Edgar Filing: FIRST OF LONG ISLAND CORP

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

____________

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended

September 30, 2018

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from

Commission file number 001-32964

THE FIRST OF LONG ISLAND CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


New York	11-2672906
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

10 Glen Head Road, Glen Head, NY	11545
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(516) 671-4900

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).

Yes ☒ No ☐

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


Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☒
Non‑accelerated filer ☐	Emerging growth company ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.


Title of Each Class		Outstanding at October 31, 2018
Common stock, $.10 par value per share		25,487,113

TABLE OF CONTENTS


PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.	Financial Statements
	Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) – September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017	1
	Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) – Nine and Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	2
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) – Nine and Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	3
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited) – Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	4
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) – Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	5
	Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements	6
ITEM 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	23
ITEM 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	32
ITEM 4.	Controls and Procedures	33
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1.	Legal Proceedings	34
ITEM 1A.	Risk Factors	34
ITEM 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	34
ITEM 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	34
ITEM 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	34
ITEM 5.	Other Information	34
ITEM 6.	Exhibits	34
	Signatures	36

PART 1. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)


	September 30,		December 31,
(dollars in thousands)	2018		2017

Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	50,462	$	69,672

Investment securities:
Held-to-maturity, at amortized cost (fair value of $6,902 and $7,749)		6,845		7,636
Available-for-sale, at fair value		802,839		720,128
		809,684		727,764

Loans held-for-sale		671		—

Loans:
Commercial and industrial		93,901		109,623
Secured by real estate:
Commercial mortgages		1,259,286		1,193,007
Residential mortgages		1,788,145		1,558,564
Home equity lines		74,079		83,625
Consumer and other		5,884		5,533
		3,221,295		2,950,352
Allowance for loan losses		(33,551)		(33,784)
		3,187,744		2,916,568

Restricted stock, at cost		37,941		37,314
Bank premises and equipment, net		39,825		39,648
Bank-owned life insurance		80,380		59,665
Pension plan assets, net		19,391		19,152
Deferred income tax benefit		4,491		—
Other assets		19,406		24,925
	$	4,249,995	$	3,894,708
Liabilities:
Deposits:
Checking	$	946,236	$	896,129
Savings, NOW and money market		1,679,617		1,602,460
Time, $100,000 and over		291,638		203,890
Time, other		243,018		119,518
		3,160,509		2,821,997

Short-term borrowings		292,176		281,141
Long-term debt		403,027		423,797
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		14,013		10,942
Deferred income taxes payable		—		2,381
		3,869,725		3,540,258
Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock, par value $.10 per share:
Authorized, 80,000,000 shares;
Issued and outstanding, 25,422,995 and 24,668,390 shares		2,542		2,467
Surplus		145,023		127,122
Retained earnings		244,173		224,315
		391,738		353,904
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		(11,468)		546
		380,270		354,450
	$	4,249,995	$	3,894,708

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)



	Nine Months Ended				Three Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(in thousands, except per share data)	2018		2017		2018		2017

Interest and dividend income:
Loans	$	83,641	$	71,810	$	28,471	$	25,173
Investment securities:
Taxable		8,275		5,883		3,065		1,806
Nontaxable		10,193		10,112		3,323		3,358
		102,109		87,805		34,859		30,337
Interest expense:
Savings, NOW and money market deposits		8,823		4,974		3,125		1,909
Time deposits		7,529		3,986		2,952		1,437
Short-term borrowings		3,026		986		1,370		257
Long-term debt		6,399		5,703		2,121		2,031
		25,777		15,649		9,568		5,634
Net interest income		76,332		72,156		25,291		24,703
Provision (credit) for loan losses		547		3,203		(1,768)		1,122
Net interest income after provision (credit) for loan losses		75,785		68,953		27,059		23,581

Noninterest income:
Investment Management Division income		1,665		1,565		508		515
Service charges on deposit accounts		1,945		2,119		658		725
Net gains (losses) on sales of securities		(4,960)		74		(4,960)		16
Other		5,096		3,877		1,569		1,244
		3,746		7,635		(2,225)		2,500
Noninterest expense:
Salaries		20,895		18,855		6,596		6,386
Employee benefits and other personnel expense		6,452		5,516		2,037		1,866
Occupancy and equipment		8,742		7,524		2,864		2,503
Other		8,728		8,314		2,745		2,639
		44,817		40,209		14,242		13,394
Income before income taxes		34,714		36,379		10,592		12,687

Income tax expense		3,231		8,823		535		3,345
Net income	$	31,483	$	27,556	$	10,057	$	9,342

Earnings per share:
Basic		$1.24		$1.14		$.39		$.38
Diluted		1.24		1.13		.39		.38

Cash dividends declared per share		.47		.43		.17		.15

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)



	Nine Months Ended				Three Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income	$	31,483	$	27,556	$	10,057	$	9,342
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Change in net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities		(17,099)		4,774		(2,271)		(577)
Change in funded status of pension plan		—		13		—		4
Change in net unrealized gain on derivative instrument		281		—		687		—
Other comprehensive income (loss) before income taxes		(16,818)		4,787		(1,584)		(573)
Income tax expense (benefit)		(5,081)		2,010		(479)		(240)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(11,737)		2,777		(1,105)		(333)
Comprehensive income	$	19,746	$	30,333	$	8,952	$	9,009

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (UNAUDITED)



	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
								Accumulated
								Other
	Common Stock					Retained		Comprehensive
(dollars in thousands)	Shares	Amount		Surplus		Earnings		Income (Loss)		Total
Balance, January 1, 2018	24,668,390	$	2,467	$	127,122	$	224,315	$	546	$	354,450
Net income							31,483				31,483
Other comprehensive loss									(11,737)		(11,737)
Reclassification of stranded
tax effects upon the adoption
of ASU 2018-02							277		(277)		—
Shares tendered upon the exercise
of stock options	(14,549)		(1)		(365)						(366)
Shares withheld upon the vesting
and conversion of RSUs	(27,194)		(3)		(764)						(767)
Common stock issued under
stock compensation plans	156,514		15		551						566
Common stock issued under
dividend reinvestment and
stock purchase plan	639,834		64		16,953						17,017
Stock-based compensation					1,526						1,526
Cash dividends declared							(11,902)				(11,902)
Balance, September 30, 2018	25,422,995	$	2,542	$	145,023	$	244,173	$	(11,468)	$	380,270



	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
								Accumulated
								Other
	Common Stock					Retained		Comprehensive
(dollars in thousands)	Shares	Amount		Surplus		Earnings		Income (Loss)		Total
Balance, January 1, 2017	23,699,107	$	2,370	$	101,738	$	203,326	$	(1,604)	$	305,830
Net income							27,556				27,556
Other comprehensive income									2,777		2,777
Shares withheld upon the vesting
and conversion of RSUs	(19,339)		(2)		(525)						(527)
Common stock issued under
stock compensation plans	127,347		13		632						645
Common stock issued under
dividend reinvestment and
stock purchase plan	575,672		57		15,115						15,172
Stock-based compensation					1,925						1,925
Cash dividends declared							(10,421)				(10,421)
Balance, September 30, 2017	24,382,787	$	2,438	$	118,885	$	220,461	$	1,173	$	342,957

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)



	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
(in thousands)	2018		2017
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	$	31,483	$	27,556
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Provision for loan losses		547		3,203
Credit for deferred income taxes		(1,791)		(1,298)
Depreciation and amortization		3,031		2,577
Premium amortization on investment securities, net		1,458		2,370
Net losses (gains) on sales of securities		4,960		(74)
Stock-based compensation expense		1,526		1,925
Common stock issued in lieu of cash for director fees		47		41
Accretion of cash surrender value on bank-owned life insurance		(1,589)		(1,157)
Net pension credit		(239)		(88)
Decrease in other assets		1,549		94
Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities		2,431		330
Net cash provided by operating activities		43,413		35,479
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Proceeds from sales of investment securities:
Held-to-maturity		—		355
Available-for-sale		169,631		49,077
Proceeds from maturities and redemptions of investment securities:
Held-to-maturity		3,786		4,422
Available-for-sale		60,152		81,489
Purchases of investment securities:
Held-to-maturity		(2,955)		(2,398)
Available-for-sale		(336,051)		(35,829)
Net increase in loans		(272,394)		(291,997)
Proceeds from sale of other real estate owned		5,125		—
Net (increase) decrease in restricted stock		(627)		3,082
Purchases of premises and equipment, net		(3,208)		(5,209)
Purchases of bank-owned life insurance		(20,000)		(25,000)
Net cash used in investing activities		(396,541)		(222,008)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Net increase in deposits		338,512		251,621
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings		11,035		(115,093)
Proceeds from long-term debt		39,680		66,650
Repayment of long-term debt		(60,450)		(18,900)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net		17,017		15,172
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		153		604
Shares withheld upon the vesting and conversion of RSUs		(767)		(527)
Cash dividends paid		(11,262)		(10,047)
Net cash provided by financing activities		333,918		189,480
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(19,210)		2,951
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year		69,672		36,929
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	50,462	$	39,880
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures:
Cash paid for:
Interest	$	25,261	$	15,570
Income taxes		2,490		9,378
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Cash dividends payable		4,438		3,742

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accounting and reporting policies of The First of Long Island Corporation (“Corporation”) reflect banking industry practice and conform to generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates, such as the allowance for loan losses, and assumptions that affect the reported asset and liability balances, revenue and expense amounts, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, The First National Bank of Long Island (“Bank”). The Bank has two wholly owned subsidiaries: FNY Service Corp., an investment company, and The First of Long Island Agency, Inc. The Bank and FNY Service Corp. jointly own another subsidiary, The First of Long Island REIT, Inc., a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). The consolidated entity is referred to as the “Corporation” and the Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Bank.” All intercompany balances and amounts have been eliminated. For further information refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

The consolidated financial information included herein as of and for the periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 is unaudited. However, such information reflects all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods. The December 31, 2017 consolidated balance sheet was derived from the Corporation's December 31, 2017 audited consolidated financial statements. When appropriate, items in the prior year financial statements are reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

2 - EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) for the periods indicated.



	Nine Months Ended				Three Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income	$	31,483	$	27,556	$	10,057	$	9,342
Income allocated to participating securities (1)		86		101		26		34
Income allocated to common stockholders	$	31,397	$	27,455	$	10,031	$	9,308

Weighted average:
Common shares		25,236,889		24,096,079		25,409,087		24,332,939
Dilutive stock options and restricted stock units (1)		174,095		253,715		144,933		247,127
		25,410,984		24,349,794		25,554,020		24,580,066
Earnings per share:
Basic		$1.24		$1.14		$.39		$.38
Diluted		1.24		1.13		.39		.38

(1) Restricted stock units (“RSUs”) awarded in 2016 accrue dividends at the same rate as the dividends declared by the Board of Directors on the Corporation’s common stock. For purposes of computing EPS, these RSUs are considered to participate with common stock in the earnings of the Corporation and, therefore, the Corporation calculates basic and diluted EPS using the two-class method. Under the two-class method, net income for the period is allocated between common stockholders and participating securities according to dividends declared and participation rights in undistributed earnings. As a result, the RSUs awarded in 2016 are not included in the weighted average “dilutive stock options and restricted stock units” in the table above.

3 - COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Comprehensive income includes net income and other comprehensive income (loss). Other comprehensive income (loss) includes revenues, expenses, gains and losses that under GAAP are included in comprehensive income but excluded from net income. Other comprehensive income (loss) for the Corporation consists of unrealized holding gains or losses on available-for-sale securities and derivative instruments and changes in the funded status of the Bank’s defined benefit pension plan, all net of related income taxes. Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is recognized as a separate component of stockholders’ equity.

The components of other comprehensive income (loss) and the related tax effects are as follows:



	Nine Months Ended				Three Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Change in net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities:
Change arising during the period	$	(22,059)	$	4,847	$	(7,231)	$	(561)
Reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses
included in net income (1)		4,960		(73)		4,960		(16)
		(17,099)		4,774		(2,271)		(577)
Tax effect		(5,166)		2,004		(686)		(242)
		(11,933)		2,770		(1,585)		(335)
Change in funded status of pension plan:
Amortization of net actuarial loss included in net income (2)		—		13		—		4
Tax effect		—		6		—		2
		—		7		—		2
Change in unrealized gain on derivative instrument:
Amount of gain (loss) recognized during the period		(34)		—		462		—
Reclassification adjustment for net interest expense
included in net income (3)		315		—		225		—
		281		—		687		—
Tax effect		85		—		207		—
		196		—		480		—

Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	(11,737)	$	2,777	$	(1,105)	$	(333)

(1) Represents net realized gains or losses arising from the sale of available-for-sale securities. The net realized gains or losses are included in the consolidated statements of income in the line item, “Net gains (losses) on sales of securities.” See “Note 4 – Investment Securities” for the income tax expense or benefit related to the net realized gains or losses, which is included in the consolidated statements of income in the line item, “Income tax expense.”

(2) Represents the amortization of net actuarial loss relating to the Corporation’s defined benefit pension plan. This item is a component of net periodic pension cost (see “Note 7 – Defined Benefit Pension Plan”).

(3) Represents the net interest expense recorded on a derivative transaction and included in the consolidated statements of income in the line item “Interest expense – short-term borrowings.”

The following table sets forth the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:



			Current Period Change due to
				Other			Adoption
	Balance			Comprehensive			of ASU	Balance
(in thousands)	12/31/17			Income (Loss)			2018-02 (1)	9/30/18
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities	$	2,600		$	(11,933)	$	361	$	(8,972)
Unrealized actuarial losses on pension plan		(2,054)			—		(638)		(2,692)
Unrealized gain on derivative instrument		—			196		—		196
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	$	546		$	(11,737)	$	(277)	$	(11,468)

(1) The adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-02 “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” in the first quarter of 2018 allowed the Corporation to reclassify certain stranded tax effects arising from the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) in December 2017 from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. See “Note 11 – Adoption of New Accounting Standards” for more information regarding the effects of adopting ASU 2018-02.

4 - INVESTMENT SECURITIES

The following tables set forth the amortized cost and estimated fair values of the Bank’s investment securities.



	September 30, 2018
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
(in thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
State and municipals	$	6,412	$	42	$	—	$	6,454
Pass-through mortgage securities		274		12		—		286
Collateralized mortgage obligations		159		3		—		162
	$	6,845	$	57	$	—	$	6,902
Available-for-Sale Securities:
State and municipals	$	428,977	$	2,966	$	(8,151)	$	423,792
Pass-through mortgage securities		74,576		4		(2,146)		72,434
Collateralized mortgage obligations		252,129		—		(5,516)		246,613
Corporate bonds		60,000		—		—		60,000
	$	815,682	$	2,970	$	(15,813)	$	802,839

	December 31, 2017
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
State and municipals	$	6,970	$	78	$	—	$	7,048
Pass-through mortgage securities		311		21		—		332
Collateralized mortgage obligations		355		14		—		369
	$	7,636	$	113	$	—	$	7,749
Available-for-Sale Securities:
State and municipals	$	453,158	$	10,051	$	(1,886)	$	461,323
Pass-through mortgage securities		72,539		84		(1,232)		71,391
Collateralized mortgage obligations		190,175		15		(2,776)		187,414
	$	715,872	$	10,150	$	(5,894)	$	720,128

At September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, investment securities with a carrying value of $463,501,000 and $423,360,000, respectively, were pledged as collateral to secure public deposits and borrowed funds.

There were no holdings of any one issuer, other than the U.S. Government and its agencies, in an amount greater than 10% of stockholders’ equity at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

Securities With Unrealized Losses. The following tables set forth securities with unrealized losses presented by the length of time the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.



	September 30, 2018
	Less than				12 Months
	12 Months				or More				Total
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
(in thousands)	Value		Loss		Value		Loss		Value		Loss
State and municipals	$	175,087	$	(4,533)	$	34,708	$	(3,618)	$	209,795	$	(8,151)
Pass-through mortgage securities		51,251		(886)		19,965		(1,260)		71,216		(2,146)
Collateralized mortgage obligations		187,737		(3,844)		28,351		(1,672)		216,088		(5,516)
Total temporarily impaired	$	414,075	$	(9,263)	$	83,024	$	(6,550)	$	497,099	$	(15,813)

	December 31, 2017
State and municipals	$	54,732	$	(574)	$	28,723	$	(1,312)	$	83,455	$	(1,886)
Pass-through mortgage securities		10,172		(81)		52,652		(1,151)		62,824		(1,232)
Collateralized mortgage obligations		130,267		(1,230)		54,751		(1,546)		185,018		(2,776)
Total temporarily impaired	$	195,171	$	(1,885)	$	136,126	$	(4,009)	$	331,297	$	(5,894)

Because the unrealized losses reflected in the preceding tables are deemed by management to be attributable to changes in interest rates and not credit losses, and because management does not have the intent to sell these securities and it is not more likely than not that it will be required to sell these securities before their anticipated recovery, the Bank does not consider these securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2018. See “Note 13 – Subsequent Events” for information on a sale of available-for-sale securities in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Sales of Available-for-Sale Securities. Sales of available-for-sale securities were as follows:



	Nine Months Ended				Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	September 30,				September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017

Proceeds	$	169,631	$	49,077	$	169,631	$	9,066

Gross gains	$	300	$	382	$	300	$	16
Gross losses		(5,260)		(309)		(5,260)		—
Net gain (loss)	$	(4,960)	$	73	$	(4,960)	$	16

Income tax benefit related to the net realized losses for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2018 was $1,495,000. Income tax expense related to the net realized gains for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2017 was $31,000 and $7,000, respectively.

Sales of Held-to-Maturity Securities. There were no sales of held-to-maturity securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2018. During the second quarter of 2017, the Bank sold one municipal security that was classified as held-to-maturity. The sale was in response to a significant deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer. The security sold had a carrying value of $354,000 at the time of sale and the Bank realized a gain upon sale of $1,000.

Maturities. The following table sets forth by maturity the amortized cost and fair value of the Bank’s state and municipal securities and corporate bonds at September 30, 2018 based on the earlier of their stated maturity or, if applicable, their pre-refunded date. The remaining securities in the Bank’s investment securities portfolio are mortgage-backed securities, consisting of pass-through mortgage securities and collateralized mortgage obligations. Although these securities are expected to have substantial periodic repayments they are reflected in the table below in aggregate amounts.



(in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
Within one year	$	4,335	$	4,339
After 1 through 5 years		2,077		2,115
After 5 through 10 years		—		—
After 10 years		—		—
Mortgage-backed securities		433		448
	$	6,845	$	6,902
Available-for-Sale Securities:
Within one year	$	46,642	$	47,179
After 1 through 5 years		37,623		37,733
After 5 through 10 years		227,010		225,866
After 10 years		177,702		173,014
Mortgage-backed securities		326,705		319,047
	$	815,682	$	802,839

5 - LOANS

The following tables set forth by class of loans the amount of loans individually and collectively evaluated for impairment and the portion of the allowance for loan losses allocable to such loans.



	September 30, 2018
	Loans						Allowance for Loan Losses
(in thousands)	Individually Evaluated for Impairment		Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		Ending Balance		Individually Evaluated for Impairment		Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		Ending Balance
Commercial and industrial	$	53	$	93,848	$	93,901	$	—	$	1,152	$	1,152
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		—		733,132		733,132		—		6,497		6,497
Other		2,777		426,987		429,764		—		4,196		4,196
Owner-occupied		522		95,868		96,390		—		826		826
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		970		1,787,175		1,788,145		16		20,295		20,311
Revolving home equity		756		73,323		74,079		—		507		507
Consumer and other		333		5,551		5,884		—		62		62
	$	5,411	$	3,215,884	$	3,221,295	$	16	$	33,535	$	33,551

	December 31, 2017
Commercial and industrial	$	48	$	109,575	$	109,623	$	—	$	1,441	$	1,441
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		—		682,593		682,593		—		6,423		6,423
Other		—		414,783		414,783		—		4,734		4,734
Owner-occupied		531		95,100		95,631		—		1,076		1,076
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		1,368		1,557,196		1,558,564		18		19,329		19,347
Revolving home equity		—		83,625		83,625		—		689		689
Consumer and other		—		5,533		5,533		—		74		74
	$	1,947	$	2,948,405	$	2,950,352	$	18	$	33,766	$	33,784

The following tables present the activity in the allowance for loan losses for the periods indicated.



(in thousands)	Balance at 1/1/18		Chargeoffs		Recoveries		Provision for Loan Losses (Credit)		Balance at 9/30/18
Commercial and industrial	$	1,441	$	482	$	6	$	187	$	1,152
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		6,423		—		—		74		6,497
Other		4,734		—		—		(538)		4,196
Owner-occupied		1,076		—		—		(250)		826
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		19,347		413		101		1,276		20,311
Revolving home equity		689		138		150		(194)		507
Consumer and other		74		4		—		(8)		62
	$	33,784	$	1,037	$	257	$	547	$	33,551

	Balance at 7/1/18		Chargeoffs		Recoveries		Provision for Loan Losses (Credit)		Balance at 9/30/18
Commercial and industrial	$	1,298	$	178	$	—	$	32	$	1,152
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		7,048		—		—		(551)		6,497
Other		4,768		—		—		(572)		4,196
Owner-occupied		911		—		—		(85)		826
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		20,953		393		1		(250)		20,311
Revolving home equity		775		89		150		(329)		507
Consumer and other		79		4		—		(13)		62
	$	35,832	$	664	$	151	$	(1,768)	$	33,551



(in thousands)	Balance at 1/1/17		Chargeoffs			Recoveries	Provision for Loan Losses (Credit)		Balance at 9/30/17
Commercial and industrial	$	1,408	$	102	$	10	$	341	$	1,657
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		6,119		—		—		(221)		5,898
Other		4,296		—		—		451		4,747
Owner-occupied		959		—		—		616		1,575
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		15,740		—		3		2,362		18,105
Revolving home equity		1,401		—		—		(311)		1,090
Consumer and other		134		27		2		(35)		74
	$	30,057	$	129	$	15	$	3,203	$	33,146

	Balance at 7/1/17		Chargeoffs			Recoveries	Provision for Loan Losses (Credit)		Balance at 9/30/17
Commercial and industrial	$	1,544	$	96	$	3	$	206	$	1,657
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		5,921		—		—		(23)		5,898
Other		4,674		—		—		73		4,747
Owner-occupied		1,685		—		—		(110)		1,575
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		17,035		—		1		1,069		18,105
Revolving home equity		1,203		—		—		(113)		1,090
Consumer and other		74		21		1		20		74
	$	32,136	$	117	$	5	$	1,122	$	33,146

For individually impaired loans, the following tables set forth by class of loans at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 the recorded investment, unpaid principal balance and related allowance. The tables also set forth the average recorded investment of individually impaired loans and interest income recognized while the loans were impaired during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. The recorded investment is the unpaid principal balance of the loans less any interest payments applied to principal and any direct chargeoffs plus or minus net deferred loan costs and fees. Any principal and interest payments received on nonaccrual impaired loans are applied to the recorded investment in the loans. The Bank recognizes interest income on other impaired loans using the accrual method of accounting.

							Nine Months Ended				Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2018						September 30, 2018				September 30, 2018
			Unpaid				Average		Interest		Average		Interest
	Recorded		Principal		Related		Recorded		Income		Recorded		Income
(in thousands)	Investment		Balance		Allowance		Investment		Recognized		Investment		Recognized
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial and industrial	$	53	$	53	$	—	$	82	$	2	$	55	$	—
Commercial mortgages:
Other		2,777		2,777		—		2,800		—		2,777		—
Owner-occupied		522		606		—		534		18		523		6
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		712		738		—		751		4		718		1
Revolving home equity		756		751		—		757		—		756		—
Consumer and other		333		333		—		266		12		336		6
With an allowance recorded:
Residential mortgages - closed end		258		257		16		270		9		259		3
Total:
Commercial and industrial		53		53		—		82		2		55		—
Commercial mortgages:
Other		2,777		2,777		—		2,800		—		2,777		—
Owner-occupied		522		606		—		534		18		523		6
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		970		995		16		1,021		13		977		4
Revolving home equity		756		751		—		757		—		756		—
Consumer and other		333		333		—		266		12		336		6
	$	5,411	$	5,515	$	16	$	5,460	$	45	$	5,424	$	16



							Nine Months Ended				Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2017						September 30, 2017				September 30, 2017
			Unpaid				Average		Interest		Average		Interest
	Recorded		Principal		Related		Recorded		Income		Recorded		Income
(in thousands)	Investment		Balance		Allowance		Investment		Recognized		Investment		Recognized
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial and industrial	$	48	$	48	$	—	$	73	$	4	$	57	$	2
Commercial mortgages - owner-occupied		531		615		—		545		16		536		5
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		1,095		1,102		—		346		—		505		—
Revolving home equity		—		—		—		1,575		—		1,574		—
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial mortgages - owner-occupied		—		—		—		7,079		—		6,977		—
Residential mortgages - closed end		273		272		18		384		14		377		5
Total:
Commercial and industrial		48		48		—		73		4		57		2
Commercial mortgages - owner-occupied		531		615		—		7,624		16		7,513		5
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		1,368		1,374		18		730		14		882		5
Revolving home equity		—		—		—		1,575		—		1,574		—
	$	1,947	$	2,037	$	18	$	10,002	$	34	$	10,026	$	12

Aging of Loans. The following tables present the aging of the recorded investment in loans by class of loans.



	September 30, 2018
					Past Due				Total Past
					90 Days or				Due Loans &
	30-59 Days		60-89 Days		More and		Nonaccrual		Nonaccrual				Total
(in thousands)	Past Due		Past Due		Still Accruing		Loans		Loans		Current		Loans
Commercial and industrial	$	195	$	—	$	—	$	24	$	219	$	93,682	$	93,901
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		—		—		—		—		—		733,132		733,132
Other		—		—		—		2,777		2,777		426,987		429,764
Owner-occupied		—		—		—		—		—		96,390		96,390
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		37		624		—		625		1,286		1,786,859		1,788,145
Revolving home equity		251		22		—		756		1,029		73,050		74,079
Consumer and other		9				—		—		9		5,875		5,884
	$	492	$	646	$	—	$	4,182	$	5,320	$	3,215,975	$	3,221,295

	December 31, 2017
Commercial and industrial	$	20	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	20	$	109,603	$	109,623
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		—		—		—		—		—		682,593		682,593
Other		—		—		—		—		—		414,783		414,783
Owner-occupied		—		—		—		—		—		95,631		95,631
Residential mortgages:
Closed end		2,186		21		—		1,000		3,207		1,555,357		1,558,564
Revolving home equity		522		—		—		—		522		83,103		83,625
Consumer and other		7		—		—		—		7		5,526		5,533
	$	2,735	$	21	$	—	$	1,000	$	3,756	$	2,946,596	$	2,950,352

There were no loans in the process of foreclosure nor did the Bank hold any foreclosed residential real estate property at September 30, 2018 or December 31, 2017. In 2017, the Bank took a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure for one commercial real estate property. The property was recorded as other real estate owned at December 31, 2017 and had a carrying value of $5,125,000, which was net of a valuation allowance of $725,000. Other real estate owned at December 31, 2017 consisted solely of this property and was included in the consolidated balance sheet under “Other assets.” The Bank sold the property for its carrying value in the first quarter of 2018.

Troubled Debt Restructurings. A restructuring constitutes a troubled debt restructuring when it includes a concession by the Bank and the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty. In order to determine whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, an evaluation is performed of the probability that the borrower will be in payment default on any of its debt in the foreseeable future without the modification. The Bank performs the evaluation under its internal underwriting policy.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Bank modified two consumer loans to a single borrower into one loan in a troubled debt restructuring amounting to $350,000. The term of the restructured loan was extended for 12-months and the post-modification interest rate was lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk. The Bank did not modify any loans in troubled debt restructurings during the first nine months of 2017.

At September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Bank had an allowance for loan losses of $16,000 and $18,000, respectively, allocated to specific troubled debt restructurings. The Bank had no commitments to lend additional amounts in connection with loans that were classified as troubled debt restructurings.

There were no troubled debt restructurings for which there was a payment default during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 that were modified during the twelve-month period prior to default. A loan is considered to be in payment default once it is 90 days contractually past due under the modified terms.

Risk Characteristics. Credit risk within the Bank’s loan portfolio primarily stems from factors such as changes in the borrower’s financial condition, credit concentrations, changes in collateral values, economic conditions and environmental contamination of properties securing mortgage loans. The Bank’s commercial loans, including those secured by real estate mortgages, are primarily made to small and medium-sized businesses. Such loans sometimes involve a higher degree of risk than those to larger companies because such businesses may have shorter operating histories, higher debt-to-equity ratios and may lack sophistication in internal record keeping and financial and operational controls. In addition, most of the Bank’s loans are made to businesses and consumers on Long Island and

in the boroughs of New York City, and a large percentage of these loans are mortgage loans secured by properties located in those areas. The primary sources of repayment for residential and commercial mortgage loans include employment of the borrowers, the businesses of the borrowers and cash flows from the underlying properties. In the case of multifamily mortgage loans, a substantial portion of the underlying properties are rent stabilized or rent controlled. These sources of repayment are dependent on, among other things, the strength of the local economy.

Credit Quality Indicators. The Corporation categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the borrower’s ability to service their debt including, but not limited to, current financial information for the borrower and any guarantors, payment experience, credit underwriting documentation, public records, due diligence checks and current economic trends.

Commercial and industrial loans and commercial mortgage loans are risk rated utilizing a ten point rating system. The ten point risk rating system is described hereinafter.


Internally Assigned Risk Rating
1 – 2	Cash flow is of high quality and stable. Borrower has very good liquidity and ready access to traditional sources of credit. This category also includes loans to borrowers secured by cash and/or marketable securities within approved margin requirements.
3 – 4	Cash flow quality is strong, but shows some variability. Borrower has good liquidity and asset quality. Borrower has access to traditional sources of credit with minimal restrictions.
5 – 6	Cash flow quality is acceptable but shows some variability. Liquidity varies with operating cycle and assets provide an adequate margin of protection. Borrower has access to traditional sources of credit, but generally on a secured basis.
7	Watch - Cash flow has a high degree of variability and subject to economic downturns. Liquidity is strained and the ability of the borrower to access traditional sources of credit is diminished.
8	Special Mention - The borrower has potential weaknesses that deserve management’s close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loan or in the Bank’s credit position at some future date. Special mention assets are not adversely classified and do not expose the Bank to risk sufficient to warrant adverse classification.
9	Substandard - Loans are inadequately protected by the current sound worth and paying capacity of the borrower or the collateral pledged, if any. Loans so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Bank will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.
10	Doubtful - Loans have all the inherent weaknesses of those classified substandard with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions and values, highly questionable and improbable.

Risk ratings on commercial and industrial loans and commercial mortgages are initially assigned during the underwriting process and affirmed as part of the approval process. The ratings are periodically reviewed and evaluated based on borrower contact, credit department review or independent loan review.

The Bank's loan risk rating and review policy establishes requirements for the annual review of commercial real estate and commercial and industrial loans. The requirements include details of the scope of coverage and selection process based on loan-type and risk rating. Among other things, at least 80% of the recorded investment of commercial real estate loans as of December 31 of the prior year must be reviewed annually. Lines of credit are also reviewed annually at each proposed reaffirmation. The frequency of the review of other loans is determined by the Bank’s ongoing assessments of the borrower’s condition.

Residential mortgage loans, revolving home equity lines and other consumer loans are risk rated utilizing a three point rating system. In most cases, the borrower’s credit score dictates the risk rating. However, regardless of credit score, loans that are on management’s watch list or have been criticized or classified by management are assigned a risk rating of 3. A credit score is a tool used in the Bank’s loan approval process, and a minimum score of 680 is generally required for new loans. Credit scores for each borrower are updated at least annually. The risk ratings along with their definitions are as follows:


Internally Assigned Risk Rating
1	Credit score is equal to or greater than 680.
2	Credit score is 635 to 679.
3	Credit score is below 635 or, regardless of credit score, the loan has been classified, criticized or placed on watch by management.

The following tables present the recorded investment in commercial and industrial loans and commercial mortgage loans by class of loans and risk rating. Loans shown as Pass are all loans other than those risk rated Watch, Special Mention, Substandard or Doubtful.



	September 30, 2018
	Internally Assigned Risk Rating
					Special
(in thousands)	Pass		Watch		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful		Total
Commercial and industrial	$	92,758	$	450	$	199	$	494	$	—	$	93,901
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		730,699		—		2,433		—		—		733,132
Other		411,407		—		15,580		2,777		—		429,764
Owner-occupied		91,802		—		4,043		545		—		96,390
	$	1,326,666	$	450	$	22,255	$	3,816	$	—	$	1,353,187

	December 31, 2017
Commercial and industrial	$	108,846	$	450	$	279	$	48	$	—	$	109,623
Commercial mortgages:
Multifamily		673,128		2,354		7,111		—		—		682,593
Other		404,379		7,567		2,837		—		—		414,783
Owner-occupied		93,618		—		1,482		531		—		95,631
	$	1,279,971	$	10,371	$	11,709	$	579	$	—	$	1,302,630

The following tables present the recorded investment in residential mortgage loans, home equity lines and other consumer loans by class of loans and risk rating. Loans shown as Pass are all loans other than those risk rated by management as Watch, Special Mention, Substandard or Doubtful.



	September 30, 2018
	Internally Assigned Risk Rating
					Special
(in thousands)	Pass		Watch		Mention		Substandard			Doubtful	Total
Residential mortgages:
Closed end	$	1,786,334	$	841	$	—	$	970	$	—	$	1,788,145
Revolving home equity		73,070		—		253		756		—		74,079
Consumer and other		5,369		—		—		333		—		5,702
	$	1,864,773	$	841	$	253	$	2,059	$	—	$	1,867,926

	December 31, 2017
Residential mortgages:
Closed end	$	1,554,168	$	2,200	$	828	$	1,368	$	—	$	1,558,564
Revolving home equity		82,665		256		704		—		—		83,625
Consumer and other		5,236		—		—		—		—		5,236
	$	1,642,069	$	2,456	$	1,532	$	1,368	$	—	$	1,647,425

Deposit account overdrafts were $182,000 and $297,000 at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Overdrafts are not assigned a risk rating and are therefore excluded from consumer loans in the tables above.

6 - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

On April 22, 2014, the stockholders of the Corporation approved the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (“2014 Plan”). Upon approval of the 2014 Plan, no further awards could be made under the 2006 Stock Compensation Plan (“2006 Plan”).

2014 Plan. Under the 2014 Plan, awards may be granted to employees and non-employee directors as non-qualified stock options (“NQSOs”), stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock awards, RSUs, or any combination thereof, any of which may be subject to performance-based vesting conditions. Awards may also be granted to employees as incentive stock options (“ISOs”). The exercise price of stock options and SARs granted under the 2014 Plan may not be less than the fair market value of the Corporation’s common stock on the date the stock option or SAR is granted. The 2014 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Almost all of the awards granted to date under the 2014 Plan are RSUs. All awards granted under the 2014 Plan will immediately vest upon an involuntary termination following a change in control, total and permanent disability, as defined, or death, and with certain exceptions, will immediately vest in the event of retirement, as defined.

The Corporation has 2,250,000 shares of common stock reserved for awards under the 2014 Plan. Awards granted under the 2006 Plan that expire or are forfeited after April 22, 2014 will be added to the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance of awards under the 2014 Plan. All of the 2,250,000 shares may be issued upon the exercise of stock options or SARs. A maximum of 787,500 shares may be issued as restricted stock awards or upon the conversion of RSUs. At September 30, 2018, 1,861,297 equity awards remain available to be granted under the 2014 Plan of which 405,653 may be granted as restricted stock awards or RSUs.

Details of RSUs. The following table summarizes the vesting schedule of RSUs outstanding at September 30, 2018 by the year they were originally granted.



		Granted During the Year Ended December 31,
	Total	2018	2017	2016	2015
Number of RSUs :
Granted	385,159	70,688	94,329	107,274	112,868
Outstanding at September 30, 2018	216,408	65,514	76,033	73,661	1,200

RSUs scheduled to vest during:
2018	81,672	14,357	—	66,115	1,200
2019	91,582	21,179	62,857	7,546	—
2020	18,707	8,781	9,926	—	—
2021	24,447	21,197	3,250	—	—
	216,408	65,514	76,033	73,661	1,200

The RSUs in the table above include performance-based RSUs with vesting based on the financial performance of the Corporation in 2018 and 2019 and service-based RSUs with various service-based vesting periods. The grant date fair value of RSUs awarded in 2016 is equal to the market price of the shares underlying the awards on the grant date. RSUs awarded in 2016 accrue dividends at the same rate as dividends declared by the Board of Directors on the Corporation’s common stock. The grant date fair value of RSUs awarded in 2015, 2017 and 2018 is equal to the market price of the shares underlying the awards on the grant date, discounted for dividends that are not paid on these RSUs.

The following table presents a summary of RSUs outstanding at September 30, 2018 and changes during the nine month period then ended.



				Weighted-
		Weighted-		Average		Aggregate
		Average		Remaining		Intrinsic
	Number of	Grant-Date		Contractual		Value
	RSUs	Fair Value		Term (yrs.)		(in thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2018	274,134	$	19.64
Granted	70,688		27.10
Converted	(106,522)		15.56
Forfeited	(21,892)		22.83
Outstanding at September 30, 2018	216,408	$	23.76		0.92	$	4,707
Vested and Convertible at September 30, 2018	—	$	—		—	$	—

The performance-based RSUs granted in 2018 and 2017 have a maximum payout potential of 1.50 and 1.25 shares of the Corporation’s common stock, respectively, for each RSU awarded. All other RSUs outstanding at September 30, 2018 have a maximum payout potential of one share of the Corporation’s common stock for each RSU awarded. All of the RSUs outstanding at September 30, 2018 are currently expected to vest and become convertible in the future. The total intrinsic value of RSUs converted during the first nine months of 2018 and 2017 was $3,011,000 and $1,779,000, respectively.

2006 Plan. The 2006 Plan was approved by the stockholders of the Corporation on April 18, 2006. The 2006 Plan permitted the granting of stock options, SARs, restricted stock awards and RSUs to employees and non-employee directors. Under the terms of the 2006 Plan, stock options and SARs could not have an exercise price that was less than 100% of the fair market value of one share of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. Through December 31, 2011, equity grants to executive officers and directors under the 2006 Plan consisted of a combination of NQSOs and RSUs, while equity grants to other officers consisted solely of NQSOs. Beginning in 2012, equity grants under the 2006 Plan consisted solely of RSUs. Stock options granted under the 2006 Plan have a five year vesting period and a ten year term.

Fair Value of Stock Options. The grant date fair value of options was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Substantially all outstanding stock options were expensed in prior years.

Stock Option Activity. The following table presents a summary of options outstanding at September 30, 2018, and changes during the nine month period then ended.



				Weighted-
		Weighted-		Average		Aggregate
		Average		Remaining		Intrinsic
	Number of	Exercise		Contractual		Value
	Options	Price		Term (yrs.)		(in thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2018	159,807	$	11.35
Exercised	(48,158)		10.79
Forfeited or expired	—		—
Outstanding at September 30, 2018	111,649	$	11.59		1.50	$	1,134
Exercisable at September 30, 2018	111,349	$	11.57		1.49	$	1,133

All options outstanding at September 30, 2018 are either fully vested or expected to vest. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the first nine months of 2018 and 2017 was $734,000 and $1,062,000, respectively.

Compensation Expense. The Corporation recorded compensation expense for share-based payments of $1,526,000 and $1,925,000 and recorded related income tax benefits of $460,000 and $808,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Unrecognized Compensation Cost. As of September 30, 2018, there was $1,298,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested equity awards comprised of $2,000 for stock options and $1,296,000 for RSUs. The total cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.0 year, which is based on weighted-average periods of 1.7 years and 1.0 year for stock options and RSUs, respectively.

Cash Received and Tax Benefits Realized. Cash received from stock option exercises for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was $153,000 and $604,000, respectively. Tax benefits from stock option exercises for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were $167,000 and $445,000, respectively.

Other. No cash was used to settle stock options during the first nine months of 2018 or 2017. The Corporation uses newly issued shares to settle stock option exercises and for the conversion of RSUs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, 1,834 and 1,445 shares, respectively, of the Corporation’s common stock were issued to a member of the Board of Directors in payment of director fees.

7 - DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN

The following table sets forth the components of net periodic pension credit.



	Nine Months Ended				Three Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Service cost	$	1,027	$	911	$	342	$	304
Interest cost		1,190		1,193		396		398
Expected return on plan assets		(2,456)		(2,205)		(818)		(735)
Amortization of net actuarial loss		—		13		—		4
Net pension credit	$	(239)	$	(88)	$	(80)	$	(29)

As a result of the adoption of ASU 2017-07, for all periods presented, the components of net pension credit other than the service cost component were included in the line item “Other noninterest income” in the consolidated statements of income. The service cost component was included in the line item “Salaries” in the consolidated statements of income. See “Note 11 – Adoption of New Accounting Standards” for more information regarding the provisions of ASU 2017-07.

The Bank makes cash contributions to the pension plan (“Plan”) which comply with the funding requirements of applicable federal laws and regulations. For funding purposes, the laws and regulations set forth both minimum required and maximum tax-deductible contributions. The Bank has no minimum required pension contribution for the Plan year ending September 30, 2018 and it cannot make a tax-deductible contribution for the tax year beginning January 1, 2018.

8 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Financial Instruments Recorded at Fair Value. When measuring fair value, the Corporation uses a fair value hierarchy, which is designed to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The hierarchy involves three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Corporation has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect the Corporation’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The Corporation deems transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy to have occurred on the date of the event or change in circumstance that caused the transfer. There were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 or 2017.

The fair values of the Corporation’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are set forth in the tables that follow. These values are determined using matrix pricing (Level 2 inputs). Matrix pricing, which is a mathematical technique widely used in the industry to value debt securities, does not rely exclusively on quoted prices for the specific securities but rather on the relationship of such securities to other benchmark quoted securities.



	Fair Value Measurements Using:
			Quoted Prices		Significant
			in Active		Other		Significant
			Markets for		Observable		Unobservable
			Identical Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(in thousands)	Total		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
September 30, 2018:
Financial Assets:
Available-for-Sale Securities:
State and municipals	$	423,792	$	—	$	423,792	$	—
Pass-through mortgage securities		72,434		—		72,434		—
Collateralized mortgage obligations		246,613		—		246,613		—
Corporate Bonds		60,000		—		60,000		—
	$	802,839	$	—	$	802,839	$	—

Derivative - interest rate swap	$	281	$	—	$	281	$	—

December 31, 2017:
Financial Assets:
Available-for-Sale Securities:
State and municipals	$	461,323	$	—	$	461,323	$	—
Pass-through mortgage securities		71,391		—		71,391		—
Collateralized mortgage obligations		187,414		—		187,414		—
	$	720,128	$	—	$	720,128	$	—

Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, are set forth in the table that follows. Real estate appraisals utilized in measuring the fair value of impaired loans, if any, may employ a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the independent appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. In arriving at fair value, the Corporation adjusts the value set forth in the appraisal by deducting costs to sell and a distressed sale adjustment when appropriate. The adjustments made by the appraisers and the Corporation are deemed to be significant unobservable inputs and therefore result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs used for determining the fair value of impaired loans.



			Fair Value Measurements Using:
			Quoted Prices		Significant
			in Active		Other		Significant
			Markets for		Observable		Unobservable
			Identical Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(in thousands)	Total		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
September 30, 2018:
Residential mortgages held-for-sale:
Closed-end	$	509	$	—	$	—	$	509
Revolving home equity		162		—		—		162
	$	671	$	—	$	—	$	671
December 31, 2017:
Other real estate owned	$	5,125	$	—	$	—	$	5,125

The residential mortgage loans held-for-sale at September 30, 2018 in the preceding table were accounted for on a non-accrual basis and carried at the lower of cost or fair value.

The other real estate owned in the preceding table is one commercial real estate property acquired by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. A valuation allowance of $725,000 was recorded and included in other noninterest expense in the consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2017. The Bank sold the property for its carrying value in the first quarter of 2018.

Other than the loans held-for-sale discussed above, the Corporation had no impaired loans recorded at fair value at September 30, 2018 or December 31, 2017. During the nine and three months ended September 30, 2017, the Corporation recorded provisions (credits) for loan losses of $338,000 and ($530,000), respectively, for impaired loans measured at fair value.

Financial Instruments Not Recorded at Fair Value. Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time. Such estimates are generally subjective in nature and dependent upon a number of significant assumptions associated with each financial instrument or group of similar financial instruments, including estimates of discount rates, risks associated with specific financial instruments such as liquidity, credit and nonperformance risk, estimates of future cash flows, and relevant available market information. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates. In addition, fair value estimates do not reflect the value of anticipated future business, premiums or discounts that could result from offering for sale at one time the Corporation’s entire holdings of a particular financial instrument, or the income tax consequences of realizing gains or losses on the sale of financial instruments.

The following table sets forth the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments that are not recorded at fair value in the Corporation’s financial statements.



	Level of	September 30, 2018				December 31, 2017
	Fair Value	Carrying				Carrying
(in thousands)	Hierarchy	Amount		Fair Value		Amount		Fair Value
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	Level 1	$	50,462	$	50,462	$	69,672	$	69,672
Held-to-maturity securities	Level 2		3,682		3,739		5,030		5,143
Held-to-maturity securities	Level 3		3,163		3,163		2,606		2,606
Loans	Level 3		3,187,744		2,998,186		2,916,568		2,855,812
Restricted stock	Level 1		37,941		37,941		37,314		37,314

Financial Liabilities:
Checking deposits	Level 1		946,236		946,236		896,129		896,129
Savings, NOW and money market deposits	Level 1		1,679,617		1,679,617		1,602,460		1,602,460
Time deposits	Level 2		534,656		528,725		323,408		323,108
Short-term borrowings	Level 1		292,176		292,176		281,141		281,141
Long-term debt	Level 2		403,027		392,865		423,797		418,465

As described in “Note 11 – Adoption of New Accounting Standards,” the Corporation adopted ASU 2016-01 on January 1, 2018 and applied the provisions of the standard prospectively to the fair value amounts in the table above.

9 – REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS

As described in “Note 11 – Adoption of New Accounting Standards,” the Corporation adopted ASU 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” and all subsequent amendments on January 1, 2018. The majority of the Bank's income streams are outside of the scope of ASU 2014-09, such as interest and dividend income on loans and securities. Income streams that are within the scope of ASU 2014-09 are recorded in the noninterest income section of the consolidated statements of income and include the following types of fees earned from the Bank's contracts with customers.

Investment Management Division Revenues. The Bank holds customer assets in a fiduciary capacity and provides various services, including trust account services, estate settlement, custody and asset management. The services are performed for customers over time, requiring a time-based measure of progress. Fees are assessed based on market values of customer assets held or under management as of a certain point in time, and income cannot be estimated prior to the end of the measurement period. Volatility in equity and other market values will impact the amount of revenue that will be earned. Fees are generally earned and collected on a monthly or quarterly basis, accrued to income as earned and included in the consolidated statements of income in the line item "Investment Management Division income."

Deposit Account Revenues. Fees are earned and collected on a monthly basis for account maintenance and activity-based service charges on deposit accounts. The services are performed for customers over time, requiring a time-based measure of progress. Customers may be required to maintain minimum balances and average balances. Additional fees may also be earned for overdrafts, replacement of debit cards, bill payment, lockbox services and ACH services, among others, and are earned and collected as transactions take place. All deposit account fees are accrued to income as earned, either monthly or at the point of sale, and included in the consolidated statements of income in the line item "Service charges on deposit accounts."

Transaction and Branch Service Fees. The following revenue streams are components of “Other noninterest income” on the consolidated statements of income. These components totaled $1,567,000 and $1,426,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Other items included in “Other noninterest income,” such as bank-owned life insurance (“BOLI”) income, non-service components of net pension cost and real estate tax refunds are outside of the scope of ASU 2014-09.

Debit/Credit Card Revenues. The Bank earns a fee when its customers use their debit or credit cards in point-of-sale transactions. These fees are generally known as interchange fees. Interchange fees from cardholder transactions represent a percentage of the underlying transaction value and are recorded daily, concurrently with the transaction processing services provided to the cardholder.

Branch Services Revenues. The Bank charges fees for safe deposit box rentals, wire transfers, money orders, checkbook printing, official checks and ATM usage. Fees are earned, collected and generally recorded as revenue when the service is provided.

Investment Advisory Services. The Bank provides branch space to a third party who sells financial products to the Bank’s customers and pays commissions to the Bank based on the products sold. Commissions are variable and based on the market values of financial assets sold. Commissions are accrued to income as earned and collected.

10 – DERIVATIVES

As part of its asset liability management activities, the Corporation may utilize interest rate swaps to help manage its interest rate risk position. The notional amount of an interest rate swap does not represent the amount exchanged by the parties. The exchange of cash flows is determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the interest rate swap agreements.

The Bank entered into an interest rate swap with a notional amount totaling $150 million on May 22, 2018, which was designated as a cash flow hedge of certain Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances included in short-term borrowings on the consolidated balance sheet. The swap was determined to be fully effective during the periods presented and therefore no amount of ineffectiveness has been included in net income. The aggregate fair value of the swap is recorded in other assets, with changes in fair value net of related income taxes recorded in other comprehensive income (loss). The amount included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) would be reclassified to current earnings should the hedge no longer be considered effective. The Corporation expects the hedge to remain fully effective during the remaining term of the swap.

The following table summarizes information about the interest rate swap designated as a cash flow hedge at September 30, 2018.




Notional amount		$150 million
Weighted average fixed pay rate		2.90%
Weighted average 3-month LIBOR receive rate		Currently 2.32%
Weighted average maturity		2.68 Years

Interest expense recorded on the swap transaction, which totaled $315,000 and $225,000, respectively, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2018, is included in the line item “Interest expense – short-term borrowings” in the consolidated statements of income. Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income related to the swap will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are received/made on the Bank’s variable-rate assets/liabilities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Corporation had $315,000 of reclassifications to interest expense. During the next twelve months, the Corporation estimates that $243,000 will be reclassified as an increase to interest expense.

The following table presents the net gains (losses) recorded in the consolidated statements of income and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income relating to the interest rate swap for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2018.



	Amount of				Amount of Loss
	Gain/(Loss)		Amount of Loss		Recognized in Other
	Recognized in OCI		Reclassified from OCI		Noninterest Income
(in thousands)	(Effective Portion)		to Interest Expense		(Ineffective Portion)
Interest rate contract:
Nine months ended September 30, 2018	$	(34)	$	315	$	—
Three months ended September 30, 2018	$	462	$	225	$	—

The following table reflects the amounts relating to the interest rate swap included in the consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2018.



	Notional		Fair Value
(in thousands)	Amount		Asset		Liability
Included in other assets or other liabilities			$	281	$	—
Interest rate swap related to FHLB advances	$	150,000

Credit Risk Related Contingent Features. The Bank’s agreement with its interest rate swap counterparty sets forth minimum collateral posting thresholds. If the termination value of the swap is a net asset position, the counterparty may be required to post collateral against its obligations to the Bank under the agreement. However, if the termination value of the swap is a net liability position, the Bank may be required to post collateral to the counterparty. At September 30, 2018, the termination value of the Bank’s swap is in an asset position of $281,000. If the Bank had breached any of these provisions at September 30, 2018, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreement at the termination value.

11 – ADOPTION OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” The amendments in ASU 2014-09 provide a comprehensive framework for addressing revenue recognition issues that can be applied to all contracts with customers. While the guidance in ASU 2014-09 supersedes most existing industry-specific revenue recognition accounting guidance, much of a bank’s revenue comes from financial instruments such as debt securities and loans that are scoped-out of the guidance. The amendments in ASU 2014-09 also include improved disclosures to enable users of financial statements to better understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue that is recognized. For public entities such as the Corporation, ASU 2014-09, as amended, is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2014-09 and all subsequent amendments on January 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective transition method, did not impact the Corporation’s financial position or results of operations and, as such, no cumulative effect adjustment was recorded. See “Note 9 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers” for disclosures pertaining to the revenue streams within the scope of ASU 2014-09.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 “Financial Instruments – Overall.” The amendments in ASU 2016-01 are intended to improve the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial assets and liabilities to provide users of financial statements with information that is more useful for decision-making purposes. For public entities such as the Corporation, the amendments in ASU 2016-01 are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2016-01 on January 1, 2018 did not have an impact on the Corporation’s financial position or results of operations, but resulted in the prospective application of an exit price notion in the determination of the fair value of certain financial instruments as disclosed in “Note 8 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments.” Adoption of the ASU also resulted in the elimination of disclosures regarding the methods and assumptions used to estimate fair value. The Bank’s FHLB and Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”) stock, included under the line item “Restricted stock, at cost” in the consolidated balance sheets, are specifically excluded from the scope of the ASU.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15 “Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments.” ASU 2016-15 affects all entities that are required to present a statement of cash flows under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 230, Statement of Cash Flows, and other ASC Topics, addressing eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing diversity in practice.

ASU 2016-15 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2016-15 on January 1, 2018 did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s cash flows or disclosures.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07 “Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.” ASU 2017-07 applies to all employers that offer to their employees defined benefit pension plans, other postretirement benefit plans or other types of benefits accounted for under ASC Topic 715. The ASU requires, among other things, that an employer disaggregate the service cost component from other components of net benefit cost and provides explicit guidance on how to present the service cost component and other components of net benefit cost in the income statement. ASU 2017-07 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2017-07 on January 1, 2018 resulted in revised income statement classifications of the components of net periodic pension cost for all periods presented. The Corporation used the amounts disclosed in “Note 7 – Defined Benefit Pension Plan” as the basis for applying the retrospective presentation requirements of the ASU. See Note 7 for details of the reclassified amounts. The other amendments in the ASU did not impact the Corporation’s financial position or results of operations.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02 “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.” ASU 2018-02 affects any entity that has items of other comprehensive income for which the related tax effects are presented in other comprehensive income. The ASU allows a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Act which was signed into law on December 22, 2017. ASU 2018-02 is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any interim period. Management early-adopted the ASU in the first quarter of 2018 and reclassified $277,000 of stranded tax effect credits from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings on January 1, 2018. The reclassification had no net impact on the Corporation’s financial position or results of operations.

12 – IMPACT OF ISSUED BUT NOT YET EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

The pronouncements discussed in this section are not intended to be an all-inclusive list, but rather only those pronouncements that could potentially have an impact on the Corporation’s financial position, results of operations or disclosures.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 “Leases.” ASU 2016-02 affects any entity that enters into a lease and is intended to increase the transparency and comparability of financial statements among organizations. The ASU requires, among other changes, a lessee to recognize on its balance sheet a lease asset and a lease liability for those leases previously classified as operating leases. The lease asset would represent the right to use the underlying asset for the lease term and the lease liability would represent the discounted value of the required lease payments to the lessor. The ASU would also require entities to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. ASU 2016-02, as amended, is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Based on the lease arrangements in effect at September 30, 2018 and the work completed to date in implementing the ASU, management believes that the ASU will not have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial position, results of operations or regulatory capital ratios. The Corporation expects to utilize the transition method described in ASU 2018-11 “Leases – Targeted Improvements” with an application date of January 1, 2019 to implement the ASU.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13 “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” ASU 2016-13 affects entities holding financial assets that are not accounted for at fair value, including loans, debt securities and other financial assets. The ASU requires financial assets measured at amortized cost to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected by recording an allowance for credit losses. ASU 2016-13 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Management has established an internal committee to manage the implementation of the ASU. The committee is led by the Bank’s Chief Accounting Officer and includes the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer. A broader group of Bank staff has been identified to assist in implementing the ASU including representatives of the Bank’s loan operations, credit administration, lending, investments and technology functions. The committee has selected and engaged a third-party software provider, developed an implementation timeline, accumulated the historical data needed to implement the ASU and is in the process of evaluating the accuracy and completeness of this data. In addition, the committee continues to analyze the ASU to understand the impact that it will have on the Corporation’s financial position, results of operations and disclosures.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13 “Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” and ASU 2018-14 “Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans.” These ASUs modify certain disclosure requirements pertaining to fair value measurements and defined benefit plans, respectively, as part of the FASB’s disclosure framework project intended to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in the notes to financial statements. ASU 2018-13 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. ASU 2018-14 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of these ASUs will modify the Corporation’s disclosures but will not impact its financial position or results of operations.

13 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

During October 2018, the Bank made a decision to restructure the securities portfolio by selling $61.6 million of mortgage-backed securities that were classified as available-for-sale. The securities sold had a yield of 2.51% and resulted in a pre-tax loss of approximately $3.2 million. The proceeds from the sale were used to pay down overnight borrowings with a cost of 2.47%.

Also during October 2018, the Bank completed a sale of the land and building related to one of its branches which was previously included in “other assets” in the consolidated balance sheets and carried at the lower of cost or fair value at September 30, 2018. The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of $1.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2018.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following is management's discussion and analysis of The First of Long Island Corporation’s financial condition and operating results during the periods included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with such financial statements. The Corporation’s financial condition and operating results principally reflect those of its wholly-owned subsidiary, The First National Bank of Long Island, and subsidiaries wholly-owned by the Bank, either directly or indirectly, FNY Service Corp., The First of Long Island REIT, Inc. and The First of Long Island Agency, Inc. The consolidated entity is referred to as the Corporation and the Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the Bank. Although the Bank’s primary service area is currently Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island and the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, it does have two commercial banking branches in Manhattan. Expansion of the Bank’s branch distribution system, particularly in the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, is an ongoing initiative.

Overview

Net income and earnings per share for the first nine months of 2018 were $31.5 million and $1.24, respectively, representing increases over the same period last year of 14.3% and 9.7%, respectively. Dividends per share increased 9.3%, from $.43 for the first nine months of 2017 to $.47 for the current nine-month period. Returns on average assets (“ROA”) and average equity (“ROE”) for the first nine months of 2018 were 1.01% and 11.34%, respectively, versus 1.01% and 11.23%, respectively, for the same period last year. Book value per share increased from $14.37 at year-end 2017 to $14.96 at the close of the current quarter. The credit quality of the Bank’s loan and securities portfolios remains excellent.

Analysis of Earnings – Nine Month Periods. Net income for the first nine months of 2018 was $31.5 million, an increase of $3.9 million, or 14.3%, over the same period last year. The increase is attributable to increases in net interest income of $4.2 million, or 5.8%, and noninterest income, before securities gains and losses, of $1.1 million, or 15.1%, and decreases in the provision for loan losses and income tax expense of $2.7 million and $5.6 million, respectively. These items were partially offset by an increase in noninterest expense of $4.6 million, or 11.5%, and securities losses of $5.0 million in the current nine month period versus gains of $74,000 in the same period last year.

The increase in net interest income is primarily attributable to growth in the average balance of loans of $439.6 million, or 16.2%. Loans grew primarily because of increases in commercial and residential mortgage loans. Growth in the average balance of loans was funded by increases in the average balances of noninterest-bearing checking deposits, interest-bearing deposits, borrowings and stockholders’ equity. Substantial contributors to the growth in deposits were new branch openings, the Bank’s ongoing municipal deposit initiative, deposit promotions with emphasis on time deposits and the issuance of brokered certificates of deposit toward the end of the first quarter. Substantial contributors to the growth in stockholders’ equity were net income and the issuance of shares under the Corporation’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (“DRIP”), partially offset by cash dividends declared and a decline in the after-tax value of available-for-sale securities. During the nine and three months ended September 30, 2018, the sale of shares under the DRIP contributed $17.0 million and $1.2 million to capital, respectively.

The $2.7 million reduction in the provision for loan losses for the first nine months of 2018 versus the same period last year is mainly due to improved economic conditions and historical loss rates, less loan growth in the current year and a larger increase in specific reserves in the 2017 period. The impact of these items was partially offset by higher net chargeoffs in the current nine-month period. Net chargeoffs in first nine months of 2018 of $780,000 include chargeoffs of $382,000 on loans transferred to held-for-sale and carried at the lower of cost or fair value at September 30, 2018.

The $1.1 million increase in noninterest income, before securities gains and losses, is primarily attributable to an increase in income from BOLI, and a larger net credit relating to the non-service components of the Bank’s defined benefit pension plan. These increases were partially offset by refunds related to sales tax and telecommunications charges and the elimination of accrued circuit termination charges in the 2017 period.

The $4.6 million increase in noninterest expense is primarily attributable to increases in salaries, employee benefits and other personnel expense, occupancy and equipment expense, other real estate owned expense and growth-related increases in the Bank’s FDIC and OCC assessments.

The $5.6 million decrease in income tax expense is due to (1) a reduction in the statutory federal income tax rate from 35% last year to 21% effective January 1, 2018; (2) recognition in the current nine-month period of net operating loss carryforwards that originated in 2017; (3) recognition of tax benefits related to accelerating tax depreciation into 2017; (4) higher tax benefits in the 2018 period from BOLI; and (5) tax benefits related to a securities loss resulting from restructuring the securities portfolio in the third quarter of 2018.

Late in the third quarter of 2018, the Bank restructured the available-for-sale securities portfolio by selling mortgage-backed securities and short-term municipal bonds with yields of 2.51% and 2.90%, respectively, and reinvested the proceeds in mortgage-backed securities and corporate bonds with an overall yield of 4.02%. The Bank recorded a loss of $5.0 million ($3.5 million after-tax) on the sale and the payback period for the loss is approximately 2.4 years.

Asset Quality. The Bank’s allowance for loan losses to total loans (reserve coverage ratio) decreased from 1.15% at year-end 2017 to 1.12% at March 31, 2018, 1.10% at June 30, 2018 and 1.04% at September 30, 2018. The decrease in the reserve coverage ratio in 2018 is primarily due to adjustments to certain qualitative factors to reflect improved economic conditions and reductions in historical loss rates and growth rates on certain pools of loans. The provision for loan losses was $547,000 and $3.2 million in the first nine months of 2018 and 2017, respectively. The provision in each period was driven mainly by loan growth and net chargeoffs and, in the 2017 period, an increase in specific reserves, partially offset by improved economic conditions and reductions in historical losses.

The credit quality of the Bank’s loan portfolio remains excellent. Nonaccrual loans amounted to $4.9 million, or .15% of total loans outstanding at September 30, 2018, compared to $1.8 million, or .06%, at June 30, 2018 and $1.0 million, or .03%, at December 31, 2017. The increase in nonaccrual loans during the first nine months of 2018 is primarily due to the designation as nonaccrual of $2.8 million of loans to one borrower, partially offset by paydowns, loan sales and chargeoffs. Total nonaccrual loans at the end of the third quarter include loans held-for-sale of $671,000 that are carried at the lower of cost or fair value. Troubled debt restructurings amounted to $1.3 million, or .04% of total loans outstanding, at September 30, 2018. Of the troubled debt restructurings, $1.2 million are performing in accordance with their modified terms and $88,000 are nonaccrual and included in the aforementioned amount of nonaccrual loans. Loans past due 30 through 89 days amounted to $1.1 million, or .04% of total loans outstanding, at September 30, 2018, compared to $2.8 million, or .09%, at December 31, 2017.

The credit quality of the Bank’s securities portfolio also remains excellent. The Bank’s mortgage securities are backed by mortgages underwritten on conventional terms, with 81% of these securities being full faith and credit obligations of the U.S. government and the balance being obligations of U.S. government sponsored entities. The remainder of the Bank’s securities portfolio principally consists of high quality, general obligation municipal securities rated AA or better by major rating agencies and investment grade corporate bonds of large financial institutions. In selecting securities for purchase, the Bank uses credit agency ratings for screening purposes only and then performs its own credit analysis. On an ongoing basis, the Bank periodically assesses the credit strength of the municipal securities and corporate bonds in its portfolio and makes decisions to hold or sell based on such assessments.

Key Strategic Initiatives and Challenges We Face. The Bank’s strategy remains focused on increasing shareholder value through loan and deposit growth and the maintenance of stellar credit quality, a strong efficiency ratio and an optimal amount of capital. We will continue to open new branches but at a slower pace.

In response to the flattening yield curve, management has implemented a variety of measures in an attempt to stabilize and improve net interest margin and reduce operating expenses and thereby enable continued earnings growth. Additional steps are likely. Quarterly net interest margin is expected to increase in the fourth quarter of 2018 then be negatively impacted by additional increases in the federal funds rate that the market expects in late 2018 and 2019. Management will continue to be measured and disciplined in its approach to the extension of credit and will not meaningfully loosen its underwriting standards in an attempt to improve net interest margin.

With respect to its lending activities, the Bank will continue to prudently manage concentration and credit risk and maintain its broker and correspondent relationships. Commercial mortgage loans will be emphasized over residential mortgage loans. Small business credit scored loans, equipment finance loans and Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, along with the Bank’s traditional commercial and industrial loan products, will be originated to diversify the Bank’s loan portfolio and help mitigate the impact on net interest margin of the flattening yield curve.

The Bank’s branch distribution system currently consists of fifty-two branches in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island and the New York City boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Bank expects to open more branches in the foreseeable future. In

addition, management is also focused on growing noninterest income from existing and potential new sources, which may include the development or acquisition of fee-based businesses.

In the current environment, banking regulators are concerned about, among other things, growth, commercial real estate concentrations, underwriting of commercial real estate and commercial and industrial loans, capital levels, liquidity, cyber security and predatory sales practices. Regulatory requirements, the cost of compliance and vigilant supervisory oversight are exerting downward pressure on revenues and upward pressure on required capital levels and operating expenses.

Net Interest Income

Average Balance Sheet; Interest Rates and Interest Differential. The following table sets forth the average daily balances for each major category of assets, liabilities and stockholders’ equity as well as the amounts and average rates earned or paid on each major category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The average balances of investment securities include unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, and the average balances of loans include nonaccrual loans.



	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018						2017
	Average		Interest/		Average		Average		Interest/		Average
(dollars in thousands)	Balance		Dividends		Rate		Balance		Dividends		Rate
Assets:
Interest-earning bank balances	$	30,096	$	400	1.78	%	$	24,457	$	191	1.04	%
Investment securities:
Taxable		354,530		7,875	2.96			337,941		5,692	2.25
Nontaxable (1)		460,231		12,902	3.74			460,156		15,556	4.51
Loans (1)		3,160,835		83,646	3.53			2,721,229		71,820	3.52
Total interest-earning assets		4,005,692		104,823	3.49			3,543,783		93,259	3.51
Allowance for loan losses		(35,382)						(31,604)
Net interest-earning assets		3,970,310						3,512,179
Cash and due from banks		36,931						31,791
Premises and equipment, net		40,122						35,405
Other assets		118,885						85,944
	$	4,166,248					$	3,665,319
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
Savings, NOW & money market deposits	$	1,749,025		8,823	.67		$	1,627,152		4,974	.41
Time deposits		477,535		7,529	2.11			301,499		3,986	1.77
Total interest-bearing deposits		2,226,560		16,352	.98			1,928,651		8,960	.62
Short-term borrowings		189,141		3,026	2.14			138,523		986	.95
Long-term debt		425,712		6,399	2.01			401,889		5,703	1.90
Total interest-bearing liabilities		2,841,413		25,777	1.21			2,469,063		15,649	.85
Checking deposits		943,689						859,805
Other liabilities		9,803						8,522
		3,794,905						3,337,390
Stockholders' equity		371,343						327,929
	$	4,166,248					$	3,665,319

Net interest income (1)			$	79,046					$	77,610
Net interest spread (1)					2.28	%					2.66	%
Net interest margin (1)					2.63	%					2.92	%

(1)

Tax-equivalent basis. Interest income on a tax-equivalent basis includes the additional amount of interest income that would have been earned if the Corporation's investment in tax-exempt loans and investment securities had been made in loans and investment securities subject to federal income taxes yielding the same after-tax income. The tax-equivalent amount of $1.00 of nontaxable income was $1.27 and $1.54 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, using statutory federal income tax rates of 21% and 35%, respectively.

Rate/Volume Analysis. The following table sets forth the effect of changes in volumes and rates on tax-equivalent interest income, interest expense and net interest income. The changes attributable to a combined impact of volume and rate have been allocated to the changes due to volume and the changes due to rate.



	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018 Versus 2017
	Increase (decrease) due to changes in:

(in thousands)	Volume		Rate		Net
Interest Income:
Interest-earning bank balances	$	52	$	157	$	209
Investment securities:
Taxable		292		1,891		2,183
Nontaxable		2		(2,656)		(2,654)
Loans		11,601		225		11,826
Total interest income		11,947		(383)		11,564

Interest Expense:
Savings, NOW & money market deposits		398		3,451		3,849
Time deposits		2,664		879		3,543
Short-term borrowings		462		1,578		2,040
Long-term debt		348		348		696
Total interest expense		3,872		6,256		10,128
Increase (decrease) in net interest income	$	8,075	$	(6,639)	$	1,436

Net Interest Income

Net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis for the first nine months of 2018 was $79.0 million, an increase of $1.4 million, or 1.9%, over $77.6 million for the first nine months of 2017. The increase is primarily attributable to growth in the average balance of loans of $439.6 million, or 16.2%. Loans grew primarily because of increases in commercial and residential mortgage loans. Growth in the average balance of loans was funded by increases in the average balances of noninterest-bearing checking deposits of $83.9 million, or 9.8%, interest-bearing deposits of $297.9 million, or 15.4%, borrowings of $74.4 million, or 13.8%, and stockholders’ equity of $43.4 million, or 13.2%. Substantial contributors to the growth in deposits were new branch openings, the Bank’s ongoing municipal deposit initiative, deposit promotions with emphasis on time deposits and the issuance of brokered certificates of deposit toward the end of the first quarter. Substantial contributors to the growth in stockholders’ equity were net income and the issuance of shares under the DRIP, partially offset by cash dividends declared and a decline in the after-tax value of available-for-sale securities. During the nine and three months ended September 30, 2018, the sale of shares under the DRIP contributed $17.0 million and $1.2 million to capital, respectively.

Net interest margin for the first nine months of 2018 was 2.63%, down 29 basis points from 2.92% for the same period last year. The decrease in net interest margin is largely attributable to: (1) yield curve flattening resulting from a significant increase in the federal funds target rate with lesser increases in intermediate and longer-term interest rates; (2) timing differences between the repricing of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities in a rising rate environment; (3) competitive pressure to raise deposit rates to fund growth and protect against deposit outflows; (4) a reduction in prepayment penalties and late charges from $1.8 million for the first nine months of 2017 to $793,000 for the current nine-month period, thus reducing net interest margin by 4 basis points; and (5) a reduction in the statutory federal income tax rate from 35% for the first nine months of 2017 to 21% for the current nine-month period, thus reducing the tax-equivalent amount of each dollar of tax-exempt income and causing a 9 basis point decline in net interest margin. When comparing the first nine months of this year to the same period last year, these factors largely account for the significant increases experienced by the Bank in the cost of its non-maturity deposits and short-term borrowings of 26 basis points and 119 basis points, respectively, with a much more modest increase occurring in its loan portfolio yield of 1 basis point and a decrease in the securities portfolio yield of 15 basis points. Unlike non-maturity deposits and short-term borrowings, the Bank’s securities and almost all of its loans are not subject to immediate repricing with changes in market interest rates.

Beginning in the second quarter of this year, management began implementing a variety of measures designed to stabilize and improve net interest margin and reduce expenses. Additional steps are likely. These measures include, among others, reducing overall balance sheet growth by slowing loan growth and the related need for funding, changing the mix of loans being originated, restructuring the securities portfolio and hedging a portion of overnight borrowings with an interest rate swap. Slowing loan growth has resulted in reducing the provision for loan losses. Diminished funding needs have enabled management to mitigate growth in noninterest expense and the cost of deposits by slowing the pace of new branch openings, offering fewer deposit rate promotions and being more selective in offering higher rates to new and existing customers. Restructuring the securities portfolio, as discussed hereinafter, is immediately accretive to net interest margin and hedging overnight borrowings with an interest rate swap provides some net interest margin protection

in the event of an increase in overnight borrowing rates. Management also continues to explore a variety of cost saving measures aimed at further improving an already very strong efficiency ratio.

The mortgage loan pipeline at September 30, 2018 was a modest $54 million, reflecting management’s decision to slow loan growth. In an attempt to improve overall loan portfolio yield, the mix of loan originations is being more heavily weighted towards commercial mortgages and commercial and industrial loans with less emphasis on residential mortgage loans. Loans grew 9.2% during the first nine months of the current year and amounted to $3.2 billion at September 30, 2018. Management expects a somewhat reduced level of growth in 2019.

We believe that the measures discussed above contributed to a slower decline in net interest margin for the third quarter than that which occurred in the first and second quarters. Excluding the impact of prepayment penalties and late charges and the aforementioned reduction in the statutory federal income tax rate, the quarterly decline in net interest margin was 6 basis points in the first quarter of 2018, 13 basis points in the second quarter and 1 basis point in the third quarter. The second quarter decline reflects the full quarter impact of robust first quarter growth. Management believes that fourth quarter net interest margin will be higher than that reported for the third quarter.

Employing the measures discussed above and assuming a continued flattening of the yield curve, net interest margin could range from approximately 2.50% to 2.55% in 2019 and then begin to increase in 2020. If the yield curve flattens less than anticipated or steepens, net interest margin could be better than that currently anticipated for 2019.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income includes service charges on deposit accounts, Investment Management Division income, gains or losses on sales of securities, and all other items of income, other than interest, resulting from the business activities of the Corporation.

Noninterest income, before securities gains and losses, increased $1.1 million, or 15.1%, when comparing the first nine months of 2018 to the same period last year. The increase is primarily attributable to an increase of $432,000 in cash value accretion on BOLI, a $565,000 BOLI death benefit and an increase of $267,000 in the net credit relating to the non-service cost components of the Bank’s defined benefit pension plan. These increases were partially offset by refunds of $155,000 related to sales tax and telecommunications charges and the elimination of $77,000 in accrued circuit termination charges in the 2017 period. Cash value accretion increased because of purchases of BOLI during the first quarters of 2017 and 2018 of $25 million and $20 million, respectively. These purchases contributed $22.1 million to the growth in average other assets for the first nine months of 2018 compared to the same period last year. The non-service cost components of the Bank’s pension plan included in noninterest income are comprised of expected return on pension plan assets and interest cost on the benefit obligation. These items are included in noninterest income under ASU 2017-07 which was adopted by the Corporation on January 1, 2018. Income statement items for the first nine months of 2017 were reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Late in the third quarter of 2018, the Bank restructured the available-for-sale securities portfolio by selling $135 million of mortgage-backed securities and $39.6 million of short-term municipal bonds with yields of 2.51% and 2.90%, respectively, and reinvested the proceeds in mortgage-backed securities and corporate bonds with an overall yield of 4.02%. The Bank recorded a loss of $5.0 million ($3.5 million after-tax) on the sale and the payback period for the loss is approximately 2.4 years. Because of the timing of this restructuring, it had little impact on net interest margin for the current quarter or nine-month period. On a going forward basis, it will improve the Bank’s net interest margin by approximately 5 basis points. The securities loss negatively impacted ROA and ROE by 11 and 124 basis points, respectively, for the first nine months of 2018, and 32 and 362 basis points, respectively, for the third quarter of 2018.

In early October 2018, the Bank further restructured the securities portfolio by selling $61.6 million of mortgage-backed securities with a yield of 2.51% at a loss of approximately $3.2 million ($2.3 million after-tax) and used the proceeds to pay down overnight borrowings with a cost of 2.47%. This transaction eliminated inefficient leverage and, on a full quarter basis, will add 4 basis points to net interest margin.

Also during October 2018, the Bank completed a sale of the land and building related to one of its branches. The deposits will be consolidated into another nearby branch of the Bank. The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of $1.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense is comprised of salaries, employee benefits and other personnel expense, occupancy and equipment expense and other operating expenses incurred in supporting the various business activities of the Corporation.

Noninterest expense increased $4.6 million, or 11.5%, when comparing the first nine months of 2018 to the same period last year. The increase is primarily attributable to increases in salaries of $2.0 million, or 10.8%, employee benefits and other personnel expense of $936,000, or 17.0%, occupancy and equipment expense of $1.2 million, or 16.2%, other real estate owned expense of $124,000 and

growth-related increases in the Bank’s FDIC and OCC assessments amounting to $98,000. The increase in salaries is primarily due to new branch openings, additions to staff in the back office, normal annual salary adjustments and special salary-related accruals in the second quarter of 2018. The increase in employee benefits and other personnel expense is largely due to increases in group health insurance expense of $281,000 resulting from increases in staff count and the rates being charged by insurance carriers, placement and agency fees of $101,000 relating to branch and back office staffing, payroll tax expense of $152,000 and incentive compensation expense of $230,000. The increase in occupancy and equipment expense is primarily due to the operating costs of new branches, increases in maintenance and repairs expense and a growth-related increase in depreciation on the Bank’s facilities and equipment. Other real estate owned expense of $124,000 in the 2018 period relates to one commercial property acquired by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure during the fourth quarter of 2017 and sold during the first quarter of 2018.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense decreased $5.6 million when comparing the first nine months of 2018 to the same period last year, primarily due to: (1) a reduction in the statutory federal income tax rate from 35% last year to 21% effective January 1, 2018; (2) recognition in the current nine-month period of tax benefits of New York State and New York City net operating loss carryforwards that originated in 2017 of $542,000; (3) recognition of $717,000 in tax benefits related to accelerating tax depreciation into 2017; (4) higher tax benefits in the 2018 period from BOLI; and (5) tax benefits of a $5.0 million securities loss resulting from restructuring the securities portfolio in the third quarter of 2018. These items resulted in lower effective tax rates in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to the same periods in 2017. The Corporation’s effective tax rate (income tax expense as a percentage of book income) was 7.9% in the first quarter of this year, 14.4% in the second quarter, 5.1% in the third quarter and 9.3% for the nine-month period. This compares to 24.2% for the first quarter of last year, 22.0% for the second quarter, 26.4% for the third quarter and 24.3% for the nine-month period. Management expects the Corporation’s effective tax rate to normalize in the range of 14% to 16%.

Results of Operations – Third Quarter 2018 Versus Third Quarter 2017

Net income for the third quarter of 2018 was $10.1 million, representing an increase of $715,000, or 7.7%, over $9.3 million earned in the same quarter of last year. The increase is primarily attributable to increases in net interest income of $588,000 and noninterest income, before securities gains and losses, of $251,000, and decreases in the provision for loan losses and income tax expense of $2.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively. The positive impact on earnings of these items was largely offset by an increase in noninterest expense of $848,000, or 6.3%, and the aforementioned loss on the sale of securities of $5.0 million. The increase in net interest income was due to growth in the average balance of loans partially offset by higher funding costs and a decline in prepayment penalties and late charges of $825,000. The credit provision for loan losses of $1.8 million in the current quarter versus a provision of $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2017 was primarily attributable to improved economic conditions and a decline in loans in the current quarter versus an increase in the 2017 quarter, partially offset by higher net chargeoffs in the 2018 quarter and a decrease in specific reserves on loans individually deemed to be impaired in the 2017 period. The increase in noninterest income, before securities gains and losses, is mainly due to higher cash value accretion on BOLI and an increase in the net credit relating to the non-service cost components of the Bank’s defined benefit pension plan in the 2018 quarter. The increase in noninterest expense is mainly due to increases in salaries, employee benefits and other personnel expense and occupancy and equipment expense for substantially the same reasons discussed above with respect to the nine-month periods. The decrease in income tax expense is mainly due to lower pre-tax income in the current quarter as compared to the 2017 quarter, a lower statutory federal income tax rate, tax benefits resulting from the aforementioned acceleration of tax depreciation and securities losses and higher tax benefits in the 2018 quarter from the vesting and exercise of stock awards.

Application of Critical Accounting Policies

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported asset and liability balances and revenue and expense amounts. Our determination of the allowance for loan losses is a critical accounting estimate because it is based on our subjective evaluation of a variety of factors at a specific point in time and involves difficult and complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain. In the event that management’s estimate needs to be adjusted based on, among other things, additional information that comes to light after the estimate is made or changes in circumstances, such adjustment could result in the need for a significantly different allowance for loan losses and thereby materially impact, either positively or negatively, the Bank’s results of operations.

The Bank’s Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Committee (“ALLL Committee”), which is a management committee chaired by the Chief Credit Officer, meets on a quarterly basis and is responsible for determining the allowance for loan losses after considering, among other things, the results of credit reviews performed by the Bank’s independent loan review consultants and the Bank’s credit department. In addition, and in consultation with the Bank’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer, the ALLL Committee is responsible for implementing and maintaining accounting policies and procedures surrounding the calculation of the required allowance. The Board Loan Committee reviews and approves the Bank’s Loan Policy at least once each calendar year. The Bank’s allowance for loan losses is reviewed and ratified by the Board Loan Committee on a quarterly basis and is subject to periodic examination by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency whose safety and soundness examination includes a determination as to the adequacy of the allowance to absorb probable incurred losses.

The first step in determining the allowance for loan losses is to identify loans in the Bank’s portfolio that are individually deemed to be impaired and then measure impairment losses based on either the fair value of collateral or the discounted value of expected future cash flows. In estimating the fair value of real estate collateral, management utilizes appraisals or evaluations adjusted for costs to dispose and a distressed sale adjustment, if needed. Estimating the fair value of collateral other than real estate is also subjective in nature and sometimes requires difficult and complex judgments. Determining expected future cash flows can be more subjective than determining fair values. Expected future cash flows could differ significantly, both in timing and amount, from the cash flows actually received over the loan’s remaining life.

In addition to estimating losses for loans individually deemed to be impaired, management also estimates collective impairment losses for pools of loans that are not specifically reviewed. The Bank’s highest average annualized loss experience over periods of 24, 36, 48 or 60 months is generally the starting point in determining its allowance for loan losses for each pool of loans. Management believes that this approach appropriately reflects losses from the current economic cycle and those incurred losses in the Bank’s loan portfolio. However, since future losses could vary significantly from those experienced in the past, on a quarterly basis management adjusts its historical loss experience to reflect current conditions. In doing so, management considers a variety of general qualitative factors and then subjectively determines the weight to assign to each in estimating losses. The factors include, among others: (1) delinquencies, (2) economic conditions as judged by things such as national and local unemployment levels, (3) changes in value of underlying collateral as judged by things such as median home prices, commercial vacancy rates and forecasted vacancy and rental rates in the Bank’s service area, (4) trends in the nature and volume of loans, (5) concentrations of credit, (6) changes in lending policies and procedures, (7) experience, ability and depth of lending staff, (8) changes in the quality of the loan review function, (9) environmental risks, and (10) loan risk ratings. Substantially all of the Bank’s allowance for loan losses allocable to pools of loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment results from these qualitative adjustments to historical loss experience. Because of the nature of the qualitative factors and the difficulty in assessing their impact, management’s resulting estimate of losses may not accurately reflect actual losses in the portfolio.

Although the allowance for loan losses has two separate components, one for impairment losses on individual loans and one for collective impairment losses on pools of loans, the entire allowance for loan losses is available to absorb realized losses as they occur whether they relate to individual loans or pools of loans.

Asset Quality

The Corporation has identified certain assets as risk elements. These assets include nonaccrual loans, other real estate owned, loans that are contractually past due 90 days or more as to principal or interest payments and still accruing and troubled debt restructurings. These assets present more than the normal risk that the Corporation will be unable to eventually collect or realize their full carrying value. Information about the Corporation’s risk elements is set forth below.



	September 30,		December 31,
(dollars in thousands)	2018		2017
Nonaccrual loans (includes loans held-for-sale):
Troubled debt restructurings	$	88	$	100
Other		4,765		900
Total nonaccrual loans		4,853		1,000
Loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing		—		—
Other real estate owned		—		5,125
Total nonperforming assets		4,853		6,125
Troubled debt restructurings - performing		1,229		947
Total risk elements	$	6,082	$	7,072

Nonaccrual loans as a percentage of total loans		.15%		.03%
Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total loans and other real estate owned		.15%		.21%
Risk elements as a percentage of total loans and other real estate owned		.19%		.24%

Nonaccrual loans in the preceding table includes $671,000 of residential mortgage loans transferred to held-for-sale in the current quarter and carried at the lower of cost or fair value at September 30, 2018.

In 2017, the Bank took a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure for one commercial real estate property. The property was recorded as other real estate owned and had a carrying value of $5.1 million at December 31, 2017, which was net of a valuation allowance of $725,000. The Bank sold the property for its carrying value in the first quarter of 2018.

In addition to the Bank’s past due, nonaccrual and restructured loans, the disclosure of other potential problem loans can be found in “Note 5 – Loans” to the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements of this Form 10-Q.

Allowance and Provision for Loan Losses

The allowance for loan losses is established through provisions for loan losses charged against income. When available information confirms that specific loans, or portions thereof, are uncollectible, these amounts are charged off against the allowance for loan losses, and subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance for loan losses.

The allowance for loan losses decreased $233,000 during the first nine months of 2018, amounting to $33.6 million, or 1.04% of total loans at September 30, 2018 compared to $33.8 million, or 1.15% of total loans at December 31, 2017. During the first nine months of 2018, the Bank had loan chargeoffs of $1.0 million, recoveries of $257,000 and recorded a provision for loan losses of $547,000. During the first nine months of 2017, the Bank had loan chargeoffs of $129,000, recoveries of $15,000 and recorded a provision for loan losses of $3.2 million. The reduction in the provision in the 2018 period is mainly due to improved economic conditions and historical loss rates, less loan growth in the current year and a larger increase in specific reserves in the 2017 period.

The allowance for loan losses is an amount that management currently believes will be adequate to absorb probable incurred losses in the Bank’s loan portfolio. As more fully discussed in “Application of Critical Accounting Policies”, the process for estimating credit losses and determining the allowance for loan losses as of any balance sheet date is subjective in nature and requires material estimates. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. Other detailed information on the Bank’s allowance for loan losses, impaired loans and the aging of loans can be found in “Note 5 – Loans” to the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q.

The amount of future chargeoffs and provisions for loan losses will be affected by, among other things, economic conditions on Long Island and in New York City. Such conditions could affect the financial strength of the Bank’s borrowers and will affect the value of real estate collateral securing the Bank’s mortgage loans. Loans secured by real estate represent approximately 97% of the Bank’s total loans outstanding at September 30, 2018. The majority of these loans were collateralized by properties located on Long Island and in the boroughs of New York City.

Future provisions and chargeoffs could also be affected by environmental impairment of properties securing the Bank’s mortgage loans. At the present time, management is not aware of any environmental pollution originating on or near properties securing the Bank’s loans that would materially affect the carrying value of such loans.

Cash Flows and Liquidity

Cash Flows. The Corporation’s primary sources of cash have been deposits, maturities and amortization of loans and investment securities, operations, borrowings and funds received under the DRIP. The Corporation uses cash from these and other sources to fund loan growth, purchase investment securities, repay borrowings, expand and improve its physical facilities, pay cash dividends and for general corporate purposes.

The Corporation’s cash and cash equivalent position at September 30, 2018 was $50.5 million, down from $69.7 million at December 31, 2017. The decrease occurred primarily because cash used to purchase BOLI and securities, originate loans, repay borrowings and pay cash dividends exceeded cash provided by borrowings and deposit growth, paydowns of securities and loans, sales of securities, common stock issued under the DRIP and operations.

Securities increased $81.9 million during the first nine months of 2018, from $727.8 million at year-end 2017 to $809.7 million at September 30, 2018. The increase is primarily attributable to purchases of approximately $339.0 million of securities, partially offset by sales of $169.6 million, maturities and redemptions of $63.9 million and a decline in the market value of the available-for-sale portfolio of $17.1 million during the period resulting from an increase in interest rates.

During the first nine months of 2018, total deposits grew $338.5 million, or 12.0%, to $3.2 billion at September 30, 2018. The increase was attributable to growth in savings, NOW and money market deposits of $77.2 million, or 4.8%, noninterest-bearing checking balances of $50.1 million, or 5.6%, and time deposits of $211.2 million. The growth in deposits is largely attributable to new branch openings, deposit account promotions and an increase in municipal deposit balances relating to the Bank’s ongoing municipal deposit initiative. The increase in deposits also includes $100 million of brokered certificates of deposit issued during the first quarter of 2018. The resulting proceeds were used to enhance on-balance-sheet liquidity through the purchase of GNMA mortgage securities.

Substantially all of the Bank’s borrowings are from the FHLB. Total borrowings decreased $9.7 million during the first nine months of 2018. The decrease is attributable to reductions in long-term debt of $20.8 million, partially offset by increases in short-term borrowings of $11.0 million. Long-term debt totaled $403.0 million at September 30, 2018, representing 58% of total borrowings at quarter-end. The Bank’s long-term fixed-rate borrowing position, time deposits and pay-fixed interest rate swap mitigate the impact that increases in interest rates have on the Bank’s earnings.

Liquidity. The Bank has a board committee approved liquidity policy and liquidity contingency plan, which are intended to ensure that the Bank has sufficient liquidity at all times to meet the ongoing needs of its customers in terms of credit and deposit outflows, take advantage of earnings enhancement opportunities and respond to liquidity stress conditions should they arise.

The Bank has both internal and external sources of liquidity that can be used to fund loan growth and accommodate deposit outflows. The Bank’s primary internal sources of liquidity are its overnight investments, investment securities designated as available-for-sale, maturities and monthly payments on its investment securities and loan portfolios and operations. At September 30, 2018, the Bank had approximately $280 million of unencumbered available-for-sale securities.

The Bank is a member of the FRB of New York and the FHLB of New York, and has a federal funds line with a commercial bank. In addition to customer deposits and funds invested in the Bank by the Corporation that were raised under the DRIP, the Bank’s primary external sources of liquidity are secured borrowings from the FRB of New York and FHLB of New York. In addition, the Bank can purchase overnight federal funds under its existing line. However, the Bank’s FRB of New York membership, FHLB of New York membership and federal funds line do not represent legal commitments to extend credit to the Bank. The amount that the Bank can potentially borrow is currently dependent on, among other things, the amount of unencumbered eligible securities and loans that the Bank can use as collateral and the collateral margins required by the lenders. Based on the Bank’s unencumbered securities and loan collateral, a substantial portion of which is in place at the FRB of New York and FHLB of New York, the Bank had borrowing capacity of approximately $1.6 billion at September 30, 2018.

Capital

Stockholders’ equity totaled $380.3 million at September 30, 2018, an increase of $25.8 million from $354.5 million at December 31, 2017. The increase resulted primarily from net income of $31.5 million and $17.0 million in proceeds from the issuance of 639,834 shares under the Corporation’s DRIP, partially offset by a decrease in the after-tax market value of available-for-sale securities of $11.9 million and cash dividends declared of $11.9 million.

The Corporation’s capital management policy is designed to build and maintain capital levels that exceed regulatory standards and appropriately provide for growth. The regulatory capital ratios of the Corporation and the Bank at September 30, 2018 are as follows:



	Corporation	Bank
Tier 1 leverage	9.18%	9.16%
Common equity tier 1 risk-based	15.58%	15.56%
Tier 1 risk-based	15.58%	15.56%
Total risk-based	16.83%	16.81%

The Corporation and the Bank exceeded the Basel III minimum capital adequacy requirements, including the capital conservation buffer of 1.875% applicable to the Bank for 2018, and the Bank was well capitalized under the FDIC’s prompt corrective action provisions at September 30, 2018.

In accordance with the recently enacted Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, the federal banking agencies are required to develop a “Community bank leverage ratio” (the ratio of a bank’s tangible equity capital to average total consolidated assets) for financial institutions with assets less than $10 billion. A “qualifying community bank” that exceeds this ratio will be deemed to be in compliance with all other capital and leverage requirements, including the capital requirements to be considered well capitalized under the prompt corrective actions provisions. The federal banking agencies may consider a financial institution’s risk profile when evaluating whether it qualifies as a community bank for purposes of the capital ratio requirement. The federal banking agencies must set the minimum capital for the new Community bank leverage ratio at not less than 8% and not more than 10%, and a financial institution will be able to elect to be subject to this new definition.

On April 17, 2018, the Corporation’s shareholders voted to increase the number of authorized shares of the Corporation’s common stock from 40 million to 80 million with a par value of $.10 per share.

The deliberate slowing of balance sheet growth has eliminated the need to raise capital through the Corporation’s DRIP. As a result, effective with the second quarter cash dividend paid in July 2018, the Corporation reduced the optional quarterly cash purchase limit per shareholder from $75,000 to $5,000. This change reduced the number of shares issued under the DRIP from 269,361 and 322,420 in the first and second quarters, respectively, to 48,053 and 59,792 in the third and fourth quarters, respectively, resulting in less dilution to earnings per share.

In October 2018, the Corporation’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program for shares of its common stock in an amount up to $20 million. The Corporation may repurchase shares from time to time through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or in any other manner that is compliant with applicable securities laws.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Bank invests in interest-earning assets, which are funded by interest-bearing deposits and borrowings, noninterest-bearing deposits and capital. The Bank’s results of operations are subject to risk resulting from interest rate fluctuations generally and having assets and liabilities that have different maturity, repricing and prepayment/withdrawal characteristics. The Bank defines interest rate risk as the risk that the Bank's net interest income and/or economic value of equity (“EVE”) will change when interest rates change. The principal objective of the Bank’s asset liability management activities is to optimize current and future net interest income while at the same time maintain acceptable levels of interest rate and liquidity risk and facilitate the funding needs of the Bank.

The Bank monitors and manages interest rate risk through a variety of techniques including traditional gap analysis and the use of interest rate sensitivity models. Both gap analysis and interest rate sensitivity modeling involve a variety of significant estimates and assumptions and are done at a specific point in time. Changes in the estimates and assumptions made in gap analysis and interest rate sensitivity modeling could have a significant impact on projected results and conclusions. Therefore, these techniques may not accurately reflect the actual impact of changes in the interest rate environment on the Bank’s net interest income or EVE.

Traditional gap analysis involves arranging the Bank’s interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities by repricing periods and then computing the difference, or interest-rate sensitivity gap, between the assets and liabilities which are estimated to reprice during each time period and cumulatively through the end of each time period. Gap analysis requires estimates as to when individual categories of interest-sensitive assets and liabilities will reprice and assumes that assets and liabilities assigned to the same repricing period will reprice at the same time and in the same amount. Among other things, gap analysis does not fully take into account the fact that the repricing of some assets and liabilities is discretionary and subject to competitive and other pressures.

Through the use of interest rate sensitivity modeling, the Bank first projects net interest income over a five-year time period assuming a static balance sheet and no changes in interest rates from current levels. Utilization of a static balance sheet ensures that interest rate risk embedded in the Bank’s current balance sheet is not masked by assumed balance sheet growth or contraction. Net interest income is then projected over a five-year time period utilizing: (1) a static balance sheet and various interest rate change scenarios, including both ramped and shock changes and changes in the shape of the yield curve; and (2) a most likely balance sheet growth scenario and these same interest rate change scenarios. The interest rate scenarios modeled are based on, among other things, the shape of the current yield curve and the relative level of rates and management’s expectations as to potential future yield curve shapes and rate levels.

The Bank also uses interest rate sensitivity modeling to calculate EVE in the current rate environment assuming shock increases and decreases in interest rates. EVE is the difference between the present value of expected future cash flows from the Bank’s assets and the present value of the expected future cash flows from the Bank’s liabilities. Present values are determined using discount rates that management believes are reflective of current market conditions. EVE can capture long-term interest rate risk that would not be captured in a five-year projection of net interest income.

In utilizing interest rate sensitivity modeling to project net interest income and calculate EVE, management makes a variety of estimates and assumptions which include, among others, the following: (1) how much and when yields and costs on individual categories of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities will change in response to projected changes in market interest rates; (2) future cash flows, including prepayments of mortgage assets and calls of municipal securities; (3) cash flow reinvestment assumptions; (4) appropriate discount rates to be applied to loan, deposit and borrowing cash flows; and (5) decay or runoff rates for nonmaturity deposits such as checking, savings, NOW and money market accounts. The repricing of loans and borrowings and the reinvestment of loan and security cash flows are generally assumed to be impacted by the full amount of each assumed rate change, while the repricing of nonmaturity deposits is not. For nonmaturity deposits, management makes estimates of how much and when it will need to change the rates paid on the Bank’s various non-maturity deposit products in response to changes in general market interest rates. These estimates are based on, among other things, product type, management’s experience with needed deposit rate adjustments in prior interest rate change cycles, the results of a nonmaturity deposit study conducted by an independent consultant and management’s assessment of competitive conditions in its marketplace.

The information provided in the following table is based on a variety of estimates and assumptions that management believes to be reasonable, the more significant of which are set forth hereinafter. The base case information in the table shows (1) a calculation of the Corporation’s EVE at September 30, 2018 arrived at by discounting estimated future cash flows at rates that management believes are reflective of current market conditions and (2) an estimate of net interest income for the year ending September 30, 2019 assuming a static balance sheet, the adjustment of repricing balances to current rate levels, and the reinvestment at current rate levels of cash flows from maturing assets and liabilities in a mix of assets and liabilities that mirrors the Bank’s strategic plan. In addition, in calculating EVE, cash flows for nonmaturity deposits are derived using a base case average life by product as determined by a nonmaturity deposit study and the current mix of deposits.

The rate change information in the following table shows estimates of net interest income for the year ending September 30, 2019 and calculations of EVE at September 30, 2018 assuming rate changes of plus 100, 200 and 300 basis points and minus 100 and 200 basis points. The rate change scenarios were selected based on, among other things, the relative level of current interest rates and are: (1) assumed to be shock or immediate changes for both EVE and net interest income, (2) occur uniformly across the yield curve regardless

of the duration to maturity or repricing of specific assets and liabilities, and (3) impact the repricing and reinvestment of all assets and liabilities, except nonmaturity deposits, by the full amount of the rate change. In projecting future net interest income under the indicated rate change scenarios, activity is simulated by assuming that cash flows from maturing assets and liabilities are reinvested in a mix of assets and liabilities that mirrors the Bank’s strategic plan. The changes in EVE from the base case have not been tax affected.



	Economic Value of Equity			Net Interest Income for
	at September 30, 2018			Year Ending September 30, 2019
			Percent Change			Percent Change
			From			From
Rate Change Scenario (dollars in thousands)	Amount		Base Case	Amount		Base Case
+ 300 basis point rate shock	$	304,602	-31.0%	$	94,307	-12.4%
+ 200 basis point rate shock		387,610	-12.2%		100,113	-7.0%
+ 100 basis point rate shock		419,469	-5.0%		104,047	-3.3%
Base case (no rate change)		441,489	—		107,621	—
- 100 basis point rate shock		441,228	-0.1%		109,245	1.5%
- 200 basis point rate shock		393,715	-10.8%		108,251	0.6%

As shown in the preceding table, assuming a static balance sheet, an immediate increase in interest rates of 100, 200 or 300 basis points could negatively impact the Bank’s net interest income for the year ending September 30, 2019 because, among other things, the Bank would need to pay more for overnight borrowings and it is assumed the Bank would need to increase the rates paid on its non-maturity deposits in order to remain competitive. Unlike non-maturity deposits and short-term borrowings, the Bank’s securities and almost all of its loans are not subject to immediate repricing with changes in market rates. Conversely, an immediate decrease in interest rates of 100 or 200 basis points could positively impact the Bank’s net interest income for the same time period because, among other things, the Bank would immediately pay less for overnight borrowings and be able to reduce deposit rates while the downward repricing of its interest-earning assets would lag. Changes in management’s estimates as to the rates that will need to be paid on non-maturity deposits could have a significant impact on the net interest income amounts shown for each scenario in the table.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Report on Form 10-Q and the documents incorporated into it by reference contain or may contain various forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements of goals; intentions and expectations; estimates of risks and of future costs and benefits; assessments of probable loan losses; assessments of market risk; and statements of the ability to achieve financial and other goals. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “would,” “should,” “could,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project” and other similar words and expressions. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties which may change over time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We do not assume any duty and do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. Because forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions and uncertainties, actual results or future events could differ, possibly materially, from those that we anticipated in our forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance.

Our forward-looking statements are subject to the following principal risks and uncertainties: general economic conditions and trends, either nationally or locally; conditions in the securities markets; fluctuations in the trading price of our common stock; changes in interest rates; changes in the shape of the yield curve; changes in deposit flows, and in the demand for deposit and loan products and other financial services; changes in real estate values; changes in the quality or composition of our loan or investment portfolios; changes in competitive pressures among financial institutions or from non-financial institutions; our ability to retain key members of management; changes in legislation, regulation, and policies; and a variety of other matters which, by their nature, are subject to significant uncertainties. We provide greater detail regarding some of these factors in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, in Part I under “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” Our forward-looking statements may also be subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those that we may discuss elsewhere in other documents we file with the SEC from time to time.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Corporation’s Principal Executive Officer, Michael N. Vittorio, and Principal Financial Officer, Mark D. Curtis, have evaluated the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end

of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, they have concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the third quarter of 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In the ordinary course of business, the Corporation is party to various legal actions which are incidental to the operation of its business. Although the ultimate outcome and amount of liability, if any, with respect to these legal actions cannot presently be ascertained with certainty, in the opinion of management, based upon information currently available to us, any resulting liability is believed to be immaterial to the Corporation's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Not applicable

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Not applicable

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

Not applicable

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

See Index of Exhibits that follows.

INDEX OF EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
31.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)
31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)
32	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and U.S.C. Section 1350
101	The following materials from the Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section l3 or l5(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

August 9, 2018
	THE FIRST OF LONG ISLAND CORPORATION
	(Registrant)

Dated: November 9, 2018	By /s/ MICHAEL N. VITTORIO
	MICHAEL N. VITTORIO, President & Chief Executive Officer
	(principal executive officer)

	By /s/ MARK D. CURTIS
	MARK D. CURTIS, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief
	Financial Officer & Treasurer
	(principal financial officer)

	By /s/ WILLIAM APRIGLIANO
	WILLIAM APRIGLIANO, Senior Vice President & Chief
	Accounting Officer
	(principal accounting officer)