BUSINESS COMBINATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Business Combination, Description [Abstract]

BUSINESS COMBINATION

NOTE C – BUSINESS COMBINATION

The Company entered into an Acquisition Agreement dated January 31, 2013, as amended (the “Agreement”) with First Baldwin Bancshares, Inc., an Alabama corporation (“Baldwin”). The Agreement provided that, based upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Company would acquire all of the outstanding shares (the “Acquisition”) of Baldwin’s wholly-owned subsidiary, First National Bank of Baldwin County, A National Banking Association (“FNB”). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, as amended, which was approved by both the Company’s Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Baldwin, on February 21, 2013, Baldwin filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Alabama (“Bankruptcy Court”) and sought Bankruptcy Court approval of the Agreement and the Acquisition through a Chapter 11 plan. Upon approval by the Bankruptcy Court and consummation of the Acquisition, all outstanding FNB common stock would be sold to the Company for cash consideration of $3,300,000 (the “Purchase Price”). Each outstanding share of FNB common stock will remain outstanding and be unaffected by the Acquisition.

The Company has recently completed its Acquisition of FNB. On April 23, 2013, the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Baldwin pursuant to which Baldwin had agreed to sell all of the outstanding voting stock of its subsidiary, FNB, under the Agreement. The Bankruptcy Court’s approval received was the last required regulatory approval regarding the Acquisition. Previously, both the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency had granted the requisite approvals for the Acquisition by the Company of all of the outstanding voting stock of FNB on March 28, 2013, and April 4, 2013, respectively. The Acquisition closed and was completed on April 30, 2013. There was no vote required of shareholders of FNB to approve the Acquisition.

No further additional action or regulatory approval is required with respect to the Acquisition. As of the closing on April 30, 2013, FNB became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and subsequently was merged with and into the Company’s bank subsidiary, The First, A National Banking Association.

In connection with the acquisition, the Company recorded $1.3 million of goodwill and $.7 million of core deposit intangible. The core deposit will be expensed over 10 years.

The Company acquired the $124.2 million loan portfolio at a fair value discount of $.5 million. The discount represents expected credit losses, adjustments to market interest rates and liquidity adjustments.

The amounts of the acquired identifiable assets and liabilities as of the acquisition date were as follows (dollars in thousands):

Purchase price:
Cash	$	3,300
Total purchase price		3,300
Identifiable assets:
Cash and due from banks		46,450
Investments		2,508
Loans and leases		124,165
Other Real Estate		87
Core deposit intangible		680
Personal and real property		10,655
Deferred tax asset		2,969
Other assets		1,034
Total assets		188,548
Liabilities and equity:
Deposits		185,771
Other liabilities		736
Total liabilities		186,507
Net assets acquired		2,041
Goodwill resulting from acquisition	$	1,259

The outstanding principal balance and the carrying amount of these loans included in the consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2013, are as follows (dollars in thousands):

Outstanding principal balance	$	117,567
Carrying amount	$	117,369

All loans obtained in the acquisition reflect no specific evidence of credit deterioration and very low probability that the Company would be unable to collect all contractually required principal and interest payments.

The amount of the revenue and earnings included in the Company’s consolidated income statement for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, reflect only amounts from the acquisition date of April 30, 2013, through the quarter end September 30, 2013. Historical financial information related to each loan and deposit acquired was impractical to determine due to retrospective application requiring significant estimates of amounts that cannot be independently substantiated. Further, we believe it is impossible to distinguish objectively information about those estimates that provides evidence of circumstances that existed on the dates at which those amounts would be recognized and measured under retrospective application.

Expenses associated with the acquisition were $447,000 and $1,408,000 for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively. These costs included system conversion and integrating operations charges as well as legal and consulting expenses, which have been expensed as incurred.