UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

 

______________

 

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 

[X]         QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015

 

[   ]         TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 For the transition period from ______ to _______

 

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 001-14793

 

First BanCorp.

 

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

Puerto Rico

 

66-0561882

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification number)

 

 

 

1519 Ponce de León Avenue, Stop 23

Santurce, Puerto Rico

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

00908

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

(787) 729-8200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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 þ    No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). 

 

Yes þ   No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

   Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filerþ 

 

 

  Non-accelerated filer  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

 

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

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Common stock:  213,810,782 shares outstanding as of April 30, 2015.

 


 

 

 

FIRST BANCORP.

INDEX PAGE

 

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

PAGE

             Item 1. Financial Statements:

 

Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited) as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 

 

5

Consolidated Statements of  Income  (Unaudited) – Quarters ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014

 

6

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) – Quarters ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014

 

7

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) – Quarters ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014

 

8

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited) – Quarters ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014

 

9

                                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)                                                

10

             Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition

 

                          and Results of Operations                                                                          

72

             Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

122

             Item 4. Controls and Procedures

122

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

             Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

123

             Item 1A. Risk Factors

123

             Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

123

             Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities

123

             Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures 

123

             Item 5.    Other Information

123

             Item 6.    Exhibits

124

 

 

SIGNATURES           

 

 

 

2 

 


 

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),which are subject to the safe harbor created by such sections.  When used in this Form 10-Q or future filings by First BanCorp. (the “Corporation”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in the Corporation’s press releases or in other public or stockholder communications, or in oral statements made with the approval of an authorized executive officer, the word or phrases “would be,” “will allow,” “intends to,” “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “should,” “anticipate” and other terms of similar meaning or import in connection with any discussion of future operating, financial or other performance are meant to identify “forward-looking statements.”

 

First BanCorp. wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such “forward-looking statements,” which speak only as of the date made, and to advise readers that various factors, including but not limited to the following, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such “forward-looking statements”:

 

·                   uncertainty about whether the Corporation will be able to continue to fully comply with the written agreement dated June 3, 2010 (the “Written Agreement”) that the Corporation entered into with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “New York FED” or “Federal Reserve”) that, among other things, requires the Corporation to serve as a source of strength to FirstBank Puerto Rico (“FirstBank” or “the Bank”) and that, except with the consent generally of the New York FED and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”) prohibits the Corporation from paying dividends to stockholders or receiving dividends from FirstBank, making payments on trust preferred securities or subordinated debt and incurring, increasing or guaranteeing debt or repurchasing any capital securities.

 

·                   uncertainty as to the availability of certain funding sources, such as retail brokered certificates of deposit (“brokered CDs”);

 

·                   the Corporation’s reliance on brokered CDs to fund operations and provide liquidity;

 

·                   the risk of not being able to fulfill the Corporation’s cash obligations or resume paying dividends to the Corporation’s stockholders in the future due to the Corporation’s need to receive approval from the New York FED and the Federal Reserve Board to receive dividends from FirstBank or FirstBank’s failure to generate sufficient cash flow to make a dividend payment to the Corporation;

 

·                   the strength or weakness of the real estate markets and of the consumer and commercial sectors and their impact on the credit quality of the Corporation’s loans and other assets, which has contributed and may continue to contribute to, among other things, high levels of non-performing assets, charge-offs and provisions for loan and lease losses and may subject the Corporation to further risk from loan defaults and foreclosures;

 

·                   the ability of FirstBank to realize the benefits of its deferred tax assets subject to the remaining valuation allowance;

 

·                   additional adverse changes in general economic conditions in Puerto Rico, the United States (“U.S.”), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (“USVI”), and British Virgin Islands (“BVI”), including the interest rate environment, market liquidity, housing absorption rates, real estate prices, and disruptions in the U.S. capital markets, which has reduced interest margins and affected funding sources, and has affected demand for all of the Corporation’s products and services and reduced the Corporation’s revenues and earnings, and the value of the Corporation’s assets, and may once again have those effects;

 

3 

 


 

 

 

·                   a credit default by the Puerto Rico government or any of its public corporations or other instrumentalities, and recent and any future downgrades of the long-term and short-term debt ratings of the Puerto Rico government, which could exacerbate Puerto Rico’s adverse economic conditions;

 

·                   an adverse change in the Corporation’s ability to attract new clients and retain existing ones;

 

·                   a decrease in demand for the Corporation’s products and services and lower revenues and earnings because of the continued recession in Puerto Rico, the current fiscal problems of the Puerto Rico government and recent credit downgrades of the Puerto Rico government’s debt;

 

·                   the risk that any portion of the unrealized losses in the Corporation’s investment portfolio is determined to be other-than-temporary, including unrealized losses on the Puerto Rico government’s obligations;   

 

·                   uncertainty about regulatory and legislative changes for financial services companies in Puerto Rico, the U.S., the USVI and the BVI, which could affect the Corporation’s financial condition or performance and could cause the Corporation’s actual results for future periods to differ materially from prior results and anticipated or projected results;

 

·                   changes in the fiscal and monetary policies and regulations of the U.S. federal government and the Puerto Rico and other governments, including those determined by the Federal Reserve Board, the New York Fed, the FDIC, government-sponsored housing agencies, and regulators in Puerto Rico, the USVI and the BVI;

 

·                   the risk of possible failure or circumvention of controls and procedures and the risk that the Corporation’s risk management policies may not be adequate;

 

·                   the risk that the FDIC may increase the deposit insurance premium and/or require special assessments to replenish its insurance fund, causing an additional increase in the Corporation’s non-interest expenses;

 

·                   the impact on the Corporation’s results of operations and financial condition of acquisitions and dispositions, including the recent acquisition of loans and branches of Doral Bank as well as the assumption of deposits at the branches;

 

·                   a need to recognize impairments on financial instruments, goodwill or other intangible assets relating to acquisitions;

 

·                   the risk that downgrades in the credit ratings of the Corporation’s long-term senior debt will adversely affect the Corporation’s ability to access necessary external funds;

 

·                   the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) on the Corporation’s businesses, business practices and cost of operations; and

 

·                   general competitive factors and industry consolidation.

 

The Corporation does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update any “forward-looking statements” to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by the federal securities laws.

 

Investors should refer to the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as well as “Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors” in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, for a discussion of such factors and certain risks and uncertainties to which the Corporation is subject.

4 

 


 

 

FIRST BANCORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(Unaudited)

 

  

March 31, 2015

  

December 31, 2014

(In thousands, except for share information)

ASSETS

  

  

  

  

  

Cash and due from banks

$

 767,471 

  

$

 779,147 

Money market investments:

  

  

  

  

  

   Time deposits with other financial institutions

  

 300 

  

  

 300 

   Other short-term investments

  

 216,665 

  

  

 16,661 

      Total money market investments

  

 216,965 

  

  

 16,961 

Investment securities available for sale, at fair value:

  

  

  

  

  

   Securities pledged that can be repledged

  

 1,001,725 

  

  

 1,025,966 

   Other investment securities

  

 972,501 

  

  

 939,700 

      Total investment securities available for sale

  

 1,974,226 

  

  

 1,965,666 

Other equity securities

  

 26,185 

  

  

 25,752 

Loans, net of allowance for loan and lease losses of $226,064

  

  

  

  

  

   (2014 - $222,395)

  

 9,259,308 

  

  

 9,040,041 

Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or market

  

 81,723 

  

  

 76,956 

      Total loans, net

  

 9,341,031 

  

  

 9,116,997 

Premises and equipment, net

  

 166,799 

  

  

 166,926 

Other real estate owned

  

 122,628 

  

  

 124,003 

Accrued interest receivable on loans and investments

  

 49,302 

  

  

 50,796 

Other assets

  

 483,312 

  

  

 481,587 

      Total assets

$

 13,147,919 

  

$

 12,727,835 

LIABILITIES

  

  

  

  

  

Non-interest-bearing deposits

$

 1,175,943 

  

$

 900,616 

Interest-bearing deposits

  

 8,665,095 

  

  

 8,583,329 

      Total deposits

  

 9,841,038 

  

  

 9,483,945 

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

  

 900,000 

  

  

 900,000 

Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)

  

 325,000 

  

  

 325,000 

Other borrowings

  

 231,959 

  

  

 231,959 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

  

 144,172 

  

  

 115,188 

      Total liabilities

  

 11,442,169 

  

  

 11,056,092 

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

  

  

  

  

  

Preferred stock, authorized, 50,000,000 shares:

  

  

  

  

  

      Non-cumulative Perpetual Monthly Income Preferred Stock:

  

  

  

  

  

         issued  22,004,000 shares, outstanding 1,444,146 shares, aggregate

  

  

  

  

  

         liquidation value of $36,104

  

 36,104 

  

  

 36,104 

Common stock, $0.10 par value, authorized, 2,000,000,000 shares;

  

  

  

  

  

         issued, 214,618,015 shares (2014 - 213,724,749 shares issued)

  

 21,462 

  

  

 21,372 

Less: Treasury stock (at par value)

  

(79)

  

  

(74)

Common stock outstanding, 213,827,258 shares outstanding (2014 - 212,984,700

  

  

  

  

  

         shares outstanding)

  

 21,383 

  

  

 21,298 

Additional paid-in capital

  

 917,203 

  

  

 916,067 

Retained earnings, includes legal surplus reserve of $40.0 million

  

 742,271 

  

  

 716,625 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax of $7,752

  

(11,211)

  

  

(18,351)

      Total stockholders' equity

  

 1,705,750 

  

  

 1,671,743 

         Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

 13,147,919 

  

$

 12,727,835 

  

  

  

  

  

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

5 

 


 

 

FIRST BANCORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

  

Quarter Ended

  

March 31, 2015

  

March 31, 2014

(In thousands, except per share information)

  

  

  

Interest and dividend income:

  

  

  

  

  

   Loans

$

 139,344 

  

$

 144,843 

   Investment securities

  

 12,604 

  

  

 15,228 

   Money market investments

  

 537 

  

  

 500 

      Total interest income

 152,485 

  

 160,571 

Interest expense:

  

  

  

  

  

   Deposits

  

 17,694 

  

  

 20,299 

   Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

  

 6,393 

  

  

 6,368 

   Advances from FHLB

  

 934 

  

  

 824 

   Notes payable and other borrowings

  

 1,817 

  

  

 1,760 

      Total interest expense

 26,838 

  

 29,251 

         Net interest income

  

 125,647 

  

  

 131,320 

Provision for loan and lease losses

  

 32,970 

  

  

 31,915 

Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses

 92,677 

  

 99,405 

Non-interest income:

  

  

  

  

  

   Service charges and fees on deposit accounts

  

 4,555 

  

  

 4,127 

   Mortgage banking activities

  

 3,618 

  

  

 3,368 

   Other-than-temporary impairment losses on available-for-sale debt securities:

  

  

  

  

  

      Total other-than-temporary impairment losses

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

      Portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses previously recognized in

  

  

  

  

  

         other comprehensive income

  

 (156) 

  

  

 - 

   Net impairment losses on available-for-sale debt securities

  

 (156) 

  

  

 - 

   Equity in loss of unconsolidated entity

  

 - 

  

  

 (6,610) 

   Insurance commission income

  

 3,022 

  

  

 2,571 

   Bargain purchase gain

  

 13,443 

  

  

 - 

   Other non-interest income

  

 8,247 

  

  

 7,894 

      Total non-interest income

 32,729 

  

 11,350 

Non-interest expenses:

  

  

  

  

  

   Employees' compensation and benefits

  

 35,654 

  

  

 32,898 

   Occupancy and equipment

  

 14,349 

  

  

 14,318 

   Business promotion

  

 2,868 

  

  

 3,973 

   Professional fees

  

 15,218 

  

  

 10,493 

   Taxes, other than income taxes

  

 3,001 

  

  

 4,575 

   Insurance and supervisory fees

  

 6,860 

  

  

 10,990 

   Net loss on other real estate owned (OREO) and OREO operations

  

 2,628 

  

  

 5,837 

   Credit and debit card processing expenses

  

 3,957 

  

  

 3,824 

   Communications

  

 1,608 

  

  

 1,879 

   Other non-interest expenses

  

 5,585 

  

  

 3,998 

      Total non-interest expenses

 91,728 

  

 92,785 

Income before income taxes

  

 33,678 

  

  

 17,970 

Income tax expense

  

 (8,032) 

  

  

 (887) 

Net income

$

 25,646 

  

$

 17,083 

Net income attributable to common stockholders

$

 25,646 

  

$

 17,462 

Net income per common share:

  

  

  

  

  

   Basic

$

 0.12 

  

$

 0.08 

   Diluted

$

 0.12 

  

$

 0.08 

Dividends declared per common share

$

 - 

  

$

 - 

  

  

  

  

  

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

  

  

  

  

  

6 

 


 

 

FIRST BANCORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

  

Quarter Ended

  

  

March 31,

  

  

March 31,

  

2015 

  

  

2014 

(In thousands)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Net income

$

 25,646 

  

$

 17,083 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Available-for-sale debt securities on which an other-than-temporary

  

  

  

  

  

      impairment has been recognized:

  

  

  

  

  

   Subsequent unrealized gain on debt securities on which an

  

  

  

  

  

      other-than-temporary impairment has been recognized

  

 689 

  

  

 913 

   Reclassification adjustment for other-than-temporary impairment

  

  

  

  

  

      on debt securities included in net income

  

 156 

  

  

 - 

All other unrealized holding gains on available-for-sale securities arising during the period

  

 6,295 

  

  

 21,626 

      Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax

  

 7,140 

  

  

 22,539 

         Total comprehensive income

$

 32,786 

  

$

 39,622 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

7 

 


 

 

FIRST BANCORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

  

Quarter Ended

  

March 31, 2015

  

March 31, 2014

(In thousands)

  

  

  

  

  

Cash flows from operating activities:

  

  

  

  

  

   Net income

$

 25,646 

  

$

 17,083 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

  

  

  

  

  

   Depreciation

  

 5,306 

  

  

 5,453 

   Amortization of intangible assets

  

 1,093 

  

  

 1,235 

   Provision for loan and lease losses

  

 32,970 

  

  

 31,915 

   Deferred income tax expense (benefit)

  

 2,060 

  

  

 (700) 

   Stock-based compensation

  

 1,457 

  

  

 717 

   Bargain purchase gain

  

 (13,443) 

  

  

 - 

   Other-than-temporary impairments on debt securities

  

 156 

  

  

 - 

   Equity in loss of unconsolidated entity

  

 - 

  

  

 6,610 

   Derivative instruments and financial liabilities measured at fair value, unrealized loss (gain)

  

 72 

  

  

 (148) 

   Gain on sale of premises and equipment and other assets 

  

 (194) 

  

  

 (25) 

   Net gain on sales of loans

  

 (1,689) 

  

  

 (2,017) 

   Net amortization/accretion of premiums, discounts and deferred loan fees and costs

  

 (673) 

  

  

 (477) 

   Originations and purchases of loans held for sale

  

 (89,425) 

  

  

 (72,748) 

   Sales and repayments of loans held for sale

  

 87,051 

  

  

 72,865 

   Amortization of broker placement fees

  

 1,335 

  

  

 1,785 

   Net amortization/accretion of premium and discounts on investment securities

  

 1,269 

  

  

 (284) 

   Increase in accrued income tax payable

  

 5,481 

  

  

 1,476 

   Decrease in accrued interest receivable

  

 1,953 

  

  

 4,992 

   Increase in accrued interest payable

  

 1,000 

  

  

 2,106 

   (Increase) decrease in other assets

  

 3,081 

  

  

 8,657 

   Increase (decrease) in other liabilities

  

 11,007 

  

  

 (4,987) 

         Net cash provided by operating activities

  

 75,513 

  

  

 73,508 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Cash flows from investing activities:

  

  

  

  

  

   Principal collected on loans

  

 751,062 

  

  

 776,086 

   Loans originated and purchased

  

 (705,621) 

  

  

 (774,764) 

   Proceeds from sales of loans held for investment

  

 2,230 

  

  

 16,558 

   Proceeds from sales of repossessed assets

  

 18,446 

  

  

 12,262 

   Purchases of securities available for sale

  

 (56,429) 

  

  

 (76,253) 

   Proceeds from principal repayments and maturities of securities available for sale

  

 53,596 

  

  

 45,422 

   Additions to premises and equipment

  

 (3,027) 

  

  

 (7,696) 

   Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment and other assets

  

 2,492 

  

  

 25 

   Net cash received from acquisition

  

 217,659 

  

  

 - 

   Purchases of other equity securities

  

 (433) 

  

  

 - 

      Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

  

 279,975 

  

  

 (8,360) 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Cash flows from financing activities:

  

  

  

  

  

   Net (decrease) increase in deposits

  

 (166,924) 

  

  

 120,977 

   Repurchase of outstanding common stock

  

 (236) 

  

  

 (246) 

   Issuance costs of common stock issued in exchange for preferred stock Series A through E

  

 - 

  

  

 (53) 

      Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

  

 (167,160) 

  

  

 120,678 

   Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

  

 188,328 

  

  

 185,826 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  

 796,108 

  

  

 655,671 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

 984,436 

  

$

 841,497 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Cash and cash equivalents include:

  

  

  

  

  

   Cash and due from banks

$

 767,471 

  

$

 824,547 

   Money market instruments

  

 216,965 

  

  

 16,950 

  

$

 984,436 

  

$

 841,497 

  

  

  

  

  

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

  

  

  

  

  

8 

 


 

 

FIRST BANCORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

(Unaudited)

  

Quarter Ended

  

March 31,

  

March 31,

  

2015 

  

2014 

(In thousands)

  

  

  

  

  

Preferred Stock

  

  

  

  

  

   Balance at beginning of period

$

 36,104 

  

$

 63,047 

   Exchange of preferred stock- Series A through E

  

 - 

  

  

 (6,237) 

      Balance at end of period

  

 36,104 

  

  

 56,810 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Common Stock outstanding:

  

  

  

  

  

   Balance at beginning of period

  

 21,298 

  

  

 20,707 

   Common stock issued as compensation

  

 8 

  

  

 6 

   Common stock withheld for taxes

  

(5)

  

  

 (4) 

   Common stock issued in exchange for Series A through E preferred stock

  

 - 

  

  

 107 

   Restricted stock grants

  

 83 

  

  

 81 

   Restricted stock forfeited

  

 (1) 

  

  

 - 

      Balance at end of period

  

 21,383 

  

  

 20,897 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Additional Paid-In-Capital:

  

  

  

  

  

   Balance at beginning of period

  

 916,067 

  

  

 888,161 

   Stock-based compensation

  

 1,457 

  

  

 717 

   Common stock withheld for taxes

  

(231)

  

  

 (242) 

   Common stock issued in exchange for Series A through E preferred stock

  

 - 

  

  

 5,538 

   Reversal of issuance costs of Series A through E preferred stock exchanged

  

 - 

  

  

 213 

   Issuance costs of common stock issued in exchange for Series A through E preferred stock

  

 - 

  

  

 (53) 

   Restricted stock grants

  

(83)

  

  

 (81) 

   Common stock issued as compensation

  

(8)

  

  

 (6) 

   Restricted stock forfeited

  

 1 

  

  

 - 

      Balance at end of period

  

 917,203 

  

  

 894,247 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Retained Earnings:

  

  

  

  

  

   Balance at beginning of period

  

 716,625 

  

  

 322,679 

   Net income

  

 25,646 

  

  

17,083 

   Excess of carrying amount of Series A though E preferred stock exchanged over

  

  

  

  

  

      fair value of new shares of common stock

  

 - 

  

  

 379 

      Balance at end of period

  

 742,271 

  

  

 340,141 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax:

  

  

  

  

  

   Balance at beginning of period

  

(18,351)

  

  

 (78,736) 

   Other comprehensive income, net of tax

  

 7,140 

  

  

22,539 

      Balance at end of period

  

(11,211)

  

  

 (56,197) 

  

  

  

  

  

  

         Total stockholders' equity

$

 1,705,750 

  

$

 1,255,898 

  

  

  

  

  

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

  

  

  

  

  

9 

 


 

 

FIRST BANCORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) of First BanCorp. (“the Corporation”) have been prepared in conformity with the accounting policies stated in the Corporation’s Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted from these statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC and, accordingly, these financial statements should be read  in conjunction with the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014, which are included in the Corporation’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K. All adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the statement of financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods have been reflected. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year. 

 

Adoption of new accounting requirements and recently issued but not yet effective accounting requirements

 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) has issued the following accounting pronouncements and guidance relevant to the Corporation’s operations:

 

In January 2014, the FASB updated the Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) to clarify when a creditor should be considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan so that the loan should be derecognized and the real estate property recognized in the financial statements. The Update clarifies that an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, and a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan upon either: (i) the creditor obtaining legal title to the residential real estate property upon completion of a foreclosure, or (ii) the borrower conveying all interest in the residential real estate property to the creditor to satisfy the loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement.  In addition,  creditors are required to disclose on an annual and interim basis both (i) the amount of the foreclosed residential real estate property held and (ii) the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property that are in the process of foreclosure according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction. The amendments are effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The guidance can be implemented using either a modified retrospective transition method or a prospective transition method. The Corporation adopted the provisions of this guidance on a prospective basis during the first quarter of 2015 without any material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements. Refer to Notes 7 and 10 for required disclosures.

 

In May 2014, the FASB updated the Codification to create a new, principle-based revenue recognition framework. The Update is the culmination of efforts by the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board to develop a common revenue standard for U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The core principal of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance describes a 5-step process entities can apply to achieve the core principle of revenue recognition and requires disclosures sufficient to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers and the significant judgments used in determining that information. The amendments are expect to become effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those reporting periods, as a result of the FASB’s recent issuance of a proposal to defer the effective date of the standard by one year.  Early adoption is not permitted. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this guidance will have on the presentation and disclosures in its financial statements.

 

In June 2014, the FASB updated the Codification to respond to stakeholders’ concerns about current accounting and disclosures for repurchase agreements and similar transactions. This Update requires two accounting changes. First, the Update changes the accounting for repurchase-to-maturity transactions to secured borrowing accounting. Second, for repurchase financing arrangements, the Update requires separate accounting for a transfer of a financial asset executed contemporaneously with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty, which will result in secured borrowing accounting for the repurchase agreement. Additionally, the Update introduces new disclosures to (i) increase transparency about the types of collateral pledged in secured borrowing transactions and (ii) enable users to better understand transactions in which the transferor retains substantially all of the exposure to the economic return on the transferred financial asset throughout the term of the transaction. For public business entities, the disclosure for repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions, and repurchase-to-maturity transactions accounted for as secured borrowings is required to

10 

 


 

 

be presented for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and for interim periods beginning after March 15, 2015. All other accounting and disclosure amendments in the Update are effective for public business entities for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2014. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on the Corporation’s financial statements.

 

In June 2014, the FASB updated the Codification to provide guidance for determining compensation cost under specific circumstances when an employee’s compensation award is eligible to vest regardless of whether the employee is rendering service on the date the performance target is achieved. This Update becomes effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this guidance will have on the presentation and disclosures in its financial statements, if any.

 

In August 2014, the FASB updated the Codification to reduce the diversity found in the classification of certain foreclosed mortgage loans held by creditors that are either fully or partially guaranteed under government programs. Consistency in classification upon foreclosure is expected in order to provide more decision-useful information. The amendments in this Update require that a mortgage loan be derecognized and that a separate other receivable be recognized upon foreclosure if: (i) the loan has a government guarantee that is not separable from the loan before foreclosure; (ii) at the time of foreclosure, the creditor has the intent to convey the real estate property to the guarantor and make a claim on the guarantee, and the creditor has the ability to recover under the claim, and (iii) at the time of foreclosure, any amount of the claim that is determined on the basis of the fair value of the real estate is fixed. Upon foreclosure, the separate other receivable should be measured based on the amount of the loan balance (principal and interest) expected to be recovered from the guarantor. The Update is effective for public business entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014. The guidance can be implemented using either a prospective transition method or a modified retrospective transition method. The Corporation adopted the provisions of this guidance on a prospective basis during the first quarter of 2015 without any material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements.

 

In August 2014, the FASB updated the Codification to provide guidance in GAAP about management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. Management’s evaluation should be based on relevant conditions and events that are known and reasonably knowable at the date that the financial statements are issued. If conditions or events raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, but the substantial doubt is alleviated as a result of consideration of management’s plans, the entity should disclose information that enables users of the financial statements to understand such determination.  The Update is effective for all business entities for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods thereafter. Early application is permitted. The Corporation expects the adoption of this guidance will have no impact on the Corporation’s financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows and disclosures.

 

In November 2014, the FASB updated the Codification to clarify how current GAAP should be interpreted in evaluating the economic characteristics and risk of a host contract in a hybrid financial instrument that is issued in the form of a share. In addition, the Update was issued to clarify that, in evaluating the nature of a host contract, an entity should assess the substance of the relevant terms and features (that is, the relative strength of the debt-like or equity-like terms and features given the facts and circumstances) when considering how to weight those terms and features. The effects of initially adopting this Update should be applied on a modified retrospective basis to existing hybrid financial instruments issued in the form of a share as of the beginning of the fiscal year for which the amendments are effective. Retrospective application is permitted to all relevant prior periods. This Update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption in an interim period is permitted. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements, if any.

 

In January 2015, the FASB updated the Codification to eliminate from GAAP the concept of extraordinary items as part of its initiative to reduce complexity in accounting standards (the Simplification Initiative).  Under current GAAP, an event or transaction is presumed to be an ordinary and usual activity of the reporting entity unless evidence clearly supports its classification as an extraordinary item. In order to be classified as an extraordinary item, the event or transaction must be: (i) unusual in nature, and (ii) infrequent in occurrence.  Before the update was issued, an entity was required to segregate these items from the results of ordinary operations and show the items separately in the income statement, net of tax, after income from continuing operations. This Update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption in an interim period is permitted. The Corporation expects the adoption of this guidance will have no impact on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2015, the FASB updated the Codification to eliminate the deferral of FAS 167, which has allowed reporting entities with interests  in certain investment funds to follow the previous consolidation guidance in FIN 46(R), and  to make other changes to both the variable interest model and the voting model. While the Update is aimed at asset managers, it will affect all reporting entities involved with limited partnerships or similar entities. In some cases, consolidation conclusions will change. In other cases, reporting entities will need to provide additional disclosure about entities that currently are not considered VIEs but will be considered VIEs under the new guidance when they have a variable interest  in those VIEs.  Regardless of whether conclusions change or additional disclosure requirements are triggered, reporting entities will need to re-evaluate limited partnerships or similar entities for

11 

 


 

 

consolidation and revise their documentation. For public business entities, the Update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. A reporting entity must apply the amendments retrospectively. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements, if any.

 

In April 2015, the FASB updated the Codification  to clarify that customers should determine whether a cloud computing arrangement includes the license of software by applying the same guidance cloud service providers use to make this determination. Examples of cloud computing arrangements include software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service and other hosting arrangements. If a hosting arrangement includes a software license for internal use software, the software license should be accounted for by the customer under ASC 350-40. A license of software other than internal use software would be accounted for by the customer under other U.S. GAAP (e.g., a research and development cost and software to be sold, leased or otherwise marketed). If a hosting arrangement includes a software licenses, then that would be in addition to any service contract in the arrangement. Hosting arrangements that do not include software licenses should be accounted for as service contracts. The Update also eliminates the existing requirement for customers to account for software licenses they acquire by analogizing to the guidance on leases. Instead, customers will account for software licenses that are in the scope of ASC 350-40 in the same manner as licenses of other intangible assets. Entities have the option of applying the guidance (1) prospectively to all arrangements entered into or materially modified after the effective date or (2) retrospectively. Entities that elect prospective application are required to disclose the reason for the change in accounting principle, the transition method, and a description of the financial statement line items affected by the change. Entities that elect retrospective application must disclose the information required by ASC 250. For public business entities, the guidance is effective for annual periods, including interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements, if any.

 

NOTE 2 – BUSINESS COMBINATION

 

On February 27, 2015, FirstBank acquired 10 Puerto Rico branches of Doral Bank, assumed $522.7 million in deposits related to such branches, acquired approximately $324.8 million in principal balance of loans, primarily residential mortgage loans, acquired $5.5 million of property, plant and equipment and received $217.7 million of cash, through an alliance with Banco Popular of Puerto Rico (“Popular”), who was the successful lead bidder with the FDIC on the failed Doral Bank, as well as other co-bidders (the “Doral Bank Transaction”). This transaction solidified FirstBank as the second largest bank in Puerto Rico, enhanced FirstBank’s presence in geographical areas in Puerto Rico with growth potential for deposits and mortgage originations, two of the main business strategies of the institution, and provides a stable source of low-cost deposits that are expected to support and enhance future growth activities.

 

Under the FDIC’s bidding format, Popular was the lead bidder and party to the purchase and assumption agreement with the FDIC covering all assets and deposits to be acquired by Popular and its alliance co-bidders. Popular entered into back to back purchase assumption agreements with the alliance co-bidders, including FirstBank, for the transferred assets and deposits. There is no loss-share arrangement with the FDIC related to the acquired assets.

   

    The Corporation accounted for this transaction as a business combination. The following table identifies the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Doral Bank on February 27, 2015:

  

  

  

  

  

Asset/Liabilities

  

  

(at Fair Value)

  

  

(In thousands)

  

  

  

  

  

ASSETS

  

  

  

Cash

$

 217,659 

  

Loans

  

 311,410 

  

Premises and equipment, net

  

 5,450 

  

Core Deposit Intangible

  

 5,820 

  

   Total assets acquired

  

 540,339 

  

  

  

  

  

LIABILITIES

  

  

  

Deposits

  

 523,517 

  

Other liabilities

  

 3,379 

  

   Net assets - Bargain purchase gain

$

 13,443 

  

  

  

  

  

 

12 

 


 

 

The application of the acquisition-method of accounting resulted in a bargain purchase gain of $13.4 million, which is included in non-interest income in the Corporation’s consolidated statement of income for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, and a core deposit intangible of $5.8 million. The net after-tax gain of $8.2 million represents the excess of the estimated fair value of the assets acquired (including cash payments received from the FDIC) over the estimated fair value of the liabilities assumed and is influenced significantly by the FDIC-assisted transaction process.

 

The following is a description of the methods used to determine the fair values of significant assets and liabilities presented above:

 

Cash and due from banks – The carrying amount of these assets is a reasonable estimate of fair value based on the short-term nature of these assets. This balance primarily represents the cash settlement received from Popular for the net equity received, assets discount bid and other customary closing adjustments.

 

Loans – Fair values for loans were based on a discounted cash flow methodology that uses market-driven assumptions such as prepayment rate, default rate, and loss severity on a loan level basis.  The forecasted cash flows are then discounted by yields observed in sales of similar portfolios in Puerto Rico and the continental U.S.

 

The Corporation evaluated the residential mortgage loans acquired and determined that $227.9 million are non-credit impaired purchased loans and have been accounted in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 310-20, Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs, and were recorded with a premium of $1.3 million. The remaining approximately $93.3 million of residential mortgage loans excluded were considered purchased credit impaired loans within the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 310-30, Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality, and were recorded with a $13.4 million discount. These purchased credit impaired loans will recognize interest income through accretion of the difference between the fair value of the loans and the expected cash flows.

 

Core deposit intangible – This intangible asset represents the value of the relationships that Doral Bank had with its deposit customers. The fair value of this intangible asset was estimated based on a discounted cash flow methodology that gave appropriate consideration to expected customer attrition rates, cost of the deposit base, and the net maintenance cost attributable to customer deposits. The Corporation recorded $5.8 million of core deposit intangible.

 

Deposits – The fair values used for the demand and savings deposits that comprise the transaction accounts acquired, by definition, equal the amount payable on demand at the acquisition date.  The fair value adjustment of $0.8 million was applied for time deposits because the estimated weighted average interest rate of the assumed certificates of deposits were estimated to be above the current market rates

   

ASC Topic 805 requires the measurement of all recognized assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination at their acquisition-date fair values. Accordingly, the Corporation initially recorded amounts for the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the best information available at the acquisition date. The Corporation may retrospectively adjust these amounts to reflect new information obtained during the measurement period (not to exceed 12 months) about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the acquisition-date fair value measurements. Any retrospective adjustments to acquisition date fair values will affect the bargain purchase gain recognized. During the first quarter of 2015, the Corporation incurred $3.9 million of expenses related to this transaction, primarily included in professional fees expenses in the consolidated statement of income, of which $2.1 million represents acquisition and conversion costs that are considered non-recurring in nature.

 

The Corporation’s operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, include the operating results of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities subsequent to the acquisition date. The Corporation also considered the pro forma requirements of ASC 805 and deemed it not necessary to provide pro forma financial statements as required under the standard for the Doral Bank transaction as is was not material to the Corporation.

13 

 


 

 

NOTE 3 – EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

 

  

The calculations of earnings per common share for the quarters ended on March 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Quarter Ended

  

  

  

March 31,

  

March 31,

  

  

  

2015 

  

2014 

  

  

  

(In thousands, except per share information)

  

 Net income

$

 25,646 

  

$

 17,083 

  

Favorable impact from issuing common stock in exchange for

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Series A through E preferred stock (1) 

  

 - 

  

  

 379 

  

 Net income attributable to common stockholders

$

 25,646 

  

$

 17,462 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Weighted-Average Shares:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Average common shares outstanding

  

 210,686 

  

  

 205,732 

  

  

Average potential dilutive common shares

  

 2,060 

  

  

 1,144 

  

  

Average common shares outstanding-assuming dilution

  

 212,746 

  

  

 206,876 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Income per common share:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Basic

$

 0.12 

  

$

 0.08 

  

  

Diluted

$

 0.12 

  

$

 0.08 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

(1)

 Excess of carrying amount of the Series A through E preferred stock exchanged over the fair value of new common shares issued in the first quarter of 2014.

  

  

 

Earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares issued and outstanding. Net income attributable to common stockholders represents net income adjusted for any preferred stock dividends, including any dividends declared, and any cumulative dividends related to the current dividend period that have not been declared as of the end of the period. For the first quarter of 2014, net income attributable to common stockholders includes the one-time effect to retained earnings of the issuance of common stock in exchange for Series A through E preferred stock. This transaction is discussed in Note 19 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements. Basic weighted average common shares outstanding exclude unvested shares of restricted stock.

 

Potential common shares consist of common stock issuable under the assumed exercise of stock options, unvested shares of restricted stock, and outstanding warrants using the treasury stock method. This method assumes that the potential common shares are issued and the proceeds from the exercise, in addition to the amount of compensation cost attributable to future services, are used to purchase common stock at the exercise date. The difference between the numbers of potential shares issued and potential shares purchased is added as incremental shares to the actual number of shares outstanding to compute diluted earnings per share. Stock options, unvested shares of restricted stock, and outstanding warrants that result in lower potential shares issued than potential shares purchased under the treasury stock method are not included in the computation of dilutive earnings per share since their inclusion would have an antidilutive effect on earnings per share. Stock options not included in the computation of outstanding shares because they were antidilutive amounted to 69,848 and 88,640 for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. 

14 

 


 

 

NOTE 4 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

As of January 21, 2007, the Corporation’s 1997 stock option plan expired and no additional awards could be granted under that plan.  All outstanding awards granted under this plan have continue in full force and effect since then, subject to their original terms. 

 

The activity of stock options granted under the 1997 stock option plan for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 is set forth below:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Number of Options

  

Weighted-Average Exercise Price

  

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)

  

Aggregate Intrinsic Value (In thousands)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Beginning of period outstanding

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   and exercisable

 82,575 

  

$

 187.75 

  

  

  

  

  

Options expired

(11,395)

  

  

 358.80 

  

  

  

  

  

Options cancelled

 (1,332) 

  

  

 164.10 

  

  

  

  

  

End of period outstanding and

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  exercisable

 69,848 

  

$

 160.30 

  

 1.3 

  

$

 - 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

On April 29, 2008, the Corporation’s stockholders approved the First BanCorp 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”).  The Omnibus Plan provides for equity-based compensation incentives (the “awards”) through the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, and other stock-based awards.  The Omnibus Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 8,169,807 shares of common stock, subject to adjustments for stock splits, reorganizations, and other similar events.  The Corporation’s Board of Directors, upon receiving the relevant recommendation of the Compensation Committee, has the power and authority to determine those eligible to receive awards and to establish the terms and conditions of any awards, subject to various limits and vesting restrictions that apply to individual and aggregate awards. 

 

    Under the Omnibus Plan, during the first quarter of 2015, 30,068 shares of restricted stock were awarded to one of the Corporation’s independent directors of which 4,295 shares vest in one year and the remaining 25,773 shares vest in five years.  In addition, in the first quarter of 2015, the Corporation issued 791,464 shares of restricted stock that will vest based on the employees’ continued service with the Corporation. For 40,000 of the 791,464 shares awarded to employees, the requisite service period is approximately three months. For the remaining 751,464 shares granted to employees, fifty percent (50%) of those shares vest in two years from the grant date and the remaining 50% percent vest in three years from the grant date. Included in those 751,464 shares of restricted stock are 615,464 shares granted to certain senior officers consistent with the requirements of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) Interim Final Rule, which permit TARP recipients to grant “long-term restricted stock” without violating the prohibition on paying or accruing a bonus payment provided that: (i) the value of the grant may not exceed one-third of the amount of the employee’s annual compensation, (ii) no portion of the grant may vest before two years after the grant date, and (iii) the grant must be subject to a further restriction on transfer or payment as described below. Specifically, the stock that has otherwise vested may not become transferable at any time earlier than as permitted under the schedule set forth by TARP, which is based on the repayment in 25% increments of the aggregate financial assistance received from the U.S. Treasury. Hence, notwithstanding the vesting period mentioned above, the employees covered by TARP are restricted from transferring the shares. The U.S. Treasury confirmed that, effective March 2014, it has recovered more than a 25% of its investment in First BanCorp. Therefore, the restriction on transfer relating to 25% of the shares granted under TARP requirements was released.

 

     The fair value of the shares of restricted stock granted in the first quarter of 2015 was based on the market price of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock on the date of the grant. For the 615,464 shares of restricted stock granted under the TARP requirements, the market price was discounted due to account for TARP transferability restrictions. For purposes of determining the awards fair value, the Corporation estimated an appreciation of 14% in the value of the common stock using the Capital Asset Pricing Model as a basis of what would be a market participant’s expected return on the Corporation’s stock and assumed that the Treasury would hold the common stock of the Corporation that it currently owns for a period not to exceed one year, resulting in a fair value of $3.18 for restricted shares granted under the TARP requirements. Also, the Corporation used empirical data to estimate employee terminations; separate groups of employees that have similar historical exercise behavior were considered separately for valuation purposes.

 

    

15 

 


 

 

   The following table summarizes the restricted stock activity in 2015 under the Omnibus Plan for both executive officers covered by the TARP requirements and other employees as well as for the independent directors:

  

  

  

  

  

  

Quarter Ended

  

March 31, 2015

  

Number of

  

  

  

  

shares of

  

  

Weighted-Average

  

restricted

  

  

Grant Date

  

stock

  

  

 Fair Value

  

  

  

  

  

Non-vested shares at beginning of period

 2,327,156 

  

$

 3.39 

Granted

 821,532 

  

  

 3.92 

Forfeited

 (8,500) 

  

  

 5.07 

Vested

 (63,750) 

  

  

 4.00 

Non-vested shares at March 31, 2015

 3,076,438 

  

$

 3.51 

 

    For the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Corporation recognized $1.0 million and $0.4 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards. As of March 31, 2015, there was $6.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested shares of restricted stock. The weighted average period over which the Corporation expects to recognize such cost is 2.3 years.

 

   During the first quarter of 2014, the Corporation issued 810,138 shares of restricted stock that will vest based on the employees’ continued service with the Corporation. Fifty percent (50%) of those shares vest in two years from the grant date and the remaining 50% percent vest in three years from the grant date. Included in those 810,138 shares of restricted stock are 653,138 shares granted to certain senior officers consistent with the requirements of TARP. The employees covered by TARP are restricted from transferring the shares, subject to certain conditions as explained above.

 

  The fair value of the shares of restricted stock granted in the first quarter of 2014 was based on the market price of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock on the date of the grant. For the 653,138 shares of restricted stock granted under the TARP requirements, the market price was discounted due to the postvesting restrictions. For purposes of computing the discount, the Corporation estimated an appreciation of 16% in the value of the common stock using the Capital Asset Pricing Model as a basis of what would be a market participant’s expected return on the Corporation’s stock and assumed that the Treasury would hold the common stock of the Corporation that it owned as of the date of the grants for an additional two years, resulting in a fair value of $2.63 for restricted shares granted under the TARP requirements.

 

Stock-based compensation accounting guidance requires the Corporation to develop an estimate of the number of share-based awards that will be forfeited due to employee or director turnover. Quarterly changes in the estimated forfeiture rate may have a significant effect on share-based compensation, as the effect of adjusting the rate for all expense amortization is recognized in the period in which the forfeiture estimate is changed. If the actual forfeiture rate is higher than the estimated forfeiture rate, then an adjustment is made to increase the estimated forfeiture rate, which will result in a decrease in the expense recognized in the financial statements. If the actual forfeiture rate is lower than the estimated forfeiture rate, then an adjustment is made to decrease the estimated forfeiture rate, which will result in an increase in the expense recognized in the financial statements. When unvested options or shares of restricted stock are forfeited, any compensation expense previously recognized on the forfeited awards is reversed in the period of the forfeiture. Approximately $26 thousand and $5 thousand of compensation expense was reversed during the first quarter of 2015 and 2014, respectively, related to forfeited awards.

 

     Also, under the Omnibus Plan, effective April 1, 2013, the Corporation’s Board of Directors determined to increase the salary amounts paid to certain executive officers primarily by paying the increased salary amounts in the form of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, instead of cash. During the first quarter of 2015, the Corporation issued 80,234 shares of common stock with a weighted average market value of $6.02 as salary stock compensation. This resulted in a compensation expense of $0.4 million recorded in the first quarter of 2015.

   

  For the quarter ended March 31, 2015, the Corporation withheld 28,183 shares from the common stock paid to certain senior officers as additional compensation and 22,525 shares of the restricted stock that vested during the first quarter of 2015 to cover employees’ payroll and income tax withholding liabilities; these shares are held as treasury shares. The Corporation paid any fractional share of salary stock that the officer was entitled to in cash. In the consolidated financial statements, the Corporation treats shares withheld for tax purposes as common stock repurchases.

16 

 


 

 

NOTE 5 – INVESTMENT SECURITIES

 

Investment Securities Available for Sale

 

The amortized cost, non-credit loss component of other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) recorded in other comprehensive income (“OCI”), gross unrealized gains and losses recorded in OCI, approximate fair value, weighted average yield and contractual maturities of investment securities available for sale as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

  

  

March 31, 2015

  

  

Amortized cost

  

Noncredit Loss Component of OTTI Recorded in OCI

  

Gross

  

Fair value

  

Weighted average yield%

  

  

  

Unrealized

  

  

  

  

  

  

gains

  

losses

  

  

  

  

(Dollars in thousands)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

U.S. Treasury securities:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Due within one year

$

 7,500 

  

$

 - 

  

$

 - 

  

$

 - 

  

$

 7,500 

  

 0.11 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Obligations of U.S.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    government-sponsored

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    agencies:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   After 1 to 5 years

  

 278,054 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 318 

  

  

 1,918 

  

  

 276,454 

  

 1.25 

  

   After 5 to 10 years

  

 102,745 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 850 

  

  

 1,037 

  

  

 102,558 

  

 1.93 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Puerto Rico government

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    obligations:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   After 1 to 5 years

  

 39,836 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 16,922 

  

  

 22,914 

  

 4.49 

  

   After 5 to 10 years

  

 875 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 875 

  

 5.20 

  

   After 10 years

  

 24,821 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 1 

  

  

 7,148 

  

  

 17,674 

  

 5.37 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

United States and Puerto

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    Rico government

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    obligations:

  

 453,831 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 1,169 

  

  

 27,025 

  

  

 427,975 

  

 1.90 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Mortgage-backed securities:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 FHLMC certificates:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

After 1 to 5 years

  

 432 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 46 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 478 

  

 4.95 

  

After 10 years

  

 304,628 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 2,733 

  

  

 560 

  

  

 306,801 

  

 2.17 

  

  

  

 305,060 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 2,779 

  

  

 560 

  

  

 307,279 

  

 2.17 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 GNMA certificates:            

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Due within one year

  

 17 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 17 

  

 3.52 

  

After 1 to 5 years

  

 55 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 2 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 57 

  

 3.93 

  

After 5 to 10 years

  

 24,189 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 956 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 25,145 

  

 3.62 

  

After 10 years

  

 316,122 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 21,942 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 338,064 

  

 3.85 

  

  

  

 340,383 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 22,900 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 363,283 

  

 3.83 

 FNMA certificates:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

After 1 to 5 years

  

 3,743 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 155 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 3,898 

  

 3.37 

   

After 5 to 10 years

  

 16,924 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 646 

  

  

 31 

  

  

 17,539 

  

 2.90 

  

After 10 years

 814,520 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 10,059 

  

  

 2,251 

  

  

 822,328 

  

 2.35 

    

  

  

 835,187 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 10,860 

  

  

 2,282 

  

  

 843,765 

  

 2.37 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Other mortgage pass-through

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

     trust certificates:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   Over  5 to 10 years

  

 108 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 108 

  

 7.26 

  

   After 10 years

  

 43,012 

  

  

 11,296 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 31,716 

  

 2.15 

  

  

  

 43,120 

  

  

 11,296 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 31,824 

  

 2.15 

Total mortgage-backed

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

     securities

  

 1,523,750 

  

  

 11,296 

  

  

 36,539 

  

  

 2,842 

  

  

 1,546,151 

  

 2.65 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Other (1) 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

After 1 to 5 years

  

 100 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 100 

  

 1.50 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total investment securities

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

available for sale

$

 1,977,681 

  

$

 11,296 

  

$

 37,708 

  

$

 29,867 

  

$

 1,974,226 

  

 2.48 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

(1)

Represents investment in a Community Investment Fund.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

17 

 


 

 

  

  

December 31, 2014

  

  

Amortized cost

  

Noncredit Loss Component of OTTI Recorded in OCI

  

Gross

  

Fair value

  

Weighted average yield%

  

  

  

Unrealized

  

  

  

  

  

  

gains

  

losses

  

  

  

  

(Dollars in thousands)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

U.S. Treasury securities:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Due within one year

$

 7,498 

  

$

 - 

  

$

 1 

  

$

 - 

  

$

 7,499 

  

 0.11 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Obligations of U.S.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    government-sponsored

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    agencies:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   After 1 to 5 years

  

 260,889 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 42 

  

  

 4,219 

  

  

 256,712 

  

 1.22 

  

   After 5 to 10 years

  

 78,234 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 246 

  

  

 2,077 

  

  

 76,403 

  

 1.72 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Puerto Rico government

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

     obligations:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   After 1 to 5 years

  

 39,827 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 12,419 

  

  

 27,408 

  

 4.49 

  

   After 5 to 10 years

  

 886 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 1 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 887 

  

 5.20 

  

   After 10 years

  

 20,498 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 5,571 

  

  

 14,927 

  

 5.83 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

United States and Puerto

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    Rico government

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

    obligations:

  

 407,832 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 290 

  

  

 24,286 

  

  

 383,836 

  

 1.86 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Mortgage-backed securities:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 FHLMC certificates:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

After 10 years

  

 315,311 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 1,743 

  

  

 1,260 

  

  

 315,794 

  

 2.17 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 GNMA certificates:            

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

After 1 to 5 years

  

 39 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 1 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 40 

  

 3.26 

  

After 5 to 10 years

  

 17,108 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 501 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 17,609 

  

 3.65 

  

After 10 years

  

 338,842 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 20,957 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 359,799 

  

 3.83 

  

  

  

 355,989 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 21,459 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 377,448 

  

 3.83 

 FNMA certificates:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

After 1 to 5 years

  

 4,160 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 181 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 4,341 

  

 3.40 

   

After 5 to 10 years

  

 9,584 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 521 

  

  

 5 

  

  

 10,100 

  

 3.49 

  

After 10 years

 837,597 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 7,756 

  

  

 4,854 

  

  

 840,499 

  

 2.36 

    

  

  

 851,341 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 8,458 

  

  

 4,859 

  

  

 854,940 

  

 2.37 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Other mortgage pass-through

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

     trust certificates:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   Over  5 to 10 years

  

 111 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 1 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 112 

  

 7.27 

  

   After 10 years

  

 45,677 

  

  

 12,141 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 - 

  

  

 33,536 

  

 2.17 

  

  

  

 45,788 

  

  

 12,141 

  

  

 1 

  

  

 -