Note 10 - Borrowed Funds

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

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10. Borrowed Funds

Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase.Securities sold under agreements to repurchase were $400.0 million with a weighted average rate of 3.89% at December 31, 2015, compared to $450.0 million with a weighted average rate of 3.85% at December 31, 2014. 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 compared to no repayments in 2015. As of December 31, 2015, four floating-to-fixed rate agreements totaling $200.0 million with weighted average rate of 5.0% and final maturity in January 2017 have initial floating rates for one year, with floating rates of the 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%. As of December 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, four fixed rate non-callable securities sold under agreements to repurchase totaled $200.0 million with a weighted average rate of 2.78%. Final maturity for the four fixed rate non-callable securities sold under agreements to repurchase is $50.0 million in August 2016, $50.0 million in July 2017, $50.0 million in June 2018, and $50.0 million in July 2018.

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 and mortgage-backed securities with a fair value of $430.2 million as of December 31, 2015, and $516.3 million as of December 31, 2014.

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

	2015			2014			2013
	(Dollars in thousands)
Average amount outstanding during the year (1)	$	400,822		$	629,315		$	972,329
Maximum amount outstanding at month-end (2)		400,000			700,000			1,200,000
Balance, December 31		400,000			450,000			800,000
Rate, December 31		3.89	%		3.85	%		3.87	%
Weighted average interest rate for the year		3.95	%		3.92	%		3.88	%

(1)	Average balances were computed using daily averages.
(2)	Highest month-end balances were January 2015, January 2014, and January 2013.

As of December 31, 2015, over-night borrowings from the FHLB were $250.0 million at a rate of 0.27% compared to $400.0 million at a rate of 0.27% at December 31, 2014. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, a $25.0 million advance from the FHLB at a rate of 1.13% was outstanding and will mature in March 2018.

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 $79,000 during 2015, $93,000 during 2014, and $77,000 during 2013 was accrued on the deferred bonuses. The balance was $1.6 million at December 31, 2015, and $1.5 million at December 31, 2014.