0000718413-11-000036.txt : 20110328 0000718413-11-000036.hdr.sgml : 20110328 20110328140850 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000718413-11-000036 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 10 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110328 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110328 FILER: 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: 11714924 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 259 CITY: DERBY STATE: VT ZIP: 05829 BUSINESS PHONE: 8023347915 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: DERBY ROAD CITY: DERBY STATE: VT ZIP: 05829 10-K 1 form10k12312010.htm FORM 10-K FOR COMMUNITY BANCORP. form10k12312010.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, 2010

OR

[   ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from              to              

Commission File No. 000-16435

 
Vermont
03-0284070
(State of Incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
Address of Principal Executive Offices:  4811 US Route 5, Derby, Vermont  05829

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (802) 334-7915
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class
Name of each exchange on which registered
NONE
NONE

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)

Indicate 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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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company (X)

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, 2010 the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $40,881,161, based on a per share trade price of $10.00, as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board® on June 30, 2010.  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 4,627,607 shares outstanding of the issuer's class of common stock as of the close of business on March 28, 2011.


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2010 are incorporated by reference to Part I of this Report.
Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2010 are incorporated by reference to Part II of this report.
Portions of the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 17, 2011 are incorporated by reference to Part III of this report.


 
 

 


FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT
Table of Contents
     
PART I
 
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Item 1A
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Item 1B
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Item 2
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Item 3
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Item 4
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PART II
   
     
Item 5
 
 
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Item 6
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Item 7
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Item 7A
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Item 8
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Item 9
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Item 9A
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Item 9B
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PART III
   
     
Item 10
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Item 11
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Item 12
 
 
   Matters
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Item 13
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Item 14
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PART IV
   
     
Item 15
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PART I

Item 1.  The Business

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."   On December 31, 2007, the Company completed its acquisition of LyndonBank, a Vermont bank headquartered in Lyndonville, Vermont, in a cash merger transaction.  As a result of the merger, the Company added three office locations in Caledonia County and one office location in each of Orleans, Lamoille and Franklin Counties.

Community National Bank provides a broad range of retail banking services to the residents, businesses, and municipalities 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, ACH, wire transfer services, automatic teller machine (ATM) facilities, credit card services, 24 hour telephone banking, remote deposit and internet banking.  Additionally, the Bank maintains cash machines at 10 third party business locations in the counties of Orleans, Washington, Caledonia and Franklin.  The Company focuses on establishing and maintaining long-term relationships with customers and is committed to providing for the financial services needs of the communities it serves.  In particular, the Company continues to emphasize its relationships with individual customers and small-to-medium-sized businesses.  The Company actively evaluates the banking needs of its markets, including low- and moderate-income areas, and offers products that are responsive to the needs of its customer base.  The markets served by the Company provide a mix of real estate, commercial and industrial, municipal and consumer lending opportunities, as well as a stable core deposit base.  Additional information about our business, including the Company’s deposit-taking activities, lending activities and credit and risk management policies, is set forth under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained in the Annual Report to Shareholders for 2010 filed as Exhibit 13 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

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 fiduciary services throughout the market areas of the three owner financial institutions.

In 2007, the Company formed CMTV Statutory Trust I (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory business trust, for the purpose of issuing $12.5 million of trust preferred securities and lending the proceeds to the Company.  This funding provided a portion of the cash consideration paid by the Company in the acquisition of LyndonBank and provided additional regulatory capital.  The Trust is a variable interest entity for which the Company is not the primary beneficiary, as defined under applicable accounting standards.  Accordingly, the accounts of the Trust are not included in the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Competition

All of the Bank's offices are located in Vermont.  The Bank’s main office is located in Derby, in Orleans County.  In addition to its main office, the Bank has four other banking offices in Orleans County, one office in Essex County, four offices in Caledonia County, two offices in Washington County and one office each in Franklin and Lamoille Counties.  Its primary service area is in the Town of Derby and City of Newport, Vermont in Orleans County, with approximately 45% of its total deposits derived from the Company's Derby, Derby Line and Newport offices as of December 31, 2010.

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, People’s United Bank, FSB based in Bridgeport, Connecticut and TD Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion (based in Toronto, Ontario), based in Portland, Maine and Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  People’s United Bank (formerly Chittenden Bank) maintains a branch office in Newport, and TD Bank, 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 with a branch in Newport, 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, Union Bank based in Morrisville, TD Bank, N.A., Northern Lights Federal Credit Union, based in St. Johnsbury, Vermont State Employees Credit Union, based in Montpelier, Burlington-based Merchants Bank, the largest Vermont-based bank, and North Country Federal Credit Union.  In Washington County, the Bank competes with Merchants Bank, People’s United Bank and TD Bank, 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 Bank, N.A., People’s United Bank, Citizens Bank Vermont, Key Bank, Merchants Bank, and Union Bank.  In Lamoille County the Bank’s competitors are Union Bank, TD Bank, People’s United Bank and Merchants Bank.

Changes in the regulatory framework of the banking industry during the past decade 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, the internet and email. At the same time, technological changes have facilitated remote delivery of financial services by bank and nonbank competitors outside the context of a traditional branch bank network.

Competition from the tax-exempt credit union industry has also intensified.  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 in 2009 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.

In order to compete with other bank and non-bank service providers, the Company stresses the community orientation of its banking operations and relies to a large extent upon personal relationships established by its officers, directors and employees with their customers and on their strong ties to the local community.  In addition, management's knowledge of the local community assists it in tailoring the Company's products and services to meet the needs of its customer base.  Although competition is strong throughout the Company's market area, management believes that the Company can continue to compete effectively, in view of its local market knowledge and community ties and its understanding of customer needs.

Employees

As of December 31, 2010, the Company did not have any employees at the holding company level.  However, as of such date, the Bank employed 137 full-time employees and 19 part-time employees.  Management of the Bank considers its employee relations to be good.

Regulation and Supervision

Bank holding companies, banks and their affiliates are subject to extensive regulation under federal and state law.  The following discussion contains a general summary of certain significant statutory laws and regulations that affect the Company’s business.  The summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the particular statutes and regulations.

Recent Developments – Financial Regulatory Reform.  On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”).  The Dodd-Frank Act is extensive and complicated legislation that will have a long-lasting impact on practically all aspects of a banking organization.  It represents a comprehensive revision and restructuring of many aspects of financial services industry regulation.  Many of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act are designed to reduce systemic risk from large, complex “systemically significant” financial institutions, and thus do not apply to a smaller banking organization such as the Company.  Nevertheless, certain of its provisions do directly apply to the Company and others will indirectly impact its operations, as the Dodd-Frank Act reshapes the financial services environment for many years to come.

Among the changes and reforms of the Dodd-Frank Act are provisions:

·  
Granting new powers to the Federal Reserve to monitor the systemic safety of the financial system and to take proactive steps to reduce or eliminate threats, including imposing strict controls on large, systemically significant bank and non-bank financial holding companies;

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Establishing a new independent agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), with centralized responsibility for implementing and (with respect to large organizations) enforcing and examining compliance with federal consumer financial laws.  Although the CFPB will not have enforcement or examination authority over smaller banking organizations such as the Company, its regulatory standards and mandates will affect all financial service providers;

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Applying the same leverage and risk-based capital requirements that apply to insured depository institutions to most bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies and systemically important non-bank financial companies on a consolidated basis.  These changes will prohibit the use of additional trust preferred securities as Tier 1 capital, but the Company’s existing trust preferred securities are grandfathered;

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Requiring debit card interchange transaction fees charged by large financial institutions to be reasonable and proportional to the cost incurred by the issuer for the transaction and empowering the Federal Reserve to prescribe new regulations establishing such fee standards.  Although smaller institutions such as the Company are not subject to the interchange fee restrictions, it is likely that competitive pricing pressures in the marketplace will operate to make the restrictions applicable to them by default;

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Requiring public companies to periodically seek a “say on executive pay” vote of shareholders, and in some circumstances, a “say on golden parachute” vote of shareholders.  As a smaller reporting company, applicability of the say on executive pay vote requirement is delayed for two years;

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Allowing depository institutions to pay interest on demand deposits effective July 21, 2011;

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Eliminating the Office of Thrift Supervision and transferring its functions to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the primary regulator of the Company’s subsidiary bank;

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Establishing by statute the Federal Reserve’s “source of strength” doctrine mandating holding company financial support of subsidiary insured depository institutions;

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Eliminating state restrictions on de novo interstate branching;

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Establishing new requirements related to mortgage lending, including provisions relating to underwriting standards, disclosures, appraisals and escrows;

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Weakening federal preemption standards for national banks and federal savings associations and their operating subsidiaries;

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Providing permanent relief for smaller reporting companies, such as the Company, from the requirements for auditor attestation of management’s assessment of internal controls and their effectiveness; and

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Permanently increasing the FDIC’s standard maximum deposit insurance amount to $250,000; providing for unlimited FDIC insurance on non-interest bearing transaction accounts through December 31, 2012; and changing the FDIC insurance assessment base to assets rather than deposits; and increasing the reserve ratio for the deposit insurance fund to ensure the future strength of the fund.

Many of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, including certain of those described above, are subject to further rulemaking, study and discretion of regulatory bodies.  The Company will continue to monitor the impact of implementation of this significant legislation.
Bank Holding Company Act. 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”), 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 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 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 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 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.  Trust and investment management activities conducted through a nondepository trust company such as the Company's affiliate, CFSG, are also considered by the Federal Reserve to be permissible nonbanking activities that are closely related to banking.

Except for CFSG’s trust and investment management operations, the Company does not presently engage, directly or indirectly, in any other permissible non-banking activities.

A bank holding company must also obtain prior Federal Reserve 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 parent company quarterly 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 (“FDIA”), 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.

Bank Holding Company Consolidated Capital Requirements.  Under the Dodd-Frank Act and longstanding Federal Reserve policy, a bank holding company is expected to act as a source of financial strength to its subsidiary banks and to commit resources to support them.  In implementing this requirement, the Federal Reserve could require the Company to provide such support when the Company otherwise would not consider it advisable to do so.

The Company is subject to Federal Reserve’s risk-based capital requirements for assessing bank holding company capital adequacy. These standards define regulatory capital and establish minimum ratios in relation to assets, both on an aggregate basis and as adjusted for credit risks and off-balance sheet exposures.  Bank holding companies are required to maintain a minimum ratio of qualifying total capital to risk-weighted assets of 8%, of which one-half must be in the form of Tier 1 capital (as defined). The Federal Reserve also requires a minimum leverage ratio of Tier 1 capital to total average assets of 3% for strong bank holding companies, defined as those bank holding companies rated a composite “1” under the rating system used by the Federal Reserve. For all other bank holding companies, the minimum ratio of Tier 1 capital to total assets is 4.0 percent. Bank holding companies with supervisory, financial, operational, or managerial weaknesses, as well as those that are anticipating or experiencing significant growth, are expected to maintain capital ratios well above the minimum levels.

The Federal Reserve’s capital guidelines classify bank holding company capital into two categories. Tier 1 or “core capital” generally is defined as the sum of eligible core capital elements, less any amounts of goodwill and other items that are required to be deducted in accordance with the Federal Reserve capital guidelines. Eligible Tier 1 or core capital elements include qualifying common stockholders’ equity, qualifying preferred stock (such as the Company’s Series A preferred stock), and qualifying trust preferred securities (such as those of the Company), subject to certain limitations.  Tier 1 capital must represent at least 50% of a bank holding company’s qualifying total capital.  Eligible Tier 2, or “supplementary capital” includes the allowance for loan and lease losses (subject to limitations), preferred stock that does not qualify as Tier 1 capital, certain hybrid capital instruments, and certain subordinated and mandatory convertible debt securities.

The Federal Reserve capital guidelines limit the amount of restricted core elements that a bank holding company may include in Tier 1 capital. Until March 31, 2011, the aggregate amount of restricted core elements consisting of certain preferred stock and qualifying trust preferred securities that maybe included in Tier 1 capital is limited to 25%.  Effective March 31, 2011, the aggregate amount of all restricted core capital elements that may be included by a bank holding company as Tier 1 capital may not exceed 25% of the sum of all core capital elements, including restricted core capital elements, net of goodwill less any associated deferred tax liability.

The excess of restricted core capital not included in Tier 1 may generally be included in the Tier 2 capital calculation. However, after March 31, 2011, the aggregate of excess qualifying trust preferred securities and other excess restricted core capital elements that may be treated as Tier 2 capital is limited to 50% of Tier 1 capital. Amounts of these instruments in excess of this limit, although not included in Tier 2 capital, will be taken into account by the Federal Reserve in its overall assessment of a bank holding company’s funding and financial condition.

As of December 31, 2010, the Company had consolidated regulatory capital at the level required to be considered well capitalized.  As of such date, the Company had a total consolidated capital to risk-weighted assets ratio of 12.38%, a Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio of 11.32%, and a leverage ratio of 7.55%.

As noted above, the Dodd-Frank Act requires the Federal Reserve to establish minimum capital levels for bank holding companies on a consolidated basis that are as stringent as those required for insured depository institutions.  The components of Tier 1 capital will be restricted to capital instruments that are currently considered to be Tier 1 capital for insured depository institutions.  As an example, the proceeds of trust preferred securities will be excluded from Tier 1 capital unless such securities were issued prior to May 19, 2010 by bank holding companies with less than $15 billion of assets.  In accordance with this grandfather provision, the Company will be permitted to continue to include its trust preferred securities (issued in 2007) in its Tier 1 capital.  However, as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, in the future it will not be able to raise Tier 1 capital through the issuance of additional trust preferred securities.

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 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” or the “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 required management to undertake an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.  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.  The results of testing of these key controls in 2008 and 2009 were used by management to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.  Management's report on internal control over financial reporting is contained in Item 9A of this Report.  The Company has incurred, and expects to continue to incur, costs in connection with its on-going compliance with Section 404.

As enacted in 2002 and implemented by the SEC, Sarbanes-Oxley provided that, beginning with annual financial statements for 2010, the Company’s external auditors would be required to attest to, and report on, management’s assessment of the Company’s internal controls and the operating effectiveness of these controls.  As noted above, however, the Dodd-Frank Act included permanent relief from this requirement for smaller reporting companies such as the Company.
 
 
More information on the Company’s corporate governance practices, including committee charters, 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 continues to qualify as a smaller reporting company as of its last measurement date (June 30, 2010).  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 authorized interstate mergers and permitted 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 certain state law requirements.  As noted above, the Dodd-Frank Act effectively eliminated the remaining state law limitations on de novo interstate banking.  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.  As of December 31, 2010, the Company did not maintain any interstate branches.

Prompt Corrective Action.  Community National Bank is subject to regulatory capital requirements established under the Federal Deposit Insurance Company Improvement Act of 1991 ("FDICIA").  Among other things, FDICIA 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 to risk weighted assets of at least 6%, a total capital ratio to risk weighted assets 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 to risk weighted assets of at least 4%, a total capital ratio to risk weighted assets of at least 8% and a leverage ratio of at least 4%, or 3% in some cases.

As noted above, the Dodd-Frank Act mandates similar capital requirements for bank and thrift holding companies on a consolidated basis to those applicable to insured depository institutions under the Prompt Corrective Action provisions of FDICIA.

As of December 31, 2010, Community National Bank was considered "well capitalized" under FDICIA’s regulatory capital requirements.

Dividends.  The Company derives funds for payment of dividends to its shareholders primarily from dividends received from its subsidiary, Community National Bank. Under the National Bank Act, prior approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (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.

In February 2009, the Federal Reserve issued supervisory guidance on the payment of dividends and redemption and repurchases of stock by bank holding companies.  The guidance heightened expectations that a bank holding company will inform and consult with Federal Reserve supervisory staff in advance of declaring and paying any dividend that could raise safety and soundness concerns, such as a dividend exceeding current period earnings; redeeming or repurchasing regulatory capital instruments when the bank holding company is experiencing financial weaknesses; or redeeming or repurchasing common stock or perpetual preferred stock that would result in a net reduction in the amount of such equity instruments outstanding compared with the beginning of the quarter in which the redemption or repurchase occurred.  The guidance provides that a bank holding company should eliminate, defer or severely limit dividends if net income for the past four quarters is not sufficient to fully fund dividends; the prospective rate of earnings retention is not consistent with the holding company’s capital needs and overall current and prospective financial condition; or the holding company will not meet, or is in danger of not meeting, its minimum regulatory capital ratios.  The Company would be required in future periods to consult with, and obtain the approval of, the Federal Reserve for payment of any dividends, including regular quarterly cash dividends, that are in excess of earnings for the applicable quarterly period.  The Company maintained a dividend to earnings payout ratio in excess of 100% in recent prior years.  In light of the Federal Reserve's 2009 dividend guidance, as well as prevailing economic conditions and management's desire to focus on preservation and growth of capital, the Company reduced its dividend payout ratio during 2010 to 58.54%, down from 60.76% in 2009 and 147.83% in 2008.  Management does not expect dividend rates to return to the higher levels paid in recent prior years.

OCC Supervision. 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 complete statement of its financial condition and results of operations.

Deposit Insurance.  The deposits of the Bank are insured by the Deposit Insurance Fund (“DIF”) of the FDIC up to the limits set forth under applicable law and are subject to the deposit insurance premium assessments of the DIF.  The FDIC imposes a risk-based deposit premium assessments system, which was amended pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 (the “Reform Act”) and further amended by the Dodd-Frank Act.  Under this system, as amended, the assessment rates for an insured depository institution vary according to the level of risk incurred in its activities.  To arrive at an assessment rate for a banking institution, the FDIC places it in one of four risk categories determined by reference to its capital levels and supervisory ratings.  In addition, in the case of those institutions in the lowest risk category, the FDIC further determines its assessment rate based on certain specified financial ratios or, if applicable, its long-term debt ratings.  The assessment rate schedule can change form time to time, at the discretion of the FDIC, subject to certain limits.  On November 12, 2009, the FDIC adopted a rule requiring banks to prepay three years’ worth of premiums to replenish the depleted insurance fund.  The FDIC has published guidelines under the Reform Act on the adjustment of assessment rates for certain institutions.  Under the current system, premiums are assessed quarterly.  In addition, insured deposits have been required to pay a pro rata portion of the interest due on the obligations issued by the Financing Corporation (“FICO”) to fund the closing and disposal of failed thrift institutions by the Resolution Trust Corporation.

The Dodd-Frank Act changes the assessment formula for determinating deposit insurance premiums and modifies certain insurance coverage provisions of the FDIA.  Under the Dodd-Frank Act, the FDIC is directed to impose deposit insurance assessments based on total assets rather than total deposits, as well as making permanent the increase of deposit insurance to $250,000 and providing for full insurance of non-interest bearing transaction accounts for two years beginning December 31, 2010.  In December 2010, the FDIA was amended to include IOLTAs in the definition of non-interest bearing accounts for purposes of this temporary full deposit insurance provision.  The Federal Reserve is also directed to collect fees from systemically important companies to cover the costs associated with its supervisory and regulatory responsibilities with respect to such companies.  In February 2011, the FDIC adopted a final rule on the deposit insurance assessment system.  The rule is effective as of April 1, 2011 and revises the assessment system applicable to large banks to comply with Dodd-Frank and also includes a revised assessment rate process with the goal of differentiating insured depository institutions who pose greater risk to the DIF.  The first assessments under the new rule will be payable in the third quarter of 2011.

Brokered Deposits. Under FDICIA, an FDIC-insured bank is prohibited from accepting brokered deposits without prior approval of the FDIC 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 (PIN) making it possible to offer our customers insurance protection for their deposits in excess of FDIC limits.  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 also 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.  In June of 2010, the Company added Promontory’s Insured Cash Sweep account to the deposit-matching products available to customers through PIN.  The PIN 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.  The Company’s Asset, Liability and Funds Management Policy limits the use of brokered deposits to 5% of total assets.

As of December 31, 2010 the Company had approximately $1.3 million in CDARS deposits, of which $102,941 were one way deposits.  Under a rule change adopted by the FDIC in 2008, CDARS are considered brokered deposits, except that CDARS made on a matching funds basis by well capitalized, well managed depository institutions are not considered brokered deposits for purposes of establishing a depository institution’s risk-adjusted deposit assessment rate.

Financial Privacy.  Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (discussed above) all financial institutions, including the Company, are required to adopt privacy policies, restrict the sharing of nonpublic consumer customer data with nonaffiliated parties, and establish procedures and practices to protect customer data from unauthorized access.  The Company is also subject to similar, but more stringent, requirements under state law, including the Vermont Financial Privacy Act.  In addition, the Company is subject to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, including the amendments adopted in the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act).  The FACT Act includes many provisions concerning national credit reporting standards and permits consumers to opt out of information sharing among affiliated companies for marketing purposes.  It also requires financial institutions to notify their customers if they report negative information about them to a credit bureau or if they are granted credit terms less favorable than those generally available.  The Federal Reserve and the OCC have extensive rulemaking authority under the FACT Act and have promulgated rules implementing the Act, including rules limiting information sharing for affiliate marketing and rules requiring programs to identify, detect and mitigate certain identity theft red flags.  The Company is also subject to the requirements of the Vermont Fair Credit Reporting Act, which generally requires an individual's consent in order to obtain a credit report, and to data security standards and data breach notice requirements.

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 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 2008, 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.

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 2010, to the extent permissible under Regulation D, resulting in a reduction in required reserves compared to reserve levels in prior years.

Federal Home Loan Bank System.  Community National Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which consists of 12 regional Federal Home Loan Banks. The Federal Home Loan Bank provides a central credit facility primarily for member institutions. Member institutions are required to purchase and hold shares of capital stock in the applicable regional Federal Home Loan Bank (the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, in the case of Community National Bank), in an amount at least equal to the sum of 0.35% of the aggregate principal amount of its unpaid residential mortgage loans and similar obligations at the beginning of each year and 4.5% of its advances (borrowings) from the Federal Home Loan Bank. Community National Bank was in compliance with this requirement with an investment in Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBB) stock at December 31, 2010 of approximately $3.7 million. During 2009, the FHLBB experienced significant net operating losses, and as a result temporarily ceased paying dividends on its stock and instituted a moratorium on stock repurchases and redemptions.  As a member, the Bank is subject to future capital calls by the FHLBB in order to maintain compliance with its capital plan.  In February 2011, the FHLBB announced that it would resume paying dividends in 2011, but at a more modest rate than previous years.  However, the moratorium on stock redemptions remains in effect.

Executive Compensation Guidelines.  In October 2009, the Federal Reserve issued comprehensive guidance on executive compensation policies, intended to ensure that the incentive compensation practices of banking organizations do not undermine their safety and soundness by encouraging excessive risk-taking.  The guidance covers all employees that have the ability to affect materially an institution's risk profile, either individually or as part of a group, and establishes that incentive compensation arrangements should (1) provide incentives that do not encourage risk-taking beyond the institution's ability to identify and manage effectively; (2) be compatible with effective internal controls and risk management; and (3) be supported by strong corporate governance, including active and effective oversight by the board of directors.  The guidance instructed institutions to begin an immediate review of their incentive compensation policies to ensure that they do not encourage excessive risk-taking and implement corrective programs as needed.  Where deficiencies in incentive compensation arrangements exist, they must be immediately addressed.  For institutions such as the Company that are not "large, complex banking organizations" as defined in the guidance, the Federal Reserve will review the incentive compensation arrangements as part of its regular, risk-focused examination process and not in a separate examination.  These examinations will be tailored to the scope and complexity of the institution's activity and compensation arrangements.  The findings will be included in the Federal Reserve's examination report and deficiencies will be incorporated into the institution's supervisory ratings.  Enforcement actions may be taken against an institution if its incentive compensation arrangements, or related risk management control or governance processes, pose a risk to the institution's safety and soundness and the institution fails to take prompt and effective measures to correct the deficiencies.

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, in February 2011, the federal banking agencies issued a joint proposed rulemaking imposing various restrictions on incentive compensation arrangements for institutions with over $1 billion in assets.  Although not directly applicable to smaller institutions such as the Company, the proposal will likely help set “best practices” at financial institutions of all sizes.

Other Regulatory Initiatives.  In October 2008, following enactment of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department announced the implementation of the Capital Purchase Program ("CPP") to encourage financial institutions to build capital and increase the flow of financing to businesses and consumers and to support the U.S. economy.  Under the CPP, the Treasury Department made $250 billion of capital available to U.S. financial institutions in the form of senior preferred stock investments qualifying as Tier 1 capital.  The Company applied for and was approved to participate in the CPP.  However, after consideration of all relevant factors, including the Company's sound capital position and the regulatory risk of burdensome conditions being imposed on participants, the Company declined to participate in the CPP.

In addition to the statutes, regulations and regulatory initiatives described above, new legislation and regulations affecting financial institutions are frequently proposed.  If enacted or adopted, these measures could change banking statutes and the Company's operating environment in substantial and unpredictable ways and could further increase reporting and compliance requirements, governance structures and costs of doing business.  The Company cannot predict whether any such additional legislation or other regulatory initiatives will be adopted or the effect they may have on the Company's business, results of operations or financial condition.

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 meetings 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 through a link 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.
 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

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).

Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments

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 in Derby, Vermont.  All of the Bank’s offices are located in Vermont.  In addition to the main office in Derby, the Bank maintains branches in the Cities of Newport, Montpelier and Barre; the Towns of Barton, Troy, Lyndon, Enosburg, Morristown and St. Johnsbury, and the Villages of Island Pond, Derby Line, and Lyndonville.

The Bank's main offices are located on U.S. Route 5 in Derby, Vermont, with total office space of approximately 34,000 square feet, including 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.  This office is equipped with a remote drive-up facility and a drive-up ATM as well as an inside lobby ATM.

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 10 years.  This lease is currently under negotiation and is expected to renew.

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 is 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 town 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 and the Bank.

The second St. Johnsbury office is located on the southern end of Railroad Street, which consists of approximately 1,600 square feet.  The Company leases the building that 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 space is leased nearby at 99 State Street to accommodate a stand-alone drive-up ATM in a Kiosk building.

The Barre office is a two-story, 8,000 square foot building located at 316 North Main Street.  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 an office leased to CFSG and 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.  The building is approximately 6,200 square feet.  The first floor is used for customer services with one office leased by CFSG and 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 is a full service banking facility consisting 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 member of Community National Bank’s Caledonia County advisory board.  CFSG leases office space in this building as well.

The Bank owns a full service banking office in Enosburg consisting of approximately 3,056 square feet 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 located on Route 15 West in Morristown.  It is a one story building 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 was formerly a LyndonBank branch office.  The deposits and loans at that branch were consolidated with the Bank’s main office in Derby and the building is now vacant and being marketed for sale.  A purchase and sale agreement was executed during February, 2011, with a sale contemplated in the second quarter of 2011.

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings

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.  [Reserved]
 
PART II.

Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Information on the trading market in, market price of, and dividends paid on, the Company's common stock is incorporated by reference to the section of the Annual Report to Shareholders for 2010 under the caption “Common Stock Performance by Quarter” immediately following the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, filed as Exhibit 13 to this report.  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).
 
The following table provides information as to purchases of the Company’s common stock during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010, by the Company and by any affiliated purchaser (as defined in SEC Rule 10b-18):

                     
Maximum
 
                     
Number of Shares
 
               
Total Number of
   
That May Yet Be
 
   
Total Number
         
Shares Purchased
   
Purchased Under
 
   
of Shares
   
Average Price
   
as Part of Publicly
   
the Plan at the
 
For the month ended:
 
Purchased(1)(2)
   
Paid Per Share
   
Announced Plan
   
End of the Period
 
                         
October 1 - October 31
    2,260     $ 8.19       N/A       N/A  
November 1 - November 30
    310     $ 8.00       N/A       N/A  
December 1 - December 31
    1,915     $ 7.77       N/A       N/A  
     Total
    4,485     $ 8.00       N/A       N/A  

(1)  All 4,485 shares were purchased for the account of participants invested in the Company Stock Fund under the Company’s Retirement Savings Plan by or on behalf of the Plan Trustee, the Human Resources Committee of Community National Bank.  Such share purchases were facilitated through Community Financial Services Group, LLC (“CFSG”), which provides certain custodial and investment advisory services to the Plan.  Both the Plan Trustee and CFSG may be considered affiliates of the Company under Rule 10b-18.

(2)  Shares purchased during the period do not include fractional shares repurchased from time to time in connection with the participant's election to discontinue participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

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).
 
Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Incorporated by reference to the section of the Annual Report to Shareholders for 2010 under the caption "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," immediately following the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements”, filed as Exhibit 13 to this report.

Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Incorporated by reference to the subsection labeled "Risk Management" of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contained in the Annual Report to Shareholders for 2010, filed as Exhibit 13 to this report.

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

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 2010, 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.

Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None

Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures

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, 2010, 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, 2010 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, 2010, 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, 2010, 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, 2010, its system of internal control over financial reporting met those criteria and is effective.

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 is not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to permanent relief accorded to smaller reporting companies in the Dodd-Frank Act.

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, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B.  Other Information

Not Applicable

PART III.

Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The following is incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 17, 2011.

Listing of the names, ages, principal occupations, business experience and specific qualifications 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 changes in the Company’s procedures for submission of director nominations by shareholders under the caption “SHAREHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND OTHER PROPOSALS.”
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.  There were no waivers of any provision of the Code during 2010.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation

The following is incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 17, 2011:

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."
Information regarding management interlocks and certain transactions under the caption "CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation."

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The following is incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 17, 2011:

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.


Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The following is incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 17, 2011:

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 May 17, 2011 under the caption "ARTICLE 3- 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 Form 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.

Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(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 the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, filed as Exhibit 13 to this report.

(b)  Exhibits

The following exhibits, previously filed with the Commission, are incorporated by reference:

Exhibit 3(i) - Amended and Restated Articles of Association, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form 8-K Report filed on July 12, 2010.
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 Form 8-K Report filed on December 31, 2007.
Exhibit 3(iii) - Amended and Restated By-laws of Community Bancorp. as amended and restated through February 8, 2011, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K Report filed on February 14, 2011.
Exhibit 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 Form 8-K Report filed on November 2, 2007.
Exhibit 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 Form 8-K Report filed on November 2, 2007.
Exhibit 10(i)* - Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K Report filed on December 15, 2008.
Exhibit 10(ii)* - Amended and Restated Supplemental Retirement Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K Report filed on December 15, 2008.
Exhibit 10(iii)* - Amended and Restated Officer Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K Report filed on February 14, 2011.
Exhibit 10(iv)* - Description of the Directors Retirement Plan, filed as Exhibit 10(iv) to the Company's Form 10-K Report filed on March 30, 2005; plan terminated in 2005 with respect to future accruals, as disclosed in the Company's Form 8-K Report filed on December 19, 2005.
Exhibit 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 Form 8-K Report filed on November 2, 2007.
Exhibit 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 Form 8-K Report filed on November 2, 2007.
Exhibit 14 – Amended Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers and the Principal Executive Officer, filed as Exhibit 14 to the Company’s Form 8-K Report on July 12, 2010.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:**
Exhibit 13 - Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders of Community Bancorp. for 2010, specifically incorporated by reference into this report.
Exhibit 21 - Subsidiaries of Community Bancorp.
Exhibit 23 - Consent of Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker
Exhibit 31(i) - Certification from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 31(ii) - Certification from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 32(i) - Certification from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 32(ii) - 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.
** Exhibit 12 (Statement re Computation of Ratios) 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).

 
 

 

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.

COMMUNITY BANCORP.

BY: /s/ Stephen P. Marsh              
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
   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
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
   Stephen P. Marsh, President
   
    and Chief Executive Officer
   
BY: /s/ Louise M. Bonvechio
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
   Louise M.Bonvechio, Treasurer
   
   (Principal Accounting Officer)
   
 
   
COMMUNITY BANCORP. DIRECTORS
     
 /s/ Thomas E. Adams
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Thomas E. Adams
   
     
 /s/ Charles W. Bucknam, Jr.
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Charles W. Buckman, Jr.
   
     
 /s/ Aminta K. Conant
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Aminta K. Conant
   
     
 /s/ Jacques R. Couture
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Jacques R. Couture
   
     
 /s/ Elwood G. Duckless
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Elwood G. Duckless
   
     
 /s/ Rosemary M. Lalime
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Rosemary M. Lalime
   
     
 /s/ Stephen P. Marsh
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Stephen P. Marsh
   
     
 /s/ Dorothy R. Mitchell
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Dorothy R. Mitchell
   
     
 /s/ Anne T. Moore
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Anne T. Moore
   
     
 /s/ Peter J. Murphy
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Peter J. Murphy
   
     
 /s/ Frederic Oeschger
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
Frederic Oeschger
   
     
/s/James G. Wheeler, Jr.
 
Date:  March 28, 2011
James G. Wheeler, Jr.
   
 
EX-13.1 2 exhibit13.htm PORTIONS OF ANNUAL REPORT FOR COMMUNITY BANCORP. INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE exhibit13.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, 2010 and 2009 and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in 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 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 provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, 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, 2010 and 2009, 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.

 
Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker

Portland, Maine
March 28, 2011
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
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Assets
           
  Cash and due from banks
  $ 51,441,652     $ 9,598,107  
  Federal funds sold and overnight deposits
    6,635       5,036  
     Total cash and cash equivalents
    51,448,287       9,603,143  
  Securities held-to-maturity (fair value $38,157,000 at December 31, 2010 and
               
   $45,543,000 at December 31, 2009)
    37,440,714       44,766,250  
  Securities available-for-sale
    21,430,436       23,974,830  
  Restricted equity securities, at cost
    4,308,550       3,906,850  
  Loans held-for-sale
    2,363,938       321,983  
  Loans
    389,068,859       381,937,123  
    Allowance for loan losses
    (3,727,935 )     (3,450,542 )
    Unearned net loan fees
    (74,351 )     (152,188 )
        Net loans
    385,266,573       378,334,393  
  Bank premises and equipment, net
    12,791,971       13,637,414  
  Accrued interest receivable
    1,789,621       1,895,313  
  Bank owned life insurance
    3,933,331       3,813,016  
  Core deposit intangible
    2,130,432       2,663,040  
  Goodwill
    11,574,269       11,574,269  
  Other real estate owned (OREO)
    1,210,300       743,000  
  Prepaid expense - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
    1,533,157       2,105,565  
  Other assets
    8,711,070       7,948,031  
        Total assets
  $ 545,932,649     $ 505,287,097  
                 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
               
 Liabilities
               
  Deposits:
               
    Demand, non-interest bearing
  $ 55,570,893     $ 52,821,573  
    NOW and money market accounts
    182,427,902       146,244,454  
    Savings
    56,461,370       52,448,863  
    Time deposits, $100,000 and over
    52,014,363       63,261,583  
    Other time deposits
    91,717,735       104,009,257  
        Total deposits
    438,192,263       418,785,730  
                 
  Federal funds purchased and other borrowed funds
    33,010,000       13,411,000  
  Repurchase agreements
    19,107,815       19,042,214  
  Capital lease obligations
    834,839       876,536  
  Junior subordinated debentures
    12,887,000       12,887,000  
  Accrued interest and other liabilities
    2,773,063       3,394,779  
        Total liabilities
    506,804,980       468,397,259  
                 
 Commitments and contingent liabilities (Notes 5, 15, 16, 17 and 20)
               
                 
 Shareholders' Equity
               
  Preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 25 shares issued
               
    and outstanding ($100,000 liquidation value)
    2,500,000       2,500,000  
Common stock - $2.50 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, at December 31,
         
   2010 and 2009, and 4,834,615 and 4,759,913 shares issued at December 31,
               
   2010 and 2009, respectively (including 19,312 and 21,636 shares issued
               
   February 1, 2011 and 2010, respectively)
    12,086,538       11,899,783  
  Additional paid-in capital
    26,718,403       26,192,359  
  Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
    368,848       (1,192,409 )
  Accumulated other comprehensive income
    76,657       112,882  
  Less: treasury stock, at cost; 210,101 shares at December 31, 2010 and 2009
    (2,622,777 )     (2,622,777 )
        Total shareholders' equity
    39,127,669       36,889,838  
        Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
  $ 545,932,649     $ 505,287,097  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
 
 

 
Community Bancorp. and Subsidiary
           
Consolidated Statements of Income
           
 
           
For The Years Ended December 31,
 
2010
   
2009
 
             
 Interest income
           
   Interest and fees on loans
  $ 21,975,775     $ 21,907,599  
   Interest on debt securities
               
     Taxable
    343,596       779,278  
     Tax-exempt
    1,284,104       1,367,439  
   Dividends
    64,556       64,550  
   Interest on federal funds sold and overnight deposits
    18,952       406  
        Total interest income
    23,686,983       24,119,272  
                 
 Interest expense
               
   Interest on deposits
    4,758,106       6,147,348  
   Interest on federal funds purchased and other borrowed funds
    616,629       307,594  
   Interest on repurchase agreements
    178,745       255,281  
   Interest on junior subordinated debentures
    974,257       974,257  
        Total interest expense
    6,527,737       7,684,480  
                 
     Net interest income
    17,159,246       16,434,792  
 Provision for loan losses
    1,016,668       625,004  
     Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    16,142,578       15,809,788  
                 
 Non-interest income
               
   Service fees
    2,285,570       2,174,607  
   Income from sold loans
    1,203,014       1,114,099  
   Income on bank owned life insurance
    120,315       122,937  
   Net realized gains on securities
    0       471,055  
   Other income
    2,032,403       1,773,735  
        Total non-interest income
    5,641,302       5,656,433  
                 
 Non-interest expense
               
   Salaries and wages
    5,824,999       5,984,998  
   Employee benefits
    2,153,142       2,170,228  
   Occupancy expenses, net
    2,971,418       2,990,440  
   FDIC insurance
    633,043       784,877  
   Amortization of core deposit intangible
    532,608       665,760  
   Write down of Fannie Mae preferred stock
    25,804       94,446  
   Other expenses
    5,141,136       5,342,929  
        Total non-interest expense
    17,282,150       18,033,678  
                 
    Income before income taxes
    4,501,730       3,432,543  
 Income tax expense (benefit)
    555,722       (315,319 )
        Net income
  $ 3,946,008     $ 3,747,862  
                 
 Earnings per common share
  $ 0.82     $ 0.79  
 Weighted average number of common shares
               
  used in computing earnings per share
    4,584,145       4,504,943  
 Dividends declared per common share
  $ 0.48     $ 0.48  
 Book value per share on common shares outstanding at December 31,
  $ 7.92     $ 7.56  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
 

 


COMMUNITY BANCORP. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
             
   
Common stock
   
Preferred stock
 
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
 
                         
Balances, December 31, 2008
    4,469,105     $ 11,698,015       25     $ 2,500,000  
                                 
Comprehensive income, net of taxes
                               
Net income
    0       0       0       0  
Net unrealized holding loss on securities
                               
  available-for-sale, net of tax, $216,352
    0       0       0       0  
                                 
Total comprehensive income
                               
                                 
Cash dividends declared - common stock
    0       0       0       0  
Cash dividends declared - preferred stock
    0       0       0       0  
Issuance of common stock
    80,707       201,768       0       0  
                                 
Balances, December 31, 2009
    4,549,812       11,899,783       25       2,500,000  
                                 
Comprehensive income, net of taxes
                               
Net income
    0       0       0       0  
Net unrealized holding loss on securities
                               
  available-for-sale, net of tax, $18,660
    0       0       0       0  
                                 
Total comprehensive income
                               
                                 
Cash dividends declared - common stock
    0       0       0       0  
Cash dividends declared - preferred stock
    0       0       0       0  
Issuance of common stock
    74,702       186,755       0       0  
                                 
Balances, December 31, 2010
    4,624,514     $ 12,086,538       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
   
stock
   
equity
 
                           
$ 25,757,516     $ (2,592,721 )   $ 532,859     $ (2,622,777 )   $ 35,272,892  
                                     
                                     
  0       3,747,862       0       0       3,747,862  
                                     
  0       0       (419,977 )     0       (419,977 )
                                     
                                  3,327,885  
                                     
  0       (2,160,050 )     0       0       (2,160,050 )
  0       (187,500 )     0       0       (187,500 )
  434,843       0       0       0       636,611  
                                     
  26,192,359       (1,192,409 )     112,882       (2,622,777 )     36,889,838  
                                     
                                     
  0       3,946,008       0       0       3,946,008  
                                     
  0       0       (36,225 )     0       (36,225 )
                                     
                                  3,909,783  
                                     
  0       (2,197,251 )     0       0       (2,197,251 )
  0       (187,500 )     0       0       (187,500 )
  526,044       0       0       0       712,799  
                                     
$ 26,718,403     $ 368,848     $ 76,657     $ (2,622,777 )   $ 39,127,669  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
 

 


Community Bancorp. and Subsidiary
           
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
           
For The Year Ended December 31,
 
2010
   
2009
 
             
Cash Flow from Operating Activities:
           
  Net income
  $ 3,946,008     $ 3,747,862  
  Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Provided by
               
   Operating Activities:
               
    Depreciation and amortization, bank premises and equipment
    1,035,739       1,090,618  
    Provision for loan losses
    1,016,668       625,004  
    Deferred income tax benefit
    (456,275 )     (545,933 )
    Net gain on sale of securities
    0       (471,055 )
    Net gain on sale of loans
    (1,203,014 )     (1,114,099 )
    Gain on sale of bank premises and equipment
    (4,584 )     0  
    Loss on sale of OREO
    10,807       7,523  
    (Gain) loss on Trust LLC
    (70,344 )     1,296  
    Amortization of bond premium, net
    382,422       238,960  
    Write down of Fannie Mae preferred stock
    25,804       94,446  
    Write down of OREO
    91,500       100,000  
    Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale
    53,544,819       72,112,002  
    Originations of loans held for sale
    (54,383,760 )     (70,138,042 )
    (Decrease) increase in taxes payable
    (288,003 )     80,615  
    Decrease in interest receivable
    105,692       149,237  
    Amortization (prepayment) of FDIC insurance premiums
    572,408       (2,105,565 )
    (Increase) decrease in mortgage servicing rights
    (143,747 )     27,149  
    (Increase) decrease in other assets
    (281,602 )     101,100  
    Increase in cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance
    (120,315 )     (122,937 )
    Amortization of core deposit intangible
    532,608       665,760  
    Amortization of limited partnerships
    495,592       983,904  
    Decrease in unamortized loan fees
    (77,837 )     (148,816 )
    Decrease in interest payable
    (42,248 )     (79,414 )
    Increase in accrued expenses
    12,451       14,271  
    Increase (decrease) in other liabilities
    175,743       (523,077 )
       Net cash provided by operating activities
    4,876,533       4,790,809  
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
               
  Investments - held-to-maturity
               
    Maturities and pay downs
    55,629,885       47,379,523  
    Purchases
    (48,304,349 )     (54,857,415 )
  Investments - available-for-sale
               
    Maturities, calls, pay downs and sales
    9,160,000       22,747,245  
    Purchases
    (7,078,717 )     (17,771,332 )
  Purchase of restricted equity securities
    (401,700 )     0  
  Decrease in limited partnership contributions payable
    (766,455 )     (690,545 )
  Cash Investments in limited partnerships
    0       (766,555 )
  Increase in loans, net
    (8,724,874 )     (18,434,694 )
  Proceeds from sales of bank premises and equipment,
               
    net of capital expenditures
    (185,712 )     261,397  
  Proceeds from sales of OREO
    170,843       167,477  
  Recoveries of loans charged off
    113,413       68,860  
       Net cash used in investing activities
    (387,666 )     (21,896,039 )
 
 

 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
           
  Net increase in demand, NOW, money market and savings accounts
    42,945,275       24,612,438  
  Net decrease in time deposits
    (23,538,742 )     (8,067,488 )
  Net increase (decrease) in repurchase agreements
    65,601       (44,242 )
  Net decrease in short-term borrowings
    (3,401,000 )     (9,161,000 )
  Proceeds from long-term borrowings
    28,000,000       10,000,000  
  Repayments on long-term borrowings
    (5,000,000 )     0  
  Decrease in capital lease obligations
    (41,697 )     (38,516 )
  Dividends paid on preferred stock
    (187,500 )     (187,500 )
  Dividends paid on common stock
    (1,485,659 )     (1,674,947 )
       Net cash provided by financing activities
    37,356,278       15,438,745  
                 
       Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    41,845,144       (1,666,485 )
  Cash and cash equivalents:
               
          Beginning
    9,603,143       11,269,628  
          Ending
  $ 51,448,287     $ 9,603,143  
                 
 Supplemental Schedule of Cash Paid During the Period
               
  Interest
  $ 6,569,985     $ 7,763,894  
                 
  Income taxes
  $ 1,300,000     $ 150,000  
                 
 Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:
               
  Change in unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale
  $ (54,885 )   $ (636,329 )
                 
  Loans and bank premises transferred to OREO
  $ 740,450     $ 833,000  
                 
  Investments in limited partnerships
               
    Cash investment in limited partnerships
  $ 0     $ (766,555 )
    Decrease in contributions payable
    (766,455 )     (690,545 )
    $ (766,455 )   $ (1,457,100 )
                 
 Common Shares Dividends Paid
               
  Dividends declared
  $ 2,197,251     $ 2,160,050  
  Decrease in dividends payable attributable to dividends declared
    1,207       151,508  
  Dividends reinvested
    (712,799 )     (636,611 )
    $ 1,485,659     $ 1,674,947  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
 

 

COMMUNITY BANCORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1.  Significant Accounting Policies

The accounting policies of Community Bancorp. and Subsidiary ("Company") are in conformity, in all material respects, with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and general practices within the banking industry.  The following is a description of the Company’s significant accounting policies.

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 Company is considered a “smaller reporting company” under applicable disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and accordingly, has elected to provide its audited statements of income, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for a two year, rather than a three year, period.

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810, “Consolidation”, in part, addresses limited purpose trusts formed to issue trust preferred securities.  It also establishes the criteria used to identify variable interest entities and to determine whether or not to consolidate a variable interest entity.  In general, ASC Topic 810 provides that the enterprise with the controlling financial interest, known as the primary beneficiary, consolidates the variable interest entity.  In 2007 the Company formed CMTV Statutory Trust I 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.  The Company is not the primary beneficiary of CMTV Statutory Trust I; accordingly, the trust is not included in the Company's consolidated financial statements.  CMTV Statutory Trust I is considered an affiliate of the Company (see Note 10).

Nature of operations

The Company provides a variety of deposit and lending 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 by loan type, 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 northern and central Vermont.  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 US GAAP 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 loan losses and the valuation of real estate acquired in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction of loans.  In connection with evaluating loans for impairment or assigning the carrying value of foreclosed real estate, management generally obtains independent evaluations or 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 uncertainties and changes in a number of factors, especially local real estate 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 or other relevant factors.  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.

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.  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 as compared to amortized cost, and impairment, if any, is recognized through a valuation allowance and is recorded as a write down through 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 evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment on at least a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation.  Consideration is given to various factors, including the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost; the nature of the issuer and its financial condition and near-term prospects; and 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.  The evaluation of these factors is a subjective process and involves estimates and assumptions about matters that are inherently uncertain.  Should actual factors and conditions differ materially from those used by management, the actual realization of gains or losses on investment securities could differ materially from the amounts recorded in the financial statements.

Management utilizes numerous techniques to estimate the carrying value of various other 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 that was completed prior to 2009 requires the application of the purchase method of accounting.  Under the purchase method, the Company is required to record the assets and liabilities acquired through the LyndonBank merger in 2007 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.  The determination of the fair value of the acquired LyndonBank assets and liabilities requires the use of numerous 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

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, reflected as a net amount in the accumulated other comprehensive income component of the shareholders’ equity section of the balance sheet. 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.  The Company does not hold any securities purchased for the purpose of selling in the near term and classified as trading.

Declines in the fair value of individual equity securities that are deemed to be other than temporary are reflected in earnings when identified. For individual debt securities where the Company does not intend to sell the security and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, the other-than-temporary decline in the fair value of the debt security related to (1) credit loss is recognized in earnings and (2) other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income or loss. Credit loss is deemed to exist if the present value of expected future cash flows using the interest rates at acquisition is less than the amortized cost basis of the debt security. For individual debt securities where the Bank intends to sell the security or more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost, the other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in earnings equal to the entire difference between the security’s cost basis and its fair value at the balance sheet 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”), a non-depository trust company, as discussed further in Note 7 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.  As a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (“FRBB”), the Company is required to invest in FRBB stock in an amount equal to 6% of the Bank's capital stock and surplus.

As a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (“FHLBB”), the Company is required to invest in $100 par value stock of the FHLBB in an amount that approximates 1% of unpaid principal balances on qualifying loans, plus an additional amount to satisfy an activity based requirement.  The stock is nonmarketable and redeemable at par value, subject to the FHLBB’s right to temporarily suspend such redemptions, which it has elected to do since 2008.  Members are subject to capital calls in some circumstances to ensure compliance with the FHLBB’s capital plan.

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 premiums or discounts for acquired loans and any unearned fees or costs on originated loans.

Loan interest income is accrued daily on the outstanding balances.  On all classes of loans 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 impaired loans are generally applied as a reduction of the loan principal balance.  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 written down or 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 deferred and the net amount amortized as an adjustment of the related loan's yield.  The Company generally amortizes these amounts over the contractual life of the loans.

Loan premiums and discounts on loans acquired in the merger with LyndonBank are amortized as an adjustment to yield over the life of the loans.

Allowance for loan losses

The allowance for loan losses is established 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 entire allowance is available to absorb losses in the loan portfolio, regardless of specific or general allocations for purposes of determining the amount of the allowance.

The allowance consists of specific, general and unallocated components. The specific component relates to the loans that are deemed impaired.  A specific allowance is established when the loan’s impaired basis is less than the carrying value of that loan.  The general component covers non-impaired loan pools 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.

General component

The general component of the allowance for loan losses is based on historical loss experience, adjusted for qualitative factors and stratified by the following loan segments: commercial, commercial real estate, residential real estate, and consumer loans. Management uses an average of historical losses based on a time frame appropriate to capture relevant loss data for each loan segment. This historical loss factor is adjusted for the following qualitative factors: levels of and trends in delinquencies and non-performing loans, levels of and trends in loan risk groups, trends in volumes and terms of loans, effects of any changes in loan related policies, experience, ability and the depth of management, documentation and credit data exception levels, national and local economic trends, external factors such as competition and regulation and lastly concentrations of credit risk in a variety of areas, including portfolio product mix, the level of loans to individual borrowers and their related interests, loans to industry segments, and the geographic distribution of commercial real estate loans. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to revision as more information becomes available. There were no changes in the Company’s policies or methodology pertaining to the general component for loan losses during 2010.

The qualitative factors are determined based on the various risk characteristics of each loan segment. The Company has policies, procedures and internal controls commensurate with the risk profile of each of these segments. Risk characteristics relevant to each portfolio segment are as follows:

Commercial – Loans in this segment include commercial and industrial loans and to a lesser extent loans to finance agricultural production. Commercial loans are made to businesses and are generally secured by assets of the business, including trade assets and equipment. While not the primary collateral, in many cases these loans may also be secured by the real estate of the business. Repayment is expected from the cash flows of the business. A weakened economy, soft consumer spending, unfavorable foreign trade conditions, and the rising cost of labor or raw materials are examples of issues that can impact the credit quality in this segment.

Commercial Real Estate – Loans in this segment are principally made to businesses and are generally secured by either owner-occupied, or non-owner occupied commercial real estate. A relatively small portion of this segment includes farm loans secured by farm land and buildings.  As with commercial loans, repayment of owner-occupied commercial real estate loans is expected from the cash flows of the business and the segment would be impacted by similar issues. The non-owner occupied commercial real estate portion includes both residential and commercial construction loans, vacant land and real estate development loans and multi-family dwelling and commercial rental property loans. Repayment of construction loans is expected from permanent financing takeout; the Company generally requires a commitment or eligibility for the take-out financing prior to construction loan origination. Real estate development loans are generally repaid from the sale of the subject real property as the project progresses. Construction and development lending run additional risks, including the project exceeding budget, not being constructed according to plans, not receiving permits, or the pre-leasing or occupancy rate not meeting expectations. Repayment of multi-family loans and commercial rental property loans is expected from the cash flow generated by rental payments received from the individuals or businesses occupying the real estate. Commercial real estate loans are impacted by issues such as competitive market forces, vacancy rates, cap rates, net operating incomes, lease renewals and overall economic demand. In addition, loans in the recreational and tourism sector can be affected by weather conditions, such as unseasonably low winter snowfalls. Commercial real estate lending also carries a higher degree of environmental risk than other real estate lending.

Residential Real Estate – All loans in this segment are collateralized by owner-occupied residential real estate and repayment is dependent on the credit quality of the individual borrower. The overall health of the economy, including unemployment rates and housing prices, has an impact on the credit quality of this segment.

Consumer Loans – Consumer loans in this segment are made to individuals for consumer and household purposes.  This segment includes both loans secured by automobiles and other consumer goods and loans that are unsecured.  This segment also includes overdrafts, which are extensions of credit made to both individuals and business to cover temporary shortages in their deposit accounts and are generally unsecured.  The Company maintains policies restricting the size and length of these extensions of credit.  The overall health of the economy, including unemployment rates, has an impact on the credit quality of this segment.

Specific component

A specific allowance is established when a loan’s impaired basis is less than the carrying value of the loan. 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 and frequency 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, 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.

Impaired loans may also include troubled loans that are restructured. A troubled debt restructuring occurs when the Company, for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the borrower that would otherwise not be granted. Troubled debt restructurings may include the transfer of assets to the Company in partial satisfaction of a troubled loan, a modification of a loan’s terms, or a combination of the two.

Large groups of smaller balance homogeneous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. Accordingly, the Company does not separately identify individual consumer loans for impairment evaluation, unless such loans are subject to a restructuring agreement.

Unallocated component

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.

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, are 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 or properties no longer used for bank operations are initially recorded at fair value less estimated selling cost at the date of acquisition, foreclosure or transfer.  Any write-downs based on the asset's fair value at the date of acquisition or institution of foreclosure are charged to the allowance for loan losses.  After foreclosure, these assets are carried at their new cost basis.  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 other expense.  Operating costs associated with the properties are charged to expense as incurred.  Gains or losses on the sale of such properties are included in income when the properties are sold.

Intangible assets

Intangible assets include the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired (goodwill) in the 2007 acquisition of LyndonBank, as well as a core deposit intangible related to the deposits acquired from LyndonBank (see Note 6). 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 as events or circumstances warrant.

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.

Mortgage servicing

Servicing assets are recognized as separate assets when rights are acquired through purchase or through sale of loans.  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 periodically evaluated for impairment, with the assistance of a third party valuation service, 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 and is recorded as amortization of other assets, to the extent that fair value is less than the capitalized amount.  Subsequent improvement, if any, in the estimated fair value of impaired mortgage servicing rights is reflected in a positive valuation adjustment and is recognized in other income up to (but not in excess of) the amount of the prior impairment.

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:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Net income before write down of Fannie Mae preferred stock and tax effect thereof
  $ 3,963,039     $ 3,810,196  
Realized loss on write down of Fannie Mae preferred stock
    25,804       94,446  
     Tax effect
    (8,773 )     (32,112 )
        Net income after realized loss
    3,946,008       3,747,862  
                 
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
               
     Change in unrealized holding gain on available-for-sale
               
       securities arising during the period
    (54,885 )     (165,274 )
     Reclassification adjustment for gains realized in income
    0       471,055  
        Net change in unrealized gain
    (54,885 )     (636,329 )
        Tax effect
    18,660       216,352  
        Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
    (36,225 )     (419,977 )
               Total comprehensive income
  $ 3,909,783     $ 3,327,885  

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 terms of the preferred stock, the Company pays non-cumulative cash dividends quarterly, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors.  Dividends are payable at a fixed rate of 7.50% per annum for the first five years, and thereafter at 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 issuable upon reinvestment of dividends (retroactively adjusted for any stock dividends declared) and reduced for shares held in treasury.

The following table illustrates the calculation for the years ended December 31, as adjusted for the cash dividend declared on the preferred stock:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Net income, as reported
  $ 3,946,008     $ 3,747,862  
Less: dividends to preferred shareholders
    187,500       187,500  
Net income available to common shareholders
  $ 3,758,508     $ 3,560,362  
                 
Weighted average number of common shares used in calculating earnings per share
    4,584,145       4,504,943  
Earnings per common share
  $ 0.82     $ 0.79  

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, commercial and municipal letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and risk-sharing commitments on residential mortgage loans sold through the Mortgage Partnership Finance (MPF) program.  Such financial instruments are recorded in the financial statements when they are funded.

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 2009 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Impact of recently issued accounting standards

In June 2009, the FASB issued a change to ASC Topic 860, "Transfers and Servicing", to improve the reporting for the transfer of financial assets resulting from (1) practices that have developed since the issuance of a previous FASB statement that are not consistent with the original intent and key requirements of that statement and (2) concerns of financial statement users that many of the financial assets (and related obligations) that have been derecognized should continue to be reported in the financial statements of transferors. This ASC became effective for the Company on January 1, 2010.  Adoption of this Statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, the FASB issued a change to ASC Topic 810, "Consolidation", to amend certain requirements of consolidation of variable interest entities, to improve financial reporting by enterprises involved with variable interest entities and to provide more relevant and reliable information to users of financial statements. The ASC became effective for the Company on January 1, 2010.  Adoption of this Statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2010-06, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) - Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements," to amend the disclosure requirements related to recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements.  The guidance requires new disclosures on the transfers of assets and liabilities between Level 1 (quoted prices in active market for identical assets or liabilities) and Level 2 (significant other observable inputs) of the fair value measurement hierarchy, including the reasons and the timing of the transfers.  Additionally, the guidance requires a roll forward of activities on purchases, sales, issuance, and settlements of the assets and liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 fair value measurements).  The guidance became effective for the Company on January 1, 2010, except for the disclosure on the roll forward activities for any Level 3 fair value measurements, which will become effective with the reporting period beginning January 1, 2011.  Adoption of this new guidance requires additional disclosures of fair value measurements but did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On July 21, 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-20, “Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses,” which requires significant new disclosures about the allowance for credit losses and the credit quality of financing receivables.  The ASU is intended to enhance transparency about an entity’s allowance for credit losses and the credit quality of loan and lease receivables by requiring disclosure of an evaluation of the nature of the credit risk inherent in the entity’s financing receivables portfolio, as well as disclosure of how that risk is analyzed and assessed in arriving at the allowance for credit losses and the changes and reasons for those changes in the allowance.  Under this standard, disclosures about the allowance for credit losses and fair value are to be presented by portfolio segment, while credit quality information, impaired financing receivables and nonaccrual status are to be presented by class of financing receivable.  In addition to existing requirements, ASU 2010-20 requires an entity to provide additional disclosures about (1) credit quality indicators of financing receivables at the end of the reporting period by class of financing receivables; (2) the aging of past due financing receivables at the end of the reporting period by class of financing receivable; (3) the nature and extent of troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the period, by class of financing receivable, and their effect on the allowance for credit losses; (4) the nature and extent of financing receivables modified as troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months that defaulted during the reporting period, by class of financing receivable, and their effect on the allowance for credit losses; and (5) significant purchases and sales of financing receivables during the reporting period, disaggregated by portfolio segment.  The disclosures are to be presented at the level of disaggregation that management uses when assessing and monitoring the portfolio’s risk and performance.  ASU 2010-20 is effective for interim and annual financial reporting periods ending after December 15, 2010, as it relates to disclosures required as of the end of a reporting period.  On January 19, 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-01, “Receivables (Topic 310): Deferral of the Effective Date of Disclosures about Troubled Debt Restructurings in Update No. 2010-20,” temporarily deferring the ASU 2010-20 effective date of the disclosure requirements for public entities about troubled debt restructurings.  The purpose of the delay is to make the disclosure requirements concurrent with the effective date of the FASB’s guidance on determining what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring.  Currently, the guidance for determining what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring is anticipated to be effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2011.  Other than requiring additional disclosures, adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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, 2010
                       
U.S. Government sponsored enterprise (GSE) debt securities
  $ 16,234,676     $ 88,091     $ 9,377     $ 16,313,390  
U.S. Government securities
    5,037,252       37,666       232       5,074,686  
U.S. GSE preferred stock
    42,360       0       0       42,360  
    $ 21,314,288     $ 125,757     $ 9,609     $ 21,430,436  
                                 
December 31, 2009
                               
U.S. GSE debt securities
  $ 18,686,949     $ 138,283     $ 18,582     $ 18,806,650  
U.S. Government securities
    5,048,683       48,773       764       5,096,692  
U.S. GSE preferred stock
    68,164       3,324       0       71,488  
    $ 23,803,796     $ 190,380     $ 19,346     $ 23,974,830  
                                 
           
Gross
   
Gross
         
   
Amortized
   
Unrealized
   
Unrealized
   
Fair
 
Securities HTM
 
Cost
   
Gains
   
Losses
   
Value*
 
                                 
December 31, 2010
                               
States and political subdivisions
  $ 37,440,714     $ 716,286     $ 0     $ 38,157,000  
                                 
December 31, 2009
                               
States and political subdivisions
  $ 44,766,250     $ 776,750     $ 0     $ 45,543,000  

*Method used to determine fair value rounds values to nearest thousand.

The entire balance under “Securities HTM - States and political subdivisions" consist of securities of local municipalities, carried at $37,440,714 and $44,766,250 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which are attributable to private financing transactions arranged by the Company.  The current fair value of these securities is an estimate 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 $21,271,928 and $23,735,632 and a fair value of $21,388,075 and $23,903,342 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were pledged as collateral for larger dollar repurchase agreement accounts and for other purposes as required or permitted by law.

Proceeds from maturities, calls, pay downs or sales of securities available-for-sale amounted to $9,160,000 in 2010 and $22,747,245 in 2009.  There were no sales of investments available-for-sale in 2010, while there were realized gains of $483,177 in 2009 and realized losses of $12,122 in 2009 from sales of investments available-for-sale.

The carrying amount and estimated fair value of securities by contractual maturity are shown below.  Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because issuers 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, 2010 were as follows:

   
Amortized
   
Fair
 
   
Cost
   
Value
 
             
Due in one year or less
  $ 14,172,100     $ 14,248,432  
Due from one to five years
    7,099,828       7,139,644  
    $ 21,271,928     $ 21,388,076  

The scheduled maturities of debt securities held-to-maturity at December 31, 2010 were as follows:

   
Amortized
   
Fair
 
   
Cost
   
Value*
 
             
Due in one year or less
  $ 28,468,783     $ 28,469,000  
Due from one to five years
    4,253,527       4,433,000  
Due from five to ten years
    789,962       969,000  
Due after ten years
    3,928,442       4,286,000  
    $ 37,440,714     $ 38,157,000  

*Method used to determine fair value rounds values to nearest thousand.

All investments with unrealized losses have been in a continuous loss position less than 12 months. Investments with unrealized losses at December 31 were as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
   
Less than 12 months
   
Less than 12 months
 
   
Fair
   
Unrealized
   
Fair
   
Unrealized
 
   
Value
   
Loss
   
Value
   
Loss
 
                         
U.S. GSE debt securities
  $ 2,037,894     $ 9,377     $ 2,055,018     $ 18,582  
U.S. Government securities
    1,007,225       232       1,003,233       764  
    $ 3,045,119     $ 9,609     $ 3,058,251     $ 19,346  

The unrealized losses are a result of changes in market interest rates and not of deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer.  At December 31, 2010 and 2009, there were two U.S. Government sponsored enterprise securities and one U.S. Government security in the investment portfolio that were in an unrealized loss position.

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.

At December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s available-for-sale portfolio included two classes of Fannie Mae preferred stock with an aggregate cost basis of $42,360 and $68,164, respectively, which reflected an other-than-temporary impairment write down in the fourth quarter of 2010 of $25,804 and two other-than-temporary write downs on the investment in prior periods.  The fair value of the Fannie Mae preferred stock as of December 31, 2010 was $42,360, a decrease of $29,128 from the December 31, 2009 fair value of $71,488.  The value of the stock had declined shortly before the end of the second quarter of 2010, after the Federal Housing Finance Agency ordered Fannie Mae to delist its common and preferred stock from the New York Stock Exchange.  There was improvement in the stock’s fair value during the third quarter of 2010, but a decrease was then noted during the fourth quarter causing management to reevaluate its holdings and record an other-than-temporary impairment for the quarter ended December 31, 2010.

As the Company has the ability to hold its debt securities until maturity, or for the foreseeable future if classified as available-for-sale, and it is more likely than not that the Company will not have to sell such securities before recovery of their cost basis, no declines in such securities were deemed to be other-than-temporary at December 31, 2010 and 2009.

The Bank is a member of the FHLBB. The FHLBB is a cooperatively owned wholesale bank for housing and finance in the six New England States. Its mission is to support the residential mortgage and community-development lending activities of its members, which include over 450 financial institutions across New England. As a requirement of membership in the FHLBB, the Bank must own a minimum required amount of FHLBB stock, calculated periodically based primarily on the Bank’s level of borrowings from the FHLBB. The Company uses the FHLBB for much of its wholesale funding needs. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s investment in FHLBB stock totaled $3.7 million and $3.3 million, respectively.

FHLBB stock is a non-marketable equity security and therefore is reported at cost, which equals par value. Shares held in excess of the minimum required amount are generally redeemable at par value. However, in the first quarter of 2009 the FHLBB announced a moratorium on such redemptions in order to preserve its capital in response to current market conditions and declining retained earnings. In December 2010, the FHLBB adopted changes to its capital plan, effective January 22, 2011, which temporarily give members additional flexibility in the manner of purchasing additional FHLBB stock to satisfy their activity-based stock requirement.  These changes, among other things, permit a member, in some circumstances, to utilize available shares in a pool comprising the excess shares of all FHLBB members, as calculated by the FHLBB, in lieu of purchasing newly-issued shares, which are currently subject to the repurchase moratorium.  It is uncertain when the FHLBB will lift its moratorium on redemptions.
 
As a member of the FHLBB, the Company is subject to future capital calls by the FHLBB in order to maintain compliance with its capital plan. The FHLBB ceased paying dividends on its stock during the third quarter of 2008, but in February, 2011 announced its intention to declare modest cash dividends through 2011.  The Company had no dividend income on its FHLBB stock in 2009 and 2010.

The Company periodically evaluates its investment in FHLBB stock for impairment based on, among other factors, the capital adequacy of the FHLBB and its overall financial condition. No impairment losses have been recorded through December 31, 2010. The Bank will continue to monitor its investment in FHLBB stock.

Note 3.  Loans, Allowance for Loan Losses and Credit Quality

The composition of net loans at December 31 was as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Commercial
  $ 31,045,424     $ 27,448,574  
Commercial real estate
    133,494,431       124,527,745  
Residential real estate
    213,834,818       216,458,286  
Consumer
    13,058,124       13,824,501  
      391,432,797       382,259,106  
Deduct:
               
Allowance for loan losses
    3,727,935       3,450,542  
Unearned net loan fees
    74,351       152,188  
Loans held for sale
    2,363,938       321,983  
      6,166,224       3,924,713  
Net loans
  $ 385,266,573     $ 378,334,393  


The following is an age analysis of past due loans by class as of December 31, 2010:

         
90 Days
   
Total
               
Over 90 Days
 
   
30-89 Days
   
or More
   
Past Due
   
Current
   
Total Loans
   
and Accruing
 
                                     
Commercial
  $ 915,924     $ 54,376     $ 970,300     $ 30,075,124     $ 31,045,424     $ 29,446  
Commercial real estate
    939,910       130,512       1,070,422       132,424,009       133,494,431       94,982  
Residential real estate
    6,117,292       2,108,870       8,226,162       203,244,718       211,470,880       1,194,477  
Consumer
    242,742       38,466       281,208       12,776,916       13,058,124       38,466  
                                                 
Total
  $ 8,215,868     $ 2,332,224     $ 10,548,092     $ 378,520,767     $ 389,068,859     $ 1,357,371  

The changes in the allowance for loan losses for the years ended December 31 are summarized as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Balance at beginning of year
  $ 3,450,542     $ 3,232,932  
Provision for loan losses
    1,016,668       625,004  
Recoveries of amounts charged off
    113,413       68,860  
      4,580,623       3,926,796  
Amounts charged off
    (852,688 )     (476,254 )
Balance at end of year
  $ 3,727,935     $ 3,450,542  

The allowance for loan losses and select loan information by portfolio segment at December 31, 2010 was as follows:

         
Commercial
   
Residential
                   
   
Commercial
   
Real Estate
   
Real Estate
   
Consumer
   
Unallocated
   
Total
 
   
Allowance for loan losses
 
 Individually evaluated for impairment
  $ 3,700     $ 51,200     $ 337,800     $ 0     $ 0     $ 392,700  
 Collectively evaluated  for impairment
    298,721       1,340,698       1,493,016       151,948       50,852       3,335,235  
                                                 
Total
  $ 302,421     $ 1,391,898     $ 1,830,816     $ 151,948     $ 50,852     $ 3,727,935  
   
Loans
 
 Individually evaluated for impairment
  $ 61,226     $ 1,145,194     $ 3,219,911     $ 0             $ 4,426,331  
Collectively evaluated for impairment
    30,984,199       132,349,237       210,614,907       13,058,124               387,006,466  
                                                 
Total
  $ 31,045,425     $ 133,494,431     $ 213,834,818     $ 13,058,124             $ 391,432,797  


 
 

 
Impaired loans by portfolio segment at December 31, 2010 were as follows:

         
Unpaid
         
Average
   
Interest
 
   
Recorded
   
Principal
   
Related
   
Recorded
   
Income
 
   
Investment
   
Balance
   
Allowance
   
Investment
   
Recognized
 
                               
With no related allowance recorded
                             
   Commercial
  $ 24,930     $ 61,460     $ 0     $ 106,737     $ 0  
   Commercial real estate
    0       0       0       494,150       0  
   Residential real estate
    1,138,290       1,527,508       0       1,186,068       0  
                                         
With an allowance recorded
                                       
   Commercial
    36,296       39,856       3,700       37,300       0  
   Commercial real estate
    1,145,194       1,145,672       51,200       1,158,924       0  
   Residential real estate
    2,081,621       2,303,744       337,800       1,661,441       0  
                                         
Total
                                       
   Commercial
  $ 61,226     $ 101,316     $ 3,700     $ 144,037     $ 0  
   Commercial real estate
  $ 1,145,194     $ 1,145,672     $ 51,200     $ 1,653,074     $ 0  
   Residential real estate
  $ 3,219,911     $ 3,831,252     $ 337,800     $ 2,847,509     $ 0  
                                         
Total
  $ 4,426,331     $ 5,078,240     $ 392,700     $ 4,644,620     $ 0  

The Company’s loan policy states that all non-accrual loans are also considered impaired loans, thereby making the term non-accrual loans synonymous with impaired loans by management’s standards.

The total recorded investment in impaired loans was $3,843,820 at December 31, 2009. The recorded investment in impaired loans for which there was a related allowance was $2,419,071 at December 31, 2009.  The allowance for loan losses allocated to these loans amounted to $232,900 at December 31, 2009.  The recorded investment in impaired loans for which there was no related allowance was $1,424,749 at December 31, 2009.  The average recorded investment in impaired loans amounted to $3,090,290 for the year ended December 31, 2009.

The Company had non-accrual loans of $3,843,820 at December 31, 2009.  The total recorded investment in loans past due ninety days or more and still accruing interest was $557,976 at December 31, 2009.

Interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on non-accrual or charged off is reversed against interest income.  The interest on these loans is accounted for on the cash-basis or cost-recovery method, until qualifying for return to accrual.  Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

The Company is not contractually committed to lend additional funds to debtors with impaired, non-accrual or modified loans.

The risk ratings within the loan portfolio by class at December 31, 2010 were as follows:

Retail Loans
 
         
Residential
   
Land & Residential
       
   
Consumer
   
Real Estate
   
Construction
   
Total
 
                         
Group A
  $ 12,997,587     $ 193,809,708     $ 7,074,480     $ 213,881,775  
Group C
    60,537       3,390,928       35,527       3,486,992  
                                 
Total
  $ 13,058,124     $ 197,200,636     $ 7,110,007     $ 217,368,767  
                                 
Commercial Purpose Loans
 
   
Residential
           
Commercial
         
   
Real Estate
   
Commercial
   
Real Estate
   
Total
 
                                 
Group A
  $ 13,453,586     $ 28,148,611     $ 110,982,274     $ 152,584,471  
Group B
    883,271       1,617,895       9,455,795       11,956,960  
Group C
    2,297,324       1,278,919       5,946,355       9,522,598  
                                 
Total
  $ 16,634,182     $ 31,045,425     $ 126,384,424     $ 174,064,030  

Credit Quality Grouping
 
Credit quality grouping allows for the evaluation of trends in credit quality that are used in developing the allowance for loan losses. The Company groups credit risk into Groups A, B and C. The manner the Company utilizes to assign risk grouping is driven by loan purpose. Commercial purpose loans are individually risk graded while the retail portion of the portfolio is generally grouped by delinquency pool.
 
Group A loans - Acceptable Risk – are loans that are expected to perform as agreed under their respective terms.  Such loans carry a normal level of risk that does not require management attention beyond that warranted by the loan or loan relationship characteristics, such as loan size or relationship size. Group A loans include commercial loans that are individually risk rated and retail loans that are rated by pool. Group A retail loans include both performing consumer and residential real estate loans. Residential real estate loans are loans to individuals secured by 1-4 family homes, including first mortgages, home equity and home improvement loans. Loan balances fully secured by deposit accounts or that are fully guaranteed by the Federal Government are considered acceptable risk.
 
Group B loans – Management Involved - are loans that require greater attention than the acceptable loans in Group A. Characteristics of such loans may include, but are not limited to, borrowers that are experiencing negative operating trends such as reduced sales or margins, borrowers that have exposure to adverse market conditions such as increased competition or regulatory burden, or that have had unexpected or adverse changes in management. These loans have a greater likelihood of migrating to an unacceptable risk level if these characteristics are left unchecked. Group B is limited to commercial loans that are individually risk rated.
 
Group C loans – Unacceptable Risk – are loans that have distinct shortcomings that require a greater degree of management attention.  Examples of these shortcomings include a borrower's inadequate capacity to service debt, poor operating performance, or insolvency.  These loans are more likely to result in repayment through collateral liquidation. Group C loans range from those that are likely to sustain some loss if the shortcomings are not corrected, to those for which loss is imminent and non-accrual treatment is warranted. Group C loans include individually rated commercial purpose loans, and retail loans adversely rated in accordance with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s Uniform Retail Credit Classification Policy. Group C retail loans include 1-4 family residential real estate loans and home equity loans past due 90 days or more with loan-to-value ratios greater than 60%, home equity loans 90 days or more past due where bank does not hold first mortgage, irrespective of loan-to-value, loans in bankruptcy where repayment is likely but not yet established, and lastly consumer loans that are 90 days or more past due.
 
Commercial purpose loan ratings are assigned by the commercial account officer; for larger and more complex commercial loans, the credit rating is a collaborative assignment by the lender and the credit analyst. The credit risk rating is based on the borrower's expected performance, i.e., the likelihood that the borrower will be able to service its obligations in accordance with the loan terms. Credit risk ratings are meant to measure risk versus simply record history.  Assessment of expected future payment performance requires consideration of numerous factors.  While past performance is part of the overall evaluation, expected performance is based on an analysis of the borrower's financial strength, and historical and projected factors such as size and financing alternatives, capacity and cash flow, balance sheet and income statement trends, the quality and timeliness of financial reporting, and the Company’s management.  Other factors influencing the credit risk rating to a lesser degree include collateral coverage and control, guarantor strength and commitment, documentation, structure and covenants, and industry conditions.  There are uncertainties inherent in this process.
 
Credit risk ratings are dynamic and require updating whenever relevant information is received.  The risk ratings of larger or more complex loans, and Group B and C rated loans, are assessed at the time of their respective annual reviews, during quarterly updates, in action plans or at any other time that relevant information warrants update. Lenders are required to make immediate disclosure to the Chief Credit Officer of any increase in loan risk, even if considered temporary in nature.

The Company had no acquired loans with deteriorated credit quality.

Note 4.  Loan Servicing

Mortgage loans serviced for others are not included in the accompanying balance sheets.  The unpaid principal balances of mortgage loans serviced for others were $196,240,331and $178,757,130 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Net gains realized on the sale of loans amounted to $1,203,014 and $1,114,099 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The balance of capitalized servicing rights, net of valuation allowances, included in other assets at December 31, 2010 and 2009, was $1,076,708 and $932,961, respectively. The fair values of these rights were $1,055,554 and $1,011,360, respectively.

Changes in mortgage servicing rights for the years ended December 31 are summarized as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Balance at beginning of year
  $ 932,961     $ 960,110  
   Mortgage servicing rights capitalized
    403,026       584,004  
   Mortgage servicing rights amortized
    (392,233 )     (363,755 )
   Change in valuation allowance
    132,954       (247,398 )
Balance at end of year
  $ 1,076,708     $ 932,961  

Note 5.  Bank Premises and Equipment

The major classes of bank premises and equipment and accumulated depreciation and amortization at December 31 were as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Buildings and improvements
  $ 10,515,227     $ 10,438,594  
Land and land improvements
    2,378,812       2,571,812  
Furniture and equipment
    6,199,355       6,242,201  
Leasehold improvements
    1,293,328       1,277,509  
Capital lease
    927,889       927,889  
Other prepaid assets
    89,507       14,530  
      21,404,118       21,472,535  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (8,612,147 )     (7,835,121 )
    $ 12,791,971     $ 13,637,414  

Depreciation and amortization included in occupancy expenses amounted to $1,035,739 and $1,090,618 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, 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, 2010 for each of the next five years and in aggregate are:

2011
  $ 164,386  
2012
    170,386  
2013
    170,386  
2014
    146,097  
2015
    122,040  
Subsequent to 2015
    55,000  
    $ 828,295  

Total rental expense amounted to $221,243 and $220,555 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, 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, 2010:

2011
  $ 113,482  
2012
    116,982  
2013
    116,982  
2014
    119,482  
2015
    122,982  
Subsequent to 2015
    645,853  
Total minimum lease payments
    1,235,763  
Less amount representing interest
    (400,924 )
Present value of net minimum lease payments
  $ 834,839  

 
Note 6.  Goodwill and Other Intangible Asset

As a result of the merger with LyndonBank on December 31, 2007, the Company recorded goodwill amounting to $11.6 million. The goodwill is not amortizable and is not deductible for tax purposes.

The Company also recorded $4.2 million of acquired identified intangible assets representing the core deposit intangible which is subject to amortization as a non-interest expense over a ten year period using a double declining method and is deductible for tax purposes.

The amortization expense related to the remaining core deposit intangible at December 31, 2010 is expected to be as follows:

2011
  $ 426,086  
2012
    340,869  
2013
    272,695  
2014
    272,695  
2015
    272,695  
Thereafter
    545,392  
Total core deposit intangible expense
  $ 2,130,432  

Management evaluated goodwill for impairment at December 31, 2010 and 2009 and concluded that no impairment existed as of such dates.

Note 7.  Other Investments

The Company has purchased from time to time interests in various limited partnerships 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 $534,808 for the year ended December 31, 2010 and $1,022,294 (including a one-time historic tax credit of $549,378) for the year ended December 31, 2009.  These tax credits were 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 $495,592 and $983,904 for 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The carrying values of these investments, which are included in other assets, were $2,431,244 and $2,926,836 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

The Bank has a one-third ownership interest in a nondepository trust company, 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.  The Company's investment in Partners, included in other assets, amounted to $369,167 as of December 31, 2010 and $298,823 as of December 31, 2009.  The Company recognized income of $70,344 for 2010 and a loss of $1,296 for 2009.

 
 

 
Note 8.  Time Deposits

The following is a maturity distribution of time deposits at December 31, 2010:

2011
  $ 81,282,356  
2012
    30,182,902  
2013
    8,311,327  
2014
    7,490,663  
Thereafter
    16,464,850  
Total time certificates of deposit
  $ 143,732,098  
 
Note 9.  Borrowed Funds

Borrowings from the FHLBB as of December 31 were as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
Long-Term Borrowings
           
FHLBB term borrowing, 2.13% fixed rate, due January 31, 2011
  $ 10,000,000     $ 10,000,000  
FHLBB Community Investment Program borrowing, 7.67% fixed rate,
               
   due November 16, 2012
    10,000       10,000  
FHLBB term borrowing, 1.00% fixed rate, due January 27, 2012
    6,000,000       0  
FHLBB term borrowing, 1.71% fixed rate, due January 27, 2013
    6,000,000       0  
FHLBB term borrowing, 2.72% fixed rate, due January 27, 2015
    6,000,000       0  
      28,010,000       10,010,000  
                 
Short-Term Advances
               
FHLBB term borrowing, 0.39% fixed rate, due January 19, 2011
    5,000,000       0  
                 
Overnight Borrowings
               
Federal funds purchased (FHLBB), 0.200%
    0       3,401,000  
                 
Total borrowings
  $ 33,010,000     $ 13,411,000  

The Company maintained a $500,000 IDEAL Way Line of Credit with the FHLBB at December 31, 2010 and 2009 with no outstanding advances under this line at either year-end date.  Interest on these borrowings is at a rate determined daily by the FHLBB and payable monthly.

Borrowings from the FHLBB are secured by a blanket lien on qualified collateral consisting primarily of loans with first mortgages secured by one to four family properties.  Qualified collateral for these borrowings totaled $114,000,265 and $121,134,663 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, 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 the FHLBB.  As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company's potential borrowing capacity was $85,500,199 and $90,850,997, respectively, reduced by outstanding advances.  At December 31, 2010, $40,550,000 in letters of credit was utilized as collateral for these deposits compared to $40,150,000 at December 31, 2009.  During 2009, the fee structure changed to the amount of the line with a multiplier of 12.5 basis points and a minimum of $150 per letter of credit. Total fees were $50,395 for 2010 and $43,950 for 2009.

In 2009 the Company established a borrowing line with the FRBB to be used as a contingency funding source.  For this Borrower-in-Custody arrangement, the Company pledged eligible commercial loans, commercial real estate loans and home equity loans resulting in an available line of $70,695,535 as of December 31, 2010.  Credit advances in the FRBB lending program are overnight advances with interest chargeable at the primary credit rate (generally referred to as the discount rate), which was 75 basis points as of December 31, 2010.  As of December 31, 2010, the Company had no outstanding advances against this line.

Note 10.  Junior Subordinated Debentures

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had outstanding $12,887,000 principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2037 (the “Debentures”).  The Company pays interest on the Debentures quarterly at a fixed annual rate of 7.56% through December 15, 2012, and thereafter at a floating rate equal to the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 2.85%.  The Debentures mature on December 15, 2037.  The Debentures are subordinated and junior in right of payment to all senior indebtedness of the Company, as defined in the Indenture dated as of October 31, 2007 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee.  The Debentures are first redeemable, in whole or in part, by the Company on December 15, 2012.  Interest payments on the Debentures for 2010 and 2009 amounted to $974,257 each year, and are deductible for tax purposes.

The Debentures were issued and sold to CMTV Statutory Trust I (the “Trust”).  The Trust is a special purpose trust funded by a capital contribution of $387,000 from the Company, in exchange for 100% of the Trust’s common equity.  The Trust was formed for the purpose of issuing corporation-obligated mandatorily redeemable Capital Securities (“Capital Securities”) in the principal amount of $12.5 million to third-party investors and using the proceeds from the sale of such Capital Securities and the Company’s initial capital contribution to purchase the Debentures.  The Debentures are the sole asset of the Trust.  Distributions on the Capital Securities issued by the Trust are payable quarterly at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate being earned by the Trust on the Debentures.  The Capital Securities are subject to mandatory redemption, in whole or in part, upon repayment of the Debentures.  The Company has entered into an agreement which, taken collectively, fully and unconditionally guarantees the Capital Securities subject to the terms of the guarantee.

The Debentures are currently includable in the Company’s Tier 1 capital up to 25% of core capital elements (see Note 20).
 
 

Note 11.  Repurchase Agreements

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase amounted to $19,107,815 and $19,042,214 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  These agreements are collateralized by U. S. GSE securities and U. S. Treasury notes with a book value of $21,271,928 and $23,735,632 and a fair value of $21,388,076 and $23,903,342 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

The average daily balance of these repurchase agreements was $19,427,033 and $18,400,631 during 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The maximum borrowings outstanding on these agreements at any month-end reporting period of the Company were $21,081,592 and $21,002,058 in 2010 and 2009, respectively.  These repurchase agreements mature daily and carried a weighted average interest rate of .92% during 2010, and 1.39% during 2009.

Note 12.  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 (benefit) for the years ended December 31 was as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Currently paid or payable
  $ 1,011,997     $ 230,614  
Deferred
    (456,275 )     (545,933 )
    $ 555,722     $ (315,319 )


Total income tax expense (benefit) 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:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Computed expected tax expense
  $ 1,530,588     $ 1,167,065  
Tax exempt interest
    (477,502 )     (506,875 )
Disallowed interest
    34,891       42,479  
Partnership tax credits
    (534,808 )     (1,022,294 )
Other
    2,553       4,306  
    $ 555,722     $ (315,319 )

The deferred income tax benefit consisted of the following items for the years ended December 31:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Depreciation
  $ 11,660     $ (39,522 )
Mortgage servicing rights
    48,874       (9,230 )
Deferred compensation
    (27,343 )     42,568  
Bad debts
    (94,313 )     (73,988 )
Non-accrual loan interest
    (40,129 )     (15,171 )
Core deposit intangible
    (181,087 )     (226,358 )
Loan fair value
    (23,674 )     (42,871 )
Time deposit fair value
    (61,880 )     (88,400 )
Securities valuation
    0       (92,187 )
Fannie Mae preferred stock write down
    (9,532 )     11,256  
OREO write down
    (53,210 )     0  
Other
    (25,641 )     (12,030 )
    $ (456,275 )   $ (545,933 )

 
 

 
Listed below are the significant components of the net deferred tax asset at December 31:

   
2010
   
2009
 
Components of the deferred tax asset:
           
   Bad debts
  $ 1,093,322     $ 999,008  
   Non-accrual loan interest
    80,105       39,976  
   Deferred compensation
    337,449       310,105  
   Contingent liability - MPF program
    38,307       24,367  
   Fair value adjustment on acquired securities
               
      available-for-sale
    545,125       535,593  
   Fannie Mae preferred stock write down
    251,373       251,373  
   OREO write down
    53,210       0  
   Capital lease
    60,101       53,142  
   Alternative minimum tax
    59,031       59,031  
   Fair value adjustment on acquired bank premises
               
      and equipment
    153,862       153,862  
   Other
    111,141       106,400  
        Total deferred tax asset
    2,783,026       2,532,857  
                 
Components of the deferred tax liability:
               
   Depreciation
    344,820       333,160  
   Limited partnerships
    255,280       255,280  
   Mortgage servicing rights
    366,080       317,207  
   Unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale
    39,491       58,152  
   Core deposit intangible
    724,347       905,433  
   Fair value adjustment on acquired loans
    102,192       125,866  
   Fair value adjustment on acquired time deposits
    0       61,880  
        Total deferred tax liability
    1,832,210       2,056,978  
                 
        Net deferred tax asset
  $ 950,816     $ 475,879  

US GAAP provides 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 asset is included in other assets in the balance sheet.

ASC Topic 740, "Income Taxes", defines the criteria that an individual tax position must satisfy for some or all of the benefits of that position to be recognized in a company's financial statements. Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold of more-likely-than-not, and a measurement attribute for all tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return, in order for those tax positions to be recognized in the consolidated financial statements. The Company has adopted these provisions and there was no material effect on the consolidated financial statements.  The Company is currently open to audit under the statute of limitations by the Internal Revenue Service for the years ended December 31, 2007 through 2009.

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.  The pension expense was $493,127 and $540,600 for 2010 and 2009, 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, maintained 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 $398,307 and $386,993 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  Expenses associated with these plans were $31,314 and $28,494 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

The Company also maintains a supplemental employee retirement plan for certain key employees of the Company.  Benefits accrued under this plan were $594,190 and $525,082 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The expense associated with this plan was $69,108 and $66,028 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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 represented credit risk:

   
Contract or
 
   
-Notional Amount-
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Unused portions of home equity lines of credit
  $ 18,936,634     $ 15,556,908  
Other commitments to extend credit
    30,581,584       26,613,388  
Residential construction lines of credit
    2,044,892       1,671,116  
Commercial real estate and other construction lines of credit
    6,891,848       12,664,208  
Standby letters of credit and commercial letters of credit
    1,266,800       735,007  
Recourse on sale of credit card portfolio
    371,800       391,380  
MPF credit enhancement obligation, net (See Note 16)
    1,806,982       1,485,978  

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, 2010 and 2009, the Company had binding loan commitments to sell residential mortgages at fixed rates totaling $4,483,821 and $1,021,983, respectively, which are included in other commitments to extend credit.  The recourse provision under the terms of the sale of the Company’s credit card portfolio in 2007 is based on total lines, not balances outstanding.  Based on historical losses, the Company does not expect any significant losses from this commitment.

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 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 trust 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, 2010 and 2009.  Of this amount, $12,500,000 represents external financing through the issuance to investors of capital trust securities by CMTV Statutory Trust I (See Note 10).

Note 16.  Contingent Liability

The Company sells first mortgage 1-4 family residential loans under a program with FHLBB, the MPF program.  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.  FHLBB 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 FHLBB's FLA funds are then utilized, followed by the member's CEO, with the balance of losses absorbed by FHLBB.  These loans meet specific underwriting standards of the FHLBB. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had $50,682,743 and $41,247,609, respectively, in loans sold through the MPF program and on which the Company had a CEO.  As of December 31, 2010, the notional amount of the maximum CEO related to this program was $1,919,649 compared to $1,557,645 as of December 31, 2009.  The Company had accrued a contingent liability for this CEO in the amount of $112,667 and $71,667 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which is calculated based on the methodology used in calculating its allowance for loan losses, adjusted to reflect the risk sharing arrangements with the FHLBB.  The volume of loans sold to the MPF program and the corresponding credit obligation continue to be closely monitored by management.

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 be material to the Company's consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

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, made 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:

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Balance, beginning
  $ 6,538,993     $ 3,778,080  
Loans - New Principal Officers/Directors
    0       2,809,549  
New loans to existing Officers/Directors
    25,835,458       6,206,719  
Retirement of Director
    0       (2,273 )
Repayment*
    (25,358,458 )     (6,253,082 )
Balance, ending
  $ 7,015,993     $ 6,538,993  
*Includes loans sold to the secondary market.

Total deposits with related parties were $4,845,646 and $4,896,013 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

The Company leases approximately 1,839 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 offices in the Company’s Barre and Lyndonville branches.  The amount of rental income received from CFSG for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was $31,182 and $28,729, respectively.

The Company utilizes the services of CFSG as an investment advisor for the 401(k) plan.  The Human Resources committee of the Board of Directors is the Trustee of the plan, and CFSG provides 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, 2010 and 2009 was $37,797 and $34,677, respectively.

Note 19.  Restrictions on Cash and Due From Banks

The Company is required to maintain reserve balances in cash with the FRBB.  The Company uses a deposit reclassification tool not only as an additional means to increase spread income, but also to allow the Bank 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 at the FRBB.  At December 31, 2010, the reserve requirement was $0 compared to $275,000 at December 31, 2009.

In the ordinary course of the Company's business it may, from time to time, maintain amounts due from correspondent banks that exceed federally insured limits.  However, to date, no losses have been experienced in these accounts and the Company believes it is not exposed to any significant risk with respect to such accounts.  The Company was required to maintain contracted clearing balances with other correspondent banks of $225,000 at December 31, 2010 and 2009.

Note 20.  Regulatory Capital Requirements

The Company (on a consolidated basis) and the 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 capital requirements are applicable to banks, but not 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).  The Company’s Series A preferred stock ($2.5 million liquidation preference) is includable without limitation in its Tier 1 capital.  For 2010 and prior annual and quarterly periods the Company’s trust preferred junior subordinated debentures have been includable in Tier 1 capital up to 25% of core capital elements, with the balance includable in Tier 2 capital.  In accordance with changes in the regulatory requirements for calculating capital ratios, beginning March 31, 2011, the Company will deduct the amount of goodwill, net of deferred tax liability ($2,061,772 at December 31, 2010), for purposes of calculating the amount of trust preferred junior subordinated debentures includable in Tier 1 capital.  Management believes, as of December 31, 2010, that the Company and the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
 
As of December 31, 2010, 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.
 
The following table shows the regulatory capital ratios for the Company and the Bank as of year end 2010 and 2009:

         
Minimum
     
Minimum
To Be Well
     
For Capital
Capitalized Under
     
Adequacy
Prompt Corrective
 
Actual
Purposes:
Action Provisions:
 
Amount
Ratio 
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio
 
(Dollars in Thousands)
As of December 31, 2010:
           
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
           
   Company
$43,942
12.33%
$28,505
8.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$43,364
12.20%
$28,439
8.00%
$35,549
10.00%
             
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
           
   Company
$40,187
11.28%
$14,253
4.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$39,610
11.14%
$14,220
4.00%
$21,329
6.00%
             
Tier I capital (to average assets)
           
   Company
$40,187
7.52%
$21,376
4.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$39,610
7.42%
$21,345
4.00%
$26,681
5.00%
 

 
         
Minimum
     
Minimum
To Be Well
     
For Capital
Capitalized Under
     
Adequacy
Prompt Corrective
 
Actual
Purposes:
Action Provisions:
 
Amount
Ratio 
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio
 
(Dollars in Thousands)
As of December 31, 2009:
           
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
           
   Company
$40,326
11.57%
$27,877
8.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$40,336
11.60%
$27,811
8.00%
$34,764
10.00%
             
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
           
   Company
$36,875
10.58%
$13,939
4.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$36,885
10.61%
$13,906
4.00%
$20,858
6.00%
             
Tier I capital (to average assets)
           
   Company
$36,875
7.50%
$19,674
4.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$36,885
7.51%
$19,643
4.00%
$24,554
5.00%

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.

On February 24, 2009, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”) issued supervisory guidance on the payment of dividends and redemption and repurchases of stock by bank holding companies.  The guidance heightened expectations that a bank holding company will inform and consult with the FRB supervisory staff in advance of declaring and paying any dividend that could raise safety and soundness concerns (such as a dividend exceeding current period earnings); redeeming or repurchasing regulatory capital instruments when the bank holding company is experiencing financial weaknesses; or redeeming or repurchasing common stock or perpetual preferred stock that would result in a net reduction in the amount of such equity instruments outstanding compared with the beginning of the quarter in which the redemption or repurchase occurred.  The guidance provides that a bank holding company should eliminate, defer or severely limit dividends if net income for the past four quarters is not sufficient to fully fund dividends; the prospective rate of earnings retention is not consistent with the holding company’s capital needs and overall current and prospective financial condition; or the holding company will not meet, or is in danger of not meeting, its minimum regulatory capital ratios.  In accordance with this guidance, the Company would be required to consult with, and obtain the approval of, the FRB staff for payment, if any, of quarterly cash dividends in future periods in excess of earnings for the applicable quarterly period.
 
Note 21.  Fair Value

ASC Topic 820-10-20, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, provides a framework for measuring and disclosing fair value under US GAAP.  ASC Topic 820-10-20 requires disclosures about the fair value of assets and liabilities recognized in the balance sheet in periods subsequent to initial recognition, whether the measurements are made on a recurring basis (for example, available-for-sale investment securities) or on a nonrecurring basis (for example, impaired loans).

Fair value is the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.  ASC Topic 820-10-20 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.  The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.  Level 1 assets and liabilities include debt and equity securities and derivative contracts that are traded in an active exchange market, as well as U.S. Treasury, other U.S. Government and agency mortgage-backed debt securities that are highly liquid and are actively traded in over-the-counter markets.

Level 2
Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.  Level 2 assets and liabilities include debt securities with quoted prices that are traded less frequently than exchange-traded instruments and derivative contracts whose value is determined using a pricing model with inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.  This category generally includes certain derivative contracts, residential mortgage servicing rights, impaired loans, and OREO which uses the market approach.

Level 3
Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.  Level 3 assets and liabilities include financial instruments whose value is determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation.  For example, this category generally includes certain private equity investments, retained residual interest in securitizations, and highly-structured or long-term derivative contracts.
 
 

A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31 are summarized below:

December 31, 2010
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Total
 
Assets:
                 
U.S. GSE debt securities
  $ 0     $ 16,313,390     $ 16,313,390  
U.S. Government securities
    4,038,740       1,035,946       5,074,686  
U.S. GSE preferred stock
    42,360       0       42,360  
                         
December 31, 2009
                       
Assets:
                       
U.S. GSE debt securities
  $ 0     $ 18,806,650     $ 18,806,650  
U.S. Government securities
    1,003,233       4,093,459       5,096,692  
U.S. GSE preferred stock
    71,488       0       71,488  


Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and reflected in the balance sheet at December 31 are summarized below:

December 31, 2010
 
Level 2
 
Assets:
     
Mortgage servicing rights
  $ 1,076,708  
Impaired loans, net of related allowance
    2,870,411  
OREO
    1,210,300  
         
December 31, 2009
       
Assets:
       
Mortgage servicing rights
  $ 1,011,360  
Impaired loans, net of related allowance
    2,186,171  
OREO
    743,000  

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:  The fair value of securities available for sale equals quoted market prices, if available.  If quoted market prices are not available, fair value is determined using quoted market prices for similar securities.  Level 1 securities include certain U.S. Government securities and U.S. GSE preferred stock.  Level 2 securities include asset-backed securities, including obligations of U.S. GSEs and certain U.S Government securities.

Restricted equity securities:  Restricted equity securities are comprised of FRBB stock and FHLBB stock.  These securities are carried at cost, which is believed to approximate fair value, based on the redemption provisions of the FRBB and the FHLBB.  The stock is nonmarketable, and redeemable at par value, subject to certain conditions, and, in the case of FHLBB stock, a moratorium on redemptions.

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 fair values.  Loan impairment is deemed to exist when full repayment of principal and interest according to the contractual terms of the loan is no longer probable.  Impaired loans are reported based on one of three measures: the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate; the loan’s observable market price; or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent.  If the fair value is less than an impaired loan’s recorded investment, an impairment loss is recognized as part of the ALL.  Accordingly, certain impaired loans may be subject to measurement at fair value on a non-recurring basis.  Management has estimated the fair values of these assets using Level 2 inputs, such as the fair value of collateral based on independent third-party appraisals for collateral-dependent loans.

The fair value of loans held-for-sale is based upon an actual purchase and sale agreement between the Company and an independent market participant.  The sale is executed within a reasonable period following quarter end at the stated fair value.

Mortgage servicing rights:  Mortgage servicing rights are evaluated regularly for impairment based upon the fair   value of the servicing rights as compared to their amortized cost. The fair value of mortgage servicing rights is based on a valuation model that calculates the present value of estimated net servicing income, with loans divided into strata for valuation purposes based on their rates, terms and other features. The Company obtains a third party valuation based upon loan level data, including note rate, type and term.. The model utilizes a variety of observable inputs for its assumptions, the most significant of which are loan prepayment assumptions and the discount rate used to discount future cash flows.  Mortgage servicing rights are subject to measurement at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and are classified as Level 2 assets.


Deposits, federal funds purchased 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 borrowed funds are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on certificates and indebtedness to a schedule of aggregated contractual maturities on such time deposits and indebtedness.

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.

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company's financial instruments were as follows:

   
December 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2009
 
   
Carrying
   
Fair
   
Carrying
   
Fair
 
   
Amount
   
Value
   
Amount
   
Value
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
Financial assets:
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 51,448     $ 51,448     $ 9,603     $ 9,603  
Securities held-to-maturity
    37,441       38,157       44,766       45,543  
Securities available-for-sale
    21,430       21,430       23,975       23,975  
Restricted equity securities
    4,309       4,309       3,907       3,907  
Loans and loans held-for-sale, net
    387,631       397,123       378,656       388,199  
Mortgage servicing rights
    1,077       1,056       933       1,011  
Accrued interest receivable
    1,790       1,790       1,895       1,895  
                                 
Financial liabilities:
                               
Deposits
    438,192       440,913       418,786       420,933  
Federal funds purchased and other borrowed funds
    33,010       33,250       13,411       13,549  
Repurchase agreements
    19,108       19,108       19,042       19,042  
Capital lease obligations
    835       835       877       877  
Subordinated debentures
    12,887       13,155       12,887       11,370  
Accrued interest payable
    192       192       234       234  

The estimated fair values of commitments to extend credit and letters of credit were immaterial at December 31, 2010 and 2009.
 
 

 

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, 2010 and 2009
 
             
Assets
 
2010
   
2009
 
             
   Cash
  $ 123,116     $ 125,967  
   Investment in subsidiary - Community National Bank
    51,436,841       49,196,444  
   Investment in Capital Trust
    387,000       387,000  
   Other assets
    441,802       442,724  
        Total assets
  $ 52,388,759     $ 50,152,135  
                 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
               
 Liabilities
               
   Junior subordinated debentures
  $ 12,887,000     $ 12,887,000  
   Dividends payable
    374,090       375,297  
        Total liabilities
    13,261,090       13,262,297  
                 
 Shareholders' Equity
               
   Preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 25 shares issued and outstanding at
               
     December 31, 2010 and 2009 ($100,000 liquidation value)
    2,500,000       2,500,000  
   Common stock - $2.50 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, at December 31,
               
    2010 and 2009, and 4,834,615 and  4,759,913 shares issued at December 31,
               
    2010 and 2009, respectively (including 19,312 and 21,636 shares issued
               
    February 1, 2011 and 2010, respectively)
    12,086,538       11,899,783  
    Additional paid-in capital
    26,718,403       26,192,359  
   Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
    368,848       (1,192,409 )
   Accumulated other comprehensive income
    76,657       112,882  
   Less: treasury stock, at cost; 210,101 shares at December 31, 2010 and 2009
    (2,622,777 )     (2,622,777 )
        Total shareholders' equity
    39,127,669       36,889,838  
                 
        Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
  $ 52,388,759     $ 50,152,135  

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, 2010 and 2009
 
             
   
2010
   
2009
 
Income
           
   Bank subsidiary distributions
  $ 2,527,000     $ 2,611,000  
   Dividends on Capital Trust
    29,257       29,257  
      Total income
    2,556,257       2,640,257  
                 
Expense
               
   Interest on junior subordinated debentures
    974,257       974,257  
   Administrative and other
    354,416       357,130  
       Total expense
    1,328,673       1,331,387  
                 
Income before applicable income tax benefit and equity in
               
  undistributed net income of subsidiary
    1,227,584       1,308,870  
Applicable income tax benefit
    441,802       442,724  
                 
Income before equity in undistributed net income of subsidiary
    1,669,386       1,751,594  
Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiary
    2,276,622       1,996,268  
        Net income
  $ 3,946,008     $ 3,747,862  


Community Bancorp. (Parent Company Only)
 
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
 
Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
             
   
2010
   
2009
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
           
  Net income
  $ 3,946,008     $ 3,747,862  
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
               
    operating activities
               
      Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiary
    (2,276,622 )     (1,996,268 )
      Decrease in income taxes receivable
    922       19,765  
         Net cash provided by operating activities
    1,670,308       1,771,359  
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
               
      Dividends paid on preferred stock
    (187,500 )     (187,500 )
      Dividends paid on common stock
    (1,485,659 )     (1,674,947 )
         Net cash used in financing activities
    (1,673,159 )     (1,862,447 )
                 
         Net decrease in cash
    (2,851 )     (91,088 )
                 
Cash
               
      Beginning
    125,967       217,055  
      Ending
  $ 123,116     $ 125,967  
                 
Cash Received for Income Taxes
  $ 442,724     $ 462,489  
                 
Cash Paid for Interest
  $ 974,257     $ 974,257  
                 
Common Shares Dividends paid:
               
      Dividends declared
  $ 2,197,251     $ 2,160,050  
      Decrease in dividends payable attributable to dividends declared
    1,207       151,508  
      Dividends reinvested
    (712,799 )     (636,611 )
    $ 1,485,659     $ 1,674,947  
 
 
 
 

 
Note 23.  Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

A summary of financial data for the four quarters of 2010 and 2009 is presented below:

   
Quarters in 2010 ended
 
   
March 31,
   
June 30,
   
Sept. 30,
   
Dec. 31,
 
                         
Interest income
  $ 5,887,239     $ 5,899,121     $ 5,951,639     $ 5,948,984  
Interest expense
    1,644,096       1,680,487       1,610,258       1,592,896  
Provision for loan losses
    125,001       299,999       433,334       158,334  
Non-interest income
    1,231,801       1,186,432       1,230,782       1,992,287  
Non-interest expense
    4,288,821       4,360,458       4,326,559       4,306,312  
Net income
    938,912       732,533       787,805       1,486,758  
Earnings per common share
    0.20       0.15       0.16       0.31  
                                 
   
Quarters in 2009 ended
 
   
March 31,
   
June 30,
   
Sept. 30,
   
Dec. 31,
 
                                 
Interest income
  $ 6,093,582     $ 5,960,287     $ 5,986,293     $ 6,079,110  
Interest expense
    2,131,619       1,951,053       1,887,921       1,713,887  
Provision for loan losses
    125,001       125,001       175,001       200,001  
Non-interest income
    1,151,556       1,852,451       1,381,757       1,270,669  
Non-interest expense
    4,500,111       4,755,111       4,357,764       4,420,692  
Net income
    683,253       1,007,565       1,013,222       1,043,822  
Earnings per common share
    0.14       0.21       0.21       0.23  

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:

   
2010
   
2009
 
Income
           
   Loan documentation fees
  $ 652,876     $ 658,450  
   Loan servicing fees
    471,907       421,623  
                 
Expenses
               
   Marketing
  $ 315,000     $ 314,772  
   State deposit tax
    476,315       414,142  
   Amortization of limited partnerships
    495,592       983,904  
   ATM fees
    292,328       383,536  

Note 25.  Subsequent Events

Declaration of Cash Dividend

On December 14, 2010, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.12 per share payable February 1, 2011 to shareholders of record as of January 15, 2011. This dividend has been recorded as of the declaration date, including shares issuable under the DRIP plan.

For purposes of accrual or disclosure in these financial statements, the Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of these financial statements.
 
 
 

 

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

     The following discussion analyzes the consolidated financial condition of Community Bancorp. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Community National Bank, as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and its consolidated results of operations for the years then ended.  The Company is considered a “smaller reporting company” under applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is therefore eligible for relief from certain disclosure requirements.  In accordance with such provisions, the Company has elected to provide its audited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for two, rather than three, years.

     The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes.

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 subsidiary. 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 loan portfolio and its participation in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBB) 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 undue 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) general economic or monetary conditions, either nationally or regionally, continue to deteriorate, resulting in a decline in credit quality or a diminished demand for the Company's products and services; (2) 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; (3) interest rates change in such a way as to reduce the Company's margins;  (4) changes in laws or government rules, or the way in which courts and government agencies interpret or implement those laws or rules, increase our costs of doing business or otherwise adversely affect the Company's business; (5) changes in federal or state tax policy; (6) changes in the level of nonperforming assets and charge-offs; (7) changes in estimates of future reserve requirements based upon relevant regulatory and accounting requirements; (8) changes in consumer and business spending, borrowing and savings habits; and (9) the effect of and changes in the United States monetary and fiscal policies, including the interest rate policies and regulation of the money supply by the Federal Reserve Board, which, in turn, may result in inflation and interest rate, securities market and monetary fluctuations and in changes in the demand for our loan and deposit products.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

     Under SEC Regulation G, public companies making disclosures containing financial measures that are not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (U.S. GAAP or GAAP) must also disclose, along with each non-GAAP financial measure, certain additional information, including a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to the closest comparable GAAP financial measure, as well as a statement of the company’s reasons for utilizing the non-GAAP financial measure.  The SEC has exempted from the definition of non-GAAP financial measures certain commonly used financial measures that are not based on GAAP.  However, two non-GAAP financial measures commonly used by financial institutions, namely tax-equivalent net interest income and tax-equivalent net interest margin, have not been specifically exempted by the SEC, and may therefore constitute non-GAAP financial measures under Regulation G.  We are unable to state with certainty whether the SEC would regard those measures as subject to Regulation G.

     Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating the Company’s financial performance and facilitate comparisons with the performance of other financial institutions.  However, that information should be considered supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

OVERVIEW

     The Company ended the year on December 31, 2010 with total assets of $545.9 million compared to $505.3 million on December 31, 2009, an increase of approximately 8.0%.  The growth of the balance sheet in 2010 was driven by an increase on the funding side as deposits increased $19.4 million and borrowings increased $19.6 million, with no net growth in earning assets.  Total deposits on December 31, 2010 were $438.2 million, compared to $418.8 million on December 31, 2009.  This increase was achieved in spite of a decrease in time deposits of $23.5 million, including the maturing during the first quarter of 2010 of $15.1 million in one way funds purchased in the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (CDARS) program of Promontory Interfinancial Network (described below in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section), which were replaced with long-term borrowings from the FHLBB.  Also contributing to the decrease in time deposits was the competitive interest rate environment for Certificate of Deposit (CD) specials, resulting in a decrease in CDs of $8.4 million.  The Company’s non-time deposits grew sufficiently to cover the $15.1 million in matured one-way CDARS funds, with total deposits increasing by $42.9 million.  Contributing to the increase in deposits was a new NOW account with the Company’s affiliate, Community Financial Services Group (CFSG), in the amount of $20 million.  The Company considers these increases in core deposits as significant to the overall balance sheet as a stable source of funding to support asset growth.  However, management believes that the low interest rates being paid on CDs and other investment products is likely causing some depositors to place their money in non maturing products such as money market and savings accounts awaiting an improvement in interest rates and market conditions.

     On the asset side, gross loans and loans held for sale increased a total of $9.2 million, while municipal investments decreased $7.3 million and the available-for-sale securities portfolio decreased $2.5 million.  This lack of net growth in earning assets resulted in an increase in overnight funds kept in cash in the amount of $41.8 million from December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2010.

     The Company declared dividends of $0.48 per common share in 2010, the same level that was paid in 2009.  Strong earnings in 2010 resulted in retained earnings of $368,848 as of December 31, 2010 compared to an accumulated deficit of $1.2 million as of December 31, 2009 and an increase in total shareholders’ equity of $2.2 million.

     Average earning assets increased $30.8 million in 2010 while average interest bearing liabilities increased $24.0 million.  Although average earning assets increased, the average yield earned on interest-earning assets decreased 46 basis points as variable rate assets repriced, and new loans were recorded, at prevailing interest rates.  Similarly, while average interest-bearing liabilities increased, the average rate paid on the average balances decreased by 38 basis points.  The combined effects of these changes resulted in an increase of approximately $681,000 in tax equivalent net interest income.

     Net income for 2010 was $3.9 million, or $.82 per common share, compared to $3.7 million, or $.79 per common share in 2009.  Total non-interest income was $5.6 million in 2010 compared to $5.7 million in 2009, a decrease of 0.3%.  One of the components of non-interest income is income from selling loans in the secondary market.  In 2009 the Federal Reserve’s action to purchase high levels of mortgage-backed securities in an effort to stimulate the real estate market drove down mortgage interest rates and sparked very strong mortgage refinancing activity.  Rates remained low throughout most of 2010 fueling another round of refinancing activity, resulting in $54.4 million in mortgages sold during 2010 compared to $70.1 million during 2009.  The Company reported net gains from the sales of these mortgages of $1.2 million in 2010 compared to $1.1 million in 2009.  Another component of non-interest income that varied between periods was the net realized gains of $471,055 in 2009 from the sale of the Company’s mortgage backed securities (MBS) and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMO), compared to no realized gains in 2010.

     Non-interest expenses in 2010 were $17.3 million compared to $18.0 million in 2009, a decrease of 4.2%.  One of the most significant variances was in FDIC premiums due to a special assessment of $233,500 in 2009, in addition to the regular assessments, resulting in FDIC premium expense of $633,043 in 2010, compared to $784,877 in 2009.  Another sizeable difference was in loss on limited partnerships due to a significant investment made by the Company in a local senior housing project in 2009 that increased the losses in those partnerships for the year. Amortization of the intangibles related to the loans and deposits acquired in the 2007 merger with LyndonBank was $784,238 in 2010 compared to $1.1 million in 2009.  Expenses related to past due and non accruing loans and other real estate owned were $412,238 in 2010 compared to $169,904 in 2009. Losses from external fraud related to debit card transactions were $108,661 in 2010 compared to $16,987 in 2009.  This is a trend that is on the rise and an area of fraud where, in most instances, the Company, rather than the customer, the merchant or the processor, is generally responsible for the losses.

     Global economic indicators point toward a recovering U.S. economy; consumer confidence has improved and household spending is increasing at a moderate pace, but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit. Business spending on equipment and software is rising, though less rapidly than earlier in 2010, while investment in nonresidential structures continues to be weak. Employers remain reluctant to add to payrolls and the housing sector continues to be depressed. Longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable, but measures of underlying inflation have continued to trend downward. More locally, the unemployment rate in Vermont in November 2010 was lower by a full percentage point compared to the prior year and since the start of the calendar year, the Vermont seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has followed a downward trend.  Conditions are generally better than 2009, however of great concern is the rising price of fuel and the impact it will have to the consumer and all sectors of the economy. The manufacturing industry was hardest hit early in the recession with most if its layoffs occurring in early 2009, however reports from two local manufacturers of wood products indicate that production has increased and they have increased work hours for production crews.  In the farming sector, milk prices increased during 2010 and are projected to remain at these levels for at least the first half of 2011.  The 2010 construction season was very slow for both commercial and residential contractors, leaving many with depleted financial resources and less prepared for the slow winter season and their 2011 startup.  Some commercial contractors have found work at the local ski resort that is undergoing a major expansion.  Tourism activity during the fall foliage season and so far this winter has been good with local hotels reporting stable bookings.  The local real estate markets improved during 2010, sparked by the low interest rate environment.  Local real estate agents report that sales have increased across all price points.  Another positive note for the northeastern Vermont market area is a multi-phase expansion project of a local ski area, where construction of two hotels, a hockey arena, an indoor water park and a golf club house are expected to transform the ski resort to a year-round indoor and outdoor recreation destination resort.  This project is expected to inject $90 million of construction funding into the local economy over the next two years utilizing Federal EB5 program capital from foreign investors.

     While there are some signs of a recovery, the recent recession will continue to have a negative impact on the consumer, particularly as it relates to credit performance, which tends to lag economic cycles.  The increase in past dues and non-performing loans during 2010 compared to 2009 indicates that customers continue to struggle to make their mortgage payments, not only due to layoffs and reduced income, but some are plagued by high levels of other consumer debt as well.  These economic factors are considered in assessing the level of the Company’s reserve for loan losses in an effort to adequately reserve for probable losses due to consequences of the recession. The Company recorded a provision for loan losses of $1.02 million in 2010 compared to $625,004 in 2009.

     There were significant regulatory changes affecting banks in 2010, which are likely to impact all aspects of the financial services industry for many years to come.  In particular, the comprehensive Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) enacted in July 2010 contains many new requirements and mandates applicable to banking institutions and authorizes numerous rulemakings by various agencies to implement its provisions.  Among other things, the Dodd-Frank Act: creates a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an independent agency to implement and (with respect to larger institutions) enforce federal consumer protection laws; changes the method for calculating regulatory capital by bank holding companies and restricts the use of trust preferred securities as Tier 1 capital (subject to certain grandfathering); imposes new price controls on debit card interchange fees; imposes new disclosure, escrow, appraisal and other requirements applicable to mortgage lending; adopts new disclosure and voting requirements for public companies relating to executive compensation arrangements (subject to a delayed effective date for smaller reporting companies); makes permanent the increase to $250,000 in the amount of maximum FDIC insurance coverage; changes the assessment formula for FDIC insurance premiums from one based on deposits to one based on assets; provides permanent relief for smaller reporting companies such as the Company from the auditor attestation requirements of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; and extends through 2012 the temporary unlimited deposit insurance coverage for non-interest bearing accounts.  An amendment to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act enacted in December 2010 included interest on lawyer trust accounts (IOLTAs) within the definition of “non-interest bearing transaction account” for purposes of the Dodd-Frank Act’s unlimited deposit insurance coverage.

     The regulatory environment continues to increase operating costs and place extensive burden on personnel resources to comply with a myriad of legal requirements, including those under the Dodd-Frank Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the USA Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in Lending Act.  It is unlikely that these administrative costs and burdens will moderate in the future.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

    The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared according to US GAAP.  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 SEC has defined a company’s critical accounting policies as those 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.

Allowance for Loan Losses - 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 qualitative factors, including the effect of current economic indicators and their probable impact on borrowers and collateral, trends in delinquent and non-performing loans, trends in criticized and classified assets, concentrations of credit, levels of exceptions, and the impact of competition in the market. 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.

Other Real Estate Owned - Occasionally, the Company acquires property in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction of debts previously contracted, other real estate owned (OREO).  Such properties are carried at fair value, which is the market value less estimated cost of disposition, i.e. sales commissions and costs associated with the sale.  Market value is defined as the cash price that might reasonably be anticipated in a current sale that is within 12 months, under all conditions requisite to a fair sale.  A fair sale means that a buyer and seller are each acting prudently, knowledgeably, and under no necessity to buy or sell.  Market value is determined, as appropriate, either by obtaining a current appraisal or evaluation prepared by an independent, qualified appraiser, by obtaining a Broker’s Price Opinion, and finally, if the Company has limited exposure and limited risk of loss, by the opinion of management as supported by an inspection of the property and its most recent tax valuation.  If the Company has a valid appraisal or an appropriate evaluation obtained in connection with the real estate loan, and there has been no obvious and material change in market conditions or physical aspects of the property, then the Company need not obtain another appraisal or evaluation when it acquires ownership of the property. Under recent and current market conditions, and periods of declining market values, the Company will generally obtain a new appraisal or evaluation.

     The amount, if any, by which the recorded amount of the loan exceeds the fair value, less cost to sell, is a loss which is charged to the allowance for loan losses at the time of foreclosure or repossession. The recorded amount of the loan is the loan balance adjusted for any unamortized premium or discount and unamortized loan fees or costs, less any amount previously charged off, plus recorded accrued interest.

Investment Securities - Companies are required to perform quarterly reviews of individual debt and equity 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 and the probability, extent and timing of a valuation recovery, the company’s intent to continue to hold the security and, in the case of debt securities, the likelihood that the company will not have to sell the security before recovery of its cost basis.  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 and business prospects, or to market-related or other factors, such as interest rates, and in the case of debt securities, the extent to which the impairment relates to credit losses of the issuer, as compared to other factors.  Declines in the fair value of securities below their cost that are deemed in accordance with GAAP to be other than temporary, and declines in fair value of debt securities below their cost that are related to credit losses, are recorded in earnings as realized losses.  The non-credit loss portion of an other than temporary decline in the fair value of debt securities below their cost basis (generally, the difference between the fair value and the estimated net present value of the debt security) is recognized in other comprehensive income as an unrealized loss.

Mortgage Servicing Rights - Mortgage servicing rights associated with loans originated and sold, where servicing is retained, are required to be initially capitalized at fair value and subsequently accounted for using the “fair value method” or the “amortization method”. Capitalized mortgage servicing rights are 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.  The value of capitalized servicing rights represents the estimated 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 compared to amortized cost, and impairment, if any, is recognized through a valuation allowance and is recorded as amortization of other assets.  Subsequent improvement (if any) in the estimated fair value of impaired mortgage servicing rights is reflected in a positive valuation adjustment and is recognized in other income up to (but not in excess of) the amount of the prior impairment. 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. Factors that may significantly affect the estimates used are changes in interest rates and the payment performance of the underlying loans.  The Company analyzes and accounts for the value of its servicing rights with the assistance of a third party consultant.

Goodwill - Management utilizes numerous techniques to estimate the value of various assets held by the Company, including methods to determine the appropriate carrying value of goodwill.  In addition, goodwill from a purchase acquisition is subject to ongoing periodic impairment tests, which include an evaluation of the ongoing assets, liabilities and revenues from the acquisition and an estimation of the impact of business conditions.

Other - 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.  The use of different estimates or assumptions could produce different estimates of carrying values and those differences could be material in some circumstances.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

    The Company’s net income of $3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 increased $198,146 or 5.3% from net income of $3.7 million for 2009, resulting in earnings per common share of $0.82 and $0.79, respectively.  An increase of $724,454 or 4.4% is noted in net interest income for 2010 compared to 2009.  Although interest income decreased $432,289 or 1.8% in 2010, that decline was more than offset by a decrease in interest expense of $1.2 million or 15.1%, due primarily to a decrease in interest rates paid on deposits.  The persistent low rate environment continues to put pressure on the net interest spread and net interest margin.  Non-interest income decreased $15,131 or 0.3%, and non-interest expense decreased $751,528 or 4.2%.  The Company sold its entire portfolio of MBS and CMO during 2009 for a net gain of $471,055, while there were no sales from the investment portfolio in 2010.  Increases in other components of non-interest income including income from the sale of loans to the secondary market and mortgage servicing rights during 2010 helped to offset a portion of the difference in this gain in 2009.  All components of non-interest expense decreased from 2009 to 2010 with other expenses noting the biggest decrease of $201,793 or 3.8%, followed by salaries and wages with a decrease of $159,999 or 2.7%. Loss on limited partnerships, a component of other expenses, decreased $488,312, or just under 50% from 2009 to 2010, which was offset in part by an increase of $191,362 in expenses associated with non-performing loans, with such expenses totaling $40,629 for 2009 compared to $231,991 for 2010.

     The Company’s average assets increased $27.2 million or 5.5% in 2010, with total average assets of approximately $521.0 million during 2010, compared to average assets of $493.8 million during 2009.  The average loan portfolio increased $16.7 million or 4.5% from 2009 to 2010 and overnight deposits, primarily funds held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB), increased approximately $15.0 million, from an average volume of $170 thousand in 2009 to $15.2 million in 2010.  A decrease is noted in the average volume of the investment portfolio during 2010 of just under $1.0 million or 1.2%, as well as a decrease in the average balance of non-interest bearing cash and due from banks of $5.1 million or 58.6% for 2010, compared to 2009.

     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,
 
2010
2009
     
Return on average assets
0.76%
0.76%
Return on average equity
10.43%
10.44%
Dividend payout ratio (1)
58.54%
60.76%
Average equity to average assets ratio
7.26%
7.27%

(1)Dividends declared per common share divided by earnings per common share.


 
 

 
The following table summarizes the earnings performance and balance sheet data of the Company during each of the last five fiscal years:

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA (1)
 
   
(Not covered by Report of Independent Public Accountants)
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
                               
Total interest income
  $ 23,687     $ 24,119     $ 27,088     $ 21,693     $ 20,976  
Less:
                                       
Total interest expense
    6,528       7,684       10,503       8,491       7,703  
  Net interest income
    17,159       16,435       16,585       13,202       13,273  
Less:
                                       
Provision for loan losses
    1,017       625       499       148       138  
                                         
Non-interest income
    5,641       5,656       4,036       3,448       3,124  
Less:
                                       
Non-interest expense
    17,282       18,034       18,245       12,476       12,154  
  Income before income taxes
    4,502       3,433       1,877       4,026       4,105  
Less:
                                       
Applicable income tax expense (benefit)(2)
    556       (315 )     (324 )     669       730  
                                         
   Net Income
  $ 3,946     $ 3,748     $ 2,201     $ 3,357     $ 3,375  
                                         
Balance Sheet Data
                                       
                                         
Net loans
  $ 387,631     $ 378,656     $ 362,460     $ 353,102     $ 266,396  
Total assets
    545,933       505,287       487,799       502,032       351,815  
Total deposits
    438,192       418,786       402,241       416,220       300,988  
Borrowed funds
    33,010       13,411       12,572       13,760       40  
Total liabilities
    506,805       468,397       452,526       467,111       321,084  
Total shareholders' equity
    39,128       36,890       35,273       34,920       30,731  
                                         
Per Share Data(3)
                                       
                                         
Earnings per common share
  $ 0.82     $ 0.79     $ 0.46     $ 0.77     $ 0.78  
Dividends declared per common share
  $ 0.48     $ 0.48     $ 0.68     $ 0.67     $ 0.64  
Book value per common shares outstanding
  $ 7.92     $ 7.56     $ 7.33     $ 7.94     $ 7.09  
Weighted average number of
                                       
  common shares outstanding
    4,584,145       4,504,943       4,430,657       4,365,378       4,302,456  
Number of common shares outstanding
    4,624,514       4,549,812       4,469,105       4,399,167       4,130,109  
                                         
(1) The following does not include LyndonBank, acquired on December 31, 2007: All data for 2006 and 2007 income statement and earnings per share data.
 
(2) Applicable income tax expense (benefit) above includes the income tax effect, assuming a 34% tax rate, on securities gains which totaled $0 in 2010, $160,159 in 2009, $0 in 2008 and
 
      2007, and $19,338 in 2006.
 
(3) All share and per share data for prior periods restated to reflect a 5% stock dividend declared in June 2007.
 
 
 

 
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 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 year-to-year, to improve comparability of information across years, the non-taxable income shown in tables A and B below has been converted to a tax equivalent basis. Because the Company’s corporate tax rate is 34%, to equalize tax-free and taxable income in the comparison, we divide the tax-free income by 66%, with the result that every tax-free dollar is equivalent to $1.52 in taxable income.

     Tax-exempt income is derived from municipal investments, which comprised the entire held-to-maturity portfolio of $37.4 million and $44.8 million, respectively, at December 31, 2010 and 2009.

     The following table provides the 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 2010 and 2009.
 
   
For years ended
 
   
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
             
Net interest income as presented
  $ 17,159     $ 16,435  
Effect of tax-exempt income
    662       705  
   Net interest income, tax equivalent
  $ 17,821     $ 17,140  


     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
 
Average Balances and Interest Rates
 
                                     
         
2010
               
2009
       
   
Average
   
Income/
   
Rate/
   
Average
   
Income/
   
Rate/
 
   
Balance
   
Expense
   
Yield
   
Balance
   
Expense
   
Yield
 
Interest-Earning Assets
 
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
                                     
 Loans (1)
  $ 387,268     $ 21,976       5.67 %   $ 370,527     $ 21,908       5.91 %
 Taxable investment securities
    22,681       344       1.52 %     25,344       779       3.07 %
 Tax exempt investment securities
    48,031       1,945       4.05 %     46,299       2,072       4.48 %
 Sweep and interest earning accounts
    15,205       19       0.12 %     170       0       0.00 %
 Other investments
    975       65       6.56 %     975       65       6.67 %
     Total
  $ 474,160     $ 24,349       5.14 %   $ 443,315     $ 24,824       5.60 %
                                                 
Interest-Bearing Liabilities
                                               
                                                 
 NOW and money market funds
  $ 153,674     $ 1,349       0.88 %   $ 126,369     $ 1,293       1.02 %
 Savings deposits
    56,027       164       0.29 %     53,218       163       0.31 %
 Time deposits
    149,528       3,246       2.17 %     169,267       4,692       2.77 %
 Federal funds purchased and other borrowed funds
    33,806       547       1.62 %     21,189       235       1.11 %
 Repurchase agreements
    19,427       179       0.92 %     18,401       255       1.39 %
 Capital lease obligations
    854       69       8.08 %     894       72       8.05 %
 Junior subordinated debentures
    12,887       974       7.56 %     12,887       974       7.56 %
     Total
  $ 426,203     $ 6,528       1.53 %   $ 402,225     $ 7,684       1.91 %
                                                 
Net interest income
          $ 17,821                     $ 17,140          
Net interest spread (2)
                    3.61 %                     3.69 %
Net interest margin (3)
                    3.76 %                     3.87 %
                                                 
(1) Included in gross loans are non-accrual loans with an average balance of $4,426,331 and $3,193,691 for the year ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
      Loans are stated before deduction of unearned discount and allowance for loan losses.
 
(2) Net interest spread is the difference between the yield on earning assets and the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities.
 
(3) Net interest margin is net interest income divided by average earning assets.
 

     Interest income from loans of approximately $22.0 million accounts for approximately 90.3% of total tax-equivalent interest income for 2010, compared to $21.9 million or 88.3% for 2009, with average yields of 5.67% and 5.91%, respectively. The average volume of loans increased $16.7 million, or 4.5% from 2009 to 2010, while the average rate earned on these assets decreased 24 basis points from 2009 to 2010, reflecting the prevailing low interest rate environment.  Interest income on taxable investment securities decreased $436 thousand and the average yield on these earning assets decreased 156 basis points from 2009 to 2010.  As these investments matured, the Company replaced most of them, but at considerably lower yields, accounting for the significant decrease in the average yield.  Sweep and interest earning assets consists primarily of access funds held in the Company’s account at the FRBB.  The FRBB began paying interest to financial institutions on balances left in their accounts overnight at a much higher rate than that of the Company’s other correspondent banks causing the Company to leave the funds in this account instead of selling the funds overnight to these other correspondent banks.

     Interest expense on time deposits represents approximately 49.7% of total interest expense for 2010, compared to 61.1% for 2009, with interest expense totaling $3.2 million and $4.7 million, respectively, and average rates paid of 2.17% and 2.77%, respectively.  The average volume of time deposits decreased $19.7 million or 11.7%, and the average rate paid decreased 60 basis points from 2009 to 2010.  The average volume of the capital lease obligation decreased $40,226 or approximately 4.5% from 2009 to 2010, which, due to the nature of the obligation will continue to decrease throughout its term.  Increases are noted in the average volumes of all other components of interest-bearing liabilities, with NOW and money market funds reporting the largest increase of $27.3 million or 21.6%, with average rates paid of 0.88% for 2010 compared to 1.02% for 2009.  Average balances of federal funds purchased and other borrowed funds are made up entirely of funds from FHLBB and reported the second largest increase of $12.6 million or 59.6%, with average rates paid of 1.62% for 2010, compared to 1.11% for 2009.  The cost of borrowing funds through FHLBB was more favorable during 2010 and 2009 compared to prior years, causing the Company to turn to that funding source rather than paying higher rates to attract more long-term funding such as time deposits.  This funding strategy accounts for the decrease in those deposits. The prolonged low-rate environment was a contributing factor to the decrease in the net interest spread of eight basis points, with a spread of 3.61% for 2010, compared to last year’s spread of 3.69%.

     The Company uses a deposit reclassification computing program as an additional means to increase spread income. The reclassification program assists in performing permitted reclassification of certain transactional account balances to non-transactional accounts for the purposes of calculating the daily cash reserve balances required to be maintained at the FRBB.  At December 31, 2010, the Company’s reserve requirement was $0, compared to $275,000 at December 31, 2009.  Past reserve requirement levels were as high as $3.0 million recorded at year-end 2006.  Under amendments to the Federal Reserve Act adopted in 2006 and further amended by EESA in 2008, the FRBB began paying interest on required reserve balances in October 2008 at a rate equal to the average targeted federal funds rate less 10 basis points, and as mentioned above, FRBB now pays interest on all balances at very competitive interest rates.
 
The following table summarizes the variances in income for the years 2010 and 2009 resulting from volume changes in assets and liabilities and fluctuations in rates earned and paid.

Table B
 
Changes in Interest Income and Interest Expense
 
                   
   
2010 vs. 2009
 
   
Variance
   
Variance
       
Rate / Volume
 
Due to
   
Due to
   
Total
 
   
Rate (1)
   
Volume (1)
   
Variance
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
Interest-Earning Assets
                 
                   
 Loans
  $ (921 )   $ 989     $ 68  
 Taxable investment securities
    (396 )     (40 )     (436 )
 Tax exempt investment securities
    (204 )     78       (126 )
 Sweep and interest earning accounts
    (17 )     36       19  
 Other investments
    0       0       0  
     Total
  $ (1,538 )   $ 1,063     $ (475 )
                         
Interest-Bearing Liabilities
                       
                         
 NOW and money market funds
  $ (222 )   $ 278     $ 56  
 Savings deposits
    (8 )     9       1  
 Time deposits
    (1,018 )     (428 )     (1,446 )
 Federal funds purchased and other borrowed funds
    172       140       312  
 Repurchase agreements
    (90 )     14       (76 )
 Capital lease obligations
    0       (3 )     (3 )
 Junior subordinated debentures
    0       0       0  
     Total
  $ (1,166 )   $ 10     $ (1,156 )
       Changes in net interest income
  $ (372 )   $ 1,053     $ 681  

(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
 
NON-INTEREST INCOME AND NON-INTEREST EXPENSE

Non-interest Income: The Company's non-interest income decreased $15,131 or 0.27% to $5.64 million in 2010 from $5.66 million in 2009. Despite lower loan sale volume in 2010, secondary market residential mortgage sales volume was steady during both 2009 and 2010 with originations of loans sold to the secondary market of $54.4 million in 2010 and $70.1 million in 2009. Income from sold loans increased moderately to $1.2 million from approximately $1.1 million in 2009.  Miscellaneous loan income, which includes loan documentation fees, and income from the Company’s trust company affiliate are both components of other income and increased in total $108,820 or 15.8%.  The increases in income from sold loans and miscellaneous loan income are due principally to the low interest rate environment throughout 2009 and 2010 and the associated refinance activity.  Although many components of non-interest income were higher in 2010 compared to 2009, there were no gains on sales of investment securities in 2010, compared with a net gain of $471,055 recognized in 2009 when the Company chose to sell its entire MBS and CMO portfolios during the first half of 2009.  These portfolios were acquired in the merger with LyndonBank. Historically, the Company has chosen not to hold MBS and CMOs in its investment portfolio.  Another component of other income, Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (SERP) income, increased $21,563 or 60.0% from $35,957 in 2009 to $57,520 in 2010. This is investment income from assets held in a rabbi trust under the Company’s SERP.

Non-interest Expense: The Company's non-interest expense decreased 4.2% to $17.3 million for 2010 compared to just over $18.0 million for 2009.  Salaries and wages decreased $160,000 or 2.7% for 2010 compared to 2009.  The decrease was due in part to the retirement of a few long-time officers and normal workforce attrition as well as a reduction in hours for full-time employees.  The Company, in an effort to avoid lay-offs within the organization, chose to reduce the hours of employees wherever possible without affecting customer service and delivery of products.  Decreases are noted in all of the other components of non-interest expense with the most significant decreases reported in FDIC insurance premiums and other expenses.  FDIC insurance premiums of $784,877 for 2009 include a “special assessment” in the amount of $233,500 while the premium for 2010 of $633,043 represents regular quarterly assessments.  Other expenses decreased $201,793 or 3.8% from 2009 to 2010.  Loss on limited partnerships decreased $488,312 while an increase in debit card/ATM card losses of $91,674 and an increase of $191,362 in collection expenses associated with non-performing loans countered this decrease in non-interest expense.  The amortization of the Company’s core deposit intangible from the LyndonBank acquisition (discussed in Note 6) was $532,608 for 2010 compared to $665,760 for 2009, resulting in a decrease in expense of $133,152 or 20.0%.

     Total losses relating to various limited partnership investments for affordable housing in our market area constitute a notable portion of other expenses.  These losses amounted to $495,592 or 9.6% of other expenses in 2010 compared to $983,904 or 18.4% in 2009. These investments provide tax benefits, including tax credits, and are designed to yield between 8% and 10%.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.  The Company entered into a new local partnership in 2009 with an amortization expense for the year of $626,185 and a one-time historic tax credit of $549,378.  No new partnership investments were booked in 2010, but the Company is evaluating several projects for 2011.

APPLICABLE INCOME TAXES

     The provision for income taxes increased from a tax benefit of $315,319 in 2009 to a tax expense of $555,722 in 2010, an increase of $871,041 or 276.2%.  While the increase in income before taxes was a contributing factor to the change from the tax benefit in 2009 to the expense in 2010, most of the change between periods was attributable to a decrease of $487,486 or 47.7% in the tax credits for the investments in the limited partnerships with tax credits of $1,022,294 in 2009 compared to $534,808 in 2010.

CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION

     The following discussion refers to the volume of average assets, liabilities and shareholders’ equity in the table labeled “Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity” on the next page.

     Average assets increased $27.2 million or 5.5% from December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2010.  The average volume of loans increased $16.7 million or 4.5%, due in part to the prevailing low-rate interest environment throughout 2009 and 2010 which sparked interest in new loans and refinancings in both the residential and commercial mortgage portfolios.  The average volume of federal funds sold and overnight deposits in 2010 is made up primarily of the interest-bearing balance at the FRBB while the average balance for 2009 is comprised of the overnight deposits at other correspondent banks.  The interest rate earned on the FRBB account was far more favorable than the federal funds sold rates at other financial institutions thereby accounting for the increase of just over $15 million in the average volume on these funds.  The average volume of taxable investments decreased $2.6 million, or 10.3% during 2010, while the average volume of the tax-exempt portfolio increased approximately $1.7 million or 3.7% in the average volume year over year.  When the Company sold its MBS and CMO portfolios during 2009, it only replaced the volume necessary to collateralize its repurchase agreements with U.S. government sponsored enterprise securities.  The held to maturity portfolio is made up of local municipal accounts and increased due to competitive pricing by the Company.

     Average liabilities increased $25.3 million or 5.5% from December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2010.  The average volume of time deposits decreased $19.7 million or 11.7% from 2009 to 2010.  All other deposits increased with NOW and money market funds increasing $27.3 million in average volume or 21.6% and savings accounts increasing $2.8 million or 5.3% year over year.  The average volume of borrowed funds increased $11.7 million or 53.1% from 2009 to 2010.  Most of the volume for 2010 was primarily made up of long-term borrowings most of which the Company entered into during 2010 while the volume in 2009 was a mix of short-term and long-term borrowings.  The funds that the Company has on deposit at the FRBB are being used to cover maturities on these borrowings and the maturing time deposits.  The Company still strives to keep its core customers but is not placing much emphasis on attracting rate shoppers.  The Company was able to attract new municipal accounts, most of which were in the form of NOW or money market funds and some savings accounts, reflecting the increase in these categories.  Additionally, included in NOW and money market funds is a new account established during 2010 with the Company’s trust company affiliate CFSG with an average volume of $13.2 million.  During 2010 the Company began offering an insured cash sweep account (ICS) through Promontory Interfinancial Network (PIN).  The ICS is a money market account that is fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), provided through PIN’s reciprocal deposit sweep service.  The average volume on this product was $1.8 million in 2010.


 
 

 
    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.

Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity
 
   
   
Year ended December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Average Assets
 
Balance
   
%
   
Balance
   
%
   
Balance
   
%
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
Cash and due from banks
                                   
 Non-interest bearing
  $ 3,588       0.69 %   $ 8,672       1.76 %   $ 9,504       1.93 %
 Federal funds sold and overnight deposits
    15,205       2.92 %     170       0.03 %     1,734       0.35 %
Taxable investment securities(1)
    22,739       4.36 %     25,344       5.13 %     31,875       6.49 %
Tax-exempt investment securities(1)
    48,031       9.22 %     46,299       9.38 %     45,077       9.17 %
Other securities(1)
    3,989       0.77 %     3,907       0.79 %     3,775       0.77 %
  Total investment securities
    74,759       14.35 %     75,550       15.30 %     80,727       16.43 %
Gross loans
    387,268       74.32 %     370,527       75.03 %     358,127       72.86 %
Reserve for loan losses and accrued fees
    (3,655 )     -0.70 %     (3,624 )     -0.73 %     (3,399 )     -0.69 %
Premises and equipment
    13,118       2.52 %     14,286       2.89 %     15,570       3.17 %
Other real estate owned
    919       0.18 %     435       0.09 %     63       0.01 %
Investment in Capital Trust
    332       0.06 %     387       0.08 %     387       0.08 %
Bank owned life insurance
    3,869       0.74 %     3,748       0.76 %     3,622       0.74 %
Core deposit intangible
    2,383       0.46 %     2,980       0.60 %     3,710       0.76 %
Goodwill
    11,574       2.22 %     11,574       2.34 %     10,785       2.19 %
Other assets
    11,699       2.24 %     9,135       1.85 %     10,665       2.17 %
     Total average assets
  $ 521,059       100 %   $ 493,840       100 %   $ 491,495       100 %
   
Average Liabilities
 
   
Demand deposits
  $ 54,115       10.39 %   $ 51,989       10.53 %   $ 55,053       11.20 %
Now and money market accounts
    153,674       29.49 %     126,369       25.59 %     123,203       25.07 %
Savings accounts
    56,027       10.75 %     53,218       10.77 %     50,087       10.19 %
Time deposits
    149,528       28.70 %     169,267       34.28 %     176,916       36.00 %
     Total average deposits
    413,344       79.33 %     400,843       81.17 %     405,259       82.46 %
   
Other borrowed funds
    33,806       6.49 %     22,083       4.47 %     14,662       2.98 %
Repurchase agreements
    19,427       3.73 %     18,401       3.73 %     16,319       3.32 %
Junior subordinated debentures
    12,887       2.47 %     12,887       2.61 %     12,887       2.62 %
Other liabilities
    3,778       0.72 %     3,721       0.75 %     7,452       1.52 %
     Total average liabilities
    483,242       92.74 %     457,935       92.73 %     456,579       92.90 %
   
Average Shareholders' Equity
 
   
Preferred stock
    2,500       0.48 %     2,500       0.50 %     2,500       0.51 %
Common stock
    11,919       2.29 %     11,787       2.39 %     11,601       2.36 %
Additional paid-in capital
    26,299       5.05 %     25,892       5.24 %     25,488       5.19 %
Retained earnings
    (397 )     -0.08 %     (1,896 )     -0.38 %     (2,060 )     -0.42 %
Less: Treasury stock
    (2,623 )     -0.50 %     (2,623 )     -0.53 %     (2,623 )     -0.54 %
Accumulated other comprehensive income(1)
    119       0.02 %     245       0.05 %     10       0.00 %
     Total average shareholders' equity
    37,817       7.26 %     35,905       7.27 %     34,916       7.10 %
     Total average liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 521,059       100 %   $ 493,840       100 %   $ 491,495       100 %

(1)
In accordance with accounting for investments, 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 income (loss).  The Company does not carry, nor does it intend to carry, securities classified as trading.
 
CERTAIN TIME DEPOSITS

     Increments of maturity of time certificates of deposit and other time deposits of $100,000 or more outstanding on December 31, 2010 are summarized as follows:

Maturity Date
 
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
       
3 months or less
  $ 5,045  
Over 3 through 6 months
    14,454  
Over 6 through 12 months
    6,441  
Over 12 months
    26,074  
    Total
  $ 52,014  
 
 

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 and periodically reviewed 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.

     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 100 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.

     The Company’s Asset/Liability Policy has been enhanced with a contingency funding plan to help management prepare for unforeseen liquidity restrictions to include hypothetical severe liquidity crises.

     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, 2010.

One Year Horizon
Two Year Horizon
Rate Change       
Percent Change in NII
Rate Change     
Percent Change in NII
       
Down 100 basis points
-1.11%
Down 100 basis points
-5.50%
Up 200 basis points
4.54%
Up 200 basis points
12.80%

     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 and factors, some of which are outside the Company’s control, 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 challenge of management is to reduce the exposure to credit loss within the loan portfolio. Management follows established underwriting guidelines, and exceptions to the policy must be approved in accordance with limits prescribed by the Board of Directors.  The adequacy of the loan loss coverage is reviewed quarterly by the risk management committee of the Board of Directors and then presented to the full Board of Directors for approval.  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 loan review firm in order to assure accuracy of the Company's internal risk ratings and compliance with various internal policies and procedures and regulatory guidance. The Company maintains a Credit Administration department whose function includes credit analysis and monitoring and reporting on the status of the loan portfolio including delinquent and non-performing loans. The Company also monitors concentration of credit risk in a variety of areas, including portfolio product mix, the level of loans to individual borrowers and their related interest, loans to industry segments, and the geographic distribution of commercial real estate loans.  The Company has seen an increase in commercial loans as a percent of the total loan portfolio.  The Company’s strategy is to continue in this direction and is committed to adding additional resources to the commercial credit function to manage the risk as this growth materializes.
 
 

     The following table reflects the composition of the Company's loan portfolio as of December 31,

Composition of Loan Portfolio (1)
 
   
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
   
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
  $ 19,126       4.89 %   $ 16,869       4.41 %   $ 15,204       4.15 %   $ 12,896       3.62 %   $ 11,889       4.42 %
 Farm land
    10,556       2.70 %     10,039       2.63 %     8,534       2.33 %     9,646       2.70 %     3,217       1.19 %
 1-4 Family residential
    213,835       54.63 %     216,458       56.62 %     213,279       58.28 %     195,845       54.92 %     157,008       58.30 %
 Commercial
    103,813       26.52 %     97,620       25.54 %     88,547       24.19 %     85,576       24.00 %     54,236       20.14 %
Loans to finance
 
   agricultural production
    1,158       0.29 %     952       0.25 %     884       0.24 %     2,431       0.68 %     224       0.08 %
Commercial & industrial
    29,887       7.63 %     26,496       6.93 %     23,307       6.37 %     31,258       8.77 %     21,993       8.17 %
Consumer loans
    12,827       3.28 %     13,635       3.57 %     15,922       4.35 %     18,461       5.18 %     20,588       7.65 %
All other loans
    231       0.06 %     190       0.05 %     317       0.09 %     459       0.13 %     141       0.05 %
   
     Gross loans
    391,433       100 %     382,259       100 %     365,994       100 %     356,572       100 %     269,296       100 %
   
Less:
 
Allowance for loan
 
   losses
    (3,728 )             (3,451 )             (3,233 )             (3,026 )             (2,268 )        
 Deferred loan fees
    (74 )             (152 )             (301 )             (443 )             (632 )        
     net loans
  $ 387,631             $ 378,656             $ 362,460             $ 353,103             $ 266,396          
   
(1) Includes loans held for sale and the loan portfolio of the acquired LyndonBank at fair value for 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007; balances presented
 
for 2006 do not include LyndonBank loans.
 
 
 
     The following table shows the estimated maturity of the Company's commercial loan portfolio as of December 31, 2010.

Maturity Schedule
 
   
   
Fixed Rate Loans
   
Variable Rate Loans
 
   
Within
      2 - 5    
After
         
Within
      2 - 5    
After
       
   
1 Year
   
Years
   
5 Years
   
Total
   
1 Year
   
Years
   
5 Years
   
Total
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
Real estate
 
  Construction & land development
  $ 2,673     $ 71     $ 5,010     $ 7,754     $ 9,037     $ 1,959     $ 376     $ 11,372  
  Secured by farm land
    60       603       2,387       3,050       4,394       2,886       226       7,506  
  Commercial real estate
    1,993       1,587       9,245       12,825       32,988       57,569       431       90,988  
Loans to finance agricultural production
    270       38       93       401       681       76       0       757  
Commercial & industrial loans
    4,107       7,386       1,050       12,543       13,129       4,215       0       17,344  
   
     Total
  $ 9,103     $ 9,685     $ 17,785     $ 36,573     $ 60,229     $ 66,705     $ 1,033     $ 127,967  


Allowance for loan losses and provisions - The Company maintains an allowance for loan losses at a level that management believes is appropriate to absorb losses inherent in the loan portfolio (See “Critical Accounting Policies). Although the Company, in establishing the allowance, considers the inherent losses in individual loans and pools of loans, the allowance is a general reserve available to absorb all credit losses in the loan portfolio.  No part of the allowance is segregated for, or allocated to, any particular loan or pools of loans.

     When establishing the allowance each quarter the Company applies a combination of historical loss factors and qualitative factors to pools of loans including the residential mortgage, commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, and consumer loan and overdraft portfolios.  The Company will shorten or lengthen its look back period for determining average portfolio historical loss rates as the economy either contracts or expands; during a period of economic contraction a shortening of the look back period may more conservatively reflect the current economic climate.  In light of the recent recession, in late 2008 the Company modified its allowance methodology by shortening its historical look back period from five years to one to two years, and by also comparing loss rates to losses experienced during the last economic downturn, from 1999 to 2002. The highest loss rates experienced for these look back periods are applied to the various pools in establishing the allowance.

     The Company then applies numerous qualitative factors to each of these segments of the loan portfolio. Those factors include the levels of and trends in delinquencies and non-accrual loans, criticized and classified assets, volumes and terms of loans, and the impact of any loan policy changes. Experience, ability and depth of lending personnel, levels of policy and documentation exceptions, national and local economic trends, the competitive environment, and concentrations of credit are also factors considered.
 

     The following table summarizes the Company's loan loss experience for each of the last five years.

Summary of Loan Loss Experience (1)
 
   
December 31,
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
   
Loans outstanding end of period
  $ 391,433     $ 382,259     $ 365,994     $ 356,572     $ 269,296  
Average loans outstanding during period
  $ 387,268     $ 370,527     $ 358,127     $ 263,597     $ 263,901  
Non-accruing loans end of period
  $ 4,426     $ 3,844     $ 2,119     $ 1,338     $ 721  
   
Loan loss reserve, beginning of period
  $ 3,451     $ 3,233     $ 3,026     $ 2,268     $ 2,189  
Loans charged off:
 
  Residential real estate
    566       110       162       0       6  
  Commercial real estate
    149       80       16       51       17  
  Commercial
    32       140       109       25       13  
  Consumer
    106       146       115       172       91  
          Total
    853       476       402       248       127  
Recoveries:
 
  Residential real estate
    30       2       7       14       1  
  Commercial real estate
    8       18       2       12       6  
  Commercial
    42       12       21       3       3  
  Consumer
    33       37       80       42       58  
          Total
    113       69       110       71       68  
   
Net loans charged off
    740       407       292       177       59  
Provision charged to income
    1,017       625       499       148       138  
Allowance for loan loss of acquired bank
    0       0       0       787       0  
Loan loss reserve, end of period
  $ 3,728     $ 3,451     $ 3,233     $ 3,026     $ 2,268  
   
Net charge offs to average loans outstanding
    0.19 %     0.11 %     0.08 %     0.07 %     0.02 %
   
Provision charged to income as a percent of average loans
    0.26 %     0.17 %     0.14 %     0.06 %     0.05 %
Loan loss reserve to average loans outstanding
    0.96 %     0.93 %     0.90 %     1.15 %     0.86 %
Loan loss reserve to non-accruing loans(2)
    84.23 %     89.78 %     152.57 %     226.16 %     314.56 %

(1)  Does not include the loan loss experience for the acquired LyndonBank for 2006 and 2007.

(2)  The percentage for 2010 includes two loans that were transferred to non-accrual status during the first quarter of 2010 with an aggregate carrying amount of approximately $1.0 million, covered by 90% guarantees by USDA Rural Development which, if deducted, would increase the loan loss reserve coverage to 108.8% as of December 31, 2010.

     Specific allocations to the reserve are made for impaired loans.  Impaired loans are those that have been placed in non-accrual status. Commercial and commercial real estate loans are placed in non-accrual status when there is deterioration in the financial position of the borrower, payment in full of principal and interest is not expected, and/or principal or interest has been in default for 90 days or more. Such a loan need not be placed in non-accrual status if it is both well secured and in the process of collection.  Residential mortgages and home equity loans are considered for non-accrual status at 90 days past due and are evaluated on a case by case basis to assure that the Company’s net income is not materially overstated. The Company obtains current property appraisals and valuations and considers the cost to carry and sell collateral in order to assess the level of specific allocations required. Consumer loans are generally not placed in non-accrual but are charged off by the time they reach 120 days past due.

     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 process for estimating credit losses.  While the allowance is described as consisting of separate allocated portions, the entire allowance is available to support loan losses, regardless of category.

     The following table shows the allocation of the allowance for loan losses, as well as the percent of loans in each category to total loans:

Allocation of Allowance for Loan Losses (1)
 
   
December 31,
 
2010
   
%
   
2009
   
%
   
2008
   
%
   
2007
   
%
   
2006
   
%
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
Domestic
 
 Residential real estate
  $ 1,831       55 %   $ 1,589       57 %   $ 1,404       58 %   $ 1,258       55 %   $ 1,055       58 %
 Commercial (2)
    1,694       42 %     1,616       40 %     1,497       37 %     1,486       40 %     956       34 %
 Consumer
    152       3 %     182       3 %     255       5 %     248       5 %     204       8 %
Unallocated
    51       0 %     64       0 %     77       0 %     34       0 %     53       0 %
   
     Total
  $ 3,728       100 %   $ 3,451       100 %   $ 3,233       100 %   $ 3,026       100 %   $ 2,268       100 %

(1)  Does not include loan loss allowance information for the acquired LyndonBank for 2006 and 2007.
(2)  Includes commercial loans secured by real estate, as well as unsecured commercial loans and those
      secured by other types of collateral.

     As a result of the recession that began in 2008, the Company experienced increasing delinquencies and collection activity throughout 2009 and 2010. The Company works actively with customers early in the delinquency process to help them to avoid default and foreclosure. During the same period the Company experienced increasing trends in the levels of non-performing loans and criticized and classified assets, which is consistent with the length and depth of the most recent economic recession and the current measured recovery. Accordingly, during 2009 the Company had carried the maximum qualitative factor adjustment for economic conditions and is now slowly decreasing that factor as the recovery progresses. The factors for trends in delinquency and non-accrual loans and criticized and classified assets were similarly increased and have now leveled off as the recovery takes hold. The sluggish pace of the economic recovery and the lack of national economic stimulus funding in 2011 will likely translate into a slow and measured reversal of the negative trends experienced in the loan portfolio since the onset of the 2008 recession.

     The Company’s non-performing assets increased $1.8 million or 35.9% for 2010 compared to 2009, $2.6 million or 101.7% for 2009 compared to 2008, approximately $1.1 million or 73% for 2008 compared to 2007, and $550 thousand or 59% for 2007 compared to 2006. The increase for 2010 is due largely to an increase in residential real estate loans past due 90 days or more as well as the addition of three residential and one commercial properties to the Company’s OREO portfolio. The increase for 2009 is attributable primarily to three 1-4 family residential mortgage loans of substantial size, one of which had a carrying value of $1.3 million and a commercial mortgage property with a carrying value of $318,957 at December 31, 2010 that were changed to a non-accrual status. The increase for 2008 is attributable primarily to five loans of substantial size that were changed to a non-accrual status during 2008.  The increase for 2007 is attributable primarily to the consolidation of non-performing loans of the recently acquired LyndonBank, which included $12 thousand in commercial loans past due 90 days or more and $757 thousand in non-accrual loans.

     When a loan is placed in non-accrual status, the Company's policy is to reverse the accrued interest against current period income and to discontinue the accrual of interest until the borrower clearly demonstrates the ability and intention to resume normal payments, typically demonstrated by regular timely payments for a period of not less than six months.  Interest payments received on non-accrual or impaired loans are generally applied as a reduction of the loan principal balance.  Deferred taxes are calculated monthly, based on interest amounts that would have accrued through the normal accrual process.  As of December 31, for each respective year, this interest amounted to $235,602 for 2010, $117,575 for 2009, $72,954 for 2008, $55,507 for 2007, and $32,362 for 2006.
 
     Non-performing assets were made up of the following:

Non-Performing Assets (1)
 
December 31,
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more:
 
  Consumer
  $ 38     $ 20     $ 2     $ 11     $ 32  
  Commercial
    29       0       0       0       60  
  Commercial real estate
    95       0       0       70       0  
  Residential real estate
    1,195       538       245       57       113  
     Total past due 90 days or more
    1,357       558       247       138       205  
   
Non-accrual loans:
 
  Consumer
    0       0       274       0       0  
  Commercial
    61       201       470       45       43  
  Commercial real estate
    1,146       1,161       120       707       508  
  Residential real estate
    3,219       2,482       1,255       586       170  
     Total non-accrual loans
    4,426       3,844       2,119       1,338       721  
   
Total non-accrual, past due loans
    5,783       4,402       2,366       1,476       926  
Other real estate owned
    1,210       743       185       0       0  
   Total non-performing assets
  $ 6,993     $ 5,145     $ 2,551     $ 1,476     $ 926  
   
Percent of gross loans
    1.79 %     1.35 %     0.70 %     0.41 %     0.34 %
Reserve coverage of non-performing loans
    53.31 %     67.07 %     126.73 %     205.01 %     244.92 %

(1)  Does not include non-performing assets for the acquired LyndonBank for 2006.

     The Company’s impaired loans increased $582,511 or 15.2% during 2010 from $3.8 million at December 31, 2009 to $4.4 million as of December 31, 2010.  Specific allocations to the reserve increased for the same period, from $232,900 to $392,700.  Three of the impaired loans to one borrower totaling just under $1.0 million at December 31, 2008 were rewritten through a Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) in 2009 and as of December 31, 2010, the book balance was $555,406.  Two other loans to one borrower totaling $1.3 million at December 31, 2009 were rewritten through a TDR in 2010 and as of December 31, 2010, the book balance was just over $1.1 million.  All TDR loans are being repaid according to terms.  The impaired portfolio mix as of December 31, 2010 includes approximately 73% residential real estate, 26% commercial real estate, with the balance in commercial or installment loans not secured by real estate, compared to 65%, 30%, and 5%, respectively in 2009.

     The Company is not contractually committed to lend additional funds to debtors with impaired, non-accrual or modified loans.

     The Company’s OREO portfolio totaling $1,210,300 at December 31, 2010 consisted of five properties acquired through the normal foreclosure process, with a carrying value of $716,800 and one former LyndonBank branch property in Derby, Vermont with an estimated fair value of $493,500.  This property was placed in OREO a short time after the merger, when that branch was consolidated with the Company’s other offices located in close proximity.  In 2010, two write downs totaling $91,500 were recorded on this property to reduce the book value to the current fair value.

     During the first quarter of 2011, the Company sold two OREO properties for $444,500 and has entered into purchase and sale agreements on the former LyndonBank property, one residential property and one commercial property. The Company recorded an additional $10,000 write-down in 2011 as a result of one of the 2011 sales and does not expect further write-downs in connection with the other purchase and sale agreements. Upon closing of these transactions the Company expects to be left with one of the properties that it held at December 31, 2010, a residential OREO property with a carrying value of $58,000.

      The Company is committed to a conservative lending philosophy and maintains high credit and underwriting standards. As of December 31, 2010, the Company maintained a residential loan portfolio of $213.8 million compared to $216.5 million as of December 31, 2009 and a commercial real estate portfolio (including construction, land development and farm land loans) of $133.5 million as of December 31, 2010 and $124.5 million as of December 31, 2009, together accounting for approximately 90% of the total loan portfolio for each period.

     The residential mortgage portfolio makes up the largest segment of the loan portfolio and as a result of the severity and depth of the recent recession it has recently seen the greatest degree of collection and foreclosure activity and losses. The Company however, has not experienced delinquencies and losses to the extent of national peers as the Company maintains a mortgage loan portfolio of traditional mortgage products and has not engaged in higher risk loans such as option ARM products, high loan-to-value products, interest only mortgages, subprime loans and products with deeply discounted teaser rates. In areas of the country where such risky products were originated, borrowers with little or no equity in their property have been defaulting on mortgages they can longer afford, and walking away from those properties as real estate values have fallen precipitously.  While real estate values have declined in the Company’s market area, the sound underwriting standards historically employed by the Company have mitigated the trends in defaults and property surrenders experienced elsewhere.  Residential mortgages with loan-to-values exceeding 80% are generally covered by private mortgage insurance (PMI).  A 90% loan-to-value residential mortgage product without PMI is only available to borrowers with excellent credit and low debt-to-income ratios and has not been widely originated.  Junior lien home equity products make up 22% of the residential mortgage portfolio with maximum loan-to-value ratios (including prior liens) of 80%.  The residential mortgage portfolio has performed well in light of the depth of the recent recession and the slow recovery.

     Risk in the Company’s commercial and commercial real estate loan portfolios is mitigated in part by using government guarantees issued by federal agencies such as the US Small Business Administration and USDA Rural Development. At December 31, 2010, the Company had $22.1 million in guaranteed loans, compared to $17.8 million at December 31, 2009.

     Net loan losses increased throughout the comparison period from 2006 through 2010.  Given these trends and the depth of the current recession, management increased the provision for loan losses to just under $1.1 million for 2010 compared to $625,004 for 2009, and believes this is directionally consistent with the trends and risk in the loan portfolio and with the growth of the loan portfolio. The Company has an experienced collections department that continues to work actively with borrowers to resolve problem loans, and management continues to monitor the loan portfolio closely.

Market Risk - In addition to credit risk in the Company’s loan portfolio and liquidity risk in its loan and deposit-taking operations, 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.  Declining capital markets can result in fair value adjustments necessary to record decreases in the value of the investment portfolio for other-than-temporary-impairment.  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. During times of recessionary periods, a declining housing market can result in an increase in loan loss reserves or ultimately an increase in foreclosures.  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.  The recent deterioration of the economy and disruption in the financial markets may heighten the Company’s market risk.  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 decreased approximately $2.5 million in 2010, from just under $24.0 million at December 31, 2009 to $21.4 million at December 31, 2010.  This decrease is due primarily to approximately $9.2 million in maturities and paydowns, the proceeds of which were used to fund a portion of the loan growth, compared to $7.1 million in purchases.  The Company’s held-to-maturity portfolio consisted of obligations of state and political subdivisions with a book value of $37.4 million as of December 31, 2010, compared to $44.8 million as of December 31, 2009.  This decrease was due in part to competitive interest rates within the Company’s servicing area as well as the maturity of a few municipal investments that had not renewed as of year end.

     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 recorded at book value, subject to adjustment for other-than-temporary impairment.  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 adjustments in the available-for-sale portfolio resulted in an accumulated unrealized gain after taxes of $76,657 at December 31, 2010, down from $112,882 at December 31, 2009.  This decrease of $36,225 was due primarily to the change in the interest rate environment.  As rates increase, securities with lower coupons decrease in value in order to equalize the yield.  Although classified as available for sale, these securities are short term and we anticipate keeping them until maturity.  The unrealized loss positions within the investment portfolio as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 are considered to be temporary.

     At December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s available-for-sale portfolio included two classes of Fannie Mae preferred stock with an aggregate cost basis of $42,360 and $68,164, respectively, which reflected an other-than-temporary impairment write down in the fourth quarter of 2010 of $25,804 and two other-than-temporary write downs on the investment in prior periods, including $94,446 in 2009.  The fair value of the Fannie Mae preferred stock as of December 31, 2010 was $42,360, a decrease of $29,128 from the December 31, 2009 fair value of $71,488.  The value of the stock had declined shortly before the end of the second quarter of 2010, after the Federal Housing Finance Agency ordered Fannie Mae to delist its common and preferred stock from the New York Stock Exchange.  There was improvement in the stock’s market value during the third quarter of 2010, but a decrease was then noted during the fourth quarter causing management to reevaluate its holdings and record an other-than-temporary impairment charge for the quarter ended December 31, 2010.

     The restricted equity securities comprise the Company’s membership stock in the FRB and FHLBB.  On December 31, 2010 and 2009 the Company held $588,150 in FRB stock and $3.7 million and $3.3 million, respectively, in FHLBB stock.  Membership in FRB and FHLBB requires the purchase of their stock in specified amounts.  The stock is typically held for an extended period of time and can only be sold back to the issuer, or in the case of FHLBB, a member institution.  Restricted equity stock is sold and redeemed at par.  Due to the unique nature of the restricted equity stock, including the non-investment purpose for owning it, the ownership structure and the absence of a real “market” for the stock, these securities are not marked to market, but carried at par.

     Some of the Company’s investment securities have a call feature, meaning that the issuer may call in the investment, before maturity, at predetermined call dates and prices.  In 2010, one investment with such feature was called during the last quarter of 2010, while no call features were exercised during 2009.
 
 

     The Company's investment portfolios as of December 31 were as follows:

         
Gross
   
Gross
       
   
Amortized
   
Unrealized
   
Unrealized
   
Fair
 
   
Cost
   
Gains
   
Losses
   
Value
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
   
Available-for-sale
 
   U.S. GSE debt securities
  $ 16,235     $ 88     $ 10     $ 16,313  
   U.S. Government securities
    5,037       38       0       5,075  
   U.S. GSE preferred stock
    42       0       0       42  
    $ 21,314     $ 126     $ 10     $ 21,430  
   
Held-to-maturity
 
   States and political subdivisions
  $ 37,441     $ 716     $ 0     $ 38,157  
   
Restricted equity securities (1)
  $ 4,309     $ 0     $ 0     $ 4,309  
   
         Total
  $ 63,064     $ 842     $ 10     $ 63,896  
   
December 31, 2009
 
   
Available-for-sale
 
   U.S. GSE debt securities
  $ 18,687     $ 138     $ 18     $ 18,807  
   U.S. Government securities
    5,049       49       1       5,097  
   U.S. GSE preferred stock
    68       3       0       71  
    $ 23,804     $ 190     $ 19     $ 23,975  
   
Held-to-maturity
 
   States and political subdivisions
  $ 44,766     $ 777     $ 0     $ 45,543  
   
Restricted equity securities (1)
  $ 3,907     $ 0     $ 0     $ 3,907  
   
         Total
  $ 72,477     $ 967     $ 19     $ 73,425  

(1)  Required equity purchases for membership in the Federal Reserve System and Federal Home Loan Bank System.

     In 2010 there were no sales of investments from the available-for-sale portfolio while in 2009 there were realized gains of $483,177 from the sale of the Company’s MBS and CMO portfolios and realized losses of $12,122 from the sale of the States and political subdivisions portfolio classified as available-for-sale, for a net realized gain of $471,055.  The write down of $94,446 in 2009 and $25,804 in 2010 on the Fannie Mae preferred stock was recorded as a separate component of non-interest expense through the consolidated statement of income.

 

 

     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:

Maturities and Yields of Investment Portfolio
 
   
December 31,
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
         
Weighted
         
Weighted
         
Weighted
 
   
Fair
   
Average
   
Fair
   
Average
   
Fair
   
Average
 
   
Value (1)
   
Yield (2)
   
Value (1)
   
Yield (2)
   
Value (1)
   
Yield (2)
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
Available-for-sale
 
U.S. GSE debt & Government securities
 
   Due in one year or less
  $ 14,248       1.34 %   $ 8,311       3.17 %   $ 6,149       4.44 %
   Due from one to five years
    7,140       1.01 %     15,593       1.40 %     6,498       4.40 %
      Total
  $ 21,388       1.23 %   $ 23,904       2.01 %   $ 12,647       4.42 %
   
Tax-exempt municipals
 
   Due after ten years
  $ 0       0.00 %   $ 0       0.00 %   $ 1,163       5.22 %
   
Mortgage backed securities
  $ 0       0.00 %   $ 0       0.00 %   $ 13,883       4.70 %
   
Collateralized mortgage obligations
  $ 0       0.00 %   $ 0       0.00 %   $ 1,718       3.80 %
   
FRBB stock (3)
  $ 588       6.00 %   $ 588       6.00 %   $ 588       6.00 %
   
FHLBB stock (3)
  $ 3,721       0.00 %   $ 3,319       0.00 %   $ 3,319       2.50 %
   
Preferred stock
  $ 42       0.00 %   $ 71       0.00 %   $ 39       0.00 %
   
Held-to-maturity
 
   
Obligations of state & political subdivisions
 
   Due in one year or less
  $ 28,469       3.48 %   $ 35,864       3.31 %   $ 28,694       4.65 %
   Due from one to five years
    4,254       4.54 %     4,035       5.01 %     3,934       5.32 %
   Due from five to ten years
    790       5.52 %     1,483       5.59 %     1,414       5.86 %
   Due after ten years
    3,928       7.21 %     3,384       8.03 %     3,246       8.24 %
      Total
  $ 37,441       4.04 %   $ 44,766       3.89 %   $ 37,288       5.08 %

(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) The yield on obligations of state and political subdivisions is calculated on a tax equivalent basis assuming a 34 percent tax rate.
(3) Required equity purchases for membership in the Federal Reserve System and Federal Home Loan Bank System.


BANK PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT
 
Major classes of bank premises and equipment and the total accumulated depreciation and amortization are as follows:
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
             
Buildings and improvements
  $ 10,515     $ 10,439  
Land and land improvements
    2,379       2,572  
Furniture and equipment
    6,199       6,242  
Leasehold improvements
    1,293       1,277  
Capital lease
    928       928  
Other prepaid assets
    90       14  
      21,404       21,472  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (8,612 )     (7,835 )
    $ 12,792     $ 13,637  

     Depreciation included in occupancy and equipment expense amounted to $1,035,739 and $1,090,618, for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

     The Company leases seven of its fourteen locations, including two under capital lease arrangements.  The leases for these seven locations expire in various years through 2022 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, 2009 to December 31, 2010, 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 were as follows:

   
Contract or
 
   
-Notional Amount-
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
             
Unused portions of home equity lines of credit
  $ 18,937     $ 15,557  
Other commitments to extend credit
    30,582       26,613  
Residential construction lines of credit
    2,045       1,671  
Commercial real estate and other construction lines of credit
    6,892       12,664  
Standby letters of credit and commercial letters of credit
    1,267       735  
Recourse on sale of credit card portfolio
    372       391  
MPF credit enhancement obligation, net (See Note 16)
    1,807       1,486  

     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, but retained a partial recourse obligation under the terms of the sale, 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 $12.5 million of 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 gross amount of $12.9 million at both December 31, 2010 and 2009, of which $12.5 million represents external financing.

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.  During the recent economic downturn, the capital and credit markets have been experiencing significant volatility and disruption, with the federal government taking unprecedented steps to deal with the economic situation.  These measures include significant deficit spending, which could result in inflation in future periods.

     The impact of inflation on the Company's financial results is affected by 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 requirement to prepay the FDIC premiums for the next three years added to the Company’s challenge of meeting liquidity needs during 2009.  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 however, it is increasingly more challenging to fund the balance sheet with core deposits.

     In order to attract deposits, the Company has from time to time 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 recognizes that with increasing competition for deposits, it may at times be desirable to utilize alternative sources of deposit funding to augment retail deposits and borrowings.  One-way deposits purchased through the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (CDARS) of Promontory Interfinancial Network provide an alternative funding source when needed.  Such deposits are generally considered a form of brokered deposits.  The Company had $102,941 in one-way funds on December 31, 2010 and $15.1 million on December 31, 2009.  In addition, two-way CDARS deposits allow the Company to provide FDIC deposit insurance to its customers in excess of account coverage limits by exchanging deposits with other CDARS members.  At December 31, 2010, the Company reported $1.3 million in CDARS deposits representing exchanged deposits with other CDARS participating banks compared to $2.1 million at December 31, 2009.  During the first quarter of 2010, as the $15.1 million in purchased CDARS deposits matured, they were replaced with FHLBB advances, which are included in the $19.6 million increase in borrowed funds compared to year end 2009.  Anticipating a possible increase in long-term rates due to a steepening yield curve, during the first quarter of 2010 the Company extended $18.0 million of short-term funding into longer-term FHLBB advances with two, three and five year maturities.  Management believes this will help protect the balance sheet from interest-rate risk in the event of a rising rate environment.  This change in the composition of funding sources contributed to the decrease in certificates of deposit during the comparison period.

     In 2009 the Company established a borrowing line with the FRBB to be used as a contingency funding source.  For this Borrower-in-Custody arrangement, the Company pledged eligible commercial loans, commercial real estate loans and home equity loans, resulting in an available line of $70.7 million and $71.0 million, respectively at December 31, 2010 and 2009.  Credit advances in the FRBB lending program are overnight advances with interest chargeable at the primary credit rate (generally referred to as the discount rate), currently 75 basis points.  At December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had no outstanding advances against this line.

     The Company has an unsecured Federal Funds line with the FHLBB with an available balance of $500,000 at December 31, 2010 and 2009.  Interest is chargeable at a rate determined daily approximately 25 basis points higher than the rate paid on federal funds sold.  At December 31, 2010 and 2009, additional borrowing capacity of approximately $85.5 million and $90.9 million, respectively, was available through the FHLBB secured by the Company's qualifying loan portfolio (generally, residential mortgages).

     At December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had advances against the respective lines, consisting of the following:

   
2010
   
2009
 
Long-Term Borrowings
 
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
FHLBB term borrowing, 2.13% fixed rate, due January 31, 2011
  $ 10,000     $ 10,000  
FHLBB Community Investment Program borrowing, 7.67% fixed rate,
               
   due November 16, 2012
    10       10  
FHLBB term borrowing, 1.00% fixed rate, due January 27, 2012
    6,000       0  
FHLBB term borrowing, 1.71% fixed rate, due January 27, 2013
    6,000       0  
FHLBB term borrowing, 2.72% fixed rate, due January 27, 2015
    6,000       0  
      28,010       10,010  
Short-Term Advances
 
FHLBB term borrowing, 0.39% fixed rate, due January 19, 2011
    5,000       0  
   
Overnight Borrowings
 
Federal funds purchased (FHLBB), 0.200%, respectively
    0       3,401  
   
Total borrowings
  $ 33,010     $ 13,411  

     Under a separate agreement, the Company has the authority to collateralize public unit deposits up to its FHLBB borrowing capacity ($85.5 million and $90.9 million, respectively, less outstanding advances) with letters of credit issued by the FHLBB.  The Company offers a Government Agency Account to the municipalities collateralized with these FHLBB letters of credit.  At December 31, 2010 and 2009, approximately $40.6 million and $40.2 million, respectively, of qualifying residential real estate loans was pledged as collateral to the FHLBB for these collateralized governmental unit deposits.  During 2009, the fee structure changed to the amount of the line with a multiplier of 12.5 basis points and a minimum of $150.00 per letter of credit. Total fees for 2010 were $50,395 compared to $43,950 for 2009.

     Total cash dividends of $0.48 per common share were declared during 2010 and 2009.  In December, 2010, the Company declared a $0.12 per common share cash dividend, payable February 1, 2011 to shareholders of record as of January 15, 2011, requiring the Company to accrue a liability of $552,624 for this dividend in the fourth quarter of 2010.

     The following table illustrates the changes in shareholders' equity from December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2010:

Balance at December 31, 2009 (book value $7.56 per common share)
  $ 36,889,838  
    Net income
    3,946,008  
    Issuance of stock through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan
    712,799  
    Dividends declared on common stock
    (2,197,251 )
    Dividends declared on preferred stock
    (187,500 )
    Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax
    (36,225 )
    Balance at December 31, 2010 (book value $7.92 per common share)
  $ 39,127,669  

     In February 2009, the FRB issued supervisory guidance on the payment of dividends and redemption and repurchases of stock by bank holding companies.  The guidance heightened expectations that a bank holding company will inform and consult with FRB supervisory staff in advance of declaring and paying any dividend that could raise safety and soundness concerns, such as a dividend exceeding current period earnings; redeeming or repurchasing regulatory capital instruments when the bank holding company is experiencing financial weaknesses; or redeeming or repurchasing common stock or perpetual preferred stock that would result in a net reduction in the amount of such equity instruments outstanding compared with the beginning of the quarter in which the redemption or repurchase occurred.  The guidance provides that a bank holding company should eliminate, defer or severely limit dividends if net income for the past four quarters is not sufficient to fully fund dividends; the prospective rate of earnings retention is not consistent with the holding company’s capital needs and overall current and prospective financial condition; or the holding company will not meet, or is in danger of not meeting, its minimum regulatory capital ratios.  The Company would be required to consult with, and obtain the approval of, FRB staff for payment of any dividends, including regular quarterly cash dividends, in future periods that are in excess of earnings for the applicable quarterly period.  In 2008 and recent prior years, the Company maintained a high dividend to earnings payout ratio, and in 2008 it significantly exceeded 100%.  In light of the FRB’s guidance on shareholder distributions, as well as prevailing economic conditions and management's desire to focus on preservation and growth of capital, the Company reduced its dividend payout ratio beginning in the first quarter of 2010, with a dividend payout ratio of 58.54% compared to 60.76% in 2009, which is down considerably from 147.83% in 2008.  Management does not expect dividend rates to return to the higher levels paid in 2008 and prior recent years.

     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.

     The Company (on a consolidated basis) and the 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 capital requirements are applicable to banks, but not 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).  The Company’s Series A preferred stock ($2.5 million liquidation preference) is includable without limitation in its Tier 1 capital.  For 2010 and prior annual and quarterly periods the Company’s trust preferred junior subordinated debentures have been includable in Tier 1 capital up to 25% of core capital elements, with the balance includable in Tier 2 capital.  In accordance with changes in the regulatory requirements for calculating capital ratios, beginning March 31, 2011, the Company will deduct the amount of goodwill, net of deferred tax liability ($2,061,772 at December 31, 2010), for purposes of calculating the amount of trust preferred junior subordinated debentures includable in Tier 1 capital.  Management believes, as of December 31, 2010, that the Company and the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
 
     As of December 31, 2010 the Bank was considered well capitalized under the regulatory capital framework for Prompt Corrective Action and the Company exceeded applicable consolidated regulatory capital guidelines.

The following table shows the regulatory capital ratios for the Company and the Bank as of year end 2010 and 2009:

         
Minimum
     
Minimum
To Be Well
     
For Capital
Capitalized Under
     
Adequacy
Prompt Corrective
 
Actual
Purposes:
Action Provisions:
 
Amount
Ratio 
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio
 
(Dollars in Thousands)
As of December 31, 2010:
           
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
           
   Company
$43,942
12.33%
$28,505
8.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$43,364
12.20%
$28,439
8.00%
$35,549
10.00%
             
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
           
   Company
$40,187
11.28%
$14,253
4.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$39,610
11.14%
$14,220
4.00%
$21,329
6.00%
             
Tier I capital (to average assets)
           
   Company
$40,187
7.52%
$21,376
4.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$39,610
7.42%
$21,345
4.00%
$26,681
5.00%
 
As of December 31, 2009:
           
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
           
   Company
$40,326
11.57%
$27,877
8.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$40,336
11.60%
$27,811
8.00%
$34,764
10.00%
             
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)
           
   Company
$36,875
10.58%
$13,939
4.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$36,885
10.61%
$13,906
4.00%
$20,858
6.00%
             
Tier I capital (to average assets)
           
   Company
$36,875
7.50%
$19,674
4.00%
N/A
N/A
   Bank
$36,885
7.51%
$19,643
4.00%
$24,554
5.00%

     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 and will adjust its dividend payment practices consistent with those 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.

 
EX-13.2 3 exhibit13_2.htm COMMON STOCK PERFORMANCE BY QUARTER exhibit13_2.htm
Exhibit 13.2
 
Common Stock Performance by Quarter*

 
2010
2009
 
First 
Second
Third 
Fourth
First 
Second
Third 
Fourth
Trade Price
               
High
$12.20
$12.00
$10.05
$8.99
$10.25
$9.60
$9.00
$8.60
Low
$  8.12
$  8.75
$  8.63
$7.50
$  7.83
$7.05
$7.05
$6.80
                 
 
2010
2009
 
First 
Second
Third 
Fourth
First 
Second
Third 
Fourth
Bid Price
               
High
$12.00
$11.00
$  9.63
$8.75
$10.25
$9.25
$8.75
$8.60
Low
$  7.70
$  8.15
$  6.00
$5.00
$  7.25
$7.00
$7.05
$6.75
                 
Cash Dividends Declared
$0.12
$0.12
$0.12
$0.12
$0.00
$0.24
$0.12
$0.12

* There is no active public trading market for the Company's common stock.  However, several brokerage firms follow the stock and execute trades in the stock for their customers.  Trade price and bid price information in the table is based on high and low trade and bid prices reported by participating brokers in the OTC Bulletin Board® maintained by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), and may not represent all trades effected during the relevant periods.  Participating brokers also report bid and trade information for the Company’s common stock through OTC Link® maintained by the OTC Market Group.  The OTC trading symbol for the Company’s common stock is CMTV.

As of February 1, 2011, there were 4,627,607 shares of the Corporation's common stock ($2.50 par value) outstanding, owned by approximately 941 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 2011 Annual Shareholders' Meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m., May 17, 2011, at the Elks Club in Derby.  We hope to see many of our shareholders there.

EX-21.1 4 exhibit21.htm SUBSIDIARIES OF COMMUNITY BANCORP. exhibit21.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-23.1 5 exhibit23.htm CONSENT FROM BERRY, DUNN, MCNEIL & PARKER exhibit23.htm
Exhibit 23

BERRY . DUNN . MCNEIL & PARKER
BDMP

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS



CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM




We consent to the inclusion in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Community Bancorp. of our report dated March 28, 2011, with respect to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2010 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 29, 2010, with respect to the consolidated financial statements incorporated therein by reference of Community Bancorp. included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2010.


/s/ Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker

Portland, Maine
March 28, 2011
Vermont Registration No. 92-0000278
EX-31.1 6 exhibit31_1.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION FOR STEPHEN P. MARSH, PRESIDENT & CEO exhibit31_1.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 28, 2011

/s/ Stephen P. Marsh                       
President and Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.2 7 exhibit31_2.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION FOR LOUISE BONVECHIO, SR. VICE PRESIDENT & CFO exhibit31_2.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 28, 2011

/s/Louise M. Bonvechio                       
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-32.1 8 exhibit32_1.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION FOR STEPHEN P. MARSH, PRESIDENT & CEO exhibit32_1.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, 2010, 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 28, 2011

EX-32.2 9 exhibit32_2.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION FOR LOUISE BONVECHIO, SR. VICE PRESIDENT & CFO exhibit32_2.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 for the period ended December 31, 2010 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 28, 2011
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