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COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMMUNITY BANCORP /VT
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000718413
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
IRS NUMBER: 030284070
STATE OF INCORPORATION: VT
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 10-K
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-16435
FILM NUMBER: 08723507
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: PO BOX 259
CITY: DERBY
STATE: VT
ZIP: 05829
BUSINESS PHONE: 8023347915
MAIL ADDRESS:
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CITY: DERBY
STATE: VT
ZIP: 05829
10-K
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form10k2007.htm
FORM 10-K FOR COMMUNITY BANCORP.
form10k2007.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
10-K
[ X ] ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
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 No. 000-16435
COMMUNITY
BANCORP.
Vermont
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(State
of Incorporation)
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(IRS
Employer Identification Number)
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Address
of Principal Executive Offices: 4811 US Route 5, Derby,
Vermont 05829
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (802) 334-7915
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common
Stock - $2.50 par value per share
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES
( ) NO (X)
Indicated
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act. YES( ) NO
(X)
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
(X) NO ( )
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. ( X )
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 definition of "large accelerated filer”, “accelerated
filer" and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large
accelerated filer ( )
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Accelerated
filer ( )
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Non-accelerated
filer ( )
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(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company (X)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Act).
YES
( ) NO(X)
As of
June 30, 2007, the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by
non-affiliates of the registrant was $55,659,562, based on a per share trade
price of $14.00, as reported on the OTC Bulleting Board® on June 28, 2007 (the
date of the last reported sale prior to July 1, 2007). For purposes
of the calculation, all directors and executive officers were deemed to be
affiliates of the registrant. However, such assumption is not
intended as an admission of affiliate status as to any such
individual.
There
were 4,399,586 shares outstanding of the issuer's class of common stock as of
the close of business on March 27, 2008.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions
of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2007 are
incorporated by reference to Part II.
Portions
of the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held June
10, 2008
are
incorporated by reference to Part III.
FORM
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PART I
Organization and
Operation
Community
Bancorp. (the "Company") was organized under the laws of the State of Vermont in
1982 and became a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956, as amended, in October 1983 when it acquired all of the voting
shares of Community National Bank (the "Bank"). The Bank is the only
subsidiary of the Company and principally all of the Company's business
operations are presently conducted through it. Therefore, the following
narrative and the other information contained in this report are based primarily
on the Bank's operations.
Community
National Bank was organized in 1851 as the Peoples Bank, and was subsequently
reorganized as the National Bank of Derby Line in 1865. In 1975,
after 110 continuous years of operation as the National Bank of Derby Line, the
Bank acquired the Island Pond National Bank and changed its name to "Community
National Bank." Effective December 31, 2007, the Company acquired
LyndonBank, a Vermont commercial bank, located in Lyndonville, Vermont, with
approximately $127 million in assets, through the merger of LyndonBank with and
into Community National Bank.
Community
National Bank provides a broad range of retail banking services to the residents
and businesses in northeastern and central Vermont. These services
include checking, savings and time deposit accounts, mortgage, consumer,
municipal and commercial loans, safe deposit and night deposit services, wire
transfer services, automatic teller machine (ATM) facilities, credit card
services, 24 hour telephone banking, and internet
banking. Additionally, the Bank maintains cash machines at eight
third party business locations in the counties of Orleans, Washington and
Caledonia.
In 2002,
the Bank transferred its trust operations to a newly formed Vermont-chartered
nondepository trust and investment management affiliate, Community Financial
Services Group, LLC, based in Newport, Vermont ("CFSG"). The Bank's
ownership interest in CFSG is held indirectly, through Community Financial
Services Partners, LLC, a Vermont limited liability company ("CFSP"), which owns
100% of the limited liability company equity interests of
CFSG. Immediately following transfer of its trust operations to CFSG,
the Bank sold a two-thirds interest in CFSP, equally to the National Bank of
Middlebury, headquartered in Middlebury, Vermont and Guaranty Bancorp Inc., the
bank holding company parent of Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank, headquartered
in Woodsville, New Hampshire. CFSG offers personal fiduciary services
throughout the market area of the three owner financial
institutions.
Competition
The Bank
has five banking offices located in Orleans County, one office in Essex County,
four offices in Caledonia County (including three former LyndonBank offices),
two offices in Washington County, one office each in Franklin and Lamoille
Counties (both former LyndonBank offices). Its primary service area
is in the Town of Derby and City of Newport, Vermont in Orleans County, with
approximately 40% of its total deposits derived from the Company's Derby, Derby
Line and Newport offices as of December 31, 2007.
The Bank
competes in all aspects of its business with other banks and credit unions in
northern and central Vermont, including two of the largest banks in the state,
which maintain branch offices throughout the Bank's service
area. Historically, competition in Orleans and Essex Counties has
come primarily from two of the largest banks in the state, the Chittenden Bank
based in Burlington, Vermont and TD Banknorth, N.A. based in Portland,
Maine. The Chittenden Bank maintains a branch office in Newport, and
TD Banknorth, N.A. maintains branch offices in Barton, Orleans, and St.
Johnsbury. The Bank also competes in Orleans County with one local
bank, Passumpsic Savings Bank, based in St. Johnsbury, and with three local
credit unions, Orlex Credit Union and Border Lodge Credit Union, both based in
Newport, and North Country Federal Credit Union, based in South
Burlington. The Bank's primary competitors in Caledonia County are
Passumpsic Savings Bank and Union Bank based in Morrisville, TD Banknorth, N.A.,
Northern Lights Federal Credit Union, based in St. Johnsbury, Vermont State
Employees Credit Union, based in Montpelier, Merchants Bank, based in Burlington
and North Country Federal Credit Union. In Washington County, the
Bank competes with Merchants Bank, Chittenden Bank and TD Banknorth, N.A, as
well as Northfield Savings Bank based in Northfield, Key Bank based in Ohio,
Citizens Bank Vermont, based in Rhode Island, Vermont State Employees Credit
Union, North Country Federal Credit Union, and Granite Hills Credit Union, based
in Barre. In Franklin County, the Bank competes with Peoples Trust
Company based in St. Albans, TD Banknorth, N.A., Chittenden Bank, Citizens Bank
Vermont, Key Bank, Merchants Bank, and Union Bank. In Lamoille County
the Bank’s competitors are Union Bank, TD Banknorth, Chittenden Bank and
Merchants Bank.
Changes
in the regulatory framework of the banking industry during the past decade or so
have broadened the competition for commercial bank products such as deposits and
loans to include not only traditional rivals such as the mutual savings banks,
stock savings banks, and credit unions, but also many non-traditional rivals
such as insurance companies, brokerage firms, mutual funds and consumer and
commercial finance and leasing companies. In addition, many out-of-market
nationwide banks, nonbank lenders and other financial service firms operate in
the Company’s market areas through mass marketing solicitations by mail, radio,
television and email. Three of the Bank’s credit union competitors, including
the largest state-chartered Vermont credit union, Vermont State
Employees Credit Union, have converted in recent years from an employment based
common bond to a community common bond, thereby significantly increasing their
fields of membership in the Bank’s market areas. Similarly, another
of the Bank's credit union competitors, which previously had an employment based
common bond, merged last year into a much larger credit union which has a
community common bond. At the same time, regulatory changes in the
credit union industry, including passage in 2005 of a comprehensive Vermont
credit union modernization statute, have steadily increased the financial
services and products that credit unions are authorized to offer, such as small
business lending and products for non-profit organizations, resulting in
increased competition for the Bank from this tax exempt sector of the financial
services industry.
Employees
As of
December 31, 2007, the Company did not have any employees at the holding company
level. However, as of such date, the Bank employed 176 full-time
employees and 18 part-time employees. Management of the Bank
considers its employee relations to be good.
Regulation and
Supervision
Holding Company
Regulation. As a registered bank holding company, the Company is subject
to on-going regulation, supervision and examination by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve Board”), under the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956, as amended (the "Act"). A bank holding company
for example, must generally obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve
Board before it acquires all or substantially all of the assets of any bank, or
acquires ownership or control of more than 5% of the voting shares of a bank.
Federal Reserve Board approval is also generally required before a bank holding
company may acquire more than 5% of any outstanding class of voting securities
of a company other than a bank or a more than 5% interest in its
property.
The Act
generally limits the activity in which the Company and its subsidiaries may
engage to certain specified activities, including those activities which the
Federal Reserve Board may find, by order or regulation, to be so closely related
to banking or managing or controlling banks as to be a proper incident
thereto. Some of the activities that the Federal Reserve Board has
determined to be closely related to banking are: (1) making, and
servicing loans that could be made by mortgage, finance, credit card or
factoring companies; (2) performing the functions of a trust company; (3)
certain leasing of real or personal property; (4) providing certain financial,
banking or economic data processing services; (5) except as otherwise prohibited
by law, acting as an insurance agent or broker with respect to insurance that is
directly related to the extension of credit or the provision of other financial
services or, under certain circumstances, with respect to insurance that is sold
in certain small communities in which the bank holding company system maintains
banking offices; (6) acting as an underwriter for credit life insurance and
credit health and accident insurance directly related to extensions of credit by
the holding company system; (7) providing certain kinds of management consulting
advice to unaffiliated banks and non-bank depository institutions; (8)
performing real estate appraisals; (9) issuing and selling money order and
similar instruments and travelers checks and selling U.S. Savings Bonds; (10)
providing certain securities brokerage and related services for the account of
bank customers; (11) underwriting and dealing in certain government obligations
and other obligations such as bankers' acceptances and certificates of deposit;
(12) providing consumer financial counseling; (13) providing tax planning and
preparation services; (14) providing check guarantee services to merchants; (15)
operating a collection agency; and (16) operating a credit bureau.
Except
for trust and investment management operations conducted by its affiliate, CFSG,
the Company does not presently engage, directly or indirectly, in any
non-banking activities.
A bank
holding company must also obtain prior Federal Reserve Board approval in order
to purchase or redeem its own stock if the gross consideration to be paid, when
added to the net consideration paid by the company for all purchases or
redemptions by the company of its equity securities within the preceding 12
months, will equal 10% or more of the company's consolidated net
worth.
The
Company is required to file with the Federal Reserve Board annual and
semi-annual reports and such additional information as the Board may require
pursuant to the Act. The Board may also make examinations of the
Company and any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company.
Community
Bancorp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Community National Bank, as well as
its non-subsidiary affiliates, CFSP and CFSG, are all considered "affiliates" of
each other for the purposes of Section 18(j) of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act, as amended, and Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, as
amended. In particular, section 23A limits loans or other extensions
of credit to, asset purchases with and investments in affiliates of the Bank to
10% of the Bank’s capital and surplus. In addition, such loans and
extensions of credit and certain other transactions must be collateralized in
specified amounts. Section 23B requires, among other things, that
certain transactions between the Bank and its affiliates must be on terms
substantially the same, or at least as favorable to the Bank, as those
prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with or involving
non-affiliated persons. Further, the Company is prohibited from
engaging in certain tie-in arrangements in connection with any extension of
credit or lease or sale of any property or the furnishing of
services.
Financial
Modernization. In 1999 Congress enacted the federal
Gramm-Leach-Bliley financial modernization act ("Gramm-Leach-Bliley"), which
repealed provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 that required separation
of banking and commercial entities. Under Gramm-Leach-Bliley,
eligible bank holding companies may elect to become financial holding companies
and thereby affiliate with securities firms and insurance companies and engage
in a broader range of activities than is otherwise permissible for bank holding
companies. A bank holding company is eligible to elect to become a
"financial holding company" and to engage in activities that are "financial in
nature" if each of its subsidiary banks is well capitalized for regulatory
capital purposes, is well managed and has at least a satisfactory rating under
the Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA"). Activities which are deemed
"financial in nature" under Gramm-Leach-Bliley would include activities
generally permitted to bank holding companies as described above, and in
addition securities underwriting, dealing and market making; sponsoring mutual
funds and investment companies; insurance underwriting and agency; and merchant
banking. Gramm-Leach-Bliley also contains similar provisions
authorizing eligible national banks to engage indirectly through a "financial
subsidiary" in activities that are financial in nature, other than insurance
underwriting, insurance company portfolio investment, real estate development
and real estate investment. In order to be considered eligible for
these expanded activities, the bank must be well capitalized, well managed and
have at least a satisfactory CRA rating. A national bank’s investment
in financial subsidiaries is subject to certain limitations under
Gramm-Leach-Bliley.
As of the
date of filing this report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
the Company had not elected to become a financial holding company, nor had the
Bank created any financial subsidiaries.
Implementation
of Graham-Leach-Bliley has resulted in an increase in the number and type of
institutions engaging in the same or similar financial activities as those of
the Company and the Bank, thereby creating a more competitive financial services
environment generally. However, management of the Company believes
that Gramm-Leach-Bliley has thus far had a more significant competitive impact
on larger institutions, such as regional and national holding companies and
banks, than on community-based institutions serving largely rural populations,
such as the Company and the Bank, which are engaged primarily in traditional
banking activities and have a stronger local marketing focus.
USA Patriot
Act. In response to the terrorist events of September 11,
2001, Congress enacted the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (the
“USA Patriot Act”). The USA Patriot Act is intended to strengthen the ability of
U.S. law enforcement and the intelligence community to work cooperatively to
combat terrorism on a variety of fronts. The impact of the USA Patriot Act on
financial institutions is significant and wide ranging. The Act contains
sweeping anti-money laundering and financial transparency laws and imposes
various regulations, including standards for verifying client identification at
account opening, and rules to promote cooperation among financial institutions,
regulators and law enforcement entities in identifying parties that may be
involved in terrorism or money laundering. The Secretary of the
Treasury and banking regulators have adopted several regulations to implement
these provisions. The Act also amended the federal Bank Holding Company Act and
the Bank Merger Act to require the federal banking regulatory authorities to
consider the effectiveness of a bank holding company or a financial
institution’s anti-money laundering activities when reviewing an application to
expand operations. As required by law, Community National Bank has in
place a Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering compliance program, as well
as a customer identification program.
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Act”) was enacted to
increase corporate responsibility, to provide for enhanced penalties for
accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies and to
protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate
disclosures pursuant to the securities laws. The Act is the most
far-reaching U.S. securities legislation enacted in decades, and generally
applies to companies that file or are required to file periodic reports with the
SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). The SEC has
engaged in extensive rulemaking to implement the Act's provisions.
The Act
includes provisions addressing, among other matters, the duties, functions and
qualifications of audit committees for all public companies; certification of
financial statements by the chief executive officer and the chief financial
officer; the forfeiture of bonuses or other incentive-based compensation and
profits from the sale of an issuer’s securities by directors and senior officers
in the twelve month period following initial publication of any financial
statements that later require restatement; disclosure of off-balance sheet
transactions; a prohibition on personal loans to directors and officers, except
(in the case of banking companies) loans in the normal course of business;
expedited filing requirements for reports of beneficial ownership of company
stock by insiders; disclosure of a code of ethics for senior officers, and of
any change or waiver of such code; the formation of a public accounting
oversight board; auditor independence; disclosure of fees paid to the company's
auditors for non-audit services and limitations on the provision of such
services; attestation requirements for company management and external auditors,
relating to internal controls and procedures; and various increased criminal
penalties for violations of federal securities laws.
In
response to Sarbanes-Oxley, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a
series of actions to strengthen and improve its already strong corporate
governance practices. Among other measures, the Board adopted a Code
of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers and the Principal Executive Officer,
adopted an Insider Trading Policy, adopted amendments to the Audit Committee
Charter, appointed a Compensation Committee and a Corporate
Governance/Nominating Committee and adopted charters for those
committees.
Effective
in 2007 for the Company, Section 404 of Sarbanes Oxley requires management to
undertake an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s
internal controls over financial reporting. Beginning in 2008, the
Company’s external auditors will be required to attest to, and report on,
management’s assessment of the Company’s internal controls and the operating
effectiveness of these controls. In 2007, The Company performed an
entity-level control assessment that identified and documented the Company’s key
controls. Bank-wide testing of key controls was performed based on
the assessment and remediation was implemented where weakness was
noted. Results of on-going testing of key controls were used by
management to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s internal
controls over financial reporting. The Company has incurred, and
expects to continue to incur, costs in connection with its compliance with
Section 404.
More
information on the Company’s corporate governance practices is available on the
Company’s website at www.communitybancorpvt.com.
SEC Regulatory Relief for
Smaller Reporting Companies. In December 2007, the SEC adopted
amendments to its disclosure and reporting rules to extend to more public
companies the benefits of the simplified and less rigorous disclosure
requirements previously applicable only to “small business
issuers.” The amendments establish a new category of “smaller
reporting companies” with a public float of less than $75
million. The Company qualifies as a smaller reporting company as of
its last measurement date (June 30, 2007). Under the amendments,
smaller reporting companies are able to elect whether to comply with specified
financial and nonfinancial disclosure requirements on an item by item
basis. The amendments were effective February 4, 2008 and the Company
has elected to avail itself of some of the relief provided in the amendments in
connection with preparation of the Company’s annual meeting proxy statement and
its periodic reports, including this annual report on Form 10-K.
Interstate Banking and
Branching. The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching
Efficiency Act of 1994 permits a bank holding company to acquire banks in states
other than its home state, without regard to the permissibility of such
acquisitions under state law, but subject to any state requirement that the bank
has been organized and operating for a minimum period of time, not to exceed
five years, and the requirement that the bank holding company, prior to or
following the proposed acquisition, controls no more than 10% of the total
amount of deposits of insured depository institutions in the United States and
less than 30% of such deposits in that state (or such lesser or greater amount
set by state law).
The
Interstate Banking and Branching Act also authorizes banks to merge across state
lines, subject to certain restrictions a state may choose to impose, thereby
creating interstate branches, and to open new branches in a state in which it
does not already have banking operations if the state enacts a law permitting
such de novo branching. Vermont and states contiguous to it, all permit
interstate branching without substantial restrictions. Interstate branching
generally heightens the competitive environment for financial services and,
although it is difficult to predict with any certainty, it is likely that the
trend toward increasing competition will continue in the future.
Capital and Operational
Requirements. The Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") and other banking regulators have issued
substantially similar risk-based and leverage capital guidelines applicable to
U.S. banking organizations. In addition, those regulatory agencies may from time
to time require that a banking organization maintain capital above the minimum
levels, whether because of its financial condition or actual or anticipated
growth. The Federal Reserve Board risk-based guidelines define a three-tier
capital framework. "Tier 1 capital" generally consists of common and qualifying
preferred shareholders' equity and trust preferred securities up to applicable
limitations, less certain intangibles and other adjustments. "Tier 2 capital"
and "Tier 3 capital" generally consist of subordinated and other qualifying
debt, preferred stock that does not qualify as Tier 1 capital and the allowance
for credit losses up to 1.25% of risk-weighted assets.
The sum
of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 capital, less investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries, represents qualifying "total capital," at least 50% of which must
consist of Tier 1 capital. Risk-based capital ratios are calculated by dividing
Tier 1 capital and total capital by risk-weighted assets. Assets and off-balance
sheet exposures are assigned to one of four categories of risk weights, based
primarily on relative credit risk. The minimum Tier 1 capital ratio is 4% and
the minimum total capital ratio is 8%. The "leverage ratio"
requirement is determined by dividing Tier 1 capital by adjusted average total
assets. Although the stated minimum ratio is 3%, most banking organizations are
required to maintain ratios of at least 100 to 200 basis points above
3%.
Prompt Corrective
Action. The Federal Deposit Insurance Company Improvement Act
of 1991 ("FDICIA"), among other things, identifies five capital categories for
insured depository institutions (well capitalized, adequately capitalized,
undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized and critically
undercapitalized) and requires the respective U.S. federal regulatory agencies
to implement systems for "prompt corrective action" for insured depository
institutions that do not meet minimum capital requirements within such
categories. FDICIA imposes progressively more restrictive constraints on
operations, management and capital distributions, depending on the category in
which an institution is classified. Failure to meet the capital guidelines could
also subject a banking institution to capital raising requirements. An
"undercapitalized" bank must develop a capital restoration plan and its parent
holding company must guarantee that bank's compliance with the plan. The
liability of the parent holding company under any such guarantee is limited to
the lesser of 5% of the bank's assets at the time it became undercapitalized or
the amount needed to comply with the plan. Furthermore, in the event of the
bankruptcy of the parent holding company, such guarantee would take priority
over the parent's general unsecured creditors. In addition, FDICIA requires the
various regulatory agencies to prescribe certain non-capital standards for
safety and soundness related generally to operations and management, asset
quality and executive compensation and permits regulatory action against a
financial institution that does not meet such standards.
The
various federal bank regulatory agencies have adopted substantially similar
regulations that define the five capital categories identified by FDICIA, using
the total risk-based capital, Tier 1 risk-based capital and leverage capital
ratios as the relevant capital measures. Such regulations establish various
degrees of corrective action to be taken when an institution is considered
undercapitalized. Under the regulations, a "well capitalized" institution must
have a Tier 1 capital ratio of at least 6%, a total capital ratio of at least
10% and a leverage ratio of at least 5% and not be subject to a capital
directive order. An "adequately capitalized" institution must have a Tier 1
capital ratio of at least 4%, a total capital ratio of at least 8% and a
leverage ratio of at least 4%, or 3% in some cases.
As of
December 31, 2007, both Community Bancorp. and Community National Bank were
considered "well capitalized" under all applicable regulatory
requirements.
Dividends. The
Company derives funds for payment of dividends to its shareholders primarily
from dividends received from its subsidiary, Community National Bank. The Bank
is subject to various general regulatory policies and requirements relating to
the payment of dividends, including requirements to maintain capital above
regulatory minimums. Prior approval from the OCC is required if the
total of all dividends declared by a national bank in any calendar year will
exceed the sum of such bank's net profits for that last year and its retained
net profits for the preceding two calendar years, less any required transfers to
surplus. Federal law also prohibits national banks from paying
dividends greater than the bank's undivided profits after deducting statutory
bad debt in excess of the bank's allowance for loan losses.
In
addition, the Company and the Bank are subject to various general regulatory
policies and requirements relating to the payment of dividends, including
requirements to maintain adequate capital above regulatory
minimums. The appropriate federal or state banking agency is
authorized to determine under certain circumstances relating to the financial
condition of a bank or bank holding company that the payment of dividends would
be an unsafe or unsound practice and to prohibit such payment. The
federal banking agencies have indicated that paying dividends that deplete a
bank's capital base to an inadequate level would be an unsound and unsafe
banking practice and that banking organizations should generally pay dividends
only out of current operating earnings.
"Source of Strength"
Policy. According to Federal Reserve Board policy, bank
holding companies are expected to act as a source of financial strength to each
subsidiary bank and to commit resources to support each such subsidiary. This
support may be required at times when a bank holding company may not be able to
provide such support. Similarly, under the cross-guarantee provisions of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act, in the event of a loss suffered or anticipated by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC")--either as a result of
default of a banking subsidiary of a bank holding company or related to FDIC
assistance provided to a subsidiary in danger of default--the other banking
subsidiaries of such bank holding company may be assessed for the FDIC's loss,
subject to certain exceptions.
OCC Supervision; FDIC
Deposit Insurance. The Bank is a national banking association and subject
to the provisions of the National Bank Act and federal and state statutes and
rules and regulations applicable to national banks. The primary
supervisory authority for the Bank is the OCC. The OCC's examinations
are designed for the protection of the Bank's depositors and not its
shareholders. The Bank is subject to periodic examination by the OCC
and must file periodic reports with the OCC containing a full and accurate
statement of its affairs. The deposits of the Bank are insured by the
FDIC. Accordingly, the Bank is also subject to the provisions of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
Consumer Protection and
Community Reinvestment Laws. The Bank is subject to a variety of federal
and state laws intended to protect borrowers, depositors and other Bank
customers and to promote lending to various sectors of the economy and
population. These laws include, but are not limited to, the Federal
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Federal Truth In Lending Act, the
Federal and Vermont Equal Credit Opportunity Acts, the Federal and Vermont Fair
Credit Reporting Acts, the Vermont Financial Privacy Act, the Federal Right to
Financial Privacy Act, the Federal Truth in Savings Act, the Federal Electronic
Funds Transfer Act, and the Federal Community Reinvestment Act
("CRA").
The
CRA requires banks to define the communities they serve, identify the credit
needs of those communities, collect and maintain data for each small business or
small farm loan originated or purchased by the Bank, and maintain a Public File
at each location. The federal banking regulators examine the institutions they
regulate for compliance with the CRA and assign one of the following four
ratings: “outstanding,” “satisfactory,” “needs to improve” or “substantial
noncompliance”. The rating assigned reflects the bank’s record of helping to
meet the credit needs of its entire community, including low- and
moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with the safe and sound operation of
the bank. As of the Bank’s last CRA examination, completed during 2005, it
received a rating of “outstanding”.
Home Mortgage Disclosure
Act. The federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (“HMDA”), which
is implemented by Federal Reserve Board Regulation C, requires mortgage lenders
that maintain offices within Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) to report and
make available to the public specified information regarding their residential
mortgage lending activities, such as the pricing of home mortgage loans,
including the “rate spread” between the interest rate on loans and certain
treasury securities and other benchmarks. Community National Bank
became subject to HMDA reporting requirements as a result of its merger with
LyndonBank in 2007, as the former LyndonBank branch in Enosburg Falls in
Franklin County is included within the Burlington, Vermont MSA.
Brokered Deposits.
Under FDICIA, an FDIC-insured bank is prohibited from accepting brokered
deposits unless it is well capitalized under the FDICIA's prompt corrective
actions guidelines. In January of 2003, the Company entered into an agreement
with Promontory Interfinancial Network making it possible to offer our customers
insurance protection for their deposits in excess of $100,000. This
Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (CDARS) uses a deposit-matching
engine to match CDARS deposits in other participating banks, dollar-
for-dollar. This product is designed to enhance customer attraction
and retention, build deposits and improve net interest margins, while providing
additional FDIC coverage to customers. Promontory now offers member
banks an opportunity to participate with one-way orders. Banks can
either accept deposits as a surplus bank or place deposits in CDARS offered by
banks seeking funding without matching funds. The Promontory
Interfinancial Network provides the Company an alternative source of funding or
investment opportunities, while at the same time increasing the level of FDIC
insurance available to deposit customers.
Due to
the nature of the placement of funds, CDARS deposits are considered to be
“brokered deposits.” Although it has been the Company’s policy in the
past not to accept any brokered deposits, management and the directors deemed it
advisable to make a limited exception for the CDARS
program. Accordingly, the Company’s Asset Liability policy now states
that the Company will not accept brokered deposits, other than through the CDARS
program in the Promontory Interfinancial Network. To date, the amount
of brokered deposits accepted through the CDARS program is not considered by
management to be material.
Reserve Requirements.
Federal Reserve Board Regulation D requires all depository institutions to
maintain reserves against their transaction accounts (generally, demand
deposits, NOW accounts and certain other types of accounts that permit payments
or transfers to third parties) or non-personal time deposits (generally, money
market deposit accounts or other savings deposits held by corporations or other
depositors that are not natural persons, and certain other types of time
deposits), subject to certain exemptions. Because required reserves
must be maintained in the form of either vault cash, a non-interest bearing
account at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston or a pass through account (as
defined by the Federal Reserve Board), the effect of these reserve requirements
is to reduce the amount of the Company's interest-bearing assets.
Management
reviewed and reclassified the Company’s deposits during 2007, to the extent
permissible under Regulation D, resulting in a reduction in required
reserves.
Effects of Government
Monetary Policy
The
earnings of the Company are affected by general and local economic conditions
and by the policies of various governmental regulatory
authorities. In particular, the Federal Reserve Board regulates money
and credit conditions and interest rates in order to influence general economic
conditions, primarily through open market operations in United States Government
Securities, varying the discount rate on member bank borrowings, setting reserve
requirements against member and nonmember bank deposits, and regulating interest
rates payable by member banks on time and savings deposits. Federal
Reserve Board monetary policies have had a significant effect on the operating
results of commercial banks, including the Company, in the past and are expected
to continue to do so in the future.
Other Available
Information
This
annual report on Form 10-K is on file with SEC. The Company also
files with the SEC quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form
8-K, as well as proxy materials for its annual meeting of
shareholders. You may obtain copies of these documents by visiting
the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100F Street, NE, Washington,
DC 20549-0213, by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 or by accessing
the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
The Company's SEC-filed reports and proxy statements are also available on the
Company's website at www.communitybancorpvt.com. The
Company has also posted on its website the Company’s Code of Ethics for Senior
Financial Officers and the Principal Executive Officer; the Insider Trading
Policy and the charters of the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating
Committees. The information and documents contained on the Company's
website do not constitute part of this report. Copies of the
Company's reports filed with the SEC (other than exhibits) can also be obtained
by contacting Chris Bumps, Corporate Secretary, at our principal offices, which
are located at 4811 U.S. Route 5, Derby, Vermont 05829 or by calling
(802) 334-7915.
Omitted,
in accordance with the regulatory relief available to smaller reporting
companies in SEC Release Nos. 33-8876 and 34-56994 (effective February 4,
2008).
Not
Applicable
Item
2. Properties
Although
Community Bancorp. does not itself own or lease real property, the Bank owns and
leases various properties for its banking operations. The Company's
administrative offices are located at the main offices of the
Bank. All of the Bank’s offices are located in Vermont. In
addition to the main office in Derby, the Bank maintains facilities in the
Cities of Newport, Montpelier and Barre; the Towns of Barton, Lyndon, Enosburg,
Morristown and St. Johnsbury, and the Villages of Island Pond, Troy, Derby Line,
and Lyndonville.
The
Bank's main offices are located on U.S. Route 5 in Derby, Vermont, in a freshly
renovated 15,000 square foot two-story brick building with a 19,000 square foot
state of the art addition, which was completed in the first quarter of
2006. The addition houses an operations center as well as a community
room used by the Bank for meetings and various functions. This
community room has a secure outside access making it possible for the Bank to
offer it to non-profit organizations after banking hours free of
charge. A remote drive-up facility and an additional ATM featuring
drive-up access were also part of this major renovation project.
The Bank
owns the Derby Line office located on Main Street in a renovated bank
building. The facility consists of a small banking lobby of
approximately 200 square feet with additional office space on the first and
second floor. This office is also equipped with a walk-up
ATM.
The
Bank's Island Pond office is located in the renovated "Railroad Station"
acquired by the town of Brighton in 1993. The Bank leases approximately
two-thirds of the downstairs including a banking lobby, a drive-up window, and
an ATM. The other portion of the downstairs is occupied by an
information center, and the upstairs section houses the Island Pond Historical
Society.
The
Bank's Barton office is located on Church Street, in a renovated
facility. This office is equipped with a banking lobby, a drive-up
window, and an ATM. The lease was entered into in 1985 with an
initial fifteen-year term, and was most recently renewed in 2000 for an
additional 15 years.
The Bank
owns condominium space in the state office building on Main Street in Newport to
house its Newport office. The Bank occupies approximately 3,084
square feet on the first floor of the building for a full service banking
facility equipped with an ATM and a remote drive-up facility. In
addition, the Bank owns approximately 4,400 square feet on the second floor, a
portion of which formerly housed the Bank's trust department and is now leased
to the Company’s Trust Company affiliate, CFSG, with another portion leased to a
law firm.
The Bank
owns the Troy office located in the village of Troy. This building
was built in 1986 and acquired by the Bank in 1992. This office is
also equipped with an ATM to provide the same type of limited 24-hour
accessibility as all of the other offices. The marketing department
is also located at this facility.
One of
the Company’s two St. Johnsbury offices is located at the corner of the I-91
Access Road and Route 5 in the town of St. Johnsbury. The Bank
occupies approximately 2,250 square feet in the front of the Price Chopper
building. Fully equipped with an ATM and a drive-up window, this office operates
as a full service banking facility. This space is leased from St.
Johnsbury Properties, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Murphy Realty Co. Inc.
of St. Johnsbury. Peter Murphy, President of Murphy Realty, is a
director of the Company.
The
second St. Johnsbury office is a former LyndonBank office located on the
southern end of Railroad Street, which consists of approximately 1,600 square
feet. This is a newly constructed building that the Company leases,
which opened for business in August of 2005. It houses one office,
customer service areas and a small meeting room. This is a full
service facility consisting of a walk-up ATM in the front vestibule and a
two-lane drive-up window.
The Bank
leases approximately 1,500 square feet of office space for the Montpelier office
located at 95 State Street in Montpelier. This office opened at the
end of May, 2001, operating as a full service banking
facility. Additional office space is leased in an adjacent building
at 99 State Street to accommodate a residential mortgage loan originator, as
well as a conference room used for loan closings. A stand-alone ATM
in a Kiosk building is also located at this site.
The Barre
office is a two-story, 8,000 square foot building located at 316 North Main
Street. This office was built on leased land in 2003. In
2007 the Company exercised an option to buy on the land, and now owns both the
building and the land. This building houses a full-service branch, a
two-lane drive-up window, including a drive-up ATM, as well as an inside lobby
ATM. The branch also includes a Community Room that is made available
as a public service to outside non-profit groups to be used for meetings and
gatherings at no charge.
The Bank
owns an office located on Broad Street in Lyndonville, which was formerly the
main office of LyndonBank. The main part of the building was
originally constructed in 1895 and was subsequently expanded on two occasions,
once in 1961 and again in the early 1970’s. A portion of the building
is one story with a two-story addition on the back. The building is
approximately 6,200 square feet. The first floor is used for customer
services while the second floor has clerical offices and a meeting
room. The building is primarily constructed of brick with a front
exterior of polished red granite. A walk-up ATM is located in the
front entry vestibule.
The
Memorial Drive office in the town of Lyndon, which is a former LyndonBank
branch, is a newly constructed full service banking facility that opened for
business in August of 2006. The facility consists of approximately
2,600 square feet with a 3-lane drive-up, one of which is exclusively for night
drops and ATM usage. This facility is leased from a neighboring
business, 48 Broad Street, LLC, owned by David Stahler who is a former director
of LyndonBank and is now a member of Community National Bank’s Lyndon area
advisory board.
The Bank
owns a building on Elm Street in Lyndonville which housed the deposit and loan
operations of the former LyndonBank. This is a two-story brick
building with approximately 4,796 feet on each floor. The second
floor of this building has not been completed for occupancy and although the
building was physically fitted for an elevator one has not been
installed.
The Bank
also owns a vacant lot adjacent to the Elm Street operations center in
Lyndonville. This lot is used for parking for bank employees of the
Broad Street office.
The Bank
owns a full service banking office in Enosburg, which is a former LyndonBank
office, consisting of approximately 3,056 square feet. The building
was constructed in 1997 and houses offices and customer service
areas. The office has a drive-up ATM plus two additional
drive-through banking lanes.
The Bank
leases approximately 2,688 square feet of space for the Morrisville office,
which is a former LyndonBank office, on the easterly side of the former
Charlmont Restaurant building located on Route 15 West in
Morristown. The building was newly renovated for the branch office
which opened for business in February of 2007. It is a one story area
with a walk-up ATM in the front vestibule and a two-lane drive-up
window.
The Bank
owns an additional building on U.S. Route 5 in Derby, which is a former
LyndonBank office. This office was consolidated with the Bank’s main
office, also located on U.S. Route 5, on March 24, 2008.
There are
no pending legal proceedings to which the Company or the Bank is a party or of
which any of its property is the subject, other than routine litigation
incidental to its banking business none of which is material to the Company's
consolidated operations or financial condition.
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
None
PART II.
Information
on the trading market in, market price of, and dividends paid on, the Company's
common stock is incorporated by reference to the Annual Report to Shareholders
for 2007 in the section immediately following the “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the caption
"Common Stock Performance by Quarter". The balance of the information
required by item 201 of Regulation S-K is omitted in accordance with the
regulatory relief available to smaller reporting companies in SEC Release Nos.
33-8876 and 34-56994 (effective February 4, 2008).
As
reported in the Company’s current report on Form 8-K dated December 27, 2007, on
that date the Company completed the sale of 25 shares of its Series A
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock for an aggregate
sale price of $2.5 million. The sale proceeds net of expenses of
issuance were used to fund a portion of the merger consideration and related
acquisition costs in connection with the Company’s acquisition of LyndonBank at
year end 2007. The shares were sold to three institutional investors
in a private transaction in reliance on an exemption from registration under
Section 4(2) of the federal Securities Act and/or SEC Regulation D.
The
following table provides information as to purchases of the Company’s common
stock during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2007, by the Company and by
any affiliated purchaser (as defined in SEC Rule 10b-18):
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Maximum
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Number
of Shares
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Total
Number of
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That
May Yet Be
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Shares
Purchased
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Purchased
Under
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Total
Number of
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Average
Price
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as
Part of Publicly
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the
Plan at the
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For the month ended:
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Shares Purchased(1)
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Paid Per Share
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Announced Plan(2)
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End of the Period(2)
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October
1 - October 31
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0 |
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$ |
0 |
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0 |
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226,110 |
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November
1 - November 30
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3,150 |
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$ |
13.82 |
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0 |
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226,110 |
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December
1 - December 31
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0 |
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$ |
0 |
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0 |
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226,110 |
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Total
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3,150 |
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$ |
13.82 |
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0 |
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226,110 |
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(1) 3,150
shares were purchased by Community Financial Services Group, LLC (“CFSG”), which
may be deemed to be an affiliate of the Company under Rule 10b-18, for the
account of participants invested in the Company Stock Fund under the Company’s
Retirement Savings Plan. All purchases by CFSG were made in the open market in
brokerage transactions and reported on the OTC Bulletin Board©.
(2) The
Company’s Board of Directors in April, 2000 initially authorized the repurchase
from time to time of up to 205,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in open
market and privately negotiated transactions, in management’s discretion and as
market conditions may warrant. The Board extended this authorization
on October 15, 2002 to repurchase an additional 200,000 shares, with an
aggregate limit for such repurchases under both authorizations of $3.5
million. The approval did not specify a termination date, and
although there were no repurchases during 2007, the repurchase program is still
open.
Omitted,
in accordance with the regulatory relief available to smaller reporting
companies in SEC Release Nos. 33-8876 and 34-56994 (effective Feb. 4,
2008).
Incorporated
by reference to the section immediately following the “Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements” of the Annual Report to Shareholders for 2007, filed as
Exhibit 13 to this report.
Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
Incorporated
by reference to the section labeled "Risk Management", of Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation in the
Annual Report to Shareholders for 2007, filed as Exhibit 13 to this
report.
The
audited consolidated financial statements and related notes of Community
Bancorp. and Subsidiary and the report thereon of the independent registered
accounting firm of Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, are incorporated herein by
reference from the Annual Report to Shareholders for 2007, filed as Exhibit 13
to this report.
In
accordance with the regulatory relief available to smaller reporting companies
in SEC Release Nos. 33-8876 and 34-56994 (effective Feb. 4, 2008), the Company
has elected to present audited statements of income, cash flows and changes in
shareholders’ equity for each of the preceding two, rather than three, fiscal
years.
None
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
Management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective disclosure controls
and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). As of December 31, 2007, an evaluation
was performed under the supervision and with the participation of management,
including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of
the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, management
concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2007
were effective in ensuring that material information required to be disclosed in
the reports it files with the Commission under the Exchange Act was recorded,
processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.
Management’s
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over
financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange
Act. As of December 31, 2007, an evaluation was performed under the
supervision and with the participation of management, including the principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the
design and operation of the Company’s internal controls over financial
reporting. Management assessed the Company’s system of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, in relation to
criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting as described in
“Internal Control – Integrated Framework,” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment,
management believes that, as of December 31, 2007, its system of internal
control over financial reporting met those criteria and is
effective.
Management’s
report on internal control over financial reporting does not cover the internal
controls and procedures of LyndonBank, which was merged into the Company’s
subsidiary, Community National Bank, effective December 31, 2007. The
LyndonBank acquisition met the test for significance under section
3-05(b)(2)(iii) of SEC Regulation S-X.
This
Annual Report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over
financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to
attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
pursuant to temporary rules of the Commission that permit the Company to provide
only management’s report in this Annual Report.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2007 that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting.
Not
Applicable
PART
III.
The
following is incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 10, 2008.
Listing
of the names, ages, principal occupations and business experience of the
incumbent directors and nominees under the caption "ARTICLE I - ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS."
Listing
of the names, ages, titles and business experience of the executive officers
under the caption EXECUTIVE OFFICERS."
Information
regarding compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
under the caption "SHARE OWNERSHIP INFORMATION -Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance."
Information
regarding whether a member of the Audit Committee qualifies as an audit
committee financial expert under applicable SEC rules, under the caption
"Corporate Governance - Board Committees."
The Code
of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers and the Principal Executive Officer is
available on the Company's website at www.communitybancorpvt.com. The
Code is also listed as Exhibit 14 to this report and incorporated by reference
to a prior filing with the SEC.
The
following is incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 10, 2008:
Information
regarding compensation of directors under the captions "ARTICLE I - ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS - Directors' Fees and Other Compensation" and "-Directors' Deferred
Compensation Plan."
Information
regarding executive compensation and benefit plans under the caption "EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION."
The
report of the Compensation Committee under the caption “COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
REPORT.”
Information
regarding management interlocks and certain transactions under the caption
"CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation."
The
following is incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 10, 2008:
Information
regarding the share ownership of management and principal shareholders under the
caption "SHARE OWNERSHIP INFORMATION."
The
Company does not maintain any equity compensation plans for which disclosure is
required under Item 201(d) of SEC Regulation S-K.
The
following is incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 10, 2008:
Information
regarding transactions with management under the caption "CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- -Transactions with Management."
Information
regarding the independence of directors under the caption “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
– Director Independence.”
Item
14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
The
following is incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 10, 2008 under the caption
"ARTICLE 2- RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS - Fees Paid to
Independent Auditors":
Fees paid
to the principal accountant for various audit functions including, but not
limited to, the audit of the annual financial statements in the Company's From
10-K Report and review of the financial statements in the Company's Form 10-Q
Reports.
Description
of the audit committee's pre-approval policies and procedures required by
paragraph (c) (7)(I) of rule 2-01of Regulation S-X.
PART IV.
(a) Financial
Statements
The
Company's audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and the
report of Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker thereon, are incorporated by
reference to the Annual Report to Shareholders for fiscal year 2007, filed as
Exhibit 13 to this report.
(b) Exhibits
The
following exhibits are incorporated by reference:
Exhibit
3(i) - Amended and Restated Articles of Association filed as Exhibit 3(i) to the
Company's Form 10-Q report
filed
with the Commission on .
Exhibit
3(ii) – Certificate of Creation, Designation, Powers, Preferences, Rights,
Privileges, Qualifications, Limitations, Restrictions, Terms and Conditions of
the Series A Fixed-to-Floating Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, filed
as Exhibit 3(i) to the Company’s 8-K Report filed on December 27,
2007.
Exhibit
3(iii) - Amended and Restated By-laws of Community Bancorp. as amended through
April 4, 2006 filed as Exhibit 3(ii) in the Company’s Form 10-K/A filed on April
13, 2006.
4(i) –
Indenture dated as of October 31, 2007 between Community Bancorp., as issuer and
Wilmington Trust Company, as indenture trustee, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company’s 8-K Report filed on November 2, 2007.
4(ii) –
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated as of October 31, 2007 among
Community Bancorp., as sponsor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware and
institutional Trustee, and the administrators named therein, filed as Exhibit
4.2 to the Company’s 8-K Report filed on November 2, 2007.
Exhibit
10(i) - Directors Deferred Compensation Plan* is incorporated by reference to
exhibit 10(i) of the Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 31, 2000, and
supplemented by the disclosure contained in the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Commission on December 19, 2005.
Exhibit
10(ii) - Supplemental Retirement Plan* is incorporated by reference to exhibit
10(ii) of the Form 10-K
filed
with the Commission on March 29, 2002.
Exhibit
10(iii) - Description of the Officer Incentive Plan* is incorporated by
reference to the section of the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders to be held on June 10, 2008, under the
caption
"EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION - Officer Incentive Plan".
Exhibit
10(iv) - Description of the Directors Retirement Plan* filed as exhibit 10(iv)
of the Company's Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 30, 2005; plan
terminated in 2005 with respect to future accruals, as disclosed in the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 19,
2005.
10(v) –
Guarantee Agreement dated as of October 31, 2007 between Community Bancorp., as
guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, as guarantee trustee, filed as Exhibit
10.1 to the Company’s 8-K Report filed on November 2, 2007.
10(vi) –
Placement Agreement dated October 30, 2007 among Community Bancorp., CMTV
Statutory Trust I, FTN Financial Capital Markets and Keefe, Bruyette &
Woods, Inc., filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s 8-K Report filed on November
2, 2007.
Exhibit
14 - Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers and the Principal Executive
Officer is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 of the Form 10-K filed with
the Commission on March 30, 2004.
The
following exhibits are filed as part of this report:**
Exhibit
13 - Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders of Community Bancorp. for
2007,
specifically
incorporated by reference into this report.
Exhibit
21 - Subsidiaries of Community Bancorp.
Exhibit
23 - Consent of Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker
Exhibit
31.1 - Certification from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to
section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit
31.2 - Certification from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to
section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit
32.1 - Certification from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to
section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit
32.2 - Certification from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to
section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
* Denotes
compensatory plan or arrangement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
BY: /s/ Stephen P.
Marsh
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|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Stephen
P. Marsh, President
|
|
|
and
Chief Executive Officer
|
|
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
BY: /s/ Stephen P. Marsh
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|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Stephen
P. Marsh, President and CEO
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COMMUNITY
BANCORP. DIRECTORS
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/s/ Thomas E. Adams
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|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Thomas
E. Adams
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|
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/s/ Charles W. Bucknam,
Jr.
|
|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Charles
W. Buckman, Jr.
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|
|
|
|
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/s/ Aminta K. Conant
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|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Aminta
K. Conant
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|
|
|
|
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/s/ Jacques R. Couture
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|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Jacques
R. Couture
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|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Elwood G.
Duckless
|
|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Elwood
G. Duckless
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Rosemary M.
Lalime
|
|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Rosemary
M. Lalime
|
|
|
|
|
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/s/ Marcel Locke
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|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Marcel
Locke
|
|
|
|
|
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/s/ Stephen P. Marsh
|
|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Stephen
P. Marsh
|
|
|
|
|
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/s/ Dorothy R.
Mitchell
|
|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Dorothy
R. Mitchell
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Anne T. Moore
|
|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Anne
T. Moore
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Peter J. Murphy
|
|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Peter
J. Murphy
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/Richard C. White
|
|
Date: March
31, 2008
|
Richard
C. White
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|
|
EX-13
2
annualreport2007.htm
PORTIONS OF THE ANNUAL REPORT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
annualreport2007.htm
BERRY
.. DUNN . MCNEIL & PARKER
BDMP
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and Shareholders
Community
Bancorp. and Subsidiary
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Community Bancorp. and
Subsidiary as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related consolidated
statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the years then
ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits. We did not audit the 2007 and 2006 financial
statements of LyndonBank (prior to merger), which statements reflect total
assets of $148.6 million as of December 31, 2007 (prior to merger)
and revenues of $10.8 million and $10.1 million for the years ended
December 31, 2007 and 2006 (prior to merger), respectively. Those statements
were audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our
opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for LyndonBank for 2007
and 2006 (prior to merger), is based solely on the report of other
auditors.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits and the report of
the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, based on our audits and the report of the other auditors, the
consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial position of Community Bancorp. and
Subsidiary as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the consolidated results of
their operations and their consolidated cash flows for the years then ended, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
/s/Berry, Dunn, McNeil &
Parker
Portland,
Maine
March 31,
2008
Vermont
Registration No. 92-0000278
PORTLAND,
ME · BANGOR, ME · MANCHESTER,
NH
WWW.BDMP.COM
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31
|
|
|
December
31
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and due from banks
|
|
$ |
17,486,535 |
|
|
$ |
11,292,831 |
|
Federal
funds sold and overnight deposits
|
|
|
2,785,988 |
|
|
|
8,173,779 |
|
Total
cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
20,272,523 |
|
|
|
19,466,610 |
|
Securities
held-to-maturity (fair value $34,273,000 at 12/31/07
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
$21,301,000 at 12/31/06)
|
|
|
34,310,833 |
|
|
|
21,069,866 |
|
Securities
available-for-sale
|
|
|
46,876,771 |
|
|
|
22,612,207 |
|
Restricted
equity securities, at cost
|
|
|
3,456,850 |
|
|
|
2,828,250 |
|
Loans
held-for-sale
|
|
|
685,876 |
|
|
|
566,300 |
|
Loans
|
|
|
355,885,207 |
|
|
|
268,729,726 |
|
Allowance
for loan losses
|
|
|
(3,026,049 |
) |
|
|
(2,267,821 |
) |
Unearned
net loan fees
|
|
|
(443,372 |
) |
|
|
(632,105 |
) |
Net
loans
|
|
|
352,415,786 |
|
|
|
265,829,800 |
|
Bank
premises and equipment, net
|
|
|
16,361,152 |
|
|
|
12,334,024 |
|
Accrued
interest receivable
|
|
|
2,304,055 |
|
|
|
1,667,135 |
|
Bank
owned life insurance
|
|
|
3,559,376 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Core
deposit intangible
|
|
|
4,161,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
10,347,455 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
7,279,941 |
|
|
|
5,440,350 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
502,031,618 |
|
|
$ |
351,814,542 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and Shareholders' Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand,
non-interest bearing
|
|
$ |
64,019,707 |
|
|
$ |
47,402,628 |
|
NOW
and money market accounts
|
|
|
120,993,657 |
|
|
|
81,402,928 |
|
Savings
|
|
|
46,069,943 |
|
|
|
38,471,441 |
|
Time
deposits, $100,000 and over
|
|
|
58,860,374 |
|
|
|
33,835,057 |
|
Other
time deposits
|
|
|
126,276,429 |
|
|
|
99,876,140 |
|
Total
deposits
|
|
|
416,220,110 |
|
|
|
300,988,194 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
funds purchased and other borrowed funds
|
|
|
13,760,000 |
|
|
|
40,000 |
|
Repurchase
agreements
|
|
|
17,444,933 |
|
|
|
17,083,946 |
|
Junior
subordinated debentures
|
|
|
12,887,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Capital
lease obligations
|
|
|
943,227 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Accrued
interest and other liabilities
|
|
|
5,855,988 |
|
|
|
2,971,591 |
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
467,111,258 |
|
|
|
321,083,731 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Notes 6, 15,16,17 and 20)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders'
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 25 shares issued and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
outstanding
at December 31, 2007 and no shares issued and outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
at
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Common
stock - $2.50 par value; 10,000,000 and 6,000,000 shares
authorized
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
at
December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively; and 4,609,268 and
4,339,619
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
shares
issued at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively (including
16,408
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
15,222 shares issued February 1, 2008 and 2007,
respectively)
|
|
|
11,523,171 |
|
|
|
10,849,048 |
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
25,006,439 |
|
|
|
22,006,492 |
|
Retained
earnings (accumulated deficit)
|
|
|
(1,597,682 |
) |
|
|
760,667 |
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
|
111,209 |
|
|
|
(270,664 |
) |
Less:
treasury stock, at cost; 210,101 shares at December 31, 2007
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
209,510
shares at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
(2,622,777 |
) |
|
|
(2,614,732 |
) |
Total
shareholders' equity
|
|
|
34,920,360 |
|
|
|
30,730,811 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
|
$ |
502,031,618 |
|
|
$ |
351,814,542 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
and fees on loans
|
|
$ |
19,118,655 |
|
|
$ |
18,471,445 |
|
Interest
on debt securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxable
|
|
|
877,497 |
|
|
|
1,082,241 |
|
Tax-exempt
|
|
|
1,045,524 |
|
|
|
1,079,573 |
|
Dividends
|
|
|
170,001 |
|
|
|
176,610 |
|
Interest
on federal funds sold and overnight deposits
|
|
|
481,262 |
|
|
|
165,975 |
|
Total
interest income
|
|
|
21,692,939 |
|
|
|
20,975,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
on deposits
|
|
|
7,974,061 |
|
|
|
6,684,827 |
|
Interest
on federal funds purchased and other borrowed funds
|
|
|
91,817 |
|
|
|
693,113 |
|
Interest
on repurchase agreements
|
|
|
303,472 |
|
|
|
325,148 |
|
Interest
on junior subordinated debentures
|
|
|
121,782 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Total
interest expense
|
|
|
8,491,132 |
|
|
|
7,703,088 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
interest income
|
|
|
13,201,807 |
|
|
|
13,272,756 |
|
Provision
for loan losses
|
|
|
147,500 |
|
|
|
137,500 |
|
Net
interest income after provision
|
|
|
13,054,307 |
|
|
|
13,135,256 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-interest
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
fees
|
|
|
1,417,067 |
|
|
|
1,322,360 |
|
Gain
on sale of stock
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
56,875 |
|
Other
income
|
|
|
2,030,745 |
|
|
|
1,744,941 |
|
Total
non-interest income
|
|
|
3,447,812 |
|
|
|
3,124,176 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-interest
expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries
and wages
|
|
|
4,525,000 |
|
|
|
4,562,000 |
|
Employee
benefits
|
|
|
1,794,175 |
|
|
|
1,699,405 |
|
Occupancy
expenses, net
|
|
|
2,303,417 |
|
|
|
2,180,336 |
|
Other
expenses
|
|
|
3,853,442 |
|
|
|
3,712,629 |
|
Total
non-interest expense
|
|
|
12,476,034 |
|
|
|
12,154,370 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes
|
|
|
4,026,085 |
|
|
|
4,105,062 |
|
Applicable
income taxes
|
|
|
668,755 |
|
|
|
729,614 |
|
Net
Income
|
|
$ |
3,357,330 |
|
|
$ |
3,375,448 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share
|
|
$ |
0.77 |
|
|
$ |
0.78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of common shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
used
in computing earnings per common share
|
|
|
4,365,378 |
|
|
|
4,302,456 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
declared per common share
|
|
$ |
0.67 |
|
|
$ |
0.64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Book
value per share on common shares outstanding at December
31,
|
|
$ |
7.94 |
|
|
$ |
7.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All
share and per share data for prior periods has been restated to reflect a
5% stock dividend declared in June 2007.
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
|
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
Years
Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
---Common
Stock---
|
|
|
---Preferred
Stock---
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances,
December 31, 2005
|
|
|
4,070,374 |
|
|
$ |
10,699,709 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
income, net of taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Net
unrealized holding gain on securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
available-for-sale,
net of tax, $93,477
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
declared
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Issuance
of common stock
|
|
|
59,736 |
|
|
|
149,339 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Purchase
of treasury stock (fractional share redeemed)
|
|
|
(1
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances,
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
4,130,109 |
|
|
|
10,849,048 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
income, net of taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Net
unrealized holding gain on securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
available-for-sale,
net of tax, $196,723
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance
of preferred stock
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
Dividends
declared
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
5%
stock dividend
|
|
|
207,252 |
|
|
|
518,130 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Issuance
of common stock
|
|
|
62,397 |
|
|
|
155,993 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
|
|
(591
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances,
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
4,399,167 |
|
|
$ |
11,523,171 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
$ |
2,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
earnings
|
|
|
other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
paid-in
|
|
|
(Accumulated
|
|
|
comprehensive
|
|
|
Treasury
|
|
|
shareholders'
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
deficit)
|
|
|
income
(loss)
|
|
|
stock
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
21,324,481 |
|
|
$ |
165,983 |
|
|
$ |
(452,118
|
) |
|
$ |
(2,614,721
|
) |
|
$ |
29,123,334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
3,375,448 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
3,375,448 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
181,454 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
181,454 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,556,902 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(2,780,764
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(2,780,764
|
) |
|
682,011 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
831,350 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(11
|
) |
|
|
(11
|
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,006,492 |
|
|
|
760,667 |
|
|
|
(270,664
|
) |
|
|
(2,614,732
|
) |
|
|
30,730,811 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
3,357,330 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
3,357,330 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
381,873 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
381,873 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,739,203 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(2,894,359
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(2,894,359
|
) |
|
2,303,190 |
|
|
|
(2,821,320
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
696,757 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
852,750 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(8,045
|
) |
|
|
(8,045
|
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25,006,439 |
|
|
$ |
(1,597,682
|
) |
|
$ |
111,209 |
|
|
$ |
(2,622,777
|
) |
|
$ |
34,920,360 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
|
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
Years
Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
3,357,330 |
|
|
$ |
3,375,448 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cash
provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
936,847 |
|
|
|
874,564 |
|
Provision
for loan losses
|
|
|
147,500 |
|
|
|
137,500 |
|
Provision
for deferred income taxes
|
|
|
(33,081
|
) |
|
|
(28,349
|
) |
Net
gain on sale of securities
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(56,875
|
) |
Net
gain on sale of loans
|
|
|
(300,119
|
) |
|
|
(314,850
|
) |
Loss
on disposal or sale of bank premises and equipment
|
|
|
13,127 |
|
|
|
6,589 |
|
Gain
on Trust LLC
|
|
|
(128,709
|
) |
|
|
(60,409
|
) |
Amortization
of bond premium, net
|
|
|
15,925 |
|
|
|
84,650 |
|
Proceeds
from sales of loans held for sale
|
|
|
28,146,040 |
|
|
|
30,058,562 |
|
Originations
of loans held for sale
|
|
|
(27,835,497
|
) |
|
|
(28,723,430
|
) |
(Increase)
decrease in interest receivable
|
|
|
(115,230
|
) |
|
|
122,116 |
|
Increase
in mortgage servicing rights
|
|
|
(73,211
|
) |
|
|
(166,799
|
) |
Increase
in other assets
|
|
|
(730,335
|
) |
|
|
(210,815
|
) |
Amortization
of limited partnerships
|
|
|
381,588 |
|
|
|
354,156 |
|
Decrease
in unamortized loan fees
|
|
|
(188,733
|
) |
|
|
(52,001
|
) |
(Decrease)
increase in taxes payable
|
|
|
(98,164
|
) |
|
|
7,963 |
|
(Decrease)
increase in interest payable
|
|
|
(53,682
|
) |
|
|
128,579 |
|
(Decrease)
increase in accrued expenses
|
|
|
(40,657
|
) |
|
|
4,140 |
|
Increase
in other liabilities
|
|
|
65,027 |
|
|
|
95,410 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
3,465,966 |
|
|
|
5,636,149 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Securities
held-to-maturity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturities
and paydowns
|
|
|
23,897,224 |
|
|
|
43,144,522 |
|
Purchases
|
|
|
(37,138,191
|
) |
|
|
(35,822,723
|
) |
Securities
available-for-sale
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales
and maturities
|
|
|
6,000,000 |
|
|
|
15,089,375 |
|
Purchases
|
|
|
(6,160,000
|
) |
|
|
(1,000,000
|
) |
Proceeds
from redemption of restricted equity securities
|
|
|
378,100 |
|
|
|
423,900 |
|
Investment
in Capital Trust
|
|
|
(387,000
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
Decrease
in limited partnership contributions payable
|
|
|
(236,094
|
) |
|
|
(301,625
|
) |
Decrease
(increase) in loans, net
|
|
|
8,153,286 |
|
|
|
(18,234,097
|
) |
Capital
expenditures, net
|
|
|
(617,587
|
) |
|
|
(1,598,059
|
) |
Investments
in limited partnerships, net
|
|
|
(264,800
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
Cash
paid for acquisition of LyndonBank, net of cash received
|
|
|
(14,638,059
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
Recoveries
of loans charged off
|
|
|
70,945 |
|
|
|
68,460 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
|
|
(20,942,176
|
) |
|
|
1,769,753 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
increase (decrease) in demand, NOW, savings, and money market
accounts
|
|
|
7,096,201 |
|
|
|
(23,932,373
|
) |
Net
(decrease) increase in time deposits
|
|
|
(1,989,977
|
) |
|
|
30,608,156 |
|
Net
decrease in repurchase agreements
|
|
|
(5,908,924
|
) |
|
|
(263,194
|
) |
Net
increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
|
|
|
5,750,000 |
|
|
|
(2,000,000
|
) |
Advances
in long-term borrowings
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
20,000,000 |
|
Repayments
in long-term borrowings
|
|
|
(30,000
|
) |
|
|
(28,000,000
|
) |
Proceeds
from issuance of junior subordinated debentures
|
|
|
12,887,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Proceeds
from issuance of preferred stock
|
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
|
|
(8,045
|
) |
|
|
(11
|
) |
Dividends
paid
|
|
|
(2,014,132
|
) |
|
|
(1,926,809
|
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
18,282,123 |
|
|
|
(5,514,231
|
) |
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
805,913 |
|
|
|
1,891,671 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
|
|
|
19,466,610 |
|
|
|
17,574,939 |
|
Ending
|
|
$ |
20,272,523 |
|
|
$ |
19,466,610 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
SCHEDULE OF CASH PAID DURING THE YEAR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
$ |
8,666,596 |
|
|
$ |
7,574,509 |
|
Income
taxes
|
|
$ |
800,000 |
|
|
$ |
750,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AND
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale
|
|
$ |
578,596 |
|
|
$ |
274,931 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
paid:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
declared
|
|
$ |
2,894,359 |
|
|
$ |
2,780,764 |
|
Increase
in dividends payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
attributable
to dividends declared
|
|
|
(27,477
|
) |
|
|
(7,585
|
) |
Dividends
reinvested
|
|
|
(852,750
|
) |
|
|
(846,370
|
) |
|
|
$ |
2,014,132 |
|
|
$ |
1,926,809 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
dividend
|
|
$ |
2,821,320 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. & SUBSIDIARY
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note
1. Significant Accounting Policies
The
accounting policies of Community Bancorp. and Subsidiary ("Company") are in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America and general practices within the banking industry. The
following is a description of the Company’s significant accounting
policies.
Recent
acquisition
On
December 31, 2007, the Company completed a merger with LyndonBank and
simultaneously sold the Vergennes branch of LyndonBank, located in Addison
County, to the National Bank of Middlebury.
Basis
of presentation and consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Community Bancorp. and
its wholly-owned subsidiary, Community National Bank ("Bank"). All
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated. The balance sheet data includes the assets and
liabilities of LyndonBank acquired on December 31, 2007; however, the statement
of income data does not reflect LyndonBank’s activity prior to the
merger.
FASB
Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities ("FIN 46R") in part, addresses limited purpose trusts formed to
issue trust preferred securities. FIN 46R establishes the criteria
used to identify variable interest entities and to determine whether or not to
consolidate a variable interest entity. Pursuant to the criteria
established by FIN 46R, the Company has not consolidated the trust which
it formed for the purposes of issuing trust preferred securities to
unaffiliated parties and investing the proceeds from the issuance thereof and
the common securities of the trust in junior subordinated debentures issued by
the Company. CMTV Statutory Trust I is considered an affiliate (see
Note 11).
Nature
of operations
The
Company provides a variety of financial services to individuals, municipalities,
and corporate customers through its branches, ATMs, and telephone and internet
banking capabilities in northern and central Vermont, which is primarily a small
business and agricultural area. The Company's primary deposit
products are checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposit. Its
primary lending products are commercial, real estate, municipal, and consumer
loans.
Concentration
of risk
The
Company's operations are affected by various risk factors, including
interest-rate risk, credit risk, and risk from geographic concentration of its
deposit taking and lending activities. Management attempts to manage
interest rate risk through various asset/liability management techniques
designed to match maturities of assets and liabilities. Loan policies
and administration are designed to provide assurance that loans will only be
granted to creditworthy borrowers, although credit losses are expected to occur
because of subjective factors and factors beyond the control of the
Company. While the Company has a diversified loan portfolio, most of
its lending activities are conducted within the geographic area where it is
located. As a result, the Company and its borrowers may be especially
vulnerable to the consequences of changes in the local economy. In
addition, a substantial portion of the Company's loans are secured by real
estate, which could experience a decline in value, especially during times of
adverse economic conditions.
Use
of estimates
The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and assumptions
involve inherent uncertainties. Accordingly, actual results could
differ from those estimates and those differences could be
material.
Material
estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change relate to the
determination of the allowance for losses on loans and the valuation of real
estate acquired in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction of
loans. In connection with the determination of the allowances for
losses on loans and foreclosed real estate, management generally obtains
independent appraisals for significant properties. While the
allowances for loan losses and foreclosed real estate represent management's
best estimate of probable loan and foreclosure losses as of the balance sheet
date, the ultimate collectibility of a substantial portion of the Company's loan
portfolio and the recovery of a substantial portion of the carrying amount of
foreclosed real estate are susceptible to changes in a number of factors,
especially local market conditions. The amount of the change that is
reasonably possible cannot be estimated.
While
management uses available information to recognize losses on loans and
foreclosed real estate, future additions to the allowances may be necessary
based on changes in local economic conditions. In addition,
regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process,
periodically review the Company's allowances for losses on loans and foreclosed
real estate. Such agencies may require the Company to recognize additions to the
allowances based on their judgment about information available to them at the
time of their examination.
Under
current accounting rules, mortgage servicing rights associated with loans
originated and sold, where servicing is retained, are capitalized and included
in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet. Mortgage servicing rights are
amortized into non-interest income in proportion to, and over the period of,
estimated future net servicing income of the underlying financial assets.
Mortgage servicing rights are evaluated for impairment based upon the fair value
of the rights as compared to amortized cost. The value of capitalized servicing
rights represents the present value of the future servicing fees arising from
the right to service loans in the portfolio. The carrying value of the mortgage
servicing rights is periodically reviewed for impairment based on a
determination of fair value and impairment, if any, is recognized through a
valuation allowance and is recorded as amortization of other
assets. Critical accounting policies for mortgage servicing rights
relate to the initial valuation and subsequent impairment tests. The methodology
used to determine the valuation of mortgage servicing rights requires the
development and use of a number of estimates, including anticipated principal
amortization and prepayments of that principal balance. Events that may
significantly affect the estimates used are changes in interest rates and the
payment performance of the underlying loans.
Management
utilizes numerous techniques to estimate the carrying value of various assets
held by the Company, including, but not limited to, bank premises and equipment
and deferred taxes. The assumptions considered in making these estimates are
based on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed by
management to be reasonable under the circumstances. Management
acknowledges that the use of different estimates or assumptions could produce
different estimates of carrying values.
Accounting
for a business combination requires the application of the purchase method of
accounting. Under the purchase method, the Company is required to
record the net assets and liabilities acquired through the merger at fair market
value, with the excess of the purchase price over the fair market value of the
net assets recorded as goodwill and evaluated annually for
impairment. Management acknowledges the determination of fair value
requires the use of assumptions, including discount rates, changes in which
could significantly affect fair values.
Presentation
of cash flows
For
purposes of presentation in the consolidated statements of cash flows, cash and
cash equivalents includes cash on hand, amounts due from banks (including cash
items in process of clearing), federal funds sold (generally purchased and sold
for one day periods), and overnight deposits.
Investment
securities
Debt
securities the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity
are classified as held-to-maturity and reported at amortized
cost. Debt and equity securities not classified as held-to-maturity
are classified as available-for-sale. Investments classified as
available-for-sale are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses,
net of tax and reclassification adjustments, reported as a net amount in other
comprehensive income (loss). Investment securities transactions are accounted
for on a trade date basis. The specific identification method is used
to determine realized gains and losses on sales of securities
available-for-sale. Premiums and discounts are recognized in interest
income using the interest method over the period to maturity or call
date.
Other
investments
The
Company acquires partnership interests in limited partnerships for low income
housing projects. The investments in limited partnerships are
amortized using the effective yield method.
The
Company has a one-third ownership interest in Community Financial Services
Group, LLC (“CFSG”), as discussed further in Note 8 of this
report. The Company's investment in CFSG is accounted for under the
equity method of accounting.
Restricted
equity securities
Restricted
equity securities are comprised of Federal Reserve Bank stock and Federal Home
Loan Bank stock. These securities are carried at cost and evaluated
for impairment. As a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
(FRB), the Company is required to invest in FRB stock in an amount equal to 3%
of Community National Bank's capital stock and surplus.
As a
member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLB), the Company is required
to invest in $100 par value stock of the FHLB in an amount that approximates 1%
of unpaid principal balances on qualifying loans, as well as an activity based
requirement. The stock is nonmarketable, and when redeemed, the
Company would receive from the FHLB an amount equal to the par value of the
stock.
Loans
held-for-sale
Loans
originated and intended for sale in the secondary market are carried at the
lower of cost or estimated fair value in the aggregate. Net
unrealized losses are recognized through a valuation allowance by charges to
income.
Loans
Loans
receivable that management has the intent and ability to hold for the
foreseeable future or until maturity or pay-off are reported at their
outstanding principal adjusted for any charge-offs, the allowance for loan
losses, loan premium for acquired loans, and any unearned fees or costs on
originated loans.
Loan
interest income is accrued daily on the outstanding balances. The
accrual of interest is discontinued when a loan is specifically determined to be
impaired or when the loan is delinquent 90 days and management believes, after
considering collection efforts and other factors, that the borrower's financial
condition is such that collection of interest is doubtful. Any unpaid
interest previously accrued on those loans is reversed from
income. Interest income is generally not recognized on specific
impaired loans unless the likelihood of further loss is
remote. Interest payments received on such loans are generally
applied as a reduction of the loan principal balance. Interest income
on other nonaccrual loans is recognized only to the extent of interest payments
received. Loans are returned to accrual status when principal and
interest payments are brought current and the customer has proven the ability to
make future payments on a timely basis. Loans are charged off when collection of
principal is considered doubtful. Past due status is determined on a
contractual basis.
Loan
origination and commitment fees and certain direct loan origination costs are
being deferred and the net amount amortized as an adjustment of the related
loan's yield. The Company is generally amortizing these amounts over
the contractual life of the loans.
Loan
premium on loans acquired from LyndonBank is amortized as an adjustment to yield
over the life of the loans.
Allowance
for loan losses
The
allowance for loan losses is established as losses are estimated to have
occurred through a provision for loan losses charged to earnings. Loan losses
are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility
of a loan balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any are credited to
the allowance.
The
allowance for loan losses is evaluated on a regular basis by management and is
based upon management’s periodic review of the collectibility of the loans in
light of historical experience, the nature and volume of the loan portfolio,
adverse situations that may affect the borrower’s ability to repay, estimated
value of any underlying collateral and prevailing economic conditions. This
evaluation is inherently subjective as it required estimates that are
susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes
available.
The
allowance consists of specific, general and unallocated components. The specific
component relates to the loans that are classified as either doubtful,
substandard or special mention. For such loans that are also classified as
impaired, an allowance is established when the discount cash flows (or
collateral value or observable market price) of the impaired loan is lower than
the carrying value of that loan. The general component covers non-classified
loan and is based on historical loss experience adjusted for qualitative
factors. An unallocated component is maintained to cover uncertainties that
could affect management’s estimate of probable losses. The unallocated component
of the allowance reflects the margin of imprecision inherent in the underlying
assumptions used in the methodologies for estimating specific and general losses
in the portfolio.
A loan is
considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is
probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of
principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan
agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include
payment status, collateral value, and probability of collecting scheduled
principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant
payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired.
Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls
on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances
surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the
reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of
the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed. Impairment is
measured on a loan by loan basis for commercial and construction loans by either
the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s
effective interest rate, the loan’s obtainable market price, or the fair value
of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent.
Large
groups of smaller balance homogeneous loans are collectively evaluated for
impairment. Accordingly, the Company does not separately identify individual
consumer and residential loans for impairment disclosures, unless such loans are
subject to a restructuring agreement.
Bank
premises and equipment
Bank
premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated
depreciation. Depreciation is computed principally by the
straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. The cost of
assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and the related accumulated depreciation,
is eliminated from the accounts and the resulting gains or losses are reflected
in the statement of income. Maintenance and repairs are charged to
current expense as incurred and the cost of major renewals and betterments is
capitalized.
Other
real estate owned
Real
estate properties acquired through or in lieu of loan foreclosure are initially
recorded at the lower of the Company's carrying amount or fair value less
estimated selling cost at the date of foreclosure. Any write-downs
based on the asset's fair value at the date of acquisition are charged to the
allowance for loan losses. After foreclosure, these assets are
carried at the lower of their new cost basis or fair value, less cost to
sell. Costs of significant property improvements are capitalized,
whereas costs relating to holding property are expensed. Appraisals
are then done periodically on properties that management deems significant, or
evaluations may be performed by management on properties in the portfolio that
are less vulnerable to market conditions. Subsequent write-downs are
recorded as a charge to operations, if necessary, to reduce the carrying value
of a property to the lower of its cost or fair value, less cost to
sell.
Intangible
assets
Intangible
assets include the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net
assets acquired (goodwill) in the acquisition of LyndonBank as well as a core
deposit intangible related to the deposits acquired of LyndonBank (see Note 7).
The core deposit intangible is amortized on an accelerated basis over 10 years
to approximate the pattern of economic benefit to the Company. The Company
evaluates the valuation and amortization of the core deposit intangible asset if
events occur that could result in possible impairment. Goodwill is reviewed for
impairment annually, or more frequently upon the occurrence of certain
events.
Income
taxes
The
Company recognizes income taxes under the asset and liability
method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
established for the temporary differences between the accounting bases and the
tax bases of the Company's assets and liabilities at enacted tax rates expected
to be in effect when the amounts related to such temporary differences are
realized or settled. Adjustments to the Company's deferred tax assets
are recognized as deferred income tax expense or benefit based on management's
judgments relating to the realizability of such asset.
Foreign
currency transactions
Foreign
currency (principally Canadian) amounts are converted to U.S.
dollars. The U.S. dollar is the functional currency and therefore
translation adjustments are recognized in income. Total conversion
adjustments, including adjustments on foreign currency transactions, are
immaterial.
Mortgage
servicing
Servicing
assets are recognized as separate assets when rights are acquired through
purchase or through sale of financial assets. Capitalized servicing
rights are reported in other assets and are amortized into non-interest income
in proportion to, and over the period of, the estimated future net servicing
income of the underlying financial assets. Servicing rights are
evaluated for impairment based upon the fair value of the rights as compared to
amortized cost. Impairment is determined by stratifying the rights by
predominant characteristics, such as interest rates and terms. Fair
value is determined using prices for similar assets with similar
characteristics, when available, or based upon discounted cash flows using
market-based assumptions. Impairment is recognized through a
valuation allowance, to the extent that fair value is less than the capitalized
amount.
Pension
costs
Pension
costs are charged to salaries and employee benefits expense and accrued over the
active service period.
Advertising
costs
The
Company expenses advertising costs as incurred.
Comprehensive
income
Accounting
principles generally require recognized revenue, expenses, gains, and losses to
be included in net income. Certain changes in assets and liabilities,
such as the after-tax effect of unrealized gains and losses on
available-for-sale securities, are not reflected in the statement of income, but
the cumulative effect of such items from period-to-period is reflected as a
separate component of the equity section of the balance sheet
(accumulated other comprehensive income or loss). Other comprehensive
income or loss, along with net income, comprises the Company's total
comprehensive income.
The
Company's total comprehensive income for the years ended December 31 is
calculated as follows:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
3,357,330 |
|
|
$ |
3,375,448 |
|
Other
comprehensive income, net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in unrealized holding losses on available-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
for-sale
securities arising during the period
|
|
|
578,596 |
|
|
|
331,806 |
|
Reclassification
adjustment for gains realized in income
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(56,875
|
) |
Net
unrealized gain
|
|
|
578,596 |
|
|
|
274,931 |
|
Tax
effect
|
|
|
(196,723
|
) |
|
|
(93,477
|
) |
Other
comprehensive income, net of tax
|
|
|
381,873 |
|
|
|
181,454 |
|
Total
comprehensive income
|
|
$ |
3,739,203 |
|
|
$ |
3,556,902 |
|
Preferred
stock
The
Company issued 25 shares of fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual
preferred stock, without par value and with a liquidation preference of $100,000
per share, on December 27, 2007. Under the preferred stock agreement,
the Company will pay non-cumulative cash dividends quarterly, when, as and if
declared by the Board of Directors. Dividends will accrue at a fixed
rate of 7.50% per annum for the first five years, followed by a variable
dividend rate at the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate in effect on the first
business day of each quarterly dividend period.
Earnings
per common share
Earnings
per common share amounts are computed based on the weighted average number of
shares of common stock issued during the period including Dividend Reinvestment
Plan (DRIP) shares payable through dividends declared (retroactively adjusted
for 5% stock dividends declared in June 2007) and reduced for shares held in
treasury. No dividends were declared on preferred stock; therefore,
net income as reported represents net income available to holders of common
stock.
Off-balance-sheet
financial instruments
In the
ordinary course of business, the Company has entered into off-balance-sheet
financial instruments consisting of commitments to extend credit, commitments
under credit card arrangements, commercial and municipal letters of credit,
standby letters of credit, and risk-sharing commitments on certain sold
loans. Such financial instruments are recorded in the financial
statements when they are funded.
Fair
values of financial instruments
The
following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating its
fair value disclosures for financial instruments:
Cash and cash
equivalents: The carrying amounts reported in the balance
sheet for cash and cash equivalents approximate their fair values.
Investment
securities: Fair values for investment securities are based on
quoted market prices, where available. If quoted market prices are
not available, fair values are based on quoted market prices of comparable
instruments.
Restricted equity
securities: The carrying amounts of these securities
approximate their fair values.
Loans and loans
held-for-sale: For variable-rate loans that reprice frequently
and with no significant change in credit risk, fair values are based on carrying
amounts. The fair values for other loans (for example, fixed rate
residential, commercial real estate, and rental property mortgage loans, and
commercial and industrial loans) are estimated using discounted cash flow
analyses, based on interest rates currently being offered for loans with similar
terms to borrowers of similar credit quality. Loan fair value estimates include
judgments regarding future expected loss experience and risk
characteristics. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet
for loans that are held-for-sale approximate their market
values. Fair values for impaired loans are estimated using discounted
cash flow analyses or underlying collateral values, where
applicable.
Bank owned life
insurance: The carrying value of life insurance policies
approximates their fair value.
Deposits and borrowed
funds: The fair values disclosed for demand deposits (for
example, checking and savings accounts) are, by definition, equal to the amount
payable on demand at the reporting date (that is, their carrying amounts). The
fair values for certificates of deposit and debt are estimated using a
discounted cash flow calculation
that
applies interest rates currently being offered on certificates and debt to a
schedule of aggregated contractual maturities on such time deposits and
debt.
Short-term
borrowings: The fair value is estimated using current interest
rates on borrowings of similar maturity.
Junior subordinated
debentures: Fair value is estimated using current rates for
debentures of similar maturity.
Capital lease
obligations: Fair value is determined using a discounted cash
flow calculation using current rates. Based on current rates,
carrying value approximates fair value.
Accrued
interest: The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate
their fair values.
Off-balance-sheet credit related
instruments: Commitments to extend credit were evaluated and
fair value was estimated using the fees currently charged to enter into similar
agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the
present credit-worthiness of the counterparties. For fixed-rate loan
commitments, fair value also considers the difference between current levels of
interest rates and the committed rates.
Transfers
of financial assets
Transfers
of financial assets are accounted for as sales when control over the assets has
been surrendered. Control over transferred assets is deemed to be
surrendered when (1) the assets have been isolated from the Company, (2) the
transferee obtains the right (free of conditions that constrain it from taking
advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and (3)
the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets
through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity.
Reclassification
Certain
amounts in the 2006 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to
the current year presentation.
Impact
of recently issued accounting standards:
In March
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of
Financial Assets-an Amendment to FASB Statement No. 140”. SFAS No. 156 requires
mortgage servicing rights associated with loans originated and sold, where
servicing is retained, to be initially capitalized at fair value and
subsequently accounted for using the “fair value method” or the “amortization
method”. The Company is using the amortization method for subsequent reporting.
Mortgage servicing rights are evaluated for impairment based upon the fair value
of the rights as compared to amortized cost. The Company implemented changes to
its valuation analysis, with the assistance of a specialized valuation
consulting firm, during the first quarter of 2007. The model used to
value the mortgage servicing rights utilizes prepayment assumptions based on the
Bond Market Association prepayment survey. The discount rate applied
is at the lower end of the observed industry range. Other assumptions
include delinquency rates, servicing cost inflation, and annual unit loan
cost. All assumptions are adjusted periodically to reflect current
circumstances. SFAS No. 156 was effective January 1, 2007.
Implementation of SFAS No. 156 did not have a material effect on the financial
statements of the Company.
In July
2006, FASB issued Financial Accounting Standards Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN
48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 clarifies the
accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial
statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” FIN
48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the
financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or
expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on
derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim
periods, disclosures and transitions. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2006. FIN 48 did not have a material effect on the
financial condition and results of operations as the Company has not identified
any uncertain tax positions.
In
September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which
provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and
liabilities. This Statement defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles,
and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement
applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements, the Board having previously concluded in those accounting
pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement
attribute. Accordingly, this Statement does not require any new fair
value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and
interim periods within those fiscal years. Although SFAS No. 157 did
not have any impact on the financial statements of the Company in 2007, it could
impact the notes to the financial statements in the future.
In
February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities”, which gives entities the option to measure
eligible financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value on an
instrument by instrument basis. The election to use the fair value option is
available when an entity first recognizes a financial asset or financial
liability. Subsequent changes in fair value must be recorded in earnings. SFAS
No. 159 contains provisions to apply the fair value option to existing eligible
financial instruments at the date of adoption. This statement is effective as of
the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year after November 15, 2007, with
provisions for early adoption. The Company did not apply the fair
value option to any financial instruments; therefore, SFAS No. 159 has not had
any impact on the financial statements.
In
November 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 109, Written Loan Commitments Recorded at
Fair Value Through Earnings, in which the SEC Staff expresses its views
concerning written loan commitments accounted for as derivatives or at fair
value through earnings, as permitted by SFAS No. 159. It is the Staff's position
that expected net future cash flows from servicing a loan should be included in
the fair value measurement of a loan commitment when it qualifies for derivative
accounting under SFAS No. 133 , “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities”, or at fair value through earnings, as permitted by SFAS No.
159. Implementation of SAB No. 109 did not have a material effect on the
financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
Note
2. Investment Securities
Securities
available-for-sale (AFS) and held-to-maturity (HTM) consist of the
following:
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
Securities
AFS
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Gains
|
|
|
Losses
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.
S. Government sponsored enterprise securities
|
|
$ |
22,170,488 |
|
|
$ |
125,655 |
|
|
$ |
29,869 |
|
|
$ |
22,266,274 |
|
U.
S. Government securities
|
|
|
3,973,849 |
|
|
|
72,713 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
4,046,562 |
|
States
and political subdivisions
|
|
|
1,157,042 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
1,157,042 |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
|
|
17,868,386 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
17,868,386 |
|
Preferred
stock
|
|
|
1,538,507 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
1,538,507 |
|
|
|
$ |
46,708,272 |
|
|
$ |
198,368 |
|
|
$ |
29,869 |
|
|
$ |
46,876,771 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.
S. Government sponsored enterprise securities
|
|
$ |
19,030,313 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
382,168 |
|
|
$ |
18,648,145 |
|
U.
S. Government securities
|
|
|
3,991,991 |
|
|
|
5,068 |
|
|
|
32,997 |
|
|
|
3,964,062 |
|
|
|
$ |
23,022,304 |
|
|
$ |
5,068 |
|
|
$ |
415,165 |
|
|
$ |
22,612,207 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Securities
HTM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
States
and political subdivisions
|
|
$ |
34,310,833 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
37,833 |
|
|
$ |
34,273,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
States
and political subdivisions
|
|
$ |
21,069,866 |
|
|
$ |
231,134 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
21,301,000 |
|
Included
under the “Securities HTM” section in the caption "States and Political
Subdivisions" are securities of local municipalities carried at $34,310,833 and
$21,069,866 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, which are attributable
to private financing transactions arranged by the Company. The
current fair value of these securities is an estimation based on an analysis
that takes into account future maturities and scheduled future repricing. The
Company anticipates no losses on these securities and expects to hold them until
their maturity.
Investment
securities with a book value of $24,203,854 and $21,022,304 and a fair value of
$24,291,982 and $20,645,566 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, were
pledged as collateral for larger dollar repurchase agreement accounts and for
other purposes as required or permitted by law.
Proceeds
from the maturities, call or sale of securities available-for-sale amounted to
$6,000,000 in 2007and $15,089,375 in 2006. Realized gains from sales
of investments available-for-sale were $0 in 2007 and $56,875 in
2006. There were no realized losses during 2007 or 2006.
The
carrying amount and estimated fair value of securities by contractual maturity
are shown below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual
maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations
with or without call or prepayment penalties.
The
scheduled maturities of debt securities available-for-sale at December 31, 2007
were as follows:
|
|
Amortized
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
in one year or less
|
|
$ |
10,003,765 |
|
|
$ |
9,977,521 |
|
Due
from one to five years
|
|
|
14,156,218 |
|
|
|
14,350,961 |
|
Due
from five to ten years
|
|
|
1,984,354 |
|
|
|
1,984,354 |
|
Due
after ten years
|
|
|
1,157,042 |
|
|
|
1,157,042 |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
|
|
17,868,386 |
|
|
|
17,868,386 |
|
|
|
$ |
45,169,765 |
|
|
$ |
45,338,264 |
|
The
scheduled maturities of debt securities held-to-maturity at December 31, 2007
were as follows:
|
|
Amortized
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Value*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
in one year or less
|
|
$ |
29,716,589 |
|
|
$ |
29,717,000 |
|
Due
from one to five years
|
|
|
1,698,920 |
|
|
|
1,689,000 |
|
Due
from five to ten years
|
|
|
2,290,116 |
|
|
|
2,281,000 |
|
Due
after ten years
|
|
|
605,208 |
|
|
|
586,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
34,310,833 |
|
|
$ |
34,273,000 |
|
*Method
used to determine fair value rounds values to nearest thousand.
All
investments with unrealized losses are presented either as those with a
continuous loss position less than 12 months or as those with a continuous loss
position for 12 months or more. Investments with unrealized losses at December
31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows:
December
31, 2007
|
|
Less
than 12 months
|
|
|
12
months or more
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
U.S.
Government sponsored
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
enterprise
securities
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
8,980,624 |
|
|
$ |
29,869 |
|
|
$ |
8,980,624 |
|
|
$ |
29,869 |
|
States
and political
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
subdivisions
|
|
|
34,273,000 |
|
|
|
37,833 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
34,273,000 |
|
|
|
37,833 |
|
|
|
$ |
34,273,000 |
|
|
$ |
37,833 |
|
|
$ |
8,980,624 |
|
|
$ |
29,869 |
|
|
$ |
43,253,624 |
|
|
$ |
67,702 |
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
Less
than 12 months
|
|
|
12
months or more
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
U.S.
Government sponsored
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
enterprise
securities
|
|
$ |
999,836 |
|
|
$ |
163 |
|
|
$ |
17,648,309 |
|
|
$ |
382,005 |
|
|
$ |
18,648,145 |
|
|
$ |
382,168 |
|
U.S.
Government
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
securities
|
|
|
993,438 |
|
|
|
4,841 |
|
|
|
1,968,437 |
|
|
|
28,156 |
|
|
|
2,961,875 |
|
|
|
32,997 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,993,274 |
|
|
$ |
5,004 |
|
|
$ |
19,616,746 |
|
|
$ |
410,161 |
|
|
$ |
21,610,020 |
|
|
$ |
415,165 |
|
The
unrealized losses are a result of increases in market interest rates and not of
deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer. At December 31,
2007 there were 9 U.S. Government sponsored enterprise securities in the
investment portfolio that were in an unrealized loss position compared to 22
securities in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2006. These unrealized
losses were principally attributable to changes in current interest rates for
similar types of securities. Changes in interest rates have also
contributed to the decrease in value of the Company’s municipal
investments.
Management
evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment at least on a quarterly
basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns, or adverse
developments relating to the issuer, warrant such evaluation. Consideration is
given to (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been
less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the
issuer, and (3) the intent and ability of the Company to retain its 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,
management considers whether the securities are issued by the federal government
or its agencies, whether downgrades by bond rating agencies have occurred, and
the results of reviews of the issuer's financial condition. As management has
the ability to hold debt securities until maturity, or for the foreseeable
future if classified as available-for-sale, no declines are deemed to be
other-than-temporary at December 31, 2007 and 2006.
Note
3. Loans
The
composition of net loans at December 31 was as follows:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Commercial
|
|
$ |
33,688,665 |
|
|
$ |
22,217,047 |
|
Real
estate – Construction
|
|
|
12,896,803 |
|
|
|
11,889,203 |
|
Real
estate – Mortgage
|
|
|
290,380,076 |
|
|
|
213,894,135 |
|
Installment
and other
|
|
|
18,920,860 |
|
|
|
20,729,341 |
|
|
|
|
355,886,404 |
|
|
|
268,729,726 |
|
Deduct:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance
for loan losses
|
|
|
3,026,049 |
|
|
|
2,267,821 |
|
Unearned
net loan fees
|
|
|
443,372 |
|
|
|
632,105 |
|
|
|
|
3,469,421 |
|
|
|
2,899,926 |
|
|
|
$ |
352,415,786 |
|
|
$ |
265,829,800 |
|
The total
recorded investment in impaired loans as determined in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America was
$674,586 and $508,571 at December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively. The allowance for loan losses allocated to these loans
amounted to $79,643 and $68,229 at December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively. The average recorded investment in impaired loans
amounted to $626,896 and $643,307 for the years ended December 31, 2007 and
2006, respectively. Interest income recognized on impaired loans was
$37,954 for 2007 and $90,829 for 2006, all of which was on a cash
basis.
The
Company had non-accrual loans of $1,337,641 and $720,587 at December 31, 2007
and 2006, respectively. If interest on non-accrual loans had been
recognized at the original interest rates, interest income would have increased
approximately $45,253 and $61,718, for the years ended December 31, 2007 and
2006, respectively. The total recorded investment in loans past due
ninety days or more and still accruing interest was $137,742 and $205,801 at
December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The
Company is not committed to lend additional funds to debtors with impaired,
non-accrual or modified loans.
Note
4. Loan Servicing
Commercial
and mortgage loans serviced for others are not included in the accompanying
balance sheets. The unpaid principal balances of commercial and
mortgage loans serviced for others were $153,873,017 and $144,573,102 at
December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Net gains realized on the sale of
loans amounted to $300,119 and $314,850 for the years ended December 31, 2007
and 2006, respectively. The balance of capitalized servicing rights,
net of valuation allowances, included in other assets at December 31, 2007 and
2006, was $1,186,818 and $1,113,607, respectively. The fair values of these
rights were $1,237,858 and $1,463,324, respectively. In 2007, the
Company adopted SFAS No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets – an
Amendment to FASB Statement No. 140”, which is discussed in more detail in Note
1 above, under the heading “Impact of Recently Issued Accounting
Standards”. As a result of this adoption, the Company implemented
changes to its valuation analysis, with the assistance of a specialized
valuation consulting firm. The model used to value the mortgage
servicing rights utilizes prepayment assumptions based on the Bond Market
Association prepayment survey. The discount rate applied is at the
lower end of the observed industry range. Other assumptions include
delinquency rates, servicing cost inflation, and annual unit loan
cost.
The
following summarizes mortgage servicing rights capitalized and amortized in each
year:
|
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mortgage
servicing rights capitalized
|
|
$ |
290,113 |
|
|
$ |
447,939 |
|
Mortgage
servicing rights amortized
|
|
$ |
216,902 |
|
|
$ |
281,140 |
|
Note
5. Allowance for Loan Losses
Changes
in the allowance for loan losses for the years ended December 31 were as
follows:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
beginning of year
|
|
$ |
2,267,821 |
|
|
$ |
2,189,187 |
|
Provision
for loan losses
|
|
|
147,500 |
|
|
|
137,500 |
|
Recoveries
of amounts charged off
|
|
|
70,945 |
|
|
|
68,460 |
|
|
|
|
2,486,266 |
|
|
|
2,395,147 |
|
Amounts
charged off
|
|
|
(247,390
|
) |
|
|
(127,326
|
) |
Allowance
for loan losses acquired through Merger
|
|
|
787,173 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Balance,
end of year
|
|
$ |
3,026,049 |
|
|
$ |
2,267,821 |
|
Note
6. Bank Premises and Equipment
The major
classes of bank premises and equipment and accumulated depreciation and
amortization at December 31 were as follows:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land
and land improvements
|
|
$ |
2,546,615 |
|
|
$ |
2,315,414 |
|
Buildings
and improvements
|
|
|
11,710,364 |
|
|
|
9,746,666 |
|
Furniture
and equipment
|
|
|
6,208,835 |
|
|
|
5,282,007 |
|
Leasehold
improvements
|
|
|
1,196,525 |
|
|
|
623,621 |
|
Capital
lease
|
|
|
927,889 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Other
prepaid assets
|
|
|
121,295 |
|
|
|
94,688 |
|
|
|
|
22,711,523 |
|
|
|
18,062,396 |
|
Less
accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(6,350,371
|
) |
|
|
(5,728,372
|
) |
|
|
$ |
16,361,152 |
|
|
$ |
12,334,024 |
|
Depreciation
included in occupancy expenses amounted to $936,847 and $878,645 for the years
ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The
Company is obligated under non-cancelable operating leases for bank premises
expiring in various years through 2022 with options to renew. Minimum
future rental payments for these leases with original terms in excess of one
year as of December 31, 2007 for each of the next five years and in aggregate
are:
2008
|
|
$ |
226,022 |
|
2009
|
|
|
227,371 |
|
2010
|
|
|
200,601 |
|
2011
|
|
|
181,574 |
|
2012
|
|
|
182,074 |
|
Subsequent
to 2012
|
|
|
707,013 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,724,655 |
|
Total
rental expense amounted to $187,478 and $198,370 for the years ended December
31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Capital
lease obligations
The
following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease payments under capital
leases together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of
December 31, 2007:
2008
|
|
$ |
107,482 |
|
2009
|
|
|
110,983 |
|
2010
|
|
|
110,983 |
|
2011
|
|
|
113,482 |
|
2012
|
|
|
116,982 |
|
Subsequent
to 2012
|
|
|
1,001,300 |
|
Total
minimum lease payments
|
|
|
1,561,212 |
|
Less
amount representing interest
|
|
|
(617,985
|
) |
Present
value of net minimum lease payments
|
|
$ |
943,227 |
|
Note
7. Merger and Intangible Assets
Community
National Bank (“the Bank”) and LyndonBank entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger on August 1, 2007. The merger agreement provided for the merger of
LyndonBank with and into the Bank, with the Bank being the surviving
corporation. The merger received approval from the shareholders of
LyndonBank and the regulatory agencies, and was consummated on December 31,
2007. On that date, the Bank acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of
LyndonBank. The operating results of LyndonBank have been included with those of
the Bank and its parent company Community Bancorp. (“the Company”) since that
date. The acquisition brings together two vibrant community banking
institutions, and provides the Bank with a wider customer service base extending
into the counties of Franklin and Lamoille, Vermont.
The
aggregate purchase price, including transaction costs, was approximately $26.7
million of cash for all the shares of LyndonBank. To finance the
acquisition, the Company issued $12.5 million of trust preferred securities and
25 shares of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock valued at $2.5
million.
The
purchase price has been allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed
based on estimates of fair value at the date of acquisition. The
excess of purchase price over the fair value of net tangible and intangible
assets acquired has been recorded as goodwill. The Bank continues to
work with third-party experts on the valuations of certain intangible assets;
thus, the following allocation of the purchase price is subject to
refinement.
At December 31, 2007
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
12,079,764 |
|
FHLB
Stock
|
|
|
1,006,700 |
|
Investments
|
|
|
23,541,893 |
|
Loans,
net
|
|
|
94,898,984 |
|
Bank
premises and equipment
|
|
|
4,359,515 |
|
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
|
|
|
4,785,076 |
|
Identified
intangible assets
|
|
|
4,161,000 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
10,347,455 |
|
Deposits
|
|
|
(110,125,692 |
) |
Borrowings
|
|
|
(14,269,911 |
) |
Long-term
debt
|
|
|
(943,227 |
) |
Accrued
expenses and other liabilities
|
|
|
(3,123,734 |
) |
Total
acquisition cost
|
|
$ |
26,717,823 |
|
The $4.2
million of acquired intangible assets is the core deposit intangible and is
subject to amortization over the weighted-average life of the core deposit base
which was determined to be approximately 10 years.
The
goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.
The
following table presents pro forma combined statements of income for the Company
and LyndonBank as if the Company and LyndonBank were merged as of the period
beginning on January 1, for each year presented. This information has
been prepared by combining certain selected historical information about the
Company and LyndonBank. This pro forma information has been prepared
for illustrative purposes only and should not be viewed as being indicative of
the financial results the combined company would have achieved if the merger had
already been completed or will achieve in the future. This
information should be read in conjunction with the respective consolidated
financial statements of the Company and LyndonBank, and the respective related
notes.
|
|
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans,
including fees
|
|
$ |
27,056,470 |
|
|
$ |
25,630,764 |
|
Investment
income
|
|
|
4,068,404 |
|
|
|
4,177,072 |
|
Total
interest income
|
|
|
31,124,874 |
|
|
|
29,807,836 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits
|
|
|
12,224,430 |
|
|
|
10,351,760 |
|
Other
borrowings
|
|
|
2,581,098 |
|
|
|
2,799,489 |
|
Total
interest expense
|
|
|
14,805,528 |
|
|
|
13,151,249 |
|
Net
interest income
|
|
|
16,319,346 |
|
|
|
16,656,587 |
|
Provision
for loan losses
|
|
|
197,500 |
|
|
|
137,500 |
|
Net
interest income after provision
|
|
|
16,121,846 |
|
|
|
16,519,087 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-interest
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
charges on deposit accounts
|
|
|
1,951,901 |
|
|
|
1,884,713 |
|
Securities
gains, net
|
|
|
51,449 |
|
|
|
56,875 |
|
Increase
in cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance
|
|
|
127,555 |
|
|
|
118,956 |
|
Other
income
|
|
|
2,497,787 |
|
|
|
2,119,402 |
|
Total
non-interest income
|
|
|
4,628,692 |
|
|
|
4,179,946 |
|
Non-interest
expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
|
|
10,348,493 |
|
|
|
9,419,174 |
|
Occupancy
and equipment expense
|
|
|
3,649,653 |
|
|
|
3,243,015 |
|
Other
operating expenses
|
|
|
6,114,021 |
|
|
|
5,241,047 |
|
Total
non-interest expense
|
|
|
20,112,167 |
|
|
|
17,903,236 |
|
Income
before income taxes
|
|
|
638,371 |
|
|
|
2,795,797 |
|
Income
tax (benefit) expense
|
|
|
(465,536 |
) |
|
|
18,576 |
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
1,103,907 |
|
|
$ |
2,777,221 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share
|
|
$ |
0.25 |
|
|
$ |
0.65 |
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
|
|
4,365,378 |
|
|
|
4,302,456 |
|
Amortization
expense related to core deposit intangible is expected to be as
follows:
2008
|
|
$ |
832,200 |
|
2009
|
|
|
665,760 |
|
2010
|
|
|
532,608 |
|
2011
|
|
|
426,086 |
|
2012
|
|
|
340,869 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
1,363,477 |
|
Total
core deposit intangible expense
|
|
$ |
4,161,000 |
|
Note
8. Other Investments
The
Company has purchased from time to time various partnership interests in limited
partnerships. These partnerships were established to acquire, own and
rent residential housing for low and moderate income Vermonters located in
northeastern and central Vermont.
The tax
credits from these investments were estimated at $390,965 and $345,522 for the
years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and recorded as a
reduction of income tax expense. Expenses related to amortization of
the investments in the limited partnerships are recognized as a component of
"other expenses", and were $381,588 and $354,156 for 2007 and 2006,
respectively. The carrying values of these investments, which are
included in other assets, were $2,053,265 and $2,170,053 at December 31, 2007
and 2006, respectively.
The Bank
has a one-third ownership interest in a nondepository trust company, Community
Financial Services Group, LLC (“CFSG”) based in Newport, Vermont, which is held
indirectly through Community Financial Services Partners, LLC, ("Partners") a
Vermont limited liability company that owns 100% of the limited liability
company equity interests of CFSG. The Bank accounts for its
investment in Partners under the equity method of accounting. As of
December 31, 2007, the Company's investment in Partners amounted to $299,136
with income for 2007 of $108,009, compared to an investment of $170,427 as of
December 31, 2006 with income of $72,109 for 2006.
Note
9. Deposits
The
following is a maturity distribution of time certificates of deposit at December
31, 2007:
2008
|
|
$ |
159,243,480 |
|
2009
|
|
|
13,194,517 |
|
2010
|
|
|
4,235,293 |
|
2011
|
|
|
6,824,824 |
|
2012
|
|
|
1,638,689 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
185,136,803 |
|
Borrowings
from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLB) and Bank of America (BOA) as of
December 31 were as follows:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FHLB
term borrowing, 5.05% fixed rate, payable March 28, 2008
|
|
$ |
8,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Community
Investment Program borrowing, 7.57%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
fixed
rate, payable November 16, 2007
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
Community
Investment Program borrowing, 7.67%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
fixed
rate, payable November 16, 2012
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
8,010,000 |
|
|
|
40,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
Funds Purchased (FHLB), 4.10%
|
|
|
3,750,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Federal
Funds Purchased (BOA), 4.50%
|
|
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
5,750,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Borrowings
|
|
$ |
13,760,000 |
|
|
$ |
40,000 |
|
Principal
maturities of borrowed funds as of December 31, 2007 were as
follows:
2008
|
|
$ |
8,000,000 |
|
2012
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
$ |
8,010,000 |
|
The
Company maintains a $1,000,000 IDEAL Way Line of Credit with FHLB. As of
December 31, 2007 and 2006, there were no outstanding advances under this
line. Interest on these borrowings is at a rate determined daily by
FHLB and payable monthly.
Borrowings
from FHLB are secured by a blanket lien on qualified collateral consisting
primarily of loans with first mortgages secured by one to four family properties
and other qualified assets. Qualified collateral for these borrowings
approximated $105,766,000 and $110,574,000 as of December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
Under a
separate agreement, the Company has the authority to collateralize public unit
deposits, up to its available borrowing capacity, with letters of credit issued
by FHLB. As of December 31, 2007, the Company's potential borrowing
capacity was $79,331,867, reduced by outstanding advances. At
December 31, 2007, $63,500,000 in letters of credit was pledged as collateral
for these deposits. A fee is charged to the Company, quarterly, based
on the average daily balance outstanding at a rate of 20 basis
points. The average daily balance for the fourth quarter of 2007 was
$31,300,000.
Note
11. Junior Subordinated Debentures
On
October 31, 2007, the Company completed a $12,500,000 trust preferred securities
financing for the purpose of funding a portion of the merger consideration for
the LyndonBank acquisition. The trust preferred securities were
issued by a newly established subsidiary of the Company, CMTV Statutory Trust I
(the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory business trust, to a pooling vehicle
sponsored by FTN Financial Capital Markets and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods,
Inc. The Company owns all the common securities of the
Trust. The proceeds of the trust preferred and common securities
issuances were loaned to the Bank under junior subordinated debentures issued by
the Company to the Trust. The trust preferred securities, which
qualify as Tier I capital for regulatory purposes up to applicable regulatory
limits, bear a fixed rate of interest of 7.56% per year for the first five
years, followed by a floating rate, adjusted quarterly, equal to the three-month
London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 2.85% and are redeemable at par by
the Company in whole or in part after five years (December 15, 2012), or earlier
under certain circumstances, with a maturity date of December 15,
2037. Interest payments on the debentures for 2007 amounted to
$121,782, and are deductible for tax purposes.
Note
12. Repurchase Agreements
Securities
sold under agreements to repurchase amounted to $17,444,933 and $17,083,946 as
of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. These agreements are
collateralized by U. S. government sponsored enterprise securities and U. S.
Treasury notes with a book value of $23,203,854 and $20,022,304 and a fair value
of $23,295,051 and $19,667,030 at December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
The
average daily balance of these repurchase agreements approximated $13,824,571
and $15,687,663 during 2007 and 2006, respectively. The maximum
borrowings outstanding on these agreements at any month-end reporting period of
the Company were $17,444,933 and $17,536,357 in 2007 and 2006,
respectively. These repurchase agreements mature daily and carried a
weighted average interest rate of 2.20% during 2007, compared to 2.07% during
2006.
Note
13. Income Taxes
The
Company prepares its federal income tax return on a consolidated
basis. Federal income taxes are allocated to members of the
consolidated group based on taxable income.
Federal
income tax expense for the years ended December 31 was as follows:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently
paid or payable
|
|
$ |
701,836 |
|
|
$ |
757,963 |
|
Deferred
|
|
|
(33,081
|
) |
|
|
(28,349
|
) |
|
|
$ |
668,755 |
|
|
$ |
729,614 |
|
Total
income tax expense differed from the amounts computed at the statutory federal
income tax rate of 34 percent primarily due to the following for the years ended
December 31:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Computed
expected tax expense
|
|
$ |
1,368,869 |
|
|
$ |
1,395,721 |
|
Tax
exempt interest
|
|
|
(355,478
|
) |
|
|
(367,055
|
) |
Disallowed
interest
|
|
|
42,170 |
|
|
|
42,257 |
|
Partnership
tax credits
|
|
|
(390,965
|
) |
|
|
(345,522
|
) |
Other
|
|
|
4,159 |
|
|
|
4,213 |
|
|
|
$ |
668,755 |
|
|
$ |
729,614 |
|
The
deferred income tax (benefit) provision consisted of the following items for the
years ended December 31:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
$ |
(32,853
|
) |
|
$ |
(20,178
|
) |
Loan
fees
|
|
|
1,430 |
|
|
|
1,814 |
|
Mortgage
servicing
|
|
|
24,892 |
|
|
|
56,711 |
|
Deferred
compensation
|
|
|
(27,031
|
) |
|
|
(36,458
|
) |
Bad
debts
|
|
|
9,841 |
|
|
|
(26,735
|
) |
Non-accrual
loan interest
|
|
|
(7,869
|
) |
|
|
(8,661
|
) |
Other
|
|
|
(1,491
|
) |
|
|
5,158 |
|
|
|
$ |
(33,081
|
) |
|
$ |
(28,349
|
) |
Listed
below are the significant components of the net deferred tax (liability) asset
at December 31:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Components
of the deferred tax asset:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bad
debts
|
|
$ |
854,680 |
|
|
$ |
596,883 |
|
Nonaccrual
loan interest
|
|
|
41,163 |
|
|
|
11,003 |
|
Deferred
compensation
|
|
|
393,956 |
|
|
|
366,925 |
|
Contingent
liability – Mortgage Partnership Finance (MPF) program
|
|
|
31,167 |
|
|
|
31,167 |
|
Fair
value acquired securities available-for-sale
|
|
|
341,689 |
|
|
|
139,433 |
|
Accrued
stay on bonuses
|
|
|
44,098 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Alternative
minimum tax
|
|
|
59,031 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Other
|
|
|
127,411 |
|
|
|
68,268 |
|
Total
deferred tax asset
|
|
|
1,893,195 |
|
|
|
1,213,679 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Components
of the deferred tax liability:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
316,292 |
|
|
|
284,941 |
|
Limited
partnerships
|
|
|
255,280 |
|
|
|
255,280 |
|
Mortgage
servicing rights
|
|
|
403,518 |
|
|
|
378,627 |
|
Unrealized
gain on securities available-for-sale
|
|
|
57,290 |
|
|
|
139,433 |
|
Core
deposit intangibles
|
|
|
1,414,740 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Fair
value on acquired loans
|
|
|
265,656 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Fair
value on acquired deposits
|
|
|
238,680 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Other
|
|
|
2,436 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Total
deferred tax liability
|
|
|
2,953,892 |
|
|
|
918,848 |
|
Net
deferred tax (liability) asset
|
|
$ |
(1,060,697
|
) |
|
$ |
294,831 |
|
Accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America allow for the
recognition and measurement of deductible temporary differences (including
general valuation allowances) to the extent that it is more likely than not that
the deferred tax asset will be realized.
The net
deferred tax liability at December 31, 2007 is included in the caption “Other
Liabilities” and the net deferred tax asset at December 31, 2006 is included in
the caption "Other Assets" in the balance sheets.
Note
13. 401(k) and Profit-Sharing Plan
The
Company has a defined contribution plan covering all employees who meet certain
age and service requirements. Due to the fact that the plan is a
defined contribution plan, rather than a defined benefit plan, there is no
unfunded past service liability. The provisions for pension expense were
$411,668 and $448,784, for 2007 and 2006, respectively. These amounts represent
discretionary matching contributions of a portion of the voluntary employee
salary deferrals under the 401(k) plan and discretionary profit-sharing
contributions under the plan.
Note
14. Deferred Compensation and Supplemental Employee Retirement
Plans
The
Company maintains a directors’ deferred compensation plan and, prior to 2005, a
retirement plan for its directors. Participants are general creditors
of the Company with respect to these benefits. The benefits accrued
under these plans were $596,947 and $601,951 at December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively. Expenses associated with these plans were $35,997 and
$35,013, for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
The
Company also maintains a supplemental employee retirement plan for key employees
of the Company. Benefits accrued under this plan were $561,748 and
$477,241 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The expense
associated with this plan was $84,507 and $84,216 for the years ended December
31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
It was
anticipated that certain provisions of these plans would be amended during 2006
to ensure compliance with Internal Revenue Code section 409A; however, the
deadline was extended to December 2007, and has again been extended to December
2008, pending the issuance of final Internal Revenue Service
regulations. Such amendments are not expected to have any material
impact upon the Company's financial obligations under the plans.
The
former LyndonBank entered into Change in Control Agreements (“Agreements”) with
certain executive officers of LyndonBank. In accordance with the
Agreements, in the event of a change in control, as defined in the Agreements,
the executive officer shall be entitled to a termination payment equal to a
multiple of his/her average annual income from LyndonBank over the preceding
five taxable years. As a result of the acquisition by the Bank on
December 31, 2007, LyndonBank recorded a liability in the amount of
$744,000. The Company has assumed this liability.
Note
15. Financial Instruments with Off-Balance-Sheet Risk
The
Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the
normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers and to
reduce its own exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. These
financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, standby letters of
credit and financial guarantees, commitments to sell loans, and risk-sharing
commitments on certain sold loans. Such instruments involve, to
varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the
amount recognized in the balance sheet. The contract or notional
amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Company has
in particular classes of financial instruments.
The
Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other
party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and standby
letters of credit and financial guarantees written is represented by the
contractual notional amount of those instruments. The Company uses
the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it
does for on-balance-sheet instruments.
The
Company generally requires collateral or other security to support financial
instruments with credit risk. At December 31, the following financial
instruments were outstanding whose contract amount represents credit
risk:
|
|
Contract
or
|
|
|
|
--Notional
Amount--
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unused
portions of construction lines of credit
|
|
$ |
4,232,061 |
|
|
$ |
4,011,034 |
|
Unused
portions of home equity lines of credit
|
|
|
14,673,608 |
|
|
|
11,212,136 |
|
Other
commitments to extend credit
|
|
|
31,110,697 |
|
|
|
19,087,572 |
|
Standby
letters of credit and commercial letters of credit
|
|
|
580,400 |
|
|
|
1,004,200 |
|
Credit
card arrangements
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
9,086,665 |
|
MPF
credit enhancement obligation, net (See Note 16)
|
|
|
1,280,817 |
|
|
|
1,130,949 |
|
Commitments
to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no
violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments
generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may
require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire
without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily
represent future cash requirements. At December 31, 2007 and 2006,
the Company had binding loan commitments to sell residential mortgages at fixed
rates approximating $323,000 and $0, respectively, which are included in other
commitments to extend credit.
The
Company evaluates each customer's credit-worthiness on a case-by-case
basis. The amount of collateral obtained if deemed necessary by the
Company upon extension of credit is based on management's credit evaluation of
the counter-party. Collateral held varies but may include real estate, accounts
receivable, inventory, property, plant and equipment, and income-producing
commercial properties.
Standby
letters of credit and financial guarantees written are conditional commitments
issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third
party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support private
borrowing arrangements. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is
essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to
customers. The fair value of standby letters of credit has not been
included in the balance sheets as required by Financial Accounting Standards
Board Interpretation No. 45 as the fair value is immaterial.
In
connection with its trust preferred securities financing completed on October
31, 2007, the Company guaranteed the payment obligations under the Capital
Securities of its subsidiary, CMTV Statutory Trust I. The source of
funds for payments by the Trust on its Capital Securities is payments made by
the Company on its debentures issued to the Trust. The Company's
obligation under those debentures is fully reflected in the Company's balance
sheet, in the amount of $12,887,000 at December 31, 2007.
Note
16. Contingent Liability
The
Company sells 1-4 family residential loans under a program with FHLB, the
Mortgage Partnership Finance program (MPF). Under this program the
Company shares in the credit risk of each mortgage, while receiving fee income
in return. The Company is responsible for a Credit Enhancement
Obligation (CEO) based on the credit quality of these loans. FHLB
funds a First Loss Account (FLA) based on the Company's outstanding MPF mortgage
balances. This creates a laddered approach to sharing in any
losses. In the event of default, homeowner's equity and Private
Mortgage Insurance, if any, are the first sources of repayment; the FHLB's FLA
funds are then utilized, followed by the member's CEO, with the balance picked
up by FHLB. These loans meet specific underwriting standards of the
FHLB. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had $49,003,840
and $45,684,064, respectively, in loans sold through the MPF
program. The Company carries a contingent liability of $91,667 as of
December 31, 2007 and 2006, which is calculated on the same methodology used in
calculating its allowance for loan loss, adjusted to reflect the risk sharing
arrangements with the FHLB. The volume of loans sold to the MPF
program and the corresponding credit obligation continue to be closely monitored
by management. As of December 31, 2007, the notional amount of the
maximum contingent contractual liability related to this program was $1,372,484
compared to $1,222,616 as of December 31, 2006.
Note
17. Legal Contingencies
In the
normal course of business, the Company is involved in various claims and legal
proceedings. In the opinion of the Company's management, after
consulting with the Company's legal counsel, any liabilities resulting from such
proceedings are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's
financial statements.
Note
18. Transactions with Related Parties
The
Company has had, and may be expected to have in the future, banking transactions
in the ordinary course of business with directors, principal officers, their
immediate families and affiliated companies in which they are principal
shareholders (commonly referred to as related parties), all of which have been,
in the opinion of management, on the same terms, including interest rates and
collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with
others and which do not represent more than the normal risk of collectibility,
or present other unfavorable features.
Aggregate
loan transactions with related parties as of December 31 were as
follows:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
beginning
|
|
$ |
1,385,497 |
|
|
$ |
520,675 |
|
Loans
– New Directors
|
|
|
2,795,713 |
|
|
|
749,441 |
|
New
loans
|
|
|
500,741 |
|
|
|
784,933 |
|
Retirement
of Director
|
|
|
(306,883
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
Repayment*
|
|
|
(844,757
|
) |
|
|
(669,552
|
) |
Balance,
ending
|
|
$ |
3,530,311 |
|
|
$ |
1,385,497 |
|
*Includes
loan sold to secondary market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
deposits with related parties approximated $4,085,566 and $1,234,207 at December
31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The
Company leases approximately 1,466 square feet of condominium space in the state
office building on Main Street in Newport to its trust company affiliate,
CFSG. This is the location of CFSG’s principal
offices. CFSG also leases an office in the Company’s Barre
branch.
The
amount of rental income received from CFSG for the years ended December 31
was:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Newport
|
|
$ |
22,099 |
|
|
$ |
18,635 |
|
Barre
|
|
|
2,375 |
|
|
|
2,313 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
24,474 |
|
|
$ |
20,948 |
|
The
Company has utilized the services of CFSG as an investment advisor for the
401(k) plan since August 1, 2002. The Human Resources committee of
the Board of Directors is the Trustee of the plan, and CFSG is hired to provide
investment advice for the plan. CFSG also acts as custodian of the
retirement funds and makes investments on behalf of the plan and its
participants. The Company pays monthly management fees to CFSG based
on the market value of the total assets under management.
The
amount paid to CFSG for the years ended December 31 was:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management
fees
|
|
$ |
37,717 |
|
|
$ |
36,841 |
|
Note
19. Restrictions on Cash and Due From Banks
The
Company is required to maintain reserve balances in cash with the Federal
Reserve Bank. During the first quarter of 2007, the Company
implemented a process called “Deposit Reclassification” which allows the Bank to
reclassify certain balances of transactional accounts to non-transactional
accounts for the purposes of calculating the daily non-interest bearing cash
reserve balances required to be maintained at the Federal Reserve
Bank. As a result of this process, the Company is now required to
maintain reserve balances of not more than $500,000 or as little as $0 depending
on the reclassifications for the reporting period. The required
reserve balance using the new method was $0 on December 31, 2007, and under the
old method, the reserve balance as of December 31, 2006 was approximately
$3,024,000.
The
nature of the Company's business requires that it maintain amounts due from
correspondent banks that, at times, may exceed federally insured
limits. No losses have been experienced in these
accounts. The Company believes it is not exposed to any significant
risk with respect to these accounts. The Company was required to
maintain contracted clearing balances with other correspondent banks of $225,000
and $50,000 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Note
20. Regulatory Matters
The
Company (on a consolidated basis) and the Bank (Community National Bank) are
subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal
banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can
initiate certain mandatory - and possibly additional discretionary - actions by
regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the
Company's and the Bank's financial statements. Under capital adequacy
guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the
Company and the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve
quantitative measures of their assets, liabilities, and certain
off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices.
Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by
the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other
factors. Prompt corrective action provisions are not applicable to
bank holding companies.
Quantitative
measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the
Company and the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the
table below) of total and Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to
risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier 1 capital (as defined) to average
assets (as defined). Management believes, as of December 31, 2007,
that the Company and the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which
they are subject.
As of
December 31, 2007, the most recent notification from the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) categorized the Bank as well capitalized 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
table. There are no conditions or events since that notification that
management believes have changed the Bank's regulatory capital
categories.
As of
December 31, 2007, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation categorized the
former LyndonBank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt
corrective action.
The
Company's, the Bank's, and the former LyndonBank’s actual capital amounts (in
thousands) and ratios are also presented in the table.
|
|
|
|
|
Minimum
|
|
|
|
|
|
To
Be Well
|
|
|
|
Minimum
|
Capitalized
Under
|
|
|
|
For
Capital
|
Prompt
Corrective
|
|
|
|
Adequacy
Purposes:
|
Action
Provisions:
|
|
Actual
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As
of December 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated*
|
$36,975
|
15.48%
|
$19,104
|
8.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Community
National Bank
|
$48,506
|
20.41%
|
$19,013
|
8.0%
|
$23,766
|
10.0%
|
Former
LyndonBank
|
$13,536
|
12.94%
|
$ 8,365
|
8.0%
|
$10,457
|
10.0%
|
Tier
I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated*
|
$34,736
|
14.55%
|
$ 9,552
|
4.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Community
National Bank
|
$46,267
|
19.47%
|
$ 9,506
|
4.0%
|
$14,260
|
6.0%
|
Former
LyndonBank
|
$12,749
|
12.19%
|
$ 4,183
|
4.0%
|
$ 6,274
|
6.0%
|
Tier
I capital (to average assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated*
|
$34,736
|
9.40%
|
$14,785
|
4.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Community
National Bank
|
$46,267
|
12.54%
|
$14,752
|
4.0%
|
$18,440
|
5.0%
|
Former
LyndonBank
|
$12,749
|
8.26%
|
$ 6,153
|
4.0%
|
$ 7,691
|
5.0%
|
As
of December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
$33,270
|
14.10%
|
$18,879
|
8.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$33,047
|
14.01%
|
$18,872
|
8.0%
|
$23,590
|
10.0%
|
Tier
I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
$31,002
|
13.14%
|
$ 9,439
|
4.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$30,779
|
13.05%
|
$ 9,436
|
4.0%
|
$14,154
|
6.0%
|
Tier
I capital (to average assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
$31,002
|
8.59%
|
$14,434
|
4.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$30,779
|
8.53%
|
$14,430
|
4.0%
|
$18,038
|
5.0%
|
*Consolidated
refers to Community Bancorp. and Community National Bank before consolidation of
the former LyndonBank assets. The Federal Regulators approved the
filing of separate Call Reports for Community National Bank and the former
LyndonBank; therefore, numbers presented in the table above are as filed with
the applicable reporting agencies at December 31, 2007.
The
Company's ability to pay dividends to its shareholders is largely dependent on
the Bank's ability to pay dividends to the Company. The Bank is
restricted by law as to the amount of dividends that can be
paid. Dividends declared by national banks that exceed net income for
the current and preceding two years must be approved by the
OCC. Regardless of formal regulatory restrictions, the Bank may not
pay dividends that would result in its capital levels being reduced below the
minimum requirements shown above.
Note
21. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The
estimated fair values of the Company's financial instruments were as
follows:
|
|
December
31, 2007
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
20,273 |
|
|
$ |
20,273 |
|
|
$ |
19,467 |
|
|
$ |
19,467 |
|
Securities
held-to-maturity
|
|
|
34,311 |
|
|
|
34,273 |
|
|
|
21,070 |
|
|
|
21,301 |
|
Securities
available-for-sale
|
|
|
46,877 |
|
|
|
46,877 |
|
|
|
22,612 |
|
|
|
22,612 |
|
Restricted
equity securities
|
|
|
3,457 |
|
|
|
3,457 |
|
|
|
2,828 |
|
|
|
2,828 |
|
Loans
and loans held-for-sale, net
|
|
|
353,102 |
|
|
|
360,088 |
|
|
|
266,396 |
|
|
|
266,361 |
|
Accrued
interest receivable
|
|
|
2,304 |
|
|
|
2,304 |
|
|
|
1,667 |
|
|
|
1,667 |
|
Bank
owned life insurance
|
|
|
3,559 |
|
|
|
3,559 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits
|
|
|
416,220 |
|
|
|
411,718 |
|
|
|
300,988 |
|
|
|
299,670 |
|
Federal
funds purchased and other borrowed funds
|
|
|
13,760 |
|
|
|
13,762 |
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
Repurchase
agreements
|
|
|
17,445 |
|
|
|
17,445 |
|
|
|
17,084 |
|
|
|
17,072 |
|
Subordinated
debentures
|
|
|
12,887 |
|
|
|
12,242 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Capital
lease obligations
|
|
|
943 |
|
|
|
943 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Accrued
interest payable
|
|
|
291 |
|
|
|
291 |
|
|
|
345 |
|
|
|
345 |
|
The
estimated fair values of commitments to extend credit and letters of credit were
immaterial at December 31, 2007 and 2006.
Note
22. Condensed Financial Information (Parent Company
Only)
The
following financial statements are for Community Bancorp. (Parent Company Only),
and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of
Community Bancorp. and Subsidiary.
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. (PARENT COMPANY ONLY)
|
|
CONDENSED
BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
DECEMBER
31, 2007 AND 2006
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
739,883 |
|
|
$ |
635,250 |
|
Investment
in subsidiary - Community National Bank
|
|
|
46,451,386 |
|
|
|
30,507,941 |
|
Investment
in Capital Trust
|
|
|
387,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
754,680 |
|
|
|
85,732 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
48,332,949 |
|
|
$ |
31,228,923 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Junior
subordinated debentures
|
|
$ |
12,887,000 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Dividends
payable
|
|
|
525,589 |
|
|
|
498,112 |
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
13,412,589 |
|
|
|
498,112 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders'
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2007, 25
shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
issued
and outstanding at December 31, 2007 and no shares issued
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Common
stock - $2.50 par value; 10,000,000 and 6,000,000 shares
authorized
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
at
December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively; and 4,609,268 and
4,339,619
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
shares
issued at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively (including
16,408
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
15,222 shares issued February 1, 2008 and 2007,
respectively)
|
|
|
11,523,171 |
|
|
|
10,849,048 |
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
25,006,439 |
|
|
|
22,006,492 |
|
Retained
earnings (accumulated deficit)
|
|
|
(1,597,682
|
) |
|
|
760,667 |
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
|
111,209 |
|
|
|
(270,664
|
) |
Less
treasury stock, at cost (2007 - 210,101 shares; 2006 - 209,510
shares)
|
|
|
(2,622,777
|
) |
|
|
(2,614,732
|
) |
Total
shareholders' equity
|
|
|
34,920,360 |
|
|
|
30,730,811 |
|
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
|
$ |
48,332,949 |
|
|
$ |
31,228,923 |
|
The
investment in the subsidiary bank is carried under the equity method of
accounting. The investment and cash, which is on deposit with the
Bank, have been eliminated in consolidation.
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. (PARENT COMPANY ONLY)
|
|
CONDENSED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
|
|
Years
Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
on Capital Trust
|
|
$ |
3,657 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
on junior subordinated debentures
|
|
|
121,782 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
interest expense
|
|
|
(118,125
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank
subsidiary - Community National Bank
|
|
|
3,150,000 |
|
|
|
2,611,000 |
|
Other
dividend income
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
300 |
|
Total
revenues
|
|
|
3,150,000 |
|
|
|
2,611,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
non-interest income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain
on sale of stock
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
56,875 |
|
Total
non-interest income
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
56,875 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
and other
|
|
|
418,604 |
|
|
|
309,329 |
|
Total
expenses
|
|
|
418,604 |
|
|
|
309,329 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before applicable income tax and equity in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
undistributed
net income of subsidiary
|
|
|
2,613,271 |
|
|
|
2,358,846 |
|
Applicable
income tax benefit
|
|
|
182,488 |
|
|
|
85,732 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before equity in undistributed net income of subsidiary
|
|
|
2,795,759 |
|
|
|
2,444,578 |
|
Equity
in undistributed net income of subsidiary
|
|
|
561,571 |
|
|
|
930,870 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
3,357,330 |
|
|
$ |
3,375,448 |
|
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. (PARENT COMPANY ONLY)
|
|
CONDENSED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
Years
Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
3,357,330 |
|
|
$ |
3,375,448 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
provided
by operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
in undistributed net income of subsidiary
|
|
|
(561,571
|
) |
|
|
(930,870
|
) |
Net
gain on sale of investments
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(56,875
|
) |
Increase
in prepaid assets
|
|
|
(120,133
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
Increase
in income taxes receivable
|
|
|
(96,756
|
) |
|
|
(28,975
|
) |
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
2,578,870 |
|
|
|
2,358,728 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in subsidiary – Community National Bank
|
|
|
(15,000,000
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
Increase
in other assets
|
|
|
(452,060
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
Investment
in Capital Trust
|
|
|
(387,000
|
) |
|
|
0 |
|
Proceeds
from sale of investments available-for-sale
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
89,375 |
|
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
|
|
(15,839,060
|
) |
|
|
89,375 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from issuance of junior subordinated debentures
|
|
|
12,887,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Proceeds
from issuance of preferred stock
|
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
|
|
(8,045
|
) |
|
|
(11
|
) |
Dividends
paid
|
|
|
(2,014,132
|
) |
|
|
(1,926,809
|
) |
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
13,364,823 |
|
|
|
(1,926,820
|
) |
Net
increase in cash
|
|
|
104,633 |
|
|
|
521,283 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
|
|
|
635,250 |
|
|
|
113,967 |
|
Ending
|
|
$ |
739,883 |
|
|
$ |
635,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
RECEIVED FOR INCOME TAXES
|
|
$ |
85,732 |
|
|
$ |
56,757 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
PAID FOR INTEREST
|
|
$ |
121,782 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AND
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale
|
|
$ |
578,596 |
|
|
$ |
274,931 |
|
Dividends
paid:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
declared
|
|
$ |
2,894,359 |
|
|
$ |
2,780,764 |
|
Increase
in dividends payable attributable to dividends declared
|
|
|
(27,477
|
) |
|
|
(7,585
|
) |
Dividends
reinvested
|
|
|
(852,750
|
) |
|
|
(846,370
|
) |
|
|
$ |
2,014,132 |
|
|
$ |
1,926,809 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
dividend
|
|
$ |
2,821,320 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Note
23. Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
A summary
of financial data for the four quarters of 2007 and 2006 is presented
below:
COMMUNITY
BANCORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarters
in 2007 ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
June
30,
|
|
|
Sept.
30,
|
|
|
Dec.
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
$ |
5,259,958 |
|
|
$ |
5,362,011 |
|
|
$ |
5,424,004 |
|
|
$ |
5,646,966 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
1,993,189 |
|
|
|
2,012,453 |
|
|
|
2,100,145 |
|
|
|
2,385,345 |
|
Provision
for loan losses
|
|
|
37,500 |
|
|
|
37,500 |
|
|
|
47,500 |
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
Non-interest
income
|
|
|
703,346 |
|
|
|
894,482 |
|
|
|
1,110,358 |
|
|
|
739,626 |
|
Non-interest
expense
|
|
|
3,149,994 |
|
|
|
3,155,671 |
|
|
|
3,247,046 |
|
|
|
2,923,323 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
675,256 |
|
|
|
857,883 |
|
|
|
927,172 |
|
|
|
897,019 |
|
Earnings
per common share*
|
|
|
0.16 |
|
|
|
0.20 |
|
|
|
0.21 |
|
|
|
0.20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarters
in 2006 ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
June
30,
|
|
|
Sept.
30,
|
|
|
Dec.
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
$ |
4,874,446 |
|
|
$ |
5,188,141 |
|
|
$ |
5,293,321 |
|
|
$ |
5,619,936 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
1,616,977 |
|
|
|
1,847,419 |
|
|
|
2,078,793 |
|
|
|
2,159,899 |
|
Provision
for loan losses
|
|
|
37,500 |
|
|
|
37,500 |
|
|
|
37,500 |
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
Securities
gains
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
56,875 |
|
Non-interest
income
|
|
|
669,624 |
|
|
|
838,393 |
|
|
|
791,409 |
|
|
|
824,750 |
|
Non-interest
expense
|
|
|
3,113,226 |
|
|
|
3,120,224 |
|
|
|
3,061,570 |
|
|
|
2,859,350 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
665,942 |
|
|
|
832,100 |
|
|
|
764,064 |
|
|
|
1,113,342 |
|
Earnings
per common share*
|
|
|
0.16 |
|
|
|
0.19 |
|
|
|
0.18 |
|
|
|
0.25 |
|
*All per
share data for prior periods has been restated to reflect a 5% stock dividend
declared in June 2007.
Note
24. Other Income and Other Expenses
The
components of other income and other expenses which are in excess of one percent
of total revenues in either of the two years disclosed are as
follows:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
from sold loans, net of amortization
|
|
$ |
373,330 |
|
|
$ |
481,649 |
|
Income
from sale of credit card portfolio
|
|
|
257,836 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State
deposit tax
|
|
$ |
327,996 |
|
|
$ |
280,805 |
|
Loss
on limited partnerships
|
|
|
381,588 |
|
|
|
354,156 |
|
Note
25. Subsequent Event
Effective
December 12, 2007, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.17 per share
payable February 1, 2008 to shareholders of record as of January 15, 2008. This
dividend has been recorded as of the declaration date including shares issuable
under the DRIP plan.
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
For the
Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
The
Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations contains certain forward-looking statements about the
results of operations, financial condition and business of the Company and its
subsidiaries. When used therein, the words "believes," "expects,"
"anticipates," "intends," "estimates," "plans," "predicts," or similar
expressions, indicate that management of the Company is making forward-looking
statements.
Forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance. They necessarily
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Future results of the
Company may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking
statements. Examples of forward looking statements included in this
discussion include, but are not limited to, estimated contingent liability
related to assumptions made within the asset/liability management process,
management's expectations as to the future interest rate environment and the
Company's related liquidity level, credit risk expectations relating to the
Company's participation in the FHLB Mortgage Partnership Finance (MPF) program,
and management's general outlook for the future performance of the Company,
summarized below under "Overview". Although forward-looking
statements are based on management's current expectations and estimates, many of
the factors that could influence or determine actual results are unpredictable
and not within the Company's control. Readers are cautioned not to
place undo reliance on such statements as they speak only as of the date they
are made. The Company does not undertake, and disclaims any
obligation, to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect the
occurrence or anticipated occurrence of events or circumstances after the date
of this Report, except as required by applicable law. The Company
claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided
in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Factors
that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by
these forward-looking statements include, among others, the following
possibilities: (1) competitive pressures increase among financial service
providers in the Company's northern New England market area or in the financial
service industry generally, including competitive pressures from non-bank
financial service providers, from increasing consolidation and integration of
financial service providers, and from changes in technology and delivery
systems; (2) interest rates change in such a way as to reduce the Company's
margins; (3) general economic or monetary conditions, either nationally or
regionally, are less favorable than expected, resulting in a deterioration in
credit quality or a diminished demand for the Company's products and
services; (4) changes in laws or government rules, or the way in
which courts interpret those laws or rules, adversely affect the Company's
business; and (5) changes in federal or state tax policy.
OVERVIEW
On
December 31, 2007, the Company completed a merger with LyndonBank and
simultaneously sold the Vergennes branch of LyndonBank, located in Addison
County, to the National Bank of Middlebury. The balance sheet
information contained in this report reflects the consolidation of the balance
sheets of the two banks, less the assets and liabilities of the branch that was
sold. At year end, the Company’s pre-merger assets were $373,569,054
compared to total assets of $351,814,542 at December 31, 2006. The
merger resulted in total assets of $502,031,618. The assets and
liabilities acquired have been adjusted to fair value based on current appraised
values and resulted in $10,335,287 of Goodwill.
On
October 31, 2007, the Company completed a $12.5 million trust preferred
securities financing for the purpose of funding a portion of the merger
consideration for the LyndonBank acquisition. The trust preferred
securities were issued by a newly established subsidiary of the Company, CMTV
Statutory Trust I (the Trust), a Delaware statutory business trust, to a pooling
vehicle sponsored by FTN Financial Capital Markets and Keefe, Bruyette &
Woods, Inc. The proceeds of that sale were loaned to the Company
under junior subordinated debentures issued by the Company to the
Trust. The trust preferred securities, which qualify as Tier I
capital for regulatory purposes up to applicable regulatory limits, bear a fixed
rate of interest of 7.56% per year for the first five years, followed by a
floating rate, adjusted quarterly, equal to the three-month London Interbank
Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 2.85% and are redeemable at par by the Company in
whole or in part after five years, or earlier under certain
circumstances. Interest payments on the debentures are expected to be
deductible for tax purposes.
Additional
funding was generated by the issuance of 25 shares of fixed-to-floating rate
non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, without par value and with a
liquidation preference of $100,000 per share on December 27,
2007. The Company will pay non-cumulative cash dividends quarterly,
when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors. Dividends will
accrue at a fixed rate of 7.50% per annum for the first five years, followed by
a variable dividend rate at the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate in effect on the
first business day of each quarterly dividend period. For additional
information about the terms of the preferred stock refer to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 27, 2007 and filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December 31, 2007.
Earnings
information in this report is reflective of the Company’s activities prior to
the merger and do not include LyndonBank information. Earnings for
2007 were $3,357,330 or $0.77 per share compared to $3,375,448 or $0.79 per
share. The Company experienced a .5% decrease in net interest income
in 2007 compared to 2006 due to the declining interest rates. For the
first three quarters of 2007, short-term interest rates were higher than in
2006. The effect of the rate increase on short-term liabilities out
paced the effect on assets. Also contributing to the higher interest
expense was the interest paid on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, partially
off-set by the yield on the resulting earning assets.
Loan
activity during the first three quarters of 2007 was lower than in the previous
year from a lack of demand for commercial and residential real estate
loans. This decline reflects a nationwide pattern in the
banking industry due to an unsettled economy and the fall out of the sub-prime
lending activity. The Company has not offered any deeply
discounted adjustable rate mortgages, nor engaged in any other form of sub-prime
lending practices. Therefore, the Company should not be adversely
affected by the sub-prime lending fiasco beyond the weakened real estate
market. The recent 75 basis point decrease in the prime rate
has spurred some activity in demand from the commercial sector, however the
competition is fierce.
Non-interest
income includes a one time gain of $257,836 from the sale of the Company’s
credit card portfolio. This gain helped to offset the increase in
non-interest expenses. Most increases were normal increases in
the cost of doing business; however, contributing to the increase in expenses
was an increase in employee benefits due to increases in the cost of the
Company’s health insurance program and the consulting fees associated with the
implementation of Section 404 of Sarbanes
Oxley, which was completed by year end 2007.
The
following pages describe the financial results of our year in much more detail.
Please take the time to read them to more fully understand 2007 in relation to
other recent years. The discussion below should be read in
conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and
related notes. This report includes forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act").
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
The
Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared according to accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The
preparation of such financial statements requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities,
revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and related
notes. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has defined a
company’s critical accounting policies as the ones that are most important to
the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations,
and which require the Company to make its most difficult and subjective
judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are
inherently uncertain. Because of the significance of these estimates
and assumptions, there is a high likelihood that materially different amounts
would be reported for the Company under different conditions or using different
assumptions or estimates.
Management
evaluates on an ongoing basis its judgment as to which policies are considered
to be critical. Management believes that the calculation of the allowance for
loan losses (ALL) is a critical accounting policy that requires the most
significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated
financial statements. In estimating the ALL, management considers
historical experience as well as other factors including the effect of changes
in the local real estate market on collateral values, current economic
indicators and their probable impact on borrowers and changes in delinquent,
non-performing or impaired loans. Management’s estimates used in
calculating the ALL may increase or decrease based on changes in these factors,
which in turn will affect the amount of the Company’s provision for loan losses
charged against current period income. Actual results could differ
significantly from these estimates under different assumptions, judgments or
conditions.
Occasionally,
the Company acquires property in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction
of debt previously contracted. To determine the value of property
acquired in foreclosure, management often obtains independent appraisals for
significant properties. Because the extent of any recovery on these
loans depends largely on the amount the Company is able to realize upon
liquidation of the underlying collateral, the recovery of a substantial portion
of the carrying amount of foreclosed real estate is susceptible to changes in
local market conditions. The amount of the change that is reasonably
possible cannot be estimated. In addition, regulatory agencies, as an
integral part of their examination process, periodically review the Company’s
allowance for losses on loans and foreclosed real estate. Such
agencies may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowances based
on their judgments about information available to them at the time of their
examination.
Companies
are required to perform periodic reviews of individual securities in their
investment portfolios to determine whether decline in the value of a security is
other than temporary. A review of other-than-temporary impairment requires
companies to make certain judgments regarding the materiality of the decline,
its effect on the financial statements and the probability, extent and timing of
a valuation recovery and the company’s intent and ability to hold the security.
Pursuant to these requirements, management assesses valuation declines to
determine the extent to which such changes are attributable to fundamental
factors specific to the issuer, such as financial condition, business prospects
or other factors or market-related factors, such as interest rates. Declines in
the fair value of securities below their cost that are deemed to be other than
temporary are recorded in earnings as realized losses.
Under
current accounting rules, mortgage servicing rights associated with loans
originated and sold, where servicing is retained, are capitalized and included
in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet. Mortgage servicing rights are
amortized into non-interest income in proportion to, and over the period of,
estimated future net servicing income of the underlying financial assets.
Mortgage servicing rights are evaluated for impairment based upon the fair value
of the rights as compared to amortized cost. The value of capitalized servicing
rights represents the present value of the future servicing fees arising from
the right to service loans in the portfolio. The carrying value of the mortgage
servicing rights is periodically reviewed for impairment based on a
determination of fair value and impairment, if any, is recognized through a
valuation allowance and is recorded as amortization of other
assets. Critical accounting policies for mortgage servicing rights
relate to the initial valuation and subsequent impairment tests. The methodology
used to determine the valuation of mortgage servicing rights requires the
development and use of a number of estimates, including anticipated principal
amortization and prepayments of that principal balance. Events that may
significantly affect the estimates used are changes in interest rates and the
payment performance of the underlying loans. In conjunction with the
implementation of SFAS No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets-an
Amendment to FASB Statement No. 140”, the Company implemented changes to its
valuation analysis, through the guidance of a third party
provider. This accounting standard is discussed in more detail in the
section labeled “Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards” found at the
end of this narrative.
Accounting
for a business combination requires the application of the purchase method of
accounting. Under the purchase method, the Company is required to
record the net assets and liabilities acquired through the merger at fair market
value, with the excess of the purchase price over the fair market value of the
net assets recorded as goodwill and evaluated annually for
impairment. Management acknowledges the determination of fair value
requires the use of assumptions, including discount rates, changes in which
could significantly affect fair values.
Management
utilizes numerous techniques to estimate the carrying value of various assets
held by the Company, including, but not limited to, bank premises and equipment
and deferred taxes. The assumptions considered in making these estimates are
based on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed by
management to be reasonable under the circumstances. Management
acknowledges that the use of different estimates or assumptions could produce
different estimates of carrying values.
RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
This
section, which discusses the net income and average assets of the Company, does
not include any amounts for the recently acquired LyndonBank. Due to
an acquisition date of “After the close of business on December 31, 2007”, no
income was generated by LyndonBank for the Company, and average assets are not
affected for the year 2007.
The
Company’s net income of $3.36 million for the year ended December 31, 2007
represented a decrease of 0.5% from $3.38 million for 2006. A
decrease of $70,949 or 0.5% is noted in net interest income for 2007 compared to
2006. Non-interest income increased $323,636 or 10.4%, basically
offsetting the increase in non-interest expense of $321,664, by
2.7%. A decrease in income taxes, which is in line with the decrease
in net income, helped to offset a portion of the decrease in net interest
income, thereby accounting for the small decrease in net income for 2007
compared to 2006. Although a gain of $257,836 was recognized in 2007
through the sale of the Company’s credit card portfolio, increases are noted in
all components of non-interest expense, with the exception of
salaries. Furniture and equipment expenses, which include
depreciation and service contracts, increased $122,671, or 12.8%, loss on
limited partnerships, a component of other expenses, increased $27,432, or 7.7%,
and state deposit tax, also a component of other expenses, increased $47,191, or
16.8%. Earnings for 2007 and 2006 resulted in earnings per share of
$0.77 and $0.79, respectively. The Company’s average assets decreased
2.3% in 2007 resulting in total average assets of $345.9 million during 2007,
compared to average assets of $354.0 million during 2006. A decrease
of $11.5 million or 18.6% in average investment securities, which was partially
offset by an increase of $5.2 million in overnight deposits, accounts for most
of the decrease in average assets.
Return
on average assets (ROA), which is net income divided by average total assets,
measures how effectively a corporation uses its assets to produce
earnings. Return on average equity (ROE), which is net income divided
by average shareholders' equity, measures how effectively a corporation uses its
equity capital to produce earnings. The following table shows these
ratios, as well as other equity ratios, for each of the last two fiscal
years:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Return
on Average Assets
|
|
|
0.97 |
% |
|
|
0.95 |
% |
Return
on Average Equity
|
|
|
10.69 |
% |
|
|
11.35 |
% |
Dividend
Payout Ratio
|
|
|
87.01 |
% |
|
|
81.01 |
% |
Average
Equity to Average Assets Ratio
|
|
|
9.08 |
% |
|
|
8.40 |
% |
INTEREST INCOME VERSUS
INTEREST EXPENSE
The
largest component of the Company’s operating income is net interest income,
which is the difference between interest earned on loans and investments versus
the interest paid on deposits and other sources of funds (i.e. other
borrowings). The Company’s level of net interest income can fluctuate
over time due to changes in the level and mix of earning assets, and sources of
funds (volume) and from changes in the yield earned and costs of funds
(rate). Tables A and B below provide a visual comparison for each
period. A portion of the Company’s income from municipal investments
is not subject to income taxes. Because the proportion of tax-exempt
items in the Company's portfolio varies from period-to-period, to improve
comparability of information across periods, the non-taxable income shown in
tables A and B below has been converted to a tax equivalent
amount. Because the Company’s corporate tax rate is 34%, to equalize
tax-free and taxable income in the comparison, we must divide the tax-free
income by 66%, with the result that every tax-free dollar is equivalent to $1.52
in taxable income.
The
following table provides a reconciliation between net interest income presented
in the statement of income and the tax equivalent net interest income presented
in Table A below for the 12 month comparison periods of 2007 and
2006.
|
|
For
the year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
interest income as presented
|
|
$ |
13,202 |
|
|
$ |
13,273 |
|
Effect
of tax-exempt income
|
|
|
539 |
|
|
|
556 |
|
Net
interest income, tax equivalent
|
|
$ |
13,741 |
|
|
$ |
13,829 |
|
The
table below presents the following information for each of the last two fiscal
years: average earning assets (including non-accrual loans) and average
interest-bearing liabilities supporting earning assets; and tax equivalent
interest income and interest expense expressed both in dollars and as a
rate/yield.
Table
A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Income/
|
|
|
Rate/
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Income/
|
|
|
Rate/
|
|
|
|
Balance
|
|
|
Expense
|
|
|
Yield
|
|
|
Balance
|
|
|
Expense
|
|
|
Yield
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
|
|
Interest-Earning
Assets(1)
|
|
|
|
Loans
(2)
|
|
$ |
263,597 |
|
|
$ |
19,119 |
|
|
|
7.25 |
% |
|
$ |
263,901 |
|
|
$ |
18,471 |
|
|
|
7.00 |
% |
Taxable
Investment Securities
|
|
|
22,567 |
|
|
|
877 |
|
|
|
3.89 |
% |
|
|
30,174 |
|
|
|
1,082 |
|
|
|
3.59 |
% |
Tax-exempt
Investment Securities
|
|
|
25,384 |
|
|
|
1,584 |
|
|
|
6.24 |
% |
|
|
28,529 |
|
|
|
1,636 |
|
|
|
5.73 |
% |
Federal
Funds Sold
|
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4.55 |
% |
|
|
263 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
3.80 |
% |
Overnight
Deposits
|
|
|
8,215 |
|
|
|
479 |
|
|
|
5.83 |
% |
|
|
3,052 |
|
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
5.11 |
% |
Other
Investments
|
|
|
2,456 |
|
|
|
170 |
|
|
|
6.92 |
% |
|
|
3,161 |
|
|
|
177 |
|
|
|
5.60 |
% |
TOTAL
|
|
$ |
322,285 |
|
|
$ |
22,232 |
|
|
|
6.90 |
% |
|
$ |
329,080 |
|
|
$ |
21,532 |
|
|
|
6.54 |
% |
|
|
Interest-Bearing
Liabilities(1)
|
|
|
|
Savings
Deposits
|
|
$ |
39,005 |
|
|
$ |
136 |
|
|
|
0.35 |
% |
|
$ |
43,563 |
|
|
$ |
152 |
|
|
|
0.35 |
% |
NOW
and Money Market Funds
|
|
|
77,431 |
|
|
|
2,079 |
|
|
|
2.68 |
% |
|
|
80,348 |
|
|
|
1,698 |
|
|
|
2.11 |
% |
Time
Deposits
|
|
|
132,293 |
|
|
|
5,759 |
|
|
|
4.35 |
% |
|
|
121,691 |
|
|
|
4,835 |
|
|
|
3.97 |
% |
Other
Borrowed Funds
|
|
|
1,685 |
|
|
|
92 |
|
|
|
5.46 |
% |
|
|
13,236 |
|
|
|
693 |
|
|
|
5.24 |
% |
Junior
Subordinated Debentures
|
|
|
2,154 |
|
|
|
122 |
|
|
|
5.66 |
% |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
Repurchase
Agreements
|
|
|
13,825 |
|
|
|
303 |
|
|
|
2.19 |
% |
|
|
15,688 |
|
|
|
325 |
|
|
|
2.07 |
% |
TOTAL
|
|
$ |
266,393 |
|
|
$ |
8,491 |
|
|
|
3.19 |
% |
|
$ |
274,526 |
|
|
$ |
7,703 |
|
|
|
2.81 |
% |
|
|
Net
Interest Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
13,741 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
13,829 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Interest Spread(3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.71 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.73 |
% |
Interest
Margin(4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.26 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.20 |
% |
|
|
(1) Assets
and liabilities acquired from LyndonBank as of the close of business on
December 31, 2007 are not
|
|
included in average balance because there would be no impact on
yields.
|
|
(2) Included
in gross loans are non-accrual loans with an average balance of $822,354
for 2007 and
|
|
$1,070,518 for 2006.
|
|
(3) Net
interest spread is the difference between the yield on earning assets and
the rate paid on
|
|
interest-bearing liabilities.
|
|
(4) Interest
margin is net interest income divided by average earning
assets.
|
|
Interest
income from loans of $19.1 million accounts for approximately 86.0% of total
tax-equivalent interest income for 2007, compared to $18.5 million or 85.8% for
2006, with average yields of 7.25% and 7.00%, respectively. The average volume
of loans decreased $304 thousand, or 0.12% from 2006 to 2007, while the rate
earned on these assets increased 25 basis points from 2006 to
2007. Short-term rates increased from December 31, 2006 until the
beginning of the fourth quarter. The Company’s loans that are
contractually scheduled to reprice based on benchmarks such as Prime Rate,
increased according to their repricing schedule. This resulted in
higher interest income to the Company on the loans tied to short-term
indexes. Long-term rates however, did not increase
accordingly. The increase in short-term rates while long-term rates
remain low created an even flatter yield curve, putting pressure on the net
interest spread.
Interest
expense on time deposits represents approximately 67.8% of total interest
expense for 2007 compared to 62.8% for 2006, with average rates paid of 4.35%
and 3.97%, respectively. The average volume of certificates of
deposit (CD) increased $10.6 million, or 8.71%, and the yield increased 38 basis
points from 2006 to 2007. Decreases are noted in the average volume
of savings and NOW and money market funds. The increase in short term
market rates helped to boost CD rates to a level that is more attractive to the
consumer than other deposit accounts across the board. Maintaining a
positive spread continues to be a challenge as these deposit rates are driven
higher by short term market rates. The flattening yield curve
(short-term rates increasing faster than long-term rates) continues to delay the
benefits of the rising rates.
During
the first quarter of 2007, the Company implemented deposit reclassification as
an effort to increase spread income. Deposit reclassification allows banks
to reclassify certain balances of transactional accounts to non-transactional
accounts for the purposes of calculating the daily cash reserve balances
required to be maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank. As a result of
this process, management has seen a reduction in the Company’s daily reserve
requirement, which, at year-end 2006 was approximately $3.0 million compared to
$0 on December 31, 2007.
The
following table summarizes the variances in income for the years 2007and 2006
resulting from volume changes in assets and liabilities and fluctuations in
rates earned and paid. This table does not reflect the numbers for
the former LyndonBank.
Table
B
|
|
CHANGES
IN INTEREST INCOME AND INTEREST EXPENSE
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 vs. 2006
|
|
RATE
VOLUME
|
|
Variance
Due to(1)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Rate
|
|
|
Volume
|
|
|
Variance
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
Interest-Earning
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans(2)
|
|
$ |
670 |
|
|
$ |
( 22 |
) |
|
$ |
648 |
|
Taxable
Investment Securities
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
|
(296 |
) |
|
|
(205 |
) |
Tax-exempt
Investment Securities
|
|
|
144 |
|
|
|
(196 |
) |
|
|
(52 |
) |
Federal
Funds Sold
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
Overnight
Deposits
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
264 |
|
|
|
323 |
|
Other
Investments
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
(49 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
Total
Interest Earnings
|
|
$ |
1,008 |
|
|
$ |
(308 |
) |
|
$ |
700 |
|
|
|
Interest-Bearing
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Savings
Deposits
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
( 16 |
) |
|
$ |
( 16 |
) |
NOW
and Money Market Funds
|
|
|
459 |
|
|
|
(78 |
) |
|
|
381 |
|
Time
Deposits
|
|
|
503 |
|
|
|
421 |
|
|
|
924 |
|
Other
Borrowed Funds
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
(631 |
) |
|
|
(601 |
) |
Repurchase
Agreements
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
(22 |
) |
Junior
Subordinated Debentures
|
|
|
122 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
122 |
|
Total
Interest Expense
|
|
$ |
1,130 |
|
|
$ |
(345 |
) |
|
$ |
788 |
|
|
|
Change
in Net Interest Income
|
|
$ |
(125 |
) |
|
$ |
37 |
|
|
$ |
(88 |
) |
(1) Items
which have shown a year-to-year increase in volume have variances
allocated as follows:
|
|
Variance
due to rate = Change in rate x new volume
|
|
Variance
due to volume = Change in volume x old rate
|
Items
which have shown a year-to-year decrease in volume have variances
allocated as follows:
|
|
Variance
due to rate = Change in rate x old volume
|
|
Variance
due to volume = Change in volume x new rate
|
(2) Loans
are stated before deduction of unearned discount and allowance for loan
losses. Interest on
|
non-accrual
loans is excluded from income. The principal balances of
non-accrual loans are included
|
in
the calculation of the yield on
loans.
|
NON-INTEREST INCOME AND
NON-INTEREST EXPENSE
Non-interest Income: The
Company's non-interest income increased 10.4% to $3.4 million in 2007 from $3.1
million in 2006. Income from sold loans is the largest single item that
contributes to total non-interest income. Secondary market sales were
down in 2007 compared to 2006, and income generated through the sale and
servicing of these loans decreased $71,001, or 8.3% with income reported at
$781,460 for 2007, compared to $852,461 for 2006. Originations of
loans sold to the secondary market were $27.8 million in 2007 compare to $28.7
million in 2006. Although originations have declined over the last
few years, the Company still considers these figures to be
strong. The Company projects to continue to benefit from higher
servicing fee income from the record sales during that time period to help
offset lower income from loan sales to the secondary market during 2006 and
2007. Service fees increased $94,707, or 7.2% from 2006 to 2007 due
to increases in volume and related fees for ATM and debit card
transactions. A gain of $56,875 in 2006 for the sale of some stock
the Company held for a period of time is included in other income for
2006. The Company sold its credit card portfolio during the third
quarter of 2007, and reported a net gain of $257,836 before taxes, accounting
for a portion of the increase in non-interest income for 2007.
Non-interest Expense: The
Company's non-interest expense increased approximately 2.7% to $12.5 million
compared to $12.2 million for 2006. Salaries and wages reported
decreases of $37,000 or .81% for 2007 compared to 2006. Salaries and
wages decreased in 2007 due to attrition and consolidation of some positions as
well as reduced incentive payments. Employee benefits increased during the
comparison period due to increases in health benefits, with an increase of
$94,770, or 5.6% from 2006 to 2007. Occupancy expense increased
$123,081, or 5.6% from 2006 to 2007 due in part to an increase in depreciation
expense of $58,202, or 6.6%, and an increase in equipment expense, primarily
service contracts, of $72,311, or 16.1%.
Total
losses relating to various limited partnership investments constitute a generous
portion of other expenses. These losses amounted to $381,588 or 9.9%
of other expenses in 2007 and $354,156 or 9.5% in 2006. These investments
provide tax benefits, including tax credits in exchange for our participation in
low income housing projects throughout the Company's market area. The
Company amortizes its investments in these limited partnerships under the
effective yield method, resulting in the asset being amortized consistent with
the periods in which the Company receives the tax benefit.
Many
of the components of non-interest expense are estimated on a yearly basis and
accrued in monthly installments. In an attempt to present accurate figures on
the statement of income for any interim period, these expenses are reviewed
quarterly by senior management to ensure that monthly accruals are accurate, and
any necessary adjustments are made at that time.
APPLICABLE INCOME
TAXES
Provisions
for income taxes decreased 8.3% for 2007 versus 2006. The decrease in
earnings and the increase in tax credits are both contributing factors in the
decrease. Tax credits for the investments in the limited partnerships
mentioned above amounted to $390,965 in 2007 compared to $345,522 in
2006.
CHANGES IN FINANCIAL
CONDITION
The
Company had total average assets of $345.9 million during 2007 and $354.0
million during 2006, representing a 2.3% decrease in average
assets. Average earning assets decreased 2.1% with totals of $322.2
million during 2007 compared to $329.1 million during 2006. Overnight
deposits increased $5.2 million, which is due in part to the reclassification of
deposits indicated previously in the discussion and in the Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements. Little change is noted in the loan
portfolio, while the average volume of the investment portfolio decreased $11.5
million, or just over 18.0% during 2007 through maturities and calls within the
government bonds and agency portfolio.
Decreases
in average liabilities surpassed the decreases in average assets. A
decrease in total average interest-bearing liabilities of $10.3 million or 3.8%
was noted during 2007 compared to 2006. Average time deposits
increased $10.6 million, or 8.7%, while average NOW and money market accounts
decreased $2.9 million, or 3.6% and average savings accounts decreased $4.6
million, or 10.5%. The increase in short-term rates fueled
competition for Certificate of Deposit specials, thus the shift of money from
the non-maturing NOW and money market accounts and savings accounts to
Certificates of Deposits with more favorable rates and various maturity
options. The average volume of other borrowed funds decreased $11.6
million to an average volume of $1.7 million at the end of 2007 compared to
$13.2 million at the end of 2006. Loan growth in 2007 was funded by
the maturing investments, eliminating the need for borrowed funds, with the
remainder of the maturities being invested in overnight funds accounting for the
$5.2 million increase in those funds during 2007.
Repurchase
agreements ended the years of 2007 and 2006 at average volumes of $13.8 million
and $15.7 million, respectively, resulting in a decrease of $1.9 million or
11.9%. As required, securities from our investment portfolio are
pledged against these agreements with a book value of $16.0 million and $20.0
million, respectively, for year-end 2007 and 2006, and a fair value of $16.1
million and $19.7 million, respectively. These figures do not include the
repurchase agreements of the acquired LyndonBank amounting to $6.3 million on
December 31, 2007, and investments pledged against these agreements amounted to
an adjusted book and fair value of approximately $7 million. Before
consolidation, the Company was required to obtain fair values on certain assets
and liabilities of the former LyndonBank, and bring them on at fair
value. Repurchase agreements book value was deemed to be the fair
value; however securities book value was adjusted to fair value.
With
the acquisition of LyndonBank on December 31, 2007, the Company’s total assets
increased on that date approximately $128.5 million or 34.4%, with net loans
increasing $94.8 million or 36.8%, and the investment portfolio increased
approximately $24.5 million or 40.8%. Total deposits increased
approximately $110.1 million or 36.0%, with time deposits increasing $53.4
million or 40.6% and NOW and money market accounts increasing $29.7 million or
32.6%. These figures are actual dollars versus average volume
discussed in the paragraphs above in this section.
The
following table provides a visual comparison of the breakdown of average assets
and liabilities as well as average shareholders' equity for the comparison
periods, and is not reflective of the numbers for the acquired
LyndonBank.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
AVERAGE
ASSETS
|
|
Balance
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
Balance
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
Balance
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
Cash
and Due from Banks
|
|
|
|
Non-Interest
Bearing
|
|
$ |
7,004 |
|
|
|
2.02 |
% |
|
$ |
8,724 |
|
|
|
2.46 |
% |
|
$ |
8,618 |
|
|
|
2.53 |
% |
Overnight
Deposits
|
|
|
8,215 |
|
|
|
2.37 |
% |
|
|
3,052 |
|
|
|
0.86 |
% |
|
|
591 |
|
|
|
0.17 |
% |
Federal
Funds Sold
|
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
0.02 |
% |
|
|
263 |
|
|
|
0.07 |
% |
|
|
465 |
|
|
|
0.14 |
% |
Taxable
Investment Securities(1)
|
|
|
22,567 |
|
|
|
6.52 |
% |
|
|
30,174 |
|
|
|
8.53 |
% |
|
|
44,243 |
|
|
|
12.99 |
% |
Tax-exempt
Investment Securities(1)
|
|
|
25,384 |
|
|
|
7.34 |
% |
|
|
28,529 |
|
|
|
8.06 |
% |
|
|
32,092 |
|
|
|
9.42 |
% |
Other
Securities(1)
|
|
|
2,391 |
|
|
|
0.69 |
% |
|
|
3,161 |
|
|
|
0.89 |
% |
|
|
3,014 |
|
|
|
0.88 |
% |
Total
Investment Securities
|
|
|
50,342 |
|
|
|
14.55 |
% |
|
|
61,864 |
|
|
|
17.48 |
% |
|
|
79,349 |
|
|
|
23.29 |
% |
Gross
Loans
|
|
|
263,597 |
|
|
|
76.20 |
% |
|
|
263,901 |
|
|
|
74.55 |
% |
|
|
238,376 |
|
|
|
69.97 |
% |
Reserve
for Loan Losses and Accrued Fees
|
|
|
(2,852 |
) |
|
|
-0.82 |
% |
|
|
(2,923 |
) |
|
|
-0.83 |
% |
|
|
(2,892 |
) |
|
|
-0.85 |
% |
Premises
and Equipment
|
|
|
12,111 |
|
|
|
3.50 |
% |
|
|
11,876 |
|
|
|
3.36 |
% |
|
|
7,602 |
|
|
|
2.23 |
% |
Other
Real Estate Owned
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Stock
in Capital Trust
|
|
|
65 |
|
|
|
0.02 |
% |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Other
Assets
|
|
|
7,364 |
|
|
|
2.13 |
% |
|
|
7,238 |
|
|
|
2.05 |
% |
|
|
8,579 |
|
|
|
2.52 |
% |
Total
Average Assets
|
|
$ |
345,912 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
353,995 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
340,693 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AVERAGE
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand
Deposits
|
|
$ |
46,944 |
|
|
|
13.58 |
% |
|
$ |
46,964 |
|
|
|
13.27 |
% |
|
$ |
46,078 |
|
|
|
13.53 |
% |
Now
and Money Market Accounts
|
|
|
77,431 |
|
|
|
22.38 |
% |
|
|
80,348 |
|
|
|
22.70 |
% |
|
|
88,152 |
|
|
|
25.87 |
% |
Savings
Accounts
|
|
|
39,005 |
|
|
|
11.28 |
% |
|
|
43,563 |
|
|
|
12.30 |
% |
|
|
46,722 |
|
|
|
13.71 |
% |
Time
Deposits
|
|
|
132,293 |
|
|
|
38.24 |
% |
|
|
121,691 |
|
|
|
34.38 |
% |
|
|
99,042 |
|
|
|
29.07 |
% |
Total
Average Deposits
|
|
|
295,673 |
|
|
|
85.48 |
% |
|
|
292,566 |
|
|
|
82.65 |
% |
|
|
279,994 |
|
|
|
82.18 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Borrowed Funds
|
|
|
1,685 |
|
|
|
0.48 |
% |
|
|
13,236 |
|
|
|
3.74 |
% |
|
|
16,106 |
|
|
|
4.73 |
% |
Repurchase
Agreements
|
|
|
13,825 |
|
|
|
4.00 |
% |
|
|
15,688 |
|
|
|
4.43 |
% |
|
|
13,987 |
|
|
|
4.11 |
% |
Junior
Subordinated Debentures
|
|
|
2,154 |
|
|
|
0.62 |
% |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
Other
Liabilities
|
|
|
1,182 |
|
|
|
0.34 |
% |
|
|
2,780 |
|
|
|
0.78 |
% |
|
|
2,215 |
|
|
|
0.65 |
% |
Total
Average Liabilities
|
|
$ |
314,519 |
|
|
|
90.92 |
% |
|
$ |
324,270 |
|
|
|
91.60 |
% |
|
$ |
312,302 |
|
|
|
91.67 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AVERAGE
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
$ |
11,222 |
|
|
|
3.24 |
% |
|
$ |
10,783 |
|
|
|
3.05 |
% |
|
$ |
10,430 |
|
|
|
3.06 |
% |
Surplus
|
|
|
23,659 |
|
|
|
6.84 |
% |
|
|
21,663 |
|
|
|
6.12 |
% |
|
|
19,754 |
|
|
|
5.80 |
% |
Retained
Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)
|
|
|
(741 |
) |
|
|
-0.21 |
% |
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
0.08 |
% |
|
|
1,054 |
|
|
|
0.31 |
% |
Less:
Treasury Stock
|
|
|
(2,618 |
) |
|
|
-0.75 |
% |
|
|
(2,600 |
) |
|
|
-0.73 |
% |
|
|
(2,483 |
) |
|
|
-0.73 |
% |
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Loss (1)
|
|
|
(129 |
) |
|
|
-0.04 |
% |
|
|
(421 |
) |
|
|
-0.12 |
% |
|
|
(364 |
) |
|
|
-0.11 |
% |
Total
Average Shareholders' Equity
|
|
|
31,393 |
|
|
|
9.08 |
% |
|
|
29,725 |
|
|
|
8.40 |
% |
|
|
28,391 |
|
|
|
8.33 |
% |
Total
Average Liabilities and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders'
Equity
|
|
$ |
345,912 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
353,995 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
340,693 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
(1) In
accordance with FASB No. 115, securities classified as held to
maturity are carried at book value and securities
|
|
classified
as available for sale are carried at fair value with the unrealized gain
(loss), net of applicable income taxes,
|
|
reported
as a net amount in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The Company
does not carry, nor does it
|
|
intend
to carry, securities classified as trading.
|
|
RISK
MANAGEMENT
Interest Rate Risk and Asset and
Liability Management - Management actively monitors and manages its
interest rate risk exposure and attempts to structure the balance sheet to
maximize net interest income while controlling its exposure to interest rate
risk. The Company's Asset/Liability Management Committee (ALCO) is
made up of the Executive Officers and all the Vice Presidents of the
Bank. The ALCO formulates strategies to manage interest rate risk by
evaluating the impact on earnings and capital of such factors as current
interest rate forecasts and economic indicators, potential changes in such
forecasts and indicators, liquidity, and various business
strategies. The ALCO meets monthly to review financial statements,
liquidity levels, yields and spreads to better understand, measure, monitor and
control the Company’s interest rate risk. In the ALCO process, the
committee members apply policy limits set forth in the Asset Liability,
Liquidity and Investment policies approved by the Company’s Board of
Directors. The ALCO's methods for evaluating interest rate risk
include an analysis of the effects of interest rate changes on net interest
income and an analysis of the Company's interest rate sensitivity "gap", which
provides a static analysis of the maturity and repricing characteristics of the
entire balance sheet. In order to present the gap analysis for
December 31, 2007, the Company would be required to incorporate the interest
sensitive assets and liabilities of the acquired LyndonBank at fair value, by
the repricing/maturity timeframes presented in the gap analysis. This
information was not easily attainable in a timely manner, therefore, the gap
analysis for 2007 and 2006 are being omitted from this Annual Report for the
Company.
Interest
rate risk represents the sensitivity of earnings to changes in market interest
rates. As interest rates change, the interest income and expense
streams associated with the Company’s financial instruments also change, thereby
impacting net interest income (NII), the primary component of the Company’s
earnings. Fluctuations in interest rates can also have an impact on
liquidity. The ALCO uses an outside consultant to perform rate shock
simulations to the Company's net interest income, as well as a variety of other
analyses. It is the ALCO’s function to provide the assumptions used
in the modeling process. The ALCO utilizes the results of this
simulation model to quantify the estimated exposure of NII and liquidity to
sustained interest rate changes. The simulation model captures the
impact of changing interest rates on the interest income received and interest
expense paid on all interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities
reflected on the Company’s balance sheet. Furthermore, the model
simulates the balance sheet’s sensitivity to a prolonged flat rate environment.
All rate scenarios are simulated assuming a parallel shift of the yield curve;
however further simulations are performed utilizing a flattening yield curve as
well. This sensitivity analysis is compared to the ALCO policy limits which
specify a maximum tolerance level for NII exposure over a 1-year horizon,
assuming no balance sheet growth, given a 200 basis point (bp) shift upward and
a 200 bp shift downward in interest rates. The analysis also provides
a summary of the Company's liquidity position. Furthermore, the analysis
provides testing of the assumptions used in previous simulation models by
comparing the projected NII with actual NII. The asset/liability
simulation model provides management with an important tool for making sound
economic decisions regarding the balance sheet.
While
assumptions are developed based upon current economic and local market
conditions, the Company cannot provide any assurances as to the predictive
nature of these assumptions, including how customer preferences or competitor
influences might change.
The
following reflects the Company's NII sensitivity analysis over one-year and
two-year horizons, assuming a parallel shift of the yield curve as of December
31, 2007;
One
Year Horizon
|
Two
Year Horizon
|
Rate
Change
|
Percent
Change in NII
|
Rate
Change
|
Percent
Change in NII
|
|
|
|
|
Down
200 basis points
|
-5.89%
|
Down
200 basis points
|
-22.16%
|
Up
200 basis points
|
-0.60%
|
Up
200 basis points
|
-1.19%
|
The
preceding sensitivity analysis does not represent a Company forecast and should
not be relied upon as being indicative of expected operating results. These
hypothetical estimates are based upon numerous assumptions including, among
others, the nature and timing of interest rate levels, yield curve shape,
prepayments on loans and securities, deposit decay rates, pricing decisions on
loans and deposits, and reinvestment/replacement of asset and liability cash
flows. While assumptions are developed based upon current economic and local
market conditions, the Company cannot make any assurances as to the predictive
nature of these assumptions, including how customer preferences or competitor
influences might change.
Credit Risk - A primary
concern of management is to reduce the exposure to credit loss within the loan
portfolio. Management follows
established underwriting guidelines, and any exceptions to the policy must be
approved by a loan officer with higher authority than the loan officer
originating the loan. The adequacy of the loan loss coverage is
reviewed quarterly by the risk management committee of the Board of
Directors. This committee meets to discuss, among other matters,
potential exposures, historical loss experience, and overall economic
conditions. Existing or potential problems are noted and addressed by
senior management in order to assess the risk of probable loss or
delinquency. A variety of loans are reviewed periodically by an
independent firm in order to assure accuracy of the Company's internal risk
ratings and compliance with various internal policies and procedures, as well as
those set by the regulatory authorities. The Company also employs a
Credit Administration Officer whose duties include monitoring and reporting on
the status of the loan portfolio including delinquent and non-performing
loans. Credit risk may also arise from geographic concentration of
loans. While the Company’s loan portfolio is derived primarily from
its primary market area in northern Vermont, geographic concentration is
partially mitigated by the continued growth of the Company’s loan portfolio in
central Vermont, its newest market area.
The
following table reflects the composition of the Company's loan portfolio,
including loans held for sale and the loan portfolio of the acquired LyndonBank
at fair value, as of December 31,
COMPOSITION
OF LOAN PORTFOLIO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
%
OF
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
%
OF
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
%
OF
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
%
OF
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
%
OF
|
|
|
|
LOANS
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
LOANS
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
LOANS
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
LOANS
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
LOANS
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
Real
Estate Loans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction
& Land
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Development
|
|
$ |
12,896 |
|
|
|
3.62 |
% |
|
$ |
11,889 |
|
|
|
4.42 |
% |
|
$ |
13,931 |
|
|
|
5.52 |
% |
|
$ |
11,646 |
|
|
|
5.07 |
% |
|
$ |
8,929 |
|
|
|
4.32 |
% |
Farm
Land
|
|
|
9,646 |
|
|
|
2.70 |
% |
|
|
3,217 |
|
|
|
1.19 |
% |
|
|
2,870 |
|
|
|
1.14 |
% |
|
|
2,496 |
|
|
|
1.09 |
% |
|
|
2,783 |
|
|
|
1.35 |
% |
1-4
Family Residential
|
|
|
195,845 |
|
|
|
54.92 |
% |
|
|
157,008 |
|
|
|
58.30 |
% |
|
|
144,777 |
|
|
|
57.40 |
% |
|
|
127,555 |
|
|
|
55.55 |
% |
|
|
120,848 |
|
|
|
58.51 |
% |
Commercial
Real Estate
|
|
|
85,576 |
|
|
|
24.00 |
% |
|
|
54,236 |
|
|
|
20.14 |
% |
|
|
48,505 |
|
|
|
19.23 |
% |
|
|
43,610 |
|
|
|
18.99 |
% |
|
|
33,422 |
|
|
|
16.18 |
% |
Loans
to Finance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Agricultural
Production
|
|
|
2,431 |
|
|
|
0.68 |
% |
|
|
224 |
|
|
|
0.08 |
% |
|
|
214 |
|
|
|
0.09 |
% |
|
|
443 |
|
|
|
0.19 |
% |
|
|
529 |
|
|
|
0.26 |
% |
Commercial
& Industrial
|
|
|
31,258 |
|
|
|
8.77 |
% |
|
|
21,993 |
|
|
|
8.17 |
% |
|
|
20,049 |
|
|
|
7.95 |
% |
|
|
21,592 |
|
|
|
9.40 |
% |
|
|
16,951 |
|
|
|
8.21 |
% |
Consumer
Loans
|
|
|
18,461 |
|
|
|
5.18 |
% |
|
|
20,588 |
|
|
|
7.65 |
% |
|
|
21,296 |
|
|
|
8.44 |
% |
|
|
21,716 |
|
|
|
9.46 |
% |
|
|
22,517 |
|
|
|
10.90 |
% |
All
Other Loans
|
|
|
459 |
|
|
|
0.13 |
% |
|
|
141 |
|
|
|
0.05 |
% |
|
|
567 |
|
|
|
0.23 |
% |
|
|
575 |
|
|
|
0.25 |
% |
|
|
552 |
|
|
|
0.27 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
Loans
|
|
|
356,572 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
269,296 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
252,209 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
229,633 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
206,531 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
Less:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reserve
for Loan Losses
|
|
|
(3,026
|
) |
|
|
-0.85 |
% |
|
|
(2,268
|
) |
|
|
-0.84 |
% |
|
|
(2,189
|
) |
|
|
-0.87 |
% |
|
|
(2,153
|
) |
|
|
-0.94 |
% |
|
|
(2,199
|
) |
|
|
-1.06 |
% |
Unearned
Loan Fees
|
|
|
(443
|
) |
|
|
-0.12 |
% |
|
|
(632
|
) |
|
|
-0.24 |
% |
|
|
(684
|
) |
|
|
-0.27 |
% |
|
|
(764
|
) |
|
|
-0.33 |
% |
|
|
(805
|
) |
|
|
-0.39 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Loans
|
|
$ |
353,103 |
|
|
|
99.03 |
% |
|
$ |
266,396 |
|
|
|
98.92 |
% |
|
$ |
249,336 |
|
|
|
98.86 |
% |
|
$ |
226,716 |
|
|
|
98.73 |
% |
|
$ |
203,527 |
|
|
|
98.55 |
% |
The
following table shows the estimated maturity of the Company's commercial loan
portfolio as of December 31, 2007, including the acquired LyndonBank at fair
value.
|
|
Maturity
Schedule
|
|
|
|
Fixed Rate Loans
|
|
|
Variable Rate Loans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Within
|
|
|
|
1
- 5 |
|
|
After
|
|
|
|
|
|
Within
|
|
|
|
1
- 5 |
|
|
After
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
Year
|
|
|
Years
|
|
|
5
years
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
1
Year
|
|
|
Years
|
|
|
5
years
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Real
Estate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction
& Land Development
|
|
|
5,697 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
1,572 |
|
|
|
7,290 |
|
|
|
3,058 |
|
|
|
871 |
|
|
|
1,677 |
|
|
|
5,606 |
|
Secured
by Farm Land
|
|
|
440 |
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
3,713 |
|
|
|
4,319 |
|
|
|
2,949 |
|
|
|
1,203 |
|
|
|
1,175 |
|
|
|
5,327 |
|
Commercial
Real Estate
|
|
|
1,440 |
|
|
|
3,564 |
|
|
|
20,699 |
|
|
|
25,703 |
|
|
|
16,984 |
|
|
|
20,225 |
|
|
|
22,664 |
|
|
|
59,873 |
|
Loans
to Finance Agricultural Production
|
|
|
479 |
|
|
|
207 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
811 |
|
|
|
722 |
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
|
640 |
|
|
|
1,620 |
|
Commercial
& Industrial Loans
|
|
|
1,729 |
|
|
|
8,934 |
|
|
|
2,676 |
|
|
|
13,339 |
|
|
|
12,989 |
|
|
|
3,490 |
|
|
|
1,440 |
|
|
|
17,919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
9,785 |
|
|
|
12,892 |
|
|
|
28,785 |
|
|
|
51,462 |
|
|
|
36,702 |
|
|
|
26,047 |
|
|
|
27,596 |
|
|
|
90,345 |
|
Allowance for loan losses and
provisions - The Company continues to maintain an allowance for loan
losses at a level that management believes is appropriate to absorb losses
inherent in the loan portfolio. As of December 31, 2007, the Company maintained
a residential loan portfolio of $195.8 million and a commercial real estate
portfolio (including construction, land development and farm land loans) of
$108.1 million, together accounting for approximately 85% of the total loan
portfolio. The Company's commercial loan portfolio includes loans
that carry guarantees from government programs. At December 31, 2007,
the Company had $18.4 million in guaranteed loans, compared to $18.7 million at
December 31, 2006. This volume, together with the low historical loan
loss experience in these portfolios, helps to support the Company's basis for
loan loss coverage. Furthermore, the Company
is committed to a conservative lending philosophy and maintains high credit and
underwriting standards.
The loan
loss provision increased from $137,500 or .05% of average total loans in 2006 to
$147,500 or .06% of average total loans in 2007. Growth in the loan portfolio
was moderate, and levels of delinquency and non-accrual loans remained moderate.
This, in combination with the other factors noted above, in management’s view
warranted the slight decrease in the 2006 provision.
Net loan
losses increased for 2007, while decreases are noted 2006 and 2005 compared to
2004. The following table summarizes the Company's loan loss experience for each
of the last five years.
SUMMARY
OF LOAN LOSS EXPERIENCE
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
|
|
Loans
Outstanding End of Period
|
|
|
356,572 |
|
|
|
269,296 |
|
|
|
252,209 |
|
|
|
229,633 |
|
|
|
206,531 |
|
|
|
Average
Loans Outstanding During Period
|
|
|
263,597 |
|
|
|
263,901 |
|
|
|
238,376 |
|
|
|
212,460 |
|
|
|
205,237 |
|
|
|
Loan
Loss Reserve, Beginning of Period
|
|
|
2,268 |
|
|
|
2,189 |
|
|
|
2,153 |
|
|
|
2,199 |
|
|
|
2,156 |
|
|
|
Loans
Charged Off:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
Real Estate
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Commercial
Real Estate
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Commercial
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Consumer
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
185 |
|
Total
|
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
180 |
|
|
|
269 |
|
|
|
197 |
|
|
|
Recoveries:
|
|
Residential
Real Estate
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Commercial
Real Estate
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Commercial
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Consumer
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
58 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
110 |
|
Total
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
128 |
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
Net
Loans Charged Off
|
|
|
177 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
114 |
|
|
|
141 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
Provision
Charged to Income
|
|
|
148 |
|
|
|
138 |
|
|
|
150 |
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
Allowance
for loan loss of acquired bank*
|
|
|
787 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Loan
Loss Reserve, End of Period
|
|
|
3,026 |
|
|
|
2,268 |
|
|
|
2,189 |
|
|
|
2,153 |
|
|
|
2,199 |
|
|
|
Net
Losses as a Percent of Average Loans
|
|
|
0.07 |
% |
|
|
0.02 |
% |
|
|
0.05 |
% |
|
|
0.07 |
% |
|
|
0.04 |
% |
Provision Charged to Income as a
|
|
Percent
of Average Loans
|
|
|
0.06 |
% |
|
|
0.05 |
% |
|
|
0.06 |
% |
|
|
0.04 |
% |
|
|
0.06 |
% |
At
End of Period:
|
|
Loan
Loss Reserve as a Percent of
|
|
Outstanding
Loans
|
|
|
0.85 |
% |
|
|
0.84 |
% |
|
|
0.87 |
% |
|
|
0.94 |
% |
|
|
1.06 |
% |
|
|
*This
table does not include the loan loss experience for the acquired
LyndonBank.
|
|
A
comparison of non-performing assets reveals an increase of approximately $550
thousand or 59% for 2007 compared to 2006, and an increase of approximately $314
thousand or 51% for 2006 compared to 2005. The increase for 2007 is
attributable to the consolidation of non-performing assets of the recently
acquired LyndonBank, which include $12 thousand in commercial loans past due 90
days or more and $757 thousand in non-accrual loans. Non-performing
assets were made up of the following:
NON-PERFORMING
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
Accruing
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More:
|
|
Consumer
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Commercial
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Commercial
Real Estate
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Residential
Real Estate
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
113 |
|
|
|
169 |
|
|
|
137 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Total
Past Due 90 Days or More
|
|
|
138 |
|
|
|
205 |
|
|
|
177 |
|
|
|
194 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
Non-accrual
Loans
|
|
|
1,338 |
|
|
|
721 |
|
|
|
436 |
|
|
|
865 |
|
|
|
1,295 |
|
|
|
Total
Non-accrual, Past Due Loans
|
|
|
1,476 |
|
|
|
926 |
|
|
|
613 |
|
|
|
1,059 |
|
|
|
1,314 |
|
Other
Real Estate Owned
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
Total
Non Performing Loans
|
|
|
1,476 |
|
|
|
926 |
|
|
|
613 |
|
|
|
1,142 |
|
|
|
1,402 |
|
|
|
Percent
of Gross Loans
|
|
|
0.41 |
% |
|
|
0.34 |
% |
|
|
0.24 |
% |
|
|
0.50 |
% |
|
|
0.68 |
% |
Reserve
Coverage of Non performing Loans
|
|
|
205.02 |
% |
|
|
244.92 |
% |
|
|
357.10 |
% |
|
|
188.53 |
% |
|
|
156.85 |
% |
When
it is determined that future collection of interest and principal is doubtful, a
loan is placed in non-accrual status. At this point, the Company's
policy is to reverse the accrued interest against current income and to
discontinue the accrual of interest until the borrower clearly demonstrates the
ability to resume normal payments. Our portfolio of non-accrual loans
for the years ended 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003, is made up primarily of
residential real estate loans. Management does not anticipate any
substantial effect to future operations if any of these loans is
liquidated. Although interest on non-accrual loans is included in
income only to the extent received from the borrower, deferred taxes are
calculated monthly, based on the accrued interest of all non-accrual
loans. As of December 31st, for
each respective year, this accrued interest amounted to $55,507 for 2007,
$32,362 for 2006, $6,889 for 2005, $11,287 for 2004, and $107,073 for
2003. The decrease in accrued interest from 2003 to 2004 is
attributable to the change from non-accrual to accrual status, during the
two-year period, on loans that had been in the non-accrual portfolio for a
number of years.
The
Company is not committed to lend additional funds to debtors with impaired,
non-accrual or modified loans.
Specific
allocations are made in the allowance for loan losses in situations management
believes may represent a greater risk for loss. A portion of the
allowance is determined based on historical charge-offs, adjusted for
qualitative risk factors. A quarterly review of various qualitative
factors, including levels of, and trends in, delinquencies and non-accruals and
national and local economic trends and conditions, helps to ensure that areas
with potential risk are noted and coverage increased or decreased to reflect the
trends in delinquencies and non-accruals. In addition, a portion of
the allowance (termed "unallocated") is established to absorb inherent losses
that exist as of the valuation date although not specifically identified through
management's objective processes for estimated credit
losses. Residential mortgage loans make up the largest part of the
loan portfolio and have the lowest historical loss ratio, helping to alleviate
the overall risk. While the allowance is described as consisting of
separate allocated portions, the entire allowance is available to support loan
losses, regardless of category.
Allocation
of the allowance for loan losses, as well as the percent of loans in each
category to total loans as of December 31, follows:
December
31,
|
|
2007
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
Domestic
|
|
Residential
Real Estate
|
|
$ |
1,258 |
|
|
|
55 |
% |
|
$ |
1,055 |
|
|
|
58 |
% |
|
$ |
973 |
|
|
|
57 |
% |
|
$ |
725 |
|
|
|
56 |
% |
|
$ |
809 |
|
|
|
59 |
% |
Commercial
|
|
|
1,486 |
|
|
|
39 |
% |
|
|
956 |
|
|
|
34 |
% |
|
|
858 |
|
|
|
34 |
% |
|
|
936 |
|
|
|
35 |
% |
|
|
786 |
|
|
|
30 |
% |
Consumer
|
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
204 |
|
|
|
8 |
% |
|
|
229 |
|
|
|
9 |
% |
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
10 |
% |
|
|
325 |
|
|
|
11 |
% |
Unallocated
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
129 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
232 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
279 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
Total
|
|
$ |
3,026 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
2,268 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
2,189 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
2,153 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
2,199 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
(1) Includes
commercial loans secured by real estate, as well as unsecured commercial
loans and those
|
secured
by other types of collateral
|
Market Risk - In addition to
credit risk in the Company’s loan portfolio and liquidity risk, the Company’s
business activities also generate market risk. Market risk is the
risk of loss in a financial instrument arising from adverse changes in market
prices and rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices and equity
prices. The Company does not have any market risk sensitive
instruments acquired for trading purposes. The Company’s market risk
arises primarily from interest rate risk inherent in its lending and deposit
taking activities. Interest rate risk is directly related to the
different maturities and repricing characteristics of interest-bearing assets
and liabilities, as well as to loan prepayment risks, early withdrawal of time
deposits, and the fact that the speed and magnitude of responses to interest
rate changes vary by product. As discussed above under "Interest Rate
Risk and Asset and Liability Management", the Company actively monitors and
manages its interest rate risk through the ALCO process.
INVESTMENT
SECURITIES
The
Company maintains an investment portfolio of various securities to diversify its
revenues, as well as provide interest rate risk and credit risk diversification
and to provide for its liquidity and funding needs. The Company’s
portfolio of available-for-sale securities increased approximately $24.3 million
in 2007, from $22.6 million at December 31, 2006 to $46.9 million as of December
31, 2007. This increase is due primarily to the investments acquired
from the merger with LyndonBank, which totaled $23.5 million. The
Company’s held-to-maturity portfolio consisted of Obligations of State and
Political Subdivisions with a book value of $34.3 million as of December 31,
2007, compared to $21.1 million as of December 31, 2006. All of the
former LyndonBank’s investment portfolio was classified as
available-for-sale.
Accounting
standards require banks to recognize all appreciation or depreciation of
investments classified as either trading securities or available-for-sale either
through the income statement or on the balance sheet even though a gain or loss
has not been realized. Securities classified as "trading securities"
are marked to market with any gain or loss charged to income. The
Company's investment policy does not permit the holding of trading securities.
Securities classified as "held-to-maturity" are to be held at book
value. Securities classified as "available-for-sale" are marked to
market with any gain or loss after taxes charged to the equity portion of the
balance sheet. These figures amounted to an unrealized gain after
taxes of $111,209 at the end of 2007, compared to an unrealized loss after taxes
of $270,664 at the end of 2006. This change is due to the decreasing
interest rate environment. As rates decrease, bonds with lower
coupons increase in value in order to equalize the yield. Although
classified as available for sale, these bonds are short term and we anticipate
keeping them until maturity.
Some
of the Company’s investment portfolios have a "call" feature, meaning that the
issuer may call in the investment, before maturity, at predetermined call dates
and prices. Given the low rate environment, many of those investments
with call features were exercised during 2007 and 2006. In 2007, a
portion of these calls were replaced, while all the calls in 2006 were used to
fund loan growth.
The
Company's investment portfolios as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 were as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Gains
|
|
|
Losses
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
December
31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available-for-Sale
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.
S. Government sponsored enterprise securities
|
|
$ |
22,170 |
|
|
$ |
126 |
|
|
$ |
30 |
|
|
$ |
22,266 |
|
U.
S. Government securities
|
|
|
3,974 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
4,047 |
|
States
and political subdivisions
|
|
|
1,157 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
1,157 |
|
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
|
|
17,868 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
17,868 |
|
Preferred
stock
|
|
|
1,539 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
1,539 |
|
|
|
$ |
46,708 |
|
|
$ |
199 |
|
|
$ |
30 |
|
|
$ |
46,877 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Held-to-Maturity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
States
and political subdivisions
|
|
$ |
34,311 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
38 |
|
|
$ |
34,273 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted
Equity Securities
|
|
$ |
3,457 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
3,457 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
84.476 |
|
|
$ |
199 |
|
|
$ |
68 |
|
|
$ |
84.607 |
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available-for-Sale
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.
S. Government sponsored enterprise securities
|
|
$ |
19,030 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
382 |
|
|
$ |
18,648 |
|
U.
S. Government securities
|
|
|
3,992 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
3,964 |
|
|
|
$ |
23,022 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
415 |
|
|
$ |
22,612 |
|
|
|
Held-to-Maturity
|
|
States
and political subdivisions
|
|
$ |
21,070 |
|
|
$ |
231 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
21,301 |
|
|
|
Restricted
Equity Securities
|
|
$ |
2,828 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
2,828 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
46.920 |
|
|
$ |
236 |
|
|
$ |
415 |
|
|
$ |
46.741 |
|
Realized
gains from sales of investments available-for-sale were $0 in 2007 and $56,875
in 2006. Realized losses were $0 for both years. The gain
in 2006 occurred when Passumpsic Bancorp. acquired Siwooganock Holding Company
Inc. in a cash deal that resulted in a right to receive payment of $35.75 per
share. The Company held 2,500 shares, and was paid $56,875 for those
shares.
The
following is an analysis of the maturities and yields of the debt securities in
the Company's investment portfolio for each of the last three fiscal
years:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
Value
(1)
|
|
|
Rate
|
|
|
Value
(1)
|
|
|
Rate
|
|
|
Value
(1)
|
|
|
Rate
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
Available for Sale
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury & Agency Obligations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
within 1 year
|
|
$ |
9,978 |
|
|
|
6.16 |
% |
|
$ |
4,949 |
|
|
|
3.23 |
% |
|
$ |
10,939 |
|
|
|
2.92 |
% |
Due
after 1 year within 5 years
|
|
|
14,351 |
|
|
|
4.44 |
% |
|
|
17,663 |
|
|
|
3.75 |
% |
|
|
23,472 |
|
|
|
3.47 |
% |
Due
after 5 years within 10 years
|
|
|
1,984 |
|
|
|
5.06 |
% |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
1,006 |
|
|
|
5.31 |
% |
Total
|
|
$ |
26,313 |
|
|
|
5.14 |
% |
|
$ |
22,612 |
|
|
|
3.64 |
% |
|
$ |
35,417 |
|
|
|
3.35 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax-exempt
Municipals
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
after 10 years
|
|
$ |
1,157 |
|
|
|
5.19 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Total
|
|
$ |
1,157 |
|
|
|
5.19 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate
Bonds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
within 1 year
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
1,005 |
|
|
|
5.86 |
% |
Total
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
1,005 |
|
|
|
5.86 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mortgage
Backed Securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
after 10 years
|
|
$ |
15,766 |
|
|
|
4.80 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Total
|
|
$ |
15,766 |
|
|
|
4.80 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
5.86 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CMO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
after 5 years within 10 years
|
|
$ |
826 |
|
|
|
4.51 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Due
after 10 years
|
|
|
1,276 |
|
|
|
4.47 |
% |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Total
|
|
$ |
2,102 |
|
|
|
4.48 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted
Equity Securities
|
|
$ |
3,457 |
|
|
|
6.47 |
% |
|
$ |
2,828 |
|
|
|
5.76 |
% |
|
$ |
3,252 |
|
|
|
4.90 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock
|
|
$ |
1,539 |
|
|
|
8.43 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Held to Maturity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obligations
of State & Political Subdivisions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due
within 1 year
|
|
$ |
29,717 |
|
|
|
5.46 |
% |
|
$ |
17,254 |
|
|
|
5.40 |
% |
|
$ |
25,638 |
|
|
|
5.04 |
% |
Due
after 1 year within 5 years
|
|
|
1,699 |
|
|
|
6.42 |
% |
|
|
1,444 |
|
|
|
6.34 |
% |
|
|
1,409 |
|
|
|
5.73 |
% |
Due
after 5 years within 10 years
|
|
|
2,290 |
|
|
|
7.81 |
% |
|
|
1,744 |
|
|
|
7.42 |
% |
|
|
697 |
|
|
|
7.09 |
% |
Due
after 10 years
|
|
|
605 |
|
|
|
10.81 |
% |
|
|
628 |
|
|
|
10.88 |
% |
|
|
648 |
|
|
|
10.90 |
% |
Total
|
|
$ |
34,311 |
|
|
|
5.76 |
% |
|
$ |
21,070 |
|
|
|
5.79 |
% |
|
$ |
28,392 |
|
|
|
5.25 |
% |
(1)
Investments classified as available-for-sale are presented at fair
value, and investments classified as held-to-
|
maturity
are presented at book value.
|
(2) Income
on Obligations of State and Political Subdivisions is stated on a tax
equivalent basis assuming a 34
|
percent
tax rate.
|
BANK PREMISES AND
EQUIPMENT
Major
classes of bank premises and equipment and the total accumulated depreciation
and amortization are as follows:
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land
and land improvements
|
|
$ |
2,547 |
|
|
$ |
2,315 |
|
Buildings
and improvements
|
|
|
11,710 |
|
|
|
9,747 |
|
Furniture
and equipment
|
|
|
6,209 |
|
|
|
5,282 |
|
Leasehold
improvements
|
|
|
1,196 |
|
|
|
623 |
|
Capital
lease
|
|
|
928 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Other
prepaid assets
|
|
|
121 |
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
|
22,711 |
|
|
|
18,062 |
|
Less
accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(6,350
|
) |
|
|
(5,728
|
) |
|
|
$ |
16,361 |
|
|
$ |
12,334 |
|
The
Barre branch building was constructed on leased land under a twenty-year ground
lease. The lease included an option to purchase exercisable after the
6th year, with one-half of the annual rental previously paid applied to the
purchase price. During the third quarter of 2006, the Company
exercised its option to purchase the leased land.
The
Company’s most recent project, its operations center in Derby, was started in
October of 2004 and was completed during the first quarter of
2006. Major components include a three-lane drive up teller system;
the third lane being served by a 24 hour drive-up ATM, and a 19,000 square foot
addition to the main office. The cost of this project was
approximately $4.3 million.
Depreciation
included in occupancy and equipment expense amounted to $936,847 and $878,645,
for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The
Company leases seven of its fifteen locations, and they are the offices in
Island Pond, Barton, St. Johnsbury, and Montpelier, Vermont. Of the
six locations acquired through the recent merger with LyndonBank, three offices
are leased, and they are located in Lyndonville, St. Johnsbury and Morrisville,
Vermont. The Lyndonville and St. Johnsbury locations are capital
leases and require more sophisticated accounting than the other
leases. The leases for these seven locations expire in various years
through 2015 with options to renew.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH
OFF-BALANCE-SHEET RISK
The
Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the
normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its
customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend
credit, standby letters of credit and risk-sharing commitments on certain sold
loans. Such instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of
credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance
sheet. The contract or notional amounts of those instruments reflect
the extent of involvement the Company has in particular classes of financial
instruments. From December 31, 2006 to December 31, 2007, there has not been any
activity that has created any additional types of off-balance-sheet
risk.
The
Company generally requires collateral or other security to support financial
instruments with credit risk. The Company's financial instruments whose contract
amount represents credit risk as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 are as
follows:
|
|
Contract
or
|
|
|
|
----Notional
Amount----
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unused
portions of construction lines of credit
|
|
$ |
4,232 |
|
|
$ |
4,011 |
|
Unused
portions of home equity lines of credit
|
|
|
14,674 |
|
|
|
11,212 |
|
Other
commitments to extend credit
|
|
|
31,111 |
|
|
|
19,088 |
|
Standby
letters of credit and commercial letters of credit
|
|
|
580 |
|
|
|
1,004 |
|
Credit
card arrangements
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
9,087 |
|
MPF
credit enhancement obligation, net of liability recorded
|
|
|
1,281 |
|
|
|
1,131 |
|
Since
many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the
total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash
requirements. The Company sold its credit card portfolio during the
third quarter of 2007, thereby eliminating the unused portion of the credit card
portfolio from the table above. The recourse provision under the
terms of the sale is based on total lines, not balances
outstanding. Based on historical losses, the Company does not expect
any significant losses from this commitment.
In
connection with its trust preferred securities financing completed on October
31, 2007, the Company guaranteed the payment obligations under the Capital
Securities of its subsidiary, CMTV Statutory Trust I. The source of
funds for payments by the Trust on its Capital Securites is payments made by the
Company on its debentures issued to the Trust. The Company's
obligation under those debentures is fully reflected in the Company's balance
sheet, in the amount of $12.9 million at December 31, 2007.
EFFECTS OF
INFLATION
Rates
of inflation affect the reported financial condition and results of operations
of all industries, including the banking industry. The effect of
monetary inflation is generally magnified in bank financial and operating
statements because most of a bank's assets and liabilities are monetary in
nature and, as costs and prices rise, cash and credit demands of individuals and
businesses increase, while the purchasing power of net monetary assets
declines.
The
impact of inflation on the Company's financial results depends on management's
ability to react to changes in interest rates in order to reduce inflationary
effect on performance. Interest rates do not necessarily move in
conjunction with changes in the prices of other goods and services. As discussed
above, management seeks to manage the relationship between interest-sensitive
assets and liabilities in order to protect against significant interest rate
fluctuations, including those resulting from inflation.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL
RESOURCES
Managing
liquidity risk is essential to maintaining both depositor confidence and
stability in earnings. Liquidity management refers to the ability of
the Company to adequately cover fluctuations in assets and
liabilities. Meeting loan demand (assets) and covering the withdrawal
of deposit funds (liabilities) are two key components of the liquidity
management process. The Company’s principal sources of funds are
deposits, amortization and prepayment of loans and securities, maturities of
investment securities, sales of loans available for sale, and earnings and funds
provided from operations. Maintaining a relatively stable funding
base, which is achieved by diversifying funding sources, competitively pricing
deposit products, and extending the contractual maturity of liabilities, reduces
the Company’s exposure to roll over risk on deposits and limits reliance on
volatile short-term borrowed funds. Short-term funding needs arise
from declines in deposits or other funding sources and
funding
requirements for loan commitments. The Company’s strategy is to fund
assets to the maximum extent possible with core deposits that provide a sizable
source of relatively stable and low-cost funds.
The
Company has taken the approach of offering deposit specials at competitive
rates, in varying terms that fit within the balance sheet mix. The
strategy of offering specials is meant to provide a means to retain deposits
while not having to reprice the entire deposit portfolio.
The
Company has an unsecured Federal Funds line with the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Boston (FHLB) with an available balance of $1.0 million at December 31,
2007. Interest is chargeable at a rate determined daily approximately
25 basis points higher than the rate paid on federal funds
sold. Additional borrowing capacity of approximately $105.8 million
through the FHLB is secured by the Company's qualifying loan portfolio
(generally, residential mortgages).
As
of December 31, 2007, the Company had total advances of $8,010,000 against the
$105.8 million line, consisting of the following:
|
|
Annual
|
|
|
|
|
Principal
|
|
Purchase
Date
|
|
Rate
|
|
|
Maturity
Date
|
|
Balance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
28, 2007
|
|
|
5.05 |
% |
|
March
28, 2008
|
|
$ |
8,000,000 |
|
November
16, 1992
|
|
|
7.67 |
% |
|
November
16, 2012
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
Total
Long-term Advances
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
8,010,000 |
|
Under
a separate agreement, the Company has the authority to collateralize public unit
deposits up to its FHLB borrowing capacity ($105.8 million less outstanding
advances) with letters of credit issued by the FHLB. The Company
offers a Government Agency Account to the municipalities collateralized with
these letters of credit issued by FHLB. At December 31, 2007,
approximately $63.5 million was pledged as collateral for these
deposits. Interest is charged to the Company quarterly based on the
average daily balance outstanding at a rate of 20 basis points. As of
December 31, 2007, an average daily balance for the fourth quarter of
approximately $31.3 million was reported.
Total
cash dividends of $0.67 per common share were declared during 2007, representing
an increase of 4.69% over cash dividends of $0.64 declared during
2006. In December, 2007, the Company declared a $0.17 per common
share cash dividend, payable February 1, 2008 to shareholders of record as of
January 15, 2008, requiring the Company to accrue a liability of $745,140 for
this dividend in the fourth quarter of 2007. A 5% stock dividend was declared in
the second quarter of 2007, to be paid during the third quarter of 2007
resulting in a restatement of all per share data for all previous quarters and
years reported.
The
following table illustrates the changes in shareholders' equity from December
31, 2005 to December 31, 2006:
Balance
at December 31, 2006 (book value $7.09 per common share)
|
|
$ |
30,730,811 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
3,357,330 |
|
Issuance
of common stock
|
|
|
852,750 |
|
Issuance
of preferred stock
|
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
|
|
(8,045
|
) |
Total
dividends declared
|
|
|
(2,894,359
|
) |
Change
in unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of
tax
|
|
|
381,873 |
|
Balance
at December 31, 2007 (book value $7.94 per common share)
|
|
$ |
34,920,360 |
|
As
of December 31, 2007, of the 405,000 shares authorized for the stock buyback
plan announced in 2000 and extended in 2002, 178,890 shares had been
repurchased, leaving 226,110 shares available for repurchase. The
repurchase price paid for
these
shares ranged from $9.75 per share in May of 2000 to $16.50 per share in
September of 2005. There was no repurchase activity in 2007 under the
buyback plan. The last purchase was on December 23, 2005 in which
4,938 shares were repurchased at a price of $16.00 per share.
The
primary source of funds for the Company's payment of dividends to its
shareholders is dividends paid to the Company by the Bank. The Bank,
as a National Bank, is subject to the dividend restrictions set forth by the
Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC"). Under such restrictions, the
Bank may not, without the prior approval of the OCC, declare dividends in excess
of the sum of the current year's earnings (as defined) plus the retained
earnings (as defined) from the prior two years.
Quantitative
measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the
Company to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total and Tier 1 capital (as
defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier 1
capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined). Under current
guidelines, banks must maintain a risk-based capital ratio of 8.0%, of which at
least 4.0% must be in the form of core capital (as defined).
Regulators
have also established minimum capital ratio guidelines for FDIC-insured banks
under the prompt corrective action provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act, as amended. These minimums are risk-based capital ratio of 10.0%
and Tier 1 capital ratio of 6.0%. As of December 31, 2007, the
capital ratios of the Company’s Subsidiary were within the guidelines under the
regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.
The risk
based ratios of the Company and its subsidiary as of year end 2007 and 2006
exceeded regulatory guidelines and are presented in the table
below.
|
|
|
|
|
Minimum
|
|
|
|
|
|
To
Be Well
|
|
|
|
Minimum
|
Capitalized
Under
|
|
|
|
For
Capital
|
Prompt
Corrective
|
|
|
|
Adequacy
Purposes:
|
Action
Provisions:
|
|
Actual
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
Amount
|
Ratio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As
of December 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated*
|
$36,975
|
15.48%
|
$19,104
|
8.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Community
National Bank
|
$48,506
|
20.41%
|
$19,013
|
8.0%
|
$23,766
|
10.0%
|
Former
LyndonBank
|
$13,536
|
12.94%
|
$ 8,365
|
8.0%
|
$10,457
|
10.0%
|
Tier
I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated*
|
$34,736
|
14.55%
|
$ 9,552
|
4.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Community
National Bank
|
$46,267
|
19.47%
|
$ 9,506
|
4.0%
|
$14,260
|
6.0%
|
Former
LyndonBank
|
$12,749
|
12.19%
|
$ 4,183
|
4.0%
|
$ 6,274
|
6.0%
|
Tier
I capital (to average assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated*
|
$34,736
|
9.40%
|
$14,785
|
4.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Community
National Bank
|
$46,267
|
12.54%
|
$14,752
|
4.0%
|
$18,440
|
5.0%
|
Former
LyndonBank
|
$12,749
|
8.26%
|
$ 6,153
|
4.0%
|
$ 7,691
|
5.0%
|
As
of December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
$33,270
|
14.10%
|
$18,879
|
8.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$33,047
|
14.01%
|
$18,872
|
8.0%
|
$23,590
|
10.0%
|
Tier
I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
$31,002
|
13.14%
|
$ 9,439
|
4.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$30,779
|
13.05%
|
$ 9,436
|
4.0%
|
$14,154
|
6.0%
|
Tier
I capital (to average assets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
$31,002
|
8.59%
|
$14,434
|
4.0%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bank
|
$30,779
|
8.53%
|
$14,430
|
4.0%
|
$18,038
|
5.0%
|
*Consolidated
refers to Community Bancorp. and Community National Bank before consolidation of
the former LyndonBank assets. The Federal Regulators approved the
filing of separate Call Reports for Community National Bank and the former
LyndonBank, therefore numbers presented in the table above are as filed with the
applicable reporting agencies at December 31, 2007.
The
Company intends to continue the past policy of maintaining a strong capital
resource position to support its asset size and level of
operations. Consistent with that policy, management will continue to
anticipate the Company's future capital needs.
From
time to time the Company may make contributions to the capital of Community
National Bank. At present, regulatory authorities have made no demand
on the Company to make additional capital contributions.
IMPACT OF
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In March
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of
Financial Assets-an Amendment to FASB Statement No. 140”. SFAS No. 156 requires
mortgage servicing rights associated with loans originated and sold, where
servicing is retained, to be initially capitalized at fair value and
subsequently accounted for using the “fair value method” or the “amortization
method”. The Company is using the amortization method for subsequent reporting.
Mortgage servicing rights are evaluated for impairment based upon the fair value
of the rights as compared to amortized cost. The Company implemented changes to
its valuation analysis, with the assistance of a specialized valuation
consulting firm, during the first quarter of 2007. The model used to
value the mortgage servicing rights utilizes prepayment assumptions based on the
Bond Market Association prepayment survey. The discount rate applied
is at the lower end of the observed industry range. Other assumptions
include delinquency rates, servicing cost inflation, and annual unit loan
cost. All assumptions are adjusted periodically to reflect current
circumstances. SFAS No. 156 was effective January 1, 2007.
Implementation of SFAS No. 156 did not have a material effect on the financial
statements of the Company.
In July
2006, FASB issued Financial Accounting Standards Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN
48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 clarifies the
accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial
statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” FIN
48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the
financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or
expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on
derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim
periods, disclosures and transitions. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2006. FIN 48 did not have a material effect on the
financial condition and results of operations as the Company has not identified
any uncertain tax positions.
In
September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which
provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and
liabilities. This Statement defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles,
and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement
applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements, the Board having previously concluded in those accounting
pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement
attribute. Accordingly, this Statement does not require any new fair
value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and
interim periods within those fiscal years. Although SFAS No. 157 did
not have any impact on the financial statements of the Company in 2007, it could
impact the notes to the financial statements in the future.
In
February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities”, which gives entities the option to measure
eligible financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value on an
instrument by instrument basis. The election to use the fair value option is
available when an entity first recognizes a financial asset or financial
liability. Subsequent changes in fair value must be recorded in earnings. SFAS
No. 159 contains provisions to apply the fair value option to existing eligible
financial instruments at the date of adoption. This statement is effective as of
the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year after November 15, 2007, with
provisions for early adoption. The Company did not apply the fair
value option to any financial instruments; therefore, SFAS No. 159 has not had
any impact on the financial statements.
In
November 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 109, Written Loan Commitments Recorded at
Fair Value Through Earnings, in which the SEC Staff expresses its views
concerning written loan commitments accounted for as derivatives or at fair
value through earnings, as permitted by SFAS No. 159. It is the Staff's position
that expected net future cash flows from servicing a loan should be included in
the fair value measurement of a loan commitment when it qualifies for derivative
accounting under SFAS No. 133 , “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities”, or at fair value through earnings, as permitted by SFAS No.
159. Implementation of SAB No. 109 did not have a material effect on the
financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
Common
Stock Performance by Quarter*
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
First
|
|
|
Second
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
First
|
|
|
Second
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
Trade
Price
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
High
|
|
$ |
14.00 |
|
|
$ |
15.75 |
|
|
$ |
14.15 |
|
|
$ |
15.00 |
|
|
$ |
15.24 |
|
|
$ |
15.15 |
|
|
$ |
14.00 |
|
|
$ |
13.73 |
|
Low
|
|
$ |
12.95 |
|
|
$ |
13.20 |
|
|
$ |
13.50 |
|
|
$ |
13.50 |
|
|
$ |
13.82 |
|
|
$ |
11.88 |
|
|
$ |
12.11 |
|
|
$ |
12.45 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
First
|
|
|
Second
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
First
|
|
|
Second
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
Bid
Price
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
High
|
|
$ |
13.30 |
|
|
$ |
13.90 |
|
|
$ |
14.00 |
|
|
$ |
14.50 |
|
|
$ |
14.97 |
|
|
$ |
14.96 |
|
|
$ |
12.83 |
|
|
$ |
13.59 |
|
Low
|
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12.49 |
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11.88 |
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11.64 |
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0.16 |
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0.17 |
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0.17 |
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0.17 |
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0.16 |
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0.16 |
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*
There is no established public trading market for the Company's common
stock. Trade price and bid price information is based on high and low
trade and bid prices reported in the OTC Bulletin Board®
maintained by NASDAQ, and may not represent all trades effected during
the relevant periods. Per share prices have been restated to reflect a 5% stock
dividend declared during the second quarter of 2007.
As of
February 1, 2008, the Corporation's common stock ($2.50 par value) was owned by
approximately 944 shareholders of record.
Form
10-K
A copy of
the Form 10-K Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may be
obtained without charge upon written request to:
Stephen
P. Marsh, President & CEO
Community
Bancorp.
P.O. Box
259
Derby,
Vermont 05829
Shareholder
Services
For
shareholder services or information contact:
Chris
Bumps, Corporate Secretary
Community
Bancorp.
P.O. Box
259
Derby,
Vermont 05829
(802)
334-7915
Transfer
Agent:
Registrar
& Transfer Company
Attn:
Investors Relations Department
10
Commerce Drive
Cranford,
NJ 07016
(800)368-5948
info@rtco.com
www.rtco.com
Annual
Shareholders' Meeting
The 2008
Annual Shareholders' Meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m., June 10, 2008, at the
Elks Club in Derby. We hope to see many of our shareholders
there.
Additional
Information Regarding Community Bancorp. Stock
Although
there is no established public trading market in the Corporation's common stock,
several brokerage firms follow the stock and have executed trades in the stock
for their customers. Trading in the Corporation's stock, however, is
not active. You can contact these firms at the following
addresses:
Silverlake
Wealth Management
|
Winslow,
Evans & Crocker
|
A.G.
Edwards
|
Wachovia
Securities Financial Network
|
175
Federal Street
|
1184
Main Street, Suite 1
|
1795
Williston Road
|
Boston,
Massachusetts 02110
|
St.
Johnsbury, Vermont 05819
|
South
Burlington, VT 05403
|
(800)
556-8600
|
(800)
457-1002
|
(800)
235-0435
|
|
|
EX-21
3
subsidiaries2007.htm
SUBSIDIARIES OF COMMUNITY BANCORP.
subsidiaries2007.htm
Exhibit
21
Subsidiaries of the
Company
The
wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Bancorp. is Community National Bank, a
national banking association incorporated under the Banking Laws of The United
States. Community National Bank is considered to be a "significant
subsidiary" of Community Bancorp., within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of SEC
Regulation S-X.
The
unconsolidated subsidiary of Community Bancorp. is CMTV Statutory Trust I, a
Delaware statutory business trust.
EX-23
4
consentbdmp.htm
CONSENT FROM BERRY, DUNN, MCNEIL & PARKER
consentbdmp.htm
Exhibit
23
BERRY
.. DUNN . MCNEIL & PARKER
BDMP
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of
Community Bancorp. of our report dated March 31, 2008, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements included in the 2007 Annual Report to
Shareholders of Community Bancorp.
We also
consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-3 No. 333-127024) pertaining to the Community Bancorp. Dividend Reinvestment
Plan and in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-133631) pertaining to
the Community Bancorp. Retirement Savings Plan of our report dated March 31,
2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements incorporated herein
by reference of Community Bancorp. included in the Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2007.
/s/
Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker
Portland,
Maine
March 31,
2008
Vermont
Registration No. 92-0000278
EX-31.1
5
certification302spm.htm
CERTIFICATION STATEMENT FOR STEPHEN P. MARSH, PRESIDENT & CEO
certification302spm.htm
Exhibit
31.1
CERTIFICATION
I,
Stephen P. Marsh, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify
that:
1.
|
I have reviewed this annual
report on Form 10-K of Community Bancorp.;
|
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 the 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:
March 31, 2008
/s/ Stephen P.
Marsh
President
and Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.2
6
certification302lmb.htm
CERTIFICATION STATEMENT FOR LOUISE M. BONVECHIO, VICE PRESIDENT & CFO
certification302lmb.htm
Exhibit
31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Louise
M. Bonvechio, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, certify
that:
1.
|
I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Community
Bancorp.;
|
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 the 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:
March 31, 2008
/s/Louise M.
Bonvechio
Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-32.1
7
certification906spm.htm
SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION STATEMENT FOR STEPHEN P. MARSH, PRESIDENT & CEO
certification906spm.htm
Exhibit
32.1
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U. S. C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In
connection with the Annual Report of Community Bancorp. (the "Company") on Form
10-K for the period ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned Chief
Financial Officer of the Company hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that: 1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and 2) the information contained
in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods covered in
the Report.
A
signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Community Bancorp. and will be retained by Community Bancorp. and
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon
request.
/s/ Stephen P.
Marsh
Stephen
P. Marsh, President & Chief Executive Officer
March 31,
2007
EX-32.2
8
certification906lmb.htm
SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION STATEMENT FOR LOUISE M. BONVECHIO, VICE PRESIDENT & CFO
certification906lmb.htm
Exhibit
32.2
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U. S. C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In
connection with the Annual Report of Community Bancorp. (the "Company") on Form
10-K/A for the period ended December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned Chief
Executive Officer of the Company hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that: 1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and 2) the information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods
covered in the Report.
A
signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Community Bancorp. and will be retained by Community Bancorp. and
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon
request.
/s/ Louise M.
Bonvechio
Louise M.
Bonvechio, Vice President & CFO
March 31,
2007
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