-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SPeOxNobQHNgDtk4CK1ii5OY0+9kuEVFK74GWzEXRb+dfaolgWTCC/m5XLAHrdSh 92Djm1/DSDPoy3J4uc4BQg== 0001058438-10-000024.txt : 20100728 0001058438-10-000024.hdr.sgml : 20100728 20100728130858 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001058438-10-000024 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100727 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100728 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100728 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CFS BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001058438 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 332042093 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0727 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24611 FILM NUMBER: 10973770 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 707 RIDGE ROAD CITY: MUNSTER STATE: IN ZIP: 46321 BUSINESS PHONE: 2198365500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 707 RIDGE ROAD CITY: MUNSTER STATE: IN ZIP: 46321 10-Q 1 cfsbancorpincform10q063010.htm CFS BANCORP, INC. FORM 10Q 06/30/10 cfsbancorpincform10q063010.htm


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
(Mark One)
 
R
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010.

OR

£
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: 0-24611
 
CFS Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
Indiana
 
35-2042093
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(I.R.S. Employer
 
 
of incorporation or organization)
 
Identification No.)
 
         
 
707 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana
 
46321
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)
 
         
 
(219) 836-5500
 
 
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES R                      NO £
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
YES £                      NO £
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer £
Accelerated filer £
 
Non-accelerated filer £ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company R
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES £  NO R
 
The Registrant had 10,846,650 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of July 27, 2010.
 


 
 

 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
   
Page
 
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
     
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Condition
3
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
4
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
5
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
6
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
8
     
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
19
     
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
49
     
Controls and Procedures
51
     
     
 
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
 
     
Legal Proceedings
51
     
Risk Factors
51
     
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
53
     
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
53
     
(Removed and Reserved)
53
     
Other Information
53
     
Exhibits
54
     
55
     
Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
56
  Exhibit 31.1  
  Exhibit 31.2   
  Exhibit 32.0   
 


 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Condition
 (Dollars in thousands)

   
June 30, 2010
 
December 31, 2009
ASSETS
 
(Unaudited)
     
Cash and amounts due from depository institutions                                                                                       
  $ 22,232     $ 24,041  
Interest-bearing deposits                                                                                       
    9,411       387  
Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                    
    31,643       24,428  
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value                                                                                       
    190,893       188,781  
Investment securities held-to-maturity, at cost                                                                                       
    12,206       5,000  
Investment in Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost                                                                                       
    23,944       23,944  
Loans receivable, net of unearned fees                                                                                       
    756,052       762,386  
Allowance for loan losses                                                                                    
    (17,608 )     (19,461 )
Net loans                                                                                  
    738,444       742,925  
Accrued interest receivable                                                                                       
    3,486       3,469  
Other real estate owned                                                                                       
    11,825       9,242  
Office properties and equipment                                                                                       
    20,383       20,382  
Investment in bank-owned life insurance                                                                                       
    35,060       34,575  
Net deferred tax assets                                                                                       
    17,568       18,036  
Other assets                                                                                       
    9,828       10,733  
Total assets                                                                                  
  $ 1,095,280     $ 1,081,515  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Deposits                                                                                       
  $ 899,482     $ 849,758  
Borrowed funds
    73,106       111,808  
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance
    4,186       4,322  
Other liabilities                                                                                       
    5,733       5,254  
Total liabilities                                                                                  
    982,507       971,142  
Commitments and contingencies                                                                                       
           
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized
           
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 85,000,000 shares authorized;
23,423,306 shares issued; 10,846,650 and 10,771,061 shares
outstanding
    234       234  
Additional paid-in capital                                                                                       
    187,221       188,930  
Retained earnings                                                                                       
    82,028       80,564  
Treasury stock, at cost; 12,576,656 and 12,652,245 shares
    (155,168 )     (157,041 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax                                                                                       
    (1,542 )     (2,314 )
Total shareholders’ equity                                                                                  
    112,773       110,373  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity                                                                                  
  $ 1,095,280     $ 1,081,515  
 
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


CFS BANCORP, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Interest income:
                       
Loans
  $ 9,626     $ 9,807     $ 19,304     $ 19,752  
Investment securities
    2,163       3,020       4,376       6,063  
Other
    123       137       247       380  
Total interest income
    11,912       12,964       23,927       26,195  
Interest expense:
                               
Deposits
    2,146       2,749       4,199       5,845  
Borrowed funds
    437       880       956       1,840  
Total interest expense
    2,583       3,629       5,155       7,685  
Net interest income
    9,329       9,335       18,772       18,510  
Provision for loan losses
    817       713       2,527       1,337  
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    8,512       8,622       16,245       17,173  
Non-interest income:
                               
Service charges and other fees
    1,320       1,376       2,540       2,675  
Card-based fees
    486       432       923       820  
Commission income
    46       70       100       141  
Net gain on sale of investment securities
                456       720  
Net gain (loss) on sale of other assets 
    11       (6 )     12       (6 )
Income from bank-owned life insurance
    262       156       485       334  
Other income
    125       97       280       392  
Total non-interest income
    2,250       2,125       4,796       5,076  
Non-interest expense:
                               
Compensation and employee benefits
    4,550       5,078       9,219       10,253  
Professional fees
    835       604       1,519       954  
Net occupancy expense
    651       750       1,406       1,647  
FDIC insurance premiums
    567       468       1,065       772  
Furniture and equipment expense
    526       520       1,059       1,055  
Data processing
    443       420       873       839  
Marketing
    216       218       330       416  
OREO related expense
    262       212       898       411  
Loan collection expense
    153       230       322       528  
Severance and early retirement expense
    437             440        
FDIC special assessment
          495             495  
Other general and administrative expenses
    963       948       1,944       2,001  
Total non-interest expense
    9,603       9,943       19,075       19,371  
Income before income taxes
    1,159       804       1,966       2,878  
Income tax expense
    178       134       287       747  
Net income
  $ 981     $ 670     $ 1,679     $ 2,131  
                                 
Per share data:
                               
Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.09     $ 0.06     $ 0.16     $ 0.20  
Diluted earnings per share
    0.09       0.06       0.16       0.20  
Cash dividends declared per share
    0.01       0.01       0.02       0.02  
Weighted-average common and common share
                               
equivalents outstanding:
                               
Basic
    10,640,347       10,590,591       10,611,220       10,543,475  
Diluted
    10,721,909       10,697,387       10,697,976       10,663,333  
 
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


CFS BANCORP, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

   
Common
Stock
   
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
   
Retained
Earnings
   
Treasury
Stock
   
Unallocated Common
Stock Held
By ESOP
   
Accum-
ulated
Other
Compre-
hensive
Income
(Loss)
   
Total
 
Balance at January 1, 2009                         
  $ 234     $ 189,211     $ 81,525     $ (157,466 )   $ (832 )   $ (863 )   $ 111,809  
Net income                                                     
                2,131                         2,131  
Other comprehensive income:
Change in unrealized depreciation on
investment securities available-for-sale, net of
reclassification and tax
                                      1,128           1,128  
Total comprehensive income
                                        3,259  
Net purchases of Rabbi Trust shares
          (364 )           515                   151  
Shares earned under ESOP        
          (401 )                 832             431  
Amortization of award under RRP
          1                               1  
Forfeiture of RRP award              
          906       18       (906 )                 18  
Unearned compensation restricted stock awards
          (349 )           349                    
Dividends declared on common stock ($0.02
        per share)
                (219 )                       (219 )
Balance at June 30, 2009
  $ 234     $ 189,004     $ 83,455     $ (157,508 )   $     $ 265     $ 115,450  
                                                         
Balance at January 1, 2010
  $ 234     $ 188,930     $ 80,564     $ (157,041 )   $     $ (2,314 )   $ 110,373  
Net income                                                     
                1,679                         1,679  
Other comprehensive income:
Change in unrealized depreciation on
investment securities available-for-sale, net of
reclassification and tax
                                      772           772  
Total comprehensive income
                                        2,451  
Net distribution of Rabbi Trust shares
          (320 )           320                    
Forfeiture of restricted stock awards
          273       3       (273 )                 3  
Vesting of restricted stock awards
          164                               164  
Unearned compensation restricted stock awards
          (395 )           395                    
Reclassification of treasury stock issuances of
        restricted stock at average cost                                                  
          (1,431 )           1,431                    
Dividends declared on common stock ($0.02 
        per share)
                (218 )                       (218 )
Balance at June 30, 2010          
  $ 234     $ 187,221     $ 82,028     $ (155,168 )   $     $ (1,542 )   $ 112,773  
 
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


 
CFS BANCORP, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)

   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
           
Net income 
  $ 1,679     $ 2,131  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
               
Provision for loan losses                                                                                   
    2,527       1,337  
Depreciation and amortization                                                                                   
    806       781  
Premium amortization on the early extinguishment of debt
          133  
Net discount accretion on investment securities available-for-sale
    (307 )     (786 )
Net premium amortization on investment securities held-to-maturity
    51        
Deferred income tax expense                                                                                   
    55       149  
Share-based compensation                                                                                   
          432  
Net gain on sale of investment securities                                                                                   
    (456 )     (720 )
Net (gain) loss on sale of other assets                                                                                   
    (12 )     6  
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance
    (485 )     (334 )
Decrease in other assets                                                                                   
    1,333       1,732  
Increase in other liabilities                                                                                   
    649       1,431  
Net cash provided by operating activities                                                                                 
    5,840       6,292  
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Investment securities, available-for-sale:
               
Proceeds from sales                                                                                      
    9,603       9,914  
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns                                                                                      
    44,843       45,573  
Purchases                                                                                      
    (54,612 )     (21,285 )
Investment securities, held-to-maturity:
               
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns                                                                                      
    1,199       940  
Purchases                                                                                      
    (8,456 )      
Net loan fundings                                                                                        
    (2,013 )     (7,410 )
Proceeds from sale of other real estate owned                                                                                        
    1,004       296  
Proceeds from bank-owned life insurance                                                                                        
          491  
Purchases of property and equipment                                                                                        
    (807 )     (694 )
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities                                                                                   
    (9,239 )     27,825  
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Net increase in deposit accounts                                                                                        
    49,670       6,957  
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank borrowed funds
    18,000       114,000  
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank borrowed funds
    (46,087 )     (137,081 )
Decrease in short-term borrowed funds                                                                                        
    (10,615 )     (17,687 )
Dividends paid on common stock                                                                                        
    (218 )     (541 )
Net increase (decrease) in advance payments by borrowers
for taxes and insurance
    (136 )     1,801  
Net disposition of Rabbi Trust shares                                                                                        
          151  
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities                                                                                     
    10,614       (32,400 )
Increase in cash and cash equivalents                                                                                           
    7,215       1,717  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                                                                                           
    24,428       19,106  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                                                                           
  $ 31,643     $ 20,823  


CFS BANCORP, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (continued)
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)


             
Supplemental disclosures:
           
Loans transferred to other real estate owned                                                                                        
  $ 4,007     $ 4,578  
Cash paid for interest on deposits                                                                                        
    4,182       5,953  
Cash paid for interest on borrowed funds                                                                                        
    986       1,738  
Cash paid for taxes                                                                                        
    1,075       402  
 
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


 
CFS BANCORP, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
 
1.
Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of information or footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  In our opinion, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the year ending December 31, 2010.  The J une 30, 2010 condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2009 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates, judgments, or assumptions that could have a material effect on the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities.  These estimates, judgments, and assumptions affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and the disclosures provided.  The determination of the allowance for loan losses, valuations and impairments of investment securities, and the accounting for income tax expense are highly dependent on management’s estimates, judgments, and assumptions where changes in any of these could have a significant impac t on the financial statements.
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CFS Bancorp, Inc. (the Company), its wholly-owned subsidiary, Citizens Financial Bank (the Bank), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, CFS Holdings, LTD.  All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Certain items in the condensed consolidated financial statements of prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation.  During the second quarter, the Company recorded a reclassification entry between treasury stock and additional paid-in-capital to reflect treasury stock issuances of restricted stock at average cost versus the grant date fair value.  This reclassification had no impact on shareholders’ equity.
 
2.
Earnings Per Share
 
Amounts reported in earnings per share reflect earnings available to common shareholders for the period divided by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, exclusive of unearned Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) shares and unvested restricted stock shares.  Stock options,  restricted stock, and treasury shares held in Rabbi Trust accounts are regarded as common stock equivalents and are considered in the diluted earnings per share calculations to the extent that they would have a dilutive effect if converted to common stock, computed using the “treasury stock” method.



   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
 
Net income                                                                
  $ 981     $ 670     $ 1,679     $ 2,131  
                                 
Weighted-average common shares:
                               
Outstanding                                                              
    10,640,347       10,590,591       10,611,220       10,543,475  
Equivalents                                                              
    81,562       106,796       86,756       119,858  
Total                                                           
    10,721,909       10,697,387       10,697,976       10,663,333  
                                 
Earnings per share:
                               
Basic                                                              
  $ 0.09     $ 0.06     $ 0.16     $ 0.20  
Diluted                                                              
    0.09       0.06       0.16       0.20  
                                 
Number of anti-dilutive stock options excluded from
    the diluted earnings per share calculation
    651,995       791,295       696,249       791,295  
Weighted-average exercise price of anti-dilutive
    option shares
  $ 12.95     $ 13.07     $ 13.10     $ 13.07  

 
 3. Investment Securities
 
The amortized cost of investment securities available-for-sale and their fair values are as follows for the periods indicated:

   
Par
Value
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
At June 30, 2010:
                             
Government sponsored entity (GSE) securities
  $ 43,800     $ 44,536     $ 865     $ (3 )   $ 45,398  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    61,065       59,259       2,058       (535 )     60,782  
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
    62,759       62,779       1,777       (53 )     64,503  
Pooled trust preferred securities
    29,903       26,869             (6,745 )     20,124  
Equity securities
    5,837             86             86  
    $ 203,364     $ 193,443     $ 4,786     $ (7,336 )   $ 190,893  
                                         

   
Par
Value
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
At December 31, 2009:
                             
Government sponsored entity (GSE) securities
  $ 40,450     $ 40,374     $ 1,083     $     $ 41,457  
Mortgage-backed securities
    9,527       9,426       409             9,835  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    67,307       66,413       1,336       (981 )     66,768  
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
    49,722       49,210       1,347       (35 )     50,522  
Pooled trust preferred securities
    30,223       27,093             (7,081 )     20,012  
Equity securities
    5,837             187             187  
    $ 203,066     $ 192,516     $ 4,362     $ (8,097 )   $ 188,781  


 
Investment securities available-for-sale with unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual investment securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position are presented in the following tables for the dates indicated.

   
June 30, 2010
 
   
Less than 12 Months
   
12 Months or More
   
Total
 
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Losses
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Government sponsored entity (GSE)
securities
  $ 4,071     $ (3 )   $     $     $ 4,071     $ (3 )
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    5,126       (58 )     7,096       (477 )     12,222       (535 )
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
    3,234       (53 )                 3,234       (53 )
Pooled trust preferred securities
                20,124       (6,745 )     20,124       (6,745 )
    $ 12,431     $ (114 )   $ 27,220     $ (7,222 )   $ 39,651     $ (7,336 )

   
December 31, 2009
 
   
Less than 12 Months
   
12 Months or More
   
Total
 
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Losses
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Collateralized mortgage obligations
  $ 12,461     $ (201 )   $ 14,764     $ (780 )   $ 27,225     $ (981 )
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
    1,598       (35 )                 1,598       (35 )
Pooled trust preferred securities
                20,012       (7,081 )     20,012       (7,081 )
    $ 14,059     $ (236 )   $ 34,776     $ (7,861 )   $ 48,835     $ (8,097 )

We evaluate all investment securities on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic conditions warrant additional evaluations, for determining if an other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) exists pursuant to guidelines established in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 320-10, Investments – Debt and Equity Securities.  Current accounting guidance generally provides that if a marketable security is in an unrealized loss position, whether due to general market c onditions or industry or issuer-specific factors, the holder of the investment securities must assess whether the impairment is other-than-temporary.
 
At June 30, 2010, the Company’s collateralized mortgage obligations consisted of $16.7 million in agency-issued investment securities and $42.5 million in non-agency (private-issued) investment securities.  In management’s belief, the decline in value is primarily attributable to changes in market interest rates and macroeconomic conditions affecting liquidity of these investment securities and not necessarily the expected cash flows of the individual investment securities. The fair value of these investment securities is expected to recover as the investment securities approach their maturity date.
 
At June 30, 2010, the Company’s pooled trust preferred investment securities consisted of “Super Senior” securities backed by senior securities issued mainly by bank and thrift holding companies.  Due to the structure of the securities, as deferrals and defaults on the underlying collateral increase, cash flows are increasingly diverted from mezzanine and subordinate tranches to pay down principal on the “Super Senior” tranches.  In management’s belief, the decline in value is primarily attributable to macroeconomic conditions affecting liquidity of these securities and not necessarily the expected cash flows of the individual securities. The fair value of these securities is expected to recover as the securities approach their maturity date.
 
 
Unrealized losses on collateralized mortgage obligations and pooled trust preferred investment securities have not been recognized in income because management does not have the intent to sell these securities and has the ability to hold these securities for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value.  We may from time to time dispose of an impaired security in response to asset/liability management decisions, future market movements, business plan changes, or if the net proceeds could be reinvested at a rate of return that is expected to recover the loss within a reasonable period of time.  The Company concluded that the unrealized losses that existed at June 30, 2010 did not constitute other-than-temporary impairments.
 
At June 30, 2010, the Company had asset-backed investment securities with an amortized cost of $8.2 million and state and municipal investment securities with an amortized cost of $4.0 million that were classified as held-to-maturity.  At December 31, 2009, the Company’s held-to-maturity investment securities consisted of state and municipal investment securities with an amortized cost of $5.0 million.  The gross unrealized holding gains on the held-to-maturity investment securities totaled $250,000 and $179,000, respectively, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities at June 30, 2010, by contractual maturity, are shown in the tables below.  Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.  Investment securities not due at a single maturity date are shown separately.

   
Available-for-Sale
 
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Fair
Value
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
GSE securities: 
     
Due in one year or less
  $ 17,488     $ 17,825  
Due after one year through five years
    27,048       27,573  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    59,259       60,782  
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
    62,779       64,503  
Pooled trust preferred securities
    26,869       20,124  
Equity securities
          86  
    $ 193,443     $ 190,893  

   
Held-to-Maturity
 
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Fair
Value
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Asset backed securities:
           
Due after five years
  $ 8,206     $ 8,323  
State and municipal securities: 
               
Due in one year or less
    2,000       2,041  
Due after one year through five years
    2,000       2,092  
    $ 12,206     $ 12,456  

The carrying value of investment securities pledged as collateral to secure public deposits and for other purposes at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was $49.2 million and $58.8 million, respectively.  Other than the U.S. Government, its agencies, and GSEs, there were no other holdings of investment securities of any one issuer in an amount greater than 10% of shareholders’ equity.
 
 
4.
Fair Value Measurements
 
The Company measures fair value according to ASC 820-10: Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.  ASC 820-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used in valuation techniques, but not the valuation techniques themselves.  The fair value hierarchy is designed to indicate the relative reliability of the fair value measure.  The highest priority is given to quoted prices in active markets and the lowest to unobservable data such as the Company’s internal information.  ASC 820-10 defines fair value as “the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderl y transaction between market participants at the measurement date.”  There are three levels of inputs into the fair value hierarchy (Level 1 being the highest priority and Level 3 being the lowest priority):
 
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
 
Level 2 – Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are
observable or whose significant value drivers are observable; and
 
Level 3 – Instruments whose significant value drivers or assumptions are unobservable and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
 
A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
 
The following tables set forth the Company’s financial assets by level within the fair value hierarchy that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis at the dates indicated.

   
Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2010
 
   
Fair Value
   
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
   
Significant Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Investment securities available-for-sale:
                       
Government sponsored entity
(GSE) securities                                            
  $ 45,398     $     $ 45,398     $  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    60,782             60,782        
Commercial mortgage-backed
securities                                            
    64,503             64,503        
Pooled trust preferred securities
    20,124                   20,124  
Equity securities                                               
    86       86              




   
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2009
 
   
Fair Value
   
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
   
Significant Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Investment securities available-for-sale:
                       
Government sponsored entity
(GSE) securities                                            
  $ 41,457     $     $ 41,457     $  
Mortgage-backed securities                                               
    9,835             9,835        
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    66,768             66,768        
Commercial mortgage-backed
securities                                            
    50,522             50,522        
Pooled trust preferred securities
    20,012                   20,012  
Equity securities                                               
    187       187              

Investment securities available-for-sale are measured at fair value on a recurring basis.  Level 2 investment securities are valued by a third party pricing service commonly used in the banking industry utilizing observable inputs.  The pricing provider utilizes evaluated pricing models that vary based on asset class.  These models incorporate available market information including quoted prices of investment securities with similar characteristics and, because many fixed-income investment securities do not trade on a daily basis, apply available information through processes such as benchmark yield curves, benchmarking of like investment securities, sector groupings, and matrix pricing.  In addition, model processes, such as an option adjusted spread model, are used to develop prepayment estima tes and interest rate scenarios for investment securities with prepayment features.
 
Level 3 models are utilized when quoted prices are not available for certain investment securities or in markets where trading activity has slowed or ceased.  When quoted prices are not available and are not provided by third party pricing services, management judgment is necessary to determine fair value.  As such, fair value is determined using discounted cash flow analysis models, incorporating default rate assumptions, estimations of prepayment characteristics, and implied volatilities.
 
The Company determined that Level 3 pricing models should be utilized for valuing its pooled trust preferred investment securities.  The markets for these securities and for similar securities at June 30, 2010 were not active.  Given the limited number of observable transactions in the secondary market and the absence of a new issue market, management has determined an income valuation approach (present value technique) that maximizes the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs will be more representative of fair value than the market approach valuation technique.
 
For its Level 3 pricing model, the Company uses externally produced fair values provided by a third party and compares them to other external pricing sources. Other external sources provided similar prices, both higher and lower, than those used by the Company.  The external model uses deferral and default probabilities for underlying issuers, estimated deferral periods, and recovery rates on defaults.
 


The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for the periods indicated of recurring fair value measurements recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of condition using Level 3 inputs:

   
Investment Securities Available-for-Sale
 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
June 30, 2010
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Balance at beginning of period                                                                              
  $ 19,901     $ 20,012  
Total realized and unrealized gains:
               
Included in accumulated other comprehensive loss
    333       336  
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, net                                                                           
    (110 )     (224 )
Balance at end of period                                                                              
  $ 20,124     $ 20,124  

   
Investment Securities Available-for-Sale
 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30, 2009
   
June 30, 2009
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Balance at beginning of period                                                                              
  $ 20,960     $ 24,133  
Total realized and unrealized gains:
               
Included in accumulated other comprehensive income
    5,076       2,049  
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, net                                                                           
    (204 )     (350 )
Balance at end of period                                                                              
  $ 25,832     $ 25,832  

The following tables set forth the Company’s financial and non-financial assets by level within the fair value hierarchy that were measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at the dates indicated.

   
Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2010
 
   
Fair Value
   
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
   
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Impaired loans                                      
  $ 7,374     $     $     $ 7,374  
Other real estate owned
    2,300                   2,300  

   
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2009
 
   
Fair Value
   
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
   
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Impaired loans                                      
  $ 29,411     $     $     $ 29,411  
Other real estate owned
    1,740                   1,740  

Fair value measurements for impaired loans are performed pursuant to ASC 310-10, Receivables, and are measured on a non-recurring basis.  Certain impaired loans were partially charged-off or re-evaluated during the second quarter of 2010.  These impaired loans were carried at estimated fair value using current and prior appraisals, discounting factors, the borrowers’ financial results, estimated cash flows generated from the property, and other factors.  The decrease in the fair value of impaired loans that were valued using Level 3 inputs was approximately $3.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010.  This loss is not recorded directly as an adjustment to current earnings or oth er comprehensive income, but rather as a component in determining the overall adequacy of the allowance for loan losses.  
 
 
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These adjustments to the estimated fair value of impaired loans may result in increases or decreases to the provision for loan losses recorded in future earnings.
 
The fair value of the Company’s other real estate owned is determined using Level 3 inputs which include current and prior appraisals and estimated costs to sell.  The decrease in fair value of other real estate owned was $432,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 which was recorded directly as an adjustment to current earnings through other real estate owned (OREO) related expenses.
 
The Company has the option to measure financial instruments and certain other assets and liabilities at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis (the Fair Value Option) according to ASC 825-10, Financial Instruments.  The Company is not currently engaged in any hedging activities and, as a result, did not elect to measure any financial instruments at fair value under ASC 825-10.
 
Disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the consolidated statement of condition, for which it is practicable to estimate their value, is summarized below.  The aggregate fair value amounts presented do not represent the underlying value of the Company.
 
The carrying amounts and fair values of financial instruments consist of the following:

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
Carrying
   
Fair
   
Carrying
   
Fair
 
   
Amount
   
Value
   
Amount
   
Value
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Financial Assets 
                   
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents                                                                           
  $ 31,643     $ 31,643     $ 24,428     $ 24,428  
Investment securities, available-for-sale                                                                           
    190,893       190,893       188,781       188,781  
Investment securities, held-to-maturity                                                                           
    12,206       12,456       5,000       5,179  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock                                                                           
    23,944       23,944       23,944       23,944  
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses
    738,444       743,195       742,925       745,594  
Accrued interest receivable                                                                           
    3,486       3,486       3,469       3,469  
Total financial assets                                                                           
  $ 1,000,616     $ 1,005,617     $ 988,547     $ 991,395  
Financial Liabilities 
                               
Deposits                                                                           
  $ 899,482     $ 902,100     $ 849,758     $ 850,894  
Borrowed funds                                                                           
    73,106       75,588       111,808       113,379  
Accrued interest payable                                                                           
     131        131       145       145  
Total financial liabilities                                                                           
  $ 972,719     $ 977,819     $ 961,711     $ 964,418  

The carrying amount is the estimated fair value for cash and cash equivalents, Federal Home Loan Bank stock, and accrued interest receivable and payable.  Investment securities fair values are based on quotes received from a third-party pricing source and discounted cash flow analysis models.  The fair values for variable-rate and fixed-rate loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses.  Cash flows are adjusted for estimated prepayments where appropriate and are discounted using interest rates currently being offered for loans with similar terms and collateral to borrowers of similar credit quality.
 
The fair value of checking, savings, and money market accounts is the amount payable on demand at the reporting date.  The fair value of fixed-maturity certificates of deposit is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining
 
 
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maturities.  The fair value of borrowed funds is estimated based on rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.  The fair value of the Company’s off-balance sheet instruments, including lending commitments, letters of credit, and credit enhancements, approximates their book value and is not included in the above table.
 
5.
Share-Based Compensation
 
The Company accounts for its stock options in accordance with ASC 718-10, Compensation – Stock Based Compensation.  ASC 718-10 addresses all forms of share-based payment awards, including shares under employee stock purchase plans, stock options, restricted stock, and stock appreciation rights.  ASC 718-10 requires all share-based payments to be recognized as expense, based upon their fair values, in the financial statements over the service period of the awards.
 
For additional details on the Company’s share-based compensation plans and related disclosures, see Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements as presented in the Company’s 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
 
The Company’s 2008 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (Equity Incentive Plan) authorized the issuance of 270,000 shares of its common stock.  In addition, there were 64,500 shares that had not yet been issued or were forfeited, cancelled, or unexercised at the end of the option term under the 2003 Stock Option Plan that are available for any type of stock-based awards in the future under the Equity Incentive Plan.  At June 30, 2010, 179,751 shares were available for future grants under the Equity Incentive Plan.
 
Restricted Stock
 
During the second quarter of 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted performance- and service-based awards under the Equity Incentive Plan.  The awards included 1,370 of performance-based and 5,913 of service-based shares of restricted stock granted to a key employee of the Company.  The Company reissued treasury shares to satisfy the restricted stock awards.
 
The weighted average fair market value of the restricted stock awards granted in the second quarter of 2010 was $5.66 per share and totaled $41,000.  These restricted stock awards vest 33%, 33%, and 34% on May 1, 2012, 2013, and 2014, respectively.  The expense for these awards is being recorded over their requisite service period which is 47 months from the date of grant.  The Company estimates the impact of forfeitures based on its historical experience with previously granted restricted stock and will consider the impact of the forfeitures when determining the amount of expense to record for the restricted stock granted.
 


The following table presents the activity for restricted stock for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

         
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Grant-
Date Fair
Value
 
Unvested at December 31, 2009
          165,664     $ 6.04  
2010 awards:
                     
Granted
    120,392               3.62  
Forfeited
    (7,615 )             3.49  
Net 2010 grant awards
            112,777       3.63  
Vested
            (14,883 )     13.70  
Forfeited
            (70,692 )     3.48  
Unvested at June 30, 2010
            192,866     $ 4.98  

The compensation expense related to restricted stock for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 totaled $57,000 and $59,000, respectively.  The compensation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 totaled $118,000 and $112,000, respectively.  At June 30, 2010, the remaining unamortized cost of the restricted stock awards was reflected as a reduction in additional paid-in capital and totaled $960,000.  This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.3 years which is subject to the actual number of shares earned and vested.
 
Stock Options
 
The Company has stock option plans under which shares of Company common stock were reserved for the grant of both incentive and non-qualified stock options to directors, officers, and employees.  These plans were frozen in conjunction with the approval of the Equity Incentive Plan in 2003 and no new awards will be made under these plans.  The stock option vesting periods and exercise and expiration dates were determined by the Compensation Committee at the time of the grant.  The exercise price of the stock options is equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the grant date.
 
The following table presents the activity under the Company’s stock option plans for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

 
 
 
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 
Options outstanding at December 31, 2009
    769,795     $ 13.08  
Granted
           
Exercised
           
Forfeited
    (3,000 )     13.48  
Expired unexercised
    (114,800 )     11.00  
Options outstanding at June 30, 2010
    651,995     $ 13.44  
                 
Options exercisable at June 30, 2010
    651,995     $ 13.44  

For stock options outstanding at June 30, 2010, the range of exercise prices was $10.44 to $14.76 and the weighted-average remaining contractual term was 3.0 years.  At June 30, 2010, all of the Company’s outstanding stock options were out-of-the-money.  There were no stock options exercised
 
 
during the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.  The Company reissues treasury shares to satisfy option exercises.
 
6.
Other Comprehensive Income
 
The related income tax effect and reclassification adjustments to the components of other comprehensive income for the periods indicated are as follows:

                 
     Three Months Ended      Six Months Ended
     June 30,      June 30,
      2010      2009      2010      2009
     (Dollars in thousands)
Unrealized holding gains arising during the period:
                     
Unrealized net gains                                                                   
  $ 839     $ 6,291     $ 1,641     $ 2,468  
Related income tax expense                                                                   
    (296 )     (2,309 )     (568 )     (885 )
Net unrealized gains                                                                   
    543       3,982       1,073       1,583  
Less:  reclassification adjustment for net gains
realized during the period:
                               
Realized net gains                                                                
                456       720  
Related income tax expense                                                                
                (155 )     (265 )
Net realized gains                                                                
                301       455  
Change in other comprehensive income                                                                      
  $ 543     $ 3,982     $ 772     $ 1,128  

7.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
 
In July 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2010-20, Receivables (Topic 310):  Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses.  ASU 2010-20 requires that more information be disclosed about the credit quality of a company’s loans and the allowance for loan losses held against those loans.  A company will need to disaggregate new and existing disclosure based on how it develops its allowance for loan losses and how it manages credit exposures.  Existing disclosures to be presented on a disaggregated basis include a rollforward of the allowance for loan losses, the related recorded investment in such loans, the nonaccrual status of loans, and impaired loans.   Additional disclosure is also required about the credit quality indicators of loans by class at the end of the reporting period, the aging of past due loans, information about troubled debt restructurings, and significant purchases and sales of loans during the reporting period by class.  For public companies, ASU 2010-20 requires certain disclosures as of the end of a reporting period effective for periods ending on or after December 15, 2010.  Other required disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010.  The Company anticipates that adoption of these additional disclosures will not hav e a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.
 
In February 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-09, Subsequent Events (Topic 855):  Amendments to Certain Recognition and disclosure Requirements.  The amendments remove the requirement for an SEC registrant to disclose the date through which subsequent events were evaluated as this requirement would have potentially conflicted with SEC reporting requirements.  Removal of the disclosure requirement did not have an affect on the nature or timing of subsequent events evaluations performed by the Company.  ASU 2010-09 became effective upon issuance.
 
 
      In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820):  Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.  ASU 2010-06 revises two disclosure requirements concerning fair value measurements and clarifies two others.  It requires separate presentation of significant transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy and disclosure of the reasons for such transfers.  It will also require the presentation of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements within Level 3 on a gross basis rather than a net basis.  The amendments also clarify th at disclosures should be disaggregated by class of asset or liability and that disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques should be provided for both recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements.  The Company’s disclosures about fair value measurements are presented in Note 3:  Fair Value Measurements.  These new disclosure requirements were effective for the period ended March 31, 2010, except for the requirement concerning gross presentation of Level 3 activity, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010.  There was no significant effect to the Company’s financial statement disclosure upon adoption of this ASU.
 
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-16, Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860):   Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets which pertains to securitizations.  ASU 2009-16 requires more information about transfers of financial assets, including securitization transactions, and where entities have continued exposure to the risks related to transferred assets.  The Company adopted this ASU effective January 1, 2010 and adoption did not have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.
 
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-17, Consolidations (Topic 810):  Improvements to Financial Reporting by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities.  ASU 2009-17 replaces the quantitative-based risks and rewards calculation for determining which enterprise, if any, has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity with a qualitative approach focused on identifying which enterprise has the power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity.  The Company adopted this ASU effective January 1, 2010 and adoption did not have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations since the Company does not have any special purpose entities.
 
Item 2.                      Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
                Operations
 
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
 
Certain statements contained in this Form 10-Q, in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and in our press releases or other shareholder communications are forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in U.S. federal securities laws.  Generally, these statements relate to our business plans or strategies, projections involving anticipated revenues, earnings, profitability, or other aspects of operating results, or other future developments in our affairs or the industry in which we conduct business.  Forward-looking statements may be identified by reference to a future period or periods or by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “would be,” “will,” “intend to,” “project,”  or similar expressions or the negative thereof, as well as statements that include future events, tense or dates, or are not historical or current facts.
 
We wish to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.  We also advise readers that various factors, including regional
 
 
and national economic conditions, changes in levels of market interest rates, credit and other risks which are inherent in our lending and investment activities, legislative changes, changes in the cost of funds, demand for loan products and financial services, changes in accounting principles, ability to realize deferred tax assets, competitive and regulatory factors, and successful execution of our strategy and our Strategic Growth and Diversification Plan could affect our financial performance and could cause actual results for future periods to differ materially from those anticipated or projected.  For further discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements see “Part II. Item 1A.  Risk Factors” of this Form 10-Q as well as “Part I. Item 1A.  Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.  Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance.  We do not undertake, and specifically disclaim any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements unless required to do so under the federal securities laws.
 
Critical Accounting Policies
 
Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which require us to establish various accounting policies.  Certain of these accounting policies require us to make estimates, judgments, or assumptions that could have a material effect on the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities.  The estimates, judgments, and assumptions we use are based on historical experience, projected results, internal cash flow modeling techniques, and other factors which we believe are reasonable under the circumstances.
 
Significant accounting policies are presented in “Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K.  These policies, along with the disclosures presented in other financial statement notes and in this management’s discussion and analysis, provide information on the methodology used for the valuation of significant assets and liabilities in our financial statements.  We view critical accounting policies to be those that are highly dependent on subjective or complex judgments, estimates, and assumptions, and where changes in those estimates and assumptions could have a significant impact on the financial statements.  We cur rently view the determination of the allowance for loan losses, valuations and impairments of investment securities, and the accounting for income taxes to be critical accounting policies.
 
Allowance for loan losses.  We maintain our allowance for loan losses at a level we believe is sufficient to absorb credit losses inherent in our loan portfolio.  The allowance for loan losses represents our estimate of probable incurred losses in our loan portfolio at each statement of condition date and is based on our review of available and relevant information.
 
The first component of our allowance for loan losses contains allocations for probable incurred losses that we have identified relating to impaired loans pursuant to ASC 310-10, Receivables.  We individually evaluate for impairment all loans over $750,000 and classified substandard.  Loans are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the borrower will not be able to fulfill its obligation according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement.  The impairment loss, if any, is generally measured based on the present value of expected cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate.  As a practical expedient, impairment may be measured based on the loan’ s observable market price, or the fair value of the collateral, if the loan is collateral-
 
 
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dependent.  A loan is considered collateral-dependent when the repayment of the loan will be provided solely by the underlying collateral and there are no other available and reliable sources of repayment.  If we determine a loan is collateral-dependent we will charge-off any identified collateral short fall against the allowance for loan losses.
 
If foreclosure is probable, we are required to measure the impairment based on the fair value of the collateral.  The fair value of the collateral is generally obtained from appraisals or estimated using an appraisal-like methodology.  When current appraisals are not available, management estimates the fair value of the collateral giving consideration to several factors including the price at which individual unit(s) could be sold in the current market, the period of time over which the unit(s) could be sold, the estimated cost to complete the unit(s), the risks associated with completing and selling the unit(s), the required return on the investment a potential acquirer may have, and the current market interest rates.  The analysis of each loan involves a high degree of judgment in estimating the amount of the loss associated with the loan, including the estimation of the amount and timing of future cash flows and collateral values.
 
The second component of our allowance for loan losses contains allocations for probable incurred losses within various pools of loans with similar characteristics pursuant to ASC 450-10, Contingencies.  This component is based in part on certain loss factors applied to various stratified loan pools excluding loans evaluated individually for impairment.  In determining the appropriate loss factors for these loan pools, we consider historical charge-offs and recoveries; levels of and trends in delinquencies, impaired loans, and other classified loans; concentrations of credit within the commercial loan portfolios; volume and type of lending; and current and anticipated economic conditions.
 
Loan losses are charged off against the allowance when the loan balance or a portion of the loan balance is no longer covered by the paying capacity of the borrower based on an evaluation of available cash resources and collateral value, while recoveries of amounts previously charged off are credited to the allowance.  We assess the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses on a quarterly basis and adjust the allowance for loan losses by recording a provision for loan losses in an amount sufficient to maintain the allowance at a level we deem appropriate.  Our evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as additional information becomes available or as future events occur.  To the extent that act ual outcomes differ from our estimates, an additional provision for loan losses could be required which could adversely affect earnings or our financial position in future periods.  The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) could require us to make additional provisions loan losses.
 
Investment Securities.  Under ASC 320-10, Investments – Debt and Equity Securities, investment securities must be classified as held-to-maturity, available-for-sale, or trading.  We determine the appropriate classification at the time of purchase.  The classification of investment securities is significant since it directly impacts the accounting for unrealized gains and losses on investment securities.  Debt investment securities are classified as held-to-maturity and carried at amortized cost when we have the positive intent and we have the ability to hold the investment securities to maturity.  Investm ent securities not classified as held-to-maturity are classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair value, with the unrealized holding gains and losses, net of tax, reported in other comprehensive income and do not affect earnings until realized.
 
 
The fair values of our investment securities are generally determined by reference to quoted prices from reliable independent sources utilizing observable inputs.  Certain of the fair values of investment securities are determined using models whose significant value drivers or assumptions are unobservable and are significant to the fair value of the investment securities.  These models are utilized when quoted prices are not available for certain investment securities or in markets where trading activity has slowed or ceased.  When quoted prices are not available and are not provided by third-party pricing services, our judgment is necessary to determine fair value.  As such, fair value is determined using discounted cash flow analysis models, incorporating default rates, estimation of prepayme nt characteristics, and implied volatilities.
 
We evaluate all investment securities on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic conditions warrant additional evaluations, for determining if an other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) exists pursuant to guidelines established in ASC 320-10, Investments – Debt and Equity Securities.  In evaluating the possible impairment of investment securities, consideration is given to many factors including the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, whether the market decline was affected by macroeconomic conditions, the financial conditions and near-term prospects of the issuer, and our ability and intent to retain our investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value.  In analyzing an issuer’s financial condition, we may consider whether the investment securities are issued by the federal government or its agencies or government sponsored agencies, whether downgrades by bond rating agencies have occurred, and the results of reviews of the issuer’s financial condition.  The assessment of whether an other-than-temporary decline exists involves a high degree of subjectivity and judgment and is based on the information available to management at a point in time.
 
If we determine that an investment experienced an OTTI, we must then determine the amount of the OTTI to be recognized in earnings.  If we do not intend to sell the security and it is more likely than not that we will not be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis less any current period loss, the OTTI will be separated into the amount representing the credit loss and the amount related to all other factors.  The amount of the OTTI related to the credit loss is determined based on the present value of cash flows expected to be collected and is recognized in earnings.  The amount of the OTTI related to other factors will be recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes.  The previous amortized cost basis less the OTTI recognized in earnings wi ll become the new amortized cost basis of the investment.  If we intend to sell the security or it is more likely than not we will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis less any current period credit loss, the OTTI will be recognized in earnings equal to the entire difference between the investment’s amortized cost basis and its fair value at the balance sheet date.  Any recoveries related to the value of these investment securities are recorded as an unrealized gain (as other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity) and not recognized in income until the security is ultimately sold.  From time to time we may dispose of an impaired security in response to asset/liability management decisions, future market movements, business plan changes, or if the net proceeds can be reinvested at a rate of return that is expected to recover the loss within a reasonable period of time.
 
Income Tax Accounting.  We file a consolidated federal income tax return.  The provision for income taxes is based upon income in our consolidated financial statements, rather than amounts reported on our income tax return.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using
 
 
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enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect of a change in tax rates on our deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized as income or expense in the period that includes the enactment date.
 
Under GAAP, a valuation allowance is required to be recognized if it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized.  The determination of the realizability of the deferred tax assets is highly subjective and dependent upon judgment concerning our evaluation of both positive and negative evidence, our forecasts of future income, applicable tax planning strategies, and assessments of current and future economic and business conditions.  Positive evidence includes the existence of taxes paid in available carryback years as well as the probability that taxable income will be generated in future periods, while negative evidence includes any cumulative losses in the current year and prior two years and general business and economic trends.  At June 30, 2010, we conducted an extensive an alysis to determine if a valuation allowance was required and concluded that a valuation allowance was not necessary, largely based on available tax planning strategies and our projections of future taxable income.  Additional positive evidence considered in our analysis was our long-term history of generating taxable income, including three straight quarters of taxable income at June 30, 2010; the industry in which we operate is cyclical in nature, as a result, recent losses are not expected to have a significant long-term impact on our profitability; the fact that recent losses were partly attributable to syndicated/participation lending which we stopped investing in during 2007; our history of fully realizing net operating losses, most recently a federal net operating loss from a $45.0 million taxable loss in 2004; and the relatively long remaining tax loss carryforward periods (nineteen years for federal income tax purposes, ten years for the state of Indiana, and eight years for the state of I llinois).  We concluded that the aforementioned positive evidence outweighs the negative evidence of cumulative losses over the past three years.  Any reduction in estimated future taxable income may require us to record a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets.  Any required valuation allowance would result in additional income tax expense in the period and could have a significant impact on our future earnings.
 
Positions taken in our tax returns may be subject to challenge by the taxing authorities upon examination.  The benefit of an uncertain tax position is initially recognized in the financial statements only when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities.  Such tax positions are both initially and subsequently measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement with the tax authority, assuming full knowledge of the position and all relevant facts.  Differences between our position and the position of tax authorities could result in a reduction of a tax benefit or an increase to a tax liability, which could adversely affect our future income tax expense.
 
We believe our tax policies and practices are critical accounting policies because the determination of our tax provision and current and deferred tax assets and liabilities have a material impact on our net income and the carrying value of our assets.  We believe our tax liabilities and assets are adequate and are properly recorded in the condensed consolidated financial statements at June 30, 2010.
 


Results of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
 
Performance Overview
 
The following table provides selected financial information and performance information for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009.
 
 
     Three Months Ended      Six Months Ended  
      June 30,      June 30,  
     2010      2009      2010      2009  
      (Dollars in thousands)  
Net income
  $ 981     $ 670      $ 1,679      $ 2,131   
Diluted earnings per share      0.09       0.06        0.16        0.20   
Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations (1)      2,817       2,460        5,685        4,935   
Return on average assets (2)     0.36  %     0.24  %     0.31  %     0.39  %
Return on average equity (2)     3.52        2.41       3.04        3.84   
Average interset-earning assets   $ 987,801      $ 1,014,576      $ 985,230      $ 1,022,634   
Net interest income     9,329        9,335        18,772        18,510   
Net interest margin     3.79  %     3.69  %     3.84  %     3.65  %
Non-interest income   $ 2,250      $ 2,125      $ 4,796      $ 5,076   
Non-interest expense     9,603        9,943        19,075        19,371   
Efficiency ratio (3)     83.01  %     86.72  %     82.58  %     84.69  %
                                 
(1) See "Non-GAAP Financial Information" on page 27.
(2) Annualized.
(3) The efficiency ratio is calculated by dividing non-interest expense by the sum of net interest income and non-interest
      income, excluding net gain on sales of investment securities and other assets.
 
   
June 30,
2010
   
December 31,
2009
   
June 30,
2009
 
Book value per share                                                                                          
  $ 10.40     $ 10.25     $ 10.73  
Shareholders’ equity to total assets                                                                                         
    10.30 %     10.21 %     10.55 %
Tangible capital ratio (Bank only)                                                                                         
    9.05       8.88       9.53  
Core capital ratio (Bank only)                                                                                         
    9.05       8.88       9.53  
Risk based capital ratio (Bank only)                                                                                         
    12.81       12.35       13.21  

The following discussion and analysis presents the more significant factors affecting our financial condition as of June 30, 2010 and results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.  This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this report.
 
During the second quarter of 2010, we recorded net income of $981,000, or $0.09 per diluted share.  We continue to see progress in our core banking operations as a result of our Strategic Growth and Diversification Plan and we are making progress in our business units in executing our strategy, which is more clearly reflected in measures such as the net interest margin, loan portfolio composition, core deposit growth, and the self-funding ratio.  We believe our earnings for the second quarter are a step in the right direction.  We experienced a second consecutive quarterly moderate decline in the level of non-performing loans; however, we anticipate that credit quality-costs, including the provision for loan losses, will continue to affect reported earnings even as we diligently work to reduce non-perform ing assets.
 
 
      Our net interest margin increased for the tenth consecutive quarter of year over year improvement to 3.79% from 3.69% for the second quarter of 2009.  The net interest margin was favorably affected by the downward repricing of certificates of deposit and borrowed funds when compared to the second quarter of 2009, which more than offset the decrease in the yield on investment securities.  Our net interest margin decreased 11 basis points to 3.79% for the second quarter of 2010 from 3.90% for the first quarter of 2010.  The net interest margin was negatively impacted compared to the first quarter of 2010 by lower yields on loans receivable and investment securities during the second quarter of 2010 .  The yield on loans receivable declined due to several large loan payoffs during 2010 along with the reduction in interest income related to new non-accrual loans.  The yield on investment securities decreased due to reinvesting proceeds from maturing investment securities as market interest rates declined to new lows.
 
We have had success in growing core deposits through many channels including enhancing our brand recognition within our communities, offering attractive deposit products, bringing in new client relationships by meeting all of their banking needs, and holding our experienced sales team accountable for growing deposits and relationships.  At June 30, 2010, our total core deposits increased $9.5 million, or 2.0%, from December 31, 2009 and $28.6 million, or 6.1%, from June 30, 2009.  Core deposits were negatively impacted during the current quarter as a result of an $11.6 million reduction in the balances of a large commercial customer.  Excluding this decrease, our core deposits increased $21.1 million from December 31, 2009.  The increase in core deposits has strengthened our balance sheet and en hanced our liquidity by allowing us to pay maturing Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) borrowed funds during the year.
 
Our tangible, core, and risk-based capital ratios exceeded “minimum” and “well capitalized” for regulatory capital requirements.  Our tangible common equity at June 30, 2010 was $112.8 million, or 10.30% of tangible assets compared to $110.4 million, or 10.21% of tangible assets, at December 31, 2009.
 
Improving credit quality remains our number one priority in 2010.  Our non-performing assets were relatively stable for the third consecutive quarter.  Our loan portfolio mix is improving as the higher risk targeted contraction portfolios of commercial construction and land development and non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans continue to decrease as a percentage of the portfolio.  Non-performing assets negatively affect earnings for a number of reasons, and we are committed to addressing these problem assets in a conservative, yet prudent, manner within the constraints of current and forecasted market conditions.
 
Progress on Strategic Growth and Diversification Plan
 
The Company’s Strategic Growth and Diversification Plan is built around four core objectives: decreasing non-performing loans; ensuring costs are appropriate given the Company’s targeted future asset base; growing while diversifying by targeting small and mid-sized business owners for relationship-based banking opportunities; and expanding and deepening the Company’s relationships with its clients by meeting a higher percentage of the clients’ financial service needs.
 
The Company employs a dual strategy in managing its loan portfolio.  The Company continues to make progress in its efforts to reduce non-performing loans, seeking to either restructure specific non-performing credits or liquidate the underlying collateral.  For new loan originations, the Company
 
 
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continues to be conservative in its underwriting criteria, resulting in a higher quality loan origination process.  Since peaking at 7.74% of total loans at December 31, 2009, the Company’s ratio of non-performing loans to total loans has decreased by 27 basis points at June 30, 2010.  Overall, the economic outlook remains clouded.  The Company anticipates that credit quality-costs, including the provision for loan losses, will continue to affect reported earnings even as management diligently works to reduce non-performing assets.
 
The Company remains strongly focused on its cost structure.  Non-interest expense for the current quarter compared to the first quarter of 2010 increased $131,000, or 1.4%, and decreased $340,000, or 3.4%, compared to the prior year quarter.  Non-interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was down $296,000, or 1.5%, compared to the 2009 period.
 
Efforts to grow while diversifying and to expand and deepen client relationships continue but remain constrained by current economic conditions.  The Company has succeeded in increasing targeted growth segments in its portfolio, including commercial and industrial, commercial real estate – owner occupied, and multifamily, to comprise 48.1% of the commercial loan portfolio at June 30, 2010, up from 46.8%, 39.4%, and 35.6% at December 31, 2009, 2008, and 2007, respectively.  The Company expects to benefit further from this diversification effort once business owners resume borrowing at their historical levels.  The Company’s focus on deepening relationships has emphasized core deposit and relationship-oriented time deposit growth.
 
Pre-tax, Pre-Provision Earnings from Core Operations
 
Our pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations increased 14.5% to $2.8 million for the second quarter of 2010 from $2.5 million for the second quarter of 2009.  Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations increased due to decreases in compensation and employee benefits cost and net occupancy expenses.  These reductions were partially offset by an increase in professional fees and higher Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance expense.
 
For the six months ended June 30, 2010, pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations increased 15.2% to $5.7 million from $4.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009.  The improvement was primarily due to higher net interest income and lower compensation and employee benefits expense, net occupancy expense, and marketing expenses partially offset by an increase in professional fees related to the recently completed proxy contest and annual meeting.
 


Non-GAAP Financial Information
 
The following table reconciles income before income taxes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to the non-GAAP measurement of pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations.

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
 Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
       2010    
2009
     2010     
2009
 
        (Dollars in thousands)  
Income before income taxes                                                                       
  $ 1,159     $ 804     $ 1,966     $ 2,878  
Provision for loan losses
 
 
817
      713       2,527       1,337  
Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings                                                                       
    1,976       1,517       4,493       4,215  
                                 
Add back (subtract):
                               
Net gain on sale of investment securities
 
              (456)       (720 )
Net (gain) loss on sale of other assets
 
 
(11
    6       (12     6  
OREO related expense
 
 
262
      212       898       411  
Loan collection expense                                                                    
    153       230       322       528  
Severance and early retirement expense                                                                    
    437             440        
Special assessment – FDIC insurance
 
 
      495             495  
                                 
Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations
  $ 2,817     $ 2,460     $ 5,685     $ 4,935  
                                 
Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations to
average assets                                                                    
    1.03 %     0.89 %     1.05 %     0.89 %

The Company's accounting and reporting policies conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and general practice within the banking industry.  Management uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the Company's financial performance and has provided the non-GAAP financial measures of pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations and pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations to average assets.  In these non-GAAP financial measures, the provision for loan losses, OREO related expense, loan collection expense, and certain other items, such as gains and losses on sales of investment securities and other assets, severance and early retirement expense, and special assessment for FDIC insurance, are excluded from the determination of core operating results.  Manage ment believes that these measures are useful because they provide a more comparable basis for evaluating financial performance from core operations period to period and allows management and others to assess the Company's ability to generate earnings to cover credit costs.  Although these non-GAAP financial measures are intended to enhance investors understanding of the Company's business performance, these should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP.
 
The risks associated with utilizing operating measures (such as the pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations) are that various persons might disagree as to the appropriateness of items included or excluded in these measures and that other companies might calculate these measures differently.  Management compensates for these limitations by providing detailed reconciliations between GAAP information and our pre-tax, pre-provision earnings from core operations as noted above; however, these disclosures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP.
 
 


Average Balances/Rates
 
The following tables reflect the average yield on assets and average cost of liabilities for the periods indicated.  Average balances are derived from average daily balances.

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
Average
Balance
   
Interest
   
Average
Yield/Cost
   
Average
Balance
   
Interest
   
Average
Yield/Cost
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Loans receivable (1)                                               
  $ 757,478     $ 9,626       5.10 %   $ 751,957     $ 9,807       5.23 %
Investment securities (2)
    201,735       2,163       4.24       232,853       3,020       5.13  
Other interest-earning assets (3)
    28,588       123       1.73       29,766       137       1.85  
Total interest-earning assets
    987,801       11,912       4.84       1,014,576       12,964       5.13  
                                                 
Non-interest earning assets
    102,063                       85,174                  
Total assets                                                  
  $ 1,089,864                     $ 1,099,750                  
                                                 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Deposits:
                                               
Checking accounts
  $ 132,870       51       0.15     $ 135,470       115       0.34  
Money market accounts
    156,937       261       0.67       158,341       286       0.72  
Savings accounts
    118,691       99       0.33       119,879       104       0.35  
Certificates of deposit
    396,378       1,735       1.76       367,418       2,244       2.45  
Total deposits                                          
    804,876       2,146       1.07       781,108       2,749       1.41  
                                                 
Borrowed funds:
                                               
Other short-term borrowed funds (4)
    13,663       16       0.47       10,870       20       0.74  
FHLB borrowed funds
    60,121       421       2.77       117,170       860       2.90  
Total borrowed funds
    73,784       437       2.34       128,040       880       2.72  
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    878,660       2,583       1.18       909,148       3,629       1.60  
Non-interest bearing deposits
    88,914                       64,509                  
Non-interest bearing other liabilities
    10,446                       14,520                  
Total liabilities                                                  
    978,020                       988,177                  
Shareholders' equity
    111,844                       111,573                  
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
  $ 1,089,864                     $ 1,099,750                  
Net interest-earning assets
  $ 109,141                     $ 105,428                  
Net interest income / interest rate spread
          $ 9,329       3.66 %           $ 9,335       3.53 %
Net interest margin
                    3.79 %                     3.69 %
Ratio of average interest-earning assets
to average interest-bearing liabilities
                    112.42 %                     111.48 %
 
(1)
Loans receivable include non-performing loans, interest on which is recognized on a cash basis.
(2)
Investment securities are based on amortized cost.
(3)
Includes FHLB stock, money market accounts, federal funds sold, and interest-earning bank deposits.
(4)
Includes federal funds purchased, overnight borrowed funds from the Federal Reserve Bank
 
discount window, and repurchase agreements (Repo Sweeps).



       Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2010     2009  
   
Average
Balance
    Interest    
Average
Yield/Cost
   
Average
Balance
    Interest    
Average
Yield/Cost
 
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Interest-earning assets:
                       
Loans receivable (1)
  $ 759,141     $ 19,304       5.13 %   $ 752,508     $ 19,752       5.29 %
Investment securities (2)
    198,292       4,376       4.39       238,507       6,063       5.06  
Other interest-earning assets (3)
    27,797       247       1.79       31,619       380       2.42  
Total interest-earning assets
    985,230       23,927       4.90       1,022,634       26,195       5.17  
                                                 
Non-interest earning assets
    101,377                       84,453                   
Total assets                                                  
  $ 1,086,607                     $  1,107,087                  
                                                 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Deposits:
                                               
Checking accounts
  $ 133,787       118       0.18     $ 123,633       207       0.34  
Money market accounts
    154,936       507       0.66       160,046       618       0.78  
Savings accounts
    117,103       193       0.33       118,259       206       0.35  
Certificates of deposit
    382,320       3,381       1.78       368,493       4,814       2.63  
Total deposits                                          
    788,146       4,199       1.07       770,431       5,845       1.53  
                                                 
    Borrowed funds:
                                               
       Other short-term borrowed funds (4)
    15,179       37       0.49       14,146       53       0.76  
       FHLB borrowed funds
    70,079       919       2.61       132,117       1,787       2.69  
       Total borrowed funds
    85,258       956       2.23       146,263       1,840       2.50  
   Total interest-bearing liabilities
    873,404       5,155       1.19       916,694       7,685       1.69  
Non-interest bearing deposits
    91,254                       64,180                   
Non-interest bearing other liabilities
    10,435                        14,205                  
Total liabilities                                                  
    975,093                        995,079                  
Shareholders' equity
    111,514                        112,008                  
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
  $ 1,086,607                     $  1,107,087                  
Net interest-earning assets
  $ 111,826                     $  105,940                  
Net interest income / interest rate spread
          $ 18,772       3.71 %           $  18,510        3.48 %
Net interest margin
                    3.84  %                     3.65
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to
    average interest-bearing liabilities
                    112.80  %                     111.43
 
(1)
Loans receivable includes non-performing loans, interest on which is recognized on a cash basis.
(2)
Investment securities are based on amortized cost.
(3)
Includes FHLB stock, money market accounts, federal funds sold, and interest-earning bank deposits.
(4)
Includes federal funds purchased, overnight borrowed funds from the Federal Reserve Bank
 
discount window, and Repo Sweeps.


 
Rate / Volume Analysis of Net Interest Income
 
The following tables detail the effects of changing rates and volumes on net interest income.  Information is provided with respect to: (i) effects on interest income attributable to changes in rate (changes in rate multiplied by prior volume); (ii) effects on interest income attributable to changes in volume (changes in volume multiplied by prior rate); and (iii) changes in rate/volume (changes in rate multiplied by changes in volume).

   
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
compared to June 30, 2009
 
   
Increase (decrease) due to
 
   
Rate
   
Volume
   
Rate /
Volume
   
Total
Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Interest income:
                       
Loans receivable                                                      
  $ (251 )   $ 72     $ (2 )   $ (181 )
Investment securities                                                      
    (523 )     (403 )     69       (857 )
Other interest-earning assets                                                      
    (9 )     (5 )           (14 )
Total                                                   
    (783 )     (336 )     67       (1,052 )
                                 
Interest expense:
                               
Deposits:
                               
Checking accounts                                                   
    (63 )     (2 )     1       (64 )
Money market accounts                                                   
    (22 )     (3 )           (25 )
Savings accounts                                                   
    (4 )     (1 )           (5 )
Certificates of deposit                                                   
    (636 )     177       (50 )     (509 )
Total deposits                                                 
    (725 )     171       (49 )     (603 )
Borrowed funds:
                               
Other short-term borrowed funds
    (7 )     5       (2 )     (4 )
FHLB borrowed funds                                                   
    (39 )     (419 )     19       (439 )
Total borrowed funds                                                 
    (46 )     (414 )     17       (443 )
Total                                                   
    (771 )     (243 )     (32 )     (1,046 )
Net change in net interest income                                                        
  $ (12 )   $ (93 )   $ 99     $ (6 )



   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
 
   
compared to June 30, 2009
 
   
Increase (decrease) due to
 
   
Rate
   
Volume
   
Rate /
Volume
   
Total
Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Interest income:
                       
Loans receivable                                                      
  $ (617 )   $ 174     $ (5 )   $ (448 )
Investment securities                                                      
    (800 )     (1,021 )     134       (1,687 )
Other interest-earning assets                                                      
    (99 )     (46 )     12       (133 )
Total                                                   
    (1,516 )     (893 )     141       (2,268 )
                                 
Interest expense:
                               
Deposits:
                               
Checking accounts                                                   
    (98 )     17       (8 )     (89 )
Money market accounts                                                   
    (94 )     (20 )     3       (111 )
Savings accounts                                                   
    (11 )     (2 )           (13 )
Certificates of deposit                                                   
    (1,556 )     181       (58 )     (1,433 )
Total deposits                                                 
    (1,759 )     176       (63 )     (1,646 )
    Borrowed funds:
                               
       Other short-term borrowed funds
    (19 )     4       (1 )     (16 )
       FHLB borrowed funds                                                        
    (55 )     (839 )     26       (868 )
       Total borrowed funds                                                      
    (74 )     (835 )     25       (884 )
Total                                                   
    (1,833 )     (659 )     (38 )     (2,530 )
Net change in net interest income                                                        
  $ 317     $ (234 )   $ 179     $ 262  

Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
 
Net Interest Margin. The net interest margin for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased 10 basis points to 3.79% from 3.69% for the comparable 2009 period and for the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased 19 basis points to 3.84% from 3.65% for the 2009 period.  Net interest income remained stable at $9.3 million for both quarterly periods.  The net interest margin was favorably impacted during 2010 by an increase in the average balances of non-interest bearing dep osits as a result of significant progress in improving the mix of deposit accounts held combined with the repricing of certificates of deposits at lower rates.  In addition, the growth in deposits allowed us to reduce FHLB borrowed funds.
 
Interest Income.  Interest income decreased 8.1% to $11.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $13.0 million for the comparable 2009 period.  For the six months ended June 30, 2010, interest income decreased 8.7% to $23.9 million from $26.2 million for the 2009 period.  The decrease was primarily due to lower average balances of investment securities and lower interest rates on loans receivable and investment securities.  The yields on loans receivable continue to be negatively impacted by the level of non-performing loans within the portfolio as well as lower loan demand.< /div>
 
Interest Expense.  Interest expense decreased 28.8% to $2.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $3.6 million for the comparable 2009 period.  For the six months ended June 30, 2010, interest expense decreased 32.9% to $5.2 million from $7.7 million for the 2009 period.  Interest expense was positively affected by continued lower market interest rates during 2010 and decreases in the average balance of borrowed funds.
 
 
     Interest expense on deposits decreased 21.9% and 28.2% to $2.1 million and $4.2 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 from $2.7 million and $5.8 million, respectively, for the comparable 2009 periods.  The weighted-average cost of deposits decreased 34 and 46 basis points from the 2009 periods, respectively, as a result of disciplined pricing on deposits, the repricing of certificates of deposit at lower interest rates, as well as an increase in the average balance of non-interest bearing deposits, which was partially offset by increases in the average balance of interest-bearing deposits.
 
Interest expense on borrowed funds decreased 50.3% and 48.0% to $437,000 and $956,000, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 from $880,000 and $1.8 million, respectively, for the 2009 periods.  The decrease was primarily due to a reduction in the average balance of borrowed funds of 42.4% and 41.7%, respectively, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to the 2009 periods as we continue to strengthen our balance sheet and enhance our liquidity position by replacing this funding source with core deposits.  The weighted-average cost of borrowed funds decreased 38 and 27 basis points for the 2010 periods, respectively, as a result of downward repricing due to lower market interes t rates.
 
Provision for loan losses
 
The Company’s provision for loan losses was $817,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $713,000 for the 2009 period.  The Company’s provision for loan losses was $2.5 million compared to $1.3 million, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.  The provision for loan losses for the 2009 periods benefitted from a $1.3 million decrease in the specific valuation reserve on a non-owner occupied commercial real estate loan based on improved cash flow projections.  For more information, see “Changes in Financial Condition – Allowance for Loan Losses” below in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
Non-interest income
 
The following tables identify the changes in non-interest income for the periods presented:

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Service charges and other fees                                                             
  $ 1,320     $ 1,376     $ (56 )     (4.1 )%
Card-based fees                                                             
    486       432       54       12.5  
Commission income                                                             
    46       70       (24 )     (34.3 )
Subtotal fee based revenues                                                          
    1,852       1,878       (26 )     (1.4 )
Income from bank-owned life insurance
    262       156       106       67.9  
Other income                                                             
    125       97       28       28.9  
Subtotal                                                          
    2,239       2,131       108       5.1  
Net gain (loss) on sale of other assets                                                             
    11       (6 )     17      
NM
 
Total non-interest income                                                          
  $ 2,250     $ 2,125     $ 125       5.9 %



   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Service charges and other fees                                                             
  $ 2,540     $ 2,675     $ (135 )     (5.0 )%
Card-based fees                                                             
    923       820       103       12.6  
Commission income                                                             
    100       141       (41 )     (29.1 )
Subtotal fee based revenues                                                          
    3,563       3,636       (73 )     (2.0 )
Income from bank-owned life insurance
    485       334       151       45.2  
Other income                                                             
    280       392       (112 )     (28.6 )
Subtotal                                                          
    4,328       4,362       (34 )     (0.8 )
Net gain on sale of investment securities
    456       720       (264 )     (36.7 )
Net gain (loss) on sale of other assets                                                             
    12       (6 )     18      
NM
 
Total non-interest income                                                          
  $ 4,796     $ 5,076     $ (280 )     (5.5 )%

Service charges and other fees decreased during the 2010 periods from the comparable 2009 periods from lower volume of non-sufficient funds transactions which is an industry trend that is expected to continue, if not accelerate.  Service charges and other fees were also impacted by lower fee income from letters of credit and credit enhancements as we strategically reduce our exposure to these types of credits.  Income from bank-owned life insurance increased during the 2010 periods as a result of the repositioning the underlying investment portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2009 into higher yielding assets and the reduction in the face amount of insurance coverag e during the first quarter of 2010.  For information related to net gains on sale of investment securities, see “Changes in Financial Condition – Investment Securities” below in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
 
Non-interest expense
 
The following tables identify changes in our non-interest expense for the periods presented:

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Compensation and mandatory benefits
  $ 4,095     $ 4,382     $ (287 )     (6.5 )%
Retirement and stock related compensation
    194       391       (197 )     (50.4 )
Medical and life benefits                                                             
    250       290       (40 )     (13.8 )
Other employee benefits                                                             
    11       15       (4 )     (26.7 )
Subtotal compensation and employee benefits
    4,550       5,078       (528 )     (10.4 )
Professional fees                                                             
    835       604       231       38.2  
Net occupancy expense                                                             
    651       750       (99 )     (13.2 )
FDIC insurance premiums                                                             
    567       468       99       21.2  
Furniture and equipment expense                                                             
    526       520       6       1.2  
Data processing                                                             
    443       420       23       5.5  
Marketing                                                             
    216       218       (2 )     (0.9 )
OREO related expense                                                             
    262       212       50       23.6  
Loan collection expense                                                             
    153       230       (77 )     (33.5 )
Severance and early retirement expense
    437             437       N/A  
FDIC special assessment                                                             
          495       (495 )     N/A  
Other general and administrative expense
    963       948       15       1.6  
Total non-interest expense                                                          
  $ 9,603     $ 9,943     $ (340 )     (3.4 )%




   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Compensation and mandatory benefits
  $ 8,175     $ 8,638     $ (463 )     (5.4 )%
Retirement and stock related compensation
    389       1,001       (612 )     (61.1 )
Medical and life benefits                                                             
    625       580       45       7.8  
Other employee benefits                                                             
    30       34       (4 )     (11.8 )
Subtotal compensation and employee benefits
    9,219       10,253       (1,034 )     (10.1 )
Professional fees                                                             
    1,519       954       565       59.2  
Net occupancy expense                                                             
    1,406       1,647       (241 )     (14.6 )
FDIC insurance premiums                                                             
    1,065       772       293       38.0  
Furniture and equipment expense                                                             
    1,059       1,055       4       0.4  
Data processing                                                             
    873       839       34       4.1  
Marketing                                                             
    330       416       (86 )     (20.7 )
OREO related expense                                                             
    898       411       487       118.5  
Loan collection expense                                                             
    322       528       (206 )     (39.0 )
Severance and early retirement expense
    440             440       N/A  
FDIC special assessment                                                             
          495       (495 )     N/A  
Other general and administrative expense
    1,944       2,001       (57 )     (2.8 )
Total non-interest expense                                                          
  $ 19,075     $ 19,371     $ (296 )     (1.5 )%

The lower compensation and mandatory benefits expense for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 compared to the 2009 periods was a result of controlling compensation expense through a company-wide salary freeze, lower incentive accruals, and decreasing FTEs from 324 at March 31, 2009 and 318 at June 30, 2009 to 316 at June 30, 2010.
 
Retirement and stock related compensation was lower for the three and six month 2010 periods compared to the 2009 periods due to reductions of $180,000 and $360,000, respectively, in pension expense due to updated annual funding requirements received in the fourth quarter of 2009.  In addition, retirement and stock related compensation expense for the six month 2010 period decreased due to the absence of $235,000 of expense related to our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) expense since the ESOP loan was repaid in full during the first quarter of 2009.
 
Net occupancy expense decreased $99,000 and $241,000 for the three and six month 2010 periods due to the relocation of our operations center from a leased facility to existing facilities coupled with decreases in office and building maintenance expense.
 
Professional fees increased $231,000 and $565,000 for the three and six month 2010 periods due to the SEC’s new proxy statement disclosures effective in 2010, the Board of Directors’ review of strategic alternatives, and costs associated with the recently completed proxy contest and the annual meeting.
 
Our FDIC insurance premiums increased $99,000 and $293,000 during the three and six month periods in 2010 due to an increase in the average balance of deposits from the 2009 periods and the adoption of the FDIC’s Restoration Plan during 2009 which resulted in industry-wide rate increases effective April 1, 2009.
 
 
      Costs related to other real estate owned properties increased during the three and six month 2010 periods due to increased valuation allowances and required expenses on these properties when compared to the 2009 periods.
 
Loan collection expense decreased for the three and six month 2010 periods.  These expenses will fluctuate depending on the activity and costs related to collecting and protecting our interests in our non-performing loans.
 
The Company incurred severance and early retirement expense during the second quarter of 2010 primarily due to the separation of the Company’s former chief financial officer.
 
The efficiency ratio improved for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 from the comparable 2009 periods primarily due to a decrease in compensation and employee benefits for the reasons noted above, partially offset by an increase in professional fees.
 
Income Tax Expense
 
Income tax expense totaled $178,000 for the second quarter of 2010 compared to $134,000 for the comparable 2009 period.  Income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $287,000 compared to $747,000 for the comparable 2009 period.  Our effective income tax rates for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 were 15.4% and 16.7%, respectively.  Our effective income tax rates for the comparable 2009 periods were 14.6% and 26.0%, respectively.  The decrease in the effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to the 2009 period was primarily due to an increase in income from tax-advantaged BOLI investments and the larger impact of low-income housing credits in combination with the lower pre-tax income in the 2010 period.
 


Changes in Financial Condition
 
Our total assets at June 30, 2010 increased $13.8 million, or 1.3%, from $1.08 billion at December 31, 2009, primarily in investment securities and cash and cash equivalents as a result of an increase in total deposits.

   
June 30,
2010
   
December 31,
2009
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Assets:
                       
Cash and cash equivalents                                                             
  $ 31,643     $ 24,428     $ 7,215       29.5 %
Investment securities available-for-sale
    190,893       188,781       2,112       1.1  
Investment securities held-to-maturity                                                             
    12,206       5,000       7,206       144.1  
Investment in FHLB stock                                                             
    23,944       23,944              
Loans receivable, net                                                             
    738,444       742,925       (4,481 )     (0.6 )
Bank-owned life insurance                                                             
    35,060       34,575       485       1.4  
Other                                                             
    63,090       61,862       1,228       2.0  
Total assets                                                          
  $ 1,095,280     $ 1,081,515     $ 13,765       1.3 %
                                 
Liabilities and Equity:
                               
Deposits                                                             
  $ 899,482     $ 849,758     $ 49,724       5.9 %
Borrowed funds                                                             
    73,106       111,808       (38,702 )     (34.6 )
Other liabilities                                                             
    9,919       9,576       343       3.6  
Total liabilities                                                          
    982,507       971,142       11,365       1.2  
Shareholders’ equity                                                             
    112,773       110,373       2,400       2.2  
Total liabilities and equity                                                          
  $ 1,095,280     $ 1,081,515     $ 13,765       1.3 %

Loans Receivable.   The following table provides the balance and the percentage of loans by category at the dates indicated.

   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
       
   
Amount
   
% of Total
   
Amount
   
% of Total
   
% Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Commercial loans:
                             
Commercial and industrial
  $ 70,208       9.3 %   $ 78,600       10.3 %     (10.7 )%
Commercial real estate – owner occupied
    95,989       12.7       99,559       13.1       (3.6 )
Commercial real estate – non-owner occupied
    214,452       28.4       218,329       28.6       (1.8 )
Commercial real estate – multifamily
    79,382       10.5       63,008       8.3       26.0  
Commercial construction and land
       development
    50,951       6.7       55,733       7.3       (8.6 )
    Total commercial loans
    510,982       67.6       515,229       67.6       (0.8 )
                                         
Retail loans:
                                       
One-to-four family residential
    183,823       24.3       185,293       24.3       (0.8 )
Home equity lines of credit
    56,016       7.4       56,911       7.5       (1.6 )
Retail construction and land development
    3,513       0.5       3,401       0.4       3.3  
Other
    1,718       0.2       1,552       0.2       10.7  
Total retail loans
    245,070       32.4       247,157       32.4       (0.8 )
                                         
Total loans receivable, net of unearned fees
  $ 756,052       100.0 %   $ 762,386       100.0 %     (0.8 )%

At June 30, 2010, the net loan portfolio included $165.8 million of variable-rate loans indexed to the prime lending rate as listed in the Wall Street Journal and $239.5 million of variable-rate loans tied to other indices.
 
 
     Total loan fundings during 2010 were $31.5 million which were more than offset by loan payoffs and repayments of $29.4 million, gross charge-offs of $4.5 million, and transfers to OREO of $4.0 million.  Through the execution of our Strategic Growth and Development Plan, we continue to diversify our loan portfolio and reduce loans not meeting our current defined risk tolerance.  The Company has increased its targeted segments of the loan portfolio, including commercial and industrial, commercial real estate – owner occupied, and multifamily, to comprise 48.1% of the commercial loan portfolio at June 30, 2010.  During 2010, these targeted segments were impacted by loan payoffs including two commercial and industrial payoffs totaling $5.5 million and a commercial real estate – owner occupied loan payoff totaling $3.2 million.  Since December 31, 2009, commercial construction and land development and non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans decreased by $8.7 million, or 3.2%.
 
Historically we had invested, on a participating basis, in loans originated by other lenders and loan syndications to supplement the direct origination of our commercial and construction loan portfolio.  We stopped investing in these types of credits in the second quarter of 2007 due to marginal pricing, increased credit risk, and decreasing collateral values in this segment.  We continue to diligently work at reducing our exposure on these types of loans.  Participations and syndication loans outstanding at June 30, 2010 totaled $21.4 million in construction and land development loans, $25.1 million in loans secured by commercial real estate, and $246,000 in commercial and industrial loans.  Total participations and syndications by state are presented in the table below for the dates indicated.

   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
       
   
Amount
   
% of Total
   
Amount
   
% of Total
   
% Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Illinois
  $ 18,751       40.1 %   $ 21,964       41.9 %     (14.6 )%
Indiana
    13,223       28.3       13,149       25.1       0.6  
Ohio
    9,049       19.3       9,284       17.7       (2.5 )
Florida
    1,897       4.1       3,303       6.4       (42.6 )
Colorado
    2,220       4.7       2,514       4.8       (11.7 )
Texas
    1,622       3.5       1,660       3.2       (2.3 )
New York
                491       0.9       (100.0 )
Total participations and syndications
  $ 46,762       100.0 %   $ 52,365       100.0 %     (10.7 )%

Investment Securities.  We manage our investment securities portfolio to adjust balance sheet interest rate sensitivity to insulate net interest income against the impact of changes in market interest rates, to maximize the return on invested funds within acceptable risk guidelines, and to meet pledging and liquidity requirements.
 
 


We adjust the size and composition of our investment securities portfolio according to a number of factors including expected loan and deposit growth, the interest rate environment, and projected liquidity.  The amortized cost of investment securities available-for-sale and their fair values were as follows at the dates indicated:

   
Par
Value
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
At June 30, 2010:
                             
Government sponsored entity (GSE) securities
  $ 43,800     $ 44,536     $ 865     $ (3 )   $ 45,398  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    61,065       59,259       2,058       (535 )     60,782  
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
    62,759       62,779       1,777       (53 )     64,503  
Pooled trust preferred securities
    29,903       26,869             (6,745 )     20,124  
Equity securities
    5,837             86             86  
    $ 203,364     $ 193,443     $ 4,786     $ (7,336 )   $ 190,893  

   
Par
Value
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
At December 31, 2009:
                             
Government sponsored entity (GSE) securities
  $ 40,450     $ 40,374     $ 1,083     $     $ 41,457  
Mortgage-backed securities
    9,527       9,426       409             9,835  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    67,307       66,413       1,336       (981 )     66,768  
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
    49,722       49,210       1,347       (35 )     50,522  
Pooled trust preferred securities
    30,223       27,093             (7,081 )     20,012  
Equity securities
    5,837             187             187  
    $ 203,066     $ 192,516     $ 4,362     $ (8,097 )   $ 188,781  

The fair value of investment securities available-for-sale totaled $190.9 million at June 30, 2010 compared to $188.8 million at December 31, 2009.  During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company took advantage of the impending end of the Federal Reserve Bank’s purchase program and record tight spreads on agency mortgage-backed investment securities to reposition part of the investment securities portfolio in an effort to improve interest rate risk.
 
At June 30, 2010, the Company’s collateralized mortgage obligation portfolio totaled $59.3 million at amortized cost with 91% of the portfolio comprised of AAA-rated investment securities mainly backed by conventional residential mortgages with 15-year, fixed-rate, prime loans originated prior to 2005; low historical delinquencies; weighted-average credit scores in excess of 725; and loan-to-values under 50%.  The composition of this portfolio includes $16.7 million backed by either Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac.  The portfolio of non-agency collateralized mortgage obligations has underlying collateral with a weighted-average 90-day delinquency ratio of 1.2% and a weighted-average loan-to-value of 41.2% when using valuations from the original appraisals.
 
The Company’s commercial mortgage-backed investment securities portfolio consists mainly of short-term, senior tranches of seasoned issues with extensive subordination and limited balloon risk.  All bonds are AAA-rated and none are on watch for downgrade.  Management stress tests all bonds in this sector on a monthly basis.  Of this portfolio, 100% of the bonds can withstand a minimum annual default rate of 50% with recoveries of 50 cents on the dollar and not experience any losses.
 
 
The Company’s investments in pooled trust preferred investment securities are all “Super Senior” and backed by senior securities issued mainly by bank and thrift holding companies.  All of the Company’s holdings were AAA-rated when they were purchased at discounts in excess of 10%.  In 2009, the market for pooled trust preferred investment securities was severely impacted by the credit crisis leading to increased deferral and defaults.  Ratings were negatively affected in 2009 and all of these securities in the Company’s portfolio have at least one rating below investment grade.  One tranche with an amortized cost of $7.8 million holds recently updated ratings of both AA and BB.  The market for pooled trust preferred securities is currently inactive.   As such, the Company may have to hold these securities for an extended period of time, which it has the ability and intent to do.  We utilize extensive external and internal analysis on the pooled trust preferred holdings.  Stress tests are performed on all underlying issuers in the pools to project probabilities of deferral or default.  Management’s internal stress testing utilizes immediate defaults for all deferring collateral.  Any collateral that management believes may be at risk for deferring, based upon management’s review of the underlying banks’ and thrift holding companies’ most recent financial and regulatory information, is assumed to default immediately.  Internal stress testing also assumes no recoveries on defaulted collateral.  All external and internal stress testing currently projects no loss of principal or interest on any of the Company’s holdings.  Due to the structure of the invest ment securities, as deferrals and defaults on the underlying collateral increase, cash flows are increasingly diverted from mezzanine and subordinate tranches to pay down principal on the Super Senior tranches.  Past defaults on underlying collateral ensure cash flows will continue to be diverted to the Company’s Super Senior tranches to pay down principal for several years.
 
Deposits. The following table sets forth the dollar amount of deposits and the percentage of total deposits in each category offered at the dates indicated:

   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
       
   
Amount
   
% of Total
   
Amount
   
% of Total
   
% Change
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Core deposits:
                             
Non-interest bearing checking accounts
  $ 84,136       9.4 %   $ 89,261       10.5 %     (5.7 )%
Interest bearing checking accounts
    105,107       11.7       106,013       12.5       (0.9 )
Money market accounts
    145,533       16.2       136,411       16.0       6.7  
Savings accounts
    119,030       13.2       113,865       13.4       4.5  
Subtotal core deposits
    453,806       50.5       445,550       52.4       1.9  
Certificates of deposit
    392,639       43.6       354,401       41.7       10.8  
Non-municipal deposits
    846,445       94.1       799,951       94.1       5.8  
Municipal core deposits
    40,206       4.5       38,993       4.6       3.1  
Municipal certificates of deposit
    12,831       1.4       10,814       1.3       18.7  
Municipal deposits
    53,037       5.9       49,807       5.9       6.5  
Total deposits
  $ 899,482       100.0 %   $ 849,758       100.0 %     5.9  

Our ongoing implementation of high performance sales training; increased community involvement; increased partner calling between our business, cash management, and retail teams; and enhanced brand recognition continues to produce favorable results.  Deposits increased $49.7 million to $899.5 million at June 30, 2010 from $849.8 million at December 31, 2009 resulting from increases of $38.2 million in certificates of deposit, $9.1 million in core money market accounts, and $5.2 million in savings accounts.  The increase in our core deposits strengthened our balance sheet and enhanced our liquidity by allowing us to reduce higher cost FHLB borrowed funds. 0; As previously mentioned, increased core deposits are reflective of our success in deepening our client relationships, one of our core Strategic Plan objectives.
 
 
While we maintain strong relationships with our municipal clients, and municipal deposits continue to comprise an important funding source, we are planning to reduce our reliance on such funds over time in anticipation that the recession’s impact on municipalities and other government-related entities may result in lower municipal deposit levels.
 
In addition, we offer a repurchase sweep agreement (Repo Sweep) account which allows public entities and other business depositors to earn interest with respect to checking and savings deposit products offered.  The depositor’s excess funds are swept from a deposit account and are used to purchase an interest in investment securities that we own.  The swept funds are not recorded as deposits and instead are classified as other short-term borrowed funds which generally provides a lower-cost funding alternative as compared to FHLB advances.  At Ju ne 30, 2010, we had $13.7 million in Repo Sweeps compared to $15.7 million at December 31, 2009.  The Repo Sweeps are included in the table under “Borrowed Funds” and are treated as financings, and the obligations to repurchase investment securities sold are reflected as short-term borrowed funds.  The investment securities underlying these Repo Sweeps continue to be reflected as assets.
 
Borrowed Funds.  Borrowed funds consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
   
Weighted-
Average
Contractual Rate
   
Amount
   
Weighted-
Average
Contractual Rate
   
Amount
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Short-term variable-rate borrowed funds:
                       
Repo Sweep accounts                                                             
    0.50 %   $ 13,684       0.50 %   $ 15,659  
    Federal Reserve Bank discount window
                0.50       8,640  
Secured borrowed funds from FHLB – Indianapolis:
                               
Maturing in 2010 – variable-rate                                                              
                0.47       6,000  
Maturing in 2010 – fixed-rate                                                              
    0.63       19,000       1.56       41,000  
Maturing in 2011 – fixed-rate                                                              
    3.75       15,000       3.75       15,000  
Maturing in 2013 – fixed-rate                                                              
    2.22       15,000       2.22       15,000  
Maturing in 2014 – fixed-rate (1)                                                              
    6.71       1,122       6.71       1,122  
Maturing in 2018 – fixed-rate (1)                                                              
    5.54       2,582       5.54       2,582  
Maturing in 2019 – fixed-rate (1)                                                              
    6.31       6,718       6.30       6,805  
Subtotal FHLB – Indianapolis borrowed funds
            59,422               87,509  
Total borrowed funds                                                                
          $ 73,106             $ 111,808  
Weighted-average contractual interest rate
    2.36 %             2.09 %        

 (1)
These advances are amortizing and are listed by their contractual maturity.

At June 30, 2010, we also had a $15.0 million secured federal funds line of credit.  We did not utilize this line of credit during the three months ended June 30, 2010 or borrow from the Federal Reserve Bank discount window during the second quarter of 2010.
 


Shareholders’ Equity. Shareholders’ equity at June 30, 2010 was $112.8 million compared to $110.4 million at December 31, 2009.  The increase was primarily due to $1.7 million of net income for the year to date period and a decrease in the unrealized loss on investment securities available-for-sale, net of tax of $772,000, offset by cash dividends declared of $218,000, or $0.02 per share.
 
  Asset Quality and Allowance for Loan Losses
 
Non-performing Assets. The following table provides information relating to non-performing assets at the dates presented.

   
June 30,
2010
   
March 31,
2010
   
December 31,
2009
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Non-accrual loans:
                 
Commercial loans:
                 
Commercial and industrial                                                                       
  $ 883     $ 946     $ 1,399  
Commercial real estate – owner occupied                                                                       
    4,940       3,562       3,627  
Commercial real estate – non-owner occupied
    19,826       22,103       22,103  
Commercial real estate – multifamily                                                                       
    1,477       1,300       623  
Commercial construction and land development
    25,745       25,259       26,059  
Total commercial loans                                                                       
    52,871       53,170       53,811  
                         
Retail loans:
                       
One-to-four family residential                                                                       
    2,937       3,908       4,519  
Home equity lines of credit                                                                       
    365       433       393  
Retail construction and land development                                                                       
    298       298       279  
Other                                                                       
    11       7       7  
Total retail loans                                                                       
    3,611       4,646       5,198  
Total non-accrual loans                                                                       
    56,482       57,816       59,009  
Other real estate owned, net                                                                            
    11,825       10,616       9,242  
Total non-performing assets                                                                          
    68,307       68,432       68,251  
90 days past due and still accruing interest                                                                            
    3,272       1,334       640  
Total non-performing assets plus 90 days past due
loans still accruing interest                                                                       
  $ 71,579     $ 69,766     $ 68,891  
Non-performing assets to total assets                                                                            
    6.24 %     6.27 %     6.31 %
Non-performing loans to total loans                                                                            
    7.47 %     7.57 %     7.74 %

Non-performing assets were stable at $68.3 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.  During the second quarter of 2010, we transferred one commercial construction and land development purchased participation loan totaling $1.9 million to non-accrual status which was partially offset by the transfer of a $1.5 million purchased participation loan to other real estate owned at its net realizable value.
 


Included in the above non-performing loan totals are non-performing syndications and purchased participations as identified by loan category in the following table.

   
June 30,
2010
   
March 31,
2010
   
December 31,
2009
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Commercial real estate – non-owner occupied
  $ 7,856     $ 10,158     $ 10,158  
Commercial construction and land development
    17,059       16,571       16,571  
Total non-performing syndications and
purchased participations                                                          
  $ 24,915     $ 26,729     $ 26,729  
Percentage of total non-performing loans
    44.1 %     46.2 %     45.3 %
Percentage of total syndications and purchased
    participations
    53.3       51.3       51.0  

The decrease in commercial real estate – non-owner occupied non-performing participation loans was primarily the result of a $2.3 million charge-off of a previous specific impairment reserve of an impaired loan.  As previously discussed, the increase in non-performing commercial construction and land development participation loans during the second quarter of 2010 was a result of the $1.9 million impaired loan being transferred to non-accrual which was partially offset by the transfer of one non-accrual loan totaling $1.5 million to other real estate owned.
 
The following table provides the detail for non-accrual syndications and purchased participations by state as of the dates indicated.

   
June 30,
2010
   
March 31,
2010
   
December 31,
2009
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Illinois                                                                
  $ 10,251     $ 10,659     $ 10,659  
Indiana                                                                
    12,767       12,767       12,767  
Florida                                                                
    1,897       3,303       3,303  
Total non-performing syndications and purchased
participations                                                           
  $ 24,915     $ 26,729     $ 26,729  

The following table identifies our other real estate owned properties based on the loan portfolio they relate to:

   
June 30,
2010
   
March 31,
2010
   
December 31,
2009
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Commercial real estate – non-owner occupied
  $ 2,781     $ 2,403     $ 2,819  
Commercial construction and land development
    8,200       7,659       5,940  
One-to-four family residential                                                                
    844       554       483  
Total other real estate owned                                                              
  $ 11,825     $ 10,616     $ 9,242  

Potential Problem Assets. Potential problem assets, defined as loans classified substandard, doubtful, or loss pursuant to our internal loan grading system that do not meet the definition of a non-performing loan, totaled $3.2 million at June 30, 2010 and $5.6 million at December 31, 2009.  The decrease from December 31, 2009 was a result of the transfer of one commercial construction and land development loan totaling $2.6 million that was prev iously classified as a potential problem asset into non-accrual status in the second quarter of 2010.
 
 
      Allowance for Loan Losses. The following is a summary of changes in allowance for loan losses for the periods presented:

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 20,402     $ 15,472     $ 19,461     $ 15,558  
      Loan charge-offs
    (3,633 )     (1,331 )     (4,515 )     (2,054 )
Recoveries of loans previously charged-off
    22       80       135       93  
Net loan charge-offs
    (3,611 )     (1,251 )     (4,380 )     (1,961 )
Provision for loan losses
    817       713       2,527       1,337  
Balance at end of period
  $ 17,608     $ 14,934     $ 17,608     $ 14,934  

   
June 30,
 2010
   
December 31,
2009
   
June 30,
2009
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Allowance for loan losses                                                                                    
  $ 17,608     $ 19,461     $ 14,934  
Total loans receivable, net of unearned fees                                                                                    
    756,052       762,386       750,861  
Allowance for loan losses to total loans                                                                                    
    2.33 %     2.55 %     1.99 %
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans                                                                                    
    31.17       32.98       28.23  

Net charge-offs during the second quarter of 2010 included $2.6 million of non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans primarily due to a $2.3 million partial charge-off that had been previously identified as a specific impairment reserve related to a purchased participation loan.  Net charge-offs during the current quarter also included a partial charge-off of $690,000 related to a purchased participation commercial land development loan and $224,000 of one-to-four family residential loans.  The provision for loan losses for the second quarter of 2010 reflects the stabilization in the level of non-performing loans and the change in the loan portfolio mix as the higher risk targeted contraction portfolios of commercia l construction and land development and non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans continue to decrease as a percentage of the portfolio.  We believe the allowance for loan losses is adequate at June 30, 2010.
 
When we evaluate a non-performing collateral dependent loan and identify a collateral shortfall, we will charge-off the collateral shortfall.  As a result, we are not required to maintain an allowance for loan losses on these loans since the loan balance has already been written down to its net realizable value (fair value less estimated costs to sell the collateral).  As such, the ratio of the allowance for loan losses to total loans and the ratio of the allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans have been affected by partial charge-offs of $12.1 million on $24.7 million of collateral dependent non-performing loans through June 30, 2010 and impairment reserves totaling $7.5 million on other non-performing loans at June 30, 2010.
 


The following table identifies impaired loans as of the dates presented.

   
June 30,
2010
   
December 31,
2009
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Impaired loans:
           
With a valuation reserve                                                                           
  $ 12,928     $ 17,200  
With no valuation reserve required*                                                                           
    46,234       42,021  
Total impaired loans                                                                           
  $ 59,162     $ 59,221  
Valuation reserve relating to impaired loans                                                                              
  $ 7,539     $ 9,181  
Average outstanding impaired loans                                                                              
    59,163       48,547  
                 
*Net of partial charge-offs on impaired loans with no valuation
reserve                                                                           
  $ 12,090     $ 9,412  

At June 30, 2010, we had $9.6 million of loan modifications meeting the definition of a troubled debt restructuring (TDR) that were performing in accordance with their agreements and accruing interest that are included above in our impaired loans with no valuation reserve required.  The modified loans include one commercial and industrial relationship totaling $4.9 million, one non-owner occupied commercial real estate relationship totaling $3.0 million, and 13 one-to-four family residential loans totaling $1.7 million.  The loan modifications included short-term extensio ns of maturity, interest only payments, or payment modifications to better match the timing of cash flows due under the modified terms with the cash flows from the borrowers’ operations.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Liquidity, represented by cash and cash equivalents, is a product of operating, investing, and financing activities.  Our primary sources of funds have been:
 
 
deposits and Repo Sweeps;
 
scheduled payments of amortizing loans and mortgage-backed investment securities; 
 
prepayments and maturities of outstanding loans and mortgage-backed investment securities; 
 
maturities of investment securities and other short-term investments; 
 
funds provided from operations;
 
federal funds line of credit; and
 
borrowed funds from the FHLB and Federal Reserve Bank.
 
The Asset Liability Committee is responsible for measuring and monitoring our liquidity profile.  We manage our liquidity to ensure stable, reliable, and cost-effective sources of funds to satisfy demand for credit, deposit withdrawals, and investment opportunities.  Our general approach to managing liquidity involves preparing a monthly “funding gap” report which forecasts cash inflows and cash outflows over various time horizons and rate scenarios to identify potential cash imbalances.  We supplement our funding gap report with the monitoring of several liquidity ratios to assist in identifying any trends that may have an effect on available liquidity in future periods.
 
We maintain a contingency funding plan that outlines the process for addressing a liquidity crisis.  The plan assigns specific roles and responsibilities for effectively managing liquidity through a problem period.
 
 
      Scheduled payments from the amortization of loans, maturing investment securities, and short-term investments are relatively predictable sources of funds, while deposit flows and loan prepayments are greatly influenced by market interest rates, economic conditions, and competitive rate offerings.
 
At June 30, 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of $31.6 million, an increase from $24.4 million at December 31, 2009.  The increase was mainly the result of:
 
 
increases in deposit accounts totaling $49.7 million;
 
proceeds from sales, maturities, and paydowns of investment
 
securities aggregating $55.6 million; and
 
proceeds from FHLB advances totaling $18.0 million.
 
The above cash inflows were partially offset by:
 
 
purchases of investment securities totaling $63.1 million;
 
repayment of short-term borrowed funds totaling $10.6 million; and
 
repayment of FHLB advances totaling $46.1 million.
 
We use our sources of funds primarily to meet our ongoing commitments, fund loan commitments, fund maturing certificates of deposit and savings withdrawals, and maintain an investment securities portfolio.  We anticipate that we will continue to have sufficient funds to meet our current commitments.
 
Our liquidity needs consist primarily of operating expenses and dividend payments to shareholders.  The primary sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents and dividends from the Bank.  We are prohibited from repurchasing shares and incurring any debt at the parent company without the prior approval of the OTS under our informal regulatory agreement with them.
 
We are currently prohibited from paying dividends without the prior approval of the OTS pursuant to our informal regulatory agreement with them.  Absent such restriction, under OTS regulations, without prior approval, the dividends from the Bank are limited to the extent of the Bank’s cumulative earnings for the year plus the net earnings (adjusted by prior distributions) of the prior two calendar years.  During the second quarter of 2010, the Bank did not pay dividends to the parent company.  At June 30, 2010, the parent company had $3.6 million in cash and cash equivalents.  We do not anticipate that these restrictions will have a material adverse impact on our liquidity in the short-term.
 


Contractual Obligations. The following table presents our contractual obligations at June 30, 2010 by contractual maturity:

   
Payments Due By Period
 
   
Less Than
1 Year
   
1 To 3
 Years
   
3 To 5
Years
   
Over 5
Years
   
Total
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Certificates of deposit                                              
  $ 314,753     $ 68,614     $ 21,142     $ 961     $ 405,470  
FHLB borrowed funds (1)                                              
    34,317       702       16,777       7,626       59,422  
Short-term borrowed funds (2)
    13,684                         13,684  
Service bureau contract                                              
    1,548       3,096       3,096             7,740  
Operating leases                                              
    407       559       271       2,064       3,301  
Dividends payable on common stock
    109                         109  
    $ 364,818     $ 72,971     $ 41,286     $ 10,651     $ 489,726  

(1)
Does not include interest expense at the weighted-average contractual rate of 2.79% for the periods presented.
(2)
Does not include interest expense at the weighted-average contractual rate of 0.50% for the periods presented.

Off-Balance Sheet Obligations. We are party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of our clients.  These financial instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the statement of condition.  Our exposure to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the third-party to the financial instrument for commi tments to extend credit and letters of credit is represented by the contractual notional amount of those instruments.  We use the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as we do for on-balance sheet instruments.
 
The following table details the amounts and expected maturities of significant commitments at June 30, 2010:

   
Less Than
   
1 To 3
   
3 To 5
   
Over 5
       
   
1 Year
   
Years
   
Years
   
Years
   
Total
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Commitments to extend credit: 
                             
       Commercial and industrial                                                                         
  $ 10,731     $ 49     $
    $ 256     $ 11,036  
       Commercial real estate – owner occupied 
    5,347      
      135       50       5,532  
       Commercial real estate – non-owner occupied 
    2,659      
     
     
      2,659  
       Commercial real estate – multifamily
    5,846      
     
     
      5,846  
       Commercial construction and land development 
    4,318       159      
     
      4,777  
       Retail                                                                         
    4,195      
     
     
      4,195  
Commitments to fund unused construction loans 
    4,204       382      
      357       4,943  
Commitments to fund unused line of credit                                                 
    43,826       3,458       171       42,838       90,293  
Letters of credit                                                                         
    4,967       186      
     
      5,153  
Credit enhancements                                                                         
    14,396      
     
      14,034       28,430  
    $ 100,489     $ 4,234     $ 306     $ 57,535     $ 162,564  

The commitments listed above do not necessarily represent future cash requirements, in that many of these commitments often expire without being drawn upon.  Letters of credit expire at various dates through 2012 and credit enhancements expire at various dates through 2018.
 
We also have commitments to fund community investments through investments in various limited partnerships, which represent future cash outlays for the construction and development of properties for low-income housing, small business real estate, and historic tax credit projects that qualify
 
 
under the Community Reinvestment Act.  These commitments include $625,000 to be funded over four years.  The timing and amounts of these commitments are projected based upon the financing arrangements provided in each project’s partnership agreement, and could change due to variances in the construction schedule, project revisions, or the cancellation of the project.  These commitments are not included in the commitment table above.
 
Credit enhancements are related to the issuance by municipalities of taxable and nontaxable revenue bonds.  The proceeds from the sale of such bonds are loaned to for-profit and not-for-profit companies for economic development projects.  In order for the bonds to receive a AAA rating, which provides for a lower interest rate, the FHLB issues, in favor of the bond trustee, an Irrevocable Direct Pay Letter of Credit (IDPLOC) for our account.  Since we, in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Reimbursement Agreement between the FHLB and us, would be required to reimburse the FHLB for draws against the IDPLOC, these facilities are an alyzed, appraised, secured by real estate mortgages, and monitored as if we had funded the project initially.  Our current lending strategy does not include originating new or additional credit enhancements.
 
Regulatory Capital  
 
The Bank is subject to regulatory capital requirements under the rules of the Office of Thrift Supervision, or OTS.  Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory, and possibly additional discretionary, actions by regulators, which could have a material impact on the Bank’s financial statements.  Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must maintain capital amounts in excess of specified minimum ratios based on quantitative measures of the Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices.
 
Quantitative measures established by the OTS to ensure capital adequacy require us to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (as set forth in the table below) of three capital requirements: tangible capital (as defined in the regulations) as a percentage of adjusted total assets, core capital (as defined) as a percentage of adjusted total assets, and risk-based capital (as defined) as a percentage of total risk-weighted assets.  At June 30, 2010, the Bank exceeded all minimum regulatory capital ratios to be considered well capitalized.
 


Our actual capital amounts and ratios, as well as minimum amounts and ratios required for capital adequacy and prompt corrective action provisions are presented in the following table:

   
Actual
   
For Capital Adequacy
Purposes
     
To Be Well Capitalized
Under Prompt
Corrective Action
Provisions
 
   
Amount
 
Ratio
   
Amount
 
Ratio
   
Amount
 
Ratio
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
As of June 30, 2010:
                             
Total capital to risk-weighted assets
  $ 108,257   12.81 %   $ 67,615   >8.00 %     $ 84,518   >10.00 %  
Tier 1 (core) capital to risk-weighted assets
    98,213   11.62       33,807  
>4.00
      50,711  
>6.00
 
Tier 1 (core) capital to adjusted total assets
    98,213   9.05       43,406  
>4.00
      54,257  
>5.00
 
Tangible capital to adjusted total assets
    98,213   9.05       16,277  
>1.50
      21,703  
>2.00
 
                                     
As of December 31, 2009:
                                   
Total capital to risk-weighted assets
  $ 105,323   12.35 %   $ 68,200   >8.00 %     $ 85,250  
>10.00 %
 
Tier 1 (core) capital to risk-weighted assets
    95,078   11.15       34,100  
>4.00
      51,150  
>6.00
 
Tier 1 (core) capital to adjusted total assets
    95,078   8.88       42,838  
>4.00
      53,548  
>5.00
 
Tangible capital to adjusted total assets
    95,078   8.88       16,064  
>1.50
      21,419  
>2.00
 

The following table reflects the adjustments required to reconcile the Bank’s shareholder’s equity to the Bank’s regulatory capital at June 30, 2010:

   
Tangible
   
Core
   
Risk-Based
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Shareholder’s equity of the Bank                                                                                   
  $ 110,206     $ 110,206     $ 110,206  
Disallowed deferred tax asset                                                                                   
    (13,025 )     (13,025 )     (13,025 )
Adjustment for available-for-sale securities                                                                                   
    1,861       1,861       1,861  
Other                                                                                   
    (829 )     (829 )     (829 )
General allowance for loan losses                                                                                   
                10,044  
Regulatory capital of the Bank                                                                                   
  $ 98,213     $ 98,213     $ 108,257  

At June 30, 2010, the Bank was deemed to be well capitalized and in excess of regulatory requirements set by the OTS.  The increase in the Bank’s capital ratios from December 31, 2009 is primarily a result of the Bank’s net income for the year to date period.  Determining the amount of deferred tax assets included or excluded in periodic regulatory capital calculations requires significant judgment when assessing a number of factors.  In assessing the amount of the disallowed deferred tax asset, we consider a number of relevant factors including the amount of deferred tax assets dependent on future taxable income, the amount of taxes that could be recovered through loss carrybacks, the reversal of te mporary book tax differences, projected future taxable income within one year, tax planning strategies, and OTS limitations.  Using all information available to us at each statement of condition date, these factors are reviewed and vary from period to period.
 


Item 3.                      Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
 
We, like other financial institutions, are subject to interest rate risk (IRR).  This risk relates to changes in market interest rates which could adversely affect net interest income or the net portfolio value (NPV) of our assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet contracts.  IRR is primarily the result of imbalances between the price sensitivity of our assets and liabilities.  These imbalances can be caused by differences in the maturity, repricing, and coupon characteristics of various assets and liabilities as well as options such as loan prepayment options.
 
We maintain a written Asset/Liability Management Policy that establishes written guidelines for the asset/liability management function, including the management of net interest margin, IRR, and liquidity.  The Asset/Liability Management Policy falls under the authority of the Board of Directors which in turn assigns its formulation, revision, and administration to the Asset/Liability Committee (ALCO).  ALCO meets monthly and consists of certain senior officers and one outside director.  The results of the monthly meetings are reported to the Board of Directors.  The primary duties of ALCO are to develop reports and establish pro cedures to measure and monitor IRR, verify compliance with Board approved IRR tolerance limits, take appropriate actions to mitigate those risks, monitor and discuss the status and results of implemented strategies and tactics, monitor our capital position, review the current and prospective liquidity positions, and monitor alternative funding sources.  The policy requires management to measure overall IRR exposure using NPV analysis and earnings-at-risk analysis.
 
NPV is defined as the net present value of existing assets, liabilities, and off-balance sheet contracts.  NPV analysis measures the sensitivity of NPV under current interest rates and for a range of hypothetical interest rate scenarios.  The hypothetical scenarios are represented by immediate, permanent, parallel movements in interest rates of plus 100, 200, and 300 basis points and minus 100 and 200 basis points.  This rate-shock approach is designed primarily to show the ability of the balance sheet to absorb rate shocks on a “theoretical liquidation value” basis.  The analysis does not take into account non-rate related issues, which affect equity valuations, such as franchise value or real estate values.  This analysis is static and does not consider potential adjustments of strategies by management on a dynamic basis in a volatile rate environment in order to protect or conserve equity values.  As such, actual results may vary from the modeled results.
 
The following table presents, as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, an analysis of IRR as measured by changes in NPV for immediate, permanent, and parallel shifts in the yield curve in 100 basis point increments up to 300 basis points and down 200 basis points in accordance with OTS regulations.

 
   
Net Portfolio Value
 
 
   
At June 30, 2010
   
At December 31, 2009
 
 
   
$ Amount
   
$ Change
   
% Change
   
$ Amount
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
     
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Assumed Change in Interest Rates (Basis Points)
                                     
   +300     $ 132,176     $ 6,734       5.4 %   $ 130,797     $ 2,065       1.6 %
   +200       130,856       5,413       4.3       131,109       2,377       1.8  
   +100       131,826       6,384       5.1       130,917       2,185       1.7  
         0       125,443                   128,732              
    -100       113,533       (11,909 )     (9.5 )     117,387       (11,345 )     (8.8 )
    -200       103,135       (22,308 )     (17.8 )     105,417       (23,315 )     (18.1 )

 
      As illustrated in the table, NPV in the base case (zero basis point change) decreased $3.3 million from $128.7 million at December 31, 2009 to $125.4 million at June 30, 2010.  The primary cause for this decrease was an increase in the balance of interest-bearing liabilities.
 
Earnings-at-risk analysis measures the sensitivity of net interest income over a twelve month period to various interest rate movements.  The interest rate scenarios are used for analytical purposes and do not necessarily represent management’s view of future market movements.  Rather, these scenarios are intended to provide a measure of the degree of volatility interest rate movements may introduce into earnings.
 
A key assumption we control for use in our earnings-at-risk analysis is the assumed repricing sensitivity of our non-maturing core deposit accounts.  The following assumptions were used for the repricing of non-maturity core deposit accounts.

   
Percentage of Deposits Maturing
In First Year
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Deposit Category:
           
Business checking accounts                                                                    
    20 %     20 %
Interest checking accounts                                                                    
    20       20  
High-yield checking accounts                                                                    
    95       95  
Savings accounts                                                                    
    30       30  
Money market accounts                                                                    
    50       50  

The following table presents the projected changes in net interest income over a twelve month period for the various interest rate change (rate shocks) scenarios at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.

     
Percentage Change in
Net Interest Income
Over a Twelve Month
Time Period
 
     
June 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
Assumed Change in Interest Rates
 (Basis Points):
             
   +300       1.2 %     0.1 %
   +200       1.0       0.2  
   +100       0.1       0.0  
    -100       2.6       3.3  
    -200       1.1       1.5  

The table above indicates that if interest rates were to move up 300 basis points, net interest income would be expected to rise 1.2% in year one; and if interest rates were to move down 100 basis points, net interest income would be expected to increase 2.6% in year one.  Interest income projections for rates falling 100 basis points are greater than for rates falling 200 basis points as rates on short-term liabilities have limited room to reprice lower while rates on certain assets are at contractual or absolute floors.  Interest income projections for rates rising 200 basis points are greater than for rates rising 100 basis points as short-term liabilities may reprice higher while certain assets have interest rate floors that are currently well below their spreads to their respective indexes.  The primary causes for the changes in
 
 
net interest income over the twelve month period were a result of the changes in the composition of assets and liabilities along with changes in interest rates.
 
We manage our IRR position by holding assets with various desired IRR characteristics, implementing certain pricing strategies for loans and deposits, and implementing various investment securities portfolio strategies.  On a quarterly basis, the ALCO reviews the calculations of all IRR measures for compliance with the Board approved tolerance limits.  At June 30, 2010, we were in compliance with all of our tolerance limits with the exception of the NPV tolerance limit for a movement in rates down 200 basis points.  Given the current low level of interest rates, we do not believe this exception is material.
 
The above IRR analyses include the assets and liabilities of the Bank only.  Inclusion of Company-only assets and liabilities would not have a material impact on the results presented.
 
Item 4.                      Controls and Procedures
 
No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Management evaluated, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15(d)-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this report.  Based on such evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and repo rted within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations and are operating in an effective manner as of such date.
 
Part II.                      OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.                      Legal Proceedings
 
            The Company is involved in routine legal proceedings occurring in the ordinary course of business, which, in the aggregate, are believed to be immaterial to the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Company.
 
Item 1A.                   Risk Factors
 
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, which could materially affect our business, financial condition, or future results. Other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
 
We operate in a highly regulated industry and may be affected adversely by increased regulatory supervision and scrutiny and changes in laws, rules, and regulations affecting financial institutions.
 
We are, like other federally-charted savings banks, currently subject to extensive regulation, supervision, and examination by the OTS and by the FDIC, the insurer of its deposits.  CFS Bancorp, like other thrift holding companies, is currently subject to regulation and supervision by the OTS.  This regulation and supervision governs the activities in which we may engage and are intended primarily for the protection of the deposit insurance fund administered by the FDIC and our clients and depositors rather than our shareholders.  Regulatory authorities have extensive discretion in their supervisory and enforcement activities, including the imposition of restrictions on our operations, the classification of our assets, determination of the level of our allowance for loan losses, and maintenance of adequat e capital levels.  These bank regulators possess broad authority to prevent or remedy unsafe or unsound practices or violations of law, and given the recent financial crisis in the United States, the trend has been toward increased and more active oversight by regulators.  Recently, pursuant to an agreement among various federal financial institution regulators, the FDIC’s authority to investigate banks was significantly expanded.  Under the terms of this new agreement, the FDIC will have unlimited authority to make a special examination of any insured depository institution as necessary to determine the condition of such depository institution for insurance purposes.  Accordingly, we expect an active supervisory and regulatory environment to continue.
 
In addition, as a result of ongoing challenges facing the United States economy, new laws and regulations regarding lending and funding practices and liquidity standards have been and may continue to be promulgated, and bank regulatory agencies are expected to be active in responding to concerns and trends identified in examinations, including the issuance of formal or informal enforcement actions or orders.  Accordingly, the regulations applicable to the banking industry continue to change and we cannot predict the effects of these changes on our business and profitability.
 
On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), a sweeping financial reform bill, was signed into law and will result in a number of new regulations that could significantly impact regulatory compliance costs and the operations of community banks.  The Act includes, among other things, provisions establishing a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, which will have broad authority to develop and implement rules regarding most consumer financial products; provisions affecting corporate governance and executive compensation at all publicly-traded companies; provisions that would broaden the base for FDIC insurance assessments and permanently increase FDIC deposit insurance to $250 ,000; and new restrictions on how mortgage brokers and loan originators may be compensated.  The Act also eliminates the OTS, and transfers supervisory authority for all previous OTS-regulated savings banks, like the Bank, to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and for all thrift holding companies, such as CFS Bancorp, to the Federal Reserve.  These provisions, or any other aspects of current proposed regulatory or legislative changes to laws applicable to the financial industry, if enacted or adopted, may impact the profitability of our business activities or change certain of our business practices, including our ability to offer new products, obtain financing, attract deposits, make loans, and achieve satisfactory interest spreads, and could expose us to additional costs, including increased compliance costs.  These changes also may require us to invest significant management attention and resources to make any necessary changes to our operations in order to comply , and could therefore also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
 
 
Item 2.                      Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
(a)
Not applicable.
   
(b)
Not applicable.
   
(c)
We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the quarter ended June 30, 2010 or through July 26, 2010.  Under our repurchase plan publicly announced on March 20, 2008 for 530,000 shares, we have 448,612 shares that may yet be purchased.  We are currently prohibited from repurchasing our common stock without prior OTS approval pursuant to an informal regulatory agreement with the OTS.
 
Item 3.                      Defaults Upon Senior Securities
 
(a)
None.
   
(b)
Not applicable.
 
Item 4.                      (Removed and Reserved)
 
   
 
Item 5.                      Other Information

On June 3, 2010, the Company announced the appointment of Jerry A. Weberling as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Citizens Financial Bank.  The terms of Mr. Weberling’s employment included a base salary of $220,000; participation in the Company’s 2010 Performance-based Cash Incentive Plan with a targeted incentive of 19% of base salary earned during 2010 weighted 60% to achievement of Company diluted EPS goals and 40% based on individual goals; and an award of 1,370 restricted performance-based shares and 5,913 restricted service-based shares under the Company’s 2008 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.  Mr. Weberling also entered into a change in control agreement (a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this Form 10-Q).  Additional information relating to the Company’s 2010 Performance-based Cash Incentive Plan, the restricted performance-based share and restricted service-based share awards, and the change in control agreement may be found in the Company’s proxy statement dated March 17, 2010, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2010, and the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 3, 2010.
 


Item 6.                      Exhibits
 
 
(a)
 
List of exhibits (filed herewith unless otherwise noted).
 
3.1
 
Articles of Incorporation of CFS Bancorp, Inc. (1)
 
3.2
 
Bylaws of CFS Bancorp, Inc. (2)
 
4.0
 
Form of Stock Certificate of CFS Bancorp, Inc. (3)
 
10.22
 
Separation Agreement between CFS Bancorp, Inc., Citizens Financial Bank, and Charles V. Cole
 
10.23
 
Change in Control Agreement between CFS Bancorp, Inc., Citizens Financial Bank, and Jerry A. Weberling
 
31.1
 
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
 
31.2
 
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
 
32.0
 
Section 1350 Certifications
____________
(1)
Incorporated herein by Reference to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement from the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on March 25, 2005 (File No. 000-24611).
(2)
Incorporated herein by Reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 31,
2009.
(3)
Incorporated herein by Reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2006 filed with the SEC on March 15, 2007.
 


 
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.
 
CFS BANCORP, INC.
 
Date:  July 28, 2010
By:
/s/ Thomas F. Prisby                                                          
   
Thomas F. Prisby, Chairman of the Board and
   
Chief Executive Officer
     
Date:  July 28, 2010
By:
/s/ Jerry A. Weberling                                                      
   
Jerry A. Weberling, Executive Vice President and
   
Chief Financial Officer


 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
                                                                           10.22        Separation Agreement between CFS Bancorp, Inc., Citizens Financial Bank, and Charles V. Cole          
                                                                                 10.23        Change in Control Agreement between CFS Bancorp, Inc., Citizens Financial Bank, and Jerry A. Weberling 
31.1    Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
 31.2    Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer  
              32.0    Section 1350 Certification               
 
 
 
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EX-10.22 2 exhibit10_22.htm EXHIBIT 10.22 exhibit10_22.htm
Exhibit 10.22
 
SEPARATION AGREEMENT
 
THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 27th day of May, 2010, by and among CFS BANCORP, INC. (“Company”), an Indiana corporation, CITIZENS FINANCIAL BANK (“Bank”), a federally-chartered stock savings association, and CHARLES V. COLE (“Employee”), a resident of the State of Illinois,
 
W I T N E S S E T H:
 
WHEREAS, the Employee is serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank; and
 
WHEREAS, the Company, the Bank and the Employee desire to enter into this Agreement to memorialize their mutual understanding and agreement with respect to the Employee’s resignation from employment with the Company, the Bank and all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company and the Bank, the payment of severance to the Employee and certain other matters as provided herein.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the mutual agreements and obligations contained herein, the payments contemplated hereby and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Employee hereby agree as follows:
 
Section 1.                      Resignation.  The Employee hereby resigns from his employment as an officer, employee and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank, and from all other positions at, the Company, the Bank and all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company and the Bank, effective as of 5:00 p.m. (Central Time) on May 27, 2010 (“Effective Time”), thereby ending any employer-employee relationship between the Company, the Bank and all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company and the Bank, on the one hand, and the Employee, on the other hand.  The Employee’s resignation shall be irrevocable, and the Company and the Bank hereby accept the Employee’s resignation.
 
Section 2.                      Employment Agreement.  The Company, the Bank and the Employee understand that they are parties to an Employment Agreement dated December 23, 2009 (the “Employment Agreement”), which shall continue in full force and effect following the Effective Time as set forth in the Employment Agreement, other than Sections 2, 4 and 5 thereof which provisions shall terminate as of the Effective Time.  The Employee’s resignation contemplated by this Agreement shall be a termin ation by the Employee of his employment under the Employment Agreement without Good Reason, and the date of this Agreement shall be the Date of Termination under the Employment Agreement.  The Company, the Bank and the Employee hereby waive all requirements for a Notice of Termination and any other notices under the Employment Agreement and agree that the Date of Termination for purposes of the Employment Agreement shall be the Effective Time.  The Employee represents and agrees that neither the Company nor the Bank has ever breached the Employment Agreement, nor does the execution of this Agreement or the transactions, actions and payments contemplated hereby constitute a breach of the Employment Agreement by either the Company or the Bank.
 
Section 3.                      Severance Payment.  Subject to the remaining provisions of this Section, the Company shall pay a severance payment to the Employee in the aggregate amount of Three Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty-Eight Dollars ($336,488), without interest (“Severance Payment”), which shall be paid in accordance with this Section.  The payment of the Severance Payment shall be suspended for a six-month perio d following the Effective Time as required by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, because the Employee is a Specified Employee as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h).  The Severance Payment shall be paid in two (2) equal
 
 
 

 
installments of One Hundred Sixty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred and Forty-Four Dollars ($168,244) each.  The first installment shall be paid to the Employee on the first regular payroll date of the Company in December, 2010 and the second installment shall be paid to the Employee on the second payroll date of the Company in January, 2011, which is on January 28, 2011.  The Company shall deduct all required taxes and other amounts required to be withheld from each of such payments.
 
The Severance Payment payable under this Agreement constitutes full satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s and the Bank’s respective obligations under the Employment Agreement, including, but not limited to, any severance payments; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not affect the Company’s and the Bank’s obligations under Section 25 of the Employment Agreement if the Company or the Bank requests the Employee’s cooperation under such section.  The Employee agrees that the Severance Payment payable under this Agreement and the waiver of the Employee’s non-competition covenants set forth below constitute adequate consideration for his waivers, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, the Release of Claims attached hereto as Exhibit A and the covenants, agreements and provisions of the Employment Agreement that survive the termination of the Employee’s employment and continue in effect following the Effective Time, including, but not limited to, Section 3(d) (confidential information), Section 3(e) (non-solicitation) and Section 6(f) (return of property and confidential information), Section 24 (non-disparagement) and Section 25 (cooperation), which covenants, agreements and provisions the Employee hereby ratifies and confirms and agrees are binding upon and applicable to him in accordance with the terms thereof as set forth in the Employment Agreement.  The Company and the Bank hereby waive compliance by the Employee with Sections 3(b) and 3(c) (non-competition) of the Employment Agreement and agree that such sections shall not be binding upon or enforceable against the Employee, but only so long as Employee has executed and not subseque ntly revoked the Release of Claims attached hereto as Exhibit A and does not breach any of the covenants, agreements or provisions of this Agreement or of the Employment Agreement that survive the termination of the Employee’s employment with the Company and the Bank.
 
The Severance Payment payable under this Agreement is in lieu of any severance payments or benefits that may otherwise be payable to the Employee under the Employment Agreement, any other agreement or any severance pay policies or practices of the Company or the Bank.  The Employee hereby forever releases, waives and relinquishes any and all payments, benefits, rights, claims and interests in and under, and shall not be entitled to, any payments or benefits under the Employment Agreement, any other agreement and any severance pay policies or practices of the Company or the Bank.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, (a) the Severance Payment shall not be paid to the Employee if the Employee breaches any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Release of Claims attached hereto as Exhibit A or any of the covenants, agreements or provisions of the Employment Agreement that survive the termination of the Employee’s employment and that continue in effect following the Effective Time, and (b) in the event that the Company or the Bank is not obligated to pay the Severance Payment to the Employee because of a breach by the Employee contemplated by (a) above, the Employee shall nevertheless continue to be bound by and subject to this Agreement, the Release of Claims and the covenants, agreements and provisions in the Employment Agreement that survive the termination of his employment.
 
Section 4.                      Salary; Vacation; Expenses; Other.
 
(a)           Salary.  The Employee agrees that (i) the Company and/or the Bank have paid in full to the Employee all salary and all other compensation (other than accrued but unused vacation) to which he is entitled in connection with all of his services as an officer and employee of the Company, the Bank and all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company and the Bank, whether pursuant to the Employment Agreement or otherwise, through and including the Company’s last payroll date immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, and (ii) he shall not be entitled to any additional salar y, compensation or other
 
 
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amounts from the Company, the Bank and/or any subsidiaries or affiliates following the date of this Agreement, other than (A) his normal salary from such last payroll date through the Effective Time, which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s usual and customary payroll practices (including, but not limited to, withholding for taxes and deductions for certain costs of employee benefits), and (B) the benefits and amounts contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(b)           Vacation.  The Employee agrees that he is entitled to be paid for eight (8) days of accrued but unused vacation relating to all periods of employment ending on or before the Effective Time and hereby waives any right to payment for all other accrued but unused vacation, if any.  The Company shall pay the Employee for such eight (8) days of accrued but unused days of vacation on the first regular payroll date following the Effective Time in accordance with the Company’s usual and customary payroll practices (including, but not limited to, withholding for taxes and dedu ctions for certain costs of employee benefits).
 
(c)           Expenses.  The Employee agrees that he has submitted to the Company and the Bank all expense reports and other requests for expense reimbursement to which he is entitled for all periods ending on or before the Effective Time and that all such reports and requests have related to bona fide and reasonable expenses incurred by the Employee in furtherance of his duties on behalf of the Company or the Bank.  The Company and the Bank have reimbursed the Employee for all of such expense reports and requests for reimbursement, and the Employee shall not be entitled to any additiona l reimbursement for expenses incurred for or on behalf of the Company or the Bank following the Effective Time.
 
(d)           Other.  The Employee understands and agrees that he is not entitled to any compensation, payments or other amounts from the Company, the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or the Bank except pursuant to this Agreement, the ESOP and the 401(k) Plan.
 
Section 5.                      Employee Benefit Plans.
 
(a)           General.  The Employee’s participation and eligibility to participate in, and all benefits, payments and rights under, any and all employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) and any and all other plans, programs, arrangements and policies sponsored, maintained or offered by the Company and/or the Bank shall terminate and cease as of the Effective Time, except as provided in this subsection.  Such plans, programs, arrangements and policies shall include, but not be limited to, the CFS Bancorp, Inc. 2010 Performance-based Cash Incentive Plan (“2010 Cash Plan”); CFS Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Service Retention Program (“2009 Retention Program”); CFS Bancorp, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (“2008 Incentive Plan”); CFS Bancorp, Inc. 2003 Stock Option Plan (“2003 Stock Option Plan”); CFS Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”); Citizens Financial Bank 401(k) Retirement Plan (“401(k) Plan”); the Bank’s group health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans or policies; and all other retirement, profit sharing, deferred compensation, retention, incentive compensation, bonus, health, medical, hospitalization, dental, vision, life, accidental death, disability and similar plans, programs, arrangements and policies sponsored, maintained or offered by the Company and/or the Bank; provided, however, that (i) all benefits of the Employee that are fully vested under the ESOP and the 401(k) Plan shall be paid t o the Employee in accordance with the terms of such plans, (ii) the Employee shall be entitled to exercise the outstanding stock options granted to him under 2003 Stock Option Plan in accordance with the terms of such plan, and (iii) notwithstanding that the Employee has terminated his employment under the Employment Agreement without Good Reason, the Company and the Bank hereby agree, subject to the next two paragraphs of this Subsection 5(a), that (A) the Employee (and his spouse or legal dependents) shall be eligible for continued participation in all group health, dental and vision insurance plans of the Company or the Bank and in which the Employee (and his spouse or legal dependents) participated immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (B) the Employee (and his spouse and legal dependents) shall not be eligible for continued participation in any group life and disability
 
 
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insurance plans or policies of the Company or the Bank in which the Employee participated immediately prior to the Effective Time, but instead only the Employee shall be permitted to convert his coverage existing at the Effective Time to individual life and disability policies.
 
With respect to the continuation coverage available to the Employee (and his spouse or legal dependents) under all group health, dental and vision insurance plans of the Company or the Bank, (I) such coverage shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”), (II) in order to receive coverage, the Employee shall make a proper and timely COBRA election pursuant to the terms of such plans, and (III) the Company or the Bank shall pay the cost for only the employee (and not for his spouse or any legal dependents) for the continuation coverage under such plans elected by the Employee pursuant to COBRA for a period of time ending on the earlier of June 23, 2011 or the date on which the Employee becomes eligible to participate in a health, dental or vision insurance plan of another employer, consultant or party (provided that the Employee is entitled to health, dental and vision benefits from such other employer, consultant or party that are substantially similar to those provided under the applicable health, dental and vision plans of the Company or the Bank in which the Employee participated immediately prior to, and at the same or lesser cost to the Employee as under such plans of the Company or the Bank at, the Effective Time).  As of the date of this Agreement, the total premium for employee only coverage under the health, dental and vision plans of the Company is $491.97, and such amount is subject to adjustment as determined under the plans.
 
With respect to any life or disability coverage that the Employee converts to individual policies, the Company or the Bank shall pay for only the Employee’s premiums (and not any premiums for his spouse or legal dependents) under such policies for a period of time ending on the earlier of June 23, 2011 or the date on which the Employee becomes eligible to participate in a life or disability insurance plan or policy of another employer, consultant or party (provided that the Employee is entitled to life or disability benefits from such other employer, consultant or party that are substantially similar to those provided under the applicable life and disability plans or policies of the Company or the Bank in which the Employee partic ipated immediately prior to, and at the same or lesser cost to the Employee as under such plans or policies of the Company or the Bank at, the Effective Time).
 
(b)           Outstanding Cash Bonus, Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Other Award Opportunities.  All award opportunities granted to the Employee relating to cash bonuses, stock options, restricted stock and other cash, stock or equity-based awards which have not vested or been earned, or have not become exercisable, on or prior to the Effective Time under the 2010 Cash Plan, 2009 Retention Plan, the 2008 Incentive Plan and all other plans, programs, arrangements or policies of the Company or the Bank are hereby terminated and forfeited as of the Effective Time, and the Employee hereby forever releases, waives and relinquishes any and all rights, claims and interests in and to such awards.  All stock options granted to the Employee under the 2003 Stock Option Plan that have not been exercised on or prior to the Effective Time shall terminate thirty (30) days following the Effective Time.  All stock option, restricted stock and other award agreements between the Company and the Employee under all plans, programs, arrangements or policies of the Company or the Bank are hereby terminated as of the Effective Time, other than the stock option agreements relating to unexercised stock options under the 2003 Stock Option Plan, which shall remain in effect only until the stock options covered thereby shall have terminated as provided above or been exercised.
 
The Employee further understands and agrees that he has not accrued and is not entitled to any benefits or payments (and has never received, and is not entitled to receive, any award opportunities relating to cash bonuses, stock options, restricted stock or other cash, stock or equity-based awards or other awards or amounts) under the Company’s defined benefit pension plan that was frozen effective March 1, 2003; CFS Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Supplemental ESOP Benefit Plan; Citizens Financial Services, FSB Deferred Compensation Plan for Key Employees; Amended and Restated Supplemental ESOP
 
 
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Benefit Plan of CFS Bancorp, Inc. and Citizens Financial Services, FSB; CFS Bancorp, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Option Plan; or CFS Bancorp, Inc. 1998 Recognition and Retention Plan.
 
(c)           Retirement Status.  The Employee has not satisfied the requirements for retirement or early retirement under any of the plans, programs, arrangements or policies referenced in Section 5(a) above.
 
(d)           Release.  The continuation coverage pursuant to COBRA under the Bank’s group health, dental and vision plans and the conversion election available under the Bank’s group life and disability plans or policies specified in Section 5(a) are in lieu of any benefits that may otherwise be provided to the Employee under the Employment Agreement, any other agreement or any plan, policy or practice of the Company or the Bank.  The Employee hereby forever releases, waives and relinquishes any and all benefits, payments, rights, claims and interests in and under all p lans, programs, arrangements and policies sponsored, maintained or offered by the Company, the Bank and all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company and the Bank, other than as specified in Section 5(a).
 
Section 6.                      Certain Other Matters.
 
(a)           Compliance with Law.  The Employee understands and agrees that he has ongoing responsibilities under and shall comply with the federal securities laws and other applicable laws and legal requirements, including but not limited to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder.
 
(b)           Club Memberships.  All memberships (including, but not limited to, memberships in any country clubs or health clubs) that are in the name of the Company or the Bank shall be retained by the Company or the Bank and shall not be used by the Employee subsequent to the Effective Time.  The Company’s or the Bank’s obligation to pay any dues or other amounts with respect to such corporate memberships shall cease as of the Effective Time.  Any memberships that are personal to and in the name of the Employee may continue to be held as private memberships in th e Employee’s name and at his sole expense.
 
(c)           No Admission.  This Agreement does not constitute an admission or evidence of any (i) violation by the Company, the Bank or the Employee of any statute, law, rule or regulation, or (ii) liability or wrongdoing on the part of the Company, the Bank or the Employee.
 
(d)           No Assignment.  The Employee represents and agrees that he has not made and shall not make any assignment or other transfer of any interest in any claim, right, demand or action which he had, has or may have against the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates or against any of their respective directors, officers, employees, managers, fiduciaries, administrators, representatives or agents.
 
(e)           Unemployment Compensation Claim.  In the event that the Employee files or otherwise makes a claim for unemployment compensation resulting from his resignation of employment contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Company nor the Bank will contest such claim.
 
Section 7.                      Miscellaneous.
 
(a)           Binding Effect; Assignment.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, executors, representatives and heirs; provided, however, that none of the parties may assign this Agreement, or their respective rights and obligations hereunder, without the prior written consent of each of the other parties, except that the Company and the Bank may, without the prior consent of the Employee, each assign this Agreement to
 
 
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any subsidiary, affiliate or successor of the Company or the Bank (whether in connection with any merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, change in control, sale of stock, assets or business or other similar transaction or otherwise).  In the event of the Employee’s death, any unpaid balance of the Severance Payment shall be paid to the Employee’s spouse (or, if his spouse does not survive him, to the Employee’s estate) in accordance with the same payment schedule specified in this Agreement.
 
(b)           Waiver; Amendment.  Any party hereto may, by a writing signed by the waiving party, waive the performance by another party of any of the covenants or agreements to be performed by such other party under this Agreement.  The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of or noncompliance with any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a continuing waiver or a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or noncompliance hereunder.  The failure or delay of any party at any time to insist upon the strict performance of any provision of this Agreement or to enforce its rights or remedies under this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver o r relinquishment of the right to insist upon strict performance of such provision, or to pursue any of its rights or remedies for any breach hereof, at a future time.
 
Except with respect to an assignment by the Company or the Bank contemplated by Section 7(a), this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by a written agreement executed by all of the parties hereto.
 
(c)           Headings.  The headings in this Agreement have been inserted solely for ease of reference and shall not be considered in the interpretation, construction, or enforcement of this Agreement.
 
(d)           Severability.  All provisions of this Agreement are severable from one another.  In case any one or more of the provisions (or any portion thereof) contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or provisions (or portion thereof) had never been contained herein.
 
(e)           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.
 
(f)           Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, without reference to any choice of law provisions, principles or rules thereof (whether of the State of Indiana or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of any laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Indiana.  The parties hereto hereby agree that all demands, claims, actions, causes of action, suits, proceedings and litigation between or among the parties relating to this Agreement, shall be filed, tried and litigated only in a federal or state court located in the State of Indian a.  In connection with the foregoing, the parties hereto irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction and venue of such court and expressly waive any claims or defenses of lack of jurisdiction of or proper venue by such court.  THE COMPANY, THE BANK AND THE EMPLOYEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY DEMAND, CLAIM, ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
 
(g)           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement (including the Release of Claims attached hereto), the Employment Agreement, the ESOP, the 401(k) Plan and the 2003 Stock Option Plan constitute the entire understanding and agreement between and among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other understandings, commitments, representations, negotiations,
 
 
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contracts, agreements, plans, programs, arrangements or policies, whether oral or written, between or among the parties hereto relating to the matters contemplated hereby or thereby.  In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Employment Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.  The Non-Solicitation & Confidentiality Agreement dated October 16, 2003 between the Bank and the Employee is hereby terminated.
 
(h)           Construction.  This Agreement shall be deemed to have been drafted by both parties hereto.  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the fair meaning of its provisions and its language shall not be strictly construed against, nor shall ambiguities be resolved against, any party.
 
(i)           Taxes.  All federal, state, local and other taxes (including, but not limited to, interest, fines and penalties) resulting from, imposed upon by virtue of or relating to the transactions or the payments or benefits to the Employee contemplated by this Agreement or the Employment Agreement shall be paid by the Employee, other than payment by the Company of its portion of any FICA or other employment taxes relating to the Severance Payment.
 
(j)           Review and Consultation.  The Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that he (i) has read this Agreement in its entirety prior to executing it, (ii) understands the provisions and effects of this Agreement, (iii) has consulted with such of his own attorneys, accountants and financial and other advisors as he has deemed appropriate in connection with his execution of this Agreement, and (iv) has executed this Agreement voluntarily.  THE EMPLOYEE HEREBY UNDERSTANDS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT HE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVICE, COUNSEL OR RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS A GREEMENT FROM THE COMPANY, THE BANK, ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY OR THE BANK, OR ANY ATTORNEY, ACCOUNTANT OR ADVISOR FOR THE COMPANY OR THE BANK.
 
(k)           Notices.  All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and given by hand delivery, certified mail, overnight delivery or facsimile transmission and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) upon delivery by hand (in the Company’s and the Bank’s case, to its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Operating Officer); (ii) on the day of receipt if the notice or communication is sent by certified United States Mail, return receipt requested; (iii) on the next business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service; o r (iv) on the date indicated on the fax confirmation page of the sender.  All notices and other communications shall be addressed as follows: if to the Company or the Bank, c/o its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer at its corporate headquarters; and if to the Employee, to his last known address reflected on the records of the Company or the Bank; or to such other address as any party hereto may have furnished to the others in writing in accordance herewith.
 
(l)           Capitalized Terms.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement.
 
(m)         Recitals.  The recitals and “Whereas” clauses contained on page 1 of this Agreement are expressly incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.
 
(n)          Electronic Signatures.  This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or electronic transmission.  Any facsimile or electronic signature shall be considered as an original signature and the document transmitted shall be considered to have the same binding effect as an original signature on an original document.
 
[Signature Page Follows This Page]
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Bank and the Employee have made, entered into, executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                   /s/ Charles V. Cole                     
                        Charles V. Cole
                                                      
 
                        CFS BANCORP, INC.
 
 
 
                        By: /s/ Daryl D. Pomranke                                                                  
                              Daryl D. Pomranke, President
                                and Chief Operating Officer
 
 
                        CITIZENS FINANCIAL BANK
 
 
 
                        By: /s/ Daryl D. Pomranke                         ;                                         
                              Daryl D. Pomranke, President
                                and Chief Operating Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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EXHIBIT A
 
Release of Claims
 
1.           In consideration of the execution by CFS Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and Citizens Financial Bank (the “Bank”) of that certain Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) dated December 23, 2009 and that certain Separation Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated May 27, 2010, both by and among the Company, the Bank and the undersigned, Charles V. Cole (the “Employee”), and for other good and valuable consideration, the Employee hereby irrevocably, unconditionally, and forever releases, waives, discharges and covenants not to sue or make any claim against the Company, the Bank, each of their subsidiar ies and affiliates, the Company’s and the Bank’s respective predecessors and successors, their respective former, present and/or future shareholders, members, owners, directors, officers, employees, managers, fiduciaries, administrators, insurers, attorneys, representatives and agents, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with any of them (collectively, the “Released Parties”) for or from any and all complaints, claims, demands, liabilities, obligations, actions, rights of actions and proceedings of any nature whatsoever (including, but not limited to, claims for damages, attorneys fees, interest and costs), whether administrative or judicial, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, matured or unmatured, or otherwise, that exist as of (or existed prior to) the date that the Employee signs this Release.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Employee understands and agrees that this Release includes and constitutes a complete waiver and release by the Employee in all capacities (including, but not limited to, as a shareholder, officer, employee, participant, individual or otherwise), and by his heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, and assigns, of any and all possible claims against each of the Released Parties based upon, arising out of or in any manner related to any salary, commission, bonuses (discretionary or otherwise) and other compensation from the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates; any plan, policy, program or promise of compensation from any of the Released Parties; any award of stock options, restricted stock or other stock-based or incentive compensation from the Company or the Bank; the Employee’s employment with or termination of employment by the Company and/or the Bank; wrongful termination or discharge; breach of contract; breach of good faith or fair dealing; infliction of emotional distress; and discrimination based on age, race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, vet erans status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other claim of employment discrimination, including, but not limited to, claims arising under the following laws and amendments thereto, if any:  the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. § 1981), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; any other federal or state employment law; any federal or state wage and hour laws, and all other similar federal, state or local laws, statutes, rules or regulations; and, in addition, all other tort or contract claims and other theories of recovery, to the extent permitted by law.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Release does not affect, release or waive any of the Employee’s claims (a) under the Agre ement, (b) under Section 25 under the Employment Agreement if the Company or the Bank requests the Employee’s cooperation under such section, or (c) for vested benefits or payments under the ESOP and the 401(k) Plan (as defined in the Agreement).
 
2.           This Release shall be construed as broadly and comprehensively as applicable law permits; provided, however, that this Release shall not be construed as releasing or waiving any right that, as a matter of law, cannot be released or waived, including but not limited to any right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee waives any right to recover monetary remedies in his own behalf in any such investigation or proceeding.
 
 
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3.           The Employee acknowledges that the Company and the Bank have advised him to consult with an attorney of the Employee’s own choice prior to signing this Release and that he has had ample time and adequate opportunity to discuss thoroughly all aspects of this Release with his attorney.
 
4.           In the event the Employee is forty (40) years of age or older, the Employee acknowledges that the Company and the Bank have advised him that he has a period of twenty-one (21) days to review and consider this Release.  The Employee understands that he may use as much or all of the twenty-one (21) day period as the Employee desires prior to signing this Release.  Upon execution of this Release, the Employee waives any remaining portion of the twenty-one (21) day review period.
 
5.           In the event the Employee is forty (40) years of age or older, the Employee acknowledges that the Company and the Bank have advised him that he may revoke this Release within seven (7) days after signing it.  If the Employee signs this Release and does not revoke it after such seven (7) day period has expired, he may not thereafter revoke this Release.
 
ANY SUCH REVOCATION MUST BE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY AND THE BANK AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS NOT LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. (MUNSTER, INDIANA TIME) ON THE SEVENTH (7TH) DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF EXECUTION OF THIS RELEASE:
 
CFS Bancorp, Inc. and Citizens Financial Bank
Attn:  Daryl D. Pomranke, President and Chief Operating Officer
707 Ridge Road
Munster, Indiana 46321
 
6.           All provisions of this Release are severable from one another.  In case any one or more of the provisions (or any portion thereof) contained in this Release shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Release, but this Release shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions (or portion thereof) had never been contained herein.  This Release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, without reference to any choice of law provisions, pr inciples, or rules thereof (whether of the State of Indiana or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of any laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Indiana.  This Release may not be assigned, terminated or amended without the prior written consent of the Company and the Bank (by their respective Chief Executive Officers or Chief Operating Officers).  This Release may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same document.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Release of Claims as of the date indicated below.
 
 
                                           /s/ Charles V. Cole                                                                 
                        Charles V. Cole
 
                                               &# 160;                                                               6/2/10                        
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EX-10.23 3 exhibit10_23.htm EXHIBIT 10.23 exhibit10_23.htm
Exhibit 10.23
 
CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
 
   This CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 3rd day of June, 2010 by and between CFS BANCORP, Inc. (“Company”) an Indiana corporation, CITIZENS FINANCIAL BANK (“Bank”), a federally chartered savings bank, and Jerry A. Weberling (the “Executive”), who is currently a resident of the State of Illinois.
 
R E C I T A L S:
 
   WHEREAS, the Executive is presently employed as a senior executive officer of the Company and the Bank (together the “Employers”); and
 
WHEREAS, in the event Employers, desire to consider, or are confronted with, the possibility of a transaction that could result in a change in control of either the Company or the Bank, the Boards of Directors of the Employers believe that such a transaction could be a distraction to the Executive and could cause the Executive to consider alternative employment opportunities; and
 
WHEREAS, the Employers also believe that, in the event of a possible change in control transaction, continuity and input of the Employers management will be essential to the ability of the respective Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank to evaluate such a transaction in the best interests of their respective shareholders; and
 
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of the Employers have determined that it is in the best interest of the Employers to assure that the Employers will have the continued dedication, objectivity and service of the Executive in the event of the possibility, threat or occurrence of such a change in control transaction; and
 
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of the Employers further believe that it is in the best interest of the Employers to provide the Executive with change in control payments under certain circumstances following a change in control transaction and to have the Employers receive and have the benefit of certain covenants from the Executive relating to, among other matters, non-disclosure of confidential information, non-competition and non-solicitation.
 
   NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the respective covenants, agreements and obligations contained herein, and the continued employment of the Executive by the Employers, the Employers and the Executive hereby agree as follows:
 
Section 1.                      Defined Terms.  The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below for purposes of this Agreement:
 
(a)           Average Base Salary.  The Executive’s “Average Base Salary” shall mean the average of the Executive’s annual base salary (excluding bonuses, incentive compensation and any other compensation or amounts) paid in the three (3) complete fiscal years preceding the Executive’s last day of employment with the Bank, or in the event that the Executive has been employed by the Bank for less than three (3) complete fiscal years, then the Average Base Salary shall be calculated using the Executive’s average monthly base salary based upon the number of months that the Executive has been employed by the Bank and multiplied by twelve.
 
(b)           Cause.  Termination of the Executive’s employment for “Cause” means the termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employers because of any of the following:
 
 
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         (i)           any incompetence or intentional failure by the Executive in performing his services or carrying out his duties and responsibilities for or on behalf of the Employers; or
 
(ii)          any dishonesty, fraud, theft or embezzlement by the Executive; or
 
(iii)         any breach of fiduciary duty or willful misconduct involving personal profit by the Executive; or
 
(iv)         any willful or knowing violation by the Executive of any law, statute, rule, regulation or government requirement (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or any final cease and desist order involving the Executive; or
 
(v)          any material and intentional noncompliance by the Executive with any provision of any employee handbook, code of conduct or ethics, corporate governance guidelines or any rule, policy or procedure of the Employers as are currently in effect or as may hereafter be in effect from time to time; or
 
(vi)         any material breach by the Executive of any provision of this Agreement.
 
(c)           Change in Control.  “Change in Control” means the occurrence subsequent to the date of this Agreement of any of the following relating to the Company or the Bank: (i) an acquisition of control of the Company or the Bank within the meaning of the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933 and 12 C.F. R. 574, as amended; (ii) an event that would be required to be reported in response to Item 5.01 of Form 8-K or Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 Act, as amended (“1934 Act”), or any successor statute, whether or not any class of securities of the Company is registered under the 1934 Act; (iii) any Person or gro up of Persons is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of either the Company or the Bank representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s or the Bank’s then outstanding securities; or (iv) during any period of thirty-six consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company or the Bank cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof unless the election, or the nomination for election, of each new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of such period and, in such case, each new director so approved will be considered for purposes of this section to have been a director at the beginning of such period.
 
For purposes of the definition of “Change in Control,” (A) a Person or group of Persons does not include the CFS Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan Trust which forms a part of the CFS Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “ESOP”), any other employee benefit plan of the Company or the Bank, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or the Bank, and (B) the outstanding securities of the Company shall include all shares of common stock owned by the ESOP, whether allocated or unallocated to the accounts of participants thereunder.
 
(d)           Disability.  “Disability” means the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Employers because of any physical or mental impairment, incapacity or condition of the Executive such that the Executive is substantially limited, with or without accommodation, in being able to perform the essential functions of his duties and responsibilities for or on behalf of the Employers (as reasonably determined by the Employers) for at least sixty (60) days (whether consecutive or non-consecutive days) during any twelve (12) month period.  A Disability may, but is not r equired to, be evidenced by a signed, written opinion of an independent, qualified medical doctor selected by the Board of Directors or the
 
 
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Chief Executive Officer of the Employers and paid for by the Employers.  The Executive hereby agrees to make himself promptly available for examination by such medical doctor upon reasonable request by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer of the Employers and consents to provide promptly the results of such examination and any diagnosis to the Employers.  Nothing in this Section is intended to be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
 
(e)           Executive Officers.  “Executive Officers” shall mean those employees of the Employers who hold the title of Senior Vice President or above.
 
(f)           Good Reason.  “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
 
(i)           a material reduction by the Company or the Bank, without the Executive’s written consent, in the Executive’s duties, responsibilities or authority concurrently with, or during the two (2) year period immediately following, a Change in Control as compared to that in effect on the day immediately preceding the Change in Control; provided, however, that a temporary reduction in the Executive’s duties, responsibilities or authority during any period that the Executive is on vacation, using paid time off or on leave of absence in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Employers shall not constitute a diminution of his duties, responsibilities and au thority; and provided further, however, that layoffs or terminations following a Change in Control of employees who directly report to the Executive shall not constitute a diminution of his duties, responsibilities and authority; or
 
(ii)          a material diminution by the Company or the Bank, without the Executive’s written consent, in the Executive’s job title(s) concurrently with, or during the two (2) year period immediately following, a Change in Control as compared to the Executive’s job title(s) held on the day immediately preceding the Change in Control; or
 
(iii)         a material reduction by the Employers, without the Executive’s written consent, of his annual base salary concurrently with, or during the two (2) year period immediately following, a Change in Control as compared to his annual base salary in effect on the day immediately preceding the Change in Control; provided, however, that any reduction by the Employers in the Executive’s annual base salary concurrently with or following a Change in Control shall not constitute Good Reason so long as a majority of all Executive Officers shall also receive a reduction in their respective annual base salaries as part of across-the-board sa lary reductions at the Employers and, further, so long as the percentage reduction in the Executive’s annual base salary shall not be greater than the average of the percentage reductions in the annual base salaries of all other Executive Officers as a group; or
 
(iv)         a requirement by the Company or the Bank, without the Executive’s written consent, that the Executive perform his principal job duties and responsibilities concurrently with, or during the two (2) year period immediately following, a Change in Control at a location that is more than thirty (30) miles from the location at which the Executive performs his principal job duties and responsibilities on the day immediately preceding the Change in Control; or
 
(v)          any failure by the Employers to obtain the express written assumption of this Agreement, and the obligations hereunder, by the successor to the Bank concurrently with a Change in Control.
 
    The Executive must notify the Employers in writing within sixty (60) days of the initial existence of the circumstances giving rise to a termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder for Good Reason.  The Employers shall then have thirty (30) days following the effectiveness of such notice
 
 
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during which it may cure such circumstances and, if so cured, shall not be required to make any change in control payments hereunder.
 
(g)           Person.  “Person” means any natural person, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, organization, firm, business, joint venture, association, trust or other entity and any government agency, body or authority.
 
Section 2.                      Term; Employment Status; Compensation.
 
(a)           Term of Agreement.  The initial term of this Agreement shall be for a period of one (1) year commencing as of the date hereof.  Within sixty (60) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement and within sixty (60) days prior to each subsequent one (1) year anniversary thereafter, the Boards of Directors of the Employers shall review this Agreement and determine whether the term of this Agreement shall be extended for a period of one (1) year in addition to the then-remaining term.  The Boards of Directors shall promptly notify the Executiv e in writing as to whether it has determined to extend further the term of this Agreement.  If the Boards of Directors determine not to extend further the term of this Agreement, then this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, except as expressly set forth herein, at the end of the then-existing term, and the Executive’s employment with the Employers shall continue to be on an employee-at-will basis.  Reference herein to the term of this Agreement shall refer to both such initial term and any extended terms.
 
As part of the review by the Boards of Directors of the Employers on at least an annual basis whether to permit extensions of the term of this Agreement, the Boards shall consider all factors that they deem relevant, including without limitation the Employers’ continued need for this Agreement and the covenants of the Executive herein.
 
If the Boards of Directors of the Employers provide written notice to the Executive that the term of this Agreement shall not be further extended, such event shall not, in and of itself, constitute Good Reason or a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employers.  In the event of a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Employers or the Executive prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control or in the event that the term of this Agreement shall have expired after the Employers have provided notice that the term shall not be extended, then no change in control payments shall be payable to the Executive hereunder, but Sections 3(c)(iv), 4, 5(a), 5(b), 5(d), 5(e), 5(f), 5(g), 6, 7 and 8 hereof sh all survive such termination of employment or expiration of the term of this Agreement, as the case may be, and shall continue in full force and effect and be binding upon the Executive.
 
(b)           Employment Status.  This Agreement is not and shall not be construed to be an employment agreement or a guarantee or commitment for continued employment of the Executive by the Employers.  The Executive is and shall at all times be an employee-at-will of the Employers and shall be considered an “exempt employee” for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act.  Neither this Agreement nor anything contained herein shall be construed as affecting or limiting the right of the Employers or the Executive to terminate the Executive’s employment with the E mployers at any time for any reason or for no reason.  The Executive understands and agrees that the change in control payments provided in this Agreement are in lieu of any change in control benefits that may otherwise be payable to the Executive under any severance pay policies or practices of the Company or the Bank, and the Executive hereby waives, and shall not be entitled to, any payments or benefits under any such severance pay policies or practices.
 
      (c)           Compensation.  All matters relating to the employment of the Executive by the Employers (including, but not limited to, base salary; bonuses; equity or other incentive compensation;
 
 
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employee benefits; retirement; profit sharing; health, life, disability and other insurance; expense reimbursement; and vacation, sick and other paid time off, and including the cost and eligibility requirements thereof; and the termination of the Executive’s employment) shall be subject to the plans, programs, employee handbooks, rules, policies and procedures of the Employers as are currently in effect or as may hereafter be established, amended or in effect from time to time.
 
Section 3.                      Termination of Employment and Payments Following a Change in Control.
 
(a)           Termination of Employment Following a Change in Control.  Upon the occurrence of either of the following events during the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall receive the amounts specified in Section 3(b) below:
 
(i)           the Executive has terminated his employment with the Employers for Good Reason concurrently with, or during the two (2) year period immediately following, a Change in Control; or
 
(ii)          the Employers have terminated the employment of the Executive concurrently with, or during the two (2) year period immediately following, a Change in Control for any reason other than for Cause or a Disability of the Executive.
 
(b)           Payments to the Executive Following a Change in Control.  Subject to Sections 3(c) and 3(d), either of the Employers shall pay to the Executive the amounts set forth below if either of the events described above in Section 3(a) have occurred:
 
(i)           Change in Control Payments.  Change in control payments equal to the Executive’s Average Base Salary (calculated as a monthly amount) for a period of twelve (12) months following the Executive’s last day of employment with the Employers.  Each payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The foregoing monthly change in control payments shall be paid beginning on the last day of the month following the month in which the Executive’s last day of employment with the E mployers occurs and on the last day of each subsequent month thereafter until all change in control payments have been paid.
 
(ii)          Retirement Plans.  All amounts that are fully earned and vested and properly payable on or before the Executive’s last day of employment under all retirement plans sponsored by the Company or the Bank in accordance with the provisions of such plans.
 
(iii)         Other Amounts.  All other amounts that are properly payable to the Executive by the Employers that have not been paid to him on or before his last day of employment.  Such amounts shall be paid to the Executive in accordance with the policies, procedures and/or practices of the Employers.
 
(iv)         COBRA Coverage.  If the Executive is participating in the Company’s or the Bank’s group health insurance plan at the time that his employment with the Employers is terminated and if the Executive has made an appropriate election to continue such coverage for himself and/or his spouse and legal dependents under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended (“COBRA”), the Executive shall pay the premiums associated with such continuation group health coverage and either of the Employers shall reimburse the Executive only for the premiums actually paid by him associated with such continuation coverage until the earlier of (A) the expiration of the period of time that the Executive has elected to receive continuation coverage under the Company’s or the Bank’s group health insurance plan pursuant to COBRA (but, in any event, not to exceed twelve (12) months
 
 
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following his last day of employment with the Employers), or (B) the date on which the Executive becomes eligible to receive health insurance benefits from a new employer or another Person.  The foregoing reimbursement of premiums shall not be paid to the Executive if his employment with the Employers is terminated by the Employers for Cause.
 
(c)           Certain Other Matters.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3, the following shall apply:
 
(i)           The Executive (and his spouse and heirs) shall not be entitled to any change in control payments under this Agreement from the Employers in the event of his death.
 
(ii)          All outstanding awards of cash bonuses, stock options, restricted stock and other incentive compensation (whether cash or equity based) from the Company or the Bank shall vest or be earned and be paid or distributed to, or be exercisable by, as the case may be, the Executive in accordance with the applicable plan or award agreement governing such awards.
 
(iii)         Upon any termination of the Executive’s employment, the Executive shall execute (and not subsequently rescind or revoke) a release substantially similar to the release attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A as a condition to the Executive receiving any of the amounts set forth in this Section 3.
 
(iv)         At all times while employed by the Employers and at all times following any termination of his employment, the Executive shall not make or publish any negative or disparaging statements or comments of any kind or character whatsoever about the Company, the Bank, any of their directors, officers, employees or customers or the business, operations, affairs, profitability, strategies or policies of the Company or the Bank.
 
(v)          If the Executive breaches any provision of this Agreement, whether before or after any termination of his employment with the Employers, or refuses to execute (or rescinds or revokes) the release attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A (or a release substantially similar to the release attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A), then the Employers obligation to make any change in control payments or to make any reimbursement for the premiums associated with the COBRA continuation coverage to the Executive under this Sect ion 3 shall terminate immediately without reinstatement of any obligation of the Employers to pay or reimburse, or to resume paying or reimbursing following any cure of a breach, the Executive hereunder.  Notwithstanding any such termination of the Employers obligation to pay or reimburse, (A) the covenants and agreements set forth in Sections 3(c)(iv), 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 hereof shall continue in full force and effect and be binding upon the Executive, (B) the Employers shall be entitled to the remedies specified in Section 7 hereof, among others, and (C) the existence of any claim or cause of action of the Executive against the Employers, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Employers of the covenants contained in Sections 3(c)(iv), 4, 5 or 6.
 
(d)           Delay of Payment under Certain Circumstances.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, all amounts under this Agreement that (i) are payable to the Executive due to the Executive’s Separation from Service, as described in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h), for a reason other than the Executive’s death, (ii) are payable at a time when the Executive is a “Specified Employee” as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(i), and (iii) provide for a “deferral of compensation” as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b) under Sections 6(b) and 6(e), shall be suspended for six (6) months following such Separation from Service.  The Executive shall receive a lump sum payment of the
 
 
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amounts so suspended on the first day following the six-month suspension period, with such lump sum payment being subject to termination as set forth in Section 3(c) above.
 
Section 4.                      Non-Disclosure; Return of Confidential Information and Other Property.
 
(a)           Confidential Information; Non-Disclosure.  At all times while the Executive is employed by the Employers and at all times following any termination of his employment, the Executive shall not (i) directly or indirectly disclose, provide or discuss any Confidential Information with or to any party other than those directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates who need to know such Confidential Information for a proper corporate purpose, and/or (ii) directly or indirectly use any Confidential Information (A) to compete against the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, (B) to t he detriment of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or (C) for the Executive’s own benefit or for the benefit of any Person other than the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates.  The Executive agrees that all Confidential Information is and at all times shall remain the property of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, as applicable.
 
For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means any and all of the following, whether disclosed to or known by the Executive on, before or after the date of this Agreement:
 
(i)           any and all materials, records, data, documents, lists, information and trade secrets (whether in writing, printed, verbal, electronic, computerized, imaged, on disk, CD, DVD or otherwise) (A) relating or referring in any manner to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, results of operation, assets, liabilities, revenues, income, deposits, loans, products, estimates, projections, budgets, policies, strategies, techniques, methods, vendors, relationships, customers and/or clients of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates that are confidential, proprietary or not otherwise publicly available (other than by or through the Executive or any other impermissible disclosure), or (B) that the Company or the Bank, or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates has deemed confidential, proprietary or nonpublic; and
 
(ii)          any and all trade secrets of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates; and
 
(iii)         any and all copies, summaries, analyses, extracts, documents or information (whether prepared by the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, the Executive or otherwise) which relate or refer to or reflect any of the items set forth in this Section 4(a).
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions on the use or disclosure of Confidential Information shall not apply to any information:
 
(A)         after it has become generally available to the public without breach of this Agreement by the Executive, or
 
(B)         which, at the time of disclosure by the Executive, was already known to a third party to whom the disclosure was made without breach of this Agreement by the Executive.
 
In the event the Executive receives a request to disclose all or any part of the Confidential Information under the terms of a valid and effective subpoena or order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Executive agrees to
 
 
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(A)         immediately notify the Employers of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such a request so that the Employers may consider seeking a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement,
 
(B)         consult with the Employers on the advisability of taking legally available steps to resist or narrow such request, and
 
(C)         if disclosure of such information is required, exercise his best efforts to obtain an order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to such portion of the information which the Employers so designates.
 
(b)           Return of Confidential Information and Other Property.  The Executive covenants and agrees (i) to return to the Employers on his last day of employment, at the Employers headquarters, all Confidential Information that is still in the Executive’s possession or control on his last day of employment with the Employers or the location of which the Executive knows (including, but not limited to, any Confidential Information contained on the Executive’s personal digital assistant, BlackBerry, mobile telephone and personal or home computer), and (ii) to return to the Employers on his last day of employment, at the Employers headquarters, all vehicles, equipment, computers , personal digital assistants, BlackBerrys, mobile telephones, credit cards, keys, access cards, passwords and other property owned or provided by the Company or the Bank that are still in the Executive’s possession or control on his last day of employment or the location of which the Executive knows, and to cease using any of the foregoing on and after his last day of employment.
 
Section 5.                      Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation.
 
(a)           The Executive hereby understands, acknowledges and agrees that, by virtue of his position at the Bank, he has or will have advantageous and competitive familiarity and personal contacts with the customers and clients (wherever located), products, services, strategies and employees of the Company, the Bank and their subsidiaries and affiliates and has and will have advantageous and competitive familiarity with the Confidential Information.  As such, and in view of the highly competitive nature of the business in which the Employers are or may be engaged, the Executive agrees that the covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 6 are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Employers business and the Confidential Information.
 
(b)           At all times while the Executive is employed by the Employers, he shall not engage in or compete with, or assist another party in engaging in or competing with (or finance, operate, or control) any banking, financial services or other business, operation, or activity which is conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates (or which is in the same or a similar line of business as, or competes with, the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates), nor shall he shall solicit in any manner, seek to obtain, service or accept any business for or on behalf of a party other than the Company, the Bank or th eir subsidiaries or affiliates relating to the products or services offered or sold by any of them.
 
(c)           For a period of one (1) year following his last day of employment with the Employers, the Executive shall not, within a thirty (30) mile radius of any office of the Employers, directly or indirectly, or individually or together with any other Person (as owner, shareholder, investor, member, partner, proprietor, principal, director, officer, employee, manager, agent, representative, independent contractor, consultant, advisor or otherwise), engage in any banking, financial services or other business, operation or activity which is conducted by the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates during such one (1) year period (or which is in the same or a similar line of business as, or
 
 
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competes with, the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates) or which was conducted, or proposed to be conducted, or actively being developed or pursued by the Company, the Bank or any their subsidiaries or affiliates at any time during the one (1) year period preceding his last day of employment, nor shall the Executive assist another party in engaging in or competing with (or finance, operate or control) any banking, financial services or other business, operation, activity or similar line of business which is conducted, or proposed to be conducted, or actively being developed or pursued by the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates on the Executive’s last day of employment with the Bank, or which was conducted, or proposed to be conducted, or actively being developed or pursued by the Company, the Bank or any their subsidiaries or affiliates at any time during the one (1) year peri od preceding his last day of employment.
 
(d)           For a period of one (1) year following his last day of employment with the Employers, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, or individually or together with any other Person, as owner, shareholder, investor, member, partner, proprietor, principal, director, officer, employee, manager, agent, representative, independent contractor, consultant, advisor or otherwise:
 
(i)           solicit in any manner, seek to obtain, service or accept any business of any Person who is a customer or client of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates relating to products or services offered, or actively being developed, by any of them on the Executive’s last day of employment with the Employers or who was an existing or prospective customer or client of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates at any time during the one (1) year period preceding the Executive’s last day of employment; or
 
(ii)          contact, or conduct, authorize or approve any advertisement or communication to, any customer or client of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates (A) for purposes of announcing his employment or affiliation with another Person, or (B) in connection with directly or indirectly engaging in any banking, financial services or other business or activity in competition with the business, affairs or interests of (or which is in the same or a similar line of business as) the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates; or
 
(iii)         offer or provide employment, hire or engage (whether on a full-time, part-time, or consulting basis or otherwise) any individual who is an employee of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates on the last day of the Executive’s employment with the Employers or who was such an employee at any time during the one (1) year period preceding the Executive’s last day of employment, nor shall the Executive request or attempt to influence any person who is employed by the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates on the Executive’s last day of employment to terminate such employee’s employment with the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates; or
 
(iv)         request, encourage or advise any Person who is a customer, client, vendor or otherwise doing business or having a relationship with the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates on the Executive’s last day of employment to terminate, reduce, limit or change their business or relationship with the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates.
 
(e)           The Executive acknowledges the geographic scope of the business of the Company, the Bank and their subsidiaries or affiliates.  Nevertheless, in the event that any provision of Section 5(c) or Section 5(d) is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the geographic, time or other restrictions permitted by applicable law, then the court shall have the power to reduce, limit or reform (but not to increase or make greater) such provision to make it enforceable to the maximum extent
 
 
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permitted by law, and such provision shall then be enforceable against the Executive in its reduced, limited or reformed manner.
 
(f)           The Employers and the Executive agree that the provisions of this Section 5 shall be severable in accordance with Section 8(e) hereof.
 
(g)           The restrictions and covenants contained in this Section 5 shall be deemed not to run during all periods of noncompliance, with the intention of the parties being to have such restrictions and covenants apply during the full periods specified in this Section.
 
Section 6.                      Intellectual Property.  The Executive understands, acknowledges, and agrees that each and every invention, idea, concept, discovery, improvement, device, design, drawing, sketch, specification, prototype, sample, practice, process, method, technique or product (whether in written or electronic format and whether or not patentable, copyrightable or registerable for trademark protection) made, created, developed, perfected, devised, conceived, worked on or first reduced to practice by the Executiv e, either solely or in collaboration with others, during the period of the Executive’s employment with the Employers (whether or not during regular working hours) relating, directly or indirectly, to the business, operations, affairs, products, practices, techniques or methods of the Company, the Bank or any their subsidiaries or affiliates (the “Intellectual Property”) is and shall be the exclusive property of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, as applicable.  The Executive hereby forever, unconditionally and irrevocably releases and relinquishes any and all right, title and interest that he may have in and to the Intellectual Property worldwide and hereby forever, unconditionally and irrevocably assigns to the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates any and all of the Executive’s right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property worldwide.  At the request and expense of the Company, the Bank or any o f their subsidiaries or affiliates, the Executive shall (a) execute any and all assignments, documents and other writings that the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates determines are necessary to evidence ownership of the Intellectual Property in the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, (b) execute any and all applications and registrations of the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates for patents, trademarks and/or copyrights relating to the Intellectual Property, and (c) assist the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates in obtaining any and all patents, trademarks and copyrights that it desires relating to the Intellectual Property.
 
Section 7.                      Certain Remedies.  The Executive understands and agrees that the Company or the Bank will suffer irreparable damage and injury and will not have an adequate remedy at law in the event of any actual, threatened, or attempted breach by the Executive of any provision of Section 3(c)(iv), 4, 5 or 6.  Accordingly, in the event of a breach or a threatened or attempted breach by the Executive of any provision of Section 3(c)(iv), 4, 5 or 6, in addition to all other remedies to which the Compa ny or the Bank is entitled at law, in equity or otherwise, the Company or the Bank shall be entitled to seek a temporary restraining order, a permanent or temporary injunction and/or a decree of specific performance of any provision of Section 3(c)(iv), 4, 5 or 6.  In addition, in the event of any breach by the Executive of any provision of Section 3(c)(iv), 4, 5 or 6, the Executive shall immediately repay to the Employers all change in control payments already paid to him under Section 3 hereof following his last day of employment, plus interest thereon at 8% per annum until repaid in full and the Employers’ cost of collection and reasonable attorneys fees.  The parties agree that a bond posted by the Employers in the amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) shall be adequate and appropriate in connection with such restraining order or injunction and that actual damages need not be proved by the Employers prior to it being entitled to obtain such restraining order, injunction or spe cific performance.  The foregoing remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive rights or remedies of the Employers for any breach of or
 
 
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noncompliance with this Agreement by the Executive but shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies available to the Employers at law, in equity, or otherwise.
 
Section 8.                      Miscellaneous.
 
(a)           Binding Effect; Assignment.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Employers and the Executive and their respective heirs, executors, representatives, successors and assigns; provided, however that the Executive may not assign this Agreement, and his rights and obligations hereunder, without the prior written consent of the Employers.  The Employers may, without the consent of the Executive, assign this Agreement, and its rights and obligations hereunder, to (i) any successor of the Company or the Bank or any other third party in connection with any recapitalization, reorganization or Change in Control.  In the event of any su ch permitted assignment of this Agreement, all references to the “Company” or the “Bank” shall thereafter mean and refer to the assignee of the Company or the Bank.
 
(b)           Waiver.  A waiver by any party must be in writing signed by the party entitled to grant such a waiver.  The waiver by a party of a breach of or noncompliance with any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a continuing waiver or a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or noncompliance hereunder.  The failure or delay of either party at any time to insist upon the strict performance of any provision of this Agreement or to enforce its or his rights or remedies under this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of the right to insist upon strict performance of such provision, or to pursue any of its rights o r remedies for any breach hereof, at a future time.
 
(c)           Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written agreement executed by all parties hereto.
 
(d)           Headings.  The headings in this Agreement have been inserted solely for ease of reference and shall not be considered in the interpretation or construction of this Agreement.
 
(e)           Severability.  In case any one or more of the provisions (or any portion thereof) contained herein shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions (or portion thereof) had never been contained herein; provided, however, if any provision of Section 5 of this Agreement shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because of the provision’s scope, duration, geographic restriction, or other fact or, then such provision shall be considered divisible and the court making such determination shall have the power to reduce or limit (but not increase or make greater) such scope, duration, geographic restriction, or other factor or to reform (but not increase or make greater) such provision to make it enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law, and such provision shall then be enforceable against the appropriate party hereto in its reformed, reduced, or limited form.
 
(f)           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.
 
(g)           Voluntary Execution; Construction.  The Executive agrees that he has executed this Agreement voluntarily and not as a condition to continued employment with the Employers.  This Agreement shall be deemed to have been drafted by all of the parties hereto.  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the fair meaning of its provisions and its language shall not be strictly
 
 
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construed against, nor shall ambiguities be resolved against, any party.  THE EXECUTIVE HEREBY UNDERSTANDS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT HE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVICE, COUNSEL OR RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT FROM THE EMPLOYERS, ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE EMPLOYERS OR ANY ATTORNEY, ACCOUNTANT OR ADVISOR FOR THE EMPLOYERS.
 
(h)           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties hereto (and supersedes all other prior understandings, commitments, representations, negotiations, and agreements) relating to the subject matter hereof.
 
(i)           Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, without reference to any choice of law provisions, principles, or rules thereof (whether of the State of Indiana or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of any laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Indiana.  Any claim, demand, or action relating to this Agreement shall be brought only in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction in Lake County, Indiana.  In connection with the foregoing, the parties hereto irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction and venue of such court and expressly waive any claims or defenses of lack of jurisdiction of or proper venue by such court.  THE EMPLOYERS AND THE EXECUTIVE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY DEMAND, CLAIM, ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
 
(j)           Notices.  All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and given by hand delivery, mail, overnight delivery or facsimile transmission and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) upon delivery by hand (in the Employers’ case, to its Chief Executive Officer); (ii) two (2) business days after deposit in regular United States Mail, first class postage pre-paid (not certified or registered mail); (iii) on the next business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service; or (iv) on the date indicated on the fax confirmat ion page.  All notices and other communications shall be addressed as follows: if to the Employers’, c/o its Chief Executive Officer at its corporate headquarters; and if to the Executive, to his address reflected on the employment records of the Employers; or to such other address as any party hereto may have furnished to the others in writing in accordance herewith.
 
(k)           Recitals.  The recitals or “Whereas” clauses contained on page 1 of this Agreement are expressly incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.
 
(l)            Taxes.  All taxes (other than the Employers’ portion of any FICA or other employment taxes, if applicable) on the change in control payments and all other amounts under this Agreement shall be the responsibility of and paid by the Executive.  The Employers shall be entitled to withhold from such change in control payments and other amounts (i) applicable income, FICA, employment and other taxes, and (ii) other appropriate and customary amounts in accordance with the Employers’ established practices in effect from time to time.
 
(m)          Payment of Attorneys Fees.  In the event any dispute, claim or litigation arising under or in connection with this Agreement is resolved in favor of the Executive, whether by judgment, arbitration or settlement, the Executive shall be entitled to the payment of all reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by him in resolving such dispute, claim or litigation.
 
 
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(n)           Regulatory Matters.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall be applicable to the Bank and the Executive only if and to the extent that they are required to be included in agreements relating to compensation arrangements between a savings association and its employees pursuant to applicable law or regulation, and shall be controlling in the event of a conflict with any other provision of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 3 hereof:
 
(i)           any payments made to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement, or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. §1828(k)) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 12 C.F.R. Part 359;
 
(ii)          If the Executive is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Bank’s affairs pursuant to notice served under Section 8(e)(3) or Section 8(g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”) (12 U.S.C. §§1818(e)(3) and 1818(g)(1)), the Bank’s obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of service, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings.  If the charges in the notice are dismissed, the Bank may, in its discretion (A) pay the Executive all or part of the compensation withheld while its obligations under this Agreement were suspended, and (B) reinstate (in whole or in part) any of its obligations which were suspended;
 
(iii)          If the Executive is removed from office and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Bank’s affairs by an order issued under Section 8(e)(4) or Section 8(g)(1) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. §§1818(e)(4) and (g)(1)), all obligations of the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights of the Executive and the Bank as of the date of termination shall not be affected;
 
(iv)         If the Bank is in default, as defined in Section 3(x)(1) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. §1813(x)(1)), all obligations under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but vested rights of the Executive and the Employers as of the date of termination shall not be affected; and
 
(v)          All obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to 12 C.F.R. §563.39(b)(5) (except to the extent that it is determined that continuation of the Agreement for the continued operation of the Bank is necessary) (A) by the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”), or his/her designee, at the time the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation enters into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Bank under the authority contained in Section 13(c) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. §1823(c)), or (B) by the Director of the OTS, or his/her designee, at the time the Director, or his/her designee, approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to operation of the Bank or when the Bank is determined by the Director of the OTS to be in an unsafe or unsound condition.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, vested rights of the Executive and the Bank as of the date of termination shall not be affected.
 
 
 
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employers and the Executive have entered into, executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        & #160;        /s/  Jerry A. Weberling
                                  &# 160;         Jerry A. Weberling
 
                                                                                           &# 160;         CFS BANCORP, INC.
 
 
                        By:  /s/ Daryl D. Pomranke              &# 160;                                                                                
 
                        Printed:  Daryl D. Pomranke                                                                         
 
                        Its:  President & Chief Operating Officer                                                                            
 
 
 
 
                                                                                             CITIZENS FINANCIAL BANK
 
                        By:  /s/ Daryl D. Pomranke              &# 160;                                                                                
 
                        Printed:  Daryl D. Pomranke                                                                         
 
                        Its:  President & Chief Operating Officer                                                                            
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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EXHIBIT A
 
 
RELEASE OF CLAIMS
 
 
1.           In consideration of the execution by CFS Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”) an Indiana corporation and, Citizens Financial Bank (the “Bank”) of that certain Change in Control Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated June ___________, 2010 by and between the Company and the Bank and the undersigned, Jerry A. Weberling (the “Executive”), and for other good and valuable consideration, the Executive hereby irrevocably, unconditionally, and forever releases, waives, discharges and covenants not to sue or make any claim against CFS Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the Bank, each of their subsidiaries and affiliates, the Company’s and the Bank’s respective predecessors and successors, their respective former, present and/or future shareholders, members, owners, directors, officers, employees, managers, fiduciaries, administrators, insurers, attorneys, representatives and agents, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with any of them (collectively, the “Released Parties”) for or from any and all complaints, claims, demands, liabilities, obligations, actions, rights of actions and proceedings of any nature whatsoever (including, but not limited to, claims for damages, attorneys fees, interest and costs), whether administrative or judicial, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, matured or unmatured, or otherwise, that exist as of (or existed prior to) the date that the Executive signs this Release.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive understands and agrees that this Release includes and constitutes a complete waiver and release by the Executive in all capacitie s (including, but not limited to, as a shareholder, officer, employee, individual or otherwise), and by his heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, and assigns, of any and all possible claims against each of the Released Parties based upon, arising out of or in any manner related to any salary, commission, bonuses (discretionary or otherwise) and other compensation from the Company, the Bank or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates; any plan, policy, program or promise of compensation from any of the Released Parties; any award of stock options, restricted stock or other equity-based or incentive compensation from the Company or the Bank; the Executive’s employment with or termination of employment by the Company or the Bank; wrongful termination or discharge; breach of contract; breach of good faith or fair dealing; infliction of emotional distress; and discrimination based on age, race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, veterans status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or a ny other claim of employment discrimination, including, but not limited to, claims arising under the following laws and amendments thereto, if any:  the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. § 1981), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; any other federal or state employment law; any federal or state wage and hour laws, and all other similar federal, state or local laws, statutes, rules or regulations; and, in addition, all other tort or contract claims and other theories of recovery.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Release does not affect, release or waive any of the Executive’s claims for change in control payments under the Agreement or claims for benefits or payments under any employee benefit plan of the Company or the Bank in accordance with the provisions of any such plan.
 
 
2.           This Release shall be construed as broadly and comprehensively as applicable law permits; provided, however, that this Release shall not be construed as releasing or waiving any right that, as a matter of law, cannot be released or waived, including but not limited to any right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive waives any right to recover monetary remedies in his own behalf in any such investigation or proceeding.
 
 
3.           The Executive acknowledges that the Company and the Bank have advised him to consult with an attorney of the Executive’s own choice prior to signing this Release and that he has had ample time and adequate opportunity to discuss thoroughly all aspects of this Release with his attorney.
 
 
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4.           In the event the Executive is forty (40) years of age or older, the Executive acknowledges that the Company and the Bank have advised him that he has a period of twenty-one (21) days to review and consider this Release.  The Executive understands that he may use as much or all of the twenty-one (21) day period as the Executive desires prior to signing this Release.  Upon execution of this Release, the Executive waives any remaining portion of the twenty-one (21) day review period.
 
 
5.           In the event the Executive is forty (40) years of age or older, the Executive acknowledges that the Company and the Bank have advised him that he may revoke this Release within seven (7) days after signing it.
 
 
ANY SUCH REVOCATION MUST BE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY AND THE BANK AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS NOT LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. (MUNSTER, INDIANA TIME) ON THE SEVENTH (7TH) DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF EXECUTION OF THIS RELEASE:
 
 
Attn:  Chief Executive Officer
CFS Bancorp, Inc. and Citizens Financial Bank
707 Ridge Road
Munster, Indiana 46321
 
6.           All provisions of this Release are severable from one another.  In case any one or more of the provisions (or any portion thereof) contained in this Release shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Release, but this Release shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions (or portion thereof) had never been contained herein.  This Release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, without reference to any choice of law provisions, pr inciples, or rules thereof (whether of the State of Indiana or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of any laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Indiana.  This Release may not be assigned, terminated or amended without the prior written consent of the Company and the Bank (by their Chief Executive Officers ).  This Release may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same document.
 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Release of Claims as of the date indicated below.
 
 
____________________________________
 Jerry A. Weberling
 
____________________________________
 (Date)
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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EX-31.1 4 exhibit31_1.htm EXHIBIT 31.1 exhibit31_1.htm
 
CERTIFICATION
 
I, Thomas F. Prisby, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CFS Bancorp, Inc. (Registrant);
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:
 
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
 
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
 
 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
Date: July 28, 2010
/s/ Thomas F. Prisby                                          
 
Thomas F. Prisby
 
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.2 5 exhibit31_2.htm EXHIBIT 31.2 exhibit31_2.htm

CERTIFICATION

I, Jerry A. Weberling, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CFS Bancorp, Inc. (Registrant);

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date: July 28, 2010
/s/ Jerry A. Weberling                                          
 
Jerry A. Weberling
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-32.0 6 exhibit32_0.htm EXHIBIT 32.0 exhibit32_0.htm

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATIONS


I, Thomas F. Prisby, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Jerry A. Weberling, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of CFS Bancorp, Inc. (Company), hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

 
(1)
The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the three months ended June 30, 2010 (Report) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C 78m(a) or 78o(d)), as amended; and

 
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date:
July 28, 2010
By:
/s/ Thomas F. Prisby                                           
     
Thomas F. Prisby
     
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
       
       
       
Date:
July 28, 2010
By:
/s/ Jerry A. Weberling                                         
     
Jerry A. Weberling
     
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has been provided to CFS Bancorp, Inc. and will be retained by CFS Bancorp, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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