Business Combinations

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Business Combinations

Business Combinations

Note 2. Business Combinations

Nevada Commerce Bank

On April 8, 2011, the Bank acquired the banking operations of Nevada Commerce Bank (“NCB”), based in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a purchase and assumption agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). Excluding the effects of acquisition accounting adjustments, the Bank acquired approximately $138.9 million in assets and assumed $121.9 million in liabilities.  The Bank acquired most of NCB’s assets, including loans and other real estate owned (“OREO”) with a fair value of $56.4 million and $7.5 million, respectively, and assumed deposits with a fair value of $118.4 million. The Bank received approximately $2.7 million in cash from the FDIC.

The Bank did not immediately acquire banking facilities, furniture or equipment as part of the purchase and assumption agreement, but had a 90 day option to purchase any or all owned bank premises including furniture, fixtures and equipment and to assume any or all leases for leased bank premises from the FDIC.

In connection with the acquisition of NCB, the Bank entered into loss-sharing agreements with the FDIC under which the FDIC will reimburse the Bank for 80 percent of eligible losses with respect to covered assets. Covered assets include acquired loans (“covered loans”) and OREO (“covered OREO”) that are covered under loss-sharing agreements with the FDIC. The term of the loss-sharing agreements is 10 years for single-family residential loans and eight years for all other loans. The expected reimbursements under the loss-sharing agreements were recorded as an indemnification asset at their estimated fair value of $33.8 million. The difference between the fair value of the FDIC indemnification asset and the undiscounted cash flow the Bank expects to collect from the FDIC is accreted into noninterest income.

The Bank recognized a gain of $8.2 million on the acquisition of NCB. The gain represents the amount by which the fair value of the assets acquired and consideration received from the FDIC exceeds the liabilities assumed. The gain is reported in Gain on acquisition in the consolidated statements of income. The Bank recognized approximately $0.3 million of acquisition-related expense. This expense is included in Legal and professional fees in the consolidated statements of income.

The consolidated statement of income for 2011 includes the operating results produced by the acquired assets and assumed liabilities of NCB from its acquisition date through June 30, 2011, which are not material to total operating results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011. Due primarily to the Bank acquiring certain assets and liabilities of NCB which are not material to the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, the significant amount of fair value adjustments, and the FDIC loss-sharing agreements, the historical results of the acquired bank is not material to the Company’s results, and consequently, no pro forma information is presented.

San Jose, California Branch

On February 11, 2011, the Company purchased a branch banking office in San Jose, California from another financial institution. The Company acquired approximately $8.4 million in deposits. The Company recorded $0.3 million of goodwill and a core deposit intangible of $0.1 million with its acquisition of the branch.

Datafaction, Inc.

On November 15, 2010, the Corporation acquired Datafaction Inc. (“Datafaction”), a provider of accounting and imaging software for business managers and professional services firms, in an all-cash transaction. Datafaction’s product and service offerings are expected to complement the cash management solutions available to the Company’s business clients. The Company recognized goodwill of approximately $6.2 million and a customer contract intangible of approximately $2.2 million related to the acquisition.

Sun West Bank and 1st Pacific Bank of California

On May 28, 2010, the Bank acquired the banking operations of Sun West Bank (“SWB”) in Las Vegas, Nevada in a purchase and assumption agreement with the FDIC. Excluding the effects of acquisition accounting adjustments, the Bank acquired approximately $340.0 million in assets and assumed $310.1 million in liabilities. The Bank acquired most of SWB’s assets, including loans and OREO with a fair value of $127.6 million and $12.1 million, respectively, and assumed deposits with a fair value of $304.3 million. The Bank received approximately $29.2 million in cash from the FDIC at acquisition and recognized a gain of $24.7 million on the acquisition of SWB in the second quarter of 2010.

On May 7, 2010, the Bank acquired the banking operations of 1st Pacific Bank of California (“FPB”) in a purchase and assumption agreement with the FDIC. Excluding the effects of acquisition accounting adjustments, the Bank acquired approximately $318.6 million in assets and assumed $264.2 million in liabilities. The Bank acquired most of FPB’s assets, including loans with a fair value of $202.8 million and assumed deposits with a fair value of $237.2 million. The Bank paid $12.3 million in cash to the FDIC at acquisition. During the second quarter of 2010, the Bank recognized a gain of $0.5 million on the acquisition of FPB. During the third quarter of 2010, the Bank recognized an additional gain of $2.1 million when the first loss tranche under the FPB loss-sharing agreement was amended by the FDIC.

In connection with the acquisitions of SWB and FPB, the Bank entered into loss-sharing agreements with the FDIC under which the FDIC reimburses the Bank for 80 percent of eligible losses with respect to covered assets. The term of the loss-sharing agreements is 10 years for single-family residential loans and eight years for all other loans. The expected reimbursements under the loss-sharing agreements were recorded as indemnification assets at their estimated fair value of $104.6 million for SWB and $36.5 million for FPB at acquisition date. The difference between the fair value of the FDIC indemnification asset and the undiscounted cash flows that the Bank expects to collect from the FDIC is accreted into noninterest income.

The Bank recognized a $3.6 million liability in the acquisition of FPB relating to a requirement that the Bank reimburse the FDIC if actual cumulative losses are lower than the cumulative losses originally estimated by the FDIC at the time of acquisition. There was no similar liability recognized in the acquisition of SWB.