UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012

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 number: 0-13203

LNB Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of the registrant as specified on its charter)

Ohio	34-1406303
(State of Incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
457 Broadway, Lorain, Ohio	44052-1769
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(440) 244-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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 whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	¨	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The number of common shares of the registrant outstanding on November 14, 2012 was 7,944,354.

LNB Bancorp, Inc.

Table of Contents

Part I — Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets September 30, 2012 (unaudited) and December 31, 2011	3
Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September  30, 2012 and September 30, 2011	4
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)  for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011	5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)  for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011	6
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	7
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	30
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	48
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	50
Part II — Other Information	50
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	50
Item 1A. Risk Factors	51
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	51
Item 6. Exhibits	51

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Part I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(unaudited)
	(Dollars in thousands except share amounts)
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks (Note 3)	$	20,445		$	34,323
Federal funds sold and interest bearing deposits in banks		8,082			6,324
Cash and cash equivalents		28,527			40,647
Securities available for sale, at fair value (Note 5)		235,334			226,012
Restricted stock		5,741			5,741
Loans held for sale		3,380			3,448
Loans:
Portfolio loans (Note 6)		885,715			843,088
Allowance for loan losses (Note 6)		(17,587	)		(17,063	)
Net loans		868,128			826,025
Bank premises and equipment, net		8,954			8,968
Other real estate owned		1,653			1,687
Bank owned life insurance		18,370			17,868
Goodwill, net (Note 4)		21,582			21,582
Intangible assets, net (Note 4)		629			731
Accrued interest receivable		3,758			3,550
Other assets		10,722			12,163
Total Assets	$	1,206,778		$	1,168,422
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Deposits: (Note 7)
Demand and other noninterest-bearing	$	143,085		$	126,713
Savings, money market and interest-bearing demand		382,613			359,977
Time deposits		496,011			504,390
Total deposits		1,021,709			991,080
Short-term borrowings (Note 8)		988			227
Federal Home Loan Bank advances (Note 9)		47,494			42,497
Junior subordinated debentures (Note 10)		16,238			16,238
Accrued interest payable		928			1,118
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		3,342			3,988
Total Liabilities		1,090,699			1,055,148
Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred stock, Series A Voting, no par value, authorized 150,000 shares, none issued at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.		—			—
Preferred stock, Series B, no par value, $1,000 liquidation value, 25,223 shares authorized and issued at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.		25,223			25,223
Discount on Series B preferred stock		(90	)		(101	)
Warrant to purchase common stock		—			146
Common stock, par value $1 per share, authorized 15,000,000 shares, issued 8,272,548 shares at September 30, 2012 and 8,210,443 at December 31, 2011.		8,273			8,210
Additional paid-in capital		39,060			39,607
Retained earnings		47,355			44,080
Accumulated other comprehensive income		2,350			2,201
Treasury shares at cost, 328,194 shares at September 30, 2012 and at December 31, 2011.		(6,092	)		(6,092	)
Total Shareholders’ Equity		116,079			113,274
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	1,206,778		$	1,168,422

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011			2012			2011
	(Dollars in thousands except share and per share amounts)
Interest and Dividend Income
Loans	$	9,995	$	10,692		$	30,238		$	31,731
Securities:
U.S. Government agencies and corporations		1,145		1,505			3,686			4,594
State and political subdivisions		289		257			867			770
Other debt and equity securities		69		67			210			210
Federal funds sold and interest on deposits in banks		8		15			27			38
Total interest and dividend income		11,506		12,536		$	35,028			37,343
Interest Expense
Deposits		1,450		2,044			4,608			6,531
Federal Home Loan Bank advances		214		263			641			790
Short-term borrowings		—		—			—			2
Junior subordinated debentures		179		170			528			511
Total interest expense		1,843		2,477			5,777			7,834
Net Interest Income		9,663		10,059			29,251			29,509
Provision for Loan Losses (Note 6)		1,875		2,100			5,442			7,545
Net interest income after provision for loan losses		7,788		7,959			23,809			21,964
Noninterest Income
Investment and trust services		375		378			1,190			1,251
Deposit service charges		994		1,099			2,858			3,015
Other service charges and fees		762		769			2,314			2,494
Income from bank owned life insurance		167		175			501			524
Other income		214		66			614			186
Total fees and other income		2,512		2,487			7,477			7,470
Securities gains, net		46		7			46			507
Gains on sale of loans		364		181			916			598
Gain (Loss) on sale of other assets, net		31		(133	)		(68	)		(158	)
Total noninterest income		2,953		2,542			8,371			8,417
Noninterest Expense
Salaries and employee benefits		4,228		3,986			12,233			12,149
Furniture and equipment		1,313		821			3,022			2,299
Net occupancy		531		569			1,664			1,769
Professional fees		414		450			1,473			1,381
Marketing and public relations		312		215			954			761
Supplies, postage and freight		275		265			783			826
Telecommunications		191		163			536			547
Ohio franchise tax		304		303			927			899
FDIC assessments		346		396			1,132			1,369
Other real estate owned		107		144			414			941
Electronic banking expenses		121		236			682			668
Loan and collection expense		394		334			1,051			1,086
Other expense		142		447			1,398			1,345
Total noninterest expense		8,678		8,329			26,269			26,040
Income before income tax expense		2,063		2,172			5,911			4,341
Income tax expense		538		500			1,443			827
Net Income	$	1,525	$	1,672		$	4,468		$	3,514
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:
Changes in unrealized securities’ holding gain (loss) net of taxes		215		(122	)		180			1,099
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of taxes during the period		—		—			—			—
Less: reclassification adjustments for securities’ gains realized in net income, net of taxes	$	31	$	5		$	31		$	338
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes		184		(127	)		149			761
Comprehensive income	$	1,710	$	1,545		$	4,618		$	4,275
Dividends and accretion on preferred stock		319		319			956			956
Net Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	1,206	$	1,353		$	3,512		$	2,558
Net Income Per Common Share (Note 2)
Basic	$	0.15	$	0.17		$	0.44		$	0.32
Diluted		0.15		0.17			0.44			0.32
Dividends declared		0.01		0.01			0.03			0.03
Average Common Shares Outstanding
Basic		7,944,354		7,882,439			7,937,781			7,879,575
Diluted		7,949,118		7,882,439			7,941,990			7,879,575

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Unaudited)

	Preferred Stock (net of discount)		Warrant to Purchase Common Stock			Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Treasury Stock			Total
								(Dollars in thousands except share and per share amounts)
Balance, January 1, 2011		25,107		146			8,173		39,455			40,668			2,007		(6,092	)		109,464
Net Income												3,514								3,514
Common dividends declared, $.03 per share												(237	)							(237	)
Preferred dividends and accretion of discount		11										(956	)							(945	)
Net unrealized gains and losses on securities															761					761
Share-based compensation									141											141
Restricted shares granted (40,000 shares), net of forfeitures (2,500 shares)		—		—			37		(37	)		—			—		—			—
Balance, September 30, 2011	$	25,118	$	146		$	8,210	$	39,559		$	42,989		$	2,768	$	(6,092	)	$	112,698
Balance, January 1, 2012	$	25,122	$	146		$	8,210	$	39,607		$	44,080		$	2,201	$	(6,092	)	$	113,274
Net Income												4,468								4,468
Common dividends declared, $.03 per share												(237	)							(237	)
Preferred dividends and accretion of discount		11										(956	)							(945	)
Net unrealized gains and losses on securities															149					149
Share-based compensation									229											229
Repurchase of warrants				(146	)				(714	)					—					(860	)
Restricted shares granted (62,105 shares)		—		—			62		(62	)		—			—		—			0
Balance, September 30, 2012	$	25,133	$	—		$	8,273	$	39,060		$	47,355		$	2,350	$	(6,092	)	$	116,079

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2012			September 30, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Operating Activities
Net income	$	4,468		$	3,514
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Provision for loan losses		5,442			7,545
Depreciation and amortization		860			935
Amortization of premiums and discounts		1,580			1,066
Amortization of intangibles		102			102
Amortization of loan servicing rights		193			118
Amortization of deferred loan fees		(230	)		(208	)
Federal deferred income tax expense		(55	)		453
Securities gains, net		(46	)		(507	)
Share-based compensation expense		229			141
Loans originated for sale		(56,444	)		(47,201	)
Proceeds from sales of loan originations		57,428			48,835
Net gain from loan sales		(916	)		(598	)
Net (gain) or loss on sale of other assets		68			158
Net (increase) decrease in accrued interest receivable and other assets		509			4,527
Net decrease in accrued interest payable, taxes and other liabilities		(834	)		(677	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		12,354			18,203
Investing Activities
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities		5,050			24,560
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities		98,185			80,061
Purchase of available-for-sale securities		(113,866	)		(114,660	)
Net (increase) decrease in loans made to customers		(48,103	)		(33,013	)
Proceeds from the sale of other real estate owned		760			3,317
Purchase of bank premises and equipment		(845	)		(395	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(58,819	)		(40,130	)
Financing Activities
Net increase in demand and other noninterest-bearing		16,372			5,926
Net increase in savings, money market and interest-bearing demand		22,636			33,655
Net decrease in certificates of deposit		(8,379	)		(28,828	)
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings		761			(560	)
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank advances		30,000			24,500
Payment of Federal Home Loan Bank advances		(25,003	)		(19,504	)
Purchase of warrants		(860	)		—
Dividends paid		(1,182	)		(1,182	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		34,345			14,007
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(12,120	)		(7,920	)
Cash and cash equivalents, January 1		40,647			48,568
Cash and cash equivalents, September 30	$	28,527		$	40,648
Supplemental cash flow information
Interest paid	$	5,937		$	7,998
Income taxes paid		1,291			860
Transfer of loans to other real estate owned		1,004			2,899

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands except per share amounts)

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of LNB Bancorp, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and its primary wholly-owned subsidiary, The Lorain National Bank (the “Bank”). The consolidated financial statements also include the accounts of North Coast Community Development Corporation, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with instructions for Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not include information or footnote disclosures necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). Accordingly, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Corporation included in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. However, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) which, in the opinion of the Corporation’s management (“Management”), are necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements have been included. The results of operations for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012, are not necessarily indicative of the results which may be expected for a full year.

Use of Estimates

LNB Bancorp Inc. prepares its financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Areas involving the use of Management’s estimates and assumptions include the allowance for loan losses, the valuation of goodwill, the realization of deferred tax assets, fair values of certain securities, mortgage servicing rights, net periodic pension expense, and accrued pension costs recognized in the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements. Estimates that are more susceptible to change in the near term include the allowance for loan losses and the fair value of certain assets and liabilities.

Segment Information

The Corporation’s activities are considered to be a single industry segment for financial reporting purposes. LNB Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company engaged in the business of commercial and retail banking, investment management and trust services with operations conducted through its main office and banking centers located throughout Lorain, Erie, Cuyahoga, and Summit counties of Ohio. This market provides the source for substantially all of the Bank’s deposit, loan and trust activities. The majority of the Bank’s income is derived from a diverse base of commercial, mortgage and retail lending activities and investments.

Statement of Cash Flows

For purposes of reporting in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents include currency on hand, amounts due from banks, Federal funds sold, and securities purchased under resale agreements. Generally, Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements are for one day periods.

Securities

Securities that are bought and held for the sole purpose of being sold in the near term are deemed trading securities with any related unrealized gains and losses reported in earnings. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Corporation did not hold any trading securities. Securities that the Corporation has a positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as held to maturity. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Corporation did not hold any securities classified as held to maturity. Securities that are not classified as trading or held to maturity are classified as available for sale. Securities classified as available for sale are carried at their fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Interest and dividends on securities, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts using the effective interest method over the period to maturity or call, are included in interest income.

Management evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market conditions warrant such an evaluation. When evaluating investment securities,

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consideration is given to the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, whether the market decline was affected by macroeconomic conditions and whether the Corporation has the intent to sell the debt security or more likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery. In analyzing an issuer’s financial condition, the Corporation may consider whether the securities are issued by the federal government or its agencies, or U.S. Government sponsored enterprises, whether downgrades by bond rating agencies have occurred, and the results of reviews of the issuer’s financial condition. The assessment of whether an other-than-temporary decline exists involves a high degree of subjectivity and judgment and is based on the information available to Management at a point in time.

When OTTI occurs, the amount of the OTTI recognized in earnings depends on whether the Corporation intends to sell the security or it is more likely than not it will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If the Corporation decides to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, the OTTI will be recognized in earnings equal to the entire difference between the investment’s amortized cost basis and its fair value at the balance sheet date. The previous amortized cost basis less the OTTI recognized in earnings becomes the new amortized cost basis of the investment. If a security is determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired, but the Corporation does not intend to sell the security, only the credit portion of the estimated loss is recognized in earnings, with the other portion of the loss recognized in other comprehensive income.

Restricted Stock

The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) system. Members are required to own a certain amount of stock based on the level of borrowings and other factors, and may invest in additional amounts. The Bank is also a member of and owns stock in the Federal Reserve Bank. The Corporation also owns stock in Bankers Bancshares Inc., an institution that provides correspondent banking services to community banks. Stock in these institutions is classified as restricted stock and is recorded at redemption value which approximates fair value. The Corporation periodically evaluates the restricted stock for impairment based on ultimate recovery of par value. Both cash and stock dividends are reported as income.

Loans Held For Sale

Held for sale loans are carried at the lower of amortized cost or estimated fair value, determined on an aggregate basis for each type of loan. Net unrealized losses are recognized by charges to income. Gains and losses on loan sales (sales proceeds minus carrying value) are recorded in the noninterest income section of the consolidated statement of income.

Loans

Loans are reported at the principal amount outstanding, net of unearned income and premiums and discounts. Loans acquired through business combinations are valued at fair market value on or near the date of acquisition. The difference between the principal amount outstanding and the fair market valuation is amortized over the aggregate average life of each class of loan. Unearned income includes deferred fees, net of deferred direct incremental loan origination costs. Unearned income is amortized to interest income, over the contractual life of the loan, using the interest method. Deferred direct loan origination fees and costs are amortized to interest income, over the contractual life of the loan, using the interest method.

Loans are generally placed on nonaccrual status when they are 90 days past due for interest or principal or when the full and timely collection of interest or principal becomes uncertain. When a loan has been placed on nonaccrual status, the accrued and unpaid interest receivable is reversed against interest income. Placement of an account on nonaccrual status includes a reversal of all previously accrued but uncollected interest against interest income. When doubt exists as to the collectability of the principal portion of the loan, payments received must be applied to principal to the extent necessary to eliminate such doubt.

While in nonaccrual status, some or all of the cash interest payments may be treated as interest income on a cash basis as long as the remaining principal (after charge-off of identified losses, if any) is deemed to be fully collectible. The determination as to the ultimate collectability must be supported by a current, well-documented credit evaluation of the borrower’s financial condition and prospects for repayment, including consideration of the borrower’s historical repayment performance and other relevant factors. Generally, a loan is returned to accrual status when all delinquent interest and principal becomes current under the terms of the loan agreement and when the collectability is no longer doubtful.

A loan is impaired when full payment of principal and interest under the original loan terms is not expected. Impairment is evaluated in total for smaller-balance loans of similar nature such as real estate mortgages and installment loans, and on an individual loan basis for commercial loans that are graded substandard or below. Factors considered by Management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the 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. If a loan is impaired, a portion of the allowance may be allocated so that the loan is reported, net, at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s existing rate or at the fair value of collateral if repayment is expected solely from the collateral.

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Allowance for Loan Losses

The allowance for loan losses is Management’s estimate of credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio at the balance sheet date. Management’s determination of the allowance, and the resulting provision, is based on judgments and assumptions, including general economic conditions, loan portfolio composition, loan loss experience, Management’s evaluation of credit risk relating to pools of loans and individual borrowers, sensitivity analysis and expected loss models, value of underlying collateral, and observations of internal loan review staff or banking regulators.

The provision for loan losses is determined based on Management’s evaluation of the loan portfolio and the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses under current economic conditions and such other factors which, in Management’s judgment, deserve current recognition. Additional information can be found in Note 6 (Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses).

Servicing

Servicing assets are recognized as separate assets when rights are acquired through sale of financial assets. Capitalized servicing rights are reported in other assets and are amortized into noninterest income in proportion to, and over the period of, the estimated future net servicing income of the underlying financial assets. Servicing assets are evaluated for impairment on a quarterly basis based upon the fair value of the rights as compared to amortized cost. Impairment is determined by stratifying 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 for an individual stratum, to the extent that fair value is less than the capitalized amount for the stratum.

Bank Premises and Equipment

Bank premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are computed generally on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Upon the sale or other disposition of assets, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are retired and the resulting gain or loss is recognized. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred, while renewals and improvements are capitalized. Software costs related to externally developed systems are capitalized at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is computed on the straight-line method over the estimated useful life.

Goodwill and Core Deposit Intangibles

Intangible assets arise from acquisitions and include goodwill and core deposit intangibles. Goodwill is the excess of purchase price over the fair value of identified net assets in acquisitions. Core deposit intangibles represent the value of depositor relationships purchased. Goodwill is tested at least annually for impairment or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. The Corporation tests for goodwill impairment annually as of November 30^th of each year. Core deposit intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over ten years and are subject to annual impairment testing.

Other Real Estate Owned

Other real estate owned (OREO) is comprised of property acquired through a foreclosure proceeding or acceptance of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, and loans classified as in-substance foreclosure. Other real estate owned is recorded at the lower of the recorded investment in the loan at the time of acquisition or the fair value of the underlying property collateral, less estimated selling costs. Any write-down in the carrying value of a property at the time of acquisition is charged to the allowance for loan losses. Any subsequent write-downs to reflect current fair market value, as well as gains and losses on disposition and revenues and expenses incurred in maintaining such properties, are treated as period costs. Other real estate owned also includes bank premises formerly but no longer used for banking. Banking premises are transferred at the lower of carrying value or estimated fair value, less estimated selling costs.

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Split-Dollar Life Insurance

The Corporation recognizes a liability and related compensation costs for endorsement split-dollar life insurance policies that provide a benefit to certain employees extending to post-retirement periods. Based on the present value of expected future cash flows, the liability is recognized based on the substantive agreement with the employee.

Investment and Trust Services Assets and Income

Property held by the Corporation in fiduciary or agency capacity for its customers is not included in the Corporation’s financial statements as such items are not assets of the Corporation. Income from the Investment and Trust Services Division is reported on an accrual basis.

Income Taxes

The Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary file an annual consolidated Federal income tax return. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be removed or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to amounts which are deemed more likely than not to be realized.

Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income consists of net income and other comprehensive income. Other comprehensive income includes unrealized gains and losses on securities available for sale and changes in the funded status of the pension plan, which are also recognized as separate components of shareholders’ equity.

Unrealized gains on the Corporation’s available-for-sale securities (after applicable income tax expense) totaling $4,168 and $4,019 at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, and the minimum pension liability adjustment (after applicable income tax benefit) totaling $1,818 for both September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are included in accumulated other comprehensive income.

Preferred Stock

The Corporation is authorized to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of Voting Preferred Stock, no par value. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is authorized to provide for the issuance of one or more series of Voting Preferred Stock and establish the dividend rate, dividend dates, whether dividends are cumulative, liquidation prices, redemption rights and prices, sinking fund requirements, conversion rights, and restrictions on the issuance of any series of Voting Preferred Stock. The Voting Preferred Stock may be issued with conversion rights to common stock and may rank prior to the common stock in dividends, liquidation preferences, or both. As of September 30, 2012, the Corporation had authorized 150,000 Series A Voting Preferred Shares. No Series A Voting Preferred Shares have been issued. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, 25,223 shares of the Corporation’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (“Series B Preferred Stock”) were issued and outstanding.

As part of the Treasury’s strategy for winding down its remaining investment in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), particularly in community banks, the Treasury conducted various public auctions of TARP preferred stock in 2012.

On June 19, 2012, Treasury completed the offer and sale of 25,223 shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock. The underwriters in the offering purchased the Series B Preferred Stock from Treasury at a price of $856.1325 per share, and sold the Series B Preferred Stock to the public through a modified dutch auction at an initial public offering price of $869.17 per share. The Corporation did not receive any of the proceeds from the offering.

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On July 2, 2012, the Corporation entered into a Warrant Repurchase Agreement to purchase the warrant (the “Warrant”) that was exercisable for 561,343 shares of common stock of the Corporation that was issued to the United States Department of the Treasury in connection with the Corporation’s participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program. The Warrant was repurchased at a mutually agreed upon price of $860. Settlement of the repurchase of the Warrant occurred on July 18, 2012. Following settlement of the Warrant repurchase, the Treasury has no remaining investment in the Corporation.

New Accounting Pronouncements

ASC Topic 220: Comprehensive Income: Presentation of Comprehensive Income. On June 16, 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-05. This ASU is intended to increase the prominence of other comprehensive income in financial statements. The new guidance does not change whether items are reported in net income or in other comprehensive income or whether and when items of other comprehensive income are reclassified to net income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option in current U.S. generally accepted accounting principles that permits the presentation of other comprehensive income in the statement of changes in equity. The new guidance in the ASU requires that an entity report comprehensive income in either a single continuous statement that presents the components of net income or a separate but consecutive statement. The new guidance is to be applied retrospectively. For public entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements.

Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment. On September 15, 2011 the FASB issued an accounting standards update (ASU) to simplify testing of goodwill for impairment. The changes will reduce complexity and costs by allowing an entity (public or nonpublic) to make a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood of goodwill impairment to determine whether it should calculate the fair value of a reporting unit. Specifically, an entity will have the option of first assessing qualitative factors (events and circumstances) to determine whether it is more likely than not (meaning a likelihood of more than fifty percent) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment testing performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The Corporation early adopted the ASU for the year ended December 31, 2011 and concluded that a full impairment test was not required. Refer to Note 4, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, for additional information.

FASB ASU 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS. This amendment was issued as result of an effort to develop common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). While ASU 2011-04 is largely consistent with existing fair value measurement principles under U.S. GAAP, it expands the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements and clarifies the existing guidance or wording changes to align with IRFS No. 13. Many of the requirements for the amendments in ASU 2011-04 do not result in a change in the application of the requirements in ASC 820. ASU 2011-04 was effective for the Corporation on a prospective basis beginning in the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements

Reclassification

Certain amounts appearing in the prior year’s financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s financial statements.

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(2) Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding plus the effects of dilutive stock options and warrants outstanding during the year. Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(Dollars in thousands except per share amounts)
Weighted average shares outstanding used in Basic Earnings per Common Share		7,944,354		7,882,439		7,937,781		7,879,575
Dilutive effect of incentive stock options and warrants		4,764		—		4,209		—
Weighted average shares outstanding used in Diluted Earnings Per Common Share		7,949,118		7,882,439		7,941,990		7,879,575
Net Income	$	1,525	$	1,672	$	4,468	$	3,514
Dividends and accretion on preferred stock		319		319		956		956
Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	1,206	$	1,353	$	3,512	$	2,558
Basic Earnings Per Common Share	$	0.15	$	0.17	$	0.44	$	0.32
Diluted Earnings Per Common Share	$	0.15	$	0.17	$	0.44	$	0.32

Options to purchase 232,000 common shares were considered in computing diluted earnings per common share for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012. Stock options of 4,764 and 4,209 common shares were considered dilutive and the remaining stock options were antidilutive for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012. Stock options to purchase 197,000 common shares were considered in computing diluted earnings per common share for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011. All stock options and stock warrants were considered antidilutive for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011.

(3) Cash and Due from Banks

Federal Reserve Board regulations require the Bank to maintain reserve balances on deposits with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The required ending reserve balance was $553 on September 30, 2012 and $690 on December 31, 2011.

(4) Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The Corporation has goodwill of $21,582 primarily from an acquisition completed in 2007. The Corporation assesses goodwill for impairment annually and more frequently in certain circumstances. Goodwill is assessed using the Bank as the reporting unit. The Corporation considers several methodologies in determining the fair value of the reporting unit, including the discounted estimated future net cash flows, price to tangible book value, and core deposit premium values. Primary reliance is placed on the discounted estimated future net cash flow approach. The key assumptions used to determine the fair value of the Corporation subsidiary include: (a) cash flow period of 5 years; (b) capitalization rate of 10.0%; and (c) a discount rate of 13.0%, which is based on the Corporation’s average cost of capital adjusted for the risk associated with its operations. A variance in these assumptions could have a significant effect on the determination of goodwill impairment. The Corporation cannot predict the occurrences of certain future events that might adversely affect the reported value of goodwill. Such events include, but are not limited to, strategic decisions in response to economic and competitive conditions, the effect of the economic environment on the Corporation’s customer base or a material negative change in the relationship with significant customers.

Core deposit intangibles are amortized over their estimated useful life of 10 years. A summary of core deposit intangible assets follows:

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Core deposit intangibles	$	1,367	$	1,367
Less: accumulated amortization		738		636
Carrying value of core deposit intangibles	$	629	$	731

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(5) Securities

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses and fair values of securities available for sale at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 is as follows:

	At September 30, 2012
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
	(Dollars in thousands)
Securities available for sale:
U.S. Government agencies and corporations	$	47,379	$	119	$	(7	)	$	47,491
Mortgage backed securities		126,237		3,899		(149	)		129,987
Collateralized mortgage obligations		25,825		317		(88	)		26,054
State and political subdivisions		29,578		2,224		—			31,802
Total Securities	$	229,019	$	6,559	$	(244	)	$	235,334

	At December 31, 2011
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
	(Dollars in thousands)
Securities available for sale:
U.S. Government agencies and corporations	$	56,762	$	120	$	(1	)	$	56,881
Mortgage backed securities		103,624		3,705		(292	)		107,037
Collateralized mortgage obligations		29,537		700		—			30,237
State and political subdivisions		30,000		1,901		(44	)		31,857
Total Securities	$	219,923	$	6,426	$	(337	)	$	226,012

The carrying value of securities pledged to secure trust deposits, public deposits, line of credit, and for other purposes required by law amounted to $174,773 and $137,388 at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 respectively.

The amortized cost and fair value of the debt securities portfolio are shown by expected maturity. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities if issuers have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. U.S. Government agencies and corporations include callable and bullet agency issues and agency-backed mortgage backed securities. Mortgage backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations are not due at a single maturity date and are shown separately.

	At September 30, 2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Securities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	24,281	$	24,389
Due from one year to five years		25,538		26,251
Due from five years to ten years		9,808		10,786
Due after ten years		17,330		17,867
Mortgage backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations		152,062		156,041
	$	229,019	$	235,334

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Realized gains and losses related to securities available-for-sale at September 30, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:

	September 30,
	2012		2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Gross realized gains	$	46	$	507
Gross realized losses		—		—
Net Securities Gains	$	46	$	507
Proceeds from the sale of available for sale securities	$	5,050	$	24,560

The following is a summary of securities that had unrealized losses at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The information is presented for securities that have been in an unrealized loss position for less than 12 months and for more than 12 months. At September 30, 2012 there were 10 securities with unrealized losses totaling $244 and at December 31, 2011, the Corporation held 10 securities with unrealized losses totaling $337. Factors that are temporary in nature may result in securities being valued at less than amortized cost. For example, when the current levels of interest rates offered on securities are higher compared to the coupon interest rates on the securities held by the Corporation or when impairment is not due to credit deterioration, securities will be valued at less than amortized cost. The Corporation has the ability and the intent to hold these securities until their value recovers.

	At September 30, 2012
	Less than 12 months					12 months or longer				Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Government agencies and corporations	$	19,990	$	(7	)	$	—	$	—	$	19,990	$	(7	)
Mortgage backed securities		16,045		(150	)		—		—		16,045		(150	)
Collateralized mortgage obligations		10,555		(87	)		—				10,555		(87	)
State and political subdivisions		—		—			—		—		—		—
Total	$	46,590	$	(244	)	$	—	$	—	$	46,590	$	(244	)

	At December 31, 2011
	Less than 12 months					12 months or longer				Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Government agencies and corporations	$	9,999	$	(1	)	$	—	$	—	$	9,999	$	(1	)
Mortgage backed securities		25,606		(292	)		—		—		25,606		(292	)
State and political subdivisions		3,669		(44	)		—		—		3,669		(44	)
Total	$	39,274	$	(337	)	$	—	$	—	$	39,274	$	(337	)

(6) Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses

The allowance for loan losses is maintained by the Corporation at a level considered by Management to be adequate to cover probable credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The amount of the provision for loan losses charged to operating expenses is the amount necessary, in the estimation of Management, to maintain the allowance for loan losses at an adequate level. While Management’s periodic analysis of the allowance for loan losses may dictate portions of the allowance be allocated to specific problem loans, the entire amount is available for any loan charge-offs that may occur. Loan losses are charged off against the allowance when Management believes that the full collectability of the loan is unlikely. Recoveries of amounts previously charged-off are credited to the allowance.

The allowance is comprised of a general allowance for unidentified problem loans and a specific allowance for identified problem loans. The general allowance is determined by applying estimated loss factors to the credit exposures from outstanding loans. The methodology applies to the Corporation’s total loan portfolio including the performing portion of commercial and commercial real estate loans, real estate, and all types of other loans. The loss factors are applied accordingly on a portfolio basis. Loss factors are based on the Corporation’s historical loss experience and are reviewed for appropriateness on a quarterly basis, along with other factors affecting the collectability of the loan portfolio. These other factors include but are not limited to: changes in lending policies and procedures, including underwriting standards and collection, charge-off and recovery practices; changes in national and local economic and business conditions, including the condition of various market segments; changes in the nature and volume of the portfolio; changes in the experience, ability, and depth of lending management and staff; changes in the volume and severity of past

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due and classified loans, the volume of nonaccrual loans, troubled debt restructurings and other loan modifications; the existence and effect of any concentrations of credit, and changes in the level of such concentrations; and the effect of external factors, such as legal and regulatory requirements, on the level of estimated credit losses in the Corporation’s current portfolio. Specific allowances are established for all impaired loans when Management has determined that, due to identified significant conditions, it is probable that a loss will be incurred.

Activity in the loan balances and the allowance for loan losses by segment at September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011 are summarized as follows:

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Commercial Real Estate			Commercial			Residential Real Estate			Home Equity Loans			Indirect			Consumer			Total
Allowance for loan losses:	(Dollars in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	10,714		$	1,409		$	1,331		$	2,289		$	891		$	429		$	17,063
Losses charged off		(2,057	)		(213	)		(1,267	)		(851	)		(738	)		(252	)		(5,378	)
Recoveries		39			24			86			31			244			36			460
Provision charged to expense		3,064			(466	)		1,551			661			615			17			5,442
Balance, end of period	$	11,760		$	754		$	1,701		$	2,130		$	1,012		$	230		$	17,587

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Commercial Real Estate			Commercial			Residential Real Estate			Home Equity Loans			Indirect			Consumer			Total
Allowance for loan losses:	(Dollars in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	11,396		$	840		$	1,716		$	2,146		$	985		$	217		$	17,300
Losses charged off		(738	)		(48	)		(292	)		(296	)		(161	)		(146	)		(1,681	)
Recoveries		9			4			3			16			54			7			93
Provision charged to expense		1,093			(42	)		274			264			134			152			1,875
Balance, end of period	$	11,760		$	754		$	1,701		$	2,130		$	1,012		$	230		$	17,587
As of September 30, 2012
Ending allowance balance attributable to loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	2,525		$	69		$	2		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	2,596
Collectively evaluated for impairment		9,235			685			1,699			2,130			1,012			230			14,991
Total ending allowance balance	$	11,760		$	754		$	1,701		$	2,130		$	1,012		$	230		$	17,587
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	25,310		$	340		$	1,179		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	26,829
Collectively evaluated for impairment		386,614			71,582			67,370			125,108			195,358			12,854			858,886
Total ending loans balance	$	411,924		$	71,922		$	68,549		$	125,108		$	195,358		$	12,854		$	885,715

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Commercial Real Estate			Commercial			Residential Real Estate			Home Equity Loans			Indirect			Consumer			Total
Allowance for loan losses:	(Dollars in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	11,127		$	1,317		$	805		$	1,512		$	904		$	471		$	16,136
Losses charged off		(2,669	)		(236	)		(1,746	)		(957	)		(264	)		(490	)		(6,362	)
Recoveries		249			38			49			15			77			98			526
Provision charged to expense		3,079			6			2,142			1,744			234			340			7,545
Balance, end of period	$	11,786		$	1,125		$	1,250		$	2,314		$	951		$	419		$	17,845

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
Allowance for loan losses:	(Dollars in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	11,681		$	1,182		$	1,249		$	1,891		$	921		$	427		$	17,351
Losses charged off		(577	)		(13	)		(443	)		(548	)		(117	)		(53	)		(1,751	)
Recoveries		34			2			9			42			44			14			145
Provision charged to expense		648			(46	)		435			929			103			31			2,100
Balance, end of period	$	11,786		$	1,125		$	1,250		$	2,314		$	951		$	419		$	17,845
As of September 30, 2011
Ending allowance balance attributable to loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	5,602		$	166		$	302		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	6,070
Collectively evaluated for impairment		6,184			959			948			2,314			951			419			11,775
Total ending allowance balance	$	11,786		$	1,125		$	1,250		$	2,314		$	951		$	419		$	17,845
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	35,349		$	771		$	2,126		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	38,246
Collectively evaluated for impairment		351,542			71,908			66,711			130,143			158,885			12,877			792,066
Total ending loans balance	$	386,891		$	72,679		$	68,837		$	130,143		$	158,885		$	12,877		$	830,312

Delinquencies

Delinquencies are a sign of weakness in credit quality. Lending staff at the Corporation monitor the financial performance and delinquency of borrowers in its portfolios. Lenders are responsible for managing delinquencies by following up with borrowers and arranging for payments. The Corporation determines if a commercial or commercial real estate loan is delinquent based on the number of days past due according to the contractual terms of the loan. For residential, home equity and consumer loans, the Corporation considers the borrower delinquent if the borrower is in arrears by two or more monthly payments. The following procedure is followed in managing delinquent accounts:

• 15-30 days past due- a collection notice is sent reminding the borrower of past due status and the urgency of bringing the account current.

• 45 days past due- a default letter is sent declaring the loan in default and advising the borrower that legal action will be necessary if the account is not brought current immediately.

• 60 days past due- an “attorney letter” accelerating the loan is sent advising the borrower that legal proceeding to collect the debt will begin immediately.

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Management monitors delinquencies and potential problem loans on a recurring basis. At September 30, 2012 there was $29,083 in total past due loans or 3.28% of total loans compared to $31,315 or 3.71% of total loans at December 31, 2011. A table showing total loan delinquencies as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 by loan segment is as follows:

Age Analysis of Past Due Loans as of September 30, 2012
(Dollars in thousands)	30-59 Days Past Due		60-89 Days Past  Due		Greater than 90  Days		Total Past Due		Current		Total Loans		Recorded Investment > 90 Days and Accruing
Commercial real estate	$	2,646	$	1,210	$	15,397	$	19,253	$	392,671	$	411,924	$	—
Commercial		38		19		399		456		71,466		71,922		—
Residential real estate		538		1,218		3,286		5,042		63,507		68,549		—
Home equity loans		1,191		378		1,631		3,200		121,908		125,108		—
Indirect		657		146		56		859		194,499		195,358
Consumer		61		49		163		273		12,581		12,854		—
Total	$	5,131	$	3,020	$	20,932	$	29,083	$	856,632	$	885,715	$	—

Age Analysis of Past Due Loans as of December 31, 2011
(Dollars in thousands)	30-59 Days Past Due		60-89 Days Past  Due		Greater than 90  Days		Total Past Due		Current		Total Loans		Recorded Investment > 90 Days and Accruing
Commercial real estate	$	290	$	804	$	19,023	$	20,117	$	361,735	$	381,852	$	—
Commercial		54		249		805		1,108		75,462		76,570		—
Residential real estate		545		1,172		3,554		5,271		59,253		64,524		—
Home equity loans		1,942		181		1,666		3,789		123,169		126,958		—
Indirect		664		71		124		859		179,230		180,089
Consumer		131		12		28		171		12,924		13,095		—
Total	$	3,626	$	2,489	$	25,200	$	31,315	$	811,773	$	843,088	$	—

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Impaired Loans

A loan is considered impaired when it is probable that not all principal and interest amounts will be collected according to the loan contract. Residential mortgage, installment and other consumer loans are evaluated collectively for impairment. Individual commercial loans are evaluated for impairment. Impaired loans are written down by the establishment of a specific allowance where necessary. Interest income recognized on impaired loans while considered impaired was immaterial for the periods reported. Information regarding impaired loans as of September 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011 is as follows:

	At September 30, 2012						Three Months Ended September 30, 2012		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Recorded Investment		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance		Average Recorded Balance		Average Recorded Balance
(Dollars in thousands)
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial real estate	$	6,168	$	8,935	$	—	$	7,204	$	9,246
Commercial		156		156		—		164		269
Residential real estate		1,080		1,987		—		966		1,052
Home equity loans		—		—		—		—		—
Indirect		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
With allowance recorded:
Commercial real estate		19,142		23,652		2,525		19,502		19,376
Commercial		184		184		69		159		216
Residential real estate		99		136		2		85		79
Home equity loans		—		—		—		—		—
Indirect		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	26,829	$	35,050	$	2,596	$	28,080	$	30,238

	At December 31, 2011						Three Months Ended September 30, 2011		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
	Recorded Investment		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance		Average Recorded Balance		Average Recorded Balance
(Dollars in thousands)
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial real estate	$	12,585	$	20,138	$	—	$	19,406	$	10,278
Commercial		386		386		—		406		432
Residential real estate		1,069		1,897		—		1,321		1,399
Home equity loans		—		—		—		—		—
Indirect		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
With allowance recorded:
Commercial real estate		19,161		19,823		3,747		24,612		24,941
Commercial		319		794		148		751		681
Residential real estate		72		72		37		1,321		1,399
Home equity loans		—		—		—		—		—
Indirect		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	33,592	$	43,110	$	3,932	$	47,817	$	39,130

Nonaccrual loans at September 30, 2012 were $32,584 compared to $34,471 at December 31, 2011.

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Loans On NonAccrual Status

	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Commercial real estate	$	20,629		$	21,512
Commercial		484			1,072
Residential real estate		6,317			6,551
Home equity loans		4,178			4,365
Indirect		637			711
Consumer		339			260
Total Nonaccrual Loans	$	32,584		$	34,471
Percentage of nonaccrual loans to portfolio loans		3.68	%		4.09	%
Percentage of nonaccrual loans to total assets		2.70	%		2.95	%

Troubled Debt Restructuring

A restructuring of a debt constitutes a troubled debt restructuring if the creditor, for economic or legal reasons related to the debtor’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the debtor that it would not otherwise consider. That concession either stems from an agreement between the creditor and the debtor or is imposed by law or a court. The Corporation adheres to ASC 310-40, Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors, to determine whether a troubled debt structuring applies in a particular instance. As of September 30, 2012, the Corporation had five loans that were classified as troubled debt restructurings which totaled $2,861. As of December 31, 2011, the Corporation had five loans that were classified as a troubled debt restructuring in the amount of $3,099. The Corporation has allocated $364 and $307 of specific reserves to customers whose loan terms have been modified in troubled debt restructurings as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. There are no commitments to lend additional amounts to borrowers with loans that are classified as troubled debt restructurings at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

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Information regarding TDR loans for the three and nine months end September 30, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012				For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	(Dollars in thousands)				(Dollars in thousands)
	Number of Contracts		Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		Number of Contracts		Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Commercial Real Estate		4	$	2,861		—	$	—

	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011				For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)				(Dollars in thousands)
	Number of Contracts		Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		Number of Contracts		Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Commercial Real Estate		—	$	—		1	$	391

Credit Risk Grading

Sound credit systems, practices and procedures such as credit risk grading systems; effective credit review and examination processes; effective loan monitoring, problem identification, and resolution processes; and a conservative loss recognition process and charge-off policy are integral to Management’s proper assessment of the adequacy of the allowance. Many factors are considered when grades are assigned to individual loans such as current and historic delinquency, financial statements of the borrower, current net realizable value of collateral and the general economic environment and specific economic trends affecting the portfolio. Commercial, commercial real estate and residential construction loans are assigned internal credit risk grades. The loan’s internal credit risk grade is reviewed on at least an annual basis and more frequently if needed based on specific borrower circumstances. Credit quality indicators used in Management’s periodic analysis of the adequacy of the allowance include the Corporation’s internal credit risk grades which are described below and are included in the table below for September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

• Grades 1 -5: defined as “Pass” credits — loans which are protected by the borrower’s current net worth and paying capacity or by the value of the underlying collateral. Pass credits are current or have not displayed a significant past due history.

• Grade 6: defined as “Special Mention” credits — loans where a potential weakness or risk exists, which could cause a more serious problem if not monitored. Loans listed for special mention generally demonstrate a history of repeated delinquencies, which may indicate a deterioration of the repayment abilities of the borrower.

• Grade 7: defined as “Substandard” credits — loans that have a well-defined weakness based on objective evidence and are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Corporation will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

• Grade 8: defined as “Doubtful” credits — loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in a substandard asset. In addition, these weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full highly questionable and improbable.

• Grade 9: defined as “Loss” credits — loans classified as a loss are considered uncollectible, or of such value that continuance as an asset is not warranted.

For residential, home equity, indirect and consumer loan segments, the Corporation monitors credit quality using a combination of the delinquency status of the loan and/or the Corporation’s internal credit risk grades as indicated above.

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The following table presents the recorded investment of commercial, commercial real estate and residential construction loans by internal credit risk grade and the recorded investment in residential, home equity, indirect and consumer loans based on delinquency status as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

	Commercial Real Estate		Commercial		Residential Real Estate*		Home Equity Loans		Indirect		Consumer		Total
Commercial Credit Exposure	September 30, 2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
Loans graded by internal credit risk grade:
Grade 1 - Minimal	$	—	$	114	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	114
Grade 2 - Modest		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Grade 3 - Better than average		1,551		10		—		—		—		—		1,561
Grade 4 - Average		33,278		4,681		229		—		—		—		38,188
Grade 5 - Acceptable		339,226		63,610		5,733		—		—		—		408,569
Total Pass Credits		374,055		68,415		5,962		—		—		—		448,432
Grade 6 - Special mention		6,415		3,023		44		—		—		—		9,482
Grade 7 - Substandard		31,454		484		1,477		—		—		—		33,415
Grade 8 - Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Grade 9 - Loss		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total loans internally credit risk graded		411,924		71,922		7,483		—		—		—		491,329
Loans not monitored by internal risk grade:
Current loans not internally risk graded		—		—		57,545		121,908		194,499		12,581		386,533
30-59 days past due loans not internally risk graded		—		—		538		1,191		657		61		2,447
60-89 days past due loans not internally risk graded		—		—		1,218		378		146		49		1,791
90+ days past due loans not internally risk graded		—		—		1,765		1,631		56		163		3,615
Total loans not internally credit risk graded		—		—		61,066		125,108		195,358		12,854		394,386
Total loans internally and not internally credit risk graded	$	411,924	$	71,922	$	68,549	$	125,108	$	195,358	$	12,854	$	885,715

	Commercial Real Estate		Commercial		Residential Real Estate*		Home Equity Loans		Indirect		Consumer		Total
Commercial Credit Exposure	December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Loans graded by internal credit risk grade:
Grade 1 - Minimal	$	—	$	3,157	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	3,157
Grade 2 - Modest		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Grade 3 - Better than average		1,602		19		—		—		—		—		1,621
Grade 4 - Average		44,527		5,322		237		—		—		—		50,086
Grade 5 - Acceptable		278,458		63,880		4,835		—		—		—		347,173
Total Pass Credits		324,587		72,378		5,072		—		—		—		402,037
Grade 6 - Special mention		16,390		2,947		157		—		—		—		19,494
Grade 7 - Substandard		40,875		1,245		1,830		—		—		—		43,950
Grade 8 - Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Grade 9 - Loss		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total loans internally credit risk graded		381,852		76,570		7,059		—		—		—		465,481
Loans not monitored by internal risk grade:
Current loans not internally risk graded		—		—		53,276		123,169		179,230		12,924		368,599
30-59 days past due loans not internally risk graded		—		—		545		1,942		664		131		3,282
60-89 days past due loans not internally risk graded		—		—		1,172		181		71		12		1,436
90+ days past due loans not internally risk graded		—		—		2,472		1,666		124		28		4,290
Total loans not internally credit risk graded		—		—		57,465		126,958		180,089		13,095		377,607
Total loans internally and not internally credit risk graded	$	381,852	$	76,570	$	64,524	$	126,958	$	180,089	$	13,095	$	843,088

* Residential loans include conventional 1-4 family residential property loans and conventional 1-4 family residential property loans used to finance the cost of construction when upon completion of construction the loan converts into a permanent mortgage.

The Corporation adheres to underwriting standards consistent with its Loan Policy for indirect and consumer loans. Final approval of a consumer credit depends on the repayment ability of the borrower. Repayment ability generally requires the determination of the borrower’s capacity to meet current and proposed debt service requirements. A borrower’s repayment ability is monitored based on delinquency, generally for time periods of 30 to 59 days past due, 60 to 89 days past due and greater than 90 days past due. This information is provided in the above delinquent loan table. Additionally, a good indicator of repayment ability is a borrower’s credit history. A borrower’s credit history is evaluated though the use of credit reports and/or an automated underwriting system. A borrower’s credit score is an indication of a person’s creditworthiness that is used to access the likelihood that a borrower will repay their debts. A credit score is generally based upon a person’s past credit history and is a number between 300 and 850—the higher the number, the more creditworthy the person is deemed to be.

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(7) Deposits

Deposit balances at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are summarized as follows:

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Demand and other noninterest-bearing	$	143,085	$	126,713
Interest checking		164,551		151,894
Savings		112,927		102,440
Money market accounts		105,135		105,643
Consumer time deposits		397,346		424,870
Public time deposits		98,665		79,520
Total deposits	$	1,021,709	$	991,080

The aggregate amount of certificates of deposit in denominations of $100,000 or more amounted to $257,360 and $241,217 at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The maturity distribution of certificates of deposit as of September 30, 2012 follows:

September 30, 2012
(Dollars in thousands)
2013	$	308,718
2014		122,787
2015		32,245
2016		19,952
2017		12,309
Total	$	496,011

(8) Short-Term Borrowings

The Corporation has a line of credit for advances and discounts with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The amount of this line of credit varies on a monthly basis. The line is equal to 50% of the balances of qualified home equity lines of credit that are pledged as collateral. At September 30, 2012, the Bank had pledged approximately $85,929 in qualifying home equity lines of credit, resulting in an available line of credit of approximately $42,965. No amounts were outstanding at September 30, 2012 or December 31, 2011. The Corporation also has a $4,000 line of credit with an unaffiliated financial institution. The balance of this line of credit was $0 as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

Short-term borrowings include securities sold under repurchase agreements and Federal funds purchased from correspondent banks. Securities sold under repurchase agreements at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were $988 and $227, respectively. The interest rate paid on these borrowings was 0.15% at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. No Federal Funds were purchased as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

(9) Federal Home Loan Bank Advances

Federal Home Loan Bank advances amounted to $47,494 and $42,497 at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. All advances are bullet maturities with no call features. At September 30, 2012, collateral pledged for FHLB advances consisted of qualified multi-family and residential real estate mortgage loans and investment securities of $87,478 and 34,550, respectively. The maximum borrowing capacity of the Bank at September 30, 2012 was $76,187 with unused collateral borrowing capacity of $27,169. The Bank maintains a $40,000 cash management line of credit (CMA) with the FHLB. The amount outstanding was $0 for the CMA line of credit as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

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Maturities of FHLB advances outstanding at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are as follows.

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Maturity January 2012, fixed rate 2.37%	$	—	$	15,000
Maturities January 2014 through August 2014, with fixed rates ranging from 2.06% to 3.55%		14,994		15,027
Maturities January 2015 and July 2015, with fixed rates ranging from 0.80% to 4.76%		32,500		12,470
Total FHLB advances	$	47,494	$	42,497

(10) Trust Preferred Securities

In May 2007, LNB Trust I (“Trust I”) and LNB Trust II (“Trust II”) each sold $10,000 of preferred securities to outside investors and invested the proceeds in junior subordinated debentures issued by the Corporation. The Corporation used the proceeds from the debentures to fund the cash portion of its acquisition of Morgan Bancorp, Inc. Trust I and Trust II are wholly-owned unconsolidated subsidiaries of the Corporation. The Corporation’s obligations under the transaction documents, taken together, have the effect of providing a full guarantee by the Corporation, on a subordinated basis, of the payment obligation of the Trusts.

The subordinated notes mature in 2037. Trust I bears a floating interest rate (current three-month LIBOR plus 148 basis points). Trust II bears a fixed rate of 6.64% through June 15, 2017, and then becomes a floating interest rate (current three-month LIBOR plus 148 basis points). Interest on the notes is payable quarterly. The interest rates in effect as of the last determination date in 2012 were 1.66% and 6.64% for Trust I and Trust II, respectively. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, accrued interest payable for Trust I was $5 and $7 and for Trust II was $19 and $24, respectively.

The subordinated notes are redeemable in whole or in part, without penalty, at the Corporation’s option on or after June 15, 2012 and mature on June 15, 2037. The notes are junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Corporation, whether outstanding at the date of the indenture governing the notes or thereafter incurred. At September 30, 2012, the balance of the subordinated notes payable to Trust I and Trust II were each $8,116.

(11) Commitments, Credit Risk, and Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Bank enters into commitments that involve off-balance sheet risk to meet the financing needs of its customers. These instruments are currently limited to commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. Commitments to extend credit involve elements of credit risk and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets. The Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the commitment is represented by the contractual amount of the commitment. The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments as it does for on-balance sheet instruments. Interest rate risk on commitments to extend credit results from the possibility that interest rates may have moved unfavorably from the position of the Bank since the time the commitment was made.

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 of 30 to 120 days or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since some of the commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

The Bank evaluates each customer’s credit worthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained by the Bank upon extension of credit is based on Management’s evaluation of the applicant’s credit. Collateral held is generally single-family residential real estate and commercial real estate. Substantially all of the obligations to extend credit are variable rate. Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Payments under standby letters of credit generally are contingent upon the failure of the customer to perform according to the terms of the underlying contract with the third party.

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A summary of the contractual amount of commitments at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are as follows:

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Commitments to extend credit	$	67,248	$	92,128
Home equity lines of credit		80,832		78,410
Standby letters of credit		8,336		8,145
Total	$	156,416	$	178,683

(12) Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Corporation discloses estimated fair values for its financial instruments. Fair value estimates, methods and assumptions are set forth below for the Corporation’s financial instruments.

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value:

• The carrying value of cash and due from banks, Federal funds sold, short-term investments, interest-bearing deposits in other banks and accrued interest receivable and other financial assets is a reasonable estimate of fair value due to the short-term nature of the asset.

• The fair value of investment securities is based on quoted market prices, where available. If quoted market prices are not available, fair value is estimated using the quoted market prices of comparable instruments.

• For variable rate loans with interest rates that may be adjusted on a quarterly, or more frequent basis, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value. The fair value of other types of loans is estimated by discounting future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.

• The carrying value approximates the fair value for bank owned life insurance.

• The fair value of deposits with no stated maturity, such as noninterest-bearing demand deposits, savings, money market, checking and interest-bearing checking, is equal to the amount payable on demand as of the balance sheet date, for each year presented. The fair value of fixed-maturity certificates of deposit is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities. For variable rate certificates of deposit, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.

• Securities sold under repurchase agreements, other short-term borrowings, accrued interest payable and other financial liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of the liability.

• The fair value of Federal Home Loan Bank advances is estimated by discounting future cash flows using current FHLB rates for the remaining term to maturity.

• The fair value of junior subordinated debentures is based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows using rates currently offered for similar maturities.

• The fair value of commitments to extend credit approximates the fees charged to make these commitments; since rates and fees of the commitment contracts approximates those currently charged to originate similar commitments. The carrying amount and fair value of off-balance sheet instruments is not significant as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

Limitations

Estimates of fair value are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and, therefore, cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.

Estimates of fair value are based on existing on-and-off balance sheet financial instruments without attempting to estimate the value of anticipated future business and the value of assets and liabilities that are not considered financial instruments. For example, the Corporation has a substantial Investment and Trust Services Division that

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contributes net fee income annually. The Investment and Trust Services Division is not considered a financial instrument and its value has not been incorporated into the fair value estimates. Other significant assets and liabilities that are not considered financial instruments include property, plant and equipment, goodwill and deferred tax liabilities. In addition, it is not practicable for the Corporation to estimate the tax ramifications related to the realization of the unrealized gains and losses and they have not been reflected in any of the estimates of fair value. The impact of these tax ramifications can have a significant effect on estimates of fair value.

The carrying values and estimated fair values of the Corporation’s financial instruments at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are summarized as follows:

	September 30, 2012										December 31, 2011
	Carrying Value		Estimated Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Carrying Value		Estimated Fair Value
	(Dollars in thousands)
Financial assets
Cash and due from banks, Federal funds sold and interest bearing deposits in other banks	$	28,527	$	28,527	$	28,527	$	—	$	—	$	40,647	$	40,647
Securities		235,334		235,334				235,334		—		226,012		226,012
Restricted stock		5,741		5,741				5,741
Portfolio loans, net		868,128		863,782		—		—		863,782		826,025		825,662
Loans held for sale		3,380		3,380		—		3,380		—		3,448		3,448
Accrued interest receivable		3,758		3,758		—		3,758		—		3,550		3,550
Financial liabilities
Deposits:
Demand, savings and money market		525,698		525,698		525,698				—		486,690		486,690
Certificates of deposit		496,011		499,285		—		499,285		—		504,390		509,449
Short-term borrowings		988		988		—		988		—		227		227
Federal Home Loan Bank advances		47,494		48,569		—		48,569		—		42,497		43,824
Junior subordinated debentures		16,238		17,102		—		17,102		—		16,238		16,130

The fair value of financial assets and liabilities is categorized in three levels. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. These levels are:

• Level 1 —Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets, such as the New York Stock Exchange. Valuations are obtained from readily available pricing sources for market transactions involving identical assets or liabilities.

• Level 2 —Valuations of assets and liabilities traded in less active dealer or broker markets. Valuations include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities traded in the same market; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable. Valuations may be obtained from, or corroborated by, third-party pricing services.

• Level 3 —Assets and liabilities with valuations that include methodologies and assumptions that may not be readily observable, including option pricing models, discounted cash flow models, yield curves and similar techniques. Level 3 valuations incorporate certain assumptions and projections in determining the fair value assigned to such assets or liabilities, but in all cases are corroborated by external data, which may include third-party pricing services.

In instances where inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels in the above fair value hierarchy, fair value measurements in their entirety are categorized based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. The Corporation’s assessment of the significance of particular inputs to these fair value measurements requires judgment and considers factors specific to each asset or liability.

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The following information pertains to assets measured by fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

Description	Fair Value as  of September 30, 2012		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level  1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable  Inputs (Level 3)
(Dollars in thousands)
Securities available for sale:
U.S. Government agencies and corporations	$	47,491	$	—	$	47,491	$	—
Mortgage backed securities		129,987		—		129,987		—
Collateralized mortgage obligations		26,054		—		26,054		—
State and political subdivisions		31,802		—		31,802		—
Total	$	235,334	$	—	$	235,334	$	—

Description	Fair Value as  of December 31, 2011		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level  1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable  Inputs (Level 3)
(Dollars in thousands)
Securities available for sale:
U.S. Government agencies and corporations	$	56,881	$	—	$	56,881	$	—
Mortgage backed securities		107,037		—		107,037		—
Collateralized mortgage obligations		30,237		—		30,237		—
State and political subdivisions		31,857		—		31,857		—
Total	$	226,012	$	—	$	226,012	$	—

There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. For the available for sale securities, the Corporation obtains fair value measurements from an independent third party service and/or from independent brokers.

The following tables present the balances of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

September 30, 2012	Quoted Market Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Internal Models with Significant Observable Market Parameters (Level 2)		Internal Models with Significant Unobservable Market Parameters (Level 3)		Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Impaired and nonaccrual loans	$	—	$	—	$	34,471	$	34,471
Other real estate		—		—		1,653		1,653
Total assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	$	—	$	—	$	36,124	$	36,124

December 31, 2011	Quoted Market Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Internal Models with Significant Observable Market Parameters (Level 2)		Internal Models with Significant Unobservable Market Parameters (Level 3)		Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Impaired and nonaccrual loans	$	—	$	—	$	33,592	$	33,592
Other real estate		—		—		1,687		1,687
Total assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	$	—	$	—	$	35,279	$	35,279

The Corporation has assets that, under certain conditions, are subject to measurement at fair value on a non-recurring basis. The fair value of collateral-dependent impaired loans and other real estate owned is determined through the use of an independent third-party appraisal (Level 3 input), once a loan is identified as impaired or the Corporation takes ownership of a property. The Corporation maintains a disciplined approach of obtaining updated independent third-party appraisals relating to such loans or property on at least an annual basis, at which time the determination of fair value is updated as necessary to reflect the appraisal. In addition, Management reviews the fair value of those collateral-dependent impaired loans in amounts that it considers to be material ($250,000 or greater) on a monthly basis and makes necessary adjustments to the fair value based on individual facts and circumstances, which review may include obtaining new third-party appraisals.

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Impaired Loans. Impaired loans valued using Level 3 inputs consist of non-homogeneous loans that are considered impaired. The Corporation estimates the fair value of these loans based on the estimated realizable values of available collateral, which is typically based on current independent third-party appraisals.

Other Real Estate Owned. Other real estate owned (“OREO”) is measured and reported at fair value when the current book value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property. Management’s determination of the fair value for these loans uses a market approach representing the estimated net proceeds to be received from the sale of the property based on observable market prices and market value provided by independent, licensed or certified appraisers (Level 3 Inputs).

(13) Share-Based Compensation

A broad-based stock option incentive plan, the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, was originally adopted by the Corporation’s shareholders on April 18, 2006 and an amended and restated version of the plan was adopted by shareholders effective May 2, 2012. As of September 30, 2012, outstanding awards granted under this Plan consisted of stock options granted in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and long-term restricted shares issued in 2010, 2011 and 2012. In addition, the Corporation has nonqualified stock option agreements outside of the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. Grants under the nonqualified stock option agreements have been made from 2005 to 2007.

Stock Options

The expense recorded for stock options was $9 and $0 for the first nine months of September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011, respectively. The maximum option term is ten years and the options generally vest over three years as follows: one-third after one year from the grant date, two-thirds after two years and completely after three years.

The fair value of options granted was determined using the following weighted-average assumptions as of grant date:

	2012
Risk free interest rate		1.27	%
Dividend yield		3.38	%
Volatility		33.00	%

The weighted-average fair value of options granted in 2012 was $5.39.

Options outstanding at September 30, 2012 were as follows:

	Outstanding				Exercisable
	Number		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Number		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Range of Exercise Prices
$5.34-$5.39		37,500		9.16		2,500	$	5.34
$14.47-$15.34		82,000		5.35		82,000		14.47
$15.35-$16.50		52,500		4.46		52,500		15.78
$16.51-$19.10		30,000		3.34		30,000		19.10
$19.11-$19.17		30,000		2.34		30,000		19.17
Outstanding at end of period		232,000		5.11		197,000	$	16.12

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A summary of the status of stock options at September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011 and changes during the nine months ended is presented in the table below:

	2012				2011
	Options		Weighted Average  Exercise Price per Share		Options		Weighted Average  Exercise Price per Share
Outstanding at beginning of period		197,000	$	16.12		197,000	$	16.12
Granted		35,000		5.39		—		—
Forfeited or expired		—		—		—		—
Exercised		—		—		—		—
Stock dividend or split		—		—		—		—
Outstanding at end of period		232,000	$	14.50		197,000	$	16.12
Exercisable at end of period		197,000	$	16.12		196,167	$	16.17

There were no options exercised during the first nine months of 2012, therefore the total intrinsic value of options exercised was $0. The total intrinsic value of all options outstanding for the nine months of 2012 was $26.

A summary of the status of nonvested stock options at September 30, 2012 is presented in the table below:

	Nonvested Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price per share
Nonvested at January 1, 2012		833	$	5.34
Granted		35,000		5.39
Vested		833		5.34
Forfeited or expired		—		—
Nonvested at September 30, 2012		35,000	$	5.39

Restricted Shares

In the first quarter of 2012, the Corporation issued 62,105 shares of long-term restricted stock. The market price of the Corporation’s common shares on the date of grant of the long-term restricted stock was $5.39 per share. In 2011, the Corporation issued 40,000 shares of long-term restricted stock, 2,500 of which were forfeited by the recipients due to employee terminations. The market price of the Corporation’s common shares on the date of grant of the long-term restricted shares was $5.28 per share. Shares of long-term restricted stock generally vest in two equal installments on the second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, or upon the earlier death or disability of the recipient or a qualified change of control of the Corporation. The expense recorded for long-term restricted stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $220 and $140, respectively.

The market price of the Corporation’s common shares at the date of grant is used to estimate the fair value of restricted stock awards. A summary of the status of restricted shares at September 30, 2012 is presented in the table below:

	2012
	Shares			Weighted Average Grant  Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2012		124,352		$	4.68
Granted		62,105			5.39
Forfeited or expired		—			—
Vested		(33,749	)		4.35
Nonvested at September 30, 2012		152,708		$	5.04

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Stock Appreciation Rights (“SAR”)

In 2006, the Corporation issued an aggregate of 30,000 stock appreciation rights (“SAR”) at $19.00 per share, 15,500 of which have expired due to employee terminations. The SAR vest over three years as follows: one-third after one year from the grant date, two-thirds after two years and completely after three years. Any unexercised portion of the SAR shall expire at the end of the stated term which is decided at the date of grant and shall not exceed ten years. The SAR issued in 2006 will expire in January 2016. The expense recorded for SAR for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was $5 and $0 for the.

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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following commentary presents a discussion and analysis of the Corporation’s financial condition and results of operations by its management (“Management”). This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) section discusses the financial condition and results of operations of the Corporation for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the financial information contained in the Corporation’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes contained in this Form 10-Q. The objective of this financial review is to enhance the reader’s understanding of the accompanying tables and charts, the consolidated financial statements, notes to the financial statements and financial statistics appearing elsewhere in the report. Where applicable, this discussion also reflects Management’s insights as to known events and trends that have or may reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the Corporation’s operations and financial condition.

Summary

The Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Lorain, Ohio, deriving substantially all of its revenue from the Bank. The Corporation provides a range of products and services to commercial customers and the community, and currently operates 20 banking centers throughout Lorain, Erie, Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio.

Net income was $1,525 for the third quarter of 2012. Net income available to common shareholders was $1,206 or $0.15 per diluted common share. This compares to net income available to common shareholders of $1,353 or $0.17 per diluted common share for the third quarter of 2011.

Net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent (FTE) basis for the third quarter of 2012 was $9,808, a 3.9% decrease, compared to $10,203 for the third quarter of 2011. The net interest margin was 3.46% compared to 3.74% for the third quarter of 2011. Net interest income FTE for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $29,711, a decrease of $198, or 1.0%, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

The provision for loan losses was $1,875 for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 compared to $2,100 for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

Noninterest income in the third quarter of 2012 totaled $2,953 compared to $2,542 for the third quarter of 2011. Gains on the sale of loans increased $183 for the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago as the Corporation was positively impacted by mortgage rates remaining near record lows, leading to a continuation of strong refinance activity and an increase in local home buying. Deposit service charges for the quarter were $994, a decrease of $105, or 9.6%, from the third quarter of the prior year, primarily driven by new regulations implemented as a part of the Dodd-Frank Act. Other service charges and fees were also down due to regulations affecting debit card and merchant interchange fees.

Noninterest expense was $8,677 for the third quarter of 2012, compared to $8,329 for the third quarter of 2011, an increase of $348, or 4.2%. The increase is a result of the sale by the Treasury of the Corporation’s TARP preferred stock to private investors through an auction process and cost associated with the conversion of the Corporation’s operating system which resulted in over $300 of related costs. Other real estate owned expenses were $107, a decrease of $37, or 25.7%, from the third quarter in 2011. The efficiency ratio, which is a measure of the cost to generate revenue, increased to 68.0% in the third quarter of 2012 from 65.4% in the third quarter of 2011 due to the two completed initiatives mentioned above.

During the third quarter of 2012, loan demand continued to be strong as total portfolio loans ended the quarter at $885,715, a 5.1% increase compared to $843,088 at December 31, 2011. Total assets for the third quarter ended at $1,206,778 compared to $1,168,422 at the end of 2011. Total deposits grew to $1,021,709 at the end of the third quarter of 2012, up from $991,080 at December 31, 2011. The growth in deposits continues to be primarily in the form of core deposits, resulting in lower funding costs which helped to mitigate downward pressure on the net interest margin during the quarter. The yield on earning asset was also effected by the persistently low interest rate environment which results in a decline in net interest margin.

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As the economic recovery remains soft with a high level of unemployment, a significant factor impacting asset quality has been the continued lower market valuation of real estate collateral underlying mortgage loans. Given the current economic conditions, the Corporation continues to work through asset quality challenges. The level of the Corporation’s criticized and classified loans continued to improve and the non-performing loans totaled $32,584 at September 30, 2012, or 3.7% of total loans, a slight decrease from $34,471, or 4.1%, at December 31, 2011.

The allowance for possible loan losses was $17,587 at September 30, 2012 compared to $17,063 at December 31, 2011, equaling 1.99% of total loans at September 30, 2012 compared to 2.02% at December 31, 2011. Annualized net charge-offs to average loans for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was 0.7% compared to 1.7% for December 31, 2011.

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Table 1: Condensed Consolidated Average Balance Sheets

Interest, Rate, and Rate/ Volume differentials are stated on a Fully-Tax Equivalent (FTE) Basis.

Table 1 presents the condensed average balance sheets for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. Rates are computed on a tax equivalent basis and nonaccrual loans are included in the average loan balances.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2012									2011
	Average Balance			Interest			Rate			Average Balance			Interest			Rate
	(Dollars in thousands)
Assets:
U.S. Govt agencies and corporations	$	201,284		$	1,145			2.26	%	$	200,807		$	1,505			2.84	%
State and political subdivisions		31,869			414			5.17			25,704			369			5.70
Federal funds sold and short-term investments		9,170			8			0.36			11,200			16			0.57
Restricted stock		5,741			69			4.80			5,741			67			4.63
Commercial loans		483,226			5,946			4.89			461,242			6,178			5.31
Residential real estate loans		56,955			792			5.53			59,323			829			5.55
Home equity lines of credit		108,931			1,071			3.91			109,739			1,063			3.84
Installment loans		231,488			2,207			3.79			207,940			2,653			5.06
Total Earning Assets	$	1,128,665		$	11,652			4.11	%	$	1,081,696		$	12,680			4.65	%
Allowance for loan loss		(17,436	)								(18,035	)
Cash and due from banks		25,984									34,279
Bank owned life insurance		18,262									17,555
Other assets		46,949									51,619
Total Assets	$	1,202,425								$	1,167,114
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Consumer time deposits	$	442,940		$	1,235			1.11	%	$	448,897		$	1,811			1.60	%
Public time deposits		48,484			107			0.88			68,695			76			0.44
Money market accounts		105,211			49			0.18			100,515			61			0.24
Savings deposits		112,272			19			0.07			99,007			41			0.16
Interest-bearing demand		163,404			41			0.10			147,928			55			0.15
Short-term borrowings		1,214			—			0.00			732			—			0.16
FHLB advances		49,442			214			1.72			42,949			263			2.43
Trust preferred securities		16,301			179			4.37			16,317			170			4.15
Total Interest-Bearing Liabilities	$	939,268		$	1,844			0.78	%	$	925,040		$	2,477			1.06	%
Noninterest-bearing deposits		143,719									125,147
Other liabilities		3,771									4,249
Shareholders’ Equity		115,666									112,678
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	1,202,425								$	1,167,114
Net interest Income (FTE)				$	9,808			3.46	%				$	10,203			3.74	%
Taxable Equivalent Adjustment					(144	)		(0.05	)					(144	)		(0.05	)
Net Interest Income Per Financial Statements				$	9,663								$	10,059
Net Yield on Earning Assets								3.41	%								3.69	%

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Results of Operations

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 versus Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 Net Interest Income Comparison

Net interest income is the difference between interest income earned on interest-earning assets and the interest expense paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest income is the Corporation’s principal source of revenue, accounting for 76.6% of the Corporation’s revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The amount of net interest income is affected by changes in the volume and mix of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the level of rates earned or paid on those assets and liabilities and the amount of loan fees earned. The Corporation reviews net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent (FTE) basis, which presents interest income with an adjustment for tax-exempt interest income on an equivalent pre-tax basis assuming a 34% statutory Federal tax rate. These rates may differ from the Corporation’s actual effective tax rate. The net interest margin is net interest income as a percentage of average earning assets.

Net interest income, before provision for loan losses, was $9,663 for the third quarter of 2012 compared to $10,059 during the same quarter of 2011. Adjusting for tax-exempt income, net interest income FTE, before provision for loan losses, for the third quarter of 2012 and 2011 was $9,808 and $10,203, respectively. The net interest margin FTE, determined by dividing tax equivalent net interest income by average earning assets, was 3.46% for the three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to 3.74% for the three months ended September 30, 2011.

Average earning assets for the third quarter of 2012 were $1,128,665. This was an increase of $46,969, or 4.3%, compared to the same quarter last year. The current extended period of lower market interest rates has impacted the yield on average earning assets, which totaled 4.11% in the third quarter of 2012 compared to 4.65% for the same period a year ago. The yield on average loans during the third quarter of 2012 was 4.52%, which was 56 basis points lower than the yield on average loans during the third quarter of 2011 of 5.1%. Interest income from securities was $1,559 (FTE) for the three months ended September 30, 2012, compared to $1,874 during the third quarter of 2011. The yield on average securities was 2.66% and 3.32% for these periods, respectively.

The cost of interest-bearing liabilities was 0.78% during the third quarter of 2012 compared to 1.06% during the same period in 2011. This decrease is primarily due to an improved deposit mix with noninterest bearing accounts of $143,719, an increase of 14.8% when compared to the same period a year ago. Total average interest-bearing liabilities for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 increased $14,228, or 1.5%, compared to September 30, 2011. Average core deposits for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 increased $25,841, or 2.6%, compared to the same period of 2011. The average cost of trust preferred securities was 4.37% for the third quarter of 2012, compared to 4.15% for the third quarter of 2011. One half of the Corporation’s outstanding trust preferred securities accrues dividends at a fixed rate of 6.64% and the other half accrues dividends at LIBOR plus 1.48%.

Net interest income may also be analyzed by comparing the volume and rate components of interest income and interest expense. Table 2 is an analysis of the changes in interest income and expense between the quarters ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011. The table is presented on a fully tax-equivalent basis.

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Table 2: Rate/Volume Analysis of Net Interest Income (FTE)

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	Increase (Decrease) in Interest Income/Expense in 2012 over 2011
	Volume			Rate			Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Govt agencies and corporations	$	3		$	(363	)	$	(360	)
State and political subdivisions		80			(35	)		45
Federal funds sold and interest-bearing deposits in banks		(2	)		(6	)		(8	)
Restricted stock		(0	)		2			2
Commercial loans		270			(502	)		(232	)
Residential real estate loans		(33	)		(4	)		(37	)
Home equity lines of credit		(8	)		16			8
Installment loans		224			(670	)		(446	)
Total Interest Income		534			(1,562	)		(1,028	)
Consumer time deposits		(17	)		(559	)		(576	)
Public time deposits		5			26			31
Money market accounts		2			(14	)		(12	)
Savings deposits		2			(24	)		(22	)
Interest bearing demand		4			(18	)		(14	)
Short-term borrowings		—			—			—
FHLB advances		28			(77	)		(49	)
Trust preferred securities		1			8			9
Total Interest Expense		25			(658	)		(633	)
Net Interest Income (FTE)	$	508		$	(904	)	$	(395	)

Net interest income (FTE) for the third quarter 2012 and 2011 was $9,808 and $10,203 respectively. Interest income (FTE) for the third quarter of 2012 decreased $1,028 in comparison to the same period in 2011. This decrease is primarily attributable to a $1,562 decrease due to rate and an increase of $534 due to volume. Interest income on securities of U.S. Government agencies and corporations decreased $360, mainly as a result of the extended low interest rate environment, an increase in prepayment speeds and lower volume due to funding a portion of the loan growth. Interest income on commercial loans decreased $232, primarily due to increasing loan demand offsetting lower interest rates. The $37 decrease in interest income on real estate mortgage loans was primarily attributable to the refinancing in the existing seasoned mortgage portfolio given the low interest rate environment and the Corporation’s practice of selling most of its new mortgage production into the secondary market.

Total interest expense decreased $633, attributable to a $658 decrease due to rate and offset by an increase in volume of $25. The $576 decrease in consumer time deposits was due primarily to lower market interest rates and a reduction in volume as some of these funds flowed into core deposit transaction accounts at lower costs. Overall, the total decrease in net interest income (FTE) of $395 was mainly attributable to an increase in volume of $508 offset by a $904 reduction due to rate which is the difference between interest income and interest expense.

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Table 3: Condensed Consolidated Average Balance Sheets

Interest, Rate, and Rate/ Volume differentials are stated on a Fully-Tax Equivalent (FTE) Basis.

Table 3 presents the condensed average balance sheets for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. Rates are computed on a tax equivalent basis and nonaccrual loans are included in the average loan balances.

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012									2011
	Average Balance			Interest			Rate			Average Balance			Interest			Rate
	(Dollars in thousands)
Assets:
U.S. Govt agencies and corporations	$	195,682		$	3,686			2.52	%	$	206,516		$	4,594			2.97	%
State and political subdivisions		31,826			1,242			5.21			25,137			1,109			5.90
Federal funds sold and short-term investments		12,877			27			0.28			24,278			38			0.21
Restricted stock		5,741			210			4.89			5,741			210			4.89
Commercial loans		481,602			17,802			4.94			454,305			17,984			5.29
Residential real estate loans		55,169			2,234			5.41			61,963			2,595			5.60
Home equity lines of credit		108,108			3,229			3.99			109,442			3,192			3.90
Installment loans		224,111			7,058			4.21			199,033			8,021			5.39
Total Earning Assets	$	1,115,116		$	35,488			4.25	%	$	1,086,415		$	37,743			4.64	%
Allowance for loan loss		(17,365	)								(17,508	)
Cash and due from banks		31,542									28,510
Bank owned life insurance		18,094									17,382
Other assets		47,698									52,548
Total Assets	$	1,195,086								$	1,167,347
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Consumer time deposits	$	429,675		$	3,929			1.22	%	$	460,731		$	5,770			1.67	%
Public time deposits		68,475			306			0.60			65,062			215			0.44
Money market accounts		106,067			152			0.19			99,627			227			0.30
Savings deposits		109,216			81			0.10			96,372			119			0.17
Interest-bearing demand		162,333			141			0.12			149,192			200			0.18
Short-term borrowings		889			—			0.07			830			2			0.21
FHLB advances		48,003			641			1.78			42,651			790			2.48
Trust preferred securities		16,318			527			4.32			16,321			511			4.18
Total Interest-Bearing Liabilities	$	940,976		$	5,777			0.82	%	$	930,786		$	7,834			1.13	%
Noninterest-bearing deposits		135,018									120,680
Other liabilities		4,055									4,448
Shareholders’ Equity		115,036									111,433
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	1,195,086								$	1,167,347
Net interest Income (FTE)				$	29,711			3.56	%				$	29,909			3.68	%
Taxable Equivalent Adjustment					(460	)		(0.05	)					(400	)		(0.05	)
Net Interest Income Per Financial Statements				$	29,251								$	29,509
Net Yield on Earning Assets								3.51	%								3.63	%

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 versus Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 Net Interest Income Comparison

Net interest income accounted for 78.0% of the Corporation’s revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The amount of net interest income is affected by changes in the volume and mix of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the level of rates earned or paid on those assets and liabilities and the amount of loan fees earned. The Corporation reviews net interest income on a

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fully taxable equivalent (FTE) basis, which presents interest income with an adjustment for tax-exempt interest income on an equivalent pre-tax basis assuming a 34% statutory Federal tax rate. These rates may differ from the Corporation’s actual effective tax rate. The net interest margin is net interest income as a percentage of average earning assets.

Net interest income, before provision for loan losses, was $29,251 for the first nine months of 2012 compared to $29,509 during the same period of 2011. Adjusting for tax-exempt income, net interest income FTE, for the nine month period of 2012 and 2011 was $29,711 and $29,909, respectively. The net interest margin FTE, determined by dividing tax equivalent net interest income by average earning assets, was 3.56% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to 3.68% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. This decrease is mainly attributable to the extended lower interest rate environment which continues to apply downward pressure on the Corporation’s yield.

Average earning assets for the first nine months of 2012 were $1,115,116. This was an increase of $28,701, or 2.6%, compared to the same period last year. Due in part to the current extended period of lower market interest rates, the yield on average earning assets was 4.25% in the nine month period of 2012 compared to 4.64% for the same period last year. The yield on average loans during the nine month period of 2012 was 4.66%. This was 49 basis points is lower than the nine month period of 2011 at 5.15%. Interest income from securities was $4,928 (FTE) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to $5,913 during the first nine months of 2011. The yield on average securities was 2.81 % and 3.19% for these periods, respectively.

The cost of interest-bearing liabilities was 0.82% during the first nine months of 2012 compared to 1.13% during the same period in 2011. Total average interest-bearing liabilities as of September 30, 2012 increased $10,190 or 1.1%. Average core deposits increased 1.9% as of September 30, 2012 compared to the same period of 2011. The average cost of trust preferred securities was 4.32% for the first nine months of 2012, compared to 4.18% for the first nine months of 2011.

Net interest income may also be analyzed by comparing the volume and rate components of interest income and interest expense. Table 4 is an analysis of the changes in interest income and expense between the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011. The table is presented on a fully tax-equivalent basis.

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Table 4: Rate/Volume Analysis of Net Interest Income (FTE)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	Increase (Decrease) in Interest Income/Expense in 2012 over 2011
	Volume			Rate			Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. Govt agencies and corporations	$	(204	)	$	(704	)	$	(908	)
State and political subdivisions		261			(128	)		133
Federal funds sold and interest-bearing deposits in banks		(24	)		13			(11	)
Restricted stock		—			—			—
Commercial loans		1,009			(1,191	)		(182	)
Residential real estate loans		(275	)		(86	)		(361	)
Home equity lines of credit		(40	)		77			37
Installment loans		790			(1,753	)		(963	)
Total Interest Income		1,517			(3,772	)		(2,255	)
Consumer time deposits		(284	)		(1,557	)		(1,841	)
Public time deposits		15			76			91
Money market accounts		9			(84	)		(75	)
Savings deposits		10			(48	)		(38	)
Interest bearing demand		11			(70	)		(59	)
Short-term borrowings		—			(2	)		(2	)
FHLB advances		71			(220	)		(149	)
Trust preferred securities		—			16			16
Total Interest Expense		(168	)		(1,889	)		(2,057	)
Net Interest Income (FTE)	$	1,685		$	(1,883	)	$	(198	)

Net interest income (FTE) for the nine months of 2012 and 2011 was $29,711 and $29,909, respectively. Interest income (FTE) for the first nine months of 2012 decreased $2,255 in comparison to the same period in 2011. This decrease is attributable to a $3,772 decrease due to rate offset by an increase of $1,517 due to volume. For the same period, interest expense decreased $2,057, with the decrease being primarily attributable to a $1,889 decrease due to rate and a decrease due to volume of $168. Overall, the total decrease in net interest income (FTE) of $198 was mainly attributable to an increase in volume of $1,685 offset by a $1,883 reduction due to rate.

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Noninterest Income

Table 5: Details on Noninterest Income

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011			2012			2011
	(Dollars in thousands)					(Dollars in thousands)
Investment and trust services	$	375	$	378		$	1,190		$	1,251
Deposit service charges		994		1,099			2,858			3,015
Other service charges and fees		762		769			2,314			2,494
Income from bank owned life insurance		167		175			501			524
Other income		214		66			614			186
Total fees and other income		2,512		2,487			7,477			7,470
Gain on sale of securities		46		7			46			507
Gain on sale of loans		364		181			916			598
Gains (losses) on sale of other assets		31		(133	)		(68	)		(158	)
Total noninterest income	$	2,953	$	2,542		$	8,371		$	8,417

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 versus Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 Noninterest Income Comparison

Total fees and other income for the three months ended September 30, 2012 was $2,512, an increase of $25, or 1.0%, over the same period 2011. Income earned on investment and trust services declined $3 compared to the prior period primarily as a result of lower trust assets under management. Deposit service charges decreased by $105 when compared to a year ago and continued to be impacted by the economic environment and recent regulations regarding overdrafts and debit card fees.

Total net gains recorded during the third quarter of 2012 increased $386 over the third quarter of 2011. This increase is due primarily to mortgage rates remaining near record lows, leading to a continuation of strong refinance activity and an increase in local home buying. A total of $8,799 of mortgage loans were sold during the third quarter of 2012 compared to $4,928 for third quarter 2011, an increase of 78.6%. In an effort to continue to generate positive returns the Corporation recently announced opening a Mortgage Banking Center in Solon, Ohio, as well as adding a sales team responsible for growing the mortgage business in Eastern Cuyahoga County.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 versus Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 Noninterest Income Comparison

Total fees and other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $7,477, an increase of $7, or less than 1.0%, over the same period of 2011. Income earned on investment and trust services decreased $61, or 4.9% compared to 2011, primarily as a result of lower trust assets under management. Other service charges and fees decreased $180, or 7.2%, compared to the same period last year primarily as a result of changes in regulations related to interchange fees. Service charges on deposits decreased $157, or 5.2%, which resulted primarily from both the economic environment and the new regulations regarding overdrafts.

Total net gains recorded during the first nine months of 2012 decreased by $53 over the first nine months of 2011. Net gains on the sale of loans increased by $318 in comparison to the same period one year ago and the gain on the sale of securities decreased by $461 year over year. Sales of bank owned property resulted in a loss of $68 during the first nine months of 2012 compared to a loss of $158 the same period one year ago.

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Noninterest Expense

Table 6: Details on Noninterest Expense

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(Dollars in thousands)				(Dollars in thousands)
Salaries and employee benefits	$	4,228	$	3,986	$	12,233	$	12,149
Furniture and equipment		1,313		821		3,022		2,299
Net occupancy		531		569		1,664		1,769
Professional fees		414		450		1,473		1,381
Marketing and public relations		312		215		954		761
Supplies, postage and freight		275		265		783		826
Telecommunications		191		163		536		547
Ohio Franchise tax		304		303		927		899
FDIC Assessments		346		396		1,132		1,369
Other real estate owned		107		144		414		941
Electronic banking expenses		121		236		682		668
Loan and Collection Expense		394		334		1,051		1,086
Other expense		142		447		1,398		1,345
Total noninterest expense	$	8,678	$	8,329	$	26,269	$	26,040

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 versus Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 Noninterest Expense Comparison

Noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2012 increased $348, or 4.2%, compared to the same period of 2011. The increase in noninterest expense was mainly attributable costs associated with the conversion of the Corporation’s bank operating system for both retail and commercial customers. Professional fees decreased by $36, or 8.0% and marketing and public relations increased by $97, or 45.1%, during the quarter. Other real estate costs decreased by $37 or 25.7% for the third quarter of 2012 compared to 2011, mainly due to an improvement in the OREO portfolio as management diligently works to control cost on foreclosed assets.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 versus Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 Noninterest Expense Comparison

Noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2012 increased $228, or 1.0%, compared to the same period of 2011. Furniture and equipment expense increased $723 or 31.5% for the nine months of 2012 compared to the nine months of 2012. The increase is due to equipment updates due to new regulations over ATMs and the system conversion. Other real estate costs decreased by $527 or 56.0% for the third quarter of 2012 compared to 2011, mainly due to an improvement in the OREO portfolio as management diligently works to control costs on foreclosed assets.

Income taxes

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 versus Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 Income Taxes Comparison

The Corporation recognized income tax expense of $538 and $500 for the third quarter of 2012 and 2011, respectively. Included in net income for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011 was $482 and $457, respectively, of nontaxable income, including $136 and $143 related to life insurance policies and $346 and $314, respectively, of tax-exempt investment and loan interest income. The new market tax credit generated by North Coast Community Development Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, also had a significant impact on income tax expense and contributes to a lower effective tax rate for the Corporation. After considering the tax-exempt income and relatively small nondeductible expenses, income subject to tax for the quarter was significantly less than income before income tax expense.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 versus Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 Income Taxes Comparison

The Corporation recognized income tax expense of $1,443 and $827 during the nine months of 2012 and 2011, respectively. Included in net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011 was $1,437 and $1,300 respectively, of nontaxable income, including $407 and $430, respectively, related to life insurance policies and $1,029 and $870, respectively, of tax-exempt investment and loan interest income. The new market tax credit generated by North Coast Community Development Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, also had a significant impact on income tax expense and contributes to a lower effective tax rate for the Corporation. After considering the tax-exempt income and relatively small nondeductible expenses, income subject to tax for the six month period was significantly less than income before income tax expense.

Financial Condition

Overview

The Corporation’s assets at September 30, 2012 were $1,206,778 compared to $1,168,422 at December 31, 2011. This is an increase of $38,356, or 3.3%. Total securities increased $9,322 or 4.1%, compared to December 31, 2011, mainly as a result of the Corporation’s purchase of U.S. Government agency securities and U.S. agency mortgage backed securities. Portfolio loans increased $42,627, or 5.1%, from December 31, 2011 due to increased loan demand. Total deposits increased $30,629, or 3.1%, at September 30, 2012 to $1,021,709 compared to $991,080 at December 31, 2011. The growth in deposits primarily came in the form of core deposits which generally tends to improve liquidity while reducing costs.

Securities

The composition of the Corporation’s securities portfolio at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 is presented in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this Form 10-Q. The Corporation continues to employ its securities portfolio to manage interest rate risk and to manage its liquidity needs. As of September 30, 2012 the portfolio was comprised of 97.6% available for sale securities and 2.4% restricted stock. Available for sale securities were comprised of 20.2% U.S. Government agencies, 55.2% U.S. agency mortgage backed securities, 11.1% U.S. agency collateralized mortgage obligations and 13.5% municipal securities. At September 30, 2012, the available for sale securities had a net temporary unrealized gain of $6,315, representing 2.8% of the total amortized cost of the Bank’s available for sale securities.

Loans

The detail of loan balances are presented in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this Form 10-Q. Table 7 provides detail by loan segment.

Table 7: Details on Loan Balances

	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Commercial real estate	$	411,924		$	381,852
Commercial		71,922			76,570
Residential real estate		68,549			64,524
Home equity loans		125,108			126,958
Indirect		195,358			180,089
Consumer		12,854			13,095
Total Loans		885,715			843,088
Allowance for loan losses		(17,587	)		(17,063	)
Net Loans	$	868,128		$	826,025

The Corporation continues to focus on quality loan growth within its markets increasing its commercial real estate, and indirect loan portfolios during the third quarter of 2012. Commercial real estate loans increased by $30,072 or 7.9%, compared to December 31, 2011 and commercial loans decreased by 4,648 or 6.1%, compared to December 31, 2011. Indirect loans increased by $15,269, or 8.5%, compared to December 31, 2011. The increase of $4,025 in real estate mortgages is mainly attributable to the Corporation electing to portfolio more of the 15 year fixed rate mortgage product. Home equity loans declined $1,850, or 1.5%, compared to December 31, 2011 and consumer loans decreased $241, or 1.8%, compared to December 31, 2011.

Total portfolio loans at September 30, 2012 were $885,715. This is an increase of $42,627 from December 31, 2011. At September 30, 2012, commercial and commercial real estate loans represented 54.6% of total portfolio loans. Real estate mortgages and home equity loans comprise 7.7% and 14.1% of total portfolio loans, respectively. Indirect and consumer loans were 22.1% of total portfolio loans. Consumer loans are made to borrowers on both secured and unsecured terms, depending on the maturity and nature of the loan.

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Loans held for sale, and not included in portfolio loans, were $3,380 at September 30, 2012. Indirect auto loans held for sale accounted for the $1,964 of the loans held for sale while mortgage loans held for sale represented $1,416. The Corporation has a practice of retaining the servicing rights on all loans that are sold.

Expected cash flow and interest rate information for loans is presented in the following table:

Table 8: Cash Flow and Interest Rate Information for Loans:

	September 30, 2012
Due in one year or less	$	193,217
Due after one year but within five years		412,123
Due after five years		280,375
Totals	$	885,715
Due after one year with a predetermined fixed interest rate	$	527,616
Due after one year with a floating interest rate		164,882
Totals	$	692,498

Provision and Allowance for Loan Losses

The allowance for loan losses is maintained by the Corporation at a level considered by Management to be adequate and appropriate to cover probable credit losses inherent in the Corporation’s loan portfolio. The amount of the provision for loan losses charged to operating expenses is the amount necessary, in the estimation of Management, to maintain the allowance for loan losses at an adequate level. Management determines the adequacy of the allowance based upon past experience, changes in portfolio size and mix, trends in delinquency, relative quality of the loan portfolio and the rate of loan growth, assessments of current and future economic conditions, and information about specific borrower situations, including their financial position and collateral values, and other factors, which are subject to change over time. While Management’s periodic analysis of the allowance for loan losses may dictate portions of the allowance be allocated to specific problem loans, the entire amount is available for any loan charge-offs that may occur. Table 9 presents the detailed activity in the allowance for loan losses and related charge-off activity for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011.

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Table 9: Analysis of Allowance for Loan Losses

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2012			September 30, 2011			September 30, 2012			September 30, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)						(Dollars in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	17,300		$	17,351		$	17,063		$	16,136
Charge-offs:
Commercial real estate		738			577			2,057			2,669
Commercial		48			13			213			236
Real estate mortgage		292			721			1,267			1,746
Home equity loans		296			270			851			957
Indirect		161			117			738			264
Consumer		146			53			252			490
Total charge-offs		1,681			1,751			5,378			6,362
Recoveries:
Commercial real estate		9			34			39			249
Commercial		4			2			24			38
Real estate mortgage		3			39			86			49
Home equity loans		16			14			31			15
Indirect		54			32			244			77
Consumer		7			24			36			98
Total Recoveries		93			145			460			526
Net Charge-offs		1,587			1,606			4,918			5,836
Provision for loan losses		1,875			2,100			5,442			7,545
Balance at end of period	$	17,587		$	17,845		$	17,587		$	17,845
Loans outstanding at end of period	$	885,715		$	837,492		$	885,715		$	837,492
Allowance for loan losses as a percent of loans outstanding at the end of the period		1.99	%		2.13	%		1.99	%		2.13	%
Average Loans Outstanding	$	876,817		$	835,090		$	865,462		$	820,644
Annualized ratio to average loans:
Net Charge-offs		0.72	%		0.76	%		0.76	%		0.95	%
Provision for loan losses		0.85	%		1.00	%		0.84	%		1.23	%

The allowance for loan losses at September 30, 2012 was $17,587, or 1.99%, of outstanding loans, compared to $17,845, or 2.13%, of portfolio loans at September 30, 2011 and $17,063 or 2.02%, of outstanding loans at December 31, 2011. The allowance for loan losses was 54.0% and 48.1% of nonperforming loans at September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011, respectively.

The provision for loan losses for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 was $1,875 compared to provision for loan losses of $2,100 one year ago and for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $5,442 compared to $7,545 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Net charge-offs for the three months ended September 30, 2012 were $1,587 compared to $1,606 for the three months ended September 30, 2011. Net charge-offs for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were $4,918 compared to $5,836 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Annualized net charge-offs as a percent of average loans for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 were 0.72% and 0.76% respectively, compared to 0.76% and 0.95% for the same periods in 2011. The provision for loan losses for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012 was, in the opinion of Management, adequate when balancing the charge-off levels with the level of nonperforming loans, the level of potential problem loans and delinquency. The resulting allowance for loan losses is, in the opinion of Management, sufficient given its analysis of the information available about the portfolio at September 30, 2012. The Corporation continues to aggressively address potential problem loans, and underwriting standards continue to be adjusted in response to trends and asset review findings.

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Deposits

Table 10: Deposits and Borrowings

	Average Balances Outstanding				Average Rates Paid
	For the three months ended
	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011		September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Demand deposits	$	143,719	$	125,068		0.00	%		0.00	%
Interest checking		163,404		151,077		0.10			0.14
Savings deposits		112,272		101,586		0.07			0.16
Money Market Accounts		105,211		100,903		0.18			0.23
Consumer time deposits		442,940		432,755		1.11			1.46
Public time deposits		48,484		79,716		0.88			0.45
Total Deposits		1,016,030		991,105		0.66			0.73
Short-term borrowings		1,214		565		0.01			0.15
FHLB borrowings		49,442		42,606		1.72			2.46
Junior subordinated debentures		16,301		16,323		4.37			4.25
Total borrowings		66,957		59,494		2.34			2.92
Total funding	$	1,082,987	$	1,050,599		0.78	%		0.86	%

Average deposits for the three months ended September 30, 2012 were $1,016,030 compared to average deposits of $991,105 for the three months ended December 31, 2011. Deposit accounts and the generation of deposit accounts continued to be the primary source of funds for the Corporation. As indicated in the table above, growth in transaction core deposits has reduced the Corporation’s reliance on higher interest bearing time deposit accounts and has helped maintained the net interest margin. The Corporation offers various deposit products to both retail and business customers. The Corporation also has available its business sweep accounts to generate funds as well as the brokered CD market to provide funding comparable to other national market borrowings, which include the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

The following table summarizes total consumer and public time deposits greater than or equal to $100,000 as of September 30, 2012 by remaining maturity:

Table 11: Consumer and Public Time Deposits Greater Than $100,000

September 30, 2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
Less than 3 months		29,808
3 to 6 months		64,771
6 to 12 months		81,894
Over 12 months		80,887
Total	$	257,360

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Borrowings

The Corporation utilizes both short-term and long-term borrowings to assist in the growth of earning assets. For the Corporation, short-term borrowings include federal funds purchased and repurchase agreements. As of September 30, 2012, the Corporation had $988 of short-term borrowings. There were no federal funds purchased at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Long-term borrowings for the Corporation consist of Federal Home Loan Bank advances of $47,494 and junior subordinated debentures of $16,238 at September 30, 2012. Federal Home Loan Bank advances were $42,497 at December 31, 2011. Maturities of long-term Federal Home Loan Bank advances are presented in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this Form 10-Q.

During the second quarter of 2007, the Corporation completed a private offering of trust preferred securities, as described in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this Form 10-Q. The securities were issued in two $10 million tranches, one of which pays dividends at a fixed rate of 6.64% per annum and the other of which pays dividends at LIBOR plus 1.48% per annum. During the third quarter of 2010, the Corporation exchanged and retired $4,250 principal amount of its non-pooled trust preferred securities for approximately 462,000 newly issued shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

Regulatory Capital

The Corporation maintained an appropriate capital position during the third quarter of 2012. Total shareholders’ equity was $116,077 at September 30, 2012. This is an increase of $2,803 or 2.5% over December 31, 2011. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, total shareholders’ equity was increased by net income of $4,468 and increased by $149 in accumulated in other comprehensive income. This increase was offset by decreases of $860 related to the repurchase of warrants, $229 for share-based compensation, $237 in cash dividends payable to common shareholders and $956 in cash dividends payable to preferred shareholders. The Corporation held 328,194 shares of common stock as treasury stock at September 30, 2012, at a cost of $6,092.

The Corporation and the Bank continue to monitor balance sheet growth in an effort to stay within the guidelines established by applicable regulatory authorities. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Corporation and Bank maintained capital ratios consistent with current guidelines to be deemed well-capitalized under Federal banking regulations.

On July 28, 2005, the Corporation announced a share repurchase program of up to 5 percent, or approximately 332,000, of its common shares outstanding. Repurchased shares can be used for a number of corporate purposes, including the Corporation’s stock option and employee benefit plans. The share repurchase program provides that share repurchases are to be made primarily on the open market from time-to-time until the 5 percent maximum is repurchased or the earlier termination of the repurchase program by the Board of Directors, at the discretion of Management based upon market, business, legal and other factors. However the terms of the Corporation Series B Preferred Stock provide that, as long as the Series B Preferred Stock issued is outstanding, repurchases or redemptions relating to certain equity securities, including the Corporation’s common shares, are prohibited to the extent that there are any accrued and unpaid dividends on such preferred stock, subject to certain limited exceptions. As of September 30, 2012, the Corporation had repurchased an aggregate of 202,500 shares under this program.

On June 19, 2012, the Treasury completed the offer and sale of 25,223 shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock. The underwriters in the offering purchased the Series B Preferred Stock from Treasury at a price of $856.1325 per share, and sold the Series B Preferred Stock to the public through a modified dutch auction at an initial public offering price of $869.17 per share. The Corporation did not receive any of the proceeds from the offering.

The Board of Directors reviews the Corporation’s capital requirements on a regular basis and continues to assess potential alternatives for repaying the Corporation’s Series B Preferred Stock, which was originally issued to Treasury in the TARP Capital Purchase Program. The Corporation intends to redeem or repurchase the Series B Preferred Stock at a time and in a manner that it believes is appropriate after considering, among other things, the Corporation’s anticipated capital requirements, projected dividend capacity from the Bank, the availability and relative attractiveness of alternative sources of capital, the Corporation’s risk profile, its earnings performance and asset quality trends, and input from its regulators. See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the Series B Preferred Stock.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

In the normal course of business, the Corporation enters into commitments with off-balance sheet risk to meet the financing needs of its customers. These arrangements include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. Commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit involve elements of credit risk and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets. The Corporation uses the same credit policies in making commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit as it does for on-balance sheet instruments.

The Corporation’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the commitment is represented by the contractual amount of the commitment. Interest rate risk on commitments to extend credit results from the possibility that interest rates may have moved unfavorably from the position of the Corporation since the time the commitment was made.

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 of 30 to 120 days or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since some of the commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Most of these arrangements mature within two years and are expected to expire without being drawn upon. Standby letters of credit generally are contingent upon the failure of the customer to perform according to the terms of the underlying contract with the third party.

The Corporation evaluates each customer’s credit worthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained by the Corporation upon extension of credit is based on management’s credit evaluation of the applicant. Collateral held is generally single-family residential real estate and commercial real estate. Substantially all of the obligations to extend credit are variable rate.

The Corporation does not believe that off-balance sheet arrangements will have a material impact on its liquidity or capital resources. See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terms such as “will,” “should,” “plan,” “intend,” “expect,” “continue,” “believe,” “anticipate” and “seek,” as well as similar comments, are forward-looking in nature. Actual results and events may differ materially from those expressed or anticipated as a result of risks and uncertainties which include but are not limited to:

• a worsening of economic conditions or slowing of any economic recovery, which could negatively impact, among other things, business activity and consumer spending and could lead to a lack of liquidity in the credit markets;

• changes in the interest rate environment which could reduce anticipated or actual margins;

• increases in interest rates or further weakening of economic conditions that could constrain borrowers’ ability to repay outstanding loans or diminish the value of the collateral securing those loans;

• market conditions or other events that could negatively affect the level or cost of funding, affecting the Corporation’s ongoing ability to accommodate liability maturities and deposit withdrawals, meet contractual obligations, and fund asset growth, and new business transactions at a reasonable cost, in a timely manner and without adverse consequences;

• changes in political conditions or the legislative or regulatory environment, including new or heightened legal standards and regulatory requirements, practices or expectations, which may impede profitability or affect the Corporation’s financial condition (such as, for example, the Dodd-Frank Act and rules and regulations that have been or may be promulgated under the Act);

• persisting volatility and limited credit availability in the financial markets, particularly if market conditions limit the Corporation’s ability to raise funding to the extent required by banking regulators or otherwise;

• significant increases in competitive pressure in the banking and financial services industries, particularly in the geographic or business areas in which the Corporation conducts its operations;

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• limitations on the Corporation’s ability to return capital to shareholders, including the ability to pay dividends, and the dilution of the Corporation’s common shares that may result from, among other things, funding any repurchase or redemption of the Corporation’s outstanding preferred stock;

• adverse effects on the Corporation’s ability to engage in routine funding transactions as a result of the actions and commercial soundness of other financial institutions;

• general economic conditions becoming less favorable than expected, continued disruption in the housing markets and/or asset price deterioration, which have had and may continue to have a negative effect on the valuation of certain asset categories represented on the Corporation’s balance sheet;

• increases in deposit insurance premiums or assessments imposed on the Corporation by the FDIC;

• a failure of the Corporation’s operating systems or infrastructure, or those of its third-party vendors, that could disrupt its business;

• risks that are not effectively identified or mitigated by the Corporation’s risk management framework; and

• difficulty attracting and/or retaining key executives and/or relationship managers at compensation levels necessary to maintain a competitive market position; as well as the risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the Corporation’s reports as filed with the SEC.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The Corporation’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Corporation follows general practices within the banking industry and application of these principles requires Management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the financial statements and accompanying notes. These assumptions, estimates and judgments are based on information available as of the date of the financial statements.

The most significant accounting policies followed by the Corporation are presented in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this Form 10-Q. These policies are fundamental to the understanding of results of operation and financial conditions.

The accounting policies considered by Management to be critical are as follows:

Allowance for Loan Losses

The allowance for loan losses is an amount that Management believes will be adequate to absorb probable credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio taking into consideration such factors as past loss experience, changes in the nature and volume of the portfolio, overall portfolio quality, loan concentrations, specific problem loans and current economic conditions that affect the borrower’s ability to pay. Determination of the allowance is subjective in nature. Loan losses are charged off against the allowance when Management believes that the full collectability of the loan is unlikely. Recoveries of amounts previously charged-off are credited to the allowance.

A loan is considered impaired when it is probable that not all principal and interest amounts will be collected according to the loan contract. Residential mortgage, installment and other consumer loans are evaluated collectively for impairment. Individual commercial loans exceeding size thresholds established by Management are evaluated for impairment. Impaired loans are written down by the establishment of a specific allowance where necessary. The fair value of all loans currently evaluated for impairment is collateral-dependent and therefore the fair value is determined by the fair value of the underlying collateral.

The Corporation maintains the allowance for loan losses at a level adequate to absorb Management’s estimate of probable credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The allowance is comprised of a general allowance, a specific allowance for identified problem loans and an unallocated allowance representing estimations pursuant to either Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ASC 450, “Accounting for Contingencies,” or ASC 310-10-45, “Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan.”

The general allowance is determined by applying estimated loss factors to the credit exposures from outstanding loans. For commercial and commercial real estate loans, loss factors are applied based on internal risk grades of these loans. Many factors are considered when these grades are assigned to individual loans such as current and past delinquency, financial statements of the borrower, current net realizable value of collateral and the general economic

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environment and specific economic trends affecting the portfolio. For residential real estate, installment and other loans, loss factors are applied on a portfolio basis. Loss factors are based on the Corporation’s historical loss experience and are reviewed for appropriateness on a quarterly basis, along with other factors affecting the collectability of the loan portfolio.

Specific allowances are established for all classified loans when Management has determined that, due to identified significant conditions, it is probable that a loss has been incurred that exceeds the general allowance loss factor from these loans. The unallocated allowance recognizes the estimation risk associated with the allocated general and specific allowances and incorporates Management’s evaluation of existing conditions that are not included in the allocated allowance determinations. These conditions are reviewed quarterly by Management and include general economic conditions, credit quality trends and internal loan review and regulatory examination findings.

Management believes that it uses the best information available to determine the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. However, future adjustments to the allowance may be necessary and the results of operations could be significantly and adversely affected if circumstances differ substantially from the assumptions used in making the determinations.

Income Taxes

The Corporation’s income tax expense and related current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented as prescribed in ASC 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes”. The accounting requires the periodic review and adjustment of tax assets and liabilities based on many assumptions. These assumptions include predictions as to the Corporation’s future profitability, as well as potential changes in tax laws that could impact the deductibility of certain income and expense items. Since financial results could be significantly different than these estimates, future adjustments may be necessary to tax expense and related balance sheet accounts.

Goodwill

The goodwill impairment test is a two-step process that requires Management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step in impairment testing is to estimate the fair value based on valuation techniques including a discounted cash flow model with revenue and profit forecasts and comparing those estimated fair values with the carrying values, which includes the allocated goodwill. If the carrying value exceeds its fair value, goodwill impairment may be indicated and a second step is performed to compute the amount of the impairment by determining an “implied fair value” of goodwill. The determination of an “implied fair value” of goodwill requires the Corporation to allocate fair value to the assets and liabilities. Any unallocated fair value represents the “implied fair value” of goodwill, which is compared to its corresponding carrying value. An impairment loss would be recognized as a charge to earnings to the extent the carrying amount of the goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of the goodwill. See Note 4 (Goodwill and Intangible Assets) for further detail.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Management is not aware of any proposed regulations or current recommendations by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or by regulatory authorities, which, if they were implemented, would have a material effect on the liquidity, capital resources, or operations of the Corporation.

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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

RISK ELEMENTS

Risk management is an essential aspect in operating a financial services company successfully and effectively. The most prominent risk exposures, for a financial services company, are credit, operational, interest rate, market, and liquidity risk. Credit risk involves the risk of uncollectible interest and principal balance on a loan when it is due. Fraud, legal and compliance issues, processing errors, technology and the related disaster recovery, and breaches in business continuation and internal controls are types of operational risks. Changes in interest rates affecting net interest income are considered interest rate risks. Market risk is the risk that a financial institution’s earnings and capital or its ability to meet its business objectives are adversely affected by movements in market rates or prices. Such movements include fluctuations in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity prices that affect the changes in value of available-for-sale securities, credit spreads and commodity prices. The inability to fund obligations due to investors, borrowers or depositors is liquidity risk. For the Corporation, the dominant risks are market, credit and liquidity risk.

Credit Risk Management

Uniform underwriting criteria, ongoing risk monitoring and review processes and well-defined, centralized credit policies dictate the management of credit risk for the Corporation. As such, credit risk is managed through the Corporation’s allowance for loan loss policy which requires the loan officer, lending officers, and the loan review committee to manage loan quality. The Corporation’s credit policies are reviewed and modified on an ongoing basis in order to remain suitable for the management of credit risks within the loan portfolio as conditions change. The Corporation uses a loan rating system to properly classify and assess the credit quality of individual commercial loan transactions. The loan rating system is used to determine the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses for regulatory reporting purposes and to assist in the determination of the frequency of review for credit exposures.

Nonperforming Assets

Total nonperforming assets consist of nonperforming loans and other foreclosed assets. A loan is considered nonperforming if it is 90 days past due and/or in Management’s estimation the collection of interest on the loan is doubtful. Nonperforming loans no longer accrue interest and are accounted for on a cash basis. The ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans decreased from 4.09% at December 31, 2011 to 3.68% at September 30, 2012. This is the result of Management’s continued focus on asset quality. Nonperforming loans at September 30, 2012 were $32,584 compared to $34,471 at December 31, 2011, a decrease of $1,887 or 5.5%. Of this total, commercial real estate loans were $20,629 or 63.3% of total nonperforming loans compared to $21,512 or 62.4% of total nonperforming loans at December 31, 2011. These loans are primarily secured by real estate and, in some cases, by SBA guarantees, and have either been charged-down to their realizable value or a specific reserve has been established for any collateral short-fall. All nonperforming loans are being actively managed.

Other foreclosed assets were $1,653 as of September 30, 2012 compared to $1,687 at December 31, 2011. The $1,653 is comprised of $1,270 in residential properties and $383 in commercial real estate properties. This compares to $856 in residential properties and $831 in commercial real estate properties as of December 31, 2011.

Table 12 sets forth nonperforming assets at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Commercial real estate	$	20,629		$	21,512
Commercial		484			1,072
Residential real estate		6,317			6,551
Home equity loans		4,178			4,365
Indirect		637			711
Consumer		339			260
Total nonperforming loans		32,584			34,471
Other foreclosed assets		1,653			1,687
Total nonperforming assets	$	34,237		$	36,158
Loans 90 days past due accruing interest	$	—		$	—
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans		53.97	%		49.50	%

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Table 12: Nonperforming Assets

Market Risk Management

The Corporation manages market risk through its Asset/Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”) at the Bank level governed by policies set forth and established by the Board of Directors. This committee assesses interest rate risk exposure through two primary measures: rate sensitive assets divided by rate sensitive liabilities and earnings-at-risk simulation of net interest income over the one year planning cycle and the longer term strategic horizon in order to provide a stable and steadily increasing flow of net interest income.

The difference between a financial institution’s interest rate sensitive assets and interest rate sensitive liabilities is referred to as the interest rate gap. An institution that has more interest rate sensitive assets than interest rate sensitive liabilities in a given period is said to be asset sensitive or has a positive gap. This means that if interest rates rise, a corporation’s net interest income may rise and if interest rates fall, its net interest income may decline. If interest sensitive liabilities exceed interest sensitive assets then the opposite impact on net interest income may occur. The usefulness of the gap measure is limited. It is important to know the gross dollars of assets and liabilities that may re-price in various time horizons, but without knowing the frequency and basis of the potential rate changes the predictive power of the gap measure is limited.

Two more useful tools in managing market risk are net interest income at risk simulation and economic value of equity simulation. A net interest income-at-risk analysis is a modeling approach that combines the repricing information from gap analysis, with forecasts of balance sheet growth and changes in future interest rates. The result of this simulation provides Management with a range of possible net interest margin outcomes. Trends that are identified in net interest income at risk simulation can help identify product and pricing decisions that can be made currently to assure stable net interest income performance in the future. Using a rolling 12 month forecast, at September 30, 2012, a “shock” treatment of the balance sheet, in which a parallel shift in the yield curve occurs and all rates increase immediately, indicates that in a +200 basis point shock, net interest income would increase $938, or 2.5%, and in a -200 basis point shock, net interest income would decrease $1,763, or 4.7%. The reason for the lack of symmetry in these results is the implied floors in many of the Corporation’s core funding which limits their downward adjustment from current offering rates. This analysis is done to describe a best or worst case scenario. Factors such as non-parallel yield curve shifts, Management pricing changes, customer preferences and other factors are likely to produce different results.

The Economic Value of Equity at Risk (EVE) is the difference between the present value of all asset cash flows and the present value of all liability cash flows. EVE at risk is an estimate of the Corporation’s capital at risk to adverse changes in interest rates and represents the structural mismatch between the rate sensitivity of the assets versus the liabilities. It is a comprehensive measure for assessing and managing the Corporation’s interest rate risk exposure. At September 30, 2012, this analysis indicated that a +200 basis point change in rates would reduce the value of the Corporation’s equity by 15.6% while a -200 basis point change in rates would increase the value of the Corporation’s equity by 6.2%.

Liquidity Risk Management

Liquidity risk is the possibility of the Corporation being unable to meet current and future financial obligations in a timely manner. Liquidity is managed to ensure stable, reliable and cost-effective sources of funds to satisfy demand for credit, deposit withdrawals and investment opportunities. The Corporation relies on a large, stable core deposit base and a diversified base of wholesale funding sources to manage liquidity risk.

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The Corporation’s primary source of liquidity is its core deposit base, raised though its retail branch system, along with unencumbered, or unpledged, investment securities. The Corporation also has available unused wholesale sources of liquidity, including advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, borrowings through the discount window at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and access to certificates of deposit issued through brokers. Liquidity is also provided by unencumbered, or unpledged, investment securities that totaled $54,246 at September 30, 2012.

ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures

The Corporation’s Management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of September 30, 2012, pursuant to the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer along with the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2012 were: (1) designed to ensure that material information relating to the Corporation and its subsidiaries is made known to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer by others within the entities, and (2) effective, in that they provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. No change in the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

On April 18, 2008, the Corporation and Richard M. Osborne and certain other parties entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) to settle certain contested matters relating to the Corporation’s 2008 annual meeting of shareholders. Under the Settlement Agreement, among other things, Mr. Osborne agreed not to seek representation on the Corporation’s Board of Directors or to solicit proxies with respect to the voting of the Corporation’s common shares for a period of at least 18 months after April 18, 2008. In proxy materials filed with the SEC on March 20, 2009, Mr. Osborne indicated his intent to solicit proxies in favor of the election of two nominees for election as directors at the Corporation’s 2009 annual meeting of shareholders. On March 24, 2009, the Corporation filed a complaint against Mr. Osborne for a declaratory judgment and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, to enforce the “standstill” provisions of the Settlement Agreement and restrain Mr. Osborne from (a) engaging in any solicitation of proxies or consents, (b) seeking to advise, encourage or influence any person or entity with respect to the voting of any voting securities of the Corporation, (c) initiating, proposing or otherwise soliciting shareholders of the Corporation for the approval of shareholder proposals, (d) entering into any discussions, negotiations, agreements, arrangements or understanding with any third party with respect to any of the foregoing and (e) disseminating his proposed proxy materials to shareholders of the Corporation. The Corporation also sought an order from the Court temporarily restraining Mr. Osborne from engaging in any of the foregoing activities. On March 28, 2009, the Court issued an order granting the Corporation’s motion for a temporary restraining order. On April 3, 2009, the Court issued an order granting the Corporation’s motion for a preliminary injunction restraining Mr. Osborne from engaging in any of the foregoing activities. On February 15, 2010, Mr. Osborne filed a motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction, which the Corporation opposed. On March 23, 2010, the Court denied Mr. Osborne’s motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction. Prior to the Court’s decision, on March 19, 2010, Mr. Osborne filed a motion for summary judgment and the Corporation filed a motion for partial summary judgment. On April 14, 2010, Mr. Osborne filed an interlocutory appeal of the denial of his motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Proceedings in the District Court were stayed pending resolution of Mr. Osborne’s appeal by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. On July 25, 2011, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court. The case was remanded to the District Court, and, on November 30, 2011, the Court granted the Corporation’s motion for partial summary judgment, ruling that Mr. Osborne must refrain from engaging in any of the conduct specified in the “standstill” provisions of the Settlement Agreement until such time as both of the directors designated by Mr. Osborne pursuant to the Settlement Agreement no longer serve on the Corporation’s

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Board of Directors. With respect to the remaining claims, the Court scheduled the commencement of a trial on the merits for March 13, 2012. In the meantime, Osborne appealed the District Court’s decision granting a permanent injunction to the Sixth Circuit. The Corporation filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, which remains pending in the Sixth Circuit. The District Court has stayed all proceedings pending resolution of the matter in the Sixth Circuit. The appeal has not yet been briefed and the Sixth Circuit has not set a date for oral argument. All other claims remain pending in the District Court, but have been stayed pending resolution of the appeal.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A of the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

On July 28, 2005, the Corporation announced a share repurchase program of up to 5 percent, or about 332,000, of its common shares outstanding. Repurchased shares can be used for a number of corporate purposes, including the Corporation’s stock option and employee benefit plans. The share repurchase program provides that share repurchases are to be made primarily on the open market from time-to-time until the 5 percent maximum is repurchased or the earlier termination of the repurchase program by the Board of Directors, at the discretion of Management based upon market, business, legal and other factors. However, the terms of the Corporation’s Series B Preferred Stock provide that, as long as the series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, repurchases or redemptions relating to certain equity securities, including the Corporation’s common shares, are prohibited to the extent that there are any accrued and unpaid dividends on such preferred stock, subject to certain limited exceptions. As of September 30, 2012, the Corporation had repurchased an aggregate of 202,500 shares under this program.

Item 6. Exhibits.

(a) The exhibits to this Form 10-Q are referenced in the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

	LNB BANCORP, INC. (Registrant)
Date: November 14, 2012	/s/ Gary J. Elek
	Gary J. Elek
	Chief Financial Officer (Duly Authorized Officer, and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
31.1	Chief Executive Officer Rule 13a -14(a)/15d -14(a) Certification.
31.2	Chief Financial Officer Rule 13a -14(a)/15d -14(a) Certification.
32.1	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as enacted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as enacted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	Financial statements from the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of LNB Bancorp, Inc. for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2012 (unaudited) and December 31, 2011; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011; and (v) Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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