,562         339   

Equity securities

     1         1         —           —           1         1   

Trust preferred securities

     74         12         —           —           72         12   
                                                     
   $ 58,593       $ 362       $ —         $ —         $ 58,803       $ 362   
                                                     

 

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     Less than 12 Months      More than 12 Months      Total  
     Fair
Value
     Unrealized
Losses
     Fair
Value
     Unrealized
Losses
     Fair
Value
     Unrealized
Losses
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

June 30, 2010:

                 

Mortgage-backed securities

   $ 161       $ 3       $ —         $ —         $ 161       $ 3   

Municipal bonds

     2,608         20         830         44         3,438         64   

Equity securities

     190         10         473         263         663         273   

Trust preferred securities

     95         1         339         142         434         143   
                                                     
   $ 3,054       $ 34       $ 1,642       $ 449       $ 4,696       $ 483   
                                                     

Management of the Company, in addition to considering current trends and economic conditions that may affect the quality of individual securities within the Company’s investment portfolio, also considers the Company’s ability and intent to hold such securities to maturity or recovery of cost. Management does not believe any of the Company’s available-for-sale securities are other-than-temporarily impaired at March 31, 2011, except as discussed below.

Based on management’s assessment of available-for-sale securities, there has not been another-than-temporary decline in market value of certain trust preferred and equity securities for the nine months ended March 31, 2011. During the nine months ended March 31, 2010, write-downs of available-for-sale securities was $103 thousand and are included in other noninterest expense in the consolidated statements of income.

Management evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment at least on a quarterly basis and more frequently when economic or market conditions warrant such evaluation. The investment securities portfolio is generally evaluated for other-than-temporary impairment under ASC 320-10, “Investments – Debt and Equity Securities.”

The Company adopted the provisions of ASC 320-10 for the year ended June 30, 2009, which was applied to existing and new debt securities held by the Company as of April 1, 2009. For those debt securities for which the fair value of the security is less than its amortized cost, the Company does not intend to sell such security, and because it is more likely than not that it will not be required to sell such security prior to the recovery of its amortized cost basis less any credit losses, ASC 320-10 requires that the credit component of the other-than-temporary impairment losses be recognized in earnings while the noncredit component is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of related taxes.

There were no other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities for the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

The amortized cost and fair values of available-for-sale debt securities at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 

     March 31, 2011      June 30, 2010  
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Due in one year or less

   $ —         $ —         $ 994       $ 1,030   

Due after one year through five years

     27,166         27,165         5,000         5,012   

Due after five years through ten years

     —           —           4,750         4,804   

Due after ten years

     401         473         11,323         11,282   

Mortgage-backed securities(1)

     99,513         99,377         133,868         141,284   
                                   
   $ 127,080       $ 127,015       $ 155,935       $ 163,412   
                                   

 

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6. Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank

A summary of borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank is as follows:

 

March 31, 2011  

Amounts

At Fair

Value

   

Principal
Amounts
Due

   

Interest Rates

   

Maturity Dates For Periods Ended
March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

             
  $10,240      $ 10,000        2.55% - 2.59%        2013   
  5,273        5,000        3.99        2014   
  12,790        12,500        2.91 – 3.08        2015   
  10,491        10,000        4.26        2017   
  5,180        5,000        4.29        2018   
                 
  $43,974      $ 42,500       
                 

 

June 30, 2010  

Principal

Amounts

Due

   

Interest Rates

   

Maturity Dates
For Periods Ended
June 30,

 
(Dollars in thousands)              
  $      3,000        4.99%        2011   
  5,000        3.99        2012   
  15,000        2.55 – 3.99        2013   
  12,500        2.91 – 3.08        2015   
  10,000        4.26        2017   
  5,000        4.29        2018   
         
  $    50,500       
         

The Federal Home Loan Bank had the option to call $25 million of the outstanding advances at March 31, 2011. The options are continuously callable quarterly until maturity.

 

7. Structured Repurchase Agreements

A summary of outstanding structured repurchase agreements is as follows:

 

March 31, 2011

Amounts

At Fair

Value

    

Principal
Amounts
Due

    

Interest
Rate

   

Imbedded

Cap/Floor

  

Amount of
Cap/Floor

    

Strike Rate

   

Maturity

(Dollars in thousands)
  $21,037       $ 20,000         4.68   Purchased Caps    $ 40,000         Expired      August 28, 2012
  10,420         10,000         3.98   Sold Floors    $ 20,000         Expired      August 28, 2012
  10,518         10,000         4.18   Purchased Caps    $ 10,000         Expired      December 13, 2012
  10,624         10,000         4.30   Purchased Caps    $ 10,000         3.79%      July 3, 2013
  10,705         10,000         4.44   Purchased Caps    $ 10,000         3.81%      September 23, 2015
  5,130         5,000         2.86   None         March 25, 2014
                           
  $68,434       $ 65,000                
                           

 

June 30, 2010

Amount

    

Interest Rate

   

Imbedded

Cap/Floor

  

Amount of

Cap/Floor

  

Strike Rate

   

Maturity

                  (Dollars in thousands)           
  $20,000         4.68   Purchased Caps    $40,000      Expired      August 28, 2012
  10,000         3.98   Sold Floors    $20,000      Expired      August 28, 2012
  10,000         4.18   Purchased Caps    $10,000      4.88%      December 13, 2012
  10,000         4.30   Purchased Caps    $10,000      3.79%      July 3, 2013
  10,000         4.44   Purchased Caps    $10,000      3.81%      September 23, 2015
  5,000         2.86   None         March 25, 2014
                  
  $65,000                

 

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No leveraging strategies were implemented in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. For the leveraging strategies implemented in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, the Company pledged mortgage-backed securities of $28.2 million, at inception, as collateral for $25 million borrowed in three transactions. The transactions maturing July 2013 and September 2015 of $10 million each had imbedded interest rate caps as summarized in the table above. The interest rate caps reduced our balance sheet risk to rising interest rates. They cannot be called by the issuer during the three years ended July 3, 2011 and during the four years ended September 23, 2012, respectively. Each agreement can be called quarterly thereafter. The transaction in March 2009, which did not have imbedded interest rate caps or floors, allowed the Company to extend its funding at a favorable interest rate. The issuer has no call option unless the Company no longer maintains regulatory “well-capitalized status” or is subject to a regulatory cease and desist order. Interest is paid quarterly. The interest rates are fixed for the term of the three agreements.

The Company is subject to margin calls on each transaction to maintain the necessary collateral in the form of cash or mortgage-backed securities during the borrowing term.

Payments would be received on the interest rate caps when three-month LIBOR exceeds the strike rate on the quarterly reset date. The amount of the payment would be equal to the difference between the strike rate and three-month LIBOR multiplied by the notional amount of the cap to be made 90 days after the reset date. The purchased interest rate caps expire at the end of the non-call periods noted above.

The collateral pledged for these borrowings consists of Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Government National Mortgage Association issued mortgage-backed securities with a fair value of $56.3 million and cash of $17.6 million as of March 31, 2011.

 

8. Stock-Based Compensation and Employee Benefits

Stock-Based Compensation

In connection with the transaction with FHB, the Company adopted the Northeast Bancorp 2010 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which provides for awards of stock-based compensation, including options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and other equity-based incentive awards. The maximum number of authorized shares of stock that may be issued under the plan is 810,054 shares. The Company’s previous stock option plans were terminated on the transaction date, and 10,500 outstanding vested options under those plans were exchanged for options to acquire shares of surviving company common stock, with terms that are substantially identical to the existing options.

On December 29, 2010, the Company granted an award of 13,026 shares of restricted stock to a senior executive in the Company’s Northeast Community Banking Division (“NCBD”). The holder of this award participates fully in the rewards of stock ownership of the Company, including voting rights and dividend rights. This award has been determined to have a fair value of $13.93 per share, based on the average price at which the Company’s common stock traded on the date of grant. Forty percent of the award will vest on December 29, 2012, and the remainder will vest in three equal annual installments commencing on December 29, 2013.

On December 29, 2010, the Company awarded options to purchase 594,039 shares of the Company’s common stock from the Plan to certain officers of the Company and/or the Bank. 259,218 of these options vest ratably over a five-year period, and have been determined to have a fair value of $3.85 per share. 21,601 options vest ratably over a three-year period, and have been determined to have a fair value of $3.85 per share. 10,801 options vest ratably over a four-year period, and have been determined to have a fair value of $3.85 per share. 64,803 options vest ratably over years three through five, and have been determined to have a fair value of $3.85 per share. 237,616 of these options are performance-based, and have been divided into three tranches, each of which will vest if certain qualitative conditions are satisfied and the Company’s stock price exceeds a specified hurdle price for a period of 50 of the previous 75 consecutive trading days. The performance-based options have been determined to have a fair value of $2.43 per share. The strike price for all awards is $13.93 per share, based on the average price at which the Company’s common stock traded on the date of grant. All have a contractual life of 10 years from the date of grant, and are subject to recoupment if (i) the Board determines that gross negligence, intentional misconduct or fraud by the awardee caused or was a significant contributing factor to a materially adverse restatement of the Company’s financial statements and (ii) the vesting of an award was calculated or contingent upon the achievement of financial or operating results that were affected by the restatement and the vesting would have been less had the financial statements been correct.

 

 

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The Company assumed a liability in the amount of $509,000 from FHB for the estimated cost of stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) with respect to 162,010 shares, awarded on December 29, 2010 to two individuals who had been actively involved with FHB from its inception in February 2009. 81,004 of the SARs were subject to certain time-based restrictions on exercisability (the “Time-Based SARs”), and 81,006 of the SARs were subject to certain performance-based restrictions on exercisability (the “Performance-Based SARs”). Following the amendment of the Company’s articles of incorporation on March 21, 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Company voted to accelerate the exercisability of the Time-Based SARs. The Time-Based SARs became immediately exercisable and were exercised on March 24, 2011. In connection with the exercise of the Time-Based SARs, the Company issued options to purchase 81,004 shares of the Company’s non-voting common stock with an exercise price of $14.52 per share. The option shares will become exercisable in five equal annual installments commencing on December 29, 2010. In addition, the Company entered into certain Amended and Restated Performance-Based Appreciation Rights Agreements, pursuant to which the Performance-Based SARs will become automatically exercisable (and shall be exercised) for $0.59 per share in the event that relevant performance thresholds are satisfied. In connection with the Amended and Restated Performance-Based Appreciation Rights Agreements, the Company issued options to purchase 81,006 shares of the Company’s non-voting common stock with an exercise price of $14.52 per share. The options will become exercisable upon the satisfaction of certain performance conditions. The net effect of the exercise of the Time-Based SARs and the execution of the Amended and Restated Performance-Based Appreciation Rights Agreements, together with the option issuance, on operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 was $113 thousand, included in merger expense.

At March 31, 2011, none of the restricted stock, option or Performance-Based SAR awards granted on December 29, 2010 were exercisable.

Employee Benefits:

In connection with the merger, the Company entered into one-year employment agreements with four senior executives in the NCBD. In addition, three senior executives in the NCBD received retention payments equal to one year’s base salary, aggregating $450 thousand, paid in the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

In connection with the merger, the Company entered into three-year employment agreements with its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer. These provide for a base salary, annual bonuses as determined by the Compensation Committee, participation in Company-wide benefit programs, and also contain noncompetition and nonsolicitation restrictions.

Refer to the Note 13 in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 for further information about the Company’s employee benefits.

 

9. Capital Lease

In fiscal year 2006, the Company recognized a capital lease obligation for its new headquarters known as the Southern Gateway building located at 500 Canal Street, Lewiston, Maine. The present value of the lease payments over fifteen years ($264 thousand per year for each of the initial ten years of the lease term and $306 thousand per year for each of the last five years) exceeded 90% of the fair value of the Southern Gateway building. The Bank’s commercial lending and underwriting, consumer loan underwriting, loan servicing, deposit operations, accounting, human resources, risk management, and executive administration departments occupy the approximately 27 thousand square feet of space.

The future minimum lease payments over the remaining term of the lease and the outstanding capital lease obligations at March 31, 2011 are as follows:

 

(Dollars in thousands)  

2011

   $ 264   

2012

     264   

2013

     264   

2014

     264   

2015

     292   

2016 and thereafter

     1,328   
        

Total minimum lease payments

     2,676   

Less imputed interest

     562   
        

Capital lease obligation

   $ 2,114   
        

 

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10. Insurance Agency Acquisitions

Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc., a subsidiary of the Bank, acquired one insurance agency in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, three insurance agencies in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 and four insurance agencies in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. Each acquisition was made as a purchase of assets for cash and a note, with the exception of the Palmer Insurance Agency (“Palmer”), which was the purchase of stock for cash and a note, and the Goodrich Insurance Associates (“Goodrich”), which was a purchase of assets for cash. Each agency operates at the location being used at the time of the acquisition except Goodrich, which was relocated to our agency office in Berwick, Maine; Hartford Insurance Agency (“Hartford”), which was relocated to our agency office in Auburn, Maine; and Russell Insurance Agency (“Russell”), which was relocated to the agency office in Anson, Maine.

All acquisitions were accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and resulted in increases in goodwill and customer list and non-compete intangibles on the consolidated balance sheet. All purchase and sale agreements, except the agreements relating to the Russell and Hartford, call for a reduction in the purchase price should the stipulated minimum commission revenue levels not be attained over periods of one to three years from the purchase date. During the year ended June 30, 2008, other borrowings and goodwill related to the Southern Maine Insurance Agency (“Southern Maine”) acquisition were reduced by $98.3 thousand in accordance with this stipulation. The customer list intangibles and estimated useful lives are based on estimates from a third-party appraiser. The useful lives of these intangibles range from eleven to twenty-four years. Non-compete intangible useful lives are amortized over a range of ten to fifteen years.

The debt incurred is payable to the seller of each agency. Each note bears an interest rate of 6.50% over terms as follows: the Palmer debt is payable over a term of seven years; the Sturtevant and Ham, Inc. (“Sturtevant”) debt is payable over a term of three years; the Southern Maine debt is payable over a term of four years; and the Russell debt is payable over a term of two years. Hartford, Spence & Matthews, and Hyler are payable over a term of seven years. Hartford, Spence & Matthews, Inc. (“Spence & Matthews”), and Hyler Agency (“Hyler”) have debt of $100 thousand, $800 thousand, and $200 thousand, respectively, which bears no interest and has been recorded at its present value assuming a discount rate of 6.50%. The Bank guaranteed the debt repayment to each seller.

Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc. leases the office locations for Sturtevant, Southern Maine and Hyler, which are operating leases. The Bank acquired Palmer’s agency building and land in January 2007.

The results of operations of all agencies have been included in the consolidated financial statements since their acquisition date. There is no pro-forma disclosure included because the agencies individually, and in aggregate, were not considered significant acquisitions.

 

     Acquisitions  
Purchase price    2009      2008  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Cash paid

   $ 715      $ 3,701   

Debt incurred

     —           2,824   

Acquisition costs

     3        37   
                 

Total

   $ 718        6,562   
                 

Allocation of purchase price:

     

Goodwill

   $ 100        1,545   

Customer list intangible

     480        3,905   

Non-compete intangible

     135        1,100   

Fixed and other assets

     3        12   
                 

Total

   $ 718      $ 6,562   
                 

 

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In conjunction with the application of acquisition accounting for the recent merger, goodwill previously recorded for insurance agency acquisitions was eliminated.

Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc. acquired Solon-Anson Insurance Agency, Inc. on September 29, 2004. This acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method and resulted in a customer list intangible asset of $2.1 million which is being amortized over twelve years.

The customer list of our Mexico, Maine insurance agency office was sold to UIG, Inc. on December 31, 2009. The customer list and certain fixed assets of our Rangeley, Maine insurance agency office were sold to Morton & Furbish Insurance Agency on January 31, 2010. Since these offices were part of the Solon-Anson Insurance Agency, Inc. acquired on September 29, 2004, the customer list intangibles were allocated based upon the gross commission revenues for the Mexico and Rangeley offices as a percentage of the total commission revenue of the Solon-Anson Insurance Agency, Inc. The land and buildings in Mexico and Rangeley have been listed for sale by Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc. Impairment expense of $46 thousand and $91 thousand was recognized for the Mexico and Rangeley buildings, respectively, in order to adjust the carrying values to the expected sales price in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The Rochester, New Hampshire office was closed in May, 2010, and servicing of customer accounts from that office was transferred to the Berwick, Maine office. The customer list, certain fixed assets and the office lease of the Jackman office were sold to World-Wide Risk Management Inc. on December 22, 2010.

The following summarizes entries made to record the sale for the nine months ended March 31, 2011:

 

     Jackman  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Sale price

   $ 154   

Allocated customer list, net of amortization

     44   

Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation

     6   
        

Gain recognized

   $ 104   
        

The following summarizes entries made to record the sales for the year ended June 30, 2010:

 

     Mexico      Rangeley  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Sale price

   $ 270       $ 280   

Allocated customer list, net of amortization

     154         146   

Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation

     —           5   
                 

Gain recognized

   $ 116       $ 129   
                 

 

11. Earnings Per Share (EPS)

EPS is computed by dividing net income allocated to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding. Net income allocated to common stockholders represents net income less income allocated to participating securities (see discussion below). Diluted earnings per common share is computed by dividing income allocated to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding plus amounts representing the dilutive effect of stock options outstanding and restricted stock, if applicable.

On July 1, 2009, the Company adopted new accounting guidance on earnings per share that defines unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends as participating securities that are included in computing EPS using the two-class method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation formula and participating rights in undistributed earnings. Under this method, all earnings (distributed and undistributed) are allocated to participating securities and common shares based on their respective rights to receive dividends.

 

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     Successor Company           Predecessor Company  
     Three
Months
Ended

Mar. 31,
2011
    93 Days
Ended

Mar. 31,
2011
          181 Days
Ended

Dec. 28,
2010
    Three
Months
Ended

Mar. 31,
2010
    Nine
Months
Ended

Mar. 31,
2010
 

Earnings per common share

               

Net Income

   $ 156      $ 11,991          $ 1,796     $ 531     $ 1,676  

Preferred stock dividends

     (53     (55          (104     (53     (159

Accretion of preferred stock

     (44     (44          (13     (7     (20

Amortization of issuance costs

     (1     (1          (2     (1     (4
                                             

Net income available to common shareholders

   $ 58      $ 11,891          $ 1,677     $ 470     $ 1,493  

Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to unvested shares of stock awards

     —          (44          —          —          —     
                                             

Net income applicable to common shareholders

   $ 58      $ 11,847          $ 1,677     $ 470     $ 1,493  
                                             

Average common shares issued and outstanding

     3,492,498       3,492,498            2,330,197       2,322,332       2,321,726  
                                             

Earnings per common share

   $ 0.02      $ 3.39          $ 0.72     $ 0.20     $ 0.64  
                                             

Diluted earnings per Common share

               

Net income applicable to common shareholders

   $ 58      $ 11,891          $ 1,677     $ 470     $ 1,493  

Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to unvested shares of stock awards

     —          (44          —          —          —     
                                             

Net income available to common shareholders

   $ 58      $ 11,847          $ 1,677     $ 470     $ 1,493  
                                             

Average common shares issued and outstanding

     3,492,498       3,492,498            2,330,197       2,322,332       2,321,726  

Dilutive potential common shares

     67,375       67,780            24,188       19,821       7,366  
                                             

Total diluted average common shares issued and outstanding

     3,559,873       3,560,278            2,354,385       2,342,153       2,329,092  
                                             

Diluted earnings per common share

   $ 0.02      $ 3.33          $ 0.71     $ 0.20     $ 0.64  
                                             

 

12. Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements,” the Company groups its assets and liabilities measured at fair value in three levels, based on the markets in which the assets and liabilities are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value.

Level 1 - Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in active exchange markets, such as the New York Stock Exchange. Level 1 also includes U.S. Treasury and other U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise securities that are traded by dealers or brokers in active markets. Valuations are obtained from readily available pricing sources for market transactions involving identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in less active dealer or broker markets. Valuations are obtained from third party pricing services for identical or comparable assets or liabilities.

Level 3 - Valuations for assets and liabilities that are derived from other methodologies, including option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and similar techniques, are not based on market exchange, dealer, or broker traded transactions. Level 3 valuations incorporate certain assumptions and projections in determining the fair value assigned to such assets and liabilities.

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

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A description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below. These valuation methodologies were applied to all of the Company’s financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010.

The Company’s exchange traded equity securities are generally classified within level 1 or level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency.

The Company’s investment in municipal, corporate and agency bonds and mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale is generally classified within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. For these securities, we obtain fair value measurements from independent pricing services. The fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, the U.S. Treasury yield curve, trading levels, market consensus prepayment speeds, credit information and the instrument’s terms and conditions.

Level 3 is for positions that are not traded in active markets or are subject to transfer restrictions: valuations are adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, and such adjustments are generally based on available market evidence. In the absence of such evidence, management’s best estimate is used. Subsequent to initial valuation, management only changes level 3 inputs and assumptions when evidence such as transactions in similar instruments, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable entities, subsequent rounds of financing, recapitalization and other transactions across the capital structure, offerings in the equity or debt markets, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows indicates that initial valuation needs to be updated.

The Company did not have any significant transfers of assets or liabilities between Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy during the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

The following summarizes assets measured at fair value for the period ended March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010.

Assets Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis

 

     Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using:  

March 31, 2011:

   Total      Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Level 1
     Significant
Other  Observable
Inputs

Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Level 3
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Securities available-for-sale

   $ 127,227       $ 685       $ 126,542       $ —     

Other assets – purchased interest rate caps

     99         —           99         —     
     Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using:  

June 30, 2010:

   Total      Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Level 1
     Significant
Other  Observable
Inputs

Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Level 3
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Securities available-for-sale

   $ 164,188       $ 3,717       $ 160,471       $ —     

Other assets – purchased interest rate caps

     114         —           114         —     

The Company’s impaired loans and acquired assets are reported at the fair value of the underlying collateral if repayment is expected solely from the collateral. Collateral values are estimated using level 2 inputs based upon appraisals of similar properties obtained from a third party. For Level 3 input, collateral values are based on management’s estimates pending appraisals from third party valuation services or imminent sale of collateral.

 

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Assets Measured At Fair Value On A Nonrecurring Basis

 

     Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using:  

March 31, 2011:

   Total      Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Level 1
     Significant
Other  Observable
Inputs

Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Level 3
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Impaired Loans

   $ 2,772      $ —         $ —         $ 2,772  

Acquired assets

     805        —           —           805  

Premises

     362              362  
     Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using:  

June 30, 2010:

   Total      Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Level 1
     Significant
Other  Observable
Inputs

Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Level 3
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Impaired Loans

   $ 1,020      $ —         $ —         $ 1,020  

Acquired assets

     501        —           —           501  

Premises

     402              402  

The following tables show the changes in the fair values of impaired loans measured on a nonrecurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

 

     2011      2010  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Beginning balance at July 1

   $ 1,020       $ 1,196   

Loans transferred in(out) of Level 3

     1,752         (182
                 

Ending balance at March 31

   $ 2,772       $ 1,014   
                 

The following table shows the changes in the fair value of acquired assets measured on a nonrecurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

 

     2011  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Beginning balance at July 1

   $ 501   

Loans transferred in Level 3

     304   
        

Ending balance at March 31

   $ 805   
        

The following table shows the changes in fair value of premises measured on a nonrecurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

 

     2011  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Beginning balance at July 1

   $ 402   

Premises transferred out Level 3

     (40
        

Ending balance at March 31

   $ 362   
        

Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis

 

     Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using:  

March 31, 2011:

   Total      Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Level 1
     Significant
Other  Observable
Inputs

Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Level 3
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Derivative financial instruments

   $ 321       $ —         $ —         $ 321   

 

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     Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using:  

June 30, 2010:

   Total      Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Level 1
     Significant
Other  Observable
Inputs

Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Level 3
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Derivative financial instruments

   $ 413       $ —         $ —         $ 413   

The following table shows the change in the fair value of derivative financial instruments measured on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

 

     2011  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Beginning balance at July 1

   $ 413   

Transferred out of Level 3

     (92
        

Ending balance at March 31

   $ 321   
        

The Company’s derivative financial instruments are generally classified within level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. For these financial instruments, the Company obtains fair value measurements from independent pricing services. The fair value measurements utilize a discounted cash flow model that incorporates and considers observable data that may include publicly available third party market quotes, in developing the curve utilized for discounting future cash flows.

Fair value estimates, methods and assumptions are set forth below for the Company’s significant financial instruments.

Cash and Cash Equivalents - The fair value of cash, due from banks, interest bearing deposits and FHLB overnight deposits approximates their relative book values, as these financial instruments have short maturities.

Available-for-sale Securities - The fair value of available-for-sale securities is estimated based on bid prices published in financial newspapers or bid quotations received from securities dealers.

Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve Stock - The carrying value of Federal Home Loan Bank stock and Federal Reserve stock approximates fair value based on redemption provisions of the Federal Home Loan Bank and the Federal Reserve.

Loans and Loans held-for-sale - Fair values are estimated for portfolios of loans with similar financial characteristics. The fair value of performing loans is calculated by discounting scheduled cash flows through the estimated maturity using estimated market discount rates that reflect the credit and interest rate risk inherent in the loan. The estimates of maturity are based on the Company’s historical experience with repayments for each loan classification, modified, as required, by an estimate of the effect of current economic conditions, lending conditions and the effects of estimated prepayments.

Fair value for significant nonperforming loans is based on estimated cash flows and is discounted using a rate commensurate with the risk associated with the estimated cash flows. Assumptions regarding credit risk, cash flows and discount rates are developed using available market information and historical information.

Management has made estimates of fair value using discount rates that it believes to be reasonable. However, because there is no market for many of these financial instruments, management has no basis to determine whether the fair value presented would be indicative of the value negotiated in an actual sale.

The fair value of loans held-for-sale is estimated based on bid quotations received from loan dealers.

Interest Receivable - The fair value of this financial instrument approximates the book value as this financial instrument has a short maturity. It is the Company’s policy to stop accruing interest on loans past due by more than ninety days. Therefore, this financial instrument has been adjusted for estimated credit loss.

Derivative financial instruments: Fair value for interest rate caps and interest rate swap agreements are based upon the amounts required to settle the contracts.

 

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Deposits - The fair value of deposits with no stated maturity, such as noninterest-bearing demand deposits, savings, NOW accounts and money market accounts, is equal to the amount payable on demand. The fair values of time deposits are based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows.

The discount rate is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.

The fair value estimates do not include the benefit that results from the low-cost funding provided by the deposit liabilities compared to the cost of borrowing funds in the market. If that value was considered, the fair value of the Company’s net assets could increase.

Borrowings - The fair value of the Company’s borrowings with the FHLB is estimated by discounting the cash flows through maturity or the next repricing date based on current rates available to the Company for borrowings with similar maturities. The fair value of the Company’s short-term borrowings, capital lease obligations, structured repurchase agreements and other borrowings is estimated by discounting the cash flows through maturity based on current rates available to the Company for borrowings with similar maturities.

Junior Subordinated Debentures - The fair value of the Junior Subordinated Debentures is estimated based on current interest rates.

Due-to-Broker - The fair value of due-to-broker approximates carrying value due to their short term nature.

Commitments to Originate Loans - The Company has not estimated the fair value of commitments to originate loans due to their short term nature and their relative immateriality.

Limitations - Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These values do not reflect any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time the Company’s entire holdings of a particular financial instrument. Because no market exists for a significant portion of the Company’s financial instruments, fair value estimates are based on judgments regarding future expected loss experience, current economic conditions, risk characteristics of various financial instruments and other factors. These estimates are subjective in nature, involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment, and therefore cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.

Fair value estimates are based on existing on and off-balance sheet financial instruments without attempting to estimate the value of anticipated future business and the value of assets and liabilities that are not considered financial instruments. Other significant assets and liabilities that are not considered financial instruments include the deferred tax asset, premises and equipment and intangible assets, including the customer base. In addition, the tax ramifications related to the realization of the unrealized gains and losses can have a significant effect on fair value estimates and have not been considered in any of the estimates.

The following table presents the estimated fair value of the Company’s significant financial instruments at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010:

 

     March 31, 2011    June 30, 2010  
     Carrying
Value
     Estimated Fair
Value
   Carrying
Value
   Estimated
Fair Value
 
     (Dollars in Thousands)  

Financial assets:

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 109,755       $ 109,755       $20,435    $ 20,435   

Available-for-sale securities

     127,227         127,227       164,188      164,188   

Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve stock

     5,486         5,486       5,486      5,486   

Loans held-for-sale

     8,378         8,378       14,254      14,289   

Loans, net

     313,042         312,681       376,503      387,008   

Accrued interest receivable

     1,375         1,375       2,081      2,081   

Other assets – purchased interest rate caps

     99         99       114      114   

Financial liabilities:

           

Deposits (with no stated maturity)

     187,859         187,859       179,846      179,846   

Time deposits

     213,505         214,505       204,351      209,756   

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

     43,974         43,974       50,500      53,907   

Structured repurchase agreements

     68,434         68,434       65,000      70,897   

Other borrowings

     2,134         2,134       2,630      2,801   

Short-term borrowings

     13,226         13,226       46,168      46,168   

Capital lease obligation

     2,114         2,114       2,231      2,481   

Junior subordinated debentures issued to affiliated trusts

     7,922         7,992       16,496      6,765   

Other liabilities – interest rate swaps

     321         321       413      413   

 

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13. Derivatives

The Company has stand alone derivative financial instruments in the form of interest rate caps which derive their value from a fee paid and are adjusted to fair value based on index and strike rate, and a swap agreement which derives its value from the underlying interest rate. These transactions involve both credit and market risk. The notional amounts are amounts on which calculations, payments and the value of the derivative are based. Notional amounts do not represent direct credit exposures. Direct credit exposure is limited to the net difference between the calculated amounts to be received and paid, if any. Such differences, which represent the fair value of the derivative instruments, are reflected on the Company’s balance sheet as derivative assets and derivative liabilities.

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by the counterparties to these agreements. The Company controls the credit risk of its financial contracts through credit approvals, limits and monitoring procedures, and does not expect any counterparties to fail their obligations. The Company deals only with primary dealers.

Derivative instruments are generally negotiated over-the-counter contracts. Negotiated over-the-counter derivative contracts are generally entered into between two counterparties that negotiate specific agreement terms, including the underlying instrument, amount, exercise prices and maturity.

Risk Management Policies – Hedging Instruments

The Company evaluates the effectiveness of entering into any derivative instrument agreement by measuring the cost of such an agreement in relation to the reduction in net income volatility within an assumed range of interest rates.

Interest Rate Risk Management – Cash Flow Hedging Instruments

The Company uses long-term variable rate debt as a source of funds for use in the Company’s lending and investment activities and other general business purposes. These debt obligations expose the Company to variability in interest payments due to changes in interest rates. If interest rates increase, interest expense increases. Conversely, if interest rates decrease, interest expense decreases. Management believes it is prudent to limit the variability of a portion of its interest payments and, therefore, generally hedges a portion of its variable-rate interest payments. To meet this objective, management enters into interest rate caps whereby the Company receives variable interest payments above a specified interest rate and swap agreements whereby the Company receives variable interest rate payments and makes fixed interest rate payments during the contract period.

At March 31, 2011, the information pertaining to outstanding interest rate caps and swap agreements used to hedge variable rate debt is as follows:

 

     Interest Rate Caps     Interest Rate Swap  

Notional amount (Dollars in thousands)

   $ 6,000      $ 10,000   

Weighted average pay rate

       4.69

Weighted average receive rate

       2.20

Strike rate based on 3 month LIBOR

     2.505  

Weighted average maturity in years

     3.50        3.92   

Unrealized gains

     5        95   

The Company purchased two interest rate caps for $325,000, which expire September 30, 2014. The swap agreement provided for the Company to receive payments at a variable rate determined by a specified index (three month LIBOR) in exchange for making payments at a fixed rate.

During the three months ended March 31, 2011, no interest rate cap or swap agreements were terminated prior to maturity. At March 31, 2011, the unrealized loss relating to interest rate caps and swaps was recorded in derivative liabilities in

 

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accordance with ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging Overview.” Changes in the fair value of interest rate caps and swaps designated as hedging instruments of the variability of cash flows associated with long-term debt are reported in other comprehensive income. These amounts subsequently are reclassified into interest expense as a yield adjustment in the same period in which the related interest on the long-term debt affects earnings. None of the other comprehensive income was reclassified into interest expense during the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Risk management results for the three months ended March 31, 2011 related to the balance sheet hedging of long-term debt indicates that the hedges were 100% effective and that there was no component of the derivative instruments’ gain or loss which was excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness.

As of March 31, 2011, none of the losses reported in other comprehensive income related to the interest rate caps and swap agreements are expected to be reclassified into interest expense as a yield adjustment of the hedged borrowings during the three-months ended June 30, 2011.

 

March 31, 2011

  

Asset Derivatives

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815:

     
    

Balance Sheet Location

   Fair Value  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Interest Rate Caps

   Other Assets    $ 99   

Interest Rate Swaps

   Other Liabilities      321   

June 30, 2010

  

Asset Derivatives

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815:

     
    

Balance Sheet Location

   Fair Value  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Interest Rate Contracts

   Other Assets    $ 114   

Interest Rate Swaps

   Other Liabilities      413   

See Note 7, Structured Repurchase Agreements, for additional information on purchased interest rate caps.

 

14. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2010-06, “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.” The ASU requires disclosing the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy and describing the reasons for the transfers. The disclosures became effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009. The Company adopted ASU 2010-06 as of January 1, 2010. Additionally, disclosures of the gross purchases, sales, issuances and settlements activity in the Level 3 of the fair value measurement hierarchy will be required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010.

The Company did not have any significant transfers of assets or liabilities between Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy during the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

In March 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-11, “Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives.” The ASU clarifies that certain embedded derivatives, such as those contained in certain securitizations, CDOs and structured notes, should be considered embedded credit derivatives subject to potential bifurcation and separate fair value accounting. The ASU allows any beneficial interest issued by a securitization vehicle to be accounted for under the fair value option at transition. At transition, the Company may elect to reclassify various debt securities (on an instrument-by-instrument basis) from held-to-maturity or available-for-sale to trading. The new rules are effective July 1, 2010. This ASU did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-18, “Effect of a Loan Modification When the Loan is Part of a Pool that is accounted for as a Single Asset.” As a result of this ASU, modifications of loans that are accounted for within a pool under Subtopic 310-30 do not result in the removal of those loans from the pool even if the modification of those loans would otherwise be considered a troubled debt restructuring. An entity will continue to be required to consider whether the pool of assets in which the loan is included is impaired if expected cash flows for the pool change. The amendments in this ASU are effective for modifications of loans accounted for within pools under Subtopic 310-30 occurring in the first interim or annual period ended on or after July 15, 2010. The amendments are to be applied prospectively. Early application is permitted.

 

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In July 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-20, “Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses.” This ASU is created to provide financial statement users with greater transparency about an entity’s allowance for credit losses and the credit quality of its financing receivables. This ASU is intended to provide additional information to assist financial statement users in assessing the entity’s credit risk exposures and evaluating the adequacy of its allowance for credit losses. The amendments in this ASU are effective as of the end of a reporting period for interim and annual reporting periods ended on or after December 15, 2010. The disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010.

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-28, “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other.” This ASU is to addresses when to perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. For public entities, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010.

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-29, “Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations.” This ASU addresses diversity in practice about the interpretation of the pro forma revenue and earnings disclosure requirements for business combinations. This ASU is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010.

In April 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-02, “A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring Is a Troubled Debt Restructuring.” This ASU provides additional guidance or clarification to help creditors determine whether a restructuring constitutes a troubled debt restructuring. For public entities, the amendments in this ASU are effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011, and should be applied retrospectively to the beginning of the annual period of adoption. As a result of applying these amendments, an entity may identify receivables that are newly considered impaired, and should measure impairment on those receivables prospectively for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011. Additional disclosures are also required under this ASU. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU. The ASU is expected to cause more loan modifications to be classified as TDRs and the Company is evaluating its modification programs and practices in light of the new ASU.

In April 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-03, “Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements.” The objective of this ASU is to improve the accounting for repurchase agreements and other agreements that both entitle and obligate a transferor to repurchase or redeem financial assets before their maturity. This ASU prescribes when an entity may or may not recognize a sale upon the transfer of financial assets subject to repurchase agreements. The guidance in this ASU is effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is not permitted.

 

15. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events through May 11, 2011, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued. There were no subsequent events that require adjustment to, or disclosure in, the consolidated financial statements.

 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements, notes and tables included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A Note about Forward Looking Statements

This report contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, such as statements relating to our financial condition, prospective results of operations, future performance or expectations, plans, objectives, prospects, loan loss allowance adequacy, simulation of changes in interest rates, capital spending and finance sources, and revenue sources. These statements relate to expectations concerning matters that are not historical facts. Accordingly, statements that are based on management’s projections, estimates, assumptions, and judgments constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which are based on various assumptions (some of which are beyond the Company’s control), may be identified by reference to a future period or periods, or by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believe”, “expect”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “continue”, “plan”, “approximately”, “intend”, “objective”, “goal”, “project”, or other similar terms or variations on those terms, or the future or conditional verbs such as “will”, “may”, “should”, “could”, and “would”. In addition, the Company may from time to time make such oral or written “forward-looking statements” in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including exhibits thereto), in its reports to shareholders, and in other communications made by or with the Company’s approval.

 

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Such forward-looking statements reflect our current views and expectations based largely on information currently available to our management, and on our current expectations, assumptions, plans, estimates, judgments, and projections about our business and our industry, and they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable estimates and assumptions, they are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies, and other factors. Accordingly, the Company cannot give you any assurance that our expectations will, in fact, occur or that our estimates or assumptions will be correct. The Company cautions you that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of, among other factors, changes in interest rates; competitive pressures from other financial institutions; the effects of a continuing deterioration in general economic conditions on a national basis or in the local markets in which the Company operates, including changes which adversely affect borrowers’ ability to service and repay our loans; changes in loan defaults and charge-off rates; changes in the value of securities and other assets, adequacy of loan loss reserves, or deposit levels necessitating increased borrowing to fund loans and investments; increasing government regulation, such as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010; the risk that intangibles recorded in the Company’s financial statements will become impaired; changes in assumptions used in making such forward-looking statements; and the other risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 and other filings submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Financial Statement Presentation and Reporting of Non-GAAP Results of Operations

On December 29, 2010, the merger of the Company and FHB Formation LLC (“FHB”) was consummated. FHB is the entity through which a group of independent accredited investors (the “Investors”) purchased 937,933 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock and 1,161,166 shares of newly-issued voting and non-voting common stock, at a price equal to $13.93 per share. As a result of this transaction, $16.2 million of new capital was contributed to the Company, and the Investors collectively own approximately 60% of the outstanding common shares of the Company. We have applied the acquisition method of accounting, as described in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, “Business Combinations,” to this transaction, which represents an acquisition by FHB of Northeast, with Northeast as the surviving company.

As a result of application of the acquisition method of accounting to the Company’s balance sheet, the Company’s financial statements from the periods prior to the transaction date are not directly comparable to the financial statements for periods subsequent to the transaction date. To make this distinction, we have labeled balances and results of operations prior to the transaction date as “Predecessor Company” and balances and results of operations for periods subsequent to the transaction date as “Successor Company.” The lack of comparability arises from the assets and liabilities having new accounting bases as a result of recording them at their fair values as of the transaction date rather than at historical cost basis. To denote this lack of comparability, a heavy black line has been placed between the Successor Company and Predecessor Company columns in the Consolidated Financial Statements and in the tables in the notes to the statements and in this discussion. In addition, the lack of comparability means that the periods being reported in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 in the statements and tables are not the same periods as reported for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

However, in discussing our results of operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 relative to prior periods, we believe it is most useful to combine the pre-merger and post-merger periods. While GAAP statements for the third quarter of fiscal years 2011 and 2010 present results of operations for three month periods, there are no comparable nine-month periods of fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2010. Accordingly, we have presented our fiscal year 2011 results below as the addition of the 181-day period for the Predecessor Company and 93-day period for the Successor Company. We believe that this presentation provides the most meaningful information about our results of operations. This approach is not consistent with GAAP, may yield results that are not strictly comparable on a period-to-period basis, and may not reflect the actual results we would have achieved.

The following combined income statement presentation for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 is non-GAAP. For purposes of comparing our post-merger results to prior periods, the income statement for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 is the mathematical addition of the Predecessor and Successor Company periods.

 

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     GAAP-Based Operating Results     Non-GAAP
Financial
       
     Successor
Company
           Predecessor
Company
    Measure:
Combined
       
     For the Period
Dec. 29, 2010
To

Mar. 31, 2011
           For the Period
July 1, 2010
to

Dec 28, 2010
    Total
For the nine
months ended
Mar. 31, 2011
    For the nine
months ended
Mar. 31, 2010
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Interest income

   $ 6,846          $ 14,378     $ 21,224     $ 23,644  

Interest expense

     1,697            5,952       7,649       10,332  
                                     

Net interest income

     5,149            8,426       13,575       13,312  

Provision for loan losses

     49            912       961       1,504  
                                     

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

     5,100            7,514       12,614       11,808  

Fees for other services to customers

     323            698       1,021        1,116  

Net securities gains

     47            17       64       (20

Gain on sales of loans

     344            1,867       2,211       708   

Investment commissions

     734            1,174       1,908       1,455  

Insurance commissions

     1,495            2,661       4,156       4,705  

BOLI income

     131            250       381       376  

Bargain purchase gain

     15,216            —          15,216       —     

Other noninterest income

     156            330       486       510  
                                     

Total noninterest income

     18,446            6,997       25,443        8,850  

Salaries and employee benefits

     4,991            6,670       11,661       10,392  

Intangible assets amortization

     444            344       788       549  

Merger Expense

     3,182            94       3,276       157  

Other noninterest expense

     3,109            4,839       7,948       7,342  
                                     

Total noninterest expense

     11,726            11,947       23,673       18,440  
                                     

Income before income tax expense

     11,820            2,564       14,384       2,218  

Income tax (benefit) expense

     (171          768       597       542  
                                     

Net income

   $ 11,991          $ 1,796     $ 13,787     $ 1,676  
                                     

Net income available to common stockholders

   $ 11,891          $ 1,677     $ 13,568     $ 1,493  
                                     

Earnings per common share:

             

Basic

   $ 3.39          $ 0.72     $ 4.97     $ 0.64  

Diluted

   $ 3.33          $ 0.71     $ 4.92     $ 0.64  

Return on average assets

     7.67          0.57     2.94     0.37

Return on average equity

     72.56          6.94     32.76     4.54

Overview

For the quarter ended March 31, 2011, the Company earned net income of $156 thousand and net income available to common shareholders of $58 thousand or $0.02 per diluted share, compared to earned net income of $531 thousand and net income available to common shareholders of $470 thousand or $0.20 per diluted share, for the same period in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. The principal factors contributing to the reduction in quarterly net income between the two periods was an increase in noninterest expense, offset in part by increases in net interest income and noninterest income and a decrease in the provision for loan losses.

For the nine months ended March 31, 2011, the Company earned net income of $13.8 million and net income available to common shareholders of $13.6 million, or $4.92 per diluted share, results that included a bargain purchase gain of $15.2 million and merger expense of $3.3 million. Excluding those items reduces net income to $1.8 million and net income available to common shareholders to $1.6 million, or $0.59 per diluted share for the nine months ended March 31, 2011.

 

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This compares to net income of $1.8 million and net income available to common shareholders of $1.7 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, for the nine-months ended March 31, 2010. Similar to the quarterly results, earnings for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 included higher net interest income, lower provision for loan losses, and higher non-interest income and operating expenses, when contrasted against the results for the nine months ended March 31, 2010.

Description of Operations

The Company is a Maine corporation and a bank holding company registered with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The Federal Reserve is the primary regulator of the Company, and it supervises and examines our activities. The Company also is a registered Maine financial institution holding company under Maine law and is subject to regulation and examination by the Superintendent of Maine Bureau of Financial Institutions. We conduct business from our headquarters in Lewiston, Maine and, as of March 31, 2011, we had ten banking offices, one financial center, three loan production offices, and ten insurance offices located in western and south-central Maine and southeastern New Hampshire. In early January, 2011, the Company opened an office in the Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, to house the Company’s new senior management team and other business development staff. At March 31, 2011, we had consolidated assets of $607.4 million and consolidated stockholders’ equity of $65.0 million.

The Company’s principal asset is all of the capital stock of Northeast Bank (the “Bank”), a Maine state-chartered universal bank. The Company’s results of operations are primarily dependent on the results of the operations of the Bank. The Bank’s 10 branch offices are located in Auburn, Augusta, Bethel, Brunswick, Buckfield, Harrison, Lewiston, Poland, Portland, and South Paris, Maine. The Bank’s financial center is located in Falmouth, Maine and houses our investment brokerage division which offers investment, insurance and financial planning products and services. We operate residential real estate loan production offices in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Bangor, Maine.

The Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Northeast Bank Insurance Group Inc, is our insurance agency. Its 10 offices are located in Anson, Auburn, Augusta, Berwick, Bethel, Livermore Falls, Thomaston, Turner, Scarborough, and South Paris, Maine. Eight agencies have been acquired previously: Goodrich Insurance Associates was acquired on May 15, 2009; Hyler Agency of Thomaston, Maine, was acquired on December 11, 2008; Spence & Matthews, Inc. of Berwick, Maine, and Rochester, New Hampshire, was acquired on November 30, 2008; Hartford Insurance Agency of Lewiston, Maine, was acquired on August 30, 2008; Russell Agency of Madison, Maine, was acquired on June 28, 2008; Southern Maine Insurance Agency of Scarborough, Maine, was acquired on March 30, 2008; Sturtevant and Ham, Inc. of Livermore, Maine, was acquired on December 1, 2006; and Palmer Insurance of Turner, Maine, was acquired on November 28, 2006. Following the acquisitions, the Russell Agency was moved to our existing agency office in Anson, Maine, the Hartford Insurance Agency was moved to our existing agency office in Auburn, Maine, and Goodrich Insurance Associates was moved to our existing agency office in Berwick, Maine. We sold the agency located in Jackman on December 8, 2010. The customer list of agency offices in Mexico and Rangeley were sold and closed in December, 2009 and January, 2010 respectively.

All of our insurance agencies offer personal and commercial property and casualty insurance products. See Note 6 in the Notes to Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2010 and Note 10 in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Statements included in this report for more information regarding our insurance agency acquisitions.

Bank Strategy

The principal business of the Bank consists of attracting deposits from the general public and applying those funds to originate or acquire residential mortgage loans, commercial loans, commercial real estate loans and consumer loans. The Bank sells residential mortgage loans into the secondary market. The Bank also invests in mortgage-backed securities and bonds issued by United States government sponsored enterprises. The Bank’s profitability depends primarily on net interest income, which continues to be our largest source of revenue and is affected by the level of interest rates, changes in interest rates and by changes in the amount and composition of interest-earning assets (i.e., loans and investments) and interest-bearing liabilities (i.e., customer deposits and borrowed funds).

The Company is also working to develop two new Bank business initiatives: a Loan Acquisition and Servicing Group, which will seek to purchase performing commercial loans for portfolio and service commercial loans for third parties, and an Online Deposit Program, intended to provide a new source of core deposit funding for the Bank.

 

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Financial Condition

Overview

Total assets declined to $607.4 million at March 31, 2011 from $622.6 million as of June 30, 2010, a decrease of $15.2 million. This 2.4% reduction in assets was undertaken, in part, to increase the Company’s Tier 1 leverage ratio, which increased from 9.57% at the beginning of the quarter to 10.15% at March 31, 2011. In connection with the regulatory approval of the recent merger transaction, the Company is required to maintain a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 10% or greater, effective June 30, 2011. The decrease in total assets was attributable to decreases of $63.5 million in net loans, $5.9 million in loans held-for-sale and $37.0 million in available for sale securities. Offsetting these decreases, in part, were increases in short-term investments of $93.1 million, an increase in intangible assets of $2.0 million as a result of fair value adjustments, a decrease in short term borrowings of $32.9 million, and an increase stockholders’ equity of $14.0 million. The reduction in net loans includes $36.3 million of loan sales from the Company’s indirect consumer and residential real estate portfolios. Total deposits increased $17.2 million, or 4.5%, primarily from the promotion of six, twelve and twenty-four month certificates of deposits during the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Total stockholders’ equity was $64.9 million and $50.9 million at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively, an increase of $14.0 million, or 27.5%. The change in stockholders’ equity was due principally to the merger, which reset the Company’s common equity accounts due to the application of the acquisition method of accounting, and provided $16.2 million of new capital from the issuance of new shares.

Assets

Short-term Investments

Short-term investments were $106.5 million as of March 31, 2011, an increase of $93.1 million, or 693.6%, from $13.4 million at June 30, 2010. This increase was the result of an increase in capital as a result of the merger with FHB, an increase in deposits, and decreases in investment securities, net loans and loans held-for-sale.

Securities

Available for sale securities were $127.2 million as of March 31, 2011, a decrease of $37.0 million, or 22.5%, from $164.2 million as of June 30, 2010. This decrease was primarily due to the cash flow from amortization of mortgage-backed securities, and the sale of municipal bonds, U.S. government agencies and equity securities.

The investment portfolio as of March 31, 2011 consisted of mortgage-backed and debt securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, and equity securities. Generally, funds retained by the Bank as a result of increases in deposits or decreases in loans, to the extent not immediately deployed by the Bank, are invested in securities held in its investment portfolio, which serves as a source of liquidity for the Company. The following table shows the amortized cost and fair value of our securities (all of which are classified as ‘available for sale’) at the dates indicated:

 

     March 31, 2011      June 30, 2010  
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Securities available for sale:

           

Government-sponsored enterprise obligations

   $ 27,166       $ 27,165       $ 8,583       $ 8,649   

Municipal obligations

     —           —           11,905         12,007   

Corporate obligations

     —           —           994         1,030   
                                   
     27,166         27,165         21,482         21,686   

Mortgage-backed securities

     99,513         99,377         133,869         141,285   
                                   

Total debt securities

     126,679         126,542         155,351         162,971   
                                   

Trust preferred securities

     401         473         584         441   

Preferred securities

     197         212         312         253   

Equity securities

     —           —           732         523   
                                   

Total equity securities

     598         685         1,628         1,217   
                                   

Total available for sale securities

   $ 127,277       $ 127,227       $ 156,979       $ 164,188   
                                   

Restricted equity securities:

           

Federal Reserve Bank stock

   $ 597       $ 597       $ 597       $ 597   

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston stock

     4,889         4,889         4,889         4,889   
                                   

Total restricted equity securities

   $ 5,486       $ 5,486       $ 5,486       $ 5,486   
                                   

 

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The following supplemental table provides information regarding the issuers of our securities as of March 31, 2011:

 

     March 31, 2011  
     Amortized
Cost
     Fair
Value
 
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Securities available for sale:

     

Federal National Mortgage Association

   $ 12,615       $ 12,619   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     5,999         5,995   

Federal Home Loan Bank

     6,060         6,054   

Federal Farm Credit Bureau

     2,492         2,497   
                 

Government-sponsored enterprise obligations

     27,166         27,165   

Federal National Mortgage Association

     66,390         66,262   

Government National Mortgage Association

     17,265         17,245   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     15,858         15,870   
                 

Mortgage-backed securities

     99,513         99,377   
                 

Total debt securities

     126,679         126,542   
                 

Trust preferred securities

     401         473   

Preferred stock

     197         212   
                 

Total equity securities

     598         685   
                 

Total available-for-sale securities

   $ 127,277       $ 127,227   
                 

Our entire securities portfolio was classified as available-for-sale at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, and carried at fair value on that date. Changes in market value, net of applicable income taxes, are reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Gains and losses on sales of securities are recognized at the time of sale using the specific identification method. The amortized cost and fair value of available-for-sale securities at March 31, 2011 were $127.3 million and $127.2 million, respectively. The difference between the fair value and the cost (which reflects fair value adjustments made in the application of acquisition accounting in connection with the merger transaction) of the securities of $50 thousand was primarily attributable to a decrease in the market value of mortgage-backed securities.

Management reviews the portfolio of investments on an ongoing basis to determine if there have been any other than temporary declines in value. Some of the considerations management takes into account in making this determination are market valuations of particular securities and an economic analysis of the securities’ sustainable market values based on the underlying company’s profitability. Five trust preferred and three preferred stock securities in the Bank’s equity securities portfolio have credit ratings below our investment grade. Each of the trust preferred and preferred stock securities was subject to impairment testing at March 31, 2011. No impairment expense was recognized for the three- and nine-month periods ended March 31, 2011.

Loan Portfolio

Total loans, including loans held-for-sale, amounted to $321.4 million as of March 31, 2011, a decrease of $69.3, or 17.7%, from $390.8 million as of June 30, 2010. Compared to June 30, 2010, loans held-for-sale decreased $5.9 million, or 41.2%, residential real estate loans decreased $12.4 million, or 8.0%, commercial real estate loans decreased $3.6 million, or 3.0%, commercial loans decreased $4.7 million, or 15.6%, and consumer loans decreased $45.9 million, or 65.8%. Construction loans decreased $2.6 million, or 46.8%. Of the total decrease in loans, 54% was due to loan sales in the quarter ended March 31, 2011, principally indirect consumer loans. The remainder of the decrease was the result of net amortization and payoffs of residential and commercial loans, plus the $5.9 million reduction in loans held for sale. The following table shows the composition of the loan portfolio excluding loans held for sale of $8.4 million and $14.3 million as of March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively.

 

 

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     March 31, 2011     June 30, 2010  
     Amount     Percent     Amount     Percent  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Mortgage loans:

        

Residential

   $ 92,627        29.59   $ 102,204        26.73

Commercial

     117,562        37.55     121,175        31.70

Construction

     2,941        0.94     5,525        1.45

Home equity

     50,545        16.15     53,409        13.97
                                
     263,675        84.23     282,313        73.85

Other loans:

        

Commercial

     25,490        8.14     30,214        7.90

Consumer

     23,891        7.63     69,782        18.25
                                
     49,381        15.77     99,996        26.15
                                

Total loans

     313,056        100.00     382,309        100.00

Other items:

        

Allowance for loan losses

     (14       (5,806  
                    

Total loans, net

   $ 313,042        $ 376,503     
                    

We currently plan to continue to sell most newly originated residential real estate loans in the secondary market. Residential real estate loans originated for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011 were $26.3 million and $124.9 million, respectively. Loans sold into the secondary market for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011 were $27.4 million and $123.3 million, respectively. Additionally, $5.7 million of residential portfolio loans were sold in the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Of the total loan portfolio, 60.4% have variable interest rates at March 31, 2011 compared to 53.1% at June 30, 2010.

Consumer loan balances continue to decline, since we terminated all consumer indirect lending effective October 31, 2008 and we sold $30.6 million of indirect auto, boat and RV loans in the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Our decision to exit this line of business was based on its low profitability and our expectation that an acceptable level of returns was not likely to be attained in future periods. At March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, consumer loans represented 8% and 18%, respectively of total loans.

Classification of Assets

Loans are classified as non-performing when 90 days past due, unless a loan is well-secured and in process of collection. Loans less than 90 days past due, for which collection of principal or interest is considered doubtful, are also designated as non-performing. In both situations, we cease accruing interest. The Bank had non-performing loans totaling $6.3 million at March 31, 2011, net of a $3.0 million fair value adjustment, compared to $8.8 million at June 30, 2010. Non-performing loans as a percentage of total loans were 2.0% and 2.3% of total loans, respectively at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010. The following table shows the composition of the Bank’s non-performing loans at the dates indicated:

 

Description:    March 31, 2011      June 30, 2010  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Residential Real Estate

   $ 1,503       $ 3,002   

Commercial Real Estate

     3,511         3,701   

Construction Loan

     121         —     

Commercial Loans

     629         1,744   

Consumer and Other

     555         394   
                 

Total non-performing

   $ 6,319       $ 8,841   
                 

 

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Of total non-performing loans at March 31, 2011, $2.5 million was current and paying, compared to $3.2 million at June 30, 2010, a decrease of $0.7 million, which represents loans that have been returned to full accrual status. The Bank typically maintains such loans as non-performing until the respective borrowers have demonstrated a sustained period of performance. At March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, the Bank had $1.0 million in loans classified special mention or substandard that management believes could potentially become non-performing due to delinquencies or marginal cash flows. The following table shows the quarterly trend of the Bank’s loans 30 days or more past due as a percentage of total loans:

 

03/31/11

  12/31/10     9/30/10     6/30/10     3/31/10  
2.25%     1.94     2.74     2.84     3.41

Allowance for Loan Losses

The Company’s allowance for loan losses was $14 thousand as of March 31, 2011. This amount reflects the application of the acquisition method of accounting for the merger on December 29, 2010, and is therefore not comparable to the allowance for loan losses of $5.8 million at June 30, 2010. The allowance for loan losses represented less than 0.19% of total loans at March 31, 2011 and 1.63% immediately prior to the transaction date and was 1.52% of total loans at June 30, 2010. The allowance for loan losses was set to zero on the date of the transaction when the loan portfolio was marked to its then current fair value. Since that date, the Company is creating a new allowance, as new loans are booked or in the event that credit exposure in the pre-merger loan portfolio exceeds that estimated when fair values were determined.

The allowance for loan losses represents management’s estimate of this risk in the loan portfolio. This evaluation process is subject to numerous estimates and judgments. The frequency of default, risk ratings, and the loss recovery rates, among other things, are considered in making this evaluation, as are the size and diversity of individual large credits. Changes in these estimates could have a direct impact on the provision and could result in a change in the allowance. The larger the provision for loan losses, the greater the negative impact on our net income. Larger balance, commercial and commercial real estate loans representing significant individual credit exposures are evaluated based upon the borrower’s overall financial condition, resources, and payment record, the prospects for support from any financially responsible guarantors and, if appropriate, the realizable value of any collateral. The allowance for loan losses attributed to these loans is established through a process that includes estimates of historical and projected default rates and loss severities, internal risk ratings and geographic, industry and other environmental factors. Management also considers overall portfolio indicators, including trends in internally risk-rated loans, classified loans, nonaccrual loans and historical and projected charge-offs and a review of industry, geographic and portfolio concentrations, including current developments. In addition, management considers the current business strategy and credit process, including credit limit setting and compliance, credit approvals, loan underwriting criteria and loan workout procedures. Within the allowance for loan losses, amounts are specified for larger-balance, commercial and commercial real estate loans that have been individually determined to be impaired. These specific reserves consider all available evidence including, as appropriate, the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s contractual effective rate and the fair value of collateral. Each portfolio of smaller balance, residential real estate and consumer loans is collectively evaluated for impairment. The allowance for loan losses for these loans is established pursuant to a process that includes historical delinquency and credit loss experience, together with analyses that reflect current trends and conditions. Management also considers overall portfolio indicators, including historical credit losses, delinquent, non-performing and classified loans, trends in volumes, terms of loans, an evaluation of overall credit quality and the credit process, including lending policies and procedures and economic factors. For the nine months ended March 31, 2011, we have not changed our approach in the determination of the allowance for loan losses. There have been no material changes in the assumptions or estimation techniques as compared to prior periods in determining the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. See Note 3 in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for additional information on the allowance for loan losses.

The following table allocates the allowance for loan losses by loan category and the percent of loans in each category to total loans at the dates indicated below. The allowance for loan losses allocated to each category is not indicative of future losses and does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in other categories. The merger-related fair value adjustments virtually eliminated the allowance for loan losses as of March 31, 2011.

 

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     March 31, 2011     June 30, 2010  
     Allowance
For Loan
Losses
     Loan
Balances
By
Category
     Percent
of Loans
In Each
Category
to Total
Loans
    Allowance
For Loan
Losses
     Loan
Balances
By
Category
     Percent
of Loans
In Each
Category
to Total
Loans
 
     (Dollar in thousands)  

Mortgage loans on real estate:

                

Residential

   $ 4       $ 92,627         29.59   $ 1,211       $ 102,204         26.73

Commercial

     4         117,562         37.55     1,412         121,175         31.70

Construction

     —           2,941         0.94     50         5,525         1.45

Home equity

     —           50,545         16.15     353         53,409         13.97
                                                    
     8         263,675         84.23     3,026         282,313         73.85
                                                    

Other loans:

                

Commercial

     3         25,490         8.14     1,051         30,214         7.90

Consumer

     3         23,891         7.63     1,462         69,782         18.25

Unallocated (1)

     —           —           0.00     267         —           0.00
                                                    
     6         49,381         15.77     2,780         99,996         26.15
                                                    

Total

   $ 14       $ 313,056         100.00   $ 5,806       $ 382,309         100.00
                                                    

 

(1) The unallocated portion of the allowance for loan losses is intended to capture the exposure, if any, that may exist as a result of a number of qualitative factors that are difficult to quantify with precision.

The following table details the activity in our allowance for loan losses:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
    Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Balance at beginning of period

   $ —        $ 5,872      $ 5,806      $ 5,764   

Charge-offs:

        

Residential mortgage loans

     (21     (23     (82     (139

Commercial loans

     (13     (403     (438     (687

Consumer loans

     (21     (184     (395     (654
                                

Total charge-offs

     (55     (610     (915     (1,480
                                

Recoveries:

        

Residential mortgage loans

     —          —          53        34   

Commercial loans

     3        2        33        33   

Consumer loans

     17        31        56        68   
                                

Total recoveries

     20        33        142        135   
                                

Net charge-offs

     (35     (577     (773     (1,345

Provision for loan losses

     49        628        961        1,504   

Allowance for loan losses eliminated in accordance with acquisition method of accounting

     —          —          (5,980     —     
                                

Balance at end of period

   $ 14      $ 5,923      $ 14      $ 5,923   
                                

Ratios:

        

Net charge-offs to average loans outstanding

     0.01     0.15     0.21     0.34

Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans at end of period

     0.22     60.17     0.22     60.17

Allowance for loan losses to total loans at end of period

     0.00     1.53     0.00     1.53

While management believes that it uses the best information available to make its determinations with respect to the allowance, there can be no assurance that the Company will not have to increase its provision for loan losses in the future as a result of changing economic conditions, adverse markets for real estate or other factors. Please refer to Note 3 in the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the report for additional information about the Company’s asset classification methodology and its allowance for loan losses.

 

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Other Assets

Bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”) is invested in the general account of three insurance companies and in separate accounts of a fourth insurance company. We rely on the creditworthiness of each insurance company for general account BOLI policies, and monitor their creditworthiness on an ongoing basis. For separate account BOLI policies, the insurance company holds the underlying bond and stock investments in a trust for the Bank. Standard and Poor’s rated these companies A+ or better at March 31, 2011. Interest earnings, net of mortality costs, increase cash surrender value. These interest earnings are based on interest rates reset at least annually, and are subject to minimum guaranteed rates. These increases in cash surrender value are recognized in other income and are not subject to income taxes. Borrowing on or surrendering the policy may subject the Bank to income tax expense on the increase in cash surrender value. For this reason, management considers BOLI an illiquid asset. BOLI represented 21.1% of the Bank’s total risk-based capital as of March 31, 2011, which is within our 25% internal policy limit.

In the determination of the asset fair values in connection with the merger, goodwill of $4.1 million was eliminated. Goodwill recorded prior to the transaction date resulted from consideration paid in excess of identified tangible and intangible assets in eight insurance agency acquisitions that occurred during the two fiscal years ended June 30, 2009.

Intangible assets increased $2.1 million, or 17.4%, as of March 31, 2011, as a result of two merger-related fair value adjustments, which included a $5.9 million identifiable intangible representing the value of the Company’s core deposits, and an increase of $963 thousand in the estimated value of identifiable intangibles for the Company’s insurance agency, offset in part by the elimination of $4.1 million of goodwill and amortization of identifiable intangibles totaling $788 thousand in the nine months ended March 31, 2011. See Note 1 in the Notes to Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2010 for additional information on intangible assets.

Deposits, Borrowed Funds, Capital Resources and Liquidity

Deposits

The Company’s principal source of funding is its core deposit accounts. At March 31, 2011, non-maturity accounts and insured certificates of deposit represented 92.8% of total deposits. As supplemental sources of funds, the Bank typically uses its borrowing capacity at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (“FHLB”) or other term borrowings (principally repurchase agreements).

Total deposits of $401.4 million as of March 31, 2011 increased, by 4.5% or $17.2 million, from $384.2 as of June 30, 2010. The increase was result of growth in certificates of deposit of $9.1 million, demand deposits of $10.0 million and NOW accounts of $5.6 million, offset in part by decreases in savings and money market accounts aggregating $7.5 million. Management has promoted certificates of deposit over the past three months. We also exited most short-term borrowings (sweeps and repurchase accounts) which shifted approximately $5.3 million to demand deposits as of March 31, 2011.

 

     March 31, 2011      % of Total     June 30, 2010      % of Total  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Deposit type:

          

Demand deposits

   $ 45,254         11.28   $ 35,266         9.18

NOW accounts

     56,437         14.06     50,834         13.23

Regular and other savings

     33,942         8.46     38,190         9.94

Money market deposits

     52,226         13.01     55,556         14.46
                                  

Total non-certificate accounts

     187,859         46.81     179,846         46.81
                                  

Term certificates less than $250,000

     184,428         29.69     172,985         24.66

Term certificates of $250,000 and more

     29,077         23.50     31,366         28.53
                                  

Total certificate accounts

     213,505         53.19     204,351         53.19
                                  

Total deposits

   $ 401,364         100.00   $ 384,197         100.00
                                  

 

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Borrowed Funds

Advances from the FHLB were $44.0 million and $50.5 million as of March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively. At March 31, 2011, we had pledged U.S. government agency and mortgage-backed securities of $57.1 million as collateral for FHLB advances. In addition to U.S. government agency and mortgage-backed securities, pledges of residential real estate loans, certain commercial real estate loans and certain FHLB deposits free of liens or pledges were required to secure FHLB advances.

Structured repurchase agreements were $68.4 million and $65.0 million at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively. We pledged $73.9 million of mortgage-backed securities and cash as collateral for those borrowings at March 31, 2011. Two of the six structured repurchase agreements have imbedded purchased interest rate caps to reduce the risk to net interest income in periods of rising interest rates.

Short-term borrowings, consisting of securities sold under repurchase agreements and other sweep accounts, were $13.2 million as of March 31, 2011, a decrease of $32.9 million, or 71.4%, from $46.2 million as of June 30, 2010. The decrease is attributable to the discontinuation of the sweep account product. At March 31, 2011, we had pledged U.S. government agency and mortgage-backed securities of $13.3 million as collateral for repurchase agreements. Certain sweep accounts were secured by $7.4 million of letters of credit issued by the FHLB.

Liquidity

The following table is a summary of the liquidity the Bank had the ability to access as of March 31, 2011, in addition to traditional retail deposit products:

 

     (Dollars in thousands)       

Brokered time deposits

     $146,900              

Subject to internal policy limitation of 25% of total assets

FHLB

     35,400              

Unused advance capacity subject to eligible and qualified collateral

Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window Borrower-in-Custody

     1,300              

Unused credit line subject to the pledge of indirect auto loans

           

Total Unused Borrowing Capacity

     $183,600              
           

The Bank has a line of credit under the Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window Borrower-in-Custody program offered through the Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window. Under the terms of this credit line, the Bank has pledged its indirect auto loans, and the line bears a variable interest rate equal to the then current federal funds rate plus 0.50%. At March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, there was no outstanding balance under this program. In January, 2011, the Company sold indirect auto loans totaling $7.1 million, which reduced its borrowing capacity under the Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window Borrower-in-Custody to $1.3 million.

Retail deposits, brokered time deposits and FHLB advances are used by the Bank to manage its overall liquidity position. While we closely monitor and forecast our liquidity position, it is affected by asset growth, deposit withdrawals and meeting other contractual obligations and commitments. The accuracy of our forecast assumptions may increase or decrease our overall available liquidity. To utilize the FHLB advance borrowing capacity, the purchase of an additional $1.5 million of FHLB stock would be required.

Management believes that there are adequate funding sources to meet its liquidity needs for the foreseeable future. Primary among these funding sources are the repayment of principal and interest on loans, the renewal of time deposits, the potential growth in the deposit base, and the credit availability from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and the Federal Reserve Borrower-in-Custody program already fully defined on the previous page. Management does not believe that the terms and conditions that will be present at the renewal of these funding sources will significantly impact the Company’s operations, due to its management of the maturities of its assets and liabilities.

Capital

The following table summarizes the outstanding junior subordinated notes as of March 31, 2011. This debt represents qualifying tier 1 capital for the Company, up to a maximum of 25% of total tier 1 capital. At March 31, 2011, 100% of the carrying balance of the junior subordinated notes qualified as tier 1 capital:

 

Affiliated Trusts

   Balances
At Fair
Value
     Contractual
Obligations
     Interest
Rate
   

Maturity Date

     (Dollars in thousands)

NBN Capital Trust II

   $ 1,716       $ 3,093         3.11   March 30, 2034

NBN Capital Trust III

     1,716         3,093         3.11   March 30, 2034

NBN Capital Trust IV

     4,490         10,310         2.20   February 23, 2035
                            

Total

   $ 7,922       $ 16,496         2.54  
                            

 

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The annual interest expense, including the interest rate swap, on these notes is approximately $676,000 based on the current interest rates.

The Company paid $325,000 to purchase two interest rate caps to hedge the risk of rising interest rates over the next five years for junior subordinated notes related to NBN Capital Trust II and NBN Capital Trust III. The $6 million notional value of the purchased caps covers the portion of the outstanding balance not owned by the Company. Each junior subordinated note has an adjustable interest rate indexed to three month LIBOR. The purchased caps’ three month LIBOR strike rate was 2.505%.

Please refer to Note 4 of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for more information on NBN Capital Trust II, NBN Capital Trust III and NBN Capital Trust IV and the related junior subordinated debt.

Under the terms of the U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program, in which the Company participates, the Company must have the consent of Treasury to redeem, purchase, or acquire any shares of our common stock or other equity or capital securities, other than in connection with benefit plans consistent with past practice and certain other circumstances specified in the purchase agreement entered into by Treasury and the Company. The 2006 Stock Repurchase Plan, which expired at December 31, 2010, was not replaced.

Total stockholders’ equity was $64.9 million and $50.9 million at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010. The change reflects the effect of applying the acquisition method of accounting, which reset the Company’s equity accounts in connection with the merger, the $16.2 million capital contribution from newly issued voting and non-voting common shares on the transaction date, net income for the ninety three days ended March 31, 2011 and the change in the net unrealized gain on securities for March 31, 2011. Book value per outstanding share was $17.25 at March 31, 2011 and $20.08 at June 30, 2010. Tangible book value per outstanding share was $13.52 at March 31, 2011 and $15.19 at June 30, 2010. Tier 1 capital to total average assets of the Company was 10.15% as of March 31, 2011 and 8.40% at June 30, 2010.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”) contains various provisions intended to capitalize the Deposit Insurance Fund and also affects a number of regulatory reforms that impact all insured depository institutions, regardless of the insurance fund in which they participate. Among other things, FDICIA grants the Federal Reserve broader regulatory authority to take prompt corrective action against insured institutions that do not meet these capital requirements, including placing undercapitalized institutions into conservatorship or receivership. FDICIA also grants the Federal Reserve broader regulatory authority to take corrective action against insured institutions that are otherwise operating in an unsafe and unsound manner.

FDICIA defines specific capital categories based on an institution’s capital ratios. To be considered “adequately capitalized” or better, regulations require a minimum Tier 1 capital equal to 4.0% of adjusted total average assets, Tier 1 risk-based capital of 4.0% and a total risk-based capital standard of 8.0%. The prompt corrective action regulations define specific capital categories based on an institution’s capital ratios. The capital categories, in declining order are “well capitalized”, “adequately capitalized”, “undercapitalized”, “significantly undercapitalized”, and “critically undercapitalized”. Further, the Bank is subject to capital commitments with the Federal Reserve that require higher minimum capital ratios, as discussed in Note 2 in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Statements. As of March 31, 2011, the most recent notification from the Federal Reserve categorized the Bank as well capitalized.

 

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At March 31, 2011, the Company’s and Bank’s regulatory capital ratios are as follows:

 

     Actual     Minimum
Capital
Requirements
    Minimum
To Be Well
Capitalized Under
Prompt Correction
Action Provisions
 
     Amount      Ratio     Amount      Ratio     Amount      Ratio  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

March 31, 2011:

               

Total capital to risk weighted assets:

               

Consolidated

   $ 60,976         18.51   $ 26,350         8.00   $ 32,993         10.00

Bank

     64,716         19.55     26,478         8.00     33,098         10.00

Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets:

               

Consolidated

     60,963         18.51     13,175         4.00     19,796         6.00

Bank

     60,561         18.30     13,239         4.00     19,859         6.00

Tier 1 capital to average assets:

               

Consolidated

     60,963         10.15     24,023         4.00     30,028         5.00

Bank

     60,561         10.20     23,743         4.00     29,679         5.00

June 30, 2010:

               

Total capital to risk weighted assets:

               

Consolidated

   $ 56,488         14.09   $ 32,075         8.00   $ 40,094         10.00

Bank

     54,272         13.58     31,968         8.00     39,960         10.00

Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets:

               

Consolidated

     50,489         12.59     16,037         4.00     24,056         6.00

Bank

     49,267         12.33     15,984         4.00     23,976         6.00

Tier 1 capital to average assets:

               

Consolidated

     50,489         8.40     24,029         4.00     30,036         5.00

Bank

     49,267         8.24     23,930         4.00     29,913         5.00

Off-balance Sheet Arrangements and Aggregate Contractual Obligations

The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, unused lines of credit and standby letters of credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest-rate risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The contract or notional amounts of these instruments reflect the extent of the Company’s involvement in particular classes of financial instruments.

The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit, unused lines of credit and standby letters of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. To control the credit risk associated with entering into commitments and issuing letters of credit, the Company uses the same credit quality, collateral policies and monitoring controls in making commitments and letters of credit as it does with its lending activities. The Company evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Company upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation.

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total committed amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers.

Unused lines of credit and commitments to extend credit typically result in loans with a market interest rate.

 

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A summary of the amounts of the Company’s contractual obligations (amounts shown do not reflect fair value adjustments) and other commitments with off-balance sheet risk at March 31, 2011, follows:

 

Contractual Obligations (Dollars in Thousands)

   Total      Less Than 1
Year
     1-3 Years      4-5 Years      After 5
Years
 

FHLB advances

   $ 42,500       $ —         $ 15,000       $ 12,500       $ 15,000   

Structured repurchase agreements

     65,000         —           55,000         10,000         —     

Junior subordinated notes

     16,496         16,496         —           —           —     

Capital lease obligation

     2,114         161         349         414         1,190   

Other borrowings

     2,134         528         1,162         444         —     
                                            

Total long-term debt

     128,244         17,185         71,511         23,358         16,190   

Operating lease obligations (1)

     2,095         764         757         371         203   
                                            

Total contractual obligations

   $ 130,339       $ 17,949       $ 72,268       $ 23,729       $ 16,393   
                                            

Commitments with off-Balance Sheet Risk (Dollars in thousands)

   Less Than
Total
     1 Year      1-3 Years      4-5 Years      After 5
Years
 

Commitments to extend credit (2)(4)

   $ 6,791       $ 6,662       $ 129       $ —         $ —     

Commitments related to loans held for sale (3)

     3,205         3,205         —           —           —     

Unused lines of credit (4)(5)

     46,019         23,634         3,744         4,686         13,955   

Standby letters of credit (6)

     1,335         1,335            —           —     
                                            
   $ 57,350       $ 34,836       $ 3,873       $ 4,686       $ 13,955   
                                            

 

(1) Represents an off-balance sheet obligation.
(2) Represents commitments outstanding for residential real estate, commercial real estate, and commercial loans.
(3) Commitments for residential real estate loans that will be held for sale upon origination.
(4) Loan commitments and unused lines of credit for commercial and construction loans expire or are subject to renewal in twelve months or less.
(5) Represents unused lines of credit from commercial, construction, and home equity loans.
(6) Standby letters of credit generally expire in twelve months.

Management believes that the Company has adequate resources to fund all of its commitments.

The Bank has written options limited to those residential real estate loans designated for sale in the secondary market and subject to a rate lock. These rate-locked loan commitments are used for trading activities, not as a hedge. The fair value of the outstanding written options at March 31, 2011 was negligible.

Results of Operations

The following discussion compares the Company’s results of operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. As noted earlier, in discussing our post-merger results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended March 31, 2011 relative to prior periods, we believe it is most useful to combine the pre-merger and post-merger periods. While GAAP statements for the third quarter of fiscal year 2011 present results of operations for the 90-day periods ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, there are no such comparable periods for the nine-month periods ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. The discussion that follows is based on non-GAAP Combined Income Statements set forth on page 34, which add Successor Company and Predecessor Company results to arrive at combined results for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2011.

General

For the quarter ended March 31, 2011, the Company earned net income of $156 thousand and net income available to common shareholders of $58 thousand, or $0.02 per diluted share, compared to earned net income of $531 thousand and net income available to common shareholders of $470 thousand, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the same period in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The principal factors contributing to the change in quarterly net income between the two periods were an increase in net interest income of $407 thousand or 8.9%, a decrease in the provision for loan losses of $579 thousand, or 92.2%, and an increase in non-interest income of $336 thousand, or 11.0%, offset in part by an increase in noninterest expense of $2.1 million, or 33.0%. These variances include the effect of several non-recurring items in the quarter ended March 31, 2011, as follows:

 

1. A $296 thousand positive adjustment to the bargain purchase gain recorded in connection with the accounting for the merger, resulting from final valuations for the Company’s identifiable intangible assets for its insurance division, its fixed assets and its Series A preferred stock and related warrants;

 

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2. In accordance with the merger agreement, $450 thousand of compensation expense, representing retention payments owed to certain Community Bank division employees;

 

3. A net loss on the sale of loans (principally indirect consumer loans) of $178 thousand; and

 

4. Merger-related expenses of $132 thousand.

For the nine months ended March 31, 2011, the Company earned net income of $13.8 million and net income available to common shareholders of $13.6 million, or $4.92 per diluted share, results that included a bargain purchase gain of $15.2 million and merger expense of $3.3 million. Excluding those items reduces net income to $1.8 million and net income available to common shareholders to $1.6 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, for the nine-month period. This compares to net income of $1.8 million and net income available to common shareholders of $1.7 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, for the nine months ended March 31, 2010. Earnings for the first nine months of fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 were impacted by an increase in net interest income of $263 thousand, or 2.0%, a decrease in the provision for loan losses of $543 thousand, or 36.1%, an increase in non-interest income of $1.4 million, or 15.6%, offset in by an increase in noninterest expense of $2.0 million, or 10.6%. These comparisons exclude the effect of a $15.2 million bargain purchase gain, included in noninterest income, and $3.3 million of merger expense, included in noninterest expense, for the nine month period ended March 31, 2011.

Returns on average equity (“ROE”) were 0.98% and 32.76%, respectively, for three and nine months ended March 31, 2011 compared to 4.32% and 4.54% for the three and nine months March 31, 2010. Returns on average assets (“ROA”) were 0.10% and 2.94%, respectively, for three and nine months ended March 31, 2011, compared to 0.35% and 0.37% for the three and nine months March 31, 2010.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011 includes amortization of the fair value adjustments to interest-bearing assets and liabilities recorded in connection with the merger transaction on December 29, 2010. This amortization accounts primarily for the change in securities and loan yields and time deposit and borrowed funds rates appearing in the yield/rate tables that follow, comparing current period results with those of the comparable fiscal 2010 periods.

Net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 increased to $5.0 million compared to $4.6 million for the same period in 2010. The increase of $407 thousand, or 8.9%, was primarily due to an increase in the net interest margin, which increased by 31 basis points when compared to the third quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The yield on earning assets decreased by 85 basis points, due in part to a 203-basis point decrease in the average yield on securities, and an earning asset mix more heavily weighted toward lower-yielding short-term investments, which increased to $58.9 million on average from $8.8 million in the third quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. Offsetting this, higher yielding loans and securities balances declined by $33.1 million and $23.2 million on average, respectively. The cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased by 122 basis points, largely due to a drop in the average cost of deposits, which declined by 106 basis points and short-term borrowings, which fell by 84 basis points on average. Despite the unfavorable change in asset mix, net positive accretion of fair value adjustments resulting from acquisition accounting in connection with the merger transaction, allowed the interest rate spread to increase to 3.48% for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 from 3.11% for the comparable period in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

 

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     Three months ended March 31,  
     2011     2010  
     Average
Balance
     Q-T-D
Inc.
     Average
Yield/
Rate
    Average
Balance
     Q-T-D
Inc.
     Average
Yield/
Rate
 
                   (Dollars in thousands)                

Assets

                

Interest earning-assets:

                

Securities (1)

   $ 143,482       $ 910         2.67   $ 166,707       $ 1,873         4.70

Loans (2)(3)

     357,376         5,649         6.41     390,503         5,960         6.19

FHLB and Federal Reserve stock

     5,486         12         0.89     5,486         9         0.67

Short-term investments(4)

     58,683         33         0.23     8,760         2         0.09
                                                    

Total interest-earning assets

     565,027         6,604         4.76     571,456         7,844         5.61
                                                    

Total non-interest earning assets

     47,469              41,737         
                            

Total assets

   $ 612,496            $ 613,193         
                            

Liabilities & Net Worth:

                

Interest-bearing liabilities:

                

Now

   $ 55,994       $ 79         0.57   $ 48,185       $ 95         0.80

Money market

     54,041         70         0.53     43,930         133         1.23

Savings

     35,638         34         0.39     31,204         53         0.69

Time

     198,172         591         1.12     222,694         1,401         2.55
                                                    

Total deposits

     343,845         774         0.91     346,013         1,682         1.97

Short-term borrowings (5)

     34,822         60         0.71     43,530         165         1.54

Borrowed funds

     119,286         594         2.02     120,451         1,220         4.11

Junior Subordinated Debentures

     7,902         174         8.93     16,496         182         4.47
                                                    

Total interest- earning liabilities

     505,855         1,602         1.28     526,490         3,249         2.50
                                                    

Total non-interest bearing liabilities:

                

Demand deposits and escrow accounts

     37,379              33,529         

Other liabilities

     4,444              3,406         
                            

Total liabilities

     547,678              563,425         
                            

Stockholders’ equity

     64,818              49,768         
                            

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 612,496            $ 613,193         
                            

Net interest income

      $ 5,002            $ 4,595      
                            

Interest rate spread

           3.48           3.11

Net yield on interest earning assets (6)

           3.61           3.30

 

(1) Yields are stated on a fully tax-equivalent basis using a 30.84% tax rate.
(2) Non-accruing loans are included in computation of average balance, but unpaid interest on nonperforming loans has not been included for purposes of determining interest income.
(3) Includes loans held-for-sale.
(4) Short term investments include FHLB overnight deposits and other short-term investments.
(5) Short-term borrowings include securities sold under repurchase agreement and sweep accounts.
(6) The net yield on interest-earning assets is net interest income divided by total interest-earning assets.

The changes in net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis, are presented in the schedule below, which compares the three month periods ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

 

     Difference Due to        

(Dollars in thousands)

   Volume     Rate     Total  

Investments

   $ (240   $ (740   $ (980

Loans, net

     (519     208       (311

FHLB & other deposits

     24       7       31  
                        

Total interest-earnings assets

     (735     (525     (1,260
                        

Deposits

     (11     (897     (908

Securities sold under repurchase agreements

     (28     (76     (104

Borrowings

     (94     (540     (634
                        

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     (133     (1,513     (1,646
                        

Net interest and dividend income

   $ (602   $ 988     $ 386  
                        

 

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Rate/volume amounts that are partly attributable to rate and volume are spread proportionately between volume and rate based on the direct change attributable to rate and volume. Borrowings in the table include junior subordinated notes, FHLB borrowings, structured repurchase agreements, capital lease obligation and other borrowings. The adjustment to interest income and yield on a fully tax equivalent basis was $33 thousand and $54 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Net interest income for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 increased by $263 thousand, or 2.0% to $13.6 million compared to the same period in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The increase was caused by an increase in earning assets of $13.8 million when compared to the same period in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. Consistent with the quarterly comparison, the mix of earning assets changed with increases to very low yielding short-term investments while higher yielding average loans and securities decreased $17.2 million and $6.6 million, respectively. The yield on earning assets fell by 69 basis points, due to a 111-basis point decrease in the average yield on securities, a 7 basis point decrease in the average loan yield, and a change in mix more heavily weighted toward lower-yielding short-term investments, which increased to $45.9 million on average from $8.3 million in the comparable period in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased by 69 basis points, mainly due to a drop in the average cost of deposits, which declined by 72 basis points and borrowed funds, which fell by 81 basis points on average.

 

     Nine months ended March 31,  
     2011     2010  
     Average
Balance
     Y-T-D
Inc.
     Average
Yield/
Rate
    Average
Balance
     Y-T-D
Inc.
     Average
Yield/
Rate
 
                   (Dollars in thousands)                

Assets

                

Interest earning-assets:

                

Securities (1)

   $ 155,761       $ 4,065         3.59   $ 162,345       $ 5,573         4.70

Loans (2)(3)

     375,951         17,055         6.04     393,138         18,034         6.11

FHLB and Federal Reserve stock

     5,486         31         0.75     5,486         27         0.66

Short-term investments(4)

     45,930         73         0.21     8,312         10         0.16
                                                    

Total interest-earning assets

     583,128         21,224         4.88     569,281         23,644         5.57
                                                    

Total non-interest earning assets

     41,166              40,795         
                            

Total assets

   $ 624,294            $ 610,076         
                            

Liabilities & Net Worth:

                

Interest-bearing liabilities:

                

Now

   $ 54,549       $ 265         0.65   $ 47,491       $ 276         0.77

Money market

     55,331         285         0.69     42,099         391         1.24

Savings

     37,413         135         0.48     26,886         115         0.57

Time

     196,867         2,927         1.98     229,401         4,725         2.74
                                                    

Total deposits

     344,160         3,612         1.40     345,877         5,507         2.12

Short-term borrowings (5)

     47,711         443         1.24     42,232         486         1.53

Borrowed funds

     119,924         3,074         3.41     118,529         3,752         4.22

Junior Subordinated Debentures

     13,579         520         5.10     16,496         587         4.74
                                                    

Total interest-earning liabilities

     525,374         7,649         1.94     523,134         10,332         2.63
                                                    

Total non-interest bearing liabilities:

                

Demand deposits and escrow accounts

     37,758              34,513         

Other liabilities

     5,092              3,296         
                            

Total liabilities

     568,224              560,943         
                            

Stockholders’ equity

     56,070              49,133         
                            

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 624,294            $ 610,076         
                            

Net interest income

      $ 13,575            $ 13,312      
                            

Interest rate spread

           2.94           2.94

Net yield on interest earning assets (6)

           3.13           3.15

 

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(1) Yields are stated on a fully tax-equivalent basis using a 30.84% tax rate.
(2) Non-accruing loans are included in computation of average balance, but unpaid interest on nonperforming loans has not been included for purposes of determining interest income.
(3) Includes loans held for sale.
(4) Short term investments include FHLB overnight deposits and other short-term investments.
(5) Short-term borrowings include securities sold under repurchase agreement and sweep accounts.
(6) The net yield on interest-earning assets is net interest income divided by total interest-earning assets.

The changes in net interest and dividend income, on a tax equivalent basis, are presented in the schedule below, which compares the combination of the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

 

     Difference Due to        
     Volume     Rate     Total  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Investments

   $ (224   $ (1,301   $ (1,525

Loans, net

     (782     (197     (979

FHLB & other deposits

     59       4       63  
                        

Total interest-earnings assets

     (947     (1,494     (2,441
                        

Deposits

     (27     (1,868     (1,895

Securities sold under repurchase agreements

     58       (101     (43

Borrowings

     (48     (697     (745
                        

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     (17     (2,666     (2,683
                        

Net interest and dividend income

   $ (930   $ 1,172      $ 242   
                        

Rate/volume amounts that are partly attributable to rate and volume are spread proportionately between volume and rate based on the direct change attributable to rate and volume. Borrowings in the table include junior subordinated notes, FHLB borrowings, structured repurchase agreements, capital lease obligation and other borrowings. The adjustment to interest income and yield on a fully tax equivalent basis was $138 thousand and $159 thousand for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

While the Bank’s balance sheet has traditionally been liability-sensitive to changes in market interest rates, at present its interest rate profile is asset-sensitive, which generally means that the yield on interest-earnings assets reprices more quickly than the cost of interest-bearing liabilities. The movement to asset-sensitivity over the past year is a result of the prolonged period of low short-term and intermediate-term market interest rates. When market rates declined beginning in late 2008, the Bank’s deposits repriced more quickly than did its earning assets, but have now reached effective floors. The Bank’s interest-earning assets, which are of longer duration than its interest-bearing liabilities, have not yet fully adjusted to the drop in market rates and will continue to decline over the near term, which will tend to decrease the Bank’s net interest margin.

As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, 60% and 53%, respectively, of the Bank’s loan portfolio was composed of adjustable-rate loans based on the prime rate index or short-term rate indices such as the one-year U.S. Treasury bill and three month LIBOR. Interest income on these loans would increase if short-term interest rates increase. An increase in short-term interest

 

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rates would also increase deposit and FHLB advance rates, increasing the Company’s interest expense. The impact on future net interest income from changes in market interest rates will depend on, among other things, the Bank’s actual rates for loans and deposits, borrowing rates paid by the Bank and loan volume.

Provision for Loan Losses

The provision for loan losses for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 was $49 thousand, a decrease of $579 thousand, or 92%, compared to $628 thousand recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The provision for loan losses for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 was $961 thousand, $543 thousand, or 36.1%, lower than the comparable period in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.

We increased the allowance for loan losses prior to the merger transaction date by $174 thousand compared to its June 30, 2010 balance by recognizing a provision greater than net charge-offs. For our internal analysis of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses, we considered the decrease in net loans resulting from the sales of indirect consumer loans and residential real estate loans during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011; the decrease in net charge-offs for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010; a decrease in loan delinquency to 2.25% at March 31, 2011 compared to 2.84% at June 30, 2010 and a decrease in loan delinquency compared to 3.41% at March 31, 2010; a decrease of $2.5 million in non-performing loans at March 31, 2011 compared to June 30, 2010; and the slight increase in internally classified and criticized loans at March 31, 2011 compared to June 30, 2010.

The allowance for loan losses was reduced to zero when loans were adjusted to their fair value on the merger date. See “Financial Condition” above and Note 3 in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for a discussion of the allowance for loan losses and the factors affecting the provision for loan losses.

The allowance as a percentage of outstanding loans decreased to less than 0.1% at March 31, 2011 compared to 1.52% at June 30, 2010 compared to 1.53% at March 31, 2010.

Noninterest Income

Total noninterest income, excluding a bargain purchase gain of $296 thousand, was $3.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, flat compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2010. For the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and excluding the bargain purchase gain of $15.2 million, non-interest income was $10.2 million, an increase of $1.4 million or 15.6% over the comparable prior year period.

The quarterly result, when compared to the same quarter in fiscal 2010, reflects the following variances of significance: a $110 thousand increase in securities gains, a $154 thousand increase in gains from sales of residential mortgage loans originated for sale into the secondary market and sales of indirect and residential real estate loans from our portfolio, and a $242 thousand increase in investment commissions, which were offset in part by a decrease in fees for other services to customers of $40 thousand, and a decrease in insurance commission income of $283 thousand. Further, the quarter ended March 31, 2010 included a gain of $130 thousand from the sale of an insurance agency customer list, not repeated in the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Securities gains were attributable to restructuring our investment securities portfolio to reduce its duration. The increase in loan sale gains consisted of a $332 thousand increase resulting from growth in our residential lending capacity, partially offset by a net loss of $178 thousand realized on the sale of $5.7 million of residential real estate loans and $30.6 million of indirect consumer loans. The reduction in insurance agency revenue was primarily due to a decrease of $215 thousand in contingent and growth bonuses compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The decrease in insurance commission revenue, other than contingent and growth bonuses, was 6%, which was attributable primarily to the highly competitive market for commercial property and casualty customers.

The increase in the nine month period ended March 31, 2011 was due mainly to gains on residential loan sales, which increased to $2.2 million from $708 thousand earned in the prior period, an increase of $1.5 million or 212.3%. Investment brokerage commission revenue was $1.9 million, an increase of $453 thousand, or 31.1% compared to $1.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2010. Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease in insurance commissions of $549 thousand, or 11.7% to $4.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2011. The decrease in insurance agency commissions, excluding the commission revenue of $169 thousand from the Mexico and Rangeley offices closed in fiscal 2010, was $142 thousand, or 3.7%. Contingent and growth bonuses decreased $238 thousand, or 36.9%.

 

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Noninterest Expense

Total noninterest expense increased by $2.1 million to $8.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2010. This increase included two non-recurring items: merger expense of $132 thousand and retention payments totaling $450 thousand paid in connection with the merger. The quarter also included the cost of salaries and professional fees associated with the Company’s two new business lines, the Loan Acquisition and Servicing Group and Online Deposit Program. The Company expects to launch these two new initiatives later in calendar 2011. Intangible asset amortization also increased significantly in the quarter, the result of the recording of a core deposit intangible asset in connection with the merger.

For the nine months ended March 31, 2011, noninterest expense, excluding non-recurring merger expense of $3.3 million, was $20.4 million, an increase of $2.1 million, or 11.6% period in fiscal year 2010. This increase includes those direct expenses of two new business lines and retention bonuses noted above, amortization of the core deposit intangible, collections, advertising, and insurance expenses.

Income Taxes

The bargain purchase gain and the merger expenses are not subject to income taxes. Excluding this merger-related activity from the quarter ended March 31, 2011, results in a pretax loss and an income tax benefit. For the nine-month period ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company’s effective tax rate was 24.4%, and 22.8%, respectively.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports the Company files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively), as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding timely disclosure. In designing and evaluating disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost/benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Our management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a - 15(e) and 15d - 15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Based on this evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2011.

In July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted. Among other things, the Act exempted non-accelerated filers, such as the Company, from the requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act Section 404(b) (external auditor’s attestation of internal controls and financial reporting).

There were no significant changes in our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a - 15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the third quarter of our 2011 fiscal year that has materially affected, or in other factors that could affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

 

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None

 

Item 4. [Removed and Reserved]

 

Item 5. Other Information

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibits
No.

  

Description

  3.1    Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Northeast Bancorp filed on March 21, 2011 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2011).
10.1    Amended and Restated Performance-Based Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement, dated March 24, 2011, by and between Northeast and Matthew Botein (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2011).
10.2    Non-Qualified Time-Based Stock Option Agreement, dated March 24, 2011, by and between Northeast and Matthew Botein (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2011).
10.3    Non-Qualified Performance-Based Stock Option Agreement, dated March 24, 2011, by and between Northeast and Matthew Botein (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2011).
31.1    Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). *
31.2    Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). *
32.1    Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(b)). **
32.2    Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(b)). **

 

* Filed herewith
** Furnished herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 16, 2011       NORTHEAST BANCORP
    By:  

/s/ Richard Wayne

           Richard Wayne
           President and CEO
    By:  

/s/ Claire S. Bean

           Claire S. Bean
           Chief Financial Officer

 

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NORTHEAST BANCORP

Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibits
No.

  

Description

  3.1    Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Northeast Bancorp filed on March 21, 2011 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2011).
10.1    Amended and Restated Performance-Based Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement, dated March 24, 2011, by and between Northeast and Matthew Botein (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2011).
10.2    Non-Qualified Time-Based Stock Option Agreement, dated March 24, 2011, by and between Northeast and Matthew Botein (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2011).
10.3    Non-Qualified Performance-Based Stock Option Agreement, dated March 24, 2011, by and between Northeast and Matthew Botein (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2011).
31.1    Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). *
31.2    Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). *
32.1    Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(b)). **
32.2    Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(b)). **

 

* Filed herewith
** Furnished herewith

 

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