Regulatory Matters

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Regulatory Matters [Abstract]

Regulatory Matters

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note N - Regulatory Matters

Banks and bank holding companies are subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and, additionally for banks, prompt corrective action regulations, involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators. Failure to meet capital requirements can initiate regulatory action. Management believes that as of December 31, 2011, the Company and the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they were subject.

The prompt corrective action regulations provide five classifications, including well capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized and critically undercapitalized, although these terms are not used to represent overall financial condition. If adequately capitalized, regulatory approval is required to accept brokered deposits. If undercapitalized, capital distributions are limited, as is asset growth and expansion, and plans for capital restoration are required. At year-end 2011 and 2010, the Bank’s capital met the requirements for the Bank to be deemed well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  There have been no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the Bank's category.

     At year-end, consolidated actual capital levels and minimum required levels for the Company and the Bank were:

											Minimum Required
											To Be Well
						Minimum Required					Capitalized Under
						For Capital					Prompt Corrective
	Actual		Actual			Adequacy Purposes					Action Regulations
	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
2011
Total capital (to risk weighted assets)
Consolidated	$	90,288		15.6	%	$	46,174		8.0	%	$	57,718		N/A
Bank		81,991		14.4			45,544		8.0			56,930		10.0	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
Consolidated		83,072		14.4			23,087		4.0			34,631		N/A
Bank		74,975		13.2			22,772		4.0			34,158		6.0
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)
Consolidated		83,072		10.3			32,414		4.0			40,517		N/A
Bank		74,975		9.4			31,969		4.0			39,962		5.0
2010
Total capital (to risk weighted assets)
Consolidated	$	87,660		14.5	%	$	48,235		8.0	%	$	60,294		N/A
Bank		79,893		13.4			47,663		8.0			59,578		10.0	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
Consolidated		80,101		13.3			24,117		4.0			36,176		N/A
Bank		72,426		12.2			23,831		4.0			35,747		6.0
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)
Consolidated		80,101		9.3			34,326		4.0			42,908		N/A
Bank		72,426		8.5			33,902		4.0			42,377		5.0

Dividends paid by the subsidiaries are the primary source of funds available to Ohio Valley for payment of dividends to shareholders and for other working capital needs. The payment of dividends by the subsidiaries to Ohio Valley is subject to restrictions by regulatory authorities. These restrictions generally limit dividends to the current and prior two years retained earnings. At January 1, 2012 approximately $4,795 of the subsidiaries’ retained earnings were available for dividends under these guidelines. In addition to these restrictions, dividend payments cannot reduce regulatory capital levels below minimum regulatory guidelines. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System also has a policy requiring Ohio Valley to provide notice to the FRB in advance of the payment of a dividend to Ohio Valley's shareholders under certain circumstances, and the FRB may disapprove of such dividend payment if the FRB determines the payment would be an unsafe or unsound practice.