SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Regulatory Capital - The Company and the Bank are subject to certain regulatory capital requirements administered by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the FDIC. Failure to meet these minimum capital requirements could result in mandatory or, discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company and the Bank each meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of their respective assets, liabilities and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. These quantitative measures are established by regulation and require that the Company and the Bank maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets and of Tier 1 capital to average assets. Capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors.

The Bank is also subject to additional capital guidelines under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the following table. The most recent notification from the FDIC categorized the Bank as well capitalized under these guidelines. Management knows of no conditions or events since that notification that would change the Bank’s category.

Management considers capital requirements as part of its strategic planning process. The strategic plan calls for continuing increases in assets and liabilities, and if the capital required to support such increases is in excess of retained earnings, the Company may be required to go to the capital markets. The ability to obtain capital is dependent upon the capital markets as well as our performance. Management regularly evaluates sources of capital to meet its strategic objectives. The assessment of capital adequacy is dependent on several factors including asset quality, earnings trends, liquidity and economic conditions. Maintenance of adequate capital levels is integral to providing stability to the Company. The Company needs to maintain substantial levels of regulatory capital to give it maximum flexibility in the changing regulatory environment and to respond to changes in the market and economic conditions including acquisition opportunities.

Management believes that the Company and the Bank met all their capital adequacy requirements as of December 31, 2014 and 2013. There are no conditions or events since those notifications that management believes have changed those categories.



	December 31, 2014				December 31, 2013
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
Tier 1 Leverage Ratio
Central Valley Community Bancorp and Subsidiary	$	95,936	8.36	%	$	88,320	8.14	%
Minimum regulatory requirement	$	45,894	4.00	%	$	43,394	4.00	%
Central Valley Community Bank	$	95,298	8.31	%	$	87,674	8.09	%
Minimum requirement for “Well-Capitalized” institution	$	57,341	5.00	%	$	54,218	5.00	%
Minimum regulatory requirement	$	45,873	4.00	%	$	43,375	4.00	%
Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio
Central Valley Community Bancorp and Subsidiary	$	95,936	13.67	%	$	88,320	13.88	%
Minimum regulatory requirement	$	28,075	4.00	%	$	25,454	4.00	%
Central Valley Community Bank	$	95,298	13.59	%	$	87,674	13.79	%
Minimum requirement for “Well-Capitalized” institution	$	42,080	6.00	%	$	38,151	6.00	%
Minimum regulatory requirement	$	28,053	4.00	%	$	25,434	4.00	%
Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio
Central Valley Community Bancorp and Subsidiary	$	104,447	14.88	%	$	96,292	15.13	%
Minimum regulatory requirement	$	56,150	8.00	%	$	50,908	8.00	%
Central Valley Community Bank	$	103,809	14.80	%	$	95,639	15.04	%
Minimum requirement for “Well-Capitalized” institution	$	70,133	10.00	%	$	63,585	10.00	%
Minimum regulatory requirement	$	56,106	8.00	%	$	50,868	8.00	%

Dividends - During 2014, the Bank declared and paid cash dividends to the Company in the amount of $2,350,000 in connection with cash dividends to the Company’s shareholders approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. The Bank may not pay any dividend that would cause it to be deemed not “well capitalized” under applicable banking laws and regulations. The Company declared and paid a total of $2,190,000 or $0.20 per common share cash dividend to shareholders of record during the year ended December 31, 2014.

During 2013, the Bank declared and paid cash dividends to the Company in the amount of $18,000,000, connection with the VCB acquisition, the Series C Preferred redemption, and cash dividends to the Company’s shareholders approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company declared and paid a total of $2,048,000 or $0.20 per common share cash dividend to shareholders of record during the year ended December 31, 2013.

During 2012, the Bank declared and paid cash dividends to the Company in the amount of $3,000,000, in connection with stock repurchase agreements and cash dividends approved by the Company's Board of Directors. On October 17, 2012, the Company declared a $480,000 or $0.05 per common share cash dividend to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 15, 2012 which was paid on November 30, 2012.

The Company’s primary source of income with which to pay cash dividends are dividends from the Bank. The California Financial Code restricts the total amount of dividends payable by a bank at any time without obtaining the prior approval of the California Department of Business Oversight to the lesser of (1) the bank’s retained earnings or (2) the Bank’s net income for its last three fiscal years, less distributions made to shareholders during the same three-year period. At December 31, 2014, no amounts of the Bank’s retained earnings were free of these restrictions.

Share Repurchase Plan - On August 15, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the adoption of a program to effect repurchases of the Company’s common stock. Under the program, the Company was to repurchase up to five percent of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock, or approximately 479,850 shares based on the shares outstanding as of August 15, 2012, for the period beginning on August 15, 2012 and ending February 15, 2013. During 2012, the Company repurchased and retired a total of 58,100 shares at an average price of $8.41 for a total cost of $488,000. The stock repurchase program was suspended after the Company entered into a Reorganization Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with Visalia Community Bank on December 19, 2012.

Capital Purchase Program — Small Business Lending Fund - On August 18, 2011, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the Small Business Lending Fund of the United States Department of the Treasury (the Treasury), under which the Company issued 7,000 shares of Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C (Series C Preferred) to the Treasury for an aggregate purchase price of $7,000,000. Simultaneously, the Company agreed with Treasury under a Letter Agreement to redeem, for an aggregate price of $7,000,000, the 7,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Fixed Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock (Series A Stock) originally issued pursuant to the Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program (CPP) in 2009. The redemption of the Series A Stock resulted in an acceleration of the remaining discount booked at the time of the CPP transaction. In connection with the repurchase of the Series A Stock, the Company also repurchased the warrant (the Warrant) to purchase 79,037 shares of the Company’s common stock that was originally issued to Treasury in connection with the CPP transaction for total consideration of $185,000.

On December 31, 2013, the Company redeemed all 7,000 outstanding shares of its Series C Preferred from the Treasury, in exercise of its optional redemption rights pursuant to the terms of the Series C Preferred under the Company’s charter and the SPA. The Company paid the Treasury $7,087,500 in connection with the redemption, representing $1,000 per share of the Series C Preferred plus all accrued and unpaid dividends through the date of the redemption. The obligations of the Company under the SPA are terminated as a result of the redemption. No additional shares of Series C Preferred are outstanding.

A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per common share computations is as follows (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2014		2013			2012
Basic Earnings Per Common Share:
Net income	$	5,294	$	8,250		$	7,520
Less: Preferred stock dividends and accretion	—		(350		)	(350		)
Income available to common shareholders	$	5,294	$	7,900		$	7,170
Weighted average shares outstanding	10,919,235		10,245,448			9,587,784
Net income per common share	$	0.48	$	0.77		$	0.75
Diluted Earnings Per Common Share:
Net income	$	5,294	$	8,250		$	7,520
Less: Preferred stock dividends and accretion	—		(350		)	(350		)
Income available to common shareholders	$	5,294	$	7,900		$	7,170
Weighted average shares outstanding	10,919,235		10,245,448			9,587,784
Effect of dilutive stock options and warrants	80,703		62,592			28,629
Weighted average shares of common stock and common stock equivalents	10,999,938		10,308,040			9,616,413
Net income per diluted common share	$	0.48	$	0.77		$	0.75

Outstanding options, restricted stock, and warrants of 170,585, 202,355, and 352,319 were not factored into the calculation of dilutive stock options at December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively, because they were anti-dilutive.