Business Combinations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combinations

Note 2 – Business Combinations

On September 23, 2011, the California Department of Financial Institutions closed Citizens Bank of Northern California (“Citizens”), Nevada City, California and appointed the FDIC as receiver. That same date, the Bank assumed the banking operations of Citizens from the FDIC under a whole bank purchase and assumption agreement without loss sharing. With this agreement, the Bank added one administration building and seven traditional bank branches, including two in Grass Valley, and one in each of Nevada City, Penn Valley, Lake of the Pines, Truckee, and Auburn, California. This acquisition is consistent with the Bank’s community banking expansion strategy and provides further opportunity to fill in the Bank’s market presence in the Northern California market.

The assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the Citizens acquisition have been accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting (formerly the purchase method). The assets and liabilities, both tangible and intangible, were recorded at their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were determined based on the requirements of the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures topic of the FASB ASC. The tax treatment of FDIC assisted acquisitions is complex and subject to interpretations that may result in future adjustments of deferred taxes as of the acquisition date. The terms of the agreement provide for the FDIC to indemnify the Bank against claims with respect to liabilities of Citizens not assumed by the Bank and certain other types of claims identified in the agreement. The application of the acquisition method of accounting resulted in the recognition of a bargain purchase gain of $7,575,000 in the Citizens acquisition.

A summary of the net assets received in the Citizens acquisition, at their estimated fair values, is presented below:

	Citizens
(In thousands)	September 23, 2011
Asset acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	80,707
Securities available-for-sale		9,353
Restricted equity securities		1,926
Loans		167,484
Core deposit intangible		898
Foreclosed assets		8,412
Other assets		1,524
Total assets acquired	$	270,304
Liabilities assumed:
Deposits	$	239,899
Other borrowings		22,038
Other liabilities		792
Total liabilities assumed		262,729
Net assets acquired/bargain purchase gain	$	7,575

In FDIC-assisted transactions, only certain assets and liabilities are transferred to the acquirer and, depending on the nature and amount of the acquirer’s bid, the FDIC may be required to make a cash payment to the acquirer. In the Citizens acquisition, net assets with a cost basis of $26,682,000 were transferred to the Bank. In the Citizens acquisition, the Company recorded a bargain purchase gain of $7,575,000 representing the excess of the estimated fair value of the assets acquired over the estimated fair value of the liabilities assumed.

A summary of the estimated fair value adjustments resulting in the bargain purchase gain in the Citizens acquisition are presented below:

	Citizens
(In thousands)	September 23, 2011
Cost basis net assets acquired	$	26,682
Cash payment received from FDIC		44,140
Fair value adjustments:
Cash and cash equivalents		539
Loans		(57,745	)
Foreclosed assets		(5,609	)
Core deposit intangible		898
Deposits		(382	)
Borrowings		(28	)
Other		(920	)
Bargain purchase gain	$	7,575

The Bank acquired only certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Citizens. A significant portion of Citizens’s operations, its facilities and its central operations and administrative functions were not retained by the Bank. Therefore, disclosure of supplemental pro forma financial information, especially prior period comparison is deemed neither practical nor meaningful given the troubled nature of Citizens prior to the date of acquisition. The Bank did not immediately acquire all the banking facilities, furniture or equipment of Citizens as part of the purchase and assumption agreement. However, the Bank had the option to lease the real estate and purchase the furniture and equipment from the FDIC. The term of this option expired 90 days from the acquisition date. Prior to the expiration of the option, the Bank agreed to purchase essentially all of the furniture and equipment, and assume all of the property leases except for the administration building and Citizen’s Auburn branch. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Bank transfered the operations of Citizen’s Auburn branch to the Bank’s existing branch in Auburn, and vacated the Citizen’s administration building.

The Company identified the loans acquired in the Citizens acquisition as either PNCI or PCI loans. The Company identified certain of the Citizens PCI loans as having cash flows that were not reasonably estimable and elected to place these loans in nonaccrual status under the cash basis method for income recognition (“PCI – cash basis” loans). The Company elected to use the ASC 310-30 “pooled” method of accounting for all other Citizens PCI loans (“PCI – other” loans).

The following table presents a reconciliation of the undiscounted contractual cash flows, nonaccretable difference, accretable yield, fair value, purchase discount, and principal balance of loans for the various categories of Citizens PNCI and PCI loans as of the acquisition date. For PCI loans, the purchase discount does not necessarily represent cash flows to be collected as a portion of it is a nonaccretable difference:

	Citizens Loans – September 23, 2011
(In thousands)	PNCI			PCI – other			PCI – cash basis			Total
Undiscounted contractual cash flows	$	230,106		$	69,346		$	35,205		$	334,657
Undiscounted cash flows not expected to be collected (nonaccretable difference)		—			(26,846	)		(24,517	)		(51,363	)
Undiscounted cash flows expected to be collected		230,106			42,500			10,688			283,294
Accretable yield at acquisition		(105,664	)		(10,146	)		—			(115,810	)
Estimated fair value of loans acquired at acquisition		124,442			32,354			10,688			167,484
Purchase discount		20,364			23,207			14,174			57,745
Principal balance loans acquired	$	144,806		$	55,561		$	24,862		$	225,229

In estimating the fair value of Citizens PNCI loans at the acquisition date, the Company calculated the contractual amount and timing of undiscounted principal and interest payments on an individual loan basis and then discounted those cash flows using an appropriate market rate of interest adjusted for liquidity and credit loss risks inherent in each loan. The Citizens PNCI loans expected accretable yield above represents undiscounted interest, and along with the purchase discount, is accounted for using an effective interest method consistent with our accounting for originated loans.

In estimating the fair value of Citizens PCI – cash basis loans at the acquisition date, the Company calculated the contractual amount and timing of undiscounted principal and interest payments and estimated the amount of undiscounted expected principal recovery using historic loss rates or estimated collateral values if applicable. The difference between these two amounts represents the nonaccretable difference. The Company used its estimate of the amount of undiscounted expected principal recovery as the fair value of the Citizens PCI – cash basis loans, and placed these loans in nonaccrual status. Interest income and principal reductions on these PCI – cash basis loans are recorded only when they are received. At each financial reporting date, the carrying value of each PCI – cash basis loan is compared to an updated estimate of expected principal payment or recovery for each loan. To the extent that the loan carrying amount exceeds the updated expected principal payment or recovery, a provision for loan loss would be recorded as a charge to income and an allowance for loan loss established.

In estimating the fair value of Citizens PCI – other loans at the acquisition date, the Company calculated the contractual amount and timing of undiscounted principal and interest payments and estimated the amount and timing of undiscounted expected principal and interest payments. The difference between these two amounts represents the nonaccretable difference. On the acquisition date, the amount by which the undiscounted expected cash flows exceed the estimated fair value of the acquired loans is the “accretable yield”. The accretable yield is then measured at each financial reporting date and represents the difference between the remaining undiscounted expected cash flows and the current carrying value of the loans. For PCI loans the accretable yield is accreted into interest income over the life of the estimated remaining cash flows. For further information regarding the accounting for PCI – other loans, and acquired loans in general, see the discussion under the heading “Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses” in Note 1 above.

The operations of Citizens, included in the Company’s operating results from September 23, 2011 to December 31, 2011, added approximately $6,171,000 and $54,000 to interest income and interest expense, respectively, $1,462,000 to provision for loan losses, $8,029,000 to noninterest income, including a bargain purchase gain of $7,575,000, and $1,865,000 to noninterest expense. Included in the $6,171,000 of Citizens related interest income recorded from September 23, 2011 to December 31, 2011, is $3,146,000 of interest income from fair value discount accretion. Such operating results are not necessarily indicative of future operating results. Citizens’ results of operations prior to the acquisition are not included in the Company’s operating results. As of December 31, 2011, nonrecurring expenses related to the Citizens acquisition were insignificant.

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company completed the conversion of Citizens’ information and data processing systems to the Bank’s systems, and consolidated the Citizens Auburn branch into the Bank’s existing Auburn branch. The operations of Citizens, included in the Company’s operating results from January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012, added approximately $4,464,000 and $8,000 to interest income and interest expense, respectively, $1,467,000 to provision for loan losses, $145,000 to noninterest income, and $2,151,000 to noninterest expense. Included in the $4,464,000 of Citizens related interest income recorded from January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012, is $1,972,000 of interest income from fair value discount accretion. Included in the $145,000 of Citizens related noninterest income recorded from January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012, is a $230,000 loss on disposal of fixed assets related to the system conversion noted above. Included in the $2,151,000 of Citizens related noninterest expense recorded from January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012, is $415,000 of outside data processing expenses related to the system conversion noted above. Such operating results are not necessarily indicative of future operating results. Citizens’ results of operations prior to the acquisition are not included in the Company’s operating results.

The operations of Citizens, included in the Company’s operating results from April 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012, added approximately $5,152,000 and $5,000 to interest income and interest expense, respectively, $281,000 to provision for loan losses, $643,000 to noninterest income, and $1,534,000 to noninterest expense. Included in the $5,152,000 of Citizens related interest income recorded from April 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012, is $2,278,000 of interest income from fair value discount accretion. Such operating results are not necessarily indicative of future operating results. Citizens’ results of operations prior to the acquisition are not included in the Company’s operating results.

The operations of Citizens, included in the Company’s operating results from July 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012, added approximately $4,130,000 and $79,000 to interest income and interest expense, respectively, $529,000 to provision for loan losses, $574,000 to noninterest income, and $1,170,000 to noninterest expense. Included in the $4,130,000 of Citizens related interest income recorded from July 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012, is $1,658,000 of interest income from fair value discount accretion. Such operating results are not necessarily indicative of future operating results. Citizens’ results of operations prior to the acquisition are not included in the Company’s operating results.