Note 10 - Borrowed Funds

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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10.     Borrowed Funds

Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase were $450.0 million with a weighted average rate of 3.85% at December 31, 2014, compared to $800.0 million with a weighted average rate of 3.87% at December 31, 2013. In 2014, the Company prepaid securities sold under agreements to repurchase totaling $100 million with a weighted average rate of 3.5% and incurred prepayment penalties of $3.4 million. In 2013, the Company prepaid securities sold under agreements to repurchase totaling $450 million with a weighted average rate of 3.79% and incurred prepayment penalties of $22.6 million. Four floating-to-fixed rate agreements totaling $200.0 million have initial floating rates for one year, with floating rates of three-month LIBOR rate minus 340 basis points. Thereafter, the rates are fixed for the remainder of the term, with interest rates ranging from 4.89% to 5.07%. After the initial floating rate term, the counterparties have the right to terminate the transaction at par at the fixed rate reset date and quarterly thereafter. One fixed-to-floating rate agreement of $50.0 million had an initial fixed rate of 1.00% with initial fixed rate term of nine months. For the remaining term, the rates float at 8% minus the three-month LIBOR rate with a maximum rate of 3.50% and a minimum rate of 0.0%. After the initial fixed rate term, the counterparties have the right to terminate the transaction at par at the floating rate reset date and quarterly thereafter. The table below provides summary data for the $250.0 million of callable securities sold under agreements to repurchase as of December 31, 2014:

(Dollars in millions)	Fixed-to-floating			Floating-to-fixed			Total
Rate type	Float Rate			Fixed Rate
Rate index	8% minus 3 month LIBOR
Maximum rate		3.50	%
Minimum rate		0.0	%
No. of agreements		1			4			5
Amount	$	50.0		$	200.0		$	250.0
Weighted average rate		3.50	%		5.00	%		4.70	%
Final maturity	2015			2017

The table below provides summary data for non-callable fixed rate securities sold under agreements to repurchase as of December 31, 2014:

	No. of		Amount		Weighted Average
Maturity	Agreements		(In thousands)		Interest Rate
1 year to 3 years		2	$	100,000		2.71	%
3 years to 5 years		2		100,000		2.86	%
Total		4	$	200,000		2.78	%

These transactions are accounted for as collateralized financing transactions and recorded at the amounts at which the securities were sold. The Company may have to provide additional collateral for the repurchase agreements, as necessary. The underlying collateral pledged for the repurchase agreements consists of U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. government agency securities, and mortgage-backed securities with a fair value of $516.3 million as of December 31, 2014, and $906.1 million as of December 31, 2013.

The table below provides comparative data for securities sold under agreements to repurchase for the years indicated:

	2014			2013			2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
Average amount outstanding during the year (1)	$	629,315		$	972,329		$	1,361,475
Maximum amount outstanding at month-end (2)		700,000			1,200,000			1,400,000
Balance, December 31		450,000			800,000			1,250,000
Rate, December 31		3.85	%		3.87	%		3.84	%
Weighted average interest rate for the year		3.92	%		3.88	%		4.09	%

(1) Average balances were computed using daily averages.

(2) Highest month-end balances were January 2014, January 2013, and January 2012.

Advances from the FHLB were $425.0 million with a weighted average rate of 0.32% at December 31, 2014, compared to $521.2 million with weighted average rate of 0.17% at December 31, 2013. The Company prepaid $171.2 million advances from the FHLB at a rate of 1.08% with prepayment penalties of $527,000 in 2014 and did not prepay any advances from the FHLB in 2013.      

The following relates to the outstanding advances at December 31, 2014, and 2013:

	2014					2013
	Amount		Weighted Average			Amount		Weighted Average
Maturity	(In thousands)		Interest Rate			(In thousands)		Interest Rate
Within 90 days	$	400,000		0.27	%	$	475,000		0.06	%
4 - 5 years		25,000		1.13	%		46,200		1.24	%
Total	$	425,000		0.32	%	$	521,200		0.17	%

Other Liabilities. On November 23, 2004, the Company entered into an agreement with its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) pursuant to which the CEO agreed to defer any bonus amounts in excess of $225,000 for the year ended December 31, 2005, until the later of January 1 of the first year following the CEO’s separation from service or the first day of the seventh month following the CEO’s separation from service. Accordingly, an amount equal to $610,000 was deferred in 2004 and was accrued in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. The Company agreed to accrue interest on the deferred portion of the bonus at 7.0% per annum compounded quarterly. The deferred amount will be increased each quarter by the amount of interest computed for that quarter. On November 23, 2014, the interest rate was reset to 5.06% based on 275 basis points above the interest rate on the ten-year Treasury Note on that date. On March 13, 2014, the Compensation Committee of the Company awarded the Company’s CEO a cash bonus in the amount of $300,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, and provided as part of the award that payment of the bonus would be deferred until the later of January 1 of the first year following the CEO’s separation from service or the first day of the seventh month following the CEO’s separation from service. The Company accrues interest on the deferred bonus at 5.02% per annum compounded quarterly. Beginning on the fifth anniversary of the agreement, the interest rate will be reset at 350 basis points above the then prevailing interest rate on the five-year Treasury Note.

Interest of $93,000 during 2014, $77,000 during 2013, and $71,000 during 2012 was accrued on deferred bonus. The balance was $1.5 million at December 31, 2014, and $1.1 million at December 31, 2013.