EX-99.1 3 psbex99.htm PSB EXHIBIT 99.1 - NEWS RELEASE Exhibit 99. 1 - News Release  (00115587.DOC;1)

Exhibit 99.1

PSB Announces 3rd Quarter Earnings of $.60 Per Share


Wausau, Wisconsin – Peter W. Knitt, President and CEO of PSB Holdings, Inc. (“PSB”) and Peoples State Bank (“Peoples”) today announced 2006 third quarter net income of $.60 per diluted share, or $965,000, as compared to $.62 per diluted share, or $1,066,000, in the third quarter of 2005.


Earnings for the quarter and year to date ended September 30, 2006 included special items from recording an interest rate swap at fair value without the ability to offset the liability against the hedged certificate of deposit and various gains and losses on the sale of assets.  The impact of these special items on 2006 is shown below:


Periods ended September 30, 2006

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

$

per share

 

$

per share

      

Net income as reported

$965,000 

$0.60 

 

$2,554,000 

$1.53 

      

Special items, net of tax effects:

     
 

Change in fair value of rate swap

(82,000)

(0.05)

 

101,000 

0.06 

 

(Gain) loss on sale of student loans

3,000 

-   

 

(39,000)

(0.02)

 

Gain on sale of land held for branching

(236,000)

(0.15)

 

(236,000)

(0.14)

 

Loss on sale of securities

303,000 

0.19 

 

303,000 

0.18 

      

Pro-forma net income

$953,000 

$0.59 

 

$2,683,000 

$1.61 


Earnings for the year to date ended September 30, 2005 also included special items from a gain on sale of Pulse ATM stock and recovery of collection costs recorded in the prior year.  The impact of these special items on 2005 is shown below:


Periods ended September 30, 2005

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

  

$

per share

 

$

per share

       

Net income as reported

$1,066,000

$0.62

 

$3,277,000 

$1.90 

       

Special items, net of tax effects:

     
 

Gain on sale of Pulse stock

   

(47,000)

(0.03)

 

Recovery of collection costs from prior year

   

(61,000)

(0.04)

       

Pro-forma net income

$1,066,000

$0.62

 

$3,169,000 

$1.83 







Return on average assets based on net income for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2006 was .76% and .68%, respectively.  Return on average assets for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was .86% and .91%, respectively.


Return on equity based on net income for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2006 was 11.48% and 9.73%, respectively.  Return on equity for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was 12.03% and 12.61%, respectively.  


Assets at September 30, 2006 were $500.7 million, compared to $494.7 million at September 30, 2005, an increase of $6.0 million or 1.2%.  Total net loans were $370.0 million at September 30, 2006 compared to $363.4 million at September 30, 2005, an increase of $6.6 million or 1.8%.  Intense local competition for loans and deposits has held back growth in the amount and yield of loans during 2006.  In addition, during the September 2006 quarter, a $5.2 million loan relationship was refinanced into the long-term fixed rate commercial real estate secondary market which decreased loans receivable at quarter-end.  Book value per share was $21.42 at September 30, 2006 compared to $20.81 for the same date a year ago.  


PSB’s provision for loan losses was $120,000 in the third quarter 2006, versus a $50,000 credit to the loan loss allowance in the same period last year.  The prior year credit was due to favorable resolution of a long-time problem loan which had carried specific reserves for loss.  Net charge-offs were .02% during the quarters ended September 30, 2006 and 2005.  At September 30, 2006, the allowance for loan losses was 1.17% of total loans, compared to 1.14% a year earlier.  Nonperforming loans were 1.15% of total loans at September 30, 2006, and .71% at September 30, 2005.  After increasing $1,049,000 during the first six months of 2006, other real estate owned declined $311,000 during the September 2006 quarter due to the sale of foreclosed properties.  


Nonperforming loans increased substantially during the September 2006 quarter as PSB identified certain borrowers whose debt is expected to be repaid via sale of collateral.  The effects of a slowing local economy plus the aforementioned work out plans caused PSB to downgrade approximately $5.7 million in loans receivable during the quarter.  Substantial future net charge-offs compared to past PSB experience are not expected.  However, these elevated levels of nonperforming loans are expected to continue through the end of 2006 and have a negative impact on loan yields until resolved.  The following table summarizes non-performing assets as of period end:








Non-Performing Assets as of

September 30,

 

Dec. 31,

(dollars in thousands)

2006

2005

 

2005

     

Nonaccrual loans

$  4,306

$  2,383

 

$  2,393

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more

–  

–  

 

–  

Restructured loans not on nonaccrual

1

238

 

382

     

Total nonperforming loans

4,307

2,621

 

2,775

Foreclosed assets

1,111

313

 

373

     

Total nonperforming assets

$  5,418

$  2,934

 

$  3,148

     

Nonperforming loans as a % of gross loans

1.15%

0.71%

 

0.74%

Total nonperforming assets as a % of total assets

1.08%

0.59%

 

0.62%


Tax adjusted net interest margin was 2.99% during the third quarter 2006 compared to 3.06% in the June 2006 quarter and 3.14% during the third quarter 2005.  The September 2006 margin decline compared to the June 2006 quarter was due in part to slow loan yield growth as the Federal Reserve stopped increases in the discount rate following their June 29 meeting after two years of regular increases.  Until this quarter, local competitive depository institutions had lagged deposit pricing behind the increased prime rate recognized in loan income.  In the September 2006 quarter, local competitive pressures have eliminated this lag in deposit pricing contributing to a continued rise in deposit costs.  In addition, certain money market deposits continue to reprice higher as balances migrate to higher yielding account options.  Loan yield in the quarter ended September 30, 2006 was 6.80% compared to 6.11% a year ago, an increase of 69 basis points.  Rate paid on interest-bearing deposits was 3.85% during the third quarter 2006 compared to 2.87% a year ago, an increase of 98 basis points.


In response to falling long-term market rates in September and the ability to offset a securities loss against the one-time gain on sale of land held for branching, PSB sought to restructure their balance sheet for higher future earnings and to reduce interest rate sensitivity to falling rates by selling low yielding securities for a loss and reinvesting in longer-term higher yielding securities.  During the September 2006 quarter, PSB sold $17 million of securities which generated an after tax loss of $303,000.  Approximately $11 million of the sales proceeds were reinvested in higher coupon securities with the remainder of the funds held to repay upcoming maturities of wholesale funding.  The transaction is expected to decrease total assets but contribute to improved earnings and performance ratios beginning in the December 2006 quarter.  PSB typically holds securities to maturity and excluding the current sale had sold $14 million in securities in the aggregate since January 2003.  The current security sale does not represent a change in management of the securities portfolio and PSB expects to continue to hold the majority of securities until maturity.







Following a decision not to enter a nearby market with a stand alone de novo banking location, vacant land held for branching was sold during the September 2006 quarter for an after tax gain of $236,000.  


During 2005, PSB entered into an interest rate swap (receive fixed, pay variable payments) to hedge the interest rate risk inherent in a brokered certificate of deposit.  Fair value hedge accounting allows a company to record the change in fair value of the hedged item, in this case, the brokered certificate, as an adjustment to income as an offset to the mark-to-market adjustment on the related interest rate swap.  However, during March 2006, PSB determined this swap did not qualify for hedge accounting.  Eliminating the application of fair value hedge accounting in 2006 reversed the fair value adjustment that was made to the brokered certificate.  Marking the swap liability to fair value generated a charge of $167,000 ($101,000 after tax benefits) during the nine months ended September 30, 2006.  As expectations for a decline in short-term market rates occurred during the September 2006 quarter, the fair value of the swap liability declined which increased quarterly income $135,000 ($82,000 after tax benefits).  The swap continues to be economically effective and any swap liability provision to expense represents a temporary timing difference to be recovered in future periods before swap maturity in October 2008.


PSB Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:PSBQ.OB), is the parent company of Peoples.  Peoples is headquartered in Wausau, Wisconsin with eight retail locations serving north central Wisconsin in Marathon, Oneida, and Vilas counties.  In addition to traditional retail and commercial banking products, Peoples provides retail investments, retirement planning, commercial treasury management services, and long-term fixed rate residential mortgages.


Forward-Looking Statements


Certain matters discussed in this news release, including those relating to the growth of PSB, its profits, and future interest rates, are forward-looking statements and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements involve risks and uncertainties which may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in this release.  Among other things, these risks and uncertainties include the strength of the economy, the effects of government policies, including, in particular, interest rate policies, and other risks and assumptions described under “Forward-Looking Statements” in Item 1 and “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of PSB’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.  PSB assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.








Quarterly Financial Summary

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Quarter ended – Unaudited

 

Sept. 30

June 30,

March 31,

Dec. 31

Sept. 30

 

2006

2006

2006

2005

2005

Earnings and dividends:

     
      

Net income

$          965

$           851

$           738

$        1,063

$        1,066

Basic earnings per share (3)

$         0.60

$          0.50

$          0.43

$          0.62

$          0.62

Diluted earnings per share (3)

$         0.60

$          0.50

$          0.43

$          0.62

$          0.62

Dividends declared per share (3)

$            –  

$          0.32

$             –  

$          0.31

$             –  

Net book value per share

$       21.42

$        20.29

$        21.13

$        20.81

$        20.81

Semi-annual dividend payout ratio

n/a     

32.22%

n/a     

24.83%

n/a     

Average common shares outstanding

1,600,364

1,685,166

1,705,290

1,710,720

1,712,771

      

Balance sheet – average balances:

     
      

Loans receivable, net of allowances

$   377,528

$    382,138

$    375,179

$    366,224

$    369,489

Total assets

$   503,209

$    505,586

$    502,194

$    498,429

$    493,035

Deposits

$   393,093

$    394,075

$    398,707

$    394,161

$    387,969

Stockholders’ equity

$     33,363

$      35,626

$      35,867

$      35,756

$      35,143

      

Performance ratios:

     
      

Return on average assets (1)

0.76%

0.68%

0.60%

0.85%

0.86%

Return on avg. stockholders’ equity (1)

11.48%

9.58%

8.34%

11.79%

12.03%

Average tangible stockholders’ equity to

     
 

average assets (4)

6.79%

7.20%

7.24%

7.24%

7.14%

Net loan charge-offs to average loans

0.02%

0.06%

0.00%

0.01%

0.02%

Nonperforming loans to gross loans

1.15%

0.57%

0.72%

0.74%

0.71%

Allowance for loan loss to gross loans

1.17%

1.09%

1.13%

1.11%

1.14%

Net interest rate margin (1)(2)

2.99%

3.06%

3.10%

3.09%

3.14%

Net interest rate spread (1)(2)

2.47%

2.56%

2.63%

2.61%

2.72%

Service fee revenue as a percent of

     
 

average demand deposits (1)

2.71%

2.66%

2.29%

2.10%

2.10%

Noninterest income as a percent

     
 

of gross revenue

10.85%

10.64%

8.08%

10.59%

12.06%

Efficiency ratio (2)

62.28%

67.51%

69.42%

61.35%

63.25%

Noninterest expenses to avg. assets (1)

2.19%

2.41%

2.38%

2.18%

2.32%

      

Stock price information:

     
      

High

$       32.65

$        34.00

$        31.05

$        30.70

$        32.00

Low

$       30.00

$        30.60

$        30.50

$        29.75

$        30.65

Market value at quarter-end

$       30.35

$        32.50

$        30.80

$        30.70

$        30.70

 
 

(1) Annualized

 

(2) The yield on tax-exempt loans and securities is computed on a tax-equivalent basis.

 

(3) Due to rounding, cumulative quarterly per share performance may not equal annual per share totals.

 

(4) Tangible stockholders’ equity excludes the impact of cumulative other comprehensive income (loss).








PSB Holdings, Inc.

     

Consolidated Statements of Income

     
 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

(dollars in thousands,

September 30,

 

September 30,

except per share data – unaudited)

2006

2005

 

2006

2005

   

 

  

Interest and dividend income:

     
 

Loans, including fees

$ 6,521 

$ 5,734 

 

$ 19,053 

$ 16,518

 

Securities:

     
 

Taxable

641 

488 

 

1,893 

1,407

 

Tax-exempt

266 

247 

 

769 

725

 

Other interest and dividends

68 

137 

 

226 

260

      
 

Total interest and dividend income

7,496 

6,606 

 

21,941 

18,910

      

Interest expense:

     
 

Deposits

3,275 

2,403 

 

9,297 

6,355

 

FHLB advances

660 

532 

 

1,817 

1,589

 

Other borrowings

52 

48 

 

143 

237

 

Junior subordinated debentures

113 

115 

 

340 

119

      
 

Total interest expense

4,100 

3,098 

 

11,597 

8,300

      

Net interest income

3,396 

3,508 

 

10,344 

10,610

Provision (credit) for loan losses

120 

(50)

 

375 

130

      

Net interest inc. after provision (credit) for loan losses

3,276

3,558 

 

9,969 

10,480

      

Noninterest income:

     
 

Service fees

380 

296 

 

1,033 

880

 

Mortgage banking

198 

287 

 

631 

691

 

Investment and insurance sales commissions

118 

159 

 

398 

531

 

Net gain (loss) on sale of securities

(472)

–   

 

(472)

6

 

Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance

53 

47 

 

144 

113

 

Change in fair value of interest rate swap

135 

–   

 

(167)

–  

 

Gain on sale of land held for branching

389 

–   

 

389 

–  

 

Other noninterest income

111 

117 

 

455 

435

      
 

Total noninterest income

912 

906 

 

2,411 

2,656

      

Noninterest expense:

     
 

Salaries and employee benefits

1,642 

1,744 

 

5,248 

5,014

 

Occupancy and facilities

449 

436 

 

1,374 

1,308

 

Data processing and other office operations

180 

192 

 

561 

532

 

Advertising and promotion

63 

73 

 

185 

231

 

Other noninterest expenses

450 

439 

 

1,402 

1,219

      
 

Total noninterest expense

2,784 

2,884 

 

8,770 

8,304

      

Income before provision for income taxes

1,404 

1,580 

 

3,610 

4,832

Provision for income taxes

439 

514 

 

1,056 

1,555

      

Net income

$    965 

$ 1,066 

 

$   2,554 

$   3,277

Basic earnings per share

$   0.60 

$   0.62 

 

$     1.54 

$     1.91

Diluted earnings per share

$   0.60 

$   0.62 

 

$     1.53 

$     1.90









PSB Holdings, Inc.

  

Consolidated Balance Sheets

  

September 30, 2006 unaudited, December 31, 2005 derived from audited financial statements

   

(dollars in thousands, except per share data) – Unaudited

2006

2005

Assets

  
   

Cash and due from banks

$   15,211 

$   15,708 

Interest-bearing deposits and money market funds

6,772 

988 

Federal funds sold

8,290 

9,908 

   

Cash and cash equivalents

30,273 

26,604 

   

Securities available for sale (at fair value)

73,475 

81,501 

Loans held for sale

395 

–   

Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses of $4,370

  
 

and $4,180, respectively

370,033 

372,411 

Accrued interest receivable

2,607 

2,245 

Foreclosed assets

1,111 

373 

Premises and equipment

11,643 

12,632 

Mortgage servicing rights, net

894 

880 

Federal Home Loan Bank stock (at cost)

3,017 

3,017 

Cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance

5,843 

4,805 

Other assets

1,374 

1,690 

   

TOTAL ASSETS

$ 500,665 

$ 506,158 

   

Liabilities

  
   

Non-interest-bearing deposits

$   55,288 

$   61,345 

Interest-bearing deposits

337,103 

339,191 

   
 

Total deposits

392,391 

400,536 

   

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

60,000 

54,000 

Other borrowings

3,158 

4,497 

Junior subordinated debentures

7,732 

7,732 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

3,188 

3,908 

   
 

Total liabilities

466,469 

470,673 

   

Stockholder’ equity

  
   

Common stock – no par value with a stated value of $1 per share:

  
 

Authorized – 3,000,000 shares

  
 

Issued – 1,887,179 shares

1,887 

1,887 

Additional paid-in capital

9,645 

9,655 

Retained earnings

30,603 

28,561 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(191)

(542)

Treasury stock, at cost – 290,723 and 181,608 shares, respectively

(7,748)

(4,076)

   
 

Total stockholders’ equity

34,196 

35,485 

   

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

$ 500,665 

$ 506,158 








PSB Holdings, Inc.

Average Balances and Interest Rates

Quarter Ended September 30,

 

2006

 

2005

 

Avg Bal

Interest

Yield/Rate

 

Avg Bal

Interest

Yield/Rate

Assets

       

Interest-earning assets:

       
 

Loans (1)(2)

$ 381,814 

$ 6,546

6.80%

 

$ 373,716 

$ 5,753

6.11%

 

Taxable securities

57,195 

641

4.45%

 

49,107 

488

3.94%

 

Tax-exempt securities (2)

26,580 

403

6.02%

 

24,474 

374

6.06%

 

FHLB stock

3,017 

24

3.16%

 

2,982 

35

4.66%

 

Other

3,728 

44

4.68%

 

11,752 

102

3.44%

        
 

Total (2)

472,334 

7,658

6.43%

 

462,031 

6,752

5.80%

        

Non-interest-earning assets:

       
 

Cash and due from banks

11,529 

   

13,058 

  
 

Premises and equipment,

       
 

net

11,787 

   

12,769 

  
 

Cash surrender value ins.

5,516 

   

4,649 

  
 

Other assets

6,329 

   

4,755 

  
 

Allowance for loan

       
 

losses

(4,286)

   

(4,227)

  
        
 

Total

$ 503,209 

   

$ 493,035 

  
        

Liabilities & stockholders’ equity

       

Interest-bearing liabilities:

       
 

Savings and demand

       
 

deposits

$   73,617 

$    521

2.81%

 

$   67,787 

$    306

1.79%

 

Money market deposits

65,107 

537

3.27%

 

71,080 

323

1.80%

 

Time deposits

198,729 

2,217

4.43%

 

193,076 

1,774

3.65%

 

FHLB borrowings

60,000 

660

4.36%

 

53,446 

532

3.95%

 

Other borrowings

5,133 

52

4.02%

 

5,450 

48

3.49%

 

Junior sub. debentures

7,732 

113

5.80%

 

7,732 

115

5.90%

        
 

Total

410,318 

4,100

3.96%

 

398,571 

3,098

3.08%

        

Non-interest-bearing liabilities:

       
 

Demand deposits

55,640 

   

56,026 

  
 

Other liabilities

3,888 

   

3,295 

  
 

Stockholders’ equity

33,363 

   

35,143 

  
        
 

Total

$ 503,209 

   

$ 493,035 

  
        

Net interest income

 

$ 3,558

   

$ 3,654

 

Rate spread

  

2.47%

   

2.72%

Net yield on interest-earning assets

  

2.99%

   

3.14%

        

(1) Nonaccrual loans are included in the daily average loan balances outstanding.

(2) The yield on tax-exempt loans and securities is computed on a tax-equivalent

 

basis using a tax rate of 34%.








PSB Holdings, Inc.

Average Balances and Interest Rates

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2006

 

2005

 

Avg Bal

Interest

Yield/Rate

 

Avg Bal

Interest

Yield/Rate

Assets

       

Interest-earning assets:

       
 

Loans (1)(2)

$ 382,593 

$ 19,119

6.68%

 

$ 367,999 

$ 16,575

6.02%

 

Taxable securities

57,536 

1,893

4.40%

 

48,062 

1,407

3.91%

 

Tax-exempt securities (2)

25,723 

1,165

6.06%

 

24,226 

1,098

6.06%

 

FHLB stock

3,017 

66

2.92%

 

2,941 

115

5.23%

 

Other

4,634 

160

4.62%

 

6,254 

145

3.10%

        
 

Total (2)

473,503 

22,403

6.33%

 

449,482 

19,340

5.75%

        

Non-interest-earning assets:

       
 

Cash and due from banks

11,290 

   

13,557 

  
 

Premises and equipment,

       
 

net

12,235 

   

12,632 

  
 

Cash surrender value ins.

5,071 

   

4,000 

  
 

Other assets

5,871 

   

4,168 

  
 

Allowance for loan

       
 

losses

(4,263)

   

(4,260)

  
        
 

Total

$ 503,707 

   

$ 479,579 

  
        

Liabilities & stockholders’ equity

       

Interest-bearing liabilities:

       
 

Savings and demand

       
 

deposits

$   79,899 

$   1,658

2.77%

 

$   68,323 

$      794

1.55%

 

Money market deposits

65,899 

1,460

2.96%

 

70,899 

846

1.60%

 

Time deposits

195,454 

6,179

4.23%

 

186,382 

4,715

3.38%

 

FHLB borrowings

56,850 

1,817

4.27%

 

51,817 

1,589

4.10%

 

Other borrowings

5,196 

143

3.68%

 

10,364 

237

3.06%

 

Junior sub. debentures

7,732 

340

5.88%

 

2,691 

119

5.91%

        
 

Total

411,030 

11,597

3.77%

 

390,476 

8,300

2.84%

        

Non-interest-bearing liabilities:

       
 

Demand deposits

54,024 

   

51,659 

  
 

Other liabilities

3,572 

   

2,701 

  
 

Stockholders’ equity

35,081 

   

34,743 

  
        
 

Total

$ 503,707 

   

$ 479,579 

  
        

Net interest income

 

$ 10,806

   

$ 11,040

 

Rate spread

 

 

2.56%

   

2.91%

Net yield on interest-earning assets

 

 

3.05%

   

3.28%

        

(1) Nonaccrual loans are included in the daily average loan balances outstanding.

(2) The yield on tax-exempt loans and securities is computed on a tax-equivalent

 

basis using a tax rate of 34%.