-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, F0HFQUhHBhlzK4nFfWPVro/TZO4FnF5uZu6ui0mhelHxu2aR6tZqk7QeOIS8pAtp ulg1ff6DrtytgAjbNslMdA== 0001002105-07-000098.txt : 20070402 0001002105-07-000098.hdr.sgml : 20070402 20070402170936 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001002105-07-000098 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 40 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070402 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070402 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRAYSON BANKSHARES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000883758 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30535 FILM NUMBER: 07740246 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 113 W. MAIN ST. CITY: INDEPENDENCE STATE: VA ZIP: 24348 BUSINESS PHONE: 5407732811 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 113 W. MAIN ST. CITY: INDEPENDENCE STATE: VA ZIP: 24348 10-K 1 f10kgbi2.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

Commission file number 0-24159

GRAYSON BANKSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

54-1647596

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

113 West Main Street

Independence, Virginia

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

24348

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (276) 773-2811

 

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

 

 

Title of each class

Name of each exchange

on which registered

None

n/a

 

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

 

Common Stock, par value $1.25 per share

(Title of class)

 

                Indicate 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 Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. 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. x

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 o

Non-accelerated filer x

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

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter. $49,747,620

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. 1,718,968 shares of Common Stock as of March 30, 2007

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders – Part III
Portions of the Company’s 2006 Annual Report - Part II


TABLE OF CONTENTS

                

PART I

 

Page

 

 

 

ITEM 1.

BUSINESS

1

 

 

 

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

6

 

 

 

ITEM 1B.

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

8

 

 

 

ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES

9

 

 

 

ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

10

 

 

 

ITEM 4.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE

 

 

OF SECURITY HOLDERS

10

 

 

 

PART II

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED

 

 

STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF

 

 

EQUITY SECURITIES

10

 

 

 

ITEM 6.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

12

 

 

 

ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL

 

 

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION

13

 

 

 

ITEM 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT

 

 

MARKET RISK

30

 

 

 

ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

32

 

 

 

ITEM 9.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS

 

 

ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

32

 

 

 

ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

32

 

 

 

ITEM 9B.

OTHER INFORMATION

33

 

 

 

PART III

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE

 

 

GOVERNANCE

33

 

 

 

ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

33

 

 

 

ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL

 

 

OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED

 

 

STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

33

 

 

 

ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS,

 

 

AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

 

 

 

ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

33

 

 

 

 

 

PART IV

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

33




PART I

 

Item 1.

Business

 

General

 

Grayson Bankshares, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated as a Virginia corporation on February 3, 1992 to acquire 100% of the stock of The Grayson National Bank (the Bank). The Bank was acquired by the Company on July 1, 1992. The Grayson National Bank was founded in 1900 and currently serves Grayson County and surrounding areas through nine banking offices located in the towns of Independence and Hillsville, the localities of Elk Creek, Troutdale and Whitetop, the City of Galax, and Carroll County, Virginia, and the Town of Sparta, North Carolina.

 

The Bank operates for the primary purpose of meeting the banking needs of individuals and small to medium sized businesses in the Bank’s service area, while developing personal, hometown associations with these customers. The Bank offers a wide range of banking services including checking and savings accounts; commercial, installment, mortgage and personal loans; credit and debit cards; internet banking and online bill paying; safe deposit boxes; and other associated services. The Bank’s primary sources of revenue are interest income from its lending activities, and, to a lesser extent, from its investment portfolio. The Bank also earns fees from lending and deposit activities. The major expenses of the Bank are interest on deposit accounts and general and administrative expenses, such as salaries, occupancy and related expenses.

 

Lending Activities

 

The Bank’s lending services include real estate, commercial, agricultural and consumer loans. The loan portfolio constituted 81.68% of the interest earning assets of the Bank at December 31, 2006 and has historically produced the highest interest rate spread above the cost of funds. The Bank’s loan personnel have the authority to extend credit under guidelines established and approved by the Board of Directors. Any aggregate credit which exceeds the authority of the loan officer is forwarded to the Officers’ Loan Committee for approval. The Officers’ Loan Committee is composed of the Bank President and all loan officers. All aggregate credits that exceed the lending authority of the Officer’s Loan Committee are presented to the Directors’ Loan Committee for consideration. The Directors’ Loan Committee has the authority to approve loans up to $1.0 million of total indebtedness to a single customer. All loans in excess of that amount must be presented to the full Board of Directors for ultimate approval or denial. The Officers’ and Directors’ Loan Committees not only act as approval bodies to ensure consistent application of the Bank’s loan policy but also provide valuable insight through communication and pooling of knowledge, judgment and experience of their respective members.

 

The Bank has in the past and intends to continue to make most types of real estate loans, including, but not limited to, single and multi-family housing, farm loans, residential and commercial construction loans and loans for commercial real estate. At the end of 2006, the Bank had 45.35% of the loan portfolio in single and multi-family housing, 15.84% in non-farm, non-residential real estate loans, 11.26% in farm related real estate loans and 12.37% in real estate construction loans.

 

The Bank’s loan portfolio includes commercial and agricultural production loans totaling 8.88% of the portfolio at year-end 2006. Consumer loans make up approximately 6.30% of the total loan portfolio. Consumer loans include loans for household expenditures, car loans and other loans to individuals. While this category has experienced a greater percentage of charge-offs than the other classifications,


 

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the Bank is committed to continue to make this type of loan to fill the needs of the Bank’s customer base.

All loans in the Bank’s portfolio are subject to risk from the state of the economy in the Bank’s area and also that of the nation. The Bank has used and continues to use conservative loan-to-value ratios and thorough credit evaluation to lessen the risk on all types of loans. The use of conservative appraisals has also reduced exposure on real estate loans. Thorough credit checks and evaluation of past internal credit history has helped to reduce the amount of risk related to consumer loans. Government guarantees of loans are used when appropriate, but apply to a minimal percentage of the portfolio. Commercial loans are evaluated by collateral value and ability to service debt. Businesses seeking loans must have a good product line and sales, responsible management, and demonstrated cash flows sufficient to service the debt.

 

Investments

 

The Bank invests a portion of its assets in U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government agency and U.S. Government sponsored enterprise securities, state, county and municipal obligations, and equity securities. The Bank’s investments are managed in relation to loan demand and deposit growth, and are generally used to provide for the investment of excess funds at reduced yields and risks relative to increases in loan demand or to offset fluctuations in deposits. For additional information relating to investments, see “Investment Securities” in Part II, Item 7.

 

Deposit Activities

 

Deposits are the major source of funds for lending and other investment activities. The Bank considers the majority of its regular savings, demand, NOW and money market deposits and small denomination certificates of deposit to be core deposits. These accounts comprised approximately 77.57% of the Bank’s total deposits at December 31, 2006. Certificates of deposit in denominations of $100,000 or more represented the remaining 22.43% of deposits at year-end.

 

Competition

 

The Company encounters strong competition both in making loans and attracting deposits. The deregulation of the banking industry and the widespread enactment of state laws that permit multi-bank holding companies as well as an increasing level of interstate banking have created a highly competitive environment for commercial banking. In one or more aspects of its business, the Company competes with other commercial banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, finance companies, mutual funds, insurance companies, brokerage and investment banking companies, and other financial intermediaries. Many of these competitors have substantially greater resources and lending limits and may offer certain services that we do not currently provide. In addition, many of the Company’s competitors are not subject to the same extensive federal regulations that govern bank holding companies and federally insured banks. Recent federal and state legislation has heightened the competitive environment in which financial institutions must conduct their business, and the potential for competition among financial institutions of all types has increased significantly.

 

To compete, the Company relies upon specialized services, responsive handling of customer needs, and personal contacts by its officers, directors, and staff. Large multi-branch banking competitors tend to compete primarily by rate and the number and location of branches, while smaller, independent financial institutions tend to compete primarily by rate and personal service.


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Currently, in Grayson County the Company competes with only two other commercial banks, which operate a total of two branch banking facilities. As of June 30, 2006, the Company held 84.42% of the deposits in Grayson County. In the City of Galax, the Company competes with five other commercial banks. Since opening in May of 1996, we have captured a market share of 16.57% of deposits to become the third largest holder of deposits in the market. Wachovia Bank, NA, leads the Galax market with 28.88% of deposits as of June 30, 2006. In Sparta, North Carolina and Carroll County, Virginia, the Company held market shares of 11.06% and 12.54%, respectively, at June 30, 2006.

 

Employees

 

At December 31, 2006, the Company had 110 full time equivalent employees, none of which are represented by a union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Management considers employee relations to be good.

 

Government Supervision and Regulation

 

The following discussion is a summary of the principal laws and regulations that comprise the regulatory framework applicable to the Company and the Bank. Other laws and regulations that govern various aspects of the operations of banks and bank holding companies are not described herein, although violations of such laws and regulations could result in supervisory enforcement action against the Company or the Bank. The following descriptions, as well as descriptions of laws and regulations contained elsewhere in this filing, summarize the material terms of the principal laws and regulations and are qualified in their entirety by reference to applicable laws and regulations.

 

As a bank holding company, the Company is subject to regulation under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (as amended, the “BHCA”) and the examination and reporting requirements of the Federal Reserve. Under the BHCA, a bank holding company may not directly or indirectly acquire ownership or control of more than 5% of the voting shares or substantially all of the assets of any additional bank or merge or consolidate with another bank holding company without the prior approval of the Federal Reserve. The BHCA also generally limits the activities of a bank holding company to that of banking, managing or controlling banks, or any other activity which is determined to be so closely related to banking or to managing or controlling banks that an exception is allowed for those activities.

 

As a national bank, the Bank is subject to regulation, supervision and examination by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”). The Bank is also subject to regulation, supervision and examination by the FDIC. Federal law also governs the activities in which the Bank may engage, the investments it may make and limits the aggregate amount of loans that may be granted to one borrower to 15% of the bank’s capital and surplus. Various consumer and compliance laws and regulations also affect the Bank’s operations.

 

The earnings of the Bank, and therefore the earnings of the Company, are affected by general economic conditions, management policies and the legislative and governmental actions of various regulatory authorities, including those referred to above.

 

The OCC will conduct regular examinations of the Bank, reviewing such matters as the adequacy of loan loss reserves, quality of loans and investments, management practices, compliance with laws, and other aspects of its operations. In addition to these regular examinations, the Bank must furnish the OCC with periodic reports containing a full and accurate statement of its affairs. Supervision, regulation and examination of banks by these agencies are intended primarily for the protection of depositors rather than shareholders.


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Insurance of Accounts, Assessments and Regulation by the FDIC. The deposits of the Bank are insured by the FDIC up to the limits set forth under applicable law. The deposits of the Bank are also subject to the deposit insurance assessments of the Deposit Insurance Fund (“DIF”) of the FDIC.

 

The FDIC has implemented a risk-based deposit insurance assessment system under which the assessment rate for an insured institution may vary according to regulatory capital levels of the institution and other factors, including supervisory evaluations. For example, depository institutions insured by the DIF that are “well capitalized” and that present few or no supervisory concerns are required to pay a minimum assessment of between 0.05% and 0.07% of assessable deposits annually for deposit insurance, while all other banks are required to pay premiums ranging from 0.10% to 0.43% of assessable deposits. These rate schedules are subject to future adjustments by the FDIC. In addition, the FDIC has authority to impose special assessments from time to time.

 

The FDIC is authorized to prohibit any DIF-insured institution from engaging in any activity that the FDIC determines by regulation or order to pose a serious threat to the respective insurance fund. Also, the FDIC may initiate enforcement actions against banks, after first giving the institution’s primary regulatory authority an opportunity to take such action. The FDIC may terminate the deposit insurance of any depository institution if it determines, after a hearing, that the institution has engaged or is engaging in unsafe or unsound practices, is in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue operations, or has violated any applicable law, regulation, order or any condition imposed in writing by the FDIC. It also may suspend deposit insurance temporarily during the hearing process for the permanent termination of insurance, if the institution has no tangible capital. If deposit insurance is terminated, the deposits at the institution at the time of termination, less subsequent withdrawals, shall continue to be insured for a period from six months to two years, as determined by the FDIC. Management is aware of no existing circumstances that could result in termination of the Bank’s deposit insurance.

 

Capital. The OCC and the Federal Reserve have issued risk-based and leverage capital guidelines applicable to banking organizations they supervise. Under the risk-based capital requirements, the Company and the Bank are each generally required to maintain a minimum ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets (including certain off-balance sheet activities, such as standby letters of credit) of 8%. At least half of the total capital is to be composed of common equity, retained earnings and qualifying perpetual preferred stock, less certain intangibles (“Tier 1 capital”). The remainder may consist of certain subordinated debt, certain hybrid capital instruments and other qualifying preferred stock and a limited amount of the loan loss allowance (“Tier 2 capital” and, together with Tier 1 capital, “total capital”).

 

In addition, each of the Federal banking regulatory agencies has established minimum leverage capital ratio requirements for banking organizations. These requirements provide for a minimum leverage ratio of Tier 1 capital to adjusted average quarterly assets equal to 3% for bank holding companies that are rated a composite “1” and 4% for all other bank holding companies. Bank holding companies are expected to maintain higher than minimum capital ratios if they have supervisory, financial, operational or managerial weaknesses, or if they are anticipating or experiencing significant growth.

 

The risk-based capital standards of the OCC and the Federal Reserve explicitly identify concentrations of credit risk and the risk arising from non-traditional activities, as well as an institution’s ability to manage these risks, as important factors to be taken into account by the agency in assessing an institution’s overall capital adequacy. The capital guidelines also provide that an institution’s exposure to a decline in the economic value of its capital due to changes in interest rates be considered by the agency as a factor in evaluating a bank’s capital adequacy. The OCC and the Federal Reserve also have recently issued additional capital guidelines for bank holding companies that engage in certain trading activities.


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Other Safety and Soundness Regulations. There are a number of obligations and restrictions imposed on bank holding companies and their depository institution subsidiaries by Federal law and regulatory policy that are designed to reduce potential loss exposure to the depositors of such depository institutions and to the FDIC insurance funds in the event the depository institution becomes in danger of default or is in default. For example, under a policy of the Federal Reserve with respect to bank holding company operations, a bank holding company is required to serve as a source of financial strength to its subsidiary depository institutions and to commit resources to support such institutions in circumstances where it might not do so otherwise. In addition, the “cross-guarantee” provisions of Federal law require insured depository institutions under common control to reimburse the FDIC for any loss suffered or reasonably anticipated by the DIF as a result of the default of a commonly controlled insured depository institution or for any assistance provided by the FDIC to a commonly controlled insured depository institution in danger of default. The FDIC may decline to enforce the cross-guarantee provision if it determines that a waiver is in the best interests of the DIF. The FDIC’s claim for reimbursement is superior to claims of shareholders of the insured depository institution or its holding company but is subordinate to claims of depositors, secured creditors and holders of subordinated debt (other than affiliates) of the commonly controlled insured depository institution.

 

The Federal banking agencies also have broad powers under current Federal law to take prompt corrective action to resolve problems of insured depository institutions. The Federal Deposit Insurance Act requires that the federal banking agencies establish five capital levels for insured depository institutions - “well capitalized,” “adequately capitalized,” “undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized,” and “critically undercapitalized.” It also requires or permits such agencies to take certain supervisory actions should an insured institution’s capital level fall. For example, an “adequately capitalized” institution is restricted from accepting brokered deposits. An “undercapitalized” or “significantly undercapitalized” institution must develop a capital restoration plan and is subject to a number of mandatory and discretionary supervisory actions. These powers and authorities are in addition to the traditional powers of the Federal banking agencies to deal with undercapitalized institutions.

 

Federal regulatory authorities also have broad enforcement powers over the Company and the Bank, including the power to impose fines and other civil and criminal penalties, and to appoint a receiver in order to conserve the assets of any such institution for the benefit of depositors and other creditors.

 

Payment of Dividends. The Company is a legal entity separate and distinct from the Bank. Virtually all of the revenues of the Company results from dividends paid to the Company by the Bank. Under OCC regulations a national bank may not declare a dividend in excess of its undivided profits. Additionally, a national bank may not declare a dividend if the total amount of all dividends, including the proposed dividend, declared by the national bank in any calendar year exceeds the total of the national bank’s retained net income of that year to date, combined with its retained net income of the two preceding years, unless the dividend is approved by the OCC. A national bank may not declare or pay any dividend if, after making the dividend, the national bank would be “undercapitalized,” as defined in regulations of the OCC. The Company is subject to state laws that limit the amount of dividends it can pay. In addition, the Company is subject to various general regulatory policies relating to the payment of dividends, including requirements to maintain adequate capital above regulatory minimums. The Federal Reserve has indicated that banking organizations should generally pay dividends only if (1) the organization’s net income available to common shareholders over the past year has been sufficient to fully fund the dividends and (2) the prospective rate of earnings retention appears consistent with the organization’s capital needs, asset quality and overall financial condition.

 

Community Reinvestment. The requirements of the Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) are applicable to the Bank. The CRA imposes on financial institutions an affirmative and ongoing obligation to meet the credit needs of their local communities, including low and moderate income neighborhoods,


 

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consistent with the safe and sound operation of those institutions. A financial institution’s efforts in meeting community credit needs currently are evaluated as part of the examination process pursuant to twelve assessment factors. These factors also are considered in evaluating mergers, acquisitions and applications to open a branch or facility.

 

Interstate Banking and Branching. Current Federal law authorizes interstate acquisitions of banks and bank holding companies without geographic limitation. Effective June 1, 1997, a bank headquartered in one state is able to merge with a bank headquartered in another state, as long as neither of the states has opted out of such interstate merger authority prior to such date. States are authorized to enact laws permitting such interstate bank merger transactions prior to June 1, 1997, as well as authorizing a bank to establish “de novo” interstate branches. Virginia enacted early “opt in” laws, permitting interstate bank merger transactions. Once a bank has established branches in a state through an interstate merger transaction, the bank may establish and acquire additional branches at any location in the state where a bank headquartered in that state could have established or acquired branches under applicable Federal or state law.

 

Economic and Monetary Polices. The operations of the Company are affected not only by general economic conditions, but also by the economic and monetary policies of various regulatory authorities. In particular, the Federal Reserve regulates money, credit and interest rates in order to influence general economic conditions. These policies have a significant influence on overall growth and distribution of loans, investments and deposits and affect interest rates charged on loans or paid for time and savings deposits. Federal Reserve monetary policies have had a significant effect on the operating results of commercial banks in the past and are expected to continue to do so in the future.

 

Item 1A.

Risks Factors

 

We may not be able to successfully manage our growth or implement our growth strategies, which may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

 

During the last five years, we have experienced significant growth, and a key aspect of our business strategy is our continued growth and expansion. Our ability to continue to grow depends, in part, upon our ability to:

 

 

open new branch offices or acquire existing branches or other financial institutions;

 

attract deposits to those locations; and

 

identify attractive loan and investment opportunities.

 

We may not be able to successfully implement our growth strategy if we are unable to identify attractive markets, locations or opportunities to expand in the future. Our ability to manage our growth successfully also will depend on whether we can maintain capital levels adequate to support our growth, maintain cost controls and asset quality and successfully integrate any businesses we acquire into our organization.

 

As we continue to implement our growth strategy by opening new branches or acquiring branches or other banks, we expect to incur increased personnel, occupancy and other operating expenses. In the case of new branches, we must absorb those higher expenses while we begin to generate new deposits, and there is a further time lag involved in redeploying new deposits into attractively priced loans and other higher yielding earning assets.


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We may incur losses if we are unable to successfully manage interest rate risk.

 

Our profitability will depend in substantial part upon the spread between the interest rates earned on investments and loans and interest rates paid on deposits and other interest-bearing liabilities. Changes in interest rates will affect our operating performance and financial condition in diverse ways including the pricing of securities, loans and deposits and the volume of loan originations in our mortgage-origination office. We attempt to minimize our exposure to interest rate risk, but we will be unable to eliminate it. Our net interest spread will depend on many factors that are partly or entirely outside our control, including competition, federal economic, monetary and fiscal policies, and economic conditions generally.

 

We may be adversely affected by economic conditions in our market area.

 

We are located in southwestern Virginia, and our local economy is heavily influenced by the furniture and textile industries, both of which have been in decline in recent years. Changes in the economy may influence the growth rate of our loans and deposits, the quality of the loan portfolio and loan and deposit pricing. A significant decline in general economic conditions caused by inflation, recession, unemployment or other factors beyond our control, would impact these local economic conditions and the demand for banking products and services generally, which could negatively affect our financial condition and performance.

 

Our concentration in loans secured by real estate may increase our credit losses, which would negatively affect our financial results.

 

We offer a variety of secured loans, including commercial lines of credit, commercial term loans, real estate, construction, home equity, consumer and other loans. Many of our loans are secured by real estate (both residential and commercial) in our market area. A major change in the real estate market, such as a deterioration in the value of this collateral, or in the local or national economy, could adversely affect our customers’ ability to pay these loans, which in turn could impact us. Risk of loan defaults and foreclosures are unavoidable in the banking industry, and we try to limit our exposure to this risk by monitoring our extensions of credit carefully. We cannot fully eliminate credit risk, and as a result credit losses may occur in the future.

 

If our allowance for loan losses becomes inadequate, our results of operations may be adversely affected.

 

We maintain an allowance for loan losses that we believe is a reasonable estimate of known and inherent losses in our loan portfolio. Through a periodic review and consideration of the loan portfolio, management determines the amount of the allowance for loan losses by considering general market conditions, credit quality of the loan portfolio, the collateral supporting the loans and performance of our customers relative to their financial obligations with us. The amount of future losses is susceptible to changes in economic, operating and other conditions, including changes in interest rates, which may be beyond our control, and these losses may exceed our current estimates. Although we believe the allowance for loan losses is a reasonable estimate of known and inherent losses in our loan portfolio, we cannot fully predict such losses or that our loan loss allowance will be adequate in the future. Excessive loan losses could have a material impact on our financial performance.

 

Federal and state regulators periodically review our allowance for loan losses and may require us to increase our provision for loan losses or recognize further loan charge-offs, based on judgments different than those of our management. Any increase in the amount of our provision or loans charged-off as required by these regulatory agencies could have a negative effect on our operating results.


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Our future success is dependent on our ability to compete effectively in the highly competitive banking industry.

 

We face vigorous competition from other banks and other financial institutions, including savings and loan associations, savings banks, finance companies and credit unions for deposits, loans and other financial services in our market area. A number of these banks and other financial institutions are significantly larger than we are and have substantially greater access to capital and other resources, as well as larger lending limits and branch systems, and offer a wider array of banking services. To a limited extent, we also compete with other providers of financial services, such as money market mutual funds, brokerage firms, consumer finance companies, insurance companies and governmental organizations which may offer more favorable financing than we can. Many of our non-bank competitors are not subject to the same extensive regulations that govern us. As a result, these non-bank competitors have advantages over us in providing certain services. This competition may reduce or limit our margins and our market share and may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

 

Our profitability and the value of your investment may suffer because of rapid and unpredictable changes in the highly regulated environment in which we operate.

 

We are subject to extensive supervision by several governmental regulatory agencies at the federal and state levels. Recently enacted, proposed and future banking legislation and regulations have had, and will continue to have, or may have a significant impact on the financial services industry. These regulations, which are intended to protect depositors and not our shareholders, and the interpretation and application of them by federal and state regulators, are beyond our control, may change rapidly and unpredictably and can be expected to influence our earnings and growth. Our success depends on our continued ability to maintain compliance with these regulations. Some of these regulations may increase our costs and thus place other financial institutions that are not subject to similar regulation in stronger, more favorable competitive positions.

 

The costs of being a public company are proportionately higher for small companies like us due to the requirement of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission have increased the scope, complexity, and cost of corporate governance, reporting, and disclosure practices. These regulations are applicable to our company. We expect to experience increasing compliance costs, including costs related to internal controls and the requirement that our auditors attest to and report on management’s assessment of our internal controls, as a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The regulations are expected to be applicable to us for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2007. These necessary costs are proportionately higher for a company of our size and will affect our profitability more than that of some of our larger competitors.

 

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

 

 

None.

 

 


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Item 2.         Properties

 

The Company and the Bank are headquartered in the Main Office at 113 West Main Street, Independence, Virginia. The Bank owns and operates branches at the following locations:

 

NAME OF OFFICE

LOCATION/

TELEPHONE NUMBER

BANKING FUNCTIONS OFFERED

 

 

 

Main Office

113 West Main Street

Independence, Virginia 24348

(276) 773-2811

Full Service

24 Hour Teller

 

 

 

 

East Independence Office

802 East Main Street

Independence, Virginia 24348

(276) 773-2811

Full Service

24 Hour Teller

 

 

 

 

Elk Creek Office

60 Comers Rock Road

Elk Creek, Virginia 24326

(276) 655-4011

Full Service

24 Hour Teller

 

 

 

 

Troutdale Office

101 Ripshin Road

Troutdale, Virginia 24378

(276) 677-3722

Full Service

24 Hour Teller

 

 

 

 

Galax Office

209 West Grayson Street

Galax, Virginia 24333

(276) 238-2411

Full Service

24 Hour Teller

 

 

 

 

Carroll Office

8417 Carrollton Pike

Galax, Virginia 24333

(276) 238-8112

Full Service

24 Hour Teller

 

 

 

 

Sparta Office

98 South Grayson Street

Sparta, North Carolina 28675

(336) 372-2811

Full Service

24 Hour Teller

 

 

 

 

Hillsville Office

419 South Main Street

Hillsville, Virginia 24343

(276) 728-2810

Full Service

24 Hour Teller

 

 

 

 

Whitetop Office

16303 Highlands Parkway

Whitetop, Virginia 24292

(276) 388-3811

Full Service

24 Hour Teller

 

The Bank has a conference center located at 558 East Main Street, Independence, Virginia that is used for various board and committee meetings, as well as continuing education and training programs for bank employees. The Bank also owns vacant property near the main office in Independence, Virginia. This property is being held as a potential building site for an operations center.


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Item 3.         Legal Proceedings

 

In the ordinary course of operations, the Company and the Bank expect to be parties to various legal proceedings. At present, there are no pending or threatened proceedings against the Company or the Bank that, if determined adversely, would have a material effect on the business, results of operations, or financial position of the Company or the Bank.

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the forth quarter of 2006.

 

PART II

 

Item 5.

Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

 

Shares of the Company’s Common Stock are neither listed on any stock exchange nor quoted on any market and trade infrequently. Shares of Common Stock have periodically been sold in a limited number of privately negotiated transactions. Based on information available to it, the Company believes that from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006, the selling price of shares of Common Stock ranged from $24.00 to $32.00. There may, however, have been other transactions at other prices not known to the Company.

 

Market Price and Dividends

 

 

Sales Price ($) (1)

Dividends ($)(1)

 

High

Low

 

 

2005:

1st quarter

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

 

 

32.00

32.00

32.00

32.00

 

 

30.00

28.00

28.00

28.00

 

 

0.15

0.15

0.15

0.23

 

2006:

1st quarter

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

 

 

30.00

32.00

32.00

32.00

 

 

29.00

28.00

30.00

29.00

 

 

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.30

                

 

As of December 31, 2006, there were approximately 750 record holders of Common Stock. There were no repurchases of the Common Stock during 2006.

 

Dividend Policy

 

The Company historically has paid cash dividends on a quarterly basis. The final determination of the timing, amount and payment of dividends on the Common Stock is at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and will depend upon the earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, principally the


 

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Bank, the financial condition of the Company and other factors, including general economic conditions and applicable governmental regulations and policies as discussed in Item 1., “Business – Supervision and Regulation – Payment of Dividends,” above.

 

The Company’s ability to distribute cash dividends will depend primarily on the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to it. As a national bank, the Bank is subject to certain restrictions on our reserves and capital imposed by federal banking statutes and regulations. Furthermore, under Virginia law, the Company may not declare or pay a cash dividend on its capital stock if it is insolvent or if the payment of the dividend would render it insolvent or unable to pay its obligations as they become due in the ordinary course of business. For additional information on these limitations, see “Item 1. Business – Government Supervision and Regulation – Payment of Dividends” above.


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Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

 

The following consolidated summary sets forth the Company’s selected financial data for the periods and at the dates indicated. The selected financial data have been derived from the Company’s audited financial statements for each of the five years that ended December 31, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002.


 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

Summary of Operations[1]

 

Interest income

 

$ 20,623 

 

$ 17,148 

 

$ 14,656 

 

$ 13,842 

 

$ 14,280 

 

Interest expense

 

8,636 

 

5,802 

 

4,474 

 

5,637 

 

6,640 

 

Net interest income

 

11,987 

 

11,346 

 

10,182 

 

8,205 

 

7,640 

 

Provision for credit losses

 

520 

 

504 

 

390 

 

410 

 

441 

 

Other income

 

1,673 

 

1,415 

 

1,607 

 

2,662 

 

1,021 

 

Other expense

 

8,670 

 

7,945 

 

6,943 

 

5,812 

 

4,720 

 

Income taxes

 

1,323 

 

1,204 

 

1,215 

 

1,306 

 

964 

 

Net income

 

$ 3,147 

 

$ 3,108 

 

$ 3,241 

 

$ 3,339 

 

$ 2,536 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Share Data

 

Net income

 

$ 1.83 

 

$ 1.81 

 

$ 1.89 

 

$ 1.94 

 

$ 1.48 

 

Cash dividends declared

 

0.90 

 

0.68 

 

0.60 

 

1.00 

 

0.46 

 

Book value

 

16.47 

 

16.15 

 

15.23 

 

14.31 

 

13.51 

 

Estimated market value2

 

30.00 

 

30.00 

 

32.00 

 

32.00 

 

32.00 

 

Year-end Balance Sheet Summary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans, net

 

$245,517 

 

$217,091 

 

$196,912 

 

$176,155 

 

$154,190 

 

Investment securities

 

40,848 

 

39,279 

 

37,909 

 

46,282 

 

44,872 

 

Total assets

 

333,604 

 

304,165 

 

270,215 

 

263,865 

 

241,283 

 

Deposits

 

282,246 

 

250,400 

 

231,059 

 

228,219 

 

206,909 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

28,304 

 

27,753 

 

26,177 

 

24,601 

 

23,230 

 

Selected Ratios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on average assets

 

1.01%

 

1.09%

 

1.23%

 

1.32%

 

1.13%

 

Return on average equity

 

10.85%

 

11.43%

 

12.56%

 

13.66%

 

11.40%

 

Average equity to average assets

 

9.33%

 

9.55%

 

9.76%

 

9.66%

 

9.88%

 

                                                             

 

 

1

In thousands of dollars, except per share data.

 

2

Provided at the trade date nearest year end.

 

 

 


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Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Overview

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis is provided to assist in the understanding and evaluation of the Company’s financial condition and its results of operations. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company was incorporated as a Virginia corporation on February 3, 1992 to acquire the stock of the Bank. The Bank was acquired by the Company on July 1, 1992. The Bank was founded in 1900 and currently serves Grayson County, Virginia and surrounding areas through nine banking offices located in the towns of Independence and Hillsville, the localities of Elk Creek, Troutdale, and Whitetop, the City of Galax and Carroll County, Virginia, and the town of Sparta, North Carolina.

 

The Bank operates for the primary purpose of meeting the banking needs of individuals and small to medium sized businesses in the Bank’s service area, while developing personal, hometown associations with these customers. The Bank offers a wide range of banking services including checking and savings accounts; commercial, installment, mortgage and personal loans; safe deposit boxes; and other associated services. The Bank’s primary sources of revenue are interest income from its lending activities, and, to a lesser extent, from its investment portfolio. The Bank also earns fees from lending and deposit activities. The major expenses of the Bank are interest on deposit accounts and general and administrative expenses, such as salaries, occupancy and related expenses.

 

The earnings position of the Company remains strong. The Company experienced net earnings of $3,147,221 for 2006 compared to $3,108,307 for 2005, and $3,241,468 in 2004. Dividends paid to stockholders amounted to $0.90 per share for 2006 compared to $0.68 per share for 2005.

 

The total assets of the Company grew to $333,604,275 from $304,165,217, a 9.68% increase, continuing our strategy to grow the Company. Average equity to average assets indicates that the Company has a strong capital position with a ratio of 9.33% during 2006.

 

Caution About Forward Looking Statements

 

We make forward looking statements in this annual report that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward looking statements include statements regarding our profitability, liquidity, allowance for loan losses, interest rate sensitivity, market risk, growth strategy, and financial and other goals. The words “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “intends,” or other similar words or terms are intended to identify forward looking statements.

 

These forward looking statements are subject to significant uncertainties because they are based upon or are affected by factors including:

 

 

The ability to successfully manage our growth or implement our growth strategies if we are unable to identify attractive markets, locations or opportunities to expand in the future;


 

Maintaining capital levels adequate to support our growth;

 

Maintaining cost controls and asset qualities as we open or acquire new branches;


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Reliance on our management team, including our ability to attract and retain key personnel;

 

The successful management of interest rate risk;

 

Changes in general economic and business conditions in our market area;

 

Changes in interest rates and interest rate policies;

 

Risks inherent in making loans such as repayment risks and fluctuating collateral values;

 

Competition with other banks and financial institutions, and companies outside of the banking industry, including those companies that have substantially greater access to capital and other resources;


 

Demand, development and acceptance of new products and services;

 

Problems with technology utilized by us;

 

Changing trends in customer profiles and behavior; and

 

Changes in banking and other laws and regulations applicable to us.

 

Because of these uncertainties, our actual future results may be materially different from the results indicated by these forward looking statements. In addition, our past results of operations do not necessarily indicate our future results.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The Company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The notes to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 contain a summary of its significant accounting policies. Management believes the Company’s policies with respect to the methodology for the determination of the allowance for loan losses, and asset impairment judgments, such as the recoverability of intangible assets and other-than-temporary impairment of investment securities, involve a higher degree of complexity and require management to make difficult and subjective judgments that often require assumptions or estimates about highly uncertain matters. Accordingly, management considers the policies related to those areas as critical.

 

The allowance for loan losses is an estimate of the losses that may be sustained in the loan portfolio. The allowance is based on two basic principles of accounting: (i) Statements of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 5, Accounting for Contingencies, which requires that losses be accrued when they are probable of occurring and estimable, and (ii) SFAS 114, Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan, which requires that losses be accrued based on the differences between the value of collateral, present value of future cash flows or values that are observable in the secondary market, and the loan balance.

 

The allowance for loan losses has three basic components: (i) the formula allowance, (ii) the specific allowance, and (iii) the unallocated allowance. Each of these components is determined based upon estimates that can and do change when the actual events occur. The formula allowance uses a historical loss view as an indicator of future losses and, as a result, could differ from the loss incurred in the future. However, since this history is updated with the most recent loss information, the errors that might otherwise occur are mitigated. The specific allowance uses various techniques to arrive at an estimate of loss. Historical loss information, expected cash flows and fair market value of collateral are used to estimate these losses. The use of these values is inherently subjective and our actual losses could be greater or less that the estimates. The unallocated allowance captures losses that are attributable to various economic events, industry or geographic sectors whose impact on the portfolio have occurred but have yet to be recognized in either the formula or specific allowance.


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Accounting for intangible assets is as prescribed by SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. The Company accounts for recognized intangible assets based on their estimated useful lives. Intangible assets with finite useful lives are amortized, while intangible assets with an indefinite useful life are not amortized.

 

Estimated useful lives of intangible assets are based on an analysis of pertinent factors, including (as applicable):

 

 

the expected use of the asset;

 

the expected useful life of another asset or a group of assets to which the useful life of the intangible asset may relate;


 

any legal, regulatory, or contractual provision that may limit the useful life;

 

any legal, regulatory, or contractual provisions that enable renewal or extension of the asset’s legal or contractual life without substantial cost;


 

the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition, and other economic factors; and

 

the level of maintenance expenditures required to obtain the expected future cash flows from the asset.

 

Straight-line amortization is used to expense recognized amortizable intangible assets since a method that more closely reflects the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible assets are consumed cannot reliably be determined. Intangible assets are not written off in the period of acquisition unless they become impaired during that period.

 

The Company evaluates the remaining useful life of each intangible asset that is being amortized each reporting period to determine whether events and circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining period of amortization. If the estimate of the intangible asset’s remaining useful life is changed, the remaining carrying amount of the intangible asset shall be amortized prospectively of that revised remaining useful life.

 

If an intangible asset that is being amortized is subsequently determined to have an indefinite useful life, the asset will be tested for impairment. That intangible asset will no longer be amortized and will be accounted for in the same manner as intangible assets that are not subject to amortization.

 

Intangible assets that are not subject to amortization are reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS 144 and tested annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. The impairment test consists of a comparison of the fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of the intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. After an impairment loss is recognized, the adjusted carrying amount of the intangible assets becomes its new accounting basis. Subsequent reversal of a previously recognized impairment loss is not allowed.

 

 

Net Interest Income

 

Net interest income, the principal source of Company earnings, is the amount of income generated by earning assets (primarily loans and investment securities) less the interest expense incurred on interest-bearing liabilities (primarily deposits used to fund earning assets). Table 1 summarizes the major components of net interest income for the past three years and also provides yields and average balances.

 

Total interest income in 2006 increased by 20.26% to $20.62 million from $17.15 million in 2005 after an increase from $14.66 million in 2004. The increase in total interest income in 2006 was due to


 

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increases in interest rates and to an increase in average loans outstanding of approximately 10.60%. The increases in rates and in loans as a percentage of total interest-earning assets led to an overall increase in yield on average interest-earning assets of 63 basis points from 2005 to 2006. The increase in total interest income in 2005 was due primarily to an increase in average loans outstanding of approximately 11.83%. Total interest expense increased by approximately $2.83 million in 2006 after an increase of $1.33 million in 2005. The increase in 2006 was due primarily to increases in interest rates on time deposits coupled with a significant increase in the average balance of time deposits outstanding. The effects of changes in volumes and rates on net interest income in 2006 compared to 2005, and 2005 compared to 2004 are shown in Table 2.

 

The increase in interest income was offset by the increase in interest expense resulting in a decrease in net yield on interest-earning assets of 0.16% to 4.15% in 2006 compared to 4.31% in 2005.


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Table 1. Net Interest Income and Average Balances (dollars in thousands)

______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

Average

 

Income/

 

Yield/

 

Average

 

Income/

 

Yield/

 

Average

 

Income/

 

Yield/

 

Balance

 

Expense

 

Cost

 

Balance

 

Expense

 

Cost

 

Balance

 

Expense

 

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

$ 12,402 

 

$ 614 

 

4.95%

 

$ 12,575 

 

$ 405 

 

3.22%

 

$ 11,572 

 

$ 139 

 

1.20%

Investment securities

41,271 

 

1,815 

 

4.40%

 

38,208 

 

1,612 

 

4.22%

 

42,615 

 

1,729 

 

4.06%

Loans

235,046 

 

18,194 

 

7.74%

 

212,513 

 

15,131 

 

7.12%

 

190,028 

 

12,788 

 

6.73%

Total

288,719 

 

20,623 

 

 

 

263,296 

 

17,148 

 

 

 

244,215 

 

14,656 

 

 

Yield on average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

interest-earning assets

 

 

 

 

7.14%

 

 

 

 

 

6.51%

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%

Non interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

8,089 

 

 

 

 

 

8,494 

 

 

 

 

 

7,546 

 

 

 

 

Premises and equipment

7,357 

 

 

 

 

 

7,217 

 

 

 

 

 

6,505 

 

 

 

 

Interest receivable and other

10,420 

 

 

 

 

 

9,113 

 

 

 

 

 

8,219 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses

(2,737)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,685)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,488)

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gain/(loss) on securities

(981)

 

 

 

 

 

(539)

 

 

 

 

 

274 

 

 

 

 

Total

22,148 

 

 

 

 

 

21,600 

 

 

 

 

 

20,056 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

$310,867 

 

 

 

 

 

$284,896 

 

 

 

 

 

$264,271 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demand deposits

$ 20,605 

 

184 

 

0.89%

 

$ 21,923 

 

193 

 

0.88%

 

$ 20,084 

 

183 

 

0.91%

Savings deposits

41,384 

 

563 

 

1.36%

 

47,932 

 

628 

 

1.31%

 

50,761 

 

657 

 

1.29%

Time deposits

162,804 

 

6,945 

 

4.27%

 

135,517 

 

4,126 

 

3.04%

 

127,080 

 

3,114 

 

2.45%

Borrowings

18,918 

 

944 

 

4.99%

 

18,493 

 

855 

 

4.62%

 

12,719 

 

519 

 

4.08%

Total

243,711 

 

8,636 

 

 

 

223,865 

 

5,802 

 

 

 

210,644 

 

4,473 

 

 

Cost on average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

 

 

3.54%

 

 

 

 

 

2.59%

 

 

 

 

 

2.12%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non interest-bearing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demand deposits

37,250 

 

 

 

 

 

33,150 

 

 

 

 

 

27,261 

 

 

 

 

Interest payable and other

891 

 

 

 

 

 

679 

 

 

 

 

 

568 

 

 

 

 

Total

38,141 

 

 

 

 

 

33,829 

 

 

 

 

 

27,829 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

281,852 

 

 

 

 

 

257,694 

 

 

 

 

 

238,473 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholder's equity:

29,015 

 

 

 

 

 

27,202 

 

 

 

 

 

25,798 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stockholder's equity

$310,867 

 

 

 

 

 

$284,896 

 

 

 

 

 

$264,271 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 

$ 11,987 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 11,346 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 10,183 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net yield on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

interest-earning assets

 

 

 

 

4.15%

 

 

 

 

 

4.31%

 

 

 

 

 

4.17%


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Table 2. Rate/Volume Variance Analysis (thousands)

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2006 Compared to 2005

 

2005 Compared to 2004

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Income/

 

Variance

 

Income/

 

Variance

 

Expense

 

Attributable To

 

Expense

 

Attributable To

 

Variance

 

Rate

 

Volume

 

Variance

 

Rate

 

Volume

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

$ 209 

 

$ 215 

 

$ (6)

 

$ 266 

 

$ 253 

 

$ 13 

Investment securities

203 

 

71 

 

132 

 

(117)

 

66 

 

(183)

Loans

3,063 

 

1,381 

 

1,682 

 

2,343 

 

770 

 

1,573 

Total

3,475 

 

1,667 

 

1,808 

 

2,492 

 

1,089 

 

1,403 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demand deposits

(9)

 

 

(9)

 

10 

 

(6)

 

16 

Savings deposits

(65)

 

23 

 

(88)

 

(29)

 

10 

 

(39)

Time deposits

2,819 

 

1,882 

 

937 

 

1,012 

 

793 

 

219 

Borrowings

89 

 

69 

 

20 

 

336 

 

76 

 

260 

Total

2,834 

 

1,974 

 

860 

 

1,329 

 

873 

 

456 

Net interest income

$ 641 

 

$ (307)

 

$ 948 

 

$ 1,163 

 

$ 216 

 

$ 947 

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Provision for Credit Losses

 

The allowance for credit losses is established to provide for expected losses in the Bank’s loan portfolio. Loan losses and recoveries are charged or credited directly to the allowance. Management determines the provision for credit losses required to maintain an allowance adequate to provide for probable losses. Some of the factors considered in making this decision are the collectibility of past due loans, volume of new loans, composition of the loan portfolio, and general economic outlook.

 

At the end of 2006, the loan loss reserve was $2,901,997 compared to $2,678,055 in 2005 and $2,609,759 in 2004. The Bank’s allowance for loan losses, as a percentage of total loans, at the end of 2006 was 1.17%, compared to 1.22% in 2005, and 1.31% in 2004.

 

Additional information is contained in Tables 12 and 13, and is discussed in Nonperforming and Problem Assets.

 

Other Income

 

Noninterest income consists of revenues generated from a broad range of financial services and activities. The majority of noninterest income is traditionally a result of service charges on deposit accounts including charges for insufficient funds checks and fees charged for nondeposit services. Noninterest income increased by $257,698, or 18.21%, to $1,672,901 in 2006 from $1,415,203 in 2005. Noninterest income in 2004 totaled $1,607,262. The increase from 2005 to 2006 was primarily due to non-recurring gains from investment repurchase agreements and the termination of an interest-rate swap. These gains are generally non-recurring in nature, and as such, management does not anticipate similar gains in the future. The primary sources of noninterest income for the past three years are summarized in Table 3.


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Table 3. Sources of Noninterest Income (thousands)

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2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service charges on deposit accounts

 

$ 581 

 

$ 528 

 

$ 550 

Increase in cash value of life insurance

 

225 

 

222 

 

248 

Mortgage origination fees

 

177 

 

182 

 

134 

Insurance commissions

 

23 

 

22 

 

16 

Safe deposit box rental

 

38 

 

34 

 

32 

Gain on the sale of securities

 

46 

 

 

63 

Gain on interest rate swap

 

51 

 

 

204 

Other income

 

532 

 

423 

 

360 

Total noninterest income

 

$ 1,673 

 

$ 1,415 

 

$ 1,607 

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Other Expense

 

 

The major components of noninterest expense for the past three years are illustrated at Table 4.

 

Total noninterest expense increased by $725,491 in 2006 and $1,001,294 in 2005, which represents increases of 9.13% and 14.42% respectively. The increase from 2005 to 2006 was primarily due to recent branching activity, ordinary operating cost increases and losses in the disposal of foreclosed properties.

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Table 4. Sources of Noninterest Expense (thousands)

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2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and wages

 

$ 3,540 

 

$ 3,334 

 

$ 3,033 

Employee benefits

 

1,694 

 

1,596 

 

1,322 

Total personnel expense

 

5,234 

 

4,930 

 

4,355 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director fees

 

162 

 

149 

 

132 

Occupancy expense

 

304 

 

300 

 

225 

Computer charges

 

276 

 

191 

 

151 

Other equipment expense

 

811 

 

751 

 

638 

FDIC/OCC assessments

 

122 

 

114 

 

111 

Insurance

 

75 

 

82 

 

70 

Professional fees

 

116 

 

114 

 

68 

Advertising

 

204 

 

220 

 

180 

Postage and freight

 

178 

 

156 

 

165 

Supplies

 

155 

 

178 

 

183 

Franchise tax

 

195 

 

183 

 

178 

Telephone

 

144 

 

137 

 

124 

Travel, dues and meetings

 

124 

 

111 

 

98 

Other expense

 

570 

 

329 

 

265 

Total noninterest expense

 

$ 8,670 

 

$ 7,945 

 

$ 6,943 

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The overhead efficiency ratio of noninterest expense to adjusted total revenue (net interest income plus noninterest income) was 63.5% in 2006, 62.3% in 2005 and 58.9% in 2004.

 

Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense is based on amounts reported in the statements of income (after adjustments for non-taxable income and non-deductible expenses) and consists of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes on temporary differences in the recognition of income and expense for tax and financial statement purposes. The deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future Federal income tax consequences of those differences, which will either be taxable or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled.

 


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Income tax expense (substantially all Federal) was $1,322,443 in 2006, $1,204,081 in 2005 and $1,204,125 in 2004 resulting in effective tax rates of 29.6%, 27.9% and 27.3% respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate for 2006 was due to a decrease in the percentage of tax-exempt income.

 

The Company’s deferred income tax benefits and liabilities result primarily from temporary differences (discussed above) in the provisions for credit losses, valuation reserves, depreciation, deferred compensation, deferred income, pension expense and investment security discount accretion.

 

Net deferred tax benefits of $1,524,131 and $941,747 are included in other assets at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. At December 31, 2006, net deferred tax benefits included $214,714 of deferred tax assets applicable to unrealized losses on investment securities available for sale and $662,597 of deferred tax assets applicable to unfunded projected pension benefit obligations. Accordingly, these amounts were not charged to income but recorded directly to the related stockholders’ equity account.

 

Analysis of Financial Condition

 

Average earning assets increased 9.66% from December 31, 2005 to December 31, 2006. Total earning assets represented 92.88% of total average assets in 2006 and 92.42% in 2005. The mix of average earning assets changed slightly from 2005 to 2006 as loan growth remained strong.

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Table 5. Average Asset Mix (dollars in thousands)

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2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Balance

 

%

 

Balance

 

%

 

Balance

 

%

Earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

$ 235,046

 

75.61%

 

$ 212,513

 

74.59%

 

$ 190,028

 

61.13%

Investment securities

41,271

 

13.28%

 

38,208

 

13.41%

 

42,615

 

13.71%

Federal funds sold

12,402

 

3.99%

 

12,575

 

4.42%

 

11,572

 

4.37%

Deposits in other banks

-

 

0.00%

 

-

 

0.00%

 

-

 

0.00%

Total earning assets

288,719

 

92.88%

 

263,296

 

92.42%

 

244,215

 

78.56%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonearning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

8,089

 

2.60%

 

8,494

 

2.98%

 

7,546

 

2.43%

Premises and equipment

7,357

 

2.37%

 

7,217

 

2.53%

 

6,505

 

2.09%

Other assets

10,420

 

3.35%

 

9,113

 

3.20%

 

8,219

 

2.64%

Allowance for loan losses

(2,737)

 

-0.88%

 

(2,685)

 

-0.94%

 

(2,488)

 

-0.80%

Unrealized gain/(loss) on securities

$ (981)

 

-0.32%

 

(539)

 

-0.19%

 

274

 

0.09%

Total nonearning assets

$ 22,148

 

7.12%

 

21,600

 

7.58%

 

20,056

 

6.45%

Total assets

$ 310,867

 

100.00%

 

$ 284,896

 

100.00%

 

$ 264,271

 

85.01%

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Average loans for 2006 represented 75.61% of total average assets compared to 74.59% in 2005. Average federal funds sold decreased from 4.42% to 3.99% of total average assets while average investment securities decreased from 13.41% to 13.28% of total average assets over the same time period. The balances of nonearning assets remained relatively unchanged in 2006 as compared to 2005.


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Loans

 

Average loans totaled $235.0 million over the year ended December 31, 2006. This represents an increase of 10.6% over the average of $212.5 million for 2005. Average loans increased by 11.8% from 2004 to 2005.

 

The loan portfolio consists primarily of real estate and commercial loans. These loans accounted for 92.2% of the total loan portfolio at December 31, 2006. This is up from the 91.7% that the two categories maintained at December 31, 2005. The amount of loans outstanding by type at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 and the maturity distribution for variable and fixed rate loans as of December 31, 2006 are presented in Tables 6 & 7 respectively.

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Table 6. Loan Portfolio Summary (dollars in thousands)

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December 31, 2006

 

December 31, 2005

 

December 31, 2004

 

December 31, 2003

 

December 31, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

%

 

Amount

 

%

 

Amount

 

%

 

Amount

 

%

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction and development

$ 30,725

 

12.37%

 

$ 22,244

 

10.12%

 

$ 19,454

 

9.75%

 

$ 14,530

 

8.14%

 

$ 6,040

 

3.86%

Residential, 1-4 families

111,089

 

44.72%

 

102,614

 

46.69%

 

94,655

 

47.44%

 

83,824

 

46.95%

 

73,135

 

46.77%

Residential, 5 or more families

1,572

 

0.63%

 

675

 

0.31%

 

692

 

0.35%

 

321

 

0.18%

 

140

 

0.09%

Farmland

27,979

 

11.26%

 

21,695

 

9.87%

 

18,387

 

9.21%

 

15,640

 

8.76%

 

7,546

 

4.83%

Nonfarm, nonresidential

39,350

 

15.84%

 

35,613

 

16.20%

 

31,485

 

15.78%

 

31,902

 

17.86%

 

35,014

 

22.39%

Total real estate

$ 210,715

 

84.82%

 

$ 182,841

 

83.19%

 

$ 164,673

 

82.53%

 

146,217

 

81.89%

 

121,875

 

77.94%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agricultural

3,774

 

1.52%

 

3,071

 

1.40%

 

2,891

 

1.45%

 

3,152

 

1.77%

 

4,997

 

3.20%

Commercial

18,294

 

7.36%

 

18,745

 

8.53%

 

17,603

 

8.82%

 

15,093

 

8.45%

 

13,960

 

8.93%

Consumer

14,106

 

5.68%

 

14,112

 

6.42%

 

13,657

 

6.85%

 

13,040

 

7.30%

 

14,753

 

9.43%

Other

1,530

 

0.62%

 

1,000

 

0.46%

 

698

 

0.35%

 

1,048

 

0.59%

 

794

 

0.50%

Total

$ 248,419

 

100.00%

 

$ 219,769

 

100.00%

 

$ 199,522

 

100.00%

 

$ 178,550

 

100.00%

 

$ 156,379

 

100.00%

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Table 7. Maturity Schedule of Loans (dollars in thousands)

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Real

 

Agricultural

 

Consumer

 

Total

 

 

Estate

 

and Commercial

 

and Other

 

Amount

 

%

Fixed rate loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months or less

 

$ 9,454 

 

$ 2,637 

 

$ 2,012 

 

$ 14,103 

 

5.68%

Over three to twelve months

 

29,632 

 

2,778 

 

2,816 

 

35,226 

 

14.18%

Over one year to five years

 

19,574 

 

2,671 

 

9,810 

 

32,055 

 

12.90%

Over five years

 

32,868 

 

459 

 

538 

 

33,865 

 

13.63%

Total fixed rate loans

 

$ 91,528 

 

$ 8,545 

 

$ 15,176 

 

$ 115,249 

 

46.39%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable rate loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months or less

 

$ 38,834 

 

$ 13,454 

 

$ 460 

 

$ 52,748 

 

21.24%

Over three to twelve months

 

4,875 

 

69 

 

 

4,944 

 

1.99%

Over one year to five years

 

34,716 

 

 

 

34,716 

 

13.97%

Over five years

 

40,762 

 

 

 

40,762 

 

16.41%

Total variable rate loans

 

$ 119,187 

 

$ 13,523 

 

$ 460 

 

$ 133,170 

 

53.61%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months or less

 

$ 48,288 

 

$ 16,091 

 

$ 2,472 

 

$ 66,851 

 

26.92%

Over three to twelve months

 

34,507 

 

2,847 

 

2,816 

 

40,170 

 

16.17%

Over one year to five years

 

54,290 

 

2,671 

 

9,810 

 

66,771 

 

26.87%

Over five years

 

73,630 

 

459 

 

538 

 

74,627 

 

30.04%

Total loans

 

$ 210,715 

 

$ 22,068 

 

$ 15,636 

 

$ 248,419 

 

100.00%

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Interest rates charged on loans vary with the degree of risk, maturity and amount of the loan. Competitive pressures, money market rates, availability of funds, and government regulations also influence interest rates. On average, loans yielded 7.74% in 2006 compared to an average yield of 7.12% in 2005.

 

Investment Securities

 

The Bank uses its investment portfolio to provide liquidity for unexpected deposit decreases or loan generation, to meet the Bank’s interest rate sensitivity goals and to generate income.

 

Management of the investment portfolio has always been conservative with the majority of investments taking the form of purchases of U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government Agencies and state and municipal bonds, as well as investment grade corporate bond issues. Management views the investment portfolio as a source of income, and purchases securities with the intent of retaining them until maturity. However, adjustments are necessary in the portfolio to provide an adequate source of liquidity that can be used to meet funding requirements for loan demand and deposit fluctuations and to control interest rate risk. Therefore, from time to time, management may sell certain securities prior to their maturity. Table 8 presents the investment portfolio at the end of 2006 by major types of investments and contractual maturity ranges. Investment securities in Table 8 may have repricing or call options that are earlier than the contractual maturity date.

 

Total investment securities increased by approximately $2.0 million from December 31, 2005 to December 31, 2006 as deposit growth outpaced loan growth and excess funds were invested in securities.


 

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The average yield of the investment portfolio increased to 4.40% for the year ended December 31, 2006 compared to 4.22% for 2005.

 

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Table 8. Investment Securities - Maturity/Yield Schedule (dollars in thousands)

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In One

 

After One

 

After Five

 

After

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year or

 

Through

 

Through

 

Ten

 

 

 

Market

 

 

Less

 

Five Years

 

Ten Years

 

Years

 

Total

 

Value

Investment Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agencies

 

$ 7,326 

 

$ 3,152 

 

$ 7,761 

 

$ 8,216 

 

$ 26,455 

 

$ 25,896 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

149 

 

2,726 

 

2,154 

 

5,029 

 

4,959 

State and municipal securities

 

700 

 

527 

 

2,340 

 

5,091 

 

8,658 

 

8,687 

Corporate securities

 

200 

 

 

 

 

200 

 

200 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$ 8,226 

 

$ 3,828 

 

$ 12,827 

 

$ 15,461 

 

$ 40,342 

 

$ 39,742 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average yields:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agencies

 

4.53%

 

4.75%

 

5.21%

 

4.34%

 

4.70%

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

0.00%

 

5.15%

 

4.88%

 

4.94%

 

4.91%

 

 

State and municipal securities

 

6.13%

 

5.06%

 

5.84%

 

5.77%

 

5.77%

 

 

Corporate securities

 

5.60%

 

0.00%

 

0.00%

 

0.00%

 

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

4.69%

 

4.81%

 

5.25%

 

4.89%

 

4.98%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Yields are stated on a tax-equivalent basis)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Deposits

 

The Bank relies on deposits generated in its market area to provide the majority of funds needed to support lending activities and for investments in liquid assets. More specifically, core deposits (total deposits less certificates of deposit in denominations of $100,000 or more) are the primary funding source. The Bank’s balance sheet growth is largely determined by the availability of deposits in its markets, the cost of attracting the deposits, and the prospects of profitably utilizing the available deposits by increasing the loan or investment portfolios. Market conditions have resulted in depositors shopping for deposit rates more than in the past. An increased customer awareness of interest rates adds to the importance of rate management. The Bank’s management must continuously monitor market pricing, competitor’s rates, and the internal interest rate spreads to maintain the Bank’s growth and profitability. The Bank attempts to structure rates so as to promote deposit and asset growth while at the same time increasing overall profitability of the Bank.

 

Average total deposits for the year ended December 31, 2006 amounted to $262.0 million, which was an increase of $23.5 million, or 9.86% over 2005. Average core deposits totaled $209.4 million in 2006 representing a 6.4% increase over the $196.9 million in 2005. The percentage of the Bank’s average deposits that are interest-bearing decreased from 86.1% in 2005 to 85.8% in 2006. Average demand deposits, which earn no interest, increased 12.4% from $33.2 million in 2005 to $37.3 million in 2006. Average deposits for the periods ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 are summarized in Table 9.


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Table 9. Deposit Mix (dollars in thousands)

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2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

Average

 

% of Total

 

Average

 

Average

 

% of Total

 

Average

 

Average

 

% of Total

 

Average

 

Balance

 

Deposits

 

Rate Paid

 

Balance

 

Deposits

 

Rate Paid

 

Balance

 

Deposits

 

Rate Paid

Interest-bearing deposits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOW accounts

$ 20,605

 

7.9%

 

0.89%

 

$ 21,923

 

9.2%

 

0.88%

 

$ 20,084

 

8.9%

 

0.91%

Money Market

9,293

 

3.5%

 

1.75%

 

10,900

 

4.6%

 

1.51%

 

13,514

 

6.0%

 

1.28%

Savings

32,091

 

12.2%

 

1.25%

 

37,032

 

15.5%

 

1.25%

 

37,247

 

16.6%

 

1.30%

Small denomination certificates

110,209

 

42.1%

 

4.21%

 

93,911

 

39.4%

 

3.03%

 

91,699

 

40.7%

 

2.49%

Large denomination certificates

52,595

 

20.1%

 

4.35%

 

41,606

 

17.4%

 

3.08%

 

35,382

 

15.7%

 

2.36%

Total interest-bearing deposits

224,793

 

85.8%

 

3.42%

 

205,372

 

86.1%

 

2.41%

 

197,926

 

87.9%

 

2.00%

Noninterest-bearing deposits

37,250

 

14.2%

 

0.00%

 

33,150

 

13.9%

 

0.00%

 

27,261

 

12.1%

 

0.00%

Total deposits

$ 262,043

 

100.0%

 

2.94%

 

$ 238,522

 

100.0%

 

2.07%

 

$ 225,187

 

100.0%

 

1.76%

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The average balance of certificates of deposit issued in denominations of $100,000 or more increased by $11.0 million, or 26.4%, for the year ended December 31, 2006. The strategy of management has been to support loan and investment growth with core deposits and not to aggressively solicit the more volatile, large denomination certificates of deposit, however, recent market increases in short-term certificate rates prompted many customers to move money from savings and money market accounts to certificates of deposit. Table 10 provides maturity information relating to certificates of deposit of $100,000 or more at December 31, 2006.

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Table 10. Large Time Deposit Maturities (thousands)

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Analysis of time deposits of $100,000 or more at December 31, 2006:

 

 

Remaining maturity of three months or less

$ 6,950 

Remaining maturity over three through twelve months

44,920 

Remaining maturity over one through five years

11,425 

Remaining maturity over five years

Total time deposits of $100,000 or more

$ 63,295 

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Equity

 

Stockholders’ equity amounted to $28.3 million at December 31, 2006, a 2.0% increase over the 2005 year-end total of $27.8 million. The increase resulted from earnings of $3,147,221, less dividends paid and a change in unrealized depreciation of investment securities classified as available for sale. Stockholders’ equity was also impacted by the adoption of SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans,” requiring the recognition of unfunded projected


 

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pension benefit obligations. This transaction resulted in a charge to equity of $1,286,217. This adjustment reflected the cumulative effect of the adoption of this standard and future adjustments to both liabilities and equity are expected to be much less in amount. The Company paid dividends of $0.90, $0.68 and $0.60 per share in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

Regulatory guidelines relating to capital adequacy provide minimum risk-based ratios which assess capital adequacy while encompassing all credit risks, including those related to off-balance sheet activities. Capital ratios under these guidelines are computed by weighing the relative risk of each asset category to derive risk-adjusted assets. The risk-based capital guidelines require minimum ratios of core (Tier 1) capital (common stockholders’ equity) to risk-weighted assets of 4.0% and total regulatory capital (core capital plus allowance for loan losses up to 1.25% of risk-weighted assets) to risk-weighted assets of 8.0%. As of December 31, 2006, the Bank has a ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets of 11.4% and a ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets of 12.6%.

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Table 11. Bank’s Year-end Risk-Based Capital (dollars in thousands)

______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tier 1 capital

 

$ 26,199

 

$ 23,960

 

$ 22,004

Qualifying allowance for loan losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

(limited to 1.25% of risk-weighted assets)

 

2,884

 

2,560

 

2,264

Total regulatory capital

 

$ 29,083

 

$ 26,520

 

$ 24,268

Total risk-weighted assets

 

$ 230,718

 

$ 204,651

 

$ 180,782

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tier 1 capital as a percentage of

 

 

 

 

 

 

risk-weighted assets

 

11.4%

 

11.7%

 

12.2%

Total regulatory capital as a percentage of

 

 

 

 

 

 

risk-weighted assets

 

12.6%

 

13.0%

 

13.4%

Leverage ratio*

 

8.0%

 

8.0%

 

8.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Tier 1 capital divided by average total assets for

the quarter ended December 31 of each year.

______________________________________________________________________________

 

In addition, a minimum leverage ratio of Tier 1 capital to average total assets for the previous quarter is required by federal bank regulators, ranging from 3% to 5%, subject to the regulator’s evaluation of the Bank’s overall safety and soundness. As of December 31, 2006, the Bank had a ratio of year-end Tier 1 capital to average total assets for the fourth quarter of 2006 of 8.0%. Table 11 sets forth summary information with respect to the Bank’s capital ratios at December 31, 2006. All capital ratio levels indicate that the Bank is well capitalized.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

For more information regarding financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, see Note 15 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.


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Nonperforming and Problem Assets

 

Certain credit risks are inherent in making loans, particularly commercial and consumer loans. Management prudently assesses these risks and attempts to manage them effectively. The Bank attempts to use shorter-term loans and, although a portion of the loans have been made based upon the value of collateral, the underwriting decision is generally based on the cash flow of the borrower as the source of repayment rather than the value of the collateral. The Bank also attempts to reduce repayment risk by adhering to internal credit policies and procedures. These policies and procedures include officer and customer limits, periodic loan documentation review and follow up on exceptions to credit policies.

 

 

Nonperforming assets at December 31, 2006 and 2005 are analyzed in Table 12.

 

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Table 12. Nonperforming Assets (dollars in thousands)

______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

December 31, 2006

 

December 31, 2005

 

December 31, 2004

 

December 31, 2003

 

December 31, 2002

 

Amount

 

% of Loans

 

Amount

 

% of Loans

 

Amount

 

% of Loans

 

Amount

 

% of Loans

 

Amount

 

% of Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonaccrual loans

$ 867

 

0.3%

 

$ 992

 

0.4%

 

$ 690

 

0.3%

 

$ 1,435

 

0.8%

 

$ 649

 

0.4%

Restructured loans

480

 

0.2%

 

1,114

 

0.5%

 

1,802

 

0.9%

 

484

 

0.3%

 

384

 

0.2%

Loans past due 90 days or more

733

 

0.3%

 

550

 

0.3%

 

635

 

0.3%

 

2,119

 

1.2%

 

1,883

 

1.2%

Total nonperforming assets

$ 2,080

 

0.8%

 

$ 2,656

 

1.2%

 

$ 3,127

 

1.5%

 

$ 4,038

 

2.3%

 

$ 2,916

 

1.8%

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Total nonperforming assets were 0.8% and 1.2% of total outstanding loans as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level adequate to absorb potential losses. Some of the factors that management considers in determining the appropriate level of the allowance for loan losses are: past loss experience, an evaluation of the current loan portfolio, identified loan problems, the loan volume outstanding, the present and expected economic conditions in general, and in particular, how such conditions relate to the market area that the Bank serves. Bank regulators also periodically review the Bank’s loans and other assets to assess their quality. Loans deemed uncollectible are charged to the allowance. Provisions for loan losses and recoveries on loans previously charged off are added to the allowance. The accrual of interest on a loan is discontinued when, in the opinion of management, there is an indication that the borrower may be unable to meet payments as they become due.

 

To quantify the specific elements of the allowance for loan losses, the Bank begins by establishing a specific reserve for loans that have been identified as being impaired. This reserve is determined by comparing the principal balance of the loan with the net present value of the future anticipated cash flows or the fair market value of the related collateral. The Bank then reviews certain


 

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loans in the portfolio and assigns grades to loans which have been reviewed. Loans which are graded as acceptable are then grouped with loans in the same category which have not been graded and the total is then multiplied by a historical charge-off percentage to arrive at a base allowance amount. Loans which are graded other than acceptable are given specific allowances based on the grade. An allowance of 5% is made for loans graded as “special mention” an allowance of 15% is made for loans graded as “substandard” an allowance of 50% is made for loans graded as “doubtful” and an allowance of 100% is made for loans graded as “loss”. The allowance for graded loans is then added to the base allowance for acceptable and ungraded loans. Finally, the allowance may be adjusted by factors which consider current loan volume and general economic conditions. The allowance is allocated according to the amount deemed to be reasonably necessary to provide for the possibility of losses being incurred within the respective categories of loans, although the entire allowance is available to absorb any actual charge-offs that may occur.

 

                The provision for loan losses, net charge-offs and the activity in the allowance for loan losses is detailed in Table 13. The allocation of the reserve for loan losses is detailed in Table 14.

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Table 13. Loan Losses

______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses, beginning

$ 2,678,055

 

$ 2,609,759

 

$ 2,395,387

 

$ 2,189,028

 

$ 1,821,966

Provision for loan losses, added

520,000

 

504,468

 

390,000

 

410,000

 

441,000

Charge-offs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate

(45,330)

 

(100,340)

 

(42,827)

 

(26,195)

 

(100,000)

Commercial and agricultural

(199,372)

 

(202,760)

 

(78,959)

 

(86,627)

 

(42,207)

Consumer and other

(148,971)

 

(162,462)

 

(154,703)

 

(194,601)

 

(121,796)

Recoveries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate

6,000

 

143

 

1,456

 

5,308

 

26,477

Commercial and agricultural

35,426

 

4,975

 

69,042

 

52,056

 

137,141

Consumer and other

56,189

 

24,272

 

30,363

 

46,418

 

26,447

Net charge-offs

(296,058)

 

(436,172)

 

(175,628)

 

(203,641)

 

(73,938)

Allowance for loan losses, ending

$ 2,901,997

 

$ 2,678,055

 

$ 2,609,759

 

$ 2,395,387

 

$ 2,189,028

______________________________________________________________________________

 

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Table 14. Allocation of the Reserve for Loan Losses (in thousands)

______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

 

 

% of

 

 

 

% of

 

 

 

% of

 

 

 

% of

 

 

 

% of

 

 

 

Loans to

 

 

 

Loans to

 

 

 

Loans to

 

 

 

Loans to

 

 

 

Loans to

Balance at the end of the period applicable to:

Amount

 

Total Loans

 

Amount

 

Total Loans

 

Amount

 

Total Loans

 

Amount

 

Total Loans

 

Amount

 

Total Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial and agricultural

$ 1,193

 

8.88%

 

$ 842

 

9.93%

 

$ 569

 

10.27%

 

$ 773

 

10.22%

 

$ 977

 

12.13%

Real estate - construction

-

 

12.37%

 

-

 

10.12%

 

-

 

9.75%

 

-

 

8.14%

 

-

 

3.86%

Real estate - mortgage

791

 

72.45%

 

734

 

73.07%

 

663

 

72.78%

 

559

 

73.75%

 

495

 

74.08%

Consumer and other

918

 

6.30%

 

1,102

 

6.88%

 

1,378

 

7.20%

 

1,063

 

7.89%

 

717

 

9.93%

Total

$ 2,902

 

100.00%

 

$ 2,678

 

100.00%

 

$ 2,610

 

100.00%

 

$ 2,395

 

100.00%

 

$ 2,189

 

100.00%

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Impact of Inflation and Changing Prices

 

The consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes presented elsewhere in this document have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars without considering the change in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation. Unlike most industrial companies, virtually all of the Company’s assets and liabilities are monetary in nature, therefore the impact of inflation is reflected primarily in the increased cost of operations. As a result, interest rates have a greater impact on performance than do the effects of general levels of inflation. Interest rates do not necessarily move in the same direction or to the same extent as the prices of goods and services.

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Table 17. Key Financial Ratios

______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on average assets

 

1.01%

 

1.09%

 

1.23%

Return on average equity

 

10.85%

 

11.43%

 

12.56%

Dividend payout ratio

 

49.16%

 

37.61%

 

31.82%

Average equity to average assets

 

9.33%

 

9.55%

 

9.76%

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Table 18. Quarterly Data (unaudited) (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

2006

 

2005

 

Fourth

 

Third

 

Second

 

First

 

Fourth

 

Third

 

Second

 

First

 

Quarter

 

Quarter

 

Quarter

 

Quarter

 

Quarter

 

Quarter

 

Quarter

 

Quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and dividend income

$ 5,478 

 

$ 5,300 

 

$ 5,081 

 

$ 4,763 

 

$ 4,691 

 

$ 4,534 

 

$ 4,156 

 

$ 3,945 

Interest expense

2,606 

 

2,223 

 

1,969 

 

1,837 

 

1,755 

 

1,565 

 

1,332 

 

1,150 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

2,872 

 

3,077 

 

3,112 

 

2,926 

 

2,936 

 

2,969 

 

2,824 

 

2,795 

Provision for loan losses

120 

 

150 

 

137 

 

113 

 

105 

 

189 

 

105 

 

105 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income, after

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

provision for loan losses

2,752 

 

2,927 

 

2,975 

 

2,813 

 

2,831 

 

2,780 

 

2,719 

 

2,690 

Noninterest income

376 

 

495 

 

408 

 

405 

 

359 

 

322 

 

302 

 

285 

Noninterest expenses

2,231 

 

2,295 

 

2,139 

 

2,016 

 

2,016 

 

2,012 

 

2,005 

 

1,943 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

897 

 

1,127 

 

1,244 

 

1,202 

 

1,174 

 

1,090 

 

1,016 

 

1,032 

Provision for income taxes

265 

 

322 

 

372 

 

364 

 

332 

 

306 

 

286 

 

280 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

$ 632 

 

$ 805 

 

$ 872 

 

$ 838 

 

$ 842 

 

$ 784 

 

$ 730 

 

$ 752 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share

$ 0.37 

 

$ 0.47 

 

$ 0.51 

 

$ 0.49 

 

$ 0.49 

 

$ 0.46 

 

$ 0.42 

 

$ 0.44 

_____________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

The principal goals of the Bank’s asset and liability management strategy are the maintenance of adequate liquidity and the management of interest rate risk. Liquidity is the ability to convert assets to cash to fund depositors’ withdrawals or borrowers’ loans without significant loss. Interest rate risk management balances the effects of interest rate changes on assets that earn interest and liabilities on which interest is paid to protect the Bank from wide fluctuations in its net interest income, which could result from interest rate changes.

 

Management must insure that adequate funds are available at all times to meet the needs of its customers. On the asset side of the balance sheet, maturing investments, loan payments, maturing loans, federal funds sold, and unpledged investment securities are principal sources of liquidity. On the liability side of the balance sheet, liquidity sources include core deposits, the ability to increase large denomination certificates, federal fund lines from correspondent banks, borrowings from the Federal


 

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Home Loan Bank, as well as the ability to generate funds through the issuance of long-term debt and equity.

 

The liquidity ratio (the level of liquid assets divided by total deposits plus short-term liabilities) was 17.8% at December 31, 2006, compared to 22.2% at December 31, 2005. These ratios are considered to be adequate by management.

 

The Bank uses cash and federal funds sold to meet its daily funding needs. If funding needs are met through holdings of excess cash and federal funds, then profits might be sacrificed as higher-yielding investments are foregone in the interest of liquidity. Therefore management determines, based on such items as loan demand and deposit activity, an appropriate level of cash and federal funds and seeks to maintain that level.

 

The primary goals of the investment portfolio are liquidity management and maturity gap management. As investment securities mature the proceeds are reinvested in federal funds sold if the federal funds level needs to be increased, otherwise the proceeds are reinvested in similar investment securities. The majority of investment security transactions consist of replacing securities that have been called or matured. The Bank keeps a significant portion of its investment portfolio in unpledged assets that are less than 60 months to maturity or next repricing date. These investments are a preferred source of funds in that they can be disposed of in any interest rate environment without causing significant damage to that quarter’s profits.

 

Interest rate risk is the effect that changes in interest rates would have on interest income and interest expense as interest-sensitive assets and interest-sensitive liabilities either reprice or mature. Management attempts to maintain the portfolios of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities with maturities or repricing opportunities at levels that will afford protection from erosion of net interest margin, to the extent practical, from changes in interest rates. Table 15 shows the sensitivity of the Bank’s balance sheet on December 31, 2006. This table reflects the sensitivity of the balance sheet as of that specific date and is not necessarily indicative of the position on other dates. At December 31, 2006, the Bank appeared to be cumulatively asset-sensitive (interest-earning assets subject to interest rate changes exceeding interest-bearing liabilities subject to changes in interest rates). However, in the one year window liabilities subject to change in interest rates exceed assets subject to interest rate changes (non asset-sensitive).

 

Matching sensitive positions alone does not ensure the Bank has no interest rate risk. The repricing characteristics of assets are different from the repricing characteristics of funding sources. Thus, net interest income can be impacted by changes in interest rates even if the repricing opportunities of assets and liabilities are perfectly matched.


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______________________________________________________________________________

Table 15. Interest Rate Sensitivity (dollars in thousands)

______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

December 31, 2006

 

Maturities/Repricing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 to 3

 

4 to 12

 

13 to 60

 

Over 60

 

 

 

Months

 

Months

 

Months

 

Months

 

Total

Interest-Earning Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

$ 17,786 

 

$ - 

 

$ - 

 

$ - 

 

$ 17,786 

Investments

11,795 

 

3,099 

 

17,168 

 

8,280 

 

40,342 

Loans

69,634 

 

47,335 

 

78,738 

 

52,712 

 

248,419 

Total

$ 99,215 

 

$ 50,434 

 

$ 95,906 

 

$ 60,992 

 

$ 306,547 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-Bearing Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOW accounts

$ 17,704 

 

$ - 

 

$ - 

 

$ - 

 

$ 17,704 

Money market

8,086 

 

 

 

 

8,086 

Savings

29,270 

 

 

 

 

29,270 

Certificates of deposit

25,217 

 

109,534 

 

51,464 

 

 

186,215 

Borrowings

10,000 

 

 

10,000 

 

 

20,000 

Total

$ 90,277 

 

$ 109,534 

 

$ 61,464 

 

$ - 

 

$ 261,275 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest sensitivity gap

$ 8,938 

 

$ (59,100)

 

$ 34,442 

 

$ 60,992 

 

$ 45,272 

Cumulative interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sensitivity gap

$ 8,938 

 

$ (50,162)

 

$ (15,720)

 

$ 45,272 

 

$ 45,272 

Ratio of sensitivity gap to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

total earning assets

2.9%

 

-19.3%

 

11.2%

 

19.9%

 

14.8%

Cumulative ratio of sensitivity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gap to total earning assets

2.9%

 

-16.3%

 

-5.1%

 

14.8%

 

14.8%

______________________________________________________________________________

 

The Company uses a number of tools to monitor its interest rate risk, including simulating net interest income under various scenarios, monitoring the present value change in equity under the same scenarios, and monitoring the difference or gap between rate sensitive assets and rate sensitive liabilities over various time periods (as displayed in Table 15).

 

The earnings simulation model forecasts annual net income under a variety of scenarios that incorporate changes in the absolute level of interest rates, changes in the shape of the yield curve, and changes in interest rate relationships. Management evaluates the effect on net interest income and present value equity from gradual changes in rates of up to 300 basis points up or down over a 12-month period. Table 16 presents the Bank’s forecasts for changes in net income and market value of equity as of December 31, 2006.


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______________________________________________________________________________

 

Table 16. Interest Rate Risk (dollars in thousands)

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Rate Shocked Net Interest Income and Market Value of Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rate Change

 

  -300bp

  -200bp

  -100bp

0bp

  +100bp

  +200bp

  +300bp

Net Interest Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

$ 10,244 

$ 10,858 

$ 11,470 

$ 12,048 

$ 12,599 

$ 13,143 

$ 13,683 

Change

 

$ (1,804)

$ (1,190)

$ (578)

$ - 

$ 551 

$ 1,095 

$ 1,635 

Change percentage

 

-14.98%

-9.88%

-4.79%

 

4.58%

9.09%

13.57%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Value of Equity

 

$ 27,316 

$ 28,004 

$ 28,218 

$ 28,129 

$ 27,538 

$ 26,628 

$ 25,526 

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(2) of Form 10-K, the following financial statements in the Company's 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Independent Auditor's Report

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005

Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

None.

 

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer along with the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer along with the Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in our periodic SEC filings.

 

The Company also maintains a system of internal accounting controls that is designed to provide assurance that assets are safeguarded and that transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and properly recorded. This system is continually reviewed and is augmented by written policies and procedures, the careful selection and training of qualified personnel and an internal audit program to monitor its effectiveness. There were no changes in our internal control over financial


 

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reporting identified in connection with the evaluation of it that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 9B.

Other Information

 

None.

 

PART III

 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K, the information contained under the headings “Election of Directors,” (except for the information set forth under the headings, “Election of Directors—Security Ownership of Management” and “Election of Directors—Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners“) and “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors—Code of Ethics” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K, the information contained under the heading “Executive Compensation” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K, the information contained under the headings “Election of Directors--Security Ownership of Management” and “Election of Directors--Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K, the information contained under the heading “Transactions with Management” and “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors – Independence of Directors” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 14.

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

 

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K, the information contained under the heading “Audit Information” (except for information set forth under the heading “Audit Information—Audit Committee Report”) in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.

 

PART IV

 

Item 15.

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

 

                


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(a)

(1) and (2). The response to this portion of Item 15 is submitted as a separate section of this report.

 

 

 

 

(3)

Exhibits:

 

 

 

 

3.1

Articles of Incorporation of the Company, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 0-30535.

 

 

 

 

3.2

Bylaws of the Company, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 0-30535.

 

 

 

 

13.1

2006 Annual Report to Shareholders.

 

 

 

 

21.1

Subsidiary of the Company, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 21.1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

 

 

 

 

31.1

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.

 

 

 

 

31.2

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

 

 

32.1

Statement of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350.

 

 

 

(b)

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

The response to this portion of Item 15 as listed in Item 15(a)(3) above is submitted as a separate section of this report.

 

 

(c)

Financial Statement Schedules

 

 

The response to this portion of Item 15 is submitted as a separate section of this report.


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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

GRAYSON BANKSHARES, INC.

 

Date:

March 29, 2007

By: /s/ Jacky K. Anderson

Jacky K. Anderson

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

                

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

 

 

 

Signature

Title

Date

 

/s/ Jacky K. Anderson

President and

March 29, 2007

___________________________

Chief Executive Officer

 

Jacky K. Anderson

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

/s/ Blake M. Edwards, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer

March 29, 2007

___________________________

(Principal Financial and

 

Blake M. Edwards, Jr.

Accounting Officer)

 

 

/s/ Bryan L. Edwards

Director

March 29, 2007

___________________________

 

Bryan L. Edwards

 

/s/ Dennis B. Gambill

Director

March 29, 2007

___________________________

Dennis B. Gambill

 

 

Director

March 29, 2007

___________________________

Julian L. Givens


 

Director

March 29, 2007

___________________________

Jack E. Guynn, Jr.

 

 

Director

March 29, 2007

___________________________

 

Thomas M. Jackson, Jr.

 


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/s/ Jean W. Lindsey

Director

March 29, 2007

___________________________

 

Jean W. Lindsey

 

/s/ Carl J. Richardson

Director

March 29, 2007

___________________________

 

Carl J. Richardson

 

/s/ Charles T. Sturgill

Director

March 29, 2007

___________________________

 

Charles T. Sturgill

 

 

Director

March 29, 2007

___________________________

 

J. David Vaughn

 

 

 


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2006 Annual Report

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

Financial Highlights

 

1

 

 

 

Letter to Stockholders

 

2

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

3

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

4

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Income

 

5

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

 

6

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

7

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

8

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis

 

32

 

 

 

Bank Staff

 

50

 

 

 

Board of Directors and Officers

 

51

 

 

 

Stock Performance

 

52

 

 

 

Stockholder Information

Inside Back Cover

 

 

 

 



 

Financial Highlights1

 

 

 

 

 

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Summary of Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

$ 20,623

$ 17,148

$ 14,656

$13,842

$ 14,280

Interest expense

8,636

5,802

4,474

5,637

6,640

Net interest income

11,987

11,346

10,182

8,205

7,640

Provision for loan losses

520

504

390

410

441

Other income

1,673

1,415

1,607

2,662

1,021

Other expense

8,670

7,945

6,943

5,812

4,720

Income taxes

1,323

1,204

1,215

1,306

964

Net income

$ 3,147

$ 3,108

$ 3,241

$ 3,339

$ 2,536

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

$1.83

$1.81

$1.89

$1.94

$1.48

Cash dividends declared

.90

.68

.60

1.00

.46

Book value

16.47

16.15

15.23

14.31

13.51

Estimated market value2

30.00

30.00

32.00

32.00

32.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year-end Balance Sheet

  Summary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans, net

$ 245,517

$ 217,091

$ 196,912

$ 176,155

$ 154,190

Investment securities

40,848

39,279

37,909

46,282

44,872

Total assets

333,604

304,165

270,215

263,865

241,283

Deposits

282,246

250,400

231,059

228,219

206,909

Stockholders’ equity

28,304

27,753

26,177

24,601

23,230

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Ratios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on average assets

1.01%

1.09%

1.23%

1.32%

1.13%

Return on average equity

10.85%

11.43%

12.56%

13.66%

11.40%

Average equity to average

  assets

 

9.33%

 

9.55%

 

9.76%

 

9.66%

 

9.88%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                             

 

 

1

In thousands of dollars, except per share data.

 

2

Provided at the trade date nearest year end.

 

 

 

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Dear Stockholder:

 

It is our pleasure to present our Annual Financial Report to you.

 

We ended the year with total assets of $333,604,275, resulting in an increase of $29,439,058 or 9.68% over the previous year. Our return on assets was 1.01% and the return on equity was 10.85% as compared to 1.09% and 11.43% for the previous year. Net earnings were $3,147,221, compared to 3,108,307 for the previous year. Loan and deposit growth were again strong in 2006. Our net loans increased $28,426,136 or 13.09% and deposits increased $31,846,512 or 12.72%. Please refer to our financial highlights page and accompanying statements for additional information.

 

The book value for our stock at year-end was $16.47 and stock trades nearest year-end were executed at $30.00 per share. Dividends for the year were $0.90 per share.

 

We are very pleased with the growth at all of our branches in 2006. We continued our ongoing efforts to better serve our customers through the introduction of investment services and a credit card program with rewards options. Our Whitetop Branch was opened on November 17 and construction is set to begin in April on our new operations center. Our overdraft protection program is scheduled to begin in April as well. It is truly satisfying for us to be able to continue to offer our customers all the products they need without having to sacrifice the personal service they deserve.

 

Your bank has grown considerably in recent years and we are very excited about the future of The Grayson National Bank. We continue to be blessed with great personnel throughout our organization. I wish to thank our employees for their dedicated service to the bank, our shareholders, and most of all, our customers.

 

As always, we appreciate your support, welcome your comments and the opportunity to serve you.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ Jacky K. Anderson

 

Jacky K. Anderson

President & CEO

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Board of Directors and Stockholders

Grayson Bankshares, Inc.

Independence, Virginia

 

We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Grayson Bankshares, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Grayson Bankshares, Inc. and subsidiary at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

As discussed in Note 13, to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted SFAS No. 158, Employers Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans during the year.

 

 

Galax, Virginia

March 12, 2007

 

 



 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 31, 2006 and 2005

 

 

 

Assets

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

$ 10,120,984

 

$ 8,394,366

Federal funds sold

17,785,525

 

21,914,513

Investment securities available for sale

35,719,431

 

33,795,911

Investment securities held to maturity

 

 

 

(fair value approximately $4,022,279

 

 

 

in 2006, and $3,955,524 in 2005)

3,991,393

 

3,963,847

Restricted equity securities

1,137,450

 

1,519,650

Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $2,901,997

 

 

 

in 2006 and $2,678,055 in 2005

245,517,203

 

217,091,067

Cash value of life insurance

5,373,560

 

5,148,180

Foreclosed assets

60,000

 

400,000

Property and equipment, net

8,165,147

 

7,249,704

Accrued income

2,930,705

 

2,177,475

Other assets

2,802,877

 

2,510,504

 

$333,604,275

 

$304,165,217

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing

$ 40,971,045

 

$ 36,242,161

Interest-bearing

241,274,986

 

214,157,358

Total deposits

282,246,031

 

250,399,519

Long-term debt

20,000,000

 

25,000,000

Accrued interest payable

553,446

 

467,686

Other liabilities

2,500,629

 

544,670

 

305,300,106

 

276,411,875

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $25 par value; 500,000

 

 

 

shares authorized; none issued

-

 

-

Common stock, $1.25 par value; 5,000,000 shares

 

 

 

authorized; 1,718,968 shares issued

 

 

 

in 2006 and 2005, respectively

2,148,710

 

2,148,710

Surplus

521,625

 

521,625

Retained earnings

27,336,848

 

25,736,698

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

(1,703,014)

 

(653,691)

 

28,304,169

 

27,753,342

 

$333,604,275

 

$304,165,217

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Consolidated Statements of Income

Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

Loans and fees on loans

$18,194,285

 

$15,131,275

 

$12,787,560

Federal funds sold

613,499

 

405,083

 

139,300

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

  Taxable

1,496,323

 

1,214,617

 

1,287,584

  Exempt from federal income tax

318,771

 

397,213

 

441,532

 

20,622,878

 

17,148,188

 

14,655,976

Interest expense:

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

7,692,010

 

4,947,344

 

3,954,159

Interest on borrowings

944,081

 

854,658

 

519,247

 

8,636,091

 

5,802,002

 

4,473,406

    Net interest income

11,986,787

 

11,346,186

 

10,182,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for loan losses

520,000

 

504,468

 

390,000

    Net interest income after

 

 

 

 

 

      provision for loan losses

11,466,787

 

10,841,718

 

9,792,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest income:

 

 

 

 

 

Service charges on deposit accounts

581,136

 

528,320

 

549,871

Other service charges and fees

958,913

 

606,416

 

506,513

Net realized gains on securities

45,887

 

4,094

 

63,004

Other income

86,965

 

276,373

 

487,874

 

1,672,901

 

1,415,203

 

1,607,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest expense:

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

5,233,830

 

4,929,967

 

4,354,566

Occupancy expense

304,086

 

300,636

 

224,656

Equipment expense

811,429

 

750,603

 

638,069

Foreclosure expense

41,297

 

11,980

 

14,567

Other expense

2,279,382

 

1,951,347

 

1,711,381

 

8,670,024

 

7,944,533

 

6,943,239

    Income before income taxes

4,469,664

 

4,312,388

 

4,456,593

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

1,322,443

 

1,204,081

 

1,215,125

    Net income

$3,147,221

 

$3,108,307

 

$3,241,468

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

$ 1.83

 

$ 1.81

 

$ 1.89

Weighted average shares outstanding

1,718,968

 

1,718,968

 

1,718,968

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

Common Stock

 

Retained

Comprehensive

 

 

Shares

Amount

Surplus

Earnings

Income (Loss)

Total

Balance, December 31, 2003

1,718,968

$2,148,710

$521,625

$21,587,202

$343,259

$24,600,796

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

-

-

-

3,241,468

-

3,241,468

Net change in unrealized

 

 

 

 

 

 

gain (loss) on investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

securities available for

  sale,

 

 

 

 

 

 

  net of taxes of

 ($305,101)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(592,254)

 

(592,254)

Reclassification

  adjustment, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

of income taxes of

 ($21,421)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(41,583)

 

(41,583)

Total comprehensive

  income

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,607,631

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ($.60 per share)

-

-

-

(1,031,381)

-

(1,031,381)

Balance, December 31,

  2004

 

1,718,968

 

2,148,710

 

521,625

 

23,797,289

 

(290,578)

 

26,177,046

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

-

-

-

3,108,307

-

3,108,307

Net change in unrealized

 

 

 

 

 

 

gain (loss) on investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

securities available for

  sale,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  net of taxes of

  ($185,666)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(360,411)

 

(360,411)

Reclassification  

  adjustment, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

  of income taxes of  

  ($1,392)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(2,702)

 

(2,702)

Total comprehensive  

  income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,745,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid

 

 

 

 

 

 

($.68 per share)

-

-

-

(1,168,898)

-

(1,168,898)

Balance, December 31,

  2005

 

1,718,968

 

2,148,710

 

521,625

 

25,736,698

 

(653,691)

 

27,753,342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

-

-

-

3,147,221

-

3,147,221

Adjustment to initially

 

 

 

 

 

 

apply SFAS No. 158,

 

 

 

 

 

 

net of taxes of ($662,597)

-

-

-

-

(1,286,217)

(1,286,217)

Net change in unrealized

 

 

 

 

 

 

gain (loss) on investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

securities available for

  sale,

 

 

 

 

 

 

  net of taxes of $137,638

-

-

-

-

267,179

267,179

Reclassification

  adjustment, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

  of income taxes of

 ($15,602)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(30,285)

 

(30,285)

Total comprehensive

  income

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,097,898

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid

 

 

 

 

 

 

($.90 per share)

-

-

-

(1,547,071)

-

(1,547,071)

Balance, December 31,

  2006

 

1,718,968

 

$2,148,710

 

$521,625

 

$27,336,848

 

$(1,703,014)

 

$28,304,169

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

 

2006

2005

2004

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

Net income

$ 3,147,221

$ 3,108,307

$ 3,241,468

Adjustments to reconcile net income

 

 

 

to net cash provided by operations:

 

 

 

    Depreciation and amortization

705,122

668,695

566,587

    Provision for loan losses

520,000

504,468

390,000

    Deferred income taxes

(41,822)

83,235

187,110

    Net realized gains on securities

(45,887)

(4,094)

(63,004)

    Accretion of discount on securities, net of

 

 

 

      amortization of premiums

(67,279)

69,666

221,135

    Deferred compensation

(614)

14,718

8,304

    Net realized loss on foreclosed assets

153,370

-

(5,419)

   Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

      Cash value of life insurance

(225,380)

(222,458)

(247,991)

      Accrued income

(753,230)

(343,747)

57,388

      Other assets

290,010

(19,629)

(684,933)

      Accrued interest payable

85,760

214,034

(10,988)

      Other liabilities

7,759

(194,887)

(63,809)

      Net cash provided by operating activities

3,775,030

3,878,308

3,595,848

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

Net (increase) decrease in federal funds sold

4,128,988

(13,081,444)

6,472,475

Activity in available for sale securities:

 

 

 

  Purchases

(15,837,562)

(11,515,250)

(16,552,392)

  Sales

9,150,737

6,271,975

18,782,690

  Maturities

5,207,855

4,622,174

4,083,990

Activity in held to maturity securities:

 

 

 

  Purchases

-

(992,160)

-

  Maturities

-

-

1,005,000

  Purchases (sales) of restricted equity securities

382,200

(372,600)

(65,300)

  Net increase in loans

(29,118,208)

(21,148,664)

(21,254,402)

  Proceeds from the sale of foreclosed assets

358,702

130,000

62,680

  Purchases of property and equipment, net of sales

(1,620,565)

(601,649)

(1,655,145)

    Net cash used in investing activities

(27,347,853)

(36,687,618)

(9,120,404)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

Net increase in deposits

31,846,512

19,340,175

2,840,196

Dividends paid

(1,547,071)

(1,168,898)

(1,031,381)

Net increase (decrease) in short-term debt

-

(2,000,000)

2,000,000

Net increase (decrease) in long-term debt

(5,000,000)

15,000,000

-

    Net cash provided by financing activities

25,299,441

31,171,277

3,808,815

    Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

1,726,618

(1,638,033)

(1,715,741)

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

8,394,366

10,032,399

11,748,140

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

$ 10,120,984

$ 8,394,366

$ 10,032,399

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

 

 

 

Interest paid

$ 8,550,331

$ 5,587,968

$ 4,484,394

Taxes paid

$ 1,348,000

$ 1,273,000

$ 993,467

Effect on equity of change in unfunded pension

  liability

$ (1,286,217)

$ -

$ -

Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing

  activities

 

 

 

Effect on equity of change in net unrealized gain

$ 236,894

$ (363,113)

$ (633,837)

Transfers of loans to foreclosed properties

$ 172,072

$ 465,000

$ 107,261

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Organization

 

Grayson Bankshares, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated as a Virginia corporation on February 3, 1992 to acquire the stock of The Grayson National Bank (the Bank). The Bank was acquired by the Company on July 1, 1992.

 

The Grayson National Bank was organized under the laws of the United States in 1900 and currently serves Grayson County, Virginia and surrounding areas through nine banking offices. As an FDIC insured, National Banking Association, the Bank is subject to regulation by the Comptroller of the Currency. The Company is regulated by the Federal Reserve.

 

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company and the Bank follow generally accepted accounting principles and general practices within the financial services industry. Following is a summary of the more significant policies.

 

Critical accounting policies

 

The notes to our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006 included herein, contain a summary of our significant accounting policies. We believe our policies with respect to the methodology for our determination of the allowance for loan losses, and asset impairment judgments involve a higher degree of complexity and require management to make difficult and subjective judgments which often require assumptions or estimates about highly uncertain matters. Changes in these judgments, assumptions or estimates could cause reported results to differ materially. These critical policies and their application are periodically reviewed with the Audit Committee and our Board of Directors.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and the Bank, which is wholly owned. All significant, intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Business Segments

 

The Company reports its activities as a single business segment. In determining the appropriateness of segment definition, the Company considers components of the business about which financial information is available and regularly evaluated relative to resource allocation and performance assessment.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles 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 financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses and the valuation of real estate acquired in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction of loans. In connection with the determination of the allowances for loan and foreclosed real estate losses, management obtains independent appraisals for significant properties.

 

Substantially all of the Bank’s loan portfolio consists of loans in its market area. Accordingly, the ultimate collectibility of a substantial portion of the Bank’s loan portfolio and the recovery of a substantial portion of the carrying amount of foreclosed real estate are susceptible to changes in local market conditions. The regional economy is diverse, but influenced to an extent by the manufacturing and agricultural segments.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Use of Estimates, continued

 

While management uses available information to recognize loan and foreclosed real estate losses, future additions to the allowances may be necessary based on changes in local economic conditions. In addition, regulatory agencies, as a part of their routine examination process, periodically review the Bank’s allowances for loan and foreclosed real estate losses. Such agencies may require the Bank to recognize additions to the allowances based on their judgments about information available to them at the time of their examinations. Because of these factors, it is reasonably possible that the allowances for loan and foreclosed real estate losses may change materially in the near term.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

For the purpose of presentation in the consolidated statements of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents are defined as those amounts included in the balance sheet caption “cash and due from banks.”

 

Trading Securities

 

The Company does not hold securities for short-term resale and therefore does not maintain a trading securities portfolio.

 

Securities Held to Maturity

 

Bonds, notes, and debentures for which the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are reported at cost, adjusted for premiums and discounts that are recognized in interest income using the interest method over the period to maturity or to call dates.

 

Securities Available for Sale

 

Available for sale securities are reported at fair value and consist of bonds, notes, debentures, and certain equity securities not classified as trading securities or as held to maturity securities.

 

Unrealized holding gains and losses, net of tax, on available for sale securities are reported as a net amount in a separate component of shareholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses on the sale of available for sale securities are determined using the specific-identification method. Premiums and discounts are recognized in interest income using the interest method over the period to maturity or to call dates.

 

Declines in the fair value of individual held to maturity and available for sale securities below cost that are other than temporary are reflected as write-downs of the individual securities to fair value. Related write-downs are included in earnings as realized losses.

 

Loans Held for Sale

 

Mortgage loans originated and intended for sale in the secondary market are carried at the lower of cost or estimated market value in the aggregate. Net unrealized losses are recognized through a valuation allowance by charges to income. The Company had no loans held for sale at December 31, 2006 or during the three year period then ended.

 

Loans Receivable

 

Loans receivable that management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity or pay-off are reported at their outstanding principal amount adjusted for any charge-offs and the allowance for loan losses. The Bank only charges loan origination fees on term loans with an original maturity of one year or less. Loan origination fees are therefore not capitalized due to the short-term nature of the related loans. Loan origination costs are capitalized and recognized as an adjustment to yield over the life of the related loan.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Loans Receivable, continued

 

Interest is accrued and credited to income based on the principal amount outstanding. The accrual of interest on impaired loans is discontinued when, in management’s opinion, the borrower may be unable to meet payments as they become due. When interest accrual is discontinued, all unpaid accrued interest is reversed. Interest income is subsequently recognized only to the extent cash payments are received. When facts and circumstances indicate the borrower has regained the ability to meet the required payments, the loan is returned to accrual status. Past due status of loans is determined based on contractual terms.

 

Allowance for Loan Losses

 

The allowance for loan losses is established as losses are estimated to have occurred through a provision for loan losses charged to earnings. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectability of a loan balance, or portion there of, is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.

 

The allowance for loan losses is evaluated on a regular basis by management and is based upon management’s periodic review of the collectibility of the loans in light of historical experience, the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrower’s ability to repay, estimated value of any underlying collateral and prevailing economic conditions. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available.

 

The allowance consists of specific, general and unallocated components. The specific component relates to loans that are classified as either 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 adjusted for qualitative factors. An unallocated component is maintained to cover uncertainties that could affect management’s estimate of probable losses. The unallocated component of the allowance reflects the margin of imprecision inherent in the underlying assumptions used in the methodologies for estimating specific and general losses in the portfolio.

 

A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Bank will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed. Impairment is measured on a loan by loan basis for all loans by either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, the loan’s obtainable market price, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent.

 

Large groups of smaller balance homogeneous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. Accordingly, the Bank does not separately identify individual consumer and residential loans for impairment disclosures, unless such loans are the subject of a restructuring agreement.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Property and Equipment

 

Land is carried at cost. Bank premises, furniture and equipment, and leasehold improvements are carried at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization computed principally by the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

 

 

 

 

Years

 

 

 

 

 

Buildings and improvements

 

10-40

 

Furniture and equipment

 

5-12

 

Foreclosed Assets

 

Real estate properties acquired through, or in lieu of, loan foreclosure are to be sold and are initially recorded at fair value less anticipated cost to sell at the date of foreclosure, establishing a new cost basis. After foreclosure, valuations are periodically performed by management and the real estate is carried at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. Revenue and expenses from operations and changes in the valuation allowance are included in loss on foreclosed real estate. The historical average holding period for such properties is less than six months.

 

Pension Plan

 

The Bank maintains a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering all employees who meet eligibility requirements. To be eligible, an employee must be 21 years of age and have completed one year of service. Plan benefits are based on final average compensation and years of service. The funding policy is to contribute the maximum deductible for federal income tax purposes.

 

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 Bank, (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 Bank does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity.

 

Income Taxes

 

Provision for income taxes is based on amounts reported in the statements of income (after exclusion of non-taxable income such as interest on state and municipal securities) and consists of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes on temporary differences in the recognition of income and expense for tax and financial statement purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are included in the financial statements at currently enacted income tax rates applicable to the period in which the deferred tax assets or liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. As changes in tax laws or rates are enacted, deferred taxes assets and liabilities are adjusted through the provision for income taxes.

 

Deferred income tax liability relating to unrealized appreciation (or the deferred tax asset in the case of unrealized depreciation) on investment securities available for sale is recorded in other liabilities (assets). Such unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded as an adjustment to equity in the financial statements and not included in income determination until realized. Accordingly, the resulting deferred income tax liability or asset is also recorded as an adjustment to equity.

 

Basic Earnings per Share

 

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, after giving retroactive effect to stock splits and dividends.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Diluted Earnings per Share

 

The computation of diluted earnings per share is similar to the computation of basic earnings per share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if dilutive potential common shares had been issued. The numerator is adjusted for any changes in income or loss that would result from the assumed conversion of those potential common shares. For the years presented, the Company had no potentially dilutive securities outstanding.

 

Comprehensive Income

 

Annual comprehensive income reflects the change in the Company’s equity during the year arising from transactions and events other than investments by and distributions to shareholders. It consists of net income plus certain other changes in assets and liabilities that are reported as separate components of shareholders’ equity rather than as income or expense.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Credit Related Financial Instruments

 

In the ordinary course of business, the Company has entered into commitments to extend credit, including commitments under line of credit arrangements, commercial letters of credit, and standby letters of credit. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments and Change in Accounting Principle

 

On January 1, 2001, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” This Statement requires that all derivatives be recognized as assets or liabilities in the balance sheet and measured at fair value.

 

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

 

For asset/liability management purposes, the Corporation uses interest rate swap agreements to hedge various exposures or to modify interest rate characteristics of various balance sheet accounts. Such derivatives are used as part of the asset/liability management process and are linked to specific assets or liabilities, and have high correlation between the contract and the underlying item being hedged, both at inception and throughout the hedge period.

 

The Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements to convert a portion of its variable-rate debt to fixed rate (cash flow hedge), and to convert a portion of its fixed-rate loans to a variable rate (fair value hedge). Interest rate swaps are contracts in which a series of interest rate flows are exchanged over a prescribed period. The notional amount on which the interest payments are based is not exchanged.

 

Under SFAS No. 133, the gain or loss on all derivatives designated and qualifying as a fair value hedging instrument, as well as the offsetting gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the risk being hedged, is recognized currently in earnings in the same accounting period. The effective portion of the gain or loss on a derivative designated and qualifying as a cash flow hedging instrument is initially reported as a component of other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument, if any, is recognized currently in earnings.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Interest Rate Swap Agreements, continued

 

Interest rate derivative financial instruments receive hedge accounting treatment only if they are designated as a hedge and are expected to be, and are, effective in substantially reducing interest rate risk arising from the assets and liabilities identified as exposing the Company to risk. Those derivative financial instruments that do not meet the hedging criteria discussed below would be classified as trading activities and would be recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in income. Derivative hedge contracts must meet specific effectiveness tests (i.e., over time the change in their fair values due to the designated hedge risk must be within 80 to 125 percent of the opposite change in the fair values of the hedged assets or liabilities). Changes in fair value of the derivative financial instruments must be effective at offsetting changes in the fair value of the hedged items due to the designated hedge risk during the term of the hedge. Further, if the underlying financial instrument differs from the hedged asset or liability, there must be a clear economic relationship between the prices of the two financial instruments. If periodic assessment indicated derivatives no longer provide an effective hedge, the derivatives contracts would be closed out and settled or classified as a trading activity.

 

Beginning January 1, 2001, in accordance with SFAS No. 133, hedges of variable-rate debt are accounted for as cash flow hedges, with changes in fair value recorded in derivative assets or liabilities and other comprehensive income. The net settlement (upon close out or termination) that offsets changes in the value of the hedged debt is deferred and amortized into net interest income over the life of the hedged debt. Hedges of fixed-rate loans are accounted for as fair value hedges, with changes in fair value recorded in derivative assets or liabilities and loan interest income. The net settlement (upon close out or termination) that offsets changes in the value of the loans adjusts the basis of the loans and is deferred and amortized to loan interest income over the life of the loans. The portion, if any, of the net settlement amount that did not offset changes in the value of the hedged asset or liability is recognized immediately in non-interest income.

 

Cash flow resulting from the derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as hedges of assets and liabilities are classified in the cash flow statement in the same category as the cash flows of the items being hedged.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments, requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques. Those techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. In that regard, the derived fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets and, in many cases, could not be realized in immediate settlement of the instruments. Statement No. 107 excludes certain financial instruments and all nonfinancial instruments from its disclosure requirements. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented do not represent the underlying value of the Company.

 

The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments:

 

Cash and cash equivalents: The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for cash and cash equivalents approximate their fair values.

 

Interest-bearing deposits with banks: Fair values for time deposits are estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis that applies interest rates currently being offered on certificates to a schedule of aggregated contractual maturities on such time deposits.

 

Available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities: Fair values for securities, excluding restricted equity securities, are based on quoted market prices, where available. If quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on quoted market prices of comparable instruments. The carrying values of restricted equity securities approximate fair values.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, continued

 

Loans receivable: For variable-rate loans that reprice frequently and with no significant change in credit risk, fair values are based on carrying amounts. The fair values for other loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analysis, based on interest rates currently being offered for loans with similar terms to borrowers of similar credit quality. Loan fair value estimates include judgments regarding future expected loss experience and risk characteristics. Fair values for impaired loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analysis or underlying collateral values, where applicable. The carrying amount of accrued interest receivable approximates its fair value.

 

Deposit liabilities: The fair values disclosed for demand and savings deposits are, by definition, equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date. The fair values for certificates of deposit are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on certificates to a schedule of aggregated contractual maturities on such time deposits. The carrying amount of accrued interest payable approximates fair value.

 

Short-term debt: The carrying amounts of short-term debt approximate their fair values.

 

Long-term debt: The fair value of long-term debt is estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently available on similar instruments.

 

Other liabilities: For fixed-rate loan commitments, fair value considers the difference between current levels of interest rates and the committed rates. The carrying amounts of other liabilities approximates fair value.

 

Derivatives: The fair value of derivatives is determined by comparing current market prices for similar contracts with contracts entered into by the Company.

 

Reclassification

 

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior years’ financial statements to place them on a comparable basis with the current presentation. Net income and stockholders’ equity previously reported were not affected by these reclassifications.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The following is a summary of recent authoritative pronouncements that could impact the accounting, reporting, and / or disclosure of financial information by the Company.

 

In February 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting (“SFAS”) No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments—an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140.” This Statement amends SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” and SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities.” This Statement resolves issues addressed in SFAS No. 133 Implementation Issue No. D1, “Application of Statement 133 to Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets.” FAS 155 permits fair value re-measurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation, clarifies which interest only-strips and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of Statement 133, establishes a requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation, clarifies that concentrations of credit risk in the form of subordination are not embedded derivatives, and amends Statement 140 to eliminate the prohibition on a qualifying special purpose entity from holding a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial instrument. SFAS No. 155 is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued after the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The Company does not believe that the adoption of SFAS No. 155 will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements, continued

 

In March 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140.” This Statement amends FASB No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities,” with respect to the accounting for separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. SFAS No. 156 requires an entity to recognize a servicing asset or servicing liability each time it undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract; requires all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities to be initially measured at fair value, if practicable; permits an entity to choose its subsequent measurement methods for each class of separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities; at its initial adoption, permits a one-time reclassification of available-for-sale securities to trading securities by entities with recognized servicing rights, without calling into question the treatment of other available-for-sale securities under Statement 115, provided that the available-for-sale securities are identified in some manner as offsetting the entity’s exposure to changes in fair value of servicing assets or servicing liabilities that a servicer elects to subsequently measure at fair value; and requires separate presentation of servicing assets and servicing liabilities subsequently measured at fair value in the statement of financial position and additional disclosures for all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. An entity should adopt SFAS No. 156 as of the beginning of its first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The Company does not believe the adoption of SFAS No. 156 will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements." SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This standard does not require any new fair value measurements, but rather eliminates inconsistencies found in various prior pronouncements. SFAS 157 is effective for the Company on January 1, 2008 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” (“SFAS 158”), which amends SFAS 87 and SFAS 106 to require recognition of the overfunded or underfunded status of pension and other postretirement benefit plans on the balance sheet. Under SFAS 158, gains and losses, prior service costs and credits, and any remaining transition amounts under SFAS 87 and SFAS 106 that have not yet been recognized through net periodic benefit cost will be recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax effects, until they are amortized as a component of net periodic cost. The measurement date — the date at which the benefit obligation and plan assets are measured — is required to be the company’s fiscal year end. SFAS 158 is effective for publicly-held companies for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2006, except for the measurement date provisions, which are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008. The Company had adopted and, as described in Note 13, SFAS No. 158 had had a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

 

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115.” This statement permits, but does not require, entities to measure many financial instruments at fair value. The objective is to provide entities with an opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. Entities electing this option will apply it when the entity first recognizes an eligible instrument and will report unrealized gains and losses on such instruments in current earnings. This statement 1) applies to all entities, 2) specifies certain election dates, 3) can be applied on an instrument-by-instrument basis with some exceptions, 4) is irrevocable and 5) applies only to entire instruments. One exception is demand deposit liabilities which are explicitly excluded as qualifying for fair value. With respect to SFAS 115, available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities at the effective date are eligible for the fair value option at that date. If the fair value option is elected for those securities at the effective date, cumulative unrealized gains and losses at that date shall be included in the cumulative-effect adjustment and thereafter, such securities will be accounted for as trading securities. SFAS 159 is effective for the Company on January 1, 2008. Earlier adoption is permitted in 2007 if the Company also elects to apply the provisions of SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurement.” The Company is currently analyzing the fair value option provided under SFAS 159.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Advertising Expense

 

The Company expenses advertising costs as they are incurred. Advertising expense for the years presented is not material.

 

Note 2. Restrictions on Cash

 

To comply with banking regulations, the Bank is required to maintain certain average cash reserve balances. The daily average cash reserve requirement was approximately $2,124,000 and $2,162,000 for the periods including December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

Note 3. Investment Securities

 

Debt and equity securities have been classified in the consolidated balance sheets according to management’s intent. The carrying amount of securities and their approximate fair values at December 31 follow:

 

 

Amortized

Unrealized

Unrealized

Fair

2006

Cost

Gains

Losses

Value

Available for sale:

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

$ 1,155,503

$ 3,032

$ 22,934

$ 1,135,601

Government sponsored enterprises

25,454,853

1,969

559,979

24,896,843

Mortgage-backed securities

3,873,968

8

50,736

3,823,240

State and municipal securities

5,666,743

14,239

17,257

5,663,725

Corporate securities

199,874

148

-

200,022

 

$ 36,350,941

$ 19,396

$ 650,906

$ 35,719,431

Held to maturity:

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

$ 999,694

$ -

$ 634

$ 999,060

State and municipal securities

2,991,699

49,803

18,283

3,023,219

 

$ 3,991,393

$ 49,803

$ 18,917

$ 4,022,279

2005

 

 

 

 

Available for sale:

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

$ 1,301,135

$ 5,401

$ 29,514

$ 1,277,022

Government sponsored enterprises

25,858,789

10,000

959,460

24,909,329

Mortgage-backed securities

2,213,505

149

59,189

2,154,465

State and municipal securities

5,213,446

52,290

11,921

5,253,815

Corporate securities

199,475

1,805

-

201,280

 

$ 34,786,350

$ 69,645

$ 1,060,084

$ 33,795,911

Held to maturity:

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

$ 993,326

$ -

$ 3,326

$ 990,000

State and municipal securities

2,970,521

37,704

42,701

2,965,524

 

$ 3,963,847

$ 37,704

$ 46,027

$ 3,955,524

 

There were no securities transferred between the available for sale and held to maturity portfolios during 2006, 2005 or 2004.

 

Restricted equity securities were $1,137,450 and $1,519,650 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Restricted equity securities consist of investments in stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (“FHLB”), Community Bankers Bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, all of which are carried at cost. All of these entities are upstream correspondents of the Bank. The FHLB requires financial institutions to make equity investments in the FHLB in order to borrow money. The Bank is required to hold that stock so long as it borrows from the FHLB. The Federal Reserve requires Banks to purchase stock as a condition for membership in the Federal Reserve system. The Bank’s stock in Community Bankers Bank is restricted only in the fact that the stock may only be repurchased by Community Bankers Bank.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 3. Investment Securities, continued

 

The following table details unrealized losses and related fair values in the Company’s held to maturity and available for sale investment securities portfolios. This information is aggregated by the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2006 and 2005.

 

 

Less Than 12 Months

12 Months or More

Total

 

Fair

Unrealized

Fair

Unrealized

Fair

Unrealized

 

Value

Losses

Value

Losses

Value

Losses

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available for sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency

  securities

 

$ -

 

$ -

 

$ 1,005,531

 

$ 22,934

 

$ 1,005,531

 

$ 22,934

Government sponsored

  enterprises

 

6,552,583

 

12,189

 

14,444,570

 

547,790

 

20,997,153

 

559,979

Mortgage-backed

  securities

 

2,490,971

 

10,169

 

1,327,928

 

40,567

 

3,818,899

 

50,736

State and municipal

  securities

 

1,381,496

 

10,388

 

861,665

 

6,869

 

2,243,161

 

17,257

Other securities

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total securities  

 available for sale

 

$10,425,050

 

$ 32,746

 

$17,639,694

 

$ 618,160

 

$28,064,744

 

$ 650,906

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Held to maturity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency

  securities

 

$ -

 

$ -

 

$ 999,060

 

$ 634

 

$ 999,060

 

$ 634

State and municipal

  securities

 

-

 

-

 

906,501

 

18,283

 

906,501

 

18,283

Total securities held to

  maturity

 

$ -

 

$ -

 

$ 1,905,561

 

$ 18,917

 

$ 1,905,561

 

$ 18,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available for sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency

  securities

 

$ 1,107,490

 

$ 29,514

 

$ -

 

$ -

 

$ 1,107,490

 

$ 29,514

Government sponsored

  enterprises

 

11,143,523

 

97,188

 

9,755,606

 

862,272

 

20,899,129

 

959,460

Mortgage-backed

  securities

 

1,238,169

 

27,350

 

894,722

 

31,839

 

2,132,891

 

59,189

State and municipal

  securities

 

1,110,642

 

10,683

 

402,972

 

1,238

 

1,513,614

 

11,921

Other securities

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total securities

  available for sale

 

$14,599,824

 

$ 164,735

 

$11,053,300

 

$ 895,349

 

$25,653,124

 

$1,060,084

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Held to maturity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government agency

  securities

 

$ 990,000

 

$ 3,326

 

$ -

 

$ -

 

$ 990,000

 

$ 3,326

State and municipal

  securities

 

515,383

 

9,361

 

1,128,006

 

33,340

 

1,643,389

 

42,701

Total securities held to

 maturity

 

$ 1,505,383

 

$ 12,687

 

$ 1,128,006

 

$ 33,340

 

$ 2,633,389

 

$ 46,027

 

Management 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 (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, and (3) 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. The relative significance of these and other factors will vary on a case by case basis.

 

At December 31, 2006, two securities had unrealized losses with aggregate depreciation of approximately 19% from the Company’s amortized cost basis. These securities are issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and have variable interest rates and perpetual maturities. In determining whether or not the impairment on these securities is other-than-temporary management placed greater significance on the financial condition of the issuer and the Company’s ability and intent to hold the securities for the foreseeable future. In analyzing an issuer’s financial condition, management considers whether the securities are issued by the federal government or its agencies or sponsored enterprises, whether downgrades by bond rating agencies have occurred, and whether or not interest and principal payments are expected to continue to be received in accordance with the terms under which the security was purchased. The Company’s ability and intent to hold the securities for the foreseeable future are evaluated primarily on the Company’s current and projected liquidity position. Based upon these considerations management considers the impairment on these securities to be temporary in nature.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 3. Investment Securities, continued

 

Investment securities with amortized cost of approximately $15,117,275 and $9,359,420 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, were pledged as collateral on public deposits and for other purposes as required or permitted by law. Gross realized gains and losses for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 are as follows:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gains

$ 78,418

 

$ 26,864

 

$ 189,668

Realized losses

32,531

 

22,770

 

126,664

 

$ 45,887

 

$ 4,094

 

$ 63,004

 

The scheduled maturities of securities available for sale and securities held to maturity at December 31, 2006, were as follows:

 

Available for Sale

 

Held to Maturity

 

Amortized

Fair

 

Amortized

Fair

 

Cost

Value

 

Cost

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

$ 7,226,206

$ 7,223,706

 

$ 999,694

$ 999,060

Due after one year through five years

3,827,525

3,800,324

 

-

-

Due after five years through ten years

11,476,746

11,360,793

 

1,350,277

1,361,199

Due after ten years

13,820,464

13,334,608

 

1,641,422

1,662,020

 

$ 36,350,941

$ 35,719,431

 

$ 3,991,393

$ 4,022,279

 

Maturities of mortgage backed securities are based on contractual amounts. Actual maturity will vary as loans underlying the securities are prepaid.

 

Note 4. Loans Receivable

 

The major components of loans in the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2006 and 2005 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

Commercial

$ 18,294

 

$ 18,745

Real estate:

 

 

 

Construction and land development

30,725

 

22,244

Residential, 1-4 families

111,089

 

102,614

Residential, 5 or more families

1,572

 

675

Farmland

27,979

 

21,695

Nonfarm, nonresidential

39,350

 

35,613

Agricultural

3,774

 

3,071

Consumer

14,106

 

14,112

Other

1,530

 

1,000

 

248,419

 

219,769

 

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses

(2,902)

 

(2,678)

 

$ 245,517

 

$ 217,091

 

 

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Note 5. Allowance for Loan Losses

 

An analysis of the allowance for loan losses as of December 31 follows:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning

$ 2,678,055

 

$ 2,609,759

 

$ 2,395,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision charged to expense

520,000

 

504,468

 

390,000

Recoveries of amounts charged off

97,615

 

29,390

 

100,861

Amounts charged off

(393,673)

 

(465,562)

 

(276,489)

Balance, ending

$ 2,901,997

 

$ 2,678,055

 

$ 2,609,759

 

The following is a summary of information pertaining to impaired loans at December 31:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

Impaired loans without a valuation allowance

$ 699,641

 

$ 470,997

Impaired loans with a valuation allowance

719,785

 

757,348

Total impaired loans

$ 1,419,426

 

$ 1,228,345

Valuation allowance related to impaired loans

$ 363,795

 

$ 318,203

 

Nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days or more at December 31, 2006 were approximately $867,000 and $733,000, respectively. At December 31, 2005, those amounts were approximately $992,000 and $550,000, respectively. Substantially all of these loans are included in impaired loans for both years.

 

The average annual recorded investment in impaired loans and interest income recognized on impaired loans for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (all approximate) are summarized below:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average investment in impaired loans

$ 990,623

 

$ 1,266,206

 

$ 2,091,011

Interest income recognized on impaired loans

$ 69,921

 

$ 176,860

 

$ 55,157

Interest income recognized on a cash basis on impaired

  loans

 

$ 44,218

 

 

$ 162,299

 

 

$ 48,973

 

No additional funds are committed to be advanced in connection with impaired loans.

 

Note 6. Property and Equipment

 

Components of property and equipment and total accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2006 and 2005, are as follows:

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

Land

$ 1,409,176

 

$ 1,409,176

Buildings and improvements

5,992,997

 

4,923,339

Furniture and equipment

5,337,213

 

4,786,306

 

12,739,386

 

11,118,821

 

 

 

 

Less accumulated depreciation

(4,574,239)

 

(3,869,117)

 

$ 8,165,147

 

$ 7,249,704

 

 

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 amounted to $705,122, $668,695, and $566,587, respectively.

 

 

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Note 7. Cash Value of Life Insurance

 

The Bank is owner and beneficiary of life insurance policies on certain employees and directors. Policy cash values totaled $5,373,560 and $5,148,180 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

Note 8. Deposits

 

The aggregate amount of time deposits in denominations of $100,000 or more at December 31, 2006 and 2005 was $71,646,612 and $50,749,271, respectively. At December 31, 2006, the scheduled maturities of time deposits are as follows:

 

 

Three months or less

 

$ 25,217,337

 

Over three months through twelve months

 

109,533,872

 

Over one year through three years

 

20,608,967

 

Over three years

 

30,854,639

 

 

 

$ 186,214,815

 

 

Note 9. Short-Term Debt

 

During the three year period ended December 31, 2006 short-term debt consisted of daily rate credit (DRC) advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank, which generally mature within one to four days from the transaction date. There was no short term debt during 2006. Additional information at December 31, 2005 and 2004 is summarized below:

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

Outstanding balance at December 31

$ -

 

$ 2,000,000

Year-end weighted averaged rate

-

 

2.44%

Daily average outstanding during the year

$ 591,781

 

$ 2,718,579

Weighted average rate for the year

3.01%

 

2.33%

Maximum outstanding at any month-end during the year

$ 2,000,000

 

$ 5,000,000

 

At December 31, 2006, the Bank had established lines of credit of approximately $18,400,000 with correspondent banks to provide additional liquidity if, and as needed. In addition, the Bank has the ability to borrow up to $39,800,000 from the Federal Home Loan Bank, subject to the pledging of collateral.

 

Note 10. Long-Term Debt

 

The Bank’s long-term debt consists of two borrowings, one fixed-rate and one variable-rate. The fixed-rate borrowing is a $10,000,000 advance from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta. This loan matures on January 17, 2012 and is secured by substantially all first mortgage one-to-four family residential loans. Interest on the loan is fixed at 4.56% until January 17, 2007 at which time the rate is convertible, at the option of the Federal Home Loan Bank, to a variable rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate. If converted, the Bank has the option to prepay the debt without penalty.

 

The variable-rate borrowing is a $10,000,000 structured term repurchase agreement with Deutsche Bank. This loan matures on August 10, 2016 and is secured by investment securities with an amortized cost of $11,519,620 at December 31, 2006. Interest on the loan varies at a rate equal to the three month LIBOR rate minus 0.50% until August 10, 2008. At that time, if not called, the borrowing converts to a fixed rate of 4.83% until maturity.

 

 

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Note 11. Financial Instruments

 

The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2006

 

December 31, 2005

 

Carrying

Fair

 

Carrying

Fair

 

Amount

Value

 

Amount

Value

Financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$10,121

$10,121

 

$8,394

$8,394

Federal funds sold

17,786

17,786

 

21,915

21,915

Securities, available for sale

35,719

35,719

 

33,796

33,796

Securities, held to maturity

3,991

4,022

 

3,964

3,956

Restricted equity securities

1,137

1,137

 

1,520

1,520

Loans, net of allowance for loan losses

245,517

245,124

 

217,091

216,280

Interest rate floor

126,500

126,500

 

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

282,246

282,999

 

250,400

250,216

Long-term debt

20,000

20,058

 

25,000

24,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off-balance-sheet assets (liabilities)

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments to extend credit and

 

 

 

 

 

standby letters of credit

-

-

 

-

-

Derivate financial instruments

-

-

 

-

-

 

Note 12. On-Balance Sheet Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company has occasionally utilized stand-alone derivative financial instruments in the form of interest rate swap agreements and interest rate floors, which derive their value from underlying interest rates. These transactions involve both credit and market risk. The notional amounts are the amounts on which calculations, payments, and the value of the derivative are based. Notional amounts do not represent direct credit exposures. Direct credit exposure is limited to the net difference between the calculated amounts to be received and paid, if any.

 

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by the counterparties to these agreements. The Company controls the credit risk of its financial contracts through credit approvals, limits and monitoring procedures, and does not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations. The Company deals only with primary dealers.

 

Derivative instruments are generally either negotiated OTC contracts or standardized contracts executed on a recognized exchange. Negotiated OTC derivative contracts are generally entered into between two counterparties that negotiate specific agreement terms, including the underlying instrument, amount, exercise prices and maturity.

 

 

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Note 12. On-Balance Sheet Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, continued

 

Risk Management Policies – Hedging Instruments

 

The primary focus of the Company’s asset/liability management program is to monitor the sensitivity of the Company’s net portfolio value and net income under varying interest rate scenarios to take steps to control its risks. On a quarterly basis, the Company simulates the net portfolio value and net income expected to be earned over a twelve-month period following the date of simulation. The simulation is based on a projection of market interest rates at varying levels and estimates the impact of such market rates on the levels on interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities during the measurement period. Based upon the outcome of the simulation analysis, the Company considers the use of derivatives as a means of reducing the volatility of net portfolio value and projected net income within certain ranges of projected changes in interest rates. The Company evaluates the effectiveness of entering into any derivative instrument agreement by measuring the cost of such an agreement in relation to the reduction in net portfolio value and net income volatility within an assumed range of interest rates.

 

Interest Rate Risk Management – Cash Flow Hedging Instruments

 

The Company uses long-term variable rate debt as a source of funds for use in the Company’s lending and investment activities and other general business purposes. These debt obligations expose the Company to variability in interest payments due to changes in interest rates. If interest rates increase, interest expense increases. Conversely, if interest rates decrease, interest expense decreases. Management believes it is prudent to limit the variability of a portion of its interest payments and, therefore, generally hedges its variable-rate interest payments. To meet this objective, management enters into interest rate swap agreements whereby the Company receives variable interest rate payments and makes fixed interest rate payments during the contract period.

 

All interest rate swap agreements entered into by the Bank, to date, have had notional amounts ranging between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The terms of these agreements mirror the terms of the debt and are therefore highly effective and qualify for hedge accounting. As a result of long-term debt restructuring, changes in long-term interest rates or other circumstances, the interest rate swap agreements may be terminated early by the Bank. In the case of early termination of interest rate swap agreements, any gain is deferred until the hedged debt is repaid. There were no interest rate swap agreements outstanding at December 31, 2006 or 2005. Additional information (all approximate) related to the termination of interest rate swap agreements is as follows:

 

 

2006

2005

2004

Gain from terminated agreements included in other income

$ 51,264

$ -

$ 204,000

Deferred gain from terminated agreements at year-end

-

66,000

-

 

 

Interest Rate Risk Management – Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments

 

At December 31, 2006 the Bank was party to an interest rate floor agreement. The agreement is designed to offset a portion of the negative impact to the Bank’s net income that would result from a decrease in short-term interest rates. The agreement has a notional amount of $15,000,000 and pays the Bank based on the notional amount multiplied by the spread between the ten-year and two-year treasury swap curve rates when the spread between those rates exceeds 0.375%. The agreement matures on November 22, 2012. The agreement is carried in other assets at current fair market value. Changes in fair market value are recognized as adjustments to current income. The cost of the agreement at inception on November 22, 2006 was $141,000 and the fair market value at December 31, 2006 was $126,500. The decrease in value of $14,500 was recognized as an increase in interest expense.

 

 

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Note 13. Employee Benefit Plan

 

The Bank has a qualified noncontributory defined benefit pension plan which covers substantially all of its employees. The benefits are primarily based on years of service and earnings. On December 31, 2006 the Company adopted SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” (“SFAS 158”), which was issued in September of 2006 and amends SFAS 87 and SFAS 106 to require recognition of the overfunded or underfunded status of pension and other postretirement benefit plans on the balance sheet. Under SFAS 158, gains and losses, prior service costs and credits, and any remaining transition amounts under SFAS 87 and SFAS 106 that have not yet been recognized through net periodic benefit cost will be recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax effects, until they are amortized as a component of net periodic cost. The adoption of SFAS 158 had a significant impact on the balance sheet of the Company. Prior to adoption, the Company had a prepaid pension benefit of $303,636, after the adoption, the Company had a liability of $1,645,178. This represents an increase in the net pension liability of $1,948,814. This increase in liability is recorded, net of tax, as a reduction of other comprehensive income of $1,286,217. This change is the cumulative effect of the adoption of this standard. Future adjustments to liabilities and other comprehensive income should reflect only one years change and are expected to be much less in amount.

 

The following is a summary of the plan’s funded status as of December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004:

 

 

2006

2005

2004

Change in benefit obligation

 

 

 

Benefit obligation at beginning of year

$ 5,693,642

$ 4,712,730

$ 3,708,775

Service cost

389,614

299,356

221,173

Interest cost

327,384

282,764

241,070

Actuarial (gain) loss

(237,789)

398,792

684,106

Benefits paid

(207,031)

-

(142,394)

Benefit obligation at end of year

5,965,820

5,693,642

4,712,730

 

 

 

 

Change in plan assets

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year

3,957,770

3,204,557

2,086,716

Actual return on plan assets

311,450

381,532

241,484

Employer contribution

258,453

371,681

1,018,751

Benefits paid

(207,031)

-

(142,394)

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

4,320,642

3,957,770

3,204,557

Funded status at the end of the year

$(1,645,178)

$(1,735,872)

$(1,508,173)

 

 

 

 

Amounts recognized in the Balance Sheet

 

 

 

(Accrued) prepaid benefit cost

$ 303,636

$ 527,693

$ 561,805

Unfunded pension benefit obligation under SFAS 158

(1,948,814)

-

-

Amount recognized in other liabilities

$(1,645,178)

$ 527,693

$ 561,805

 

 

 

 

Amounts recognized in accumulated comprehensive

  income

 

 

 

Net gain (loss)

$(1,918,718)

$ -

$ -

Unrecognized prior service costs

(30,194)

-

-

Unrecognized net obligation at transition

98

-

-

Unfunded pension benefit obligation under SFAS 158

(1,948,814)

-

-

Deferred taxes

662,579

-

-

Amount recognized in accumulated comprehensive

  income

 

$(1,286,217)

 

$ -

 

$ -

 

 

 

 

(Accrued) Prepaid benefit detail

 

 

 

Benefit obligation

$(5,965,820)

$(5,693,642)

$(4,712,730)

Fair value of assets

4,320,642

3,957,770

3,204,557

Unrecognized net actuarial (gain) loss

1,918,718

2,223,440

2,019,824

Unrecognized net obligation at transition

(98)

(133)

(168)

Unrecognized prior service cost

30,194

40,258

50,322

(Accrued) prepaid benefit cost

$ 303,636

$ 527,693

$ 561,805

 

 

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Note 13. Employee Benefit Plan, continued

 

 

2006

2005

2004

 

 

 

 

Components of net periodic benefit cost

 

 

 

Service cost

$ 389,614

$ 299,356

$ 221,173

Interest cost

327,384

282,764

241,070

Return on plan assets

(311,450)

(381,532)

(241,484)

Originating unrecognized asset gain (loss)

(24,960)

109,145

56,710

Recognized net actuarial (gain) loss

91,893

86,031

60,091

Amortization

10,029

10,029

10,029

Net periodic benefit expense

$ 482,510

$ 405,793

$ 347,589

 

 

 

 

Additional disclosure information

 

 

 

Accumulated benefit obligation

$ 3,397,075

$ 3,158,014

$ 2,521,489

Vested benefit obligation

$ 3,251,631

$ 3,036,333

$ 1,894,769

Discount rate used for net periodic pension cost

5.75%

5.75%

6.00%

Discount rate used for disclosure

6.00%

5.75%

6.00%

Expected return on plan assets

8.50%

8.50%

8.50%

Rate of compensation increase

5.00%

5.00%

5.00%

Average remaining service (years)

17

18

18

 

Estimated Future Benefit Payments

 

 

 

 

Pension

Benefits

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

$ 3,969

 

2008

 

47,976

 

2009

 

56,853

 

2010

 

69,445

 

2011

 

98,701

 

2012-2016

 

1,188,306

 

 

 

$ 1,465,250

 

Funding Policy

 

It is Bank policy to contribute the maximum tax-deductible amount each year as determined by the plan administrator. Based on current information, it is anticipated the 2007 contribution will be approximately $970,477 and pension cost will be approximately $466,200.

 

Long-Term Rate of Return

 

The plan sponsor selects the expected long-term rate-of-return-on-assets assumption in consultation with their investment advisors and actuary, and with concurrence from their auditors. This rate is intended to reflect the average rate of earnings expected to be earned on the funds invested or to be invested to provide plan benefits. Historical performance is reviewed – especially with respect to real rates of return (net of inflation) – for the major asset classes held, or anticipated to be held by the trust, and for the trust itself. Undue weight is not given to recent experience – that may not continue over the measurement period – with higher significance placed on current forecasts of future long-term economic conditions.

 

Because assets are held in a qualified trust, anticipated returns are not reduced for taxes. Further – solely for this purpose the plan is assumed to continue in force and not terminate during the period during which the assets are invested. However, consideration is given to the potential impact of current and future investment policy, cash flow into and out of the trust, and expenses (both investment and non-investment) typically paid from plan assets (to the extent such expenses are not explicitly estimated within periodic cost).

 

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Note 13. Employee Benefit Plan, continued

 

Asset Allocation

 

The pension plan’s weighted-average asset allocations at September 30, 2006 and 2005 (the latest dates available), by asset category are as follows:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds – fixed income

40%

 

40%

Mutual funds – equity

47%

 

56%

Other

13%

 

4%

Total

100%

 

100%

 

Asset Allocation, continued

 

The trust fund is sufficiently diversified to maintain a reasonable level of risk without imprudently sacrificing return, with a targeted asset allocation of 50% fixed income and 50% equities. The Investment Manager selects investment fund managers with demonstrated experience and expertise, and funds with demonstrated historical performance, for the implementation of the Plan’s investment strategy. The Investment Manager will consider both actively and passively managed investment strategies and will allocate funds across the asset classes to develop an efficient investment structure.

 

It is the responsibility of the Trustee to administer the investments of the Trust within reasonable costs, being careful to avoid sacrificing quality. These costs include, but are not limited to, management and custodial fees, consulting fees, transaction costs and other administrative costs chargeable to the Trust.

 

Note 14. Deferred Compensation and Life Insurance

 

Deferred compensation plans have been adopted for certain executive officers and members of the Board of Directors for future compensation upon retirement. Under plan provisions aggregate annual payments ranging from $2,662 to $37,200 are payable for ten years certain, generally beginning at age 65. Reduced benefits apply in cases of early retirement or death prior to the benefit date, as defined. Liability accrued for compensation deferred under the plan amounts to $549,440 and $550,054 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Expense charged against income was $46,261, $47,636 and $50,400 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Charges to income are based on changes in present value of future cash payments, discounted at 8%.

 

Note 15. Income Taxes

 

Current and Deferred Income Tax Components

 

The components of income tax expense (substantially all Federal) are as follows:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

$ 1,364,265

 

$ 1,120,846

 

$ 1,028,015

Deferred

(41,822)

 

83,235

 

187,110

 

$ 1,322,443

 

$ 1,204,081

 

$ 1,215,125

 

 

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Note 15. Income Taxes, continued

 

Rate Reconciliation

 

A reconciliation of income tax expense computed at the statutory federal income tax rate to income tax expense included in the statements of income follows:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax at statutory federal rate

$1,519,686

 

$1,466,212

 

$1,515,242

Tax exempt interest income

(161,387)

 

(222,503)

 

(251,545)

State income tax, net of federal benefit

11,505

 

9,906

 

8,840

Other

(47,361)

 

(49,534)

 

(57,412)

 

$1,322,443

 

$1,204,081

 

$1,215,125

 

Deferred Income Tax Analysis

 

The significant components of net deferred tax assets (substantially all Federal) at December 31, 2006 and 2005 are summarized as follows:

 

 

2006

 

2005

Deferred tax assets

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses

$ 884,477

 

$ 809,841

Unearned credit life insurance

22,109

 

26,405

Deferred compensation and

 

 

 

accrued pension costs

746,171

 

7,602

Net unrealized losses on

 

 

 

securities available for sale

214,714

 

336,749

Other

26,418

 

30,844

 

1,893,889

 

1,211,441

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

 

Deferred loan origination costs

133,711

 

70,293

Depreciation

195,303

 

186,270

Accretion of discount on investment securities

40,744

 

13,131

 

369,758

 

269,694

Net deferred tax asset

$ 1,524,131

 

$ 941,747

 

Note 16. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Litigation

 

In the normal course of business the Bank is involved in various legal proceedings. After consultation with legal counsel, management believes that any liability resulting from such proceedings will not be material to the consolidated financial statements.

 

Financial Instruments with Off-Balance-Sheet Risk

 

The Bank is party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

 

 

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Note 16. Commitments and Contingencies, continued

 

Financial Instruments with Off-Balance-Sheet Risk, continued

 

The Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as for on-balance-sheet instruments. A summary of the Bank’s commitments at December 31, 2006 and 2005 is as follows:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

Commitments to extend credit

$19,691,878

 

$15,957,640

Standby letters of credit

-

 

-

 

$19,691,878

 

$15,957,640

 

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Bank evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Bank upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the party. Collateral held varies, but may include accounts receivable, inventory, property and equipment, residential real estate and income-producing commercial properties.

 

Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Bank to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. Collateral held varies as specified above and is required in instances which the Bank deems necessary.

 

Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

Substantially all of the Bank’s loans, commitments to extend credit, and standby letters of credit have been granted to customers in the Bank’s market area and such customers are generally depositors of the Bank. Investments in state and municipal securities involve governmental entities within and outside the Bank's market area. The concentrations of credit by type of loan are set forth in Note 4. The distribution of commitments to extend credit approximates the distribution of loans outstanding. Standby letters of credit are granted primarily to commercial borrowers. The Bank’s primary focus is toward small business and consumer transactions, and accordingly, it does not have a significant number of credits to any single borrower or group of related borrowers in excess of $1,000,000. The Bank has cash and cash equivalents on deposit with financial institutions which exceed federally insured limits.

 

Note 17. Regulatory Restrictions

 

Dividends

 

The Company’s dividend payments are made from dividends received from the Bank. Under applicable federal law, the Comptroller of the Currency restricts national bank total dividend payments in any calendar year to net profits of that year, as defined, combined with retained net profits for the two preceding years. The Comptroller also has authority under the Financial Institutions Supervisory Act to prohibit a national bank from engaging in an unsafe or unsound practice in conducting its business. It is possible, under certain circumstances, the Comptroller could assert that dividends or other payments would be an unsafe or unsound practice.

 

 

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Note 17. Regulatory Restrictions, continued

 

Intercompany Transactions

 

The Bank’s legal lending limit on loans to the Company is governed by Federal Reserve Act 23A, and differs from legal lending limits on loans to external customers. Generally, a bank may lend up to 10% of its capital and surplus to its Parent, if the loan is secured. If collateral is in the form of stocks, bonds, debentures or similar obligations, it must have a market value when the loan is made of at least 20% more than the amount of the loan, and if obligations of a state or political subdivision or agency thereof, it must have a market value of at least 10% more than the amount of the loan. If such loans are secured by obligations of the United States or agencies thereof, or by notes, drafts, bills of exchange or bankers’ acceptances eligible for rediscount or purchase by a Federal Reserve Bank, requirements for collateral in excess of the loan amount do not apply. Under this definition, the legal lending limit for the Bank on loans to the Company was approximately $2,910,000 at December 31, 2006. No 23A transactions were deemed to exist between the Company and the Bank at December 31, 2006.

 

Capital Requirements

 

The Company and the Bank are 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 Company’s consolidated financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Bank’s capital amounts and classification are 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 table below) of total and Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets, and of Tier I capital to average assets, as all those terms are defined in the regulations. Management believes, as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 that the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject.

 

As of December 31, 2006, the most recent notification from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier I risk-based, and Tier I leverage ratios as set forth in the following table. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the institution’s category. The Company’s and Bank’s actual capital amounts (in thousands) and ratios are also presented in the table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

 

 

Minimum

Capital

Required

 

Minimum

To Be Well

Capitalized Under

Prompt Corrective

Action Provisions

 

Amount

Ratio

 

Amount

Ratio

 

Amount

Ratio

December 31, 2006:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(to Risk-Weighted Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Consolidated

$32,885

14.2%

 

$18,481

8.0%

 

$23,101

10.0%

    Grayson National Bank

$29,083

12.6%

 

$18,457

8.0%

 

$23,071

10.0%

Tier I Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(to Risk-Weighted Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Consolidated

$29,997

13.0%

 

$9,240

4.0%

 

$13,861

6.0%

    Grayson National Bank

$26,199

11.4%

 

$9,229

4.0%

 

$13,843

6.0%

Tier I Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(to Average Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Consolidated

$29,997

9.2%

 

$13,077

4.0%

 

$16,347

5.0%

    Grayson National Bank

$26,199

8.0%

 

$12,381

4.0%

 

$15,476

5.0%

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 17. Regulatory Restrictions, continued

 

Capital Requirements, continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

 

 

Minimum

Capital

Required

 

Minimum

To Be Well

Capitalized Under

Prompt Corrective

Action Provisions

 

Amount

Ratio

 

Amount

Ratio

 

Amount

Ratio

December 31, 2005:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(to Risk-Weighted Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Consolidated

$30,408

14.7%

 

$16,535

8.0%

 

$20,669

10.0%

    Grayson National Bank

$26,520

13.0%

 

$16,372

8.0%

 

$20,465

10.0%

Tier I Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(to Risk-Weighted Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Consolidated

$27,823

13.5%

 

$8,268

4.0%

 

$12,402

6.0%

    Grayson National Bank

$23,960

11.7%

 

$8,186

4.0%

 

$12,279

6.0%

Tier I Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(to Average Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Consolidated

$27,823

9.3%

 

$12,017

4.0%

 

$15,022

5.0%

    Grayson National Bank

$23,960

8.0%

 

$11,966

4.0%

 

$14,957

5.0%

 

Note 18. Transactions with Related Parties

 

The Bank has entered into transactions with its directors, significant shareholders and their affiliates (related parties). Such transactions were made in the ordinary course of business on substantially the same terms and conditions, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the same time for comparable transactions with other customers, and did not, in the opinion of management, involve more than normal credit risk or present other unfavorable features.

 

Aggregate 2006 and 2005 loan transactions with related parties were as follows:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning

$ 1,238,027

 

$ 2,744,420

 

 

 

 

New loans

616,311

 

175,125

Repayments

(370,009)

 

(218,799)

Change in relationship

-

 

(1,462,719)

Balance, ending

$ 1,484,329

 

$ 1,238,027

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 19. Parent Company Financial Information

 

Condensed financial information of Grayson Bankshares, Inc. is presented as follows:

 

Balance Sheets

December 31, 2006 and 2005

 

 

2006

 

2005

Assets

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

$ 2,582,549

 

$ 2,564,541

Securities available for sale

1,234,379

 

1,233,505

Investment in affiliate bank at equity

24,505,693

 

23,901,903

Other assets

17,779

 

53,393

Total assets

$ 28,340,400

 

$ 27,753,342

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

Other liabilities

$ 36,231

 

$ -

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

Common stock

2,148,710

 

2,148,710

Surplus

521,625

 

521,625

Retained earnings

27,336,848

 

25,736,698

Accumulated other comprehensive income

(1,703,014)

 

(653,691)

Total stockholders’ equity

28,304,169

 

27,753,342

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$ 28,340,400

 

$ 27,753,342

 

Statements of Income

For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

Income:

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from affiliate bank

$ 1,547,071

 

$ 1,168,898

 

$ 1,031,381

Interest on taxable securities

57,938

 

55,885

 

57,507

Net realized gains on securities

-

 

-

 

20,454

 

1,605,009

 

1,224,783

 

1,109,342

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

Management and professional fees

125,294

 

149,926

 

113,401

Other expenses

13,769

 

12,964

 

13,224

 

139,063

 

162,890

 

126,625

Income before tax benefit and equity

 

 

 

 

 

in undistributed income of affiliate

1,465,946

 

1,061,893

 

982,717

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal income tax benefit

27,583

 

36,382

 

15,866

Income before equity in undistributed

 

 

 

 

 

income of affiliate

1,493,529

 

1,098,275

 

998,583

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in undistributed income of affiliate

1,653,692

 

2,010,032

 

2,242,885

Net income

$ 3,147,221

 

$ 3,108,307

 

$ 3,241,468

 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

Note 19. Parent Company Financial Information, continued

 

Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

$ 3,147,221

 

$ 3,108,307

 

$ 3,241,468

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net

 

 

 

 

 

cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

   Equity in undistributed income of affiliate

(1,653,692)

 

(2,010,032)

 

(2,242,885)

    Net realized gains on securities

-

 

-

 

(20,454)

    Net (increase) decrease in other assets

35,319

 

(20,349)

 

(12,336)

    Net increase (decrease) in other liabilities

36,231

 

-

 

(26,615)

    Net cash provided by operating activities

1,565,079

 

1,077,926

 

939,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of investment securities

-

 

(750,000)

 

(300,000)

Sales of investment securities

-

 

250,000

 

320,454

Maturities of investment securities

-

 

300,000

 

-

    Net cash provided (used) by investing activities

-

 

(200,000)

 

20,454

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid

(1,547,071)

 

(1,168,898)

 

(1,031,381)

    Net cash used by financing activities

(1,547,071)

 

(1,168,898)

 

(1,031,381)

    Net increase (decrease) in cash and due from banks

18,008

 

(290,972)

 

(71,749)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

2,564,541

 

2,855,513

 

2,927,262

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

$ 2,582,549

 

$ 2,564,541

 

$ 2,855,513

 

 

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Staff

 

 

 

 

Loan Department - Mortgage Origination - Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pam Neill

Pat Sage

Robin Fincher

Doug Morgan

Judy Carpenter

Donna Anders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tellers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brenda Brown

Mary Jane Leonard

Sharon Walters

Vanessa Phillips

Donna Coleman

Erin Morton

Jeanne’ Funk

Kristi Nichols

Deranda Roop

Sharon Anderson

Anita McGrady

Mary Blevins

Ann Shuler

Teresa Edwards

Phyllis Fender

Peggy Spencer

Nancy Burkett

Christine Saltz

Sheila Taylor

Candee Akers

Kim Cullop

Angela Diamond

Lisa Buchanan

Kelly Poe

Barbara McBride

Sherita Sizemore

Pat Richardson

Cindy Seldon

Terry Davis

Dana Jones

Sherry Key

Joyce Reavis

Hilda Anderson

Mary Jane Patton

Susan Roberts

Stacy Horton

Sue Bledsoe

Debra Pickett

Linda Halsey

Becky Hall

Tracy Bowman

Christine Bolen

Penny Gravely

Shaye Davis

Joyce Stamper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bookkeeping & Proof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Becky Callahan

Rhonda Lineberry

Dorothy Hash

Nancy Hale

Rhonda James

Janna Billings

Elaine Roberts

Sparkle Holder

Loretta Painter

Lori Casino

Gay Cornett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secretaries and Customer Service Personnel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glenda Ward

Sue Faddis

Beverly Burcham

Brenda Thompson

Rebecca Reedy

Donna Edwards

Karen Overstreet

Tammy Herrington

Carol Moxley

Cindy Hash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receptionists and Office Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaye Cox

Greg Reedy

Faye Dotson

 

 

 

 

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Board of Directors and Officers

 

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors

 

Julian L. Givens

Physician

 

 

Jacky K. Anderson

Grayson Bankshares, Inc. and Grayson National Bank

 

 

Jack E. Guynn, Jr.

Guynn Enterprises, Inc.

 

 

Jean W. Lindsey

Walter's Drug, Inc.

 

 

Charles T. Sturgill

Grayson County Clerk of Court

 

 

Dennis B. Gambill

Grayson Bankshares, Inc. and Grayson National Bank

 

 

Carl J. Richardson

Retired, Grayson National Bank

 

 

J. David Vaughan

Vaughan Furniture

 

 

Thomas E. Jackson, Jr.

Attorney-at-Law

 

 

Bryan L. Edwards

Sparta Town Manager

 

Grayson Bankshares Officers

 

Julian L. Givens

Chairman of the Board

 

 

Jacky K. Anderson

President and CEO

 

 

Dennis B. Gambill

Vice President

 

 

Brenda C. Smith

Secretary

 

 

Blake M. Edwards

Chief Financial Officer

 

Grayson National Bank Officers

 

Julian L. Givens

Chairman of the Board

 

 

Charles T. Sturgill

Vice Chairman

 

 

Jacky K. Anderson

President and CEO

 

 

Dennis B. Gambill

Executive Vice President

 

 

Curtis A. Jennings

Senior Vice President

 

 

Brenda C. Smith

Senior Vice President

 

 

Blake M. Edwards

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Peggy H. Haga

Vice President-Customer Service Rep

 

 

Ann W. Graham

Operations Manager

 

 

Darlene B. Hensdell

Assistant VP-Customer Service Rep

 

 

Sarah S. Cox

Assistant VP-Customer Service Rep

 

 

Jerry D. Wright

Vice President

 

 

Ronald P. Porter

Vice President

 

 

Dorothy Galyean

Branch Coordinator

 

 

Kathy T. Watson

Information Systems Manager

 

 

Linda B. Eller

Executive Secretary-Administrative Assistant

 

 

Rodney R. Halsey

Vice President-Loan Officer-EDP

 

 

Tom D. Gentry

Vice President-Commercial Loan Officer

 

 

Sandie Blevins

Loan Officer-Administrative Assistant

 

 

Carolyn A. Cornett

Vice President-Auditor-Compliance Officer

 

 

Lori C. Vaught

Credit Administrator

 

 

Robert T. Fender

Loan Review Officer

 

 

Deborah J. McCormick

Collections Officer

 

 

Marcia T. Sutherland

Loan Officer

 

 

Judy Commings

Loan Officer

 

 

Jena Reeves

Home Equity Loan Officer/Security Officer

 

 

Larry D. Osborne

Assistant VP-Branch Manager of East Independence Office

 

 

Brenda C. Parks

Branch Manager of Troutdale Office

 

 

Carol Lee Sutherland

Branch Manager of Elk Creek Office

 

 

Elisa Blevins

Branch Manager of Whitetop Office

 

 

Greg L. Bare

Branch Manager of Sparta Office

 

 

Sheila G. Douglas

Assistant Branch Manager of Sparta Office-Loan Officer

 

 

Ruby A. Stuart

Regional Manager/Branch Manager of Galax Office

 

 

Julie H. Paisley

Loan Officer

 

 

G. Kevin Weatherman

Branch Manager of Carroll Office

 

 

LeAngela Haynes

Assistant Branch Manager of Carroll Office-Loan Officer

 

 

Kay B. Carter

Branch Manager of Hillsville Office

 

 

Kim Banks

Assistant Branch Manager of Hillsville Office - Loan Officer

 

 

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Stock Performance

 

 

 

The Common Stock of Grayson Bankshares, Inc. is not listed on any exchange or quoted on any market. Shares of Common Stock have periodically been sold in a limited number of privately negotiated transactions. The following graph compares the cumulative total return to the shareholders of the Company, based on transactions known to the Company, for the last five fiscal years with the total return on the NASDAQ Composite and the SNL <$500M Bank Index, as reported by SNL Financial LC, assuming an investment of $100 in the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2001, and the reinvestment of dividends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period Ending

 

Index

12/31/01

12/31/02

12/31/03

12/31/04

12/30/05

12/31/06

Grayson Bankshares, Inc.

100.00

108.67

93.98

123.15

121.06

122.35

NASDAQ Composite

100.00

68.76

103.67

113.16

115.57

127.58

SNL Bank < $500M

100.00

128.07

186.94

215.79

228.47

240.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stockholder Information

 

 

Annual Meeting

 

The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at 1:00 p.m. on April 10, 2007, at the Grayson National Bank Conference Center, 558 East Main Street, Independence, Virginia, located in the Guynn Shopping Center.

 

Requests for Information

 

Requests for information should be directed to Mrs. Brenda C. Smith, Corporate Secretary, at The Grayson National Bank, Post Office Box 186, Independence, Virginia, 24348; telephone (276) 773-2811.

 

 

Independent Auditors

 

Elliott Davis, LLC

Certified Public Accouantants

Post Office Box 760

Galax, Virginia 24333

Stock Transfer Agent

 

The Grayson National Bank

Post Office Box 186

Independence, VA 24348

 

 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

The Bank is a member of the FDIC. This statement has not been reviewed, or confirmed for accuracy or relevance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

 

Banking Offices

 

Main Office

113 West Main Street

Independence, Virginia 24348

(276) 773-2811

 

East Independence Office

802 East Main Street

Independence, Virginia 24348

(276) 773-2811

 

Elk Creek Office

60 Comers Rock Road

Elk Creek, Virginia 24326

(276) 655-4011

 

Galax Office

209 West Grayson Street

Galax, Virginia

(276) 238-2411

 

Troutdale Office

101 Ripshin Road

Troutdale, Virginia 24378

(276) 677-3722

 

Carroll Office

8351 Carrollton Pike

Galax, Virginia 24333

(276) 238-8112

 

Sparta Office

98 South Grayson Street

Sparta, North Carolina 28675

(336) 372-2811

 

Hillsville Office

419 South Main Street

Hillsville, Virginia 24343

(276) 728-2810

 

Whitetop Office

16303 Highlands Parkway

Whitetop, Virginia, 24292

(276) 388-3811

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 21

 

Subsidiary of Grayson Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

Name of Subsidiary

 

State of Organization

The Grayson National Bank

Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0619109.01

 

 

 

 

EX-31 38 ex311.htm

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

 

RULE 13a-14(a)

 

I, Jacky K. Anderson certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 of Grayson Bankshares, Inc.;

 

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 annual 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 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)) 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)      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

 

c)      Disclosed in this report any change 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 affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.      The registrant’s other certifying officer 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: March 29, 2007

/s/ Jacky K. Anderson         

 

 

Jacky K. Anderson

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EX-31 39 ex312.htm

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

 

RULE 13a-14(a)

 

I, Blake M. Edwards certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 of Grayson Bankshares, Inc.;

 

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 annual 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 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)) 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)      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

 

c)      Disclosed in this report any change 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 affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.      The registrant’s other certifying officer 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: March 29, 2007

/s/ Blake M. Edwards

 

 

Blake M. Edwards

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

EX-32 40 ex32.htm

Exhibit 32.1

 

 

STATEMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 1350

 

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2006 (the “Form 10-K”) of Grayson Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”), we, Jacky K. Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Blake M. Edwards, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to our knowledge:

 

(a)           the Form 10-K fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

(b)           the information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods presented in the Form 10-K.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jacly K. Anderson                        

Date: March 29, 2007

 

Jacky K. Anderson

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Blake M. Edwards                        

Date: March 29, 2007

 

Blake M. Edwards

 

 

 

 

 

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