-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, O1qy66HIZU4tc1lTKbT8Q8ub0a8qGwf2P7IGn4+gkCFBN8/Dse/ukFmYIqPQTDrz /3yzSBYCR2GqtJJDhrZB5g== /in/edgar/work/0000900741-00-000012/0000900741-00-000012.txt : 20001013 0000900741-00-000012.hdr.sgml : 20001013 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000900741-00-000012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19991231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001012 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HAVEN BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000900741 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [6035 ] IRS NUMBER: 113153802 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21628 FILM NUMBER: 739113 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 615 MERRICK AVE CITY: WESTBURY STATE: NY ZIP: 11590 BUSINESS PHONE: 5166838385 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 93 22 JAMAICA AVE CITY: WOODHAVEN STATE: NY ZIP: 11421 10-K/A 1 0001.txt SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 10-K/A For Annual and Transition reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [x] Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 [ ] Transition report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Commission File No.: 0-21628 HAVEN BANCORP, INC. (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 11-3153802 (I.R.S. Employer I.D. No.) 615 Merrick Avenue, Westbury, New York 11590 (Address of principal executive offices) (516) 683-4100 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 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 $0.01 per share (Title of class) 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. [x] Yes [ ] No 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 the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of the Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [x] Yes [ ] No The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non- affiliates of the registrant, i.e., persons other than directors and executive officers of the registrant is $134,843,707 and is based upon the last sales price as quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market for March 29, 2000. The registrant had 9,026,661 shares outstanding as of March 29, 2000. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, are incorporated by reference into Parts I and II of this Form 10-K. Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K. PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Statements made herein that are forward-looking in nature within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, estimates with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Haven Bancorp, Inc. that are subject to various factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from these estimates. These factors include, but are not limited to, those related to overall business conditions, particularly in the consumer financial services, mortgage and insurance markets in which Haven Bancorp, Inc. operates, fiscal and monetary policy, competitive products and pricing, credit risk management, the ability of Haven Bancorp, Inc. to undertake a suitable transaction with respect to its residential mortgage lending division and changes in regulations affecting financial institutions. PART I ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS BUSINESS Haven Bancorp, Inc. ("Haven Bancorp" or the "Company") was incorporated under Delaware law on March 25, 1993 as the holding company for CFS Bank ("CFS" or the "Bank") in connection with the Bank's conversion from a federally chartered mutual savings bank to a federally chartered stock savings bank. The Company is a savings and loan holding company and is subject to regulation by the Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS"), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Company is headquartered in Westbury, New York and its principal business currently consists of the operation of its wholly owned subsidiary, the Bank. At December 31, 1999, the Company had consolidated total assets of $2.97 billion and stockholders' equity of $105.6 million. Currently, the Company does not transact any material business other than through its subsidiary, the Bank. The Bank was established in 1889 as a New York-chartered building and loan association and converted to a New York-chartered savings and loan association in 1940. The Bank converted to a federally chartered mutual savings bank in 1983. As the Bank expanded its presence in the New York tri-state area it changed its name to CFS Bank in 1997. The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") System, and its deposit accounts are insured to the maximum allowable amount by the FDIC. At December 31, 1999, the Bank had total assets of $2.96 billion and stockholders' equity of $147.0 million. The Bank's principal business has been and continues to be attracting retail deposits from the general public and investing those deposits, together with funds generated from operations and borrowings, primarily in one- to four-family, owner-occupied residential mortgage loans. Since 1994, the Bank has gradually increased its activity in multi-family and commercial real estate lending. In addition, the Bank will invest in debt, equity and mortgage-backed securities and other marketable securities to supplement its lending portfolio. Effective January 1, 1999, the Bank indefinitely discontinued offering certain consumer loans, including home equity loans and home equity lines of credit. On May 1, 1998, the Bank completed the purchase of the loan production franchise of Intercounty Mortgage, Inc. ("IMI"). The business operates as a division of the Bank under the name CFS Mortgage originating and purchasing residential loans for the Bank's portfolio and for sale in the secondary market, primarily through six loan origination offices located in New York, New 1 Jersey and Pennsylvania. Loan sales in the secondary market are primarily on a servicing-released basis, for which the Bank earns servicing-released premiums. The Company has retained an investment banking firm to pursue various strategic alternatives for the Company including the sale of parts of CFS Mortgage, which the Company expects to complete in early 2000. On November 2, 1998, the Company purchased 100% of the outstanding common stock of Century Insurance Agency, Inc. The insurance agency operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company under the name CFS Insurance Agency, Inc. ("CIA"), providing automobile, homeowners and casualty insurance to individuals, and various lines of commercial insurance to individuals. The Bank's results of operations are dependent primarily on its net interest income, which is the difference between the interest income earned on its loan and securities portfolios and its cost of funds, which consists of the interest paid on its deposits and borrowed funds. The Bank's net income is also affected by its non-interest income, its provision for loan losses and its operating expenses consisting primarily of compensation and benefits, occupancy and equipment, federal deposit insurance premiums and other general and administrative expenses. The earnings of the Bank are significantly affected by general economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in market interest rates, and to a lesser extent by government policies and actions of regulatory authorities. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS On March 24, 2000, the Company announced that it retained the investment banking firm of Lehman Brothers Inc. to advise the Board of Directors on strategic alternatives for the Company. In addition, the Company formed a three-person committee of outside Board members to work with Lehman Brothers in these efforts. Chaired by Michael A. McManus, Jr., the committee includes Hanif Dahya and Robert M. Sprotte. The Company had previously announced that it had engaged Lehman Brothers to assist in evaluating options with respect to the Company's residential mortgage origination division. The Company expects a resolution regarding its residential mortgage division in the near future, which will result in the Company recording a restructuring charge, the amount of which cannot be determined at this time. In addition, the Board approved a plan to reduce operating expenses through a reduction in the Company's workforce and elimination of certain other expenses across all departments and divisions. The Company expects to realize approximately $7 million in annualized savings as a result of these measures. The Company started to implement these initiatives as of March 24, 2000. 2 MARKET AREA AND COMPETITION The Bank has been, and continues to be, a community oriented savings institution offering a variety of traditional financial services to meet the needs of the communities in which it operates. Management considers the Bank's reputation and customer service as its major competitive advantage in attracting and retaining customers in its market area. The Bank's primary market area is concentrated in the neighborhoods surrounding its eight full service banking and sixty-three in-store banking facilities located in the New York City boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island, the New York counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester and in New Jersey and Connecticut. During 1999, the Bank opened six in-store branches. Management believes that in- store branching is a cost effective way to extend the Bank's franchise and put its sales force in touch with more prospective customers than possible through conventional bank branches. Management believes that all of its branch offices are located in communities that can generally be characterized as stable, residential neighborhoods of predominantly one- to four-family residences and middle income families. During the past five years, the Bank's expanded loan work-out and resolution efforts have successfully contributed toward reducing non-performing assets to manageable levels. Although there are encouraging signs in the local economy and the Bank's real estate markets, it is unclear how these factors will affect the Bank's asset quality in the future. See "Delinquencies and Classified Assets." The New York City metropolitan area has a large number of financial institutions, many of which are significantly larger and have greater financial resources than the Bank, and all of which are competitors of the Bank to varying degrees. The Bank's competition for loans and deposits comes principally from savings and loan associations, savings banks, commercial banks, mortgage banking companies, insurance companies and credit unions. In addition, the Bank faces increasing competition for deposits from non-bank institutions such as brokerage firms and insurance companies in such areas as short-term money market funds, corporate and government securities funds, mutual funds and annuities and insurance. Competition may also increase as a result of the lifting of restrictions on the interstate operations of financial institutions and the recent passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. See "Regulation and Supervision." 3 LENDING ACTIVITIES LOAN PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION. The Bank's loan portfolio consists primarily of conventional first mortgage loans secured by owner occupied one- to four-family residences, and, to a lesser extent, multi-family residences, commercial real estate and construction and land loans. Also, the Bank's loan portfolio includes cooperative loans, which the Bank has not originated since 1990 except to facilitate the sale of real estate owned ("REO") or to restructure a problem asset. During 1999, loan originations and purchases totaled $1.38 billion (comprised of $1.20 billion of residential one- to four-family mortgage loans, $158.7 million of commercial and multi-family real estate loans, $11.2 million of construction loans and $8.9 million of consumer loans). One- to four-family mortgage loan originations and purchases included $634.8 million of loans originated and purchased for sale in the secondary market. During 1999, the Bank sold $561.7 million of one- to four-family mortgage loans in the secondary market on a servicing-released basis. At December 31, 1999, the Bank had total mortgage loans outstanding of $1.77 billion, of which $1.33 billion were one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, or 74.0% of the Bank's total loans. At that same date, multi-family residential mortgage loans totaled $268.4 million, or 14.9% of total loans. The remainder of the Bank's mortgage loans, included $167.5 million of commercial real estate loans, or 9.3% of total loans, $3.7 million of cooperative apartment loans, or 0.2% of total loans and $3.2 million of construction and land loans, or 0.2% of total loans. Other loans in the Bank's portfolio principally consisted of home equity lines of credit and consumer loans totaling $25.9 million, or 1.4% of total loans at December 31, 1999. 4 The following table sets forth the composition of the Bank's loan portfolio, excluding loans held for sale, in dollar amounts and in percentages of the respective portfolios at the dates indicated.
At December 31, --------------- 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent of of of of of Amount Total Amount Total Amount Total Amount Total Amount Total ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- (Dollars in thousands) Mortgage loans: One- to four-family $1,332,169 73.98% $888,610 67.85% $805,690 69.93% $556,818 65.63% $325,050 57.03% Multi-family 268,358 14.90 215,542 16.46 143,559 12.46 105,341 12.42 79,008 13.86 Commercial 167,518 9.30 163,935 12.52 148,745 12.91 127,956 15.08 111,038 19.48 Cooperative 3,669 0.20 3,970 0.30 19,596 1.70 19,936 2.35 10,187 1.79 Construction and land 3,168 0.18 2,731 0.20 2,263 0.20 4,227 0.50 5,737 1.01 --------- ----- --------- ----- ------- ----- ------- ----- ------- ----- Total mortgage loans 1,774,882 98.56 1,274,788 97.33 1,119,853 97.20 814,278 95.98 531,020 93.17 Other loans: Home equity lines of credit 11,328 0.63 15,173 1.16 15,449 1.34 15,677 1.85 16,454 2.89 Property improvement loans 1,502 0.08 2,634 0.20 4,392 0.38 6,957 0.82 10,248 1.80 Loans on deposit accounts 749 0.04 957 0.07 895 0.08 809 0.10 821 0.14 Commercial loans 422 0.02 445 0.03 453 0.04 351 0.04 479 0.08 Guaranteed student loans 667 0.04 774 0.06 882 0.08 985 0.12 1,181 0.21 Unsecured consumer loans 978 0.05 2,029 0.16 450 0.04 809 0.10 1,950 0.34 Other loans 10,302 0.58 12,914 0.99 9,770 0.84 8,506 0.99 7,834 1.37 --------- ------ --------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ Total other loans 25,948 1.44 34,926 2.67 32,291 2.80 34,094 4.02 38,967 6.83 --------- ------ --------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ Total loans 1,800,830 100.00% 1,309,714 100.00% 1,152,144 100.00% 848,372 100.00% 569,987 100.00% ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== Less: Unearned discounts, premiums and deferred loan fees, net 5,995 966 (1,363) (786) (1,029) Allowance for loan losses (16,699) (13,978) (12,528) (10,704) (8,573) --------- --------- ------- ------- ------- Loans, net $1,790,126 $1,296,702 $1,138,253 $836,882 $560,385 ========= ========= ======= ======= =======
5 The following table shows the estimated contractual maturity of the Bank's loan portfolio at December 31, 1999, assuming no prepayments.
At December 31, 1999 Mortgage Other Total Loans Loans Loans -------- ----- ------- (In thousands) Amounts due: Within one year $ 75,797 $16,497 92,294 ------- ------ ------- After one year: One to three years 171,079 1,390 172,469 Three to five years 335,096 1,652 336,748 Five to ten years 595,617 2,337 597,954 Ten to twenty years 354,481 4,072 358,553 Over twenty years 242,812 - 242,812 --------- ------ --------- Total due after one year 1,699,085 9,451 1,708,536 --------- ------ --------- Total $1,774,882 $25,948 $1,800,830 ========= ====== =========
The following table sets forth at December 31, 1999, the dollar amount of all loans due after December 31, 2000, and whether such loans have fixed interest rates or adjustable interest rates.
Due After December 31, 2000 Fixed Adjustable Total ----- ---------- ----- (In thousands) Mortgage loans: One- to four-family $534,265 $ 759,164 $1,293,429 Multi-family 38,586 217,360 255,946 Commercial 28,475 117,566 146,041 Cooperative 954 2,715 3,669 Other loans 7,466 1,985 9,451 ------- --------- --------- Total $609,746 $1,098,790 $1,708,536 ======= ========= ========= 6 The following table sets forth the Bank's loan originations, loan purchases, sales and principal repayments for the periods indicated:
Years Ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ (In thousands) Mortgage loans (gross): At beginning of year $1,274,788 $1,119,853 $814,278 $531,020 $483,232 Mortgage loans originated(1): One- to four-family 568,072 177,544 121,498 98,783 64,139 Multi-family 102,305 88,504 64,181 46,310 11,726 Commercial real estate 56,395 68,319 69,495 35,886 26,047 Cooperative - 34 - - 63 Construction and land loans 11,188 2,806 3,773 1,562 4,367 --------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total mortgage loans originated 737,960 337,207 258,947 182,541 106,342 Mortgage loans purchased - 297,906 200,900 172,300 26,241 Transfer of mortgage loans to REO (622) (623) (1,695) (3,470) (4,638) Transfer of mortgage loans from/ (to) loans held for sale 44,569 - - 10,594 (12,038) Principal repayments (259,143) (269,164) (151,215) (78,209) (67,274) Sales of mortgage loans (2) (22,670) (104,700) (1,362) (498) (845) Transfer of loans to MBSs - (105,691) - - - --------- --------- --------- ------- ------- At end of year $1,774,882 $1,274,788 $1,119,853 $814,278 $531,020 ========= ========= ========= ======= ======= Other loans (gross): At beginning of year $ 34,926 $ 32,291 $ 34,094 $ 38,967 $ 41,025 Other loans originated 8,874 16,413 11,491 8,735 10,746 Principal repayments (17,852) (13,778) (13,294) (13,608) (12,804) ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- At end of year $ 25,948 $ 34,926 $ 32,291 $ 34,094 $ 38,967 ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
(1) Includes wholesale loan purchases. (2) During 1999, the Bank sold $20.5 million of adjustable-rate mortgage loans previously held in the Bank's portfolio. During 1998, the Bank sold $83.3 million of adjustable-rate mortgage loans in several bulk sale transactions. Also during 1998, the Bank sold $14.0 million of cooperative apartment loans. ONE- TO FOUR-FAMILY MORTGAGE LENDING. The Bank offers both fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage ("ARM") loans secured by one- to four-family residences located primarily in Long Island (in the New York counties of Nassau and Suffolk), the New York City boroughs of Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island, the New York counties of Rockland and Westchester, as well as in Albany and Rochester, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. 7 Loan originations are generally obtained from existing or past customers, members of the local communities, local real estate brokers and attorney referrals. The substantial majority of the Bank's loans are originated through efforts of Bank-employed sales representatives who solicit loans from the communities served by the Bank by calling on real estate attorneys, brokers and individuals who have expressed an interest in obtaining a mortgage loan. The Bank also originates loans from its customer base in its branch offices. In 1995, the Bank also began purchasing loans on a flow basis from correspondent mortgage bankers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to supplement its one- to four-family loan originations. The Bank generally originates one- to four-family residential mortgage loans in amounts up to 95% of the lower of the appraised value or selling price of the property securing the loan. Properties securing such loans are primarily owner-occupied principal residences. One- to four-family mortgage loans may be originated with loan-to-value ratios of up to 97% of the appraised value of the property under the Fannie Mae ("FNMA") Community Home Buyers Program, which targets low to low/moderate income borrowers. Residential condominium loans are originated in amounts up to a maximum of 95% of the appraised value of the condominium unit. Private Mortgage Insurance ("PMI") is required whenever loan-to-value ratios exceed 80% of the price or appraised value of the property securing the loan. Loan amounts generally conform to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC") limits. Mortgage loans originated by the Bank generally include due-on-sale clauses that provide the Bank with the contractual right to deem the loan immediately due and payable in the event that the borrower transfers ownership of the property without the Bank's consent. Due-on-sale clauses are an important means of enabling the Bank to redeploy funds at current rates thereby causing the Bank's loan portfolio to be more interest rate sensitive. The Bank has generally exercised its rights under these clauses. The Bank currently offers fixed-rate loans up to $1.0 million on one- to four-family residences with terms up to 30 years, as well as 30 year and 15 year fixed-rate bi-weekly loans. Interest rates charged on fixed-rate mortgage loans are competitively priced based on market conditions and the Bank's cost of funds. Origination fees on fixed-rate loans typically range from 0% to 3% of the principal amount of the loan. Generally, the Bank's standard underwriting guidelines conform to the FNMA/FHLMC guidelines. The Bank currently offers ARM loans up to $1.0 million which adjust either annually, or in 3, 5, 7, 10 or 15 years with maximum loan terms of 30 years. The Bank's ARM loans typically carry an initial interest rate below the fully-indexed rate for 8 the loan. For one year ARMs, the Bank qualifies borrowers based upon a rate of 2% over the initial rate. The initial discounted rate is determined by the Bank in accordance with market and competitive factors. The Bank currently charges origination fees ranging from 0% to 2.0% for its one- to four-family ARM loans. ARM loans generally pose a risk that as interest rates rise, the amount of a borrower's monthly loan payment also rises, thereby increasing the potential for delinquencies and loan losses. This potential risk is mitigated by the Bank's policy of originating ARM loans with annual and lifetime interest rate caps that limit the amount that a borrower's monthly payment may increase and by qualifying borrowers based upon a rate of 2% over the initial rate. During 1999, the Bank originated or purchased $443.6 million of one- to four-family ARM loans for portfolio. The Bank originates 30 year and 15 year fixed-rate loans for immediate sale, primarily to private investors, while it generally retains ARM loans, 10, and 20 year fixed-rate loans, and 15 and 30 year bi-weekly fixed-rate loans for portfolio. The Bank arranges for the sale of such loans at the acceptance of the commitment by the applicant to the investor through "assignments of trade" or "best efforts" commitments. The Bank sells loans on a servicing-released basis. For the year ended December 31, 1999, the Bank originated and purchased approximately $634.8 million of primarily fixed rate, one- to four-family loans for sale in the secondary market, $561.7 million of which were sold in 1999 and $44.6 million of which were transferred to portfolio. COOPERATIVE APARTMENT LOANS. Until 1990, the Bank originated loans secured by cooperative units. Since 1990, the Bank has not originated any loans secured by cooperative units with the exception of loans to facilitate the restructuring of a classified asset or sale of REO. In 1994, the Bank was approved as a seller/servicer in a FNMA pilot program, enabling it to originate cooperative apartment loans for immediate sale to FNMA. MULTI-FAMILY LENDING. The Bank originates multi-family loans with contractual terms of up to 15 years where the interest rate generally reprices during the term of the loan and is tied to matching U.S. Treasury Notes plus a margin. These loans are generally secured by apartment and mixed-use (commercial and residential, with the majority of income coming from the residential units) properties, located in the Bank's primary market area and are made in amounts of up to 75% of the appraised value of the property. In making such loans, the Bank bases its underwriting decision primarily on the net operating income generated by the real estate to support the debt service, the financial resources, credit history and ownership/ management experience of the principals/guarantors, and the marketability of the property. The Bank generally requires a debt service coverage ratio of at least 1.20x and sometimes requires personal 9 guarantees from borrowers. As of December 31, 1999, $268.4 million, or 14.9% of the Bank's total loan portfolio, consisted of multi-family residential loans. Multi-family, commercial real estate and construction and land lending are generally believed to involve a higher degree of credit risk than one- to four-family lending because such loans typically involve higher principal amounts and the repayment of such loans generally is dependent on income produced by the property to cover operating expenses and debt service. Economic events that are outside the control of the borrower or lender could adversely impact the value of the security for the loan or the future cash flows from the borrower's property. In recognition of these risks, the Bank applies stringent underwriting criteria for all of its loans. See "Commercial Real Estate Lending" and "Construction and Land Lending". COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING. The Bank originates commercial real estate loans that are generally secured by properties used exclusively for business purposes such as retail stores, mixed- use properties (residential and retail or professional office combined where the majority of the income from the property comes from the commercial business), light industrial and small office buildings located in the Bank's primary market area. The Bank's commercial real estate loans are generally made in amounts up to the lesser of 70% of the appraised value of the property or 65% for owner occupied properties. Commercial real estate loans are made on a negotiated basis for terms of up to 15 years where the interest rate generally reprices during the term of the loan and is tied to the prime rate or the U.S. Treasury Note rate matched to the repricing frequency of the loan. The Bank's underwriting standards and procedures are similar to those applicable to its multi-family loans, whereby the Bank considers the net operating income of the property and the borrower's expertise, credit history and profitability. The Bank generally requires that the properties securing commercial real estate loans have debt service coverage ratios of not less than 1.30x and also generally requires personal guarantees from the borrowers or the principals of the borrowing entity. At December 31, 1999, the Bank's commercial real estate loan portfolio totaled $167.5 million, or 9.3% of the Bank's total loan portfolio. CONSTRUCTION AND LAND LENDING. The Bank's construction loans primarily have been made to finance the construction of one- to four-family residential properties, multi-family residential properties and retail properties. The Bank's policies provide that construction and land development loans may generally be made in amounts up to 70% of the value when completed for commercial properties and 75% for multi-family. The Bank generally requires personal guarantees and evidence that the borrower has invested an amount equal to at least 20% of the 10 estimated cost of the land and improvements. Construction loans generally are made on a floating rate basis (subject to daily adjustment) and a maximum term of 18 months, subject to renewal. Construction loans are generally made based on pre-sales or pre- leasing. Loan proceeds are disbursed in increments as construction progresses and as inspections warrant. As of December 31, 1999, the Bank had $3.2 million, or 0.2% of its total loan portfolio invested in construction and land loans. OTHER LOANS. As of December 31, 1999, other loans totaled $25.9 million, or 1.4% of the Bank's total loan portfolio. Effective January 1, 1999, the Bank indefinitely discontinued offering consumer loan products, including home equity loans and home equity lines of credit, due to shrinking volume and spreads coupled with high origination costs. LOAN APPROVAL PROCEDURES AND AUTHORITY. For one- to four-family real estate loans each loan is reviewed and approved by an underwriter and another departmental officer with credit authority appropriate for the loan amount and type in accordance with the policies approved by the Board of Directors. Multi- family, commercial and construction loans are approved by designated lending officers respective of the amounts within their lending authorities which are approved by the Board of Directors. Commercial loans up to $3.0 million must be approved by the Officers Loan Committee, whereas, loans exceeding $3.0 million must be approved by the Board of Directors Loan Committee. Loans not secured by real estate as well as unsecured loans, depending on the amount of the loan and the loan-to-value ratio, where applicable, require the approval of at least one lending officer and/or underwriter designated by the Board of Directors. For all loans originated by the Bank, upon receipt of a completed loan application from a prospective borrower, a credit report is ordered and certain other information is verified by the Bank's loan underwriters and, if necessary, additional financial information is requested. An appraisal of the real estate intended to secure the proposed loan is performed, as required by OTS regulations and prepared by an independent appraiser designated and approved by the Bank. The Board of Directors annually approves the independent appraisers used by the Bank and approves the Bank's appraisal policy. It is the Bank's policy to obtain title insurance on all real estate first mortgage loans. Borrowers must also obtain hazard insurance prior to closing and flood insurance and PMI where required. Borrowers generally are required to advance funds on a monthly basis together with each payment of principal and interest to a mortgage escrow account from which the Bank makes disbursements for items such as real estate taxes, and in some cases, hazard insurance premiums. 11 LOAN CONCENTRATIONS. Under OTS regulations, the Bank may not extend credit to a single borrower or related group of borrowers in an amount greater than 15% of the Bank's unimpaired capital and surplus. An additional amount of credit may be extended, equal to 10% of unimpaired capital and surplus, if the loan is secured by readily marketable collateral, which does not include real estate. At December 31, 1999, the Bank's loans-to-one borrower limit was $24.6 million. None of the Bank's borrowers exceeded this limit in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements. DELINQUENCIES AND CLASSIFIED ASSETS DELINQUENT LOANS. The Bank entered into a sub-servicing agreement with Norwest Mortgage, Inc. ("Norwest"), commencing on November 16, 1998, under which Norwest performs all residential mortgage loan servicing functions on behalf of the Bank for the Bank's portfolio loans, as well as for loans serviced for third party investors. Norwest's collection procedures for mortgage loans include sending a notice after the loan is 16 days past due. In the event that payment is not received after the late notice, phone calls are made to the borrower by Norwest's collection department. When contact is made with the borrower at any time prior to foreclosure, the collection department attempts to obtain full payment or the loss mitigation department attempts to work out a repayment schedule with the borrower to avoid foreclosure. Generally, foreclosure procedures are initiated when a loan is over 95 days delinquent. Loss mitigation efforts continue throughout the foreclosure process. CLASSIFIED ASSETS. Federal regulations and the Bank's Classification of Assets Policy provide for the classification of loans and other assets considered by the Bank to be of lesser quality as "substandard", "doubtful" or "loss" assets. An asset is considered substandard if it is inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor and/or of the collateral pledged, if any. Substandard assets include those characterized by the "distinct possibility" that the insured institution will sustain "some loss" if the deficiencies are not corrected. Assets classified as doubtful have all of the weaknesses inherent in those classified substandard with the added characteristic that the weaknesses present make "collection or liquidation in full," on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and values, "highly questionable and improbable." Assets classified as loss are those considered "uncollectible" and of such little value that their continuance as assets without the establishment of a specific loss reserve is not warranted. Pursuant to OTS guidelines, the Bank is no longer required to classify assets as "special mention" if such assets possess weaknesses but do not expose the Bank to sufficient risk to warrant classification in one of the aforementioned 12 categories. However, the Bank continues to classify assets as "special mention" for internal monitoring purposes. Non-performing loans (consisting of non-accrual loans and restructured loans) decreased each year during the five-year period ended December 31, 1999 from $16.9 million at December 31, 1995 to $7.7 million at December 31, 1999. The continued decline in the balance of non-performing loans during this period was due to the Bank's ongoing efforts to reduce non-performing assets, as well as to an improved economy. REO decreased each year during this period from $2.0 million at December 31, 1995 (net of an allowance for REO of $178,000) to a balance at December 31, 1999 of $324,000. The Bank intends to continue its efforts to reduce non-performing assets in the normal course of business, but it may continue to seek opportunities to dispose of its non- performing assets through sales to investors or otherwise. The Bank also has restructured loans, which has enabled the Bank to avoid the costs involved with foreclosing on the properties securing such loans while continuing to collect payments on the loans under their modified terms. Troubled debt restructurings ("TDRs") are loans for which certain concessions, such as the reduction of interest rates or the deferral of interest or principal payments, have been granted due to the borrower's financial condition. At December 31, 1999, the Bank had 8 restructured loans with an aggregate principal balance of $0.7 million. Of this amount, 68.6% were residential loans (including cooperative apartment loans) and 31.4% were multi-family loans. Management is able to avoid the costs of foreclosing on loans that it has restructured. However, restructured loans have a higher probability of becoming delinquent than loans that have no previous history of delinquency. To the extent that the Bank is unable to return these loans to performing status, the Bank would have to foreclose on such loans, which would increase the Bank's REO. The Bank's policy is to recognize income on a cash basis for restructured loans for a period of six months, after which such loans are returned to an accrual basis if they are performing in accordance with their modified terms. At December 31, 1999, the Bank had 7 restructured loans with an aggregate principal balance of $0.6 million that were on accrual status. For restructured loans that are 90 days or more past due, the loan is returned to non-accrual status and previously accrued but uncollected interest is reversed. At December 31, 1999, the Bank's classified assets consisted of $6.5 million of loans and REO of which $133,000 were classified as a loss or doubtful. The Bank's assets classified as substandard at December 31, 1999 consisted of $6.1 million of loans and $324,000 of gross REO. Classified assets in total 13 declined $4.6 million, or 41.1% since December 31, 1997. At December 31, 1999, the Bank also had $6.1 million of commercial real estate loans that it had designated special mention. These loans were performing in accordance with their terms at December 31, 1999 but were deemed to warrant close monitoring by management due to one or more factors, such as the absence of current financial information relating to the borrower and/or the collateral, financial difficulties of the borrower or inadequate cash flow from the security property. At December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, delinquencies in the Bank's loan portfolio were as follows:
At December 31, 1999 At December 31, 1998 -------------------------------- --------------------------------- 60-89 Days 90 Days or More 60-89 Days 90 Days or More ---------------- --------------- ---------------- ---------------- Number Principal Number Principal Number Principal Number Principal of Balance of Balance of Balance of Balance Loans of Loans Loans of Loans Loans of Loans Loans of Loans ------ -------- ------ --------- ------ -------- ------ --------- (Dollars in thousands) One- to four-family 28 $ 991 31 $ 3,485 50 $ 5,201 40 $ 3,843 Multi-family - - 2 1,139 2 591 - - Commercial - - 5 1,365 2 306 7 2,175 Cooperative 11 36 10 384 - - 26 303 Construction and land loans - - - - - - - - Other loans 30 104 52 621 94 1,177 47 207 -- ------ --- ------ --- ------ --- ------ Total loans 69 $ 1,131 100 $ 6,994 148 $ 7,275 120 $ 6,528 == ====== === ====== === ====== === ====== Delinquent loans to total loans (1) 0.06% 0.39% 0.56% 0.50% ==== ==== ==== ====
At December 31, 1997 --------------------------------- 60-89 Days 90 Days or More ---------------- ---------------- Number Principal Number Principal of Balance of Balance Loans of Loans Loans of Loans ------ --------- ------ --------- (Dollars in thousands) One- to four-family 8 $ 1,339 42 $ 3,534 Multi-family - - 9 2,362 Commercial 1 33 9 3,305 Cooperative 3 128 8 699 Construction and land loans - - 1 100 Other loans 26 452 19 396 --- ------ --- ------ Total loans 38 $ 1,952 88 $10,396 === ====== === ====== Delinquent loans to total loans (1) 0.17% 0.90% ==== ====
(1) Restructured loans that have become seasoned for the required six month period and are currently performing in accordance with their restructured terms are not included in delinquent loans. There were no restructured loans included in 14 loans delinquent 90 days or more at December 31, 1999. At December 31, 1998, there was 1 restructured loan for $183,000 that was included in loans delinquent 90 days or more because it had not yet performed in accordance with its modified terms for the required six-month seasoning period. NON-PERFORMING ASSETS. The Bank does not accrue interest on loans 90 days past due and restructured loans that have not yet performed in accordance with their modified terms for at least six months. If non-accrual loans had been performing in accordance with their original terms, the Bank would have recorded interest income from such loans of approximately $468,000, $425,000 and $736,000 for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively, compared to $144,000, $117,000 and $146,000, which was recognized on non-accrual loans for such periods, respectively. If all restructured loans, as of December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, had been performing in accordance with their original loan terms (prior to being restructured), the Bank would have recognized interest income from such loans of approximately $180,000, $396,000 and $197,000 for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The following table sets forth information regarding all non-accrual loans (which consist of loans 90 days or more past due and restructured loans that have not yet performed in accordance with their modified terms for the required six-month seasoning period), restructured loans and REO.
At December 31, 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ (Dollars in thousands) Non-accrual mortgage loans $ 6,373 $ 6,321 $ 10,000 $ 10,358 $ 9,116 Restructured mortgage loans 717 1,857 2,136 3,160 7,072 Non-accrual other loans 621 207 396 375 689 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total non-performing loans 7,711 8,385 12,532 13,893 16,877 Real estate owned, net of related reserves 324 200 455 1,038 2,033 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total non-performing assets $ 8,035 $ 8,585 $ 12,987 $ 14,931 $ 18,910 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Non-performing loans to total loans 0.42% 0.64% 1.09% 1.64% 2.97% Non-performing assets to total assets 0.27 0.36 0.66 0.94 1.28 Non-performing loans to total assets 0.26 0.35 0.63 0.88 1.15
ALLOWANCES FOR LOAN AND REO LOSSES The allowance for loan losses ("ALL") is increased by charges to income and decreased by charge-offs (net of recoveries). The Bank's ALL is comprised of four major categories corresponding to a specific loan type as disclosed on page 18. In determining each of the corresponding portions of the ALL, as well as the overall ALL, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the Bank's policies and procedures consider two major 15 elements: (1) determining and measuring loan impairment under SFAS No. 114, "Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan," and (2) determining and measuring impairment by applying historical loss rates to loan categories under SFAS No. 5, "Accounting for Contingencies." Under SFAS No. 114 the overall loan portfolio is evaluated and, for loans considered impaired, related reserves are identified and calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 114. At December 31, 1999 the SFAS No. 114 portion of the ALL was estimated at $78 thousand. Loans not individually evaluated for impairment under SFAS No. 114, as well as the loans which are individually evaluated under SFAS No. 114, but not considered impaired, are grouped with other loans which share similar characteristics for impairment evaluation under SFAS No. 5. Under SFAS No. 5, loans with similar characteristics are grouped by loan type, past due status and risk and are evaluated for collectibility. Based on the historical loss rates and other factors contributing to the overall loss experience, each category is assigned a risk weighting which generally ranges from 50 to 100 basis points. Additional considerations in determining the risk weighting is given to qualitative factors such as economic conditions and business environment and strategy, which may result in additional basis points being applied to a particular category of loans. At December 31, 1999, the SFAS No. 5 element of the ALL was estimated at $16.6 million. During the five years ended December 31, 1999, the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of non-performing loans increased steadily to 216.56% at December 31, 1999. The increase is a direct result of the steady decline in non-performing loans during that five year period. Non-performing loans as a percentage of total loans declined steadily from 2.97% at December 31, 1995 to 0.42% at December 31, 1999. The decline is due to the decrease in non-performing loans, as well as an increase in total loans. The Bank's provision for loan losses has remained relatively stable over the last five years. Specifically, the Bank made provisions for loan losses of $3.6 million, $2.7 million, $2.8 million, $3.1 million and $2.8 million for December 31, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. The Bank will continue to monitor and modify its allowances for loan and REO losses as conditions dictate. Although the Bank maintains its allowances at levels that it considers adequate to provide for probable losses, there can be no assurance that such losses will not exceed the estimated amounts. 16 The following table sets forth the changes in the Bank's allowance for loan losses at the dates indicated.
At or For the Years Ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ (Dollars in thousands) Balance at beginning of year $13,978 $12,528 $10,704 $ 8,573 $10,847 Charge-offs: One- to four-family (314) (435) (964) (771) (472) Cooperative (34) (256) (370) (524) (2,142) Multi-family - (708) - (30) (1,299) Non-residential and other (1,002) (935) (352) (560) (1,541) ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Total charge-offs (1,350) (2,334) (1,686) (1,885) (5,454) Recoveries 446 1,119 760 891 405 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Net charge-offs (904) (1,215) (926) (994) (5,049) Provision for loan losses 3,625 2,665 2,750 3,125 2,775 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Balance at end of year $16,699 $13,978 $12,528 $10,704 $ 8,573 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== Ratio of net charge-offs during the year to average loans out- standing during the year 0.06% 0.09% 0.09% 0.15% 0.93% Ratio of allowance for loan losses to total loans at the end of year (1) 0.92 1.07 1.09 1.26 1.51 Ratio of allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans at the end of the year (2) 216.56 166.70 99.97 77.05 50.80
(1) The steady decline in the ratio of allowance for loan losses to total loans is attributable to a decline in non-performing loans as previously mentioned coupled with growth in the Bank's total loans outstanding. (2) The ratio of allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans has increased significantly over the last five years as non-performing loans have declined. 17 The following table sets forth the Bank's allocation of its allowance for loan losses to the total amount of loans in each of the categories listed.
At December 31, 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ % of % of % of % of % of Loans in Loans in Loans in Loans in Loans in Category Category Category Category Category to Total to Total to Total to Total to Total Amount Loans Amount Loans Amount Loans Amount Loans Amount Loans ------ -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- (Dollars in thousands) Mortgage loans: Residential (1) $12,112 89.08% $10,139 84.62% $7,039 84.09% $5,929 80.40% $3,838 72.67% Commercial 4,372 9.30 3,579 12.51 5,201 12.91 4,340 15.08 4,175 19.48 Construction - 0.18 - 0.21 - 0.20 - 0.50 69 1.00 Other loans 215 1.44 260 2.66 288 2.80 435 4.02 491 6.85 ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Total allowance for loan losses (2) $16,699 100.00% $13,978 100.00% $12,528 100.00% $10,704 100.00% $8,573 100.00% ====== ====== ====== ====== ===== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======
(1) Includes one- to four-family, multi-family and cooperative loans. (2) In order to comply with certain regulatory reporting requirements, management has prepared the above allocation of the Bank's allowance for loan losses among various categories of the loan portfolio for each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 1999. In management's opinion, such allocation has, at best, a limited utility. It is based on management's assessment as of a given point in time of the risk characteristics of each of the component parts of the total loan portfolio and is subject to changes as and when the risk factors of each such component change. Such allocation is not indicative of either the specific amounts or the loan categories in which future charge-offs may be taken, nor should it be taken as an indicator of future loss trends. In addition, by presenting such allocation, management does not mean to imply that the allocation is exact or that the allowance has been precisely determined from such allocation. INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES The investment policy of the Bank, which is established by the Board of Directors and implemented by the Bank's Asset/Liability Committee ("ALCO"), is designed primarily to provide and maintain liquidity, to generate a favorable return on investments without incurring undue interest rate and credit risks, and to complement the Bank's lending activities. Federally chartered savings institutions have the authority to invest in various types of liquid assets, including U.S. Treasury obligations, securities of various federal agencies, certain certificates of deposit of 18 insured banks and savings institutions, certain bankers' acceptances, repurchase agreements and federal funds. Subject to various restrictions, federally chartered savings institutions may also invest their assets in commercial paper, investment grade corporate debt securities and mutual funds whose assets conform to the investments that a federally chartered savings institution is otherwise authorized to make directly. Additionally, the Bank must maintain minimum levels of investments that qualify as liquid assets under OTS regulations. See "Regulation and Supervision-Federal Savings Institution Regulation-Liquidity." Historically, the Bank has maintained liquid assets above the minimum OTS requirements and at a level believed to be adequate to meet its normal daily activities. At December 31, 1999, the Bank had money market investments and debt and equity securities available for sale with aggregate carrying amounts of $1.2 million and $195.4 million, respectively. On June 30, 1998, the Company transferred the then remaining $138.2 million of MBSs and $45.4 million of debt securities held to maturity to securities available for sale ("AFS"). The transfer was done to enhance liquidity and take advantage of market opportunities. At December 31, 1999, the securities AFS portfolio totaled $937.3 million, of which $184.5 million were adjustable-rate securities and $752.8 million were fixed-rate securities. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the carrying and market values of the Company's money market investments, debt and equity securities and FHLB-NY stock at the dates indicated:
At December 31, 1999 1998 1997 ------ ------ ------ Carrying Market Carrying Market Carrying Market Value Value Value Value Value Value -------- ------ -------- ------ ------- ------ (In thousands) Debt and Equity Securities: U.S. Government and agency obligations $ 92,142 $ 92,142 $ 77,705 $ 77,705 $135,672 $135,715 Corporate debt securities 93,798 93,798 19,684 19,684 45,390 45,315 Preferred stock 9,453 9,453 11,590 11,590 4,123 4,123 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Subtotal 195,393 195,393 108,979 108,979 185,185(1) 185,153(1) ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Federal Funds sold - - - - - - FHLB-NY stock 27,865 27,865 21,990 21,990 12,885 12,885 Money market investments 1,238 1,238 1,720 1,720 4,561 4,561 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total $224,496 224,496 $132,689 $132,689 $202,631 $202,599 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
(1) Includes debt and equity securities held to maturity at December 31, 1997, with a carrying value and market value of $66.4 million. 19 The table below sets forth certain information regarding the carrying value, weighted average yields and maturities of the Company's money market investments and debt and equity securities at December 31, 1999.
At December 31, 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Money Market Investments More than More than Five and Debt and Equity Securities One Year or Less One to Five Years to Ten Years Due After 10 Years --------------------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------------ Average Weighted Weighted Weighted Weighted Remaining Estimated Weighted Carrying Average Carrying Average Carrying Average Carrying Average Years to Carrying Fair Average Value Yield Value Yield Value Yield Value Yield Maturity Value Value Yield -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- (Dollars in thousands) U.S. Government securities and agency obligations $ 15 8.13% $ 38,665 5.59% $ 22,803 6.00% $ 30,659 7.60 10.3 $ 92,142 $ 92,142 6.36% Corporate debt securities - - 19,943 7.50 - - 73,855 7.85 23.9 93,798 93,798 7.78 Money market investments 1,238 4.08 - - - - - - - 1,238 1,238 - ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total $ 1,253 4.13% $ 58,608 6.24% $ 22,803 6.00% $104,514 7.78% 17.1 $187,178 $187,178 7.06% ======= ======= ======= ======= Preferred Stock $ 9,453 $ 9,453 5.00% FHLB-NY stock $ 27,865 $ 27,865 7.00% ------- ------- Total 224,496 224,496 ======= =======
20 MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES The Bank also invests in mortgage-backed securities ("MBSs"). At December 31, 1999, total MBSs, net, aggregated $741.9 million, or 25.0% of total assets. At December 31, 1999, 42.8% of the MBS portfolio, including Collateralized Mortgage Obligations ("CMOs") and Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits ("REMICs"), were insured or guaranteed by either FNMA, FHLMC or the Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA"). At December 31, 1999, $184.5 million, or 24.9% of total MBSs were adjustable-rate and $557.4 million, or 75.1% of total MBSs were fixed-rate. The following table sets forth the carrying amount of the Company's MBS portfolio in dollar amounts and in percentages at the dates indicated.
At December 31, 1999 1998 1997 ------ ------ ------ Percent Percent Percent Carrying of Carrying of Carrying of Value Total Value Total Value Total -------- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------- (Dollars in thousands) MBSs(1): CMOs and REMICS - Agency-backed(2) $164,272 22.14% $106,552 13.66% $174,707 32.14% CMOs and REMICS - Non-agency(2) 424,709 57.25 442,352 56.69 169,480 31.17 FHLMC 32,509 4.38 52,167 6.69 91,110 16.76 FNMA 120,178 16.20 178,767 22.91 107,377 19.75 GNMA 238 0.03 434 0.05 982 0.18 ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ Net MBSs $741,906 100.00% $780,272 100.00% $543,656 100.00% ======= ====== ======= ====== ======= ======
(1) Includes MBSs held to maturity at December 31, 1997, with an aggregate carrying value of $163.1 million and an aggregate fair value of $163.3 million. (2) Included in total MBSs are CMOs and REMICs, which, at December 31, 1999, had a gross carrying value of $589.0 million. A CMO is a special type of pass-through debt in which the stream of principal and interest payments on the underlying mortgages or MBSs is used to create classes with different maturities and, in some cases, amortization schedules, as well as a residual interest, with each such class possessing different risk characteristics. The Bank has in recent periods increased its investment in REMICs and CMOs because these securities generally exhibit a more predictable cash flow than mortgage pass-through securities. The Bank's policy is to limit its purchases of REMICs to non high-risk securities as defined by the OTS. 21 The following tables set forth certain information regarding the carrying and market values and percentage of total carrying values of the Bank's mortgage-backed and related securities portfolio.
At December 31, 1999 1998 1997 ------ ------ ------ Carrying % of Market Carrying % of Market Carrying % of Market Value Total Value Value Total Value Value Total Value -------- ----- ------ -------- ----- ------ -------- ----- ------ (Dollars in thousands) Held to maturity: MBSs: FHLMC $ - - % $ - $ - - $ - $ 27,472 5.05% $ 27,769 FNMA - - - - - - 61,492 11.31 61,093 ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Total MBSs - - - - - - 88,964 16.36 88,862 ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Mortgage-related securities: CMOs and REMICS-Agency backed - - - - - - 21,217 3.90 21,101 CMOs and REMICS- Non-agency - - - - - - 52,876 9.73 53,363 ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Total mortgage-related securities - - - - - - 74,093 13.63 74,464 ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Total mortgage-backed and related securities held to maturity - - - - - - 163,057 29.99 163,326 ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Available for sale: MBSs: GNMA 238 0.03 238 434 0.05 434 982 0.18 982 FHLMC 32,509 4.38 32,509 52,167 6.69 52,167 63,638 11.71 63,638 FNMA 120,178 16.20 120,178 178,767 22.91 178,767 45,885 8.44 45,885 ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Total MBSs 152,925 20.61 152,925 231,368 29.65 231,368 110,505 20.33 110,505 ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Mortgage-related securities: CMOs and REMICs-Agency backed 164,272 22.14 164,272 106,552 13.66 106,552 153,490 28.23 153,490 CMOs and REMICs- Non-agency 424,709 57.25 424,709 442,352 56.69 442,352 116,604 21.45 116,604 ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Total mortgage-related securities 588,981 79.39 588,981 548,904 70.35 548,904 270,094 49.68 270,094 ------- ------ ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Total mortgage-backed and mortgage-related securities available for sale 741,906 100.00 741,906 780,272 100.00 780,272 380,599 70.01 380,599 ------- ------ ------- ------- ----- ------- ------- ----- ------- Total mortgage-backed and related securities $741,906 100.00% $741,906 $780,272 100.00% $780,272 $543,656 100.00% $543,925 ======= ====== ======= ======= ====== ======= ======= ====== =======
22 The table below sets forth certain information regarding the carrying value, weighted average yields and maturities of the Company's mortgage-backed and related securities at December 31, 1999.
At December 31, 1999 Over One to Over Five to Mortgage-Backed One Year or Less Five Years Ten Years Over Ten Years and Related Securities Totals ---------------- ----------- ------------ -------------- ----------------------------- Average Weighted Weighted Weighted Weighted Remaining Estimated Weighted Carrying Average Carrying Average Carrying Average Carrying Average Years to Carrying Market Average Value Yield Value Yield Value Yield Value Yield Maturity Value Value Yield -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- --------- -------- (Dollars in thousands) Available for sale: FNMA $ - - % $ 3,014 6.00% $ 4,912 6.21% $112,252 6.71% 18 $120,178 $120,178 6.68% FHLMC - - 3,331 6.85 3,813 7.64 25,365 6.96 21 32,509 32,509 7.03 GNMA - - - - - - 238 6.88 24 238 238 6.88 CMOs and REMICs 12,084 6.81 - - 15,028 6.65 561,869 6.44 26 588,981 588,981 6.45 ------ ---- ------ ---- ------ ---- ------- ---- ---- ------- ------- ---- Total mortgage- backed and related securities $12,084 6.81 $ 6,345 6.45% $23,753 6.72% $699,724 6.50% 24 $741,906 $741,906 6.51% ====== ==== ====== ==== ====== ==== ======= ==== ==== ======= ======= ====
At December 31, 1999, the weighted average contractual maturity of the Bank's mortgage-backed and related securities portfolio was 24.5 years. 23 The following table shows the carrying value, maturity or period to repricing of the Company's mortgage-backed and related securities portfolio at December 31, 1999.
At December 31, 1999 Total Adjustable Fixed- Adjust- Mortgage- Rate Rate able Backed Fixed-Rate MBSs & CMOs & Rate and Related MBSs REMICs REMICs CMOs Securities ---------- ---------- ------ ---- ----------- (In thousands) Amounts due or repricing: Within one year $ - $ 38,962 $ - $140,812 $179,774 ------- ------- ------ ------- ------- After one year: One to three years 19 - 12,770 - 12,789 Three to five years 6,532 - - - 6,532 Five to 10 years 8,987 - - - 8,987 10 to 20 years 58,922 - 12,582 - 71,504 Over 20 years 43,751 - 452,012 - 495,763 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total due or repricing after one year 118,211 - 477,364 - 595,575 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total Adjusted for: Unrealized gain(loss) (4,510) 360 (28,618) (675) (33,443) ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total mortgage-backed and related securities $113,701 $ 39,322 $448,746 $140,137 $741,906 ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
24 The following table sets forth the carrying value and the activity in the Company's mortgage-backed and related securities portfolio during the periods indicated.
For the Years Ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997 ------ ------ ------ (In thousands) Mortgage-backed and related securities: At beginning of period $780,272 $543,656 $421,964 Loans securitized - 105,691 - MBSs purchased - - 56,941 MBSs sold - (6,618) (18,932) CMOs and REMICs purchased 403,658 687,923 365,002 CMOs and REMICs sold (156,203) (349,464) (206,901) Amortization and repayments (250,264) (199,636) (76,771) Change in unrealized gain (loss) (35,557) (1,280) 2,353 -------- ------- ------- Balance of mortgage-backed and related securities at end of period $741,906 $780,272 $543,656(1) ======= ======= =======
(1) Includes mortgage-backed and related securities held to maturity at December 31, 1997, with a carrying amount and fair value of $163.1 million and $163.3 million, respectively. The Banks ALCO Committee determines when to make substantial changes in the MBS portfolio. In 1999, the Company purchased $403.7 million of CMOs and REMICs, of which $55.2 million were adjustable-rate and $348.4 million were fixed-rate securities. During 1999, the Bank continued to emphasize MBSs reflecting management's strategy to improve duration and yield of the AFS portfolio. At December 31, 1999, $152.9 million, or 20.6% of the Bank's MBS portfolio, was directly insured or guaranteed by the FNMA, FHLMC or GNMA. FNMA and FHLMC provide the certificate holder a guarantee of timely payments of interest and scheduled principal payments, whether or not they have been collected. The GNMA MBSs provide a guarantee to the holder of timely payments of principal and interest and are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. The privately-issued CMOs and REMICs contained in the Bank's AFS portfolio at December 31, 1999 totaling $589.0 million, or 79.4% of MBSs have generally been underwritten by large investment banking firms with the timely payment of principal and interest on these securities supported (credit enhanced) in varying degrees by either insurance issued by a financial guarantee insurer, letters of credit or 25 subordination techniques. Substantially all such securities are rated AAA by one or more of the nationally recognized securities rating agencies. MBSs generally yield less than the loans that underlie such securities, because of the cost of payment guarantees or credit enhancements that result in nominal credit risk. The MBS portfolio had a weighted average yield of 6.51% for the year ended December 31, 1999. In addition, MBSs are more liquid than individual mortgage loans and may be used to collateralize obligations of the Bank. In general, MBSs issued or guaranteed by FNMA and FHLMC and certain AA-rated mortgage-backed pass- through securities are weighted at no more than 20% for risk- based capital purposes, and MBSs issued or guaranteed by GNMA are weighted at 0% for risk-based capital purposes, compared to an assigned risk weighting of 50% to 100% for whole residential mortgage loans. These types of securities thus allow the Bank to optimize regulatory capital to a greater extent than non- securitized whole loans. SOURCES OF FUNDS GENERAL. Deposits, loan, mortgage-backed and debt securities repayments, retained earnings and, to a lesser extent, FHLB advances are the primary source of the Company's and the Bank's funds for use in lending, investing and for other general purposes. DEPOSITS. The Bank offers a variety of deposit accounts having a range of interest rates and terms. The Bank's deposits consist of savings, NOW, checking, money market and certificate accounts. The flow of deposits is influenced significantly by general economic conditions, changes in money market rates, prevailing interest rates and competition. During 1996, the Bank implemented its in-store banking program. During September of 1996, the Bank and Pathmark Stores, Inc. entered into a fifteen year contract to open approximately 44 full-service bank branches in Pathmark supermarkets then existing in New York by early 1999. The contract also provides that the Bank will open a branch in all new Pathmark supermarkets that open in the counties of New York (excluding one store in New York City), Bronx, Queens, Kings, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Rockland. By the end of 1996, the Bank had opened four in-store branches with deposits totaling $12.1 million. During 1998, the Bank opened twenty-eight in-store branches resulting in a total of thirty-two locations at December 31, 1998 with deposits totaling $157.2 million. During 1999, the Bank opened an additional six in-store branches resulting in a total 26 of sixty-three locations at December 31, 1999 with deposits totaling $842.3 million. The in-store branches are located in the New York City boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island, the New York counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester and in New Jersey and Connecticut. At December 31, 1999, the Bank had 39 branches in Pathmark Stores, Inc., 15 in ShopRite Supermarket, Inc., 5 in Edward Super Food Stores, 2 in Big Y Food Stores, 1 in Shaws and 1 mini-branch in The Grand Union Co. Core deposits equaled 46.7% of total in-store branch deposits, compared to 44.1% in traditional branches. Overall core deposits represented 45.4% of total deposits at December 31, 1999 compared to 47.7% at December 31, 1998. The Bank believes that in-store branching is a cost-effective way to extend its franchise and put its sales force in touch with a significant number of prospective customers. The branches are open seven days a week and provide a broad range of traditional banking services, as well as the full package of financial services offered by CFS Investments, Inc. ("CFSI"). The Bank has established a relationship with ShopRite Stores under which the Bank has the right to open in-store branches in all new or renovated ShopRite Stores in New Jersey and Connecticut. In 2000, the Bank anticipates opening one additional in-store branch in a new Pathmark location. Pathmark, has, however, announced that it recently initiated discussions with its bondholders toward developing consensual restructuring plan to reduce its debt. The restructuring could take a variety of forms, including, without limitation, a consensual out-of-court restructuring of Pathmark or an in-court restructuring under a bankruptcy proceeding. If, as part of any restructuring, Pathmark sells a supermarket where the Bank operates a branch, the sale would be subject to the Bank's license related to that supermarket. If Pathmark closes a supermarket where the Bank operates a branch, the license would be subject to termination, and the Bank would be entitled to, among other things, a rebate of some of the costs it incurred to open the branch. Management cannot predict to what extent any restructuring of Pathmark will affect the Bank's in-store branches. The Bank's deposits are obtained primarily from the areas in which its branch offices are located. The Bank relies primarily on customer service and long-standing relationships with customers to attract and retain these deposits. Certificate accounts in excess of $100,000 are not actively solicited by the Bank nor does the Bank use brokers to obtain deposits. During 1999, the Bank continued to offer competitive rates without jeopardizing the value of existing core deposits. During 1997, the Bank experienced a shift in deposits from certificate of deposit accounts into savings and checking accounts which continued in 1998. However, during the second half of 1999 market interest rates increased, therefore, certificates of deposit increased from 52.3% of total deposits at December 31, 27 1998 to 54.6% of total deposits at December 31, 1999. During 1998, the Bank introduced a "Liquid Asset" savings account in all in-store branches which pays the account holder a fixed-rate of interest in the first year on account balances of $2,500 or more. The Liquid Asset account currently pays 4.25% for the first year. The Company has been able to maintain a substantial level of core deposits which the Company believes helps to limit interest rate risk by providing a relatively stable, low cost long-term funding base. The Company expects to attract a higher percentage of core deposits from its in-store branch locations as these locations continue to grow and mature. The following table presents the deposit activity of the Bank for the periods indicated.
Years Ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997 ------ ------ ------ (In thousands) Deposits $7,667,241 $5,753,644 $3,208,355 Withdrawals 7,380,765 5,458,274 3,031,457 --------- --------- --------- Net deposits 286,476 295,370 176,898 Interest credited on deposits 71,427 62,328 50,326 --------- --------- --------- Total increase in deposits $ 357,903 $ 357,698 $ 227,224 ========= ========= =========
Time deposits by maturity at December 31, 1999 over $100,000 are as follows: Maturity Period Amount --------------- ------ (In thousands) Three months or less $27,007 Over three through six months 36,213 Over six through 12 months 34,653 Over 12 months 15,927 ------- Total $113,800 ======= 28 The following table sets forth the distribution of the Bank's deposit accounts for the periods indicated and the weighted average nominal interest rates for each category of deposits presented.
Years Ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997 ------ ------ ------ Percent Weighted Percent Weighted Percent Weighted of Average of Average of Average Average Total Nominal Average Total Nominal Average Total Nominal Balance Deposits Rate Balance Deposits Rate Balance Deposits Rate ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ ------- -------- ------ (Dollars in thousands) Savings accounts $626,428 32.77% 3.14% $441,759 28.22% 2.81% $371,872 30.01% 2.51% Checking accounts 239,614 12.53 0.70 187,297 11.96 0.73 134,546 10.86 1.31 ------- ----- ---- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- Total savings and checking accounts 866,042 45.30 2.46 629,056 40.18 2.19 506,418 40.87 2.07 ------- ----- ---- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- Money market accounts 57,132 2.99 3.21 57,597 3.68 3.54 54,107 4.37 3.37 ------- ----- ---- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- Certificate accounts: 91 days 5,022 0.26 3.40 5,620 0.36 3.87 5,799 0.47 3.83 6 months 192,686 10.09 4.91 164,647 10.52 5.33 85,558 6.90 5.37 7 months 9,062 0.47 4.14 4,519 0.29 3.93 13,116 1.06 5.26 One year 508,995 26.63 5.26 382,497 24.43 5.62 265,891 21.45 5.69 13 months 59,361 3.10 5.15 27,514 1.76 5.53 21,314 1.72 5.79 18 months 9,050 0.47 4.50 33,985 2.17 5.77 34,321 2.77 5.79 2 to 4 years 115,928 6.06 5.63 160,667 10.26 5.99 145,081 11.71 6.04 Five years 82,684 4.32 6.22 93,898 5.99 6.23 101,972 8.23 6.23 7 to 10 years 5,831 0.31 6.31 5,644 0.36 6.31 5,547 0.45 6.31 --------- ------ ---- -------- ------ ---- ------- ------ ---- Total certificate accounts 988,619 51.71 5.29 878,991 56.14 5.68 678,599 54.76 5.79 --------- ------ ---- --------- ------ ---- --------- ------ ---- Total deposits $1,911,793 100.00% 3.95% $1,565,644 100.00% 4.20% $1,239,124 100.00% 4.16% ========= ====== ==== ========= ====== ==== ========= ====== ====
The following table presents, by various rate categories, the amount of certificate accounts outstanding at December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 and the periods to maturity of the certificate accounts outstanding at December 31, 1999.
Period of Maturity from December 31, 1999 ----------------------------------------- Within One to Two to Over At December 31, One Two Three Three 1999 1998 1997 Year Years Years Years Total ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- ------- (In thousands) Certificate accounts: 3.99% or less $ 34,563 $ 31,712 $ 6,682 $ 24,581 $ 4,973 $ 732 $ 4,277 $ 34,563 4.00% to 4.99% 78,062 131,330 6,942 74,311 2,916 393 442 78,062 5.00% to 5.99% 911,169 610,219 548,849 835,255 61,808 2,036 12,070 911,169 6.00% to 6.99% 107,204 123,436 211,302 37,513 23,800 41,943 3,948 107,204 7.00% to 7.99% 4,435 5,052 7,808 4,435 - - - 4,435 --------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------ --------- Total $1,135,433 $901,749 $781,583 $976,095 $93,497 $45,104 $20,737 $1,135,433 ========= ======= ======= ======= ======= ====== ====== =========
29 BORROWINGS Although deposits are the Bank's primary source of funds, the Bank has from time to time utilized borrowed funds as an alternative or less costly source of funds. The Bank's primary source of borrowed funds is advances from the FHLB-NY. These advances are collateralized by the capital stock of the FHLB-NY held by the Bank and certain of the Bank's MBSs. See "Regulation and Supervision-Federal Home Loan Bank System." Such advances are made pursuant to several different credit programs, each of which has its own interest rate and range of maturities. The maximum amount that the FHLB-NY will advance to member institutions, including the Bank, for purposes other than meeting withdrawals, fluctuates from time to time in accordance with the policies of the OTS and the FHLB-NY. At December 31, 1999, the Bank had $537.0 million of advances outstanding from the FHLB-NY. In addition, the Bank may, from time to time, enter into sales of securities under agreements to repurchase ("reverse repurchase agreements") with terms generally up to 30 days with nationally recognized investment banking firms. Reverse repurchase agreements are accounted for as borrowed funds by the Bank and are secured by designated securities. The proceeds of these transactions are used to meet cash flow or asset/liability needs of the Bank. At December 31, 1999, the Bank had $160.8 million of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding. On February 12, 1997, Haven Capital Trust I ("Trust I"), a trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, issued $25.0 million of 10.46% capital securities. The Company is the owner of all the beneficial interests represented by common securities of Trust I. Trust I used the proceeds from the sale of capital securities and the common securities to purchase the Company's 10.46% junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due in 2027. See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Registrant's 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders on page 35 which is incorporated herein by reference. On May 26, 1999, Haven Capital Trust II, a trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Trust II"), issued $22.0 million of 10.25% capital securities. On June 18, 1999, an additional $3.3 million of capital securities were issued in connection with the exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters. The Company is the owner of all of the beneficial interests represented by common securities of the Trust II. The Trust II used the proceeds from the sale of the capital securities and the common securities to purchase the Company's 10.25% junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due in 2029. See Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Registrant's 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders on page 35 which is incorporated herein by reference. 30 The Bank has an ESOP loan from an unrelated third party lender with an outstanding balance of $1.2 million and an interest rate of 7.81% at December 31, 1999. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Registrant's 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders on page 40 which is incorporated herein by reference. The loan, as amended on December 29, 1995, is payable in thirty-two equal quarterly installments beginning December 1995 through September 2003. The loan bears interest at a floating rate based on the federal funds rate plus 250 basis points. 31 The following table sets forth certain information regarding borrowed funds for the dates indicated:
At or For the Years Ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997 ------ ------ ------ (Dollars in thousands) FHLB-NY Advances: Average balance outstanding $445,926 $301,557 $191,550 Maximum amount outstanding at any month-end during the period 537,000 431,000 247,000 Balance outstanding at end of period 537,000 325,200 247,000 Weighted average interest rate during the period 5.28% 5.19% 5.69% Weighted average interest rate at end of period 5.42% 5.13% 5.86% Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase: Average balance outstanding $180,298 $142,348 $172,310 Maximum amount outstanding at any month-end during the period 242,429 191,291 229,280 Balance outstanding at end of period 160,786 88,690 193,028 Weighted average interest rate during the period 5.40% 5.71% 5.68% Weighted average interest rate at end of period 6.42% 5.50% 5.94% Other Borrowings (1): Average balance outstanding $ 41,029 $ 26,626 $ 25,231 Maximum amount outstanding at any month-end during the period 51,543 26,766 30,120 Balance outstanding at end of period 51,446 26,456 26,766 Weighted average interest rate during the period 10.35% 10.32% 8.15% Weighted average interest rate at end of period 10.24% 10.20% 10.29% Total Borrowings: Average balance outstanding $667,253 $470,531 $389,091 Maximum amount outstanding at any month-end during the period 780,478 649,057 466,794 Balance outstanding at end of period 749,232 440,346 466,794 Weighted average interest rate during the period 5.61% 5.95% 5.86% Weighted average interest rate at end of period 5.97% 5.51% 6.15%
(1) Includes the CMO, ESOP loan and Capital Securities issued by Haven Capital Trust I and Haven Capital Trust II. 32 SUBSIDIARY ACTIVITIES COLUMBIA RESOURCES CORP ("Columbia Resources"). Columbia Resources is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank and was formed in 1984 for the sole purpose of acting as a conduit for a partnership to acquire and develop a parcel of property in New York City. Columbia Resources acquired the property, but never developed it. The property was later sold. During 1996, two REO commercial properties totaling $524,000 were transferred from the Bank to Columbia Resources to limit exposure to the Bank from unknown creditors. By December 31, 1996 the properties were written down to a combined value of $440,000. The properties were subsequently sold during 1998 and the subsidiary is inactive. CFS INVESTMENTS, INC. ("CFSI"). CFSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank organized in 1989 that is engaged in the sale of tax deferred annuities, securities brokerage activities and insurance. CFSI participates with FISERV Investor Services, Inc., which is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC, NASD, and state securities regulatory authorities. All employees of CFSI engaged in securities brokerage activities are dual employees of FISERV. Products offered through FISERV include debt and equity securities, mutual funds, unit investment trusts and variable annuities. Fixed annuities, life and health insurance, and long term nursing care products are offered through CFSI, which is a licensed general agent with the New York State Department of Insurance. HAVEN CAPITAL TRUST I. On February 12, 1997, Haven Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware issued $25 million of 10.46% capital securities. See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Registrant's 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders which is incorporated herein by reference. HAVEN CAPITAL TRUST II. On May 26, 1999, Haven Capital Trust II, a trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, issued $22.0 million of 10.25% capital securities. On June 18, 1999, an additional $3.3 million of capital securities were issued in connection with exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters. See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Registrant's Annual Report to Stockholders. COLUMBIA PREFERRED CAPITAL CORPORATION ("CPCC"). On June 9, 1997, the Bank established a real estate investment trust ("REIT") subsidiary, CPCC. At December 31, 1999, the REIT held $414.3 million of the Bank's residential loan portfolio. The establishment of the REIT enables the Bank to achieve certain business goals including providing the Bank with a contingency funding mechanism without disrupting its investment policies and enhancing the Bank's ability to track and manage the mortgage 33 portfolio transferred to CPCC since the transferred portion of its mortgage loan portfolio is segregated into a separate legal entity. CFS INVESTMENTS NEW JERSEY, INC. ("CFSI NJ"). On December 23, 1999, the Bank established a New Jersey Investment Company, a Delaware corporation. CFSI NJ is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank. The Bank contributed 100% of its interest in CPCC to CFSI NJ in exchange for 100% of CFSI NJ's voting common stock. CFSI NJ was established to provide the Bank with the opportunity to expand its current New Jersey operations. CFSI NJ will primarily engage in investment activities in which the Bank may currently engage, including the investment in CPCC, whose primary investment activity is the purchase of residential and commercial real estate loans originated by the Bank. CFSI NJ will also enhance the Bank's income through the recognition of certain income tax benefits. CFS TRAVEL SERVICES, INC. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, CFS Travel Services, Inc. ("CFS Travel"), established February 28, 1998, offered customers and their families and friends, organized, escorted day long excursions and overnight trips. This subsidiary was subsequently dissolved on March 31, 1999. CFS INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. On November 2, 1998, the Company completed the purchase of 100% of the outstanding common stock of CIA. CIA, headquartered in Centereach, New York, provides automobile, homeowners and casualty insurance to individuals and various lines of commercial insurance to businesses. CIA operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. PERSONNEL As of December 31, 1999, the Bank had 985 full-time employees and 41 part-time employees. Although the employees are not represented by a collective bargaining unit, the Bank considers its relationship with its employees to be good. REGULATION AND SUPERVISION GENERAL The Bank is subject to regulation, examination and supervision by the OTS, as its chartering agency, and the FDIC, as the deposit insurer. The Bank is a member of the FHLB System and its deposit accounts are insured up to applicable limits by the Savings Association Insurance Fund ("SAIF") managed by the FDIC. The Bank must file reports with the OTS and the FDIC concerning its activities and financial condition in addition to obtaining regulatory approvals prior to entering into certain transactions 34 such as mergers with, or acquisitions of, other financial institutions. Periodic examinations by the OTS and the FDIC monitor the Bank's compliance with various regulatory requirements. This regulation and supervision establishes a comprehensive framework of activities in which an institution can engage and is intended primarily for the protection of the insurance fund and depositors. IMPACT OF ENACTMENT OF THE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT On November 12, 1999, President Clinton signed the Gramm-Leach- Bliley Act (the "GLB Act"), which, among other things, establishes a comprehensive framework to permit affiliations among commercial banks, insurance companies and securities firms. Generally, the new law (i) repeals the historical restrictions and eliminates many federal and state law barriers to affiliations among banks and securities firms, insurance companies and other financial service providers, (ii) provides a uniform framework for the activities of banks, savings institutions and their holding companies, (iii) broadens the activities that may be conducted by subsidiaries of national banks and state banks, (iv) provides an enhanced framework for protecting the privacy of information gathered by financial institutions regarding their customers and consumers, (v) adopts a number of provisions related to the capitalization, membership, corporate governance and other measures designed to modernize the Federal Home Loan Bank System, (vi) requires public disclosure of certain agreements relating to funds expended in connection with an institution's compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act, and (vii) addresses a variety of other legal and regulatory issues affecting both day-to-day operations and long-term activities of financial institutions, including the functional regulation of bank securities and insurance activities. The GLB Act also restricts the powers of new unitary savings and loan association holding companies. Unitary savings and loan holding companies that are "grandfathered," i.e., unitary savings and loan holding companies in existence or with applications filed with the OTS on or before May 4, 1999, such as the Company, retain their authority under the prior law. All other unitary savings and loan holding companies are limited to financially related activities permissible for bank holding companies, as defined under the GLB Act. The GLB Act also prohibits non- financial companies from acquiring grandfathered unitary savings and loan association holding companies, such as the Company. The GLB Act also requires financial institutions to disclose on ATM machines any non-customer fees and to disclose to their customers upon the issuance of an ATM card any fees that may be imposed by the institutions on ATM users. For older ATMs, financial institutions will have until December 31, 2004 to provide such notices. 35 Banking holding companies are permitted to engage in a wider variety of financial activities than permitted under the prior law, particularly with respect to insurance and securities activities. In addition, in a change from the prior law, bank holding companies are in a position to be owned, controlled or acquired by any company engaged in financially related activities. We do not believe that the new law will have a material adverse affect upon our operations in the near term. However, to the extent that the new law permits banks, securities firms and insurance companies to affiliate, the financial services industry may experience further consolidation. This type of consolidation could result in a growing number of larger financial institutions that offer a wider variety of financial services than we currently offer and that can aggressively compete in the markets we currently serve. FEDERAL SAVINGS INSTITUTION REGULATION Business Activities. The activities of federal savings institutions are governed by the Home Owners' Loan Act, as amended (the "HOLA") and, in certain respects, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ("FDI Act") and the regulations issued by the agencies to implement these statutes. These laws and regulations delineate the nature and extent of the activities in which federal associations may engage. In particular, many types of lending authority for federal associations, (e.g., commercial, non-residential real property loans, consumer loans), are limited to a specified percentage of the institutions's capital or assets. Loans to One Borrower. Under the HOLA, savings institutions are generally subject to the national bank limit on loans to one borrower. Generally, this limit is 15% of the Bank's unimpaired capital and surplus, plus an additional 10% of unimpaired capital and surplus if such loan is secured by readily-marketable collateral, which is defined to include certain financial instruments and bullion. At December 31, 1999, the Bank's unimpaired capital and surplus was $163.7 million and its limit on loans to one borrower was $24.6 million. At December 31, 1999, the Bank's largest aggregate amount of loans to one borrower had an aggregate balance of $12.7 million. QTL Test. The HOLA requires savings institutions to meet a Qualified Thrift Lender ("QTL") test. Under the QTL test, a savings association is required to maintain at least 65% of its "portfolio assets" (total assets less: (i) specified liquid assets up to 20% of total assets; (ii) intangibles, including goodwill; and (iii) the value of property used to conduct business) in certain "qualified thrift investments" (primarily 36 residential mortgages and related investments, including certain mortgage-backed and related securities) in at least 9 months out of each 12 month period. A savings association that fails the QTL test must either convert to a bank charter or operate under certain restrictions. As of December 31, 1999, the Bank maintained 75.07% of its portfolio assets in qualified thrift investments and had more than 65% of its portfolio assets in qualified thrift investments in each of the prior 12 months. Therefore, the Bank met the QTL test. Limitation on Capital Distributions. OTS regulations impose limitations upon all capital distributions by savings institutions, such as cash dividends, payments to repurchase or otherwise acquire its shares, payments to shareholders of another institution in a cash-out merger and other distributions charged against capital. Effective April 1, 1999, the OTS amended its capital distribution regulations. Under these regulations, as the subsidiary of a savings and loan holding company, the Bank currently must file a notice with the OTS for each capital distribution. However, if the total amount of all capital distributions (including a proposed capital distribution) for the applicable calendar year exceeds net income for that year to date plus the retained net income for the preceding two years, then the Bank must file an application to receive the approval of the OTS for the proposed capital distribution. In addition to the OTS limits, the Bank may not pay dividends if, after paying those dividends, it would fail to meet the required minimum levels under risk-based capital guidelines and the minimum leverage and tangible capital ratio requirements or the OTS notified the Bank that it was in need of more than normal supervision. Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ("FDIA"), an insured depositary institution such as the Bank is prohibited from making capital distributions, including the payment of dividends, if, after making such distribution, the institution would become "undercapitalized" (as such term is used in the FDIA). Payment of dividends by the Bank also may be restricted at any time at the discretion of the appropriate regulator if it deems the payment to constitute an unsafe and unsound banking practice. Liquidity. The Bank is required to maintain an average daily balance of specified liquid assets equal to a monthly average of not less than a specified percentage (currently 4%) of its net withdrawable deposit accounts plus short-term borrowings. Monetary penalties may be imposed for failure to meet the liquidity requirements. The Bank's average liquidity ratio for December 31, 1999 was 4.31% which exceeded the then applicable requirement. The Bank has never been subject to monetary penalties for failure to meet its liquidity requirements. 37 Assessments. Savings institutions are required by regulation to pay assessments to the OTS to fund the agency's operations. The general assessment, paid on a semi-annual basis, is computed upon the savings institution's total assets, including consolidated subsidiaries, as reported in the Bank's latest quarterly Thrift Financial Report. The assessments paid by the Bank for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998, totaled $371,000 and $322,000, respectively. The OTS adopted amendments to its regulations, effective January 1, 1999, that are intended to assess savings associations on a more equitable basis. The new regulations base the assessment for an individual savings association on three components: the size of the association on which the basic assessment is based; the association's supervisory condition, which results in an additional assessment based on a percentage of the basic assessment for any savings institution with a composite rating of 3, 4 or 5 in its most recent safety and soundness examination; and the complexity of the association's operations, which results in an additional assessment based on a percentage of the basic assessment for any savings association that managed over $1 billion in trust assets, serviced for others loans aggregating more than $1 billion, or had certain off- balance sheet assets aggregating more than $1 billion. In order to avoid a disproportionate impact on smaller savings institutions, which are those whose total assets never exceeded $100 million, the regulations provide that the portion of the assessment based on asset size will be the lesser of the assessment under the amended regulations or the regulations before the amendment. Management believes that any change in its rate of OTS assessments under the amended regulations will not be material. Branching. OTS regulations permit federally chartered savings associations to branch nationwide under certain conditions. Generally, federal savings associations may establish interstate networks and geographically diversify their loan portfolios and lines of business. The OTS authority preempts any state law purporting to regulate branching by federal savings associations. Transactions with Related Parties. The Bank's authority to engage in transactions with related parties or "affiliates" (i.e., any company that controls or is under common control with an institution, including the Company and its non-savings institution subsidiaries) is limited by Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act ("FRA"). Section 23A limits the aggregate amount of covered transactions with any individual affiliate to 10% of the capital and surplus of the savings institution and also limits the aggregate amount of transactions with all affiliates to 20% of the savings institution's capital and surplus. Certain transactions with affiliates are required to be secured by collateral in an amount and of a type described in Section 23A, and the purchase of low quality assets from 38 affiliates is generally prohibited. Section 23B generally requires that certain transactions with affiliates, including loans and asset purchases, must be on terms and under circumstances, including credit underwriting standards, that are substantially the same or at least as favorable to the institution as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with non-affiliated companies. Notwithstanding Sections 23A and 23B, savings institutions are prohibited from lending to any affiliate that is engaged in activities that are not permissible for bank holding companies under Section 4(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act ("BHC Act"). Further, no savings institution may purchase the securities of any affiliate other than a subsidiary. The Bank's authority to extend credit to its executive officers, directors and 10% shareholders, as well as to entities controlled by such persons, is currently governed by Sections 22(g) and 22(h) of the FRA, and Regulation O thereunder. Among other things, these regulations require that such loans be made on terms and conditions, including credit underwriting standards, substantially the same as those offered to unaffiliated individuals and not involve more than the normal risk of repayment. Regulation O also places individual and aggregate limits on the amount of loans the Bank may make to such persons based, in part, on the Bank's capital position, and requires that certain board approval procedures be followed. HOLA and the OTS regulations, with certain minor variances, apply Regulation O to savings institutions. Enforcement. Under the FDI Act, the OTS has primary enforcement responsibility over savings institutions and has the authority to bring action against all "institution-affiliated parties," including controlling stockholders, and any stockholders, attorneys, appraisers and accountants who knowingly or recklessly participate in any violation of applicable law or regulation or breach of fiduciary duty or certain other wrongful actions that causes or is likely to cause a more than a minimal loss or other significant adverse effect on an insured savings association. Formal enforcement action may range from the issuance of a capital directive or cease and desist order to removal of officers or directors, receivership, conservatorship or termination of deposit insurance. Civil penalties cover a wide range of violations and can amount to $5,000 per day for less serious violations, and up to $1 million per day in more egregious cases. Under the FDI Act, the FDIC has the authority to recommend to the Director of the OTS that enforcement action be taken with respect to a particular savings institution. If action is not taken by the Director of the OTS, the FDIC has authority to take such action under certain circumstances. Federal law also establishes criminal penalties for certain violations. 39 Standards for Safety and Soundness. The FDI Act requires each federal banking agency to prescribe for all insured depository institutions standards relating to, among other things, internal controls, information systems and audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate risk exposure, asset growth, and compensation, fees and benefits and such other operational and managerial standards as the agency deems appropriate. The OTS and the federal banking agencies have adopted a final rule and Interagency Guidelines Prescribing Standards for Safety and Soundness ("Guidelines") to implement these safety and soundness standards. The Guidelines set forth the safety and soundness standards that the federal banking agencies use to identify and address problems at insured depository institutions before capital becomes impaired. The Guidelines address internal controls and information systems; internal audit system; credit underwriting; loan documentation; interest rate risk exposure; asset growth; asset quality; earnings; and compensation, fees and benefits. If the appropriate federal banking agency determines that an institution fails to meet any standard prescribed by the Guidelines, the agency may require the institution to submit to the agency an acceptable plan to achieve compliance with the standard, as required by the FDI Act. The final rule establishes deadlines for the submission and review of such safety and soundness compliance plans, when such plans are required. Capital Requirements. The OTS capital regulations require savings institutions to meet three minimum capital standards: a tangible capital ratio requirement, a core capital ratio requirement and a risk-based capital ratio requirement. Tangible capital is defined, generally, as common stockholders' equity (including retained earnings), certain noncumulative perpetual preferred stock and related earnings, minority interests in equity accounts of fully consolidated subsidiaries, less intangibles other than certain mortgage servicing rights and investments in and loans to subsidiaries engaged in activities not permissible for a national bank. Core capital (also called "Tier 1" capital) is defined similarly to tangible capital, but core capital also includes certain qualifying supervisory goodwill and certain purchased credit card relationships; (i) the core capital ratio was effectively increased from 3.0% to 4.0% because under these regulations an institution with less than 4% core capital is classified as "undercapitalized" (the core capital ratio may be reduced to 3.0% for a depository institution that has been assigned the highest composite rating of 1 under the Uniform Financial Institution Rating System) and (ii) the tangible capital requirement was effectively increased from 1.5% to 2.0% because under these regulations an institution with less than 2.0% tangible capital is classified as "critically undercapitalized." See "- Prompt Corrective Regulatory Action." 40 The risk-based capital standard for savings institutions requires the maintenance of total capital (which is defined as core capital and supplementary capital) to risk-weighted assets of at least 8%. In determining the amount of risk-weighted assets, all assets, including certain off-balance sheet assets, are multiplied by a risk-weight of 0% to 100%, as assigned by the OTS capital regulations based on the risks OTS believes are inherent in the type of asset. The components of supplementary capital currently include cumulative preferred stock, long-term perpetual preferred stock, mandatory convertible debt securities, subordinated debt and intermediate preferred stock and, within specified limits, the allowance for loan and lease losses. Overall, the amount of supplementary capital included as part of total capital cannot exceed 100% of core capital. The OTS has incorporated an interest rate risk component into its risk-based capital rule. Under the rule, savings associations with "above normal" interest rate risk exposure would be subject to a deduction from total capital for purposes of calculating their risk-based capital requirements. A savings association's interest rate risk is measured by the decline in the net portfolio value of its assets (i.e., the difference between incoming and outgoing discounted cash flows from assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet contracts) that would result from a hypothetical 200-basis point increase or decrease in market interest rates divided by the estimated economic value of the association's assets, as calculated in accordance with guidelines set forth by the OTS. A savings association whose measured interest rate risk exposure exceeds 2% must deduct an interest rate component in calculating its total capital under the risk-based capital rule. The interest rate risk component is an amount equal to one-half of the difference between the institution's measured interest rate risk and 2%, multiplied by the estimated economic value of the association's assets. That dollar amount is deducted from an association's total capital in calculating compliance with its risk-based capital requirement. Under the rule, there is a two quarter lag between the reporting date of an institution's financial data and the effective date for the new capital requirement based on that data. A savings association with assets of less than $300 million and risk-based capital ratios in excess of 12% is not subject to the interest rate risk component, unless the OTS determines otherwise. The rule also provides that the Director of the OTS may waive or defer an association's interest rate risk component on a case-by-case basis. The OTS has indefinitely deferred the implementation of the interest rate risk component in the computation of an institution's risk-based capital requirement. The OTS continues to monitor the interest rate risk of individual institutions and retains the right to impose additional capital requirements on individual institutions. If the Bank had been subject to an interest rate risk capital component as of 41 December 31, 1999, there would have been no material effect on the Bank's risk-weighted capital. At December 31, 1999, the Bank met each of its capital requirements. A chart which sets forth the Bank's compliance with its capital requirements appears in Note 15 to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Registrant's 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference. PROMPT CORRECTIVE REGULATORY ACTION Under the OTS prompt corrective action regulations, the OTS is required to take certain supervisory actions against undercapitalized institutions, the severity of which depends upon the institution's degree of capitalization. Generally, a savings institution that has a total risk-based capital ratio of less than 8.0% or either a leverage ratio or a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio that is less than 4.0% is considered to be undercapitalized. A savings institution that has a total risk-based capital ratio of less than 6.0%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of less than 3.0% or a leverage ratio that is less than 3.0% is considered to be "significantly undercapitalized" and a savings institution that has a tangible capital to assets ratio equal to or less than 2.0% is deemed to be "critically undercapitalized." Subject to a narrow exception, the institutions regulator is required to appoint a receiver or conservator for an institution that is critically undercapitalized. The regulation also provides that a capital restoration plan must be filed with the OTS within 45 days of the date an association receives notice that it is "under- capitalized", "significantly undercapitalized" or "critically undercapitalized." Compliance with the plan must be guaranteed by any parent holding company. In addition, numerous mandatory supervisory actions become immediately applicable to the institution depending upon its category, including, but not limited to, increased monitoring by regulators, restrictions on growth,and capital distributions and limitations on expansion. The OTS could also take any one of a number of discretionary supervisory actions, including the issuance of a capital directive and the replacement of senior executive officers and directors. INSURANCE OF DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS The FDIC has adopted a risk-based insurance assessment system. The FDIC assigns an institution to one of three capital categories based on the institution's financial information, as of the reporting period ending seven months before the assessment period, consisting of (1) well capitalized, (2) adequately capitalized or (3) undercapitalized, and one of three supervisory subcategories within each capital group. The supervisory subgroup to which an institution is assigned is based on a supervisory evaluation provided to the FDIC by the institution's 42 primary federal regulator and information which the FDIC determines to be relevant to the institution's financial condition and the risk posed to the deposit insurance funds. An institution's assessment rate depends on the capital category and supervisory category to which it is assigned. Assessment rates currently range from 0.0% of deposits for an institution in the highest category (i.e., well-capitalized and financially sound, with no more than a few minor weaknesses) to 0.27% of deposits for an institution in the lowest category (i.e., undercapitalized and substantial supervisory concern). The FDIC is authorized to raise the assessment rates as necessary to maintain the required reserve ratio of 1.25%. As a result of the Deposit Insurance Funds Act of 1996 (the "Funds Act"), both the BIF and the SAIF currently satisfy the reserve ratio requirement. If the FDIC determines that assessment rates should be increased, institutions in all risk categories could be affected. The FDIC has exercised this authority several times in the past and could raise insurance assessment rates in the future. If such action is taken by the FDIC, it could have an adverse effect on the earnings of the Bank. The Funds Act also amended the FDI Act to expand the assessment base for the payments on the Financing Corporation ("FICO") obligations. Beginning January 1, 1997, the assessment base included the deposits of both BIF- and SAIF-insured institutions. As of December 31, 1999, the rate of assessment for BIF- assessable deposits is one-fifth of the rate imposed on SAIF- assessable deposits. The annual rate of assessments for the payments on the FICO obligations for the quarterly period beginning on January 1, 2000 is 0.0212% for BIF-assessable deposits and 0.0212% for SAIF-assessable deposits. The OTS has recently proposed regulations implementing the privacy protection provisions of the GLB Act. The proposed regulations would require each financial institution to adopt procedures to protect their customers' and consumers' "nonpublic personal information" by November 13, 2000. The Bank would be required to disclose its privacy policy, including identifying with whom it shares "nonpublic personal information," to customers at the time of establishing the customer relationship and annually thereafter. In addition, the Bank would be required to provide its customers with the ability to "opt-out" of having their personal information shared with unaffiliated third parties. The Bank currently has a privacy protection policy in place and intends to review and amend that policy, if necessary, for compliance with the regulations when they are adopted in final form. The GLB Act also provides for the ability of each state to enact legislation that is more protective of consumers' personal 43 information. Currently, there are a number of privacy bills pending in the New York State Assembly. No action has been taken on any of these bills, and the Company cannot predict what impact, if any, these bills would have. FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK SYSTEM The Bank is a member of the FHLB System, which consists of 12 regional FHLBs. The FHLB provides a central credit facility primarily for member institutions. The Bank, as a member of the FHLB of New York, is required to acquire and hold shares of capital stock in the FHLB in an amount at least equal to 1% of the aggregate principal amount of its unpaid residential mortgage loans and similar obligations at the beginning of each year, or 1/20 of its advances (borrowings) from the FHLB, whichever is greater. The Bank was in compliance with this requirement with an investment in FHLB stock at December 31, 1999 of $27.9 million. FHLB advances must be secured by specified types of collateral, and all long-term advances may only be obtained for the purpose of providing funds for residential housing finance. The FHLBs are required to provide funds for the resolution of insolvent thrifts and to contribute funds for affordable housing programs. These requirements could reduce the amount of dividends that the FHLBs pay to their members and could also result in the FHLBs imposing a higher rate of interest on advances to their members. For the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, dividends from the FHLB to the Bank amounted to $1.6 million, $1.2 million and $710,000, respectively. If dividends were reduced or interest on future FHLB advances increased, the Bank's net interest income would likely also be reduced. Further, there can be no assurance that the impact of recent legislation on the FHLBs will not also cause a decrease in the value of the FHLB stock held by the Bank. Pursuant to the GLB Act, the foregoing minimum share ownership requirements will be replaced by regulations to be promulgated by FHLB. The GLB Act specifically provides that the minimum requirements in existence immediately prior to adoption of the GLB Act shall remain in effect until such regulations are adopted. Formerly, federal savings associations were required to be members of the FHLB Bank System. The new law removed the mandatory membership requirement and authorized voluntary membership for federal savings associations, as is the case for all other eligible institutions. FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM The Federal Reserve Board regulations require depository institutions, including savings institutions, to maintain non-interest-earning reserves against their transaction accounts (primarily NOW and regular checking accounts). The current Federal Reserve Board regulations generally require that reserves 44 be maintained against aggregate transaction accounts as follows: for accounts aggregating $44.3 million (subject to adjustment by the Federal Reserve Board) the reserve requirement is 3%; and for accounts greater than $44.3 million, the reserve requirement is $1,329,000 plus 10% (subject to adjustment by the Federal Reserve Board between 8% and 14%) against that portion of total transaction accounts in excess of $44.3 million. The first $5.0 million of otherwise reservable balances (subject to adjustments by the Federal Reserve Board) are exempted from the reserve requirements. The Bank is in compliance with the foregoing requirements. Because required reserves must be maintained in the form of either vault cash, a non-interest-bearing account at a Federal Reserve Bank or a pass-through account as defined by the Federal Reserve Board, the effect of this reserve requirement is to reduce the Bank's interest-earning assets. FHLB System members are also authorized to borrow from the Federal Reserve "discount window," but Federal Reserve Board regulations require institutions to exhaust all FHLB sources before borrowing from a Federal Reserve Bank. HOLDING COMPANY REGULATION The Company is a non-diversified unitary savings and loan holding company within the meaning of the HOLA. As such, the Company is required to be registered with the OTS and is subject to OTS regulations, examinations, supervision and reporting requirements. In addition, the OTS has enforcement authority over the Company and its non-savings institution subsidiaries. Among other things, this authority permits the OTS to restrict or prohibit activities that are determined to be a serious risk to the subsidiary savings institution. As a unitary savings and loan holding company, the Company generally is not restricted under existing laws as to the types of business activities in which it may engage, provided that the Bank continues to be a QTL. See "- Federal Savings Institution Regulation - QTL Test" for a discussion of the QTL requirements. Upon any non-supervisory acquisition by the Company of another savings association, the Company would become a multiple savings and loan holding company (if the acquired institution is held as a separate subsidiary) and would be subject to extensive limitations on the types of business activities in which it could engage. The HOLA limits the activities of a multiple savings and loan holding company and its non-insured institution subsidiaries primarily to activities permissible for bank holding companies under Section 4(c)(8) of the BHC Act, subject to the prior approval of the OTS, and to other activities authorized by OTS regulation. The HOLA prohibits a savings and loan holding company, directly or indirectly, or through one or more subsidiaries, from acquiring more than 5% of the voting stock of another savings 45 institution or holding company thereof, without prior written approval of the OTS; and from acquiring or retaining, with certain exceptions, more than 5% of a non-subsidiary holding company, or a non-subsidiary company engaged in activities other than those permitted by the HOLA; or acquiring or retaining control of a depository institution that is not insured by the FDIC. In evaluating applications by holding companies to acquire savings institutions, the OTS must consider the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the company and institution involved, the effect of the acquisition on the risk to the insurance funds, the convenience and needs of the community and competitive factors. The OTS is prohibited from approving any acquisition that would result in a multiple savings and loan holding company controlling savings institutions in more than one state, except: (i) the approval of interstate supervisory acquisitions by savings and loan holding companies, and (ii) the acquisition of a savings institution in another state if the laws of the state of the target savings institution specifically permit such acquisitions. The states vary in the extent to which they permit interstate savings and loan holding company acquisitions. FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS The Company's Common Stock is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Company is subject to the information, proxy solicitation, insider trading restrictions and other requirements under the Exchange Act. FEDERAL AND STATE TAXATION FEDERAL TAXATION General. The Company and the Bank report their income on a calendar year basis using the accrual method of accounting and will be subject to federal income taxation in the same manner as other corporations with some exceptions. The following discussion of tax matters is intended only as a summary and does not purport to be a comprehensive description of the tax rules applicable to the Bank or the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries file a consolidated Federal income tax return on a calendar-year basis. The Bank and the Company have not been audited by the Internal Revenue Service during the last five fiscal years. Under the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 ("1996 Act"), signed into law in August 1996, the special rules for bad debt reserves of thrift institutions no longer apply and, therefore, the Bank cannot make additions to the tax bad debt reserves but is permitted to deduct bad debts as they occur. Additionally, 46 under the 1996 Act, the Bank is required to recapture (that is, include in taxable income) the excess of the balance of its bad debt reserves as of December 31, 1995 over the balance of such reserves as of December 31, 1987 ("base year"). The Bank's federal tax bad debt reserves at December 31, 1995 exceeded its base year reserves by $2.7 million which will be recaptured into taxable income ratably over a six year period. This recapture was suspended for 1996 and 1997, whereas, one-sixth of the excess reserves was recaptured into taxable income for both 1998 and 1999. The base year reserves will be subject to recapture, and the Bank could be required to recognize a tax liability, if (i) the Bank fails to qualify as a "bank" for Federal income tax purposes; (ii) certain distributions are made with respect to the stock of the Bank (see "Distributions"); (iii) the Bank uses the bad debt reserves for any purpose other than to absorb bad debt losses; or (iv) there is a change in Federal tax law. Management is not aware of the occurrence of any such event. Distributions. To the extent that the Bank makes "non-dividend distributions" to stockholders, such distributions will be considered as made from the Bank's base year reserve to the extent thereof, and then from the supplemental reserve for losses on loans and an amount based on the amount distributed will be included in the Bank's taxable income. Non-dividend distributions include distributions in excess of the Bank's current and accumulated earnings and profits, distributions in redemption of stock, and distributions in partial or complete liquidation. However, dividends paid out of the Bank's current or accumulated earnings and profits, as calculated for federal income tax purposes, will not be considered to result in a distribution from the Bank's bad debt reserves. Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, imposes a tax on alternative minimum taxable income ("AMTI") at a rate of 20%. AMTI is increased by an amount equal to 75% of the amount by which a corporation's adjusted current earnings exceeds its AMTI (determined without regard to this adjustment and prior to reduction for net operating losses). Dividends Received Deduction and Other Matters. The Company may exclude from its income 100% of dividends received from the Bank as a member of the same affiliated group of corporations. The corporate dividends received deduction is generally 70% in the case of dividends received from unaffiliated corporations with which the Company and the Bank will not file a consolidated tax return, except that if the Company or the Bank owns more than 20% of the stock of a corporation distributing a dividend, 80% of any dividends received may be deducted. STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION New York State and New York City Taxation. The Bank and the 47 Company are subject to New York State and City franchise taxes on net income or one of several alternative bases, whichever results in the highest tax. "Net income" means Federal taxable income with adjustments. The Company's annual tax liability for each year is the greatest of a tax on allocated entire net income; allocated alternative entire net income; allocated assets to New York State and/or New York City; or a minimum tax. Operating losses cannot be carried back or carried forward for New York State or New York City tax purposes. The Bank is also subject to the 17% Metropolitan Commuter District Surcharge on its New York State tax after the deduction of credits. The Company is also subject to taxes in New Jersey and Connecticut due to the establishment of in-store branches. In response to the 1996 Act, the New York State and New York City tax laws have been amended to prevent the recapture of existing tax bad debt reserves and to allow for the continued use of the PTI method to determine the bad debt deduction in computing New York City and New York State tax liability. Delaware Taxation. As a Delaware holding company not earning income in Delaware, the Company is exempted from Delaware Corporate income tax but is required to file an annual report with and pay an annual franchise tax to the State of Delaware. 48 PART IV ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K (a) The following documents are filed as a part of this report: (1) Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company are incorporated by reference to the following indicated pages of the 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders. Pages Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 ................... 25 Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 ............. 26 Consolidated Statements of Changes In Stockholders' Equity for the Three Years Ended December 31, 1999 . 27 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 ............. 28 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements ......... 29 - 53 Independent Auditors' Report ....................... 54 The remaining information appearing in the Annual Report to Stockholders is not deemed to be filed as part of this report, except as expressly provided herein. (2) All schedules are omitted because they are not required or applicable, or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto. (3) Exhibits (filed herewith unless otherwise noted) (a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this report: 3.1 Amended Certificate of Incorporation of Haven Bancorp, Inc.(1) 3.2 Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock(2) 3.3 Bylaws of Haven Bancorp, Inc.(3) 3.3(A) Fifth Amendment to the Bylaws of Haven Bancorp, Inc. (9) 4.0 Rights Agreement between Haven Bancorp, Inc. and Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly Chemical Bank)(2) 10.1(A) Employment Agreement between Haven Bancorp, Inc. and Philip S. Messina dated as of 9/21/95(4) 10.1(B) Amendatory Agreement to the Employment Agreement between Haven Bancorp, Inc. and Philip S. Messina dated as of 5/28/97(5) 10.1(C) Employment Agreement between CFS Bank and Philip S. Messina dated as of 5/28/97(5) 10.1(D) Employment Agreement between Haven Bancorp, Inc. and Philip S. Messina dated as of November 22, 1999 (9) 49 10.1(E) Termination of the Bank Employment Agreement between Haven Bancorp, Inc. and Philip S. Messina dated as of November 22, 1999 (9) 10.2(A) Form of Change in Control Agreement between Columbia Federal Savings Bank and certain executive officers, as amended(4) 10.2(B) Form of Amendment to Change in Control Agreement between CFS Bank and certain executive officers(5) 10.2(C) Form of Change in Control Agreement between Haven Bancorp, Inc. and certain executive officers, as amended(4) 10.2(D) Form of Amendment to Change in Control Agreement between Haven Bancorp, Inc. and certain executive officers (5) 10.2(E) Change in Control Agreement between Haven Bancorp, Inc. and Mark A. Ricca dated as of April 10, 1998(8) 10.2(F) Change in Control Agreement between CFS Bank and Mark A. Ricca dated as of April 10, 1998(8) 10.4 (a) Amended and Restated Columbia Federal Savings Bank Recognition and Retention Plans for Officers and Employees(6) 10.4 (b) Amended and Restated Columbia Federal Savings Bank Recognition and Retention Plan for Outside Directors(6) 10.5 Haven Bancorp, Inc. 1993 Incentive Stock Option Plan(6) 10.6 Haven Bancorp, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors(6) 10.7 Columbia Federal Savings Bank Employee Severance Compensation Plan, as amended(4) 10.8 Columbia Federal Savings Bank Consultation and Retirement Plan for Non-Employee Directors(6) 10.9 Form of Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement(3) 10.10 Haven Bancorp, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan(4) 10.11 Haven Bancorp, Inc. Key Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (9) 10.12 Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of March 11, 1998, by and among Intercounty Mortgage, Inc., CFS Bank and Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group, Inc.(7) 11.0 Computation of earnings per share (9) 13.0 Portions of 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders (filed herewith) 21.0 Subsidiary information is incorporated herein by reference to "Part I - Subsidiaries" 23.0 Consent of Independent Auditors (9) 27.0 Financial Data Schedule (9) 99 Proxy Statement for 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 17, 2000, which will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after December 50 31, 1999, is incorporated herein by reference. _______________ (1) Incorporated by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998, filed on November 16, 1998. (2) Incorporated by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form 8-K, Current Report, filed on January 30, 1996. (3) Incorporated by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, filed on May 13, 1999. (4) Incorporated by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, filed on March 29, 1996. (5) Incorporated by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, filed on March 31, 1998. (6) Incorporated by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, filed on March 30, 1995. (7) Incorporated by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form 8-K, Current Report, filed on July 2, 1998. (8) Incorporated by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, filed on March 31, 1999. (9) Incorporated by reference into this document from the Exhibits to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed on March 31, 2000. (b) Reports on Form 8-K. A report on Form 8-K was filed by the Company dated November 30, 1999, which includes under Item 5 (Other Events) portions of the Company's presentation to analysts on December 1, 1999. 51 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. HAVEN BANCORP INC. (Registrant) Date: October 12, 2000 By: /s/ Catherine Califano --------------------------- Catherine Califano Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 52 EX-13 2 0002.txt EXHIBIT 13.0 SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
December 31, (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 Total assets $ 2,965,850 2,395,523 1,974,890 1,583,545 1,472,816 Loans receivable, net 1,790,126 1,296,702 1,138,253 836,882 560,385 Securities available for sale 937,299 889,251 499,380 370,105 503,058 Debt securities held to maturity - 66,404 97,307 127,796 Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity - - 163,057 197,940 190,714 Real estate owned, net 324 200 455 1,038 2,033 Deposits 2,080,613 1,722,710 1,365,012 1,137,788 1,083,446 FHLB advances 537,000 325,200 247,000 178,450 134,175 Other borrowed funds 212,232 115,146 219,794 147,983 136,408 Stockholders' equity 105,583 119,867 112,865 99,384 98,519
SELECTED FINANCIAL RATIOS AND OTHER DATA
At or For the Years Ended December 31, (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 Performance Ratios: Return on average assets 0.46% 0.37 0.62 0.62 0.63 Return on average assets excluding SAIF assessment charge(1) 0.46 0.37 0.62 0.89 0.63 Return on average equity 11.03 6.92 10.41 9.83 9.27 Return on average equity excluding SAIF assessment charge(1) 11.03 6.92 10.41 14.04 9.27 Stockholders' equity to total assets 3.56 5.00 5.72 6.28 6.69 Net interest spread 2.68 2.67 2.89 3.12 2.99 Net interest margin(2) 2.72 2.78 3.06 3.29 3.17 Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities 101.01 102.28 104.02 103.95 104.23 Operating expenses to average assets(3) 2.95 3.49 2.54 2.04 2.18 Stockholders' equity per share(4) $ 11.73 13.53 12.85 11.49 10.92 Asset Quality Ratios: Non-performing loans to total loans(5) 0.42% 0.64 1.09 1.64 2.97 Non-performing assets to total assets 0.27 0.36 0.66 0.94 1.28 Allowance for loan losses to non- performing loans(5) 216.56 166.70 99.97 77.05 50.80 Allowance for loan losses to total loans 0.92 1.07 1.09 1.26 1.51 Other Data: Number of deposit accounts 392,289 323,794 234,183 171,382 155,424 Mortgage loans serviced for others $ 271,705 269,089 174,866 197,017 219,752 Loan originations and purchases $ 1,381,653 1,221,526 471,338 363,576 143,329 Facilities: Full service offices 71 65 40 14 9
(1) Excludes the SAIF assessment charge in 1996 of $6.8 million. (2) Calculation is based on net interest income before provision for loan losses divided by average interest-earning assets. (3) For purposes of calculating these ratios, operating expenses equal non-interest expense less real estate operations, net, non- performing loan (income) expense, amortization of goodwill, and non-recurring expenses. Real estate operations, net was ($220,000), $8,000, $0.4 million, $0.3 million and $1.4 million for the five years ended December 31, 1999, respectively. For the five years ended December 31, 1999, non-performing loan expense (income) was $166,000, ($1.0 million), $0.2 million, $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively. Amortization of goodwill for the five years ended December 31, 1999 was $1.3 million, $0.8 million, $0.1 million, $0.1 million and $40,000, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 1996, the SAIF assessment charge of $6.8 million was also excluded. (4) Based on 9,000,237, 8,859,692, 8,784,700, 8,650,814 and 9,022,914 shares outstanding at December 31, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. For purposes of calculating these ratios, non-performing loans consist of all non-accrual loans and restructured loans. SELECTED CONSOLIDATED OPERATING DATA
Years Ended December 31, (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 Interest income $183,863 151,685 126,306 109,253 96,434 Interest expense 112,906 93,776 74,400 61,368 55,115 Net interest income 70,957 57,909 51,906 47,885 41,319 Provision for loan losses 3,625 2,665 2,750 3,125 2,775 Net interest income after provision for loan losses 67,332 55,244 49,156 44,760 38,544 Non-interest income: Loan fees and servicing income 2,740 1,627 3,110 1,807 2,241 Mortgage banking income 3,734 3,000 - - - Savings/checking fees 15,747 9,822 5,478 3,378 2,861 Net gain (loss) on sales of interest-earning assets 750 2,926 (5) 140 126 Insurance, annuity and mutual fund fees 8,259 5,874 3,758 3,114 2,525 Other 3,138 2,596 1,571 1,115 1,269 Total non-interest income 34,368 25,845 13,912 9,554 9,022 Non-interest expense: Compensation and benefits 44,687 36,935 24,251 15,737 14,889 Occupancy and equipment 12,988 11,005 6,334 3,478 3,334 Real estate operations, net (220) 8 352 277 1,405 SAIF recapitalization charge - - - 6,800 - Federal deposit insurance premiums 1,065 870 736 2,327 2,653 Other 23,710 21,195 14,174 9,836 9,511 Total non-interest expense 82,230 70,013 45,847 38,455 31,792 Income before income tax expense 19,470 11,076 17,221 15,859 15,774 Income tax expense 6,863 2,926 6,138 6,434 7,230 Net income $ 12,607 8,150 11,083 9,425(1) 8,544 Net income per common share: Basic $ 1.44 0.95 1.32 1.13(1) 0.99 Diluted $ 1.38 0.89 1.24 1.08(1) 0.96 (1) Net income for 1996 excluding the SAIF assessment charge would have been $13.5 million, or $1.62 per basic common share ($1.55 per share, diluted). MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS GENERAL Haven Bancorp, Inc. ("Haven Bancorp" or the "Company") is the Holding Company for CFS Bank ("CFS" or the "Bank"), a federally chartered stock savings bank. The Company is headquartered in Westbury, New York and its principal business currently consists of the operation of its wholly owned subsidiary, CFS Bank. The Bank's principal business has been and continues to be attracting retail deposits from the general public and investing those deposits, together with funds generated from operations primarily in one- to four-family, owner occupied residential mortgage loans. In addition, the Bank will invest in debt, equity and mortgage-backed securities to supplement its lending portfolio. The Bank also invests, to a lesser extent, in multi- family residential mortgage loans, commercial real estate loans and other marketable securities. The Bank's results of operations are dependent primarily on its net interest income, which is the difference between the interest income earned on its loan and securities portfolios and its cost of funds, which consist of the interest paid on its deposits and borrowed funds. The Bank's net income also is affected by its non-interest income, its provision for loan losses and its operating expenses consisting primarily of compensation and benefits, occupancy and equipment, real estate operations, net, federal deposit insurance premiums and other general and administrative expenses. The earnings of the Bank are significantly affected by general economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in market interest rates, and to a lesser extent by government policies and actions of regulatory authorities. FINANCIAL CONDITION The Company had total assets of $2.97 billion at December 31, 1999, compared to $2.40 billion at December 31, 1998, an increase of $570.3 million, or 23.8%. The Company's portfolio of debt and equity securities and mortgage-backed securities ("MBSs") available for sale ("AFS") totaled $937.3 million, an increase of $48.0 million, or 5.4% at December 31, 1999, compared to $889.3 million at December 31, 1998. At December 31, 1999, $184.5 million of the AFS securities portfolio were adjustable-rate securities and $752.8 million were fixed-rate securities. The growth in the AFS portfolio in 1999 was primarily due to securities purchased with the investment of deposit flows during the year not utilized for portfolio loan originations. During 1999, the Company purchased $452.1 million of debt and equity securities and MBSs for its AFS portfolio, of which $103.5 million were adjustable-rate and $348.6 million were fixed-rate. Principal repayments, calls and proceeds from sales of AFS securities totaled $363.6 million. Loans receivable, net, increased by $493.4 million, or 38.1% during 1999 to $1.79 billion at December 31, 1999, from $1.30 billion at December 31, 1998. Loan originations and purchases during 1999 totaled $1.38 billion (comprised of $1.20 billion of residential one- to four-family mortgage loans, $158.7 million of commercial and multi-family real estate loans, $11.2 million of construction loans and $8.9 million of consumer loans). Commercial and multi-family real estate loan originations were $158.7 million in 1999, a slight increase over 1998 originations of $156.8 million. Total loans increased substantially while the Company continued towards its objective to invest in adjustable- rate loans. At December 31, 1999, total loans were comprised of $1.16 billion adjustable-rate loans and $646.2 million fixed-rate loans. During 1999, principal repayments and satisfactions totaled $259.1 million and $0.6 million was transferred to real estate owned ("REO"). Loans held for sale increased by $28.5 million, or 52.6% from $54.2 million at December 31, 1998, to $82.7 million at December 31, 1999. Loans originated for sale in 1999 totaled $634.8 million. During 1999, $561.7 million loans were sold to investors on a servicing released basis, and $44.6 million in loans previously originated for sale were transferred to the Bank's portfolio. Deposits totaled $2.08 billion at December 31, 1999, an increase of $357.9 million, or 20.8% from $1.72 billion at December 31, 1998. Interest credited totaled $71.4 million in addition to deposit growth of $286.5 million. As of December 31, 1999, the Bank had sixty-three in-store branches with total deposits of $842.3 million compared to fifty-seven locations with deposits totaling $504.0 million at December 31, 1998. Total in-store deposits increased $338.4 million, or 67.1% from December 31, 1998, to December 31, 1999. The in-store branches are located in the New York City boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the New York State counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester, and in Connecticut and New Jersey. Core deposits, which includes savings, money market, NOW, and demand accounts, equaled 46.7% of total in-store branch deposits, compared to 44.1% in traditional branches. Overall, core deposits represented 45.4% of total deposits at December 31, 1999, compared to 47.7% at December 31, 1998. Borrowed funds increased 70.1% to $749.2 million at December 31, 1999, from $440.3 million at December 31, 1998. The increase in borrowed funds were utilized primarily to fund real estate loan originations. During 1999, the Company issued $25.3 million of capital securities through Haven Capital Trust II. Additionally, during 1999, the Bank completed a leverage program requiring additional borrowings to fund purchases for the AFS portfolio to offset the additional interest expense resulting from the capital securities. In addition, at December 31, 1998, the Company had $97.5 million in securities purchased, net of securities sold, against commitments to brokers which was reflected as due to broker in the statement of financial condition, with the related securities included in securities AFS. These transactions settled in January 1999, and the Company utilized borrowed funds to repay the obligations to brokers. Including the effect of these transactions, borrowed funds and due to broker increased by $211.4 million, or 39.3%, from December 31, 1998 to December 31, 1999. Stockholders' equity totaled $105.6 million, or 3.6% of total assets at December 31, 1999, a decrease of $14.3 million, or 11.9% from $119.9 million, or 5.0% of total assets at December 31, 1998. The decrease is the result of the unrealized depreciation in the value of securities AFS, net of tax, of $26.4 million, primarily as a result of the increase in market interest rates, as well as dividends declared of $2.6 million. These were partially offset by net income of $12.6 million, an increase of $1.5 million related to the allocation of the Bank's Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") stock, amortization of awards of shares of common stock by the Bank's Recognition and Retention Plans and Trusts ("RRPs") and amortization of deferred compensation plan benefits and $0.6 million related to stock options exercised, and related tax effect. ASSET/LIABILITY MANAGEMENT As a financial institution, the Company's primary component of market risk is interest rate volatility. Fluctuations in interest rates will ultimately impact both the level of income and expense recorded on a large portion of the Bank's assets and liabilities, and the market value of all interest-earning assets, other than those which possess a short term to maturity. Since virtually all of the Company's interest-bearing liabilities and interest- earning assets are held by the Bank, virtually all of the Company's interest-rate risk exposure lies at the Bank level. As a result, all significant interest rate risk management procedures are performed at the Bank level. Based upon the Bank's nature of operations, the Bank is not subject to foreign currency exchange or commodity price risk. The Bank's real estate loan portfolio, concentrated primarily within the New York metropolitan area, is subject to risks associated with the local economy. The Bank does not own any trading assets. The Bank's interest rate management strategy is designed to stabilize net interest income and preserve capital over a broad range of interest rate movements. The matching of assets and liabilities may be analyzed by examining the extent to which such assets and liabilities are "interest rate sensitive" and by monitoring an institution's interest rate sensitivity "gap". An asset or liability is said to be interest rate sensitive within a specific time period if it will mature or reprice within that time period. The interest rate sensitivity gap is defined as the difference between the amount of interest-earning assets maturing or repricing within a specific time period and the amount of interest-bearing liabilities maturing or repricing within the same period. A gap is considered positive when the amount of interest-earning assets maturing or repricing exceeds the amount of interest-bearing liabilities maturing or repricing within the same period. A gap is considered negative when the amount of interest-bearing liabilities maturing or repricing exceeds the amount of interest- earning assets maturing or repricing within the same period. Accordingly, in a rising interest rate environment, an institution with a positive gap would be in a better position to invest in higher yielding assets which would result in the yield on its assets increasing at a pace closer to the cost of its interest-bearing liabilities, than would be the case if it had a negative gap. During a period of falling interest rates, an institution with a positive gap would tend to have its assets repricing at a faster rate than one with a negative gap, which would tend to restrain the growth of its net interest income. The Company closely monitors its interest rate risk as such risk relates to its operational strategies. The Company's Board of Directors has established an Asset/Liability Committee ("ALCO"), responsible for reviewing its asset/liability policies and interest rate risk position, which generally meets weekly and reports to the Board on interest rate risk and trends on a quarterly basis. The following table ("gap table") sets forth the amounts of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities outstanding at December 31, 1999, which are anticipated by the Company, based upon certain assumptions described below, to reprice or mature in each of the future time periods shown. Adjustable-rate assets and liabilities are included in the table in the period in which their interest rates can next be adjusted. For purposes of this table, prepayment assumptions for fixed interest-rate assets are based upon industry standards as well as the Company's historical experience and estimates. The computation of the estimated one-year gap assumes that the interest rate on savings account deposits is variable and, therefore, interest sensitive. During the rising interest rate environment throughout 1999, these funds were maintained at an average rate of 3.14%. The Company has assumed that its savings, NOW and money market accounts, which totaled $833.4 million at December 31, 1999, are withdrawn at the annual percentages of approximately 8%, 4% and 1%, respectively.
More Than More Than More Than More Than Three One Year Three Five Years Ten Years Months Three to to Years to to to More Than (Dollars in thousands) or Less Twelve Months Three Years Five Years Ten Years Twenty Years Twenty Years Total Interest-earning assets: Mortgage loans (1) $ 103,909 246,835 709,499 452,168 256,098 - - 1,768,509 Other loans (1) 9,089 6,787 1,390 1,652 2,337 4,072 - 25,327 Loans held for sale 82,709 - - - - - - 82,709 Securities available for sale 937,299 - - - - - - 937,299 Money market investments 1,238 - - - - - - 1,238 Total interest-earning assets 1,134,244 253,622 710,889 453,820 258,435 4,072 - 2,815,082 Premiums, net of unearned discount and deferred fees(2) 3,171 709 1,988 1,269 723 11 - 7,871 Net interest-earning assets 1,137,415 254,331 712,877 455,089 259,158 4,083 - 2,822,953 Interest-bearing liabilities: Savings accounts 13,124 39,373 178,178 116,244 147,492 101,995 28,561 624,967 NOW accounts 1,406 4,233 74,093 19,800 26,429 14,779 2,741 143,481 Money market accounts 175 513 33,693 15,839 12,394 2,249 131 64,994 Certificate accounts 312,951 664,277 137,745 18,663 1,797 - - 1,135,433 Borrowed funds 243,696 120,310 76,710 20,232 238,000 - 50,284 749,232 Total interest-bearing liabilities $571,352 828,706 500,419 190,778 426,112 119,023 81,717 2,718,107 Interest sensitivity gap $566,063 (574,375) 212,458 264,311 (166,954) (114,940) (81,717) 104,846 Cumulative interest sensitivity gap $566,063 (8,312) 204,146 468,457 301,503 186,563 104,846 Cumulative interest sensitivity gap as a percentage of total assets 19.09% (0.28%) 6.88% 15.80% 10.17% 6.29% 3.54% Cumulative net interest-earning assets as a percentage of interest-sensitive liabilities 199.07% 99.41% 110.74% 122.40% 111.98% 107.08% 103.86%
(1) For purposes of the gap analysis, mortgage and other loans are reduced for non-accural loans but are not reduced for the allowance for loan losses. (2) For purposes of the gap analysis, premiums, unearned discount and deferred fees are pro-rated. At December 31, 1999, the Company's total interest-bearing liabilities maturing or repricing within one year exceeded its total interest-earning assets maturing or repricing within the same time period by $8.3 million, representing a one year negative cumulative gap ratio of 0.28%. In order to reduce its sensitivity to interest rate risk, the Company's current strategy includes emphasizing the origination or purchase for portfolio of adjustable-rate loans, debt securities and MBSs and maintaining an AFS securities portfolio. During 1999, the Company purchased $54.4 million of adjustable- rate MBSs which are expected to help protect net interest margins during periods of rising interest rates. In 1999, the Company originated or purchased $613.5 million of adjustable-rate mortgage loans for portfolio. Historically, the Company has been able to maintain a substantial level of core deposits which the Company believes helps to limit interest rate risk by providing a relatively stable, low cost long-term funding base. At December 31, 1999, core deposits represented 45.4% of deposits compared to 47.7% of deposits at December 31, 1998. Core deposits included $223.7 million and $158.8 million of "liquid asset" account balances at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. This account was introduced in the second quarter of 1998 and currently pays an initial rate of 4.25% for balances over $2,500. The Company expects to attract a higher percentage of core deposits from its in-store branch locations as these locations continue to grow and mature. The Company is also attempting to continue attracting long-term certificate accounts. During 1999, the Company replaced $114.0 million of short-term borrowed funds with ten-year, fixed-rate borrowed funds, which can be called after three or five years of the borrowing date. The Company intends to continue this strategy in 2000. The Company's interest rate sensitivity is also monitored by management through the use of a model which internally generates estimates of the change in net portfolio value ("NPV") over a range of interest rate change scenarios. NPV is the present value of expected cash flows from assets, liabilities, and off- balance sheet contracts. The NPV ratio, under any interest rate scenario, is defined as the NPV in that scenario divided by the market value of assets in the same scenario. The Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS") also produces a similar analysis using its own model, based upon data submitted on the Bank's quarterly Thrift Financial Reports, the results of which may vary from the Company's internal model primarily due to differences in assumptions utilized between the Company's internal model and the OTS model, including estimated loan prepayment rates, reinvestment rates and deposit decay rates. For purposes of the NPV table, prepayment rates similar to those used in the gap table were used. At December 31, 1999, the Company was operating within its Board approved interest rate risk guidelines, as established by its ALCO. The following table sets forth the Company's NPV as of December 31, 1999.
Changes Net Portfolio Value in Rates Net Portfolio Value as a % of Assets in Basis Dollar Percentage NPV Percentage Points Amount Change Change Ratio Change(1) Dollars in thousands) 200 $ 7,737 $(147,623) (95.02)% 0.29% (94.74)% 100 85,578 (69,782) (44.92) 3.05 (41.79) Base case 155,360 - - 5.33 - (100) 239,801 84,441 54.35 7.93 63.10 (200) 305,875 150,515 96.88 9.82 108.04
(1) Based on the portfolio value of the Company's assets in the base case scenario. As in the case with the gap table, certain shortcomings are inherent in the methodology used in the above interest rate risk measurements. Modeling changes in NPV require the making of certain assumptions which may or may not reflect the manner in which actual yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. In this regard, the NPV model presented assumes that the composition of the Company's interest-sensitive assets and liabilities existing at the beginning of a period remains constant over the period being measured and also assumes that a particular change in interest rates is reflected uniformly across the yield curve regardless of the duration to maturity or repricing of specific assets and liabilities. Accordingly, although the NPV measurements provide an indication of the Company's interest rate risk exposure at a particular point in time, such measurements are not intended to and do not provide a precise forecast of the effect of changes in market interest rates on the Company's net portfolio value and will differ from actual results. ANALYSIS OF CORE EARNINGS The Company's profitability is primarily dependent upon net interest income, which represents the difference between income on interest-earning assets and expense on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest income is dependent on the average balances and rates received on interest-earning assets, and the average balances and rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net income is further affected by non-interest income, non- interest expense, the provision for loan losses, and income taxes. The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Company's average consolidated statements of financial condition and consolidated statements of income for the three years ended December 31, 1999, and reflects the average yield on assets and average cost of liabilities for the periods indicated. Such yields and costs are derived by dividing income or expense by the average balance of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods shown. Average balances are derived from average daily balances. The average balance of loans includes loans on which the Company has discontinued accruing interest. The yields and costs include fees which are considered adjustments to yields.
1999 1998 1997 Average Average Average Average Yield/ Average Yield/ Average Yield/ (Dollars in thousands) Balance Interest Cost Balance Interest Cost Balance Interest Cost ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- ------- Assets: Interest-earning assets: Mortgage loans $1,587,615 $116,409 7.33% $1,265,803 $96,146 7.60% $ 956,819 $75,266 7.87% Other loans 36,767 3,004 8.17 33,444 3,303 9.88 32,639 3,220 9.87 MBSs(1) 781,552 50,854 6.51 628,556 42,040 6.69 482,523 32,755 6.79 Money market investments 2,072 142 6.85 3,499 186 5.32 5,743 343 5.97 Debt and equity securities (1) 197,122 13,454 6.83 151,217 10,010 6.62 215,926 14,722 6.82 Total interest-earning assets 2,605,128 183,863 7.06 2,082,519 151,685 7.28 1,693,650 126,306 7.46 Non-interest earning assets 143,944 133,494 88,231 Total assets 2,749,072 2,216,013 1,781,881 Liabilities and stockholders' equity: Interest-bearing liabilities: Savings accounts 626,428 19,665 3.14 441,759 12,415 2.81 371,872 9,338 2.51 Certificate accounts 988,619 52,269 5.29 878,991 49,965 5.68 678,599 39,309 5.79 NOW accounts 239,614 1,674 0.70 187,297 1,364 0.73 134,546 1,130 0.84 Money market accounts 57,132 1,833 3.21 57,597 2,041 3.54 54,107 1,823 3.37 Borrowed funds 667,253 37,465 5.61 470,531 27,991 5.95 389,091 22,800 5.86 Total interest-bearing liabilities 2,579,046 112,906 4.38 2,036,175 93,776 4.61 1,628,215 74,400 4.57 Other liabilities 55,768 62,121 47,247 Total liabilities 2,634,814 2,098,296 1,675,462 Stockholders' equity 114,258 117,717 106,419 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $2,749,072 $2,216,013 $1,781,881 Net interest income/net interest rate spread (2) $70,957 2.68% $57,909 2.67% $51,906 2.89% Net interest-earning assets/net interest margin (3) $26,082 2.72% $46,344 2.78% $65,435 3.06% Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities 101.01% 102.28% 104.02%
(1) Includes AFS securities and, in 1997, securities held to maturity. (2) Net interest rate spread represents the difference between the average yield on interest-earning assets and the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities. (3 Net interest margin represents net interest income before provision for loan losses divided by average interest-earning assets. COMPARISON OF OPERATING RESULTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 1998 GENERAL The Company reported net income of $12.6 million, or $1.44 per basic common share for 1999, compared to $8.2 million or $0.95 per basic common share for 1998. The $4.4 million increase in net income was attributable to a $13.0 million increase in net interest income before the provision for loan losses and a $8.5 million increase in non-interest income. These increases were substantially offset by increases of $12.2 million in non- interest expense and $1.0 million in the provision for loan losses. NET INTEREST INCOME Net interest income for 1999 increased by $13.0 million, or 22.5%, to $71.0 million, from $57.9 million for 1998. Interest income increased $32.2 million, or 21.2%, from $151.7 million in 1998 to $183.9 million in 1999. The increase in interest income was attributable to the $522.6 million, or 25.1%, increase in the average outstanding balance of interest-earning assets from $2.08 billion in 1998 to $2.61 billion in 1999. The average yield on interest-earning assets declined by 22 basis points from 7.28% in 1998 to 7.06% in 1999. The decline in the overall yield on interest-earning assets is primarily the result of the decline in market interest rates during 1998 and early 1999 which caused an increase in prepayments of loans and MBSs. These funds were reinvested primarily in lower yielding loans and securities. The average cost of interest-bearing liabilities also declined by 23 basis points from 4.61% in 1998 to 4.38% in 1999. The net interest rate spread remained virtually flat at 2.68%, while the net interest margin declined by 6 basis points to 2.72%. The increase in interest income was primarily the result of the increase in interest income from mortgage loans, which increased by $20.3 million, or 21.1%, from $96.1 million in 1998 to $116.4 million in 1999. The average outstanding balance of mortgage loans increased by $321.8 million, or 25.4%, to $1.59 billion. Mortgage loan originations and purchases in 1999 were $1.38 billion. These were partially offset by sales of loans in the secondary market of $561.7 million and principal repayments of $259.1 million. The growth in the average balance was partially offset by a 27 basis point decrease in the average yield on mortgage loans from 7.60% in 1998 to 7.33% in 1999. Interest income from MBSs increased by $8.8 million, or 21.0%, from $42.0 million in 1998 to $50.9 million in 1999. The increase was attributable to a $153.0 million increase in the average balance of MBSs, partially offset by an 18 basis point decline in the average yield. Interest income from debt and equity securities increased by $3.4 million, or 34.4%, from $10.0 million in 1998 to $13.5 million in 1999. The average balance of debt and equity securities increased by $45.9 million, while the average yield increased by 21 basis points. During 1999, the Bank purchased $452.1 million of securities. These purchases were substantially offset by sales and redemptions of securities of $363.6 million. The growth in interest-earning assets was primarily funded by growth in interest-bearing liabilities consisting of deposits and borrowed funds. Interest expense on deposits and borrowed funds increased by $19.1 million, or 20.4% from $93.8 million in 1998 to $112.9 million in 1999. The average outstanding balance of deposits and borrowed funds was $2.58 billion in 1999, a $542.9 million, or 26.7% increase over 1998. Interest expense on savings accounts increased by $7.3 million, or 58.4%, from $12.4 million in 1998 to $19.7 million in 1999. The average outstanding balance of savings accounts increased by $184.7 million, or 41.8%. The average cost also increased by 33 basis points to 3.14%. The increase in the average cost is due in part to the "Liquid Asset" account which pays a 4.25% for the first year on account balances of $2,500 or more. At December 31, 1999, the balance of these accounts was $223.7 million, an increase of $64.9 million over the prior year. Interest expense on certificate accounts increased by $2.3 million, or 4.6%, to $52.3 million in 1999, from $50.0 million in 1998. This was partially offset by a 39 basis point decline in the average yield on certificate accounts. Interest expense on borrowed funds increased by $9.5 million, or 33.8%, from $28.0 million in 1998 to $37.5 million in 1999. The average outstanding balance of borrowed funds increased by $196.7 million, or 41.8%, in 1999. The increase includes the issuance of $25.3 million in capital securities in June 1999. The capital securities provided the Bank with leverage to borrow an additional $80 million to purchase securities for the AFS portfolio. The remaining increase in the average outstanding balance was utilized to supplement the increase in deposit accounts to fund mortgage loan originations and purchases of securities AFS. PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES The provision for loan losses for 1999 was $3.6 million compared to $2.7 million for 1998. The provision for loan losses is established based on management's periodic review of the loan portfolio and the related allowance for loan losses. The increase in the provision for loan losses in 1999 was primarily due to the overall growth in the Bank's loan portfolio. At December 31, 1999, the allowance for loan losses was $16.7 million, or 0.92% of total loans, and 216.56% of non-performing loans. At December 31, 1998, the allowance for loan losses was $14.0 million, or 1.07% of total loans, and 166.70% of non- performing loans. NON-INTEREST INCOME Excluding net gains on sales of interest-earning assets, non- interest income increased by $10.7 million, or 46.7%, from $22.9 million in 1998 to $33.6 million in 1999. Savings and checking fees increased by $5.9 million, or 60.3%, to $15.7 million in 1999. Insurance, annuity, and mutual fund fees increased by $2.4 million, or 40.6%, to $8.3 million in 1999. The increases in these fees was due primarily to the continued growth and maturity of the Bank's in-store banking program. During 1999, the Bank opened six in-store branches and increased in-store branch deposits by $338.4 million, or 67.1%, to $842.3 million at December 31, 1999, from $504.0 million at December 31, 1998. Approximately $1.2 million of the growth in insurance, annuity and mutual fund fees was the result of the operations of CFS Insurance Agency ("CIA"), a subsidiary of Haven Bancorp, which was acquired on November 1, 1998, and operated for a full twelve months in 1999. Loan fees and servicing income increased by $1.1 million in 1999 to $2.7 million, compared to $1.6 million in 1998. The increase was due to a one-time $1.0 million commercial real estate loan fee received in the fourth quarter of 1999. This fee was received by the Bank in exchange for releasing the borrower from the equity sharing provision of the loan, and for waiving the pre- payment penalty provision for the term of the loan. Mortgage banking income was $3.7 million in 1999, a $734,000 increase over 1998, which reflected only eight months of operations following the May 1, 1998, acquisition of the residential mortgage production franchise of Intercounty Mortgage, Inc. ("IMI", now known as CFS Mortgage). Mortgage banking income represents fee income recognized on loans sold in the secondary market, including servicing-released premiums, less the direct costs associated with the acquisition and sale of these loans. Residential mortgage loans sold servicing released was $561.7 million in 1999 compared to $515.8 million in 1998. Other income, consisting primarily of retail banking related fees, increased $542,000, or 20.9% in 1999. NON-INTEREST EXPENSE Non-interest expense increased by $12.2 million, or 17.4%, from $70.0 million in 1998 to $82.2 million in 1999. The increase was primarily attributable to compensation and benefit expenses, which increased by $7.8 million, or 21.0%, from $36.9 million in 1998 to $44.7 million in 1999. Occupancy and equipment expenses increased by $2.0 million, or 18.0%, to $13.0 million in 1999 from $11.0 million in 1998. Federal deposit insurance premiums increased by $195,000, or 22.4%, due to the growth in deposits. Data processing expenses increased by $0.7 million, or 26.0%, to $3.4 million in 1999 from $2.7 million in 1998, due primarily to the continued growth of the in-store banking program. Other expenses totaling $20.3 million in 1999, experienced a net increase of $1.8 million, or 9.8%, from $18.5 million in 1998. Other expenses consist primarily of costs associated with telephone, stationary, postage and delivery, consulting, amortization of goodwill and other general and administrative expenses. The increases in these expenses were primarily due to the continued growth of the in-store banking program, including the addition of six new branches, and a full year of operations of CIA and CFS Mortgage. INCOME TAX EXPENSE Income tax expense was $6.9 million in 1999, compared to $2.9 million in 1998. The effective tax rate in 1999 was 35.2% compared to 26.4% in 1998. The 1998 tax rate reflects an adjustment to the Bank's tax accrual on filing the Company's federal, New York state and New York city tax returns for 1997 in September of 1998. In general, the Company's state and local tax liability is limited to taxes based on its asset size. RATE/VOLUME ANALYSIS The following table presents the extent to which changes in interest rates and changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities have affected the Company's interest income and interest expense during the periods indicated. Information is provided in each category with respect to (i) changes attributable to changes in volume (changes in volume multiplied by prior rate), (ii) changes attributable to changes in rate (changes in rate multiplied by prior volume), and (iii) the net change. The changes attributable to the combined impact of volume and rate have been allocated proportionately to the changes due to volume and the changes due to rate.
Interest-earning assets: Mortgage loans $23,777 (3,514) 20,263 23,545 (2,665) 20,880 Other loans 308 (607) (299) 80 3 83 MBSs (1) 9,974 (1,160) 8,814 9,775 (490) 9,285 Money market investments (89) 45 (44) (123) (34) (157) Debt and equity securities (1) 3,118 326 3,444 (4,292) (420) (4,712) Total 37,088 (4,910) 32,178 28,985 (3,606) 25,379 Interest-bearing liabilities: Savings accounts 5,660 1,590 7,250 1,880 1,197 3,077 Certificate accounts 5,908 (3,604) 2,304 11,414 (758) 10,656 NOW accounts 368 (58) 310 397 (163) 234 Money market accounts (16) (192) (208) 123 95 218 Borrowed funds 11,150 (1,676) 9,474 4,836 355 5,191 Total 23,070 (3,940) 19,130 18,650 726 19,376 Net change in net interest income $14,018 (970) 13,048 10,335 (4,332) 6,003
(1) Includes AFS securities and securities held to maturity. COMPARISON OF OPERATING RESULTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND 1997 GENERAL The Company reported net income of $8.2 million, or $0.95 per basic share for 1998 compared to net income of $11.1 million, or $1.32 per basic share for 1997. The $2.9 million decrease in earnings was primarily attributable to an increase of $31.5 million in non-interest expense and an increase of $19.4 million in interest expense. These factors were substantially offset by interest income which increased by $25.4 million and non-interest income which increased by $19.2 million, combined with decreases of $3.2 million in income tax expense and $85,000 in the provision for loan losses. NET INTEREST INCOME Net interest income increased by $6.0 million, or 11.6% to $57.9 million in 1998 from $51.9 million in 1997. Interest income increased by $25.4 million, or 20.1% to $151.7 million in 1998 from $126.3 million in 1997. The increase in interest income was primarily attributable to a $388.9 million increase in average interest-earning assets, partially offset by an 18 basis point decrease in the overall average yield on interest-earning assets from 7.46% in 1997 to 7.28% in 1998. The decrease was due to the overall decline in market interest rates. The average cost of interest-bearing liabilities increased by 4 basis points to 4.61% in 1998 from 4.57% in 1997, primarily due to a shift to certificate accounts and the introduction of the Liquid Asset savings account in 1998. Interest income on mortgage loans increased by $20.9 million, or 27.7% to $96.1 million in 1998 from $75.3 million in 1997 primarily as a result of an increase in the average mortgage loan balance of $309.0 million, partially offset by a decrease in the average yield on mortgage loans of 27 basis points. During 1998, the Bank originated or purchased $635.1 million of mortgage loans for portfolio. The decline in the average rate was primarily due to decreases in the rate indices used for residential and commercial real estate loans and the increasing percentage of relatively lower yielding residential mortgages. These indices, which are the 30 year treasury bond and the 5 year treasury note, declined 83 and 116 basis points, respectively, during 1998. In addition, loan principal repayments and satisfactions during 1998 totaled $265.7 million in 1998 compared to $151.2 million in 1997. Also during 1998, the Bank sold approximately $104.7 million in loans previously held in portfolio, including $83.3 million of adjustable-rate mortgage loans in several bulk sale transactions, and $14.0 million of cooperative apartment loans, and securitized $105.7 million of one- to four-family mortgage loans with Fannie Mae. Interest income on MBSs was $42.0 million for 1998, an increase of $9.3 million, or 28.3% over the $32.8 million earned in 1997. This reflects a $146.0 million increase in the average balance of MBSs for 1998 to $628.6 million from $482.5 for 1997, partially offset by a decrease in the average yield on the MBS portfolio of 10 basis points to 6.69% for 1998 from 6.79% in 1997. During 1998, the Company purchased $687.9 million of MBSs for its AFS portfolio which were partially offset by sales totaling $357.3 million and principal repayments of $199.6 million. Also during 1998, the Bank securitized $105.7 million in residential real estate loans and retained the underlying securities in its AFS portfolio. Interest income on debt and equity securities decreased by $4.7 million, or 32.0% to $10.0 million in 1998 from $14.7 million in 1997, primarily as a result of a decrease in the average balance of $64.7 million, coupled with a decrease in the average yield of 20 basis points. The decrease in the average balance of debt and equity securities during 1998 is due primarily to sales of $97.7 million, partially offset by purchases of $36.1 million. Interest expense increased by $19.4 million, or 26.0% to $93.8 million in 1998 from $74.4 million in 1997. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in interest on deposits of $14.2 million, or 27.5% to $65.8 million in 1998 from $51.6 million in 1997. The increase in interest on deposits was due to an increase of $326.5 million, or 26.3% in average deposits to $1.57 billion in 1998 from $1.24 billion in 1997, coupled with a 4 basis point increase in the average cost of deposits. Interest expense on borrowed funds increased by $5.2 million, or 22.8% during 1998, due to an increase of $81.4 million in the average balance, coupled with a 9 basis point increase in the average cost of borrowed funds. The increase in the average balance of deposits is primarily attributable to the Bank's continuing expansion of the in-store banking program. As of December 31, 1998, the Bank had fifty- seven in-store branches with deposits totaling $504.0 million, as compared to thirty-two branches with deposits totaling $157.2 million as of December 31, 1997. Interest expense on certificate accounts increased by $10.7 million, or 27.1% from 1997 to 1998. The in-store banking expansion contributed to the increase in the average balance of certificate accounts of $200.4 million, or 29.5%, partially offset by an 11 basis point decrease in the average cost of certificate accounts. Interest expense on savings accounts increased by $3.1 million, or 33.0%, from 1997 to 1998. This increase was also due to the in-store banking expansion, as well as the introduction of a "Liquid Asset" account in the in-store branches during the second quarter of 1998. As of December 31, 1998, the balance of these accounts was $158.8 million. This account currently pays 4.25% for the first year on account balances of $2,500 or more. Overall, the average balance of savings accounts experienced a net increase of $69.9 million, or 18.8%, coupled with a 30 basis point increase in the average cost, which is attributable to the aforementioned Liquid Asset account. Interest expense on NOW accounts and money market accounts increased by $234,000 and $218,000, respectively, in 1998 over 1997, primarily as a result of the increase in the average balance of such accounts. The average yield paid on money market accounts increased by 17 basis points to 3.54% for 1998, primarily as a result of a shift in the average balance of such deposits from traditional branches to the in-store locations, which paid comparatively higher money market rates. Interest expense on borrowed funds increased by $5.2 million, or 22.8%, primarily as a result of the increase in the average balance of borrowed funds of $81.4 million, or 20.9%, coupled with a 9 basis point increase in the average cost of borrowed funds from 5.86% in 1997 to 5.95% in 1998. The increase in the average balance of borrowed funds is due primarily to fund the increase in residential loan originations and purchases by CFS Mortgage, the Bank's residential lending division, as well as to fund purchases of securities for the Company's AFS portfolio. PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES The Bank provided $2.7 million for loan losses in 1998, which was virtually flat as compared to 1997. The provision for loan losses reflects management's periodic review and evaluation of the loan portfolio. Non-performing loans continued to decline to $8.4 million at December 31, 1998, from $12.5 million at December 31, 1997. As of December 31, 1998, the allowance for loan losses was $14.0 million compared to $12.5 million at December 31, 1997. As of December 31, 1998, the allowance for loan losses was 1.07% of total loans compared to 1.09% of total loans at December 31, 1997. The slight decrease was attributable to the substantial growth in the loan portfolio. The allowance for loan losses was 166.70% of non-performing loans at December 31, 1998, compared to 99.97% at December 31, 1997. The increase is the result of the significant decline in non-performing loans from December 31, 1997 to December 31, 1998. NON-INTEREST INCOME Non-interest income increased by $11.9 million, or 85.8%, from $13.9 million in 1997 to $25.8 million in 1998. Savings and checking fees were $9.8 million in 1998, a $4.3 million, or 79.3% increase over 1997. In 1998, the Bank recognized $3.0 million in mortgage banking income related to loans sold servicing released in the secondary market. Net gains on sales of interest-earning assets were $2.9 million in 1998. In 1997, the Company reported a net loss on such sales of $5,000. Insurance, annuity and mutual fund fees generated in 1998 were $5.9 million, a $2.1 million, or 56.3% increase over the $3.8 million earned in 1997. Other non- interest income increased by $1.0 million, or 65.2%, to $2.6 million in 1998, from $1.6 million in 1997, primarily as a result of the Bank's in-store banking expansion. On May 1, 1998, the Bank completed the purchase of the loan production franchise of IMI. In 1998, the Bank originated $1.04 billion in residential mortgage loans, $570.0 million of which were originated for sale in the secondary market. During 1998, the Bank sold $515.8 million to investors in the secondary market on a servicing-released basis, and recognized $3.0 million. Mortgage banking income represents fee income recognized on the sale of loans sold in the secondary market, including servicing- released premiums, less the direct costs associated with the acquisition and sale of those loans. The increase in savings and checking fees and fees generated from the sale of insurance, annuities, and mutual funds were primarily a result of the Bank's in-store banking expansion. During 1998, the Bank opened twenty-five in-store branches, contributing to the increase in in-store deposits of $346.8 million, or 220.6% from December 31, 1997, to December 31, 1998. During 1998, the Company sold $453.7 million in securities AFS, resulting in net gains of $1.2 million. During the third quarter of 1998, the Bank sold $14.0 million of cooperative apartment loans in a bulk transaction as part of its ongoing effort to divest itself of this portion of the portfolio, resulting in a $1.0 million gain. During the fourth quarter of 1998, the Bank realized $0.7 million in gains on bulk sales of adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans previously held in portfolio. The loans were sold in response to the high level of prepayments experienced with these loans. Other non-interest income, which consists substantially of fees associated with retail banking, increased primarily as a result of the Bank's in-store branch expansion. NON-INTEREST EXPENSE Non-interest expense increased by $24.2 million, or 52.7%, from $45.8 million in 1997 to $70.0 million in 1998. Compensation and benefits expense increased by $12.7 million, or 52.3%, from $24.3 million in 1997 to $36.9 million in 1998. Occupancy and equipment expense increased by $4.7 million, or 73.7% from $6.3 million in 1997 to $11.0 million in 1998. The increases in compensation and benefits, occupancy and equipment, and advertising and promotion expenses were due primarily to the Bank's in-store banking expansion, as well as the expansion of the Bank's residential lending function with the acquisition of the loan production franchise of IMI. During 1998, the Bank opened twenty-five new in-store branches, while the acquisition of the loan production franchise of IMI added 6 primary loan origination offices and several smaller satellite offices to the Company's facilities. Occupancy and equipment expense also increased as a result of the purchase of the Company's new headquarters, which was completed in the third quarter of 1998. Federal deposit insurance premiums increased by $134,000, or 18.2%, from $736,000 in 1997 to $870,000 in 1998, due to the increase in insurable deposits as a result of the in-store banking expansion. Data processing expenses increased by $1.4 million, or 112%, to $2.7 million in 1998 from $1.3 million in 1997, due to the in-store banking expansion and the increase in the number of transactions processed. Other non-interest expenses increased by $5.6 million, or 43.3%, from $13.0 million in 1997 to $18.5 million in 1998 primarily as a result of the in-store banking expansion. Advertising and promotion expense increased by $1.1 million, or 64.7% from $1.7 million in 1997 to $2.8 million in 1998. Other items that contributed to the increase in other non-interest expense were telephone expenses, which increased by $925,000, stationary, printing, and office supply expenses, which increased by $570,000, and ATM transaction expenses, which increased by $540,000. These increases were directly related to the in-store banking expansion and the increase in the Bank's residential lending operations. Amortization of goodwill increased by $710,000, primarily as a result of the acquisition of IMI. The balance of the increase in other non-interest expenses were generally related to the Bank's in-store branch expansion and the expansion of the residential lending operations as a result of the acquisition of IMI. These increases were partially offset by a $1.2 million reduction in non-performing loan expense due to the recapture of reserves established for the bulk sales on REO and non-performing loans in 1994. The increase in non-interest expense was partially offset by a $344,000 decrease in REO operations, net. INCOME TAX EXPENSE Income tax expense was $2.9 million in 1998, compared to $6.1 million in 1997. The effective tax rate for 1998 was 26.4% compared to 35.6% in 1997. The decrease in the effective tax rate was primarily due to the establishment of Columbia Preferred Capital Corp. ("CPCC"), the Bank's real estate investment trust ("REIT") subsidiary, during the second quarter of 1997. The tax provision for 1998 includes the effect of CPCC's operations for the full year of 1998 compared to one quarter in 1997. The lower tax rate was also due to an adjustment of the Bank's tax accrual upon the filing of the Company's federal, New York State and New York City tax returns for 1997 during September 1998, as well as a state tax credit recognized for mortgage recording taxes paid on loans originated in certain counties of New York State. NON-PERFORMING ASSETS The following table sets forth information regarding non- performing assets which include all non-accrual loans (which consist of loans 90 days or more past due and restructured loans that have not yet performed in accordance with their modified terms for the required six-month seasoning period), accruing restructured loans and real estate owned. December 31, (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Non-accrual loans: One- to four-family $3,663 3,779 3,534 Cooperative 206 367 698 Multi-family 1,139 308 2,531 Non-residential and other 1,986 2,074 3,633 Total non-accrual loans 6,994 6,528 10,396 Restructured loans: One- to four-family 314 544 679 Cooperative 178 183 290 Multi-family 225 1,130 1,167 Total restructured loans 717 1,857 2,136 Total non-performing loans 7,711 8,385 12,532 REO, net: One- to four-family 268 66 126 Cooperative 56 38 295 Non-residential and other - 121 121 Total REO 324 225 542 Less allowance for REO - (25) (87) REO, net 324 200 455 Total non-performing assets $8,035 8,585 12,987 The Company's expanded loan workout/resolution efforts have successfully contributed toward reducing non-performing assets to manageable levels. Since year-end 1997, non-performing assets have declined by $5.0 million, or 38.1%, from a level of $13.0 million to $8.0 million at year-end 1999. The decrease in non- performing assets is reflected in the following ratios: the ratio of non-performing loans to total loans ratio was 0.42% for 1999 compared to 0.64% for 1998 and 1.09% for 1997; the ratio of non- performing assets to total assets was 0.27% for 1999 compared to 0.36% for 1998 and 0.66% for 1997; and the ratio of non- performing loans to total assets was 0.26% for 1999 compared to 0.35% for 1998 and 0.63% for 1997. There can be no assurance that non-performing assets will continue to decline. The decrease in non-performing assets in 1999 was primarily due to the continued decline in restructured loans. Since year-end 1997, restructured loans have declined by $1.4 million, or 66.4% from a level of $2.1 million to $0.7 million at year-end 1999. Total non-accrual loans increased by $0.5 million during 1999. The decrease in non-performing assets in 1998 was primarily due to the continued decline in non-performing loans and sales of REO properties. During 1998, the Company sold 21 REO properties with a fair value of $0.7 million. Total non-performing loans decreased by $4.1 million during 1998. LIQUIDITY The Bank is required to maintain minimum levels of liquid assets as defined by the OTS regulations. This requirement, which may be varied by the OTS depending upon economic conditions and deposit flows, is based upon a percentage of withdrawable deposits and short-term borrowings. The required ratio is currently 4%. The Bank's ratio was 4.31% at December 31, 1999, compared to 4.24% at December 31, 1998. The Company's primary sources of funds are deposits, principal and interest payments on loans, debt securities and MBSs, retained earnings and advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLB") and other borrowings. Proceeds from the sale of AFS securities and loans held for sale are also a source of funding, as are, to a lesser extent, the sales of annuities, insurance products and securities brokerage activities conducted by the Bank's wholly owned subsidiary, CFS Investments, Inc. and the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, CIA. While maturities and scheduled amortization of loans and securities are somewhat predictable sources of funds, deposit flows and mortgage prepayments are greatly influenced by general interest rates, economic conditions, competition and regulatory changes. The Company's most liquid assets are cash and short-term investments. The levels of these assets are dependent on the Company's operating, financing, lending and investing activities during any given period. At December 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998, cash and short-term investments totaled $42.7 million and $44.8 million, respectively. The Company and the Bank have other sources of liquidity which include debt securities maturing within one year and AFS securities. Other sources of funds include FHLB advances, which at December 31, 1999, totaled $537.0 million. If needed, the Bank may borrow an additional $13.5 million from the FHLB. The Company's cash flows are comprised of three primary classifications: cash flows from operating activities; investing activities and financing activities. Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities, consisting primarily of interest and dividends received less interest paid on deposits was ($74.8 million), $16.2 million and $24.6 million for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. Net cash used in investing activities, consisting primarily of disbursements of loan originations and securities purchases, offset by principal collections on loans, proceeds from maturities of securities held to maturity or sales of AFS securities, and disposition of assets including REO was $592.2 million, $340.7 million and $385.8 million for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. Net cash provided by financing activities, consisting primarily of net activity in deposits and borrowings, purchases of treasury stock, payments of common stock dividends and proceeds from stock options exercised was $664.9 million, $329.0 milliion and $365.7 million, respectively. See Note 14 to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. CAPITAL RESOURCES See Note 15 to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. INFLATION AND CHANGING PRICES The consolidated financial statements and notes thereto presented herein have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars without considering the changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time and changes due to inflation. The impact of inflation is reflected in the increased cost of the Bank's operations. Unlike most industrial companies, nearly all the assets and liabilities of the Bank are monetary. As a result, interest rates have a greater impact on the Bank's performance than do the effects of general levels of inflation. Interest rates do not necessarily move in the same direction or to the same extent as the price of goods and services. COMPUTER ISSUES FOR THE YEAR 2000 The Company has not experienced any significant disruptions in its financial or operating activities caused by year 2000 related failure of computerized systems of the Company or it's service organizations. The Company does not expect year 2000 issues to have a material adverse effect on the Company's operations or financial results in 2000. IMPACT OF NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS See Note 1 to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. STOCK DATA Haven common stock, listed under the symbol HAVN is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market. As of March 22, 2000, the Company had approximately 406 stockholders of record (not including the number of persons or entities holding stock in nominee or street name through various brokerage firms) and 9,019,911 outstanding shares of common stock (excluding treasury shares). The common stock traded in a high and low range of $18.813 and $11.125 during the year ended December 31, 1999. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION December 31, December 31, (Dollars in thousands, except for share data) 1999 1998 ASSETS Cash and due from banks $ 41,479 43,088 Money market investments 1,238 1,720 Securities available for sale 937,299 889,251 Loans held for sale 82,709 54,188 Federal Home Loan Bank of NY Stock, at cost 27,865 21,990 Loans receivable: First mortgage loans 1,777,208 1,271,784 Cooperative apartment loans 3,669 3,970 Other loans 25,948 34,926 Total loans receivable 1,806,825 1,310,680 Less allowance for loan losses (16,699) (13,978) Loans receivable, net 1,790,126 1,296,702 Premises and equipment, net 35,928 39,209 Accrued interest receivable 15,825 12,108 Other assets 33,381 37,267 Total assets $2,965,850 2,395,523 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Liabilities: Deposits $2,080,613 1,722,710 Borrowed funds 749,232 440,346 Due to broker - 97,458 Other liabilities 30,422 15,142 Total liabilities 2,860,267 2,275,656 Commitments and contingencies (Notes 5 and 14) Stockholders' Equity: Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized, none issued - - Common stock, $.01 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized, 9,918,750 issued; 9,000,237 and 8,859,692 shares out- standing in 1999 and 1998, respectively 100 100 Additional paid-in capital 52,336 51,383 Retained earnings, substantially restricted 89,083 79,085 Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income: Unrealized (loss) gain on securities available for sale, net of tax effect (25,465) 945 Treasury stock, at cost (918,513 and 1,059,058 shares in 1999 and 1998, respectively) (8,934) (9,800) Unallocated common stock held by ESOP (934) (1,222) Unearned common stock held by Bank's Recognition Plans and Trusts (231) (263) Unearned compensation (372) (361) Total stockholders' equity 105,583 119,867 Total liabilities and stockholders' Equity $2,965,850 2,395,523 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME Years Ended December 31, (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 1999 1998 1997 Interest income: Mortgage loans $ 116,409 96,146 75,266 Other loans 3,004 3,303 3,220 Mortgage-backed securities 50,854 42,040 32,755 Money market investments 142 186 343 Debt and equity securities 13,454 10,010 14,722 Total interest income 183,863 151,685 126,306 Interest expense: Deposits: Savings accounts 19,665 12,415 9,338 NOW accounts 1,674 1,364 1,130 Money market accounts 1,833 2,041 1,823 Certificate accounts 52,269 49,965 39,309 Borrowed funds 37,465 27,991 22,800 Total interest expense 112,906 93,776 74,400 Net interest income before provision for loan losses 70,957 57,909 51,906 Provision for loan losses 3,625 2,665 2,750 Net interest income after provision for loan losses 67,332 55,244 49,156 Non-interest income: Loan fees and servicing income 2,740 1,627 3,110 Mortgage banking income 3,734 3,000 - Savings/checking fees 15,747 9,822 5,478 Net gain (loss) on sales of interest-earning assets 750 2,926 (5) Insurance, annuity and mutual funds fees 8,259 5,874 3,758 Other 3,138 2,596 1,571 Total non-interest income 34,368 25,845 13,912 Non-interest expense: Compensation and benefits 44,687 36,935 24,251 Occupancy and equipment 12,988 11,005 6,334 Real estate owned operations, net (220) 8 352 Federal deposit insurance Premiums 1,065 870 736 Data processing 3,410 2,707 1,277 Other 20,300 18,488 12,897 Total non-interest expense 82,230 70,013 45,847 Income before income tax expense 19,470 11,076 17,221 Income tax expense 6,863 2,926 6,138 Net income $12,607 8,150 11,083 Net income per common share: Basic $ 1.44 0.95 1.32 Diluted $ 1.38 0.89 1.24 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY The three years ended December 31, 1999
Accumulated Unallocated Unearned Additional Other Common Common Common Paid-In Retained Comprehensive Treasury Stock Held Stock Held Unearned Total Stock Capital Earnings Income Stock by ESOP by RRPs Compensation (In thousands of dollars, except for share data) Balance at December 31, 1996 $99,384 100 48,794 65,092 (840) (11,049) (1,854) (267) (592) Comprehensive income: Net income 11,083 - - 11,083 - - - - - Other comprehensive income, net of tax Net unrealized appreciation on securities available for sale, net of reclassification adjustment (1) 2,511 - - - 2,511 - - - - ------ Comprehensive income 13,594 Dividends declared (2,608) - - (2,608) - - - - - Treasury stock issued for RRP and deferred compensation plan (18,904 shares) - - 236 - - 113 - (206) (143) Stock options exercised and related tax effect (114,982 shares) 806 - 116 - - 690 - - - Allocation of ESOP stock and amortization of award of RRP stock and related tax benefits 1,353 - 919 - - - 325 109 - Amortization of deferred compensation plan 336 - - - - - - - 336 ------- ---- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ----- Balance at December 31, 1997 112,865 100 50,065 73,567 1,671 (10,246) (1,529) (364) (399) Comprehensive income: Net income 8,150 - - 8,150 - - - - - Other comprehensive income, net of tax Net unrealized depreciation on securities available for sale, net of reclassification adjustment (1) (1,607) - - - (1,607) - - - - Net unrealized appreciation on securities transferred from held to maturity to available for sale (note 3) 881 - - - 881 - - - - ------ Comprehensive income 7,424 Dividends declared (2,632) - - (2,632) - - - - - Treasury stock issued for deferred compensation plan (14,384 shares) - - 280 - - 86 - - (366) Stock options exercised and related tax effect (60,608 shares) 516 - 156 - - 360 - - - Allocation of ESOP stock and amortization of award of RRP stock and related tax benefits 1,290 - 882 - - - 307 101 - Amortization of deferred compensation plan 404 - - - - - - - 404 ------- ---- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ----- Balance at December 31, 1998 $119,867 100 51,383 79,085 945 (9,800) (1,222) (263) (361) Comprehensive loss: Net income 12,607 - - 12,607 - - - - - Other comprehensive income, net of tax Net unrealized depreciation on securities available for sale, net of reclassification adjustment (1) (26,410) - - - (26,410) - - - - ------ Comprehensive loss (13,803) Dividends declared (2,609) - - (2,609) - - - - - Treasury stock issued for deferred compensation plan (34,357 shares) - - 338 - - 272 - (20) (590) Stock options exercised and related tax effect (106,188 shares) 568 - (26) - - 594 - - - Allocation of ESOP stock and amortization of award of RRP stock and related tax benefits 981 - 641 - - - 288 52 - Amortization of deferred compensation plan 579 - - - - - - - 579 ------- ---- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ---- Balance at December 31, 1999 $105,583 100 52,336 89,083 (25,465) (8,934) (934) (231) (372) ======= ==== ====== ======= ====== ======= ====== ====
(1) Disclosure of reclassification adjustment: For the years ended (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Net unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during the year $(26,392) (10) 2,499 Reclassificaton adjustment for net gains (losses) included in net income 18 716 (12) ------ ---- ----- Net unrealized (losses) gains on securities available for sale (26,410) (726) 2,511 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Years Ended December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $12,607 8,150 11,083 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Amortization of cost of stock benefit plans 1,382 1,526 1,689 Amortization of net deferred loan origination fees (667) (1,546) (231) Premiums and discounts on loans, mortgage-backed and debt securities (237) (1,503) 210 Provision for loan losses 3,625 2,665 2,750 Provision for losses on real estate owned 51 35 251 Deferred income taxes 1,214 1,139 (1,540) Net increase in loans held for sale (28,521) (54,188) - Net (gain) loss on sales of interest-earning assets (750) (2,926) 5 Depreciation and amortization 4,802 3,087 1,592 (Increase) decrease in accrued interest receivable (3,717) 321 (257) Decrease (increase) in other assets 17,560 (22,930) (1,265) (Decrease) increase in due to broker (97,458) 87,458 9,000 Increase (decrease)in other liabilities 15,270 (5,077) 1,315 Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities (74,839) 16,211 24,602 Cash flows from investing activities: Net increase in loans receivable (496,638) (264,136) (306,328) Proceeds from disposition of assets (including REO) 330 721 2,785 Purchases of securities available for sale (452,104) (749,013) (511,075) Principal repayments on securities available for sale 169,566 195,118 48,377 Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale 194,053 454,971 337,696 Principal repayments, maturities and calls on debt securities held to maturity - 21,020 30,954 Principal repayment on mortgage-backed securities held to maturity - 24,834 34,660 Purchases of Federal Home Loan Bank Stock, net (5,875) (9,105) (2,995) Net increase in premises and equipment (1,521) (15,102) (19,834) Net cash used in investing activities (592,189) (340,692) (385,760) Cash flows from financing activities: Net increase in deposits 357,903 357,698 227,224 Net increase (decrease) in short term borrowed funds 161,896 (227,138) 157,072 Issuance of capital securities 25,300 - 24,984 Increase in long term borrowed funds 121,690 200,690 (41,695) Payment of common stock dividends (2,599) (2,627) (2,598) Stock options exercised 747 360 760 Net cash provided by financing activities 664,937 328,983 365,747 Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (2,091) 4,502 4,589 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 44,808 40,306 35,717 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 42,717 44,808 40,306 Supplemental information: Cash paid during the year for: Interest $ 111,803 93,751 73,757 Income taxes 5,203 1,699 5,893 Additions to real estate owned 622 623 1,695 Securities purchased not yet received, net - 97,458 10,000 Loans transferred from loans held for sale 44,569 - - Loans securitized - 105,691 - Mortgage-backed securities and debt securities held to maturity transferred to securities available for sale - 183,639 - See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES The accounting and reporting policies of Haven Bancorp, Inc. ("the Holding Company") and CFS Bank ("the Bank") and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to herein as the "Company") conform to generally accepted accounting principles and to general practices within the banking industry. The following summarizes the significant policies and practices: PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Holding Company and its subsidiary, the Bank, and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of each consolidated statement of financial condition and revenues and expenses for the year then ended. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Certain reclassification adjustments have been made to prior year amounts to conform to the current year presentation. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS For purposes of reporting cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash and due from banks and money market investments. Money market investments represent instruments with maturities of ninety days or less. These investments are carried at cost, adjusted for premiums and discounts which are recognized in interest income over the period to maturity. DEBT, EQUITY AND MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES Debt and mortgage-backed securities ("MBSs") which the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold until maturity are carried at cost, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on a level yield method over the remaining period to contractual maturity, adjusted, in the case of MBSs, for actual prepayments. At December 31, 1999 and 1998, the Company did not have any securities classified as held to maturity. Debt and equity securities and MBSs to be held for indefinite periods of time and not intended to be held to maturity are classified as available for sale ("AFS") securities and are recorded at fair value, with unrealized gains (losses), net of tax, reported as accumulated other comprehensive income, a separate component of stockholders' equity. Gains and losses on the sale of securities are determined using the specific identification method and are included in non-interest income. LOANS RECEIVABLE AND LOANS HELD FOR SALE Loans receivable are carried at their unpaid principal balances, less unearned discounts and net deferred loan origination fees. Loans held for sale are carried at the aggregate lower of cost or market value. Loan origination fees, less certain direct loan origination costs, are deferred and amortized as an adjustment of the loan's yield over the life of the loan by the interest method. When loans are sold, any remaining unaccreted net deferred fees (costs) are recognized as income at the time of sale. Purchased loans are recorded at cost. Related premiums or discounts are amortized (accreted) to interest income using the level-yield method over the estimated life of the loans. The Company recognizes servicing assets on loans that have been originated or purchased, and where the loans are subsequently sold or securitized with the servicing rights retained. The total cost of the mortgage loans is allocated between the loans and the servicing assets based on their relative fair values. The Company assesses servicing assets for impairment based on the current fair values of those assets with any impairment recognized through a valuation allowance. Fees earned for servicing loans for others are reported as income when the related mortgage loan payments are collected. Servicing assets are amortized as a reduction to loan servicing fee income using the interest method over the estimated remaining life of the underlying mortgage loans. MORTGAGE BANKING INCOME The company sells loans on a servicing released basis to investors in the secondary market. Generally, the sales of such loans are arranged at the time of application through assignments of trade or best effort commitments. Mortgage banking income represents fee income, including servicing released premiums, recognized on loans sold to investors, less the direct costs associated with the acquisition and sale of those loans. Mortgage banking income is recognized at the settlement date when cash is received from the investor. NON-ACCRUAL AND RESTRUCTURED LOANS Loans are placed on non-accrual status when, in the opinion of management, there is doubt as to the collectibility of interest or principal, or when principal and interest are past due 90 days or more, the loan is not well secured and in the process of collection. Interest and fees previously accrued, but not collected, are reversed and charged against interest income at the time a loan is placed on non-accrual status. Interest payments received on non-accrual loans are recorded as reductions of principal if, in management's judgement, principal repayment is doubtful. Loans may be reinstated to an accrual or performing status if future payments of principal and interest are reasonably assured and the loan has a demonstrated period of performance. Loans are classified as restructured loans when the Company has granted, for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower's financial condition, concessions to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider. Generally, this occurs when the cash flows of the borrower are insufficient to service the loan under its original terms. Restructured loans are reported as such in the year of restructuring. In subsequent reporting periods, if the loan yields a market rate of interest, is performing in accordance with the restructure terms, and management expects such performance to continue, the loan is then removed from restructured status. The Company reviews commercial and multi-family mortgage loans, and loans modified in a troubled-debt restructuring for impairment. Specific factors utilized in the impaired loan identification process include, but are not limited to, delinquency status, loan-to-value ratio, the condition of the underlying collateral, credit history, and debt coverage. At a minimum, such loans are classified as impaired when they become 90 days past due. The Company generally measures impaired loans based on the fair value of the underlying collateral. The amount by which the recorded investment of an impaired loan exceeds the measurement value is recognized by creating a valuation allowance through a charge to the provision for loan losses. The Company's impaired loan identification and measurement process is conducted in conjunction with the Company's review of the adequacy of its allowance for loan losses. ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES The allowance for loan losses is estimated based on a periodic analysis of the loan portfolio in accordance with SFAS No. 5, "Accounting for Contingencies," and SFAS No. 114, "Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan," and reflects an amount which, in management's judgement, is adequate to provide for losses inherent to the loan portfolio. In evaluating the portfolio, management takes into consideration numerous factors, such as present risks inherent in the loan portfolio, loan growth, prior loss experience, current economic conditions and periodic examinations conducted by regulatory agencies. While management uses available information to estimate probable loan losses, future additions to the allowance may be necessary based on adverse changes in economic conditions. PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT Land is carried at cost. Buildings, leasehold improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment are carried at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Premises and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets except for leasehold improvements which are amortized over the related lease term or estimated useful life. REAL ESTATE OWNED Real estate properties acquired through loan foreclosure are recorded at the lower of cost or estimated fair value less estimated selling costs at the time of foreclosure. Subsequent valuations are periodically performed by management and the carrying value may be adjusted by a valuation allowance, established through charges to income and included in real estate operations, net to reflect subsequent declines in the estimated fair value of the real estate. Real estate owned ("REO") is shown net of the allowance. Operating results of REO, including rental income, operating expenses, and gains and losses realized from the sales of properties owned, are also recorded in real estate operations, net, as a separate component of non-interest expense. REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS Reverse repurchase agreements are accounted for as financing transactions. Accordingly, the collateral securities continue to be carried as assets and a borrowing liability is established for the transaction proceeds. INCOME TAXES The Company utilizes the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of "temporary differences" by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Additionally, the recognition of net deferred tax assets is based upon the likelihood of realization of tax benefits in the future. A valuation allowance would be provided for deferred tax assets which are determined more than likely not to be realized. The Company and certain of its subsidiaries file consolidated tax returns with the Federal, state and local authorities. Other subsidiaries file separate domestic tax returns as required. BENEFIT PLANS The Company maintains various pension, savings, employee stock ownership and other benefit plans and programs for its employees, including the Bank's Retirement Income Plan (the "Retirement Plan") covering substantially all employees who have attained minimum service requirements. The Bank's funding policy is to make contributions to the plan at least equal to the amounts required by applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). The Bank periodically evaluates the overall effectiveness and economic value of such programs, in the interest of maintaining a comprehensive benefit package for employees. Based on an evaluation of the Retirement Plan in 1996, the Bank concluded that future benefit accruals under the Retirement Plan would cease, or "freeze" on June 30, 1996. Although the benefit accruals are frozen, the Bank will continue to maintain and provide benefits under its Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") and Employee 401(k) Thrift Incentive Savings Plan ("401(k) Plan"). In connection with the Retirement Plan "freeze," the Bank resumed its matching of contributions to the 401(k) Plan on July 1, 1996. Post-retirement and post-employment benefits are recorded on an accrual basis with an annual provision that recognizes the expense over the service life of the employee, determined on an actuarial basis. STOCK COMPENSATION PLANS Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," permits either the recognition of compensation cost for the estimated fair value of employee stock-based compensation arrangements on the date of grant, or the continued application of APB Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," in accounting for its plans with disclosure in the notes to the financial statements of the pro forma effects on net income and earnings per share, determined as if the fair value-based method had been applied in measuring compensation cost. The Company has adopted the disclosure option. Accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized for the Company's stock option plans. OFF-BALANCE SHEET FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The Company has utilized interest rate caps to manage its interest rate risk. Generally, the net settlements on such transactions used as hedges of non-trading liabilities are accrued as an adjustment to interest expense over the life of the agreements. EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the relevant period. The weighted average number of shares outstanding does not include the weighted-average number of unallocated shares by the ESOP. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock that then shares in the earnings of the entity. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME The Company's comprehensive income (or loss) for each period represents net income plus the net change in unrealized gains or losses on securities AFS, and is reported in the consolidated statements of changes in stockholders' equity. SEGMENT REPORTING Operating segments are components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance, and for which discrete financial information is available. The Company currently does not manage its various business activities as separate operating segments and does not readily produce meaningful discrete financial information for any such business activity. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." SFAS No. 133 establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and for hedging activities. It requires that an entity recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial condition and measure those instruments at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative (that is, gains and losses) depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation. SFAS No. 133 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999 and does not require restatement of prior periods. The implementation of SFAS No. 133 has not had a material impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations. In July 1999, the FASB issued SFAS No. 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133." SFAS No. 137 delays the effective date of SFAS No. 133 for one year, to all fiscal quarters of all fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. Management of the Company currently believes the implementation of SFAS No. 133 will not have a material impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations. 2. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS ACQUISITION OF INTERCOUNTY MORTGAGE, INC. On May 1, 1998, the Bank completed the purchase of the production franchise of Intercounty Mortgage, Inc. ("IMI") from Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group, Inc. The Bank paid approximately $5.6 million for IMI's production franchise and fixed assets. The business operates as a division of the Bank under the name CFS Mortgage originating and purchasing residential loans for the Bank's portfolio and for sale in the secondary market, primarily through six loan origination offices located in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Loan sales in the secondary market are primarily on a servicing-released basis, for which the Company earns servicing released premiums. The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method. The excess of cost over the fair value of net assets acquired (goodwill) of approximately $5.1 million is being amortized over 5 years. The Company assesses the recoverability of goodwill by determining whether the amortization of the goodwill over its remaining life can be recovered through future operating cash flow of the production franchise. The unamortized balance of goodwill relating to the acquisition of IMI was approximately $3.4 million and $4.4 million at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. ACQUISITION OF CENTURY INSURANCE AGENCY On November 2, 1998, the Company completed the purchase of 100% of the outstanding common stock of Century Insurance Agency, Inc. ("CIA" or "CFS Insurance Agency") for approximately $1.2 million. CIA, which is headquartered in Centereach, New York, provides automobile, homeowners and casualty insurance to individuals and various lines of commercial insurance to businesses. CIA operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method. Goodwill of approximately $1.6 million is being amortized over 10 years. The Company assesses the recoverability of goodwill by determining whether the amortization of the goodwill over its remaining life can be recovered through future operating cash flow of CIA. The unamortized balance of goodwill relating to the acquisition of CIA was approximately $1.3 million and $1.6 million at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. 3. SECURITIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE The amortized cost and estimated fair values of securities available for sale at December 31, are summarized as follows:
Gross Gross Estimated Amortized unrealized unrealized fair (In thousands) Cost gains losses value 1999 Debt and equity securities available for sale: U.S. Government and agency obligations $ 96,189 - (4,047) 92,142 Preferred stock 10,650 - (1,197) 9,453 Corporate debt securities 94,287 10 (499) 93,798 201,126 10 (5,743) 195,393 MBSs available for sale: GNMA Certificates 236 2 - 238 FNMA Certificates 124,507 250 (4,579) 120,178 FHLMC Certificates 32,430 291 (212) 32,509 CMOs and REMICs 618,177 959 (30,155) 588,981 775,350 1,502 (34,946) 741,906 Total $ 976,476 1,512 (40,689) 937,299 1998 Debt and equity securities available for sale: U.S. Government and agency obligations $ 78,017 141 (453) 77,705 Preferred stock 11,700 30 (140) 11,590 Corporate debt securities 19,850 - (166) 19,684 ------- ----- ----- ------- 109,567 171 (759) 108,979 ------- ----- ----- ------- MBSs available for sale: GNMA Certificates 430 4 - 434 FNMA Certificates 177,495 1,530 (258) 178,767 FHLMC Certificates 51,590 689 (112) 52,167 CMOs and REMICs 548,644 2,218 (1,958) 548,904 ------- ----- ----- ------- 778,159 4,441 (2,328) 780,272 ------- ----- ----- ------- Total $ 887,726 4,612 (3,087) 889,251 ======= ===== ====== =======
Gross gains of approximately $1.0 million, $1.7 million and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively, were realized on sales of securities available for sale. Gross losses amounted to approximately $1.0 million, $0.5 million and $1.1 million for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998, and 1997 respectively. The Company's portfolio of MBSs available for sale has an estimated weighted average expected life of approximately 7.1 years at December 31, 1999. At December 31, 1999, $184.5 million of MBSs available for sale were adjustable-rate securities. The Company's privately-issued CMOs and REMICs have generally been underwritten by large investment banking firms with the timely payment of principal and interest on these securities supported (credit enhanced) in varying degrees by either insurance issued by a financial guarantee insurer, letters of credit or subordination techniques. Substantially all such securities are rated AAA by one or more of the nationally recognized securities rating agencies. These securities are subject to certain credit-related risks normally not associated with U.S. Government and agency MBSs. Among such risks is the limited loss protection generally provided by the various forms of credit enhancements as losses in excess of certain levels are not protected. Furthermore, the credit enhancement itself is subject to the credit worthiness of the enhancer. Thus, in the event a credit enhancer does not fulfill its obligations, the MBS holder could be subject to risk of loss similar to the purchaser of a whole loan pool. Management believes that the credit enhancements are adequate to protect the Company from losses, and therefore the Company has not provided an allowance for losses on its privately issued MBSs. U.S. Government and agency obligations at December 31, 1999, had contractual maturities between March 14, 2000 and June 25, 2024. Accrued interest receivable on securities available for sale amounted to approximately $6.9 million and $4.9 million at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Corporate debt securities at December 31, 1999, had contractual maturities between February 18, 2004 and May 27, 2029. On June 30, 1998, the Company transferred the then remaining $138.2 million of MBSs and $45.4 million of debt securities held to maturity to securities available for sale. In August 1998, the Company securitized $105.7 million of residential mortgage loans with Fannie Mae. The resulting MBSs were retained and are included in securities available for sale as of December 31, 1999. 4. LOANS receivable and loans held for sale Loans receivable, net at December 31, are summarized as follows: (In thousands) 1999 1998 First mortgage loans: Principal balances: One- to four-family $1,330,565 886,405 Multi-family 268,358 215,542 Commercial 167,518 163,935 Construction 3,168 2,731 Partially guaranteed by VA or insured by FHA 1,604 2,205 1,771,213 1,270,818 Less net deferred loan origination fees, unearned discounts and unamortized premiums 5,995 966 Total first mortgage loans 1,777,208 1,271,784 Cooperative apartment loans, net 3,669 3,970 Other loans: Consumer loans 12,721 17,473 Home equity loans 11,328 15,173 Other 1,899 2,280 Total other loans 25,948 34,926 1,806,825 1,310,680 Less allowance for loan losses (16,699) (13,978) Total $1,790,126 1,296,702 Included in total loans are loans on which interest is not being accrued and loans which have been restructured and for which interest has been reduced or foregone. The principal balances of these loans at December 31 are summarized as follows: (In thousands) 1999 1998 Non-accrual loans $ 6,994 6,528 Restructured loans 717 1,857 Total $ 7,711 8,385 If interest income on non-accrual loans had been current in accordance with the original terms, approximately $468,000, $425,000 and $736,000 of interest income would have been recorded for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. Approximately $144,000, $117,000 and $146,000 of interest income was recognized on non-accrual loans for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The Bank has no obligation to fund any additional monies on these loans. The amount of interest income that would have been recorded if restructured loans had been performing in accordance with their original terms (prior to being restructured) was approximately $180,000, $396,000 and $197,000 for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. On June 30, 1999, the Company sold $20.5 million of adjustable- rate mortgage ("ARM") loans previously held in portfolio in a bulk sale transaction and recognized a gain of $261,000. The Company retained the right to service the related loans and accordingly recognized a servicing asset of $231,000. In 1998, the Company sold $83.3 million of ARM loans previously held in portfolio in two separate bulk sale transactions, which settled on December 30, 1998. The Company recognized a net gain of $670,000 as a result of these transactions. The Company sold $68.6 million of the ARM loans servicing released, while $14.7 million of the ARM loans were sold servicing retained. In connection with the latter transaction, the Company recognized a servicing asset of $168,000. In 1998, the Company securitized $105.7 million of residential mortgage loans with Fannie Mae. The Company retained all of the securities in its AFS portfolio, and is servicing the underlying loans for Fannie Mae. During 1999, the Company sold a portion of these securities and recognized a servicing asset of $242,000. In 1998, the Company also sold $14.0 million of cooperative apartment loans as part of its ongoing efforts to dispose of this portion of its portfolio. The Company recognized a $968,000 gain as a result of this transaction. At December 31, 1999 and 1998, the aggregate unamortized balance of the Company's servicing assets was $517,000 and $168,000, respectively. The amounts are included in other assets in the Company's consolidated statements of financial condition. The Company amortizes its servicing assets against service fee income in proportion to and over the period of estimated net servicing income. Servicing assets are periodically assessed for impairment based on their fair value. Loans held for sale, which consisted of, primarily fixed-rate, one- to four-family loans, were $82.7 million and $54.2 million at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. The Bank originates most fixed-rate loans for immediate sale, primarily to private investors on a servicing released basis. During 1999 and 1998, the Company sold $561.7 million and $515.8 million, respectively, in residential mortgage loans to third party investors on a servicing-released basis. During 1999 and 1998, the Company recognized mortgage banking income of $3.7 million and $3.0 million, respectively. Mortgage banking income represents fee income recognized on loans sold in the secondary market, including servicing-released premiums, less the direct costs associated with the acquisition and sale of these loans. The Bank services for investors first mortgage loans which are not included in the accompanying consolidated statements of financial condition. The unpaid principal balances of such loans were approximately $271.7 million and $269.1 million at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. The geographical location of the Bank's loan portfolio is primarily within the New York City metropolitan area. Accrued interest receivable on loans amounted to approximately $8.9 million and $7.2 million at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. 5. ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES Impaired loans and related reserves have been identified and calculated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 114. The total allowance for loan losses has been determined in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 5. As such, the Company has provided amounts for estimated probable losses that exceed the immediately identified losses associated with loans that have been deemed impaired. Provisions have been made and reserves established accordingly, based upon experience and expectations, for losses associated with the general population of loans, specific industry and loan types, including residential and consumer loans which are not subject to the provisions of SFAS No. 114. The following table summarizes information regarding the Company's impaired loans at December 31:
1999 1998 Related Related Allowance Allowance Recorded for Loan Net Recorded for Loan Net (In thousands) Investment Losses Investment Investment Losses Investment Residential loans: With a related allowance $ - - - 982 51 931 Without a related allowance 3,761 - 3,761 3,164 - 3,164 ----- --- ----- ----- --- ----- Total residential loans 3,761 - 3,761 4,146 51 4,095 ----- --- ----- ----- --- ----- Multi-family and non-residential loans: With a related allowance 825 78 747 1,128 247 881 Without a related allowance 1,639 - 1,639 1,254 - 1,254 ----- --- ----- ----- --- ----- Total multi-family and non-residential loans 2,464 78 2,386 2,382 247 2,135 ----- --- ----- ----- --- ----- Total impaired loans $ 6,225 78 6,147 6,528 298 6,230 ===== === ===== ===== === =====
The Company's average recorded investment in impaired loans for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998 was $8.5 million and $7.9 million, respectively. Interest income recognized on impaired loans, which was not materially different from cash- basis interest income, amounted to approximately $144,000, $117,000 and $146,000 for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. Activity in the allowance for loan losses for the years ended December 31, is as follows: (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Balance at beginning of year $ 13,978 12,528 10,704 Charge-offs: One- to four-family (314) (435) (964) Cooperative (34) (256) (370) Multi-family - (708) - Non-residential and other (1,002) (935) (352) Total charge-offs (1,350) (2,334) (1,686) Recoveries 446 1,119 760 Net charge-offs (904) (1,215) (926) Provision for loan losses 3,625 2,665 2,750 Balance at end of year $16,699 13,978 12,528 6. PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT Premises and equipment at December 31, are summarized as follows: (In thousands) 1999 1998 Land $ 1,475 1,720 Buildings and improvements 14,006 18,679 Leasehold improvements 19,110 17,136 Furniture, fixtures and equipment 14,624 13,128 Accumulated depreciation and amortization (13,287) (11,454) Total $ 35,928 39,209 In December 1997, the Company purchased an office building and land in Westbury, New York for its new administrative headquarters. The purchase was consummated under the terms of a lease agreement and Payment-in-lieu-of-Tax ("PILOT") agreement with the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency ("IDA") (see note 14). The Company completed improvements to the building and began using the building as its corporate headquarters in July 1998. The cost of the land and building, including improvements was $12.8 million. The building and improvements are being depreciated on a straight-line basis over thirty-nine years. During the first quarter of 1999, the Bank sold two administrative offices, located in Woodhaven, New York, in two separate transactions. These properties, which consist of land, buildings and building improvements, had an aggregate net carrying value of approximately $2.4 million at the time of sale. The Bank leased back a portion of one of these buildings to continue its current use as a traditional retail banking branch office and for certain administrative functions. This transaction was accounted for as a sale-leaseback, and the lease is being accounted for as an operating lease. The gain resulting from the sale-leaseback transaction was deferred and is being accreted over the term of the lease as a reduction to the related operating lease expense. Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment, included in occupancy and equipment expense, was approximately $4.8 million, $3.1 million and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. 7. OTHER ASSETS Other assets at December 31, are summarized as follows: (In thousands) 1999 1998 Remittances due from custodians $ 1,278 10,037 Net deferred tax asset 18,502 5,424 Excess of cost over the fair value of net assets acquired 4,836 6,193 Other 8,765 15,613 Total $33,381 37,267 8. DEPOSITS Deposits at December 31, are summarized as follows: Weighted average (Dollars in thousands) Amount Percent rates 1999 Savings accounts $ 624,967 30.0% 3.07% Money market 64,994 3.1 3.58 NOW 143,481 6.9 1.27 Demand 111,738 5.4 - 945,180 45.4 2.47 Certificates of deposit 1,135,433 54.6 5.58 Total $2,080,613 100.0% 4.17% 1998 Savings accounts $ 547,264 31.8% 3.30% Money market 58,984 3.4 3.21 NOW 130,288 7.6 1.28 Demand 84,425 4.9 - 820,961 47.7 2.63 Certificates of deposit 901,749 52.3 5.60 Total $1,722,710 100.0% 4.18% The aggregate amount of certificates of deposit in denominations of $100,000 or more amounted to approximately $113.8 million and $84.5 million at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit at December 31, are summarized as follows: 1999 1998 (Dollars in thousands) Amount Percent Amount Percent Within six months $ 661,719 58.3% 553,835 61.4% Six months to one year 314,376 27.7 214,041 23.7 One to two years 93,497 8.2 62,756 7.0 Over two years 65,841 5.8 71,117 7.9 Total $1,135,433 100.0% $901,749 100.0% 9. BORROWED FUNDS Borrowed funds at December 31, are summarized as follows: (Dollars in thousands) 1999 1998 Fixed-rate advances from the FHLB of New York: 4.25% to 5.36% due in 1999 $ - 104,200 3.60% to 5.74% due in 2000 144,000 62,000 5.29% due in 2001 20,000 20,000 5.66% due in 2002 40,000 20,000 5.62% due in 2003 20,000 20,000 5.00% to 5.38% due in 2008 49,000 99,000 5.27% to 6.43% due in 2009 189,000 - Adjustable-rate advances - FHLB of New York 5.37% due in 2000 75,000 - 537,000 325,200 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase: Fixed rate agreements: 5.25% to 5.45% due in 1999 - 72,290 5.90% to 7.08% due in 2000 144,386 - 6.27% due in 2002 16,400 16,400 160,786 88,690 Holding Company Obligated Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Securities of Haven Capital Trust I at 10.46% due 02/01/27 24,984 24,984 Capital Trust II at 10.25% due 06/30/29 25,300 - Debt of Employee Stock Ownership Plan (note 12) 1,162 1,472 Total $ 749,232 440,346 At December 31, 1999 and 1998, pursuant to a physical pledge collateral agreement, advances from the FHLB of New York were collateralized by MBSs with an estimated fair value of approximately $565.2 million and $467.6 million, respectively. At December 31, 1999 and 1998, advances from the FHLB of New York were also collateralized by U.S. Government and agency obligations with an estimated fair value of approximately $61.5 million and $6.2 million, respectively. At December 31, 1999, the Bank has unused lines of credit totalling $13.5 million with the FHLB of New York. At December 31, 1999, all securities sold under agreements to repurchase were delivered to primary dealers who arranged the transactions. The securities will remain registered in the name of the Bank and will be returned at maturity. During the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998, securities sold under agreements to repurchase averaged $180.3 million and $142.3 million, respectively. The maximum amounts outstanding at any month-end were $242.4 million and $191.3 million, respectively. The average interest rate paid during the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998 were 5.39% and 5.71%, respectively. MBSs with an estimated fair value of approximately $132.4 million and $100.0 million were pledged as collateral at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. In addition, corporate bonds with an estimated fair value of approximately $44.8 million were pledged as collateral at December 31, 1999. On February 12, 1997, Haven Capital Trust I, a trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Trust I"), issued $25 million of 10.46% capital securities. The Holding Company is the owner of all the beneficial interests represented by common securities of Trust I. Trust I exists for the sole purpose of issuing Trust I securities (comprised of the capital securities and the common securities) and investing the proceeds thereof in the 10.46% junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures issued by the Holding Company on February 12, 1997, which are scheduled to mature on February 1, 2027. Interest on the capital securities is payable in semi-annual installments, commencing on August 2, 1997. Trust I securities are subject to mandatory redemption (i) in whole, but not in part upon repayment in full, at the stated maturity of the junior subordinated debentures at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of, plus accrued interest on, the junior subordinated debentures, (ii) in whole but not in part, at any time prior to February 1, 2007, contemporaneously with the occurrence and continuation of a special event, defined as a tax event or regulatory capital event, at a special event redemption price equal to the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the junior subordinated debentures or the sum of the present values of the principal amount and premium payable with respect to an optional redemption of the junior subordinated debentures on the initial optional repayment date to and including the initial optional prepayment date, discounted to the prepayment date plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (iii) in whole or in part, on or after February 1, 2007, contemporaneously with the optional prepayment by the Holding Company of the junior subordinated debentures at a redemption price equal to the optional prepayment price. Subject to prior regulatory approval, if required, the junior subordinated debentures are redeemable during the 12-month periods beginning on or after February 1, 2007, at 105.23% of the principal amounts outstanding, declining ratably each year thereafter to 100%, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption. Deferred issuance costs are being amortized over ten years. On May 26, 1999, Haven Capital Trust II, a Delaware business trust ("Trust II"), completed the offering of $22.0 million of 10.25% capital securities. On June 18, 1999, an additional $3.3 million of capital securities were issued in connection with the exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters. The Holding Company is the owner of all of the beneficial interests represented by the common securities of Trust II. Trust II exists for the sole purpose of issuing the Trust II securities (comprised of the capital securities and the common securities) and investing the proceeds thereof in the 10.25% junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures, issued by the Holding Company pursuant to an indenture, which are scheduled to mature on September 30, 2029. The capital securities have a mandatory redemption provision which is triggered by optional prepayment of the junior subordinated debentures. The Chase Manhattan Bank is the Property Trustee of TrustII. During the second quarter, $21.5 million of the proceeds from the sale of capital securities was contributed to the Bank to support the Bank's in-store banking expansion. The remainder of the proceeds was used for general corporate purposes. 10. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES FEDERAL INCOME TAXES The Company and its subsidiaries file a consolidated Federal income tax return on a calendar-year basis. Prior to January 1, 1997 thrift institutions such as the Bank which met certain definitional tests primarily relating to their assets and the nature of their business, were permitted to establish a tax reserve for bad debts. Such thrift institutions were also permitted to make annual additions to the reserve, to be deducted in arriving at their taxable income within specified limitations. The Bank's deduction was computed using an amount based on the Bank's actual loss experience ("experience method"), or a percentage equal to 8% of the Bank's taxable income ("PTI method"). Similar deductions for additions to the Bank's bad debt reserve were also permitted under the New York State Bank Franchise Tax and the New York City Banking Corporation Tax; however, for purposes of these taxes, the effective allowable percentage under the PTI method was 32% rather than 8%. Under the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 ("1996 Act"), signed into law in August 1996, Section 593 of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code"), the Bank is unable to make additions to the tax bad debt reserves but is permitted to deduct bad debts as they occur. Additionally, the 1996 Act requires institutions to recapture (that is, include in taxable income), over a six-year period, the excess of the balance of its bad debt reserves as of December 31, 1995 over the balance of such reserves as of December 31, 1987 ("base year"). The Bank's federal tax bad debt reserves at December 31, 1995 exceeded its base year reserves by $2.7 million. This recapture was frozen for 1996 and 1997, whereas, two-sixths of the excess reserves were recaptured into taxable income during the two-year period ended December 31, 1999. The remaining balance at December 31, 1999, to be recaptured into taxable income was $1.8 million. The base year reserves will be subject to recapture, and the Bank could be required to recognize a tax liability, if (i) the Bank fails to qualify as a "bank" for Federal income tax purposes; (ii) certain distributions are made with respect to the stock of the Bank; (iii) the Bank uses the bad debt reserves for any purpose other than to absorb bad debt losses; and (iv) there is a change in Federal tax law. Management is not aware of the occurrence of any such event. In response to the Federal legislation, the New York State and New York City tax law has been amended to prevent the recapture of existing tax bad debt reserves and to allow for the continued use of the PTI method to determine the bad debt deduction in computing New York State and New York City tax liability. The components of the net deferred tax assets at December 31, are as follows: (In thousands) 1999 1998 Deferred tax assets: Difference between financial statement credit loss provision and tax bad-debt deduction $ 7,054 5,952 Non-accrual interest and non-performing loan expense 891 762 Securities marked to market for financial statement purposes 13,712 - Other 3,022 2,128 Total deferred tax assets 24,679 8,842 Deferred tax liabilities: Recapture of Tax Bad Debt Reserve (625) (781) Securities marked to market for financial statement purposes - (580) Basis difference of fixed assets (60) (131) Deferred loan origination costs (5,421) (1,854) Other (71) (72) Total deferred tax liabilities (6,177) (3,418) Net deferred tax assets $ 18,502 5,424 Income tax expense for the years ended December 31, are summarized as follows: (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Current: Federal $ 5,157 1,486 6,433 State and local 492 301 1,245 5,649 1,787 7,678 Deferred: Federal 1,194 741 (760) State and local 20 398 (780) 1,214 1,139 (1,540) Total income tax expense $ 6,863 2,926 6,138 The following is a reconciliation of statutory Federal income tax expense to the combined effective tax expense for the years ended December 31: (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Statutory Federal income tax expense $ 6,815 3,877 6,027 State and local income taxes, net of Federal income tax benefit 333 455 301 Reversal of prior years taxes - (785) - Other, net (285) (621) (190) Total income tax expense $ 6,863 2,926 6,138 The Company did not have a valuation allowance for its deferred tax asset as of December 31, 1999 and 1998. The Company will continue to review the recognition criteria as set forth in SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes," on a quarterly basis and determine the need for a valuation allowance accordingly. STATE AND LOCAL TAXES The Company and subsidiaries file combined New York State franchise tax and New York City financial corporation tax returns on a calendar-year basis. The Company's annual tax liability for each year is the greater of a tax on (i) allocated entire net income; (ii) allocated alternative entire net income; (iii) allocated assets to New York State and/or New York City; or (iv) a minimum tax. Operating losses cannot be carried back or carried forward for New York State or New York City tax purposes. The Company has provided for its 1999 New York State and New York City tax liability based on allocated assets to New York State and/or New York City. The Company has provided for New York State and New York City taxes based on entire net income for the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997. The Company will also file a New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut tax return for 1999 due to the operation of in-store branches in those states. 11. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS RETIREMENT PLAN The Company's Retirement Plan is a qualified, non-contributory defined benefit pension plan covering substantially all of its eligible employees. The Company's policy is to fund pension costs in accordance with the minimum funding requirements of the ERISA, and to provide the Retirement Plan with sufficient assets with which to pay pension benefits to plan participants. Based on an evaluation of the Retirement Plan in 1996, the Bank concluded that future benefit accruals under the Retirement Plan would cease or "freeze" effective June 30, 1996. The Bank recognized a curtailment gain of approximately $266,000 as of June 30, 1996. The Bank made a cash contribution of $352,000 to the Retirement Plan in 1997. There were no contributions to the Retirement Plan in 1998 or 1999. The following are disclosures related to the Retirement Plan as determined by the Retirement Plan's actuary in accordance with SFAS No. 87 and SFAS No. 132. The following is a reconciliation of the projected benefit obligation for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively: (In thousands) 1999 1998 Projected benefit obligation, beginning of year $8,758 8,519 Interest cost 596 569 Actuarial (gain) loss (695) 202 Benefits paid (523) (532) Projected benefit obligation, end of year $8,136 8,758 The following is a reconciliation of the change in fair value of Retirement Plan assets for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively: (In thousands) 1999 1998 Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year $9,515 8,819 Actual return on plan assets 1,315 1,228 Benefits paid (523) (532) Fair value of plan assets, end of year $10,307 9,515 The following is a reconciliation of the funded status of the Retirement Plan as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively: (In thousands) 1999 1998 Pension benefit obligation Accumulated benefit obligation $8,136 8,758 Additional benefits based on estimated future salary levels - - Projected benefit obligation 8,136 8,758 Fair value of plan assets 10,307 9,515 Funded status 2,171 757 Unrecognized net gain (1,439) (261) Prepaid pension cost $732 496 The following is a reconciliation of net periodic pension benefit for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997: (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Interest cost $596 569 557 Expected return on plan assets (832) (768) (746) Net periodic pension benefit $(236) (199) (189) Actuarial assumptions used to account for the Retirement Plan include the following: 1999 1998 1997 Discount rate 7.75% 6.75% 6.75% Expected long-term rate of return 9.00% 9.00% 9.00% Rate of increase in compensation levels NA NA NA THRIFT INCENTIVE SAVINGS PLAN The Bank's 401(k) Plan provides for employee contributions on a pre-tax basis up to a maximum of 16% of total compensation, with matching contributions to be made by the Bank, not to exceed employee contributions greater than 6% of total compensation. The Bank matched employee contributions which totaled $357,000, $234,000 and $199,000 for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT BENEFITS In 1999, the Company entered into a Company Employment Agreement setting forth the supplemental executive retirement benefits for the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Company Employment Agreement restates, modifies and supersedes the Employment Agreements, dated November 18, 1994 and September 21, 1995, the Amendatory Agreement dated May 28, 1997 and the Bank Employment Agreement, dated May 28, 1997. The Company Employment Agreement entitles the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in addition to the severance benefits contained within the agreement, to the supplemental executive retirement benefits due to him under the Retirement Plan, the 401(k) Plan, the ESOP and any other benefit plan of which he is a participant, had the federal income tax law limitations on the accrual of benefits under these plans not been applicable. During 1999, 1998 and 1997, the Bank accrued $190,000, $180,000 and $50,000, respectively, in supplemental executive retirement benefits. On December 31, 1999 and 1998 the accumulated supplemental executive retirement benefit obligation was $56,000 and $58,000, respectively. On December 31, 1999 and 1998 the projected supplemental executive retirement benefit obligation was $56,000 and $58,000, respectively. In 1999, the Company decided not to reinstate future benefit accruals under the Retirement Plan. As a result, the accumulated and projected supplemental executive retirement benefit obligations as of December 31, 1999, were substantially reduced. The accumulated and projected supplemental executive retirement benefit obligations as of December 31, 1998, were restated to conform with the 1999 presentation. The Bank also has a Supplemental Retirement Agreement for the former Chairman of the Board. The Supplemental Retirement Agreement is unfunded and provides for an annual retirement benefit of $120,000 for 10 years after retirement which occurred in 1995. The Supplemental Retirement Agreement also provides for a lump sum benefit of $1.2 million payable to the estate of the former Chairman of the Board in the event of his death prior to retirement, or in the event of a hostile change in control after retirement but prior to the payment of the entire benefit; any unpaid benefit shall be paid in a lump sum. The Company had accrued the entire $1.2 million liability under the unfunded plan as of December 31, 1995. POST-RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS The Company provides life insurance coverage to retirees under an unfunded plan ("Post-retirement Plan"). Life insurance coverage in the first year of retirement is equal to three times annual pay at retirement, reduced by 10% (the "reduction amount"). For the next four consecutive years, life insurance coverage will be reduced each year by the reduction amount. The maximum benefit will be $50,000 on the earlier of: (a) the fifth anniversary of retirement; or (b) attaining age 70. The following are disclosures related to the Company's Post- retirement Plan as provided by the Post-retirement Plan's actuary in accordance with SFAS No.s 106 and 132. The following is a reconciliation of the accumulated post- retirement benefit obligation ("APBO") for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998: (In thousands) 1999 1998 APBO, beginning of year $ 1,445 1,268 Service cost 70 63 Interest cost 94 85 Actuarial (gain) loss (166) 38 Benefits paid (94) (9) APBO, end of year $ 1,349 1,445 The following is a reconciliation of the funded status of the Post-retirement Plan as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively: (In thousands) 1999 1998 APBO - Retirees and dependents $ 540 632 APBO - Actives fully eligible to retire 382 278 APBO - Actives not yet fully eligible to retire 427 535 Projected benefit obligation 1,349 1,445 Fair value of plan assets - - Funded status (1,349) (1,445) Unrecognized transition liability 253 278 Unrecognized net loss 367 563 Unrecognized prior service cost (68) (78) Accrued post-retirement benefit liability $(797) (682) The following is a reconciliation of net periodic post-retirement benefit cost for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997: (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Service cost $ 70 63 55 Interest cost 94 85 77 Amortization of transition obligation 25 25 25 Amortization of unrecognized gain or loss 30 31 28 Amortization of unrecognized prior service liability (10) (10) (4) Net periodic post-retirement cost $ 209 194 181 Actuarial assumptions used to account for the plan include the following: 1999 1998 1997 Discount rate 7.75% 6.50% 6.75% Rate of increase in compensation levels 4.50% 4.50% 4.50% 12. STOCK PLANS EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ESOP) The Bank established for eligible employees an ESOP in connection with the Conversion. The ESOP borrowed $3.5 million from an unrelated third party lender and purchased 694,312 common shares issued in the Conversion. The Bank is expected to make scheduled cash contributions to the ESOP sufficient to service the amount borrowed over a period not to exceed 10 years. The unpaid balance of the ESOP loan is included in borrowed funds and the unamortized balance of unearned compensation is shown as unallocated common stock held by the ESOP reflected as a reduction of stockholders' equity. As of December 31, 1999, total contributions to the ESOP which were used to fund principal and interest payments on the ESOP debt totaled approximately $3.4 million. On December 31, 1999, the loan had an outstanding balance of $1.2 million and an interest rate of 7.81%. The loan, as amended on December 29, 1995, is payable in thirty-two equal quarterly installments beginning December 1995 and ending September 2003. The loan bears interest at a floating rate based on the federal funds rate plus 250 basis points. Dividends declared on common stock held in a participant's ESOP account are allocated to such participant's account. Dividends declared on common stock held by the ESOP and not allocated to the account of a participant are used to repay the ESOP loan. The Company recorded $889,000, $922,000 and $1.2 million of ESOP expense, based on the fair market value of the shares allocated, for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. On December 31, 1999, there were 244,365 shares remaining for future allocation, of which 57,604 shares will be allocated for the 1999 year in the first quarter of 2000. RECOGNITION AND RETENTION PLANS The Bank has established several Recognition and Retention Plans ("RRPs") which purchased in the aggregate 297,562 shares of common stock in the Conversion. The Bank contributed $1.5 million to fund the purchase of the RRP shares. In 1995, the RRP for officers and other key employees was amended to increase the number of shares of common stock which may be granted by 19,836 shares and such shares were contributed to the RRP from treasury stock. During 1996, the remaining previously unallocated shares totaling 17,202 were awarded to directors and officers. In 1998, the RRP for directors was amended to increase the number of shares of common stock which may be granted by 9,916 shares and such shares were contributed to the RRP from treasury stock. The fair market value of these shares at the dates of the awards will be amortized as compensation expense as participants become vested. Participants generally become vested over a three or five year period beginning on the date of the award. The unamortized cost, which is comparable to deferred compensation, is reflected as a reduction of stockholders' equity. For the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively, $92,000, $200,000 and $168,000 of expense has been recognized. STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLANS In 1993, the Holding Company adopted the Haven Bancorp, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (the "1993 Directors Plan") and the Haven Bacorp, Inc. 1993 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Stock Plan") of the Bank. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the stock option plans was equal to 10% of the total number of shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Bank's Conversion to the stock form of ownership. In 1995, the 1993 Stock Plan was amended to increase the number of shares for which stock options may be granted by 69,430 shares. All options awarded to employees vest over a three year period beginning one year from the date of grant. The stock options awarded to directors become excercisable one year from the date of grant. The option exercise price cannot be less than the fair market value of the underlying common stock as of the date of the option grant, and the maximum option term cannot exceed ten years from the date of grant. In 1998, the 1993 Directors Plan was amended to increase the number of shares for which stock options may be granted by 29,754 shares. None of these shares have been granted as of December 31, 1999. In 1996, the Holding Company adopted the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan which provided 420,000 shares for the grant of options and restricted stock awards. In 1998, effective upon shareholder approval, the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan was amended to increase the number of shares for which options and restricted stock awards may be granted by 41,998 shares. During 1998 and 1997, respectively, an aggregate of 14,384 and 8,988 shares of restricted stock were granted to directors, officers and employees. No shares of restricted stock were granted in 1999. Shares of restricted stock granted to directors vest six months from the date of grant. Shares granted to officers and employees vest over a three year period beginning one year from the date of grant. All shares were recorded as unearned compensation at their fair market value on the date of the award (which is reflected as a reduction of stockholders' equity), to be amortized to expense over the vesting period. During 1999, 1998 and 1997, an aggregate of 206,500, 134,200 and 34,100 options, respectively, were granted to directors and officers under the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, which vest over a three year period beginning one year from the date of grant. During 1999, an aggregate of 42,903 shares of restricted stock were granted to directors, officers and employees. The following table summarizes certain information regarding the stock option plans:
Number of shares of Non- Non- Weighted Incentive Statutory Qualified Average Stock Stock Options to Exercise Options Options Directors Price Balance outstanding at December 31, 1996 427,764 487,232 409,562 7.54 Granted 14,100 - 20,000 17.09 Forfeited - - (12,000) 12.14 Exercised (16,594) - (98,388) 6.61 Balance outstanding at December 31, 1997 425,270 487,232 319,174 7.90 Granted 134,200 - - 22.91 Forfeited - - - - Exercised (23,414) - (37,194) 8.01 Balance outstanding at December 31, 1998 536,056 487,232 281,980 9.44 Granted 156,500 - 50,000 13.80 Forfeited (18,000) - - 20.47 Exercised (14,994) - (91,194) 7.05 Balance outstanding at December 31, 1999 659,562 487,232 240,786 10.13 Shares exercisable at December 31, 1999 423,562 487,232 184,119 8.44
The fair value of each share grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions used for grants in 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively: dividend yield of 2.14% in 1999 and 1998 and 1.45% in 1997; expected volatility rates of 42.17% to 43.51% in 1999, 28.05% to 39.24% in 1998, and 26.95% in 1997; risk-free interest rates of 6.29% in 1999, 4.59% in 1998 and 5.68% to 5.81% in 1997; and expected lives of 3 years for the 1993 Stock Plan, 8 years for the 1993 Directors Plan, 3 years for grants to officers and employees under the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan and 8 years for grants to directors under that plan. Had compensation cost for the Company's three stock-based compensation plans been determined consistent with SFAS No. 123, the Company's net income and net income per common share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below for the years ended December 31: (In thousands, except per share data) 1999 1998 1997 Net income: As reported $ 12,607 8,150 11,083 Pro forma 12,095 7,560 10,557 Net income per common share: Basic As reported $ 1.44 0.95 1.32 Pro forma 1.38 0.88 1.25 Diluted As reported $ 1.38 0.89 1.24 Pro forma 1.32 0.83 1.18 13. EARNINGS PER SHARE The computation of basic and diluted EPS for the years ended December 31, is presented in the following table. (In thousands, except share and per share data) 1999 1998 1997 Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share-net income $ 12,607 8,150 11,083 Denominator for basic earnings per share"weighted-average shares 8,749,336 8,596,884 8,420,321 Effect of dilutive options 416,526 561,919 493,437 Denominator for diluted earnings per share"weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares 9,165,862 9,158,803 8,913,758 Basic earnings per share $ 1.44 0.95 $1.32 Diluted earnings per share $ 1.38 0.89 $1.24 14. COMMITMENTS and CONTINGENCIES LEASE COMMITMENTS At December 31, 1999, the Company was obligated under several noncancelable operating leases on property used for office space and banking purposes. Several of the leases contain escalation clauses which provide for increased rentals, primarily based upon increases in real estate taxes. Rent expense under these leases was approximately $5.2 million, $4.2 million and $1.7 million for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The projected minimum rental payments under the terms of the noncancelable leases at December 31, 1999 are as follows: Years ending December 31, (In thousands) 2000 $ 5,130 2001 4,704 2002 3,569 2003 2,092 2004 1,516 Thereafter 12,772 $ 29,783 Sixty-three in-store branches have opened through December 31, 1999, and the leases related thereto are reflected in the table above. Under the IDA and PILOT agreements discussed in note 6, the Bank assigned the building and land at its Westbury headquarters to the IDA, is subleasing it for $1 per year for a 10 year period and will repurchase the building for $1 upon expiration of the lease term in exchange for IDA financial assistance. LOAN COMMITMENTS The Company had outstanding commitments totaling $258.4 million to originate loans at December 31, 1999, of which $112.0 million were fixed-rate loans and $146.4 million were variable rate loans. For fixed-rate loan commitments at December 31, 1999, the interest rates on mortgage loans ranged from 4.00% to 12.75%. The standard commitment term for these loans is 45 days. Loan commitments are made at current rates and no material difference exists between book and market values of such commitments. For commitments to originate loans, the Company's maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Those commitments represent ultimate exposure to credit risk only to the extent that they are subsequently drawn upon by customers. The Company uses the same credit policies and underwriting standards in making loan commitments as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments. For loan commitments, the Company would generally be exposed to interest rate risk from the time a commitment is issued with a defined contractual interest rate. The Company delivers, primarily fixed-rate, one- to four-family mortgage loans to investors in the secondary market under "best efforts" commitments. Loans to be sold are generally committed at the time the borrower's mortgage interest rate is "locked-in". At December 31, 1999, the Company had $109.3 million of "locked- in" fixed rate one- to four-family mortgage loans. The best efforts commitment term is generally 70 days from the "lock-in" date. In connection with the securitization and sale of $48.6 million of cooperative apartment loans in 1994, a letter of credit totaling $6.8 million was established with the FHLB. The letter of credit provides a level of protection of approximately 14% to the buyer against losses on the cooperative apartment loans sold behind a pool insurance policy the Bank purchased which provides a level of protection of approximately 20%. The letter of credit totalled $6.8 million at December 31, 1999. LITIGATION AND LOSS CONTINGENCY In February, 1983, a burglary of the contents of safe deposit boxes occurred at a branch office of the Bank. At December 31, 1999, the Bank has a class action lawsuit related thereto pending, whereby the plaintiffs are seeking recovery of approximately $12.9 million in actual damages and an additional $12.9 million of unspecified damages. The Bank's ultimate liability, if any, which might arise from the disposition of these claims cannot presently be determined. Management believes it has meritorious defenses against these actions and has and will continue to defend its position. Accordingly, no provision for any liability that may result upon adjudication has been recognized in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The Company is involved in various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, which in the aggregate, are believed by management to be immaterial to the financial position of the Company. 15. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY At the time of its conversion to a stock savings bank, the Bank established a liquidation account in an amount equal to its total retained earnings as of June 30, 1993. The liquidation account will be maintained for the benefit of eligible account holders who continue to maintain their accounts at the Bank, after the conversion. The liquidation account will be reduced annually to the extent that eligible account holders have reduced their qualifying deposits. Subsequent increases will not restore an eligible account holder's interest in the liquidation account. In the event of a complete liquidation, each eligible account holder will be entitled to receive a distribution from the liquidation account in an amount proportionate to the current adjusted qualifying balances for accounts then held. The balance of the liquidation account was approximately $13.0 million at December 31, 1999. The Bank may not declare or pay cash dividends on or repurchase any of its shares of common stock, if the effect would cause stockholders' equity to be reduced below the amount required for the liquidation account, applicable regulatory capital maintenance requirements or if such declaration and payment would otherwise violate regulatory requirements. Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS") regulations limit all capital distributions by the Bank to the Company, including dividend payments. As the subsidiary of a savings and loan holding company, the Bank must file a notice with the OTS prior to making a capital distribution. In addition, if the total amount of all capital distributions for a calendar year would exceed net income for that year to date plus the retained net income for the preceding two years, then, prior to making a capital distribution, the Bank would be required to apply for the prior approval of the OTS. Unlike the Bank, the Company is not subject to these regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends to its stockholders. However, the source of future dividends may depend upon dividends from the Bank. REGULATORY CAPITAL As required by regulation of the OTS, savings institutions are required to maintain regulatory capital in the form of a "tangible capital requirement," a "core capital requirement," and a "risk- based capital requirement." The Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Bank's assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Bank's capital amounts are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors. As of December 31, 1999, the Bank has been categorized as "well capitalized" by the OTS under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the institution's category. The following table sets forth the required ratios and amounts, and the Bank's actual capital amounts, and ratios at December 31:
To Be Well Capitalized For Capital Under Prompt Corrective Actual Adequacy Purposes Action Provisions (Dollars in thousands) Amount Ratio(3) Amount Ratio Amount Ratio 1999 Tangible Capital $168,926 5.62% $ 60,073 2.00% N/A N/A Core Capital (1) 168,926 5.62 120,147 4.00 150,183 5.00 Risk-based Capital (2) 184,485 11.83 124,707 8.00 155,884 10.00 1998 Tangible Capital $130,597 5.43% $ 48,087 2.00% N/A N/A Core Capital (1) 130,597 5.43 96,173 4.00 $120,216 5.00% Risk-based Capital (2) 144,104 11.96 96,404 8.00 120,505 10.00
(1) Under the OTS's prompt corrective action regulations (i) the tangible capital requirement was effectively increased from 1.50% to 2.00%, because under these regulations an institution with less than 2.00% tangible capital is classified as "critically undercapitalized" and (ii) the core capital requirement was effectively increased from 3.00% to 4.00% because under these regulations an institution with less than 4.00% core capital is classified as "undercapitalized." (2) The OTS requirement that an interest rate risk component be incorporated into its existing risk-based capital standard has been indefinitely deferred by the OTS. However, the Bank does not believe that its risk-based capital requirement would be materially affected as a result of the interest rate risk component. (3) For tangible and core capital, the ratio is to adjusted total assets. For risk-based capital, the ratio is to total risk- weighted assets. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN On January 26, 1996, the Board of Directors of the Holding Company adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan (the "Rights Plan"). Under the Rights Plan, which expires in February, 2006, the Board declared a dividend of one right on each outstanding share of the Holding Company's common stock, which was paid on February 5, 1996 to stockholders of record on that date (the "Rights"). Until it is announced that a person or group has acquired 10% or more of the outstanding common stock of the Holding Company (an "Acquiring Person") or has commenced a tender offer that could result in the ownership of 10% or more of such common stock, the Rights are initially redeemable for $.01 each, are evidenced solely by the Holding Company's common stock certificates, automatically trade with the Holding Company's common stock and are not exercisable. Following any such announcement, separate Rights would be distributed, with each Right entitling its owner to purchase participating preferred stock of the Holding Company having economic and voting terms similar to those of one share of the Holding Company's common stock for an exercise price of $45. Upon announcement that any person or group has become an Acquiring Person and unless the Board acts to redeem the Rights, then twenty business days thereafter (the "Flip-in Date"), each Right (other than Rights beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or transferee thereof, which become void) will entitle the holder to purchase, for the $45 exercise price, a number of shares of the Holding Company's common stock having a market value of $90. In addition, if after an Acquiring Person gains control of the Board, the Holding Company is involved in a merger or sells more than 50% of its assets or assets generating more than 50% of its operating income or cash flow, or has entered into an agreement to do any of the foregoing (or an Acquiring Person is to receive different treatment than all other stockholders), each Right will entitle its holder to purchase, for the $45 exercise price, a number of shares of common stock of the Acquiring Person having a market value of $90. If any person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding common stock of the Holding Company, the Board may, at its option, exchange one share of such common stock for each Right. The Rights may also be redeemed by the Board for $0.01 per Right prior to the Flip-in Date. 16. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS SFAS No. 107, "Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments" requires the Company to disclose estimated fair values for substantially all of its financial instruments. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the asset or obligation could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These estimates do not reflect any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time the entire holdings of a particular financial instrument. Because no market value exists for a significant portion of the financial instruments, fair value estimates are based on judgments regarding future expected loss experience, current economic conditions, risk characteristics of various financial instruments, and other factors. These estimates are subjective in nature, involve uncertainties and matters of judgment and, therefore, cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates. Fair value estimates are determined for on and off-balance sheet financial instruments, without attempting to estimate the value of anticipated future business and the value of assets and liabilities that are not considered financial instruments. Additionally, tax consequences related to the realization of the unrealized gains and losses can have a potential effect on fair value estimates and have not been considered in many of the estimates. The following table summarizes the carrying values and estimated fair values of the Company's on-balance sheet financial instruments at December 31:
1999 1998 Estimated Estimated Carrying Fair Carrying Fair (In thousands) Value Value Value Value Financial Assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 42,717 42,717 44,808 44,808 Securities available for sale 937,299 937,299 889,251 889,251 Loans held for sale 82,709 82,709 54,188 54,188 FHLB-NY stock 27,865 27,865 21,990 21,990 Loans receivable, net 1,790,126 1,727,837 1,296,702 1,313,057 Accrued interest receivable 15,825 15,825 12,108 12,108 Financial Liabilities: Deposits 2,080,613 2,075,948 1,722,710 1,727,676 Borrowed funds 749,232 746,259 440,346 446,813 Due to broker - - 97,458 97,458 Accrued interest payable 2,774 2,774 1,670 1,670
The methods and significant assumptions used to estimate fair values for different categories of financial instruments are as follows: Cash and cash equivalents - The estimated fair values of cash and cash equivalents are assumed to equal the carrying values as these financial instruments are either due on demand or mature within 90 days. Securities available for sale - Estimated fair value for substantially all of the Company's bonds, notes and equity securities are based on market quotes as provided by an independent pricing service. For MBSs, the Company obtains bids from broker dealers to estimate fair value. For those occasional securities for which a market price cannot be obtained, market prices of comparable securities are used. Loans held for sale - The estimated fair value is based on current prices established in the secondary market. FHLB-NY stock - The estimated fair value of the Company's investment in FHLB-NY stock is deemed to be equal to its carrying value which represents the price at which it may be redeemed. Residential loans - Residential loans include one-to four-family mortgages and individual cooperative apartment loans. Estimated fair value is based on discounted cash flow analysis. The residential loan portfolio is segmented by loan type (fixed conventional, adjustable products, etc.) with weighted average coupon rate, remaining term, and other pertinent information for each segment. A discount rate is determined based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve plus a pricing spread. The discount rate for fixed rate products is based on the FNMA yield curve plus a pricing spread. Expected principal prepayments, consistent with empirical evidence and management's future expectations, are used to modify the future cash flows. For potential problem loans, the present value result is separately adjusted downward consistent with management's assumptions in evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. Commercial real estate and other loans - Estimated fair value is based on discounted cash flow analysis which takes into account the contractual coupon rate and maturity date of each loan. A discount rate is determined based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve, the prime rate or LIBOR plus a pricing spread, depending on the index to which the product is tied. For potential problem loans, the present value result is separately adjusted downward consistent with management's assumptions regarding the value of any collateral underlying the loans. Deposits - Certificates of deposit are valued by performing a discounted cash flow analysis of the remaining contractual maturities of outstanding certificates. The discount rates used are wholesale secondary market rates as of the valuation date. For all other deposits, fair value is deemed to be equivalent to the amount payable on demand as of the valuation date. Borrowed funds - Borrowings are fair valued based on rates available to the Company in either public or private markets for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. Accrued interest receivable, accrued interest payable, and due to broker - The fair values are estimated to equal the carrying values of short-term receivables and payables, including accrued interest, mortgage escrow funds and due to broker. The estimated fair value of commitments to extend credit is estimated using the fees charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the present credit worthiness of the counterparties. Generally, for fixed-rate loan commitments, fair value also considers the difference between current levels of interest rates and the committed interest rates. The estimated fair value of these off-balance sheet financial instruments resulted in no unrealized gain or loss at December 31, 1999 and 1998. 17. PARENT COMPANY ONLY CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The condensed financial statements of the Holding Company (parent company only) are as follows: Parent Company Condensed Statements of Financial Condition December 31, (In thousands) 1999 1998 Assets: Cash and money market investments $ 3,809 1,730 Securities available for sale 1,445 2,569 Other assets 3,980 3,826 Investment in net assets of Bank 147,028 137,217 Investment in net assets of other subsidiaries 4,404 2,073 Total assets 160,666 147,415 Liabilities: Junior subordinated debt issued to Haven Capital Trust I 25,774 25,774 Capital Trust II 26,083 - Other liabilities, net 3,226 1,774 Total liabilities 55,083 27,548 Total stockholders' equity 105,583 119,867 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 160,666 147,415 Parent Company Only Condensed Statements of Operations Years Ended December 31, (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Dividend from Bank $ - 2,500 - Dividend from Trust 134 81 72 Interest income 216 345 514 Interest expense (4,285) (2,697) (2,389) Other operating expenses, net (1,317) (1,148) (935) (Loss) before income tax benefit and equity in undistributed net income of Bank (5,252) (919) (2,738) Income tax benefit (142) (1,403) (1,277) Net (loss) income before equity in undistributed net income of Bank (5,110) 484 (1,461) Equity in undistributed net income of Bank 17,717 7,666 12,544 Net income $12,607 8,150 11,083 Parent Company Only Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31, (In thousands) 1999 1998 1997 Operating activities: Net income $12,607 8,150 11,083 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: Equity in undistributed net income of the Bank (17,717) (7,666) (12,544) Gain on sale of interest earning assets - (109) - Increase in other assets (154) (3) (3,462) Increase (decrease) in other liabilities 1,452 (1,878) 3,189 Net cash used in operating activities (3,812) (1,506) (1,734) Investing activities: Purchases of securities available for sale - (2,135) (4,095) Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale 1,067 3,704 - Additional investment in the Bank (21,737) - (14,007) Investment in net assets of other subsidiaries 2,331 (1,283) - Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (18,339) 286 (18,102) Financing activities: Proceeds from issuance of debt 26,083 - 24,984 Payment of common stock dividends (2,599) (2,627) (2,598) Exercise of stock options 747 360 760 Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities 24,231 (2,267) 23,146 Net increase (decrease) in cash 2,080 (3,487) 3,310 Cash at beginning of year 1,730 5,217 1,907 Cash at end of year $ 3,810 1,730 5,217
18. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Unaudited) The following table is a summary of financial data by quarter for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998:
1999 1998 (Dollars in thousands, 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th except for share data) Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Interest income $ 40,480 44,236 48,478 50,669 34,963 36,732 39,979 40,011 Interest expense 24,274 26,316 29,926 32,390 21,469 22,582 25,041 24,684 Net interest income before provision for loan losses 16,206 17,920 18,552 18,279 13,494 14,150 14,938 15,327 Provision for loan losses 675 880 1,035 1,035 670 650 670 675 Net interest income after provision for loan losses 15,531 17,040 17,517 17,244 12,824 13,500 14,268 14,652 Non-interest income 8,798 9,028 8,115 8,427 4,459 4,406 7,763 9,217 Non-interest expense 20,126 20,729 20,792 20,583 14,067 16,204 19,389 20,353 Income before income tax expense 4,203 5,339 4,840 5,088 3,216 1,702 2,642 3,516 Income tax expense 1,603 2,011 1,890 1,359 1,067 471 402 986 Net income $ 2,600 3,328 2,950 3,729 2,149 1,231 2,240 2,530 Net earnings per common share: Basic $ 0.30 0.38 0.34 0.42 0.25 0.14 0.26 0.29 Diluted $ 0.29 0.37 0.32 0.40 0.24 0.13 0.24 0.28 Weighted average number of shares outstanding: Basic 8,634,171 8,723,706 8,760,665 8,791,511 8,526,864 8,567,111 8,590,777 8,611,172 Diluted 9,021,614 9,076,293 9,212,577 9,226,025 9,129,745 9,247,139 9,207,719 9,014,489
Independent Auditors' report To The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Haven Bancorp, Inc.: We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial condition of Haven Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999. 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 generally accepted auditing standards. 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 financial position of Haven Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. KPMG LLP Melville, New York January 27, 2000 Directors and officers Directors Haven Bancorp, Inc. and CFS Bank Philip S. Messina Chairman of the Board George S. Worgul Former Chairman of the Board and Retired President of Haven Bancorp, Inc. and CFS Bank Robert M. Sprotte President, Schmelz Bros., Inc. President, RDR Realty Corp. President, Three Rams Realty Michael J. Fitzpatrick C.P.A., Financial Consultant Retired, former Vice President, National Thrift Director, E.F. Hutton & Co. William J. Jennings II President and Chief Operating Officer Michael J. Levine President, Norse Realty Group Inc. & Affiliates Partner, Levine & Schmutter, CPAs Msgr. Thomas J. Hartman Director of Radio and Television for the Diocese of Rockville Centre Michael A. McManus, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer, Misonex, Inc. Hanif Dahya President and Chief Executive Officer, Farah Ashley Capital Executive Officers Haven Bancorp, Inc. and CFS Bank Philip S. Messina Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer William J. Jennings II President and Chief Operating Officer Thomas J. Seery Executive Vice President, Operations Catherine Califano Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark A. Ricca Senior Vice President, Residential and Consumer Lending and Secretary Dennis Hodne Senior Vice President, Retail Banking James J. Carpenter Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Lending Stockholder Information Administrative Headquarters Haven Bancorp, Inc. 615 Merrick Avenue Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 683-4100 Annual Meeting The annual meeting of stockholders will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2000 at 9:00 A.M., at the Huntington Hilton, 598 Broadhollow Road, Melville, New York, 11747. A notice of the meeting, a proxy statement and a proxy form are included with this mailing to stockholders of record as of March 29, 2000. Common Stock Information Haven Bancorp common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol HAVN. The table below shows the reported high and low sales prices of the common stock during the periods indicated in 1999 and 1998. 1999 1998 High Low High Low First Quarter 16 1/8 12 3/4 25 19 7/8 Second Quarter 16 1/2 10 1/2 28 3/4 24 3/4 Third Quarter 19 14 9/16 26 2/4 14 3/8 Fourth Quarter 17 1/8 14 3/8 17 5/8 10 3/8 As of March 22, 2000, the Company had approximately 406 stockholders of record, not including the number of persons or entities holding stock in nominee or street name through various brokers and banks. At December 31, 1999, there were 9,000,237 shares of common stock outstanding. Transfer Agent and Registrar Inquiries regarding stockholder administration and services should be directed to: ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. Overpeck Center 85 Challenger Road Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 1-800-851-9677 **World Wide Web Site: http://www.chasemellon.com Independent Auditors KPMG LLP 1305 Walt Whitman Road, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747 Legal Counsel Thacher Proffitt & Wood Two World Trade Center New York, NY 10048 Investor Relations Inquiries regarding Haven Bancorp, Inc. should be directed to: Catherine Califano Haven Bancorp, Inc. 615 Merrick Avenue Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 683-4100 Annual Report on Form 10-K A copy of the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is available to stockholders (excluding exhibits) at no charge, upon written requests to: Investor Relations Haven Bancorp, Inc. 615 Merrick Avenue Westbury, NY 11590 ** World Wide Web Site: http://www.cfsb.com Locations Administrative Headquarters Haven Bancorp, Inc. 615 Merrick Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590 CFS Bank Locations Woodhaven 93-22 Jamaica Avenue, Woodhaven, NY 11421 Forest Parkway 80-35 Jamaica Avenue, Woodhaven, NY 11421 Forest Hills 106-19 Continental Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375 Ozone Park 98-16 101st Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 11416 Howard Beach 82-10 153rd Avenue, Howard Beach, NY 11414 Rockaway 104-08 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway, NY 11694 Bellerose 244-19 Braddock Avenue, Bellerose, NY 11426 Snug Harbor 343 Merrick Road, Amityville, NY 11701 CFS Bank Supermarket Branches NEW YORK ATLANTIC TERMINAL in Pathmark Supermarket 625 Atlantic Avenue and Fort Green Pl., Brooklyn, NY 11217 BALDWIN in Pathmark Supermarket 1764 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510 BAY SHORE in ShopRite Supermarket 1905 Sunrise Hwy., Bayshore, NY 11706 BORO PARK in Pathmark Supermarket 1245 61st Street, Boro Park, NY 11219 BRENTWOOD in Pathmark Supermarket 101 Wicks Road, Brentwood, NY 11717 CENTEREACH in Pathmark Supermarket 2150 Middle Country Road, Centereach, NY 11746 COMMACK in Pathmark Supermarket 6070 Jericho Turnpike, Commack, NY 11725 EAST ISLIP in Edwards Super Food Stores 2650 Sunrise Highway, East Islip, NY 11730 EAST MEADOW in Pathmark Supermarket 1897 Front Street, East Meadow, NY 11554 EAST ROCKAWAY in Pathmark Supermarket 492 East Atlantic Ave., East Rockaway, NY 11518 FARMINGVILLE in Edwards Super Food Store 2350 North Ocean Ave., Farmingville, NY 11738 FLUSHING in Pathmark Supermarket 155-15 Aguilar Ave, Flushing, NY 11367 FRANKLIN SQUARE in Pathmark Supermarket 460 Franklin Ave., Franklin Square, NY 11010 GOWANUS in Pathmark Supermarket 1-37 12th St., Brooklyn, NY 11205 GREENVALE in Pathmark Supermarket 130 Wheatley Plaza, Greenvale, NY 11548 HAUPPAUGE in ShopRite Supermarket 335 Nesconset Highway, Hauppauge, NY 11788 HOLBROOK in Pathmark Supermarket 5801 Sunrise Highway, Sayville, NY 11741 ISLIP in Pathmark Supermarket 155 Islip Avenue, Islip, NY 11751 JERICHO in Pathmark Supermarket 360 North Broadway, Jericho, NY 11753 LEVITTOWN in Pathmark Supermarket 3535 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown, NY 11756 LONG ISLAND CITY in Pathmark Supermarket 42-02 Northern Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11100 MASSAPEQUA in Grand-Union Mini-branch 941 Carmans Road, Massapequa, NY 11758 MEDFORD in Edwards Super Food Stores 700-60 Patchogue-Yaphank Road, Medford, NY 11763 MONSEY in Pathmark Supermarket 45 Route 59, Monsey, NY 10952 MT. VERNON in Pathmark Supermarket 1 Pathmark Plaza, East 2nd & 3rd Ave., Mount Vernon, NY 10550 NANUET in Pathmark Supermarket 195 Rockland Center, Route 59 East, Nanuet, NY 10954 NEW HYDE PARK in Pathmark Supermarket 2335 New Hyde Park Road, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 NORTH BABYLON in Pathmark Supermarket 1251 Deer Park Avenue, North Babylon, NY 11703 NORTH YONKERS in Pathmark Supermarket 2540 Central Park Avenue, North Yonkers, NY 10710 OZONE PARK in Pathmark Supermarket 92-10 Atlantic Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 11416 PATCHOGUE in Pathmark Supermarket 395 Route 112, Patchogue, NY 11772 PIKE SLIP in Pathmark Supermarket 227 Cherry Street, New York, NY 10002 PORT CHESTER in Pathmark Supermarket 130 Midland Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573 PORT JEFFERSON in Pathmark Supermarket 5145 Nesconset Hwy., Port Jefferson, NY 11776 SEAFORD in Pathmark Supermarket 4055 Merrick Road, Seaford, NY 11783 SHIRLEY in Pathmark Supermarket 800 Montauk Highway, Shirley, NY 11967 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS in Pathmark Supermarket 134-40 Springfield Blvd. Springfield Gardens, NY 11413 STARRETT CITY in Pathmark Supermarket 111-10 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207 STATEN ISLAND in Pathmark Supermarket 1351 Forest Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10302 STATEN ISLAND in Pathmark Supermarket 2875 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10306 STATEN ISLAND in ShopRite Supermarket 2424 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10306 UNIONDALE in ShopRite Supermarket 1121 Jerusalem Avenue, Uniondale, NY 11553 WEST BABYLON in Pathmark Supermarket 531 Montauk Highway, West Babylon, NY 11704 WEST BABYLON in Edwards Super Food Store 575 Montauk Highway, West Babylon, NY 11704 WHITESTONE in Pathmark Supermarket 31-06 Farrington Street, Whitestone, NY 11357 WOODBURY in Pathmark Supermarket 81-01 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY 11797 YONKERS in Pathmark Supermarket 1757 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10710 New JERSEY BOUND BROOK in ShopRite Supermarket Route 28 & Union Avenue, Bound Brook, NJ 08805 BRICKTOWN in ShopRite Supermarket Rt. 70 & Chambers Bridge Road, Bricktown, NJ 08723 HACKENSACK in ShopRite Supermarket S. River St. & E. Main Moonachie Rd.,Hackensack, NJ 07601 HILLSIDE in Shoprite Supermarket 367 Highway 22 West, Hillside, NJ 07205 PALISADES PARK in ShopRite Supermarket 201 Roosevelt Place, Palisades Park, NJ 07650 WAYNE in ShopRite Supermarket 625 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ 07470 WEST LONG BRANCH in ShopRite Supermarket 145 Highway 36, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 WEST MILFORD in ShopRite Supermarket 23 Marshall Hill Road, West Milford, NJ 07480 CONNECTICUT ANSONIA In Big Y Supermarket 404 Main Street, Ansonia, CT 06401 BRIDGEPORT in Shaws Supermarket 500 Sylvan Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06610 MERIDAN in ShopRite Supermarket 533 South Broad Street, Meridan, CT 06450 MILFORD in ShopRite Supermarket 157 Cherry Street, Milford, CT 06460 NEWTOWN in Big Y Supermarket 6 Queen Street, Newtown, CT 06470 WATERBURY in ShopRite Supermarket 650 Wolcott Street, Waterbury, CT 06705 WEST HAVEN in ShopRite Supermarket 1131 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516 CFS INSURANCE LOCATIONS Centereach 2100 Middle Country Road, Centereach, NY 11720 Holbrook 941 Main Street, Holbrook, NY 11741 Huntington 850 East Jericho Turnpike, Huntington, NY 11743 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----