EX-99.1 2 v408845_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

 Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

 

DCB Financial Corp Announces First Quarter 2015 Results

 

Lewis Center, OH, April 29, 2015 - DCB Financial Corp (the “Company”), (OTCQB:DCBF), parent holding company of The Delaware County Bank & Trust Company, Lewis Center, Ohio (the “Bank”) announced net income of $239,000 or $0.03 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to net income of $117,000 or $0.02 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2014 and net income of $168,000 or $0.02 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2014.

 

Ronald J. Seiffert, President and CEO for the Company said, “Net income in the first quarter of 2015 increased 104% and 42% compared to the first and fourth quarters of 2014, respectively, and was the highest quarterly core net income since the first quarter of 2012. The sharp reduction in problem assets that we achieved during 2014 along with the strong loan growth at the end of 2014 set the stage for a strong start to 2015 and our best overall quarter in three years.”

 

Seiffert continued, “Net interest income was up $194,000 in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014, as we made substantial progress over the past year in reshaping and growing our loan portfolio. Non-interest expenses were down $112,000 due in large part to lower expenses associated with the improvement in our asset quality.”

 

Balance Sheet Highlights

Total assets were $520.7 million at March 31, 2015, compared with $515.3 million at December 31, 2014.

 

Total loans were $377.2 million at March 31, 2015, compared with $385.4 million at December 31, 2014 and $369.7 million at September 30, 2014. The Company entered the first quarter of 2015 with a relatively light loan pipeline due primarily to seasonal factors and a large number of commercial loan closings in the fourth quarter of 2014. Growth in the Company’s commercial loan portfolios in the fourth quarter of 2014 totaled $9.8 million. In addition, prepayments and payoffs in the Company’s commercial loan portfolios were unusually high during the first quarter of 2015, including 5 relationships aggregating $5.7 million that paid off during the quarter.

 

Deposits totaled $464.8 million at March 31, 2015, compared with $453.2 million at December 31, 2014 and $445.5 million at September 30, 2014. Money market accounts increased $9.1 million in the first quarter of 2015 due primarily to seasonal inflows of municipal deposits.

 

 
 

 

Shareholders’ equity increased $440,000 in the first quarter and was $47.7 million at March 31, 2015. Net income for the first quarter of $239,000 was augmented by an increase in accumulated other comprehensive income of $194,000 due to an increase in unrealized gains on securities available-for-sale.

 

The Bank’s Tier 1 leverage ratio was 8.65% and its total risk-based capital ratio was 13.83% at March 31, 2015, both of which were well above the regulatory thresholds required to be classified as a “well-capitalized” institution, which are 5.0% and 10.0%, respectively.

 

Asset Quality and the Provision for Loan Losses

Delinquent loans (including non-accrual loans) totaled $2.0 million or 0.53% of total loans at March 31, 2015, compared to $2.2 million or 0.58% of total loans at December 31, 2014 and $3.6 million or 0.98% of total loans at September 30, 2014. Non-accrual loans totaled $1.1 million or 0.30% of total loans at March 31, 2015, compared to $1.4 million or 0.36% of total loans at December 31, 2014 and $3.0 million or 0.81% of total loans at September 30, 2014.

 

Non-performing assets were $11.8 million or 2.26% of total assets at March 31, 2015, compared with $12.6 million or 2.45% of total assets at December 31, 2014 and $14.6 million or 2.91% of total assets at September 30, 2014. Troubled debt restructurings (“TDR’s”) which are performing in accordance with the restructured terms and accruing interest, but are included in non-performing assets, were $9.6 million at March 31, 2015, and at December 31, 2014 and $9.8 million at September 30, 2014.

 

Net charge-offs were $297,000 or 0.31% (annualized) of average loans in the first quarter of 2015, compared to net charge-offs of $1.3 million or 1.43% (annualized) of average loans in the year-ago quarter, and $90,000 or 0.10% (annualized) of average loans in the fourth quarter of 2014. Two relationships comprised nearly all of the charge-offs in the first quarter of 2014, which were charged against allowance allocations established in the fourth quarter of 2013.

 

The provision for loan losses was $150,000 in the first quarter of 2015 and in the fourth quarter of 2014. No provision for loan losses was recorded in the year-ago quarter. The provision for loan losses as a percentage of net charge-offs was 50.5% for the first quarter of 2015, compared to 166.7% in the fourth quarter of 2014.

 

The allowance for loan losses was $4.1 million at March 31, 2015, compared to $4.2 million at December 31, 2014 and at September 30, 2014. The ratio of the allowance for loan losses to total loans was 1.08% at March 31, 2015, compared with 1.10% at December 31, 2014 and 1.13% at September 30, 2014. The ratio of the allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans (including TDR’s) was 37.8% at March 31, 2015, compared to 38.5% at December 31, 2014 and 31.3% at September 30, 2014. The ratio of the allowance for loan losses to non-accrual loans was 362% at March 31, 2015, compared to 306% at December 31, 2014 and 139% at September 30, 2014.

 

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Net Interest Income

Net interest income totaled $4.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared with $4.0 million in the year-ago quarter and $4.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. Net interest income in the fourth quarter of 2014 included $171,000 of interest income recognized upon the refinance of a non-accrual commercial mortgage that, upon the refinance, was returned to accrual status.

 

The net interest margin was unchanged at 3.50% in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the first quarter of 2014 and was 3.62% in the fourth quarter of 2014. The net interest margin was 3.48% in the fourth quarter of 2014 without the $171,000 interest recovery.

 

The Company’s earning assets yield (absent non-recurring items) and cost of funds have been relatively stable over the past five quarters, as growth in the loan portfolio has offset the effect of portfolio amortization at historically higher rates, and as the Company’s time deposits have largely repriced to at or near current rates.

 

Average interest-earning assets were $484.9 million in the first quarter of 2015, compared with $466.4 million in the year-ago quarter and $465.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. Total period end loans outstanding increased $15.7 million between September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2014; however, much of the impact of this growth on the average balances of the loan portfolio was reflected in the first quarter of 2015 as much of the fourth quarter growth occurred in the latter part of that quarter. The average balance of loans increased $21.7 million in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the year-ago quarter, and were $7.1 million higher than the fourth quarter of 2014. Total average loans were 78.6% of total average interest-earning assets in the first quarter of 2015, compared with 77.1% in the year-ago quarter and 80.5% in the fourth quarter of 2014. Total average interest-bearing deposit balances increased $14.8 million in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014, with a decrease in the average balance of time deposits of $9.8 million being offset by an increase of $24.6 million in the average balances of lower-costing interest-bearing demand, savings and money market accounts.

 

Non-Interest Income and Non-Interest Expenses

Non-interest income was $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2014, and was $1.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. Non-interest income (net of nonrecurring income, gains and losses and gains/losses on the sales of securities in the first quarter of 2014) accounted for 21.5% of total revenue in the first quarter of 2015, compared with 22.2% in the year-ago quarter and 20.6% in the fourth quarter of 2014.

 

Non-interest expenses were $5.0 million for the first quarter of 2015, compared with $5.1 million in the year-ago quarter and in the fourth quarter of 2014. The Company’s efficiency ratio was 92.9% in the first quarter of 2015, compared with 98.5% in the year-ago quarter and 94.6% in the fourth quarter of 2014.

 

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About DCB Financial Corp

DCB Financial Corp is a financial holding company formed under the laws of the State of Ohio. The Company is the parent of The Delaware County Bank & Trust Company, a state-chartered commercial bank. The Bank conducts business from its main offices at 110 Riverbend Avenue in Lewis Center, Ohio, and through its 14 branch offices located in Central Ohio. The Bank provides customary retail and commercial banking and cash management services to its customers, including checking and savings accounts, time deposits, IRAs, safe deposit facilities, personal loans, commercial loans, commercial leases, real estate mortgage loans, night depository facilities and trust and personalized wealth management services.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of DCB Financial Corp. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, among others, the following possibilities: an increase in competitive pressure in the banking industry; changes in the interest rate environment which may affect the net interest margin; changes in the regulatory environment; general economic conditions, either nationally or regionally, resulting, among other things, in a deterioration in credit quality; changes in business conditions and inflation; changes in the securities markets; changes in technology used in the banking business; our ability to maintain and increase market share and control expenses; increases in FDIC insurance premiums may cause earnings to decrease; and other risks set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

 

Contact:DCB Financial Corp

Ronald J. Seiffert, President and CEO

(740) 657-7000

 

J. Daniel Mohr, Executive Vice President and CFO

(740) 657-7510

 

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DCB Financial Corp

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

 

 

   March 31, 2015   December 31, 2014 
   (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) 
Assets        
Cash and due from financial institutions  $5,998   $6,247 
Interest-bearing deposits   18,047    15,027 
   Total cash and cash equivalents   24,045    21,274 
           
Securities available-for-sale   85,844    75,909 
           
Loans   377,246    385,444 
Less allowance for loan losses   (4,089)   (4,236)
   Net loans   373,157    381,208 
           
Real estate owned   940    1,111 
Investment in FHLB stock   3,250    3,250 
Premises and equipment, net   9,891    10,016 
Bank-owned life insurance   20,270    20,027 
Accrued interest receivable and other assets   3,312    2,587 
   Total assets  $520,709   $515,382 
           
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity          
Liabilities:          
Deposits:          
    Non-interest bearing  $111,286   $111,022 
    Interest bearing   353,510    342,170 
Total deposits   464,796    453,192 
           
Borrowings   4,801    11,808 
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities   3,461    3,171 
Total liabilities   473,058    468,171 
           
Shareholders’ equity:          
Common stock   16,456    16,064 
Retained earnings   38,293    38,055 
Treasury stock   (7,416)   (7,416)
Accumulated other comprehensive income   848    654 
Deferred stock-based compensation   (530)   (146)
   Total shareholders’ equity   47,651    47,211 
   Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity  $520,709   $515,382 
           
Common shares outstanding   7,287,437    7,233,795 
Book value per common share  $6.54   $6.53 

 

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DCB Financial Corp

Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

 

   Three months ended March 31, 
   2015   2014 
   (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) 
Interest income:        
Loans  $3,952   $3,738 
Securities   505    553 
Federal funds sold and interest bearing deposits   10    13 
Total interest income   4,467    4,304 
           
Interest expense:          
Deposits:          
Savings and money market  accounts   142    131 
Time accounts   92    128 
NOW accounts   16    21 
Total   250    280 
           
Borrowings:
FHLB advances
   35    36 
Total interest expense   285    316 
           
Net interest income   4,182    3,988 
Provision for loan losses   150     
Net interest income after provision for loan losses   4,032    3,988 
           
Non-interest income:          
Service charges   452    511 
Wealth management fees   380    293 
Treasury management fees   58    56 
Income from bank-owned life insurance   244    239 
Loss on loans held for sale       (245)
Gain on sale of REO   10     
Loss on sale of securities, available-for-sale       (140)
Gain on sale of branch       438 
Other non-interest income   14    40 
Total non-interest income   1,158    1,192 
           
Non-interest expense:          
Salaries and employee benefits   2,712    2,779 
Occupancy and equipment   963    804 
Professional services   353    421 
Advertising   108    81 
Office supplies, postage and courier   79    95 
FDIC insurance premium   110    168 
State franchise taxes   75    65 
Other non-interest expense   551    650 
Total non-interest expense   4,951    5,063 
           
Income before income taxes   239    117 
Income taxes        
Net income  $239   $117 
           
Share and Per Share Data          
Basic average common shares outstanding   7,233,836    7,192,350 
Diluted average common shares outstanding   7,250,350    7,244,716 
Basic earnings per common share  $0.03   $0.02 
Diluted earnings per common share  $0.03   $0.02 

 

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DCB Financial Corp

Consolidated Average Balances (Unaudited)

 

  

Three months ended

March 31,

 
   2015   2014 
   (Dollars in thousands) 
Earning assets        
Interest bearing cash  $19,742   $21,750 
Securities   80,388    80,379 
Tax-exempt securities   3,601    4,812 
Loans (1)   381,125    359,427 
Total earning assets   484,856    466,368 
           
Non-earning assets   42,201    41,997 
Total assets  $527,057   $508,365 
           
Interest bearing liabilities          
Interest bearing DDA  $81,409   $80,776 
Money market   155,038    130,336 
Savings accounts   42,757    43,521 
Time deposits   76,418    86,204 
Overnight borrowings   1,567     
FHLB advances   4,806    4,835 
Total interest bearing liabilities   361,995    345,672 
           
Non-interest bearing deposits  $113,067   $110,299 
Other non-interest bearing liabilities   5,386    6,574 
Total liabilities   480,448    462,545 
Shareholders’ equity   46,609    45,820 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity  $527,057   $508,365 

 

(1)Includes loans held for sale in 2014

 

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DCB Financial Corp

Loans and Deposits (Unaudited)

 

 

The following table sets forth the composition of the Company’s loan portfolio at the dates indicated (includes loans held for sale):

 

   March 31, 2015   December 31, 2014   September 30, 2014 
   Amount   Percent   Amount   Percent   Amount   Percent 
Loan portfolio composition  (Dollars in thousands) 
Commercial and industrial  $99,946    26.5%  $106,222    27.6%  $102,629    27.8%
Commercial real estate   106,334    28.2%   111,851    29.0%   105,621    28.6%
Real estate and home equity   131,658    34.9%   129,650    33.7%   125,484    34.0%
Consumer and credit card   39,074    10.4%   37,507    9.7%   35,725    9.6%
Total loans  $377,012    100.0%  $385,230    100.0%  $369,459    100.0%
                               
Net deferred loan costs   234         214         182      
Allowance for loan losses   (4,089)        (4,236)        (4,176)     
Net loans  $373,157        $381,208        $365,465      

 

The following table sets forth the composition of the Company’s deposits at the dates indicated :

 

   March 31, 2015   December 31, 2014   September 30, 2014 
   Amount   Percent   Amount   Percent   Amount   Percent 
Deposit composition  (Dollars in thousands) 
Non-interest bearing demand  $111,286    23.9%  $111,022    24.5%  $104,991    23.6%
Interest bearing demand   76,390    16.5%   77,534    17.1%   72,622    16.3%
Total demand   187,676    40.4%   188,556    41.6%   177,613    39.9%
                               
Savings   43,568    9.4%   42,634    9.4%   42,482    9.5%
Money market   156,806    33.7%   147,667    32.6%   148,628    33.4%
Time deposits   76,746    16.5%   74,335    16.4%   76,811    17.2%
Total deposits  $464,796    100.0%  $453,192    100.0%  $445,534    100.0%

 

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DCB Financial Corp

Asset Quality (Unaudited)

 

The following table represents a summary of delinquent loans grouped by the number of days delinquent at the dates indicated:

 

Delinquent loans and leases  March 31, 2015   December 31, 2014   September 30, 2014 
   $   %(1)   $   %(1)   $   %(1) 
   (Dollars in thousands) 
30 days past due  $250    0.07%  $336    0.09%  $68    0.02%
60 days past due   498    0.13%   37    0.01%   50    0.01%
90 days past due and still accruing   105    0.03%   480    0.12%   520    0.14%
Non-accrual   1,130    0.30%   1,384    0.36%   3,007    0.81%
Total  $1,983    0.53%  $2,237    0.58%  $3,645    0.98%

 

(1) As a percentage of total loans, excluding deferred costs

 

The following table represents information concerning the aggregate amount of non-performing assets (includes loans held for sale):

  

Non-performing assets  March 31, 2015   December 31, 2014   September 30, 2014 
   (Dollars in thousands) 
Non-accruing loans:            
   Residential real estate loans and home equity  $340   $334   $343 
   Commercial real estate   60    298    1,889 
   Commercial and industrial   612    632    651 
   Consumer loans and credit cards   118    120    124 
Total non-accruing loans   1,130    1,384    3,007 
Accruing loans delinquent 90 days or more   105    480    520 
Total non-performing loans (excluding TDR’s)   1,235    1,864    3,527 
                
Other real estate and repossessed assets   940    1,111    1,215 
Total non-performing assets (excluding TDR’s)  $2,175   $2,975   $4,742 
                
Troubled debt restructurings(1)  $9,575   $9,633   $9,834 
Total non-performing loans (including TDR’s)  $10,810   $11,497   $13,361 
Total non-performing assets (including TDR’s)  $11,750   $12,608   $14,576 
                

 

(1) TDR’s that are in compliance with their modified terms and accruing interest.

 

The following table summarizes changes in the allowance for loan losses arising from loans charged off, recoveries on loans and leases previously charged off and additions to the allowance which have been charged to expense:

 

 

Allowance for loan losses

 

Three months ended

March 31,

 
   2015   2014 
   (Dollars in thousands) 
Allowance for loan losses, beginning of period  $4,236   $6,725 
           
Loans charged-off   (430)   (1,412)
Recoveries of loans previously charged-off   133    129 
Net loans charged-off   (297)   (1,283)
Allowance related to loans transferred to held-for-sale       (97)
Provision for loan losses   150     
Allowance for loan losses, end of period  $4,089   $5,345 

 

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DCB Financial Corp

Consolidated Financial Information (Unaudited)

  

 

Key Ratios

 

At or for the three months ended

March 31,

 
   2015   2014 
Return on average assets   0.18%   0.09%
Return on average equity   2.05%   1.02%
Yield on earning assets   3.73%   3.74%
Cost of interest-bearing liabilities   0.32%   0.32%
Net interest margin (1)   3.50%   3.50%
Non-interest income to total income (2)   21.5%   22.2%
Efficiency ratio (3)   92.89%   98.54%
           
Net loans charged-off to average loans, annualized   0.31%   1.43%
Provision for loan losses to average loans, annualized   0.16%   0.00%
Allowance for loan losses to total loans   1.08%   1.51%
Allowance for loan losses to non-accrual loans   362%   148%
Non-accrual loans to total loans   0.30%   1.02%
Non-performing assets to total assets
(including performing TDR’s)
   2.26%   3.59%
Non-performing assets to total assets
(excluding performing TDR’s)
   0.42%   1.05%

  

(1)Net interest income divided by average earning assets
(2)Non-interest income (excluding net realized gains and losses on securities and other non-recurring gains and losses) divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income (as adjusted)
(3)Non-interest expense (less OREO expense and non-recurring expenses and losses) divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income (as adjusted)

 

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DCB Financial Corp

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

 

   2015   2014 
   First   Fourth   Third   Second   First 
   (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 
Interest income  $4,467   $4,536   $4,278   $4,262   $4,304 
Interest expense   285    291    306    299    316 
Net interest income   4,182    4,245    3,972    3,963    3,988 
Provision for loan losses   150    150             
Net interest income after provision for loan losses   4,032    4,094    3,972    3,963    3,988 
Non-interest income   1,158    1,132    1,140    996    1,192 
Non-interest expenses   4,951    5,059    5,062    4,922    5,063 
Income before income taxes   239    168    50    37    117 
Income taxes                    
Net income  $239   $168   $50   $37   $117 
                          
Stock and related per share data                         
Basic and diluted earnings per common share  $0.03   $0.02   $0.01   $0.01   $0.02 
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding   7,233,836    7.196,404    7,192,350    7,192,350    7,192,350 
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding   7,250,350    7,232,961    7,249,194    7,250,702    7,244,716 
Common book value per share  $6.59   $6.53   $6.49   $6.51   $6.45 
                          
Capital Ratios:                         
Bank                         
Tier 1 leverage ratio   8.65%   9.00%   8.96%   8.97%   8.83%
Tier 1 risk based capital   12.62%   12.40%   12.42%   12.77%   12.78%
Total risk based capital   13.75%   13.56%   13.57%   14.02%   14.03%
                          
Total equity to assets ratio (consolidated)   9.15%   9.16%   9.33%   9.35%   9.39%
                          
Selected ratios:                         
Return on average assets   0.18%   0.13%   0.04%   0.05%   0.09%
Return on average equity   2.05%   1.44%   0.43%   0.53%   1.02%
Yield on earning assets   3.73%   3.86%   3.66%   3.75%   3.74%
Cost of interest-bearing liabilities   0.32%   0.33%   0.35%   0.36%   0.32%
Net interest margin   3.50%   3.62%   3.40%   3.51%   3.50%
Non-interest income to total income (1)   21.5%   20.6%   22.6%   21.8%   22.2%
Efficiency ratio (2)   92.89%   94.6%   98.7%   96.2%   98.5%
                          
Asset quality ratios:                         
Net loans charged off to average loans, annualized   0.31%   0.10%   0.43%   0.87%   1.43%
Provision for loan losses to average loans, annualized   0.16%   0.16%   0.00%   0.00%   0.00%
Allowance for loan losses to total loans   1.08%   1.10%   1.13%   1.28%   1.51%
Allowance for loan losses to non-accrual loans   362%   306%   139%   109%   148%
Non-accrual loans to total loans   0.30%   0.36%   0.81%   1.17%   1.02%
Non-performing assets to total assets (including performing TDR’s)   2.26%   2.45%   2.91%   3.06%   3.59%
Non-performing assets to total assets (excluding performing TDR’s)   0.42%   0.58%   0.95%   1.12%   1.05%

 

(1) Non-interest income (net of realized gains and losses on securities and other non-recurring items) divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income (as adjusted)

(2) Non-interest expense (less OREO expense) divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income (as adjusted)

 

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