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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,  D.C. 20549 

 

FORM 11-K

 

(Mark One)

 

[ X ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016

 

OR

 

[    ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ____________________ to ___________________

 

Commission file number 000-23423

 

A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

Virginia Bankers Association Defined Contribution Plan for Citizens and Farmers Bank

 

 

B.   Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

C&F Financial Corporation

802 Main Street

West Point, Virginia 23181

 

 


 

 

REQUIRED INFORMATION

 

The Virginia Bankers Association Defined Contribution Plan for Citizens and Farmers Bank (the Plan) is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).  Therefore, in lieu of the requirements of Items 1-3 of Form 11-K, the following financial statements and schedule of the Plan for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, which have been prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA, are provided:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the Plan Administrator

Virginia Bankers Association Defined Contribution

  Plan for Citizens and Farmers Bank

West Point, Virginia

 

 

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Virginia Bankers Association Defined Contribution Plan for Citizens and Farmers Bank (the Plan) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). 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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Plan has changed its method of accounting for the valuation, presentation, and disclosure of certain investments in 2016 and 2015 due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No.’s 2015-07 and 2015-12.

 

The supplemental information in the accompanying Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2016 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but includes supplemental information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

 

 

 /s/ Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.

 

Winchester, Virginia

June 23, 2017

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VIRGINIA BANKERS ASSOCIATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

FOR CITIZENS AND FARMERS BANK

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2016

    

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments, at fair value

 

$

23,270,871

 

$

21,432,477

 

Fully benefit-responsive investment contract, at contract value

 

 

4,112,657

 

 

4,305,019

 

Total investments

 

 

27,383,528

 

 

25,737,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends

 

 

7,983

 

 

7,621

 

Notes from participants

 

 

206,405

 

 

278,705

 

 

 

 

214,388

 

 

286,326

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

 

271,341

 

 

136,927

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

27,869,257

 

 

26,160,749

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payables, due to broker

 

 

270,883

 

 

131,564

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

 

$

27,598,374

 

$

26,029,185

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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VIRGINIA BANKERS ASSOCIATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

FOR CITIZENS AND FARMERS BANK

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Available for Benefits

For the Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2016

    

2015

 

Additions to net assets attributed to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments

 

$

1,224,204

 

$

(1,024,237)

 

Interest and dividends

 

 

740,449

 

 

1,097,525

 

 

 

 

1,964,653

 

 

73,288

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income on notes from participants

 

 

8,512

 

 

9,087

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employer

 

 

648,339

 

 

620,091

 

Participants

 

 

1,101,330

 

 

1,057,316

 

Rollover contributions

 

 

50,544

 

 

460,717

 

 

 

 

1,800,213

 

 

2,138,124

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net additions

 

 

3,773,378

 

 

2,220,499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deductions from net assets attributed to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits paid to participants

 

 

2,170,227

 

 

2,475,981

 

Administrative expenses

 

 

33,962

 

 

43,519

 

 

 

 

2,204,189

 

 

2,519,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets available for benefits

 

 

1,569,189

 

 

(299,001)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

 

26,029,185

 

 

26,328,186

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of period

 

$

27,598,374

 

$

26,029,185

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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VIRGINIA BANKERS ASSOCIATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

FOR CITIZENS AND FARMERS BANK

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Note 1.       Description of the Plan

 

The following description of the Virginia Bankers Association Defined Contribution Plan for Citizens and Farmers Bank (the Plan) provides only general information.  Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

General

 

The Plan is a defined contribution plan sponsored by Citizens and Farmers Bank (the Bank or the Plan Sponsor), a wholly-owned subsidiary of C&F Financial Corporation (the Corporation), pursuant to the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code).  The Plan was established for the benefit of substantially all full-time employees electing to participate in the Plan.  Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan on the first day of the calendar quarter after completing three months of service and must be eighteen years old or older.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The Compensation Committee of the Corporation’s Board of Directors is responsible for oversight of the Plan. The executive officers of the Plan Sponsor determine the appropriateness of the Plan’s investment offerings, monitor investment performance and report to the Compensation Committee.

 

Contributions

 

Each year, participants may contribute from 1% to 90% of covered compensation, as defined in the Plan.  Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions. Each new employee automatically becomes a participant in the Plan after satisfying the eligibility requirements and is deemed to have elected to make a pre-tax contribution of 2% of compensation unless an election is made for a different contribution amount or no contribution. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans.  Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan.  The Bank matches 100% of the first 5% of compensation that a participant contributes to the Plan.  The Bank may also make a discretionary profit sharing contribution, determined annually by its Board of Directors.  This discretionary contribution is allocated in proportion to a participant’s covered compensation in relation to the covered compensation of all participants.  There were no discretionary profit sharing contributions approved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors during the Plan years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.  Contributions are subject to certain limitations as established by the Code.

 

Participants’ Accounts

 

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, the Bank’s matching contributions and allocations of the Bank’s discretionary contribution (if any), and Plan earnings (based upon each participant’s investment elections), and is charged with an allocation of administrative expenses. Forfeitures are used to reduce the contributions required to be made by the

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Bank. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

 

Vesting

 

Participants are vested immediately in their own contributions plus actual earnings thereon.  Vesting in the portion of their accounts contributed by the Bank is based on years of vested service.  Participants vest 20% when credited with two years of vested service, and vesting then increases by 20% for each additional year of vested service until participants are 100% vested in the portion of their accounts contributed by the Bank, and earnings thereon, after six years of vested service.

 

Investment Options

 

Investment of all assets in the Plan is directed by individual participants.  Participants are given the option to direct account balances and all contributions made into various investment options consisting of managed, indexed or individual equity or fixed income funds.  Participants may choose to invest up to 25% (in increments of 1%) of their account balance and future contributions in the Corporation’s common stock (Employer Common Stock).  Participants may change their investment options daily.

 

The Plan also includes a qualified Roth 401(k) contribution feature whereby participants may elect to designate some or all of their elective deferral contributions as Roth 401(k) contributions.  Roth 401(k) contributions are made in after-tax dollars and the decision to characterize the deferral as a Roth 401(k) contribution is made at the time the contribution is made.  This decision is irrevocable.

 

Participant Loans

 

Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. Maximum loan terms are limited to 30 years for the purchase of a primary residence or 5 years for all other purposes.  The loans are fully secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at 0.25% over the Bank’s prime rate at the time the loan is made, which rate will remain unchanged for the life of the loan.  Principal and interest is paid ratably through monthly payroll deductions.

 

Payment of Benefits

 

With regard to traditional 401(k) pre-tax account balances, on termination of service due to death, disability, or retirement, a participant or beneficiary, as the case may be, may elect to receive a lump sum amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account, periodic installments for a period of up to 10 years or a combination of both. A written election must be made by the participant or beneficiary, as the case may be, and filed with the administrator at least 30 days before the benefit payment date.  A vested account balance greater than $1,000, but not over $5,000, for a participant who has not reached age 65 at the time of termination of service will automatically be transferred or rolled over into an individual retirement account (IRA) selected by the Plan Trustee, unless the participant affirmatively elects to have the amount paid to an IRA that he or she selects or to another employer’s eligible retirement plan, or the participant affirmatively elects to receive the amount in cash, subject to applicable state and Federal tax withholding.  A vested account balance of $1,000 or less for a participant who has not reached age 65 or a vested account balance of $5,000 or less for a participant who has reached age 65 will automatically be distributed to the

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participant in cash, subject to applicable state and Federal income tax withholding, unless the participant affirmatively elects a rollover to an IRA that he or she selects or to another employer’s eligible retirement plan.

 

With regard to Roth 401(k) account balances, distributions can begin without penalty after the participant’s Roth 401(k) account has remained in the Plan for at least five years and the participant has reached age 59½.  A participant’s death or disability also qualifies for a tax-free distribution.  If a distribution is made prior to satisfying the five-year holding period and age 59½ and not as a result of death or disability, the earnings on the Roth 401(k) account become taxable and are subject to penalty.

 

Forfeited Accounts

 

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, forfeited nonvested account balances totaled $52,311 and $51,491, respectively.  These amounts were used to reduce the contributions required to be made by the Bank in 2017 and 2016, respectively.

  

Note 2.       Summary of Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Accounting

 

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.

 

Investments held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value, except for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts.  Contract value is the relevant measure for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants normally would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

 

The Plan’s investments are reported at fair value (except for fully-benefit responsive investment contracts, which are reported at contract value).  Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Plan’s management determines the Plan’s investment valuations utilizing information provided by the investment advisors, custodians and insurance company. See Note 3 for a discussion of fair value measurements.

 

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.  Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.  Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.  Net appreciation (depreciation) includes the Plan’s gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the Plan year.

 

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Benefit Payments

 

Benefit payments are recorded when paid.

 

Notes Receivable from Participants

 

Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest.  Delinquent loans are treated as distributions based upon the terms of the Plan document.

 

Expenses

 

Certain expenses of maintaining the Plan are paid directly by the Plan Sponsor and are excluded from these financial statements.  Fees related to the administration of notes receivable from participants are charged directly to the participant’s accounts and are included in administrative expenses.  Investment related expenses are included in net appreciation/depreciation of fair value of investments.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2015-07 (ASU 2015-07), Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent). The amendments in ASU 2015-07 remove the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient. However, sufficient information must be provided to permit reconciliation of the fair value of assets categorized within the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the statement of financial position. The amendments also remove the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient. The amendments in ASU 2015-07 became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. The Plan adopted ASU 2015-07 for the 2016 plan year, and it was retrospectively applied to disclosures as of December 31, 2015. The effect of adopting ASU 2015-07 is included in Note 3.

 

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-12 (ASU 2015-12), Plan Accounting: Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Topic 960), Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Topic 962), Health and Welfare Benefit Plans (Topic 965) – (I) Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts, (II) Plan Investment Disclosures, and (III) Measurement Date Practical Expedient (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force). The purpose of ASU 2015-12 is to simplify plan accounting.

 

·

The amendments in Part I of ASU 2015-12 designate contract value as the only required measurement for direct investments in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts. Fully benefit-responsive investment contracts will be presented at contract value; accordingly there will no longer be an adjustment from fair value to contract value on the face of the financial statements.

 

·

The amendments in Part II of ASU 2015-12 eliminate the requirements for plans to disclose (1) individual investments that represent 5 percent or more of net assets available for benefits and (2) the net appreciation or depreciation for investments by general type for both participant

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directed investments and nonparticipant-directed investments. The net appreciation or depreciation in investments for the period are still required to be presented in the aggregate. In addition, if an investment is measured using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient in Topic 820 and that investment is in a fund that files a U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500, Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan, as a direct filing entity, disclosure of that investment’s strategy is no longer required.

 

·

The amendments in Part III of ASU 2015-12 reduce complexity in employee benefit plan accounting by providing a practical expedient that permits plans to measure investments and investment-related accounts as of a month-end date that is closest to the plan’s fiscal year-end, when the fiscal period does not coincide with month-end.

 

The amendments in ASU 2015-12 became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. The amendments in Parts I and II apply retrospectively to all periods presented; the amendments in Part III apply prospectively.  The Plan adopted ASU 2015-12 for the 2016 plan year, and Parts I and II were retrospectively applied to December 31, 2015. The effect of adopting ASU 2015-12 is included in Notes 3, 4 and 5.

 

Note 3.       Fair Value Measurements

 

The framework for measuring fair value provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:

 

Level 1

Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.

Level 2

Inputs to the valuation methodology include:

Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;

Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability;

Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data, by correlation or other means.

If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3

Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

 

 

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the

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lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

 

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value.  There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

Mutual Funds:    Valued at the daily closing price as reported by the fund. Mutual funds held by the Plan are open-end mutual funds that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These funds are required to publish their daily net asset value (NAV) and to transact purchases and sales at that price. The mutual funds held by the Plan are deemed to be actively traded.

 

Common Trust Funds:  Valued based on the NAV of units of the common collective trust. The NAV, as provided by the trustee, is used as a practical expedient to estimating fair value. The NAV is based upon the fair value of the underlying investments comprising the trust less its liabilities. This practical expedient is not used when it is determined to be probable that the fund will sell the investment for an amount different than the reported NAV.

 

Employer Common Stock:  Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the Employer Common Stock is traded.

  

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that is not indicative of net realizable value or future fair values.  Furthermore, although the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

 

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s investments at fair value as of December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

 

    

 

    

    

 

    

    

 

    

    

 

    

 

Mutual Funds

 

$

19,195,009

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

$

19,195,009

 

Employer Common Stock

 

 

1,243,992

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

1,243,992

 

Total Investments Measured at Fair Value

 

$

20,439,001

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

 

20,439,001

 

Common Trust Funds, Measured at Net Asset Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,831,870

 

Total Investments, at Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

23,270,871

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

 

    

 

    

    

 

    

    

 

    

    

 

    

 

Mutual Funds

 

$

17,963,592

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

$

17,963,592

 

Employer Common Stock

 

 

942,804

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

942,804

 

Total Investments Measured at Fair Value

 

$

18,906,396

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

 

18,906,396

 

Common Trust Funds, Measured at Net Asset Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,526,081

 

Total Investments, at Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

21,432,477

 

 

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 Note 4.       Investments

 

The Plan’s investments, including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as assets held during the year, appreciated (depreciated) in value by $1,224,204 and $(1,024,237) during the Plan years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 

 

Note 5.        Fully Benefit Responsive Investment Contract with Insurance Company 

 

In 2003, the plan entered into a fully benefit-responsive investment contract with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife).  MetLife maintains the contributions in a general account. The account is credited with earnings on the underlying investments and charged for participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. As described in Note 2, because the guaranteed investment contract is fully benefit-responsive, it is reported at contract value. Contract value, as reported to the Plan by MetLife, represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value.  The guaranteed investment contract issuer is contractually obligated to repay the principal and a specified interest rate that is guaranteed to the Plan.

 

There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise. The crediting interest rate is based on a formula agreed upon with the issuer, but it may not be less than zero.  Such interest rates are reviewed on a quarterly basis for resetting.

 

Certain events limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the issuer. Such events include the following: (1) amendments to the Plan documents (including complete or partial Plan termination or merger with another plan), (2) changes to the Plan’s prohibition on competing investment options or deletion of equity wash provisions, (3) bankruptcy of the Plan Sponsor or other Plan Sponsor events (for example, divestitures or spin-offs of a subsidiary) that cause a significant withdrawal from the Plan, or (4) the failure of the trust to qualify for exemption from federal income taxes or any required prohibited transaction exemption under ERISA. The Plan administrator does not believe that any events which would limit the Plan’s ability to transact at contract value with participants are probable of occurring.

 

The guaranteed investment contract does not permit the insurance company to terminate the agreement prior to the scheduled maturity date.

  

Note 6.       Plan Termination

 

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Bank has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.  In the event of Plan termination, participants would become 100% vested in employer contributions, and earnings thereon, credited to their accounts.

  

Note 7.       Tax Status

 

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) dated April 2, 2012 stating that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).  Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan administrator believes that the Plan is designed, and is currently being

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operated, in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and therefore, believe that the Plan is qualified, and the related trust is tax-exempt.

 

Accounting standards generally accepted in the United States of America require Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS.  The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. 

  

Note 8.       Related-Party and Party-In-Interest Transactions

 

The Plan allows funds to be invested in the common stock of C&F Financial Corporation, the parent company of Citizens and Farmers Bank, the Plan Sponsor.  Therefore, C&F Financial Corporation is a party-in-interest.  Investment in employer securities is allowed by ERISA and the United States Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations, and the fair value of the Employer Common Stock is based on quotes from an active market.

 

Certain Plan investments are managed by Reliance Trust Company.  Reliance Trust Company is the trustee and record keeper for the Plan and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

 

Reliance Trust Company provides certain administrative services to the Plan pursuant to an agreement between the Company and Reliance Trust Company.  Reliance Trust Company receives revenue from mutual fund and collective trust fund service providers for services Reliance Trust Company provides to the funds.  This revenue is used to offset certain amounts owed to Reliance Trust Company for its administrative services to the Plan.

 

If the revenue received by Reliance Trust Company from such mutual fund or collective trust fund service providers exceeds the amount owed under the agreement, Reliance Trust Company remits the excess to the Plan’s trust.  Such amounts may be applied to pay Plan administrative expenses or allocated to the accounts of the participants.  During 2016 and 2015, there were no excess amounts.  The Plan or Plan Sponsor may make a payment to Reliance Trust Company for administrative expenses not covered by revenue sharing.

 

Note 9.       Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Plan invests in various investment securities.  Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Note 10.Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

 

Financial information reported on the Plan’s 2016 and 2015 Form 5500, Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan, differs from the Plan’s financial statements as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2016

 

 

Net Increase

 

 

in Net Assets

 

 

Available

 

 

for Benefits

Balance per financial statements

 

$

1,569,189

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for prior year

 

 

4,940

As reported on Form 5500

 

$

1,574,129

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

2015

 

 

Net Assets

 

 

Available

 

 

For Benefits

Balance per financial statements

 

$

26,029,185

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for prior year

 

 

(4,940)

As reported on Form 5500

 

$

26,024,245

 

Note  11.     Subsequent Events

 

There are two types of subsequent events:  (1) recognized events, which are events that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the financial statements, including the estimates inherent in the process of preparing the financial statements, and (2) nonrecognized events, which are events that provide evidence about conditions that did not exist at the date of the financial statements but arose after that date.  The Plan has evaluated subsequent events through June 23, 2017, the date the financial statements were issued.  Based on this evaluation, the Plan did not identify any recognized or nonrecognized subsequent events that would have required adjustment to or disclosure in the Plan financial statements.

 

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VIRGINIA BANKERS ASSOCIATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

FOR CITIZENS AND FARMERS BANK

 

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

EIN:  54-0169510 Plan No. 002

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Description of Investment,

    

 

 

 

 

 

Including Maturity Date,

 

 

 

 

Identity of Issuer, Borrower, Lessor

 

Rate of Interest, Collateral,

 

 

 

 

or Similar Party

 

Par or Maturity Value

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registered Investment Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

$

1,600,228

 

American Beacon Mid Cap Value Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

1,699,917

 

American Century Infl - Adj Bond Inv

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

257,379

 

American EuroPacific Growth Class R4 Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

3,079,068

 

Bank of NY Mellon Agg Bond Index Class IV Fund

 

Common Trust Fund

 

 

68,488

 

Bank of NY Mellon Intl Stock Index Class IV Fund

 

Common Trust Fund

 

 

658,592

 

Blackrock Equity Dividend Institutional Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

2,006,054

 

Columbia Small Cap Class Z Value Fund II

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

655,764

 

Deutsche Enhanced Commodity Strategy Class S Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

3,295

 

Fidelity Government Money Market Daily Money

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

52,315

 

Hartford Small Cap Growth HLS IB Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

1,027,535

 

Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

2,455,623

 

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Class Y Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

825,560

 

State Street S&P 500 Index Fund

 

Common Trust Fund

 

 

2,104,790

 

T. Rowe Price Institutional Large Cap Growth Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

3,391,704

 

T. Rowe Price Total Equity Market Idx Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

235,124

 

Victory Munder Midcap Core Growth Class Y Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

1,252,857

 

Virtus Real Estate Securities I Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

 

652,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,026,879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MetLife Managed GIC

 

Insurance Contract

 

 

4,112,657

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

*C&F Financial Corporation

 

Employer Common Stock (24,190 shares)

 

 

1,243,992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participant Notes

 

Interest Rates Range from

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.25% to 3.75%;

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturity Dates through

 

 

 

 

 

 

2031

 

 

206,405

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets Held for Investment

 

 

 

$

27,589,933

 

 

*Denotes party-in-interest

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SIGNATURES

 

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the plan administrator of the Plan has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIRGINIA BANKERS ASSOCIATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN FOR CITIZENS AND FARMERS BANK

 

 

 

(Name of Plan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

June 23, 2017

 

/s/ Jason E. Long

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason E. Long, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

CITIZENS AND FARMERS BANK, Plan Administrator

 

 

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