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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) of
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended:  June 30, 2007

OR

[    ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) of
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to _____

Commission File Number: 000-50592

K-FED BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Federal
 
20-0411486
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
1359 N. Grand Avenue, Covina, CA
 
91724
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(800) 524-2274
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
 
Name of exchange on which registered
     
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
 
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None.

Indicated by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act
Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Sections 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.
Yes x No o




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 registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K     o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer o                                                                           Accelerated filer x                                                      Non-accelerated filer o


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No x

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the average bid and asked price of such common equity as of December 31, 2006 was $91.6 million. There were 13,948,945 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $.01 par value per share, outstanding at September 1, 2007.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
None.

 





K-FED BANCORP
Annual Report on Form 10-K
For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2007
Table of Contents

   
Page
Part I.
   
Item 1.
2
Item 1A.
41
Item 1B.
47
Item 2.
47
Item 3.
48
Item 4.
48
     
     
Part II.
   
Item 5.
49
Item 6.
53
Item 7.
55
Item 7A.
67
Item 8.
69
Item 9.
70
Item 9A.
70
Item 9B.
70
     
Part III.
   
Item 10.
71
Item 11.
75
Item 12.
67
Item 13.
86
Item 14.
86
     
Part IV.
   
Item 15.
88
 
89
     






1


Part I.

 
General
 
K-Fed Bancorp (or the “Company”) is a federally-chartered stock corporation that was formed in July 2003 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of K-Fed Mutual Holding Company, a federally-chartered mutual holding company, in connection with the mutual holding company reorganization of Kaiser Federal Bank (or the “Bank”), a federally chartered stock savings association. Upon completion of the mutual holding company reorganization in July 2003, the Company acquired all of the capital stock of the Bank. On March 30, 2004, the Company completed a minority stock offering in which it sold 5,686,750 shares, or 39.09%, of its outstanding common stock to eligible depositors of the Bank in a subscription offering. The remaining 8,861,750 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock are owned by K-Fed Mutual Holding Company.
 
K-Fed Mutual Holding Company is subject to regulation by the Office of Thrift Supervision. K-Fed Mutual Holding Company’s principal assets are its investment in K-Fed Bancorp and approximately $23,000 in cash. So long as K-Fed Mutual Holding Company is in existence, it will at all times own at least a majority of the outstanding common stock of K-Fed Bancorp.
 
At June 30, 2007, K-Fed Bancorp had total consolidated assets of $799.6 million, net loans of $699.1 million, deposits of $494.1 million and shareholders’ equity of $92.3 million. The Company’s business activities generally are limited to passive investment activities and oversight of its investment in the Bank. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Company include the Bank and the Company on a consolidated basis.
 
The Bank is a community oriented financial institution offering a variety of financial services to meet the needs of the communities it serves. We are headquartered in Covina, California, with branches in Pasadena, Bellflower, Harbor City, Los Angeles and Panorama City to serve Los Angeles County, branches in Fontana and Riverside to serve San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, and a branch in Santa Clara to serve Santa Clara County.
 
The Bank began operations as a credit union in 1953 initially serving the employees of the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Los Angeles, California. As the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program evolved so did the credit union, and in 1972, it changed its name to Kaiser Permanente Federal Credit Union. The credit union grew to primarily serve Kaiser employees and physicians who worked or lived in California. The credit union serviced members with two branches, Pasadena and Santa Clara, and a network of ATMs primarily located in Kaiser medical centers. However, as a credit union, the credit union was legally restricted to serve only individuals who shared a “common bond” such as a common employer.
 
After receiving the necessary regulatory and membership approvals, on November 1, 1999, Kaiser Permanente Federal Credit Union converted to a federal mutual savings association known as Kaiser Federal Bank which serves the general public as well as Kaiser Permanente employees.
 

2


Our principal business consists of attracting retail deposits from the general public and investing those funds primarily in permanent loans secured by first mortgages on owner-occupied, one- to four-family residences and to a lesser extent, multi-family residential loans and commercial real estate loans. We also originate automobile and other consumer loans. Historically, we have not made commercial business loans or construction loans and have no current plans to do so.
 
Our revenues are derived principally from interest on loans and mortgage-backed and related securities. We also generate revenue from service charges and other income.
 
We offer a variety of deposit accounts having a wide range of interest rates and terms, which generally include savings accounts, money market accounts, demand deposit accounts and time deposit accounts with varied terms ranging from 90 days to five years. We solicit deposits in our primary market areas of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Santa Clara Counties, in California.
 
Available Information
 
Our Internet address is www.k-fed.com. We make available free of charge, through our web site, annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. All SEC filings of the Company are also available at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.
 
Market Area
 
Our California market area provides a large, increasing base of potential customers with per capita income levels favorable to the national average. Los Angeles County’s economy has improved dramatically since the mid 1990’s as a result of extensive overhauling and restructuring of the region’s basic economic sectors. This base consists of a diversified mix of high-technology commercial endeavors, by-products of the defense related industries, which capitalized on the highly educated and skilled labor force. Emerging growth areas include telecommunications, electronics, computers, software and biomedical technologies as well as international trade. The western portion of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties are adjacent to higher housing cost areas of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties and are a magnet for new residents seeking affordable housing as well as many local business operations. Manufacturing, transportation and distribution companies provide thousands of jobs in this area. Santa Clara County is in the “Silicon Valley” where the per capita income exceeds the state and national average.
 

 

 

3


Competition
 
We face strong competition in originating real estate and other loans and in attracting deposits. Competition in originating real estate loans comes primarily from other savings institutions, commercial banks, credit unions and mortgage bankers. Other savings institutions, commercial banks, credit unions and finance companies provide vigorous competition in consumer lending. We also face competition from other lenders and investors with respect to loans that we purchase.
 
We attract all of our deposits through our branch and ATM network. Competition for those deposits is principally from other savings institutions, commercial banks and credit unions, as well as mutual funds and other alternative investments. We compete for these deposits by offering superior service and a variety of deposit accounts at competitive rates.
 
Lending Activities
 
General. We originate and purchase one- to four-family and multi-family residential loans and to a lesser extent we originate and purchase commercial real estate loans. We also originate consumer loans, primarily automobile loans. Our loans carry either a fixed or an adjustable rate of interest. Consumer loans are generally short term and amortize monthly or have interest payable monthly. Mortgage loans generally have a longer term amortization, with maturities up to 30 years, depending upon the type of property with principal and interest due each month. We also have loans in our portfolio that require only interest payments on a monthly basis. At June 30, 2007, our net loan portfolio totaled $699.1 million, which constituted 87.4% of our total assets. We underwrite each purchased loan in accordance with our underwriting standards. The majority of the loans that we purchase are acquired with servicing released to allow for greater investments in real-estate lending without having to significantly increase our servicing and operations costs. We generally purchase these loans without recourse against the seller.
 
At June 30, 2007, the maximum amount which we could have loaned to any one borrower and the borrower’s related entities under applicable regulations was $9.7 million, or 15% of our unimpaired capital. At June 30, 2007, we had no loans or group of loans to related borrowers with outstanding balances in excess of this amount. Our five largest lending relationships at June 30, 2007 were as follows:  (1) one loan to a limited partnership totaling $5.2 million, secured by an industrial facility located in Riverside County; (2) two loans to an individual totaling $4.8 million, secured by a 38 unit multi-family property located in Orange County and a Medical office building located in Los Angeles County; (3) one loan to a limited partnership totaling $4.4 million, secured by six industrial buildings located in Los Angeles County;  (4) one loan to a corporation totaling $4.0 million, secured by an office building located in Orange County; and (5) two loans to an individual totaling $3.8 million, secured by a 10 unit multi-family property and a 33 unit multi-family property located in Los Angeles County.  At June 30, 2007, these loans were performing in accordance with their terms.
 

4


The following table presents information concerning the composition of Kaiser Federal Bank’s loan portfolio in dollar amounts and in percentages as of the dates indicated.
 
   
At June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
2003
 
   
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Real estate
                                         
One- to four-family
 
$
469,459
 
66.88
%
$
437,024
 
68.63
%
$
372,134
 
69.04
%
$
341,776
 
68.82
%
$
259,563
 
66.64
%
Commercial
   
77,821
 
11.09
   
58,845
 
9.24
   
32,383
 
6.01
   
26,879
 
5.41
   
21,266
 
5.46
 
Multi-family
   
88,112
 
12.55
   
89,220
 
14.01
   
87,650
 
16.26
   
72,519
 
14.60
   
42,275
 
10.85
 
Total real estate loans
   
635,392
 
90.52
   
585,089
 
91.88
   
492,167
 
91.31
   
441,174
 
88.83
   
323,104
 
82.95
 
                                                     
Other loans
                                                   
Consumer:
                                                   
Automobile
   
53,100
 
7.56
   
41,572
 
6.53
   
38,613
 
7.16
   
47,359
 
9.54
   
56,872
 
14.60
 
Home equity
   
1,446
 
0.21
   
1,787
 
0.28
   
601
 
0.11
   
437
 
0.08
   
664
 
0.17
 
Other
   
12,024
 
1.71
   
8,374
 
1.31
   
7,644
 
1.42
   
7,675
 
1.55
   
8,878
 
2.28
 
Total other loans
   
66,570
 
9.48
   
51,733
 
8.12
   
46,858
 
8.69
   
55,471
 
11.17
   
66,414
 
17.05
 
                                                     
Total loans
   
701,962
 
100.00
%
 
636,822
 
100.00
%
 
539,025
 
100.00
%
 
496,645
 
100.00
%
 
389,518
 
100.00
%
                                                     
Less:
                                                   
Net deferred loan originations fees
   
 (134
)
     
 (202
)
     
 (32
)
     
 (332
)
     
 (354
)
   
Net premiums on purchased loans
   
120
       
195
       
982
       
2,221
       
2,757
     
Allowance for loan losses
   
 (2,805
)
     
 (2,722
)
     
 (2,408
)
     
 (2,328
)
     
 (2,281
)
   
Total loans receivable, net
 
$
699,143
     
$
634,093
     
$
537,567
     
$
496,206
     
$
389,640
     


5


The following table shows the composition of Kaiser Federal Bank’s loan portfolio by fixed and adjustable rate at the dates indicated.
 
   
At June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
2003
 
   
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
FIXED RATE
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Real Estate
                                         
One- to four-family
 
$
348,798
 
49.69
%
$
258,918
 
40.66
%
$
133,854
 
24.83
%
$
82,104
 
16.53
%
$
72,798
 
18.69
%
Total real estate loans
   
348,798
 
49.69
   
258,918
 
40.66
   
133,854
 
24.83
   
82,104
 
16.53
   
72,798
 
18.69
 
                                                     
Other loans
                                                   
Consumer:
                                                   
Automobile
   
53,100
 
7.56
   
41,572
 
6.53
   
38,613
 
7.16
   
47,359
 
9.54
   
56,872
 
14.60
 
Other
   
11,115
 
1.58
   
7,424
 
1.17
   
6,666
 
1.24
   
6,459
 
1.30
   
7,530
 
1.93
 
Total other loans
   
64,215
 
9.14
   
48,996
 
7.70
   
45,279
 
8.40
   
53,818
 
10.84
   
64,402
 
16.53
 
Total fixed rate loans
   
413,013
 
58.83
   
307,914
 
48.36
   
179,133
 
33.23
   
135,922
 
27.37
   
137,200
 
35.22
 
                                                     
ADJUSTABLE RATE
                                                   
Real Estate
                                                   
One- to four-family
   
120,661
 
17.19
   
178,106
 
27.96
   
238,280
 
44.21
   
259,672
 
52.29
   
186,765
 
47.95
 
Commercial
   
77,821
 
11.09
   
58,845
 
9.24
   
32,383
 
6.01
   
26,879
 
5.41
   
21,266
 
5.46
 
Multi-family
   
88,112
 
12.55
   
89,220
 
14.01
   
87,650
 
16.26
   
72,519
 
14.60
   
42,275
 
10.85
 
Total real estate loans
   
286,594
 
40.83
   
326,171
 
51.21
   
358,313
 
66.48
   
359,070
 
72.30
   
250,306
 
64.26
 
                                                     
Other loans
                                                   
Consumer:
                                                   
Automobile
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Home equity
   
1,446
 
0.21
   
1,787
 
0.28
   
601
 
0.11
   
437
 
0.09
   
664
 
0.17
 
Other
   
909
 
0.13
   
950
 
0.15
   
978
 
0.18
   
1,216
 
0.24
   
1,348
 
0.35
 
Total other loans
   
2,355
 
0.34
   
2,737
 
0.43
   
1,579
 
0.29
   
1,653
 
0.33
   
2,012
 
0.52
 
Total adjustable rate loans
   
288,948
 
41.16
   
328,908
 
51.64
   
359,892
 
66.77
   
360,723
 
72.63
   
252,318
 
64.78
 
Total loans
   
701,962
 
100.00
%
 
636,822
 
100.00
%
 
539,025
 
100.00
%
 
496,645
 
100.00
%
 
389,518
 
100.00
%
Less:
                                                   
Net deferred loan originations fees
   
 (134
)
     
 (202
)
     
 (32
)
     
 (332
)
     
 (354
)
   
Net premiums on purchased loans
   
120
       
195
       
982
       
2,221
       
2,757
     
Allowance for loan losses
   
 (2,805
)
     
 (2,722
)
     
 (2,408
)
     
 (2,328
)
     
 (2,281
)
   
Total loans receivable, net
 
$
699,143
     
$
634,093
     
$
537,567
     
$
496,206
     
$
389,640
     

6


Loan Maturity. The following schedule illustrates certain information at June 30, 2007 regarding the dollar amount of loans maturing in Kaiser Federal Bank’s portfolio based on their contractual terms-to-maturity, but does not include scheduled payments or potential prepayments. Demand loans, loans having no stated schedule of repayments and no stated maturity are reported as due in one year or less. Loan balances do not include undisbursed loan proceeds, unearned discounts, unearned income and allowance for loan losses.
 
 
                               
   
Real Estate
 
Consumer
     
   
One- to Four-Family
 
Commercial
 
Multi-family
 
Automobile
 
Home Equity
 
Other
 
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
At June 30, 2007
                             
Within (1) year (1)
$
 
$
 
$
37
 
$
647
 
$
1,446
 
$
3,869
 
$
5,999
 
                                           
After 1 year:
                                         
After 1 year through 3 years
 
156
   
   
   
9,609
   
   
422
   
10,187
 
After 3 year through 5 years
 
568
   
1,167
   
   
41,831
   
   
512
   
44,078
 
After 5 year through 10 years
 
5,711
   
70,045
   
2,332
   
1,013
   
   
7,221
   
86,322
 
After 10 year through 15 years
 
65,775
   
6,609
   
57,502
   
   
   
   
129,886
 
After 15 years
 
397,249
   
   
28,241
   
   
   
   
425,490
 
Total due after 1 year
 
469,459
   
77,821
   
88,075
   
52,453
   
   
8,155
   
695,963
 
Total
$
469,459
 
$
77,821
 
$
88,112
 
$
53,100
 
$
1,446
 
$
12,024
 
$
701,962
 
                                           
(1) Includes demand loans and loans that have no stated maturity.
 



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The following tables set forth the dollar amount of all loans due after June 30, 2008, which have fixed interest rates and adjustable interest rates.
 
   
Due after June 30, 2008
 
   
Fixed
 
Adjustable
 
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Real estate loans
             
One- to four-family
 
$
348,798
 
$
120,661
 
$
469,459
 
Commercial
   
   
77,821
   
77,821
 
Multi-family
   
   
88,075
   
88,075
 
Total real estate loans
   
348,798
   
286,557
   
635,355
 
                     
Other Loans
                   
Consumer
                   
Automobile
   
52,453
   
   
52,453
 
Home equity
   
   
   
 
Other loans
   
8,155
   
   
8,155
 
Total other loans
   
60,608
   
   
60,608
 
Total loans
 
$
409,406
 
$
286,557
 
$
695,963
 

 
One- to Four-Family Residential Lending. At June 30, 2007, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans totaled $469.5 million, or 66.9%, of our gross loan portfolio, of which $391.9 million or 83.5% were purchased from large mortgage originators. We generally underwrite our one- to four-family loans based on the applicant’s employment and credit history and the appraised value of the subject property. With respect to purchased loans, we underwrite each loan based upon our underwriting standards prior to making the purchase. Presently, we lend up to 80% of the lesser of the appraised value or purchase price for one- to four-family residential loans. Should we grant a loan with a loan-to-value ratio in excess of 80%, we require private mortgage insurance in order to reduce our exposure below 80%. Properties securing our one- to four-family loans are generally appraised by independent state licensed fee appraisers approved by our board of directors. We require our borrowers to obtain title and hazard insurance, and flood insurance, if necessary, in an amount not less than the value of the property improvements. We currently retain in our portfolios all single-family loans we originate. We purchased $109.8 million in one- to four-family residential mortgage loans within the past fiscal year.
 
We currently originate one- to four-family mortgage loans on a fixed rate and adjustable rate basis. Our pricing strategy for mortgage loans includes setting interest rates that are competitive with other local financial institutions and consistent with our internal needs. Adjustable rate loans are tied to indices based on the one year London Inter Bank Offering Rate and U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year. A majority of our adjustable rate loans carry an initial fixed rate of interest for either three or five years which then converts to an interest rate that is adjusted annually based upon the applicable index. Our home mortgages are structured with a five to thirty year maturity, with amortizations up to a 30-year period. All of our one- to four-family loans originated or purchased are secured by properties located in California.
 
All our real estate loans contain a “due on sale” clause allowing us to declare the unpaid principal balance due and payable upon the sale of the security property. The loans originated or purchased by us are underwritten and documented pursuant to our underwriting guidelines.
 

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See “- Loan Originations, Purchases, Sales and Repayments.”  See “- Asset Quality - Non-Performing Assets” and “Asset Quality - Classified Assets.”
 
Adjustable rate mortgage loans generally pose different credit risks than fixed rate loan mortgages, primarily because as interest rates rise, the borrower’s payment rises, increasing the potential for default. The Company has not experienced significant delinquencies for these loans. However, the majority of these loans have been purchased or originated within the past three years. See “- Asset Quality – Non-Performing Assets” and “- Classified Assets.”  At June 30, 2007, our one- to four-family adjustable rate mortgage loan portfolio totaled $120.7 million, or 17.2% of our gross loan portfolio. At that date, the fixed rate one- to four-family mortgage loan portfolio totaled $348.8 million, or 49.7% of the Company’s gross loan portfolio.
 
In addition, the Company has purchased and originated interest-only mortgage loans. As of June 30, 2007, the Company’s one- to four-family interest-only mortgages loans totaled $100.4 million, or 14.3% of our gross loan portfolio.  As of June 30, 2007, our one-to-four-family portfolio also included $118.8 million of loans underwritten based upon stated income, all of which were purchased loans.  As of that date, $79.4 million were fixed rate loans and $39.4 million were adjustable rate loans.  A stated income loan is a loan where the borrower’s income source is not subject to verification through the application process, but the reasonableness of the stated income is verified through review of other sources, such as compensation surveys. We have no plans to significantly increase the number of interest-only or stated income loans held in our loan portfolio at this time.
 
In 2005, we began to underwrite interest-only loans assuming a fully amortized payment and for adjustable rate loans we qualify the borrower based upon the rate that would apply upon the first interest rate adjustment.  An interest-only loan typically provides for the payment of interest (rather than both principal and interest) for a fixed period of three, five or seven years, thereafter the loan payments adjust to include both principal and interest for the remaining term.  By imposing these additional underwriting standards we believe these loans should not present greater risk than other loans in our one-to four-family loan portfolio.
 
The following table describes certain risk characteristics of the Company’s one-to four-family non-conforming mortgage loans held for investment as of June 30, 2007:
 
 
Outstanding Balance
Weighted-Average Credit Score(1)
Weighted Average LTV(2)
Weighted-Average Seasoning(3)
 
(Dollars in thousands)
         
Interest-only
$                                                          100,424
                                                              737
70.89%
1.79 years
Stated income(4)
                                                         118,842
                                                    741
66.42%
2.06 years
Credit score less than or equal to 660
                                                        32,850
                                                    642
68.99%
2.03 years
         
(1)  
The credit score is one factor in determining the credit worthiness of a borrower based on the borrower’s credit history.
(2)  
LTV (loan-to-value) is the ratio calculated by dividing the original loan balance by the appraised value of the real estate collateral.
(3)  
Seasoning describes the number of years since the funding date of the loan.
(4)  
Stated income is defined as a borrower provided level of income which is not subject to verification during the loan origination process through the borrower’s application, but the reasonableness of the borrower’s income is verified through other sources.  Included in interest-only loans are $42.4 million in stated-income loans.

 

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Multi-Family Residential Lending. We also offer multi-family residential loans. These loans are secured by real estate located in our primary market area. At June 30, 2007, multi-family residential loans totaled $88.1 million, or 12.6%, of our gross loan portfolio.
 
Our multi-family residential loans are originated with adjustable interest rates. We use a number of indices to set the interest rate, including a rate based on the constant maturity of one year U.S. Treasury securities. Our adjustable rate loans carry an initial fixed rate of interest for either three or five years which then convert to an interest rate that is adjusted annually based upon the applicable index. Loan-to-value ratios on our multi-family residential loans generally do not exceed 75% of the appraised value of the property securing the loan. These loans require monthly payments, amortize over a period of up to 30 years and have maximum maturity of 30 years. These loans are secured by properties located in California. We originate these loans through our staff. We retain some of the multi-family loans we originate, while selling participations in others to manage our exposure to any one borrower.
 
Loans secured by multi-family residential real estate are underwritten based on the income producing potential of the property and the financial strength of the borrower. The net operating income, which is the income derived from the operation of the property less all operating expenses, must be sufficient to cover the payments related to the outstanding debt. We may require an assignment of rents or leases in order to be assured that the cash flow from the project will be used to repay the debt. Appraisals on properties securing multi-family residential loans are performed by independent state licensed fee appraisers approved by our Board of Directors. See “- Loan Originations, Purchases, Sales and Repayments.”
 
Loans secured by multi-family residential properties are generally larger and involve a greater degree of credit risk than one- to four-family residential mortgage loans. Because payments on loans secured by multi-family residential properties are often dependent on the successful operation or management of the properties, repayment of such loans may be subject to adverse conditions in the real estate market or the economy. If the cash flow from the project is reduced, or if leases are not obtained or renewed, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan may be impaired. In order to monitor the adequacy of cash flows on income-producing properties, the borrowers are required to provide periodic financial information. See “- Asset Quality - Non-Performing Assets.”
 
Commercial Real Estate Lending. We offer commercial real estate loans. These loans are secured primarily by small retail establishments, rental properties and small office buildings located in our primary market area and are both owner and non-owner occupied.  We originate commercial real estate loans through our own staff.  Generally, we do not purchase commercial real estate loans. At June 30, 2007, commercial real estate loans totaled $77.8 million, or 11.1% of our gross loan portfolio. Our largest commercial real estate loan at June 30, 2007 was a $5.2 million loan secured by an industrial facility located in Riverside County.
 
We originate only adjustable rate commercial real estate loans. The interest rate on these loans is tied to a rate based on the constant maturity of one year U.S. Treasury securities. A majority of our adjustable rate loans carry an initial fixed rate of interest for either three or five years which then converts to an interest rate that is adjusted annually based upon the index. Loan-to-value ratios on our commercial real estate loans generally do not exceed 75% of the appraised value of the property securing the loan. These loans require monthly payments, amortize up to 30 years, have maturities of up to 15 years and carry prepayment penalties.
 

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Loans secured by commercial real estate are underwritten based on the income producing potential of the property, the financial strength of the borrower and any guarantors. The net operating income, which is the income derived from the operation of the property less all operating expenses, must be sufficient to cover the payments related to the outstanding debt. We may require an assignment of rents or leases in order to be assured that the cash flow from the project will be used to repay the debt. Appraisals on properties securing commercial real estate loans are performed by independent state licensed fee appraisers approved by the Board of Directors. All the properties securing our commercial real estate loans are located in California. See “- Loan Originations, Purchases, Sales and Repayments.”
 
Loans secured by commercial real estate properties are generally larger and involve a greater degree of credit risk than one- to four-family residential mortgage loans. Because payments on loans secured by commercial real estate properties are often dependent on the successful operation or management of the properties, repayment of such loans may be subject to adverse conditions in the real estate market or the economy. If the cash flow from the project is reduced, or if leases are not obtained or renewed, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan may be impaired.  In order to monitor the adequacy of cash flows on income-producing properties, the borrowers are required to provide periodic financial information. See “- Asset Quality - Non-Performing Loans.”
 
Consumer Loans. We offer a variety of secured consumer loans, including home equity lines of credit, new and used auto loans, and loans secured by savings deposits. We also offer a limited amount of unsecured loans. Consumer loans generally have shorter terms to maturity, which reduces our exposure to changes in interest rates, and carry higher rates of interest than do one- to four-family residential mortgage loans. At June 30, 2007, our consumer loan portfolio, exclusive of automobile loans, totaled $13.5 million, or 1.9%, of our gross loan portfolio.
 
The most significant component of our consumer lending is automobile loans. We originate automobile loans only on a direct basis with the borrower. Loans secured by automobiles totaled $53.1 million, or 7.6%, of our gross loan portfolio at June 30, 2007. Automobile loans may be written for up to seven years for new automobiles and a maximum of five years for used automobiles (with an age limit of five years) and have fixed rates of interest. Loan-to-value ratios for automobile loans are up to 100% of the sales price for new automobiles and up to 100% of value on used cars, based on valuation from official used car guides.
 
Each automobile loan requires the borrower to keep the financed vehicle fully insured against loss or damage by fire, theft and collision.  In addition, we have the right to force place insurance coverage in the event the required physical damage insurance on an automobile is not maintained by the borrower.  Nevertheless, there can be no assurance that each financed vehicle will continue to be covered by physical damage insurance provided by the borrower during the entire term which the related loan is outstanding.
 
Our primary focus when originating automobile loans is on the ability of the borrower to repay the loan rather than the value of the underlying collateral.  The amount financed by us is generally up to the full sales price of the financed vehicle plus sales tax, dealer preparation fees, license fees and title fees, plus the cost of service and warranty contracts obtained in connection with the vehicle for financing.
 
Consumer loans may entail greater risk than do one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, particularly in the case of consumer loans which are secured by rapidly depreciable assets, such as automobiles. In these cases, any repossessed collateral for a defaulted loan may not provide an adequate source of repayment of the outstanding loan balance. As a result, consumer loan collections are dependent on the borrower’s continuing financial stability and, thus, are more likely to be adversely affected by job loss, divorce, illness or personal bankruptcy.
 

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Loan Originations, Purchases, Sales and Repayments
 
We originate loans through employees located at our offices. Walk-in customers and referrals from our current customer base, advertisements, real estate brokers mortgage and loan brokers are also important sources of loan originations.
 
While we originate adjustable rate and fixed rate loans, our ability to originate loans is dependent upon customer demand for loans in our market area. Demand is affected by local competition and the interest rate environment. We also purchase real estate whole loans as well as participation interests in real estate loans. From time to time, we have sold participation interests in some of our larger real estate loans. At June 30, 2007, our real estate loan portfolio totaled $635.4 million or 90.5% of the gross loan portfolio. Purchased real estate loans at June 30, 2007 totaled $406.5 million, or 64.0% of the real estate loan portfolio.  At June 30, 2006, our real estate loan portfolio totaled $585.1 million or 91.9% of the gross loan portfolio. Purchased real estate loans at June 30, 2006 totaled $386.9 million, or 66.1% of the real estate loan portfolio.
 

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The following table shows the loan origination, purchase, sale and repayment activities of Kaiser Federal Bank for the periods indicated, and includes loans originated for both our own portfolio and for sale of participating interests.
 
   
Year ended June 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
     
(In thousands)
 
Originations by type:
                       
Adjustable rate:
                       
Real estate-one to four-family
 
$
2,399
   
$
   
$
3,942
 
-commercial
   
23,432
     
32,154
     
6,200
 
-multi-family
   
13,740
     
14,771
     
17,750
 
Non-real estate – other consumer
   
3,542
     
5,694
     
4,445
 
Total adjustable rate
   
43,113
     
52,619
     
32,337
 
                         
Fixed rate:
                       
Real estate-one to four-family
   
20,574
     
14,238
     
10,446
 
Non-real estate - consumer automobile
   
35,654
     
26,318
     
18,453
 
- other consumer
   
11,841
     
8,591
     
8,617
 
Total fixed rate
   
68,069
     
49,147
     
37,516
 
Total loans originated
   
111,182
     
101,766
     
69,853
 
                         
Purchases:
                       
Adjustable rate:
                       
Real estate- one to four-family
   
     
13,074
     
73,740
 
-commercial
   
     
     
3,993
 
-multi-family
   
     
2,430
     
10,152
 
Total adjustable rate
   
     
15,504
     
87,885
 
                         
Fixed rate:
                       
Real estate- one to four-family
   
109,830
     
145,771
     
62,825
 
Total fixed rate
   
109,830
     
145,771
     
62,825
 
Total loans purchased
   
109,830
     
161,275
     
150,710
 
                         
Sales and repayments:
                       
Sales and loan participations sold
   
     
     
 
Principal repayments
   
155,872
     
165,244
     
178,183
 
Total reductions
   
155,872
     
165,244
     
178,183
 
Decrease in other items, net
   
(90
)
   
(1,271
)
   
(1,019
)
Net increase
 
$
65,050
   
$
96,526
   
$
41,361
 
                         

 

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Asset Quality
 
We do not originate, purchase or hold in portfolio teaser option-ARM loans or negative amortizing loans.  We fully underwrite all loans based on an applicant’s employment history, credit history and an appraised value of the subject property.  At June 30, 2007, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans totaled $469.5 million, or 66.9%, of our gross loan portfolio of which $348.8 million were fixed rate and $120.7 million were adjustable rate loans.  Adjustable rate mortgages generally pose different credit risks than fixed rate loan mortgages, primarily because as interest rates rise, the borrower’s payment rises, increasing the potential for default.  Beginning in 2005, we originated and purchased for portfolio more fixed rate loans than adjustable rate loans.  At June 30, 2005, one-to-four fixed rate loans totaled $133.9 million compared to $238.3 million in adjustable rate loans.  At June 30, 2006, one-to-four fixed rate loans totaled $258.9 million compared to $178.1 million in adjustable rate loans.  Although we have reduced the amount of adjustable rate loans held in portfolio, the company continues not to experience significant delinquencies for these loans.
 
For one- to four-family residential, multi-family and commercial real estate loans serviced by us, a delinquency notice is sent to the borrower when the loan is eight days past due. When the loan is 20 days past due, we mail a subsequent delinquency notice to the borrower. Typically, before the loan becomes 30 days past due, contact with the borrower is made requesting payment of the delinquent amount in full, or the establishment of an acceptable repayment plan to bring the loan current. If an acceptable repayment plan has not been agreed upon, loan personnel will generally prepare a notice of intent to foreclose. The notice of intent to foreclose allows the borrower up to 10 days to bring the account current. Once the loan becomes 60 days delinquent, and an acceptable repayment plan has not been agreed upon, the servicing officer will turn over the account to the deed of trust trustee with instructions to initiate foreclosure.
 
Real estate loans serviced by a third party are subject to the servicing institution’s collection policies. However, we track each purchased loan individually to ensure full payments are received as scheduled. Each month, third party servicers are required to provide delinquent loan status reports to our servicing officer, which are included in the month-end delinquent real estate report to management.
 
When a borrower fails to make a timely payment on a consumer loan, a delinquency notice is sent when the loan is 10 days past due. When the loan is 20 days past due, we mail a subsequent delinquency notice to the borrower. Once a loan is 30 days past due, our staff contacts the borrower by telephone to determine the reason for delinquency and to request payment of the delinquent amount in full or the establishment of an acceptable repayment plan to bring the loan current. If the borrower is unable to make or keep payment arrangements, additional collection action is taken in the form of repossession of collateral for secured loans and small claims or legal action for unsecured loans.
 

 

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Delinquent Loans. The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our loan portfolio delinquencies at the dates indicated.
 
   
Loans Delinquent :
         
   
60-89 Days
 
90 Days or More
 
Total Delinquent Loans
 
   
Number of Loans
 
Amount
 
Number of Loans
 
Amount
 
Number of Loans
 
Amount
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
At June 30, 2007
                                     
Real estate loans:
                                     
One- to four-family
   
 
$
   
2
 
$
1,115
   
2
 
$
1,115
 
Commercial
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Multi-family
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other loans:
                                     
Automobile
   
7
   
111
   
2
   
19
   
9
   
130
 
Home equity
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other
   
5
   
8
   
4
   
7
   
9
   
15
 
Total loans
   
12
 
$
119
   
8
 
$
1,141
   
20
 
$
1,260
 
                                       
At June 30, 2006
                                     
Real estate loans:
                                     
One- to four-family
   
2
 
$
383
   
 
$
   
2
 
$
383
 
Commercial
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Multi-family
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other loans:
                                     
Automobile
   
8
   
108
   
7
   
57
   
15
   
165
 
Home equity
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other
   
3
   
3
   
6
   
10
   
9
   
13
 
Total loans
   
13
 
$
494
   
13
 
$
67
   
26
 
$
561
 
                                       
At June 30, 2005
                                     
Real estate loans:
                                     
One- to four-family
   
 
$
   
2
 
$
757
   
2
 
$
757
 
Commercial
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Multi-family
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other loans:
                                     
Automobile
   
6
   
50
   
2
   
28
   
8
   
78
 
Home equity
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other
   
10
   
10
   
1
   
2
   
11
   
12
 
Total loans
   
16
 
$
60
   
5
 
$
787
   
21
 
$
847
 
                                       
At June 30, 2004
                                     
Real estate loans:
                                     
One- to four-family
   
 
$
   
 
$
   
 
$
 
Commercial
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Multi-family
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other loans:
                                     
Automobile
   
40
   
502
   
9
   
79
   
49
   
581
 
Home equity
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other
   
97
   
93
   
2
   
3
   
99
   
96
 
Total loans
   
137
 
$
595
   
11
 
$
82
   
148
 
$
677
 
                                       
At June 30, 2003
                                     
Real estate loans:
                                     
One- to four-family
   
 
$
   
 
$
   
 
$
 
Commercial
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Multi-family
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other loans:
                                     
Automobile
   
7
   
129
   
1
   
13
   
8
   
137
 
Home equity
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other
   
60
   
92
   
3
   
13
   
63
   
105
 
Total loans
   
67
 
$
221
   
4
 
$
26
   
71
 
$
242
 
                                       

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Non-Performing Assets. The following table sets forth the amounts and categories of non-performing assets in our loan portfolio. Non-performing assets consist of non-accrual loans and foreclosed assets. Loans to a customer whose financial condition has deteriorated are considered for non-accrual status whether or not the loan is 90 days and over past due. All loans past due 90 days and over are classified as non-accrual. On non-accrual loans, interest income is not recognized until actually collected. At the time the loan is placed on non-accrual status, interest previously accrued but not collected is reversed and charged against current income.  Interest is not accrued on loans greater than 90 days or more delinquent. At each date presented, we had no troubled debt restructurings (loans for which a portion of interest or principal has been forgiven and loans modified at interest rates materially less than current market rates).
 
Foreclosed assets consist of real estate and other assets which have been acquired through foreclosure on loans. At the time of foreclosure, assets are recorded at the lower of their estimated fair value less selling costs or the loan balance, with any write-down charged against the allowance for loan losses.
 
   
At June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
2003
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Non-accrual loans:
                               
Real estate loans:
                               
One- to four-family
 
$
1,115
 
$
 
$
757
 
$
 
$
 
Commercial
   
   
   
   
   
 
Multi-family
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other loans:
                               
Automobile
   
19
   
57
   
28
   
79
   
13
 
Home Equity
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other
   
7
   
10
   
2
   
3
   
13
 
Total
   
1,141
   
67
   
787
   
82
   
26
 
                                 
Real estate owned and Repossessed assets:
                               
Real estate loans:
                               
One- to four-family
   
238
   
   
   
   
 
Commercial
   
   
   
   
   
 
Multi-family
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other loans:
                               
Automobile
   
74
   
69
   
35
   
62
   
26
 
Home equity
   
   
   
   
   
 
Other
   
   
   
   
   
 
Total
   
312
   
69
   
35
   
62
   
26
 
                                 
Total non-performing assets
 
$
1,453
 
$
136
 
$
822
 
$
144
 
$
52
 
                                 
Non-performing loans to total loans (1)
   
0.16
%
 
0.01
%
 
0.15
%
 
0.02
%
 
0.01
%
                                 
Non-performing assets to total assets
   
0.18
%
 
0.02
%
 
0.13
%
 
0.02
%
 
0.01
%
                                 
Non-accrued interest (2)
 
$
17
 
$
1
 
$
25
 
$
4
 
$
1
 
                                 
(1) Total loans are net of deferred fees and costs
(2) If interest on the loans classified as non-performing had been accrued, interest income in these amounts would have been accrued.

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Classified Assets. Regulations provide for the classification of loans and other assets, such as debt and equity securities considered by regulators to be of lesser quality, as “substandard,” “doubtful” or “loss.”  An asset is considered “substandard” if it is inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor 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.
 
When an insured institution classifies problem assets as either substandard or doubtful, it may establish general allowances for loan losses in an amount deemed prudent by management and approved by the board of directors. General allowances represent loss allowances which have been established to recognize the inherent risk associated with lending activities, but which, unlike specific allowances, have not been allocated to particular problem assets. When an insured institution classifies problem assets as “loss,” it is required either to establish a specific allowance for losses equal to 100% of that portion of the asset so classified or to charge off such amount. An institution’s determination as to the classification of its assets and the amount of its valuation allowances is subject to review by the Office of Thrift Supervision and the FDIC, which may order the establishment of additional general or specific loss allowances.
 
In connection with the filing of our periodic reports with the Office of Thrift Supervision and in accordance with our classification of assets policy, we regularly review the problem assets in our portfolio to determine whether any assets require classification in accordance with applicable regulations. The total amount of classified assets represented 6.2% of our equity capital and 0.7% of our total assets at June 30, 2007.
 
The aggregate amount of our classified and special mention assets at the dates indicated were as follows:
 
   
At June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Classified Assets:
             
Loss
 
$
58
 
$
90
 
$
45
 
Doubtful
   
670
   
1,321
   
1,375
 
Substandard
   
2,010
   
1,134
   
1,459
 
Special Mention
   
3,495
   
2,497
   
1,793
 
Total
 
$
6,233
 
$
5,042
 
$
4,672
 
 

 

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Allowance for Loan Losses. We maintain an allowance for loan losses to absorb probable incurred losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The allowance is based on ongoing, quarterly assessments of the probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. Our methodology for assessing the appropriateness of the allowance consists of several key elements, which include loss ratio analysis by type of loan and specific allowances for identified problem loans, including the results of measuring impaired loans as provided in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 114, “Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan” and SFAS No. 118, “Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan – Income Recognition and Disclosures.”  These accounting standards prescribe the measurement methods, income recognition and disclosures related to impaired loans.
 
The loss ratio analysis component of the allowance is calculated by applying loss factors to outstanding loans based on the internal risk evaluation of the loans or pools of loans. Changes in risk evaluations of both performing and nonperforming loans affect the amount of the allowance. Loss factors are based both on our historical loss experience as well as on significant factors that, in management’s judgment, affect the collectibility of the portfolio as of the evaluation date.
 
The appropriateness of the allowance is reviewed and established by management based upon its evaluation of then-existing economic and business conditions affecting our key lending areas and other conditions, such as credit quality trends (including trends in nonperforming loans expected to result from existing conditions), collateral values, loan volumes and concentrations, specific industry conditions within portfolio segments and recent loss experience in particular segments of the portfolio that existed as of the balance sheet date and the impact that such conditions were believed to have had on the collectibility of the loan. Senior management reviews these conditions quarterly in discussions with our senior credit officers. To the extent that any of these conditions is evidenced by a specifically identifiable problem credit or portfolio segment as of the evaluation date, management’s estimate of the effect of such condition may be reflected as a specific allowance applicable to such credit or portfolio segment. Where any of these conditions is not evidenced by a specifically identifiable problem credit or portfolio segment as of the evaluation date, management’s evaluation of the loss related to this condition is reflected in the general allowance. The evaluation of the inherent loss with respect to these conditions is subject to a higher degree of uncertainty because they are not identified with specific problem credits or portfolio segments.
 
Management also evaluates the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses based on a review of individual loans, historical loan loss experience, the value and adequacy of collateral and economic conditions in our market area. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires material estimates, including the amounts and timing of future cash flows expected to be received on impaired loans that may be susceptible to significant change. For all specifically reviewed loans for which it is probable that Kaiser Federal Bank will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the terms of the loan agreement, Kaiser Federal Bank determines impairment by computing a fair value either based on discounted cash flows using the loan’s initial interest rate or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. Large groups of smaller balance homogenous loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment and are excluded from specific impairment evaluation, and their allowance for loan losses is calculated in accordance with the allowance for loan losses policy described above.
 

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Because the allowance for loan losses is based on estimates of losses inherent in the loan portfolio, actual losses can vary significantly from the estimated amounts. Our methodology as described permits adjustments to any loss factor used in the computation of the formula allowance in the event that, in management’s judgment, significant factors which affect the collectibility of the portfolio as of the evaluation date are not reflected in the loss factors. By assessing the estimated losses inherent in the loan portfolio on a quarterly basis, we are able to adjust specific and inherent loss estimates based upon any more recent information that has become available. In addition, management’s determination as to the amount of our allowance for loan losses is subject to review by the Office of Thrift Supervision and the FDIC, which may require the establishment of additional general or specific allowances based upon their judgment of the information available to them at the time of their examination of Kaiser Federal Bank.
 
At June 30, 2007, our allowance for loan losses was $2.8 million or 0.4% of the total loan portfolio and 245.8% of total non-performing loans. Assessing the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses is inherently subjective as it requires making material estimates, including the amount and timing of future cash flows expected to be received on impaired loans, which may be susceptible to significant change. In the opinion of management, the allowance, when taken as a whole, is at an amount that will absorb probable incurred loan losses inherent in our loan portfolios.
 

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The following sets forth an analysis of our allowance for loan losses.
 
   
Year Ended June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
2003
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
                                 
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
2,722
 
$
2,408
 
$
2,328
 
$
2,281
 
$
1,744
 
                                 
Charge-offs:
                               
One- to four-family
   
   
   
   
   
 
Commercial
   
   
   
   
   
 
Multi-family
   
   
   
   
   
 
Consumer – automobile
   
676
   
547
   
500
   
675
   
842
 
Consumer – other
   
92
   
33
   
48
   
62
   
58
 
     
768
   
580
   
548
   
737
   
900
 
Recoveries:
                               
One- to four-family
   
   
   
   
   
 
Commercial
   
   
   
   
   
 
Multi-family
   
   
   
   
   
 
Consumer – automobile
   
312
   
234
   
203
   
279
   
296
 
Consumer – other
   
10
   
8
   
19
   
22
   
17
 
     
322
   
242
   
222
   
301
   
313
 
                                 
Net charge-offs
   
446
   
338
   
326
   
436
   
587
 
                                 
Provision for losses
   
529
   
652
   
406
   
483
   
1,124
 
                                 
Balance at end of period
 
$
2,805
 
$
2,722
 
$
2,408
 
$
2,328
 
$
2,281
 
                                 
Net charge-offs to average loans during this period (1)
   
0.07
%
 
0.06
%
 
0.06
%
 
0.11
%
 
0.19
%
                                 
Net charge-offs to average non-performing loans during this period
   
47.90
%
 
73.04
%
 
112.37
%
 
807.41
%
 
715.85
%
                                 
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans
   
245.84
%
 
4,062.69
%
 
305.97
%
 
2,839.02
%
 
8,773.08
%
                                 
Allowance as a percent of total loans (end of period) (1)
   
0.40
%
 
0.43
%
 
0.45
%
 
0.47
%
 
0.58
%
                                 
(1) Total loans are net of deferred fees and costs.

 

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At June 30,
 
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
   
Amount
 
Percent of Loans in Each Category to Total Loans
Amount
 
Percent of Loans in Each Category to Total Loans
 
Amount
 
Percent of Loans in Each Category to Total Loans
 
Amount
 
Percent of Loans in Each Category to Total Loans
 
Amount
 
Percent of Loans in Each Category to Total Loans
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Real estate loans:
                                                 
One- to four-family
 
$
1,626
 
66.88
%
1,322
 
68.63
%
$
1,037
 
69.04
%
$
932
 
68.82
%
$
703
 
66.64
%
Commercial
   
73
 
11.09
 
54
 
9.24
   
40
 
6.01
   
99
 
5.41
   
82
 
5.46
 
Multi-family
   
114
 
12.55
 
123
 
14.01
   
155
 
16.26
   
232
 
14.60
   
132
 
10.85
 
Other loans:
                                                 
Automobile
   
922
 
7.56
 
1,184
 
6.53
   
1,143
 
7.16
   
1,008
 
9.54
   
1,289
 
14.60
 
Home equity
   
1
 
.21
 
2
 
.28
   
1
 
.11
   
1
 
.08
   
2
 
.17
 
Other
   
 
69
 
 
1.71
 
 
37
 
 
1.31
   
 
32
 
 
1.42
   
 
56
 
 
1.55
   
 
73
 
 
2.28
 
Total allowance for loan losses
 
$
 
2,805
 
 
100.00
%
 
2,722
 
 
100.00
%
$
 
2,408
 
 
100.00
%
$
 
2,328
 
 
100.00
%
$
 
2,281
 
 
100.00
%

 


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Investment Activities
 
General. We are required by federal regulations to maintain an amount of liquid assets in order to meet our liquidity needs. These assets consist of certain specified securities. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity Capital Resources and Commitments.”  Cash flow projections are regularly reviewed and updated to assure that adequate liquidity is provided.
 
We are authorized to invest in various types of liquid assets, including U.S. Treasury obligations, securities of various federal agencies, certain certificates of deposit of insured banks and savings institutions, certain bankers’ acceptances, repurchase agreements and federal funds. Subject to various restrictions, federal savings associations may also invest their assets in investment grade commercial paper and corporate debt securities and mutual funds whose assets conform to the investments that a federally chartered savings association is otherwise authorized to make directly. See “How We Are Regulated - Kaiser Federal Bank” for a discussion of additional restrictions on our investment activities.
 
Under the direction and guidance of the Investment/Asset and Liability Management Committee and board policy, our president has the basic responsibility for the management of our investment portfolio. Various factors are considered when making decisions, including the marketability, maturity and tax consequences of the proposed investment. The maturity structure of investments will be affected by various market conditions, including the current and anticipated short and long term interest rates, the level of interest rates, the trend of new deposit inflows, and the anticipated demand for funds via deposit withdrawals and loan originations and purchases.
 
The current structure of our investment portfolio provides liquidity when loan demand is high, assists in maintaining earnings when loan demand is low and maximizes earnings while satisfactorily managing risk, including credit risk, reinvestment risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk. See “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk – Asset and Liability Management and Market Risk.”
 
At June 30, 2007, our investment portfolio totaled $34.7 million and consisted principally of investment grade collateralized mortgage obligations, mortgage-backed securities, and U.S. government agency and government sponsored entity bonds. From time to time, investment levels may increase or decrease depending upon yields available on investment alternatives and management’s projected demand for funds for loan originations, deposits, and other activities.
 

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The following table sets forth the composition of our investment portfolio at the dates Indicated.
 
   
At June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
Carrying Value
 
Percent of Total
 
Carrying Value
 
Percent of Total
 
Carrying Value
 
Percent of Total
 
Securities available-for-sale:
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Securities
                               
U.S. government and government sponsored entity bonds
 
$
2,994
 
8.63
%
$
5,392
 
14.96
%
$
10,864
 
21.87
%
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
Freddie Mac
   
4,827
 
13.92
   
5,897
 
16.37
   
7,984
 
16.07
 
Collateralized mortgage obligations:
                               
Freddie Mac
   
5,758
 
16.61
   
 
   
 
 
Total securities available-for-sale
 
$
13,579
 
39.16
%
$
11,289
 
31.33
%
$
18,848
 
37.94
%
Securities held-to-maturity:
                               
Securities
                               
U.S. government and government sponsored entity bonds
 
$
12,000
 
34.61
%
$
12,000
 
33.31
%
$
10,000
 
20.13
%
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
Fannie Mae
   
303
 
0.87
   
408
 
1.13
   
541
 
1.09
 
Freddie Mac
   
217
 
0.63
   
269
 
0.75
   
335
 
0.67
 
Ginnie Mae
   
146
 
0.42
   
168
 
0.47
   
250
 
0.50
 
Collateralized mortgage obligations:
                               
Fannie Mae
   
2,747
 
7.92
   
3,372
 
9.36
   
4,617
 
9.29
 
Freddie Mac
   
4,926
 
14.21
   
7,197
 
19.98
   
12,570
 
25.30
 
Ginnie Mae
   
757
 
2.18
   
1,324
 
3.67
   
2,521
 
5.08
 
Total securities held-to-maturity
 
$
21,096
 
60.84
%
$
24,738
 
68.67
%
$
30,834
 
62.06
%
                                 
Total securities
 
$
34,675
 
100.00
%
$
36,027
 
100.00
%
$
49,682
 
100.00
%
                                 
Other earning assets:
                               
Interest-bearing deposits in other financial institutions
 
$
2,970
 
10.39
%
$
9,010
 
24.97
%
$
9,010
 
38.57
%
Fed Funds
   
15,750
 
55.09
   
18,335
 
50.80
   
10,325
 
44.20
 
FHLB stock
   
9,870
 
34.52
   
8,746
 
24.23
   
4,027
 
17.23
 
Total other earning assets
 
$
28,590
 
100.00
%
$
36,091
 
100.00
%
$
23,362
 
100.00
%
                                 
Total securities and other earning assets
 
$
63,265
     
$
72,118
     
$
73,044
     

 

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While our collateralized mortgage-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities carry a reduced credit risk as compared to whole loans due to their issuance under government agency sponsored programs, they remain subject to the risk that a fluctuating interest rate environment, along with other factors like the geographic distribution of the underlying mortgage loans, may alter the prepayment rate of the mortgage loans and so affect both the prepayment speed, and value, of the investment securities. As a result of these factors, the estimated average lives of these securities will be shorter than the contractual maturities as shown on the following table.
Portfolio Maturities and Yields.  The composition and maturities of the investment securities portfolio at June 30, 2007 are summarized in the following table.  Maturities are based on the final contractual payment dates, and do not reflect the impact of prepayments or early redemptions that may occur.

                                                         
     
One year or less
   
More than One Year through Five Years
   
More than Five Years through Ten Years
   
More than Ten Years
   
Total Securities
 
     
Amortized Cost
 
Weighted Average Yield
   
Amortized Cost
 
Weighted Average Yield
   
Amortized Cost
 
Weighted Average Yield
   
Amortized Cost
 
Weighted Average Yield
   
Amortized Cost
 
Fair
Value
 
Weighted Average Yield
 
     
(Dollars in thousands)
     
Securities available-for-sale:
                                                       
Securities
                                                       
U.S. government and government sponsored entity bonds
 
$
 
%
$
3,000
 
5.30
%
$
 
%
$
 
%
$
3,000
$
2,994
 
 
5.30
%
Mortgage-backed securities:
                                                       
Freddie Mac
   
 
   
3,836
 
3.26
   
1,130
 
3.86
   
 
   
4,966
 
4,827
 
3.40
 
Collateralized mortgage obligations
                                                       
Freddie Mac
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
5,827
 
5.37
   
5,827
 
5,758
 
5.37
 
Total securities available-for-sale
 
$
 
%
$
6,836
 
4.16
%
$
1,130
 
3.86
%
$
5,827
 
5.37
%
$
13,793
$
13,579
 
4.65
%
                                                         
Securities held-to-maturity:
                                                       
Securities
                                                       
U.S. government and government sponsored entity bonds
 
$
12,000
 
3.83
%
$
 
%
$
 
%
$
 
%
$
12,000
$
11,930
 
 
3.83
%
Mortgage-backed securities:
                                                       
Fannie Mae
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
303
 
6.44
   
303
 
304
 
6.44
 
Freddie Mac
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
217
 
5.65
   
217
 
216
 
5.65
 
Ginnie Mae
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
146
 
6.05
   
146
 
146
 
6.05
 
Collateralized mortgage obligations
                                                       
Fannie Mae
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
2,747
 
4.56
   
2,747
 
2,621
 
4.56
 
Freddie Mac
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
4,926
 
4.72
   
4,926
 
4,570
 
4.72
 
Ginnie Mae
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
757
 
3.45
   
757
 
727
 
3.45
 
Total securities held-to-maturity
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
9,096
 
4.67
   
21,096
 
20,514
 
4.19
 
                                                         
Total securities
 
$
12,000
 
3.83
%
$
6,836
 
4.16
%
$
1,130
 
3.86
%
$
14,923
 
4.94
%
$
34,889
$
34,093
 
4.37
%

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Interest Earning Deposits in Other Financial Institutions. Interest earning deposits in other financial institutions consists of certificates of deposit placed with multiple federally insured financial institutions in amounts that do not exceed the insurable limit of $100,000. These deposits are used as short-term investments as part of our overall asset/liability management. These certificates of deposit had a weighted-average yield of 3.4% and an average remaining life of four months at June 30, 2007.
 
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock. As a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, we are required to own capital stock in the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. The amount of stock we hold is based on percentages specified by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco on our outstanding advances and the requirements of their Mortgage Purchase Program. The redemption of any excess stock we hold is at the discretion of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. The carrying value of Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco stock totaled $9.9 million and had a weighted-average-yield of 5.3% for the year ended June 30, 2007. The yield on the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco stock is produced by stock dividends that are subject to the discretion of the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.
 
Equity Investment. At June 30, 2007, we also had an investment in an affordable housing fund totaling $2.1 million with a commitment to fund an additional $193,000 for the purposes of obtaining tax credits and for Community Reinvestment Act purposes. The investment is being accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The investment is evaluated regularly for impairment based on the remaining allocable tax credits.
 
Bank-Owned Life Insurance. In April 2005, we purchased $10.0 million in bank-owned life insurance, which covers certain key employees, to provide tax-exempt income to assist in offsetting costs associated with employee benefit plans offered by Kaiser Federal Bank. The bank-owned life insurance is recorded at its cash surrender value, or the amount that can be realized.  At June 30, 2007, the cash surrender value was $11.0 million.
 
Sources of Funds
 
General. Our sources of funds are deposits, payment of principal and interest on loans, interest earned on or maturation of other investment securities, borrowings, and funds provided from operations.
 
Deposits. We offer a variety of deposit accounts to consumers with a wide range of interest rates and terms. Our deposits consist of time deposit accounts, savings, money market and demand deposit accounts. We have historically paid competitive rates on our deposit accounts. We primarily rely on competitive pricing policies, marketing and customer service to attract and retain these deposits. At June 30, 2007, 39.5% of the dollars our deposits were from customers who are employed by the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, one of the largest employers in Southern California.  Our ATM’s are located in branches and near Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers.  We currently do not accept brokered deposits.
 

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The flow of deposits is influenced significantly by general economic conditions, changes in money market and prevailing interest rates and bi-weekly direct deposits from Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program payrolls. The variety of deposit accounts we offer has allowed us to be competitive in obtaining funds and to respond with flexibility to changes in consumer demand. We have become more susceptible to short-term fluctuations in deposit flows, as customers have become more interest rate conscious. We try to manage the pricing of our deposits in keeping with our asset/liability management, liquidity and profitability objectives, subject to competitive factors. Based on our experience, we believe that our deposits are a relatively stable sources of funds. Despite this stability, our ability to attract and maintain these deposits and the rates paid on them has been and will continue to be significantly affected by market conditions.
 
The following table sets forth our deposit flows during the periods indicated.
 
   
Year Ended June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
               
Opening balance
 
$
463,454
 
$
475,792
 
$
422,953
 
Acquired deposits(1)
   
   
   
61,177
 
Deposits, net of withdrawals
   
15,752
   
(23,721
)
 
(17,204
)
Interest credited
   
14,922
   
11,383
   
8,866
 
Ending balance
 
$
494,128
 
$
463,454
 
$
475,792
 
                     
Net increase (decrease)
 
$
30,674
 
$
(12,338
)
$
52,839
 
                     
Percent increase(decrease)
   
6.6
 %
 
(2.6
) %
 
12.5
 %
                     
(1) In September 2004, the Bank acquired the Panorama City Branch of Pan American Bank.




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The following table shows the distribution of, and certain other information relating to, deposits by type of deposit, as of the dates indicated.
 
   
At June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
Amount
 
Percent of Total
 
Amount
 
Percent of Total
 
Amount
 
Percent of Total
 
     
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Noninterest-bearing demand
 
$
43,169
 
8.74
%
$
43,137
 
9.31
%
$
43,744
 
9.19
%
                                 
Savings
   
136,643
 
27.65
   
91,199
 
19.68
   
99,730
 
20.96
 
                                 
Money Market
   
75,599
 
15.30
   
110,987
 
23.95
   
107,080
 
22.51
 
                                 
Certificates of deposit:
                               
1.00% - 1.99%
   
13
 
.01
   
55
 
.01
   
7,139
 
1.50
 
2.00% - 2.99%
   
939
 
.19
   
4,911
 
1.06
   
49,332
 
10.37
 
3.00% - 3.99%
   
21,256
 
4.30
   
54,679
 
11.80
   
93,291
 
19.61
 
4.00% - 4.99%
   
119,952
 
24.27
   
150,843
 
32.54
   
55,168
 
11.59
 
5.00% - 5.99%
   
96,557
 
19.54
   
7,643
 
1.65
   
9,148
 
1.92
 
6.00% - 6.99%
   
 
   
 
   
5,021
 
1.06
 
7.00% - 7.99%
   
 
   
 
   
6,139
 
1.29
 
Total Certificates of Deposit
   
238,717
 
48.31
   
218,131
 
47.06
   
225,238
 
47.34
 
Total
 
$
494,128
 
100.00
%
$
463,454
 
100.00
%
$
475,792
 
100.00
%

The following table indicates the amount of Kaiser Federal Bank’s certificates of deposit by time remaining until maturity as of June 30, 2007.

   
Less than or equal to one year
 
More than one to two years
 
More than two to three years
 
More than three to four years
 
More than four years
 
Total
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
1.00% - 1.99%
 
$
13
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
$
13
 
2.00% - 2.99%
   
913
   
26
   
   
   
   
939
 
3.00% - 3.99%
   
9,256
   
9,308
   
2,061
   
522
   
109
   
21,256
 
4.00% - 4.99%
   
74,834
   
10,811
   
17,886
   
12,883
   
3,538
   
119,952
 
5.00% - 5.99%
   
89,722
   
321
   
92
   
300
   
6,122
   
96,557
 
6.00% - 6.99%
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
7.00% - 7.99%
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
   
$
174,738
 
$
20,466
 
$
20,039
 
$
13,705
 
$
9,769
 
$
238,717
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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As of June 30, 2007, the aggregate amount of outstanding certificates of deposit in amounts greater than or equal to $100,000 was $93.5 million.  At June 30, 2006, the amount of such deposits was $74.7 million.  The following table sets forth the maturity of those certificates as of June 30, 2007.
 
Maturity Period
 
Certificates of Deposit
 
   
(In thousands)
 
         
Three months or less
 
$
16,161
 
Over three through six months
   
28,285
 
Over six through twelve months
   
22,270
 
Over twelve months
   
26,831
 
Total
 
$
93,547
 

Borrowings. Although deposits are our primary source of funds, we may utilize borrowings when they are a less costly source of funds, and can be invested at a positive interest rate spread, when we desire additional capacity to purchase loans or to fund loan demand or when they meet our asset/liability management goals. Our borrowings historically have consisted of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
We may obtain advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco upon the security of our mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities. These advances may be made pursuant to several different credit programs, each of which has its own interest rate, range of maturities and call features. At June 30, 2007, we had $210.0 million in Federal Home Loan Bank advances outstanding.
 
The following table sets forth information as to our Federal Home Loan Bank advances for the periods indicated.
 
   
Year Ended June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
               
Balance at end of period
 
$
210,016
 
$
179,948
 
$
70,777
 
                     
Average balance outstanding
   
189,217
   
148,408
   
60,354
 
                     
Maximum month-end balance
   
210,016
   
179,948
   
90,444
 
                     
Weighted average interest rate during the period
   
4.37
 %
 
4.14
 %
 
3.35
 %
                     
Weighted average interest rate at end of period
   
4.44
 %
 
4.20
 %
 
3.40
 %

 

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Employees
 
At June 30, 2007, we had a total of 83 full-time employees and 15 part-time employees. Our employees are not represented by any collective bargaining group.  Management believes that we have good relations with our employees.
 
How We Are Regulated
 
Set forth below is a brief description of certain laws and regulations which are applicable to K-Fed Bancorp and Kaiser Federal Bank. The description of these laws and regulations, as well as descriptions of laws and regulations contained elsewhere herein, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable laws and regulations.
 
Legislation is introduced from time to time in the United States Congress that may affect the operations of K-Fed Bancorp and Kaiser Federal Bank. In addition, the regulations governing K-Fed Bancorp and Kaiser Federal Bank may be amended from time to time by the Office of Thrift Supervision. Any such legislation or regulatory changes in the future could adversely affect K-Fed Bancorp or Kaiser Federal Bank. No assurance can be given as to whether or in what form any such changes may occur.
 
K-Fed Bancorp
 
General. K-Fed Bancorp is a federal mutual holding company subsidiary within the meaning of Section 10(o) of the Home Owners’ Loan Act. It is required to file reports with the Office of Thrift Supervision and is subject to regulation and examination by the Office of Thrift Supervision. In addition, the Office of Thrift Supervision has enforcement authority over K-Fed Bancorp and any non-savings institution subsidiaries. This permits the Office of Thrift Supervision to restrict or prohibit activities that it determines to be a serious risk to Kaiser Federal Bank. This regulation is intended primarily for the protection of the depositors and not for the benefit of stockholders of K-Fed Bancorp.
 
Activities Restrictions. K-Fed Bancorp and its non-savings institution subsidiaries are subject to statutory and regulatory restrictions on their business activities specified by federal regulations, which include performing services and holding properties used by a savings institution subsidiary, activities authorized for savings and loan holding companies as of March 5, 1987, and non-banking activities permissible for bank holding companies pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 or authorized for financial holding companies pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
 
If Kaiser Federal Bank fails the qualified thrift lender test, K-Fed Bancorp must, within one year of that failure, register as, and will become subject to, the restrictions applicable to bank holding companies. See “- Qualified Thrift Lender Test.”
 

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Waivers of Dividends by K-Fed Mututal Holding Company. Office of Thrift Supervision regulations require K-Fed Mutual Holding Company to notify the Office of Thrift Supervision of any proposed waiver of its receipt of dividends from K-Fed Bancorp. The Office of Thrift Supervision reviews dividend waiver notices on a case-by-case basis, and, in general, does not object to any such waiver if the mutual holding company provides the OTS with written notice of its intent to waive its right to receive dividends 30 days prior to the proposed date of payment of the dividend, and the OTS does not object. The OTS shall not object to a notice of intent to waive dividends if:  (i) the waiver would not be detrimental to the safe and sound operation of the savings association; and (ii) the board of directors of the mutual holding company expressly determines that waiver of the dividend by the mutual holding company is consistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties to the mutual members of such company. The OTS will not consider waived dividends in determining an appropriate exchange ratio in the event of a full conversion to stock form.  K-Fed Mutual Holding Company waived its right to receive dividends paid by K-Fed Bancorp during the year ended June 30, 2007 and we anticipate that K-Fed Mutual Holding Company will waive future dividends paid by K-Fed Bancorp, if any.
 
Conversion of K-Fed Mutual Holding Company to Stock Form. The Office of Thrift Supervision regulations permit K-Fed Mutual Holding Company to convert from the mutual form of organization to the capital stock form of organization (a “Conversion Transaction”). See Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding K-Fed Mutual Holding Company’s proposed Conversion Transaction. In a Conversion Transaction a new holding company would be formed as the successor to K-Fed Bancorp (the “New Holding Company”), K-Fed Mutual Holding Company’s corporate existence would end, and certain depositors of Kaiser Federal Bank would receive the right to subscribe for additional shares of the New Holding Company. In a Conversion Transaction, each share of common stock held by stockholders other than K-Fed Mutual Holding Company (“Minority Stockholders”) would be automatically converted into a number of shares of common stock in the New Holding Company determined pursuant to an exchange ratio that ensures that the Minority Stockholders own the same percentage of common stock in the New Holding Company as they owned in K-Fed Bancorp immediately prior to the Conversion Transaction (exclusive of any new purchases by the Minority Stockholders). Under Office of Thrift Supervision regulations, Minority Stockholders would not be diluted because of any dividends waived by K-Fed Mutual Holding Company (and waived dividends would not be considered in determining an appropriate exchange ratio), if K-Fed Mutual Holding Company converts to stock form.
 
A Conversion Transaction requires the approval of the Office of Thrift Supervision as well as a majority of the votes eligible to be cast by the members of K-Fed Mutual Holding Company and a majority of the votes eligible to be cast by the stockholders of K-Fed Bancorp other than K-Fed Mutual Holding Company.
 
Kaiser Federal Bank
 
General. As a federally chartered savings association, Kaiser Federal Bank is regulated and supervised by the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.  This regulation and supervision establishes a comprehensive framework of activities in which we may engage, and is intended primarily for the protection of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s deposit insurance fund and depositors.  Under this system of federal regulation, financial institutions are periodically examined to ensure that they satisfy applicable standards with respect to their capital adequacy, assets, management, earnings, liquidity and sensitivity to market interest rates.  After completing an examination, the federal agency critiques the financial institution’s operations and

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assigns its rating (known as an institution’s CAMELS).  Under federal law, an institution may not disclose its CAMELS rating to the public.  Kaiser Federal Bank also is a member of, and owns stock in, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, which is one of the 12 regional banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System.  Kaiser Federal Bank also is regulated, to a lesser extent, by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, governing reserves to be maintained against deposits and other matters.  The Office of Thrift Supervision examines Kaiser Federal Bank and prepares reports for consideration by our Board of Directors on any operating deficiencies.  Kaiser Federal Bank’s relationship with our depositors and borrowers also is regulated to a great extent by both federal and state laws, especially in matters concerning the ownership of deposit accounts and the form and content of our loan documents.

There can be no assurance that changes to existing laws, rules and regulations, or any other new laws, rules or regulations, will not be adopted in the future, which could make compliance more difficult or expensive or otherwise adversely affect our business, financial condition or prospects.  Any change in these laws or regulations, or in regulatory policy, whether by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of Thrift Supervision or Congress, could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or operations.

Federal Banking Regulation

Business Activities.  A federal savings association derives its lending and investment powers from the Home Owners’ Loan Act, and the regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision.  Under these laws and regulations, Kaiser Federal Bank may invest in mortgage loans secured by residential and commercial real estate, commercial business and consumer loans, certain types of debt securities and certain other loans and assets subject to applicable limits.  Kaiser Federal Bank also may establish subsidiaries that may engage in activities not otherwise permissible for Kaiser Federal Bank directly, including real estate investment, securities brokerage and insurance agency services subject to applicable registration and licensing requirements.

Loans to One Borrower.  A federal savings association generally may not make a loan or extend credit to a single or related group of borrowers in excess of 15% of unimpaired capital and surplus.  An additional amount may be loaned, not in excess of 10% of unimpaired capital and surplus, if the loan is secured by readily marketable collateral, which generally does not include real estate.  As of June 30, 2007, Kaiser Federal Bank was in compliance with the loans-to-one-borrower limitations.

Qualified Thrift Lender Test.  As a federal savings association, Kaiser Federal Bank is subject to the qualified thrift lender, or “QTL,” test.  Under the QTL test, Kaiser Federal Bank must maintain at least 65% of its “portfolio assets” in “qualified thrift investments” in at least nine months of the most recent 12-month period.  “Portfolio assets” generally means total assets of a savings institution, less the sum of specified liquid assets up to 20% of total assets, goodwill and other intangible assets, and the value of property used in the conduct of the institution’s business.

“Qualified thrift investments” include various types of loans made for residential and housing purposes, investments related to such purposes, including certain mortgage-backed and related securities, and loans for personal, family, household and certain other purposes up to a limit of 20% of portfolio assets.  “Qualified thrift investments” also include 100% of an institution’s credit card loans, education loans and small business loans.  Kaiser Federal Bank also may satisfy the QTL test by qualifying as a “domestic building and loan association” as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


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A savings association that fails the QTL test must either convert to a bank charter or operate under specified restrictions.  At June 30, 2007, Kaiser Federal Bank maintained 87.4% of its portfolio assets in qualified thrift investments, and therefore satisfied the QTL test.

Capital Distributions.  Office of Thrift Supervision regulations govern capital distributions by a federal savings association, which include cash dividends, stock repurchases and other transactions charged to the institution’s capital account.  A savings association must file an application with the Office of Thrift Supervision for approval of a capital distribution if:

  
the total capital distributions for the applicable calendar year exceed the sum of the savings association’s net income for that year to date plus the savings association’s retained net income for the preceding two years;

  
the savings association would not be at least adequately capitalized following the distribution;

  
the distribution would violate any applicable statute, regulation, agreement or Office of
 
Thrift Supervision- imposed condition; or

  
the savings association is not eligible for expedited treatment of its filings.

  
Even if an application is not otherwise required, every savings association that is a subsidiary of a holding company must still file a notice with the Office of Thrift Supervision at least 30 days before the Board of Directors declares a dividend or approves a capital distribution.

  
The Office of Thrift Supervision may disapprove a notice or application if:

  
the savings association would be undercapitalized following the distribution;

  
the proposed capital distribution raises safety and soundness concerns; or

  
the capital distribution would violate a prohibition contained in any statute, regulation or agreement.

Liquidity.  A federal savings association is required to maintain a sufficient amount of liquid assets to ensure its safe and sound operation.

Community Reinvestment Act and Fair Lending Laws.  All savings associations have a continuing responsibility under the Community Reinvestment Act and related regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision to help meet the credit needs of their communities, including low- and moderate- income neighborhoods.  In connection with its examination of a federal savings association, the Office of Thrift Supervision is required to assess the savings association’s record of compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act.  In addition, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act prohibit lenders from discriminating in their lending practices on the basis of characteristics specified in those statutes.  A savings association’s failure to comply with the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act could, at a minimum, result in regulatory restrictions on its activities.  The failure to comply with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act could result in enforcement actions by the Office of Thrift Supervision, as well as other federal regulatory agencies and the Department of Justice.  Kaiser Federal Bank received a “Satisfactory” Community Reinvestment Act rating in its most recent federal examination.  The Community

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 Reinvestment Act requires all FDIC-insured institutions to publicly disclose their rating.

Transactions with Related Parties.  A federal savings association’s authority to engage in transactions with its “affiliates” is limited by Office of Thrift Supervision regulations and Regulation W of the Federal Reserve Board, which implements Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act.  The term “affiliates” for these purposes generally means any company that controls or is under common control with an institution.  K-Fed Bancorp and its non-savings institution subsidiaries will be affiliates of Kaiser Federal Bank.  In general, transactions with affiliates must be on terms that are as favorable to the savings association as comparable transactions with non-affiliates.  In addition, certain types of these transactions are restricted to an aggregate percentage of the savings association’s capital.  Collateral in specified amounts must usually be provided by affiliates in order to receive loans from the savings association.  In addition, Office of Thrift Supervision regulations prohibit a savings association from lending to any of its affiliates that are engaged in activities that are not permissible for bank holding companies and from purchasing the securities of any affiliate, other than a subsidiary.

Kaiser Federal Bank’s authority to extend credit to its directors, executive officers and 10% or greater stockholders, as well as to entities controlled by such persons, is currently governed by the requirements of Sections 22(g) and 22(h) of the Federal Reserve Act and Regulation O of the Federal Reserve Board and regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision. Among other things, these provisions require that extensions of credit to insiders (i) be made on terms that are substantially the same as, and follow credit underwriting procedures that are not less stringent than, those prevailing for comparable transactions with unaffiliated persons and that do not involve more than the normal risk of repayment or present other unfavorable features, and (ii) not exceed certain limitations on the amount of credit extended to such persons, individually and in the aggregate, which limits are based, in part, on the amount of Kaiser Federal Bank’s capital.  In addition, extensions of credit in excess of certain limits must be approved by Kaiser Federal Bank’s Board of Directors.

Enforcement.  The Office of Thrift Supervision has primary enforcement responsibility over federal savings associations and has the authority to bring enforcement actions against all “institution- affiliated parties,” including stockholders, attorneys, appraisers and accountants who knowingly or recklessly participate in wrongful action likely to have an adverse effect on an institution.  Formal enforcement action may range from the issuance of a capital directive or cease and desist order to removal of officers and/or directors of the savings association, receivership, conservatorship or the termination of deposit insurance.  Civil penalties cover a wide range of violations and actions, and range up to $25,000 per day, unless a finding of reckless disregard is made, in which case penalties may be as high as $1.0 million per day.  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation also has the authority to recommend to the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision that enforcement action be taken with respect to a particular savings association.  If action is not taken by the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has authority to take action under specified circumstances.

Standards for Safety and Soundness.  Federal law requires each federal banking agency to prescribe certain standards for all insured depository institutions.  These standards relate to, among other things, internal controls, information systems and audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate risk exposure, asset growth, compensation, and other operational and managerial standards as the agency deems appropriate.  The federal banking agencies have adopted Interagency Guidelines Prescribing Standards for Safety and Soundness.  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 systems, credit underwriting, loan documentation,

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 interest rate risk exposure, asset growth, 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.  If the institution fails to submit an acceptable plan or implement an accepted compliance plan, the agency may take further enforcement action against the institution, including the issuance of a cease and desist order or the imposition of civil money penalties.

Capital Requirements.  Office of Thrift Supervision regulations require savings associations to meet three minimum capital standards:  a 1.5% tangible capital ratio, a 4% leverage ratio (3% for institutions receiving the highest CAMELS rating) and an 8% risk-based capital ratio.

The risk-based capital standard for savings associations requires the maintenance of Tier 1 (core) and total capital (which is defined as core capital and supplementary capital) to risk-weighted assets of at least 4% and 8%, respectively. In determining the amount of risk-weighted assets, all assets, including certain off-balance sheet assets, are multiplied by a risk-weight factor of 0% to 100%, assigned by the Office of Thrift Supervision capital regulation based on the risks inherent in the type of asset. Core capital is defined as common stockholders’ equity (including retained earnings), certain noncumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus and minority interests in equity accounts of consolidated subsidiaries, less intangibles other than certain mortgage servicing rights and credit card relationships. The components of supplementary capital currently include cumulative preferred stock, long-term perpetual preferred stock, mandatory convertible securities, subordinated debt and intermediate preferred stock, allowance for loan and lease losses up to a maximum of 1.25% of risk-weighted assets, and up to 45% of net unrealized gains on available -for-sale equity securities with readily determinable fair market values. Overall, the amount of supplementary capital included as part of total capital cannot exceed 100% of core capital.

In assessing an association’s capital adequacy, the Office of Thrift Supervision takes into consideration not only these numeric factors but also qualitative factors as well, and has the authority to establish higher capital requirements for individual associations where necessary.  Kaiser Federal Bank, as a matter of prudent management, targets as its goal the maintenance of capital ratios which exceed these minimum requirements and that are consistent with Kaiser Federal Bank’s risk profile.  At June 30, 2007, Kaiser Federal Bank exceeded each of its capital requirements.

The Office of Thrift Supervision and other federal banking agencies risk-based capital standards also take into account interest rate risk, concentration of risk and the risks of non-traditional activities. The Office of Thrift Supervision monitors the interest rate risk of individual institutions through the Office of Thrift Supervision requirements for interest rate risk management, the ability of the Office of Thrift Supervision to impose individual minimum capital requirements on institutions that exhibit a high degree of interest rate risk, and the requirements of Thrift Bulletin 13a, which provides guidance on the management of interest rate risk and the responsibility of boards of directors in that area.

The Office of Thrift Supervision continues to monitor the interest rate risk of individual institutions through analysis of the change in net portfolio value.  Net portfolio value is defined as the net present value of the expected future cash flows of an entity’s assets and liabilities and, therefore, hypothetically represents the value of an institution’s net worth.  The Office of Thrift Supervision has also used this net portfolio value analysis as part of its evaluation of certain applications or notices submitted by savings banks.  The Office of Thrift Supervision, through its general oversight of the safety and soundness of savings associations, retains the right to  impose minimum capital requirements on individual institutions to the extent the institution is not in compliance with certain written guidelines established by the Office of Thrift Supervision regarding net portfolio value analysis.  The Office of

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Thrift Supervision has not imposed any such requirements on Kaiser Federal Bank.

At June 30, 2007, Kaiser Federal Bank’s capital exceeded all applicable requirements.

Prompt Corrective Action Regulations.  Under the prompt corrective action regulations, the Office of Thrift Supervision is authorized and, under certain circumstances, required to take supervisory actions against undercapitalized savings associations. For this purpose, a savings association is placed in one of the following five categories based on the savings association’s capital:

  
well-capitalized (at least 5% leverage capital, 6% tier 1 risk-based capital and 10% total risk-based capital);

  
adequately capitalized (at least 4% leverage capital, 4% tier 1 risk-based capital and 8%total risk-based capital);

  
undercapitalized (less than 3% leverage capital, 4% tier 1 risk-based capital or 8% total risk-based capital);

  
significantly undercapitalized (less than 3% leverage capital, 3% tier 1 risk-based capital or 6% total risk-based capital); or

  
critically undercapitalized (less than 2% tangible capital).

Generally, the Office of Thrift Supervision is required to appoint a receiver or conservator for a savings association that is “critically undercapitalized.”  The regulation also provides that a capital restoration plan must be filed with the Office of Thrift Supervision within 45 days of the date a savings association receives notice that it is “undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized” or “critically undercapitalized” or is deemed to have notice and the plan must be guaranteed by any parent holding company.  The aggregate liability of a parent holding company is limited to the lesser of:

  
an amount equal to 5% of the savings association’s total assets at the time it became "undercapitalized"; and
 
  
the amount that is necessary (or would have been necessary) to bring the association into compliance with all capital standards applicable with respect to such association as of the time it fails to comply withy a capital restoration plan.

If a savings association fails to submit an acceptable plan, it is treated as if it were “significantly undercapitalized.”  In addition, numerous mandatory supervisory restrictions become immediately applicable to the savings association, including, but not limited to, restrictions on growth, investment activities, capital distributions and affiliate transactions.  The Office of Thrift Supervision may also take any one of a number of discretionary supervisory actions against undercapitalized savings associations, including the issuance of a capital directive and the replacement of senior executive officers and directors.  At June 30, 2007, Kaiser Federal Bank met the criteria for being considered “well-capitalized.”

Deposit Insurance.  Kaiser Federal Bank is a member of the Deposit Insurance Fund, maintained by the FDIC, and Kaiser Federal Bank pays its deposit insurance assessments to the Deposit Insurance Fund.  The Deposit Insurance Fund was formed on March 31, 2006 following the merger of the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund in accordance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 (the “Deposit Insurance Fund Act”).  In addition to

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merging the insurance funds, the Deposit Insurance Fund Act established a statutory minimum and maximum designated reserve ratio for the Deposit Insurance Fund and granted the FDIC greater flexibility in establishing the required reserve ratio.  In its regulations implementing the Deposit Insurance Fund Act, the FDIC has set the current annual designated reserve ratio for the Deposit Insurance Fund at 1.25%.

In order to maintain the Deposit Insurance Fund, member institutions are assessed an insurance premium.  The amount of each institution’s premium is currently based on the balance of insured deposits and the degree of risk the institution poses to the Deposit Insurance Fund.  Under the assessment system, the FDIC assigns an institution to one of nine risk categories using a two-step process based first on capital ratios (the capital group assignment) and then on other relevant information (the supervisory subgroup assignment).  Each risk category is assigned an assessment rate.  Assessment rates currently range from .05% 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 0.43% of deposits for an institution in the lowest category (i.e., undercapitalized and substantial supervisory concerns).  The FDIC is authorized to raise the assessment rates as necessary to maintain the Deposit Insurance Fund.  The Kaiser Federal Bank assessment rate at June 30, 2007 was .05% per $100 of deposits.  Any increase in insurance assessments could have an adverse effect on the earnings of insured institutions, including Kaiser Federal Bank.

In addition, all FDIC -insured institutions are required to pay a pro rata portion of the interest due on obligations issued by the Financing Corporation to fund the closing and disposal of failed thrift institutions by the Resolution Trust Corporation.  At June 30, 2007, the FDIC assessed Deposit Insurance Fund- insured deposits 1.22 (0.122%) basis points per $100 of deposits to cover those obligations.  The Financing Corporation rate is adjusted quarterly to reflect changes in assessment bases of the Deposit Insurance Fund.  This obligation will continue until the Financing Corporation bonds mature in 2017.

Assessments.  The Office of Thrift Supervision charges assessments to recover the cost of examining federal savings associations and their affiliates.  These assessments are based on three components: (i) the size of the institution on which the basic assessment is based; (ii) the institution’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 (iii) the complexity of the institution’s operations, which results in an additional assessment based on a percentage of the basic assessment for any savings institution 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.

The Office of Thrift Supervision also assesses fees against savings and loan holding companies, such as K-Fed Bancorp.  The Office of Thrift Supervision semi-annual assessment for savings and loan holding companies includes a $3,000 base assessment with an additional assessment based on the holding company’s risk or complexity, organizational form and condition.

Prohibitions Against Tying Arrangements.  Federal savings associations are prohibited, subject to some exceptions, from extending credit to or offering any other service, or fixing or varying the consideration for such extension of credit or service, on the condition that the customer obtain some additional service from the savings association or its affiliates or not obtain services of a competitor of the savings association.

Federal Home Loan Bank System.  Kaiser Federal Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which consists of 12 regional Federal Home Loan Banks each of which is subject to regulation and supervision of the Federal Housing Finance Board.  The Federal Home Loan Bank

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 System provides a central credit facility primarily for member institutions as well as other entities involved in home mortgage lending.  It is funded primarily from proceeds derived from the sale of consolidated obligations of the Federal Home Loan Banks.  It makes loans or advances to members in accordance with policies and procedures, including collateral requirements, established by the respective boards of directors of the Federal Home Loan Banks.  These policies and procedures are subject to the regulation and oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Board.  All long-term advances are required to provide funds for residential home financing.  The Federal Housing Finance Board has also established standards of community or investment service that members must meet to maintain access to such long-term advances.  As a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Fransico, Kaiser Federal Bank is required to acquire and hold shares of capital stock in the Federal Home Loan Bank.  As of June 30, 2007, Kaiser Federal Bank was in compliance with this requirement.

Federal Reserve System

Institutions must maintain a reserve of 3% against aggregate transaction accounts between $7.8 million and $48.3 million (subject to adjustment by the Federal Reserve Board) plus a reserve of 10% (subject to adjustment by the Federal Reserve Board between 8% and 14%) against that portion of total transaction accounts in excess of $48.3 million.  The first $7.8 million of otherwise reservable balances is exempt from the reserve requirements.  Kaiser Federal 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 Kaiser Federal Bank’s interest-earning assets.  At June 30, 2007, Kaiser Federal Bank was in compliance with these reserve requirements.  The balances maintained to meet the reserve requirements imposed by the Federal Reserve Board may be used to satisfy liquidity requirements imposed by the Office of Thrift Supervision.

The USA PATRIOT Act

The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 or the USA PATRIOT Act gives the federal government new powers to address terrorist threats through enhanced domestic security measures, expanded surveillance powers, increased information sharing and broadened anti-money laundering requirements.  Certain provisions of the Act impose affirmative obligations on a broad range of financial institutions, including federal savings associations, like Kaiser Federal Bank.  These obligations include enhanced anti-money laundering programs, customer identification programs and regulations relating to private banking accounts or correspondence accounts in the United States for non-United States persons or their representatives (including foreign individuals visiting the United States).

Kaiser Federal Bank has established policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act’s provisions, and the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on our operations has not been material.

Privacy Requirements of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 provided for sweeping financial modernization for commercial banks, savings banks, securities firms, insurance companies, and other financial institutions operating in the United States.  Among other provisions, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act places limitations on the sharing of consumer financial information with unaffiliated third parties.  Specifically, the Gramm- Leach-Bliley Act requires all financial institutions offering financial products

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 or services to retail customers to provide such customers with the financial institution’s privacy policy and provide such customers the opportunity to “opt out” of the sharing of personal financial information with unaffiliated third parties.


Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

As a public company, K-Fed Bancorp is subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which implements a broad range of corporate governance and accounting measures for public companies designed to promote honesty and transparency in corporate America and better protect investors from corporate wrongdoing.  The Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s principal legislation and the derivative regulation and rule making promulgated by the SEC includes:

  
the creation of an independent accounting oversight board;

  
auditor independence provisions which restrict non-audit services that accountants may provide to their audit clients;

  
additional corporate governance and responsibility measures, including the requirement that the chief executive officer and chief financial officer certify financial statements;

  
a requirement that companies establish and maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting and that a company’s management provide an annual report regarding its assessment of the effectiveness of such internal control over financial reporting to the company’s independent accountants and that such accountants provide an attestation report with respect to management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting;

  
the forfeiture of bonuses or other incentive-based compensation and profits from the sale of an issuer’s securities by directors and senior officers in the twelve month period following initial publication of any financial statements that later require restatement;

  
an increase in the oversight of, and enhancement of certain requirements relating to audit committees of public companies and how they interact with the company’s independent auditors;

  
requirement that audit committee members must be independent and are absolutely barred from accepting consulting, advisory or other compensatory fees from the issuer;

  
requirement that companies disclose whether at least one member of the committee is a
 
“financial expert” (as such term is defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission) and if not, why not;

  
expanded disclosure requirements for corporate insiders, including accelerated reporting of stock transactions by insiders and a prohibition  on insider  trading during pension blackout periods;

  
a prohibition on personal loans to directors and officers, except certain loans made by insured financial institutions;

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disclosure of a code of ethics and filing a Form 8-K for a change or waiver of such code;

  
mandatory disclosure by analysts of potential conflicts of interest; and

  
a range of enhanced penalties for fraud and other violations.

Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act prohibits the extension of personal loans to directors and executive officers of issuers (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley).  The prohibition, however, does not apply to loans made by an insured depository institution, such as Kaiser Federal Bank, that are subject to the insider lending restrictions of Regulation O of the Federal Reserve Board.

Federal Securities Laws

The stock of K-Fed Bancorp is registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. K-Fed Bancorp is subject to the information, proxy solicitation, insider trading restrictions and other requirements of the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
K-Fed Bancorp stock held by persons who are affiliates of K-Fed Bancorp may not be resold without registration unless sold in accordance with certain resale restrictions. Affiliates are generally considered to be officers, directors and principal stockholders. If K-Fed Bancorp meets specified current public information requirements, each affiliate of K-Fed Bancorp will be able to sell in the public market, without registration, a limited number of shares in any three-month period.


TAXATION

Federal Taxation

General.  K-Fed Bancorp and Kaiser Federal Bank are subject to federal income taxation in the same general manner as other corporations, with some exceptions discussed below. The following discussion of taxation is intended only to summarize pertinent federal income tax matters and is not a comprehensive description of the tax rules applicable to K-Fed Bancorp or Kaiser Federal Bank.  Neither K-Fed Bancorp nor Kaiser Federal Bank’s federal income tax returns have ever been audited by the Internal Revenue Service.

Method of Accounting.  For federal income tax purposes, K-Fed Bancorp and Kaiser Federal Bank currently reports their income and expenses on the accrual method of accounting and uses a fiscal year ending on June 30, for filing their federal income tax returns.

Minimum Tax.  The Internal Revenue Code imposes an alternative minimum tax at a rate of 20% on a base of regular taxable income plus certain tax preferences, called alternative minimum taxable income. The alternative minimum tax is payable to the extent such alternative minimum taxable income is in excess of an exemption amount.  Net Operating losses can offset no more than 90% of alternative minimum taxable income.  Certain payments of alternative minimum tax may be used as credits against regular tax liabilities in future years.  Kaiser Federal Bank has not been subject to the alternative minimum tax, nor do we have any such amounts available as credits for carryover.

Net Operating Loss Carryovers.  A financial institution may carryback net operating losses to the preceding two taxable years and forward to the succeeding 20 taxable years.  This provision applies to losses incurred in taxable years beginning after August 6, 1997.  At June 30, 2007, Kaiser Federal

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 Bank had no net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes.

Corporate Dividends-Received Deduction.  K-Fed Bancorp may eliminate from its income dividends received from Kaiser Federal Bank as a wholly owned subsidiary of K-Fed Bancorp if it elects to file a consolidated return with Kaiser Federal Bank.  The corporate dividends-received deduction is 100% or 80%, in the case of dividends received from coporations with which a corporate recipient does not file a consolidated tax return, depending on the level of stock ownership of the payor of the dividend. Corporations which own less than 20% of the stock of a corporation distributing a dividend may deduct 70% of dividends received or accrued on their behalf.

State Taxation

K-Fed Bancorp and Kaiser Federal Bank are subject to the California Corporate (Franchise) tax which is assessed at the rate of 10.84%.  For this purpose, taxable income generally means federal taxable income subject to certain modifications provided for in California law.


 

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The following are certain risk factors that could impact our business, financial results and results of operations. Investing in our common stock involves risks, including those described below. These risk factors should be considered by prospective and current investors in our common stock when evaluating the disclosures in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (particularly the forward-looking statements.) These risk factors could cause actual results and conditions to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. If the risks we face, including those listed below, actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be negatively impacted, and the trading price of our common stock could decline, which may cause you to lose all or part of your investment.

The Current Interest Rate Environment Has Had And Can Have An Adverse Effect On Our Net Interest Income.

Net income is the amount by which net interest income and non-interest income exceeds non-interest expenses and the provision for loan losses. Net interest income makes up a majority of our income and is based on the difference between:
 
·  
the interest income we earn on our interest-earning assets, such as loans and securities; and

·  
the interest we pay on our interest-bearing liabilities, such as deposits and borrowings.

A substantial percentage of our interest-earning assets, such as residential mortgage loans, have longer maturities than our interest-bearing liabilities, which consist primarily of deposits and borrowings.  As a result, our net interest income is adversely affected if the average cost of our interest-bearing liabilities increases more rapidly than the average yield on our interest-earning assets.

Long-term interest rates are generally higher than short-term interest rates.  In the past few years, however, the difference between long-term rates and short-term rates has narrowed from historical levels, placing pressure on our net interest income.  Our average net interest rate spread (the difference between the weighted-average yield on interest-earning assets and the weighted average cost of interest-bearing liabilities) decreased to 1.87% for the year ended June 30, 2007 from 2.17% and 2.48% for the years ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and our net interest margin (net interest income as a percent of average interest-earning assets) decreased to 2.43% for the year ended June 30, 2007 from 2.66% and 2.93% for the years ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.  We expect that our net interest rate spread and net interest margin will continue to be compressed in the current interest rate environment, which will have a negative effect on our profitability.

Our Loan Portfolio Possesses Increased Risk Due To Our Level Of Multi-Family Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate And Consumer Loans Which Could Increase Our Level Of Provision For Loan Losses.

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Our outstanding multi-family real estate, commercial real estate and consumer loans accounted for 33.1% of our total loan portfolio as of June 30, 2007.  Generally, management considers these types of loans to involve a higher degree of risk compared to permanent first mortgage loans on one- to four-family, owner occupied residential properties.  These loans have higher risks than permanent loans secured by residential real estate for the following reasons:

·  
Multi-Family Real Estate Loans.  These loans are underwritten on the income producing potential of the property, financial strength of the borrower and any guarantors.  Repayment is dependent on income being generated in amounts sufficient to cover operating expenses and debt service.
 
·  
Commercial Real Estate Loans.  These loans are underwritten on the income producing potential of the property, financial strength of the borrower and any guarantors.  Repayment is dependent on income being generated in amounts sufficient to cover operating expenses and debt service.
 
·  
Consumer Loans.  Consumer loans (such as automobile loans) are collateralized, if at all, by assets that may not provide adequate source of repayment of the loan due to depreciation, damage or loss.  As a result, consumer loan collections are dependent on the borrower continuing financial stability and thus, are more likely to be adversely affected by job loss, divorce, illness or personal bankruptcy.
 
Management plans to increase emphasis on higher yielding products such as multi-family and commercial real estate loans, while maintaining a moderate growth of one- to four-family residential real estate loans.  As such, management may determine it necessary to increase the level of provision for loan losses.  Increased provisions for loan losses could negatively affect our results of operation.

Future Changes in Interest Rates Could Reduce Our Net Interest Income.

To be profitable, we must earn more money in interest received on loans and investments than what we pay in interest to depositors and lenders.  The Federal Reserve Board increased the targeted Federal Funds Rate four times during calendar year 2006 from 4.25% to 5.25%, with all increases occurring during the first six months of 2006. The targeted Federal Funds Rate has a direct correlation to general rates of interest, including our interest-bearing deposits.  Kaiser Federal Bank’s mix of asset and liabilities are considered to be sensitive to interest rate changes. Accordingly, if short-term interest rates continue to rise, net interest income could be reduced because interest paid on interest-bearing liabilities, including deposits and borrowings, increases more quickly than interest received on interest-earning assets, including loans and mortgage-backed and related securities.  In addition, rising interest rates may negatively affect income because higher rates may reduce the demand for loans and the value of mortgage-related and investment securities.  However, in a declining rate environment, we may be susceptible to the prepayment or refinancing of high rate loans, which could reduce net interest income.

We Purchase A Large Percentage Of Our Real Estate Mortgage Loans From Third Parties And Our Net Income Would Be Negatively Affected If We Are Unable To Continue To Purchase These Loans.

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We have purchased without recourse a substantial number of our one- to four-family real estate mortgage loans from large third party originators since 2001. Purchased real estate loans, as of June 30, 2007, were $391.9 million or 83.5% of our $469.5 million one- to four-family real estate mortgage loan portfolio.  All of our real estate loans are secured by properties located in the State of California.  We purchase these loans, with servicing retained by the seller, in order to increase our net interest income. We avoid the costs of additional origination staff and infrastructure and thus increase the profitability from these loans.  We review each loan to ensure that it meets our own underwriting standards before making any commitment to purchase the loan.  Should we be unable to purchase loans from these third party originators in the future due to pricing considerations, loan quality or acceptable sellers, among other factors, our ability to originate residential mortgage loans may be disrupted unless we are able to find suitable replacements or have the capability to produce a greater volume of mortgage originations through our lending staff. A disruption to our residential mortgage lending program may negatively impact our net income.

Our Loan Portfolio Possesses Increased Risk Due To Its Rapid Expansion, Unseasoned Nature And Amount Of Nonconforming Loans.

From June 30, 2003 to June 30, 2007, our loan portfolio has grown by $309.5 million or 79.4%.  As a result of this rapid expansion, a significant portion of our portfolio is unseasoned and may not have had sufficient time to perform to properly indicate the potential magnitude of losses. Our unseasoned adjustable rate loans have not, therefore, been subject to an interest rate environment that causes them to adjust to the maximum level and may involve risks resulting from potentially increasing payment obligations by the borrower as a result of the repricing. A significant portion of our one- to four-family residential loans are non-conforming to secondary market requirements, due mainly to the large loan size or loan terms, and are therefore, not saleable to Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae.  At June 30, 2007, about 40.9% of our one- to four-family loan portfolio consisted of loans that were considered nonconforming due to loan size.

As of June 30, 2007, we held in portfolio approximately $100.4 million in one-to four-family interest-only mortgage loans.  This amount represents 14.3% of our gross loan portfolio, with $54.4 million of that amount comprised of adjustable rate loans.  The interest rate on these loans are initially fixed for three, five or seven year terms and then adjust in accordance with the terms of the loan to require payment of both principal and interest in order to amortize the loan for the remainder of the term. Since 2005, we have originated or purchased interest-only loans on the basis that the loan is fully amortizing and for an adjustable rate loan by qualifying the borrower based upon the rate that would apply upon the first interest rate adjustment. We have also purchased loans to borrowers who provide limited or no documentation of assets or income, known as stated income loans.  At June 30, 2007, we had $79.4 million in fixed rate stated income loans and $39.4 million in adjustable rate stated income loans.

Non-conforming one- to four-family residential loans are generally considered to have an increased risk of delinquency and foreclosure than conforming loans and may result in higher levels of provision expense.  For example, if the interest rate adjustment results in the borrower being unable to make higher payments of both interest and principal or to refinance the loan, we would be required to initiate collection efforts including foreclosure in order to protect our investment.  Although we have not experienced such increased delinquencies or foreclosures in the current

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 economy, there can be no assurance that our nonconforming loan portfolio would not be adversely affected in the event of a downturn in regional or national economic conditions.  In addition, there can be no assurance, that we will recover funds in an amount equal to any remaining loan balance. Consequently, we could sustain loan losses and potentially incur a higher provision for loan loss expense.

If The Allowance For Loan Losses Is Not Sufficient To Cover Actual Losses, Net Income May Be Negatively Affected.

In the event that loan customers do not repay their loans according to their terms and the collateral security for the payments of these loans is insufficient to pay any remaining loan balance, we may experience significant loan losses. Such credit risk is inherent in the lending business, and failure to adequately assess such credit risk could have a material adverse affect on our financial condition and results of operations. Management makes various assumptions and judgments about the collectibility of the loan portfolio, including the creditworthiness of the borrowers and the value of the real estate and other assets serving as collateral for the repayment of many of the loans. In determining the amount of the allowance for loans losses, management reviews the loan portfolio and Kaiser Federal Bank’s historical loss and delinquency experience, as well as overall economic conditions. If management’s assumptions are incorrect, the allowance for loan losses may be insufficient to cover probable incurred losses in the loan portfolio, resulting in additions to the allowance.  The allowance for loan losses is also periodically reviewed by the Office of Thrift Supervision, who may disagree with the allowance and require us to increase such amount.  Additions to the allowance for loans losses would be made through increased provisions for loan losses and could negatively affect our results of operations. At June 30, 2007, our allowance for loan losses was $2.8 million, or 0.40% of total loans and 245.84% of non-performing loans.

We Depend On Our Management Team To Implement Our Business Strategy And Execute Successful Operations And We Could Be Harmed By The Loss Of Their Services.

We are dependent upon the services of our senior management team.  Our strategy and operations are directed by the senior management team. Currently, neither our president and chief executive officer nor our three other executive officers have employment agreements with Kaiser Federal Bank. Any loss of the services of the president and chief executive officer or other members of the management team could impact our ability to implement our business strategy, and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and our ability to compete in our markets.

Strong Competition In Our Primary Market Area May Reduce Our Ability To Attract And Retain Deposits And Also May Increase Our Cost of Funds.

We operate in a very competitive market for the attraction of deposits, the primary source of our funding.  Historically, our most direct competition for deposits has come from credit unions, community banks, large commercial banks and thrift institutions within our primary market areas.  In recent years competition has also come from institutions that largely deliver their services over the internet.  Such competitors have the competitive advantage of lower infrastructure costs.  Particularly in times of extremely low or extremely high interest rates, we have faced significant competition for investors’ funds from short-term money market securities and other corporate and government securities.  During periods of regularly increasing interest rates, competition for interest bearing deposits increases as customers, particularly time deposit customers, tend to move their accounts

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 between competing businesses to obtain the highest rates in the market. As a result, Kaiser Federal Bank incurs a higher cost of funds in an effort to attract and retain customer deposits.  We strive to grow our lower cost deposits, such as non-interest bearing checking accounts, in order to reduce our cost of funds.

Strong Competition In Our Primary Market Area May Reduce Our Ability To Obtain Loans And Also Decrease Our Yield On Loans.

We are located in a competitive market that affects our ability to obtain loans through origination or purchase as well as originating them at rates that provide an attractive yield.  Competition for loans comes principally from mortgage bankers, commercial banks, other thrift institutions, nationally based homebuilders and credit unions.  Internet based lenders have also become a greater competitive factor in recent years.  Such competition for the origination and purchase of loans may limit future growth and earnings prospects.

If Economic Conditions Deteriorate In Our Primary Market Of Southern California, Our Results Of Operations And Financial Condition Could Be Adversely Impacted As Borrowers’ Ability To Repay Loans Declines And The Value Of The Collateral Securing Loans Decreases.

Our financial results may be adversely affected by changes in prevailing economic conditions, including decreases in real estate values, changes in interest rates which may cause a decrease in interest rate spreads, adverse employment conditions, the monetary and fiscal policies of the federal and California state governments and other significant external events.  As of June 30, 2007, 66.9% or $469.5 million of our loan portfolio consisted of loans secured by one- to four-family residences.  All our loans are secured by real estate located in California.  Decreases in California real estate values have adversely affected the value of property used as collateral.  In the event that we are required to foreclose on a property securing a mortgage loan or pursue other remedies in order to protect our investment, there can be no assurance that we will recover funds in an amount equal to any remaining loan balance as a result of prevailing general economic or local conditions, real estate values and other factors associated with the ownership of real property.  As a result, the market value of the real estate or other collateral underlying the loans may not, at any given time, be sufficient to satisfy the outstanding principal amount of the loans. Consequently, we would sustain loan losses and potentially incur a higher provision for loan loss expense. Adverse changes in the economy may also have a negative effect on the ability of borrowers to make timely repayments of their loans, which could have an adverse impact on earnings.
 
We Operate In A Highly Regulated Environment And May Be Adversely Affected By Changes In Laws And Regulations.

Kaiser Federal Bank is subject to extensive regulation, supervision and examination by the Office of Thrift Supervision, its chartering authority, and by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insures Kaiser Federal Bank’s deposits.  As a thrift holding company, we are subject to regulation and supervision by the Office of Thrift Supervision.  Such regulation and supervision govern the activities in which financial institutions and their holding companies may engage and are intended primarily for the protection of the federal deposit insurance fund and depositors.  These regulatory authorities have extensive discretion in connection with their supervisory and enforcement activities, including the imposition of restrictions on the operations of financial institutions, the classification of assets by financial institutions and the adequacy of

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financial institutions’ allowance for loan losses.  Any change in such regulation and oversight, whether in the form of regulatory policy, regulations, or legislation, could have a material impact on Kaiser Federal Bank and K-Fed Bancorp or its successor.
 
Kaiser Federal Bank’s operations are also subject to extensive regulation by other federal, state and local governmental authorities, and are subject to various laws and judicial and administrative decisions that impose requirements and restrictions on operations.  These laws, rules and regulations are frequently changed by legislative and regulatory authorities.  There can be no assurance that changes to existing laws, rules and regulations, or any other new laws, rules or regulations, will not be adopted in the future, which could make compliance more difficult or expensive or otherwise adversely affect the business, financial condition or prospects.
 

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None.

 
 
At June 30, 2007, we had three full service offices and six financial service centers. Our financial service centers provide all the same services as a full service office except they do not dispense cash, but cash is available from an ATM located on site. The net book value of our investment in premises, equipment and fixtures, excluding computer equipment, was $2.7 million at June 30, 2007.
 
The following table provides a list of our main and branch offices.
 
 
 
Location
 
 
Owned or Leased
 
 
Lease Expiration Date
 
Deposits at
June 30, 2007
(In thousands)
             
HOME AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE
           
1359 North Grand Avenue
Covina, CA 91724
 
Leased
 
April 2010
 
$65,645
             
             
BRANCH OFFICES:
           
252 South Lake Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
 
Leased
 
May 2015
 
$46,396
             
3375 Scott Boulevard, Suite 312
Santa Clara, CA 95054
 
Leased
 
May 2009
 
$55,455
             
9844 Sierra Avenue, Suite A
Fontana, CA 92335
 
Leased
 
September 2011
 
$41,041
             
8501 Van Nuys Boulevard
Panorama City, CA 91402
 
Leased
 
March 2011
 
$116,009
             
10105 Rosecrans Avenue
Bellflower, CA 90706
 
Leased
 
March 2011
 
$46,698
             
26640 Western Avenue, Suite N
Harbor City, CA 90170
 
Leased
 
February 2011
 
$22,047
             
1110 N. Virgil Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
 
Leased
 
March 31, 2011
 
$66,480
             
11810 Pierce Street, Suite 150
Riverside, CA 92505
 
Owned
 
n/a
 
$34,357

 

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We believe that our current facilities are adequate to meet the present and immediately foreseeable needs of Kaiser Federal Bank and K-Fed Bancorp.
 
We use an in-house system with support provided by a third-party vendor to maintain our data base of depositor and borrower customer information. The net book value of our data processing and computer equipment at June 30, 2007 was $743,000.
 

 
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
 
In March 2007, U.S. Mortgage converted its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding to a Chapter 7 in the District Court of Nevada. U.S. Mortgage was responsible for servicing various commercial real estate participation loans totaling approximately $1.0 million that Kaiser Federal Bank purchased from the company. Through this transition period, all servicing functions of U.S. Mortgage are being handled by the Bankruptcy Trustee.

During the course of these proceedings, U.S. Bank has asserted a claim against $1.0 million in loan principal being serviced by U.S. Mortgage on the basis that U.S. Bank has a priority right to the funds. Kaiser Federal Bank is vigorously contesting this claim and believes it has the priority ownership interest in these loans.
 

 
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
 

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Part II.
 
 
Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “KFED.” K-Fed Mutual Holding Company owns 8,861,750 shares, or 63.5% of our outstanding common stock. The approximate number of holders of record of the Company’s common stock as of June 30, 2007 was 2,436.  Certain shares of the Company are held in “nominee” or “street” name and accordingly, the number of beneficial owners of such shares is not known or included in the foregoing number. The following table presents quarterly market information for the Company’s common stock for the two fiscal years ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006. The Company began trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market on March 31, 2004. The following information was provided by the NASDAQ Stock Market.

   
Market Price Range
     
   
High
 
Low
 
Dividends
 
Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2007
             
Quarter ended September 30, 2006
 
$
16.09
 
$
14.25
 
$
0.09
 
Quarter ended December 31, 2006
 
$
19.25
 
$
16.09
 
$
0.10
 
Quarter ended March 31, 2007
 
$
20.05
 
$
18.45
 
$
0.10
 
Quarter ended June 30, 2007
 
$
19.70
 
$
14.51
 
$
0.10
 

 
   
Market Price Range
     
   
High
 
Low
 
Dividends
 
Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2006
             
Quarter ended September 30, 2005
 
$
13.04
 
$
12.13
 
$
0.06
 
Quarter ended December 31, 2005
 
$
12.54
 
$
11.88
 
$
0.07
 
Quarter ended March 31, 2006
 
$
12.74
 
$
12.05
 
$
0.07
 
Quarter ended June 30, 2006
 
$
14.49
 
$
12.61
 
$
0.08
 
 
Dividend Policy
 
Dividend payments by K-Fed Bancorp are dependent primarily on dividends it receives from Kaiser Federal Bank. A regulation of the Office of Thrift Supervision imposes limitations on “capital distributions” by savings institutions. The Board of Directors of the Bank declared and paid to the Company $10.0 million in dividends during fiscal 2007. No capital distributions to the Company were made during fiscal 2006. The distributions made during fiscal 2007 were for the purpose of repurchasing shares of Company common stock. See “How We Are Regulated – Capital Distributions.”
 

 

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Equity Compensation Plans
 
Set forth below is information, as of June 30, 2007, regarding equity compensation plans categorized by those plans that have been approved by stockholders and those plans that have not been approved by stockholders.
 
Plan
 
Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options and Rights(1)
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price(2)
 
Number of Securities Remaining Available For Issuance Under Plan
 
               
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders
   
568,675
 
$
14.90
   
208,555
 
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders
   
   
   
 
Total
   
568,675
 
$
14.90
   
208,555
 
 
______________________
(1)
Consists of options to purchase 568,675 shares of common stock under the 2004 K-Fed Bancorp Stock Option Plan.
(2)
The weighted average exercise price reflects the exercise price of 14.90 per share.  Does not take into effect the grant of shares of restricted stock.


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Stock Performance Graph
 
Set forth hereunder is a stock performance graph comparing (a) the cumulative total return on the common stock of K-Fed Bancorp between March 31, 2004, the day the common stock commenced trading, and June 30, 2007, (b) the cumulative total return on stocks included in the Total Return Index for the NASDAQ Composite over such period, and (c) the cumulative total return on stocks included in the NASDAQ Bank Index over such period. Cumulative return assumes the reinvestment of dividends, and is expressed in dollars based on an assumed investment of $100.
 
Total Performance Return
 
 
There can be no assurance that K-Fed Bancorp stock performance will continue in the future with the same or similar trend depicted in the graph. K-Fed Bancorp will not make or endorse any predictions as to future stock performance.


 
 

 
 
 
 
Period Ending
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Index
03/31/04
06/30/04
09/30/04
12/31/04
03/31/05
06/30/05
09/30/05
12/31/05
03/31/06
06/30/06
09/30/06
12/31/06
03/31/07
06/30/07
K-Fed Bancorp
100.00
94.51
109.34
111.28
94.29
91.45
94.37
91.10
95.18
110.67
122.54
144.40
144.26
122.46
NASDAQ Composite
100.00
102.80
95.36
109.54
100.83
103.93
107.90
110.59
117.33
108.92
113.25
121.11
121.43
130.54
NASDAQ Bank
100.00
91.29
95.58
103.34
98.30
102.92
96.34
101.97
104.78
108.37
111.06
115.90
110.69
106.86

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period
 
Total Number of Shares Purchased
 
Average Price Paid Per Share
 
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans*
 
Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet be Purchased Under the Plan
 
4/1/07 – 4/30/07
 
15,000
 
$
18.89
 
261,750
 
5,716
 
5/1/07 – 5/31/07
 
5,716
 
$
18.65
 
267,216
 
 
6/1/07 – 6/30/07
 
 
$
 
 
 
______________________
 
*   On July 5, 2006, the board of directors authorized an additional stock repurchase program for up to 5% or 267,216 shares, of K-Fed Bancorp’s outstanding common stock. On May 14, 2007, the Company completed the aforementioned stock repurchase program.
 
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The following table sets forth certain consolidated financial and other data of the Company at the dates and for the periods indicated. The information set forth below should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included herein at Item 7 and the consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in Item 8 and beginning on page 95.
 
   
At June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
2003
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Selected Financial Condition Data:
                               
Total assets
 
$
799,625
 
$
738,899
 
$
639,882
 
$
584,422
 
$
433,753
 
Total cash and cash equivalents
   
26,732
   
25,579
   
17,315
   
12,158
   
16,190
 
Loans receivable, net
   
699,143
   
634,093
   
537,567
   
496,206
   
389,640
 
Securities available-for-sale
   
13,579
   
11,289
   
18,848
   
21,003
   
 
Securities held-to-maturity
   
21,096
   
24,738
   
30,834
   
41,361
   
14,247
 
Interest-earning deposits in other financial institutions
   
2,970
   
9,010
   
9,010
   
2,970
   
6,437
 
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
   
9,870
   
8,746
   
4,027
   
3,290
   
2,602
 
Total deposits(1)
   
494,128
   
463,454
   
475,792
   
422,953
   
346,239
 
Total borrowings
   
210,016
   
179,948
   
70,777
   
70,000
   
50,000
 
Total stockholders’ equity
   
92,317
   
92,657
   
90,760
   
89,116
   
35,395
 
                                 
Selected Operations Data:
                               
Total interest income
 
$
41,166
 
$
35,821
 
$
28,168
 
$
22,037
 
$
20,444
 
Total interest expense
   
23,140
   
17,464
   
10,800
   
9,622
   
8,365
 
Net interest income
   
18,026
   
18,357
   
17,368
   
12,415
   
12,079
 
Provision for loan losses
   
529
   
652
   
406
   
483
   
1,124
 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
   
17,497
   
17,705
   
16,962
   
11,932
   
10,955
 
                                 
Total noninterest income
   
4,259
   
3,426
   
3,056
   
3,229
   
3,186
 
                                 
Total noninterest expense
   
14,518
   
13,476
   
12,041
   
10,000
   
9,992
 
                                 
Income before income tax expense
   
7,238
   
7,655
   
7,977
   
5,161
   
4,149
 
                                 
Income tax expense
   
2,534
   
2,726
   
2,980
   
1,993
   
1,710
 
                                 
Net income
 
$
4,704
 
$
4,929
 
$
4,997
 
$
3,168
 
$
2,439
 
                                 
Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.35
 
$
0.36
 
$
0.36
 
$
0.06
 
$
n/m
 
                                 
Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.34
 
$
0.36
 
$
0.36
 
$
0.06
 
$
n/m
 
                                 
Dividends per share
 
$
0.39
 
$
0.28
 
$
0.16
 
$
 
$
 
                                 
(1) On September 24, 2004, the Bank acquired $61.0 million in deposits from Pan America Bank.

 

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At or for the Year Ended June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
2003
 
       
Selected Operating Ratios:
                               
Return on assets (ratio of net income to average total assets)
   
0.61
 %
 
0.68
 %
 
0.82
 %
 
0.58
 %
 
0.68
 %
Return on equity (ratio of net income to average total equity)
   
5.09
 %
 
5.33
 %
 
5.49
 %
 
6.05
 %
 
7.13
 %
Dividend payout ratio (1)
   
112.69
 %
 
78.62
 %
 
44.80
 %
 
n/a
   
n/a
 
Ratio of noninterest expense to average total assets
   
1.89
 %
 
1.87
 %
 
1.97
 %
 
1.82
 %
 
2.77
 %
Efficiency ratio (2)
   
65.15
 %
 
61.86
 %
 
58.96
 %
 
63.92
 %
 
65.46
 %
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
   
117.84
 %
 
119.38
 %
 
124.49
 %
 
117.32
 %
 
118.57
 %
Average interest rate spread
   
1.87
 %
 
2.17
 %
 
2.48
 %
 
2.03
 %
 
2.98
 %
Interest rate spread at end of period
   
1.84
 %
 
2.18
 %
 
2.33
 %
 
2.31
 %
 
2.84
 %
Net interest margin (3)
   
2.43
 %
 
2.66
 %
 
2.93
 %
 
2.34
 %
 
3.42
 %
                                 
Asset Quality Ratios:
                               
Non-performing assets to total assets
   
0.18
 %
 
0.02
 %
 
0.13
 %
 
0.02
 %
 
0.01
 %
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans(4)
   
245.84
 %
 
4062.69
 %
 
305.97
 %
 
2839.02
 %
 
8773.08
 %
Allowance for loan losses to total loans (4) (5)
   
0.40
 %
 
0.43
 %
 
0.45
 %
 
0.47
 %
 
0.58
 %
Net charge-offs to average outstanding loans
   
0.07
 %
 
0.06
 %
 
0.06
 %
 
0.11
 %
 
0.19
 %
Non-performing loans to total loans
   
0.16
 %
 
0.01
 %
 
0.15
 %
 
0.02
 %
 
0.01
 %
                                 
Capital Ratios:
                               
Equity to total assets at end of period
   
11.55
 %
 
12.54
 %
 
14.18
 %
 
15.25
 %
 
8.16
 %
Average equity to average assets
   
12.00
 %
 
12.84
 %
 
14.85
 %
 
9.56
 %
 
9.47
 %
Tier 1 leverage
   
8.32
 %
 
9.58
 %
 
10.17
 %
 
11.05
 %
 
8.16
 %
Tier 1 risk-based
   
12.76
 %
 
15.42
 %
 
16.12
 %
 
17.95
 %
 
14.20
 %
Total risk-based
   
13.30
 %
 
16.03
 %
 
16.74
 %
 
18.63
 %
 
15.11
 %
                                 
Other Data:
                               
Number of branches
   
9
   
7
   
5
   
4
   
3
 
Number of ATM’s
   
54
   
52
   
30
   
28
   
13
 
Number of loans
   
9,442
   
8,942
   
8,847
   
9,936
   
11,020
 
Number of deposit accounts
   
66,330
   
64,995
   
65,724
   
65,264
   
64,495
 
Assets in millions per total number of full-time equivalent employees
   
8.79
   
7.46
   
7.44
   
7.04
   
4.82
 
                                 
(1) The dividend payout ratio is calculated using dividends declared and not waived by the Company’s mutual holding company parent, K-Fed Mutual Holding Company, divided by net income.
(2) Efficiency ratio represents noninterest expense as a percentage of net interest income plus noninterest income, exclusive of securities gains and losses.
(3) Net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets.
(4) The allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003 was $2.8 million, $2.7 million, $2.4 million, $2.3 million, and $2.3 million, respectively.
(5) Total loans are net of deferred fees and costs .

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
Forward Looking Statements
 
This Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements, which are based on assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations of K-Fed Bancorp and Kaiser Federal Bank. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by use of the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” or similar words. Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is uncertain. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on our operations include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rates, general economic conditions, economic conditions in the state of California, legislative and regulatory changes, monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board, fiscal policies of the California State Government, the quality or composition of our loan or investment portfolios, demand for loan products, competition for and the availability of, loans that we purchase for our portfolio, deposit flows, competition, demand for financial services in our market areas and accounting principles and guidelines. These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and you should not rely too much on these statements.
 
Overview and Management Strategy
 
Our results of operations depend primarily on our net interest income, which is the difference between interest income on interest-earning assets, which principally consist of loans and investment securities, and interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities, which principally consist of deposits and borrowings. Our results of operations also are affected by the level of our provisions for loan losses, noninterest income and noninterest expenses. Noninterest income consists primarily of service charges on deposit accounts and ATM fees and charges. Noninterest expense consists primarily of salaries and employee benefits, occupancy, equipment, data processing, and ATM costs. Our results of operations may also be affected significantly by general and local economic and competitive conditions, changes in market interest rates, governmental policies and actions of regulatory authorities.
 
Our strategy continues to focus on operating as an independent financial institution dedicated to serving the needs of customers in our market area, which extends from Southern California to the San Francisco Bay area as a result of our history as a credit union serving the employees of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program. We intend to continue to attract retail deposits, with the goal of expanding the deposit base by building upon the existing market locations. We opened new financial service centers in Los Angeles and Riverside during the 2007 fiscal year as part of this effort.  Financial service centers provide all the services of a full service branch but do not dispense or accept cash except through an on-site ATM.  By utilizing a “cash-less” branch we are able to reduce personnel costs at the branch and improve our efficiency in the delivery of financial services.
 
We seek to accomplish this strategy by:
 
·  
Maintaining our cost efficiencies by continuing, for example, the purchase of loans to grow our loan portfolio and the use of financial service centers to expand our branch presence;
 
·  
Capitalizing on the profitability and growth opportunities in our retail banking network by expanding existing individual customer relationships and developing new customer relationships to increase our core deposits;
 

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·  
Increasing our commercial real estate and multi-family lending while maintaining a moderate growth of one-to four-family residential real estate loans through originations and purchases of such loans;
 
·  
Enhancing existing products and services, and supporting the development of new products and services by investing, for example, in technology to support the introduction of commercial deposit products such as sweep accounts and business checking;
 
·  
Continuing our branch expansion by building or leasing new branch facilities or by acquiring branches from other financial institutions or by acquiring financial institutions primarily in Southern California. We have no current understandings or agreements for any specific branch establishment or financial institution acquisition.
 
Remote access methods, such as our 54 ATM’s, audio response unit, call center, and internet banking / bill payer continue to process over 90% of our customer transactions. Branches and financial service centers strategically located for our markets provide touchstones to attract new account holders and facilitate transactions that cannot be completed electronically.
 
Historically, a majority of the deposits have been used to originate or purchase one- to four-family residential real estate, multi-family or commercial real estate loans. We anticipate we will continue this practice.  A majority of our loan portfolio consists of loans that we have purchased, using our own underwriting standards. We will continue to rely on purchased and broker sourced loans as a method of reducing costs related to internally generated loans since by purchasing loans we can increase our loan portfolio without adding additional staff. We will also continue to analyze the utilization of borrowed funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco to purchase attractive loan pools in an effort to leverage our current financial structure to further reduce marginal operating costs.
 
We have a commitment to our customers, existing and new, to provide high quality service. Our goal is to grow Kaiser Federal Bank while providing cost effective services to our market area.
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
In reviewing and understanding financial information for the Company, you are encouraged to read and understand the significant accounting policies used in preparing our consolidated financial statements.
 
These policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report and are essential in understanding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation. The accounting and financial reporting policies of the Company conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to general practices within the banking industry. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements require certain estimates, judgments, and assumptions, which are believed to be reasonable, based upon the information available. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the periods presented. The following accounting policies comprise those that management believes are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results.
 
Allowance for Loan Losses.  The allowance for loan losses is established through a provision for loan losses charged to expense. Loans are charged against the allowance for loan losses when management believes that collectibility of the principal is unlikely. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.
 
The allowance is an amount that management believes will absorb probable incurred losses relating
 

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 to specifically identified loans, as well as probable incurred credit losses inherent in the balance of the loan portfolio, based on an evaluation of the collectibility of existing loans and prior loss experience. This evaluation also takes into consideration such factors as changes in the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, overall portfolio quality, review of specific problem loans, and current economic conditions that may affect the borrower’s ability to pay. This evaluation does not include the effects of expected losses on specific loans or groups of loans that are related to future events or expected changes in economic conditions. While management uses the best information available to make its evaluation, future adjustments to the allowance may be necessary if there are significant changes in economic conditions. In addition, regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the allowance for loan losses, and may require adjustments to the allowance based on their judgment about information available to them at the time of their examinations.
 
The allowance consists of specific and general components. The specific component relates to loans that are classified as doubtful, substandard, or special mention. For such loans that are also classified as impaired, an allowance is established when the discounted cash flows (or collateral value or observable market price) of the impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of that loan. The general component covers non-classified loans and is based on historical loss experience for consumer loans and peer group loss experience for real estate loans adjusted for qualitative factors.
 
A loan is impaired when it is probable, based on current information and events, the Bank will be unable to collect all contractual principal and interest payments due in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. Commercial real estate loans are evaluated for impairment based on their past due status and are measured on an individual basis based on the present value of expected future cashflows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or, as a practical expedient, at the loan’s observable market price or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. The amount of impairment, if any, and any subsequent changes are included in the allowance for loan losses.
 
Large groups of smaller balance homogenous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. Accordingly, the Bank does not separately identify individual consumer and residential loans for impairment disclosures.
 
Loans. Loans are stated at the amount of unpaid principal, reduced by an allowance for loan losses and deferred net loan origination fees, and increased by net premiums on purchased loans. Interest on loans is recognized over the terms of the loans and is accrued as earned, using the effective interest rate. Net premiums on purchased loans are recognized in interest income as a yield adjustment over the estimated lives of the loan pools using the effective interest method. The estimated lives of these loan pools are re-evaluated periodically based on actual prepayments. The current estimated lives of these loan pools range from two to eight years. Loan fees and certain direct loan origination costs are deferred, and the net fee or cost is recognized as an adjustment to interest income using the effective interest method over the estimated lives of the related loans.
 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments. Fair values of financial instruments are estimated using relevant market information and other assumptions, as more fully disclosed in Note 15 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8. Fair value estimates involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment regarding interest rates, credit risk, prepayments, and other factors, especially in the absence of broad markets for particular items. Changes in assumptions or in market conditions could significantly affect the estimates.
 

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Comparison of Financial Condition at June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006.
 
General. Our total assets increased by $60.7 million, or 8.2%, to $799.6 million at June 30, 2007 compared to $738.9 million at June 30, 2006. The increase primarily reflects growth in our net loan portfolio of $65.0 million to $699.1 million at June 30, 2007 from $634.1 million at June 30, 2006. The increase in assets was funded by increases in borrowings and deposits. Borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank increased $30.1 million to $210.0 million at June 30, 2007 from $179.9 million at June 30, 2006. Deposits increased $30.6 million to $494.1 million at June 30, 2007 from $463.5 million at June 30, 2006. Stockholder’s equity decreased $340,000 to $92.3 million at June 30, 2007 from $92.7 million at June 30, 2006 due to stock repurchases and dividends to public stockholders that exceeded net income.
 
Loans. Our net loan portfolio increased $65.0 million, or 10.3%, to $699.1 million at June 30, 2007 from $634.1 million at June 30, 2006. This increase was primarily attributable to increases in one- to four-family real estate loans, which increased $32.5 million, or 7.4% to $469.5 million at June 30, 2007 from $437.0 million at June 30, 2006. Additional increases were experienced in commercial real estate loans, which increased $19.0 million, or 32.2% to $77.8 million at June 30, 2007 from $58.8 million at June 30, 2006. Consumer loans increased $14.9 million, or 28.7% to $66.6 million at June 30, 2007 from $51.7 million at June 30, 2006.  The overall loan mix remained relatively constant, with real estate loans comprising 90.5% of the total loan portfolio at June 30, 2007, compared with 91.9% at June 30, 2006. This growth in loans is consistent with our business strategy of utilizing deposits and other funding sources to expand our real estate loan portfolio.
 
Investments. Our investment portfolio (including mortgage-backed securities) decreased $1.3 million, or 3.8% to $34.7 million at June 30, 2007 from $36.0 million at June 30, 2006 due to maturity of existing securities offset by new purchases.
 
Interest earning deposits in other financial institutions was $3.0 million at June 30, 2007 compared to $9.0 million at June 30, 2006.
 
Deposits. Our total deposits increased $30.6 million, or 6.6%, to $494.1 million at June 30, 2007 from $463.5 million at June 30, 2006. This increase was due to increased marketing efforts, a certificate of deposit promotion in October 2006, establishment of new branches and our attractive rate structure. is the increase was primarily concentrated in higher yielding savings products and short-term certificates of deposit.
 
Equity. Total shareholders’ equity decreased $340,000, or 0.4%, to $92.3 million at June 30, 2007, from $92.7 million at June 30, 2006. Our equity to assets ratio under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) was 11.55% at June 30, 2007 compared to 12.54% at June 30, 2006.   The decrease resulted from the repurchase of 279,845 of our outstanding common shares at an average price of $17.67 for a total cost of $4.9 million and cash payments of $1.8 million in dividends to shareholders of record, excluding shares held by K-Fed Mutual Holding Company, of $0.39 per share for the year ended June 30, 2007.  This decrease was offset by $4.7 million in income earned for the year ended June 30, 2007 in addition to the allocation of ESOP shares, stock awards, and stock options earned during the same period totaling $1.4 million.
 

 

 

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Average Balances, Net Interest Income, Yields Earned and Rates Paid
 
The following table sets forth certain information at June 30, 2007 and for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The average yields and costs are derived by dividing income or expense by the average balance of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods presented. Average balances are derived primarily from month-end balances. Management does not believe that the use of month-end balances rather than daily average balances has caused any material differences in the information presented.
       
For the year ended June 30,
 
   
At June 30, 2007
 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
Yield/Cost
 
Average Balance
 
Interest
 
Average Yield/Cost
 
Average Balance
 
Interest
 
Average Yield/Cost
 
Average Balance
 
Interest
 
Average Yield/Cost
 
Interest-Earning Assets
     
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Loans receivable (1) (4)
 
5.80
%
$
659,186
 
$
37,379
 
5.67
%
$
610,410
 
$
32,918
 
5.39
%
$
510,842
 
$
25,519
 
5.00
%
Securities(2)
 
4.37
   
33,788
   
1,365
 
4.04
   
44,188
   
1,611
 
3.65
   
55,432
   
1,935
 
3.49
 
Fed funds
 
5.21
   
31,357
   
1,604
 
5.12
   
16,696
   
637
 
3.82
   
15,472
   
362
 
2.34
 
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
 
5.06
   
9,111
   
480
 
5.27
   
7,121
   
280
 
3.93
   
3,863
   
151
 
3.91
 
Interest-earning deposits in other financial institutions
 
3.40
   
5,232
   
178
 
3.40
   
9,010
   
301
 
3.34
   
6,672
   
190
 
2.85
 
Other interest-earning assets
 
5.19
   
2,764
   
160
 
5.79
   
1,512
   
74
 
4.89
   
261
   
11
 
4.14
 
Total interest-earning assets
 
5.70
   
741,438
   
41,166
 
5.55
   
688,937
   
35,821
 
5.20
   
592,542
   
28,168
 
4.75
 
Noninterest earning assets
       
28,224
             
30,756
             
19,951
           
Total assets
     
$
769,662
           
$
719,693
           
$
612,493
           
                                                       
Interest-Bearing Liabilities
                                                     
Deposits:
                                                     
Money market
 
2.84
%
$
95,113
 
$
2,700
 
2.84
%
$
111,487
 
$
2,343
 
2.10
%
$
107,274
 
$
1,396
 
1.30
%
Savings
 
2.05
   
116,150
   
1,925
 
1.66
   
94,809
   
395
 
0.42
   
96,740
   
405
 
0.42
 
Certificates of deposit
 
4.70
   
228,717
   
10,254
 
4.48
   
222,416
   
8,586
 
3.86
   
211,611
   
6,977
 
3.30
 
FHLB Advances
 
4.44
   
189,217
   
8,261
 
4.37
   
148,408
   
6,140
 
4.14
   
60,354
   
2,022
 
3.35
 
Total interest-bearing liabilities
 
3.86
   
629,197
   
23,140
 
3.68
   
577,120
   
17,464
 
3.03
   
475,979
   
10,800
 
2.27
 
Noninterest bearing liabilities
       
48,110
             
50,171
             
45,553
           
Total liabilities
       
677,307
             
627,291
             
521,532
           
Equity
       
92,355
             
92,402
             
90,961
           
Total liabilities and equity
     
$
769,662
           
$
719,693
           
$
612,493
           
                                                       
Net interest/spread
 
1.84
%
     
$
18,026
 
1.87
%
     
$
18,357
 
2.17
%
     
$
17,368
 
2.48
%
                                                       
Margin(3)
 
n/a
%
           
2.43
%
           
2.66
%
           
2.93
%
                                                       
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
       
117.84
%
           
119.38
%
           
124.49
%
         
                                                       
(1) Calculated net of deferred fees, loan loss reserves and includes non-accrual loans.
(2) Calculated based on amortized cost.
(3) Net interest income divided by interest-earning assets
(4) Interest income includes loan fees of $251,000, $276,000, and $299,000 for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.


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Rate/Volume Analysis
 
The following table presents the dollar amount of changes in interest income and interest expense for major components of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. For each category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, information is provided on changes attributable to (1) changes in volume, which are changes in volume multiplied by the old rate; (2) changes in rate, which are changes in rate multiplied by the old volume; and (3) changes in rate/volume, which are the changes in rate times the changes in volume.
 
 
 
For the Year Ended June 30,
     
For the Year Ended June 30,
 
   
2007 vs. 2006
Increase (Decrease)
Due to changes in
     
2006 vs. 2005
Increase (Decrease)
Due to changes in
 
   
Volume
 
Rate
 
Rate/
Volume
 
Net
     
Volume
 
Rate
 
Rate/
Volume
 
Net
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Interest-Earning Assets
                                     
Loans Receivable (1)
 
$
2,630
 
$
1,695
 
$
136
 
$
4,461
     
$
4,974
 
$
2,030
 
$
395
 
$
7,399
 
Securities
   
(379
)
 
174
   
(41
)
 
(246
)
     
(393
)
 
86
   
(17
)
 
(324
)
Fed Funds
   
559
   
217
   
191
   
967
       
29
   
228
   
18
   
275
 
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
   
78
   
95
   
27
   
200
       
127
   
1
   
1
   
129
 
Interest-earning deposits in other financial institutions
   
(126
)
 
6
   
(3
)
 
(123
)
     
67
   
33
   
11
   
111
 
Other interest-earning assets
   
61
   
14
   
11
   
86
       
53
   
2
   
8
   
63
 
Total interest-earning assets
 
$
2,823
 
$
2,201
 
$
321
 
$
5,345
     
$
4,857
 
$
2,380
 
$
416
 
$
7,653
 
                                                       
Interest-Bearing Liabilities
                                                     
Deposits:
                                                     
Money market
 
$
(344
)
$
822
 
$
(121
)
$
357
     
$
 55
 
$
858
 
$
34
 
$
947
 
Savings
   
89
   
1,176
   
265
   
1,530
       
(8
)
 
(2
)
 
   
(10
)
Certificates of deposit
   
243
   
1,386
   
39
   
1,668
       
356
   
1,192
   
61
   
1,609
 
FHLB advances
   
1,688
   
339
   
94
   
2,121
       
2,950
   
475
   
693
   
4,118
 
Total interest-bearing liabilities
   
1,676
   
3,723
   
277
   
5,676
       
3,353
   
2,523
   
788
   
6,664
 
                                                       
Change in net interest income/spread
 
$
1,147
 
$
(1,522
)
$
44
 
$
(331
)
   
$
1,504
 
$
(143
)
$
 (372
)
$
989
 
                                                       
(1) Total loans are net of deferred fees and costs.
                                                     

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Comparison of Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.
 
General. Net income for the year ended June 30, 2007 was $4.7 million, a decrease of $225,000, or 4.6%, from net income of $4.9 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 due to a decline in net interest income and an increase in non-interest expense. 
 
Interest Income. Interest income increased $5.4 million, or 14.9%, to $41.2 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $35.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. The primary factor for the increase in the interest income was an increase in the average loans receivable balance of $48.8 million, or 8.0%, to $659.2 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $610.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. The increase was primarily due to increases in multifamily loans and purchases of one- to four-family real estate loans. The average yield on loans receivable increased 28 basis points to 5.67% for the year ended June 30, 2007 from 5.39% for the year ended June 30, 2006.
 
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $5.6 million, or 32.5%, to $23.1 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $17.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. The average interest rates on interest-bearing liabilities increased 65 basis points to 3.68% for the year ended June 30, 2007 from 3.03% for the year ended June 30, 2006. This increase was primarily attributable to the increased volume of average deposits, specifically certificates of deposit, and an increase in the average balance and interest rate on advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.
 
The average balance of money market accounts decreased by $16.4 million, or 14.7% to $95.1 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $111.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2006.  The average cost of money market accounts increased 74 basis points to 2.84% for the year ended June 30, 2007 from 2.10% for the year ended June 30, 2006.  The average balance of savings accounts increased by $21.4 million, or 22.5% to $116.2 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $94.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2006.  The average cost of savings accounts increased 124 basis points to 1.66% for the year ended June 30, 2007 from .42% for the year ended June 30, 2006.  The average balance of certificates of deposit increased by $6.3 million, or 2.8%, to $228.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $222.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. The average cost of certificates of deposit increased 62 basis points to 4.48% for the year ended June 30, 2007 from 3.86% for the year ended June 30, 2006.
 
The average balance of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco increased $40.8 million, or 27.5%, to $189.2 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $148.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2007. The average cost of advances increased 23 basis points to 4.37% for the year ended June 30, 2007 from 4.14% for the year ended June 30, 2006.
 
The primary factor for the increase in the balance and average interest rates on deposits and advances was to fund real estate loan purchases to better match the Company’s debt maturity schedule with the maturities and repricing terms of our interest-earning assets.
 
Provision for Loan Losses. We maintain an allowance for loan losses to absorb probable incurred losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The allowance is based on ongoing, quarterly assessments of the probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio.
 
Our provision for loan losses decreased $123,000 to $529,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007 as compared to $652,000 for the year ended June 30, 2006. The allowance for loan losses as a
 

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 percent of total loans was 0.40% at June 30, 2007 as compared to 0.43% at June 30, 2006. The decrease in the provision was primarily attributable to reduced loan concentrations to higher-risk automobile loan borrowers coupled with our continued history of no losses incurred in our real estate loan portfolio.  We used the same methodology and generally similar assumptions in assessing the adequacy of the allowance for consumer and real estate loans for both years.
 
Noninterest Income. Noninterest income increased $833,000, or 24.3%, to $4.3 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $3.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. The increase was primarily the result of a $489,000 reduction in the loss on our equity investment in a California Affordable Housing Program tax credit fund, an $186,000 increase in service charges and fees from deposit accounts and a $131,000 increase in fee and transaction income related to the deployment of additional ATM’s.
 
We account for our equity investment in the California Affordable Housing program in accordance with APB 18 using the equity method of accounting.  The reduction in loss attributable to our equity investment was based upon the most recent financial statement information.
 
Noninterest Expense. Our noninterest expense increased $1.0 million, or 7.7% to $14.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $13.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. The increase was primarily due to a $321,000 increase in salaries and benefits, a $316,000 increase in occupancy and equipment, a $162,000 increase in professional services and a $102,000 increase in other operating expenses.
 
Salaries and benefits represented 52.5% and 54.2% of total noninterest expense for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Total salaries and benefits increased $321,000, or 4.4%, to $7.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $7.3 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. The increase was primarily due to compensation expense arising from general salary increases, increased staffing from new financial service centers and an increase in costs related to our employee stock ownership plan as a result of an increase in our average stock price.
 
Occupancy and equipment expenses increased $316,000, or 17.8% to $2.1 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $1.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. The increase was primarily due to costs associated with the relocation of our Pasadena Branch and increased costs related to build-outs of financial service centers in Los Angeles and Riverside in addition to increased equipment maintenance expense.
 
Professional services increased $162,000, or 21.6% to $913,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007 compared to $751,000 for the year ended June 30, 2006. The increase in professional services was primarily due to increased external and internal audit services as a result of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 audit requirements.
 
Other operating expenses increased $102,000, or 7.0% to $1.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2007 from $1.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. The increase in other expense was primarily due to increased operational costs to support continued growth of the Bank.
 

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Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense for the year ended June 30, 2007 was $2.5 million as compared to $2.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2006. This decrease was primarily the result of a decline in pre-tax income of $417,000 for the year ended June 30, 2007. The effective tax rate was 35.0% and 35.6% for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
 
Comparison of Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005.
 
General. Net income for the year ended June 30, 2006 was $4.9 million, a decrease of $68,000 thousand, or 1.36%, from net income of $5.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. 
 
Interest Income. Interest income increased $7.7 million, or 27.2%, to $35.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $28.2 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. The primary factor for the increase in the interest income was an increase in the average loans receivable balance of $99.6 million, or 19.5%, to $610.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $510.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. The increase was primarily due to purchases of one- to four-family and multi-family real estate loans. The average yield on loans receivable increased 39 basis points to 5.39% for the year ended June 30, 2006 from 5.00% for the year ended June 30, 2005.
 
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $6.7 million, or 61.7%, to $17.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $10.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. The average interest rates on interest-bearing liabilities increased 76 basis points to 3.03% for the year ended June 30, 2006 from 2.27% for the year ended June 30, 2005. This increase was primarily attributable to the increased volume of average deposits, specifically certificates of deposit, and an increase in the average balance and interest rate on advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.
 
The average balance of money market accounts increased by $4.2 million, or 3.9% to $111.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $107.3 million for the year ended June 30, 2005.  The average balance of savings accounts decreased by $1.9 million, or 2.0% to $94.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $96.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2005.  The average balance of certificates of deposit increased by $10.8 million, or 5.1%, to $222.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $211.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2005.
 
The average balance of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco increased $88.0 million, or 145.9%, to $148.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $60.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. The average cost of advances increased 79 basis points to 4.14% for the year ended June 30, 2006 from 3.35% for the year ended June 30, 2005. The primary factor for the increase in the balance and average interest rates on advances was due to new borrowings used to fund real estate loan purchases in order to better match the Company’s debt maturity schedule with the maturities and repricing terms of our interest-earning assets and other interest-bearing liabilities.
 
Provision for Loan Losses. We maintain an allowance for loan losses to absorb probable incurred losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The allowance is based on ongoing, quarterly assessments of the probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio.
 

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Our provision for loan losses increased $246,000 to $652,000 for the year ended June 30, 2006 as compared to $406,000 for the year ended June 30, 2005. The allowance for loan losses as a percent of total loans was 0.43% at June 30, 2006 as compared to 0.45% at June 30, 2005. The increase in the provision was primarily attributable to an increase in real estate loans. We used the same methodology and generally similar assumptions in assessing the adequacy of the allowance for consumer and real estate loans for both years.
 
Noninterest Income. Noninterest income increased $370,000, or 12.1%, to $3.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $3.1 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. The increase was primarily the result an increase of $337,000 from bank-owned life insurance purchased in April 2005 and a $126,000 increase in ATM fees and charges due to increased usage and deployment of additional ATM’s partially offset by an increase in the loss of $83,000 recognized from our investment in an affordable housing tax credit limited liability partnership.
 
Noninterest Expense. Our noninterest expense increased $1.5 million, or 11.9% to $13.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $12.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. The increase was primarily due to a $736,000 increase in salaries and benefits, a $316,000 increase in occupancy and equipment, and a $235,000 increase in other operating expenses.
 
Salaries and benefits represented 54.2% and 54.5% of total noninterest expense for the years ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Total salaries and benefits increased $736,000, or 11.2%, to $7.3 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $6.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $257,000 in compensation expense arising from general salary increases and additional full-time employees, an increase of $151,000 in stock award expense and the addition of $370,000 in stock option expense related to the to the adoption of FAS-123R partially offset by a reduction in fair market value costs related to our employee stock ownership plan.
 
Occupancy and equipment expenses increased $316,000, or 21.7% to $1.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $1.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. The increase was primarily due to costs associated with the relocation of our Pasadena Branch and increased costs related to build-outs of financial service centers in Bellflower and Harbor City in addition to increased equipment maintenance expense.
 
Other operating expenses increased $235,000, or 19.3% to $1.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2006 from $1.2 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. The increase in other expense was primarily due to increased operational costs to support continued growth of the Bank.
 
Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense for the year ended June 30, 2006 was $2.7 million as compared to $3.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2005. This decrease was primarily the result of a decline in pre-tax income of $322,000, combined with an increase in non-taxable income from our bank-owned life insurance and tax credits from our affordable housing investment for the year ended June 30, 2006. The effective tax rate was 35.6% and 37.4% for the years ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 

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Liquidity, Capital Resources and Commitments
 
Liquidity may increase or decrease depending upon the availability of funds and comparative yields on investments in relation to the return on loans. Historically, we have maintained liquid assets at levels above the minimum requirements previously imposed by Office of Thrift Supervision regulations and above levels believed to be adequate to meet the requirements of normal operations, including potential deposit outflows. Cash flow projections are regularly reviewed and updated to assure that adequate liquidity is maintained.
 
Our liquidity, represented by cash and cash equivalents and mortgage-backed and related securities, is a product of our operating, investing and financing activities. Our primary sources of funds are deposits, amortization, prepayments and maturities of outstanding loans and mortgage-backed and related securities, and other short-term investments and funds provided from operations. While scheduled payments from the amortization of loans and mortgage-backed related securities and maturing investment securities and short-term investments are relatively predictable sources of funds, deposit flows and loan prepayments are greatly influenced by general interest rates, economic conditions and competition. In addition, we invest excess funds in short-term interest-earning assets, which provide liquidity to meet lending requirements. We also generate cash through borrowings. We utilize Federal Home Loan Bank advances to leverage our capital base and provide funds for our lending and investment activities, and enhance our interest rate risk management.
 
Liquidity management is both a daily and long-term function of business management. Excess liquidity is generally invested in short-term investments such as overnight deposits. On a longer-term basis, we maintain a strategy of investing in various lending products as described in greater detail under “Business - Lending Activities.”  We use our sources of funds primarily to meet ongoing commitments, to pay maturing certificates of deposit and savings withdrawals, to fund loan commitments and to maintain our portfolio of mortgage-backed and related securities. At June 30, 2007, total approved loan commitments amounted to $13.9 million, which includes the unadvanced portion of loans of $6.4 million.  Certificates of deposit and advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco scheduled to mature in one year or less at June 30, 2007, totaled $174.7 million and $20.0 million, respectively. Based on historical experience, management believes that a significant portion of maturing deposits will remain with Kaiser Federal Bank and we anticipate that we will continue to have sufficient funds, through deposits and borrowings, to meet our current commitments.
 
At June 30, 2007 we had available additional advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco in the amount of $101.4 million.
 

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Contractual Obligations
 
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contractual obligations that meet various business needs. These contractual obligations include certificates of deposit to customers, borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank, lease obligations for facilities, and commitments to purchase and/or originate loans. The following table summarizes the Company’s long-term contractual obligations at June 30, 2007.
 
Contractual obligations
   
Total
   
Less than
1 year
   
1 – 3
Years
   
Over 3 – 5
Years
   
More than 5 years
 
     
(In thousands)
 
FHLB advances
   
$
210,000
   
$
20,000
   
$
98,000
   
$
92,000
   
$
 
Operating lease obligations
     
3,441
     
845
     
1,645
     
528
     
423
 
Loan commitments to originate residential mortgage loans
     
7,475
     
7,475
     
     
     
 
Available home equity and unadvanced lines of credit
     
6,415
     
6,415
     
     
     
 
Certificates of deposit
     
238,717
     
174,738
     
40,505
     
23,474
     
 
Commitments to fund equity investment in tax credit fund
     
193
     
129
     
64
     
     
 
Total commitments and contractual obligations
   
$
466,241
   
$
209,602
   
$
140,214
   
$
116,002
   
$
423
 

 
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
As a financial service provider, we routinely are a party to various financial instruments with off-balance sheet risks, such as commitments to extend credit and unused lines of credit.  While these contractual obligations represent our future cash requirements, a significant portion of commitments to extend credit may expire without being drawn upon.  Such commitments are subject to the same credit policies and approval process accorded to loans we make.  For additional information, see Note 14 of the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Capital
 
Consistent with our goal to operate a sound and profitable financial organization, we actively seek to maintain a “well capitalized” institution in accordance with regulatory standards. Total stockholders’ equity was $92.3 million at June 30, 2007 or 11.5%, of total assets on that date. As of June 30, 2007, we exceeded all regulatory capital requirements. The Bank’s regulatory capital ratios at June 30, 2007 were as follows: core capital 8.32%; Tier I risk-based capital 12.76%; and total risk-based capital 13.30%. The regulatory capital requirements to be considered well capitalized are 5%, 6% and 10%, respectively. See “How We Are Regulated - Capital Requirements.”
 
For the year ended June 30, 2007, we repurchased 279,845 shares of our common stock at an average cost of $17.67.
 

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Impact of Inflation
 
The consolidated financial statements presented herein have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. These principles require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars, without considering changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation.
 
Our primary assets and liabilities are monetary in nature. As a result, interest rates have a more significant impact on our performance than the effects of general levels of inflation. Interest rates, however, do not necessarily move in the same direction or with the same magnitude as the price of goods and services, since such prices are affected by inflation. In a period of rapidly rising interest rates, the liquidity and maturity structure of our assets and liabilities are critical to the maintenance of acceptable performance levels.
 
The principal effect of inflation, as distinct from levels of interest rates, on earnings is in the area of non-interest expense. Such expense items as employee compensation, employee benefits and occupancy and equipment costs may be subject to increases as a result of inflation. An additional effect of inflation is the possible increase in the dollar value of the collateral securing loans that we have made. We are unable to determine the extent, if any, to which properties securing our loans have appreciated in dollar value due to inflation.
 
Newly issued but not yet Effective Accounting Rules
 
Please refer to Note 1 of the consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8.
 
 
Asset and Liability Management and Market Risk
 
Our Risk When Interest Rates Change. The rates of interest we earn on assets and pay on liabilities generally are established contractually for a period of time. Market interest rates change over time. Our loans generally have longer maturities than our deposits. Accordingly, our results of operations, like those of other financial institutions, are impacted by changes in interest rates and the interest rate sensitivity of our assets and liabilities. The risk associated with changes in interest rates and our ability to adapt to these changes is known as interest rate risk and is our most significant market risk.
 
How We Measure Our Risk of Interest Rate Changes. As part of our attempt to manage our exposure to changes in interest rates and comply with applicable regulations, we monitor our interest rate risk. In monitoring interest rate risk, we continually analyze and manage assets and liabilities based on their payment streams and interest rates, the timing of their maturities, and their sensitivity to actual or potential changes in market interest rates.
 

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In order to minimize the potential for adverse effects of material and prolonged increases in interest rates on our results of operations, we have adopted investment/asset and liability management policies to better match the maturities and repricing terms of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The board of director’s sets and recommends the asset and liability policies of Kaiser Federal Bank, which are implemented by the asset/liability management committee.
 
The purpose of the asset/liability management committee is to communicate, coordinate and control asset/liability management consistent with our business plan and board approved policies. The committee establishes and monitors the volume and mix of assets and funding sources taking into account relative costs and spreads, interest rate sensitivity and liquidity needs. The objectives are to manage assets and funding sources to produce results that are consistent with liquidity, capital adequacy, growth, risk and profitability goals.
 
The asset/liability management committee generally meets on a weekly basis to review, among other things, economic conditions and interest rate outlook, current and projected liquidity needs and capital position, anticipated changes in the volume and mix of assets and liabilities and interest rate risk exposure limits versus current projections pursuant to net present value of portfolio equity analysis and income simulations. The asset/liability management committee recommends appropriate strategy changes based on this review. The chairman or his designee is responsible for reviewing and reporting on the effects of the policy implementations and strategies to the board of directors at least monthly.
 
In order to manage our assets and liabilities and achieve the desired liquidity, credit quality, interest rate risk, profitability and capital targets, we have focused our strategies on:
 
 
·
Maintaining an adequate level of adjustable rate loans;

 
·
Originating a reasonable volume of short- and intermediate-term consumer loans;

 
·
Managing our deposits to establish stable deposit relationships; and

 
·
Using Federal Home Loan Bank advances and pricing on fixed-term non-core deposits to align maturities and repricing terms.

At times, depending on the level of general interest rates, the relationship between long- and short-term interest rates, market conditions and competitive factors, the asset/liability management committee may determine to increase our interest rate risk position somewhat in order to maintain our net interest margin.
 
The asset/liability management committee regularly reviews interest rate risk by forecasting the impact of alternative interest rate environments on net interest income and market value of portfolio equity, which is defined as the net present value of an institution’s existing assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet instruments, and evaluating such impacts against the maximum potential changes in net interest income and market value of portfolio equity that are authorized by the board of directors of Kaiser Federal Bank.
 

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The Office of Thrift Supervision provides Kaiser Federal Bank with the information presented in the following tables, which is based on information provided to the Office of Thrift Supervision by Kaiser Federal Bank. It presents the change in Kaiser Federal Bank’s net portfolio value at June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006 that would occur upon an immediate change in interest rates based on Office of Thrift Supervision assumptions but without giving effect to any steps that management might take to counteract that change.
 
   
June 30, 2007
 
Change in interest rates in basis points (“bp”)
(Rate shock in rates)
             
 
Net portfolio value (NPV)
     
NPV as % of PV of assets
 
 
$ amount
     
$ change
     
% change
     
NPV ratio
     
Change(bp)
 
     
(Dollars in thousands)
                         
+300 bp
 
$
39,973
     
$
(38,212
)
   
(49
)%
   
5.49
%
   
(445
)bp
+200 bp
   
54,079
       
(24,106
)
   
 (31
)
   
7.22
     
 (272
)
+100 bp
   
67,237
       
(10,948
)
   
 (14
)
   
8.75
     
 (119
)
0 bp
   
78,185
       
     
     
9.94
     
 
-100 bp
   
85,981
       
7,796
     
10
     
10.72
     
78
 
-200 bp
   
88,745
       
 10,560
     
 14
     
10.92
     
 98
 

   
June 30, 2006
 
Change in interest rates in basis points (“bp”)
(Rate shock in rates)
             
 
Net portfolio value (NPV)
     
NPV as % of PV of assets
 
 
$ amount
     
$ change
     
% change
     
NPV ratio
     
Change(bp)
 
     
(Dollars in thousands)
                         
+300 bp
 
$
52,074
     
$
(31,435
)
   
(38
)%
   
7.79
%
   
(377
)bp
+200 bp
   
62,793
       
 (20,716
)
   
 (25
)
   
9.15
     
 (241
)
+100 bp
   
73,459
       
 (10,050
)
   
 (12
)
   
10.43
     
 (113
)
0 bp
   
83,509
       
     
     
11.56
     
 
-100 bp
   
90,540
       
7,031
     
8
     
12.27
     
71
 
-200 bp
   
89,698
       
 6,189
     
 7
     
12.03
     
 47
 

 
The Office of Thrift Supervision uses certain assumptions in assessing the interest rate risk of savings associations. These assumptions relate to interest rates, loan prepayment rates, deposit decay rates, and the market values of certain assets under differing interest rate scenarios, among others.
 
As with any method of measuring interest rate risk, shortcomings are inherent in the method of analysis presented in the foregoing tables. For example, although assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods to repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in the market interest rates. Also, the interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest rates, while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in market rates. Additionally, certain assets, such as adjustable rate mortgage loans, have features, that restrict changes in interest rates on a short-term basis and over the life of the asset. Further, if interest rates change, expected rates of prepayments on loans and early withdrawals from certificates of deposit could deviate significantly from those assumed in calculating the table.
 
 
Please see pages 95 through 133 following the signature page of this Form 10-K.
 

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None.
 
 
Our management evaluated, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report are effective in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Act is (i) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management (including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) in a timely manner, and (ii) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
 
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Act) that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
Please see Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and the Attestation Report of our Registered Public Accounting Firm on Pages 96 and 97.
 
 

 
None.
 

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Part III.
 
 
Directors and Executive Officers.
 
Our board of directors consists of six members.  Our bylaws provide that approximately one-third of the directors are to be elected annually.  Directors are generally elected to serve for a three-year period, or a shorter period if the director is elected to fill a vacancy, and until their respective successors shall have been elected and shall qualify.  Two directors will be elected at the annual meeting and will serve until their successors have been elected and qualified.  The governance/nominating committee has nominated James L. Breeden and Frank G. Nicewicz to serve as directors for three-year terms. Both of the nominees are currently members of the board of directors.
 
The table below sets forth certain information regarding the composition of our board of directors and executive officers as of August 14, 2007, including the terms of office of board members.  Executive officers are elected annually and hold office until their respective successors have been elected or until death, resignation or removal by the Board of Directors.  Except as indicated herein, there are no arrangements or understandings between the nominees and any other person pursuant to which such nominees were selected.
 

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Name (1)
Age(2)
Positions
Held with K-Fed Bancorp
Director Since (3)
Current Term to Expire
Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned (4)(5)
Percent of Class
 
NOMINEES
James L. Breeden
64
Chairman of the Board
1987
2007
55,637 (6)
*
Frank G. Nicewicz
51
Director
1995
2007
27,800(7)
*
 
DIRECTORS CONTINUING IN OFFICE
Kay M. Hoveland
60
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
2000
2008
151,130(8)
*
Rita H. Zwern
59
Director and Secretary
1987
2008
27,800(9)
*
Gerald A. Murbach
59
Director
2000
2009
42,800 (10)
*
Robert C. Steinbach
54
Director
2000
2009
46,200 (11)
*
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTORS
Dustin Luton
37
Chief Financial Officer
N/A
N/A
20,135 (12)
*
Nancy J. Huber**
44
Chief Credit Officer
N/A
N/A
42,765 (13)
*
Jeanne R. Thompson**
60
Chief Operating Officer
N/A
N/A
38,509 (14)
*
All directors and executive officers as a group (9 persons)
       
452,776
3.2%

*
Less than 1%.
**
Ms. Huber and Ms. Thompson are officers of Kaiser Federal Bank only.
(1)
The mailing address for each person listed is 1359 North Grand Avenue, Covina, California 91724.
(2)
As of August 14, 2007.
(3)
Reflects initial appointment to the board of directors of Kaiser Permanente Federal Credit Union, the predecessor to Kaiser Federal Bank, with the exception of Directors Steinbach, Murbach and Hoveland.  Each director of K-Fed Bancorp is also a director of Kaiser Federal Bank and K-Fed Mutual Holding Company, which owns the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of K-Fed Bancorp.
(4)
In accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner for purposes of this table, of any shares of common stock if he has shared voting or investment power with respect to such security, or has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days from the dates as of which beneficial ownership is being determined. As used herein, “voting power” is the power to vote or direct the voting of shares and “investment power” is the power to dispose or direct the disposition of shares, and includes all shares held directly as well as by spouses and minor children, in trust and other indirect ownership, over which shares the named individuals effectively exercise sole or shared voting or investment power.
(5)
Includes 4,320 unvested shares of restricted stock for each of directors Murbach, Nicewicz, Steinbach and Zwern, 6,780 unvested shares of restricted stock for Chairman Breeden, and 24,000, 20,000, 6,000 and 6,000 unvested shares of restricted stock for Ms. Hoveland, Mr. Luton, Ms. Huber and Ms. Thompson, respectively, granted under the K-Fed Bancorp 2004 Recognition and Retention Plan.  Includes 10,610, 0, 8,965 and 8,362 shares of common stock allocated to the accounts of Ms. Hoveland, Mr. Luton, Ms. Huber and Ms. Thompson, respectively, under the K-Fed Bancorp employee stock ownership plan.
(6)
Includes 2,637 shares of common stock held by Mr. Breeden’s spouse and 15,500 shares of common stock held in an IRA for Mr. Breeden. Includes 11,200 stock option shares that have vested.
(7)  
Includes 5,600 stock option shares that have vested.
(8)
Includes 56,000 shares of common stock held in a trust for Ms. Hoveland, 1,100 shares of common stock held in a Keogh plan for Ms. Hoveland’s spouse and 19,420 shares of common stock held in the Kaiser Federal Bank 401(k) Plan. Includes 40,000 stock option shares that have vested.
(9)
Includes 5,600 stock option shares that have vested. Ms. Zwern has pledged 10,000 shares of our common stock as security for a loan.
(10)
Includes 15,000 shares of common stock held by Mr. Murbach’s spouse. Includes 5,600 stock option shares that have vested.
(11)
Includes 15,000 shares of common stock held by Mr. Steinbach’s spouse. Includes 5,600 stock option shares that have vested.

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(12)
Includes 135 shares of common stock held in the Kaiser Federal Bank 401(k) Plan.
(13)
Includes 8,800 stock option shares that have vested. Ms. Huber has pledged 15,000 shares of our common stock as security for a loan.
(14)
Includes 1,172 shares of common stock held by Ms. Thompson’s spouse, 1,400 shares of common stock held in a trust for Ms. Thompson and 4,381 shares of common stock held in the Kaiser Federal Bank 401(k) Plan. Includes 8,800 stock option shares that have vested. Ms. Thompson has pledged 15,000 shares of our common stock as security for a loan.

Persons and groups who beneficially own in excess of 5% of our common stock are required to file certain reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding such ownership pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The following table sets forth, as of August 14, 2007, the shares of common stock beneficially owned by each person who was the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, as well as shares beneficially owned in the aggregate by K-Fed Mutual Holding Company and all directors and executive officers as a group.
 
Voting Securities and Principal Holders Thereof
 

 
      Amount of Shares
                 Owned and Nature                                    Percent of Shares
Name and Address of                                                     of Beneficial                                          of Common Stock
Beneficial Owners                                                           Ownership (1)                                            Outstanding                                   

K-Fed Mutual Holding Company                                     8,861,750                                                         63.53%
1359 North Grand Avenue
Covina, California 91724

Hovde Capital Advisors LLC                                                 910,611                                                         6.53%                
1826 Jefferson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036(2)

K-Fed Mutual Holding Company,                                      9,314,526                                                        66.78%
  and all of K-Fed Bancorp’s and
  Kaiser Federal Bank’s directors and
  executive officers as a group
  (9 directors and officers) (3)


(1)           In accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner for purposes of this table, of any shares of common stock if he has shared voting or investment power with respect to such security, or has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days from the date as of which beneficial ownership is being determined.  As used herein, “voting power” is the power to vote or direct the voting of shares and “investment power” is the power to dispose or direct the disposition of shares, and includes all shares held directly as well as by spouses and minor children, in trust and other indirect ownership, over which shares the named individuals effectively exercise sole or shared voting or investment power.

(2)           Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2007, Hovde Capital Advisors LLC claims shared voting and dispositive ownership over all shares reported. Hovde Capital Advisors LLC is an investment manager whose managed accounts are the direct owners of the shares of common stock. This reported amount of shares of common stock does not reflect any changes in those shareholdings that may have occurred since the date of such filing.

(3)           Includes shares of common stock held by K-Fed Mutual Holding Company, of which K-Fed Bancorp’s and Kaiser Federal Bank’s directors and one of its executive officers who is also an executive officer and director.  K-Fed Bancorp’s and Kaiser Federal Bank’s executive officers and directors beneficially owned 452,776 shares of common stock, or 3.24% of the outstanding shares of common stock.
 
Directors
 
The principal occupation during the past five years of each of our continuing directors and nominee directors is set forth below.  All directors have held their present positions for five years unless otherwise stated.
 

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James L. Breeden.  Mr. Breeden has served as chairman of the board of directors since November 2000.  He is a retired hospital administrator for the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals where he worked for 27 years.
 
Frank G. Nicewicz.  Mr. Nicewicz has been employed by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan since 1995 and currently holds the position of financial manager in Oakland, California.
 
Kay M. Hoveland.  Ms. Hoveland has served as president and chief executive officer of Kaiser Federal Bank, including service with Kaiser Permanente Federal Credit Union, since 1987.  Ms. Hoveland has served as president and chief executive officer of K-Fed Bancorp since its formation in July 2003.
 
Rita H. Zwern.  Ms. Zwern has been employed by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan since 1984 and currently is the manager of State Programs, located in Pasadena, California.  Ms. Zwern has served as secretary of K-Fed Bancorp since its formation in July 2003.
 
Gerald A. Murbach.  Mr. Murbach is a retired human resources consultant who worked for the Universal Music Group during 2001 and the Times Mirror newspapers from 1992 to 2001.
 
Robert C. Steinbach.  Mr. Steinbach has served as a manager for the Department of Building and Safety of the City of Los Angeles since 2002 and has been with the Department since 1985.
 
Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors
 
The business experience for at least the past five years for each of the three executive officers of Kaiser Federal Bank, including service with Kaiser Permanente Federal Credit Union, who do not serve as directors, is set forth below.
 
Dustin Luton.  Mr. Luton became Chief Financial Officer in September of 2006. Previously, he was the Partner in Charge of the Southern California office of the National Credit Union Division of the accounting firm, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, which served as the former registered public accounting firm of the K-Fed Bancorp until 2004. He was employed by McGladrey & Pullen since 2000 and was responsible for supervising the professional staff and professional services provided to clients in the Southern California region. In addition, he was the National Assurance Leader of the National Credit Union Division.
 
Nancy J. Huber.  Ms. Huber has served as chief credit officer of Kaiser Federal Bank since 1999 and Community Reinvestment Act officer since 2002.  From 1995 until 1999, she served as vice president of credit.
 
Jeanne R. Thompson.  Ms. Thompson has served as chief operating officer of Kaiser Federal Bank since 2001.  She served as senior vice president for branch operations of IndyMacBank, located in Pasadena, California from 1983 until 2001.
 
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance. Our common stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Our officers and directors and beneficial owners of greater than 10% of our common stock are required to file reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership of our common stock.  Securities and Exchange Commission rules require disclosure in a company’s annual proxy statement and annual report on Form 10-K of the failure of an officer, director or 10% beneficial owner of the common stock to file a Form 3, 4 or 5 on a timely basis.  Based on our review of such ownership reports, no officer, director or 10%
 

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 beneficial owner of our common stock failed to file such ownership reports on a timely basis for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 except for Director James Breeden who filed one late Form 4 transaction.
 
Code of Ethics. The Company has adopted a written Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics applies to the Company’s and the Bank’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer. A copy of the Company’s Code of Ethics is available on our website at www.k-fed.com.
 
Nomination of Directors.  The Company has not undertaken any material changes with respect to the procedures for election of directors since its last disclosure of these procedures.
 
Audit Committee.  The audit committee consists of directors Nicewicz, who serves as chairman, Breeden and Zwern.  The audit committee meets as needed.  The audit committee meets with the internal auditor to review audit programs and the results of audits of specific areas as well as other regulatory compliance issues.  In addition, the audit committee meets with the independent registered public accounting firm on a quarterly basis to discuss the results of operations and on an annual basis to review the results of the annual audit and other related matters.  Each member of the audit committee is “independent” as defined in the NASDAQ corporate governance listing standards and Rule 10A-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The board of directors has determined that director Nicewicz qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as that term is used in the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Our board of directors has adopted a written charter for the audit committee which is available on K-Fed Bancorp’s website at www.k-fed.com. The audit committee met four times during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
 
 
Compensation Discussion and Analysis

We believe the most effective executive compensation program is one that is aligned with achievement of our long-term strategic goals and we intend for our compensation program to align executives’ interests with those of the shareholders by rewarding performance for implementing our various strategies with the ultimate objective of improving shareholder value. We evaluate both performance and compensation to ensure that we maintain our ability to attract and retain employees in key positions and to ensure that compensation provided to key employees keeps these employees focused on value creation.

In this regard, we provide what we consider to be a competitive compensation package for the named executive officers comprised of a base salary, an annual incentive plan, a stock option plan, a recognition and retention plan, an employee stock ownership plan, and a 401(k) Plan, a deferred compensation program as well as health and welfare benefits.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for all compensation and benefit matters relating to the executive officers, including the evaluation and compensation of our President and Chief Executive Officer. The President and Chief Executive Officer evaluates the performance of the other named executive officers and recommends to the Compensation Committee the named executive officers' compensation levels for approval. The Compensation Committee regularly evaluates and approves all compensation practices applicable to the named executive officers, including the President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Base Salary

It is our philosophy to maintain base salaries at levels comparable to the salaries paid by similar organizations. In establishing base salaries, we take into account each executive officer’s ability and experience as well as past and potential performance. On an annual basis, each executive officer is evaluated and their base salary may be adjusted based on market data as well as taking into account the above factors.

Annual Incentive Plan

The Annual Incentive Plan is an integral part of an executive’s total compensation package that recognizes the executive’s annual contribution to our success. The Plan is designed to:

(1)  
support a business change to community-based banking;
 
(2)  
support a culture change to pay-for-performance;
 
(3)  
focus the executive team on annual goals to meet long-term goals;
 
(4)  
reward executives for their effort; and
 
(5)  
align compensation with the goals of the organization and market place practices.
 

The award is achieved only if Kaiser Federal Bank achieves a minimum target return on average assets (ROA) which is set each year by the board of directors.  If our ROA goal is achieved, each individual executive must achieve certain personal performance objectives set by the President and Chief Executive Officer or the board of directors.  One of these goals must address expense management. The President and Chief Executive Officer is eligible to receive up to 30% of her annual base salary and the remaining named executive officers are eligible to receive up to 20% of their annual base salaries under this plan.

Equity Compensation

The Compensation Committee uses the award of stock options and restricted stock under the recognition and retention plan to align the interests of the named executive officers with those of K-Fed Bancorp’s shareholders. At the annual meeting of shareholders in 2004, shareholders approved our stock option plan and recognition and retention plan. Ms. Hoveland, Ms. Huber, and Ms. Thompson received both stock options and awards from the Compensation Committee under each of those equity compensation plans during 2004. Mr. Luton received his stock options and stock awards when he became Chief Financial Officer in November 2006. Both the stock options and the stock awards vest at a rate of 20% per year over five years commencing on the first anniversary of the award.  The Compensation Committee believes that the five year vesting of stock options and restricted stock awards will focus senior management on long term performance and stock appreciation. Except for Mr. Luton, no additional options or awards were granted to any of the named executive officers in fiscal years ended June 30, 2006 and 2007.

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Information regarding the outstanding stock option grants and unvested recognition and retention plan awards is included in the section titled “- Outstanding Equity Awards at Year End,” below. For information regarding K-Fed Bancorp’s expense related to the portion of each stock option and restricted stock plan award that vested during fiscal 2007, as calculated in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), see “Summary Compensation Table.”

Benefit Plans.

The Compensation Committee annually reviews the expense and appropriateness of all benefit plans for the named executive officers and all other employees. The benefit plans include a 401(k) plan, deferred compensation plan, employee stock ownership plan, and other benefit plans such as medical, dental, life and disability insurance.

The named executive officers are eligible to participate in a 401(k) Plan which includes a match of up to 50% of the participant’s eligible contributions up to 10% of the participant’s salary. The match and the investment options are identical to those available to all other participants. Under the terms of our employee stock ownership plan, all named executive officers receive an annual allocation of K-Fed Bancorp common stock based upon the participant’s eligible compensation up to $210,000. Participation levels for named executive officers are identical to those of all other employee stock ownership plan participants.

The named executive officers are eligible to participate in the nonqualified deferred retirement plan, which allows them to defer a portion of their compensation earned during the plan year. At its discretion, Kaiser Federal Bank has the ability to match the elective deferrals of the participants. However, Kaiser Federal Bank has not made any matching contributions to this plan since inception.

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Summary Compensation
 
The following table sets forth for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, certain information as to the total remuneration paid by Kaiser Federal Bank to Ms. Hoveland, who serves as president and chief executive officer, Mr. Luton, who serves as chief financial officer and the other most highly compensated executive officers of Kaiser Federal Bank, who received total annual compensation in excess of $100,000.  Each of the individuals listed in the table below are referred to as a named executive officer.
 
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Name and
Principal Position
Year
Salary
Bonus
Stock awards(1)
Option awards(2)
Non-equity incentive
plan compensation(3)
Change in pension value and non-qualified deferred compensation earnings(4)
All other compensation(5)
Total
K. M. Hoveland, President and Chief Executive Officer
2007
$                     280,851
$                 —
$                     112,800
$                      102,000
   $                                      —
   $                                40,835
   $                             105,734
$                    642,220
Dustin Luton,
Chief Financial Officer
2007
                       130,308
              —
                        43,950
                         21,300
                                     30,250
                              —
                                6,000
                      231,808
Jeanne R. Thompson, Chief Operating Officer
2007
                       145,830
              —
                        28,200
                         22,440
                                       5,000
                              —
                                 55,949
                      257,419
Nancy J. Huber,
Chief Credit Officer
2007
                       159,835
              —
                        28,200
                         22,440
                                     28,122
                              —
                                 62,182
                      300,779


 
(1) The amounts in this column reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, in accordance with FAS 123(R), of restricted stock awards pursuant to the 2004 Recognition and Retention Plan and thus may include amounts from awards granted in and prior to 2007.  Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in footnote 10 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
 
(2) The amounts in this column reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, in accordance with FAS 123(R), of stock option awards pursuant to the 2004 Stock Option Plan and thus include amounts from awards granted in and prior to 2007. Assumptions used in the calculation of this amount are included in footnote 10 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Pursuant to SEC rules, the amounts shown exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service-based conditions.
 
 
(3)All cash incentive plan awards are reported for the fiscal year for which they were earned. These awards are traditionally paid during the first quarter of the following fiscal year.
 
 
(4) Kaiser Federal Bank maintains an executive deferral program for the benefit of senior executive officers.  Ms. Hoveland is currently the only executive officer who has chosen to participate.  The amount represents the change in net present value of accrued benefits under the plan during fiscal 2007.
 
 
(5)  The following table lists all the amounts included in “All Other Compensation” column for each named executive officer.

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ALL OTHER COMPENSATION
Name
Perquisites(1)
Contributions
to 401(k) Plan
RRP Dividends(2)
ESOP
Shares Granted(3)
 
 
Directors
Fees(4)
Total
K. M. Hoveland
$                                               —
$                                         7,524
$                                   10,880
$                                      65,030
$                                     22,300
$                                    105,734
Dustin Luton
                                     —
                                   —
                                   6,000
                                  —
                                 —
                                    6,000
Jeanne R. Thompson
                                     —
                                     6,373
                                   2,720
                                     46,856
                                 —
                                     55,949
Nancy J. Huber
                                     —
                                     4,295
                                   2,720
                                     55,167
                                 —
                                     62,182

(1) For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, no named executive officer received perquisites or personal benefits which exceeded $10,000.
 
 
(2) Represents dividends on unearned restricted stock awards.
 
 
(3) Market value of shares granted under the ESOP. See Note 10 - Employee Stock Ownership Plan to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
 
 
(4) Ms. Hoveland, the President and Chief Executive Officer, is also a director.

 
Outstanding Equity Awards at Year End.  The following table sets forth information with respect to our outstanding equity awards as of June 30, 2007 for our named executive officers.
 
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
Name
Option Awards
Stock Awards
Grant Date
Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) exercisable
Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) unexercisable
Equity incentive
plan
awards:
number of securities underlying unexercised earned options (#)
Option exercise
price ($)
Option expiration
date(1)
Number
of shares
or units
of stock
that have
not
vested (#)
Market
value of shares or units of
stock that have not vested ($)(2)
Equity incentive
plan
awards: number of unearned shares,
units or
other
rights that have not vested (#)
Equity incentive
 plan
awards: market or payout
value of unearned shares,
units or
other
rights that have not vested ($)
K. M. Hoveland, President and Chief Executive Officer
11/14/2004
40,000
60,000
$14.50
11/14/2014
24,000
$    376,560
                   
                   
Dustin Luton, Chief Financial Officer
11/15/2006
40,000
17.40
11/15/2016
20,000
313,800
                   
                   
Jeanne R. Thompson, Chief Operating Officer
11/14/2004
8,800
13,200
14.50
11/14/2014
6,000
94,140
                   
                   
Nancy J. Huber, Chief Credit Officer
11/14/2004
8,800
13,200
14.50
11/14/2014
6,000
94,140
                   
                   

(1) Stock options expire 10 years after the grant date.
 
(2) This amount is based on the fair market value of K-Fed Bancorp common stock on June 29, 2007 of $15.69.
 

Benefits
 
General.  Kaiser Federal Bank currently provides health and welfare benefits to its employees, including hospitalization and comprehensive medical insurance, life insurance, subject to deductibles and co-payments by employees.
 

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401(k) Plan.  Kaiser Federal Bank provides its employees with a qualified profit sharing plan under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
Employees who are age 21 or older are eligible to begin making salary deferral contributions beginning in the first calendar quarter on or after they become an employee.  This is their earliest entry date.  Employees are eligible to receive contributions other than salary deferral contributions beginning in the first calendar quarter on or after they are an employee, are age 21 or older, and have completed one year of entry service.
 
Eligible employees may contribute up to 15% of their compensation each pay period to the 401(k) Plan on a pre-tax basis, not to exceed $15,500 for the calendar year 2007.  The maximum deferral percentage and/or dollar amount may also be limited by Internal Revenue Service regulations.  For eligible employees, we currently match 50% of the first 10% of the compensation an employee defers each pay period.
 
Employees are always 100% vested in the contributions they choose to defer, whereas vesting in Kaiser Federal Bank contributions is based on years of vesting service in which an employee works at least 1,000 hours.  Vesting in Kaiser Federal Bank contributions begins after two years of vesting service and increases for each year of vesting service until an employee becomes fully vested after six years of vesting service.
 
Employees may receive money from their vested accounts at retirement (age 65), early retirement (age 55 and ten years of vesting service), age 59 1/2 and still working, death, disability, or termination of employment.  Employees may obtain loans from their vested account balances or withdraw all or part of their vested accounts (not earnings) if they can prove financial hardship and are unable to meet their financial needs another way.
 
Kaiser Federal Bank may amend the 401(k) Plan at any time, except that no amendment may be made which would reduce the interest of any participant in or beneficiary of the 401(k) Plan trust fund or divert any of the assets of the 401(k) Plan trust fund to purposes other than the benefit of participants or their beneficiaries unless necessary to comply with any law or regulation issued by any governmental agency to which the 401(k) Plan is subject.
 
Employee Stock Ownership Plan.  In connection with our minority stock offering, we adopted the K-Fed Bancorp Employee Stock Ownership Plan or ESOP for eligible employees of K-Fed Bancorp and any subsidiary, including Kaiser Federal Bank.  Employees of K-Fed Bancorp and Kaiser Federal Bank who have been credited with at least 1,000 hours of service during a twelve month period are eligible to participate in the ESOP.
 
The ESOP borrowed funds from K-Fed Bancorp to purchase 454,940 shares of the common stock sold in our stock offering.  The shares of common stock were purchased with proceeds of a $4.5 million loan from K-Fed Bancorp.  The loan to the ESOP bears interest at 4.0% and will be repaid principally from Kaiser Federal Bank’s contributions to the ESOP over a period of ten years.  The collateral for the loan is the shares of common stock of K-Fed Bancorp purchased by the ESOP.  Shares purchased by the ESOP are held in a suspense account and are released to participants’ accounts as debt service payments are made.  Shares released from the ESOP are allocated to each eligible participant’s ESOP account based on the ratio of each such participant’s compensation to the total compensation of all eligible participants.  Forfeitures are reallocated among remaining participating employees and may reduce any amount K-Fed Bancorp might otherwise have contributed to the ESOP.  A participant vests in 100% of his or her account balance after six years of credited service.  In the case of a “change in control,” as defined in the ESOP, which triggers a
 

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termination of the ESOP, participants will become immediately fully vested in their account balances.  Benefits are payable upon retirement or other separation from service.  K-Fed Bancorp’s contributions to the ESOP are not fixed, so benefits payable under the ESOP cannot be estimated.
 
Annual Incentive Plan.  Kaiser Federal Bank maintains an Annual Incentive Plan for our key employees.  The award is achieved only if Kaiser Federal Bank achieves a minimum target return on average assets (ROA) which is set each year by the board of directors.  If our ROA goal is achieved, each individual executive must achieve certain personal performance objectives set by the President and Chief Executive Officer or the board of directors.  One of these goals must address expense management. The President and Chief Executive Officer is eligible to receive up to 30% of her annual base salary and the remaining named executive officers are eligible to receive up to 20% of their annual base salaries under this plan.
 
K-Fed Bancorp 2004 Stock Benefit Plans
 
Outside directors and key employees of Kaiser Federal Bank, K-Fed Bancorp or their affiliates are eligible to participate in and receive awards of stock options and restricted stock under the K-Fed Bancorp 2004 Stock Option Plan, and the K-Fed Bancorp 2004 Recognition and Retention Plan, respectively.  A total of 568,675 shares of our common stock are reserved for the 2004 Stock Option Plan and 227,470 shares of our common stock are reserved for the 2004 Recognition and Retention Plan.  On November 16, 2004, directors Murbach, Nicewicz, Steinbach and Zwern were each granted non-qualified stock options to purchase 14,000 shares of our common stock. Chairman Breeden was granted non-qualified stock options to purchase 28,000 shares of our common stock.  Additionally, incentive stock options to purchase 100,000, 22,000 and 22,000 shares of our common stock were granted to Ms. Hoveland, Ms. Huber and Ms. Thompson, respectively.  A total of 373,600 stock options were granted to directors and employees.  All of the stock options granted to the directors and key employees on November 16, 2004 were granted at an exercise price of $14.50 per share, the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date.  On November 15, 2006, incentive stock options to purchase 40,000 shares of our common stock was granted to Mr. Luton, the Chief Financial Officer, with an exercise price of $17.40 per share, the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date.
 
On November 16, 2004, directors Murbach, Nicewicz, Steinbach and Zwern were granted a restricted stock award of 7,200 shares of our common stock. Chairman Breeden was granted a restricted stock award of 11,300 shares of our common stock.  Additionally, restricted stock awards of 40,000, 10,000 and 10,000 shares of our common stock were granted to Ms. Hoveland, Ms. Huber and Ms. Thompson, respectively.  On November 16, 2006, Mr. Luton was granted a restricted stock award of 20,000 shares of our common stock.
 
All stock options and restricted stock awards vest in 20% increments over a five-year period, beginning on the first anniversary of the award date.  Stock options will vest and become immediately exercisable and restricted stock awards will vest upon the grantee’s death, disability or following a change in control of K-Fed Bancorp.
 

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Options Exercised and Stock Vested.  The following table sets forth information with respect to option exercises and common stock awards that have vested during the year ended June 30, 2007.
 
Option Exercises and Stock Vested for the Fiscal Year
 
Option awards
Stock awards
Name
Number of shares
acquired
on exercise (#)
Value realized on exercise ($)
Number of shares
 acquired
on vesting (#)
Value realized
on vesting ($)(1)
K. M. Hoveland,
President and Chief Executive Officer
$           —
8,000
$             140,640
Dustin Luton,
Chief Financial Officer
Jeanne R. Thompson,
Chief Operating Officer
2,000
35,160
Nancy H. Huber,
Chief Credit Officer
2,000
35,160
___________________________
       
 

(1) The value realized on vesting represents the market value on the day the stock vested.

 
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation.  The following table sets forth information with respect to the Executive Nonqualified Retirement Plan at and for the year ended June 30, 2007 for the named executive officers.
 
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Name
Executive Contributions in Last FY ($)
 
Registrant Contributions in Last FY ($)
Aggregate Earnings in Last FY ($)
Aggregate Withdrawals/ Distributions ($)
Aggregate Balance at Last FYE ($)
K. M. Hoveland,
President and Chief Executive Officer
$                        —
 
 
$                        —
 
 
$                40,835
 
 
$                        —
 
 
$           1,013,464
 
 
Dustin Luton,
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeanne R. Thompson,
Chief Operating Officer
 
 
 
 
Nancy H. Huber,
Chief Credit Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kaiser Federal Bank Executive Non-Qualified Retirement Plan.  Kaiser Federal Bank also maintains an executive deferral program for the benefit of certain senior executives that have been designated to participate in the program.  The program allows an additional opportunity for key executives to defer a portion of their compensation into a non-qualified deferral program to supplement their retirement earnings.  Ms. Hoveland, currently the only participant in the program, had $1.0 million in compensation deferred pursuant to this program as of June 30, 2007.
 

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Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control. The following table shows, as of June 30, 2007, in all cases, potential payments following a termination of employment or a change in control of K-Fed Bancorp.

 
Voluntary Resignation
Early Retirement
Normal Retirement
Involuntary Termination
Involuntary Termination for cause
Involuntary Termination after change in control
Disability
Death
K.M. Hoveland
               
2004 Stock Option Plan(1)
$―
$―
$―
$―
$―
$    119,000
$    119,000
$    119,000
2004 Recognition and Retention Plan(1)
$―
$―
$―
$―
$―
$    376,560
$    376,560
$    376,560
Executive Nonqualified Retirement Plan(2)
$1,013,464
$1,013,464
$1,013,464
$1,013,464
$1,013,464
$1,013,464
$1,013,464
$1,013,464
                 
Dustin Luton
               
2004 Stock Option Plan(3)
$―
$―
$―
$―
$―
$
$
$
2004 Recognition and Retention Plan(3)
$―
$―
$―
$―
$―
$    313,800
$    313,800
$    313,800
                 
Jeanne R. Thompson
               
2004 Stock Option Plan(4)
$―
$―
$―
$―
$―
$     26,180
$     26,180
$     26,180
2004 Recognition and Retention Plan(4)
$―
$―
$―
$―
$―
$     94,140
$     94,140
$     94,140
                 
Nancy J. Huber
               
2004 Stock Option Plan(5)
$―
$―
$―
$―
$―
$     26,180
$     26,180
$     26,180
2004 Recognition and Retention Plan(5)
$―
$―
$―
$―
$―
$     94,140
$     94,140
$     94,140
 
 
(1) As of June 30, 2007, 16,000 restricted shares have vested and 40,000 stock options have vested and not been exercised.  At June 30, 2007, the restricted shares of common stock granted under the plan were valued at $15.69 per share. At the same date, the “in-the-money” value of 40,000 vested and unexercised stock options granted on November 16, 2004 was $1.19 per share, based on an exercise price of $14.50 per option and a share value of $15.69.  As of June 30, 2007, 24,000 unvested shares of restricted stock and 60,000 unvested stock options granted to the executive will vest in the event of a change in control of the corporation, or the executive’s death or disability.
 
(2) Represents the amount of Ms. Hoveland’s deferred compensation plan as of June 30, 2007.
 
(3) As of June 30, 2007, no restricted shares have vested and no stock options have vested or been exercised.  At June 30, 2007, the restricted shares of common stock granted under the plan were valued at $15.69 per share. As of June 30, 2007, 20,000 unvested shares of restricted stock and 40,000 unvested stock options granted to the executive will vest in the event of a change in control of the corporation, or the executive’s death or disability.
 
(4) As of June 30, 2007, 4,000 restricted shares have vested and 8,800 stock options have vested and not been exercised.  At June 30, 2007, the restricted shares of common stock granted under the plan were valued at $15.69 per share. At the same date, the “in-the-money” value of 8,800 vested and unexercised stock options granted on November 16, 2004 was $1.19 per share, based on an exercise price of $14.50 per option and a share value of $15.69.  As of June 30, 2007, 6,000 unvested shares of restricted stock and 13,200 unvested stock options granted to the executive will vest in the event of a change in control of the corporation, or the executive’s death or disability.
 
(5) As of June 30, 2007, 4,000 restricted shares have vested and 8,800 stock options have vested and not been exercised.  At June 30, 2007, the restricted shares of common stock granted under the plan were valued at $15.69 per share. At the same date, the “in-the-money” value of 8,800 vested and unexercised stock options granted on November 16, 2004 was $1.19 per share, based on an exercise price of $14.50 per option and a share value of $15.69.  As of June 30, 2007, 6,000 unvested shares of restricted stock and 13,200 unvested stock options granted to the executive will vest in the event of a change in control of the corporation, or the executive’s death or disability.


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Equity Compensation Plans
 
Set forth below is information, as of June 30, 2007, regarding equity compensation plans categorized by those plans that have been approved by stockholders and those plans that have not been approved by stockholders.

Plan
Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options and Rights(1)
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Number of Securities Remaining Available For Issuance Under Plan
       
Equity compensation plans approved by       stockholders
                                       568,675
                    $14.90
                                     208,555
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders
                                 —
                  —
                                 —
Total
                                       568,675
                     $14.90
                                      208,555

(1)
Consists of options to purchase 568,675 shares of common stock under the 2004 K-Fed Bancorp Stock Option Plan.

Directors Compensation

Members of the board of directors and the committees of K-Fed Bancorp do not receive separate compensation for their service on the board of directors or the committees of K-Fed Bancorp.
 
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, members of the board of directors of Kaiser Federal Bank received an annual stipend of $10,000 plus an annual fee of $7,500 for board of directors meetings.  The chairman of the board of directors received an annual stipend of $25,000 plus an annual fee of $7,500 for board of directors meetings.  Each member of Kaiser Federal Bank’s executive committee received an annual fee of $4,800.  Each member of Kaiser Federal Bank’s other committees received an annual fee of $1,200 with the committee chairman receiving $1,600.  The Board Chairman received annual fees of $15,000 for attending weekly credit committee and asset/liability management committee meetings.


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Directors’ Summary Compensation Table.  Set forth below is summary compensation for each of our non-employee directors.
 
Director Compensation
Name(1)
Fees earned
or paid
in cash
Stock
awards(2)
Option awards(3)
Non-equity incentive
plan compensation
Change in pension value and non-qualified deferred compensation earnings
All other compensation(4)
 
Total
James C. Breeden
$                                   67,300
$                               31,866
$                               28,560
$                                              —
$                                          —
$                                          3,074
$                          130,800
Frank G. Nicewicz
19,100
20,304
14,280
1,958
55,642
Rita H. Zwern
23,500
20,304
14,280
1,958
60,042
Gerald A. Murbach
19,100
20,304
14,280
1,958
55,642
Robert C. Steinbach
23,500
20,304
14,280
1,958
60,042

(1)  Ms. Hoveland, the President and Chief Executive Officer, is also a director.  Ms. Hoveland receives compensation for serving on the board, however, her compensation has been omitted from this table and is reported in the Summary Compensation table.
(2)  The amounts in this column reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, in accordance with FAS 123(R), of restricted stock awards pursuant to the 2004 Recognition and Retention Plan and thus may include amounts from awards granted in and prior to 2007.  Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in footnote 10 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
(3) The amounts in this column reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, in accordance with FAS 123(R), of stock option awards pursuant to the 2004 Stock Option Plan and thus include amounts from awards granted in and prior to 2007. Assumptions used in the calculation of this amount are included in footnote 10 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Pursuant to SEC rules, the amounts shown exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service-based conditions.
 
(4) This amount represents dividends received on unvested stock awards in 2007. For the year ended June 30, 2007, no director received perquisites or personal benefits, which exceeded $10,000.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
 
The compensation committee is composed of independent directors within the meaning of the NASDAQ corporate governance listing standards.  The compensation committee consists of directors Breeden, who serves as chairman, Murbach, Nicewicz and Zwern.
 
Compensation Committee Report

The compensation committee has issued a report that states that it has reviewed and discussed the section entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” with management.  Based on this review and discussion, the compensation committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

This report shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Annual Report on Form 10-K into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this report by reference, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
This report has been provided by the compensation committee:

 
James L. Breeden, Chairman                                                                 Gerald A. Murbach
Frank G. Nicewicz                                                                                   Rita H. Zwern
 

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
 
The information concerning security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management required by this item is provided in Item 10 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.  Please See Item 11 Executive Compensation for the Equity Compensation Plans table.
 
 
Transactions with Certain Related Persons
 
Kaiser Federal Bank has a policy of granting loans to officers and directors, which fully complies with all applicable federal regulations.  Loans to directors and executive officers are made in the ordinary course of business and on the same terms and conditions as those of comparable transactions with unaffiliated third parties prevailing at the time, in accordance with our underwriting guidelines, and do not involve more than the normal risk of collectibility or present other unfavorable features.  In addition, all loans to directors and executive officers are approved by at least a majority of the independent, disinterested members of the board.

All loans Kaiser Federal Bank makes to its directors and executive officers are subject to regulations restricting loans and other transactions with affiliated persons of Kaiser Federal Bank.  Loans to all directors and executive officers and their associates totaled approximately $813,000 at June 30, 2007, which was 0.1% of our stockholders’ equity at that date.  All loans to directors and executive officers were performing in accordance with their terms at June 30, 2007.
 
Board Independence
 
The board of directors consists of a majority of “independent directors” within the meaning of the NASDAQ corporate governance listing standards.  The board of directors has determined that directors Breeden, Murbach, Nicewicz and Zwern are each “independent” within the meaning of the NASDAQ corporate governance listing standards.  The board of directors has adopted a policy that the independent directors of the board shall meet in executive sessions periodically, which meetings may be held in conjunction with regularly scheduled board meetings.
 
 
Set forth below is certain information concerning aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by Crowe Chizek and Company LLP during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006, respectively. The aggregate fees included in the audit category were fees billed for the fiscal years for the audit of our annual financial statements and the review of our quarterly financial statements.  The aggregate fees included in each of the other categories were fees billed in the noted fiscal years.
 

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                            2007     2006
Audit fees              $160,000     $   81,500
Audit-Related Fees         $           - -     $   35,000
Tax Fees                $  23,500    $   20,800
All other fees                 $    4,195    $            -
 
 
Audit Fees. Audit fees of $160,000 and $81,500 in fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, were for the audit of our consolidated financial statements. The audit fees for fiscal 2007 and 2006 included fees for review of the financial statements included in our annual and quarterly reports and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the preparatory internal controls attestation required under regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related fees of $0 and $35,000 in fiscal years 2007 and 2006, respectively were for compliance with Federal Banking and Securities laws, which are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of and review of the financial statements and that are not reported in “Audit Fees,” above.
 
Tax Fees. Tax fees of $23,450 in fiscal year 2007 and $20,800 in fiscal year 2006 were for services related to tax compliance and tax planning.
 
All Other Fees. Other fees of $4,195 in fiscal year 2007 were for the annual software license fee for management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting.
 
Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 
The audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services, which relate primarily to tax consulting and other compliance services rendered, is compatible with maintaining the independence of Crowe Chizek and Company LLP.  The audit committee concluded that performing such services does not affect the independence of Crowe Chizek and Company LLP in performing its function as auditor of K-Fed Bancorp.
 
The audit committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services.  The audit committee has delegated pre-approval authority to its chairman when expedition of services is necessary.  The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the full audit committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date.
 

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Part IV.
 
 
(a)           Financial Statements:
 
See Part II – Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
 
 (b)           Exhibits:
 
3.1                      Charter of K-Fed Bancorp (1)
3.2                      Bylaws of K-Fed Bancorp (2)
4.0                      Form of Stock Certificate of K-Fed Bancorp (1)
10.1                    Registrant’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (1)
10.2                    Registrant’s Executive Non-Qualified Retirement Plan (1)
10.3                    Registrant’s 2004 Stock Option Plan (3)
10.4                    Registrant’s 2004 Recognition and Retention Plan (3)
21.0                    Subsidiaries of the Registrant (1)
 
23.1
Consent of Crowe Chizek and Company LLP
 
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
 
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
 
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

 
(1)  Filed as an exhibit to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration No.333-111029), and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(2)  Filed as an exhibit to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File No. 000-50592) and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(3) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2004 Annual
 
      Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
 
      on September 23, 2004.
 
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Pursuant to the requirements of section 13 or 15(d) 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.
 
                                                                K-Fed Bancorp

Date:                      September 13, 2007
/s/ Kay M. Hoveland
 
Kay M. Hoveland
President, Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Date:                      September 13, 2007
/s/ James L. Breeden
 
James L. Breeden
 
Director and Chairman of the Board
   
Date:                      September 13, 2007
/s/ Kay M. Hoveland
 
Kay M. Hoveland
Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer
   
Date:                      September 13, 2007
/s/ Dustin Luton
 
Chief Financial Officer
Principal Financial Officer
   
Date:                      September 13, 2007
/s/ Frank Wong
 
Controller
   
Date:                      September 13, 2007
/s/ Rita H. Zwern
 
Rita H. Zwern
Director and Secretary
   
Date:                      September 13, 2007
/s/ Gerald A. Murbach
 
Gerald A. Murbach
Director
   
Date:                      September 13, 2007
/s/ Robert C. Steinbach
 
Robert C. Steinbach
Director
   
Date:                      September 13, 2007
/s/ Frank G. Nicewicz
 
Frank G. Nicewicz
Director
   


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EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Crowe Chizek and Company LLP


We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements on Form S-8 for the K-Fed Bancorp 2004 Stock Option Plan and the K-Fed Bancorp 2004 Recognition and Retention Plan (333-120768) and the Form S-8 for the Kaiser Federal Bank Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (333-113078) of our report dated August 25, 2007 on the consolidated financial statements of K-Fed Bancorp and on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of K-Fed Bancorp which report is included in Form 10-K for K-Fed Bancorp for the year ended June 30, 2007.



/s/ Crowe Chizek and Company LLP
     Crowe Chizek and Company LLP

Oak Brook, Illinois
September 10, 2007


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EXHIBIT 31.1

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act


I, Kay M. Hoveland, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of K-Fed Bancorp;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or cause such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially effect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  September 13, 2007                                                                           /s/ Kay M. Hoveland
        Kay M. Hoveland
        President and Chief Executive Officer


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EXHIBIT 31.2

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act


I, Dustin Luton, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of K-Fed Bancorp;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or cause such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially effect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 
(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  September 13, 2007
/s/ Dustin Luton
Dustin Luton
Chief Financial Officer

92



EXHIBIT 32.1

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of K-Fed Bancorp (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Kay M. Hoveland, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and in connection with this annual report on Form 10-K that:

 
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

 
2.
The information contained in the report fairly presents, in all material respects, the company’s financial condition and results of operations.


Date:  September 13, 2007                                                                                /s/ Kay M. Hoveland
Kay M. Hoveland
Chief Executive Officer







93


EXHIBIT 32.2

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of K-Fed Bancorp (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Dustin Luton, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and in connection with this annual report on Form 10-K that:

 
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

 
2.
The information contained in the report fairly presents, in all material respects, the company’s financial condition and results of operations.



Date: September 13, 2007                                                                                /s/ Dustin Luton
Dustin Luton
Chief Financial Officer

 

94


K-Fed Bancorp
 
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
Page
Management’s Report on Internal Control
96
   
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
97
   
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition at  June 30, 2007 and 2006
98
   
Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended  June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005
99
   
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and  Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005
100
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005
101
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
102

 
The consolidated financial statements of K-Fed Mutual Holding Company have been omitted because K-Fed Mutual Holding Company has not conducted any business other than that of an organizational nature.
 




95


 
The management of K-Fed Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
 
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention of overriding controls. Accordingly, even an effective system of internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
Management has assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2007, based on the framework set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Based on that assessment, management concluded that, as of June 30, 2007, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective.
 
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2007, has been audited by Crowe Chizek and Company LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. As stated in their attestation report, they express an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2007. See “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”


/s/ Kay M. Hoveland
 
/s/ Dustin Luton
Kay M. Hoveland
 
Dustin Luton
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
Chief Financial Officer
     

96


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
 
To the Board of Directors
K-Fed Bancorp
Covina, California
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial condition of K-Fed Bancorp as of June 30, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of income, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2007.  We also have audited K-Fed Bancorp’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)."  K-Fed Bancorp's management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for it’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and an opinion on the effectiveness of the company's internal control over financial reporting 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.  Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk.  Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of K-Fed Bancorp as of June 30, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  Also, in our opinion, K-Fed Bancorp maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2007, based on criteria established in InternalControl—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

/s/ Crowe Chizek and Company LLP
Oak Brook, Illinois                                                                          Crowe Chizek and Company LLP

August 25, 2007

97


K-FED BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 
 
 
June 30
2007
 
June 30
2006
 
ASSETS
         
Cash and due from banks
 
$
10,982
 
$
7,244
 
Federal funds sold
   
15,750
   
18,335
 
Total cash and cash equivalents
   
26,732
   
25,579
 
Interest earning deposits in other financial institutions
   
2,970
   
9,010
 
Securities available-for-sale
   
13,579
   
11,289
 
Securities held-to-maturity, fair value of $20,514 and $23,939 at June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006, respectively
   
21,096
   
24,738
 
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost
   
9,870
   
8,746
 
Loans receivable
   
701,962
   
636,822
 
Deferred net loan origination fees
   
(134
)
 
(202
)
Net premium on purchased loans
   
120
   
195
 
Allowance for loan losses
   
(2,805
)
 
(2,722
)
Loans receivable, net
   
699,143
   
634,093
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
3,259
   
2,767
 
Premises and equipment, net
   
3,484
   
3,416
 
Core deposit intangible
   
323
   
437
 
Goodwill
   
3,950
   
3,950
 
Bank-owned life insurance
   
10,954
   
10,514
 
Other assets
   
4,265
   
4,360
 
Total assets
 
$
799,625
 
$
738,899
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
             
Liabilities
             
Deposits
             
Noninterest bearing
 
$
43,169
 
$
43,137
 
Interest bearing
   
450,959
   
420,317
 
Total deposits
   
494,128
   
463,454
 
Federal Home Loan Bank advances, short-term
   
20,000
   
10,000
 
Federal Home Loan Bank advances, long-term
   
190,016
   
169,948
 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
   
3,164
   
2,840
 
Total liabilities
   
707,308
   
646,242
 
Commitments and contingent liabilities
   
   
 
Stockholders’ equity
             
Nonredeemable serial preferred stock, $.01 par value;
2,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding — none
   
   
 
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 18,000,000 authorized;
June 30, 2007 — 14,724,760 shares issued.
June 30, 2006 — 14,702,040 shares issued.
   
147
   
147
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
57,626
 
   
56,456
 
Retained earnings
   
49,084
   
46,224
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
   
(126
)
 
(247
)
Unearned employee stock ownership plan shares
   
(3,071
)
 
(3,526
)
Treasury stock, at cost (June 30, 2007 — 775,815 shares; June 30, 2006 —495,970 shares)
   
(11,343
)
 
(6,397
)
Total stockholders’ equity
   
92,317
   
92,657
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
799,625
 
$
738,899
 
 

      
        The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements      
      
                                 
    
98


K-FED BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)



   
Years Ended June 30
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
Interest income
                       
Interest and fees on loans
 
$
37,379
   
$
32,918
   
$
25,519
 
Interest on securities, taxable
   
1,365
     
1,611
     
1,935
 
Federal Home Loan Bank dividends
   
480
     
280
     
151
 
Other interest
   
1,942
     
1,012
     
563
 
Total interest income
   
41,166
     
35,821
     
28,168
 
Interest Expense
                       
Interest on Federal Home Loan Bank advances
   
8,261
     
6,140
     
2,022
 
Interest on deposits
   
14,879
     
11,324
     
8,778
 
Total interest expense
   
23,140
     
17,464
     
10,800
 
Net interest income
   
18,026
     
18,357
     
17,368
 
Provision for loan losses
   
529
     
652
     
406
 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
   
17,497
     
17,705
     
16,962
 
Noninterest income
                       
Service charges and fees
   
2,013
     
1,827
     
1,845
 
ATM fees and charges
   
1,612
     
1,481
     
1,355
 
Referral commissions
   
259
     
238
     
207
 
Loss on equity investment
   
 (99
)
   
 (588
)
   
 (505
)
Bank-owned life insurance
   
439
     
426
     
89
 
Other noninterest income
   
35
     
42
     
65
 
Total noninterest income
   
4,259
     
3,426
     
3,056
 
Noninterest expense
                       
Salaries and benefits
   
7,619
     
7,298
     
6,562
 
Occupancy and equipment
   
2,091
     
1,775
     
1,459
 
ATM expense
   
1,249
     
1,135
     
1,049
 
Advertising and promotional
   
316
     
407
     
401
 
Professional services
   
913
     
751
     
754
 
Postage
   
315
     
295
     
268
 
Telephone
   
461
     
363
     
331
 
Other operating expense
   
1,554
     
1,452
     
1,217
 
Total noninterest expense
   
14,518
     
13,476
     
12,041
 
Income before income tax expense
   
7,238
     
7,655
     
7,977
 
Income tax expense
   
2,534
     
2,726
     
2,980
 
Net income
 
$
4,704
   
$
4,929
   
$
4,997
 
                         
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic
 
$
0.35
   
$
0.36
   
$
0.36
 
Diluted
 
$
0.34
   
$
0.36
   
$
0.36
 

 



      
        The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements      
      
                                 
    
99


K-FED BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 
     
Common Stock
                     
Treasury Stock
     
   
Comprehensive
Income
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss, net
 
Unearned
ESOP
Shares
 
Unearned
Stock
Awards
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Total
 
Balance, June 30, 2004
       
14,548,500
   
146
   
55,083
   
38,513
   
 (190
)
 
 (4,436
)
 
 
   
   
89,116
 
Comprehensive income
                                                               
Net income for the year ended June 30, 2005
 
$
4,997
 
   
   
   
4,997
   
   
   
 
   
   
4,997
 
Other comprehensive income – unrealized gain on
securities, net of tax
   
22
 
   
   
   
   
22
   
   
 
   
   
22
 
Total comprehensive income
 
$
5,019
                                                         
Dividends declared ($0.16 per share) *
       
   
   
   
 (821
)
 
   
   
 
   
   
 (821
)
Issuance of stock awards
       
166,300
   
1
   
2,344
   
   
   
   
 (2,345
)
   
   
 
Purchase of treasury stock
       
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 (278,470
)
 
 (3,453
)
 
 (3,453
)
Allocation of stock awards
       
   
   
   
   
   
   
288
 
   
   
288
 
Forfeiture of stock awards
       
 (3,000
)
 
   
 (42
)
 
   
   
   
42
 
   
   
 
Allocation of ESOP common stock
       
   
   
156
   
   
   
455
   
 
   
   
611
 
Balance, June 30, 2005
       
14,711,800
   
147
   
57,541
   
42,689
   
 (168
)
 
 (3,981
)
 
 (2,015
)
 (278,470
)
 
 (3,453
)
$
90,760
 
Comprehensive income
                                                               
Net income for the year ended June 30, 2006
 
$
4,929
 
   
   
   
4,929
   
   
   
 
   
   
4,929
 
Other comprehensive income – unrealized loss on
securities, net of tax
   
(79
)
   
   
   
   
(79
)
 
   
 
   
   
(79
)
Total comprehensive income
 
$
4,850
                                                         
Dividends declared ($0.28 per share) *
       
   
   
   
 (1,394
)
 
   
   
 
   
   
 (1,394
)
Purchase of treasury stock
       
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 (217,500
)
 
 (2,944
)
 
 (2,944
)
Stock options earned
       
   
   
370
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
370
 
Allocation of stock awards
       
   
   
439
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
439
 
Forfeiture of stock awards
       
 (9,760
)
 
   
 —
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
 
Transfer due to adoption of SFAS 123R
       
   
   
 (2,015
)
 
   
   
   
2,015
 
   
   
 
Allocation of ESOP common stock
       
   
   
121
   
   
   
455
   
 
   
   
576
 
Balance, June 30, 2006
       
14,702,040
 
$
147
 
$
56,456
 
$
46,224
 
$
 (247
)
$
 (3,526
)
$
 —
 
 (495,970
)
$
 (6,397
)
$
92,657
 
Comprehensive income
                                                               
Net income for the year ended June 30, 2007
 
$
4,704
 
   
   
   
4,704
   
   
   
 
   
   
4,704
 
Other comprehensive income – unrealized gain on
securities, net of tax
   
121
 
   
   
   
   
121
   
   
 
   
   
121
 
Total comprehensive income
 
$
4,825
                                                         
Dividends declared ($0.39 per share) *
       
   
   
   
 (1,844
)
 
   
   
 
   
   
 (1,844
)
Purchase of treasury stock
       
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 (279,845
)
 
 (4,946
)
 
 (4,946
)
Stock options earned
       
   
   
259
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
259
 
Allocation of stock awards
       
   
   
366
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
366
 
Issuance of stock awards
       
35,000
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
 
Forfeiture of stock awards
       
 (24,000
)
 
   
 —
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
 
Exercise of stock options
       
11,720
   
   
 170
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
170
 
Tax benefit of stock awards and options
       
   
   
40
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
40
 
Allocation of ESOP common stock
       
   
   
335
   
   
   
455
   
 
   
   
790
 
Balance, June 30, 2007
       
14,724,760
 
$
147
 
$
57,626
 
$
49,084
 
$
 (126
)
$
 (3,071
)
$
 —
 
 (775,815
)
$
 (11,343
)
$
92,317
 
                                                                 
* K-Fed Mutual Holding Company waived its receipt of dividends on the 8,861,750 shares it owns.

      
        The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements      
      
                                 
    
100


K-FED BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

   
Years Ended June 30
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
                       
Net income
 
$
4,704
   
$
4,929
   
$
4,997
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
Amortization of net premium on securities
   
248
     
94
     
164
 
Amortization of net premiums on loan purchases
   
39
     
547
     
1,357
 
Accretion of net loan origination fees
   
 (51
)
   
 (29
)
   
 (53
)
Accretion of net premiums on purchased certificates of deposit
   
 (43
)
   
 (63
)
   
 (99
)
Provision for loan losses
   
529
     
652
     
406
 
Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividend
   
 (480
)
   
 (280
)
   
 (151
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
742
     
507
     
459
 
Amortization of core deposit intangible
   
114
     
131
     
108
 
Loss on equity investment
   
99
     
588
     
505
 
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance
   
 (439
)
   
 (426
)
   
 (89
)
Amortization of debt exchange costs
   
68
     
171
     
250
 
Allocation of ESOP common stock
   
790
     
576
     
611
 
Allocation of stock awards
   
366
     
439
     
288
 
Stock options earned
   
259
     
370
     
 
Provision for deferred income taxes
   
85
     
54
     
 (258
)
Net change in accrued interest receivable
   
 (492
)
   
 (457
)
   
 (267
)
Net change in other assets
   
 191
     
 (519
)
   
 (19
)
Net change in accrued expenses and other liabilities
   
324
     
(34
)
   
198
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
7,053
     
7,250
     
8,407
 
                         
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                       
Purchases of held-to-maturity securities
   
     
 (2,000
)
   
 (5,000
)
Proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturity securities
   
3,425
     
8,051
     
15,428
 
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
   
(8,860
)
   
     
 
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities
   
6,745
     
7,375
     
2,127
 
Net change in interest bearing deposits with other financial institutions
   
6,040
     
     
 (6,040
)
Purchases of loans
   
 (109,794
)
   
 (161,071
)
   
 (151,145
)
Net change in loans, excluding loan purchases
   
43,989
     
63,375
     
108,098
 
Purchase of FHLB stock
   
 (644
)
   
 (4,439
)
   
 (1,547
)
Redemption of FHLB stock
   
     
     
961
 
Purchase of equity investment
   
 (128
)
   
 (232
)
   
 (229
)
Purchase of bank-owned life insurance
   
 —
     
 —
     
 (10,000
)
Net cash received from branch acquisition
   
     
     
56,491
 
Purchases of premises and equipment
   
 (810
)
   
 (2,432
)
   
 (408
)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
   
(60,037
)
   
(91,373
)
   
8,736
 
                         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
                       
Proceeds from FHLB advances
   
40,000
     
128,000
     
208,416
 
Repayment of FHLB advances
   
 (10,000
)
   
 (19,000
)
   
 (207,416
)
Debt exchange costs
   
 —
     
 —
     
 (473
)
Net change in deposits
   
 30,717
     
 (12,275
)
   
 (8,239
)
Exercise of stock options
   
170
     
     
 
Tax benefit of stock awards and options
   
40
     
     
 
Dividends paid on common stock
   
 (1,844
)
   
 (1,394
)
   
 (821
)
Purchase of treasury stock
   
 (4,946
)
   
 (2,944
)
   
 (3,453
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
54,137
     
 92,387
     
 (11,986
)
                         
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
   
1,153
     
8,264
     
5,157
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
   
25,579
     
17,315
     
12,158
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
 
$
26,732
   
$
25,579
   
$
17,315
 
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
                       
Interest paid on deposits and FHLB advances
 
$
23,115
   
$
17,352
   
$
10,638
 
Income taxes paid
   
2,760
     
3,271
     
2,942
 
SUPPLEMENTAL NONCASH DISCLOSURES
                       
Transfers from loans to real estate owned
 
$
238
     
     
 

      
        The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements      
      
                                 
    
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1.
NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Nature of Business: K-Fed Bancorp (the Company) is a majority-owned subsidiary of K-Fed Mutual Holding Company (the Parent). The Company and its Parent are holding companies. The Company’s sole subsidiary, Kaiser Federal Bank (the Bank), is a federally chartered stock savings association, which provides retail and commercial banking services to individual and business customers from its nine branches throughout California. While the Bank originates many types of retail, and commercial real estate loans, the majority of its residential real estate loans have been purchased from other financial institutions. The accounting and reporting policies of the Company and the Bank conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and general industry practices.
 
The Company’s business activities generally are limited to passive investment activities and oversight of its investment in the Bank. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Company include the Bank and the Company on a consolidated basis.
 
Change in Reporting Entity: On July 1, 2003, the Bank consummated its reorganization into a federally chartered mutual holding company form of organization, whereby the Bank became the wholly owned subsidiary of the newly formed Company with the Company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the newly formed Parent. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations,” when accounting for a transfer of assets or exchange of shares between entities under common control, the entity that receives the net assets or the equity interests shall initially recognize the assets and liabilities transferred at their carrying amounts in the accounts of the transferring entity at the date of transfer. Therefore, K-Fed Bancorp recorded the acquisition of the Bank at historical cost.
 
Execution of Plan of Stock Issuance:  On November 22, 2003, and amended on February 9, 2004, the Board of Directors adopted a plan of stock issuance to sell a minority interest of its common stock to eligible depositors of the Bank in a subscription offering, with the majority of the common stock owned by K-Fed Mutual Holding Company. The plan was accomplished through the sale to eligible depositors on March 30, 2004 of 5,686,750 shares (including shares allocated to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan), representing 39.09% of the Company’s stock.
 
The issued shares resulted in gross proceeds of $56.9 million. In connection with the offering, the Company loaned $4.5 million to the Bank’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan to purchase stock and incurred $1.7 million of expenses associated with the offering resulting in net proceeds of $50.7 million to the Company. The aggregate purchase price was determined by an independent appraisal. Consistent with the Company’s stated intent for use of the stock offering proceeds, one-half of the total proceeds less offering expenses ($27.6 million) was invested in the Bank and placed in the Bank’s general funds for general corporate purposes. In addition to the 5,686,750 shares issued to eligible depositors, the Company issued 8,861,750 additional shares to K-Fed Mutual Holding Company. As a result of the offering, purchasers in the offering owned 39.09% of K-Fed Bancorp’s common stock, and K-Fed Mutual Holding Company owned 60.91%.
 
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation:  The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and the Bank. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 

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Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Changes in these estimates and assumptions are considered reasonably possible and may have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements and thus actual results could differ from the amounts reported and disclosed herein. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses, the valuation of financial instruments, and mortgage-loan prepayment assumptions used to determine the effective interest amortization of loan premiums and discounts.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents consist of vault and ATM cash, daily federal funds sold, demand deposits due from other banks, and other certificates of deposit that have an original maturity of less than 90 days. For purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, the Company reports net cash flows for customer loan transactions (excluding loan purchases) and deposit transactions, as well as transactions involving interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions.
 
Interest Bearing Deposits in Other Financial Institutions: Interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions consist of interest-bearing time deposits in depository institutions with an original maturity equal to or greater than 90 days and are carried at cost and have a weighted average life of less than one year.
 
Securities:  Securities available-for-sale represent securities that may be sold prior to maturity. These securities are stated at fair value, and any unrealized net gains and losses are reported as a separate component of equity until realized, net of any tax effect. Estimated fair values for investments are obtained from quoted market prices where available. Where quoted market prices are not available, estimated fair values are based on quoted market prices of comparable instruments. Premiums or discounts are recognized in interest income using the effective interest method over the estimated life of the investment. Gains and losses on sales are recorded on the trade date and determined using the specific identification method.
 
Securities available-for-sale may be sold in response to changes in market interest rates, repayment rates, the need for liquidity, and changes in the availability and the yield on alternative investments. Declines in the fair value of securities below their cost that are other than temporary are reflected as realized losses. In estimating other-than temporary losses, management considers:  (1) the length of time and extent that fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near term prospectus of the issuer, and (3) the Company’s ability and intent to hold the security for a period sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value.
 
Securities for which the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold until maturity are classified as securities held-to-maturity and are recorded at cost, adjusted for unamortized premiums or discounts.
 
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock: The Bank, as a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLB) system, is required to maintain an investment in capital stock of the FHLB in an amount equal to the greater of 1% of its outstanding mortgage loans or 4.7% of advances from the FHLB. No ready market exists for the FHLB stock, and it has no quoted market value. The Bank carries FHLB stock at cost.  Cash and stock dividends are reported as income.
 

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Loans: Loans are stated at the amount of unpaid principal, reduced by an allowance for loan losses and deferred net loan origination fees, and increased by net premiums on purchased loans. Interest on loans is recognized over the terms of the loans and is accrued as earned, using the effective interest method. Net premiums on purchased loans are recognized in interest income as a yield adjustment over the estimated lives of the loan pools using the effective interest method. The estimated lives of these loan pools are re-evaluated periodically based on actual prepayments. The current estimated lives of these loan pools range from two to eight years. Loan fees and certain direct loan origination costs are deferred, and the net fee or cost is recognized as an adjustment to interest income using the effective interest method over the estimated lives of the related loans.
 
We underwrite purchased loans in accordance with our underwriting standards. The majority of the loans that we purchase are acquired with servicing released to allow for greater investments in real-estate lending without having to significantly increase our servicing and operations costs.
 
A loan is considered to be delinquent when payments have not been made according to contractual terms, typically evidenced by non-payment of a monthly installment by the due date. Accrual of interest on loans is discontinued when the loan becomes past due 90 days as to either principal or interest. All interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on non-accrual status or subsequently charged off is reversed against interest income. Income is subsequently recognized on the cash basis until, in management’s judgment, the borrower’s ability to make periodic interest and principal payments is back to normal and future payments are reasonably assured, in which case the loan is returned to accrual status.
 
Allowance for Loan Losses:The allowance for loan losses is established through a provision for loan losses charged to expense. Loans are charged off against the allowance for loan losses when management believes that collectibility of the principal is unlikely. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.
 
The allowance is an amount that management believes will absorb probable incurred losses relating to specifically identified loans, as well as probable incurred credit losses inherent in the balance of the loan portfolio, based on an evaluation of the collectibility of existing loans and prior loss experience. This evaluation also takes into consideration such factors as changes in the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, overall portfolio quality, review of specific problem loans, and current economic conditions that may affect the borrower’s ability to pay. This evaluation does not include the effects of expected losses on specific loans or groups of loans that are related to future events or expected changes in economic conditions. While management uses the best information available to make its evaluation, future adjustments to the allowance may be necessary if there are significant changes in economic conditions. In addition, regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the allowance for loan losses, and may require adjustments to the allowance based on their judgment about information available to them at the time of their examinations.
 
The allowance consists of specific and general components. The specific component relates to loans that are classified as doubtful, substandard, or special mention. For such loans that are also classified as impaired, an allowance is established when the discounted cash flows (or collateral value or observable market price) of the impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of that loan. The general component covers non-classified loans and is based on historical loss experience for consumer loans and peer group loss experience for real estate loans adjusted for qualitative factors.
 

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A loan is impaired when it is probable, based on current information and events, the Bank will be unable to collect all contractual principal and interest payments due in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. Commercial real estate loans are evaluated for impairment based on their past due status and are measured on an individual basis based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or, as a practical expedient, at the loan’s observable market price or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. The amount of impairment, if any, and any subsequent changes are included in the allowance for loan losses.
 
Large groups of smaller balance homogenous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. Accordingly, the Bank does not separately identify individual consumer and residential loans for impairment disclosures.
 
Transfers of Financial Assets:  Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales, when control over the assets has been surrendered. Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when (1) the assets have been isolated from the Company, (2) the transferee obtains the right (free of conditions that constrain it from taking advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and (3) the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity.
 
Premises and Equipment: Leasehold improvements and furniture and equipment are carried at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization.  Buildings are depreciated using the straight-line method with a useful live of 25 years. Furniture and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which is usually 3 to 5 years. The cost of leasehold improvements is amortized using the straight-line method over the lesser of the terms of the related leases or their useful life, which is usually 5 to 10 years.
 
Real Estate Owned:Real estate acquired in settlement of loans ("REO") consists of property acquired through foreclosure proceedings or by deed in lieu of foreclosure. Generally, all loans greater than 90 days delinquent are processed for foreclosure and, if necessary, a specific valuation allowance is established. The Bank acquires title to the property in most foreclosure actions that are not reinstated by the borrower. Once real estate is acquired in settlement of a loan, the property is recorded as REO at the lower of carrying value or fair market value, less estimated selling costs. Fair value is determined by an appraisal obtained at the of time foreclosure. The REO balance is reduced for any subsequent declines in fair value.
 
Bank-Owned Life Insurance:  The Bank has purchased life insurance policies on certain key employees. Bank-owned life insurance is recorded at its cash surrender value, or the amount that can be realized.
 
Investment in Limited Liability Partnership:  The Company has an investment in an affordable housing fund totaling $2,087,000 and $2,187,000 at June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, with a commitment to fund an additional $193,000 at June 30, 2007, for the purposes of obtaining tax credits and for Community Reinvestment Act purposes. The investment is recorded in other assets on the balance sheet and is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, the Company recognizes its ownership share of the profits and losses of the fund. This investment is regularly evaluated for impairment by comparing the carrying value to the remaining tax credits and future tax benefit expected to be received. Tax credits received from the fund are accounted for in the period earned (the flow-through method) and are included in income as a reduction of income tax expense.
 

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets:  Goodwill results from business acquisitions and represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of acquired tangible assets and liabilities and identifiable intangible assets. Goodwill is assessed at least annually for impairment and any such impairment will be recognized in the period identified.
 
Other intangible assets consist of core deposit intangible assets arising from a branch acquisition. They are initially measured at fair value and then are amortized on an accelerated method over their estimated useful lives, which was determined to be 8 years.
 
Long-Term Assets:  Premises and equipment, core deposit and other long-term assets are reviewed for impairment when events indicate their carrying amount may not be recoverable from future undiscounted cash flows. If impaired, the assets are recorded at fair value.
 
Loan Commitments and Related Financial Instruments:  Financial instruments include off-balance-sheet credit instruments, such as commitments to make or purchase loans. The face amount for these items represents the exposure to loss, before considering customer collateral or ability to repay. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded.
 
Stock-Based Compensation: In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R (FAS-123R), Share-Based Payment, which is a revision of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (FAS-123), Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.
 
FAS-123R eliminates accounting for share-based compensation transactions using the intrinsic value method prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 (APB-25), Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and requires instead that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method. FAS-123R is effective as of the first interim or annual reporting period that begins after June 15, 2005. The Company adopted FAS-123R effective July 1, 2005 applying the modified prospective transition method. Under the modified prospective transition method, the financial statements will not reflect restated amounts.  The options become exercisable in equal installments over a five-year period beginning one year from the date of grant.  The options expire ten years from the date of grant and are subject to certain restrictions and limitations.  The Company assumes 10% on ISO stock options and 5% on NQSO options in forfeitures as a component for determining expense related to the Stock Option Plan.  The effect of this pronouncement on future operations will depend on the fair value of future options issued and accordingly, cannot be determined at this time.

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The following table illustrates the pro forma effect on net income and net income per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123 and SFAS 148 to stock-based employee compensation for the year ended June 30, 2005 prior to the Company’s adoption of SFAS 123(R) (Dollars in thousands):
 
Net income as reported
$
4,997
 
Add: Stock-based compensation recorded, net of tax
 
 
Less: Total stock-based compensation costs determined under the fair value based method, net of tax
 
 
 (206
)
Net income, pro forma
$
4,791
 
       
Earnings per share – as reported
     
Basic
$
0.36
 
Diluted
$
0.36
 
       
Earnings per share – pro forma
     
Basic
$
0.34
 
Diluted
$
0.34
 

 
Income Taxes: Deferred taxes are provided on an asset and liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
 
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP):  The cost of shares issued to the ESOP but not yet allocated to participants is shown as a reduction of stockholders’ equity. Compensation expense is based on the market price of shares as they are committed to be released to participant accounts. Dividends on allocated ESOP shares reduce retained earnings; dividends on unearned ESOP shares are used to service the debt.
 
Earnings per Common Share:  Basic earnings per common share is net income divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. ESOP shares are considered outstanding for this calculation unless unearned. Diluted earnings per common share includes the dilutive effect of additional potential common shares issuable under stock options and stock awards.
 
Comprehensive Income:  Comprehensive income consists of net income and other comprehensive income. Other comprehensive income includes unrealized gains and losses on securities available for sale which are also recognized as separate components of equity.
 
Newly Issued But Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards: In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”) which supplements SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, by defining the confidence level that a tax position must meet in order to be recognized in the financial statements. The Interpretation requires that the

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 tax effects of a position be recognized only if it is “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained based solely on its technical merits as of the reporting date. The more-likely-than-not threshold represents a positive assertion by management that a company is entitled to economic benefits of a tax position. If a tax position is not considered more-likely-than-not to be sustained based solely on its technical merits, no benefits of the position are to be recognized. Moreover, the more-likely-than-not threshold must continue to be met in each reporting period to support continued recognition of a benefit.  At adoption, companies must adjust their financial statements to reflect only those tax positions that are more-likely-than-not to be sustained as of the adoption date. Any necessary adjustment would be recorded directly to retained earnings in the period of adoption and reported as a change in accounting principle.  FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006.  The adoption of this standard on July 1, 2007 did not have a significant impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” which clarifies the principle that fair value should be based on  the  assumptions market participants would use when pricing an asset or liability  and  establishes  a  fair  value  hierarchy that prioritizes the information  used  to  develop  those assumptions. Under the standard, fair value measurement would be separately disclosed by level within the fair value hierarchy. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal  years  beginning  after November 15, 2007 (July 1, 2008 for us), and  interim  periods  within  those  fiscal  years,  with  early  adoption permitted.  We do not expect the adoption of this standard will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

In  September  2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 “Considering  the  Effects  of  Prior  Year  Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements  in  Current  Year Financial Statements” (“SAB 108”). SAB 108 requires the evaluation of prior-year misstatements using both the balance sheet approach and the income statement approach. In the initial year of adoption should either approach result in quantifying an error that is material in light of quantitative and qualitative factors, SAB 108 guidance allows for a one-time cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings.  In years subsequent to adoption, previously undetected misstatements deemed material shall result in the restatement of previously issued financial statements in accordance with FAS 154.  SAB 108 is effective for fiscal years ending on or after November 15, 2006.  The adoption of this standard on July 1, 2007 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

Under  Emerging  Issues  Task  Force  (“EITF”)  06-4:  Accounting for deferred  compensation  and  postretirement  benefit aspects of endorsement split dollar life insurance arrangements, the EITF reached a consensus that requires  the  recognition  of  a  liability  related to the postretirement benefits covered by an endorsement split-dollar life insurance arrangement.  The consensus highlights that the employer who is the policy holder has a liability for the benefit it is providing to the employee. If the employer has agreed to maintain the insurance policy in force for the employee's benefit during retirement, then the liability recognized during the employee's active service period should be based on the future cost of insurance to be incurred during the employee's retirement. Also, if the employer has agreed to provide the employee with a death benefit, then the liability for the future death benefit should be recognized under SFAS 106. As of September 20, 2006, this FASB board ratified the above. It is applicable for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. We do not expect the adoption of this standard will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

Under EITF 06-5: Accounting for Purchases of Life Insurance - Determining the Amount That Could be Realized in Accordance with FASB Technical Bulletin No. 85-4, "Accounting for Purchases of

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 Life Insurance", the Task Force reached a consensus that a policyholder should consider any additional amounts included in the contractual terms of the policy in determining the amount that could be realized under the insurance contract.  The task forces agreed that contractual limitations should be considered when determining the realizable amounts. Those amounts that are recoverable by the policyholder at the discretion of the insurance company should be excluded from the amount that could be realized. The task force also agreed that fixed amounts that are recoverable by the policyholder in future periods in excess of one year from the surrender of the policy should be recognized at their present value. The task force also reached a consensus that a policyholder should determine the amount that could be realized under the life insurance contract assuming the surrender of an individual life by individual life policy. The Task force also noted that any amount that is ultimately realized by the policyholder upon the assumed surrender of the final policy shall be included in the amount that could be realized under the insurance contract. The issue is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, but early adoption is permitted. This was ratified at the Task Force, September 20, 2006 meeting.  We do not expect the adoption of this standard to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.
 
In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Statement No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities-Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115”, (“FAS 159”). FAS 159 provide companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. Most of the provisions of this statement apply only to entities that elect the fair value option. However, the amendment to FASB Statement No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities”, applies to all entities with available-for-sale and trading securities. FAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. This statement is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of a fiscal year that begins on or before November 15, 2007, provided the entity makes that election within the first 120 days of that fiscal year and also elects to apply the provisions of FASB Statement No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”. We do not believe adoption of this Statement will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Loss Contingencies:  Loss contingencies, including claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, are recorded as liabilities when the likelihood of loss is probable and an amount or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. Management does not believe there now are such matters that will have a material effect on the financial statements.
 
Restrictions on Cash:  The Company is required to maintain reserve balances in cash or on deposit with the Federal Reserve Bank, based on a percentage of deposits. The total of those reserve balances was $1,174,000 and $1,101,000 at June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments:  Fair values of financial instruments are estimated using relevant market information and other assumptions, as more fully disclosed in a separate note. Fair value estimates involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment regarding interest rates, credit risk, prepayments, and other factors, especially in the absence of broad markets for particular items. Changes in assumptions or in market conditions could significantly affect the estimates.
 
Operating Segments:  While the chief decision-makers monitor the revenue streams of the various products and services, the identifiable segments are not material and operations are managed and financial performance is evaluated on a Company-wide basis. Accordingly, all of the financial service operations are considered by management to be aggregated in one reportable operating segment.
 

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2.
INVESTMENTS
 
The fair value of available for sale securities and the related gross unrealized gains and losses recognized in  accumulated other comprehensive loss were as follows:

   
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
   
(In thousands)
 
June 30, 2007
             
U.S. government agency and government sponsored entity bonds
 
$
2,994
 
$
 
$
 (6
)
Mortgage-backed:
                   
Freddie Mac
   
4,827
   
   
(139
)
Collateralized mortgage obligations:
                   
Freddie Mac
   
5,758
   
   
(69
)
Total
 
$
13,579
 
$
 
$
 (214
)
                     
June 30, 2006
                   
U.S. government agency and government sponsored entity bonds
 
$
5,392
 
$
 
$
 (108
)
Mortgage-backed:
                   
Freddie Mac
   
5,897
   
   
(313
)
Total
 
$
11,289
 
$
 
$
 (421
)
                     


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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

The carrying amount, unrecognized gains and losses, and fair value of securities held to maturity were as follows: 
   
Carrying
Amount
 
Gross
Unrecognized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrecognized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
   
(In thousands)
 
June 30, 2007
                 
U.S. government agency and government sponsored entity bonds
 
$
12,000
 
$
 
$
 (70
)
$
11,930
 
Mortgage-backed
                         
Fannie Mae
   
303
   
1
   
   
304
 
Freddie Mac
   
217
   
   
(1
)
 
216
 
Ginnie Mae
   
146
   
   
   
146
 
Collateralized mortgage obligations
                         
Fannie Mae
   
2,747
   
   
(126
)
 
2,621
 
Freddie Mac
   
4,926
   
   
(356
)
 
4,570
 
Ginnie Mae
   
757
   
   
(30
)
 
727
 
Total
 
$
21,096
 
$
1
 
$
 (583
)
$
20,514
 
                           
June 30, 2006
                         
U.S. government agency and government sponsored entity bonds
 
$
12,000
 
$
 
$
 (267
)
$
11,733
 
Mortgage-backed
                         
Fannie Mae
   
408
   
2
   
   
410
 
Freddie Mac
   
269
   
1
   
   
270
 
Ginnie Mae
   
168
   
1
   
   
169
 
Collateralized mortgage obligations
                         
Fannie Mae
   
3,372
   
1
   
(162
)
 
3,211
 
Freddie Mac
   
7,197
   
   
(374
)
 
6,823
 
Ginnie Mae
   
1,324
   
   
(1
)
 
1,323
 
Total
 
$
24,738
 
$
5
 
$
 (804
)
$
23,939
 
 
There were no sales of securities during the years ending June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005.
 
The fair value of debt securities and carrying amount, if different, at June 30, 2007 by contractual maturity were as follows:
 
   
Held-to-Maturity
 
Available-for-Sale
 
   
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair
Value
 
Fair
Value
 
   
(In thousands)
 
               
Due within one year
 
$
12,000
 
$
11,930
 
$
 
Due from one year to five years
   
   
   
2,994
 
Due from five years to ten years
   
   
   
 
Due after ten years
   
   
   
 
Mortgage-backed securities and Collateralized mortgage obligations
   
9,096
   
8,584
   
10,585
 
   
$
21,096
 
$
20,514
 
$
13,579
 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

 
Securities not due at a single maturity date, primarily mortgage-backed securities, are shown separately.
 
 
Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
 
Securities with unrealized losses at June 30, 2007 and 2006, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, are as follows:
 
 
 
Less than 12 months
   
12 months or more
   
Total
 
   
Fair
     
Unrealized
   
Fair
     
Unrealized
   
Fair
     
Unrealized
 
   
Value
     
Loss
   
Value
     
Loss
   
Value
     
Loss
 
   
(In thousands)
 
June 30, 2007
                                         
Description of Securities
                                         
U.S. government agency
 
$
     
$
 ─
   
$
14,924
     
$
 (76
)
 
$
14,924
     
$
 (76
)
Mortgage-backed
   
216
       
(1)
     
4,827
       
 (139
)
   
5,043
       
 (140
)
Collateralized mortgage obligations
   
972
       
(2
)
   
12,163
       
 (579
)
   
13,135
       
 (581
)
Total temporarily impaired
 
$
1,188
     
$
 (3
)
 
$
31,914
     
$
 (794
)
 
$
33,102
     
$
 (797
)
                                                       
June 30, 2006
                                                     
Description of Securities
                                                     
U.S. government agency
 
$
1,982
     
$
 (18
)
 
$
15,143
     
$
 (357
)
 
$
17,125
     
$
 (375
)
Mortgage-backed
   
       
 ─
     
5,898
       
 (312
)
   
5,898
       
 (312
)
Collateralized mortgage obligations
   
2,914
       
 (114
)
   
8,402
       
 (424
)
   
11,316
       
 (538
)
Total temporarily
impaired
 
$
4,896
     
$
 (132
)
 
$
29,443
     
$
 (1,093
)
 
$
34,339
     
$
 (1,225
)
 
The Company evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment-at least on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation. Consideration is given to the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, and the intent and ability of the Company to retain its investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. In analyzing an issuer’s financial condition, the Company may consider whether the securities are issued by the federal government or its agencies, whether downgrades by bond rating agencies have occurred, and the results of reviews of the issuer’s financial condition.
 
At June 30, 2007, fifteen debt securities had unrealized losses with aggregate depreciation of 2.3% for the Company’s amortized cost basis.  At June 30, 2006, thirteen debt securities had unrealized losses with aggregate depreciation of 3.4% for the Company’s amortized cost basis. The unrealized losses
 

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 relate principally to the general change in interest rate levels that has occurred since the securities purchase dates, and such unrecognized losses or gains will continue to vary with general interest rate level fluctuations in the future. As management has the ability to hold debt securities until maturity, or for the foreseeable future if classified as available for sale, and fully expects to recover their value, no declines are deemed to be other than temporary.
 

 
3.
LOANS
 
The composition of loans consists of the following:
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Real Estate:
             
One- to four-family residential, fixed rate
 
$
348,798
 
$
258,918
 
One- to four-family residential, variable rate
   
120,661
   
178,106
 
Multi-family residential, variable rate
   
88,112
   
89,220
 
Commercial real estate, variable rate
   
77,821
   
58,845
 
     
635,392
   
585,089
 
Consumer:
             
Automobile
   
53,100
   
41,572
 
Home equity
   
1,446
   
1,787
 
Other consumer loans, primarily unsecured
   
12,024
   
8,374
 
     
66,570
   
51,733
 
Total loans
   
701,962
   
636,822
 
Deferred net loan origination fees
   
(134
)
 
(202
)
Net premiums on purchased loans
   
120
   
195
 
Allowance for loan losses
   
(2,805
)
 
(2,722
)
   
$
699,143
 
$
634,093
 
 
In addition to the above, the Company participates with other financial institutions in certain loans they have originated. The Company continues to service the participants’ balance, which at June 30, 2007 totaled $1.3 million and represented 2 loans. The Company receives a servicing fee of 25 basis points on these participated loans.
 
The Company has purchased real-estate loan participations originated by other financial institutions. All of these loan participations were purchased without recourse and are secured by real property. The originating financial institution performs all servicing functions on these loans.
 
The Company’s one- to four-family interest-only mortgages loans totaled $100,424,000 and $90,327,000 at June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006, respectively.
 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

The following is an analysis of the changes in the allowance for loan losses:
 
   
Years Ended June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(In thousands)
 
               
Balance, beginning of year
 
$
2,722
 
$
2,408
 
$
2,328
 
Provision for loan losses
   
529
   
652
   
406
 
Recoveries
   
322
   
242
   
222
 
Loans charged off
   
(768
)
 
(580
)
 
(548
)
Balance, end of year
 
$
2,805
 
$
2,722
 
$
2,408
 
 
There were no loans individually classified as impaired during the periods or as of June 30, 2007 and 2006.
 
Loans on which accrual of interest has been discontinued or reduced amounted to $1,141,000, $67,000 and $787,000 at June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005 respectively. If interest on those loans had been accrued, such income would have been $17,000, $1,000, and $25,000 for the years ended June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005 respectively. The effects of troubled debt restructurings are not considered material to the Company’s financial position and results of operations.
 
4.
CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK
 
The Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program employs a large percentage of the Bank’s account holders. Further, a significant concentration of the Bank’s borrowers resides in California. Although the Bank has a diversified loan portfolio, borrowers’ ability to repay loans may be affected by the economic climate of either the health care industry or the overall geographic region in which borrowers reside.
 
 
5.
PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT
 
Premises and equipment are summarized as follows:
   
June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
   
(In thousands)
 
               
Building
 
$
1,214
 
$
998
 
Leasehold improvements
   
915
   
827
 
Furniture and equipment
   
4,505
   
4,034
 
     
6,634
   
5,859
 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
   
(3,150
)
 
(2,443
)
   
$
3,484
 
$
3,416
 
 
Depreciation expense on premises and equipment totaled $742,000, $507,000, and $459,000 for the years ended June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.
 
The Company leases office space in eight buildings. The operating leases contain renewal options and provisions requiring the Company to pay property taxes and operating expenses over base period amounts. All rental payments are dependent only upon the lapse of time.
 

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Minimum rental payments under operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more at June 30, 2007 are as follows (in thousands):
 
Years ended June 30,
     
2008
 
$
845
 
2009
   
861
 
2010
   
784
 
2011
   
381
 
2012
   
147
 
Thereafter
   
423
 
   
$
3,441
 

 
Rental expense, including property taxes and common area maintenance for the years ended June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005 for all facilities leased under operating leases totaled $967,000, $874,000, and $683,000, respectively.
 
6.
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
Goodwill
 
The activity in balance for goodwill during the year is as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Year Ended
June 30, 2007
   
Year Ended
June 30, 2006
             
Beginning of year
 
$
3,950
 
$
3,950
Acquired goodwill
   
   
Impairment
   
   
End of year
 
$
3,950
 
$
3,950
 
Acquired Intangible Assets
 
Acquired intangible assets were as follows as of year end (in thousands):
 
   
Year Ended
June 30, 2007
 
Year Ended
June 30, 2006
 
   
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
                   
Core deposit intangibles
 
$
676
 
$
353
 
$
676
 
$
239
 

 
 
Aggregate amortization expense was $114,000, $131,000 and $108,000 for the years ended June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.
 

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Estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years is as follows (in thousands):
 
Years ended June 30,
     
2008
 
$
97
 
2009
   
80
 
2010
   
62
 
2011
   
45
 
2012
   
27
 

 
7.
DEPOSITS
 
The following table shows the distribution of, and certain other information relating to, deposits by type of deposit, as of the dates indicated.
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
   
(In thousands)
 
               
Noninterest-bearing demand
 
$
43,169
 
$
43,137
 
Savings
   
136,643
   
91,199
 
Money Market
   
75,599
   
110,987
 
Certificates of deposit
   
238,717
   
218,131
 
Total deposits
 
$
494,128
 
$
463,454
 

 
Deposits by maturity are summarized as follows:
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
   
(In thousands)
 
               
No contractual maturity
 
$
255,411
 
$
245,323
 
0-1 year maturity
   
174,738
   
122,766
 
Over 1-2 year maturity
   
20,466
   
32,169
 
Over 2-3 year maturity
   
20,039
   
18,861
 
Over 3-4 year maturity
   
13,705
   
23,252
 
Over 4-5 year maturity
   
9,769
   
21,083
 
Total deposits
 
$
494,128
 
$
463,454
 

 

 

 

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The aggregate amount of certificates of deposit in denominations of $100,000 or more at June 30, 2007 and 2006 was $93,547,000 and $74,697,000, respectively.
 
Interest expense by major category is summarized as follows:
 
   
Years Ended June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(In thousands)
 
               
Savings
 
$
1,925
 
$
395
 
$
405
 
Money Market
   
2,700
   
2,343
   
1,396
 
Certificates of deposit
   
10,254
   
8,586
   
6,977
 
Total
 
$
14,879
 
$
11,324
 
$
8,778
 

 
 
8.
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES
 
At June 30, 2007, the stated interest rates on the Bank’s advances from the FHLB ranged from 3.18% to 5.28%, with a weighted average stated rate of 4.44%.  At June 30, 2006, the stated interest rates on the Bank’s advances from the FHLB ranged from 2.74% to 4.77%, with a weighted average stated rate of 4.20%. The contractual maturities by year of the Bank’s advances are as follows:
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Years ended June 30,
             
2007
 
$
 
$
10,000
 
2008
   
20,000
   
20,000
 
2009
   
28,000
   
28,000
 
2010
   
70,000
   
70,000
 
2011
   
52,000
   
52,000
 
2012
   
40,000
   
 
Total advances
   
210,000
   
180,000
 
Deferred debt exchange costs
   
16
   
(52
)
Total
 
$
210,016
 
$
179,948
 
 
The Bank’s advances from the FHLB were collateralized by certain real estate loans of an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $623,792,000 and $597,051,000 as of the most recent notification date for June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. At June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006, the amount available to borrow under this agreement was $101,407,000 and $109,455,000, respectively. Each advance is payable at its maturity date.  At June 30, 2007, the Bank had a $20,000,000 FHLB putable advance scheduled to mature on June 28, 2012.  The advance has a below-market, fixed initial coupon rate of 4.93% in exchange for the Bank selling FHLB the option to require repayment of the advance quarterly after June 28, 2009.  FHLB advances are subject to a prepayment penalty if repaid before the maturity date.
 

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The average balance of FHLB advances for the years ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006 were $189,217,000 and $148,408,000 with average costs of 4.37% and 4.14%, respectively.
 
 
In August 2004, the Bank paid-off and replaced a $50 million advance from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco with five $10 million advances. The prepayment penalty of $473,000 assessed by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco is being amortized over the life of the new advances using the interest method in accordance with EITF 96-19, issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in 1996.
 
9.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
 
401(k) Plan:  The Company has a 401(k) pension plan that allows eligible employees to defer a portion of their salary into the 401(k) plan. The Company matches 50% of the first 10% of employees’ wage reductions. The Company contributed $120,000, $145,000, and $136,000 respectively, to the plan for the years ended June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005.
 
Deferred Compensation Plan:  The Company has an executive salary deferral program for the benefit of certain senior executives that have been designated to participate in the program. The program allows an additional opportunity for key executives to defer a portion of their compensation into a non-qualified deferral program to supplement their retirement earnings. At June 30, 2007 and 2006 the Company has accrued a liability for executive deferrals of $1,013,000 and $973,000, respectively.
 
Incentive Plan:  The Company maintains an Annual Incentive Plan for key employees. Participants are awarded a percentage of their base salary for attaining certain personal performance goals. The compensation expense related to these plans for the year ended June 2007, 2006, and 2005 totaled $71,000, $227,000 and $191,000 respectively.
 
10.
EMPLOYEE STOCK COMPENSATION
 
Recognition and Retention Plan (“RRP”): The Company’s RRP provides for issue of shares to directors, officers, and employees.  Compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period of the shares based on the market value at date of grant.  These shares vest over a five year period.  Pursuant to the Company’s 2004 RRP, 227,470 shares of the Company’s common stock may be awarded.  There were 107,660 restricted shares outstanding and the Company had an aggregate of 62,930 restricted shares available for future issuance under the RRP at June 30, 2007.
 
A summary of changes in the Company’s RRP shares for the year follows:

 
Shares
   
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
           
RRP shares at July 1, 2006
120,880
 
$
14.10
 
Granted
35,000
   
17.58
 
Vested
(24,220
)
 
14.10
 
Forfeited
(24,000
)
 
14.10
 
RRP shares at June 30, 2007
107,660
 
$
15.23
 

 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

As of June 30, 2007, there was $1,349,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested shares under the plan.  The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.1 years.  The total fair value of shares vested during the years ended June 30, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $342,000, $461,000 and $0.
 
Stock Option Plan (“SOP”): The Company’s SOP provides for issue of options to directors, officers and employees.  Pursuant to the Company’s 2004 SOP, 568,675 shares of the Company’s common stock may be awarded.  The Company implemented the SOP to promote the long-term interest of the Company and its shareholders by providing an incentive to those key employees who contribute to the operational success of the Company.  The options become exercisable in equal installments over a five-year period beginning one year from the date of grant.  The options expire ten years from the date of grant and are subject to certain restrictions and limitations.  Compensation expense, net of tax effects related to the SOP was $228,000 and $329,000 for years ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006, respectively.  A summary of the status of the Company’s stock option plan and changes is presented below:
 
 
June 30,
2007
           
 
Shares
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
     
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
                       
Outstanding at beginning of period
350,720
 
$
14.50
             
Granted
62,000
   
16.77
             
Exercised
(11,720
)
 
14.50
             
Forfeited or expired
(52,600
)
 
14.50
             
Outstanding at end of period
348,400
 
$
14.90
     
7.72 years
 
$
342,136
Options exercisable at end of period
114,560
 
 
$
14.50
     
 
7.38 years
 
 
$
136,326
                       

 
Information related to the stock option plan during each year follows:
 
   
June 30,
 2007
 
June 30,
 2006
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Intrinsic value of stock options exercised
 
$
28
 
$
 
Cash received from options exercised
   
170
   
 
Tax benefit realized from option exercises
   
5
   
 
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted
 
$
4.25
 
$
 

 

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There were no options granted in the year ended June 30, 2006.  Stock options granted during the years ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2005 were computed using the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of options with the following assumptions as of the date of grant:
 
     
June 30,
2007
   
June 30,
2006
   
June 30,
2005
 
                     
Risk-free interest rate
   
4.67
%
 
%
 
3.54
%
Expected option life
   
6.52 years
   
   
5 Years
 
Expected price volatility
   
23.35
%
 
%
 
39.18
%
Expected dividend yield
   
2.33
%
 
%
 
1.33
%
                     
Estimated fair value of stock options granted
 
$
4.25
 
$
   
5.10
 
 
At June 30, 2007, the Company had an aggregate of 208,555 options available for future issuance under the SOP.
 
 
As of June 30, 2007, there was $878,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock options.  The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 7.7 years.  Expense will vary based on actual forfeitures.
 
 
11.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ESOP)
 
During 2004, the Company implemented the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which covers substantially all of its employees. In connection with the stock offering, the Company issued 454,940 shares of common stock for allocation under the ESOP in exchange for a ten-year note in the amount of $4.5 million. The $4.5 million for the ESOP purchase was borrowed from the Company. The ESOP shares initially were pledged as collateral for the loan.
 
The loan is secured by shares purchased with the loan proceeds and will be repaid by the ESOP with funds from the Company’s contributions to the ESOP and earnings on ESOP assets. Shares issued to the ESOP are allocated to ESOP participants based on the proportion of debt service paid in the year. Principal and interest payments are scheduled to occur over a ten-year period. Contributions to the ESOP were $417,000, $442,000, and $481,000 for the years ended June 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.
 
During the year ended June 30, 2007, 45,494 shares of stock with an average fair value of $17.36 per share were committed to be released, resulting in ESOP compensation expense of $790,000.  During the year ended 2006, 45,494 shares of stock with an average fair value of $12.66 per share were committed to be released, resulting in ESOP compensation expense of $576,000. Shares held by the ESOP at June 30, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
               
Allocated shares
   
147,856
   
102,362
 
Unearned shares
   
307,084
   
352,578
 
Total ESOP shares
   
454,940
   
454,940
 
               
Fair value of unearned shares (in thousands)
 
$
4,818
 
$
5,109
 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

 
12.
INCOME TAXES
 
The components of income tax expense are as follows:
 
   
June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Current
             
Federal
 
$
1,674
 
$
1,941
 
$
2,375
 
State
   
775
   
731
   
863
 
     
2,449
   
2,672
   
3,238
 
                     
Deferred
                   
Federal
   
62
   
49
   
(210
)
State
   
23
   
5
   
(48
)
     
85
   
54
   
(258
)
Income tax expense
 
$
2,534
 
$
2,726
 
$
2,980
 
 
The income tax provision differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the United States federal income tax rate to pretax income due to the following:
 
   
June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
               
Federal income tax at statutory rate
 
$
2,460
 
$
2,603
 
$
2,712
 
State taxes, net of federal tax benefit
   
525
   
487
   
532
 
Bank-owned life insurance
   
(149
)
 
(145
)
 
(30
)
ESOP expenses
   
117
   
41
   
53
 
General business credit
   
(311
)
 
(335
)
 
(295
)
Stock options
   
63
   
93
   
 
RRP expenses
   
   
(26
)
 
 
Other, net
   
(171
)
 
8
   
8
 
  Total
 
$
2,534
 
$
2,726
 
$
2,980
 
                     
Tax expense as a percentage of income before tax
   
35.0
 %
 
35.6
 %
 
37.4
 %
 

 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

 
The Company’s total net deferred tax assets are as follows:
 
   
June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Deferred tax assets:
             
Allowance for loan losses
 
$
1,051
 
$
913
 
Accrued expenses
   
436
   
429
 
Accrued state income tax
   
276
   
268
 
Unrealized loss on securities available-for-sale
   
88
   
173
 
RRP Plan
   
85
   
110
 
Total deferred tax assets
   
1,936
   
1,893
 
Deferred tax liabilities:
             
Premises and equipment
   
(174
)
 
(221
)
Goodwill and other intangibles
   
(204
)
 
(124
)
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock dividends
   
(487
)
 
(290
)
Other
   
(34
)
 
(51
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
   
(899
)
 
(686
)
Net deferred tax asset, included in other assets
 
$
1,037
 
$
1,207
 
 

 
 
13.
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON RETAINED EARNINGS
 
The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Bank’s financial statements. The regulations require the Bank to meet specific capital adequacy guidelines that involve quantitative measures of Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Bank’s capital classification is also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.
 
Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the following table) of total and Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined) and Tier 1 capital to total assets (as defined). Management’s opinion, as of June 30, 2007, is that the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject.
 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

As of June 30, 2007 and 2006, the most recent notification from the Office of Thrift Supervision, categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized, an institution must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk based and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the table below. There are no conditions or events since the notification that management believes have changed the Bank’s category. The Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table.
 
   
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
Minimum Capital Adequacy
Requirements
 
Minimum Required to be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Actions Provisions
 
   
Amount
 
Ratio
 
Amount
 
Ratio
 
Amount
 
Ratio
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
June 30, 2007:
                         
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
 
$67,622
 
13.30
%
$40,660
 
8.00
%
$50,825
 
10.00
%
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)
 
64,875
 
12.76
 
20,330
 
4.00
 
30,495
 
6.00
 
Tier 1 (core) capital (to adjusted tangible assets)
 
64,875
 
8.32
 
31,191
 
4.00
 
38,989
 
5.00
 
                           
June 30, 2006:
                         
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
 
$71,632
 
16.03
%
$35,741
 
8.00
%
$44,676
 
10.00
%
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)
 
68,910
 
15.42
 
17,870
 
4.00
 
26,806
 
6.00
 
Tier 1 (core) capital (to adjusted tangible assets)
 
68,910
 
9.58
 
28,771
 
4.00
 
35,964
 
5.00
 

The following is a reconciliation of the Bank’s equity under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) to regulatory capital.

   
June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
   
(In thousands)
 
               
GAAP Equity
 
$
69,148
 
$
73,297
 
Goodwill and other intangibles
   
(4,273
)
 
(4,387
)
Tier 1 Capital
   
64,875
   
68,910
 
General allowance for loan losses
   
2,747
   
2,722
 
Total regulatory capital
 
$
67,622
 
$
71,632
 
 
Office of Thrift Supervision regulations impose various restrictions on savings institutions with respect to their ability to make distributions of capital, which include dividends, stock redemptions or repurchases, cash-out mergers and other transactions charged to the capital account.
 
 
Generally, savings institutions, such as Kaiser Federal Bank, that before and after the proposed distribution are well-capitalized, may make capital distributions during any calendar year up to 100% of net income for the year-to-date plus retained net income for the two preceding years. However, an institution deemed to be in need of more than normal supervision by the Office of Thrift Supervision
 

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 may have its dividend authority restricted by the Office of Thrift Supervision.  The amount of retained earnings available for dividends was $3.8 million at June 30, 2007.   Kaiser Federal Bank may pay dividends to K-Fed Bancorp in accordance with this general authority.
 
K-Fed Bancorp is not currently subject to prompt corrective action regulations.
 
14.
LOAN COMMITMENTS AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES
 
The Company is a party to various legal actions normally associated with collections of loans and other business activities of financial institutions, the aggregate effect of which, in management’s opinion, would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
 
At June 30, 2007 and 2006, there were was $14,285,000 and $15,466,000, respectively, in cash and cash equivalents with balances in excess of insured limits.
 
Outstanding mortgage loan commitments at June 30, 2007 and 2006 amounted to $7.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively.  As of June 30, 2007, $595,000 of commitments were issued at a fixed rate of 6.375%. There were no commitments to purchase mortgage loans at June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
 
Available credit on home equity and unsecured lines of credit is summarized as follows:
 
   
June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
   
(In thousands)
 
               
Home equity
 
$
1,930
 
$
2,372
 
Other consumer
   
4,485
   
4,693
 
   
$
6,415
 
$
7,065
 
 
Commitments for home equity and unsecured lines of credit may expire without being drawn upon. Therefore, the total commitment amount does not necessarily represent future cash requirements of the Company. These commitments are not reflected in the financial statements.
 
 
15.
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is necessarily required to interpret market data to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize in a market exchange. The use of different assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
 

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The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate fair value:
 
Investments
 
Estimated fair values for investments are obtained from quoted market prices where available. Where quoted market prices are not available, estimated fair values are based on quoted market prices of comparable instruments.
 
Loans
 
The estimated fair value for all fixed rate loans and variable rate loans with an initial fixed rate feature is determined by discounting the estimated cash flows using the current rate at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and maturities.
 
The estimated fair value for variable rate loans with no initial fixed rate feature is the carrying amount.
 
Deposits
 
The estimated fair value of deposit accounts (savings, non interest bearing demand and money market accounts) is the carrying amount. The fair value of fixed-maturity time certificates of deposit is estimated by discounting the estimated cash flows using the current rate at which similar certificates would be issued.
 
FHLB Advances
 
The fair values of the FHLB advances are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, based on the Company’s current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.
 
Other On-Balance-Sheet Financial Instruments
 
Other on-balance-sheet financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accrued interest receivable, FHLB stock and accrued expenses and other liabilities. The carrying value of each of these financial instruments is a reasonable estimation of fair value.
 
Off-Balance-Sheet Financial Instruments
 
The fair values for the Company’s off-balance sheet loan commitments are estimated based on fees charged to others to enter into similar agreements taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and credit standing of the Company’s customers. The estimated fair value of these commitments is not significant.
 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are summarized as follows:
 
   
June 30, 2007
 
June 30, 2006
 
   
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair
Value
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair
Value
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Financial assets:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
26,732
 
$
26,732
 
$
25,579
 
$
25,579
 
Interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions
   
2,970
   
2,954
   
9,010
   
8,865
 
Securities available-for-sale
   
13,579
   
13,579
   
11,289
   
11,289
 
Securities held-to-maturity
   
21,096
   
20,514
   
24,738
   
23,939
 
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
   
9,870
   
9,870
   
8,746
   
8,746
 
Loans, net
   
699,143
   
680,196
   
634,093
   
613,105
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
3,259
   
3,259
   
2,767
   
2,767
 
Financial liabilities:
                         
Deposits
   
494,128
   
493,329
   
463,454
   
459,917
 
FHLB advances
   
210,016
   
204,745
   
179,948
   
172,372
 
 

 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

 
16.
BUSINESS COMBINATION
 
On September 24, 2004, the Bank acquired the Panorama City branch of Pan American Bank. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase and accordingly was included in the results of operations from the date of acquisition. The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition (in thousands).
 
Assets acquired:
       
   Teller and vault cash
 
$
128
 
   Loans
   
23
 
   Other assets / prepayment credits
   
38
 
   Core deposit intangible
   
676
 
      Total assets acquired
   
865
 
Liabilities assumed:
       
   Deposit accounts
   
60,971
 
   Discount on certificates of deposit
   
206
 
   Accrued interest payable
   
1
 
      Total liabilities assumed (net of assets acquired)
   
60,313
 
      Cash received from Pan American Bank
   
56,363
 
Goodwill
 
$
3,950
 
 
The core deposit intangible is being amortized over 8 years on an accelerated basis and is deducted for tax purposes over 15 years using the straight line method. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, goodwill is not amortizable but is subject to annual impairment testing and is deducted for tax purposes over 15 years using the straight line method.
 
The Bank acquired the branch at this premium to further solidify its market share in the Los Angeles County market, expand its customer base to enhance deposit fee income, provide an opportunity to market additional products and services to new customers, and improve customer convenience by adding a new location.
 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

 
17.
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
 
The factors used in the earnings per share computation follow (dollars in thousands).
 
   
June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(In thousands, except per share data)
 
Basic
             
Net income
 
$
4,704
 
$
4,929
 
$
4,997
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding
   
13,627,566
   
13,867,645
   
14,071,992
 
  Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.35
 
$
0.36
 
$
0.36
 
Diluted
                   
Net income
 
$
4,704
 
$
4,929
 
$
4,997
 
  Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic earnings per common share
   
13,627,566
   
13,867,645
   
14,071,992
 
  Add:  Dilutive effects of stock awards
   
23,028
   
   
 
  Add:  Dilutive effects of stock options
   
1,657
   
   
 
Average shares and dilutive potential common shares
   
13,652,251
   
13,867,645
   
14,071,992
 
Diluted earnings per common share
 
$
0.34
 
$
0.36
 
$
0.36
 
                     
 
The effect of stock awards and stock options was not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the years ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2005 because to do so would have been anti-dilutive.  For the years ended June 30, 2007, there were no antidilutive options or awards.
 
 
18.
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (INCOME)
 
Other comprehensive (loss) income components and related taxes were as follows:
 
   
June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(In thousands)
 
               
Unrealized holding gain (loss) on securities available-for-sale
 
$
207
 
$
(135
)
$
37
 
Tax effect
   
(86
)
 
56
   
(15
)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
121
 
$
(79
)
$
22
 

 

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19.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
 
 
The following table sets forth our Company’s unaudited results of operations for the four quarters ended 2007 and 2006.  The sum of the quarterly data may not be equal to the annual data.
 
   
Three months ended
 
   
September 30
     
December 31
     
March 31
     
June 30
 
   
(In thousands, except share data)
 
Fiscal Year 2007
                             
Interest income
 
$
9,725
     
$
10,245
     
$
10,468
     
$
10,728
 
Interest expense
   
5,153
       
5,859
       
5,938
       
6,190
 
Net interest income
   
4,572
       
4,386
       
4,530
       
4,538
 
Provision for loan losses
   
122
       
180
       
116
       
111
 
Noninterest income
   
1,076
       
1,009
       
1,093
       
1,081
 
Noninterest expense
   
3,427
       
3,533
       
3,851
       
3,707
 
Income before income tax
   
2,099
       
1,682
       
1,656
       
1,801
 
Income tax expense
   
784
       
537
       
543
       
670
 
Net income
 
$
1,315
     
$
1,145
     
$
1,113
     
$
1,131
 
                                       
Basic and Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.10
     
$
0.08
     
$
0.08
     
$
0.08
 
                                       
Fiscal Year 2006
                                     
Interest income
 
$
7,686
     
$
9,013
     
$
9,474
     
$
9,648
 
Interest expense
   
3,316
       
4,429
       
4,772
       
4,947
 
Net interest income
   
4,370
       
4,584
       
4,702
       
4,701
 
Provision for loan losses
   
165
       
195
       
128
       
164
 
Noninterest income
   
745
       
951
       
873
       
857
 
Noninterest expense
   
3,307
       
3,251
       
3,369
       
3,549
 
Income before income tax
   
1,643
       
2,089
       
2,078
       
1,845
 
Income tax expense
   
589
       
767
       
723
       
647
 
Net income
 
$
1,054
     
$
1,322
     
$
1,355
     
$
1,198
 
                                       
Basic and Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.08
     
$
0.10
     
$
0.10
     
$
0.09
 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

20.  PARENT COMPANY ONLY CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

Condensed financial information of K-Fed Bancorp follows:

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
 (In thousands)
   
June 30
2007
 
June 30
2006
 
Assets
             
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
6,036
 
$
4,087
 
Securities available for sale
   
13,579
   
11,289
 
ESOP Loan
   
3,264
   
3,678
 
Investment in bank subsidiary
   
69,148
   
73,297
 
Accrued income receivable
   
78
   
50
 
Other assets
   
226
   
308
 
   
$
92,331
 
$
92,709
 
Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity
             
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
$
14
 
$
52
 
Stockholders’ equity
   
92,317
   
92,657
 
   
$
92,331
 
$
92,709
 





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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

 
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF INCOME
 (Dollars in thousands)

   
June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Income
             
Interest on ESOP Loan
 
$
3
 
$
46
 
$
102
 
Dividend from subsidiary
   
10,000
   
   
 
Interest on investment securities, taxable
   
405
   
513
   
604
 
Other interest and dividend income
   
351
   
44
   
39
 
Total income
   
10,759
   
603
   
745
 
Expenses
                   
Other operating expenses
   
291
   
250
   
276
 
Income before income taxes and equity in undistributed earnings of bank subsidiary
   
10,468
   
353
   
469
 
Income taxes
   
160
   
145
   
182
 
Income before equity in undistributed earnings of bank subsidiary
   
10,308
   
208
   
287
 
Equity in undistributed earnings of bank subsidiary (dividends in excess of earnings)
   
(5,604
)
 
4,721
   
4,710
 
Net income
 
$
4,704
 
$
4,929
 
$
4,997
 









 

 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
 (Dollars in thousands)

   
June 30
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
(In thousands)
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
             
Net income
 
$
4,704
 
$
4,929
 
$
4,997
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                   
Equity in undistributed earnings of bank subsidiary
   
5,604
   
(4,721
)
 
(4,710
)
Amortization of net premiums on investments
   
31
   
49
   
65
 
Net change in accrued income receivable
   
(28
)
 
26
   
7
 
Net change in other assets
   
(3
)
 
(74
)
 
(45
)
Net change in accrued expenses and other liabilities
   
(38
)
 
37
   
(90
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
10,270
   
246
   
224
 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                   
Purchases of securities available-for-sale
   
(8,860
)
 
   
 
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale investments
   
6,745
   
7,375
   
2,127
 
Net change in ESOP loan receivable
   
414
   
397
   
382
 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
   
(1,701
)
 
7,772
   
2,509
 
                     
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
                   
Dividends paid on common stock
   
(1,844
)
 
(1,394
)
 
(821
)
Exercise of stock options
   
170
   
   
 
Purchase of treasury stock
   
(4,946
)
 
(2,944
)
 
(3,453
)
Net cash used in financing activities
   
(6,620
)
 
(4,338
)
 
(4,274
)
                     
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
   
1,949
   
3,680
   
(1,541
)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
   
4,087
   
407
   
1,948
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
 
$
6,036
 
$
4,087
 
$
407
 
 

 

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        JUNE 30, 2007, 2006 AND 2005      
      
        
      
      
        
      
    

 
21.  STOCK CONVERSION
 
On June 26, 2007, the Board of Directors of K-Fed Mutual Holding Company approved a plan to convert the Mutual Holding Company from the mutual to stock form of organization. The Mutual Holding Company is a federally chartered mutual holding company and currently owns approximately 63.5% of the outstanding shares of common stock of K-Fed Bancorp, which owns 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of Kaiser Federal Bank (the “Bank”). Pursuant to the terms of K-Fed Mutual Holding Company’s plan of conversion and reorganization, K-Fed Mutual Holding Company will convert from the mutual holding company to the stock holding company corporate structure. As part of the conversion, we are offering for sale in a subscription offering, and possibly in a community and/or a syndicated community offering, the majority ownership interest of K-Fed Bancorp that is currently owned by K-Fed Mutual Holding Company. Upon the completion of the conversion and offering, K-Fed Mutual Holding Company will cease to exist, and we will complete the transition from partial to full public stock ownership. Upon completion of the conversion, existing public stockholders of K-Fed Bancorp will receive shares of common stock of Kaiser Federal Financial Group in exchange for their shares of K-Fed Bancorp common stock in order to maintain the public stockholders’ existing percentage ownership in our organization (excluding any new shares purchased by them in the offering).

In connection with the conversion, shares of common stock of a new successor holding company, representing the ownership interest of the Mutual Holding Company, will be offered for sale to depositors of the Bank. The following persons and employee benefit plan have subscription rights to purchase shares of common stock of the new holding company in the following order of priority: (1) depositors of record as of March 31, 2006; (2) the Bank’s employee stock ownership plan; (3) depositors of record as of the end of the calendar quarter preceding the commencement of the offering; and (4) depositors entitled to vote on the conversion proposal. If necessary, shares will be offered to the general public. In addition, upon completion of the conversion of the Mutual Holding Company, shares of the Company’s common stock held by public stockholders will be exchanged for shares of a new corporation, which will become the Bank’s new parent holding company. As a result of the conversion and offering, the Mutual Holding Company and Company will cease to exist.

The conversion is subject to approval of the Office of Thrift Supervision as well as the approval of the Mutual Holding Company’s members (depositors of the Bank) and the Company’s stockholders. Proxy materials setting forth information relating to the conversion and offering will be sent to the members of the Mutual Holding Company and stockholders of the Company for their consideration. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus in accordance with federal law and all applicable state securities laws. The conversion and offering are expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2007.
 

 
 

 

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