10-K 1 tbon10k2001.htm FORM 10K December 31, 2001 10K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

[X]       ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE 
             ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001

[  ]        Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission file number 000-28496
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Community Financial Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Tennessee

62-1626938

(State or other jurisdiction of

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

incorporation or organization)

 

401 Church Street, Suite 200
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-2213
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

(615) 271-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $6.00 per share
(Title of class)

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    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 [  ].

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    Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K  Yes [x]  No [_]. 

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    As of March 22, 2002, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was 3,080,709. As of such date, the aggregate market value of the shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates, based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market System on such date, was approximately $38,907,359.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

Portions of the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Part III, Items 10-13)


PART I

SPECIAL CAUTIONARY NOTICE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements and financial discussion and analysis contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and documents incorporated herein by reference that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of the matters discussed in this document and in documents incorporated by reference herein, including matters discussed under the caption "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," may constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as such may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Community Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "CFGI") to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The words "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "estimate," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. The Company's actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: (i) the effects of future economic conditions on the Company and its customers; (ii) governmental monetary and fiscal policies, as well as legislative and regulatory changes; (iii) the risks of changes in interest rates on the level and composition of deposits, loan demand, and the values of loan collateral, securities and interest rate protection agreements, as well as interest rate risks; (iv) the effects of competition from other commercial banks, thrifts, mortgage banking firms, consumer finance companies, credit unions, securities brokerage firms, insurance companies, money market and other mutual funds and other financial institutions operating in the Company's market area and elsewhere, including institutions operating locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, together with such competitors offering banking products and services by mail, telephone, computer and the Internet; and (v) the failure of assumptions underlying the establishment of the allowance for loan and lease losses and estimations of values of collateral and various financial assets and liabilities. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.

ITEM 1.     BUSINESS

THE COMPANY

General. The Company was incorporated in Tennessee on December 13, 1995 as a bank holding company pursuant to Section 3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, for The Bank of Nashville (the "Bank"). On April 30, 1996, the Company executed a plan of exchange with the Bank, whereby it became the holding company of the Bank. The Bank is a state-chartered bank incorporated in 1989 under the laws of the state of Tennessee. The Bank owns 100% of the stock of T BON-Mooreland Joint Venture, LLC ("TBON-Mooreland"), a title agency, and has a majority interest in Machinery Leasing Company of North America, Inc. ("TBON Leasing"). The Company's headquarters are located at 401 Church Street, Suite 200, Nashville, Tennessee 37219, and its telephone number is (615) 271-2000.

The Company's mission is to create long-term shareholder value by providing superior financial services through committed professionals who work in an environment which enables them to achieve their fullest potential while being involved, concerned citizens.

Business Strategy. The Company provides an array of sophisticated banking and financial services, including commercial and consumer banking, real estate construction and mortgages, lease financing, title services, and financial and investment services - through its relationship with Legg Mason Financial Partners, Inc. ("LMFP"), a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of the investment banking firm Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.  The Company has four locations, including its Main branch located in downtown Nashville, and suburban branches in Green Hills, Brentwood, and Hendersonville. These locations are complemented by the Company's four "Bank-on-Call" mobile branches which operate throughout the market area with at-your-door banking convenience and a network of eleven automated teller machines ("ATMs") strategically located throughout the Nashville metropolitan area. In addition to the four existing branch locations, the Company has received regulatory approval to establish an additional suburban Nashville branch in the Cool Springs area which is expected to open during the first half of 2002. Additionally, the Company has entered into a contract, subject to regulatory approval, to open a sixth branch, in the Donelson/Hermitage area.

The Company is focused on serving small and middle-sized businesses and individuals in the middle Tennessee market, with a primary service area comprising the Metro Nashville-Davidson County Metropolitan Statistical Area ("MSA"). Nashville, located in the north central part of the State, is the State's largest MSA. Situated midway between the Mississippi delta to the west and the Great Smoky Mountains to the east, Metropolitan Nashville is comprised of Davidson county and seven surrounding counties. Over half of the population of the U.S. is located within a 600-mile radius of the city and the central location has contributed to the emergence of Nashville as an important transportation, tourism and distribution center. The Nashville economy is well diversified with music, entertainment, printing and publishing, healthcare, automobile manufacturing, financial services, real estate development and construction, education, government, tourism, hospitality, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution and various service sectors all being major contributors to the economic vitality of the area.

The Company seeks credits of good quality within its target market exhibiting good historical trends, stable cash flows, and secondary sources of repayment from tangible collateral. The Company extends credit for the purpose of establishing and continuing long-term relationships. Lenders are provided with detailed underwriting policies for all types of credit risks accepted by the Company and must obtain appropriate approvals for credit extensions in excess of assigned individuals' lending limits. The Company also maintains strict documentation requirements and extensive credit quality assurance practices in order to identify credit portfolio weaknesses as early as possible so any exposures that are discovered might be reduced.

The Company outsources certain non-core competencies. Currently, item processing and imaging functions are outsourced to The Intercept Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: "ICPT"). In June 2001, the Company entered upon an agreement with Fiserv Solutions, Inc. to provide core data and item processing as well as imaging services. In the first quarter 2002, the Company decided to cancel the proposed outsourcing agreement with Fiserv and continue its outsourcing arrangement with Intercept. The accounting, financial reporting and the internal audit functions have been outsourced to the Nashville-based certified public accounting firm of Kraft Bros., Esstman, Patton & Harrell, PLLC, an independent member of RSM McGladrey, Inc. The relationship with this certified independent public accounting firm provides the Company with access to both the resources of a large national accounting and consulting firm while at the same time receiving the individualized attention and fee structure provided by a local firm. In March 2001, the Company entered upon an agreement with Professional Bank Services, Inc. ("PBS") to provide loan review services to complement the services provided by the in-house loan review department.

Management is of the opinion that by outsourcing non-core competencies to professional organizations with expertise in their respective field of operations, it can avail itself of professional skills and state-of-the-art systems and technologies that would otherwise not be cost efficient because of economies of scale. The Company believes that these outsourcing agreements have allowed it to remain a customer driven organization, while at the same time continue improving the quality of its management information systems, the timeliness of reports needed by management to run the organization and better control over non-interest expenses.

The Company has a five-part strategy for growth. First, the Company will continue to focus on maintaining high asset quality and to further diversify credit risk by broadening its consumer practice and expanding its product offerings.

Second, the Company will continue to concentrate its efforts on small and medium sized businesses, their owners and employees, and private banking customers for loan and deposit opportunities as it has successfully done since its onset. The commercial banking sector is generally characterized by privately held companies with annual revenues ranging from $5 million to $50 million and borrowings ranging from $50,000 to $7 million, but primarily in the $150,000 to $3 million range. The Company's target market customers seek a relationship with a local independent bank that is sensitive to their needs and understands their business philosophy. These customers desire a long-term relationship with localized decision-making and loan officers who are responsive and experienced and have ready access to the bank's senior management. In implementing this part of its strategy, the Company continues to explore opportunities to solidify existing and build new customer relationships by providing new services and expanding its base of services in the professional and executive market to meet the demands of that sector.

Third, capitalizing on its reputation of superior customer service, the Company intends to enhance its delivery systems by selectively expanding the branch and ATM network in areas that demographically complement its existing and targeted customer base. As other local banks are acquired by out-of-state organizations, the Company believes that the establishment of branches will better meet the needs of customers in many Nashville area neighborhoods who feel disenfranchised by larger regional or national organizations. The Company intends to also complement the traditional brick-and-mortar branch system with alternative delivery systems, including but not limited to financial kiosks, enhanced Internet banking services, ACH originations, voice response services, and a telephone-banking center.

Fourth, the Company intends to continue to use state-of-the-art technology to diversify and enhance its delivery channels, improve products and services and reduce operating costs. To accomplish this, in 2001, the Company retained Brintech, Inc., a technology consulting firm, to assist in conducting a technology assessment plan and help in the identification and selection of a new core processing system capable of delivering a broad array of financial products while at the same time reducing processing costs and response time. To defray the costs associated with the new core processing and telecommunications systems, during the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company pursued a leveraged strategy by acquiring investment securities and funding such investments with increased borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (the "FHLB"). As a result of this, the investment portfolio increased from $62.8 million to $113.4 million, which resulted in $1.2 million in additional interest income from investment securities.

During the year-ended December 31, 2001, the Company completed two of the four stages related to the core system conversion program by implementing a new general ledger structure and improving its telecommunication system. Management is of the opinion that, over time, the new systems should result in improved efficiency and enhanced profits. The Company also began implementation of the third and fourth stages, which comprise network servers and the new core processing system. The new core processing system is expected to be fully operational during the second quarter of 2002.

Fifth, the Company may pursue selected acquisitions of depository and non-depository financial institutions. The Company intends to conduct thorough studies and reviews of any possible acquisition candidates to assure that they are consistent with the Company's existing goals, both from an economic and strategic perspective. The Company believes market and regulatory factors may present opportunities for the Company to acquire other financial institutions.

At December 31, 2001, the Company reported a total risk-based capital ratio of 11.07%, the Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 9.82% and the Tier 1 leverage ratio of 8.55%. These capital ratios exceed the current regulatory minimum requirements of 8.0%, 4.0% and 3.0%, respectively, for a bank holding company to be adequately capitalized. 

During the year 2001, the Company declared dividends of $.068 per share, which resulted in a dividend payout ratio of 66.7%, compared with 75.6% during the year 2000.

THE BANK

The Bank has accomplished its growth internally through the establishment of de-novo branches in areas meeting its target market characteristics and predominantly serving small and mid sized businesses, their owners, and employees. The Bank's community banking approach is characterized by providing an array of product offerings specifically designed to appeal to its customer base enhanced with personalized service. The Company believes that it has developed a reputation as the premier provider of financial products and services to small and medium-sized businesses and consumers located in the communities that it serves. Each of its lines of business is an outgrowth of the Company's expertise in meeting the particular needs of its customers. The Company's principal product offerings are the following:

Commercial Loans. The primary lending focus of the Company is to small and medium-sized businesses in a variety of industries. The Company's commercial lending emphasis includes loans to the real estate industry and building contractors, health and business service companies as well as non-depository financial institutions. The Company makes available to businesses a broad range of short and medium-term commercial lending products, including working capital lines (for financing inventory and accounts receivable), purchases of machinery and business expansion (including acquisitions of real estate and improvements). As of December 31, 2001, the Company's commercial loan portfolio totaled $138.3 million or 40.7% of gross loans.

Commercial Mortgage Loans. The Company makes commercial mortgage loans to finance the purchase of real property, which generally consists of developed real estate. The Company's commercial mortgage loans are secured by first liens on real estate, typically have variable rates and amortize over a 15 to 20 year period, with balloon payments due at the end of three to seven years. As of December 31, 2001, the Company had a commercial real estate mortgage portfolio of $99.0 million, representing 29.1% of gross loans.

Construction Loans. The Company makes loans to finance the construction of residential and non-residential properties. The majority of the Company's residential construction loans are for single-family dwellings which are pre-sold or are under earnest money contract. The Company also originates loans to finance the construction of commercial properties such as multi-family, office, industrial, warehouse and retail centers. As of December 31, 2001, the Company had a real estate construction portfolio of $45.5 million or 13.4% of gross loans, of which $3.8 million and $41.7 million were residential construction loans and commercial construction loans, respectively.

Equipment Leasing. In 1999, the Company acquired the majority of the stock of TBON Leasing to provide equipment lease financing to small and medium-sized businesses. At December 31, 2001, outstanding lease receivables totaled $8.6 million or 2.5% of gross loans. TBON Leasing generally leases machinery under noncancelable, full payment leases which provide, through rentals, for full recovery of the cost of the machinery leased. Such leases are accounted for as direct financing leases whereby the contracts receivable and unearned interest income are recorded when lease contracts become effective.

Consumer Financing. The Company offers a variety of loan and deposit products and services to retail customers. Loans to retail customers include residential mortgage loans, residential construction loans, automobile loans, lines of credit and other personal loans. As of year-end December 31, 2001, the retail or consumer loan portfolio totaled $32.5 million. Retail deposit products and services include checking and money market accounts, time deposits, ATM cards, debit cards and on-line banking. In January 2001, Management established TBON Mortgage as an operating division of the Bank, primarily to originate and sell, on a servicing released basis, residential mortgage loans. For the year ended December 31, 2001, origination volume was $32.4 million, of which $3.5 million was retained in portfolio, $26.5 million was sold to third party investors, and $2.4 million was held-for-sale.

Investment Services. In 1993, the Company established a relationship with LMFP. Through LMFP, licensed professionals provide investment products and services, including mutual funds, annuities, stocks, bonds and other investments to individual consumers and systematic savings plans through a variety of pension plans, including simplified Employee Pension, 401(k) programs and other retirement services. In 2000, this division was renamed The Bank of Nashville Investment Group. At December 31, 2001 and 2000, total assets under management were $315.0 million and $239.9 million, respectively.

The Bank maintains a strong community orientation by, among other things, supporting active participation of all employees in local charitable, civic, and school activities.

The Bank is well capitalized as demonstrated by a total risk-based capital ratio of 10.30%, Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 9.04% and Tier 1 leverage ratio of 7.88% at December 31, 2001. These capital ratios exceed the current regulatory minimum requirements of 10.0%, 6.0% and 5.0%, respectively, for a bank to be well capitalized.

COMPETITION.

The banking business is highly competitive and the profitability of the Company depends principally on the Company's ability to compete in the market areas in which its banking operations are located. The Company competes with other commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, finance companies, mutual funds, insurance companies, brokerage and investment banking firms, asset-based lenders, non-bank lenders and certain other non-financial entities, including retail stores which may maintain their own credit programs and certain governmental organizations which may offer more favorable financing than the Company. The principal methods of competition centers around such aspects as interest rates on loans and deposits, decision-making relationship management, customer services and other service oriented fee based products. The Company has been able to compete effectively with other financial institutions by emphasizing customer service, technology and local office decision-making; by establishing long-term customer relationships and building customer loyalty; and by providing products and services designed to address the specific needs of its customers. The competition from both financial and nonfinancial institutions is expected to continue.

EMPLOYEES.

As of December 31, 2001, the Company had 101 full-time equivalent employees, compared with 98 at year-end 2000, 35 of whom were officers classified as vice president or above. The Company provides medical and hospitalization insurance to its full-time employees. The Company has also provided most of its employees with the benefit of Common Stock ownership through the Company's contributions to a 401(k) plan, in which 84 of its employees were participating at December 31, 2001, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and a Non-qualified Stock Option Plan. The Company considers its relations with its employees to be excellent.

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

The Company's economic success is dependent to a significant extent upon general economic conditions in the Nashville metropolitan area. The banking industry in Nashville and Tennessee is affected by general economic conditions such as inflation, recession, unemployment, real estate values and other factors beyond the Company's control. An economic recession over a prolonged period of time in the Nashville area could cause increases in non-performing assets, thereby causing operating losses, impairing liquidity and eroding capital. There can be no assurance that future adverse changes in the local economy would not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

SUPERVISION AND REGULATION

The federal and state banking laws contain numerous provisions affecting various aspects of the business and operations of the Company and the Bank. The following description and references herein to applicable statutes and regulations, which are not intended to be complete descriptions of these provisions or their effects on the Company or the Bank, are brief summaries and are qualified in their entirety by reference to such statutes and regulations.

The Company

The Company is a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the "BHCA") and is subject to supervision and regulation by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (the "Federal Reserve"). The BHCA and other Federal laws subject bank holding companies to particular restrictions on the types of activities in which they may engage and to a range of supervisory requirements and activities, including regulatory enforcement actions for violations of laws and regulations. As a bank holding company, the Company's activities and those of its banking and nonbanking subsidiaries have in the past been limited to the business of banking and activities closely related or incidental to banking. Under recent banking legislation, see - "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act" below, however, member banks will have broadened authority, subject to limitations on investment, to engage in activities that are financial in nature (other than insurance underwriting, merchant or insurance portfolio investment, real estate development and real estate investment) through subsidiaries if the bank is well capitalized, well managed and has at least a satisfactory rating under the Community Reinvestment Act.

Because the Company is a legal entity separate and distinct from its subsidiaries, its right to participate in the distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon the subsidiary's liquidation or reorganization will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary's creditors. In the event of a liquidation or other resolution of the Bank, the claims of depositors and other general or subordinated creditors of the Bank are entitled to a priority of payment over the claims of holders of any obligation of the institution to its shareholders, including any depository institution holding company (such as the Company) or any shareholder or creditor thereof.

Safe and Sound Banking Practices. Bank holding companies are not permitted to engage in unsafe and unsound banking practices. For example, unless the company meets certain criteria, the Federal Reserve's Regulation Y requires a holding company to give the Federal Reserve prior notice of any redemption or repurchase of its own equity securities, if the consideration to be paid, together with the consideration paid for any repurchases or redemptions in the preceding 12 months, is equal to 10% or more of the company's consolidated net worth. The Federal Reserve may oppose the transaction if it believes that the transaction would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice or would violate any law or regulation. As another example, a holding company could not impair its subsidiary bank's soundness by causing it to make funds available to nonbanking subsidiaries or their customers if the Federal Reserve believed it not prudent to do so.

The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 ("FIRREA") expanded the Federal Reserve's authority to prohibit activities of bank holding companies and their nonbanking subsidiaries which represent unsafe and unsound banking practices or which constitute violations of laws or regulations. Notably, FIRREA increased the amount of civil money penalties which the Federal Reserve can assess for certain activities conducted on a knowing and reckless basis, if those activities caused a substantial loss to a depository institution. The penalties can be as high as $1,000,000 for each day the activity continues. FIRREA also expanded the scope of individuals and entities against which such penalties may be assessed.

Anti-Tying Restrictions. Bank holding companies and their affiliates are prohibited from tying the provision of certain services, such as extensions of credit, to other services offered by a holding company or its affiliates.

Annual Reporting; Examinations. The Company is required to file an annual report with the Federal Reserve and such additional information as the Federal Reserve may require pursuant to the BHCA. The Federal Reserve may examine a bank holding company or any of its subsidiaries and charge the company for the cost of such an examination.

Capital Adequacy Requirements. The Federal Reserve has adopted a system using risk-based capital guidelines to evaluate the capital adequacy of bank holding companies. Under the guidelines, specific categories of assets and certain off-balance sheet assets such as letters of credit are assigned different risk weights, based generally on the perceived credit risk of the asset. These risk weights are multiplied by corresponding asset balances to determine a "risk-weighted" asset base. The guidelines require a minimum total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0% (of which at least 4.0% is required to consist of Tier 1 capital elements).

In addition to the risk-based capital guidelines, the Federal Reserve uses a leverage ratio as an additional tool to evaluate the capital adequacy of bank holding companies. The leverage ratio is a company's Tier 1 capital divided by its total consolidated average assets. Bank holding companies must maintain a minimum leverage ratio of at least 3.0%, although most organizations are expected to maintain leverage ratios that are 100 to 200 basis points above this minimum ratio.

The federal banking agencies' risk-based and leverage ratios are minimum supervisory ratios generally applicable to banking organizations that meet certain specified criteria, assuming that they have the highest regulatory rating. Banking organizations not meeting these criteria are expected to operate with capital positions well above the minimum ratios. The federal bank regulatory agencies may set capital requirements for a particular banking organization that are higher than the minimum ratios when circumstances warrant. Federal Reserve guidelines also provide that banking organizations experiencing internal growth or making acquisitions will be expected to maintain strong capital positions substantially above the minimum supervisory levels, without significant reliance on intangible assets. In addition, the regulations of the Federal Reserve provide that concentration of credit risk and certain risks arising from nontraditional activities, as well as an institution's ability to manage these risks, are important factors to be taken into account by regulatory agencies in assessing an organization's overall capital adequacy. The Federal Reserve recently adopted amendments to its risk-based capital regulations to provide for the consideration of interest rate risk in the agencies' determination of a banking institutions' capital adequacy.

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Traditionally, the activities of bank holding companies have been limited to the business of banking and activities closely related or incidental to banking. On November 12, 1999, however, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was signed into law which, effective March 11, 2000, relaxed the previous limitations permitting bank holding companies to engage in a broader range of financial activities. Specifically, bank holding companies may elect to become financial holding companies which may affiliate with securities firms and insurance companies and engage in other activities that are financial in nature. Among the activities that will be deemed "financial in nature" are, in addition to traditional lending activities, securities underwriting, dealing in or making a market in securities; sponsoring mutual funds and investment companies, insurance underwriting and agency activities, merchant banking activities and activities which the Federal Reserve considers to be closely related to banking. A bank holding company may become a financial holding company under the new statute only if each of its subsidiary banks is well capitalized, is well managed and has at least a satisfactory rating under the Community Reinvestment Act. A bank holding company that falls out of compliance with such requirement may be required to cease engaging in certain activities. Any bank holding company which does not elect to become a financial holding company remains subject to the current restrictions of the Bank Holding Company Act.

Under this new legislation, the Federal Reserve serves as the primary "umbrella" regulator of financial holding companies with supervisory authority over each parent company and limited authority over its subsidiaries. The primary regulator of each subsidiary of a financial holding company depends on the type of activity conducted by the subsidiary. For example, securities regulators regulate broker-dealer subsidiaries and insurance authorities regulate insurance subsidiaries. Implementing regulations under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act have not yet been finalized and the Company cannot predict the full sweep of the new legislation and has not yet determined whether it will ever elect to become a financial holding company.

Enforcement Powers of the Federal Banking Agencies. The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") have broad enforcement powers, including the power to terminate deposit insurance, impose substantial fines and other civil and criminal penalties, and appoint a conservator or receiver. Failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations and supervisory agreements could subject the Company or the Bank, as well as officers, directors and other institution-affiliated parties of these organizations, to administrative sanctions and potentially substantial civil money penalties. The appropriate federal banking agency may appoint the FDIC as conservator or receiver for a banking institution (or the FDIC may appoint itself, under certain circumstances) if any one or more of a number of circumstances exist, including, without limitation, the fact that the banking institution is undercapitalized and has no reasonable prospect of becoming adequately capitalized; fails to become adequately capitalized when required to do so; fails to submit a timely and acceptable capital restoration plan; or materially fails to implement an accepted capital restoration plan.

Imposition of Liability for Undercapitalized Subsidiaries. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 ("FDICIA") requires bank regulators to take "prompt corrective action" to resolve problems associated with insured depository institutions whose capital declines below certain levels. In the event an institution becomes "undercapitalized," it must submit a capital restoration plan. The capital restoration plan will not be accepted by the regulators unless each company having control of the undercapitalized institution guarantees the subsidiary's compliance with the capital restoration plan. Under FDICIA, the aggregate liability of all companies controlling an undercapitalized bank is limited to the lesser of 5% of the institution's assets at the time it became undercapitalized or the amount necessary to cause the institution to be "adequately capitalized." The guarantee and limit on liability expire after the regulators notify the institution that it has remained adequately capitalized for each of four consecutive calendar quarters. FDICIA grants greater powers to the bank regulators in situations where an institution becomes "significantly" or "critically" undercapitalized or fails to submit a capital restoration plan. For example, a bank holding company controlling such an institution can be required to obtain prior Federal Reserve approval of proposed dividends, or might be required to consent to a consolidation or to divest the troubled institution or other affiliates. At December 31, 2001, the Bank met the requirements of a "well-capitalized" institution and, therefore, these requirements presently do not apply to the Company.

Acquisitions by Bank Holding Companies. The BHCA requires every bank holding company to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve before it may acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any bank, or direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 5% of any class of voting shares of any bank.

The Federal Reserve will allow the acquisition by a bank holding company of an interest in any bank located in another state only if the laws of the state in which the target bank is located expressly authorize such acquisition. Tennessee law permits, in certain circumstances, out-of-state bank holding companies to acquire banks and bank holding companies in Tennessee.

Expanding Enforcement Authority. One of the major effects of FDICIA was the increased ability of banking regulators to monitor the activities of banks and their holding companies. In addition, the Federal Reserve and FDIC have extensive authority to police unsafe or unsound practices and violations of applicable laws and regulations by depository institutions and their holding companies. For example, the FDIC may terminate the deposit insurance of any institution which it determines has engaged in an unsafe or unsound practice. The agencies can also assess civil money penalties, issue cease and desist or removal orders, seek injunctions and publicly disclose such actions.

Effect of Economic Environment. The policies of regulatory authorities, including the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve, have a significant effect on the operating results of bank holding companies and their subsidiaries. Among the means available to the Federal Reserve to affect the money supply are open market operations in U.S. Government securities, changes in the discount rate on member bank borrowings and changes in reserve requirements against member bank deposits. These means are used in varying combinations to influence overall growth and distribution of bank loans, investments and deposits and their use may affect interest rates charged on loans or paid for deposits. Federal Reserve monetary policies have materially affected the operating results of commercial banks in the past and are expected to continue to do so in the future. The nature of future monetary policies and the effect of such policies on the business and earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries cannot be predicted.

The Bank

As a state bank, the Bank is principally supervised, examined, and regulated by the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions ("TDFI"). The Bank is a member of the Federal Reserve System and as such, its primary federal regulator is the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System through the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The TDFI and the Federal Reserve regularly examine such areas as capital adequacy, reserves, loan portfolio, investments and management practices. The Bank must also furnish quarterly and annual reports to the TDFI and the Federal Reserve, and the TDFI and the Federal Reserve may exercise cease and desist and other enforcement powers over the Bank if its actions represent unsafe or unsound practices or violations of law. Since the deposits of the Bank are insured by the Bank Insurance Fund ("BIF") of the FDIC, the Bank is also subject to backup regulation and supervision by the FDIC.

Restrictions on Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders. The Bank is subject to certain federal statutes limiting transactions with the Company and its nonbanking affiliates. Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act affects loans or other credit extensions to, asset purchases from and investments in affiliates of the Bank. Such transactions with the Company or any of its nonbanking subsidiaries are limited in amount to ten percent of the Bank's capital and surplus and, with respect to the Company and all of its nonbanking subsidiaries together, to an aggregate of twenty percent of the Bank's capital and surplus. Furthermore, such loans and extensions of credit, as well as certain other transactions, are required to be secured in specified amounts.

In addition, Section 23B of the Federal Reserve Act requires that certain transactions between the Bank, including its subsidiaries and its affiliates must be on terms substantially the same, or at least as favorable to the Bank or its subsidiaries, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with or involving other nonaffiliated persons. In the absence of such comparable transactions, any transaction between the Bank and its affiliates must be on terms and under circumstances, including credit standards, that in good faith would be offered to or would apply to nonaffiliated persons. The Bank is also subject to certain prohibitions against any advertising that indicates the Bank is responsible for the obligations of its affiliates.

Loans to One Borrower. Tennessee law generally prohibits loans in excess of 15% of the Bank's capital, surplus and undivided profits. With approval of the Bank's Board of Directors, the limit may be increased to 25% of the Bank's capital.

The restrictions on loans to directors, executive officers, principal shareholders and their related interests (collectively referred to herein as "insiders") contained in the Federal Reserve Act and Regulation O now apply to all insured institutions and their subsidiaries and holding companies. These restrictions include limits on loans to one borrower and conditions that must be met before such loans can be made. There is also an aggregate limitation on all loans to insiders and their related interests. These loans cannot exceed the institution's total unimpaired capital and surplus and the Federal Reserve may determine that a lesser amount is appropriate. Insiders are subject to enforcement actions for knowingly accepting loans in violation of applicable restrictions. 

Interest Rate Limits. Under the laws of the State of Tennessee, the maximum annual interest rate that may be charged on most loans made by the Bank is based on the "formula rate" established from time to time by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The formula rate is an annual rate of interest four percentage points above the average prime loan rate as published by the Federal Reserve, not to exceed 24% per annum. The Bank may charge interest on certain consumer loans at the rate allowed to Tennessee Industrial Loan and Thrift Companies, which is generally up to 24% per annum. State usury laws (but not late charge limitations) have been preempted by federal law for loans secured by a first lien on residential real property.

Examinations. The Federal Reserve periodically examines and evaluates member banks. Based upon such an evaluation, the Federal Reserve may revalue the assets of a member bank and require that it establish specific reserves to compensate for the difference between the Federal Reserve-determined value and the book value of such assets. Onsite examinations are to be conducted every 12 months, except that certain well-capitalized banks may be examined every 18 months. FDICIA authorizes the Federal Reserve to assess the institution for its costs of conducting the examinations.

Prompt Corrective Action. In addition to the capital adequacy guidelines, FDICIA requires the Federal Reserve to take "prompt corrective action" with respect to any member bank which does not meet specified minimum capital requirements. The applicable regulations establish five capital levels, ranging from "well capitalized" to "critically undercapitalized," which authorize and in certain cases require, the Federal Reserve to take certain specified supervisory action. Under regulations implemented under FDICIA, a member bank is considered well capitalized if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of 10.0% or greater, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6.0% or greater and a leverage ratio of 5.0% or greater and it is not subject to an order, written agreement, capital directive, or prompt corrective action directive to meet and maintain a specific capital level for any capital measure. A member bank is considered adequately capitalized if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0% or greater, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of at least 4.0% and a leverage capital ratio of 4.0% or greater (or a leverage ratio of 3.0% or greater if the institution is rated composite 1 in its most recent report of examination, subject to appropriate federal banking agency guidelines) and the institution does not meet the definition of an undercapitalized institution. A member bank is considered undercapitalized if it has a total risk-based capital ratio that is less than 8.0%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio that is less than 4.0%, or a leverage ratio that is less than 4.0% (or a leverage ratio that is less than 3.0% if the institution is rated composite 1 in its most recent report of examination, subject to appropriate federal banking agency guidelines). A significantly undercapitalized institution is one which has a total risk-based capital ratio that is less than 6.0%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio that is less than 3.0%, or a leverage ratio that is less than 3.0%. A critically undercapitalized institution is one which has a ratio of tangible equity to total assets that is equal to or less than 2.0%. Under certain circumstances, a well capitalized, adequately capitalized or undercapitalized institution may be treated as if the institution were in the next lower capital category.

With certain exceptions, member banks will be prohibited from making capital distributions or paying management fees to a holding company if the payment of such distributions or fees will cause them to become undercapitalized. Furthermore, undercapitalized member banks will be required to file capital restoration plans with the Federal Reserve. Such a plan will not be accepted unless, among other things, the banking institution's holding company guarantees the plan up to a certain specified amount. Any such guarantee from a depository institution's holding company is entitled to a priority of payment in bankruptcy. Undercapitalized member banks also will be subject to restrictions on growth, acquisitions, branching and engaging in new lines of business unless they have an approved capital plan that permits otherwise. The Federal Reserve also may, among other things, require an undercapitalized member bank to issue shares or obligations, which could be voting stock, to recapitalize the institution or, under certain circumstances, to divest itself of any subsidiary.

The Federal Reserve is authorized by FDICIA to take various enforcement actions against any significantly undercapitalized member bank and any member bank that fails to submit an acceptable capital restoration plan or fails to implement a plan accepted by the Federal Reserve. These powers include, among other things, requiring the institution to be recapitalized, prohibiting asset growth, restricting interest rates paid, requiring primary approval of capital distributions by any bank holding company which controls the institution, requiring divestiture by the institution of its subsidiaries or by the holding company of the institution itself, requiring new election of directors and requiring the dismissal of directors and officers.

Significantly and critically undercapitalized member banks may be subject to more extensive control and supervision. The Federal Reserve may prohibit any such institution from, among other things, entering into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business, amending its charter or bylaws, or engaging in certain transactions with affiliates. In addition, critically undercapitalized institutions generally will be prohibited from making payments of principal or interest on outstanding subordinated debt. Within 90 days of a member bank becoming critically undercapitalized, the Federal Reserve must appoint a receiver or conservator unless certain findings are made with respect to the prospect for the institution's continued viability.

As of December 31, 2001, the Bank exceeded the capital requirements of a "well-capitalized" institution.

Dividends Restrictions. Federal and Tennessee laws limit the payment of dividends by banks. Under Tennessee law a state bank shall have such capital structure as the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (the "Commissioner") shall deem adequate. A state bank may be required to increase its capital structure to the point deemed adequate by the Commissioner before receiving approval for an application for a branch office, charter amendment, change of location or trust powers. The payment of dividends by any bank is dependent upon its earnings and financial condition and also may be limited by federal and state regulatory agency protections against unsafe or unsound banking practices. The payment of dividends could, depending upon the financial condition of the bank, constitute an unsafe or unsound banking practice. The FDIC prohibits a state bank, the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC, from paying dividends if it is in default in the payment of any assessment due the FDIC. Subject to the foregoing requirements, the board of directors of a state bank may declare dividends, provided dividends declared in any calendar year may not exceed the total of the bank's net income for that year combined with its retained net income of the preceding two years without the prior approval of the Commissioner.

 

The Federal Reserve also imposes dividend restrictions on the Bank as a state member bank of the Federal Reserve. The Bank may not declare or pay a dividend if that dividend would exceed the Bank's undivided profits, unless the Bank has received the prior approval of the Federal Reserve and at least two-thirds of the shareholders of each class of stock outstanding. Additionally, the Bank may not permit any portion of its "permanent capital" to be withdrawn, unless the withdrawal has been approved by the Federal Reserve and at least two-thirds of the shareholders of each class of stock outstanding. "Permanent capital" is defined as the total of a bank's perpetual preferred stock and related surplus, common stock and surplus and minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries. Finally, if the Bank has a capital surplus in excess of that required by law, that excess may be transferred to the Bank's undivided profits account and be available for the payment of dividends, so long as (i) the amount came from the earnings of prior periods, excluding earnings transferred as a result of stock dividends and (ii) the Bank's Board and the Federal Reserve approved the transfer.

 

Deposit Insurance. The deposits of the Bank are insured by the FDIC through the BIF to the extent provided by law. Under the FDIC's risk-based insurance system, BIF-insured institutions are currently assessed premiums of between zero and twenty-seven cents per $100 of eligible deposits, depending upon the institution's capital position and other supervisory factors. Congress recently enacted legislation that, among other things, provides for assessments against BIF-insured institutions that will be used to pay certain Financing Corporation ("FICO") obligations. In addition to any BIF insurance assessments, BIF-insured banks are expected to make payments for the FICO obligations as assessed by the FDIC. For the first quarter of 2002, the FICO assessment is 0.01960 per $100 of eligible deposits. Insured banks have recently not been required to pay BIF Insurance premiums. However, the BIF Insurance fund is reported to be nearing the pre-established limit at which may require banks to again be assessed for BIF insurance premiums in the near future.

Conservator and Receivership Powers. FDICIA significantly expanded the authority of the federal banking regulators to place depository institutions into conservatorship or receivership to include, among other things, appointment of the FDIC as conservator or receiver of an undercapitalized institution under certain circumstances. In the event the Bank is placed into conservatorship or receivership, the FDIC is required, subject to certain exceptions, to choose the method for resolving the institution that is least costly to the BIF.

Brokered Deposit Restrictions. FIRREA and FDICIA generally limit institutions which are not well capitalized from accepting brokered deposits. In general, undercapitalized institutions may not solicit, accept or renew brokered deposits. Adequately capitalized institutions may not solicit, accept or renew brokered deposits unless they obtain a waiver from the FDIC. Even in that event, they may not pay an effective yield of more than 75 basis points over the effective yield paid on deposits of comparable size and maturity in the institution's normal market area for deposits accepted from within that area, or the national rate paid on deposits of comparable size and maturity for deposits accepted from outside the institution's normal market area.

Consumer Laws and Regulations. In addition to the laws and regulations discussed herein, the Bank is also subject to certain consumer laws and regulations that are designed to protect consumers in transactions with banks. While the list set forth herein is not exhaustive, these laws and regulations include the Truth in Lending Act, the Truth in Savings Act, the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, the Expedited Funds Availability Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act, among others. These laws and regulations mandate certain disclosure requirements and regulate the manner in which financial institutions must deal with customers when taking deposits or making loans to such customers. The Bank must comply with the applicable provisions of these consumer protection laws and regulations as part of their ongoing customer relations.

USA Patriot Act. On October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law the USA Patriot Act ("Patriot Act"). Title III of the Patriot Act concerns money-laundering provisions that may affect many community banks. These provisions include: (i) the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to impose special measures, such as record keeping or reporting, on domestic financial institutions that are a primary concern; (ii) financial institutions with private or correspondent accounts with non-U.S. citizens must establish policies and procedures to detect money laundering through those accounts; (iii) financial institutions  are barred from maintaining correspondent accounts for foreign shell banks (that is, a bank that does not have a physical presence in any country); (iv) the Secretary of the Treasury is required to prescribe regulations to further encourage cooperation among financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement agencies and officials to share information about terrorist acts and money laundering activities; (v) the Secretary of the Treasury is required to issue regulations to establish minimum procedures for financial institutions to use in verifying customer identity during the account-opening process; (vi) depository institutions are permitted to provide information to other institutions concerning the possible involvement in potentially unlawful activity by a current or former employee; (vii) the Secretary of the Treasury is required to establish a secure website to receive suspicious activity reports and currency transaction reports, and to provide institutions with alerts and other information regarding suspicious activity that warrant immediate attention; and (viii) the federal bank regulators are required to consider the anti-money laundering record of each depository institution in evaluating applications under the Bank Merger Act.


ITEM 2.      PROPERTIES

FACILITIES

The Company is headquartered in the downtown central business district of Nashville. The Company occupies space in the second, third and twenty-third floors of the L & C Tower, located at 401 Church Street, a location which also serves as the Main branch. During 2000, the Company expanded its presence in downtown Nashville through the addition of 11,123 square feet of contiguous space in the building adjacent to L&C Tower which formerly housed the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. This space serves as the Company's Headquarters and general office space. The Company has four locations including its Main branch and suburban Nashville branch locations in Green Hills, Brentwood and Hendersonville. These locations are complemented by the Company's four "Bank on Call" mobile branches which operate throughout the market area with at-your-door banking convenience and a network of eleven ATMs strategically located throughout the Nashville metropolitan area. In addition to the four existing branch locations, the Company has received regulatory approval to establish an additional suburban branch office in the Cool Springs area which is expected to open during the second half of 2002. Additionally, the Company has entered in to a contract, subject to regulatory approval, to open a sixth branch, in the Donelson/Hermitage area. Management plans to continue to seek attractive branch locations to further expand its delivery systems and increase its market share. 

The following table sets forth specific information on each such location.


Location


Owned/Leased
Term
Years

   Sq. Ft.   
Deposits at
 December 31, 200 

      Address      

       Date Opened     

(Dollars in Thousands)

Main/Corporate

Leased

10

32,679

$  218,585

401 Church Street

  November 1989
Green Hills

Leased

5

 4,670 

      65,184

3770 Hillsboro Road   January 1997
Brentwood

Leased

20

 4,000

      34,984

5105 Maryland Way   September 1998
Hendersonville

Owned

NA

 3,800

      31,195

100 Maple Drive N.    May 1999

 

ITEM 3.      LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Neither the Company nor the Bank is currently a party to any material legal proceedings.

ITEM 4.      SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

None


 

PART II

ITEM 5.      MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The Company's Common Stock began trading on the Nasdaq National Market System ("Nasdaq NMS") on June 4, 1998 and is quoted in such Market under the symbol "CFGI." Prior to being listed on the Nasdaq NMS, the Company stock was traded on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market. Prior to the formation of the Company as the holding company for the Bank, commencing on December 8, 1989, the Bank's common stock traded on the Nasdaq Over-the-Counter System under the symbol "TBON."

As of the date of this Form 10-K, there were 3,080,709 shares outstanding and 723 shareholders of record. The number of beneficial owners is unknown to the Company at this time. The high and low closing prices were as follows:

2001

2000

High

Low

High

Low

Fourth quarter $ 15.22      $ 14.07      $ 12.69      $ 10.13     
Third quarter 14.93      13.69      13.00      11.63     
Second quarter 14.03      13.44      13.75      12.88     
First quarter 13.79      12.67      14.13      11.63     

CAPITAL STOCK

The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 50,000,000 shares of common stock (the "Common Stock"), $6.00 per share par value, of which 3,077,071 shares were issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2001. An additional 442,187 shares of Common Stock were issuable upon exercise of the Company's outstanding stock options issued to the Company's board of directors and staff.

In January 1998, the Company adopted a shareholder rights plan authorizing the distribution of a dividend of one common share purchase right for each outstanding share of Common Stock. The rights are exercisable in the event of the acquisition by a third party of 15% or more of the Common Stock or if such third party announces a tender offer, the consummation of which would result in an ownership of 15% or more of the Common Stock. The rights are designed to ensure that all shareholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of a proposed takeover of the Company and to safeguard against partial tender offers, squeeze-outs, open market accumulations and other abusive tactics to gain control of the Company without paying all shareholders an appropriate control premium.

In March 1999, to facilitate the management of its capital position, the Company announced a stock repurchase program. The initial plan called for the repurchase of 400,000 shares (the "March 23, 1999 Plan") with an original expiration date of December 31, 1999. On January 26, 2000, the Company extended the expiration date of the March 23, 1999 Plan until March 31, 2000 to allow for the completion of the plan. On March 15, 2000, the Company announced that it had completed the March 23, 1999 Plan and announced a second stock repurchase plan for the acquisition of an additional 500,000 shares of common stock with an expiration date of December 31, 2000 (the "March 15, 2000 Plan"). On December 20, 2000, the Company announced the extension of the March 15, 2000 Plan to December 31, 2001 to provide for the acquisition of 16,000 shares remaining to be repurchased under the March 15, 2000 Plan and an additional 400,000 shares, for a total of up to 416,000 shares of common stock. At December 31, 2001, the Company had repurchased 845,904 shares under the March 15, 2000 Plan and 1,245,904 shares since commencing its stock repurchase program in March 1999.

DIVIDENDS

Holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends if declared by the Company's Board of Directors out of funds legally available. The Company has historically paid dividends on its Common Stock. During the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company paid $2.2 million or $0.68 per share in dividends, respectively. The Company anticipates continuing to pay quarterly dividends of $0.17. There is no assurance, however, that the Company will continue to pay dividends in the future.

The principal sources of cash to the Company are derived from short-term investments resulting from its capital position and operating revenues. Furthermore, the Company may receive dividends paid by the Bank with respect to the Bank's capital stock. There are, however, certain restrictions on the payment of such dividends imposed by federal banking laws, regulations and authorities.

Dividends Restrictions. Federal and Tennessee laws limit the payment of dividends by banks. Under Tennessee law a state bank shall have such capital structure as the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (the "Commissioner") shall deem adequate. A state bank may be required to increase its capital structure to the point deemed adequate by the Commissioner before receiving approval for an application for a branch office, charter amendment, change of location or trust powers. The payment of dividends by any bank is dependent upon its earnings and financial condition and also may be limited by federal and state regulatory agency protections against unsafe or unsound banking practices. The payment of dividends could, depending upon the financial condition of the bank, constitute an unsafe or unsound banking practice. The FDIC prohibits a state bank, the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC, from paying dividends if it is in default in the payment of any assessment due the FDIC. Subject to the foregoing requirements, the board of directors of a state bank may declare dividends, provided dividends declared in any calendar year may not exceed the total of the bank's net income for that year combined with its retained net income of the preceding two years without the prior approval of the Commissioner.

 

The Federal Reserve also imposes dividend restrictions on the Bank as a state member bank of the Federal Reserve. The Bank may not declare or pay a dividend if that dividend would exceed the Bank's undivided profits, unless the Bank has received the prior approval of the Federal Reserve and at least two-thirds of the shareholders of each class of stock outstanding. Additionally, the Bank may not permit any portion of its "permanent capital" to be withdrawn, unless the withdrawal has been approved by the Federal Reserve and at least two-thirds of the shareholders of each class of stock outstanding. "Permanent capital" is defined as the total of a bank's perpetual preferred stock and related surplus, common stock and surplus and minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries. Finally, if the Bank has a capital surplus in excess of that required by law, that excess may be transferred to the Bank's undivided profits account and be available for the payment of dividends, so long as (i) the amount came from the earnings of prior periods, excluding earnings transferred as a result of stock dividends and (ii) the Bank's Board and the Federal Reserve approved the transfer.

As of December 31, 2001, an aggregate of approximately $14.1 million was available for payment of dividends by the Bank to the Company under applicable restrictions, without regulatory approval. Regulatory authorities could impose administratively stricter limitations on the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to the Company if such limits were deemed appropriate to preserve certain capital adequacy requirements. In the future, the declaration and payment of dividends on the Common Stock will depend upon the earnings and financial condition of the Company, liquidity and capital requirements, the general economic and regulatory climate, the Company's ability to service any equity or debt obligations senior to the Common Stock and other factors deemed relevant by the Company's Board of Directors. - See "Business - Supervision and Regulation."


ITEM 6.  SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following Selected Consolidated Financial Data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the information contained in "Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." The Consolidated Historical Financial Data as of and for each of the five years ended December 31, 2001 are derived from the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements which have been audited by independent accountants. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2001 presentation.

                                              Years Ended December 31,                             

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Income Statement Data:
Interest income $    33,510  $    28,281  $    20,975  $    16,591  $    15,260 
Interest expense      16,856       13,925         9,053         8,035         7,956 
     Net interest income 16,654  14,356  11,922  8,556  7,304 
Provision for loan and lease losses        2,216         1,256            106            128            100 
Noninterest income 4,301  2,785  2,675  1,805  1,421 
Noninterest expense      13,226       10,542        8,845        6,071        5,236 
     Income before provision for income taxes 5,513  5,343  5,646  4,162  3,389 
Provision for income taxes       2,187        2,086        2,145         1,581        1,331 
     Net income $    3,326  $    3,257  $    3,501  $    2,581  $    2,058 
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Per Share Data:
Net income, Basic $      1.02  $      0.90  $      0.86  $      1.08  $      0.93 
Net income, Diluted 1.02  0.90  0.85  0.78  0.89 
Book value (1) 12.47  12.32  12.31  12.06  10.74 
Cash dividends 0.68  0.68  0.46  0.24  0.20 
Weighted average shares outstanding, Basic 3,251  3,619  4,068  2,394  2,205 
Weighted average shares outstanding, Diluted 3,268  3,635  4,129  3,321  2,324 
Balance Sheet Data:
Investment securities $ 113,356  $  62,775  $  74,877  $  71,662  $  66,059 
Gross loans (2) 339,937  270,568  205,511  152,675  122,749 
Allowance for loan and lease losses       (5,098)       (4,622)       (4,062)       (3,646)       (3,128)
Net loans 334,839  265,946  201,449  149,029  119,621 
Total assets 482,310  354,620  308,106  238,185  204,887 
Total deposits 349,948  273,036  229,141  162,553  164,099 
Total shareholders' equity 38,625  42,281  47,315  51,171  24,052 
Average Balance Sheet Data:
Investment securities $ 102,135  $  74,124  $  68,421  $  59,117  $  61,587 
Gross loans (2) 308,303  235,432  176,027  133,660  114,835 
Allowance for loan and lease losses       (4,974)       (4,447)       (3,945)       (3,389)       (3,006)
Net loans 303,329  230,985  172,082  130,271  111,829 
Total assets 436,795  324,738  269,137  209,501  190,766 
Total deposits 319,047  252,523  199,089  167,294  152,640 
Total shareholders' equity 40,724  43,205  49,200  27,313  22,846 
Performance Ratios:
Return on average assets 0.76  % 1.00  % 1.30  % 1.23  % 1.08  %
Return on average equity (1) 8.20  7.39  7.09  9.56  9.05 
Net interest margin 4.01  4.62  4.67  4.28  3.96 
Efficiency ratio (3) 64.52  61.50  60.59  58.50  59.95 
Performance Ratios:
Nonperforming assets to total assets 0.82  % 0.38  % 0.09  % 0.19  % 0.60  %
Net loan charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans 0.56  0.30  (0.12) (0.29) (0.13)
Allowance for loan and lease losses to total loans 1.50  1.71  1.98  2.39  2.55 
Allowance for loan and lease losses to nonperforming
    loans

161.94 

595.62 

1,395.88 

893.63 

285.92 
Capital Ratios:
Leverage ratio 8.55  % 12.14  % 16.13  % 23.04  % 11.84  %
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio 9.82  14.17  21.10  30.30  17.50 
Total risk-based capital ratio 11.07  15.43  22.40  31.60  18.80 
______________________

(1)    Exclusive of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes.
(2)    Net of unearned discounts and loan fees.
(3)    Calculated by dividing total non-interest expenses by net interest income plus non-interest income, excluding net securities gains and losses.


ITEM 7.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Company analyzes the major elements of the Company's balance sheets and statements of operations. This section should be read in conjunction with the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes and other detailed information appearing elsewhere in this document.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Management has determined that the accounting for the allowance for loan and lease losses is a critical accounting policy with respect to the determination of financial condition and reporting of results of operations.

Management determines the required allowances by classifying loans according to credit quality and collateral security and applying historical loss percentages to each category. Additionally, as necessary, management determines specific allowances related to impaired loans based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's effective interest rate, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. A key component in the accounting policy is management's ability to timely identify changes in credit quality, which may impact the Company's financial results.

Management recognizes that in making loans, credit losses will be experienced and that the risk of loss will vary with, among other things, the type of loan being made, the creditworthiness of the borrower over the term of the loan and, in the case of a secured loan, the quality of the security for the loan. Management's policy is to maintain an appropriate allowance for estimated loan and lease losses on the portfolio as a whole. The allowances are based on estimates of the historical loan loss experience, evaluation of economic conditions and regular periodic reviews of the Bank's loan portfolio by both internal personnel and a third party review firm. The Bank's loan portfolio consists mostly of commercial loans to companies in various industries, whose financial performance may be impacted differently by the local, regional or national economies and stage of the economic cycle. Management believes that the effects of any reasonably likely changes in the economy would be limited somewhat due to the diversification of the loan portfolio and the Bank's normal collateral requirements for such loans. While management uses available information to recognize losses on loans, future adjustments in the allowance may be necessary based on changes in economic conditions which could have a significant detrimental impact to the Company's financial condition and results of operation. See "--Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses."

For the Years Ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999

OVERVIEW

From December 31, 1998 to December 31, 2001, the Company experienced consistent growth as assets increased from $238.2 million at December 31, 1998 to $482.3 million at December 31, 2001, an increase of $244.1 million or 102.5%. The increase was driven by growth in the loan portfolio primarily due to the expansion of the branch network and greater number of product lines and services available to customers. The Company opened two branches during this period, expanding into the Nashville suburbs of Brentwood in 1998, and Hendersonville in 1999. In each of these endeavors, the Company has met or exceeded growth and profitability expectations. Loans accounted for the majority of the Company's asset growth, increasing from $152.7 million to $339.9 million over the three-year period ending December 31, 2001. Supporting this substantial expansion was an increase in deposits, which rose from $162.6 million to $349.9 million, representing a 115.2% increase during the period. Shareholders' equity decreased to $38.6 million, a decrease of $12.6 million or 24.6% at December 31, 2001, compared with $51.2 million as of December 31, 1998, as the result of the stock repurchase program and increased dividend payments.

Net income available to shareholders was $3.3 million, $3.3 million and $3.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively, and diluted net income per common share was $1.02, $0.90, and $0.85, for these same periods. Earnings per share growth from 1999 to 2001 resulted primarily from the stock repurchase program. The Company posted returns on average assets of 0.76%, 1.00%, and 1.30% and returns on average equity of 8.20%, 7.39%, and 7.09% for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Interest Income

Net interest income represents the amount by which interest income on interest-earning assets, including securities and loans, exceeds interest expense incurred on interest-bearing liabilities, including deposits and other borrowed funds. Net interest income is the principal source of the Company's earnings. Interest rate fluctuations, as well as changes in the amount and type of earning assets and liabilities, combine to affect net interest income.

2001 versus 2000. Interest income increased to $33.5 million in 2001 from $28.3 million in 2000. The increase was driven by growth in the average loan portfolio of $72.9 million or 31.0% while the Company experienced a decrease in the yield on average loans to 8.70% in 2001 from 9.78% in 2000 resulting from the decreasing rate environment prevalent in 2001. The average investment securities portfolio increased by $24.3 million or 32.7%, while its yield declined 50 basis points from 6.93% in 2000 to 6.43% in 2001 also due to decreases in interest rates. Interest expense increased by $2.9 million to $16.9 million in 2001 compared with $13.9 million in 2000. The increase resulted from a $42.5 million growth in average time deposits coupled with a $52.0 million increase in average FHLB borrowings in 2001.

Net interest income totaled $16.7 million in 2001 compared with $14.4 million in 2000, an increase of $2.3 million or 16.0%. The increase resulted primarily from a $3.8 million or 16.5% increase in interest income on loans primarily due to growth in loans. Interest expense increased by $2.9 million or 21.0% due to a $57.7 million increase in the level of interest-bearing deposits. The increase in time deposits, coupled with the origination of loans during a period of declining rates,  resulted in a decline in net interest margins which decreased from 4.62% to 4.01% and in net interest spread which decreased from 3.61% to 3.34%, for 2000 and 2001, respectively.

2000 versus 1999. Net interest income totaled $14.4 million in 2000, compared with $11.9 million in 1999, an increase of $2.5 million or 21.0%. The increase resulted primarily from a $7.0 million or 44.0% increase in interest income on loans primarily due to growth in commercial loans. Interest expense increased $4.9 million while interest income increased $7.3 million. Net interest margins were 4.62% and 4.67% and net interest spreads were 3.61% and 3.62% for 2000 and 1999, respectively. Interest income increased to $28.3 million in 2000 from $21.0 million in 1999. The increase was driven by growth in the average loan portfolio of $59.4 million or 33.8% while the Company experienced an increase in the yield on average loans to 9.78% in 2000 from 9.09% in 1999. The average securities portfolio increased by $5.7 million or 8.3%, while its yield rose 51 basis points from 6.40% in 1999 to 6.91% in 2000.

The following table presents the total dollar amount of interest income from average interest-earning assets and the resultant yields, as well as the interest expense on average interest-bearing liabilities, expressed both in dollars and rates. Tax-equivalent adjustments were made and all average balances are daily average balances. Non-accruing loans are included in the tables as loans carrying a zero yield.

Years Ended December 31,

                      2001                                 2000                            1999              
Average Outstanding
Balance
Interest Earned/
Paid
Average
 Yield/
Rate
Average Outstanding
Balance
Interest Earned/
Paid
Average
 Yield/
Rate
Average Outstanding
Balance
Interest Earned/
Paid
Average
 Yield/
Rate
(Dollars in Thousands)
ASSETS
Interest-earning assets:
Total loans  $ 308,303  $ 26,821  8.70% $ 235,432  $ 23,035  9.78% $ 176,027  $ 15,995  9.09%
Taxable securities 96,021  6,148  6.40% 71,883  4,960  6.90% 67,122  4,287  6.39%
Tax-exempt securities(1) 2,375  177  7.46% 2,241  176  7.86% 1,299  132  10.15%
Federal funds sold and other temporary
   investments

     10,599 

       424 
    
4.00%

       2,585 

        170 
     
6.58%

    12,200 

        626 

    5.13%
Total interest-earning assets 417,298     33,570  8.04% 312,141     28,341  9.08% 256,648     21,040  8.20%
Less allowance for loan and lease losses       (4,974)      (4,447)     (3,945)
Total interest-earning assets, net of
   allowance for loan losses

412,324 

307,694 

252,703 
Non-earning assets       24,471        17,044       16,434 
        Total assets $ 436,795  $ 324,738  $ 269,137 
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LIABILITIES AND  SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Interest-bearing liabilities:
NOW and money market accounts $ 122,631  $  4,113  3.35% $ 107,500  $  4,904  4.56% $ 106,281  $  4,196  3.95%
Time deposits 163,841  9,318  5.69% 121,322  7,431  6.13% 73,220  3,925  5.36%
Federal funds purchased  1,167  56  4.80% 6,777  468  6.91% 3,102  156  5.03%
FHLB and other borrowings      71,251     3,369   4.73%    19,206      1,122    5.84%    15,376          776    5.05%
     Total interest-bearing liabilities 358,890   16,856  4.70% 254,805  13,925  5.47% 197,979   9,053  4.58%
Noninterest- bearing liabilities:
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits 32,582  23,701  19,588 
Other liabilities       4,599        3,027        2,370 
         Total liabilities    396,071     281,533    219,937 
Shareholders' equity      40,724       43,205      49,200 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 436,795  $ 324,738  $ 269,137 
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Net interest income (1)   $ 16,714      $ 14,416      $ 11,987   
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Net interest spread     3.34%     3.61%     3.62%
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Net interest margin (1) 4.01% 4.62% 4.67%
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(1)  Tax equivalent basis.

The following table presents the dollar amount of changes in interest income and interest expense for the major components of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and distinguishes between the increase related to higher outstanding balances and changes in interest rates. For purposes of this table, changes attributable to both rate and volume have been allocated to rate.

                          Years Ended December 31,                    
2001 vs. 2000 2000 vs. 1999
Increase (Decrease) 
Due to
Increase (Decrease) 
Due to
Volume Rate Total Volume Rate Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
   Total loans $  6,339  $ (2,553) $  3,786  $  5,812  $ 1,228  $  7,040 
   Taxable securities 1,545  (357) 1,188  329  344  673 
   Tax-exempt securities 10  (9)  74  (30) 44 
   Federal funds sold and other temporary
      investments

      321 

       (67)

      254 

     (632)

       176 

      (456) 
        Total increase (decrease) in interest
              income

8,215 

(2,986) 

5,229 

5,582 

1,719 

7,301 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
   NOW and money market accounts 507  (1,298) (791) 56  652  708  
   Time deposits 2,418  (531) 1,887  2,946  560  3,506 
   Federal funds purchased (269) (143) (412) 254  58  312 
   FHLB and other borrowings     2,461       (214)     2,247        224         122        346 
        Total increase (decrease) in interest
            expense

   5,117 

  (2,186)

     2,931 

   3,480 

     1,393 

   4,872 
            Total increase in net interest income $ 3,098  $   (800) $   2,298  $ 2,102  $      326  $ 2,429 
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Provision for Loan and Lease Losses

Provisions for loan and lease losses are charged to income to bring the Company's allowance for loan and lease losses to a level deemed appropriate by management based on the factors discussed under "--Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses."

The 2001 provision for loan and lease losses increased by $960,000 to $2.2 million as a result of higher net charge offs and a $69.4 million increase in loans. The 2000 provision for loan losses increased from $106,000 to $1.3 million, reflecting a 31.7% loan growth.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, was $4.3 million and $2.8 million and $2.7 million, respectively. The $1.5 million or 53.4% increase in noninterest income in 2001 resulted from the gain on sale of mortgage loans held for sale derived from the newly established mortgage banking subsidiary, greater service fees on accounts realized through an improvement in monitoring the accounts subject to service fees and gains on the sale of investment securities. The following table presents the major categories of noninterest income:

                   Years Ended December 31,              

       2001      

       2000      

       1999      

(Dollars in thousands)
Investment center income $  1,555  $  1,589  $  1,345 
Service fees income 1,200  884  879 
Income from foreclosed assets --  83 
Gain on sale of mortgage loans held for sale 487  --  -- 
Trust income --  --  93 
Gain on sale of other real estate owned 126  10  29 
Gain (loss) on sale of investment securities, net 457  (97) (5)
Other noninterest income        476         316          331 
          Total noninterest income $  4,301  $  2,785  $  2,675 
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Noninterest Expense

For the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, noninterest expense totaled $13.2 million, $10.5 million and $8.8 million, respectively. The $2.7 million or 25.7% increase in 2001 was primarily due to higher employee compensation and benefits and occupancy expense related to new branches. The Company's efficiency ratios were 64.52%, 61.50% and 60.59% in 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. A lower efficiency ratio reflects higher efficiency. The deterioration in the efficiency ratio for the year 2001 and 2000 is a reflection of increased operating expenses for new bank services offered in 2001 and 2000 and the costs associated with the branches opened in 1999.

The following table presents the major categories of noninterest expense:

                   Years Ended December 31,              

       2001      

       2000      

       1999      

(Dollars in thousands)
Salaries and employee benefits $   7,154  $   5,864  $  4,687 
Non-staff expenses:
   Occupancy 1,712  1,525  1,298 
   Insufficient check losses 486  50  184 
   Audit, tax and accounting 392  252  262 
   Other outside services 390  290  222 
   Advertising and marketing 381  319  336 
   Data and item processing 361  207  175 
   Loan related 313  281  183 
   Legal services 287  117  72 
   Telecommunications 257  179  170 
   Other noninterest expense       1,493        1,458       1,256 
          Total non-staff expenses       6,072        4,678       4,158 
          Total noninterest expense $ 13,226  $  10,542  $  8,845 
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The higher compensation expenses in 2001, when compared with 2000, relates to additional lending and credit administration staff and annual salary increases for the staff. The increase in 2000 resulted primarily from the costs associated with establishment of the Hendersonville branch which opened in May 1999, increased expenses related to expansion of the Company's loan programs including loan officers and support staff and higher commission expenses paid to investment center staff. Total full-time equivalent employees at December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 were 101, 98 and 80, respectively.

Non-staff expenses for 2001, 2000, and 1999 were $6.1 million, $4.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively, reflecting increases of $1.4 million or 29.8%, $500,000 or 11.9% and $1.4 million or 53.2%, respectively. The increase in occupancy expense in 2001 resulted primarily from the additional space leased for the Company's Headquarters. The increase in 2000 was primarily due to higher occupancy expenses resulting from a full year of operations of the Hendersonville branch. The increase in insufficient check losses was due to a $425,000 uncollected overdraft item. Subsequent to year-end December 31, 2001, on February 21, 2002, the Company recovered $325,000 of this amount.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense includes the regular federal income tax at the statutory rate plus the income tax component of the State tax. The amount of federal income tax expense is influenced by the amount of taxable income, the amount of tax-exempt income, the amount of non-deductible interest expense and the amount of other non-deductible expenses.

In 2001, income tax expense was $2.2 million, reflecting a $100,000 increase over 2000. The effective tax rate for 2001, 2000 and 1999 was approximately 39.7%, 39.0% and 38.0%, respectively.

Impact of Inflation

The effects of inflation on the local economy and on the Company's operating results have been relatively modest for the past several years. Since substantially all of the Company's assets and liabilities are monetary in nature, such as cash, securities, loans and deposits, their values are less sensitive to the effects of inflation than to changing interest rates, which do not necessarily change in accordance with inflation rates. The Company tries to control the impact of interest rate fluctuations by managing the relationship between its interest rate sensitive assets and liabilities. See " - Financial Condition - Interest Rate Sensitivity and Interest Rate Risk Management" below.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

Securities

At the date of purchase, the Company is required to classify debt and equity securities into one of three categories: (i) available-for-sale, (ii) held-to-maturity, or (iii) trading. At each reporting date, the appropriateness of the classification is reassessed. The Company does not have any investment securities classified as held-to-maturity or trading. At December 31, 2001 and 2000, all of the Company's investments are classified as available-for-sale and measured at fair value in the financial statements with unrealized gains and losses reported, net of tax, as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders' equity until realized.

The Company uses its investment securities as a source of income and contingent liquidity. To facilitate this process, the Company maintains all securities classified as available-for-sale. At December 31, 2001, investment securities totaled $113.4 million, reflecting an 80.6% increase from $62.8 million in 2000, due to the execution of a financial leveraging strategy designed to increase interest income.

The following table summarizes the contractual maturity of investment securities at amortized cost and their weighted average yields. Other debt securities include collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs") whose maturities are not segregated since they have staggered maturity dates. Investments in equity securities include stock of the Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank. Maturities of equity securities are not segregated since they have no stated maturity.

As of December 31, 2001



  Within One Year  
After One Year
But Within Five
          Years     
After Five Years
But Within Ten
          Years     


   After Ten Years 


       Total       
Amount   Yield   Amount   Yield   Amount   Yield   Amount   Yield   Amount Yield
(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. agency securities $  682  6.20% $ 11,070  5.65% $ 23,131  5.84% $ 49,426  6.19% $ 84,309   6.02%
Other debt securities --  --     --  --     --  --     --  --     19,638   5.48   
Municipal securities(1) --  --     --  --     360  8.05    1,932  7.20    2,292   7.33   
Equity securities          --        --                --        --                --        --                --        --      6,184    5.46   
        Total securities $ 682  6.20% $ 11,070  5.65% $ 23,491  5.87% $ 51,358  6.23% $112,423   5.92%
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(1) Yield on a tax equivalent basis.

The following table presents the amortized cost of investment securities classified as available-for-sale and their approximate fair values as of the dates shown:

                 As of December 31, 2001                                                 As of December 31, 2000                 

Amortized 
     Cost    
Gross
 Unrealized 
     Gain     
Gross
 Unrealized
       Loss     

Fair
 Value   

Amortized 
     Cost    
Gross
 Unrealized 
     Gain     
Gross
 Unrealized
       Loss     

Fair
 Value   
(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. agency securities $  84,309  $    889  $   211   $    84,987 $   33,928 $  227  $   154 

   $   34,001

Other debt securities 19,638  242  30       19,850 23,463 152  187 

     23,428

Municipal securities 2,292  43  --         2,335 2,291 59  -- 

       2,350

Equity securities        6,184              --             --         6,184        2,996             --             -- 

       2,996

        Total securities $ 112,423  $ 1,174  $   241  $ 113,356 $  62,678 $ 438  $   341 

 $  62,775

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U.S. Government agency securities include mortgage-backed securities principally issued by federal agencies such as the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. These securities are deemed to have high credit ratings and certain minimum levels of regular monthly cash flows of principal and interest are guaranteed by the issuing agencies.

At December 31, 2001 and 2000, 56.8% and 65.3%, respectively, of the mortgage-related securities held by the Company had scheduled final maturities of more than ten years. However, unlike U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agency securities, which have a lump sum payment at maturity, mortgage-backed securities provide cash flows from regular principal and interest payments and principal prepayments throughout the lives of the securities. Mortgage-related securities which are purchased at a premium will generally suffer decreasing net yields as interest rates drop because homeowners tend to refinance their mortgages. Consequently, the premium paid must be amortized over a shorter time period. Conversely, securities purchased at a discount will produce higher net yields in a decreasing interest rate environment. As interest rates rise, the opposite is generally true. Typically, during periods of rising interest rates, fixed rate mortgage-backed securities do not experience heavy principal prepayments and consequently, their average life may be extended.

Derivatives

On January 1, 2001, the Company adopted "Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" ("SFAS 133"). Accordingly, all derivatives are recorded in the financial statements at fair value. Additional information on derivative hedging activity is included in Note I to the consolidated financial statements. 

The Company monitors its sensitivity to changes in interest rates and may use derivative instruments such as interest rate swaps to hedge this risk. Interest rate swap transactions generally involve the exchange of fixed and floating interest rate payment obligations without the exchange of the underlying principal amounts. Entering into interest rate contracts involves not only interest rate risk, but also the risk of counterparties' failure to fulfill their legal obligations. Notional principal amounts often are used to express the volume of these transactions, however, the amounts potentially subject to credit risk are significantly smaller.

At December 31, 2001, the Company had three-interest rate swap contracts with a consolidated notional amount outstanding of $35.0 million. There were no interest rate swap contracts outstanding at December 31, 2000. The derivative financial instruments are reported at their fair values, and are included as other assets and other liabilities, respectively, on the face of the balance sheet.

On March 26, 2001, the Company entered into a $10.0 million interest rate swap which matures on October 17, 2008 under which the Company pays the counter party a variable rate of three-month LIBOR plus five basis points and will receive a fixed rate of 6.00%. Interest payments are settled and variable rates reset quarterly. The counter party has the option to terminate the swap, in whole or in part, on April 17, 2002 and semi-annually thereafter. Management designated the interest rate swap as a fair value hedge of $10.0 million of brokered time deposits issued by the Company on March 26, 2001. The 6.00% fixed rate, brokered time deposits mature on October 17, 2008 and are callable by the Company on March 26, 2002 and semi-annually thereafter. At December 31, 2001, the Company had an unrealized loss of $120,000 for the market value adjustment on this fair value hedge instrument that was offset by a $120,000 decrease in the market value of the 6.00% fixed rate, brokered time deposits.

On May 24, 2001, the Company entered into a $15.0 million interest rate swap agreement which matures on November 25, 2002 under which the Company will pay the counter party a fixed rate of 4.53% and will receive a variable rate of three-month LIBOR less six basis points. Interest payments are settled and variable rates reset quarterly. Management designated the interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge of $15.0 million in variable rate FHLB advances entered into by the Company on May 24, 2001. As of December 31, 2001, the cash flow hedge of the FHLB advances resulted in a decrease of $216,000 in other comprehensive income, net of taxes of $132,000, and a $348,000 increase to other liabilities.

On July 19, 2001, the Company entered into a $10.0 million interest rate swap agreement which matures on October 19, 2002 under which the Company will pay the counter party a fixed rate of 4.205% and will receive a variable rate of three-month LIBOR. Interest payments are settled and variable rates reset quarterly. Management designated the interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge of $10.0 million in variable rate FHLB advances entered into by the Company on July 19, 2001. As of December 31, 2001, the cash flow hedge of FHLB advances resulted in a decrease of $122,000 in other comprehensive income, net of taxes of $76,000, and a $199,000 increase to other liabilities.

The high degree of effectiveness of the Company's derivative financial instruments resulted in no impact to consolidated net income for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Loan Portfolio

During the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company reclassified its loan portfolio to reflect the business purpose of the loans. The loan portfolio at December 31, 2000 was reclassified for comparative purposes. The reclassifications in 2001 and 2000 do not affect earnings. Prior to the year 2000, the Company's loan portfolio records had been classified by collateral codes and reclassifications of such data was not practical.

Total loans increased by $69.4 million or 25.6% to $340.0 million at December 31, 2001. This compares with an increase of $65.1 million or 31.7% to $270.6 million at December 31, 2000. The growth in loans can be attributed to the Company's investment in loan production capacity and new lending products. For the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, the ratio of total loans to total deposits was 97.1%, 99.1% and 89.7%, respectively. For the same periods, total loans represented 70.5%, 76.3%, and 66.7% of total assets, respectively. 

The following table summarizes the loan portfolio of the Company by type of loan:

As of December 31, 2001

          2001                  2000                1999               1998                1997           
Amount  Percent  Amount  Percent  Amount  Percent  Amount  Percent  Amount  Percent 
(Dollars in thousands)
Commercial $  138,327  40.69% $  110,105  40.69% $  70,166  34.14% $  51,970  34.04% $  38,571  31.42%
Real estate mortgage:
   Residential 15,988  4.70    11,082  4.10    30,642  14.91    30,774  20.16    22,529  18.35   
   Commercial 98,977  29.12    77,180  28.53    71,834  34.95    48,681  31.89    48,526  39.53   
Real estate construction:
   Residential 3,767  1.11    5,745  2.12    6,092  2.96    4,538  2.97    2,801  2.28   
   Commercial 41,714  12.27    31,974  11.82    13,596  6.62    10,129  6.63    6,625  5.40   
Consumer 32,539  9.57    24,785  9.16    5,870  2.86    6,583  4.31    3,697  3.01   
Lease financing       8,625      2.54          9,697      3.58       7,311      3.56            --          --            --          --   
        Total loans $  339,937  100.00%  $  270,568  100.00%  $  205,511  100.00%  $  152,675  100.00% $  122,749  100.00%
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At year-end December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company had gross loan concentrations (greater than 25% of capital) in the following industries:

As of December 31

         2001     

         2000     

(Dollars in thousands)          

Real estate industry $    43,324 $  34,119
Health services 17,154 16,195
Building contractors 29,240 16,082
Non-depository financial institutions 8,912 12,404
Business services 19,213 11,352
All other     222,094     180,416
          Gross loans $  339,937 $  270,568
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Adjustable rate loans, utilizing the Prime-lending rate as an index, comprise approximately 76.0% of the commercial and real estate portfolio. The contractual maturity ranges of the commercial and real estate portfolio and the amount of such loans with predetermined interest rates and floating rates in each maturity range as of December 31, 2001 are summarized in the following table: 

As of December 31, 2001


One Year or
Less

After One
Through Five
Years


After
Five Years



Total

(Dollars in thousands)
Commercial $   84,380 $   41,498 $   12,449 $  138,327
Real estate mortgage
   Residential 1,119 3,358 11,511 15,988
   Commercial 14,847 17,816 66,314 98,977
Real estate construction
   Residential 3,353 264 150 3,767
   Commercial       38,377        2,503           834       41,714
             Total $  142,076 $   65,439 $   91,258 $  298,773
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Fixed Rate Loans $   10,396 $   43,778 $   13,950 $    71,706
Variable Rate Loans     131,680       21,661       77,308     227,067
            Net Loans $  142,076 $   65,439 $   91,258 $  298,773
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Nonperforming Assets

The Company believes that it has procedures in place to maintain a high credit quality loan and lease portfolio. These procedures include the approval of lending policies and underwriting guidelines by the Board of Directors, review by an independent internal loan review department, reviews by an independent outside loan review company, the Asset Review Committee of the Board of Directors approval for large credit relationships and loan documentation procedures. The loan review department reports credit risk grade changes on a monthly basis to Management and the Board of Directors. The Company performs monthly and quarterly concentration analyses based on industries, collateral types, business lines, credit sizes and officer portfolio loads. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company's loan portfolio will not be subject to increasing pressures from a deteriorating credit environment due to a decline in the general economic conditions.

The Company generally places a loan on nonaccrual status and ceases accruing interest when, in the opinion of Management, full payment of loan principal and interest is in doubt. All loans past due more than 90 days are placed on nonaccrual status unless the loan is both well-secured by cash or marketable securities and in the process of collection. Cash payments received while a loan is classified as nonaccrual are recorded as a reduction of principal as long as significant doubt exists as to collection of the principal. Otherwise, interest is recognized on a cash basis. In determining the adequacy of the allowance for loan and lease losses, the Company evaluates on an ongoing basis nonaccrual loans and other loans which are considered potential problem loans. Other potential problem loans consist of loans that are currently not considered nonperforming, but where certain information has caused the Company to have concerns as to the ability of the borrower to fully comply with present repayment terms and, depending on economic changes and future events, these loans and others, which may not be presently identified, could become future nonperforming loans.

The Company updates appraisals on loans secured by real estate as these are reviewed, prior to foreclosure or as necessary. In instances where updated appraisals reflect reduced collateral values, an evaluation of the borrower's overall financial condition is made to determine the need, if any, for possible write-downs or appropriate additions to the allowance for loan and lease losses and the need for greater provisions for loan and lease losses. The Company records other real estate at fair value at the time of acquisition less estimated cost to sell.

2001 versus 2000. At December 31, 2001 and 2000, nonperforming assets were $4.0 million and $1.3 million, respectively. The increase was the result of eleven loans placed on nonaccrual, the largest of which was $1.7 million, other real estate owned of $319,000 and repossessed equipment totaling $485,000. At December 31, 2001 and 2000, other potential problem loans totaled $1.5 million and $429,000, respectively.

2000 versus 1999. At year-end December 31, 2000 and 1999, nonperforming assets were $1.3 million and $291,000, while the ratio of nonperforming assets to total loans and foreclosed properties were 0.49% and 0.14%, respectively.

The following table presents information regarding nonperforming assets at the periods indicated:

                                              As of  December 31,                             

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

(Dollars in thousands)
Nonaccrual loans $    3,148  $      776  $      291  $      408  $  1,094
Repossessed equipment      485       213       --       --       --
Other real estate owned          319         355            --           52         133
       Total nonperforming assets        3,952         1,344         291         460         1,227
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 Nonperforming assets to total loans and other
     real estate

       1.16% 

       0.49% 

       0.14% 

       0.30% 

       1.00% 
Nonperforming assets to total assets        0.82            0.38            0.09            0.19            0.60    

Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses. The allowance for loan and lease losses is established through charges to earnings in the form of a provision for loan and lease losses. Management has established an allowance for loan and lease losses which, it believes, is adequate for estimated losses inherent in the loan portfolio. Based on an evaluation of the loan portfolio, Management presents a quarterly review of the allowance for loan and lease losses to the Board of Directors, indicating any change in the allowance since the last review and any recommendations as to adjustments in the allowance. In making its evaluation, Management considers the industry diversification of the loan portfolio, the effect of changes in the local real estate market on collateral values, the results of recent regulatory examinations, the effects on the loan portfolio of current economic conditions and their probable impact on borrowers, the amount of charge-offs for the period, the amount of nonperforming loans and related collateral security, delinquency trends, the evaluation of its loan portfolio and loan growth by lending staff and credit administration as well as the internal and external loan review functions and the result of examinations by banking regulatory agencies. Charge-offs occur when loans are deemed to be uncollectible.

The Company follows a loan review program utilizing both Company staff and independent third party consultants to ensure adequate coverage of all credit exposure and to adequately evaluate the credit risk in the loan portfolio. Through the loan review process, the Company maintains a list of loans classified as substandard, doubtful or losses, which, along with the delinquency list of loans, help Management in assessing the overall quality of the loan portfolio and the adequacy of the allowance for loan and lease losses. Loans classified as substandard are those loans with clear and defined weaknesses such as a highly-leveraged position, unfavorable financial ratios, uncertain repayment sources or poor financial condition, which may jeopardize recoverability of the debt. Loans classified as doubtful are those loans which have characteristics similar to substandard loans but with an increased risk that a loss may occur, or at least a portion of the loan may require a charge-off if liquidated. Both substandard and doubtful loans include some loans that are delinquent at least 30 days or on nonaccrual status. Loans classified as "loss" are those loans which are in the process of being charged off.

In addition to the list of delinquent loans and classified loans, the Company maintains a list of criticized or "Special Mention" loans. These loans have marginal quality which represent a higher level of credit risk, but not sufficient to warrant adverse classification. A separate "Watch" list is also maintained which further aids the Company in monitoring the loan portfolio. Watch list loans show warning elements where the present status portrays one or more deficiencies that require attention in the short-term or where pertinent ratios of the loan account have weakened to a point where more frequent monitoring is warranted. These loans do not have all of the characteristics of a classified loan (substandard or doubtful) but show weakened elements compared with those of a satisfactory credit. The Company reviews these loans to assist in assessing the adequacy of the allowance for loan and lease losses.

The Company uses a migration analysis to assess the adequacy of the allowance for loans and lease losses taking into account the net charge off rates of homogenous loan pools over predetermined historical periods. Due to recent deterioration of the economy, during the third quarter of 2001, the Company began utilizing average historical charge off rates for the previous eight quarters. Prior to the third quarter of 2001, the Company was utilizing average historical charge off rates for the previous nine years. The resulting allowance is then subjectively evaluated through an analysis of criticized, adversely classified and non-homogenous loan pools. Consequently, the Company's allowance for loan and lease losses reflects both qualitative and quantitative estimates of potential credit losses expected over the life of the loans within each risk-rating category for each loan pool in the portfolio. Additionally, Management establishes specific impairment allowances for loans and leases, which in its opinion require an allowance different from those allocated through the use of the migration analysis. To accomplish this, Management takes into consideration, among others, the classification, the delinquency status of the loans, availability, type, value and ability to perfect the supporting collateral, prevalent economic conditions and the financial strength of the borrowers and guarantors.

The allowance for loan and lease losses is comprised of an allocated and unallocated portion. Both portions of the allowance are available to support inherent losses in the loan portfolio. The allocated allowance is determined for each classification of both performing and nonperforming loans and leases within the portfolios. This methodology includes but is not limited to: (i) the application of allowance allocations for commercial, consumer and real estate loans as well as leases and is calculated using the weighted average loss rates over the previous eight quarters, based upon the analysis of averages of historical net loan charge-offs incurred within the portfolios by credit quality grade; (ii) a detailed review of all adversely criticized, nonperforming, and impaired loans and leases to determine if a specific allowance allocation is required on an impaired loan.

The unallocated allowance is established for loss exposure that exists in the remainder of the portfolios but has yet to be identified and to compensate for the uncertainty in estimating loan losses, including the possibility of changes in risk ratings of credits. The unallocated allowance is based on Management's best efforts in evaluating various conditions, including but not limited to local and regional economic, unemployment and interest rate environments, the effects of which are not directly measured in determining the allocated allowance. The evaluation of the inherent loss related to these conditions involves a higher degree of uncertainty because they are not associated with specific problem credits or portfolio segments. The unallocated allowance represents prudent recognition of the fact that allowance estimates, by definition, lack precision.

At December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000, the allowance for loan and lease losses aggregated $5.1 million and $4.6 million, or 1.50% and 1.71% of total loans, respectively. As of December 31, 2001, the allocated and unallocated portions of the allowance were $4.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The unallocated portion of the reserve represented 21.6% of the total allowance at December 31, 2001 compared with 23.5% at December 31, 2000. During 2001, the impact of the net charge offs and change in historical statistics utilized on the migration analysis performed on the loan portfolio resulted in a shift in the allowance from the unallocated to the allocated portion of the allowance. Due to the subjectivity involved in the determination of the unallocated portion of the allowance for loan and lease losses, the relationship of the unallocated component to the total allowance may fluctuate from period to period. Presently, management is of the opinion that the allowance is appropriate considering the current level of loans and leases and overall asset quality reflected in the portfolio. Furthermore, while the allowance for loan and lease losses and the amount of the provision for loan and lease losses are established on a quarterly basis, given the inherent uncertainties of such estimation process, no assurance can be given as to the adequacy or the ultimate amount of the allowance at any future date.

For the year ended December 31, 2001, net loan charge-offs were $1.7 million or 0.56% of average loans compared with net loan charge offs of $696,000 or 0.30% of average loans for 2000 and net recoveries of $218,000, or 0.12% of average loans for 1999. During 2001, the provision for loan losses increased by $1.0 million to $2.2 million. In 2000, the Company recorded a provision for loan losses of $1.3 million compared with $106,000 for 1999. For 2000, the increase was primarily related to loan growth net of the impact of $814,000 in charge-offs related to 13 loans. The following table presents an analysis of the allowance for loan and lease losses and other related data:

                                              Years Ended December 31,                             

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

(Dollars in thousands)
Average loans outstanding $    308,303  $    235,432  $    176,027  $    133,660  $    114,835 
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Total loans outstanding at end of period $    339,937  $    270,568  $    205,511  $    152,675  $    122,749 
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Allowance for loan losses at beginning of period $       4,622  $       4,062  $       3,646  $       3,128  $       2,878 
Provision for loan losses 2,216  1,256  106  128  100 
Charge-offs:
   Commercial (1,717) (523) (608) (41) (169)
   Real estate - mortgage (77) (232) (129) (38) -- 
   Consumer (132) --  (20) (5) -- 
   Lease financing            (71)            (59)            (15)              --               -- 
          Total charge-offs (1,997) (814) (772) (84) (169)
Recoveries:
   Commercial 210  90  988  222  317 
   Real estate - mortgage 14  --  --  -- 
   Consumer 33  250 
   Lease financing                  --                  20                   --                   --                   --  
          Total recoveries          257            118           990           474            319 
Net loan (charge-offs) recoveries     (1,740)        (696)          218           390            150 
Purchased reserve of TBON Leasing             --               --              92               --               --  
Allowance for loan losses at end of period $     5,098  $     4,622  $     4,062  $     3,646  $     3,128 
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Allowance to end of period total loans 1.50% 1.71% 1.98% 2.39% 2.55%
Net loan charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans 0.56    0.30    (0.12)  (0.29)  (0.13) 
Allowance to end of period nonperforming loans 161.94    595.62    1,395.88   893.63   285.92  

The following table describes the allocation of the allowance for loan and lease losses among various categories of loans and certain other information. The allocation is made for analytical purposes and is not necessarily indicative of the categories in which future losses may occur. The total allowance is available to absorb losses from any segment of the credit portfolio. The following chart represents the allocation of the balance of the allowance for loan and lease losses by specific loan portfolio.

As of December 31, 2001

          2001                  2000                1999               1998                1997           



Amount
Percent of Loans to Gross
 Loans 



Amount
Percent of
 Loans to
 Gross
 Loans 



Amount
Percent of
 Loans to
 Gross
  Loans



Amount
Percent of
 Loans to
 Gross
  Loans



Amount
Percent of
 Loans to
 Gross
 Loans
(Dollars in thousands)
   Commercial $  2,460  40.69% $  1,515  40.69% $  1,663  34.14% $    918  34.04% $    916  31.42%
   Real estate mortgage 1,015  33.82    1,575  32.63    1,160  49.86    1,006  52.04    967  57.89   
   Real estate construction 226  13.38    240  13.94    212  9.58    133  9.61    128  7.68   
   Consumer 182  9.57    111  9.16    54  2.86    47  4.31    79  3.01   
   Lease financing 86  2.54    97  3.58    103  3.56    --   --    --   --    
   Unallocated       1,129          --          1,084          --          870          --       1,542         --        1,038          --    
        Total allowance $  5,098  100.00% $  4,622  100.00% $  4,062  100.00% $  3,646  100.00% $  3,128  100.00%
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Deposits

During the year ended December 31, 2001, total deposits increased by 28.2%, or $76.9 million, to $349.9 million compared with $273.0 million in 2000. This increase resulted from the Brentwood and Hendersonville branches, which grew deposits by 51.9% and 47.6%, respectively, and to a lesser degree from the Green Hills and Main branch whose deposits grew by 23.0% and 24.3%, respectively.

At December 31, 2001, the Company's lending and investing activities were funded principally by deposits, approximately 48.2% of which were demand and money market deposits, compared with 51.4% at year-end December 31, 2000. Average non-interest-bearing deposits for the year ended December 31, 2001 were $32.6 million compared with $23.7 million in 2000, an increase of $8.9 million or 37.6%. For the year ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, approximately 10.2% and 9.4%, respectively, of average deposits were non-interest-bearing.

The Company actively solicits time deposits from its customers. In addition, the Company receives time deposits from government municipalities and utility districts. These time deposits generally renew at maturity and have provided a stable base of time deposits. The Company believes that based on its historical experience time deposits greater than $100,000 have core-type characteristics. Of the $80.6 million of time deposits greater than $100,000 at December 31, 2001, approximately $56.3 million or 69.6% have been with the Company longer than one year. In pricing time deposits, the Company seeks to be competitive but generally prices near the middle of the given market.

The following are the average daily balances and weighted average rates on deposits.

As of December 31, 

          2001                  2000                1999     
Amount     Rate    Amount    Rate    Amount    Rate   
(Dollars in thousands)
Interest-bearing deposits:
   NOW accounts $  27,395  2.53% $  17,619  3.17% $  14,222  2.90%
   Money market deposit accounts 95,236  3.59    89,881  4.83    92,059  4.11   
   Time deposits less than $100,000 90,678  5.88    54,985  6.04    37,687  5.39   
   Time deposits $100,000 and over     73,163       5.45          66,337       6.20          35,533       5.33   
            Total interest-bearing deposits 286,472  4.69    228,822  5.39    179,501  4.52   
Noninterest-bearing deposits      32,582           --          23,701           --          19,588          --    
        Total deposits $ 319,054  4.21% $  252,523  4.88% $  199,089  4.08%
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The following table sets forth the amount of the Company's time deposits that are $100,000 or greater by time remaining until maturity:

As of December 31, 2001

(Dollars in thousands)

Three months or less $   33,444     
Over three through six months 24,198     
Over six through 12 months 13,786     
Over 12 months          9,205     
         Total $  80,633     
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Federal Home Loan Bank and Other Borrowings

The Bank maintains an arrangement with the FHLB to provide for certain borrowing needs and diversify the funding sources. The arrangement requires the Bank to hold stock in the FHLB and requires the Bank to pledge investment securities, to be held by the FHLB, or loans as collateral.

At December 31, 2001, and 2000, indebtedness to the FHLB totaled $89.0 million and $34.7 million, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company repaid four loans totaling $34.7 million, of which one, for $20.2 million, had a fixed interest rate of 6.61% and the remaining three, totaling $14.5 million, were at the three month LIBOR less five basis points. Also during the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company entered into seven new loans with the FHLB totaling $89.0 million. Of this amount, five loans totaling $54.0 million are fixed rate advances, whose interest rate is fixed for periods between two and three years bearing an average weighted rate of 4.56% and two loans totaling $35.0 million reprice quarterly at the three-month LIBOR less six basis points. In addition to FHLB loans at December 31, 2000, the Company had a $1.5 million loan from a financial institution to partially fund TBON Leasing's lease portfolio.

On December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company had available for its use $38.5 million, and $34.5 million, respectively, of unsecured short-term bank lines of credit. Such short-term lines serve as backup for temporary loan and investment needs. There are no compensating balance requirements. These lines facilitate federal funds borrowings and bear a rate equal to the current lending rate for federal funds purchased.  There were no amounts outstanding under these lines of credit at December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively, and $5.0 million outstanding at December 31, 1999.

                   Years Ended December 31,              

       2001      

       2000      

       1999      

(Dollars in thousands)
Federal funds purchased:
   At December 31 $         --  $         --  $    5,000
   Average during the year 1,167 6,777 3,102
   Maximum month-end balance during the year 8,500 32,000 18,100
FHLB notes:      
   At December 31 $  89,000 $  34,700 $  24,500
   Average during the year       69,910       17,847       15,376
   Maximum month-end balance during the year 98,500 34,700 24,500
Other short-term borrowings:
   At December 31 $         --  $    1,536 $         -- 
   Average during the year 1,341 1,359      -- 
   Maximum month-end balance during the year       2,138       1,919       -- 

Interest Rate Sensitivity and Interest Rate Risk Management

The Company's Funds Management Policy provides Management with the necessary guidelines for effective funds Management, and the Company has established a measurement system for monitoring its net interest rate sensitivity position. The Company manages its sensitivity position within established guidelines.

The Company's Asset and Liability Committee ("ALCO"), comprised of directors and senior officers of the Company, is charged with the management of Interest rate risk in accordance with policies approved by the Company's Board of Directors. The ALCO formulates strategies based on appropriate levels of interest rate risk. In determining the appropriate level of interest rate risk, the ALCO considers the impact on earnings and capital of the current outlook on interest rates, potential changes in interest rates, regional economy, liquidity, business strategies and other factors. The ALCO meets regularly to review, among other things, the sensitivity of assets and liabilities to interest rate changes, the book and market values of assets and liabilities, unrealized gains and losses, purchase and sale activities, commitments to originate loans and the maturities of investments and borrowings. Additionally, the ALCO reviews liquidity, cash flow flexibility, maturities of deposits and consumer and commercial deposit activity. 

Management uses two methodologies to manage interest rate risk: (i) an analysis of relationships between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and (ii) an interest rate shock simulation model. The Company has traditionally managed its business to reduce its overall exposure to changes in interest rates, however, under current policies of the Company's Board of Directors, Management has been given some latitude to increase the Company's interest rate sensitivity position within certain limits if, in Management's judgment, it will enhance profitability. As a result, changes in market interest rates may have a greater impact on the Company's financial performance in the future than they have had historically.

An interest rate sensitive asset or liability is one that, within a defined time period, either matures or experiences an interest rate change in line with general market interest rates. The management of interest rate risk is performed by analyzing the maturity and repricing relationships between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities at specific points in time ("GAP") and by analyzing the effects of interest rate changes on net interest income over specific periods of time by projecting the performance of the mix of assets and liabilities in varied interest rate environments. Interest rate sensitivity reflects the potential effect on net interest income of a movement in interest rates. A company is considered to be asset sensitive, or having a positive GAP, when the amount of its interest-earning assets maturing or repricing within a given period exceeds the amount of its interest-bearing liabilities also maturing or repricing within that time period. Conversely, a company is considered to be liability sensitive, or having a negative GAP, when the amount of its interest-bearing liabilities maturing or repricing within a given period exceeds the amount of its interest-earning assets also maturing or repricing within that time period. During a period of rising interest rates, a negative GAP would tend to affect adversely net interest income, while a positive GAP would tend to result in an increase in net interest income. During a period of falling interest rates, a negative GAP would tend to result in an increase in net interest income. During a period of falling interest rates, a negative GAP would tend to result in an increase in net interest income, while a positive GAP would tend to affect net interest income adversely.

GAP reflects a one-day position that is continually changing and is not indicative of the Company's position at any other time. While the GAP position is a useful tool in measuring interest rate risk and contributes toward effective asset and liability management, it is difficult to predict the effect of changing interest rates solely on that measure, without accounting for alterations in the maturity or repricing characteristics of the balance sheet that occur during changes in market interest rates. For example, the GAP position reflects only the prepayment assumptions pertaining to the rate environment prevalent at the time of the measurement. Assets tend to prepay faster during periods of declining interest rates than during periods of rising interest rates; because of this and other risk factors not contemplated by the GAP position, an institution could have a matched GAP position in the current rate environment and still have its net interest income exposed to increased rate risk. The following table sets forth an interest rate sensitivity analysis for the Company at December 31, 2001:

Volumes Subject to Repricing Within

0-30
Days

31-180
Days

181-365
Days

1-3
 Years

3-5
Years

6-10
Years

Over 10
Years


Total

(Dollars in thousands)                                         

Interest-earning assets:
    Securities $    5,649  $    9,712  $   11,657  $ 34,751  $   20,136  $   18,250  $ 13,201  $ 113,356 
    Total loans 185,545  15,686  16,954  73,619  43,022  7,604  480  339,937 
Federal funds sold and other
     temporary investments

        4,550 

               -- 

               --  

               -- 

               -- 

               -- 

              -- 

        4,550 
         Total interest-earning
                 assets

$ 192,771 

$   25,398 

$    28,611 

$ 108,370 

$ 63,158 

$  25,854 

$  13,681 

$ 457,843 
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Interest-bearing liabilities:
   Demand, money market and
      NOW accounts

$ 129,983 

$          -- 

$            -- 

$          -- 

$          -- 

$          -- 

$          - 

$ 129,983 
   Time deposits 25,542  87,397  30,320  19,701  9,432  10,000  --  181,392 
   Other borrowings      10,000        39,000               --               --              --        40,000               --     89,000 
       Total interest-bearing
                  liabilities

$ 164,525

$ 126,397 

$   30,320 

$   19,701 

$   9,432 

$   50,000 

$         -- 

$ 400,375 
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   Period GAP $   28,246  $ (100,999) $   (1,709) $   88,669  $  53,726  $ (24,146) $ 13,681  $   57,468 
   Cumulative GAP 28,246  (72,753) (74,462) 14,207  72,254  48,108  61,789 
   Period GAP to total assets 5.86% (21.34)% (0.36)% 18.73% 11.35% (5.10)% 2.89% --%
   Cumulative GAP to total
        assets

5.86%

(17.37)   

(14.82)   

3.00   

1
4.35   

9.25    

12.14    

11.91  
   Interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
117.17   

20.09    

94.36    

550.07   

669.61   

51.71    

NM   


114.35  

The preceding table provides Management with repricing data within given time frames. The purpose of this information is to assist Management in the elements of pricing and of matching interest sensitive assets with interest sensitive liabilities within time frames. The table indicates that at December 31, 2001, the Company was asset sensitive up to a 30-day period and liability sensitive for the period between 31 days up to and including one year. The cumulative negative GAP for the time periods up to and including one year was $74.5 million. With this condition, in a declining or stable rate environment the Company would see net income improve up to a one-year period, as more liabilities would reprice at lower rates.

As a financial institution, the Company's primary component of market risk is interest rate risk, or the potential of economic losses due to future interest rate changes. These economic losses can be reflected as a loss of future net interest income and/or a loss of current fair market values. Ultimately, fluctuations in interest rates will impact liquidity, the level of income and expense recorded on most of the Company's assets and liabilities, and the market value of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities -- other than those which have a short term to maturity. The Company is not subject to foreign exchange or commodity price risk. The Company does not own any trading assets.

The Company's exposure to market risk is reviewed on a regular basis by the ALCO. The objective is to measure the effect on net interest income and to adjust the balance sheet to minimize the inherent risk while at the same time maximizing income. Management realizes certain risks are inherent and that the goal is to identify, monitor, and manage the risks.

The Company applies an economic value of equity ("EVE") methodology to gauge its interest rate risk exposure as derived from its simulation model. Generally, EVE is the discounted present value of the difference between incoming cash flows on interest-earning assets and other investments and outgoing cash flows on interest-bearing liabilities. The application of the methodology attempts to quantify interest rate risk by measuring the change in the EVE that would result from a theoretical instantaneous and sustained 200 basis point shift in market interest rates.

Presented below, as of December 31, 2001, is an analysis of the Company's interest rate risk as measured by changes in EVE for parallel shifts of 200 basis points in market interest rates:


Change in Rates
$ Change in EVE
(In Thousands)

% Change in EVE
EVE as a % of
Present Value of Assets
EVE Ratio Change
-200 bps. $  3,835  9.95% 7.86% 60 bps.
0 bps. --- --- 7.25% ---
+200 bps. $ (3,971) (9.89)% 6.61% (65) bps.

The percentage change in EVE as a result of a 200 basis point decrease in interest rates at December 31, 2001 was 9.95% compared with 5.01% as of December 31, 2000. The percentage change in EVE as a result of a 200 basis point increase in interest rates on December 31, 2001 of 9.89% compared with 4.74% change as of December 31, 2000.

The Company's EVE is most directly affected by the convexity and duration of its investment portfolio. The duration and negative convexity of the Company's investment portfolio produce disproportionate effects on the value of the portfolio with changes in interest rates. Convexity measures the percentage of portfolio price appreciation or depreciation relative to a decrease or increase in interest rates. The higher the negative convexity, the greater the decline in the value of a fixed income security as interest rates increase. The Company's investment portfolio is primarily comprised of long-term, fixed income securities, the value of which would be adversely affected in a rising interest rate environment.

Management believes that the EVE methodology overcomes three shortcomings of the typical maturity GAP methodology. First, it does not use arbitrary repricing intervals and accounts for all expected future cash flows. Second, because the EVE method projects cash flows of each financial instrument under different interest rate environments, it can incorporate the effect of cash flow fluctuations on mortgage related securities on an institution's interest rate risk exposure. Third, it allows interest rates on different instruments to change by varying amounts in response to a change in market interest rates, resulting in more accurate estimates of cash flows.

As with any method of gauging interest rate risk, however, there are certain shortcomings inherent to the EVE methodology. The model assumes interest rate changes are instantaneous parallel shifts in the yield curve. In reality, rate changes are rarely instantaneous. The use of the simplifying assumption that short-term and long-term rates change by the same degree may also misstate historical rate patterns which rarely show parallel yield curve shifts. Further, the model assumes that certain assets and liabilities of similar maturity or repricing will react identically to changes in rates. In reality, the market value of certain types of financial instruments may adjust in anticipation of changes in market rates, while any adjustment in the valuation of other types of financial instruments may lag behind the change in general market rates. Additionally, the EVE methodology does not reflect the full impact of contractual restrictions on changes in rates for certain assets, such as adjustable rate loans. When interest rates change, actual loan prepayments and actual early withdrawals from time deposits may deviate significantly from the assumptions used in the model. Finally, this methodology does not measure or reflect the impact that higher rates may have on the ability of adjustable-rate loan clients to service their debt. All of these factors are considered in monitoring the Company's exposure to interest rate risk.

The prime rate in effect for both December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000 was 4.75% and 9.50%, respectively. Management believes that in the short term the prime rate will remain relatively stable.

Liquidity

Liquidity involves the Company's ability to raise funds to support asset growth or reduce assets to meet deposit withdrawals and other payment obligations, to maintain reserve requirements and otherwise to operate the Company on an ongoing basis. Liquidity is managed to ensure there is sufficient funding to satisfy demand for credit, deposit withdrawals and attractive investment opportunities. A large, stable core deposit base, and a strong capital position are the solid foundation for the Company's liquidity position.

The Company's liquidity needs are met primarily by financing activities, consisting mainly of core deposits, but also include borrowed funds and cash flows from operations. Customer-based core deposits, the Company's largest and most cost-effective source of funding, totaled $239.5 million representing 68.4% of total deposits at December 31, 2001 compared to $191.2 million or 70.0% at December 31, 2000. Net borrowed funds, which primarily include short-term funds purchased and sold, wholesale and brokered domestic deposits, FHLB and other short-term borrowings, were $89.0 million at December 31, 2001, compared with $36.2 million at December 31, 2000. Cash flows from operations are also a significant source of liquidity. Net cash from operations primarily results from net income adjusted for noncash items such as depreciation and amortization, provision for loan and lease losses, and deferred tax items.

Liquidity is strengthened by ready access to a diversified base of wholesale funding sources. These sources include federal funds purchased, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, certificates of deposit, and FHLB advances. Liquidity is also available through unpledged loans and securities in the investment portfolio.

The Company has a contingency funding plan that stress-tests liquidity needs that may arise from certain events such as rapid loan growth or significant deposit runoff. The plan also provides for continual monitoring of net borrowed funds dependence and available sources of liquidity. Management believes the Company has the funding capacity to meet operational and contingent liquidity needs.

Subject to certain limitations, the Bank is eligible for certain borrowing programs through the FHLB. Generally, most advances require delivery of eligible securities as collateral. Maturities under these programs range from one day to 20 years. FHLB advances can be particularly attractive as a longer-term funding source to balance interest rate sensitivity and reduce interest rate risk. During the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company used the FHLB borrowing proceeds to acquire fixed income securities in an effort to utilize its leverage capacity and increase earnings and minimize the results that a declining rate environment would have on its income stream, and to diversify its funding costs.

At December 31, 2001, the Company was using three of the 17 borrowing programs for which it is eligible through the FHLB totaling $89.0 million. The first, the LIBOR Advance is a source of term financing priced at a spread to the prevailing rates on one- and three-month LIBOR, with maturities ranging from 12 months up to a maximum of 120 months. At December 31, 2001 the Company had two loans totaling $35.0 million under this program. The second program, the Repo Advance is a source of liquidity with terms and conditions comparable to those available in the market for short-term repurchase agreements. Borrowers specify term to maturity from one day to one year. The interest rate is fixed for the term of the advance. At December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company had one loan for $14.0 million outstanding under this program. The third program, the Convertible Fixed Rate Advance, provides the Company with a fixed rate loan for a determined period of time after which it converts to a floating rate advance. Upon such event, the Company is able to prepay the advance without incurring a penalty fee. At December 31, 2001, the Company had four loans totaling $40.0 million outstanding under this program. As a requirement to these advances, the Company currently maintains some of its investment securities in safekeeping at the FHLB.

The following table summarizes the Company's total contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of December 31, 2001.

Year ended December 31, 2001


  Within One
 Year  
After one
but within three
years
After three years
but within five
years


After five years 


Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Short term FHLB debt $  14,000  $          --  $          --  $          --   $ 14,000 
Long-term FHLB debt --  35,000  --  40,000  75,000 
Operating leases 826  1,709  1,687  3,539  7,761 
Other long-term obligations               --               --             --             --             --  
        Total contractual cash
              obligations

$  14,826 

$ 36,709 

$  1,687 

$ 43,539 

$ 96,761 
======== ======= ====== ====== =======

 

Year ended December 31, 2001


  Within One
  Year  
After one
but within three
years
After three years
but within five
years


After five years 


Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Standby letters of credit $   6,160  $    660  $          --  $          --    $     6,820 
Undisbursed construction loans 15,377  --  --  --   15,377 
Unused lines of credit 74,735  1,730  --  13,951  90,416 
Other loan commitments            490            --          203             --              693 
        Total loan commitments and
              letters of credit

$ 96,762 

$ 2,390 

$      203 

$ 13,951 

$ 113,306 
======= ====== ====== ====== ========

Due to the nature of the Company's unfunded loan commitments, including unfunded lines of credit, the amounts presented above do not necessarily represent amounts the Company anticipates funding in the time periods presented above.

Capital Resources

Capital management consists of providing equity to support both current and future operations. The Company is subject to capital adequacy requirements imposed by the Federal Reserve Board and the Bank is subject to capital adequacy requirements imposed by the Federal Reserve and the TDFI. The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve and the TDFI have adopted risk-based capital requirements for assessing bank holding company and bank capital adequacy. These standards define capital and establish minimum capital requirements in relation to assets and off-balance sheet exposure, adjusted for credit risk. The risk-based capital standards currently in effect are designed to make regulatory capital requirements more sensitive to differences in risk profiles among bank holding companies and banks, to account for off-balance sheet exposure and to minimize disincentives for holding liquid assets. Assets and off-balance sheet items are assigned to broad risk categories, each with appropriate relative risk weights. The resulting capital ratios represent capital as a percentage of total risk-weighted assets and off-balance sheet items.

The risk-based capital standards of the Federal Reserve Board require all bank holding companies to have a "Leverage Ratio" of at least 3.0%, "Tier 1 capital" of at least 4.0% and "total risk-based" capital (Tier 1 and Tier 2) of at least 8.0% of total risk-adjusted assets. Leverage ratio is calculated by dividing total assets into total equity, excluding other comprehensive income. "Tier 1 capital" generally includes common shareholders' equity and qualifying perpetual preferred stock together with related surpluses and retained earnings, less deductions for goodwill and various other intangibles. "Tier 2 capital" may consist of a limited amount of intermediate-term preferred stock, a limited amount of term subordinated debt, certain hybrid capital instruments and other debt securities, perpetual preferred stock not qualifying as Tier 1 capital and a limited amount of the general valuation allowance for loan and lease losses. The sum of Tier 1 capital and Tier 2 capital is "total risk-based capital."

The Federal Reserve Board has also adopted guidelines which supplement the risk-based capital guidelines with a minimum ratio of Tier 1 capital to average total consolidated assets ("leverage ratio") of 3.0% for institutions with well diversified risk, including no undue interest rate exposure; excellent asset quality; high liquidity; good earnings; and that are generally considered to be strong banking organizations, rated composite 1 under applicable federal guidelines and that are not experiencing or anticipating significant growth. Other banking organizations are required to maintain a leverage ratio of at least 4.0% to 5.0%. These rules further provide that banking organizations experiencing internal growth or making acquisitions will be expected to maintain capital positions substantially above the minimum supervisory levels and comparable to peer group averages, without significant reliance on intangible assets.

Pursuant to FDICIA, each federal banking agency revised its risk-based capital standards to ensure that those standards take adequate account of interest rate risk, concentration of credit risk and the risks of nontraditional activities, as well as reflect the actual performance and expected risk of loss on multifamily mortgages. The Bank is subject to capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve that are substantially similar to the Federal Reserve Board's guidelines. Also pursuant to FDICIA, the Federal Reserve has promulgated regulations setting the levels at which an insured institution such as the Bank would be considered "well capitalized," "adequately capitalized," "undercapitalized," "significantly undercapitalized" and "critically undercapitalized." The Bank is classified "well capitalized" for purposes of the Federal Reserve's prompt corrective action regulations. See "Supervision and Regulation -- The Company" and " -- The Bank."

Shareholders' equity decreased from $42.3 million at December 31, 2000 to $38.6 million at December 31, 2001, a decrease of $3.7 million or 8.75%. This decrease was the result of the stock repurchase program commenced in 1999, which continued during 2001, coupled with $2.2 million in dividends paid, these were partially offset by net income of $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001.

The following table provides a comparison of the Company's and the Bank's leverage and risk-weighted capital ratios as of December 31, 2001 to the minimum and well-capitalized regulatory standards:

Minimum
Required

Well
Capitalized

Actual Ratio at
December 31, 2001

The Company
    Leverage ratio(1) 3.00% N/A 8.55%
    Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio 4.00    N/A 9.82   
    Risk-based capital ratio 8.00    N/A 11.07   
The Bank
    Leverage ratio(1) 3.00% 5.00% 7.88%
    Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio 4.00     6.00    9.04   
    Risk-based capital ratio 8.00     10.00    10.30   
                                                                             
(1) The Federal Reserve Board may require the Company and Bank to maintain a leverage ratio of up to 200 basis points above the
      required minimum.

 

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS.

Business Combinations, Goodwill, and Intangible Assets. In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement No. 141 ("SFAS 141"), Business Combinations, and Statement No. 142 ("SFAS 142"), Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS 141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001. SFAS 141 also specifies criteria that intangible assets, acquired in a purchase method business combination, must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill, noting that any purchase price allocable to an assembled workforce may not be accounted for separately. SFAS 142 will require that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives no longer be amortized, but instead tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 142. SFAS 142 will also require that intangible assets with estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment.

The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 141 in 2001 and is required to adopt SFAS 142 effective January 1, 2002. Upon adoption of SFAS 142, goodwill and intangible assets determined to have an indefinite useful life acquired in a purchase business combination will not be amortized, but will continue to be evaluated for impairment.

Upon adoption of SFAS 142, the Company must evaluate its existing intangible assets and goodwill that were acquired in a prior purchase business combination, and to make any necessary reclassifications in order to conform with the new criteria in SFAS 141 for recognition apart from goodwill. The Company will also be required to reassess the useful lives and residual values of all intangible assets acquired, and make any necessary amortization period adjustments by the end of the first interim period after adoption. In addition to the extent an intangible asset is identified as having an indefinite useful life, the Company will be required to test the intangible asset for impairment in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 142 within the first interim period. Any impairment loss will be measured as of the date of adoption and recognized as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the first interim period.

In connection with SFAS 142's transitional goodwill impairment evaluation, SFAS 142 will require the Company to perform an assessment of whether there is an indication that goodwill is impaired as of the date of adoption. To accomplish this, the Company must identify its reporting units and determine the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of the date of adoption. The Company will then have up to six months from the date of adoption to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare it to the reporting unit's carrying amount. To the extent a reporting unit's carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an indication exists that the reporting unit's goodwill may be impaired and the Company must perform the second step of the transitional impairment test. In the second step, the Company must compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill, determined by allocating the reporting unit's fair value to all of its assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation in accordance with SFAS 141, to its carrying amount, both of which would be measured as of the date of adoption. This second step is required to be completed as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the year of adoption. Any transitional impairment loss will be recognized as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the Company's statement of earnings.

At December 31, 2001, the Company had unamortized goodwill of $201,840, which will be subject to the transition provisions of SFAS 141 and 142. Amortization expense related to goodwill was $15,941 for the year ended December 31, 2001. Because of the small amount of unamortized goodwill at December 31, 2001, the Company does not expect SFAS 142 to have a significant impact on its financial statements.

Asset Retirement Obligations. In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143 ("SFAS 143"), "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations". That standard requires entities to record the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation in the period in which it is incurred. When the liability is initially recorded, the entity will capitalize a cost by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. Over time, the liability is accreted to its present value each period, and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful life of the related asset. Upon settlement of the liability, an entity either settles the obligation for its recorded amount or incurs a gain or loss upon settlement. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002, with earlier adoption permitted. The Company does not expect SFAS 143 to have a significant impact on its financial statements.

Impairment. In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144 ("SFAS 144"), Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, which supersedes both SFAS No. 121("SFAS 121"), Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB Opinion No. 30, Reporting the Results of Operations-Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions ("Opinion 30"), for the disposal of a segment of a business (as previously defined in that Opinion). SFAS 144 retains the fundamental provisions in SFAS 121 for recognizing and measuring impairment losses on long-lived assets held for use and long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale, while also resolving significant implementation issues associated with SFAS 121. For example, SFAS 144 provides guidance on how a long-lived asset that is used, as part of a group should be evaluated for impairment, establishes criteria for when a long-lived asset is held for sale, and prescribes the accounting for a long-lived asset that will be disposed of other than by sale. SFAS 144 retains the basic provisions of Opinion 30 on how to present discontinued operations in the income statement but broadens that presentation to include a component of an entity (rather than a segment of a business).

The Company is required to adopt SFAS 144 no later than January 1, 2002. Management does not expect the adoption of SFAS 144  to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements because the impairment assessment under SFAS 144 is largely unchanged from SFAS 121. 

ITEM 7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

For information regarding the market risk of the Company's financial instruments, see "-- Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Interest Rate Sensitivity and Interest Rate Risk Management." The Company's principal market risk exposure is to interest rates.

ITEM 8.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Reference is made to the financial statements, the reports thereon, the notes thereto and supplementary data commencing at page F-1 of this Form 10-K, which financial statements, reports, notes and data are incorporated herein by reference.

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

The following table represents summarized data for each of the quarters during fiscal years 2001 and 2000.

     2001

For the three months ended 

December 31 

September 30 

    June 30         March 31   
(In thousands, except per share data)
Interest income $      8,504  $      8,664  $      8,456  $      7,886 
Interest expense        4,012         4,450         4,352           4,042  
      Net interest income       4,492        4,214        4,104        3,844 
Provision for loan and lease losses           616            658            687            255 
      Net interest income after provision for loan and
           lease losses

3,876 

3,556 

3,417 

3,589 
Noninterest income 1,528  977  1,025  771 
Noninterest expense        4,039         3,166         3,045         2,976 
      Income before provision for income taxes       1,365        1,367        1,397        1,384 
Provision for income taxes           598            522            534            533 
      Net income $        767  $        845  $        863  $        851 
======= ======= ======= =======
Income per share:
       Basic $     0.25  $     0.26  $     0.26  $     0.25 
       Diluted $     0.25  $     0.26  $     0.26  $     0.25 
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding:
       Basic 3,015  3,232  3,285  3,418 
       Diluted 3,064  3,254  3,306  3,425 

 

     2000

For the three months ended 

December 31 

September 30 

    June 30         March 31   
(In thousands, except per share data)
Interest income $      7,828  $      7,410  $      6,780  $      6,263 
Interest expense        3,926         3,724         3,364           2,911 
      Net interest income       3,902        3,686        3,416        3,352 
Provision for loan and lease losses           449            360            237            210 
      Net interest income after provision for loan and
           lease losses

3,453 

3,326 

3,179 

3,142 
Noninterest income 795  712  660  618 
Noninterest expense        2,943         2,715         2,466         2,418 
      Income before provision for income taxes       1,305        1,323        1,373        1,342 
Provision for income taxes           531            523            522            510 
      Net income $        774  $        800  $        851  $        832 
======= ======= ======= =======
Income per share:
       Basic $     0.23  $     0.23  $     0.23  $     0.21 
       Diluted $     0.23  $     0.23  $     0.23  $     0.21 
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding:
       Basic 3,450  3,519  3,632  3,875 
       Diluted 3,451  3,521  3,649  3,920 

 

ITEM 9.    CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

There have been no disagreements with accountants on any matter of accounting principles or practices or financial statement disclosures during the two-year period ended December 31, 2001.


PART III

ITEM 10.    DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

The information under the captions "Election of Directors", "Continuing Directors and Executive Officers" and "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" in the Company's definitive Proxy Statement for its 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "2002 Proxy Statement"), is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.

ITEM 11.    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information under the caption "Executive Compensation and Other Matters" in the 2002 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by response to this item.

ITEM 12.    SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The information under the caption "Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock by Management of the Company and Principal Shareholders" in the 2002 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by response to this item.

ITEM 13.    CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The information under the caption "Interests of Management and Others in Certain Transactions" in the 2002 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by response to this item.


PART IV

ITEM 14.    EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(A) CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Reference is made to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the reports thereon, the notes thereto and supplementary data commencing at page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Set forth below is a list of such Consolidated Financial Statements:

    Independent Auditors' Report

    Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2001 and 2000

    Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999

    Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended 
         December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999

    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999

    Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

All supplemental schedules are omitted as inapplicable or because the required information is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements or notes thereto.

(B) REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

Not applicable

(C) EXHIBITS

Each exhibit marked with an asterisk is filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

EXHIBIT

 

COMMENTS

1

-

Not required.

2

-

Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation, or succession. None

3 Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, incorporated by reference to exhibit 3 to the Registrants' Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.
4 Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures.
4.01 Form of specimen Certificate of Common Stock, incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.
4.02 Community Financial Group, Inc., and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent, Shareholders Rights Agreement dated as of January 21, 1998, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-A dated January 26, 2998.
5 Not required.
6 Not required.
7 Not required.
8 Not required.
9 Voting Trust Agreement. None.

10

-

Material Contracts.

10.01*

-

Lease Agreement dated November 20, 2000 between The Bank of Nashville and Carothers at Bakers Bridge, LLC.

10.02*

-

Option Agreement dated July 16, 1996 by and between Community Financial Group, Inc., and Mack S. Linebaugh, Jr., incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.03 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1996 (SEC File No. 000-28496, Film No. 97566529), and amendments thereto dated August 22, 2000, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.01 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. Amendments to Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated February 8, 2000, May 13, 1999, April 21, 1998, and April 29, 1997, all of which Amendments are dated August 22, 2000 incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.01 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

10.03*

-

Option Agreement dated July 16, 1996 by and between Community Financial Group, Inc., and Julian C. Cornett incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.04 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1996 (SEC File No. 000-28496, Film No. 97566529), and amendments thereto dated August 22, 2000, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.01 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. Amendments to Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated February 8, 2000, May 13, 1999, April 21, 1998, and April 29, 1997, all of which Amendments are dated August 22, 2000 incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.02 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

10.05 Option Agreement by and between Community Financial Group, Inc. and J. Hunter Atkins dated August 20, 2000, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.03 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.
10.06 Option Agreement by and between Community Financial Group, Inc. and Attilio F. Galli dated August 21, 2000, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.04 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.
10.07* Option Agreement by and between Community Financial Group, Inc. and J. Hunter Atkins dated June 19, 2001.
10.08* Option Agreement by and between Community Financial Group, Inc. and Attilio F. Galli dated June 19, 2001.
10.09* Option Agreement by and between Community Financial Group, Inc. and Julian C. Cornett dated June 19, 2001.
10.10* Lease Agreement dated January 23, 2002 by and between The Bank of Nashville and Richard W. Carpenter, Sr., and Richard S. Davis, Jr.
10.11 Lease Agreement dated July 19, 1989 between The Bank of Nashville and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.05 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1996 (SEC File No. 000-28496, Film No. 97566529). Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has been succeeded as property owner by LC Tower, L.L.C.
10.12 Lease Agreement dated August 7, 1996 between The Bank of Nashville and Coleman Partners, a Tennessee Partnership, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.06 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1996 (SEC File No. 000-28496, Film No. 97566529).
10.13 The Bank of Nashville Retirement Savings Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.07 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1996 (SEC File No. 000-28496, Film No. 97566529) and amendment No. 1 to said plan filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Registrant's Form S-8 filed July 27, 2000 (SEC File No. 333-42328, Film No. 679755). 
10.14 Associates' Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.08 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1996 (SEC File No. 000-28496, Film No. 97566529).
10.15 Community Financial Group, Inc. 1997 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.09 to the Registrant's Form S-2 (SEC File No. 333-24309) dated April 1, 1997.
10.16 Lease Agreement dated August 4, 1997 between The Bank of Nashville and Graystone, LLC. Incorporated by Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10KSB (SEC File No. 000-28496, Film No. 98579662).
10.17 First Amendment to the Lease Agreement dated April 13, 1999 between The Bank of Nashville and LC Tower, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 1999 (SEC File No. 000-28496, Film No. 585946).
10.18 Second Amendment to the Lease Agreement dated June 20, 2000 between The Bank of Nashville and LC Tower, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registrant's Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.
10.19* Executive Termination Agreement by and between Community Financial Group, Inc., The Bank of Nashville, and Julian C. Cornett dated March 1, 2002.
10.20* Executive Termination Agreement by and between Community Financial Group, Inc., The Bank of Nashville, and C. Blake Parks initially entered into on March 1, 2001 and extended on March 1, 2002.
10.21* Executive Employment Agreement by and between Community Financial Group, Inc., The Bank of Nashville, and J. Hunter Atkins initially entered into on September 15, 2000 as extended on March 1, 2002.
10.22* Executive Employment Agreement by and between Community Financial Group, Inc., The Bank of Nashville, and Attilio F. Galli initially entered into on March 1, 2001 as amended and extended on March 1, 2002.

11

-

Statement re computation of earnings per share, included as Note (L) to the Consolidated Financial Statements on Page F-8 of this Form 10K.

12

-

Statement re computation of ratios. Not applicable.

13

-

Not required.

14

-

Not required.

15

-

Not required.

16

-

Letter re change in certifying accountant. Not applicable.

17

-

Not required.

18

-

Letter re change in accounting principles. Not applicable.

19

-

Not required.

20

-

Not required.

21

-

Subsidiaries of the registrant.

22

-

Published report regarding matters submitted to vote of security holders. None.

23

-

Consent of KPMG, LLP

24

-

Power of Attorney. None.

25

-

Not required.

26

-

Not required.

99

-

Additional Exhibits. None

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Community Financial Group Inc, has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville and State of Tennessee on March 19, 2002.

                                                                                                         COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

                                                                                                         By: /s/ J. HUNTER ATKINS                             

                                                                                                                                 J. Hunter Atkins

                                                                                                                President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons in the indicated capacities on March 19, 2002.

Signature

Position

/s/ J. HUNTER ATKINS

President and Chief Executive Officer

J. Hunter Atkins

(principal executive officer)


/s/ ATTILIO F. GALLI

Chief Financial Officer

Attilio F. Galli

(principal financial officer)


  MACK S. LINEBAUGH

Mack S. Linebaugh

Director


 L. LEON MOORE

L. Leon Moore

Director


J. B. BAKER

J. B. Baker

Director


/s/ PERRY W. MOSKOVITZ

Perry W. Moskovitz

Director


/s/ JO D. FEDERSPIEL

Jo D. Federspiel

Director


RICHARD H. FULTON

Richard H. Fulton

Director


/s/ C. NORRIS NIELSEN

C. Norris Nielsen

Director


/s/ DAVID M. RESHA

David M. Resha

Director


/s/ G. EDGAR THORNTON

G. Edgar Thornton

Director



INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

PAGE
Report of Management's Responsibility for Financial Reporting F - 2
Independent Auditors' Report F - 3
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 F - 4
Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 F - 5
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended 
       December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999

F - 6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 F - 7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F - 8

REPORT OF MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING

The Management of Community Financial Group, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") is responsible for preparing the accompanying consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The amounts therein are based on Management's best estimates and judgments. Management has also prepared other information in the annual report and is responsible for its accuracy and consistency with the consolidated financial statements.

The Company maintains a system of internal accounting control which Management believes, taken as a whole, is sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that assets are properly safeguarded and that transactions are executed in accordance with proper authorization and are recorded and reported properly. In establishing and maintaining any system of internal accounting control, estimates and judgments are required to assess the relative costs and expected benefits. The Company also maintains a program that independently assesses the effectiveness of its internal controls.

The Company's consolidated financial statements have been audited by independent certified public accountants. Their Independent Auditors' Report, which follows, is based on an audit made in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and expresses an opinion as to the fair presentation of the Company's consolidated financial statements. In performing their audit, the Company's independent certified public accountants consider the Company's internal control to the extent they deem necessary in order to issue their opinion on the consolidated financial statements.

The Board of Directors pursues its oversight role for the consolidated financial statements through the Audit Committee, which consists solely of outside directors. The Audit Committee meets periodically with both Management and the independent certified public accountants to assure that each is carrying out its responsibilities.

/s/ J. Hunter Atkins

J. Hunter Atkins
President and CEO

March 19, 2002

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Community Financial Group, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Community Financial Group, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2001. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Community Financial Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ KPMG LLP
Nashville, Tennessee
January 15, 2002

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COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)
(Unaudited)

December 31,

       2001     

       2000     

ASSETS

Cash and due from banks

$    18,217 

$     10,738 

Federal funds sold and other temporary investments 4,550  8,300 
Investment securities available-for-sale
     (amortized cost of $112,423 in 2001 and $62,678 in 2000)

113,356 

62,775 
Residential mortgage loans held-for-sale 2,366  -- 
Loans and leases (net of unearned income of $2,590 in 2001 and $2,886 in 2000
        Commercial 138,327  110,105 
        Real estate - mortgage loans 114,965  88,262 
        Real estate - construction loans 45,481  37,719 
        Consumer 32,539  24,785 
        Lease financing        8,625        9,697 
             Loans and leases, net of unearned income 339,937  270,568 
        Less allowance for loan and lease losses       (5,098)      (4,622)
             Total net loans and leases 334,839  265,946 
Premises and equipment, net 4,166  3,471 
Accrued interest receivable and other assets        4,817        3,390 
            Total assets $  482,310  $ 354,620 
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Deposits:
        Noninterest-bearing $  38,572  $   27,866 
        NOW accounts 36,562  21,074 
        Money market accounts 93,421  91,447 
        Time deposits less than $100,000 100,759  70,636 
        Time deposits greater than $100,000        80,633       62,013 
            Total deposits 349,948  273,036 
Federal Home Loan Bank and other borrowings 89,000  36,236 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities        4,73        3,067  
            Total liabilities    443,685      312,339 
Commitments and contingencies --  -- 
Shareholders' equity:
        Common stock, $6 par value; authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding
           shares of 3,077,071 in 2001 and 3,425,850 in 2000

18,462 

20,555 
        Additional paid-in capital 10,640  13,507 
        Retained earnings 9,282  8,159 
       Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax           241               60 
             Total shareholders' equity      38,625        42,281 
            Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $  482,310  $  354,620 
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

F - 4


COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(
In thousands, Except Per Share Data)

Years Ended December 31,

      2001    

      2000    

      1999    

Interest income:
        Interest and fees on loans $      26,821  $      23,035  $      15,995 
        Federal funds sold and other temporary investments 424  170  626 
        Interest on investment securities:
             U.S. government agency obligations 5,805  4,602  4,101 
             States and political subdivisions, tax-exempt 117  116  67 
             Other securities             343              358              186 
                    Total interest income        33,510         28,281         20,975 
Interest expense:
        Interest-bearing demand deposits 4,113  4,904  4,196 
        Time deposits less than $100,000 5,329  3,319  2,031 
        Time deposits greater than $100,000 3,989  4,112  1,894 
        Federal Home Loan Bank and other borrowings 3,369  1,122  156 
        Federal funds purchased              56             468             776 
                   Total interest expense       16,856        13,925          9,053 
Net interest income 16,654  14,356  11,922 
Provision for loan and lease losses          2,216           1,256             106 
Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses       14,438        13,100        11,816 
Noninterest income:
        Service fee income 1,200  884  879 
        Trust income --  --  93 
        Investment center income 1,555  1,589  1,345 
        Gain/(loss) on sale of investment securities, net 457  (97)  (5) 
        Gain on sale of mortgage loans held for sale 487  --  -- 
        Income from foreclosed assets --  83 
        Gain on sale of other real estate owned 126  10  29 
        Other noninterest income           476            316            331 
                   Total noninterest income        4,301         2,785         2,675 
Noninterest expense:
        Salaries and employee benefits 7,154  5,864  4,687 
        Occupancy 1,712  1,525  1,298 
        Insufficient check losses 486    50    184 
        Audit, tax and accounting 392  252  262 
        Other outside services 390  290  222 
        Advertising and marketing 381  319  336 
        Data and item processing 361    207    175 
        Loan related 313    281    183 
        Legal services 287    117    72 
        Telecommunications 257    179    170 
        Other noninterest expense        1,493         1,458         1,256 
                   Total noninterest expense     13,226      10,542         8,845 
Income before provision for income taxes 5,513  5,343  5,646 
Provision for income taxes        2,187         2,086         2,145 
Net income $      3,326  $      3,257  $      3,501 
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Net income per common share:
       Basic $     1.02  $     0.90  $     0.86 
       Diluted $     1.02  $     0.90  $     0.85 
Weighted average shares outstanding:
       Basic 3,251  3,619  4,068 
       Diluted 3,268  3,635  4,129 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

F - 5


COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000 AND 1999
(In thousands)



         Common Stock

              Shares        At Par



Additional
Paid-in
   Capital  




Retained
  Earnings 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income(loss)
     net of tax    





 Total 

Balance at January 1, 1999 4,216  $  25,299  $    19,773  $     5,759  $       340  $    51,171 
   Issuance of common stock 12  70  85  --  --  155 
   Repurchase of common stock (305) (1,827) (2,477) --  --  (4,304)
   Comprehensive income:         
         Other comprehensive loss --  --  --  --  (1,327)  -- 
         Net income --  --  --  3,501  --  -- 
             Total comprehensive income      --  2,174 
   Dividends, $0.46 per share              --             --               --       (1,881)              --       (1,881)
Balance at December 31, 1999 3,924    23,542      17,381       7,379         (987)     47,315 
   Issuance of common stock 82  490  321  --   --  811 
   Repurchase of common stock (580) (3,477) (4,195) --  --  (7,672)
   Comprehensive income:          
         Other comprehensive income --  --  --  --  1,047  -- 
         Net income --  --  --  3,257  --  -- 
             Total comprehensive income           4,304 
   Dividends, $0.68 per share              --               --               --       (2,477)              --     (2,477)
Balance at December 31, 2000 3,426    20,555      13,507       8,159         60      42,281 
   Issuance of common stock 13  79  98  --   --  177 
   Repurchase of common stock (362) (2,172) (2,965) --  --  (5,137)
   Comprehensive income:           
         Other comprehensive income --  --  --  --  181   
         Net income --  --  --  3,326  --   
             Total comprehensive income           3,507 
   Dividends, $0.68 per share            --           --               --       (2,203)              --     (2,203)
Balance at December 31, 2001 3,077  $  18,462  $    10,640  $    9,282  $         241  $  38,625 
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

F - 6


COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)

Years ended December 31, 

      2001             2000             1999    
Cash flows from operating activities:
       Interest received $   33,410  $   28,273  $   20,809 
       Fees received 3,599  2,785  2,675 
       Interest paid (16,660) (13,921) (8,469)
       Cash paid to suppliers and associates      (15,017)   (10,218)    (10,869)
             Net cash provided by operating activities         5,332        6,919        4,146 
Cash flows from investing activities:
       Maturities of investment securities available for sale 25,219  18,252  52,153 
       Sales of investment securities available for sale 25,047  10,395  8,203 
       Purchases of investment securities available for sale (99,511) (14,740) (65,648)
       Net cash paid for TBON Leasing --  --  (1,250)
       Residential mortgage loans held-for-sale (2,366) --  -- 
       Loans and leases originated by customers, net (71,097) (64,646) (46,541)
       Capital expenditures        (1,407)         (573)      (1,361)
             Net cash used by investing activities    (124,115)    (51,312)    (54,444)
Cash flows from financing activities:
       Net increase in demand deposits, NOW and money market accounts 28,168  13,996  23,780 
       Net increase in certificates of deposit 48,743  29,899  42,808 
       Repayment of advances from Federal Home Loan Bank (36,236) (10,000) (4,720)
       Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank and other borrowings 89,000  21,736  10,000 
       Net proceeds from issuance of common stock 177  656  155 
       Repurchase of common stock (5,137) (7,672) (4,304)
       Cash dividends paid        (2,203)      (2,477)      (1,881)
             Net cash provided by financing activities     122,512       46,138       65,838 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 3,729  (1,745) 15,540 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year      19,038       20,783        5,243 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $   22,767  $   19,038  $   20,783 
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Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Net income $    3,326  $    3,257  $    3,501 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
       (Gain)/loss on sale of investment securities (457) 97 
       Depreciation and amortization 866  767  695 
       Provision for loan and lease losses 2,216  1,256  106 
       Provision for deferred income taxes (941) (437) (161)
       Gain on sale of other real estate owned (126) (10) (29)
       Stock dividend income (245) (131) (117)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
       Decrease/(increase) in accrued interest receivable and other assets (242) 1,686   (1,064)
       Increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities        935           434        1,210 
Net cash provided by operating activities $    5,332  $    6,919  $    4,146 
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Supplemental Disclosure
Non Cash Transactions:
       Change in unrealized gain/(loss) on investment securities
         available for sale and derivative financial instruments, net of tax

$    181 

$      1,047 

$ (1,327)
       Foreclosures of loans during the year 804  568  --  
Cash paid for:
       Income taxes $    2,849  $  2,410   $  2,186 
       Interest $  16,660  $  13,921  $  8,469 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

F - 7


NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000 AND 1999

A.    SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Description of Operations

Community Financial Group, Inc. (CFGI) is a registered bank holding company under the Federal Reserve Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. CFGI owns The Bank of Nashville (the Bank) and its subsidiaries, all of which are collectively referred to as the Company. The Bank owns 100% of TBON-Mooreland Joint Venture, LLC (TBON-Mooreland), and an 80% interest in Machinery Leasing Company of North America, Inc. (TBON Leasing). The Bank is a state-chartered bank incorporated in 1989 under the laws of the state of Tennessee.

The Bank primarily provides commercial banking services to small business customers located in the Middle Tennessee market. The Bank competes with numerous financial institutions within its market place.

TBON Leasing buys, sells and leases machinery and equipment. TBON-Mooreland underwrites title insurance on the Bank's loans.

Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CFGI and the Bank and its subsidiaries TBON Leasing and TBON-Mooreland (collectively the Company) after elimination of material intercompany accounts and transactions.

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and to general practices within the banking industry. Management has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities to prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Following is a summary of the more significant accounting policies of the Company.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the consolidated statements of cash flows, cash and liquid investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased are considered to be cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of cash and due from banks and federal funds sold and other temporary investments.

Investment Securities

At December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company has classified its entire investment securities portfolio as available for sale. Available for sale investment securities are reported at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on investment securities available for sale are reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of applicable income taxes. The adjusted fair value of a specific investment security sold is used to compute the gain or loss on the sale of that security at which time the unrecognized gain or loss included in the other comprehensive income is realized and recorded in the income statement as a component of noninterest income. Investment security purchases and sales are recorded on their trade date. Purchased premiums and discounts are amortized and accreted into interest income on a constant yield over the life of the investment securities taking into consideration prepayment assumptions. A decline in the fair value of any available-for-sale or held to maturity investment security below cost that is deemed to be other than temporary, results in a reduction in carrying amount to fair value. The impairment is charged to earnings and a new cost basis for the security is established. In 1998, the Company acquired stock as an equity investment in American Growth Finance, Inc. (AGF), a factoring company which was carried on the cost basis. During 2001, 90% of the Company's investment in AGF was redeemed.

Loans and Leases

Loans are carried at the principal amount outstanding net of unearned income. Interest income on loans and amortization of unearned income is computed by methods which result in level rates of return on principal amounts outstanding. Management, considering current information and events regarding the borrowers' ability to repay their obligations, considers a loan to be impaired when it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to contractual terms of the loan agreement. When a loan is considered impaired, the amount of the impairment is based on the present value of the expected future cash flows at the loan's effective interest rate or at the loan's market price or fair value of collateral if the loan is collateral-dependent. Impairment losses are included in the allowance for loan and lease losses through a charge to the provision for loan and lease losses. Interest income is accrued on loans except when doubt as to collectability exists, in which case the respective loans are placed on nonaccrual status. The decision to place a loan on nonaccrual is based on an evaluation of the borrower's financial condition, collateral liquidation value, and other factors that affect the borrower's ability to pay. At the time a loan is placed on nonaccrual, the accrued but unpaid interest is charged against current income. Thereafter, interest on nonaccrual loans is recognized as interest income only as received, unless the collectability of outstanding principal is doubtful, in which case such interest received is applied as a reduction of principal until the principal has been recovered, and is recognized as interest income thereafter.

TBON Leasing generally leases machinery under noncancelable, full payment leases which provide, through rentals, for full recovery of the cost of the machinery leased. For financial statement purposes, such leases are accounted for as direct financing leases whereby the contracts receivable and unearned interest income are recorded when lease contracts become effective. Unearned income for this type of lease is computed on the aggregate rentals less the cost of the machinery and is recognized as income over the life of the lease by the interest method. For income tax purposes, the Company reports lease income under the operating lease method or under the installment sales method, depending on the terms of the contract. When the operating lease method is used, depreciation is computed by the declining-balance or MACRS method. Included in the allowance for loan and lease losses is an amount provided to cover losses incurred in the collection of existing lease contracts receivable and the disposal of the related machinery.

Residential mortgage loans held-for-sale are carried at the lower of cost or market. Such loans are sold, servicing released, on a non-recourse basis and any gain on the sale of such loans is calculated based on sales proceeds received and origination fees recognized.

Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

An allowance for loan and lease losses reflects an amount which, in management's judgment, is adequate to provide for estimated loan and lease  losses. Management's evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio consists of evaluating current delinquencies, the adequacy of underlying collateral, current economic conditions, risk characteristics, and management's internal credit review process. The allowance is established through a provision charged against earnings. Loans are charged off as soon as they are determined to be uncollectible. Recoveries of loans previously charged off are added to the allowance. While management uses available information to recognize losses on loans, future adjustments to the allowance may be necessary based on changes in economic conditions. In addition, various regulatory agencies, as part of their examinations, periodically review the Company's allowance for loan and lease losses. Such agencies may require the Company to adjust the allowance based on their judgment and information available to them at the time of their examinations.

Other Real Estate Owned

Other real estate owned includes property acquired in situations in which the Company has physical possession of a debtor's assets (collateral). Such assets are carried at the lower of cost or fair value less estimated cost to sell and are included in other assets. Cost includes the fair value of the property at the time of foreclosure, foreclosure expense, and expenditures for future improvements. Losses arising from the acquisition of such property are charged against the allowance for loan losses. Declines in value subsequent to foreclosure are recorded as a valuation allowance. Provisions for further declines or losses from disposition of such property are recognized in non-interest expense.

Premises and Equipment

Premises and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. For financial reporting purposes, depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of those assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lease terms or the estimated useful lives whichever is less. The estimated lives are as follows:

 

Years

Buildings and improvements

3 - 20

Furniture and equipment

3 - 10

Goodwill

For business combinations accounted for as purchases, the net assets have been adjusted to their estimated fair values as of the respective acquisition dates and the resulting adjustments are amortized over the life of the specific asset. The excess of the purchase price over the net assets acquired (goodwill) is recorded in other assets and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over 15 years.

The carrying value of goodwill is periodically reviewed for impairment. If this review indicates that the goodwill will not be recoverable, as determined based on the undiscounted cash flows of the entity acquired over the remaining amortization period, the Company's carrying value of the goodwill will be reduced by the estimated shortfall of the discounted cash flows with a corresponding charge to earnings.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the asset and liability method of accounting. Under such method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax effects 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 recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the period that includes the enactment date.

Net Income Per Common Share (EPS)

Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (denominator). The denominator used in computing diluted EPS reflects the dilutive effect of common stock options outstanding.

Business Segments

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information" establishes standards for the way public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements. SFAS No. 131 defines operating segments as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company operates in one business segment, commercial banking and has no additional individually significant business segments.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for all stock-based compensation plans under Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees." Compensation cost for stock-based awards is measured by the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock, at the time the option is granted, over the amount the employee is required to pay. Compensation cost for the Company is measured at the grant date as all options are fixed awards.

Comprehensive Income

During 2001, 2000, and 1999 the components of comprehensive income, other than net income, is unrealized gains or losses on investment securities available for sale and derivative instruments, net of taxes.

Derivative Financial Instruments

In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." ("SFAS No. 133"). In June 2000, the FASB issued SFAS No. 138, "Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities," an Amendment of SFAS 133. SFAS No. 133 and SFAS No. 138 standardize the accounting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts. Under the standards, entities are required to carry all derivative instruments on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of a derivative instrument depends on whether it has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship and if so, on the reason for holding it. If certain conditions are met, entities may elect to designate a derivative instrument as a hedge of exposures to changes in fair values, cash flows, or foreign currencies. If the hedged exposure is a fair value exposure, the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is recognized in earnings in the period of change, together with the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the risk being hedged. If the hedged exposure is a cash flow exposure, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported initially as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (outside earnings), and subsequently reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. Any amounts excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness, as well as the ineffective portion of the gain or loss are reported in earnings immediately. If the derivative instrument is not designated as a hedge, the gain or loss is recognized in earnings in the period of change.

The Company adopted SFAS No. 133 and SFAS No. 138 on January 1, 2001.

The Company utilizes both fixed and variable rate deposits and other borrowings as funding. These obligations expose the Company to variability in interest payments and fair values due to changes in interest rates. If interest rates increase, interest expense increases and fair values decrease. Conversely, if interest rates decrease, interest expense decreases while fair values increase. Management believes it is prudent to limit the variability of its interest payments and changes in fair values of certain funding sources. To meet this objective, management enters derivative instruments to manage fluctuations in cash flows and fair values resulting from interest rate risk. These instruments include interest rate swaps. Under the interest rate swaps designated to hedge cash flows, the Company receives variable interest rate payments and makes fixed interest rate payments, thereby creating fixed-rate debt. Under the interest rate swap designated as a fair value hedge, the Company receives fixed interest rate payments and makes variable rate payments.

Interest rate swap transactions generally involve the exchange of fixed and floating interest rate payment obligations without the exchange of the underlying principal amounts. Entering into interest rate contracts involves not only interest rate risk, but also the risk of counterparties' failure to fulfill their legal obligations. Notional principal amounts often are used to express the volume of these transactions, however, the amounts potentially subject to credit risk are significantly smaller.

The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow or fair value hedging purposes. That is, the Company does not speculate using derivative instruments. The Company assesses interest rate cash flow and fair value risk by continually identifying and monitoring changes in interest rate exposures that may adversely impact expected future cash flows or fair values and by evaluating hedging opportunities. The Company maintains risk management control systems to monitor interest rate cash flow and fair value risks attributable to both the Company's outstanding funding sources as well as the Company's offsetting hedge positions.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement No. 141 ("SFAS 141"), Business Combinations, and Statement No. 142 ("SFAS 142"), Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS 141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001. SFAS 141 also specifies criteria that intangible assets acquired in a purchase method business combination, must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill, noting that any purchase price allocable to an assembled workforce may not be accounted for separately. SFAS 142 will require that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives no longer be amortized, but instead tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 142. SFAS 142 will also require that intangible assets with estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment.

The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 141 in 2001 and is required to adopt SFAS 142 effective January 1, 2002. Upon adoption of SFAS 142, goodwill and intangible assets determined to have an indefinite useful life acquired in a purchase business combination will not be amortized, but will continue to be evaluated for impairment.

Upon adoption of SFAS 142, the Company must evaluate its existing intangible assets and goodwill that were acquired in a prior purchase business combination, and to make any necessary reclassifications in order to conform with the new criteria in SFAS 141 for recognition apart from goodwill. The Company will also be required to reassess the useful lives and residual values of all intangible assets acquired, and make any necessary amortization period adjustments by the end of the first interim period after adoption. In addition to the extent an intangible asset is identified as having an indefinite useful life, the Company will be required to test the intangible asset for impairment in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 142 within the first interim period. Any impairment loss will be measured as of the date of adoption and recognized as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the first interim period.

In connection with SFAS 142's transitional goodwill impairment evaluation, SFAS 142 will require the Company to perform an assessment of whether there is an indication that goodwill is impaired as of the date of adoption. To accomplish this, the Company must identify its reporting units and determine the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of the date of adoption. The Company will then have up to six months from the date of adoption to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare it to the reporting unit's carrying amount. To the extent a reporting unit's carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an indication exists that the reporting unit's goodwill may be impaired and the Company must perform the second step of the transitional impairment test. In the second step, the Company must compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill, determined by allocating the reporting unit's fair value to all of its assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation in accordance with SFAS 141, to its carrying amount, both of which would be measured as of the date of adoption. This second step is required to be completed as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the year of adoption. Any transitional impairment loss will be recognized as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the Company's statement of earnings. 

At December 31, 2001, the Company had unamortized goodwill of $201,840 which will be subject to the transition provisions of SFAS 141 and 142.  Amortization expense related to goodwill was $15,941for the year ended December 31, 2001. Because of the small amount of unamortized goodwill at December 31, 2001, the Company doe snot expect SFAS 142 to have a significant impact on its financial statements.

In July 2001, the FASB issued No. 143 ("SFAS 143"), "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations". That standard requires entities to record the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation in the period in which it is incurred. When the liability is initially recorded, the entity will capitalize a cost by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. Over time, the liability is accreted to its present value each period, and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful life of the related asset. Upon settlement of the liability, an entity either settles the obligation for its recorded amount or incurs a gain or loss upon settlement. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002, with earlier adoption permitted. The Company does not expect SFAS 143 to have a significant impact on its financial statements.

In August 2001, the FASB issued Statement No. 144 ("SFAS 144"), Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets , which supersedes both SFAS No. 121 ("SFAS 121"), Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB Opinion No. 30, Reporting the Results of Operations-Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions ("Opinion 30"), for the disposal of a segment of a business (as previously defined in that Opinion). SFAS 144 retains the fundamental provisions in SFAS 121 for recognizing and measuring impairment losses on long-lived assets held for use and long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale, while also resolving significant implementation issues associated with SFAS 121. For example, SFAS 144 provides guidance on how a long-lived asset that is used, as part of a group should be evaluated for impairment, establishes criteria for when a long-lived asset is held for sale, and prescribes the accounting for a long-lived asset that will be disposed of other than by sale. SFAS 144 retains the basic provisions of Opinion 30 on how to present discontinued operations in the income statement but broadens that presentation to include a component of an entity (rather than a segment of a business).

The Company is required to adopt SFAS 144 no later than January 1, 2002. Management does not expect the adoption of SFAS 144 to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements because the impairment assessment under SFAS 144 is largely unchanged from SFAS 121.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made in the consolidated financial statements for prior years to conform to the 2001 presentation. During the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company reclassified its loan portfolio to reflect the business purpose of the loans and reclassified the categorization at December 31, 2000 for comparative purposes. Such reclassifications do not affect earnings. The Company's loan portfolio records were historically classified by collateral codes.

B.     JOINT VENTURE AND BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

In April 1999, the Bank formed TBON-Mooreland, as a joint venture of the Bank and Mooreland Title Company, LLC (Mooreland), providing title services within the office of Mooreland. This new title agency has the ability to underwrite title insurance on most real estate loan transactions. The Bank owns 100% of the title agency and consolidates all of its operations, and participates in a revenue sharing agreement with Mooreland for 50% of the revenue. In June 1999, the Bank acquired 80% ownership in TBON Leasing for $1.3 million in cash. The transaction has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and its operations are included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company from the date of acquisition. The primary asset acquired was an equipment lease portfolio of approximately $6.0 million. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired was $215,000 and was recorded as goodwill. Goodwill is being amortized over 15 years, respectively. Minority interest in TBON Leasing in 2001 and 2000 was not significant.

C.     CASH RESTRICTIONS

The Company is required to maintain reserves in the form of average vault cash and balances with the Federal Reserve Bank. The average amounts of these balances maintained during the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, were $1,822,000 and $3,259,000, respectively. The required balance at December 31, 2001 was $250,000.

D.     INVESTMENT SECURITIES

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair values of investment securities at December 31, 2001 and 2000 are shown in the following table (in thousands). Other debt securities include collateralized mortgage obligations whose maturities are not segregated since they have staggered maturity dates. Investments in equity securities include stocks of the Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank. Maturities of equity securities are not segregated since they have not stated maturity.

 

                 As of December 31, 2001                                                 As of December 31, 2000                 

Amortized 
     Cost    
Gross
 Unrealized 
     Gain     
Gross
 Unrealized
       Loss     
Estimated
Fair
 Value   

Amortized 
     Cost    
Gross
 Unrealized 
     Gain     
Gross
 Unrealized
       Loss     
Estimated
Fair
 Value   
(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. agency securities $  84,309  $    889  $   211  $  84,987 $   33,928 $  227  $   154  $   34,001
Other debt securities 19,638  242  30  19,850   23,463 152  187  23,428  
Municipal securities 2,292  43  --  2,335   2,291 59  --  2,350 
Equity securities        6,184              --             --         6,184           2,996             --             --         2,996  
        Total securities $ 112,423  $ 1,174  $   241  $ 113,356    $  62,678 $ 438  $   341  $  62,775  
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Proceeds from the sales of securities during 2001, 2000, and 1999 were $25.0 million, $10.4 million, and $8.2 million, respectively. Gross gains of $497,000, $4,000, and $16,000 and gross losses of $40,000, $101,000, and $21,000 were realized on those sales in 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively.

The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities by contractual maturity at December 31, 2001, are shown in the following table (in thousands). Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers on the underlying mortgages under the mortgage backed securities may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. Collateralized mortgage obligations with a weighted average effective yield of 6.70% are disclosed as a separate line item due to their staggered maturity dates. Equity securities are also disclosed as a separate line due to no stated maturity. Investment securities with an aggregate amortized cost of approximately $100.3 million and $51.7 million were pledged to secure public deposits, Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings and for other purposes as required by law at December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. All investment securities are classified as available-for-sale.

As of December 31, 2001

  Amortized Cost  

     Fair Value    

Within one year $        682      $        684     
Within two to five years 11,070      11,157     
Within six to ten years 23,491      23,361     
After ten years       51,358             52,120     
         Total $   86,601      $   87,322     
Collateralized mortgage obligations 19,638      19,850     
Equity securities        6,184               6,184     
         Total investment securities $  112,423      $  113,356     

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E.     LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES

The Bank makes commercial, real estate and other loans and leases to commercial and individual customers throughout the markets it serves. Most of the Company's business activity is with customers located in the Middle Tennessee region. Generally, loans are secured by stocks, real estate, time certificates of deposit, or other assets. The loans are expected to be repaid from cash flow or proceeds from the sale of selected assets of the borrowers. Real estate mortgage and construction loans reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are comprised primarily of loans to commercial borrowers.

Selected information regarding the loan portfolio as of December 31, 2001and 2000 is presented below (in thousands):

December 31,

       2001     

       2000     

Variable rate loans

$    258,352 

$   182,791 

Fixed rate loans         81,585           87,777 
           Total loans $    339,937  $   270,568 
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Changes in the allowance for loan and lease losses are as follows (in thousands):

December 31, 

      2001             2000             1999    
Balance at beginning of year $   4,622  $   4,062  $   3,646 
Provision for loan and lease losses 2,216  1,256  106 
Charge-offs (1,997) (814) (772)
Recoveries      257       118       990 
Purchased reserve of TBON Leasing                --               --              92 
          Balance at end of year $   5,098  $   4,622  $   4,062 
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At December 31, 2001 and 2000, nonaccrual loans amounted to $3.1 million and $776,000, respectively. The effect of nonaccrual loans was to reduce interest income by approximately $309,000 in 2001, $219,000 in 2000, and $10,000 in 1999. There were no material commitments to lend additional funds to customers whose loans were classified as nonaccrual at December 31, 2001 and 2000.

At December 31, 2001, the Company had 14 impaired loans totaling $3.1 million of which $525,000 had an allocated specific reserve. The average recorded investment in impaired loans for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 was $1.1 million and $387,000, respectively. Interest payments received on impaired loans are recorded as reductions in principal outstanding or recoveries of principal previously charged off. Once the entire principal has been collected, any additional payments received are recognized as interest income. No interest income was recognized on impaired loans in 2001 or 2000.

The impaired loans and their related valuation reserve as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 are as follows (in thousands):

As of December 31,

       2001     

       2000     

Impaired loans with no specific valuation reserve

$    2,623 

$   776 

Impaired loans with a specific valuation reserve           525        208 
           Total recorded investment in impaired loans $    3,148  $   984 
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 Valuation allowance related to all impaired loans 525  166 
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In the ordinary course of business, the Company makes loans to directors, executive officers, and principal shareholders, including related interests. In Management's opinion, these loans are made on substantially the same terms, including interest and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other borrowers and they did not involve more than the normal risk of uncollectability or present other unfavorable features at the time such loans were made. During 2001, $1.1 million of new loans were made while repayments and other reductions totaled $752,000. Outstanding loans to executive officers and directors, including their associates and affiliated companies, were $6.0 million and $6.3 million at December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Unfunded lines to executive officers and directors were $3.7 million and $3.9 million at December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

At December 31, 2001 and 2000, the directors, executive officers, and principal shareholders had $2.7 million and $7.9 million, respectively in deposits with the Company. The terms of such deposits are comparable to those available to other depositors.

F.     PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

Premises and equipment are summarized as follows (in thousands):

As of December 31,

       2001     

       2000     

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

$    4,243 

$     3,089 

Building and improvements 1,039  1,039 
Land 638  638 
Leasehold improvements       1,259        1,030 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization     (3,013)     (2,325)
           Premises and equipment, net $  4,166  $  3,471 
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The Company occupies space under noncancelable operating leases. The leases provide annual escalating rents for periods through 2009 with options for renewals. Rent expense is recognized in equal monthly amounts over the lease term. Rent expense was $694,000, $600,000, and $469,000 for 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively. 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases at December 31, 2001 are payable as follows (in thousands):

2002       $      826
2003               850
2004               859
2005               869
2006               869
Thereafter            3,489
      $   7,762

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G.     LONG TERM DEBT AND LINES OF CREDIT

The Bank maintains an arrangement with the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) to provide for certain borrowing needs and diversify the funding sources. The arrangement requires the Bank to hold stock in the FHLB and requires the Bank to pledge investment securities, to be held by the FHLB, or loans as collateral. 

At December 31, 2001, and 2000, indebtedness to the FHLB and other borrowings totaled $89.0 million and $36.2 million, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company repaid four loans totaling $34.7 million, of which one, for $20.2 million, had a fixed interest rate of 6.61% and the remaining three, totaling $14.5 million, were at the three-month LIBOR less five basis points. Also during the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company entered into seven new loans with the FHLB totaling $89.0 million. Of this amount, five loans, totaling $54.0 million are fixed rate advances, whose interest rate is fixed for periods between two and three years bearing an average weighted rate of 4.56% and two loans totaling $35.0 million reprice quarterly at the three-month LIBOR less six basis points, with an average weighted rate of 2.15% at December 31, 2001. The maturity dates on long-term debt for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2001are as follows (in thousands):

2002        $  14,000
2003            35,000
2004                    --
2005                    --
2006                     --
       49,000

On December 31, 2001, the Company had available for its use $38.5 million of unsecured short-term bank lines of credit. Such short-term lines serve as backup for loan and investment needs. There are no compensating balance requirements. These lines facilitate federal funds borrowings and bear a rate equal to the current lending rate for federal funds purchased. No amounts were outstanding under these lines of credit at December 31, 2001.

H.     INCOME TAXES

Actual income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000, and 1999 differed from an "expected" tax expense (computed by applying the U.S. Federal corporate tax rate of 34% to income before provision for income taxes) as follows (in thousands):

As of December 31

          2001                  2000                1999     

    Amount   

        %    

    Amount   

        %    

    Amount   

         %    

Federal income tax expense at statutory rate $  1,874  34.0% $  1,817  34.0% $  1,920  34.0%
State taxes, net of federal benefit 220  4.0    218  4.1    215  3.8   
Other, net           93      1.7          51      0.9            10      0.2   
        Provision for income taxes $  2,187  39.7% $  2,086  39.0% $  2,145  38.0%
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Significant temporary differences and carry forwards that give rise to the deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

As of December 31,

       2001     

       2000     

Deferred tax assets:
   Unrealized loss on derivative instruments

$   208 

$     -- 

   Deferred fees, principally due to timing differences in the recognition of income 353  278 
   Loans, principally due to provision for loan and lease losses 1,220  421 
   Net operating loss carry forward 175  218 
   Premises and equipment, principally due to differences in depreciation methods 41  49 
   Other         31          19 
         Total gross deferred tax assets         2,028          985 
Deferred tax liabilities:
   Unrealized gain on investment securities available for sale (353) (37)
   Discount on investment securities deferred for tax purposes (92) (99)
   Leases, principally due to differences in basis acquired and the recognition of
         income
(55) (260)
   FHLB stock dividends      (264)      (159)
         Total gross deferred tax liabilities      (764)      (555)
                             Net deferred tax assets $ 1,264  $    430 
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Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods which the deferred tax assets are deductible, management believes it is more likely than not the Company will realize the benefits of these deductible differences at December 31, 2001. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered realizable, however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of future taxable income during the carryforward period are reduced.

The Bank has provided no valuation allowance for the net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2001 or 2000 due primarily to its ability to offset reversals of net deductible temporary differences against income taxes paid in previous years and expected to be paid in future years. The components of income tax expense (benefit) were as follows (in thousands):

Years ended December 31, 

      2001             2000          1999  
Current income tax expense:
   Federal $   2,64 $   2,124  $   1,947 
   State         483          399          359 
        Total current income tax expense 3,128  2,523  2,306 
Deferred income tax benefit:
   Federal         (793)         (368)         (127)
   State         (149)         (69)         (34)
        Total deferred income tax benefit         (942)       (437)       (161)
               Total income tax expense $ 2,187  $ 2,086  $ 2,145 
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I.    DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

At December 31, 2001, the Company had three interest rate swap contracts with a consolidated notional amount outstanding of $35.0 million. There were no interest rate swap contracts outstanding at year-end December 31, 2000. The derivative financial instruments are reported at their fair values and are included as other assets and other liabilities, respectively, on the face of the balance sheet.

On March 26, 2001, the Company entered into a $10.0 million interest rate swap which matures on October 17, 2008 under which the Company pays the counterparty a variable rate of three-month LIBOR plus five basis points and will receive a fixed rate of 6.00%. Interest payments are settled and variable rates reset quarterly. The counter party has the option to terminate the swap, in whole or in part, on April 17, 2002 and semi-annually thereafter. Management designated the interest rate swap as a fair value hedge of $10.0 million of brokered time deposits issued by the Company on March 26, 2001. The 6.00% fixed rate, brokered time deposits mature on October 17, 2008 and are callable by the Company on March 26, 2002 and semi-annually thereafter. At December 31, 2001, the Company had other liabilities of $120,000 reflecting the fair value adjustment on this hedge instrument with an offset of $120,000 decreasing the recorded value of the 6.00% fixed rate, brokered time deposits.

On May 24, 2001, the Company entered into a $15.0 million interest rate swap agreement which matures on November 25, 2002 under which the Company pays the counterparty a fixed rate of 4.53% and will receive a variable rate of three-month LIBOR less six basis points. Interest payments are settled and variable rates reset quarterly. Management designated the interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge of $15.0 million  in variable rate FHLB advances entered into by the Company on May 24, 2001. As of December 31, 2001, the cash flow hedge of FHLB advances resulted in a decrease of $216,000 in other comprehensive income, net of taxes of $132,000, and a $348,000 increase to other liabilities.

On July 19, 2001, the Company entered into a $10.0 million interest rate swap agreement which matures on October 19, 2002 under which the Company pays the counterparty a fixed rate of 4.205% and will receive a variable rate of three-month LIBOR. Interest payments are settled and variable rates reset quarterly. Management designated the interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge of $10.0 million in variable rate FHLB advances entered into by the Company on July 19, 2001. At December 31, 2001, the cash flow hedge of FHLB advances resulted in a decrease of $122,000 in other comprehensive income, net of taxes of $76,000, with a $199,000 increase to other liabilities.

The high degree of effectiveness of the Company's cash flow derivative financial instruments resulted in no impact to consolidated net income for the year ended December 31, 2001.

J.     FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK

The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized on the balance sheets. The contract amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement and the related credit risk the Company has in particular classes of financial instruments. The Company, through regular reviews of these arrangements, does not anticipate any material losses as a result of these transactions.

At December 31, 2001, outstanding commitments to sell mortgage loans amounted to approximately $2,366,000. Such commitments are entered into to reduce the exposure to market risk arising from potential changes in interest rates, which could affect the fair value of residential mortgage loans held-for-sale and outstanding commitments to originate residential mortgage loans held-for-sale. The outstanding commitments to sell mortgage loans are at fixed prices and are scheduled to settle at specific dates which generally do not exceed 15 days.

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Company evaluates each customer's credit worthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amounts of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Company, upon extension of credit is based on Management's credit evaluation of the customer.

Standby letters of credit or guarantees are commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements, including commercial paper, bond financing, and similar transactions. Approximately 90.3% of the guarantees have maturities less than one year, the remaining 9.7% mature within three years. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. Unused lines of credit include home equity lines of credit ("HELOCS"). 

Loan commitments and letters of credit at December 31, 2001 and 2000 include the following (in thousands):

December 31,

     2001   

 2000  

Standby letters of credit

$      6,820 

$      5,574 

Undisbursed construction loans 15,377  10,735 
Unused lines of credit 90,416  81,724 
Other loan commitments             693             274 
           Total loan commitments and letters of credit $  113,306  $  98,307 
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K.     EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The Company maintains for its employees an Associates Stock Purchase Plan (the "ASPP"), and a Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) (the "401 (k) Plan"). The 401(k) Plan provides for the maximum deferral of employee compensation allowable by the IRS under provisions of Section 401(A) and 401(k). The 401(k) Plan is available to all associates who meet the plan eligibility requirements. The Company provides various levels of employer matching of contributions up to 4% of the associate's compensation. Employer contributions are invested exclusively in the Company's common stock. Associates fully vest in the employer's contributions after three years of service as defined in the 401(k) Plan. Total plan expense for 2001, 2000 and 1999 was approximately $186,000, $157,000 and $119,000, respectively.

The ASPP under which 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock may be issued, allows associates to purchase the Company's common stock through payroll deductions at 84% of the existing market value, not to fall below par value. The difference between the purchase price and the market value on the date of issue is recorded as compensation expense. Compensation expense of $25,000, $28,000, and $25,000 was recorded in 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The Company pays incidental expenses regarding the administration of the plan.

In 1997, the Board of Directors adopted the 1997 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (Plan), which initially reserved 150,000 shares of the Company's common stock for use under the Plan (plus 10% of any additional shares of stock issued after the effective date of the Plan). Total shares reserved under this plan at December 31, 2001 were 601,003 shares. Stock issued pursuant to the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares held in the treasury of the Company. Options are granted at an option price of no less than the fair market value of the stock at the date of grant. Each grant of an option is evidenced by a stock option agreement specifying the number of shares, the exercise price, and a vesting schedule. During 2001, 2000 and 1999, 27,000 options, 281,000 options, and 106,900 options, respectively, were granted under the Plan.

As of December 31, 2001, the Company's Board of Directors had approved the issuance of stock options to purchase 442,187 shares of the Company's common stock. Compensation expense was not recorded in connection with the issuance of these options, as the option price was equal to or exceeded the market price of the Company's common stock at the date of grant. The following table presents information on stock options:


Total Options 
      /Shares      


Exercisable
    Options     


Option Price                
                         Range                      

Weighted 
Average
      Price    

Options outstanding at January 1, 1999 142,627  87,015  $  6.000  $  14.750  $  10.320 
   Granted 106,900  21,380  12.420  12.880  12.710 
   Options that became exercisable --  16,525  10.125  14.750  13.060 
   Options exercised (220) (220) 11.625  11.625  11.625 
   Options expired   (1,130)       (430)    11.625     14.750     13.840 
Options outstanding at December 31, 1999 248,177  124,270  6.000  14.750  11.330 
   Granted 281,000  56,200  11.580  13.894  13.403 
   Options that became exercisable --  55,236  10.125  14.750  13.028 
   Options exercised (67,000) (67,000) 6.000  11.625  6.983 
   Options expired   (38,850)   (13,600)    11.625     14.750      13.487 
Options outstanding at December 31, 2000 423,327  155,106  $ 10.125  $ 14.750  $ 13.197 
   Granted 27,000  5,400  13.190  13.890  13.803 
   Options that became exercisable --  79,785  11.625  14.750  13.278 
   Options exercised (2,000) (2,000) 11.625  12.880  12.504 
   Options expired    (6,140)    (3,580)    12.880     14.750     13.806 
Options outstanding at December 31, 2001 442,187  234,711  $ 10.125  $ 14.750  $ 13.228 
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The stock options have five year vesting schedules and become exercisable in full in the event of a merger, sale, or change in majority control of the Company. The options expire during the years 2002 through 2011 or within 90 days of cessation of employment. At December 31, 2001, the weighted average remaining life was approximately 7.8 years.

The Company accounts for its stock option plan and ASPP in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations. As such, compensation expense related to stock options would be determined on the date of grant only if the current market price of the underlying stock exceeded the exercise price. Had the Company used the provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Base Compensation, the Company would have recognized, as expense over the vesting period, the fair value of all stock-based awards on the date of grant. The Company has elected to continue to apply the provisions of APB No. 25. As such, proforma disclosures of net income and earnings per share as if the fair value based method of SFAS No. 123 had been used, are as follows:

For the years ended December 31, 

      2001             2000             1999    
Net income - as reported $   3,326,000  $   3,257,000  $   3,501,000 
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Net income - proforma $   3,046,000  $   3,023,000  $   3,401,000 
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Earnings per share:
   Basic, as reported $   1.02  $   0.90  $   0.86 
   Basic, proforma      0.94       0.84       0.84 
   Diluted, as reported $   1.02  $   0.90  $   0.85 
   Diluted, proforma 0.93  0.83  0.82 

The weighted average fair values of options granted during 2001, 2000, and 1999 were $4.15; $4.72; and, $5.09 per share, respectively. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:

For the years ended December 31, 

      2001             2000             1999    
Expected dividend yield 4.46% 6.04% 3.61%
Expected stock price volatility 23.05    23.00    25.00   
Risk-free interest rate 4.74    6.55    5.07   
Expected life of options (years)      5              5              5        

L.     SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE

The Company can issue common stock pursuant to various plans such as employee stock purchase, contributions to the 401(k) plan, and payment of directors' fees. Under these plans, 11,125, 14,710 and 11,609 shares were issued during 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

The following table is a reconciliation of net income and average shares outstanding used in calculating basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands except per share data).

Years ended December 31, 

      2001             2000             1999    
Net income available to common shareholders $   3,326  $   3,257  $   3,501 
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Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic 3,251  3,619  4,068 
Dilutive effect of options           17            16            61 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted      3,268       3,635       4,129 
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Antidilutive options 36  175  175 
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Net income per share:
          Basic $     1.02  $     0.90  $     0.86 
          Diluted 1.02  0.90  0.85 

In January 1998, the Company's Board of Directors adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan which authorizes the distribution of a dividend of one common share purchase right for each outstanding share of CFGI's common stock. The rights will be exercisable only if a person or group acquires 15% or more of CFGI's common stock or announces a tender offer, the consummation of which would result in ownership by a person or group of 15% or more of the common stock. The rights are designed to assure that all of CFGI's shareholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover of the Company and to guard against partial tender takeovers, squeeze outs, open market accumulations and other abusive tactics to gain control of the Company without paying all shareholders an appropriate control premium.

If the Company were acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction, each right would entitle its holder to purchase, at the right's then current exercise price, a number of the acquiring company's common shares having a market value of twice such a price. In addition, if a person or group acquires 15% or more of CFGI's common stock, each right would entitle its holder (other than the acquiring person or members of the acquiring group) to purchase, at the right's then current exercise price, a number of CFGI's common shares having a market value of twice that price. After a person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of CFGI's common stock and before an acquisition of 50% or more of the common stock, the Board of Directors would exchange the rights (other than rights owned by the acquiring person or group), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one share of common stock per right.

Until a person or group has acquired beneficial ownership in excess of 15%, the rights will be redeemable for $0.01 per right at the option of the Board of Directors. The rights are intended to enable all CFGI's shareholders to realize the long-term value of their investment in the Company. The Company believes they will not prevent a takeover, but should encourage anyone seeking to acquire the Company to negotiate with the Board prior to attempting a takeover.

In March 1999, to facilitate the management of its capital position, the Company announced a stock repurchase program. The initial plan called for the repurchase of 400,000 shares (the "March 23, 1999 Plan") with an original expiration date of December 31, 1999. On January 26, 2000, the Company extended the expiration date of the March 23, 1999 Plan until March 31, 2000 to allow for the completion of the plan. On March 15, 2000, the Company announced that it had completed the March 23, 1999 Plan and announced a second stock repurchase plan for the acquisition of an additional 500,000 shares of common stock with an expiration date of December 31, 2000 (the "March 15, 2000 Plan"). On December 20, 2000, the Company announced the extension of the March 15, 2000 Plan to December 31, 2001 to provide for the acquisition of 16,000 shares remaining to be repurchased under the March 15, 2000 Plan and an additional 400,000 shares, for a total of up to 416,000 shares of common stock. At December 31, 2001, the Company had repurchased 845,904 shares under the March 15, 2000 Plan and 1,245,904 shares since commencing its stock repurchase program in March 1999.

M.     RESTRICTIONS ON RETAINED EARNINGS, REGULATORY MATTERS, AND LITIGATION

To declare dividends the Bank must transfer a minimum of ten percent of current net income from retained earnings to additional paid-in capital until additional paid-in capital equals common stock. Accordingly, the Bank transferred $326,000 and $307,000 from retained earnings to surplus during 2001 and 2000, respectively. At December 31, 2001, approximately $14.1 million of the Bank's retained earnings were available for dividend declaration and payment, without regulatory approval. Approximately $21,591,000 of the Company's investment in the Bank is restricted as to the payment of dividends.

CFGI and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory - and possibly additional discretionary - actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Company's and the Bank's assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Company's and the Bank's capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the following table) of total and Tier I capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier I capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined). Management believes the Company and the Bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject as of December 31, 2001.

As of December 31, 2001, the most recent notification from the Federal Reserve Bank categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier I risk-based, and Tier I leverage ratios as set forth in the table below. There are no conditions or events since that notification that Management believes have changed the Bank's category. The Company's and the Bank's actual capital amounts and ratios are also presented in the table (Dollars in thousands).

          Actual           To be adequately capitalized       To be well capitalized    

    Amount   

   Ratio   

    Amount   

     Ratio    

    Amount   

     Ratio    

As of December 31, 2001:
Total capital (to risk weighted assets) 
   Community Financial Group, Inc. $  41,947  11.07%> $  30,311  N.A.  > $  37,889  N.A.  >
   The Bank of Nashville 38,99 10.30   > 30,303  8.0   > 37,879  10.0% >
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
   Community Financial Group, Inc. $  37,210  9.82%> $  15,156  N.A.  > $  22,733  N.A.  >
   The Bank of Nashville 34,261  9.04   > 15,152  4.0   > 22,727  6.0% >
Leverage ratio      
   Community Financial Group, Inc. $  37,210  8.55%> $  13,060  N.A.  > $  21,767  N.A.  >
   The Bank of Nashville 34,261  7.88   > 13,044  (1)    3.0   > 21,740  5.0% >
As of December 31, 2000:
Total capital (to risk weighted assets) 
   Community Financial Group, Inc. $  45,721  15.43%> $  23,705  8.0%> $  29,631  N.A.  >
   The Bank of Nashville 35,616  12.03   > 23,685  8.0   > 29,606  10.0% >
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
   Community Financial Group, Inc. $  42,005  14.17%> $  11,891  4.0%> $  17,837  N.A.  >
   The Bank of Nashville 31,905  10.78   > 11,839  4.0   > 17,758  6.0% >
Leverage ratio
   Community Financial Group, Inc. $  42,005  12.14%> $  10,380  3.0%> $  17,300  N.A.  >
   The Bank of Nashville 31,905  9.29   > 8,879  (2)    3.0   > 14,798  5.0% >
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(1)  The Federal Reserve Board may require the Company and Bank to maintain a leverage ratio of up to 200 basis points above the required
       minimum.

From time to time there are legal proceedings pending against the Company. In the opinion of Management, the liabilities, if any, arising from such proceedings presently pending would not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial statements.

N.     FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

SFAS No. 107, "Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments," requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments for both on and off-balance sheet assets and liabilities for which it is practicable to estimate fair value. The techniques used for this valuation are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the amount and timing of future cash flows and the discount rate. Such estimates involve uncertainties and matters of judgment and, therefore, cannot be determined with precision. In that regard, the derived fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented are not meant to represent the underlying value of the Company.

The following table presents the carrying amounts and the estimated fair value of the Company's financial instruments at December 31, (in thousands):

                      As of December 31,                            

             2001             

             2000                  


Carrying 
     Amount   

Estimated  
 Fair       
     Value     


Carrying  
      Amount  

Estimated  
Fair      
     Value    

Financial assets:
   Cash, due from banks, federal funds sold and
         other temporary investments

$  22,767

$  22,767

$  19,038

$  19,038
   Investment securities 113,356 113,356 62,775 62,775
   Residential mortgage loans held-for-sale 2,366 2,366 -- --
   Loans, net of unearned income 339,937 347,631 270,568 267,747
Financial liabilities:
   Deposits  349,948  356,366  273,036  273,416
   FHLB and other borrowings 89,000 91,107 36,236 36,303
   Derivatives 667 667 -- --

 

                                              As of December 31,                              

2001 2000

Contractual
or Notional 
     Amounts   

Estimated  
 Fair       
     Value     

Contractual
or Notional 
      Amounts  

Estimated  
Fair      
     Value    

Off-balance items:
    Commitments to extend credit $  106,486  (1)  $   92,73 (1) 
    Standby letters of credit 6,820  (1)  5,574  (1) 
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(1)  With the exception of HELOCS, commitments are negotiated at current market rates and terms and are relatively short-term
       in nature. Therefore, the estimated value of loan commitments approximates the fees charged. The estimated fair value of
       these items was not significant at December 31, 2001 and 2000.

The following summary presents the methodologies and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the Company's financial instruments presented above.

Cash, Due from Banks and Federal Funds Sold

For cash, due from banks and federal funds sold, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value. These instruments expose the Company to limited credit risk, carry interest rates which approximate market, and have short maturities.

Investment Securities

In estimating fair values, management makes use of prices or dealer quotes for U.S. government agency securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, securities of states and political subdivisions, and equity securities. As required, investment securities available for sale are recorded at fair value.

Loans

The fair value of loans is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings for the same remaining maturities adjusted for differences in loan characteristics. The risk of default is measured as an adjustment to the discount rate, and no future interest income is assumed for nonaccrual loans. The fair value of loans does not include the value of the customer relationship or the right to fees generated by the account.

Residential mortgage loans

The fair value of residential mortgage loans held-for-sale is based on the underlying rates and commitments to sell such loans.

Deposits

The fair value of deposits with no stated maturities (which includes demand deposits, NOW accounts, and money market deposits) is the amount payable on demand at the reporting date. The fair value of fixed-rate certificates of deposit is estimated using a discounted cash flow model based on the rates currently offered for deposits of similar maturities. The fair value of variable rate certificates of deposit would approximate their carrying value because these investments reprice with market rates.

Federal Home Loan Bank and Other Borrowings

The fair value of Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings is estimated using discounted cash flows, based on current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.

O.     OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Comprehensive income includes net income and other comprehensive income which is defined as non-owner related transactions in equity. The Company's unrealized gains and losses (net of tax) on investment securities available for sale and derivative instruments are included in other comprehensive income (loss). The amounts of other comprehensive income (loss) along with the related tax effect are set forth in the following table (in thousands):

Gain (Loss)  
 Before Tax  
Tax Expense  
      (Credit)     
Net of      
   Tax        
Year ended December 31, 2001:
   Net unrealized gain on investment securities available for sale during 2001 $   1,296  $   495  $   801 
   Net unrealized loss on derivative instruments (546) (208) (338)
   Less: reclassification adjustment for net gains included in net income          457           175           282 
           Other comprehensive income $      293  $   112  $   181 
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Year ended December 31, 2000:
   Net unrealized gain on investment securities available for sale during 2000 $   1,591  $    604  $    987 
   Plus: reclassification adjustment for net losses included in net income          97           37            60 
           Other comprehensive income $   1,688  $   641  $ 1,047 
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Year ended December 31, 1999:
   Net unrealized loss on investment securities available for sale during 1999 $   (2,134) $ (810) $   (1,324)
   Less: reclassification adjustment for net losses included in net income             (5)         (2)             (3)
           Other comprehensive loss $   (2,139) $   (812) $   (1,327)
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P.     PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Condensed financial information for Community Financial Group, Inc., (Parent Company only) as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 was as follows (in thousands):

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET

December 31,

       2001     

       2000     

Assets

   Cash

$    2,693 

$    9,372 

   Investment in bank subsidiary, at cost 35,676  32,237 
   Investment securities available-for-sale 100  500 
   Other assets          187           235 
            Total assets $  38,656  $  42,344 
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Liabilities

   Other liabilities             31              63 
            Total liabilities             31              63 
             Total shareholders' equity      38,625       42,281 
            Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $  38,656  $  42,344 
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CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT

Years Ended December 31,

      2001    

      2000    

      1999    

Income:
        Dividends from bank subsidiary $        --  $        --  $        -- 
        Interest income 270  683  939 
        Loss on sale of  investment securities, net             --            (34)          (20)
                    Total interest income           270           649           919 
Expenses:
        Other expenses          136           191           225 
                   Total expenses            136            191            225 
Income before provision for income taxes 134  458  694 
Increase to consolidated income taxes arising from parent
    company taxable income

66 

174 

264 
Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiary bank       3,258        2,973        3,071 
        Net income $  3,326  $  3,257  $  3,501 
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

 

Years ended December 31, 

      2001             2000             1999    
Cash flows from operating activities:
       Net income $   3,326  $   3,257  $   3,501 
      Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by 
           operating activities:
         Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiary bank (3,258) (2,973) (3,071)
         Loss on sale of investment securities      --       34       20 
         Depreciation and amortization --  164  56 
         Decrease (increase) in other assets 48  214  (270)
         (Decrease) increase in other liabilities       (32)         10              3 
              Net cash provided by operating activities         84        706        239 
Cash flows from investing activities:
         Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale 400  10,376  5,126 
         Purchases of investment securities available for sale           --            --            (30,832)
         Maturities of investment securities available for sale          --            --     25,051 
              Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities       400    10,376         (655)
Cash flows from financing activities:
          Repurchase of common stock (5,137) (7,672) (4,304)
          Net proceeds from issuance of common stock 177  656  155 
          Cash dividends paid    (2,203)    (2,477)     (1,881)
              Net cash used in financing activities    (7,163)    (9,493)     (6,030)
Increase (decrease) in cash (6,679) 1,589  (6,446)
Cash at beginning of year        9,372         7,783      14,229 
Cash at end of year $    2,693  $    9,372  $    7,783 
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