EX-99.1 3 l27036aexv99w1.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1
 

Exhibit 99.1
The Lorain National Bank
401(k) Plan
 
Financial Report
December 31, 2006

 


 

The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
         
    Contents  
 
       
Report Letter
    1-2  
 
       
Statement of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
    3  
 
       
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
    4  
 
       
Notes to Financial Statements
    5-11  
 
       
Schedule of Assets Held at End of Year
  Schedule 1
 
       
Schedule of Reportable Transactions
  Schedule 2

 


 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Plan Administrator
The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for plan benefits of The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits 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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the changes in assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets held as of December 31, 2006 and schedule of reportable transactions for the year ended December 31, 2006 are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and

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Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

        /s/ Plante & Moran PLLC

Auburn Hills, Michigan
July 16, 2007

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Statement of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
                 
    December 31  
    2006     2005  
 
               
Assets
               
Cash
  $ 6,711     $ 3,746  
Investments — At fair value (Notes 3 and 6):
               
Non-participant directed
               
Common stock — LNB Bancorp, Inc.
    2,640,353       2,614,312  
 
               
Participant directed
               
Short-term cash investments
    109,175       125,575  
Common collective trust funds
    2,732,663       2,067,278  
Participant loans
    100,548       57,295  
 
           
Total Investments
    5,582,739       4,864,460  
 
               
Contribution receivable
    41,860       251,899  
 
           
 
               
Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
  $ 5,631,310     $ 5,120,105  
 
           
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005
                 
    Years Ended December 31  
    2006     2005  
 
               
Additions
               
Investment income (loss):
               
Dividends
  $ 114,224     $ 92,628  
Interest
    3,876        
Net depreciation in fair value of investments (Note 3)
    (47,558 )     (324,455 )
 
           
 
               
Total investment income (loss)
    70,542       (231,827 )
 
           
 
               
Contributions:
               
Employer
    270,923       251,899  
Participants
    779,213       692,213  
Participant rollovers
    55,188        
 
           
 
               
Total contributions
    1,105,324       944,112  
 
           
 
               
Total additions
    1,175,866       712,285  
 
               
Deductions - Distributions to participants
    (664,661 )     (866,577 )
 
           
 
               
Net Increase (Decrease) in Assets Available for Benefits
    511,205       (154,292 )
 
               
Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits - January 1
    5,120,105       5,274,397  
 
           
 
               
Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits - December 31
  $ 5,631,310     $ 5,120,105  
 
           
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
Note 1 — Description of Plan
      The following is a general description of The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”). Participants should refer to the plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
 
      General - The Plan is a defined contribution plan sponsored by The Lorain National Bank (the “Bank”), a wholly owned subsidiary of LNB Bancorp, Inc. (the “Bancorp” or the “Corporation”), covering substantially all employees of the Bank and related Bancorp affiliates for which the Bank acts as common paymaster. An employee is eligible to participate in the Plan after the attainment of age 19 and completion of 90 days of service, as defined in the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
 
      Under the terms of the Plan, the Investment and Trust Services Division of the Bank acts as trustee for the Plan and, as such, manages a trust fund, which includes all of the Plan’s assets. The Plan stipulates that employer-matching contributions will be invested in LNB Bancorp, Inc. common stock.
 
      The board of directors of The Lorain National Bank, the Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, authorized the Bank as employer and trustee to execute an Adoption Agreement for the 401(k) Plan and Trust (the “Plan”), effective January 1, 2001. The Plan amended and restated the Lorain National Bank Stock Purchase Plan. The Plan is established in accordance with the requirements under Section 401(a) and Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan was submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for determination by the IRS that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and that its trust qualified under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. LNB Bancorp, Inc. believes that the Plan complies with the requirements under Section 401(a) and Section

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
Note 1 — Description of Plan (Continued)
      401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan offers the investment choices of Money Market Mutual Funds, U.S. Treasury Index Funds, Equity Mutual Funds, International Mutual Funds, and LNB Bancorp, Inc. common stock.
 
      Contributions - The Plan allows participants to make pretax contributions up to the maximum dollar limits set by the IRS, which is $15,000 for 2006, plus a $5,000 catch-up contribution for employees over the age of 50 (comparable amounts for the year ended December 31, 2005 were $14,000 and $4,000, respectively). Based on number of hours worked or paid, certain participants in the Plan are eligible to receive employer contributions. Each year the employer will make a matching contribution to the Plan equal to 50 percent of the employee’s salary reduction election but limited to 3.0 percent of the employee’s annual compensation. The amount of employer contributions were $270,923 and $251,899 for 2006 and 2005, respectively. The Bank makes its matching contributions to the Plan biweekly. Prior to March 2006, the matching contributions were made to the Plan annually.
 
      Employee contributions are invested according to participant investment elections for pretax contributions. If an employee has not made investment elections, the employee contributions will be invested in the Federated Money Market Fund. Employer contributions are not participant-directed and are invested in LNB Bancorp, Inc. common stock.
 
      To receive an employer contribution, a participant must participate in the plan. A participant’s account also receives the employer contribution for the year in which they retire, become disabled, or die.

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
Note 1 — Description of Plan (Continued)
      Participant Accounts - Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and the Bank’s contribution, and an allocation of plan earnings. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
 
      Forfeitures - At December 31, 2006 and 2005, there were no outstanding forfeited nonvested accounts. Forfeitures are used to reduce future employer contributions.
 
      Vesting - Participants are immediately vested in their voluntary contribution plus any earnings accrued thereon. Participants are immediately vested in the employer’s match for the current plan year.
 
      Payment of Benefits - Upon termination of service, the vested amount of the Bank’s contributions and earnings thereon is paid at the election of the participant in cash. Participants can elect to receive their voluntary contributions and earnings thereon in a single lump-sum cash payment or in substantially equal installments over a period of not more than the assumed life expectancy of the participant and the participant’s beneficiary.
 
      Withdrawals - Aside from normal retirement distributions, in-service withdrawals relative to the pre-2000 after-tax savings and company match may be withdrawn at any time. In accordance with plan provisions, pretax savings may also be withdrawn for reasons of extreme financial hardship as defined under federal law. An employee can make only one withdrawal in any twelve-month period, relative to the Stock Purchase Plan provision, of pre-2000 after tax dollars and employer match.

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
Note 1 — Description of Plan (Continued)
      Participant Loans - Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50 percent of their account balance, whichever is less. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and are charged a rate of interest commensurate with local prevailing rates as determined by the plan administrator. Principal and interest are paid ratably through biweekly payroll deductions.
 
      Plan Expenses - The administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Bank.
Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies
      Basis of Presentation - The financial statements of the Plan are prepared using the accrual basis of accounting.
 
      Investment Valuation and Income Recognition - The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Quoted market prices are used to value investments. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Participant loans are valued at outstanding balances, which approximates fair value.
 
      Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires plan 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 additions and deductions during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
Note 3 — Investments
      The following table presents the fair value of investments that represented five percent or more of the Plan’s assets at December 31, 2006 and 2005.
                 
    2006     2005  
 
               
Common stock — LNB Bancorp, Inc. - 164,508 and 145,644
  $ 2,640,353     $ 2,614,312  
common shares in 2006 and 2005, respectively**
               
Common collective trust funds:
               
State Street Global Advisors Growth & Income Fund #110
    886,016       751,155  
State Street Global Advisors S&P Mid-Cap Stock Fund #500
    447,883       333,221  
 
      During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Plan’s investments (including investments bought, sold, and held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows:
                 
    2006     2005  
 
               
Common stock — LNB Bancorp, Inc.**
  $ (305,441 )   $ (548,507 )
Common collective trust funds
    257,883       224,052  
 
           
 
               
Total
  $ (47,558 )   $ (324,455 )
 
           
** Non-participant directed

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
Note 4 — Plan Termination
      The Bank has voluntarily agreed to make contributions to the Plan. Although the Bank has not expressed any intent to terminate the plan agreement, it may do so at any time. In the event of such termination, each participant will receive 100 percent of the amounts contributed to the Plan and earnings thereon, and the vested amount of the Bank’s matching contribution.
Note 5 — Federal Income Taxes
      The Internal Revenue Service issued its latest determination letter on January 27, 2003, which stated that the Plan and underlying trust, as designed, qualify under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. In the opinion of the plan administrator, the Plan and its underlying trust have operated within the terms of the Plan and remain qualified under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
Note 6 — Party-in-Interest Transactions
      The following is a summary of transactions in common stock of LNB Bancorp, Inc., 100 percent owner of the Bank, during the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005:
                 
    Number        
    of Shares     Fair Value  
 
               
Balance at December 31, 2004
    164,469     $ 3,309,126  
 
               
Purchases
    19,813       491,492  
Distributions
    (38,638 )     (637,799 )
Net depreciation
          (548,507 )
 
           
 
               
Balance at December 31, 2005
    145,644     2,614,312  
 
               
Purchases
    38,900       691,263  
Distributions
    (20,036 )     (359,781 )
Net depreciation
          (305,441 )
 
           
 
               
Balance at December 31, 2006
    164,508     $ 2,640,353  
 
           
Note 7 — Assets Available for Distribution to Participants
      The following is a summary of the assets available for distribution to participants as of December 31, 2006 and 2005:
                 
    2006     2005  
 
               
Assets payable to terminated participants
  $ 919,900     $ 725,417  
Assets available for continuing participants
    4,711,410       4,394,688  
 
           
 
               
Total
  $ 5,631,310     $ 5,120,105  
 
           

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The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Schedule of Assets Held at End of Year
Form 5500, Schedule H, Item 4i
EIN 34-0869480, Plan No. 003
December 31, 2006
                     
    (c)            
(a)(b)   Description of Investment, Including           (e)
Identity of Issuer, Borrower,   Maturity Date, Rate of Interest,   (d)   Current
Lessor, or Similar Party   Collateral, Par, or Maturity Value   Cost   Value
 
                   
LNB Bancorp, Inc.*
  Common stock — 164,508 shares   $ 2,002,274     $ 2,640,353  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  Short Term Investment Fund #200     **       109,175  
 
                   
Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
  Participant loans     **       100,548  
 
                   
 
  Common collective trust funds:                
State Street Global Advisors
  Aggregate Bond Index Fund #310     **       2,928  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  Growth Fund #120     **       163,415  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  Growth & Income Fund #110     **       886,016  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  Income Plus Fund #100     **       74,334  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  International Stock Fund #600     **       80,367  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  Long Treasury Index Fund #300     **       46,356  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  Nasdaq 100 Stock Fund #520     **       84,574  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  Russell 2000 Stock Fund #510     **       263,035  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  S&P 500 Stock Fund #400     **       245,116  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  S&P Growth Stock Fund #420     **       129,332  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  S&P Mid-Cap Stock Fund #500     **       447,883  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  S&P Value Stock Fund #410     **       151,633  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  Stable Value Fund #210     **       148,190  
 
                   
State Street Global Advisors
  US REIT Index Fund #530     **       9,484  
 
                   
 
  Total investments           $ 5,582,739  
 
                   
     
 
   
*
  Party in interest
**
  Cost information not required
Schedule 1


 

The Lorain National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
Schedule of Reportable Transactions
Form 5500, Schedule H, Item 4i
EIN 34-0869480, Plan No. 003
Year Ended December 31, 2006
                                                                 
    (b)                             (f)             (h)        
    Description of Asset (Including     (c)     (d)     (e)     Expense     (g)     Current Value of     (i)  
(a)   Interest Rate and Maturity     Purchase     Selling     Lease     Incurred with     Cost of     Asset on     Realized Net  
Identity of Party Involved   in Case of a Loan)     Price     Price     Rental     Transaction     Asset     Transaction Date     Gain (Loss)  
 
                                                               
A series of transactions (Category (iii)) that in the aggregate amount to more than 5 percent of the beginning value of plan assets:
                                                               
 
                                                               
LNB Bancorp, Inc.*
  LNB Bancorp, Inc.
  common stock:
                                                       
 
       purchases   $ 691,263     $     $     $     $ 691,263     $ 691,263     $  
 
       sales           225,462                   243,481       225,462       (18,019 )
 
       distributions in kind           134,319                   80,418       134,319       53,901  
* party-in-interest
Schedule 2