10-Q 1 d411782d10q.htm FORM 10-Q Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

 

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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

    

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012

OR

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

    

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 1-15081

UnionBanCal Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

  Delaware     94-1234979  
  (State of Incorporation)     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)  
  400 California Street, San Francisco, California     94104-1302  
  (Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)  

Registrant’s telephone number: (415) 765-2969

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  þ    No  ¨

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

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

 

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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

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Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at October 31, 2012: 136,330,830

THE REGISTRANT MEETS THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN GENERAL INSTRUCTION H (1) (a) AND (b) OF FORM 10-Q AND IS THEREFORE FILING THIS FORM WITH THE REDUCED DISCLOSURE FORMAT.

 

 

 


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UnionBanCal Corporation and Subsidiaries

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION      37   

Item 1. Financial Statements

     37   

Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

     37   

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)

     38   

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

     39   

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s Equity (Unaudited)

     40   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

     41   

Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Nature of Operations

     42   

Note 2—Securities

     43   

Note 3—Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses

     48   

Note 4—Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments

     58   

Note 5—Employee Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

     59   

Note 6—Commercial Paper and Other Short-Term Borrowings

     60   

Note 7—Long-Term Debt

     61   

Note 8—Fair Value Measurement and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

     62   

Note 9—Derivative Instruments and Other Financial Instruments Used For Hedging

     68   

Note 10—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

     72   

Note 11—Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees

     73   

Note 12—Business Segments

     74   

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

     5   

Consolidated Financial Highlights

     5   

Introduction

     7   

Executive Overview

     7   

Critical Accounting Estimates

     8   

Financial Performance

     9   

Balance Sheet Analysis

     13   

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     23   

Liquidity Risk

     27   

Business Segments

     28   

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     36   

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

     36   

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

     79   

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     79   

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     79   

Item 6. Exhibits

     88   

SIGNATURES

     89   

 

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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report includes forward-looking statements, which include expectations for our operations and business and our assumptions for those expectations. Do not rely unduly on forward-looking statements. Actual results might differ significantly compared to our expectations. See Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in this report, and the other risks described in this report and in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K for factors to be considered when reading any forward-looking statements in this filing.

This report includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We may make forward-looking statements in our Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, press releases, news articles and when we are speaking on behalf of UnionBanCal Corporation. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Often, they include the words “believe,” “expect,” “target,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “estimate,” “potential,” “project,” or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “might,” or “may.” These forward-looking statements are intended to provide investors with additional information with which they may assess our future potential. All of these forward-looking statements are based on assumptions about an uncertain future and are based on information known to our management at the date of these statements. We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect facts, circumstances, assumptions or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made.

In this document and our other reports to the SEC, for example, we make forward-looking statements, which discuss our expectations about:

 

   

Our business objectives, strategies and initiatives, our organizational structure, the growth of our business, our competitive position and prospects, and the effect of competition on our business and strategies

 

   

Our assessment of significant factors and developments that have affected or may affect our results

 

   

Our assessment of economic conditions and trends and economic and credit cycles, and their impact on our business

 

   

The economic outlook for the California, U.S. and global economies

 

   

The impact of changes in interest rates, our strategy to manage our interest rate risk profile and our outlook for short-term and long-term interest rates and their effect on our net interest margin

 

   

Our sensitivity to and management of market risk, including changes in interest rates, and the economic outlook within specific industries, for the U.S. in general, for particular states in the U.S., including California, Oregon, Texas and Washington, and in foreign countries (including Japan and the Euro-zone)

 

   

Pending and recent legislative and regulatory actions, and future legislative and regulatory developments, including the effects of legislation and governmental measures introduced in response to the financial crises affecting the banking system, financial markets and the U.S. economy, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act), changes to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s deposit insurance assessment policies, the effect on and application of foreign laws and regulations to our business and operations, and anticipated fees, costs or other impacts on our business and operations as a result of these developments

 

   

Our strategies and expectations regarding capital levels and liquidity, our funding base, core deposits, our expectations regarding the new capital standards under the Dodd-Frank Act and the Basel Committee capital and liquidity standards and proposed regulations by the U.S. federal banking agencies and the effect of the foregoing on our business

 

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Regulatory controls and processes and their impact on our business

 

   

The costs and effects of legal actions, investigations, regulatory actions, criminal proceedings or similar matters, our anticipated litigation strategies, our assessment of the timing and ultimate outcome of legal actions, or adverse facts and developments related thereto

 

   

Our allowance for credit losses, including the conditions we consider in determining the unallocated allowance and our portfolio credit quality, risk grade and credit migration trends and loss reserves for FDIC covered loans

 

   

Loan portfolio composition and risk grade trends, residential loan delinquency rates compared with the industry average, portfolio credit quality, our strategy regarding troubled debt restructurings (TDRs), and our intent to sell or hold loans we originate

 

   

Our intent to sell or hold, and the likelihood that we would be required to sell, or expectations regarding recovery of the amortized cost basis of, various investment securities and our hedging positions

 

   

Expected rates of return, maturities, yields, loss exposure, growth rates and projected results

 

   

Tax rates and taxes, the possible effect of changes in taxable profits of the U.S. operations of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) on our state tax obligations and expected tax credits or benefits

 

   

Critical accounting policies and estimates, the impact or anticipated impact of recent accounting pronouncements, guidance or changes in accounting principles and future recognition of impairments for the fair value of assets, including goodwill, financial instruments, intangible assets and other assets acquired in our April 2010 FDIC-assisted acquisitions

 

   

Decisions to downsize, sell or close units, dissolve subsidiaries, expand our branch network, pursue acquisitions, purchase banking facilities and equipment, or otherwise restructure, reorganize or change our business mix, including our agreement to acquire Pacific Capital Bancorp and its subsidiary, Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, N.A., and their timing and impact on our business

 

   

Our expectations regarding the impact of acquisitions on our business and results of operations and amounts we will receive from the FDIC, or must pay to the FDIC, under loss share agreements

 

   

The impact of changes in our credit rating

 

   

Maintenance of casualty and liability insurance coverage appropriate for our operations

 

   

The relationship between our business and that of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) and MUFG, the impact of their credit ratings, operations or prospects on our credit ratings and actions that may or may not be taken by BTMU and MUFG

 

   

Descriptions of assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing

There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those discussed in our forward-looking statements. Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations or prospects. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those listed in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of Part II and Item 2 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of Part I of this Form 10-Q.

Readers of this document should not rely unduly on any forward-looking statements, which reflect only our management’s belief as of the date of this report, and should consider all uncertainties and risks disclosed throughout this document and in our other reports to the SEC, including, but not limited to, those discussed below. Any factor described in this report could by itself, or together with one or more other factors, adversely affect our business, future prospects, results of operations or financial condition.

 

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UnionBanCal Corporation and Subsidiaries

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

 

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

Consolidated Financial Highlights

 

    For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Percent
Change
    For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Percent
Change
 

(Dollars in millions)

        2012                 2011                   2012                 2011          

Results of operations:

           

Net interest income

  $ 654      $ 606        8   $ 1,966      $ 1,838        7

Noninterest income

    189        185        2        566        665        (15
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total revenue

    843        791        7        2,532        2,503        1   

Noninterest expense

    638        603        6        1,851        1,796        3   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Pre-tax, pre-provision income(1)

    205        188        9        681        707        (4

(Reversal of) provision for loan losses

    45        (13     446        30        (209     114   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Income before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

    160        201        (20     651        916        (29

Income tax expense

    42        33        27        160        278        (42
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income including noncontrolling interests

    118        168        (30     491        638        (23

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests

    6        4        50        15        11        36   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income attributable to UnionBanCal Corporation (UNBC)

  $ 124      $ 172        (28   $ 506      $ 649        (22
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Balance sheet (period average):

           

Total assets

  $ 87,881      $ 82,197        7   $ 88,933      $ 80,870        10

Total securities

    22,496        19,145        18        23,657        20,421        16   

Total loans held for investment

    55,285        50,214        10        54,792        49,121        12   

Earning assets

    79,137        73,303        8        80,085        72,128        11   

Total deposits

    64,420        59,580        8        64,448        59,129        9   

UNBC Stockholder’s equity

    12,209        10,708        14        11,913        10,417        14   

Performance Ratios:

           

Return on average assets(2)

    0.56     0.83       0.76     1.07  

Return on average UNBC stockholder’s equity(2)

    4.03        6.36          5.67        8.33     

Efficiency ratio(3)

    75.61        76.21          73.10        71.75     

Adjusted efficiency ratio, excluding impact of privatization(3)

    68.37        66.12          67.77        65.42     

Net interest margin(2)(4)

    3.32        3.31          3.29        3.41     

Net loans charged off to average total loans held for investment(2)

    0.30        0.35          0.31        0.57     

Net loans charged off to average total loans held for investment, excluding FDIC covered assets(2)(5)

    0.29        0.36          0.30        0.58     
    As of                          
    September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
                         
           

Balance sheet (end of period):

           

Total assets

  $ 88,185      $ 89,676        (2 )%       

Total securities

    22,089        24,106        (8      

Total loans held for investment

    55,410        53,540        3         

Nonperforming assets

    637        782        (19      

Core deposits(6)

    55,141        52,840        4         

Total deposits

    65,143        64,420        1         

Long-term debt

    5,540        6,684        (17      

UNBC Stockholder’s equity

    12,437        11,562        8         

Capital ratios:

           

Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio

    13.77     13.82        

Total risk-based capital ratio

    15.51        15.98           

Tier 1 leverage ratio

    12.03        11.44           

Tier 1 common capital ratio(7)

    13.77        13.82           

Tangible common equity ratio(8)

    11.46        10.20           

Credit Ratios:

           

Allowance for loan losses to total loans held for investment

    1.21     1.43        

Allowance for loan losses to nonaccrual loans

    125.12        119.58           

Allowance for credit losses to total loans held for investment(9)

    1.43        1.68           

Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans(9)

    148.80        140.46           

Nonperforming assets to total loans held for investment and other real estate owned (OREO)

    1.15        1.46           

Nonperforming assets to total assets

    0.72        0.87           

Nonaccrual loans to total loans held for investment

    0.96        1.19           

Excluding FDIC covered assets(5):

           

Allowance for loan losses to total loans held for investment

    1.20     1.42        

Allowance for loan losses to nonaccrual loans

    130.29        126.26           

Allowance for credit losses to total loans held for investment(9)

    1.43        1.67           

Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans(9)

    155.39        148.80           

Nonperforming assets to total loans held for investment and OREO

    0.96        1.17           

Nonperforming assets to total assets

    0.60        0.70           

Nonaccrual loans to total loans held for investment

    0.92        1.12           

 

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(1) 

Pre-tax, pre-provision income is total revenue less noninterest expense. Management believes that this is a useful financial measure because it enables investors and others to assess the Company’s ability to generate capital to cover loan losses through a credit cycle.

 

(2) 

Annualized.

 

(3) 

The efficiency ratio is total noninterest expense as a percentage of total revenue (net interest income and noninterest income). The adjusted efficiency ratio, a non-GAAP financial measure, is net noninterest expense (noninterest expense excluding privatization-related expenses and fair value amortization/accretion, foreclosed asset expense, (reversal of) provision for losses on off-balance sheet commitments, low income housing credit (LIHC) investment amortization expense, expenses of the LIHC consolidated VIEs, merger costs related to acquisitions, certain costs related to productivity initiatives and debt termination fees from balance sheet repositioning) as a percentage of total revenue (net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis) and noninterest income), excluding impact of privatization, gains from productivity initiatives related to the sale of certain business units in the first quarter of 2012 and gains from securities associated with debt termination fees from balance sheet repositioning. Management discloses the adjusted efficiency ratio as a measure of the efficiency of our operations, focusing on those costs most relevant to our business activities. For further information, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Noninterest Expense” in this Form 10-Q.

 

(4) 

Amounts are on a taxable-equivalent basis using the federal statutory tax rate of 35 percent.

 

(5) 

These ratios exclude the impact of the FDIC covered loans, the related allowance for loan losses and FDIC covered OREO, which are covered under loss share agreements between Union Bank, N.A. and the FDIC. Such agreements are related to the April 2010 acquisitions of certain assets and assumption of certain liabilities of Frontier Bank and Tamalpais Bank. Management believes the exclusion of FDIC covered loans and FDIC covered OREO in certain asset quality ratios that include nonperforming loans, nonperforming assets, total loans held for investment and the allowance for loan losses or credit losses in the numerator or denominator provides a better perspective into underlying asset quality trends.

 

(6) 

Core deposits consist of our total deposits excluding brokered deposits, foreign time deposits and domestic time deposits greater than $250,000.

 

(7) 

The Tier 1 common capital ratio is the ratio of Tier 1 capital, less qualifying trust preferred securities, if any, to risk-weighted assets. The Tier 1 common capital ratio, a non-GAAP financial measure, facilitates the understanding of UnionBanCal’s capital structure and is used to assess and compare the quality and composition of UnionBanCal’s capital structure to other financial institutions. For further information, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Capital” in this Form 10-Q.

 

(8) 

The tangible common equity ratio, a non-GAAP financial measure, is calculated as tangible common equity divided by tangible assets. The methodology for determining tangible common equity may differ among companies. The tangible common equity ratio facilitates the understanding of UnionBanCal’s capital structure and is used to assess and compare the quality and composition of UnionBanCal’s capital structure to other financial institutions. For further information, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Capital” in this Form 10-Q.

 

(9) 

The allowance for credit losses ratios are calculated using the sum of the allowance for loan losses and the allowance for losses on off-balance sheet commitments against end of period total loans held for investment or total nonaccrual loans, as appropriate.

nm = not meaningful

 

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Please refer to our Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (2011 Form 10-K) along with the following discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations for the period ended September 30, 2012 in this Form 10-Q. Averages, as presented in the following tables, are substantially all based upon daily average balances.

As used in this Form 10-Q, the term “UnionBanCal” or “the Company” and terms such as “we,” “us” and “our” refer to UnionBanCal Corporation, Union Bank, N.A., one or more of their consolidated subsidiaries, or to all of them together.

Introduction

We are a California-based financial holding company and commercial bank holding company whose major subsidiary, Union Bank, N.A. (the Bank), is a commercial bank. We provide a wide range of financial services to consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies and major corporations, in California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, New York and Illinois, as well as nationally and internationally. We had consolidated assets of $88.2 billion at September 30, 2012.

References to the privatization transaction in this report refer to the transaction on November 4, 2008, when we became a privately held company. All of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock are owned by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU).

Executive Overview

We are providing you with an overview of what we believe are the most significant factors and developments that affected our third quarter 2012 results and that could influence our future results. Further detailed information can be found elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. In addition, we ask that you carefully read this entire document and any other reports that we refer to in this Form 10-Q for more detailed information that will assist your understanding of trends, events and uncertainties that impact us.

Our sources of revenue are net interest income and noninterest income (collectively “total revenue”). Net interest income is generated predominantly from interest received from loans, investment securities and other interest-earning assets, less interest paid on deposits and borrowings. The primary sources of noninterest income are revenues from service charges on deposit accounts, trust and investment management fees, trading account activities and merchant banking fees. In the third quarter of 2012, revenue was comprised of 78 percent net interest income and 22 percent noninterest income. Changes in interest rates, credit quality, economic regulatory trends and the capital markets are primary factors that affect our revenue sources. A summary of our financial results is discussed below.

Our primary sources of liquidity are core deposits, securities and wholesale funding. Core deposits exclude brokered deposits, foreign time deposits and domestic time deposits greater than $250,000. Wholesale funding includes unsecured funds raised from interbank and other sources, both domestic and international, and secured funds raised by selling securities under repurchase agreements and by borrowing from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLB). We evaluate and monitor the stability and reliability of our various funding sources to help ensure that we have sufficient liquidity when adverse situations arise.

Performance Highlights

In the third quarter of 2012, net income was $124 million compared with $172 million in the third quarter of 2011. The decrease was primarily due to a provision for credit losses of $41 million in the third quarter of 2012 compared with a $13 million benefit from the reversal of provision for credit losses in the third quarter of 2011, and an increase in noninterest expense. The increase in provision for credit losses was primarily due to implementation of recent OCC regulatory accounting guidance and heightened levels of uncertainty in the macroeconomic outlook. Noninterest expense increased primarily due to prepayment

 

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fees from the early extinguishment of wholesale borrowings, which was offset by gains on the sale of securities recorded in noninterest income in the current quarter, both stemming from strategic securities portfolio rebalancing activities.

Our net interest income in the third quarter of 2012 was $654 million compared with $606 million in the third quarter of 2011. The increase was primarily due to growth in both non-FDIC covered loans and securities, as well as a more favorable mix of total earning assets. Interest income recorded on our FDIC covered loans increased by $25 million in the third quarter of 2012 as compared with the third quarter of 2011 due to improved credit performance but was offset by a corresponding increase in amortization of the FDIC indemnification asset that was recorded in other noninterest income.

The Federal Reserve Board has stated it anticipates keeping the federal funds target rate at near zero through mid-2015, and is continuing its program designed to lower long-term rates by purchasing longer-dated U.S. Treasury bonds and agency mortgage-backed securities, and selling short-dated securities. These actions will continue to place downward pressure on our net interest margin.

Capital Ratios

We continued to maintain strong capital ratios at September 30, 2012. Our Tier 1 common capital ratio and our total risk-based capital ratios were 13.77 percent and 15.51 percent, respectively, at September 30, 2012 compared with 13.82 percent and 15.98 percent, respectively, at December 31, 2011.

Pacific Capital Bancorp Acquisition

On March 9, 2012, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pacific Capital Bancorp (PCB), a bank holding company headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, for approximately $1.5 billion in cash. The transaction will enhance our geographic footprint within California’s Central Coast region where PCB’s principal subsidiary, Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, N.A., conducts its banking activities. At September 30, 2012, PCB had total assets of approximately $6.0 billion. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2012, subject to certain customary closing conditions, including approvals from banking regulators in the United States.

Critical Accounting Estimates

UnionBanCal Corporation’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP) and the general practices of the banking industry, which include management estimates and judgments. The financial information contained within our statements is, to a significant extent, financial information that is based on approximate measures of the financial effects of transactions and events that have already occurred. A variety of factors could affect the ultimate value that is obtained either when earning income, recognizing an expense, recovering an asset or relieving a liability. For example, we use discount factors and other assumptions to measure certain assets and liabilities. A change in the discount factor or other important assumptions could significantly increase or decrease the reported amounts of those assets and liabilities and result in either a beneficial or an adverse impact to our financial results. We use historical loss factors, adjusted for current conditions, to estimate the credit loss inherent in our loan and lease portfolio on the balance sheet date. Actual losses could differ significantly from the loss factors that we use. Other significant estimates that we use include the valuation of certain derivatives and securities, the expected cash flows related to our acquired loans and FDIC indemnification asset, the assumptions used in measuring our pension obligations, and assumptions regarding our effective tax rates.

For each financial reporting period, our most significant estimates are presented to and discussed with the Audit & Finance Committee of our Board of Directors.

Understanding our accounting policies is fundamental to understanding our consolidated financial condition and consolidated results of operations. Accordingly, both our critical accounting estimates and our significant accounting policies are discussed in detail in our 2011 Form 10-K. There have been no material changes to these critical accounting estimates during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

 

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Financial Performance

Net Interest Income

The following tables show the major components of net interest income and net interest margin:

 

    For the Three Months Ended     Increase (Decrease)  
    September 30, 2012     September 30, 2011              
    Average
Balance
    Interest
Income/
Expense(1)
    Average
Yield/
Rate(1)(2)
    Average
Balance
    Interest
Income/
Expense(1)
    Average
Yield/
Rate(1)(2)
    Average
Balance
    Interest
Income/
Expense(1)
 

(Dollars in millions)

              Amount     Percent     Amount     Percent  

Assets

                   

Loans held for investment:(3)

                   

Commercial and industrial

  $ 20,389      $ 192        3.75   $ 16,947      $ 160        3.76   $ 3,442        20   $ 32        20

Commercial mortgage

    8,064        81        4.02        7,838        82        4.22        226        3        (1     (1

Construction

    650        6        3.76        992        12        5.04        (342     (34     (6     (50

Lease financing

    982        10        4.10        697        8        4.28        285        41        2        25   

Residential mortgage

    21,022        218        4.17        18,818        221        4.70        2,204        12        (3     (1

Home equity and other consumer loans

    3,557        34        3.74        3,751        40        4.25        (194     (5     (6     (15
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total loans, excluding FDIC covered loans

    54,664        541        3.96        49,043        523        4.26        5,621        11        18        3   

FDIC covered loans

    621        80        51.23        1,171        55        18.60        (550     (47     25        45   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total loans Total loans held for investment

    55,285        621        4.49        50,214        578        4.60        5,071        10        43        7   

Securities

    22,496        132        2.34        19,145        123        2.56        3,351        18        9        7   

Interest bearing deposits in banks

    941               0.24        3,610        3        0.25        (2,669     (74     (3     (100

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements

    62               0.19        61               0.03        1        2                 

Trading account assets

    228        1        0.53        166               0.68        62        37        1        nm   

Other earning assets

    125               0.15        107               0.54        18        17                 
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total earning assets

    79,137        754        3.81        73,303        704        3.83        5,834        8        50        7   
   

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

   

Allowance for loan losses

    (657         (785         128        16       

Cash and due from banks

    1,258            1,254            4        0       

Premises and equipment, net

    646            676            (30     (4    

Other assets

    7,497            7,749            (252     (3    
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total assets

  $ 87,881          $ 82,197          $ 5,684        7    
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Liabilities

                   

Interest bearing deposits:

                   

Transaction and money market accounts

  $ 26,517      $ 15        0.23      $ 23,836      $ 14        0.23      $ 2,681        11      $ 1        7   

Savings

    5,222        2        0.16        5,476        3        0.21        (254     (5     (1     (33

Time

    11,361        39        1.39        11,634        36        1.28        (273     (2     3        8   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total interest bearing deposits

    43,100        56        0.53        40,946        53        0.53        2,154        5        3        6   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Commercial paper and other short-term
borrowings
(4)

    2,541        2        0.25        2,371        2        0.20        170        7                 

Long-term debt

    5,963        39        2.57        7,066        41        2.31        (1,103     (16     (2     (5
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total borrowed funds

    8,504        41        1.88        9,437        43        1.78        (933     (10     (2     (5
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total interest bearing liabilities

    51,604        97        0.75        50,383        96        0.76        1,221        2        1        1   
   

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

   

Noninterest bearing deposits

    21,320            18,634            2,686        14       

Other liabilities

    2,494            2,203            291        13       
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total liabilities

    75,418            71,220            4,198        6       

Equity

                   

UNBC Stockholder’s equity

    12,209            10,708            1,501        14       

Noncontrolling interests

    254            269            (15     (6    
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total equity

    12,463            10,977            1,486        14       
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 87,881          $ 82,197          $ 5,684        7    
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Net interest income/spread
(taxable-equivalent basis)

      657        3.06       608        3.07         49        8

Impact of noninterest bearing deposits

        0.22            0.20           

Impact of other noninterest bearing sources

        0.04            0.04           

Net interest margin

        3.32            3.31           

Less: taxable-equivalent adjustment

      3            2              1        50   
   

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

   

Net interest income

    $ 654          $ 606            $ 48        8   
   

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

   

 

(1) 

Yields and interest income are presented on a taxable-equivalent basis using the federal statutory tax rate of 35 percent.

 

(2) 

Annualized.

 

(3) 

Average balances on loans outstanding include all nonperforming loans. The amortized portion of net loan origination fees (costs) is included in interest income on loans, representing an adjustment to the yield.

 

(4) 

Includes interest bearing trading liabilities.

nm = not meaningful

 

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    For the Nine Months Ended     Increase (Decrease)  
    September 30, 2012     September 30, 2011              
    Average
Balance
    Interest
Income/
Expense(1)
    Average
Yield/
Rate(1)(2)
    Average
Balance
    Interest
Income/
Expense(1)
    Average
Yield/
Rate(1)(2)
    Average
Balance
    Interest
Income/
Expense(1)
 

(Dollars in millions)

              Amount     Percent     Amount     Percent  

Assets

                   

Loans held for investment:(3)

                   

Commercial and industrial

  $ 20,066      $ 573        3.81   $ 16,035      $ 476        3.97   $ 4,031        25   $ 97        20

Commercial mortgage

    8,204        248        4.03        7,780        251        4.31        424        5        (3     (1

Construction

    720        22        4.12        1,148        35        4.11        (428     (37     (13     (37

Lease financing

    1,006        32        4.23        748        24        4.20        258        34        8        33   

Residential mortgage

    20,396        654        4.28        18,316        662        4.82        2,080        11        (8     (1

Home equity and other consumer loans

    3,627        105        3.85        3,785        120        4.26        (158     (4     (15     (13
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total loans, excluding FDIC covered loans

    54,019        1,634        4.04        47,812        1,568        4.38        6,207        13        66        4   

FDIC covered loans

    773        219        37.88        1,309        138        14.03        (536     (41     81        59   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total loans held for investment

    54,792        1,853        4.51        49,121        1,706        4.64        5,671        12        147        9   

Securities

    23,657        409        2.30        20,421        405        2.64        3,236        16        4        1   

Interest bearing deposits in banks

    1,254        2        0.25        2,300        5        0.25        (1,046     (45     (3     (60

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements

    62               0.21        76               0.11        (14     (18              

Trading account assets

    185        1        0.57        151        1        0.84        34        23               0   

Other earning assets

    135               0.15        59               1.03        76        129                 
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total earning assets

    80,085        2,265        3.77        72,128        2,117        3.92        7,957        11        148        7   
   

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

   

Allowance for loan losses

    (710         (985         275        28       

Cash and due from banks

    1,299            1,236            63        5       

Premises and equipment, net

    659            693            (34     (5    

Other assets

    7,600            7,798            (198     (3    
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total assets

  $ 88,933          $ 80,870          $ 8,063        10    
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Liabilities

                   

Interest bearing deposits:

                   

Transaction and money market accounts

  $ 25,926      $ 43        0.22      $ 24,325      $ 43        0.24      $ 1,601        7      $        0   

Savings

    5,271        6        0.16        5,042        9        0.25        229        5        (3     (33

Time

    12,636        122        1.29        11,847        107        1.21        789        7        15        14   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total interest bearing deposits

    43,833        171        0.52        41,214        159        0.52        2,619        6        12        8   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Commercial paper and other short-term
borrowings
(4)

    3,851        8        0.27        2,640        5        0.23        1,211        46        3        60   

Long-term debt

    5,907        111        2.50        6,443        108        2.24        (536     (8     3        3   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total borrowed funds

    9,758        119        1.62        9,083        113        1.65        675        7        6        5   
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total interest bearing liabilities

    53,591        290        0.72        50,297        272        0.72        3,294        7        18        7   
   

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

   

Noninterest bearing deposits

    20,615            17,915            2,700        15       

Other liabilities

    2,554            1,971            583        30       
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total liabilities

    76,760            70,183            6,577        9       

Equity

                   

UNBC Stockholder’s equity

    11,913            10,417            1,496        14       

Noncontrolling interests

    260            270            (10     (4    
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total equity

    12,173            10,687            1,486        14       
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 88,933          $ 80,870          $ 8,063        10    
 

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

Net interest income/spread (taxable-equivalent basis)

      1,975        3.05       1,845        3.20         130        7

Impact of noninterest bearing deposits

        0.20            0.19           

Impact of other noninterest bearing sources

        0.04            0.02           

Net interest margin

        3.29            3.41           

Less: taxable-equivalent adjustment

      9            7              2        29   
   

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

   

Net interest income

    $ 1,966          $ 1,838            $ 128        7   
   

 

 

       

 

 

         

 

 

   

 

(1) 

Yields and interest income are presented on a taxable-equivalent basis using the federal statutory tax rate of 35 percent.

 

(2) 

Annualized.

 

(3) 

Average balances on loans outstanding include all nonperforming loans. The amortized portion of net loan origination fees (costs) is included in interest income on loans, representing an adjustment to the yield.

 

(4) 

Includes interest bearing trading liabilities.

Net interest income for the third quarter of 2012 increased $48 million, or 8 percent, compared with the third quarter of 2011. The increase was primarily due to growth in both total loans, excluding FDIC covered loans, and securities, as well as a more favorable mix of total earning assets, which were partially offset by lower yields. Average total loans, excluding FDIC covered loans, and securities increased $5.6 billion and $3.4 billion, respectively, for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 compared with the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

 

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Noninterest Income and Noninterest Expense

The following tables detail our noninterest income and noninterest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

Noninterest Income

 

    For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,
2012
    September 30,
2011
    Increase (Decrease)     September 30,
2012
    September 30,
2011
    Increase (Decrease)  

(Dollars in millions)

      Amount     Percent         Amount     Percent  

Service charges on deposit accounts

  $ 51      $ 51      $          $    158      $    153      $ 5        3

Securities gains, net

    41        1        40        nm        88        58        30        52   

Trust and investment management fees

    29        33        (4     (12     86        101        (15     (15

Trading account activities

    26        27        (1     (4     82        88        (6     (7

Merchant banking fees

    24        27        (3     (11     66        75        (9     (12

Brokerage commissions and fees

    11        12        (1     (8     32        37        (5     (14

Card processing fees, net

    8        17        (9     (53     24        50        (26     (52

Other

    (1     17        (18     nm        30        103        (73     (71
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total noninterest income

  $ 189      $ 185      $ 4        2   $ 566      $ 665      $ (99     (15 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

nm

= not meaningful

Noninterest Expense

 

(Dollars in millions)

  For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
  September 30,
2012
    September 30,
2011
    Increase (Decrease)     September 30,
2012
    September 30,
2011
    Increase (Decrease)  
      Amount     Percent         Amount     Percent  

Salaries and other compensation

  $ 279      $ 282      $ (3     (1 )%    $ 814      $ 825      $ (11     (1 )% 

Employee benefits

    77        66        11        17        257        213        44        21   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Salaries and employee benefits

    356        348        8        2        1,071        1,038        33        3   

Net occupancy and equipment

    65        64        1        2        197        196        1        1   

Professional and outside services

    54        55        (1     (2     147        154        (7     (5

Intangible asset amortization

    20        25        (5     (20     62        74        (12     (16

Software

    16        16                      51        48        3        6   

Regulatory assessments

    14        14                      48        54        (6     (11

Low income housing credit investment amortization

    16        16                      47        47                 

Advertising and public relations

    12        9        3        33        36        33        3        9   

Communications

    10        10                      30        31        (1     (3

Data processing

    9        9                      27        29        (2     (7

(Reversal of) provision for losses on off-balance sheet commitments

    (4            (4     nm        (7     (31     24        77   

Other

    70        37        33        89        142        123        19        15   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total noninterest expense

  $ 638      $ 603      $ 35        6   $ 1,851      $ 1,796      $ 55        3
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

nm

= not meaningful

Noninterest income increased to $189 million in the third quarter 2012 from $185 million in the third quarter 2011 but decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to $566 million from $665 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Gains from the sale of securities totaled $41 million in the third quarter of 2012, reflecting securities portfolio rebalancing activities. Offsets to the securities gains included the impact of amortization adjustments to the FDIC indemnification asset, lower

 

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card processing fees due to lower transaction fees charged, and lower trust and investment management fees due to the sale of certain business units in the first quarter 2012. Improved credit performance on our FDIC covered loans increased the amortization rate for the FDIC indemnification asset recorded in other noninterest income, but was offset by a corresponding increase in interest income recorded on our FDIC covered loans.

Noninterest expense in the third quarter of 2012 was $638 million compared with $603 million in the third quarter of 2011. The increase was primarily due to prepayment fees from the early extinguishment of wholesale borrowings that were recorded in other noninterest expense.

The adjusted efficiency ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure used by management to measure the efficiency of our operations, focusing on those costs management believes to be most relevant to our business activities. Productivity initiative costs primarily consist of salaries and benefits associated with operational efficiency enhancements. Productivity initiative gains reflect the gain from the sale of certain business units in the first quarter of 2012. The following table shows the calculation of this ratio for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

     For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
    September 30,
2011
    September 30,
2012
    September 30,
2011
 

Noninterest Expense

   $ 638      $ 603      $ 1,851      $ 1,796   

Less: Foreclosed asset expense

            4        2        8   

Less: (Reversal of) provision for losses on off-balance sheet commitments

     (4            (7     (31

Less: Productivity initiative costs

     10        33        18        42   

Less: Low income housing credit (LIHC) investment amortization expense

     15        15        46        47   

Less: Expenses of the LIHC consolidated variable interest entities (VIEs)

     10        6        25        18   

Less: Merger costs related to acquisitions

     6        1        10        24   

Less: Net adjustments related to privatization transaction

     21        26        64        77   

Less: Debt fees from balance sheet repositioning

     30               30          
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net noninterest expense (a)

   $ 550      $ 518      $ 1,663      $ 1,611   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Revenue

   $ 843      $ 791      $ 2,532      $ 2,503   

Add: Net interest income taxable-equivalent adjustment

     3        2        9        7   

Less: Productivity initiative gains

                   23          

Less: Accretion related to privatization-related fair value adjustments

     12        10        33        47   

Less: Gains from securities with debt termination fees from balance sheet repositioning

     30               30          
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue (b)

   $ 804      $ 783      $ 2,455      $ 2,463   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted efficiency ratio (a)/(b)

     68.37     66.12     67.77     65.42

Income Tax Expense

The effective income tax rate was 27 percent in the third quarter of 2012 compared with 17 percent in the third quarter of 2011. The effective tax rate in the third quarter of 2011 was significantly impacted by income tax benefits related to a change in estimate to the valuation of FDIC covered assets.

 

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Our effective tax rate was 25 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared with 31 percent in the nine months ended September 30, 2011. The lower rate was primarily attributable to the larger impact of low-income housing and alternative energy income tax credits on lower pre-tax income during 2012.

For further information regarding income tax expense, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Income Tax Expense” and “Changes in our tax rates could affect our future results” in “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A and Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements in our 2011 Form 10-K.

Balance Sheet Analysis

Securities

Our securities portfolio is managed to maximize total return while maintaining prudent levels of credit quality, market risk and liquidity. At September 30, 2012, substantially all of our securities were investment grade. The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses and fair values of securities are detailed in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q. Substantially all of our securities available for sale are held for Asset and Liability Management (ALM) and liquidity management purposes.

Our securities held to maturity consist of U.S. government and government sponsored agencies residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). On September 30, 2012, we transferred certain of our CLOs with a carrying amount immediately prior to transfer of $1.1 billion from held to maturity to available for sale, due to a significant increase in the risk weights of debt securities used for regulatory risk-based capital purposes under rules proposed by the U.S. federal banking agencies in June 2012. Accordingly, we no longer intend to hold these securities to maturity.

Loans Held for Investment

The following table shows loans held for investment outstanding by loan type at the end of each period presented:

 

     September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
     Increase (Decrease)  

(Dollars in millions)

         Amount     Percent  

Loans held for investment:

          

Commercial and industrial

   $ 20,124       $ 19,226       $ 898        5

Commercial mortgage

     8,293         8,175         118        1   

Construction

     678         870         (192     (22

Lease financing

     962         965         (3       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total commercial portfolio

     30,057         29,236         821        3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Residential mortgage

     21,335         19,625         1,710        9   

Home equity and other consumer loans

     3,494         3,730         (236     (6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total consumer portfolio

     24,829         23,355         1,474        6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total loans held for investment, excluding FDIC covered loans

     54,886         52,591         2,295        4   

FDIC covered loans

     524         949         (425     (45
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total loans held for investment

   $ 55,410       $ 53,540       $ 1,870        3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

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Commercial and Industrial Loans

Our commercial and industrial loans are extended principally to corporations, middle-market businesses and small businesses and are originated primarily through our commercial banking offices. These offices, which rely extensively on relationship-oriented banking, provide a variety of services including cash management, lines of credit, accounts receivable and inventory financing. Separately, we originate or participate in a variety of financial services to major corporations. These services include traditional commercial banking and specialized financing tailored to the needs of each customer’s specific industry. We are active in, among other sectors, power and utilities, oil and gas, manufacturing, finance and insurance services, wholesale trade, real estate and leasing, and communications. These industries comprise the majority of our commercial and industrial portfolio. While loans extended within these sectors comprise the majority of our commercial and industrial portfolio, no individual industry sector exceeded 10 percent of our total loans held for investment at either September 30, 2012 or December 31, 2011.

The commercial and industrial portfolio increased $898 million, or 5 percent, from December 31, 2011 to September 30, 2012, reflecting generally improved lending conditions, including greater access among borrowers to more refinancing options.

Construction and Commercial Mortgage Loans

We engage in real estate lending that includes commercial mortgage loans and construction loans secured by deeds of trust. The commercial mortgage loan portfolio consists of loans secured by commercial income properties, 77 percent of which are to borrowers located in California, 8 percent in Washington, and the remaining 15 percent in various other states.

Construction loans are extended primarily to commercial property developers and to residential builders. The construction loan portfolio decreased $192 million, or 22 percent, from December 31, 2011 to September 30, 2012, due to a decline in loans to commercial property developers. Geographically, 67 percent of the construction loan portfolio was domiciled in California as of September 30, 2012.

Residential Mortgage Loans

We originate residential mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family residential properties, through our multiple channel network (including branches, private bankers, mortgage brokers, and telephone centers) throughout California, Oregon and Washington, and we periodically purchase loans in our market area. We hold substantially all of the loans we originate. The residential mortgage portfolio increased $1.7 billion, or 9 percent, from December 31, 2011 to September 30, 2012, as we experienced strong origination activity.

At September 30, 2012, 65 percent of our residential mortgage loans have current payment terms in which the monthly payment covers the full amount of interest due, but does not reduce the principal balance. At origination, these interest-only loans had strong credit profiles and had weighted average loan-to-value (LTV) ratios of approximately 67 percent. The remainder of the portfolio consists of regularly amortizing loans and a small amount of balloon loans. Refer to Note 3 of our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q for additional information on refreshed Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) scores and refreshed LTV ratios for our residential mortgage loans at September 30, 2012.

We do not have a program for originating or purchasing subprime loan products. The Bank’s “no doc” and “low doc” loan origination programs were discontinued in 2008, except for a streamlined refinance process for existing Bank mortgages that was discontinued in 2011. At September 30, 2012, the outstanding balances of the “no doc” and “low doc” portfolios were approximately 34 percent of our total residential loan portfolio. At September 30, 2012, the aggregate balance of “no doc” and “low doc” loans past due 30 days or more was $168 million, compared with $174 million at December 31, 2011. These loan delinquency rates remained below the industry average for California prime loans.

 

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Home Equity and Other Consumer Loans

We originate home equity and other consumer loans and lines, principally through our branch network and Private Banking Offices. We had approximately 34 percent and 33 percent of these home equity loans and lines supported by first liens on residential properties at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. To manage risk associated with lending commitments, we review all equity-secured lines annually for creditworthiness and reduce or freeze limits, to the extent permitted by laws and regulations.

Lease Financing

We classify our leases as either direct financing leases, where the assets leased are acquired without additional financing from other sources, or leveraged leases, where a substantial portion of the financing is provided by debt with no recourse to us. At September 30, 2012, we had leveraged leases of $708 million, which were net of non-recourse debt of approximately $1.1 billion. In accordance with accounting guidance for leveraged leases, the gross lease receivable is offset by the qualifying non-recourse debt. In leveraged lease transactions, the third-party lender may only look to the collateral value of the leased assets for repayment in the event of lessee default.

FDIC Covered Loans

We acquired loans as part of the FDIC-assisted acquisitions of certain assets and assumption of certain liabilities of Frontier Bank (Frontier) and Tamalpais Bank (Tamalpais) during the second quarter of 2010. All of the acquired loans are covered under loss share agreements with the FDIC and are referred to as “FDIC covered loans.” We will be reimbursed for a substantial portion of any future losses on the FDIC covered loans under the terms of the FDIC loss share agreements. Total FDIC covered loans outstanding at September 30, 2012 were composed of $460 million in commercial and industrial, commercial mortgage, and construction loans, and $64 million in residential mortgage and other consumer loans. FDIC covered loans decreased $425 million from December 31, 2011 to September 30, 2012 due to runoff of the portfolio. See Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2011 Form 10-K for more information on covered assets and FDIC loss share agreements.

Cross-Border Outstandings

Our cross-border outstandings reflect certain additional economic and political risks that are not reflected in domestic outstandings. These risks include those arising from exchange rate fluctuations and restrictions on the transfer of funds. Our total cross-border outstandings for Canada, the only country where such outstandings exceeded one percent of total assets, were $1.5 billion and $1.2 billion for September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The cross-border outstandings are based on category and domicile of ultimate risk and are comprised of balances with banks, trading account assets, securities available for sale, securities purchased under resale agreements, loans, accrued interest receivable, acceptances outstanding and investments with foreign entities.

As of September 30, 2012, our sovereign and non-sovereign debt exposure to European countries experiencing significant economic and fiscal difficulties was de minimis.

 

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Deposits

The table below presents our deposits as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
     Increase (Decrease)  
         Amount     Percent  

Interest checking

   $ 4,851       $ 3,757       $ 1,094        29

Money market

     22,609         21,276         1,333        6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total interest-bearing transaction and money market accounts

     27,460         25,033         2,427        10   

Savings

     5,144         5,169         (25       

Time

     11,049         13,620         (2,571     (19
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total interest bearing deposits(1)

     43,653         43,822         (169       

Noninterest bearing deposits

     21,490         20,598         892        4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total deposits

   $ 65,143       $ 64,420       $ 723        1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

(1)Total interest bearing deposits include:

          

Brokered deposits:

          

Interest bearing transaction and money market accounts

   $ 2,541       $ 2,119       $ 422        20   

Time

     2,862         2,310         552        24   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total interest bearing brokered deposits

     5,403         4,429         974        22   

Nonbrokered deposits

     38,250         39,393         (1,143     (3
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total interest bearing deposits

   $ 43,653       $ 43,822       $ (169       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Core Deposits:

          

Total deposits

   $ 65,143       $ 64,420       $ 723        1   

Less: Total brokered deposits

     5,403         4,429         974        22   

Less: Total foreign deposits and nonbrokered domestic time deposits of over $250,000

     4,599         7,151         (2,552     (36
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total core deposits

   $ 55,141       $ 52,840       $ 2,301        4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total deposits and core deposits increased $723 million and $2.3 billion, respectively, from December 31, 2011 to September 30, 2012. Core deposits as a percentage of total deposits increased to 85% at September 30, 2012 compared with 82% at December 31, 2011. This increase reflected a strategic shift in our deposit mix from higher cost certificates of deposit to lower yielding interest bearing and money market account products.

Allowance for Credit Losses

Allowance Policy and Methodology

We maintain an allowance for credit losses (defined as both the allowance for loan losses and the allowance for off-balance sheet commitment losses) to absorb losses inherent in the loan portfolio as well as for off-balance sheet commitments. Understanding our policies on the allowance for credit losses is fundamental to understanding our consolidated financial condition and consolidated results of operations. Accordingly, our significant accounting policies on the allowance for credit losses are discussed in detail in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements and in the section “Allowances for Credit Losses” included in our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2011 Form 10-K. For additional information regarding our allowance for loan losses, refer to Note 3 of our consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q.

 

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Allowance and Related Provision for Credit Losses

We recorded a provision for loan losses of $45 million in the third quarter of 2012, compared with a reversal of the provision for loan losses of $13 million in the third quarter of 2011. The increase in the provision for loan losses was primarily due to the implementation of recent OCC regulatory accounting guidance and the increased uncertainty in the macroeconomic outlook. The recent OCC regulatory accounting guidance requires that loans discharged under Chapter 7 bankruptcy and not reaffirmed by the borrower be charged off to their collateral value.

The ratio of nonaccrual loans to total loans held for investment, excluding FDIC covered loans, decreased to 0.92 percent at September 30, 2012 from 1.12 percent at December 31, 2011. Criticized credits in the commercial segment declined from $2.0 billion at December 31, 2011 to $1.5 billion at September 30, 2012. Criticized credits are those that have regulatory risk grades of “special mention,” “substandard” or “doubtful.” Special mention credits are potentially weak, as the borrower has begun to exhibit deteriorating trends, which, if not corrected, could jeopardize repayment of the loan and result in further downgrade. Substandard credits have well-defined weaknesses, which, if not corrected, could jeopardize the full satisfaction of the debt. A credit classified as “doubtful” has critical weaknesses that make full collection improbable.

Changes in the Unallocated Allowance

The unallocated allowance increased to $168 million at September 30, 2012, compared with $135 million at December 31, 2011. The unallocated reserve captures the inherent losses not included in the allocated allowance and reflects the fiscal challenges for the U.S. government, the State of California and various local governments, extended collection periods for residential mortgage loans, and the continuation of historically low natural gas and power prices.

 

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Change in the Total Allowance for Credit Losses

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in our allowance for credit losses:

 

(Dollars in millions)

  For the Three
Months Ended
September 30,
    Increase
(Decrease)
    For the Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
    Increase
(Decrease)
 
      2012             2011         Amount     Percent     2012     2011     Amount     Percent  

Balance, beginning of period

  $ 656      $ 826      $ (170     (21 )%    $ 764      $ 1,191      $ (427     (36 )% 

(Reversal of) provision for loan losses, excluding FDIC covered loans

    43        (13     56        431        31        (207     238        115   

(Reversal of) provision for FDIC covered loan losses not subject to FDIC indemnification

    2               2        100        (1     (2     1        50   

Increase (decrease) in allowance covered by FDIC indemnification

    8               8        100        (1     (5     4        80   

Other

    1        (1     2        200        1        (1     2        200   

Loans charged off:

               

Commercial and industrial

    12        20        (8     (40     56        54        2        4   

Commercial mortgage

    1        10        (9     (90     12        48        (36     (75

Construction

                                11        4        7        175   

Lease financing

           5        (5     (100            76        (76     (100
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total commercial portfolio

    13        35        (22     (63     79        182        (103     (57
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Residential mortgage

    22        13        9        69        43        40        3        8   

Home equity and other consumer loans

    19        8        11        138        37        29        8        28   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total consumer portfolio

    41        21        20        95        80        69        11        16   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

FDIC covered loans

    3        1        2        200        5        2        3        150   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total loans charged off

    57        57                      164        253        (89     (35
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Recoveries of loans previously charged off:

               

Commercial and industrial

    7        5        2        40        19        20        (1     (5

Commercial mortgage

    5        1        4        400        8        11        (3     (27

Construction

    1        4        (3     (75     7        10        (3     (30
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total commercial portfolio

    13        10        3        30        34        41        (7     (17
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Residential mortgage

           1        (1     (100            1        (1     (100

Home equity and other consumer loans

    1        1                      2        2                 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total consumer portfolio

    1        2        (1     (50     2        3        (1     (33
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

FDIC covered loans

    1        1                      2        1        1        100   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total recoveries of loans previously charged off

    15        13        2        15        38        45        (7     (16
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net loans charged off

    42        44        (2     (5     126        208        (82     (39
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Ending balance of allowance for loan losses

    668        768        (100     (13     668        768        (100     (13

Allowance for losses on off-balance sheet commitments

    126        131        (5     (4     126        131        (5     (4
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Allowance for credit losses

  $ 794      $ 899      $ (105     (12 )%    $ 794      $ 899      $ (105     (12 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Components of allowance for loan losses and credit losses:

               

Allowance for loan losses, excluding allowance on FDIC covered loans

  $ 656      $ 751      $ (95     (13 )%    $ 656      $ 751      $ (95     (13 )% 

Allowance for loan losses on FDIC covered loans

    12        17        (5     (29     12        17        (5     (29
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total allowance for loan losses

  $ 668      $ 768      $ (100     (13 )%    $ 668      $ 768      $ (100     (13 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Allowance for credit losses, excluding allowance on FDIC covered loans

  $ 782      $ 882      $ (100     (11 )%    $ 782      $ 882      $ (100     (11 )% 

Allowance for credit losses on FDIC covered loans

    12        17        (5     (29     12        17        (5     (29
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total allowance for credit losses

  $ 794      $ 899      $ (105     (12 )%    $ 794      $ 899      $ (105     (12 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

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Nonperforming Assets

Nonperforming assets consist of nonaccrual loans and other real estate owned (OREO). Nonaccrual loans are those for which management has discontinued accrual of interest because there exists significant uncertainty as to the full and timely collection of either principal or interest, or such loans have become contractually past due 90 days with respect to principal or interest. In accordance with recently issued federal banking agency supervisory guidance, the Company reports junior lien loans as nonperforming when the first lien loan becomes 90 days or more past due even if the junior lien loan is performing. Effective in the second quarter of 2012, we reclassified $21 million of performing home equity loans to nonaccrual. For a more detailed discussion of the accounting for nonaccrual loans, see Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2011 Form 10-K. OREO includes property where the Bank acquired title through foreclosure or “deed in lieu” of foreclosure.

The following table sets forth an analysis of nonperforming assets:

 

(Dollars in millions)

  September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
     Increase (Decrease)  
       Amount     Percent  

Commercial and industrial

  $ 36      $ 127       $ (91     (72 )% 

Commercial mortgage

    91        139         (48     (35

Construction

           16         (16     (100
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total commercial portfolio

    127        282         (155     (55
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Residential mortgage

    325        285         40        14   

Home equity and other consumer loans

    52        24         28        117   
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total consumer portfolio

    377        309         68        22   
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total nonaccrual loans, excluding FDIC covered loans

    504        591         (87     (15

FDIC covered loans

    30        47         (17     (36
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total nonaccrual loans

    534        638         (104     (16

OREO, excluding FDIC covered OREO

    22        27         (5     (19

FDIC covered OREO

    81        117         (36     (31
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total nonperforming assets

  $ 637      $ 782       $ (145     (19
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Total nonperforming assets, excluding FDIC covered assets

  $ 526      $ 618       $ (92     (15
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Troubled debt restructurings:

        

Accruing

  $ 364      $ 252       $ 112        44   
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Nonaccruing (included in total nonaccrual loans above)

  $ 228      $ 221       $ 7        3   
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Allowance for loan losses

  $ 668      $ 764       $ (96     (13
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

Allowance for credit losses

  $ 794      $ 897       $ (103     (11
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

During the third quarters of 2012 and 2011, we sold nonperforming loans of $26 million and $15 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, we sold nonperforming loans of $61 million and $101 million, respectively.

Troubled Debt Restructurings

TDRs are those loans for which we have granted a concession to a borrower as a result of that borrower experiencing financial difficulty and, consequently, we receive less than the current market-based compensation for loans with similar risk characteristics. Such loans are classified as impaired and are reviewed for specific reserves either individually or in pools with similar risk characteristics. Our loss

 

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mitigation strategies are designed to minimize economic loss and, at times, may result in changes to original terms, including maturity date extensions, loan-to-value requirements, and interest rates. We evaluate whether these changes to the terms and conditions of our loans meet the TDR criteria after considering the specific situation of the borrower and all relevant facts and circumstances related to the modification. For our consumer portfolio segment, TDRs are initially placed on nonaccrual and typically a minimum of six consecutive months of sustained performance is required before returning to accrual status. For our commercial portfolio segment, we generally determine accrual status for TDRs by performing an individual assessment of each loan, which may include, among other factors, the consideration of demonstrated performance by the borrower under the previous terms.

Modifications of FDIC covered loans that are accounted for within loan pools in accordance with the accounting standards for purchased credit-impaired loans do not result in the removal of these loans from the pool even if the modification would otherwise be considered a TDR. Each pool is accounted for as a single asset with a single composite interest rate and an aggregate expectation of cash flows. Accordingly, modifications of loans within such pools are not considered TDRs.

The following table provides a summary of TDRs by loan type, including nonaccrual loans and loans that have been returned to accrual status, as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Refer to Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q for more information.

 

            As a Percentage of
Ending Loan Balances
 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
     September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Commercial and industrial

   $ 173       $ 151         0.86     0.79

Commercial mortgage

     112         104         1.35        1.27   

Construction

     39         66         5.69        7.55   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

Total commercial portfolio

     324         321         1.08        1.10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

Residential mortgage

     244         142         1.14        0.72   

Home equity and other consumer loans

     18         2         0.52        0.05   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

Total consumer portfolio

     262         144         1.06        0.62   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

FDIC covered loans

     6         8         1.20        0.80   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

Total restructured loans

   $ 592       $ 473         1.07        0.88   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

Due to the implementation of recent OCC regulatory accounting guidance in the third quarter of 2012, the Company considers single-family residential mortgages and home equity loans to be TDRs when the loan has been discharged in Chapter 7 bankruptcy and the borrower has not reaffirmed the debt. As a result of implementing this guidance, we recorded $67 million of consumer loans as TDRs, $35 million of which were placed on nonaccrual at September 30, 2012. We also recorded incremental charge-offs of $17 million in the third quarter of 2012 reflecting the write-down to collateral value of loans subjected to this guidance.

Loans 90 Days or More Past Due and Still Accruing

Loans held for investment 90 days or more past due and still accruing totaled $1 million at both September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. These amounts exclude FDIC covered loans accounted for within loan pools in accordance with the accounting standards for purchased credit-impaired loans. The past due status of individual loans within the pools is not a meaningful indicator of credit quality, as potential credit losses are measured at the loan pool level.

 

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Capital

The following tables summarize our risk-based capital, risk-weighted assets, and risk-based capital ratios:

UnionBanCal Corporation

 

(Dollars in millions)

  September 30,
2012
          December 31,
2011
 

Capital Components

     

Tier 1 capital

  $ 10,196        $ 9,641   

Tier 2 capital

    1,288          1,501   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total risk-based capital

  $ 11,484        $ 11,142   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets

  $ 74,065        $ 69,738   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average total assets for leverage capital purposes

  $ 84,763        $ 84,300   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

    September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
          September 30, 2012
Minimum
Regulatory
Requirement
          September 30,  2012
“Well-Capitalized”
Regulatory
Requirement
 

(Dollars in millions)

  Amount     Ratio     Amount      Ratio           Amount     Ratio           Amount     Ratio  

Capital Ratios

                    

Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)

  $ 10,196        13.77   $ 9,641         13.82   ³        $ 2,963        4.0   ³        $ 4,444        6.0

Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)

    11,484        15.51        11,142         15.98      ³          5,925        8.0      ³          7,407        10.0   

Tier 1 leverage(1)

    10,196        12.03        9,641         11.44      ³          3,391        4.0      ³          na        na   

 

(1) 

Tier 1 capital divided by average total assets for leverage capital purposes (excluding certain intangible assets).

na—not applicable

Union Bank, N.A.

 

(Dollars in millions)

  September 30,
2012
          December 31,
2011
 

Capital Components

     

Tier 1 capital

  $ 9,096        $ 8,588   

Tier 2 capital

    1,193          1,416   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total risk-based capital

  $ 10,289        $ 10,004   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets

  $ 73,662        $ 69,329   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Average total assets for leverage capital purposes

  $ 84,473        $ 83,797   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

    September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
          September 30, 2012
Minimum
Regulatory
Requirement
          September  30,
2012

“Well-Capitalized”
Regulatory
Requirement
 

(Dollars in millions)

  Amount      Ratio     Amount      Ratio           Amount     Ratio           Amount     Ratio  

Capital Ratios

                     

Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)

  $ 9,096         12.35   $ 8,588         12.39   ³        $ 2,946        4.0   ³        $ 4,420        6.0

Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)

    10,289         13.97        10,004         14.43      ³          5,893        8.0      ³          7,366        10.0   

Tier 1 leverage(1)

    9,096         10.77        8,588         10.25      ³          3,379        4.0      ³          4,224        5.0   

 

(1) 

Tier 1 capital divided by average total assets for leverage capital purposes (excluding certain intangible assets).

 

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Both the Company and Union Bank are subject to various regulations of the federal banking agencies, including minimum capital requirements. We are both required to maintain minimum ratios of Total and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets and of Tier 1 capital to quarterly average assets (the Leverage ratio). We interact with the federal banking agencies regarding matters that pertain to capital management and during the course of those discussions become aware, from time to time, of evolving regulatory interpretations of capital adequacy guidelines. As these interpretations are clarified, their resolution can result in changes to the methodologies applied to the computations of our capital ratios. As of September 30, 2012, management believes the capital ratios of the Company and Union Bank met all regulatory requirements of “well-capitalized” institutions.

In January 2012, the Company timely filed its Capital Plan Review (“CapPR”) with the Federal Reserve. The CapPR is an assessment of the capital plans of bank holding companies in the U.S. with total assets exceeding $50 billion that were not included in the Federal Reserve’s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review of the largest U.S. bank holding companies. In March 2012, the Company was notified by the Federal Reserve that it did not object to the Company’s CapPR as submitted. The Federal Reserve’s regulations provide that a bank holding company may be required to revise and re-submit its capital plan if certain material events occur after adoption of its plan. For further information, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Capital” in our 2011 Form 10-K.

In addition to capital ratios determined in accordance with regulatory requirements, we consider the tangible common equity ratio and the Tier 1 common capital ratio when evaluating capital utilization and adequacy. These capital ratios are viewed by management, and presented below, to further facilitate the understanding of our capital structure and for use in assessing and comparing the quality and composition of UNBC’s capital structure to other financial institutions. These ratios are not defined by US GAAP or federal banking regulations. Therefore, they are considered non-GAAP financial measures. Our tangible common equity ratio calculation methods may differ from those used by other financial services companies. Refer to “Supervision and Regulation-Basel Committee Capital Standards” in Part I, Item 1 of our 2011 Form 10-K for additional information regarding the Basel Committee capital standards.

The following table summarizes the calculation of our tangible common equity ratio and Tier 1 common capital ratio as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
    Increase (Decrease)  
       Amount     Percent  

Total UNBC stockholder’s equity

   $ 12,437      $ 11,562      $ 875        8

Goodwill

     (2,457     (2,457              

Intangible assets

     (298     (360     62        17   

Deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill and intangible assets

     117        130        (13     (10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Tangible common equity (a)

   $ 9,799      $ 8,875      $ 924        10   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Tier 1 capital, determined in accordance with regulatory requirements/ Tier 1 common equity (b)

   $ 10,196      $ 9,641      $ 555        6   

Total assets

   $ 88,185      $ 89,676      $ (1,491     (2

Goodwill

     (2,457     (2,457              

Intangible assets

     (298     (360     62        17   

Deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill and intangible assets

     117        130        (13     (10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Tangible assets (c)

   $ 85,547      $ 86,989      $ (1,442     (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Risk-weighted assets, determined in accordance with regulatory requirements (d)

   $ 74,065      $ 69,738      $ 4,327        6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Tangible common equity ratio (a)/(c)

     11.46     10.20    

Tier 1 common capital ratio (b)/(d)

     13.77        13.82       

 

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In June 2012, the federal banking agencies jointly issued three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRs) that would revise regulatory capital rules for U.S. banking organizations and align them with the Basel III capital framework issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The NPRs, in their current form, would establish more restrictive capital definitions, additional categories and higher risk-weightings for certain asset classes and off-balance sheet items, higher minimum capital ratios and capital buffers that would be added to the minimum capital requirements. The rules would be implemented on a graduated, transitional basis between January 1, 2013 and January 1, 2019. At the end of the transitional period, banks and bank holding companies would be required to maintain a minimum ratio of Tier 1 common equity to risk-weighted assets of at least 7 percent, composed of a minimum ratio of 4.5 percent and a 2.5 percent capital conservation buffer. The proposed NPRs have been exposed for public comment and are subject to further modification by the federal banking agencies. The NPRs did not address the additional capital requirements for systemically important financial institutions that were included in the Basel III capital framework. Those requirements are expected to be addressed in future rulemaking proposals. The Company is evaluating the impact the proposed rules would have on its capital management policy and expects to exceed the minimum capital requirements within the prescribed implementation timelines.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The objective of market risk management is to mitigate any adverse impact on earnings and capital arising from changes in interest rates and other market variables. Market risk management supports our broad objective of enhancing shareholder value, which encompasses the achievement of stable earnings growth while promoting capital stability over time. Market risk is defined as the risk of loss arising from an adverse change in the market value of financial instruments caused by fluctuations in market prices or rates. The primary market risk to which the Company is exposed is interest rate risk. Substantially all of our interest rate risk arises from instruments, positions and transactions entered into for purposes other than trading. These include loans, securities, deposits, borrowings and derivative financial instruments. To a much lesser degree, we are exposed to market risk in our trading portfolio.

Risk Governance

The Board of Directors (Board), directly or through its appropriate committee, approves our Asset Liability Management Policy (ALM Policy), which governs the management of market and liquidity risks and guides our investment, derivatives, trading and funding activities. The ALM Policy establishes the Bank’s risk tolerance by outlining standards for measuring market and liquidity risks, creates Board-level limits for specific market risks, establishes Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO) responsibilities and requires independent review and oversight of market and liquidity risk activities.

The Risk & Capital Committee (RCC), composed of selected senior officers of the Bank strives, among other things, to ensure that the Bank has an effective process to identify, monitor, measure, and manage market risk as required by the ALM Policy. The RCC provides the broad and strategic guidance of market risk management by defining the risk/return direction for the Bank, delegating to and reviewing market risk management activities of the ALCO and by approving the investment, derivatives and trading policies that govern the Bank’s activities. ALCO, as authorized by the RCC, is responsible for the management of market risk and approves specific risk management programs including those related to interest rate hedging, investment securities, wholesale funding and trading activities.

The Treasurer is primarily responsible for the implementation of risk management strategies approved by ALCO and for operational management of market risk through the funding, investment and derivatives hedging activities of Corporate Treasury. The manager of Global Capital Markets (GCM) is responsible for managing price risk through the trading activities conducted in GCM. The Market Risk Management (MRM) unit is responsible for the monitoring of market risk and functions independently of all operating and management units.

 

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The Bank has separate and distinct methods for managing the market risk associated with our asset and liability management activities and our trading activities, as described below.

Interest Rate Risk Management (Other Than Trading)

ALCO monitors interest rate risk monthly through a variety of modeling techniques that are used to quantify the sensitivity of Net Interest Income (NII) to changes in interest rates. Our NII policy measurement typically involves a simulation of “Earnings-at-Risk” (EaR) in which we estimate the earnings impact of gradual parallel shifts in the yield curve of up and down 200 basis points over a 12-month horizon using a forecasted balance sheet. Due to the current and persistently low interest rate environment, the -200 basis point parallel scenario was replaced with a -100 basis point parallel scenario.

Earnings at Risk

The table below presents the estimated increase (decrease) in NII given a gradual parallel shift in the yield curve up 200 basis points and down 100 basis points over a 12-month horizon.

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Effect on NII:

    

Increase 200 basis points

   $ 132.6      $ 98.8   

as a percentage of base case NII

     5.37     3.98

Decrease 100 basis points

   $ (41.9   $ (63.4

as a percentage of base case NII

     (1.70 )%      (2.55 )% 

Generally, our short-term assets re-price faster than short-term non-maturity liabilities. As a result, higher short-term rates would increase NII. Alternatively, gradually lower short-term rates would decrease NII. With regard to the curve shape, curve steepening would increase NII while curve flattening would decrease NII.

We believe that our EaR simulation provides management with a reasonably comprehensive view of the sensitivity of NII to changes in interest rates, over the measurement horizon. However, as with any financial model, the underlying assumptions are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. In particular, two significant models used in interest rate risk measurement address residential mortgage prepayment speeds and non-maturity deposit rate and balance behaviors. The mortgage prepayment model is periodically calibrated to reflect changes in customer behavior, but given the unprecedented rate and credit environment, may be prone to lowered predictive capability when determining the borrower’s propensity or ability to act. The deposit model uses the Company’s historical deposit balance and pricing to forecast future deposit behavior. Customer behavior may have changed significantly since the financial crisis, with increased uncertainty about the durability of deposit inflows and outflows. Actual results may differ from those derived in the simulation analysis due to extraordinary market events, unanticipated changes in customer behavior, market interest rates, product pricing and investment, funding and hedging activities.

ALM Activities

Generally, in managing the interest rate sensitivity of our balance sheet, we coordinate various strategies and update them as needed. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Bank’s asset sensitive EaR profile decreased slightly as changes were made to balance sheet composition as well as to forecasted new activity over the next twelve months.

ALM Securities

On September 30, 2012, we transferred certain CLO securities with a carrying amount immediately prior to transfer of $1.1 billion from held to maturity to available for sale, due to a significant increase in the risk weights of debt securities used for regulatory risk-based capital purposes under rules proposed by

 

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the U.S. federal banking agencies in June 2012. Accordingly, we no longer intend to hold these securities to maturity. We transferred approximately $155 million of mortgage-backed securities from securities available for sale to securities held to maturity during the first nine months of 2012. Additional mortgage-backed securities were purchased during the first nine months of 2012 into the held to maturity portfolio. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, our ALM securities portfolio included $20.5 billion and $22.6 billion, respectively, of securities for ALM purposes. Our ALM securities portfolio consists of securities issued by agencies of the U.S. government and U.S. government-sponsored agencies, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities and had an expected weighted average life of 2.9 years at September 30, 2012. At September 30, 2012, approximately $4.4 billion of the portfolio was pledged to secure trust and public deposits and for other purposes as required or permitted by law. During the third quarter of 2012, we purchased $2.5 billion and sold $1.9 billion of securities, as part of our investment portfolio strategy, while $2.1 billion of ALM securities matured, were paid down, or were called.

Based on current prepayment projections, the estimated ALM securities portfolio’s effective duration was 1.8 at September 30, 2012, compared with 1.7 at December 31, 2011. Effective duration is a measure of price sensitivity of a bond portfolio to immediate parallel shifts in interest rates. An effective duration of 1.8 suggests an expected price decrease of approximately 1.8 percent for an immediate 1 percent parallel increase in interest rates.

ALM Derivatives

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the notional amount of the ALM derivatives portfolio increased by $4.1 billion as the Bank added $5.8 billion of receive fixed interest rate swap contracts to hedge floating rate commercial loans, terminated $1.2 billion of pay fixed interest rate swap contracts previously used to hedge floating rate borrowings, and $0.5 billion of interest rate cap contracts expired.

The fair value of the ALM derivatives portfolio increased as the receive fixed interest rate swap contracts benefited from the decrease in interest rates. However, the increase in fair value was mitigated by the erosion of time value on interest rate cap contracts. For additional discussion of derivative instruments and our hedging strategies, see Note 9 to our consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q and Note 16 to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2011 Form 10-K.

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
    Increase (Decrease)  

Total gross notional amount of positions held for purposes other than trading:

       

Interest rate swap pay fixed contracts

   $       $ 1,150      $ (1,150

Interest rate swap receive fixed contracts

     8,000         2,250        5,750   

Interest rate cap purchased contracts

     3,500         4,000        (500
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total interest rate contracts

   $ 11,500       $ 7,400      $ 4,100   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value of positions held for purposes other than trading:

       

Gross positive fair value

   $ 53       $ 3      $ 50   

Gross negative fair value

             10        (10
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Positive (negative) fair value of positions, net

   $ 53       $ (7   $ 60   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Trading Activities

We enter into trading account activities primarily as a financial intermediary for customers and, to a much lesser extent, for our own account. By acting as a financial intermediary, we are able to provide our customers with access to a range of products supporting the securities, foreign exchange and derivatives markets. In acting for our own account, we may take positions in certain securities, foreign exchange and

 

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interest rate instruments, subject to various limits in amount, tenor and other respects, with the objective of generating trading profits.

We believe that the risks associated with these positions are prudently managed. We utilize a combination of position limits, Value-at-Risk (VaR), and stop-loss limits, applied at an aggregated level and to various sub-components within those limits. Positions are controlled and reported both in notional and VaR terms. Our calculation of VaR estimates how high the loss in fair value might be, at a 99 percent confidence level, due to an adverse shift in market prices over a period of ten business days. VaR at the trading activity level is managed within the maximum limit of $14 million established by Board policy for total trading positions. The VaR model incorporates assumptions on key parameters, including holding period and historical volatility.

Consistent with our business strategy of focusing on the sale of capital markets products to customers, we manage our trading risk exposures at relatively low levels. Our foreign exchange business continues to derive the majority of its revenue from customer-related transactions. We take trading positions with other banks only on a limited basis and we do not take any large or long-term strategic positions in the market for our own portfolio. Similarly, we continue to generate most of our securities trading income from customer-related transactions.

As of September 30, 2012, we had a notional amount of $37.2 billion of interest rate derivative contracts. We enter into these agreements for customer accommodations and for our own account, accepting risks up to management approved VaR levels. As of September 30, 2012, we had a notional amount of $3.5 billion of foreign exchange derivative contracts. We enter into these agreements for customer accommodations to support their hedging and operating needs and for our own account, accepting risks up to management approved VaR levels. As of September 30, 2012, we had a notional amount of $3.7 billion of commodity derivative contracts. We enter into such contracts to satisfy the needs of our customers, and we enter into matching contracts with other counterparties, to remove our exposure to market risk. As of September 30, 2012, we had notional amounts of $0.8 billion, $2.1 billion and $3.5 billion of foreign exchange, commodity and equity contracts, respectively, representing our exposure to the embedded derivatives and the related hedges contained in our market-link CDs.

The following table provides the notional value and the fair value of our trading derivatives portfolio as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and the change in fair value between September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
     Increase (Decrease)  

Total gross notional amount of positions held for trading purposes:

        

Interest rate contracts

   $ 37,177       $ 33,903       $ 3,274   

Commodity contracts

     5,761         5,136         625   

Foreign exchange contracts(1)

     4,304         3,762         542   

Equity contracts

     3,491         3,037         454   

Other contracts

     35                 35   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 50,768       $ 45,838       $ 4,930   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value of positions held for trading purposes:

        

Gross positive fair value

   $ 1,494       $ 1,346       $ 148   

Gross negative fair value

     1,407         1,297         110   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Positive fair value of positions, net

   $ 87       $ 49       $ 38   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Excludes spot contracts with a notional amount of $0.9 billion and $0.4 billion at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

 

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Liquidity Risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank’s financial condition or overall safety and soundness is adversely affected by an inability, or perceived inability, to meet its contractual obligations. The objective of liquidity risk management is to maintain a sufficient amount of liquidity and diversity of funding sources to allow the Bank to meet expected obligations in both stable and adverse conditions.

The management of liquidity risk is governed by the ALM Policy under the oversight of the RCC and the Audit & Finance Committee of the Board. ALCO oversees liquidity risk management activities. Corporate Treasury formulates the Bank’s liquidity and contingency planning strategies and is responsible for identifying, managing and reporting on liquidity risk. Market Risk Management, which is part of the Enterprise Wide Risk Reporting and Analysis unit, partners with Corporate Treasury to establish sound policy and effective risk controls. RCC and ALCO also maintain a Contingency Funding Plan that identifies actions to be taken to help ensure adequate liquidity if an event should occur that disrupts or adversely affects the Bank’s normal funding activities.

Liquidity risk is managed using a total balance sheet perspective that analyzes all sources and uses of liquidity including loans, investments, deposits and borrowings, as well as off-balance sheet exposures. Management does not rely on any one source of liquidity and manages availability in response to changing balance sheet needs. Various tools are used to measure and monitor liquidity, including pro-forma forecasting of the sources and uses of cash flows over a 12-month time horizon, stress testing of the pro-forma forecast and assessment of the Bank’s capacity to raise incremental unsecured and secured funding. Stress testing, which incorporates both bank-specific and systemic market scenarios that would adversely affect the Bank’s liquidity position, facilitates the identification of appropriate remedial measures to help ensure that the Bank maintains adequate liquidity in adverse conditions. Such measures may include extending the maturity profile of liabilities, optimizing liability levels through pricing strategies, adding new funding sources, altering dependency on certain funding sources and/or selling assets.

Our primary sources of liquidity are core deposits (described below), our securities portfolio and wholesale funding. Wholesale funding includes unsecured funds raised from interbank and other sources, both domestic and international, including both senior and subordinated debt. Also included are secured funds raised by selling securities under repurchase agreements and by borrowing from the FHLB. We evaluate and monitor the stability and reliability of our various funding sources to help ensure that we have sufficient liquidity in adverse circumstances. We generally view our core deposits to be relatively stable. Secured borrowings via repurchase agreements and advances from the FHLB are also recognized as highly reliable funding sources, and we, therefore, maintain these sources primarily to meet our contingency funding needs.

In response to balance sheet changes, wholesale funding decreased by $4.5 billion from $15.0 billion at December 31, 2011 to $10.5 billion at September 30, 2012. Total deposits increased $0.7 billion from $64.4 billion at December 31, 2011 to $65.1 billion at September 30, 2012.

Core deposits, which exclude brokered deposits, foreign time deposits and domestic time deposits greater than $250,000, provide us with a sizable source of relatively stable and low-cost funds. At September 30, 2012, our core deposits totaled $55.1 billion and our total loan-to-total deposit ratio was 85.1 percent.

The Bank maintains a variety of other funding sources, secured and unsecured, which management believes will be adequate to meet the Bank’s liquidity needs, including the following:

 

   

The Bank has secured borrowing facilities with the FHLB and the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB). As of September 30, 2012, the Bank had $2.1 billion of borrowings outstanding with the FHLB, and the Bank had a remaining combined unused borrowing capacity from the FHLB and the FRB of $26.2 billion.

 

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Our securities portfolio provides liquidity through either securities sales or repurchase agreements. Total unpledged securities decreased by $1.7 billion from $17.6 billion at December 31, 2011 to $15.9 billion at September 30, 2012.

 

   

The Bank has an $8.0 billion unsecured Bank Note Program, which increased by $4.0 billion in March 2012. Available funding under the Bank Note Program was $4.7 billion at September 30, 2012. We do not have any firm commitments in place to sell securities under the Bank Note Program.

 

   

In addition to the funding provided by the Bank, we raise funds at the holding company level. UnionBanCal Corporation has in place a shelf registration statement with the SEC permitting ready access to the public debt markets. As of September 30, 2012, $1.1 billion of debt or other securities were available for issuance under this shelf registration statement. We do not have any firm commitments in place to sell securities under this shelf registration statement.

We believe that these sources, in addition to our core deposits and equity capital, provide a stable funding base. As a result, we have not historically relied on BTMU for our normal funding needs.

Our costs and ability to raise funds in the capital markets are influenced by our credit ratings. Our credit ratings could be impacted by changes in the credit ratings of BTMU and MUFG. For further information, including information about ratings agency downgrades of Japan’s credit rating and related rating downgrades for most major Japanese banks, including BTMU, see “The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ’s and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s credit ratings and financial or regulatory condition could adversely affect our operations” in Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in this Form 10-Q. The following table provides our credit ratings as of September 30, 2012:

 

            Union Bank, N.A.    UnionBanCal
Corporation

Standard & Poor’s

    
 
Long-term
Short-term
  
  
   A+
A-1
   A
A-1

Moody’s

    
 
Long-term
Short-term
  
  
   A2
P-1
   A3

Fitch

    
 
Long-term
Short-term
  
  
   A
F1
   A
F1

Business Segments

We have three operating segments: Retail Banking Group, Corporate Banking Group and Pacific Rim Corporate Group. The Pacific Rim Corporate Group is included in “Other.” We have two reportable business segments: Retail Banking and Corporate Banking.

Unlike financial accounting, there is no authoritative body of guidance for management accounting equivalent to US GAAP. Consequently, reported results are not necessarily comparable with those presented by other companies, and they are not necessarily indicative of the results that would be reported by our business units if they were unique economic entities.

We reflect a “market view” perspective in measuring our business segments. The market view is a measurement of our customer markets aggregated to show all revenues generated and expenses incurred from all products and services sold to those customers regardless of where product areas organizationally report. Therefore, revenues and expenses are included in both the business segment that provides the service and the business segment that manages the customer relationship. The duplicative results from this internal management accounting view are eliminated in “Reconciling Items.” The market view approach fosters cross-selling with a total profitability view of the products and services being managed.

 

 

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The tables that follow reflect the condensed income statements, selected average balance sheet items, and selected financial ratios, including changes from the prior year, for each of our reportable business segments. Business unit results are prepared using various management accounting methodologies to measure the performance of the individual units. Our management accounting methodologies, which are enhanced from time to time, measure segment profitability by assigning balance sheet and income statement items to each operating segment. Methodologies that are applied to the measurement of segment profitability include:

 

   

A funds transfer pricing system, which assigns a cost of funds or a credit for funds to assets or liabilities based on their type, maturity or repricing characteristics. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we refined our transfer pricing methodology for non-maturity deposits to reflect expected balance run-off and average life assumptions as well as for rate repricing expectations.

 

   

An activity-based costing methodology, in which certain indirect costs, such as operations and technology expense, are allocated to the segments based on studies of billable unit costs for product or data processing. Other indirect costs, such as corporate overhead, are allocated to the segments based on internal surveys and metrics that serve as proxies for estimated usage.

 

   

An expected credit loss allocation methodology, in which credit expense is charged to an operating segment based upon expected losses arising from credit risk. As a result of the methodology used in this model, differences between the provision for credit losses and credit expense in any one period could be significant. However, over an economic cycle, the cumulative provision for credit losses and credit expense for expected losses should be substantially the same.

The reportable business segment results for the prior periods have been adjusted to reflect changes in the transfer pricing and overhead methodologies that have occurred.

 

    Retail Banking           Corporate Banking        
    As of and for the
Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Increase (Decrease)     As of and for the
Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Increase (Decrease)  
        2012             2011         Amount     Percent         2012             2011         Amount     Percent  

Results of operations—Market View (Dollars in millions):

               

Net interest income (expense)

  $ 269      $ 273      $ (4     (1 )%    $ 349      $ 321      $ 28        9

Noninterest income (expense)

    56        67        (11     (16     146        143        3        2   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total revenue

    325        340        (15     (4     495        464        31        7   

Noninterest expense (income)

    260        267        (7     (3     258        234        24        10   

Credit expense (income)

    6        6                      38        44        (6     (14
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

    59        67        (8     (12     199        186        13        7   

Income tax expense (benefit)

    23        26        (3     (12     50        48        2        4   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

    36        41        (5     (12     149        138        11        8   

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests(2)

                                                       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

  $ 36      $ 41      $ (5     (12   $ 149      $ 138      $ 11        8   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Average balances—Market View (Dollars in millions):

               

Total loans held for investment

  $ 25,627      $ 23,591      $ 2,036        9      $ 31,230      $ 27,693      $ 3,537        13   

Total assets

    26,598        24,634        1,964        8        37,556        32,138        5,418        17   

Total deposits

    25,617        24,585        1,032        4        36,802        31,343        5,459        17   

Financial ratios—Market View

               

Return on average assets(1)

    0.54     0.66         1.58     1.71    

Adjusted efficiency ratio, excluding impact of privatization(3)

    79.84        77.96            48.87        47.13       

 

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    Other           Reconciling Items  
    As of and for the
Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Increase (Decrease)     As of and for the
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2012     2011       Amount         Percent         2012         2011    

Results of operations—Market View
(Dollars in millions):

           

Net interest income (expense)

  $ 56      $ 31      $ 25        81   $ (20   $ (19

Noninterest income (expense)

    3        (6     9        (150     (16     (19
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

    59        25        34        136        (36     (38

Noninterest expense (income)

    137        116        21        18        (17     (14

Credit expense (income)

    1        (63     64        (102              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and including
noncontrolling interests

    (79     (28     (51     (182     (19     (24

Income tax expense (benefit)

    (23     (31     8        26        (8     (10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

    (56     3        (59     nm        (11     (14

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests(2)

    6        4        2        50                 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

  $ (50   $ 7      $ (57     nm      $ (11   $ (14
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average balances—Market View
(Dollars in millions):

           

Total loans held for investment

  $ 629      $ 1,037      $ (408     (39   $ (2,201   $ (2,107

Total assets

    25,976        27,564        (1,588     (6     (2,249     (2,139

Total deposits

    4,460        5,884        (1,424     (24     (2,459     (2,232

Financial ratios—Market View

           

Return on average assets(1)

    na        na            na        na   

Adjusted efficiency ratio, excluding impact of privatization(3)

    na        na            na        na   
    UnionBanCal
Corporation
                   
    As of and for the
Three Months
Ended
September 30,
    Increase (Decrease)              
    2012     2011       Amount         Percent                

Results of operations—Market View
(Dollars in millions):

           

Net interest income (expense)

  $ 654      $ 606      $ 48        8%       

Noninterest income (expense)

    189        185        4        2       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

Total revenue

    843        791        52        7       

Noninterest expense (income)

    638        603        35        6       

Credit expense (income)

    45        (13     58        446       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

    160        201        (41     (20    

Income tax expense (benefit)

    42        33        9        27       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

    118        168        (50     (30    

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests(2)

    6        4        2        50       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

  $ 124      $ 172      $ (48     (28    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

Average balances—Market View
(Dollars in millions):

           

Total loans held for investment

  $ 55,285      $ 50,214      $ 5,071        10       

Total assets

    87,881        82,197        5,684        7       

Total deposits

    64,420        59,580        4,840        8       

Financial ratios—Market View

           

Return on average assets(1)

    0.56     0.83        

Adjusted efficiency ratio, excluding impact of privatization(3)

    68.37        66.12           

 

(1) 

Annualized.

 

(2) 

Reflects net loss attributed to noncontrolling interest related to our consolidated variable interest entities (VIEs).

 

(3) 

The adjusted efficiency ratio, a non-GAAP financial measure, is net noninterest expense (noninterest expense excluding privatization-related expenses and fair value amortization/accretion, foreclosed asset expense, (reversal of) provision for losses on off-balance sheet commitments, low income housing credit investment amortization expense, expenses of the consolidated VIEs, merger costs related to acquisitions and certain costs related to productivity initiatives and debt termination fees from balance sheet repositioning) as a percentage of total revenue (net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis) and noninterest income), excluding impact of privatization, gains relating to productivity initiatives to the sale of certain business units in 2012 and gains from securities associated with debt termination fees from balance sheet repositioning. Management discloses the adjusted efficiency ratio as a measure of the efficiency of our operations, focusing on those costs most relevant to our business activities.

na = not applicable

nm = not meaningful

 

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     Retail Banking           Corporate Banking        
     As of and for the
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Increase (Decrease)     As of and for the
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Increase (Decrease)  
     2012     2011     Amount     Percent     2012     2011     Amount     Percent  

Results of operations—Market View (Dollars in millions):

                

Net interest income (expense)

   $ 809      $ 817      $ (8     (1 )%    $ 1,024      $ 954      $ 70        7

Noninterest income (expense)

     170        203        (33     (16     422        422                 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total revenue

     979        1,020        (41     (4     1,446        1,376        70        5   

Noninterest expense (income)

     787        809        (22     (3     740        707        33        5   

Credit expense (income)

     18        19        (1     (5     115        145        (30     (21
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

     174        192        (18     (9     591        524        67        13   

Income tax expense (benefit)

     68        75        (7     (9     155        129        26        20   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

     106        117        (11     (9     436        395        41        10   

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests(2)

                                                        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

   $ 106      $ 117      $ (11     (9   $ 436      $ 395      $ 41        10   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Average balances—Market View (Dollars in millions):

                

Total loans held for investment

   $ 25,090      $ 23,144      $ 1,946        8      $ 31,168      $ 26,884      $ 4,284        16   

Total assets

     26,104        24,194        1,910        8        36,623        31,142        5,481        18   

Total deposits

     25,191        24,448        743        3        35,276        30,429        4,847        16   

Financial ratios—Market View

                

Return on average assets(1)

     0.54     0.64         1.59     1.70    

Adjusted efficiency ratio, excluding impact of privatization(3)

     80.36        79.11            48.10        47.84       
     Other           Reconciling Items              
     As of and for the
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Increase (Decrease)     As of and for the
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
             
     2012     2011     Amount     Percent     2012     2011              

Results of operations—Market View (Dollars in millions):

                

Net interest income (expense)

   $ 192      $ 124      $ 68        55   $ (59   $ (57    

Noninterest income (expense)

     21        95        (74     (78     (47     (55    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

Total revenue

     213        219        (6     (3     (106     (112    

Noninterest expense (income)

     365        322        43        13        (41     (42    

Credit expense (income)

     (102     (372     270        73        (1     (1    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

     (50     269        (319     (119     (64     (69    

Income tax expense (benefit)

     (38     101        (139     (138     (25     (27    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

     (12     168        (180     (107     (39     (42    

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests(2)

     15        11        4        36                     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

   $ 3      $ 179      $ (176     (98   $ (39   $ (42    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

Average balances—Market View (Dollars in millions):

                

Total loans held for investment

   $ 730      $ 1,159      $ (429     (37   $ (2,196   $ (2,066    

Total assets

     28,446        27,628        818        3        (2,240     (2,094    

Total deposits

     6,407        6,382        25               (2,426     (2,130    

Financial ratios—Market View

                

Return on average assets(1)

     na        na            na        na       

Adjusted efficiency ratio, excluding impact of privatization(3)

     na        na            na        na       

 

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     UnionBanCal
Corporation
       
     As of and for the
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Increase (Decrease)  
     2012     2011     Amount     Percent  

Results of operations—Market View
(Dollars in millions):

        

Net interest income (expense)

   $ 1,966      $ 1,838      $ 128        7%   

Noninterest income (expense)

     566        665        (99     (15
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total revenue

     2,532        2,503        29        1   

Noninterest expense (income)

     1,851        1,796        55        3   

Credit expense (income)

     30        (209     239        114   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

     651        916        (265     (29

Income tax expense (benefit)

     160        278        (118     (42
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

     491        638        (147     (23

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests(2)

     15        11        4        36   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

   $ 506      $ 649      $ (143     (22
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Average balances—Market View
(Dollars in millions):

        

Total loans held for investment

   $ 54,792      $ 49,121      $ 5,671        12   

Total assets

     88,933        80,870        8,063        10   

Total deposits

     64,448        59,129        5,319        9   

Financial ratios—Market View

        

Return on average assets(1)

     0.76     1.07    

Adjusted efficiency ratio, excluding impact of privatization(3)

     67.77        65.42       

 

(1) 

Annualized.

 

(2) 

Reflects net loss attributed to noncontrolling interest related to our consolidated VIEs.

 

(3) 

The adjusted efficiency ratio, a non-GAAP financial measure, is net noninterest expense (noninterest expense excluding privatization-related expenses and fair value amortization/accretion, foreclosed asset expense, (reversal of) provision for losses on off-balance sheet commitments, low income housing credit investment amortization expense, expenses of the consolidated VIEs, merger costs related to acquisitions and certain costs related to productivity initiatives and debt termination fees from balance sheet repositioning) as a percentage of total revenue (net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis) and noninterest income), excluding impact of privatization, gains relating to productivity initiatives to the sale of certain business units in 2012 and gains from securities associated with debt termination fees from balance sheet repositioning. Management discloses the adjusted efficiency ratio as a measure of the efficiency of our operations, focusing on those costs most relevant to our business activities.

na = not applicable

Retail Banking

Retail Banking provides deposit and lending products delivered through our branches and relationship managers to individuals and small businesses. Retail Banking is focused on executing a strategy to identify targeted opportunities within the consumer and small business markets, and develop product, marketing and sales strategies to attract new customers in these identified target markets.

Retail Banking is comprised of two major divisions:

 

   

the Community Banking Division serves its customers through 343 full-service branches in California and 48 full-service branches in Washington and Oregon. Customers may also access our services 24 hours-a-day by telephone or through our website at www.unionbank.com. In addition, the branches offer automated teller and point-of-sale merchant services.

  The Community Banking Division is organized geographically and serves its customers in the following ways:

 

   

through banking branches and ATMs, which serve consumers and businesses with checking and deposit products and services, as well as various types of consumer financing and investment services;

 

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through its call centers and internet banking services, which augment its physical delivery channels by providing an array of customer transaction, bill payment and loan payment services; and

 

   

through alliances with other financial institutions, the Community Banking Division offers additional products and services, such as credit cards and merchant services.

 

   

the Consumer Lending Division provides the centralized origination, underwriting, processing, servicing, collection and administration for consumer assets including residential mortgages.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, net income for Retail Banking decreased 9 percent compared with the same period in 2011, resulting from a 16 percent decrease in noninterest income. The decrease in noninterest income was primarily due to lower deposit fees and card processing fees.

Average asset growth for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011 was primarily driven by an 8 percent increase in average loans held for investment, mainly in residential mortgages.

Average deposits increased 3 percent during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011. Retail Banking continues to focus on marketing activities to attract new consumer and small business deposits, customer cross-sell, and relationship management.

Corporate Banking

Corporate Banking offers a range of financial products to both middle-market and corporate businesses headquartered throughout the U.S. Corporate Banking focuses its activities on certain specialized industries, such as power and utilities, oil and gas, real estate, healthcare, equipment leasing and commercial finance, as well as general corporate and middle-market lending in regional markets throughout the U.S. Corporate Banking relationship managers provide credit services including commercial loans, accounts receivable and inventory financing, project financing, trade financing and real estate financing. In addition to credit services, Corporate Banking offers its customers a range of noncredit services, which include global treasury management solutions, capital market, foreign exchange and various interest rate risk and commodity risk management products. These products are delivered through deposit managers and product specialists with significant industry expertise and experience in businesses of all sizes, including numerous vertical industry niches such as U.S. correspondent banks and certain government entities.

One of the primary strategies of our Corporate Banking business units is to target industries and companies for which we can reasonably expect to be one of a customer’s primary banks. Consistent with this strategy, Corporate Banking business units attempt to serve a large part of the targeted customers’ credit and depository needs. The Corporate Banking business units compete with other banks primarily on the basis of the quality of our relationship managers, the level of industry expertise, the delivery of quality customer service, and our reputation as a “commercial bank.” We also compete with a variety of other financial services companies as well as non-bank companies. Competitors include other major California banks, as well as regional, national and international banks. In addition, we compete with investment banks, commercial finance companies, leasing companies and insurance companies.

Corporate Banking initiatives continue to expand commercial and loan relationship strategies that include originating, underwriting and syndicating loans in core competency markets, such as in our West Coast commercial lending markets, as well as our national specialty markets, including real estate, energy, equipment leasing and commercial finance.

Corporate Banking is comprised of the following main divisions:

 

   

the Commercial Banking Division, which includes the following operating units:

 

   

Commercial Banking, which provides commercial lending products and treasury management services to middle-market and corporate companies primarily in California, Oregon and Washington;

 

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Power and Utilities, which provides treasury management products and commercial lending products, including commercial lines of credit and project financing, to independent power producers as well as regulated utility companies;

 

   

Petroleum, which provides commercial lending products, including reserve-based lines of credit, commercial lines of credit as well as treasury management products, to oil and gas companies;

 

   

National Banking, which provides commercial lending and treasury management products to corporate clients on a national basis, in states outside of California, Oregon, and Washington. National Banking also targets certain defined industries, such as entertainment, and technology; and

 

   

Specialized Industries, which provides commercial lending and treasury products to middle-market and corporate clients in specific industries on a national basis, including commercial finance, funds finance, environmental services, non-profits, healthcare, aerospace and defense.

 

   

the Real Estate Industries Division serves professional real estate investors and developers with products such as construction loans, commercial mortgages and bridge financing. Additionally, through our Community Development Finance unit, we make tax credit investments in affordable housing projects, as well as provide construction and permanent financing;

 

   

the Global Capital Markets Division helps to serve our customers with their foreign exchange, interest rate and energy risk management needs in addition to facilitating merchant and investment banking related transactions. The division takes market risk when buying and selling securities, interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange contracts for its own account and accepts limited market risk when providing commodity and equity derivative contracts, since a significant portion of the market risk for these products is offset with third parties. Additionally, the division’s Equipment Leasing arm provides lease financing services to corporate customers;

 

   

the Global Treasury Management Division targets numerous industry relationship markets with deep industry and product expertise. The Global Treasury Management Division provides working capital solutions to meet deposit, investment and global treasury management services to businesses of all sizes. This division manages Union Bank’s web strategies for retail, small business, wealth management and commercial clients, as well as commercial product development. Effective February 1, 2012, the labor management trust services, retirement plan services and registered investment advisors services were sold to US Bank. The corresponding assets and systems for these business units were converted during the third quarter of 2012. The client base of Global Trust Services consists of financial institutions, corporations, government agencies, unions, insurance companies, mutual funds, investment managers and non-profit organizations. Institutional custody provides both domestic and international asset portfolio safekeeping and settlement services in addition to money markets liquidity management and securities lending. Corporate Trust acts as agent or trustee for corporate and municipal debt issues, and provides escrow and project finance agent services; and

 

   

the Wealth Markets Division consists of the following operating units:

 

   

The Private Bank focuses primarily on delivering financial services to high net worth individuals with sophisticated financial needs as well as to professional service firms, foundations and endowments. Specific products and services include trust and estate services, financial planning, investment account management services, and deposit and credit products;

 

   

UnionBanc Investment Services LLC (UBIS) is a subsidiary of Union Bank and is our registered broker-dealer and registered investment advisor. UBIS provides services to retail and institutional clients in several core products areas, including annuities, mutual funds, and fixed

 

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income products. Retail services are delivered through dedicated investment specialists located throughout the Bank’s geographical footprint. Institutional services are delivered through a dedicated trading desk and sales force specializing in fixed income products; and

 

   

Asset Management, which consists of HighMark Capital Management, Inc., a subsidiary of Union Bank and a registered investment advisor, provides investment management and advisory services to institutional clients as well as investment advisory, administration and support services to our proprietary mutual funds, the affiliated HighMark Funds. It also provides investment management services to Union Bank with respect to most of its trust and agency clients, including corporations, pension funds and individuals. HighMark Capital Management, Inc.’s strategy is to expand distribution, to broaden its client base and to increase its assets under management.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, net income for Corporate Banking increased 10 percent, compared with the same period in 2011, primarily resulting from a 7 percent increase in net interest income and a 21 percent decrease in credit expense. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, average loans held for investment increased 16 percent compared with the same period in 2011, primarily due to increases in our commercial and industrial loan portfolio.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, average deposits increased 16 percent compared with the same period in 2011, primarily due to an 18 percent increase in noninterest bearing deposits and a 15 percent increase in interest bearing deposits.

Noninterest income was flat during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared with the same period in 2011, primarily due to lower trust fees and merchant banking fees, offset by remittance processing revenue and gains from private capital investments.

Other

“Other” includes the following:

 

   

The Pacific Rim Corporate Group, which offers a range of credit, deposit, and investment management products and services to companies headquartered in either Japan or the U.S.;

 

   

the funds transfer pricing results for our entire company, which allocates to the business segments their cost of funds on all asset categories and credit for funds on all liability categories;

 

   

Corporate Treasury, which is responsible for our ALM, wholesale funding and the ALM investment and derivatives hedging portfolios. These Treasury management activities are carried out to manage the net interest rate and liquidity risks of our balance sheet and to manage those risks within the guidelines established by ALCO. For additional discussion regarding these risk management activities, see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q;

 

   

the adjustment between the credit expense (income) under the expected credit loss allocation methodology and (reversal of) provision for credit losses under US GAAP;

 

   

the residual costs of support groups;

 

   

corporate activities that are not directly attributable to one of the two business segments. Included in this category are certain other items such as the results of operations of certain subsidiaries of UnionBanCal, and the elimination of the fully taxable-equivalent basis amount;

 

   

goodwill, intangible assets, and related amortization/accretion associated with our privatization transaction;

 

   

the FDIC covered assets; and

 

 

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the adjustment between the tax expense calculated using the adjusted statutory tax rate of 39.29 percent and our consolidated effective tax rate.

The decrease in net income of $176 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011 is primarily due to the following factors:

 

   

a decrease in credit income of $270 million, which was due to the growth in the loan portfolio along with a moderating pace of the credit quality improvement of our loan portfolio starting in the fourth quarter of 2011. Credit income of $102 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was due to the difference between the $30 million of provision for loan losses calculated under our US GAAP methodology and the $132 million in expected losses for the reportable business segments, which utilizes the expected credit loss allocation methodology. This compares to credit income of $372 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2011;

 

   

noninterest income decreased $74 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011. This decrease was due to amortization adjustments to the FDIC indemnification asset, driven by better than expected FDIC covered loan performance. The decrease was partially offset by higher gains on the sales of ALM investment securities; and

 

   

noninterest expense increased $43 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

A discussion of our market risk exposure is incorporated by reference to Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q under the caption “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” and to Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q under the caption “Risk Factors.”

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls. Our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) have concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of September 30, 2012. This conclusion is based on an evaluation conducted under the supervision, and with the participation, of management. Disclosure controls and procedures are those controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this filing is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner and in accordance with the SEC’s rules and regulations and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting. During the third quarter of 2012, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that materially affected, or were reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

UnionBanCal Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
    For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 

(Dollars in millions)

       2012             2011             2012             2011      

Interest Income

        

Loans

   $ 621      $ 576      $ 1,848      $ 1,700   

Securities

     129        123        405        404   

Interest income—other

     1        3        3        6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total interest income

     751        702        2,256        2,110   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest Expense

        

Deposits

     56        53        171        159   

Long-term debt

     39        41        111        108   

Commercial paper and other short-term borrowings

     2        2        8        5   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total interest expense

     97        96        290        272   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Interest Income

     654        606        1,966        1,838   

(Reversal of) provision for loan losses

     45        (13     30        (209
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest income after (reversal of) provision for loan losses

     609        619        1,936        2,047   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Noninterest Income

        

Service charges on deposit accounts

     51        51        158        153   

Securities gains, net

     41        1        88        58   

Trust and investment management fees

     29        33        86        101   

Trading account activities

     26        27        82        88   

Merchant banking fees

     24        27        66        75   

Brokerage commissions and fees

     11        12        32        37   

Card processing fees, net

     8        17        24        50   

Other

     (1     17        30        103   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total noninterest income

     189        185        566        665   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Noninterest Expense

        

Salaries and employee benefits

     356        348        1,071        1,038   

Net occupancy and equipment

     65        64        197        196   

Professional and outside services

     54        55        147        154   

Intangible asset amortization

     20        25        62        74   

Regulatory assessments

     14        14        48        54   

(Reversal of) provision for losses on off-balance sheet commitments

     (4            (7     (31

Other

     133        97        333        311   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total noninterest expense

     638        603        1,851        1,796   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

     160        201        651        916   

Income tax expense

     42        33        160        278   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income Including Noncontrolling Interests

     118        168        491        638   

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests

     6        4        15        11   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income Attributable to UnionBanCal Corporation (UNBC)

   $ 124      $ 172      $ 506      $ 649   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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UnionBanCal Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
    For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 

(Dollars in millions)

       2012             2011             2012             2011      

Net Income Attributable to UNBC

   $ 124      $ 172      $ 506      $ 649   

Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax:

        

Net change in unrealized gains on hedges

     21        (3     41        (3

Net change in unrealized gains on securities

     195        54        281        96   

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     1        (2     1        (1

Net change in pension and other benefits

     16        8        46        29   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income

     233        57        369        121   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive Income Attributable to UNBC

     357        229        875        770   

Comprehensive loss from noncontrolling interests

     (6     (4     (15     (11
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Comprehensive Income

   $ 351      $ 225      $ 860      $ 759   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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UnionBanCal Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

 

(Dollars in millions except for per share amount)

  September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Assets

   

Cash and due from banks

  $ 1,237      $ 1,419   

Interest bearing deposits in banks (includes $8 at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 related to consolidated variable interest entities (VIEs))

    1,703        2,764   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements

    32        12   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

    2,972        4,195   

Trading account assets (includes $3 at September 30, 2012 and $14 at December 31, 2011 of assets pledged as collateral)

    1,236        1,135   

Securities available for sale

    20,907        22,833   

Securities held to maturity (Fair value: September 30, 2012, $1,224; December 31, 2011, $1,429)

    1,182        1,273   

Loans held for investment:

   

Loans, excluding Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) covered loans

    54,886        52,591   

FDIC covered loans

    524        949   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total loans held for investment

    55,410        53,540   

Allowance for loan losses

    (668     (764
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loans held for investment, net

    54,742        52,776   

Premises and equipment, net

    637        684   

Intangible assets

    298        360   

Goodwill

    2,457        2,457   

FDIC indemnification asset

    401        598   

Other assets (includes $337 at September 30, 2012 and $286 at December 31, 2011 related to consolidated VIEs)

    3,353        3,365   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  $ 88,185      $ 89,676   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

   

Deposits:

   

Noninterest bearing

  $ 21,490      $ 20,598   

Interest bearing

    43,653        43,822   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deposits

    65,143        64,420   

Commercial paper and other short-term borrowings

    2,091        3,683   

Long-term debt (includes $8 at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 related to consolidated VIEs)

    5,540        6,684   

Trading account liabilities

    952        1,040   

Other liabilities (includes $1 at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 related to consolidated VIEs)

    1,763        2,019   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    75,489        77,846   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments, contingencies and guarantees—See Note 11

   

Equity

   

UNBC stockholder’s equity:

   

Preferred stock:

   

Authorized 5,000,000 shares; no shares issued or outstanding

             

Common stock, par value $1 per share:

   

Authorized 300,000,000 shares, 136,330,830 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011

    136        136   

Additional paid-in capital

    5,989        5,989   

Retained earnings

    6,752        6,246   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    (440     (809
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total UNBC stockholder’s equity

    12,437        11,562   

Noncontrolling interests

    259        268   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

    12,696        11,830   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 88,185      $ 89,676   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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UnionBanCal Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s Equity

(Unaudited)

 

     UNBC Stockholder’s Equity              

(Dollars in millions)

   Common
Stock
     Additional
Paid-in
Capital
     Retained
Earnings
     Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Noncontrolling
Interests
    Total
Stockholder’s
Equity
 

Balance December 31, 2010

   $ 136       $ 5,198       $ 5,468       $ (677   $ 266      $ 10,391   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

           649           (11     638   

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

              121          121   

Compensation expense—restricted stock units

        5                5   

Other

                14        14   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

             5         649         121        3        778   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance September 30, 2011

   $ 136       $ 5,203       $ 6,117       $ (556   $ 269      $ 11,169   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance December 31, 2011

   $ 136       $ 5,989       $ 6,246       $ (809   $ 268      $ 11,830   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

           506           (15     491   

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

              369          369   

Other

                6        6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

                     506         369        (9     866   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance September 30, 2012

   $ 136       $ 5,989       $ 6,752       $ (440   $ 259      $ 12,696   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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UnionBanCal Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

     For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 

(Dollars in millions)

       2012             2011      

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

    

Net income including noncontrolling interests

   $ 491      $ 638   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

(Reversal of) provision for loan losses

     30        (209

(Reversal of) provision for losses on off-balance sheet commitments

     (7     (31

Depreciation, amortization and accretion, net

     351        157   

Stock-based compensation—restricted stock units

            5   

Deferred income taxes

     3        185   

Net gains on sales of securities

     (88     (58

Net decrease (increase) in trading account assets

     (101     (121

Net decrease (increase) in other assets

     170        13   

Net increase (decrease) in trading account liabilities

     (88     171   

Net increase (decrease) in other liabilities

     (591     820   

Loans originated for resale

     (8     (17

Net proceeds from sale of loans originated for resale

     6        19   

Other, net

     (85     (74
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjustments

     (408     860   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     83        1,498   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

    

Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale

     6,109        4,463   

Proceeds from matured and called securities available for sale

     5,185        3,941   

Purchases of securities available for sale and held to maturity

     (7,751     (7,083

Proceeds from matured securities held to maturity

     155        74   

Purchases of premises and equipment, net

     (50     (44

Proceeds from sales of loans

     227        186   

Net decrease (increase) in loans

     (3,256     (3,376

Proceeds from FDIC loss share agreements

     64        134   

Other, net

     12        (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     695        (1,708
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

    

Net increase (decrease) in deposits

     713        500   

Net increase (decrease) in commercial paper and other short-term borrowings

     (1,592     1,099   

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

     895        2,000   

Repayment of long-term debt

     (2,025     (513

Other, net

     2        (2

Change in noncontrolling interests

     6        14   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (2,001     3,098   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

     (1,223     2,888   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     4,195        1,174   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 2,972      $ 4,062   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Paid During the Period For:

    

Interest

   $ 276      $ 246   

Income taxes, net

     184        117   

Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:

    

Carrying amount of securities held to maturity immediately prior to transfer to securities available for sale

     1,112          

Securities available for sale transferred to securities held to maturity

     155          

Net transfer of loans held for investment to loans held for sale

     200        198   

Transfer of loans held for investment to other real estate owned assets (OREO)

     83        126   

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Nature of Operations

The unaudited consolidated financial statements of UnionBanCal Corporation, its subsidiaries, and its consolidated VIEs (the Company) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP) for interim financial reporting and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X of the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, they do not include all of the disclosures necessary for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results anticipated for the full year. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in UnionBanCal Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (2011 Form 10-K).

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP also requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period. Although such estimates contemplate current conditions and management’s expectations of how they may change in the future, it is reasonably possible that actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. This could materially affect the Company’s results of operations and financial condition in the near term. Significant estimates made by management in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements include, but are not limited to, the evaluation of other-than-temporary impairment on investment securities (Note 2), allowance for credit losses (Note 3), purchased credit-impaired loans (Note 3), annual goodwill impairment analysis, pension accounting (Note 5), valuing financial instruments (Note 8), and income taxes.

UnionBanCal Corporation is a financial holding company and commercial bank holding company whose major subsidiary, Union Bank, N.A. (the Bank), is a commercial bank. The Company provides a wide range of financial services to consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies and major corporations, primarily in California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, New York, and Illinois, as well as nationally and internationally.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements That Are Not Yet Effective

Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, which establishes new disclosures about an entity’s rights of setoff and arrangements associated with its financial instruments and derivative instruments. The new disclosures require tabular presentation of gross exposures, amounts offset, net amounts presented on the balance sheet and amounts related to master netting or similar arrangements and/or financial collateral. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2013 and must be retroactively applied to prior periods presented. As this guidance only impacts financial statement disclosures, management does not expect the adoption of this guidance to impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment

In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-02, Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment, which simplifies the impairment testing for indefinite-lived intangible assets other than goodwill. The guidance allows an entity the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative impairment test. An entity electing to perform a qualitative assessment is no longer required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset unless the entity determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is “more likely than not” that the asset is

 

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impaired. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2013. Management does not expect the adoption of this guidance to impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Subsequent Accounting for an Indemnification Asset Recognized at the Acquisition Date as a Result of a Government-Assisted Acquisition of a Financial Institution

In October 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-06, Subsequent Accounting for an Indemnification Asset Recognized at the Acquisition Date as a Result of a Government-Assisted Acquisition of a Financial Institution, which clarifies the accounting guidance for subsequently measuring an indemnification asset recognized as a result of a government-assisted acquisition of a financial institution when a change in cash flows expected to be collected occurs. The guidance specifies an entity shall subsequently account for the change in measurement of the indemnification asset on the same basis as the change in assets subject to the indemnification and limit any amortization of changes in value to the lesser of the contractual term of the indemnification agreement or the remaining life of the indemnified assets. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2013. Management does not expect the adoption of this guidance to impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Note 2—Securities

Securities Available for Sale

At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses, and fair values of securities are presented below.

 

     September 30, 2012  
            Gross      Gross         
     Amortized      Unrealized      Unrealized      Fair  

(Dollars in millions)

   Cost      Gains      Losses      Value  

U.S. government sponsored agencies

   $ 2,599       $ 30       $       $ 2,629   

Residential mortgage-backed securities:

           

U.S. government and government sponsored agencies

     11,687         285         2         11,970   

Privately issued

     505         10         17         498   

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

     2,251         110                 2,361   

Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs)

     1,652         4         66         1,590   

Other debt securities

     1,804         35         84         1,755   

Equity securities

     104                         104   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total securities available for sale

   $ 20,602       $ 474       $ 169       $ 20,907   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other debt securities in the table above include approximately $0.9 billion of tax-exempt conduit debt bonds. These instruments were recorded as loans held for investment at December 31, 2011 and prior periods.

 

     December 31, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

   Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
     Fair
Value
 

U.S. government sponsored agencies

   $ 6,943       $ 54       $       $ 6,997   

Residential mortgage-backed securities:

           

U.S. government and government sponsored agencies

     13,307         182         4         13,485   

Privately issued

     800         1         63         738   

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

     1,032         29         1         1,060   

Other debt securities

     463         11         2         472   

Equity securities

     81                         81   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total securities available for sale

   $ 22,626       $ 277       $ 70       $ 22,833   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The Company’s securities available for sale with a continuous unrealized loss position at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are shown below, identified for periods less than 12 months and 12 months or more.

 

    September 30, 2012  
    Less than 12 months     12 months or more     Total  

(Dollars in millions)

  Fair
Value
    Unrealized
Losses
    Fair
Value
    Unrealized
Losses
    Fair
Value
    Unrealized
Losses
 

Residential mortgage-backed securities:

           

U.S. government and government sponsored agencies

  $ 562      $ 2      $ 24      $      $ 586      $ 2   

Privately issued

    59        1        158        16        217        17   

CLOs

                  1,106        66        1,106        66   

Other debt securities

    985        84        23               1,008        84   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total securities available for sale

  $ 1,606      $ 87      $ 1,311      $ 82      $ 2,917      $ 169   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     December 31, 2011  
     Less than 12 months      12 months or more      Total  

(Dollars in millions)

   Fair
Value
     Unrealized
Losses
     Fair
Value
     Unrealized
Losses
     Fair
Value
     Unrealized
Losses
 

Residential mortgage-backed securities:

                 

U.S. government and government sponsored agencies

   $ 1,106       $ 4       $ 59       $       $ 1,165       $ 4   

Privately issued

     551         23         99         40         650         63   

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

     95         1                         95         1   

Other debt securities

     23         2         3                 26         2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total securities available for sale

   $ 1,775       $ 30       $ 161       $ 40       $ 1,936       $ 70   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At September 30, 2012, the Company did not have the intent to sell temporarily impaired securities before a recovery of the amortized cost, which may be at maturity. The Company also believes that it is more likely than not that it will not have to sell the securities prior to recovery of amortized cost.

Privately issued residential mortgage-backed securities are issued by financial institutions with no guarantee from government sponsored entities. These securities are collateralized by residential mortgage loans and may be prepaid at par prior to maturity. The securities are primarily rated investment grade. The unrealized losses on privately issued residential mortgage-backed securities resulted from declining credit quality of underlying collateral and additional credit spread widening since purchase. The Company estimated loss projections for each security by assessing the loans collateralizing each security. The Company estimates the portion of loss attributable to credit based on the expected cash flows of the underlying collateral using estimates of current key assumptions, such as default rates, loss severity and prepayment rates. Based on this assessment of expected credit losses of each security, impairment recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was not significant. With respect to the remaining portfolio, at September 30, 2012, the Company expects to recover the entire amortized cost basis of these securities.

The Company’s CLOs consist of Cash Flow CLOs. A Cash Flow CLO is a structured finance product that securitizes a diversified pool of loan assets into multiple classes of notes. Cash Flow CLOs pay the note holders through the receipt of interest and principal repayments from the underlying loans unlike other types of CLOs that pay note holders through the trading and sale of underlying collateral. Unrealized losses typically arise from widening credit spreads and deteriorating credit quality of the underlying collateral. Cash flow analysis of the underlying collateral provides an estimate of other-than-temporary impairment,

 

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which is performed quarterly when the fair value of a security is lower than its amortized cost. Based on the analysis performed as of September 30, 2012, no other-than-temporary impairment was recorded.

Other debt securities primarily consist of private placement tax-exempt debt conduit bonds, which are largely not rated. The unrealized losses on these securities resulted from credit spreads widening since purchase. The Company estimated loss projections for each security by assessing the underlying collateral of each security. The Company estimates the portion of loss attributable to credit based on the expected cash flows of the underlying collateral using estimates of current key assumptions, such as probability of default and loss severity. Cash flow analysis of the underlying collateral provides an estimate of other-than-temporary impairment, which is performed quarterly when the fair value of a security is lower than its amortized cost. Based on the analysis performed as of September 30, 2012, no other-than-temporary impairment was recorded.

The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities available for sale by contractual maturity are shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties.

 

     September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Amortized
Cost
     Fair Value  

Due in one year or less

   $ 1,195       $ 1,202   

Due after one year through five years

     2,557         2,578   

Due after five years through ten years

     2,295         2,231   

Due after ten years

     14,451         14,792   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt securities available for sale

   $ 20,498       $ 20,803   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The proceeds from sales of securities available for sale and gross realized gains and losses are shown below. The specific identification method is used to calculate realized gains and losses on sales.

 

     For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
     For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 

(Dollars in millions)

       2012              2011              2012              2011      

Proceeds from sales

   $ 1,985       $ 632       $ 6,109       $ 4,463   

Gross realized gains

     43         1         92         59   

Gross realized losses

     1                 2           

Securities Held to Maturity

The securities held to maturity consist of CLOs and U.S. government and government sponsored agencies residential mortgage-backed securities. Management has asserted the positive intent and ability to hold these securities to maturity. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses recognized in other comprehensive income (OCI), carrying amount, gross unrealized gains and losses not recognized in OCI, and fair values of securities held to maturity are presented below.

 

    September 30, 2012  
          Recognized in
OCI
          Not Recognized in
OCI
       

(Dollars in millions)

  Amortized
Cost
    Gross
Unrealized
Gains
    Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Carrying
Amount
    Gross
Unrealized
Gains
    Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Fair
Value
 

CLOs

  $ 157      $      $ 21      $ 136      $ 25      $      $ 161   

U.S. government and government sponsored agencies—residential mortgage backed securities

    1,041        5               1,046        17               1,063   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total securities held to maturity

  $ 1,198      $ 5      $ 21      $ 1,182      $ 42      $      $ 1,224   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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    December 31, 2011  
          Recognized in
OCI
          Not Recognized in
OCI
       

(Dollars in millions)

  Amortized
Cost
    Gross
Unrealized
Gains
    Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Carrying
Amount
    Gross
Unrealized
Gains
    Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Fair
Value
 

CLOs

  $ 1,653      $      $ 380      $ 1,273      $ 159      $ 3      $ 1,429   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

For securities held to maturity, the amount recognized in OCI primarily reflects the unrealized gain or loss at date of transfer to the held to maturity classification, net of amortization. Amortized cost is defined as the original purchase cost, adjusted for any accretion or amortization of a purchase discount or premium, less principal payments and any impairment previously recognized in earnings.

On September 30, 2012, we transferred certain of our CLOs with a carrying amount of $1.1 billion from held to maturity to available for sale, due to a significant increase in the risk weights of debt securities used for regulatory capital purposes under rules proposed by the U.S. federal banking agencies in June 2012. The Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRs) would revise regulatory capital rules for U.S. Banking organizations and align them with the Basel III capital framework issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Although the NPRs have not yet been formally adopted, the Company is required to include in its annual capital plan certain components of the NPRs that adversely affect the risk weights of the transferred CLOs. The Company plans to file its capital plan with the Federal Reserve in 2013. These regulatory capital changes were not forseeable when the Company initially transferred the CLOs from available for sale to held to maturity during the first quarter of 2009. Accordingly, the Company no longer intends to hold these securities to maturity.

The carrying amount of the CLOs immediately prior to the transfer on September 30, 2012, totaled $1.1 billion, which included $301 million of unrealized losses in unamortized OCI. Following the transfer, the securities are recorded at fair value, with an unrealized loss of $62 million now recorded in OCI.

The Company’s securities held to maturity with a continuous unrealized loss position at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are shown below, separately for periods less than 12 months and 12 months or more.

 

    September 30, 2012  
    Less than 12 months     12 months or more     Total  
          Unrealized Losses           Unrealized Losses           Unrealized Losses  

(Dollars in millions)

  Fair
Value
    Recognized
in OCI
    Not Recognized
in OCI
    Fair
Value
    Recognized
in OCI
    Not Recognized
in OCI
    Fair
Value
    Recognized
in OCI
    Not Recognized
in OCI
 

CLOs

  $ 6      $      $      $ 155      $ 21      $      $ 161      $ 21      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    December 31, 2011  
    Less than 12 months     12 months or more     Total  
          Unrealized Losses           Unrealized Losses           Unrealized Losses  

(Dollars in millions)

  Fair
Value
    Recognized
in OCI
    Not Recognized
in OCI
    Fair
Value
    Recognized
in OCI
    Not Recognized
in OCI
    Fair
Value
    Recognized
in OCI
    Not Recognized
in OCI
 

CLOs

  $      $      $      $ 1,420      $ 380      $ 3      $ 1,420      $ 380      $ 3   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The amortized cost, carrying amount and fair value of securities held to maturity by contractual maturity are shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties.

 

     September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Amortized
Cost
     Carrying
Amount
     Fair
Value
 

Due after one year through five years

   $ 157       $ 136       $ 161   

Due after ten years

     1,041         1,046         1,063   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total securities held to maturity

   $ 1,198       $ 1,182       $ 1,224   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Securities Pledged as Collateral

Transactions involving purchases of securities under agreements to resell (reverse repurchase agreements or reverse repos) or sales of securities under agreements to repurchase (repurchase agreements or repos) are accounted for as collateralized financings except where the Company does not have an agreement to sell (or purchase) the same or substantially the same securities before maturity at a fixed or determinable price. The Company’s policy is to obtain possession of collateral with a market value equal to or in excess of the principal amount loaned under resale agreements. Collateral is valued daily, and the Company may require counterparties to deposit additional collateral or return collateral pledged, when appropriate.

The Company separately identifies in the consolidated balance sheets, securities pledged as collateral in secured borrowings and other arrangements when the secured party can sell or repledge the securities. If the secured party cannot resell or repledge the securities that have been placed as collateral, those securities are not separately identified. At September 30, 2012, the Company had $4.4 billion of securities available for sale pledged as collateral where the secured party cannot resell or repledge such securities. These available for sale securities have been pledged to secure borrowings ($1.0 billion), to support unrealized losses on derivative transactions reported in trading liabilities ($0.6 billion) and to secure public and trust deposits ($2.8 billion).

At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company accepted securities as collateral that it is permitted by contract to sell or repledge of $7 million (none of which has been repledged) and $12 million (all of which has been repledged to secure public agency or bankruptcy deposits and to cover short sales), respectively. These securities were received as collateral for secured lending.

 

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Note 3—Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses

The following table provides the outstanding balances of loans at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Loans held for investment:

    

Commercial and industrial

   $ 20,124      $ 19,226   

Commercial mortgage

     8,293        8,175   

Construction

     678        870   

Lease financing

     962        965   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commercial portfolio

     30,057        29,236   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

     21,335        19,625   

Home equity and other consumer loans

     3,494        3,730   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total consumer portfolio

     24,829        23,355   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total loans held for investment, excluding FDIC covered loans

     54,886        52,591   

FDIC covered loans

     524        949   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total loans held for investment(1)

     55,410        53,540   

Allowance for loan losses

     (668     (764
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loans held for investment, net

   $ 54,742      $ 52,776   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Includes $6 million and ($30) million at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, for net unamortized discounts and premiums and deferred fees and costs.

Loans Acquired in Business Combinations

The Company evaluated loans acquired in the Frontier and Tamalpais transactions in accordance with accounting guidance related to loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality as of the acquisition date. Management elected to account for all acquired loans, except for revolving lines of credit, within the scope of the accounting guidance related to loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality.

The acquired loans are referred to as “FDIC covered loans” as the Bank will be reimbursed for a substantial portion of any future losses on them under the terms of the FDIC loss share agreements. As of acquisition dates, the estimated fair value of the purchased credit-impaired loan portfolios of Frontier and Tamalpais subject to the loss share agreements represents the present value of expected cash flows from the portfolio. The difference between the undiscounted contractual cash flows and the undiscounted expected cash flows is the nonaccretable difference. The nonaccretable difference recorded at the acquisition date represents the estimated credit losses in the acquired loan portfolios at the acquisition date.

The accretable yield for purchased credit-impaired loans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was as follows:

 

     For the Three
Months Ended
September 30,
    For the Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
 

(Dollars in millions)

   2012     2011     2012     2011  

Accretable yield, beginning of period

   $ 474      $ 350      $ 424      $ 231   

Accretion

     (78     (54     (213     (132

Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference during the period

     12        111        197        308   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accretable yield, end of period

   $ 408      $ 407      $ 408      $ 407   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The carrying amount and outstanding balance for the purchased credit-impaired loans as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and as of the respective acquisition dates were as follows:

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
     Acquisition
Date
 

Total outstanding balance

   $ 1,355       $ 2,066       $ 3,153   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Carrying amount

   $ 494       $ 902       $ 1,725   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FDIC covered loans also include revolving lines of credit, which had a carrying amount of $30 million and $47 million as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Acquired loans were recorded at fair value at acquisition date, factoring in credit losses expected to be incurred over the life of the loan. Accordingly, an allowance for loan losses was not carried over or recorded as of the respective acquisition dates. The acquired loans are subject to the Bank’s internal credit review. When credit deterioration is noted subsequent to the respective acquisition dates, a provision for loan losses is charged to earnings, with a partial offset reflecting the increase to the FDIC indemnification asset for FDIC covered loans.

Allowance for Loan Losses

The Company maintains an allowance for loan losses to absorb losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The allowance for loan losses is based on our regular, quarterly assessments of the estimated probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The Company’s methodology for measuring the appropriate level of the allowance relies on several key elements, which include the formula allowance, the specific allowance for impaired loans and the unallocated allowance.

The following tables provide a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segments.

 

     For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Commercial     Consumer      FDIC
Covered
Loans
     Unallocated      Total  

Allowance for loan losses, beginning of period

   $ 388      $ 126       $ 4       $ 138       $ 656   

(Reversal of) provision for loan losses

     (17     30                 30         43   

(Reversal of) provision for FDIC covered loan losses not subject to FDIC indemnification

                    2                 2   

Increase in allowance covered by FDIC indemnification

                    8                 8   

Other

     1                                1   

Loans charged off

     13        41         3                 57   

Recoveries of loans previously charged off

     13        1         1                 15   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses, end of period

   $ 372      $ 116       $ 12       $ 168       $ 668   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

   Commercial     Consumer      FDIC
Covered
Loans
     Unallocated     Total  

Allowance for loan losses, beginning of period

   $ 475      $ 151       $ 17       $ 183      $ 826   

(Reversal of) provision for loan losses

     30        13                 (56     (13

(Reversal of) provision for FDIC covered loan losses not subject to FDIC indemnification

                                     

Decrease in allowance covered by FDIC indemnification

                                     

Other

     (1                            (1

Loans charged off

     35        21         1                57   

Recoveries of loans previously charged off

     10        2         1                13   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses, end of period

   $ 479      $ 145       $ 17       $ 127      $ 768   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Commercial     Consumer      FDIC
Covered
Loans
    Unallocated      Total  

Allowance for loan losses, beginning of period

   $ 474      $ 138       $ 17      $ 135       $ 764   

(Reversal of) provision for loan losses

     (58     56                33         31   

(Reversal of) provision for FDIC covered loan losses not subject to FDIC indemnification

                    (1             (1

Decrease in allowance covered by FDIC indemnification

                    (1             (1

Other

     1                               1   

Loans charged off

     79        80         5                164   

Recoveries of loans previously charged off

     34        2         2                38   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses, end of period

   $ 372      $ 116       $ 12      $ 168       $ 668   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

   Commercial     Consumer      FDIC
Covered
Loans
    Unallocated     Total  

Allowance for loan losses, beginning of period

   $ 683      $ 185       $ 25      $ 298      $ 1,191   

(Reversal of) provision for loan losses

     (62     26                (171     (207

Provision for FDIC covered loan losses not subject to FDIC indemnification

                    (2            (2

Decrease in allowance covered by FDIC indemnification

                    (5            (5

Other

     (1                           (1

Loans charged off

     182        69         2               253   

Recoveries of loans previously charged off

     41        3         1               45   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses, end of period

   $ 479      $ 145       $ 17      $ 127      $ 768   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The following tables show the allowance for loan losses and related loan balances by portfolio segment as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

    September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

  Commercial     Consumer     FDIC
covered
loans
    Unallocated     Total  

Allowance for loan losses:

         

Individually evaluated for impairment

  $ 20      $ 49      $      $      $ 69   

Collectively evaluated for impairment

    352        67               168        587   

Purchased credit-impaired loans

                  12               12   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total allowance for loan losses

  $ 372      $ 116      $ 12      $ 168      $ 668   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loans held for investment:

         

Individually evaluated for impairment

  $ 350      $ 262      $ 8      $      $ 620   

Collectively evaluated for impairment

    29,707        24,567        22               54,296   

Purchased credit-impaired loans

                  494               494   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total loans held for investment

  $ 30,057      $ 24,829      $ 524      $      $ 55,410   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    December 31, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

  Commercial     Consumer     FDIC
covered
loans
    Unallocated     Total  

Allowance for loan losses:

         

Individually evaluated for impairment

  $ 54      $ 14      $ 1      $      $ 69   

Collectively evaluated for impairment

    420        124               135        679   

Purchased credit-impaired loans

                  16               16   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total allowance for loan losses

  $ 474      $ 138      $ 17      $ 135      $ 764   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loans held for investment:

         

Individually evaluated for impairment

  $ 416      $ 144      $ 12      $      $ 572   

Collectively evaluated for impairment

    28,820        23,211        35               52,066   

Purchased credit-impaired loans

                  902               902   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total loans held for investment

  $ 29,236      $ 23,355      $ 949      $      $ 53,540   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans

The following table presents nonaccrual loans as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

Commercial and industrial

   $ 36       $ 127   

Commercial mortgage

     91         139   

Construction

             16   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total commercial portfolio

     127         282   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

     325         285   

Home equity and other consumer loans

     52         24   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total consumer portfolio

     377         309   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total nonaccrual loans, excluding FDIC covered loans

     504         591   

FDIC covered loans

     30         47   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total nonaccrual loans

   $ 534       $ 638   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Troubled debt restructured loans that continue to accrue interest

   $ 364       $ 252   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Troubled debt restructured nonaccrual loans (included in the total nonaccrual loans above)

   $ 228       $ 221   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

In accordance with recently issued federal banking agency supervisory guidance, the Company classifies junior lien loans as nonperforming when the first lien loan becomes 90 days or more past due even if the junior lien loan is performing. Effective in the second quarter of 2012, $21 million of performing home equity loans was reclassified to nonaccrual.

The following table shows an aging of the balance of loans held for investment, excluding FDIC covered loans, by class as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

     September 30, 2012  
     Aging Analysis of Loans  

(Dollars in millions)

   Current      30 to 89
Days
Past Due
     90 Days
or More
Past Due
     Total Past
Due
     Total  

Commercial and industrial

   $ 21,015       $ 68       $ 3       $ 71       $ 21,086   

Commercial mortgage

     8,255         32         6         38         8,293   

Construction

     678                                 678   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total commercial portfolio

     29,948         100         9         109         30,057   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

     20,952         187         196         383         21,335   

Home equity and other consumer loans

     3,428         47         19         66         3,494   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total consumer portfolio

     24,380         234         215         449         24,829   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total loans held for investment, excluding FDIC covered loans

   $ 54,328       $ 334       $ 224       $ 558       $ 54,886   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     December 31, 2011  
     Aging Analysis of Loans  

(Dollars in millions)

   Current      30 to 89
Days
Past Due
     90 Days
or More
Past Due
     Total Past
Due
     Total  

Commercial and industrial

   $ 20,033       $ 121       $ 37       $ 158       $ 20,191   

Commercial mortgage

     8,111         49         15         64         8,175   

Construction

     855                 15         15         870   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total commercial portfolio

     28,999         170         67         237         29,236   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

     19,228         188         209         397         19,625   

Home equity and other consumer loans

     3,686         24         20         44         3,730   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total consumer portfolio

     22,914         212         229         441         23,355   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total loans held for investment, excluding FDIC covered loans

   $ 51,913       $ 382       $ 296       $ 678       $ 52,591   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing totaled $1 million at both September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

Credit Quality Indicators

Management analyzes the Company’s loan portfolios by applying specific monitoring policies and procedures that vary according to the relative risk profile and other characteristics within the various loan portfolios. For further information related to the credit quality indicators the Company uses to monitor the portfolio, see Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2011 Form 10-K.

The following tables summarize the loans in the commercial portfolio segment monitored for credit quality based on internal ratings, excluding $460 million and $864 million covered by FDIC loss share agreements, at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The amounts presented reflect unpaid principal balances less charge-offs.

 

     September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Commercial
and Industrial
     Construction      Commercial
Mortgage
     Total  

Pass

   $ 20,007       $ 636       $ 7,551       $ 28,194   

Special Mention

     609         37         249         895   

Classified

     318         4         303         625   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 20,934       $ 677       $ 8,103       $ 29,714   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     December 31, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

   Commercial
and Industrial
     Construction      Commercial
Mortgage
     Total  

Pass

   $ 18,594       $ 674       $ 7,201       $ 26,469   

Special Mention

     466         126         453         1,045   

Classified

     390         71         501         962   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 19,450       $ 871       $ 8,155       $ 28,476   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amounts reported for pass and criticized loans at December 31, 2011 have been restated to include $266 million and $87 million, respectively, of loans that were not originally reported in the Company’s 2011 Form 10-K.

 

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The Company monitors the credit quality of its consumer segment based primarily on payment status. The following tables summarize the loans in the consumer portfolio segment, which excludes $64 million and $85 million of loans covered by FDIC loss share agreements, at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively:

 

     September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Accrual      Nonaccrual      Total  

Residential mortgage

   $ 21,010       $ 325       $ 21,335   

Home equity and other consumer loans

     3,442         52         3,494   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 24,452       $ 377       $ 24,829   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     December 31, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

   Accrual      Nonaccrual      Total  

Residential mortgage

   $ 19,340       $ 285       $ 19,625   

Home equity and other consumer loans

     3,706         24         3,730   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 23,046       $ 309       $ 23,355   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company also monitors the credit quality for substantially all of its consumer portfolio segment using credit scores provided by Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) and refreshed weighted average loan-to-value (LTV) ratios. FICO credit scores are refreshed at least quarterly to monitor the quality of the portfolio. Refreshed LTV measures the carrying amount of the loan as a percentage of the estimated current value of the property securing the loan. Home equity loans are evaluated using combined LTV, which measures the carrying amount of the combined loans that have liens against the property (including unused amounts for home equity line products) as a percentage of the estimated current value of the property securing the loans. The LTV ratios are refreshed on a quarterly basis, using the most recent home pricing index (HPI) data available for the property location.

The following tables summarize the loans in the consumer portfolio segment monitored for credit quality based on refreshed FICO scores and refreshed LTV ratios at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. These tables exclude loans serviced by third-parties and loans covered by FDIC loss share agreements, as discussed above. The amounts presented reflect unpaid principal balances less partial charge-offs.

 

     September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Residential mortgage      Home equity and other
consumer loans
     Total      Percentage of
total
 

FICO scores:

           

720 and above

   $ 16,024       $ 2,381       $ 18,405         76

Below 720

     4,305         967         5,272         22   

No FICO available(1)

     418         68         486         2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 20,747       $ 3,416       $ 24,163         100
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     December 31, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

   Residential mortgage      Home equity and other
consumer loans
     Total      Percentage
of total
 

FICO scores:

           

720 and above

   $ 14,553       $ 2,533       $ 17,086         75

Below 720

     4,319         1,044         5,363         24   

No FICO available(1)

     247         69         316         1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 19,119       $ 3,646       $ 22,765         100
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Represents loans for which management was not able to obtain an updated FICO score (e.g., due to recent profile changes).

 

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     September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Residential mortgage      Home equity loans      Total      Percentage of total  

LTV ratios:

           

Less than 80 percent

   $ 16,369       $ 2,089       $ 18,458         77

80-100 percent

     2,984         586         3,570         15   

Greater than 100 percent

     1,296         590         1,886         7   

No LTV available(1)

     99         65         164         1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 20,748       $ 3,330       $ 24,078         100
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     December 31, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

   Residential mortgage      Home equity loans      Total      Percentage of total  

LTV ratios:

           

Less than 80 percent

   $ 12,464       $ 2,028       $ 14,492         64

80-100 percent

     4,415         612         5,027         22   

Greater than 100 percent

     2,146         675         2,821         12   

No LTV available(1)

     94         236         330         2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 19,119       $ 3,551       $ 22,670         100
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Represents loans for which management was not able to obtain refreshed property values.

Troubled Debt Restructurings

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s recorded investment in troubled debt restructurings (TDRs) as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The summary includes those TDRs that are on nonaccrual status and those that continue to accrue interest. The Company had $41 million in commitments to lend additional funds to borrowers with loan modifications classified as TDRs as of September 30, 2012.

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

Commercial and industrial

   $ 173       $ 151   

Commercial mortgage

     112         104   

Construction

     39         66   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total commercial portfolio

     324         321   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

     244         142   

Home equity and other consumer loans

     18         2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total consumer portfolio

     262         144   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

FDIC covered loans

     6         8   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total restructured loans

   $ 592       $ 473   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, TDR modifications in the commercial portfolio segment were primarily composed of interest rate changes, maturity extensions, principal paydowns, covenant waivers and payment deferrals, or some combination thereof. In the consumer portfolio segment, substantially all of the modifications were composed of interest rate reductions and maturity extensions. Due to the implementation of recent OCC regulatory accounting guidance in the third quarter of 2012, the Company considers single family residential mortgages and home equity loans as TDRs when the loan has been discharged in Chapter 7 bankruptcy and the borrower has not reaffirmed the debt. As a result of implementing this guidance, the Company recorded $67 million of consumer loans as TDRs, $35 million of which were placed on nonaccrual at September 30, 2012. The Company also recorded incremental

 

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charge-offs of $17 million in the third quarter of 2012 reflecting the write-down to collateral value of loans subjected to this guidance. For the commercial and consumer portfolio segments, the allowance for loan losses for TDRs is measured on an individual loan basis or in pools with similar risk characteristics.

The following tables provide the pre- and post-modification outstanding recorded investment amounts of TDRs as of the date of the restructuring that occurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012:

 

    For the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2012
    For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2012
 

(Dollars in millions)

  Pre-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded
Investment(1)
    Post-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded
Investment(2)
    Pre-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded
Investment(1)
    Post-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded
Investment(2)
 

Commercial and industrial

  $ 29      $ 27      $ 103      $ 97   

Commercial mortgage

    1        1        22        20   

Construction

    7        7        7        7   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commercial portfolio

    37        35        132        124   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

    74        69        127        122   

Home equity and other consumer loans

    28        16        28        16   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total consumer portfolio

    102        85        155        138   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FDIC covered loans

    3        2        4        3   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 142      $ 122      $ 291      $ 265   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Represents the recorded investment in the loan immediately prior to the restructuring event.

 

(2) 

Represents the recorded investment in the loan immediately following the restructuring event. It includes the effect of paydowns that were required as part of the restructuring terms.

The following table provides the recorded investment amounts of TDRs at the date of default, for which there was a payment default during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, and where the default occurred within the first twelve months after modification into a TDR. A payment default is defined as the loan being 60 days or more past due.

 

(Dollars in millions)

   As of the Three
Months Ended
September 30, 2012
     As of the Nine
Months Ended
September 30, 2012
 

Commercial and industrial

   $       $ 2   

Commercial mortgage

             1   

Construction

             15   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total commercial portfolio

             18   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

     3         15   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total consumer portfolio

     3         15   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

FDIC covered loans

             6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3       $ 39   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the consumer portfolio, historical payment defaults and the propensity to redefault are some of the factors considered when determining the allowance for loan losses for situations where impairment is measured using the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate. The Company also may use the loan’s observable market price, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent, to measure impairment.

 

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Loan Impairment

The Company’s impaired loans generally include larger commercial and industrial, construction, commercial mortgage loans, and TDRs where it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. When the value of an impaired loan is less than the recorded investment in the loan, the Company records an impairment allowance.

The following tables show information about impaired loans by class as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

    September 30, 2012  
    Recorded Investment     Allowance
for Impaired
Loans
    Average
Balance
    Unpaid Principal Balance  

(Dollars in millions)

  With an
Allowance
    Without an
Allowance
    Total         With an
Allowance
     Without an
Allowance
 

Commercial and industrial

  $ 125      $ 65      $ 190      $ 18      $ 201      $ 131       $ 66   

Commercial mortgage

    17        104        121        2        121        21         127   

Construction

    4        35        39               52        4         38   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total commercial portfolio

    146        204        350        20        374        156         231   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

    260               260        48        188        297           

Home equity and other consumer loans

    2               2        1        2        2           
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total consumer portfolio

    262               262        49        190        299           
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total, excluding FDIC covered loans

    408        204        612        69        564        455         231   

FDIC covered loans

           8        8               10        1         17   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

  $ 408      $ 212      $ 620      $ 69      $ 574      $ 456       $ 248   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

    December 31, 2011  
    Recorded Investment     Allowance
for Impaired
Loans
    Average
Balance
    Unpaid Principal Balance  

(Dollars in millions)

  With an
Allowance
    Without an
Allowance
    Total         With an
Allowance
    Without an
Allowance
 

Commercial and industrial

  $ 182      $ 38      $ 220      $ 46      $ 185      $ 191      $ 40   

Commercial mortgage

    27        103        130        2        191        39        124   

Construction

    26        40        66        6        56        29        43   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commercial portfolio

    235        181        416        54        432        259        207   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

    142               142        14        117        148          

Home equity and other consumer loans

    2               2               2        2          
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total consumer portfolio

    144               144        14        119        150          
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total, excluding FDIC covered loans

    379        181        560        68        551        409        207   

FDIC covered loans

    1        11        12        1        16        5        22   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 380      $ 192      $ 572      $ 69      $ 567      $ 414      $ 229   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest income recognized for impaired loans during the third quarter of 2012 for the commercial, consumer and FDIC covered loan portfolio segments were $5 million, $5 million and less than $1 million, respectively. Interest income recognized for impaired loans during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 for the commercial, consumer and FDIC covered loan portfolio segments were $9 million, $8 million and $1 million, respectively.

 

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The Company transferred a net $200 million of loans from held for investment to held for sale and sold $233 million in loans during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Note 4—Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments

The Company is involved in various structures that are considered to be VIEs. Generally, a VIE is a corporation, partnership, trust or any other legal structure where the equity investors do not have sufficient equity at risk in the entity to allow the entity to independently finance its activities, lack the power to direct the significant activities of the entity through voting or similar rights, or do not have an obligation to absorb the entity’s losses or the right to receive the entity’s returns. The Company’s investments in VIEs primarily consist of equity investments in low income housing credit (LIHC) structures and renewable energy projects, which are designed to generate a return primarily through the realization of federal tax credits, and private capital investments. For further information related to the Company’s consolidated VIEs and those that were not consolidated, see Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2011 Form 10-K.

Consolidated VIEs

At September 30, 2012, assets of $284 million and liabilities of $9 million were consolidated by the Company on its consolidated balance sheet related to two LIHC investment fund structures because the Company sponsors, manages and syndicates the funds. The assets are included in other assets as well as interest bearing deposits in banks, the liabilities are primarily included in long-term debt, and third-party investor interests are included in stockholder’s equity as noncontrolling interests. Neither creditors nor equity investors in the LIHC investments have any recourse to the general credit of the Company, and the Company’s creditors do not have any recourse to the assets of the consolidated LIHC investments. At September 30, 2012, the Company also consolidated $61 million of assets related to trusts that own and lease railcars because the Company directs the significant activities of these trusts. The assets are included in other assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company recorded $11 million and $26 million of expenses related to its consolidated VIEs, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded $6 million and $18 million of expenses related to its consolidated VIEs, respectively. These expenses are included in other noninterest expense on the Company’s consolidated statements of income.

Unconsolidated VIEs in which the Company has a Variable Interest

The following table presents the Company’s carrying amounts related to the unconsolidated VIEs and location on the consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2012. The table also presents the Company’s maximum exposure to loss resulting from its involvement with these VIEs. The maximum exposure to loss represents the carrying amount of the Company’s involvement plus any legally binding unfunded commitments in the unlikely event that all of the assets in the VIEs become worthless.

 

     September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Total
Assets
     Total
Liabilities
     Maximum
Exposure
to Loss
 

LIHC investments

   $ 526       $ 34       $ 808   

Renewable energy investments

     364                 364   

Private capital investment

     15                 20   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total unconsolidated VIEs

   $ 905       $ 34       $ 1,192   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Other Investments

The following table shows the balances of other investments as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

Renewable energy investments

   $ 364       $ 291   

Consolidated VIEs, net of liabilities

     336         285   

LIHC investments—unguaranteed

     348         353   

LIHC investments—guaranteed

     178         163   

Private capital investment—cost method

     9         72   

Private capital investment—equity method

     35         24   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other investments

   $ 1,270       $ 1,188   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company evaluates these investments periodically for other-than-temporary impairment. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company recorded $2 million of impairment related to private capital investments accounted for under the cost method. For further information on the Company’s other investments, see Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2011 Form 10-K.

Note 5—Employee Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

The following tables summarize the components of net periodic benefit cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

     Pension Benefits     Other Benefits     Superannuation, SERP(1)
and ESBP(2)
 
     For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
    For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
    For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
 

(Dollars in millions)

   2012     2011     2012     2011     2012      2011  

Components of net periodic benefit cost:

             

Service cost

   $ 19      $ 14      $ 4      $ 3      $ 1       $   

Interest cost

     25        25        3        4                  

Expected return on plan assets

     (37     (37     (4     (4               

Amortization of transition amount

                   1        1                  

Recognized net actuarial loss

     23        11        2        1                1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net periodic benefit cost

   $ 30      $ 13      $ 6      $ 5      $ 1       $ 1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

    Pension Benefits     Other Benefits     Superannuation, SERP(1)
and ESBP(2)
 
    For the Nine Months
Ended September  30,
    For the Nine Months
Ended September  30,
    For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 

(Dollars in millions)

      2012             2011             2012             2011         2012     2011  

Components of net periodic benefit cost:

           

Service cost

  $ 58      $ 43      $ 10      $ 9      $ 1      $ 1   

Interest cost

    75        74        9        10        2        2   

Expected return on plan assets

    (110     (110     (10     (10              

Amortization of transition amount

                  1        1                 

Recognized net actuarial loss

    67        33        6        4        1        1   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net periodic benefit cost

  $ 90      $ 40      $ 16      $ 14      $ 4      $ 4   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Supplemental Executives Retirement Plan (SERP).

 

(2)

Executive Supplemental Benefit Plans (ESBP).

 

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Note 6—Commercial Paper and Other Short-Term Borrowings

The following is a summary of the Company’s commercial paper and other short-term borrowings:

 

(Dollars in millions)

  September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements with weighted average interest rates of 0.25% and 0.06% at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively

  $ 119      $ 597   

Commercial paper, with weighted average interest rates of 0.24% and 0.22% at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively

    1,702        2,498   

Other borrowed funds:

   

Term federal funds purchased, with a weighted average interest rate of 0.18% and 0.15% at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively

    270        50   

Federal Home Loan Bank advances, with a weighted average interest rate of 0.48% at December 31, 2011

           500   

All other borrowed funds, with a weighted average interest rate of 0.73% at December 31, 2011

           38   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commercial paper and other short-term borrowings

  $ 2,091      $ 3,683   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Note 7—Long-Term Debt

The following is a summary of the Company’s long-term debt:

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

Debt issued by UnionBanCal Corporation

     

Senior debt:

     

Fixed rate 3.50% notes due June 2022

   $ 397       $   

Subordinated debt:

     

Fixed rate 5.25% notes due December 2013

     407         413   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt issued by UnionBanCal Corporation

     804         413   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Debt issued by Union Bank, N.A. and other subsidiaries

     

Senior debt:

     

Fixed and floating rate Federal Home Loan Bank advances with maturities ranging from January 2013 to February 2016. These notes bear a combined weighted-average rate of 1.45% at September 30, 2012 and 1.75% at December 31, 2011

     2,100         3,625   

Floating rate notes due March 2012. These notes, which bear interest at 0.20% above 3-month LIBOR, had a rate of 0.76% at December 31, 2011

             500   

Floating rate notes due June 2014. These notes, which bear interest at 0.95% above 3-month LIBOR, had a rate of 1.36% at September 30, 2012 and 1.48% at December 31, 2011

     300         300   

Fixed rate 2.125% notes due December 2013

     399         399   

Fixed rate 3.00% notes due June 2016

     699         698   

Fixed rate 2.125% notes due June 2017

     499           

Note payable:

     

Fixed rate 6.03% notes due July 2014 (related to consolidated VIE)

     8         8   

Subordinated debt:

     

Fixed rate 5.95% notes due May 2016

     731         741   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt issued by Union Bank, N.A. and other subsidiaries

     4,736         6,271   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

   $ 5,540       $ 6,684   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

On June 18, 2012, the Bank issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.125 percent Senior Notes due 2017 (2017 Senior Notes). The 2017 Senior Notes were issued at a purchase price of 99.699 percent. The 2017 Senior Notes are not redeemable at the option of the Bank prior to maturity or subject to repayment at the option of the holders prior to maturity. The 2017 Senior Notes bear interest of 2.125 percent per annum payable semi-annually and mature on June 16, 2017. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2017 Senior Notes will be used by the Bank for general corporate purposes in the ordinary course of its banking business.

The 2017 Senior Notes were issued as part of the Bank’s $8 billion bank note program under which the Bank may issue, from time to time, senior unsecured debt obligations with maturities of more than one year from their respective dates of issue and subordinated debt obligations with maturities of five years or more from their respective dates of issue. After issuing the 2017 Senior Notes, there is $4.7 billion available for issuance under the program.

On June 18, 2012, the Company issued $400 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.50 percent Senior Notes due 2022 (2022 Senior Notes). The 2022 Senior Notes were issued at a purchase

 

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price of 99.20 percent. The 2022 Senior Notes bear interest at the rate of 3.50 percent per year payable semi-annually and mature on June 18, 2022. The Company may, at its option at any time, redeem the 2022 Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100 percent of the principal amount of the 2022 Senior Notes to be redeemed, and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect of the 2022 Senior Notes to be redeemed, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis at a certain treasury rate plus 30 basis points, plus accrued interest to the date of redemption. The 2022 Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank senior to all of its existing and future subordinated debt and rank equally in right of payment with all of its existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt. However, the 2022 Senior Notes are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness of the Company’s subsidiaries, including the Bank and its Senior Notes.

Note 8—Fair Value Measurement and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Valuation Methodologies

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e., an exit price) in an orderly transaction between willing market participants at the measurement date. The Company has an established and documented process for determining fair value for financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis. When available, quoted market prices are used to determine fair value. If quoted market prices are not available, fair value is based upon valuation techniques that use, where possible, current market-based or independently sourced parameters, such as yield curves, foreign exchange rates, credit spreads, commodity prices, and implied volatilities. Valuation adjustments may be made to ensure the financial instruments are recorded at fair value. These adjustments include amounts that reflect counterparty credit quality and that consider the Company’s creditworthiness in determining the fair value of its trading liabilities. For further information related to the valuation methodologies used for certain financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value, see Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2011 Form 10-K.

Fair Value Hierarchy

In determining fair value, the Company maximizes the use of observable market inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect market-derived or market-based information obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s estimate about market data. Based on the observability of the significant inputs used, the Company classifies its fair value measurements in accordance with the three-level hierarchy as defined by US GAAP. This hierarchy is based on the quality, observability, and reliability of the information used to determine fair value. For further information related to the fair value hierarchy, see Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2011 Form 10-K.

Valuation Processes

The Company has established a Valuation Committee (VC) to oversee its valuation framework for measuring fair value and to establish valuation policies and procedures. The VC’s responsibilities include reviewing and approving all fair value measurements and categorizations within the fair value hierarchy and monitoring the use of pricing sources, mark-to-model valuations, dealer quotes, and other valuation processes. The VC reports to the Company’s Risk & Capital Committee and meets at least quarterly.

 

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Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, by major category and by valuation hierarchy level:

 

    September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Netting
Adjustment(1)
    Fair
Value
 

Assets

         

Trading account assets:

         

U.S. Treasury

  $      $ 9      $      $      $ 9   

U.S. government sponsored agencies

           97                      97   

State and municipal

           10                      10   

Commercial paper

           20                      20   

Interest rate derivative contracts

           1,084               (91     993   

Commodity derivative contracts

           165        36        (158     43   

Foreign exchange derivative contracts

    2        88        4        (33     61   

Equity derivative contracts

                  115        (112     3   

Other derivative contracts

           1               (1       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total trading account assets

    2        1,474        155        (395     1,236   

Securities available for sale:

         

U.S. government sponsored agencies

           2,629                      2,629   

Residential mortgage-backed securities:

         

U.S. government and government sponsored agencies

           11,970                      11,970   

Privately issued

           498                      498   

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

           2,361                      2,361   

CLOs

           1,590                      1,590   

Other debt securities

           329        1,426               1,755   

Equity securities

    104                             104   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total securities available for sale

    104        19,377        1,426               20,907   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other assets:

         

Interest rate hedging contracts

           53               (43     10   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other assets

           53               (43     10   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  $ 106      $ 20,904      $ 1,581      $ (438   $ 22,153   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Percentage of Total

    1     94     7     (2 )%      100

Percentage of Total Company Assets

           24     2            26

Liabilities

         

Trading account liabilities:

         

Interest rate derivative contracts

  $ 6      $ 1,021      $      $ (433   $ 594   

Commodity derivative contracts

           134        36        (49     121   

Foreign exchange derivative contracts

    1        90        4        (3     92   

Equity derivative contracts

                  115               115   

Securities sold, not yet purchased

           30                      30   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total trading account liabilities

    7        1,275        155        (485     952   

Other liabilities

                  77               77   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

  $ 7      $ 1,275      $ 232      $ (485   $ 1,029   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Percentage of Total

    1     124     22     (47 )%      100

Percentage of Total Company Liabilities

           2            (1 )%      1

 

(1) 

Amounts represent the impact of legally enforceable master netting agreements between the same counterparties that allow the Company to net settle all contracts.

 

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     December 31, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Netting
Adjustment(1)
    Fair Value  

Assets

          

Trading account assets:

          

U.S. Treasury

   $ 14      $      $      $      $ 14   

U.S. government sponsored agencies

     17                             17   

State and municipal

            17                      17   

Commercial paper

            30                      30   

Interest rate derivative contracts

     1        921               (85     837   

Commodity derivative contracts

            250               (165     85   

Foreign exchange derivative contracts

     1        87               (40     48   

Equity derivative contracts

            87                      87   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total trading account assets

     33        1,392               (290     1,135   

Securities available for sale:

          

U.S. government sponsored agencies

     6,997                             6,997   

Residential mortgage-backed securities:

          

U.S government and government sponsored agencies

            13,485                      13,485   

Privately issued

            738                      738   

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

            1,060                      1,060   

Other debt securities

            425        47               472   

Equity securities

     80               1               81   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total securities available for sale

     7,077        15,708        48               22,833   

Other assets:

          

Interest rate hedging contracts

            3               (3       
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other assets

            3               (3       
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 7,110      $ 17,103      $ 48      $ (293   $ 23,968   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Percentage of Total

     30     71            (1 )%      100

Percentage of Total Company Assets

     8     19                   27

Liabilities

          

Trading account liabilities:

          

Interest rate derivative contracts

   $ 4      $ 865      $      $ (228   $ 641   

Commodity derivative contracts

            247               (43     204   

Foreign exchange derivative contracts

     1        94               (7     88   

Equity derivative contracts

            87                      87   

Securities sold, not yet purchased

     20                             20   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total trading account liabilities

     25        1,293               (278     1,040   

Other liabilities

            10        51               61   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 25      $ 1,303      $ 51      $ (278   $ 1,101   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Percentage of Total

     2     119     5     (25 )%      100

Percentage of Total Company Liabilities

            1                   1

 

(1)

Amounts represent the impact of legally enforceable master netting agreements between the same counterparties that allow the Company to net settle all contracts.

 

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The following tables present a reconciliation of the assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. Level 3 available for sale securities at September 30, 2012 and 2011 primarily consisted of tax-exempt conduit debt bonds. The Company’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of Level 1, 2 and 3 as of the end of a reporting period. In the first quarter of 2012, the Company, based on its analysis, transferred its U.S. Treasury and U.S. government sponsored agency securities from Level 1 to Level 2 and certain of its derivative contracts from Level 2 to Level 3.

 

    For the Three Months Ended  
    September 30, 2012     September 30, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

  Trading
Assets
    Securities
Available
for Sale
    Trading
Liabilities
    Other
Liabilities
    Securities
Available
for Sale
    Trading
Liabilities
    Other
Liabilities
 

Asset (liability) balance, beginning of period

  $ 118      $ 1,134      $ (118   $ (72   $ 48      $ (8   $ (41

Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):

             

Included in income before taxes

    37               (37     (5            (1     (4

Included in other comprehensive income

           (43                                   

Purchases/additions

    3        383        (3                            

Sales

    (3            3                               

Settlements

           (48                                   

Transfers into Level 3

                                                
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Asset (liability) balance, end of period

  $ 155      $ 1,426      $ (155   $ (77   $ 48      $ (9   $ (45
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in income before taxes for assets and liabilities still held at end of period

  $ 37      $      $ (37   $ (5   $      $ (1   $ (4

 

    For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30, 2012     September 30, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

  Trading
Assets
    Securities
Available
for Sale
    Trading
Liabilities
    Other
Liabilities
    Securities
Available
for Sale
    Trading
Liabilities
    Other
Liabilities
 

Asset (liability) balance, beginning of period

  $      $ 48      $      $ (51   $ 8      $ (14   $ (36

Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):

             

Included in income before taxes

    3               (3     (26            5        (9

Included in other comprehensive income

           (47                   (1              

Purchases/additions

    5        1,473        (5            42                 

Sales

    (6            6               (1              

Settlements

           (48                                   

Transfers into Level 3

    153               (153                            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Asset (liability) balance, end of period

  $ 155      $ 1,426      $ (155   $ (77   $ 48      $ (9   $ (45
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in income before taxes for assets and liabilities still held at end of period

  $ 3      $      $ (3   $ (26   $      $ 5      $ (9

Other debt securities classified within the Level 3 fair value hierarchy consist of tax-exempt conduit debt bonds. A return on equity methodology was the principal technique used to estimate the fair value of these securities. The significant unobservable inputs used in this approach include a market-required return

 

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on capital, probability of default and loss severity. As of September 30, 2012, the market required return on capital ranged from 15.0 percent to 17.0 percent with a weighted average of 16.2 percent; probability of default ranged from 0.03 percent to 8.0 percent with a weighted average of 0.6 percent; and loss severity amounts ranged from 10.0 percent to 60.0 percent with a weighted average of 35.7 percent. Increases (decreases) in any of these inputs in isolation would result in a lower (higher) fair value measurement.

Fair Value Measurement on a Nonrecurring Basis

Certain assets may be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. These assets are subject to fair value adjustments that result from the application of the lower of cost or fair value accounting or write-downs of individual assets. For assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 that were still held on the consolidated balance sheet as of the respective periods ended, the following tables present the fair value of such financial instruments by the level of valuation assumptions used to determine each fair value adjustment:

 

     September 30, 2012      Loss for the
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2012
    Loss for the
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2012
 

(Dollars in millions)

   Carrying Amount      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3       

Loans:

                

Impaired loans

   $ 111       $       $       $ 111       $ (34   $ (70

Other assets:

                

OREO

     47                         47         (3     (20

Private equity investments

                                            (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 158       $       $       $ 158       $ (37   $ (92
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     September 30, 2011      Loss for the
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2011
    Loss for the
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2011
 

(Dollars in millions)

   Carrying Amount      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3       

Loans:

                

Loans Held for Sale

   $ 2       $       $       $ 2       $      $   

Impaired loans

     199                         199         (28     (79

Other assets:

                

OREO

     123                         123         (8     (27
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 324       $       $       $ 324       $ (36   $ (106
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loans include individually impaired loans that are measured based on the fair value of the underlying collateral or the fair value of the loan. The fair value of impaired loans was determined based on appraised values of the underlying collateral or market pricing for the loan, adjusted for management judgment, as of the measurement date. The fair value of OREO was primarily based on independent appraisals.

 

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments Disclosures

The tables below present the carrying amount and estimated fair value of certain financial instruments by the level of valuation assumptions held by the Company as of September 30, 2012, and the carrying amount and the estimated fair value at December 31, 2011:

 

     September 30, 2012  

(Dollars in millions)

   Carrying
Amount
     Fair
Value
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Assets

              

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 2,972       $ 2,972       $ 2,972       $       $   

Securities held to maturity

     1,182         1,224                 1,224           

Loans held for investment, net of allowance for loan losses(1)

     53,785         55,057                         55,057   

FDIC indemnification asset

     401         249                         249   

Liabilities

              

Deposits

   $ 65,143       $ 65,393       $       $ 65,393       $   

Commercial paper and other short-term borrowings

     2,091         2,091                 2,091           

Long-term debt

     5,540         5,774                 5,774           

Off-Balance Sheet Instruments

              

Commitments to extend credit and standby and commercial letters of credit

   $ 278       $ 278       $       $       $ 278   

 

(1) 

Excludes lease financing, net of related allowance.

 

     December 31, 2011  

(Dollars in millions)

   Carrying
Amount
     Fair Value  

Assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 4,195       $ 4,195   

Securities held to maturity

     1,273         1,429   

Loans held for investment, net of allowance for loan losses(1)

     51,823         52,423   

FDIC indemnification asset

     598         409   

Liabilities

     

Deposits

   $ 64,420       $ 64,420   

Commercial paper and other short-term borrowings

     3,683         3,684   

Long-term debt

     6,684         6,798   

Off-Balance Sheet Instruments

     

Commitments to extend credit and standby and commercial letters of credit

   $ 287       $ 287   

 

(1) 

Excludes lease financing, net of related allowance.

For further information on methodologies for approximating fair values, see Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2011 Form 10-K.

 

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Note 9—Derivative Instruments and Other Financial Instruments Used For Hedging

The Company is a party to certain derivative and other financial instruments that are entered into for the purpose of trading, meeting the needs of customers, and changing the impact on the Company’s operating results due to market fluctuations in currency rates, interest rates, or commodity prices.

Credit and market risks are inherent in derivative instruments. Credit risk is defined as the possibility that a loss may occur from the failure of another party to perform in accordance with the terms of the contract, which exceeds the value of the existing collateral, if any. The Company utilizes master netting and collateral support annex (CSA) agreements in order to reduce its exposure to credit risk. Additionally, the Company considers the potential loss in the event of counterparty default in estimating the fair value amount of the derivative instrument. Market risk is defined as the risk of loss arising from an adverse change in the market value of financial instruments caused by fluctuations in market prices or rates.

Derivatives are primarily used to manage exposure to interest rate, commodity, foreign currency and credit risk, and to assist customers with their risk management objectives. The Company designates derivative instruments as those used for hedge accounting purposes, and those for trading or economic hedge purposes. All derivative instruments are recognized as assets or liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value.

The tables below present the notional amounts, and the location and fair value amounts of the Company’s derivative instruments reported on the consolidated balance sheet, segregated between derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments and all other derivative instruments as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Asset and liability values are presented gross, excluding the impact of legally enforceable master netting and CSA agreements.

 

    September 30, 2012  
          Asset Derivatives     Liability Derivatives  

(Dollars in millions)

  Notional
Amount
    Balance Sheet
Location
    Fair
Value
    Balance Sheet
Location
    Fair
Value
 

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

         

Interest rate contracts

  $ 11,500        Other assets      $ 53        Other liabilities      $   
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

         

Interest rate contracts

  $ 37,177        Trading account assets      $ 1,084        Trading account liabilities      $ 1,027   

Commodity contracts

    5,761        Trading account assets        201        Trading account liabilities        170   

Foreign exchange contracts

    5,237        Trading account assets        94        Trading account liabilities        95   

Equity contracts

    3,491        Trading account assets        115        Trading account liabilities        115   

Other contracts

    35        Trading account assets        1        Trading account liabilities          
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

  $ 51,701        $ 1,495        $ 1,407   
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total derivative instruments

  $ 63,201        $ 1,548        $ 1,407   
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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    December 31, 2011  
          Asset Derivatives     Liability Derivatives  

(Dollars in millions)

  Notional
Amount
    Balance Sheet
Location
    Fair
Value
    Balance Sheet
Location
    Fair
Value
 

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

         

Interest rate contracts

  $ 7,400        Other assets      $ 3        Other liabilities      $ 10   
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

         

Interest rate contracts

  $ 33,903        Trading account assets      $ 922        Trading account liabilities      $ 869   

Commodity contracts

    5,136        Trading account assets        250        Trading account liabilities        247   

Foreign exchange contracts

    4,152        Trading account assets        88        Trading account liabilities        95   

Equity contracts

    3,037        Trading account assets        87        Trading account liabilities        87   
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

  $ 46,228        $ 1,347        $ 1,298   
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total derivative instruments

  $ 53,628        $ 1,350        $ 1,308   
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Derivatives Used in Asset and Liability Management

The Company uses interest rate derivatives to manage the financial impact on the Company from changes in market interest rates. These instruments are used to manage interest rate risk relating to specified groups of assets and liabilities, primarily LIBOR-based commercial loans, certificates of deposit, borrowings, and future debt issuances. Derivatives are typically designated as fair value or cash flow hedges or economic hedge derivatives for those that do not qualify for hedge accounting. In the third quarters of 2012 and 2011, the Company did not have fair value hedges. The significant hedging strategies of the Company are described below.

Cash Flow Hedges

Hedging Strategies for Variable Rate Loans, Borrowings and Certificates of Deposit and Other Time Deposits

The Company engages in several types of cash flow hedging strategies related to forecasted future interest payments, with the hedged risk being the changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the designated benchmark rate (i.e., U.S. dollar LIBOR). In these strategies, the hedging instruments are matched with groups of similar variable rate instruments such that the reset tenor of the variable rate instruments and that of the hedging instrument are identical at inception. Cash flow hedging instruments currently being utilized include purchased caps and interest rate swaps. At September 30, 2012, the weighted average remaining life of the currently active cash flow hedges was approximately 1.7 years.

The Company used purchased interest rate caps with a notional amount of $0.7 billion at September 30, 2012 to hedge the risk of changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate on LIBOR indexed borrowings. Payments received under the cap contract offset the increase in borrowing interest expense if the relevant LIBOR index rises above the cap’s strike rate.

The Company used purchased interest rate caps with a notional amount of $2.8 billion at September 30, 2012 to hedge the risk of changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate component of forecasted issuances of short-term, fixed rate certificates of deposit (CDs). Net payments to be received under the cap contract offset increases in interest expense if the relevant LIBOR index rises above the cap’s strike rate.

The Company used interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $8 billion at September 30, 2012 to hedge the risk of changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate on LIBOR indexed loans. Payments received (or paid) under the swap contract offset fluctuations in interest income on loans caused by changes in the relevant LIBOR index.

 

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Hedging transactions are structured at inception so that the notional amounts of the hedging instruments are matched to an equal principal amount of loans, CDs, or borrowings, the index and repricing frequencies of the hedging instruments match those of the loans, CDs, or borrowings and the period in which the designated hedged cash flows occurs is equal to the term of the hedge instruments. As such, most of the ineffectiveness in the hedging relationship results from the mismatch between the timing of reset dates on the hedging instruments versus those of the loans, CDs, or borrowings.

For cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instruments is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged cash flows are recognized in net interest income. Gains and losses representing hedge ineffectiveness are recognized in earnings in the period in which they arise. At September 30, 2012, the Company expects to reclassify approximately $17 million of income from accumulated other comprehensive income to net interest income during the twelve months ending September 30, 2013. This amount could differ from amounts actually realized due to changes in interest rates and the addition of other hedges subsequent to September 30, 2012.

The following tables present the amount and location of the net gains and losses recorded in the Company’s consolidated statements of income and changes in stockholder’s equity for derivatives designated as cash flow hedges for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

    Amount of Gain or (Loss)
Recognized in OCI on
Derivative Instruments
(Effective Portion)
    Gain or (Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated OCI
into Income (Effective Portion)
    Gain or (Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative Instruments
(Ineffective Portion and Amount
Excluded from Effectiveness
Testing)
 
    For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
        For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
        For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
 

(Dollars in millions)

  2012     2011     Location   2012     2011     Location   2012     2011  

Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships

               
      Interest income     5        (3   Noninterest    

Interest rate contracts

  $ 39      $ (8   Interest expense(1)   $      $ (1       expense(1)   $      $ (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 39      $ (8     $ 5      $ (4     $      $ (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    Amount of Gain or (Loss)
Recognized in OCI on
Derivative Instruments
(Effective Portion)
    Gain or (Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated OCI
into Income (Effective Portion)
    Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income
on Derivative Instruments
(Ineffective Portion and Amount
Excluded from Effectiveness
Testing)
 
    For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
        For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
        For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 

(Dollars in millions)

  2012     2011     Location   2012     2011     Location   2012     2011  

Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships

               
      Interest income     11        (7   Noninterest    

Interest rate contracts

  $ 77      $ (15   Interest expense   $ (1   $ (3       expense(1)   $      $ (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 77      $ (15     $ 10      $ (10     $      $ (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Amount recognized was less than $1 million.

Trading Derivatives

Derivative instruments classified as trading include both derivatives entered into for the Company’s own account and as an accommodation for customers. Trading derivatives are included in trading assets or trading liabilities with changes in fair value reflected in income from trading account activities. The majority of the Company’s derivative transactions for customers were essentially offset by contracts with third parties that reduce or eliminate market risk exposures.

 

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The Company offers market-linked certificates of deposit, which allow the client to earn the higher of either a minimum fixed rate of interest or a return tied to either equity, commodity or currency indices. The Company hedges its exposure to the embedded derivative contained in market-linked CDs with a perfectly matched over-the-counter option. Both the embedded derivative and hedge options are recorded at fair value with the realized and unrealized changes in fair value recorded in noninterest income within trading account activities.

The following table presents the amount of the net gains and losses reported in the consolidated statement of income under the heading trading account activities for derivative instruments classified as trading for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

    Gain or (Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative Instruments
    Gain or (Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative Instruments
 
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  

(Dollars in millions)

  September 30, 2012     September 30, 2011     September 30, 2012     September 30, 2011  

Trading derivatives:

       

Interest rate contracts

  $ 17      $ 12      $ 39      $ 31   

Equity contracts

    3        8        11        21   

Foreign exchange contracts

    4        7        17        20   

Commodity contracts

    (1            3        2   

Other contracts

    (2     (1     (2     5   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 21      $ 26      $ 68      $ 79   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Note 10—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following table presents the change in each of the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss and the related tax effect of the change allocated to each component:

 

(Dollars in millions)

   Before
Tax
Amount
    Tax
Effect
    Net of
Tax
 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011:

      

Cash flow hedge activities:

      

Unrealized net losses on hedges arising during the period

   $ (15   $ 6      $ (9

Less: Reclassification adjustment for net losses on hedges included in net income

     10        (4     6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized losses on hedges

     (5     2        (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Securities:

      

Unrealized holding gains arising during the period on securities available for sale

     165        (65     100   

Reclassification adjustment for net gains on securities available for sale included in net income

     (58     23        (35

Less: accretion of fair value adjustment on securities available for sale

     (5     2        (3

Less: accretion of fair value adjustment on held to maturity securities

     (21     8        (13

Less: accretion of net unrealized losses on held to maturity securities

     77        (30     47   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized losses on securities

     158        (62     96   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     (2     1        (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reclassification adjustment for pension and other benefits included in net income:

      

Amortization of transition amount

     1               1   

Recognized net actuarial loss

     38        (15     23   

Pension and other benefits

     9        (4     5   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in pension and other benefits

     48        (19     29   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in accumulated other comprehensive loss

   $ 199      $ (78   $ 121   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012:

      

Cash flow hedge activities:

      

Unrealized net gains on hedges arising during the period

   $ 77      $ (30   $ 47   

Less: Reclassification adjustment for net losses on hedges included in net income

     (10     4        (6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized losses on hedges

     67        (26     41   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Securities:

      

Unrealized holding gains arising during the period on securities available for sale

     189        (74     115   

Reclassification adjustment for net gains on securities available for sale included in net income

     (88     35        (53

Reclassification of unrealized loss on securities held to maturity transferred to available for sale

     301        (118     183   

Less: accretion of fair value adjustment on securities available for sale

     (2     1        (1

Less: accretion of fair value adjustment on held to maturity securities

     (23     9        (14

Less: accretion of net unrealized losses on held to maturity securities

     84        (33     51   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized losses on securities

     461        (180     281   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     2        (1     1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reclassification adjustment for pension and other benefits included in net income:

      

Amortization of transition amount

     1               1   

Recognized net actuarial loss

     74        (29     45   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in pension and other benefits

     75        (29     46   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in accumulated other comprehensive loss

   $ 605      $ (236   $ 369   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The following table presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive loss balances:

 

(Dollars in millions)

   Net
Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Cash Flow
Hedges
    Net
Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Securities
    Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
    Pension
and Other
Benefits
Adjustment
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 

Balance, December 31, 2010

   $ (21   $ (238   $ 1      $ (419   $ (677

Change during the period

     (3     96        (1     29        121   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2011

   $ (24   $ (142   $      $ (390   $ (556
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2011

   $ (17   $ (107   $      $ (685   $ (809

Change during the period

     41        281        1        46        369   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2012

   $ 24      $ 174      $ 1      $ (639   $ (440
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Note 11—Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees

The following table summarizes the Company’s commitments:

 

(Dollars in millions)

   September 30, 2012  

Commitments to extend credit

   $ 28,154   

Standby and commercial letters of credit

     6,045   

Other commitments

     526   

Commitments to extend credit are legally binding agreements to lend to a customer provided there are no violations of any condition established in the contract. Commitments have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require maintenance of compensatory balances. Since many of the commitments to extend credit may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash flow requirements.

Standby and commercial letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Standby letters of credit generally are contingent upon the failure of the customer to perform according to the terms of the underlying contract with the third party, while commercial letters of credit are issued specifically to facilitate foreign or domestic trade transactions. Additionally, the Company enters into risk participations in bankers’ acceptances wherein a fee is received to guarantee a portion of the credit risk on an acceptance of another bank. The majority of these types of commitments have terms of one year or less. At September 30, 2012, the carrying amount of the Company’s risk participations in bankers’ acceptances and standby and commercial letters of credit totaled $5 million. Estimated exposure to loss related to these commitments is covered by the allowance for losses on off-balance sheet commitments. The carrying amounts of the standby and commercial letters of credit and the allowance for losses on off-balance sheet commitments are included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.

The credit risk involved in issuing loan commitments and standby and commercial letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers and is represented by the contractual amount of these instruments. Collateral may be obtained based on management’s credit assessment of the customer.

Other commitments include commitments to fund principal investments, LIHC investments, and CLO and other securities.

Principal investments include direct investments in private and public companies. The Company issues commitments to provide equity and mezzanine capital financing to private and public companies

 

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through either direct investments in specific companies or through investment funds and partnerships. The timing of future cash requirements to fund such commitments is generally dependent on the investment cycle. This cycle, the period over which privately-held companies are funded by private equity investors and ultimately sold, merged, or taken public through an initial offering, can vary based on overall market conditions as well as the nature and type of industry in which the companies operate.

The Company invests in either guaranteed or unguaranteed LIHC investments. The guaranteed LIHC investments carry a minimum rate of return guarantee by a creditworthy entity. The unguaranteed LIHC investments carry partial guarantees covering the timely completion of projects, availability of tax credits and operating deficit thresholds from the issuer. For these LIHC investments, the Company has committed to provide additional funding as stipulated by its investment participation.

The Company is a fund manager for limited liability companies issuing LIHC investments. LIHC investments provide tax benefits to investors in the form of tax deductions from operating losses and tax credits. To facilitate the sale of these LIHC investments, the Company guarantees a minimum rate of return throughout the investment term of over a twelve-year weighted average period. Additionally, the Company receives guarantees, which include the timely completion of projects, availability of tax credits and operating deficit thresholds, from the limited liability partnerships/corporations issuing the LIHC investments that reduce the Company’s ultimate exposure to loss. As of September 30, 2012, the Company’s maximum exposure to loss under these guarantees was limited to a return of investor capital and minimum investment yield, or $168 million. The risk that the Company would be required to pay investors for a yield deficiency is low, based on the continued satisfactory performance of the underlying properties. At September 30, 2012, the Company had a reserve of $7 million recorded related to these guarantees, which represents the remaining unamortized carrying amount of the guarantee fees that were recognized at inception. For information on the Company’s LIHC investments that were consolidated, refer to Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q.

The Company occasionally enters into financial guarantee contracts where a premium is received from another financial institution counterparty to guarantee a portion of the credit risk on interest rate swap contracts entered into between the financial institution and its customer. The Company becomes liable to pay the financial institution only if the financial institution is unable to collect amounts owed to them by their customer. As of September 30, 2012, the current exposure to loss under these contracts totaled $37 million, and the maximum potential exposure to loss in the future was estimated at $42 million.

The Company is subject to various pending and threatened legal actions that arise in the normal course of business. The Company maintains liabilities for losses from legal actions that are recorded when they are determined to be both probable in their occurrence and can be reasonably estimated. In addition, management believes the disposition of all claims currently pending, including potential losses from claims that may exceed the liabilities recorded, and claims for loss contingencies that are considered reasonably possible to occur, will not have a material effect, either individually or in the aggregate, on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, operating results or liquidity.

Note 12—Business Segments

The Company has three operating segments: Retail Banking Group, Corporate Banking Group and Pacific Rim Corporate Group. The Pacific Rim Corporate Group is included in “Other.” The Company has two reportable business segments: Retail Banking and Corporate Banking.

 

   

Retail Banking offers a range of banking products and services, primarily to individuals and small businesses, delivered generally through a network of branches and ATMs and telephone and internet access 24-hours-a-day. These products offered include mortgages, home equity lines of credit, consumer and commercial loans, and deposit accounts.

 

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Corporate Banking provides credit, depository and cash management services, investment and risk management products to businesses, individuals and target specialty niches. Services include commercial and project finance loans, real estate financing, asset-based financing, trade finance and letters of credit, lease financing, customized cash management services and capital markets products, as well as trust, private banking, investment and asset management services for individuals and institutions.

“Other” is comprised of certain subsidiaries of UnionBanCal Corporation; the transfer pricing center; the amount of the provision for credit losses over/(under) the expected loss for the period; the residual costs of support groups; goodwill, intangible assets, and the related amortization/accretion associated with the Company’s privatization transaction; the elimination of the fully taxable-equivalent basis amount; and the difference between the marginal tax rate and the consolidated effective tax rate. In addition, “Other” includes Pacific Rim Corporate Group, which offers a range of credit, deposit, and investment management products and services to companies headquartered in either Japan or the U.S., Corporate Treasury, which is responsible for Asset-Liability Management (ALM), wholesale funding, the ALM investment securities and derivatives hedging portfolios, and the FDIC covered assets.

The information, set forth in the tables that follow, is prepared using various management accounting methodologies to measure the performance of the individual segments. Unlike financial accounting, there is no authoritative body of guidance for management accounting equivalent to US GAAP. Consequently, reported results are not necessarily comparable with those presented by other companies, and they are not necessarily indicative of the results that would be reported by our business units if they were unique economic entities. The management reporting accounting methodologies, which are enhanced from time to time, measure segment profitability by assigning balance sheet and income statement items to each operating segment. Methodologies that are applied to the measurement of segment profitability include:

 

   

A funds transfer pricing system, which assigns a cost of funds or a credit for funds to assets or liabilities based on their type, maturity or repricing characteristics. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company refined our transfer pricing methodology for non-maturity deposits to reflect expected balance run-off and average life assumptions as well as for rate repricing expectations.

 

   

An activity-based costing methodology, in which certain indirect costs, such as operations and technology expense, are allocated to the segments based on studies of billable unit costs for product or data processing. Other indirect costs, such as corporate overhead, are allocated to the segments based on internal surveys and metrics that serve as proxies for estimated usage.

 

   

An expected credit loss allocation methodology, in which credit expense is charged to an operating segment based upon expected losses arising from credit risk. As a result of the methodology used in this model, differences between the provision for credit losses and credit expense in any one period could be significant. However, over an economic cycle, the cumulative provision for credit losses and credit expense for expected losses should be substantially the same.

The Company reflects a “market view” perspective in measuring the business segments. The market view is a measurement of customer markets aggregated to show all revenues generated and expenses incurred from all products and services sold to those customers regardless of where product areas organizationally report. Therefore, revenues and expenses are included in both the business segment that provides the service and the business segment that manages the customer relationship. The duplicative results from this internal management accounting view are eliminated in “Reconciling Items.”

 

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The reportable business segment results for prior periods have been adjusted to reflect changes in the transfer pricing and overhead methodologies that have occurred.

 

    Retail Banking     Corporate Banking  
    As of and for the
Three Months Ended September 30,
    As of and for the
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
        2012             2011             2012             2011      

Results of operations—Market View (dollars in millions):

       

Net interest income (expense)

  $ 269      $ 273      $ 349      $ 321   

Noninterest income (expense)

    56        67        146        143   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

    325        340        495        464   

Noninterest expense (income)

    260        267        258        234   

Credit expense (income)

    6        6        38        44   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

    59        67        199        186   

Income tax expense (benefit)

    23        26        50        48   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

    36        41        149        138   

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests

                           
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

  $ 36      $ 41      $ 149      $ 138   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets, end of period—Market View (dollars in millions):

  $ 26,895      $ 24,833      $ 37,877      $ 32,821   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    Other     Reconciling Items  
    As of and for the
Three Months Ended September 30,
    As of and for the
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
        2012             2011             2012             2011      

Results of operations—Market View (dollars in millions):

       

Net interest income (expense)

  $ 56      $ 31      $ (20   $ (19

Noninterest income (expense)

    3        (6     (16     (19
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

    59        25        (36     (38

Noninterest expense (income)

    137        116        (17     (14

Credit expense (income)

    1        (63              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

    (79     (28     (19     (24

Income tax expense (benefit)

    (23     (31     (8     (10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

    (56     3        (11     (14

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests

    6        4                 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

  $ (50   $ 7      $ (11   $ (14
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets, end of period—Market View (dollars in millions):

  $ 25,646      $ 28,517      $ (2,233   $ (2,158
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     UnionBanCal Corporation  
     As of and for the
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
         2012              2011      
     

Results of operations—Market View (dollars in millions):

     

Net interest income (expense)

   $ 654       $ 606   

Noninterest income (expense)

     189         185   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue

     843         791   

Noninterest expense (income)

     638         603   

Credit expense (income)

     45         (13
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

     160         201   

Income tax expense (benefit)

     42         33   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

     118         168   

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests

     6         4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

   $ 124       $ 172   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets, end of period—Market View (dollars in millions):

   $ 88,185       $ 84,013   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

    Retail Banking     Corporate Banking  
    As of and for the
Nine Months Ended September 30,
    As of and for the
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
        2012             2011             2012             2011      

Results of operations—Market View (dollars in millions):

       

Net interest income (expense)

  $ 809      $ 817      $ 1,024      $ 954   

Noninterest income (expense)

    170        203        422        422   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

    979        1,020        1,446        1,376   

Noninterest expense (income)

    787        809        740        707   

Credit expense (income)

    18        19        115        145   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

    174        192        591        524   

Income tax expense (benefit)

    68        75        155        129   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

    106        117        436        395   

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests

                           
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

  $ 106      $ 117      $ 436      $ 395   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets, end of period—Market View (dollars in millions):

  $ 26,895      $ 24,833      $ 37,877      $ 32,821   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    Other     Reconciling Items  
    As of and for the
Nine Months Ended September 30,
    As of and for the
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
        2012             2011             2012             2011      

Results of operations—Market View (dollars in millions):

       

Net interest income (expense)

  $ 192      $ 124      $ (59   $ (57

Noninterest income (expense)

    21        95        (47     (55
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

    213        219        (106     (112

Noninterest expense (income)

    365        322        (41     (42

Credit expense (income)

    (102     (372     (1     (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

    (50     269        (64     (69

Income tax expense (benefit)

    (38     101        (25     (27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

    (12     168        (39     (42

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests

    15        11                 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

  $ 3      $ 179      $ (39   $ (42
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets, end of period—Market View (dollars in millions):

  $ 25,646      $ 28,517      $ (2,233   $ (2,158
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     UnionBanCal Corporation  
     As of and for the
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
         2012              2011      

Results of operations—Market View (dollars in millions):

     

Net interest income (expense)

   $ 1,966       $ 1,838   

Noninterest income (expense)

     566         665   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue

     2,532         2,503   

Noninterest expense (income)

     1,851         1,796   

Credit expense (income)

     30         (209
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and including noncontrolling interests

     651         916   

Income tax expense (benefit)

     160         278   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

     491         638   

Deduct: Net loss from noncontrolling interests

     15         11   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to UNBC

   $ 506       $ 649   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets, end of period—Market View (dollars in millions):

   $ 88,185       $ 84,013   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

For more information regarding Larsen v. Union Bank, N.A., refer to Item 3 of Part I of our 2011 Form 10-K. Final approval of the settlement agreement in that matter was granted by the court on September 13, 2012.

We are subject to various pending and threatened legal actions that arise in the normal course of business. We maintain liabilities for losses from legal actions that are recorded when they are determined to be both probable in their occurrence and can be reasonably estimated. In addition, we believe the disposition of all claims currently pending, including potential losses from claims that may exceed the liabilities recorded, and claims for loss contingencies that are considered reasonably possible to occur, will not have a material effect, either individually or in the aggregate, on our consolidated financial condition, operating results or liquidity.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

For a discussion of risk factors relating to our business, please refer to Item 1A of Part I of our 2011 Form 10-K, which is incorporated by reference herein, in addition to the following information.

Industry Factors

U.S. and global economies have experienced a serious recession, unprecedented volatility in the financial markets, and significant deterioration in sectors of the U.S. and global consumer and business economies, all of which continue to present challenges for the banking and financial services industry and for UnionBanCal Corporation; the U.S. Government has responded to these circumstances in the U.S. with a variety of measures; there can be no assurance that these measures will successfully address these circumstances; the U.S. Government continues to face significant fiscal and budgetary challenges which, if not resolved, may further exacerbate U.S. economic conditions.

Since 2008, adverse financial and economic developments have impacted the U.S. and global economies and financial markets and have presented challenges for the banking and financial services industry and for UnionBanCal Corporation. These developments included a general recession both globally and in the U.S. followed by a slow economic recovery and have contributed to substantial volatility in the financial markets.

In response, various significant economic and monetary stimulus measures have been enacted and considered by the U.S. Congress. Refer to “Supervision and Regulation” in Item 1 of our 2011 Form 10-K for discussion of certain of these measures.

It cannot be predicted whether U.S. Governmental actions will result in lasting improvement in financial and economic conditions affecting the U.S. banking industry and the U.S. economy. It also cannot be predicted whether and to what extent the efforts of the U.S. Government to combat the mixed economic conditions will continue. If, notwithstanding the government’s fiscal and monetary measures, the U.S. economy were to deteriorate, this would present significant challenges for the U.S. banking and financial services industry and for our Company. In addition, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of a foreign bank, we have not been eligible to participate in some federal programs such as the U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program and may not qualify for participation in future federal programs.

Since 2010, certain European sovereign borrowers have encountered difficulties in financing renewals of their indebtedness and continue to face serious economic and financial challenges. If this trend continues or worsens, it could have adverse impacts on costs in the global debt markets that could increase funding costs for banks generally and could generate further adverse financial and economic

 

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conditions for global and U.S. markets. Continued concerns regarding significant economic weaknesses in the European Union and, in particular, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, continue to erode confidence in European financial markets and the ability of the Euro to continue as a currency. During 2011 and continuing into 2012, leaders of the major countries in the European Union have been pursuing a variety of measures to address the Eurozone debt crisis including support plans for Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. There can be no assurance that measures that have been or may be taken to address the Eurozone debt crisis will resolve the challenging economic and financial situation of these countries or prevent the spread of such difficulties or their having an adverse impact on the global and U.S. economies, with possible consequent adverse effects on the U.S. banking industry and our business and prospects.

The challenges to the level of economic activity in the U.S., and therefore to the banking industry, have also been exacerbated by the extensive political disagreements regarding the statutory debt limit on U.S. federal government obligations and measures to address the substantial federal deficits. Following enactment of federal legislation in August 2011 which averted a default by the U.S. federal government on its sovereign obligations by raising the statutory debt limit and which established a process whereby cuts in federal spending may be accomplished, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (Standard & Poor’s) lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the U.S. to “AA+” from “AAA” while affirming its highest rating on short-term U.S. obligations. Standard & Poor’s also stated that its outlook on the long-term rating remained negative. At the present time, the other two major U.S. credit rating agencies have not lowered their credit rating on the U.S.; however, both of them have stated that their outlook on the U.S. is negative. Although it is not possible to predict the long-term impact of these developments on the U.S. economy in general and the banking industry in particular, the downgrade by Standard & Poor’s and any further downgrades by it or other rating agencies could increase over time the U.S. federal government’s cost of borrowing which may worsen its fiscal challenges, as well as generating upward pressure on interest rates generally in the U.S. which could, in turn, have adverse consequences for borrowers and the level of business activity.

As a result of the August 2011 federal budget legislation, unless Congress and the President agree on new budget legislation by the end of 2012, automatic federal spending cuts of some $1.2 trillion over nine years, to be spread between defense and non-defense spending, will be triggered. In addition, absent further federal tax legislation, the federal income tax reductions instituted during the Bush Administration will expire at the end of 2012. Any of the foregoing developments could generate further uncertainties and challenges for the U.S. economy which, in turn, could adversely affect the prospects of the banking industry in the U.S. and our business.

The effects of changes or increases in, or supervisory enforcement of, banking or other laws and regulations or governmental fiscal or monetary policies could adversely affect us

We are subject to significant federal and state banking regulation and supervision, which is primarily for the benefit and protection of our customers and the Federal Deposit Insurance Fund and not for the benefit of investors in our securities. In the past, our business has been materially affected by these regulations. This will continue and likely intensify in the future. Laws, regulations or policies, including accounting standards and interpretations, currently affecting us and our subsidiaries may change at any time. Regulatory authorities may also change their interpretation of and intensify their examination of compliance with these statutes and regulations. Therefore, our business may be adversely affected by changes in laws, regulations, policies or interpretations or regulatory approaches to compliance and enforcement, as well as by supervisory action or criminal proceedings taken as a result of noncompliance, which could result in the imposition of significant civil money penalties or fines. Changes in laws and regulations may also increase our expenses by imposing additional supervision, fees, taxes or restrictions on our operations. Compliance with laws and regulations, especially new laws and regulations, increases our expenses and diverts management attention from our business operations.

On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Act. This important legislation has affected U.S. financial institutions, including UnionBanCal Corporation and Union Bank, in many ways, some of which have increased, or may increase in the future, the cost of doing business and present other

 

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challenges to the financial services industry. Due to our size, we will be regarded as “systemically significant” to the financial health of the U.S. economy and, as a result, will be subject to additional regulations as discussed further below. Many of the law’s provisions are in the process of being implemented by rules and regulations of the federal banking agencies, the scope and impact of which cannot yet be fully determined. The law contains many provisions that may have particular relevance to the business of UnionBanCal Corporation and Union Bank. The Dodd-Frank Act authorized the creation of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB), which will have direct supervision and examination authority over banks with more than $10 billion in assets, including us. While the full effect of these provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act on Union Bank cannot be predicted at this time, they may result in adjustments to our FDIC deposit insurance premiums, increased capital and liquidity requirements, increased supervision, increased regulatory and compliance risks and costs and other operational costs and expenses, reduced fee-based revenues and restrictions on some aspects of our operations, and increased interest expense on our demand deposits, some or all of which may be material.

The Dodd-Frank Act will have a significant impact on our Global Capital Markets activities due to enhanced oversight of derivatives and swap activities by multiple regulatory agencies (the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and bank regulators), especially in the event that the Bank must register with the CFTC as a swaps dealer. Registration as a swaps dealer would result in significant implementation and compliance costs to the Bank. The Dodd-Frank Act’s Volcker Rule will require reporting of quantitative measures and the establishment of a compliance regime covering capital markets and principal risk-taking activities. The Federal Reserve Board has confirmed that financial institutions will have until July 21, 2014 to conform to the restrictions on proprietary trading activities and on hedge fund and private equity fund activities and investments set forth in the Volcker Rule. See “Supervision and Regulation” in Item 1 of our 2011 Form 10-K for additional information.

Proposals to reform the housing finance market in the U.S. could also significantly affect our business. These proposals, among other things, consider winding down the government sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) and reducing or eliminating over time the role of the GSEs in guaranteeing mortgages and providing funding for mortgage loans, as well as the implementation of reforms relating to borrowers, lenders, and investors in the mortgage market, including reducing the maximum size of a loan that the GSEs can guarantee, phasing in a minimum down payment requirement for borrowers, improving underwriting standards, and increasing accountability and transparency in the securitization process. While the specific nature of these reforms and their impact on the financial services industry in general, and on Union Bank in particular, is uncertain at this time, such reforms, if enacted, are likely to have a substantial impact on the mortgage market and could potentially reduce our income from mortgage originations by increasing mortgage costs or lowering originations. The GSE reforms could also reduce real estate prices, which could reduce the value of collateral securing outstanding mortgage loans. This reduction of collateral value could negatively impact the value or perceived collectability of these mortgage loans and may increase our allowance for loan losses. Such reforms may also include changes to the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which could adversely affect a significant source of term funding for lending activities by the banking industry, including Union Bank. These reforms may also result in higher interest rates on residential mortgage loans, thereby reducing demand, which could have an adverse impact on our residential mortgage lending business.

President Obama’s proposed 2013 U.S. budget included a “Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee” that would apply to banks with greater than $50 billion in assets. This fee is intended to recover taxpayer funds provided to U.S. financial institutions through the U.S. Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). On May 21, 2012, the U.S. Treasury announced its final rule to establish an assessment fee on institutions with greater than $50 billion in assets to fund the Office of Financial Research. Although we did not receive, and were not eligible to receive, direct TARP investment from the U.S. Treasury, as we have greater than $50 billion in assets, under the final rule we will be subject to this fee. Therefore, our costs will increase once we receive the assessment, which will be based, among other things, on the operating expenses of this new office and the aggregate assessable assets of the subject banks.

 

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Recently, several cities in the United States (including, most recently, Los Angeles and San Diego) have adopted so-called “responsible banking acts”, and other cities are considering the adoption of similar ordinances. These city ordinances generally require banks that hold city government deposits to provide detailed accounts of their lending practices in low-income communities, as well as their participation in foreclosure prevention and home loan principal reduction programs. Performance under these ordinances is used as a basis for awarding the city’s financial services contracts. The adoption of these ordinances by municipalities for which Union Bank is a provider of cash management or other banking services could result in increased regulatory and compliance costs and other operational costs and expenses, making this business less desirable to the Bank and potentially resulting in reduced opportunities for the Bank to provide these services.

International laws, regulations and policies affecting us, our subsidiaries and the business we conduct may change at any time and affect our business opportunities and competitiveness in these jurisdictions. Due to our ownership by BTMU, laws, regulations, policies, fines and other supervisory actions adopted or enforced by the Government of Japan and the Federal Reserve Board may adversely affect our activities and investments and those of our subsidiaries in the future. In addition to changes in required capital resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act, the Basel Committee published in December 2010 guidelines for the Basel III global regulatory framework for capital and liquidity, including calibration for increased capital requirements approved by the G20 leadership in November 2010. In June 2012, the Federal Reserve Board and the other federal banking agencies issued notices of proposed rule-making to implement the Basel III global regulatory framework. This proposal is generally consistent with Basel III and also would implement aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act. It would require bank holding companies to maintain more and better sources of capital, as well as significantly revise the calculations for risk-weighted assets. In addition, on December 20, 2011, the Federal Reserve Board announced a proposed rule to implement the enhanced prudential standards required by the Dodd-Frank Act for larger bank holding companies. The proposed enhanced prudential standards, which will apply to us, include increased capital, liquidity and leverage standards as well as enhanced risk management and governance. New liquidity standards are expected to be adopted by U.S. bank regulatory agencies with some modifications. These new liquidity standards could require that we raise and maintain additional liquidity. While the ultimate implementation of these proposals in the U.S. is subject to the discretion of the U.S. bank regulators, these proposals, if adopted, could restrict our ability to grow during favorable market conditions or require us to raise additional capital and liquidity, and may lead us to stop or reduce making certain types of credit products. As a result, our business, results of operations, financial condition or prospects could be adversely affected. Refer to “Supervision and Regulation - Basel Committee Capital Standards” in Item 1 of our 2011 Form 10-K for additional information regarding the Basel Committee capital standards and to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Capital” in Part I, Item 2 of this Report on Form 10-Q for additional information on the U.S. regulators’ proposals. We maintain systems and procedures designed to comply with applicable laws and regulations. However, some legal/regulatory frameworks provide for the imposition of criminal or civil penalties (which can be substantial) for noncompliance. In some cases, liability may attach even if the noncompliance was inadvertent or unintentional and even if compliance systems and procedures were in place at the time. There may be other negative consequences from a finding of noncompliance, including restrictions on certain activities and damage to our reputation.

Additionally, our business is affected significantly by the fiscal and monetary policies of the U.S. federal government and its agencies. We are particularly affected by the policies of the Federal Reserve Board, which regulates the supply of money and credit in the U.S. Under the Dodd-Frank Act and a long-standing policy of the Federal Reserve Board, a bank holding company is expected to act as a source of financial and managerial strength for its subsidiary banks. As a result of that policy, we may be required to commit financial and other resources to our subsidiary bank in circumstances where we might not otherwise do so. Among the instruments of monetary policy available to the Federal Reserve Board are (a) conducting open market operations in U.S. Government securities, (b) changing the discount rates on borrowings by depository institutions and the federal funds rate, and (c) imposing or changing reserve

 

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requirements against certain borrowings by banks and their affiliates. These methods are used in varying degrees and combinations to directly affect the availability of bank loans and deposits, as well as the interest rates charged on loans and paid on deposits. The policies of the Federal Reserve Board may have a material effect on our business, prospects, results of operations and financial condition.

Refer to “Supervision and Regulation” in Item 1 of our 2011 Form 10-K for discussion of certain existing and proposed laws and regulations that may affect our business.

Company Factors

Adverse economic factors affecting certain industries we serve could adversely affect our business

We are subject to certain industry-specific economic factors. For example, a significant portion of our total loan portfolio is related to residential real estate, especially in California. Increases in residential mortgage loan interest rates could have an adverse effect on our operations by depressing new mortgage loan originations, and could negatively impact our title and escrow deposit levels. Additionally, a continued or further downturn in the residential real estate and housing industries in California could have an adverse effect on our operations and the quality of our real estate loan portfolio. These factors could adversely impact the quality of our residential construction and residential mortgage portfolios in various ways, including by decreasing the value of the collateral for our mortgage loans. These factors could also negatively affect the economy in general and thereby our overall loan portfolio.

The temporary upper limit of $729,750 for a residential mortgage loan that may be purchased by the government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expired on September 30, 2011, and the high balance loan limit was reduced to $625,500. This limit applied to high cost areas where the median home price exceeded the conforming loan limit, including many areas within our markets. This reduction could result in higher mortgage rates for borrowers purchasing homes that exceed the new limit, which, in turn, could reduce the pool of eligible buyers for high value homes, reduce mortgage originations and negatively impact the collateral value of homes in high cost areas. Any of these results could have an adverse impact on our residential mortgage lending business.

The mortgage industry is in the midst of unprecedented change triggered by the significant economic downturn. Lawmakers and regulators are being urged to establish national servicing standards to protect borrowers and establish a common framework for response to the concerns of residential mortgage customers, especially related to default and foreclosure. The $25 billion legal settlement announced on February 9, 2012, between the Attorneys General of 49 states and the 5 largest U.S. residential mortgage loan servicers requires servicers to adhere to new servicing standards. The settlement package, which includes amounts for principal reductions and direct pay-outs for consumers who lost their homes to foreclosure during the reviewed time period, a refinancing program for underwater borrowers and foreclosure-related initiatives, as well as a new code of conduct for mortgage servicers, could result in a number of business practice modifications that could significantly increase the costs of residential mortgage loan servicing. On July 11, 2012, California’s “Homeowner Bill of Rights,” which incorporates many requirements of the settlement package, was signed into law. The legislation imposes strict rules on mortgage servicers and subjects mortgage services to new potential liabilities. In addition, the OCC issued supervisory guidance to national banks, such as Union Bank, on the subject of national mortgage servicing standards on June 30, 2011. This guidance was in response to an earlier review of foreclosure processing at 14 of the largest federally regulated mortgage servicers, which was conducted by an inter-agency team, made up of state attorneys general, the Federal Reserve, OCC, OTS, FDIC and others. This review found critical weaknesses in servicers’ foreclosure governance and documentation processes, and oversight and monitoring of third party vendors, and established new foreclosure management standards, including a new requirement for a Single Point of Contact for consumers in a loss mitigation or foreclosure process. The new guidance, recent settlement, any additional mortgage-related litigation and any further increased standards and restrictions are expected to impact the overall mortgage loan servicing industry in general, increase the cost of residential mortgage lending, require mortgage loan principal write-downs, and could put downward pressure on property values and have other adverse impacts on our residential lending business.

 

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We provide financing to businesses in a number of other industries that may be particularly vulnerable to industry-specific economic factors and are impacting the performance of our commercial real estate and commercial and industrial portfolios. The commercial real estate industry in the U.S., and in California in particular, has been adversely impacted by the recessionary environment and lack of liquidity in the financial markets. The home building and mortgage industry in California has been especially adversely impacted by the deterioration in residential real estate markets. Poor economic conditions and financial access for commercial real estate developers and homebuilders could adversely affect property values, resulting in higher nonperforming assets and charge offs in this sector. Our commercial and industrial portfolio, and the communications and media industry, the retail industry, the energy industry and the technology industry in particular, have also been impacted by recessionary market conditions. Continued volatility in fuel prices and energy costs could adversely affect businesses in several of these industries, while a prolonged slump in natural gas prices could have adverse consequences for some of our borrowers in the energy sector. Conditions and credit markets remain uncertain and could produce elevated levels of charge-offs. Industry-specific risks are beyond our control and could adversely affect our portfolio of loans, potentially resulting in an increase in criticized and nonperforming loans or charge offs and a slowing of growth or reduction in our loan portfolio.

Adverse California economic conditions could adversely affect our business

The government of the State of California currently faces economic and fiscal challenges, the long-term impact of which on the State’s economy cannot be predicted with any certainty. Economic conditions in California are subject to various challenges at this time, including significant deterioration in the residential real estate sector and the California state government’s budgetary and fiscal difficulties. California continues to have a high unemployment rate. Also, California markets have experienced among the worst property value declines in the U.S.

For the past several years, the State government of California has experienced budget shortfalls or deficits that have led to protracted negotiations between the Governor and the State Legislature over how to address the budget gap. This challenging situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. In addition, municipalities and other governmental units within California have been experiencing budgetary difficulties, and several California municipalities have filed for protection under the Bankruptcy Code. As a result, concerns also have arisen regarding the outlook for the State of California’s governmental obligations, as well as those of California municipalities and other governmental units.

A substantial majority of our assets, deposits and interest and fee income is generated in California. As a result, poor economic conditions in California may cause us to incur losses associated with higher default rates and decreased collateral values in our loan portfolio. If the budgetary and fiscal difficulties of the California State government and California municipalities and other governmental units continue or economic conditions in California decline further, we expect that our level of problem assets could increase and our prospects for growth could be impaired.

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ’s and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s credit ratings and financial or regulatory condition could adversely affect our operations

Adverse changes to our credit ratings, reputation or creditworthiness could have a negative effect on our operations. We generally fund our operations independently of BTMU and MUFG and believe our business is not necessarily closely related to the business or outlook of BTMU or MUFG. However, if BTMU and MUFG’s credit ratings or financial condition or prospects were to decline, this could adversely affect our credit rating or harm our reputation or perceived creditworthiness.

On April 26, 2011, Standard and Poor’s, while affirming its long-term sovereign credit rating on Japanese government debt, changed its outlook to negative from stable citing concerns about anticipated increases in Japanese government debt due to reconstruction costs in the aftermath of the large earthquake and tsunami and lack of plans to deal with such increases. In August 2011, Moody’s downgraded Japan’s

 

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credit rating one step to “Aa3”, in line with Standard & Poor’s rating, and announced related ratings downgrades for most major Japanese banks, including BTMU. In May 2012, rating agency Fitch downgraded Japan’s Sovereign credit rating from “AA” to “A+”. In July 2012, the Fitch rating agency downgraded the long-term credit ratings of the three largest banks in Japan, including MUFG, from “A” to “A-” citing concerns regarding the pace of the Japanese government in addressing its fiscal and budgetary concerns.

At this time, we cannot predict further actions, if any, which the rating agencies may take regarding the Government of Japan, MUFG or BTMU, nor the ultimate effect of these developments on our credit rating.

BTMU and MUFG are also subject to regulatory oversight, review and supervisory action (which can include fines or penalties) by Japanese and U.S. regulatory authorities. Our business operations and expansion plans could be negatively affected by regulatory concerns or supervisory action in the U.S. and in Japan against BTMU or MUFG.

BTMU has received requests and subpoenas for information from government agencies in some jurisdictions, including the United States and Europe, which are conducting investigations into past submissions made by panel members, including BTMU, to the bodies that set various interbank offered rates. BTMU has stated that it is cooperating with these investigations. Union Bank is not a member of any of these panels. In addition, BTMU and other panel members have been named as defendants in a number of civil lawsuits, including putative class actions, in the United States relating to similar matters. It is currently not possible for us to predict the scope and ultimate outcome of these investigations or lawsuits, including any possible effect on us as a member of MUFG.

Our credit ratings are important in order to maintain liquidity

Major credit rating agencies regularly evaluate the securities of UnionBanCal Corporation and the securities and deposits of Union Bank. Their ratings of our long-term debt and other securities, and also of our short-term obligations, are based on a number of factors including our financial strength, ability to generate earnings, and other factors, some of which are not entirely within our control, such as conditions affecting the financial services industry and the economy. In light of the difficulties in the financial services industry, the financial markets and the economy, there can be no assurance that we will maintain our current long-term and short-term ratings. In 2011, Moody’s Investors Service, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch, Inc. announced ratings downgrades for a number of large U.S. banks, in part because the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act makes it less likely that the government will step in to rescue a troubled bank. It is unclear whether perceived reduction in systemic support could lead or contribute to negative downward pressure on our credit ratings. In June 2012, Moody’s Investors Services announced further ratings downgrades for a number of major U.S. and foreign bank holding companies (not including us or our parent).

If our long-term or short-term credit ratings suffer downgrades, such downgrades could adversely affect access to liquidity and could significantly increase our cost of funds, trigger additional collateral or funding requirements, and decrease the number of commercial depositors, investors and counterparties willing to lend to us, thereby curtailing our business operations and reducing our ability to generate income.

Certain of our derivative instruments contain provisions that require us to maintain a specified credit rating. If our credit rating were to fall below the specified rating, the counterparties to these derivative instruments could terminate the contract and demand immediate payment or demand immediate and ongoing full overnight collateralization for those derivative instruments in net liability positions.

Adverse changes in the credit ratings, operations or prospects of our parent companies, BTMU and MUFG, could also adversely impact our credit ratings. For additional information, refer to the discussion appearing above under the caption “The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ’s and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s credit ratings and financial or regulatory condition could adversely affect our operations.”

 

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We are subject to operational risks, including cybersecurity risks

We are subject to many types of operational risks throughout our organization. Operational risk is the potential loss from our operations due to factors, such as failures in internal control, systems failures, cybersecurity risks or external events, that do not fall into the market risk or credit risk categories described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Business Segments.” Operational risk includes execution risk related to operational initiatives, including implementation of our technology enhancement projects, reputational risk, legal and compliance risk, the risk of fraud or theft by employees, customers or outsiders, unauthorized transactions by employees or operational errors, including clerical or record-keeping errors or those resulting from faulty or disabled computer or telecommunications systems. A discussion of risks associated with regulatory compliance appears above under the caption “The effects of changes or increases in, or supervisory enforcement of, banking or other laws and regulations or governmental fiscal or monetary policies could adversely affect us.”

Our operations rely on the secure processing, storage, transmission and reporting of personal, confidential and other sensitive information in our computer systems, networks and business applications. Although we take protective measures, our computer systems may be vulnerable to breaches, unauthorized access, misuse, computer viruses or other malicious code, and other events that could have significant negative consequences to us. Such events could result in interruptions or malfunctions in our or our customers’ operations, interception, misuse or mishandling of personal or confidential information, or processing of unauthorized transactions or loss of funds. These events could result in litigation and financial losses that are either not insured against or not fully covered by our insurance, regulatory consequences or reputational harm, any of which could harm our competitive position, operating results and financial condition. These types of incidents can remain undetected for extended periods of time, thereby increasing the associated risks. We may also be required to expend significant resources to modify our protective measures or to investigate and remediate vulnerabilities or exposures arising from cybersecurity risks.

We depend on the continued efficacy of our technical systems, operational infrastructure, relationships with third parties and our employees in our day-to-day and ongoing operations. Our dependence upon automated systems to record and process transactions may further increase the risk that technical system flaws or employee tampering or manipulation of those systems will result in losses that are difficult to detect. With regard to the physical infrastructure that supports our operations, we have taken measures to implement backup systems and other safeguards, but our ability to conduct business may be adversely affected by any disruption to that infrastructure. Failures in our internal control or operational systems, security breaches or service interruptions could impair our ability to operate our business and result in potential liability to customers, reputational damage and regulatory intervention, any of which could harm our operating results and financial condition.

We may also be subject to disruptions of our operating systems arising from other events that are wholly or partially beyond our control, such as electrical, internet or telecommunications outages or unexpected difficulties with the implementation of our technology enhancement projects, which may give rise to disruption of service to customers and to financial loss or liability. Our business recovery plan may not work as intended or may not prevent significant interruptions of our operations.

During 2012, it has been reported that various of the larger U.S. banking institutions have been the target of cyber-attacks that have, for limited periods, resulted in the disruption of various operations of the targeted banks. While we have a variety of cyber-security measures in place, the consequences to our business, if we were to become a target of such attacks, cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Our framework for managing risks may not be effective in mitigating risk and loss to our company

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risk, interest rate risk, operational risk, legal risk, compliance risk, reputation risk, fiduciary risk, counterparty risk and private equity risk, among others. Our framework to manage risk, including the framework’s underlying assumptions, such as our modeling methodologies, may not be effective under all conditions and circumstances. If our risk management framework proves ineffective, we could suffer unexpected losses and our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects could be materially adversely affected, and there also could be consequent adverse regulatory implications in any such event.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

No.   

Description

31.1   

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)

31.2   

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)

32.1   

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)(2)

32.2   

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)(2)

101   

Pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T, the following financial information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012, is formatted in XBRL interactive data files: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iii) Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s Equity; (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (vi) Notes to Financial Statements.(3)

 

(1) 

Filed herewith.

 

(2) 

In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K and SEC Release No. 34-47986, the certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 hereto are deemed to accompany this Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

(3) 

As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is not otherwise subject to liability under those sections.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION (Registrant)

Date: November 9, 2012

    By:  

/S/    MASASHI OKA

      Masashi Oka
      President and Chief Executive Officer
      (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: November 9, 2012

    By:  

/S/    JOHN F. WOODS

      John F. Woods
      Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: November 9, 2012

    By:  

/S/    ROLLAND D. JURGENS

      Rolland D. Jurgens
     

Executive Vice President, Controller

and Chief Accounting Officer

      (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

No.   

Description

31.1   

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)

31.2   

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)

32.1   

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)(2)

32.2   

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1)(2)

101   

Pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T, the following financial information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012, is formatted in XBRL interactive data files: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iii) Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s Equity; (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (vi) Notes to Financial Statements.(3)

 

(1) 

Filed herewith

 

(2) 

In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K and SEC Release No. 34-47986, the certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 hereto are deemed to accompany this Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

(3) 

As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is not otherwise subject to liability under those sections.

 

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