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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

As disclosed previously by the Company through Form 8-K, on July 11, 2014 the Bank converted its charter from a Massachusetts-chartered savings bank to a Massachusetts-chartered trust company, under which the Bank will operate as a commercial bank. Concurrent with the Bank’s charter conversion, the Company changed its holding company status from a savings and loan holding company to a bank holding company.  Additionally, the Company has opted for “financial holding company” status as a bank holding company.

 

Due to these changes, the Bank will have greater flexibility with respect to future commercial lending, since the Bank will no longer be required to comply with the “Qualified Thrift Lender” test applicable to thrifts.

 

The Bank will continue to be supervised by the Massachusetts Division of Banks and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The Company is a Delaware corporation and continues to be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Bank’s conversion to a commercial bank charter and the Company’s change in holding company status are internal corporate transactions that the Company and Bank expect will have no significant impact on the business or operations of the Company and the Bank. None of the Bank’s products or services will be discontinued or changed as a result of the Bank’s charter conversion and the Company’s change in holding company status.

 

Also on July 11, 2014, the Bank ended its membership in the Depositors Insurance Fund (“DIF”), which insures deposit balances held by Massachusetts-chartered savings banks in excess of federal deposit insurance coverage. The Bank’s growth in deposit size necessitated the Bank’s withdrawal from the DIF and the concurrent charter conversion of the Bank and change in holding company status of the Company. The Bank’s deposit accounts will continue to be insured by the deposit insurance fund of the FDIC up to applicable limits. Excess deposits in the Bank that are insured by the DIF on July 11, 2014 will continue to be insured by the DIF until July 11, 2015. Term deposits in excess of FDIC insurance coverage will continue to be insured by the DIF until maturity.