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FCCO First Community Corporation

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Form 8-K - Current report

16/10/2024 9:14pm

Edgar (US Regulatory)


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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 16, 2024

 

   First Community Corporation   

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

   South Carolina   

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

         
  000-28344   57-1010751  
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)  
         
  5455 Sunset Blvd, Lexington, South Carolina   29072  
  (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)  

 

   (803) 951-2265   

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

   Not Applicable   

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share FCCO The Nasdaq Stock Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 
 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On October 16, 2024, First Community Corporation (the “Company”), holding company for First Community Bank, issued a press release announcing its financial results for the period ended September 30, 2024. The Company announced that the Board of Directors has approved a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2024. The Company will pay a $0.15 per share dividend to holders of the Company’s common stock. This dividend is payable on November 12, 2024 to shareholders of record as of October 29, 2024.

 

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements in this report may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements relating to future plans, goals, projections and expectations, and are thus prospective. Forward looking statements can be identified by words such as “anticipate”, “expects”, “intends”, “believes”, “may”, “likely”, “will”, “plans”, “positions”, “future”, “forward” or other statements that indicate future periods. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors, include, among others, the following: (1) competitive pressures among depository and other financial institutions may increase significantly and have an effect on pricing, spending, third-party relationships and revenues; (2) the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operations may be different than expected; (3) the rate of delinquencies and amounts of charge-offs, the level of allowance for loan loss, the rates of loan growth, or adverse changes in asset quality in our loan portfolio, which may result in increased credit risk-related losses and expenses; (4) changes in legislation, regulation, policies or administrative practices, whether by judicial, governmental, or legislative action; (5) adverse conditions in the stock market, the public debt markets and other capital markets (including changes in interest rate conditions) could continue to have a negative impact on the company; (6) changes in interest rates, which have and may continue to affect our deposit and funding costs, net income, prepayment penalty income, mortgage banking income, and other future cash flows, or the market value of our assets, including our investment securities; (7) technology and cybersecurity risks, including potential business disruptions, reputational risks, and financial losses, associated with potential attacks on or failures by our computer systems and computer systems of our vendors and other third parties; (8) elevated inflation which causes adverse risk to the overall economy, and could indirectly pose challenges to our customers and to our business; (9) any increases in FDIC assessment which has increased, and may continue to increase, our cost of doing business; (10) the adverse effects of events beyond our control that may have a destabilizing effect on financial markets and the economy, such as epidemics and pandemics, war or terrorist activities, essential utility outages, deterioration in the global economy, instability in the credit markets, disruptions in our customers’ supply chains or disruption in transportation; and (11) risks, uncertainties and other factors disclosed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, or in any of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC since the end of the fiscal year covered by our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are available at the SEC’s Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. We can give no assurance that the results contemplated in the forward-looking statements will be realized. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be construed as a representation by our company or any person that the future events, plans, or expectations contemplated by our company will be achieved. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Item  Exhibit List
    
99.1  Earnings Press Release for the period ended September 30, 2024.
104  Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 
 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION
       
  By:

/s/ D. Shawn Jordan

 
  Name:   

D. Shawn Jordan

 
  Title: Chief Financial Officer  

 

Dated: October 16, 2024

 

Exhibit 99.1 

   
 

News Release

For Release October 16, 2024

9:00 A.M.

Contact: (803) 951-2265

D. Shawn Jordan, EVP & Chief Financial Officer or

Robin D. Brown, EVP & Chief Marketing Officer

 

First Community Corporation Announces Third Quarter Results and Cash Dividend

 

Highlights for Third Quarter of 2024

·Net income of $3.861 million.
·Diluted EPS of $0.50 per common share for the quarter and $1.26 year-to-date through September 30, 2024.
·Total loans increased during the third quarter by $7.5 million, a 2.5% annualized growth rate. Year-to-date through September 30, 2024, total loans increased $62.6 million, a 7.4% annualized growth rate.
·Total deposits increased during the third quarter by $39.5 million, an annualized growth rate of 9.8%. Year-to-date through September 30, 2024, total deposits increased $133.1 million, an 11.8% annualized growth rate. Customer deposits (total deposits excluding brokered CDs) increased during the third quarter by $60.0 million, a 15.3% annualized growth rate.
·Investment advisory line of business exceeded $900 million in Assets Under Management (AUM) and produced revenue of $1.595 million in the third quarter and $4.461 million year-to-date through September 30, 2024.
·Strong credit quality metrics with non-performing assets (NPAs) ratio of 0.04%, past due ratio of 0.11%, net charge-offs, including overdrafts, during the third quarter of 2024 of $68 thousand; excluding overdrafts net loan charge-offs were $45 thousand during the third quarter of 2024.
·Total assets of $1.944 billion.
·Cash dividend of $0.15 per common share, which is the 91st consecutive quarter of cash dividends paid to common shareholders.

 

Lexington, SC – October 16, 2024 Today, First Community Corporation (Nasdaq: FCCO), the holding company for First Community Bank, reported net income for the third quarter of 2024 of $3.861 million as compared to $3.265 million in the second quarter of 2024 and $1.756 million in the third quarter of 2023. Diluted earnings per common share were $0.50 for the third quarter of 2024 as compared to $0.42 for the second quarter of 2024 and $0.23 for the third quarter of 2023.

 

Year-to-date through September 30, 2024, net income was $9.723 million compared to $8.546 million during the first nine months of 2023. Diluted earnings per share for the first nine months of 2024 were $1.26, compared to $1.12 during the same time period in 2023.

 
   

As a note, during the third quarter of 2023, the company sold $39.9 million of book value U.S. Treasuries in its available-for-sale investments portfolio and this sale created a one-time pre-tax loss of $1.2 million.

 

Cash Dividend and Capital

The Board of Directors approved a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2024. The company will pay a $0.15 per share dividend to holders of the company’s common stock. This dividend is payable November 12, 2024 to shareholders of record as of October 29, 2024. Mike Crapps, First Community Corporation President and CEO, commented, “Our entire board is pleased that our performance enables the company to continue its cash dividend for the 91st consecutive quarter.”

The company’s Board of Directors has approved a plan to utilize up to $7.1 million of capital to repurchase shares of its common stock, which represents approximately 5.0% of total shareholders’ equity as of September 30, 2024. This share repurchase plan expires on May 13, 2025. Under the repurchase plan, the company may repurchase shares from time to time. No shares have been repurchased under this plan. Mr. Crapps noted, “This approved share repurchase provides us with some flexibility in managing capital going forward.”

 

Each of the regulatory capital ratios for the bank exceed the well capitalized minimum levels currently required by regulatory statute. At September 30, 2024, the bank’s regulatory capital ratios (Leverage, Tier I Risk Based and Total Risk Based) were 8.39%, 12.93%, and 14.00%, respectively. This compares to the same ratios as of September 30, 2023 of 8.63%, 12.47%, and 13.50%, respectively. As of September 30, 2024, the bank’s Common Equity Tier I ratio was 12.93% compared to 12.47% at September 30, 2023. Further, the company’s Tangible Common Shareholders’ Equity to Tangible Assets (TCE) ratio was 6.65% as of September 30, 2024, compared to 6.47% as of June 30, 2024, and 6.09% as of September 30, 2023.

 

Tangible Book Value (TBV) per common share was $16.78 at September 30, 2024, compared to $15.85 as of June 30, 2024, and $14.25 as of September 30, 2023.

 

Asset Quality

Asset quality metrics remained strong as of September 30, 2024. The non-performing assets ratio for the third quarter was 0.04% of total assets and a total past due ratio of 0.11% of total loans. Net charge-offs, including overdrafts, during the third quarter of 2024 were $68 thousand; excluding overdrafts net loan charge-offs were $45 thousand during the third quarter. Year-to-date through September 30, 2024 net loan charge-offs, including overdrafts, were $95 thousand and excluding overdrafts were $43 thousand. The ratio of classified loans plus OREO now stands at 1.15% of total bank regulatory risk-based capital as of September 30, 2024.

 

As a community bank focused on local businesses, professionals, organizations, and individuals, the bank has no individual or industry concentrations. In order to provide additional clarity to our commercial real estate exposure, the information below includes only non-owner occupied loans.

 

 

Collateral   

 

 

 

Outstanding

  

 

 

% of Loan
Portfolio

  

 

 

Average

Loan Size

  

Weighted
Avg LTV

of Top
10 Loans

 
Retail  $98,701,793    8.2%  $1,028,144    55%
Warehouse & Industrial  $76,998,629    6.4%  $793,800    60%
Office  $66,965,552    5.6%  $690,367    58%
Hotel  $59,471,982    5.0%  $3,498,352    57%

 

It is worth noting that in our office exposure noted above, there are only four loans where the collateral is an office building in excess of 50,000 square feet of rentable space. These four loans represent $10.7 million in loan outstandings and have a weighted average loan-to-value of 33%.

 
 

Balance Sheet

Total loans increased during the third quarter of 2024 by $7.5 million to $1.197 billion at September 30, 2024, compared to $1.189 billion at June 30, 2024. Year-to-date through September 30, 2024, total loans increased $62.6 million, an annualized growth rate of 7.4%. Commercial loan production was $35.0 million and advances from unfunded commercial construction loans available for draws was $19.0 million during the third quarter of 2024. This compares to $42.6 million and $23.7 million, respectively, on a linked quarter basis. Loan payoffs and paydowns were up 67.4% on a linked quarter basis. First Community Bank President and CEO Ted Nissen noted, “As anticipated, the combination of less production and higher payoffs resulted in less loan growth in the third quarter as compared to the first two quarters of 2024. However, we are pleased that our annualized growth rate for loans is still strong at 7.4%.”

 

Total deposits increased $39.5 million during the third quarter to $1.644 billion at September 30, 2024 compared to $1.605 billion at June 30, 2024. Pure deposits, which are defined as total deposits less certificates of deposits, increased $31.0 million on a linked quarter basis to $1.350 billion at September 30, 2024, an annualized growth rate of 9.4%. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase, which are related to customer cash management accounts or business sweep accounts, were $66.9 million at September 30, 2024, an increase of $7.6 million on a linked quarter basis, a 51.3% annualized growth rate. The bank began issuing brokered certificates of deposit during the third quarter of 2023 to supplement its funding mix. During the third quarter of 2024, brokered CDs declined from $42.9 million at June 30, 2024 to $22.4 million at September 30, 2024. Total deposits, excluding brokered deposits, were $1.622 billion at September 30, 2024 compared to $1.562 billion at June 30, 2024, which is an increase of $60.0 million for an annual growth rate of 15.3%. Costs of deposits were 2.03% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to 1.98% in the second quarter of the year. Cost of funds increased on a linked quarter basis to 2.21% in the third quarter of 2024 from 2.17% in the second quarter of the year. The cumulative cycle betas, which represents trough to peak, for cost of deposits is 37.52% and for cost of funds is 40.19%. Non-interest bearing deposits decreased by $19.0 million on a linked quarter basis to $441.4 million or 26.8% of total deposits. However, it should be noted that average non-interest bearing deposits actually increased slightly during the quarter to $445.3 million from $443.7 million in the second quarter of 2024. Mr. Nissen commented, “A strength of our bank has been and continues to be the value of our deposit franchise. Of the $39.5 million in total deposit growth in the third quarter of 2024, $31.0 million of that was in pure deposits, which are more relationship based than the more price sensitive certificates of deposit.”

 

As of September 30, 2024, the bank had uninsured deposits of $492.5 million, or 30.0%, of total bank deposits. Of those uninsured deposits, $88.3 million, or 5.4%, of total bank deposits were deposits of states or political subdivisions in the U.S. which are secured or collateralized. Total uninsured deposits, excluding these deposits that are secured or collateralized, were $404.3 million, or 24.6%, of total deposits at September 30, 2024. The average balance of all customer deposit accounts as of September 30, 2024 was $24,281. The average balance for consumer accounts was $13,152 and for non-consumer accounts was $52,782. All of the above points to the granularity and the quality of the bank’s deposit franchise.

 

The bank has other short-term investments, primarily interest bearing cash at the Federal Reserve Bank, of $144.4 million at September 30, 2024 compared to $86.2 million at June 30, 2024. Further, the bank has additional sources of liquidity in the form of federal funds purchased lines of credit in the total amount of $77.5 million with three financial institutions and $10.0 million through the Federal Reserve Discount Window. There were $3.7 million in borrowings against these lines of credit as of September 30, 2024.

 

The bank also has substantial borrowing capacity at the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Atlanta with an approved line of credit of up to 25% of assets. As of September 30, 2024, the bank had total availability of $471.1 million subject to collateral requirements. There were $50.0 million of FHLB advances with $421.1 million of remaining credit availability, subject to collateral requirements, at September 30, 2024.

 

 
 

Combined, the company has total remaining credit availability, subject to collateral requirements, in excess of $505.0 million as compared to uninsured deposits (excluding deposits secured or collateralized as noted above) of $404.3 million.

 

The investment portfolio was $486.8 million at September 30, 2024 compared to $488.7 million at June 30, 2024. The yield decreased to 3.53% during the third quarter of 2024 as compared to 3.66% in the second quarter of 2024. The effective duration of the available-for-sale portfolio was 3.4 at September 30, 2024. AOCL decreased to $23.2 million at September 30, 2024 from $27.3 million at June 30, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in market interest rates.

 

Revenue

Net Interest Income/Net Interest Margin

Net interest income for the third quarter of 2024 was $13.412 million, compared to $12.694 million in the second quarter of 2024 and $12.103 million for the third quarter of 2023. Third quarter net interest margin, on a tax equivalent basis, was 2.96% compared to net interest margin of 2.93% in the second quarter of 2024. This expansion continues a positive trend of margin expansion in recent quarters.

 

The company continued to benefit from the yield on the loan portfolio increasing again this quarter, improving by 13 basis points to 5.73% in the third quarter of 2024 as compared to 5.60% in the prior quarter. Mr. Nissen commented, “This increase in the loan portfolio yield was partially offset by the decrease in the investment portfolio yield, resulting in the average earning asset yield increasing by six basis points on a linked quarter basis to 5.10%.”

 

As previously disclosed, effective May 5, 2023, the company entered into a pay-fixed/receive-floating interest rate swap (the “Pay-Fixed Swap Agreement”) for a notional amount of $150.0 million that was designated as a fair value hedge to hedge the risk of changes in the fair value of the fixed rate loans included in the closed loan portfolio. This fair value hedge converts the hedged loans from a fixed rate to a synthetic floating SOFR rate. The Pay-Fixed Swap Agreement will mature on May 5, 2026 and the company will pay a fixed coupon rate of 3.58% while receiving the overnight SOFR rate. This interest rate swap positively impacted interest on loans by $681 thousand during the third quarter of 2024 and $1.997 million year-to-date through September 30, 2024. Loan yields and net interest margin both benefitted with an increase of 23 basis points and 15 basis points, respectively during the third quarter of 2024 and 24 basis points and 15 basis points, respectively, through September 30, 2024.

 

Non-Interest Income

Total non-interest income was $3.570 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to $3.642 million in the second quarter of the year and $1.864 million in the third quarter of 2023. Excluding the loss on the sale of securities in the third quarter of 2023 discussed above, the total non-interest income for the third quarter of 2023 was $3.113 million.

 

Total production in the mortgage line of business in the third quarter of 2024 was $38.1 million which was comprised of $19.5 million in secondary market loans, $8.7 million in adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) and $9.9 million in construction loans. This compares to production on a linked quarter of $49.0 million which was comprised of $22.7 million in secondary market loans, $14.6 million in ARMs, and $11.7 million in construction loans. Production in the third quarter of 2023 was $41.7 million which was comprised of $17.3 million in secondary market loans, $11.4 million in ARMs, and $13.0 million in construction loans. Fee revenue associated with the secondary market loans was $571 thousand in the third quarter of 2024 with a gain-on-sale margin of 2.92%.

 

Total assets under management (AUM) in the investment advisory line of business were $901.6 million at September 30, 2024 compared to $865.6 million at June 30, 2024 and $755.4 million at December 31, 2023. Revenue in this line of business was $1.595 million in the third quarter of 2024, compared to $1.508 million in the second quarter of the year which is an increase of 5.8% on a linked quarter, and compared to $1.187 million in the third quarter of 2023 which is an increase of 34.4% year-over-year.

 
 

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expense was $11.991 million in the third quarter of 2024, compared to $11.843 million in the second quarter of the year. Marketing expense was $219 thousand higher on a linked quarter as planned due to a more extensive media schedule during the period. Salaries and Benefits expense was $119 thousand higher on a linked quarter primarily due to an increase in incentive accruals related to higher performance levels. Other expense was down $229 thousand in the third quarter of 2024 primarily due to lower legal fees and the reimbursement of some legal fees previously paid during the second quarter of 2024, as well as lower expenses related to Other Real Estate Owned (OREO) compared to the second quarter of 2024 which included a write down of an OREO property.

 

Other

The company has previously announced the future retirement of Chief Operations and Risk Officer Tanya Butts. The company has selected Sarah Donley, the bank’s Controller and a 27-year employee, as her successor following a substantial transition period.

 

About First Community Corporation

 

First Community Corporation stock trades on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “FCCO” and is the holding company for First Community Bank, a local community bank based in the Midlands of South Carolina. First Community Bank is a full-service commercial bank offering deposit and loan products and services, residential mortgage lending and financial planning/investment advisory services for businesses and consumers. First Community serves customers in the Midlands, Aiken, Upstate and Piedmont Regions of South Carolina as well as Augusta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.firstcommunitysc.com.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This news release and certain statements by our management may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements relating to future plans, goals, projections and expectations, and are thus prospective. Forward looking statements can be identified by words such as “anticipate”, “expects”, “intends”, “believes”, “may”, “likely”, “will”, “plans”, “positions”, “future”, “forward”, or other statements that indicate future periods. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors, include, among others, the following: (1) competitive pressures among depository and other financial institutions may increase significantly and have an effect on pricing, spending, third-party relationships and revenues; (2) the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operations may be different than expected; (3) the rate of delinquencies and amounts of charge-offs, the level of allowance for credit loss, the rates of loan growth, or adverse changes in asset quality in our loan portfolio, which may result in increased credit risk-related losses and expenses; (4) changes in legislation, regulation, policies or administrative practices, whether by judicial, governmental, or legislative action; (5) adverse conditions in the stock market, the public debt markets and other capital markets (including changes in interest rate conditions) could continue to have a negative impact on the company; (6) changes in interest rates, which have and may continue to affect our deposit and funding costs, net income, prepayment penalty income, mortgage banking income, and other future cash flows, or the market value of our assets, including our investment securities; (7) technology and cybersecurity risks, including potential business disruptions, reputational risks, and financial losses, associated with potential attacks on or failures by our computer systems and computer systems of our vendors and other third parties; (8) elevated inflation which causes adverse risk to the overall economy, and could indirectly pose challenges to our customers and to our business; (9) any increases in FDIC assessment which has increased, and may continue to increase, our cost of doing business; (10) the adverse effects of events beyond our control that may have a destabilizing effect on financial markets and the economy, such as epidemics and pandemics, war or terrorist activities, essential utility outages, deterioration in the global economy, instability in the credit markets, disruptions in our customers’ supply chains or disruption in transportation; and (11) risks, uncertainties and other factors disclosed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, or in any of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC since the end of the fiscal year covered by our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are available at the SEC’s Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. We can give no assurance that the results contemplated in the forward-looking statements will be realized. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be construed as a representation by our company or any person that the future events, plans, or expectations contemplated by our company will be achieved. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

###

 
 

FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION

BALANCE SHEET DATA

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

   As of 
   September 30,   June 30,   March 31,   December 31,   September 30, 
   2024   2024   2024   2023   2023 
                     
Total Assets  $1,943,548   $1,884,844   $1,886,991   $1,827,688   $1,793,722 
Other Short-term Investments and CDs1   144,354    86,172    122,778    66,787    69,703 
Investment Securities                         
Investments Held-to-Maturity   212,242    213,706    215,260    217,200    219,903 
Investments Available-for-Sale   269,553    269,918    274,349    282,226    280,549 
Other Investments at Cost   5,054    5,029    5,504    6,800    6,305 
Total Investment Securities   486,849    488,653    495,113    506,226    506,757 
Loans Held-for-Sale   3,935    6,701    1,719    4,433    5,509 
Loans   1,196,659    1,189,189    1,157,305    1,134,019    1,091,645 
Allowance for Credit Losses - Investments   24    27    29    30    32 
Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans   12,933    12,932    12,459    12,267    11,818 
Allowance for Credit Losses - Unfunded Commitments   409    490    512    597    643 
Goodwill   14,637    14,637    14,637    14,637    14,637 
Other Intangibles   486    525    564    604    643 
Total Deposits   1,644,064    1,604,528    1,578,067    1,511,001    1,492,026 
Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase   66,933    59,286    81,833    62,863    67,173 
Federal Funds Purchased   3,656                 
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances   50,000    50,000    60,000    90,000    80,000 
Junior Subordinated Debt   14,964    14,964    14,964    14,964    14,964 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (AOCL)   (23,223)   (27,288)   (27,442)   (28,191)   (33,057)
Shareholders’ Equity   143,312    136,179    133,493    131,059    123,601 
                          
Book Value Per Common Share  $18.76   $17.84   $17.50   $17.23   $16.26 
Tangible Book Value Per Common Share  $16.78   $15.85   $15.51   $15.23   $14.25 
Equity to Assets   7.37%   7.22%   7.07%   7.17%   6.89%
Tangible Common Equity to Tangible Assets (TCE Ratio)   6.65%   6.47%   6.32%   6.39%   6.09%
Loan to Deposit Ratio (Includes Loans Held-for-Sale)   73.03%   74.53%   73.45%   75.34%   73.53%
Loan to Deposit Ratio (Excludes Loans Held-for-Sale)   72.79%   74.11%   73.34%   75.05%   73.17%
Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans/Loans   1.08%   1.09%   1.08%   1.08%   1.08%
                          
Regulatory Capital Ratios (Bank):                         
Leverage Ratio   8.39%   8.44%   8.35%   8.45%   8.63%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio   12.93%   12.56%   12.65%   12.53%   12.47%
Total Capital Ratio   14.00%   13.62%   13.71%   13.58%   13.50%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratio   12.93%   12.56%   12.65%   12.53%   12.47%
Tier 1 Regulatory Capital  $161,058   $158,080   $155,590   $153,859   $151,360 
Total Regulatory Capital  $174,423   $171,529   $168,590   $166,752   $163,853 
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital  $161,058   $158,080   $155,590   $153,859   $151,360 

 

1 Includes federal funds sold and interest-bearing deposits

 
 

FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION

BALANCE SHEET DATA

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

Average Balances:  Three months ended   Nine months ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2024   2023   2024   2023 
                 
Average Total Assets  $1,915,700   $1,744,670   $1,878,611   $1,725,855 
Average Loans (Includes Loans Held-for-Sale)   1,200,150    1,065,698    1,176,007    1,023,428 
Average Investment Securities   487,622    533,094    492,707    553,496 
Average Short-term Investments and CDs1   117,979    29,468    98,514    34,057 
Average Earning Assets   1,805,751    1,628,260    1,767,228    1,610,981 
Average Deposits   1,621,159    1,432,823    1,571,016    1,408,074 
Average Other Borrowings   134,074    171,304    152,930    180,051 
Average Shareholders’ Equity   139,154    125,077    134,970    123,008 

 

Asset Quality:  As of 
   September 30,   June 30,   March 31,   December 31,   September 30, 
   2024   2024   2024   2023   2023 
Loan Risk Rating by Category (End of Period)                    
Special Mention  $672   $673   $833   $331   $550 
Substandard   1,455    1,528    1,418    1,449    1,241 
Doubtful                    
Pass   1,194,532    1,186,988    1,155,054    1,132,239    1,089,854 
Total Loans  $1,196,659   $1,189,189   $1,157,305   $1,134,019   $1,091,645 
Nonperforming Assets                         
Non-accrual Loans  $119   $173   $56   $27   $61 
Other Real Estate Owned and Repossessed Assets   544    544    622    622    666 
Accruing Loans Past Due 90 Days or More   211        157    215    3 
Total Nonperforming Assets  $874   $717   $835   $864   $730 

 

   Three months ended   Nine months ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2024   2023   2024   2023 
Loans Charged-off  $54   $21   $85   $24 
Overdrafts Charged-off   29    13    64    46 
Loan Recoveries   (9)   (32)   (42)   (64)
Overdraft Recoveries   (6)   (2)   (12)   (11)
Net Charge-offs (Recoveries)  $68   $   $95   $(5)
Net Charge-offs / (Recoveries) to Average Loans2   0.02%   0.00%   0.01%   (0.00%)

 

1 Includes federal funds sold and interest-bearing deposits

2 Annualized

 
 

FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION

INCOME STATEMENT DATA

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

   Three months ended   Three months ended   Three months ended   Nine months ended 
   September 30,   June 30,   March 31,   September 30, 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
                                 
Interest income  $23,161   $18,734   $21,931   $17,497   $21,256   $15,890   $66,348   $52,121 
Interest expense   9,749    6,631    9,237    5,360    9,179    3,533    28,165    15,524 
Net interest income   13,412    12,103    12,694    12,137    12,077    12,357    38,183    36,597 
Provision for (release of) credit losses   (16)   474    454    186    129    70    567    730 
Net interest income after provision for (release of) credit losses   13,428    11,629    12,240    11,951    11,948    12,287    37,616    35,867 
Non-interest income                                        
Deposit service charges   228    240    235    220    259    232    722    692 
Mortgage banking income   575    508    659    371    425    155    1,659    1,034 
Investment advisory fees and non-deposit commissions   1,595    1,187    1,508    1,081    1,358    1,067    4,461    3,335 
Gain (loss) on sale of securities       (1,249)                       (1,249)
Gain (loss) on sale of other assets   5    46        105            5    151 
Other non-recurring income           95    121            95    121 
Other   1,167    1,132    1,145    1,153    1,142    1,121    3,454    3,406 
Total non-interest income   3,570    1,864    3,642    3,051    3,184    2,575    10,396    7,490 
Non-interest expense                                        
Salaries and employee benefits   7,422    6,613    7,303    6,508    7,101    6,331    21,826    19,452 
Occupancy   793    776    738    813    790    830    2,321    2,419 
Equipment   391    416    317    377    330    336    1,038    1,129 
Marketing and public relations   477    609    258    370    566    346    1,301    1,325 
FDIC assessment   290    211    302    221    278    182    870    614 
Other real estate expenses   11    21    90    (30)   12    (133)   113    (142)
Amortization of intangibles   40    39    39    40    39    39    118    118 
Other   2,567    2,588    2,796    2,456    2,689    2,505    8,052    7,549 
Total non-interest expense   11,991    11,273    11,843    10,755    11,805    10,436    35,639    32,464 
Income before taxes   5,007    2,220    4,039    4,247    3,327    4,426    12,373    10,893 
Income tax expense   1,146    464    774    920    730    963    2,650    2,347 
Net income  $3,861   $1,756   $3,265   $3,327   $2,597   $3,463   $9,723   $8,546 
                                         
Per share data                                        
Net income, basic  $0.51   $0.23   $0.43   $0.44   $0.34   $0.46   $1.28   $1.13 
Net income, diluted  $0.50   $0.23   $0.42   $0.43   $0.34   $0.45   $1.26   $1.12 
                                         
Average number of shares outstanding - basic   7,623,260    7,571,994    7,617,266    7,564,928    7,600,450    7,555,080    7,612,889    7,563,609 
Average number of shares outstanding - diluted   7,722,276    7,654,962    7,695,476    7,654,817    7,679,771    7,644,440    7,694,671    7,648,934 
Shares outstanding period end   7,640,648    7,600,023    7,635,145    7,593,759    7,629,005    7,587,763    7,640,648    7,600,023 
                                         
Return on average assets   0.80%   0.40%   0.71%   0.77%   0.56%   0.83%   0.69%   0.66%
Return on average common equity   11.04%   5.57%   9.82%   10.75%   7.91%   11.70%   9.62%   9.29%
Return on average tangible common equity   12.39%   6.35%   11.08%   12.26%   8.95%   13.42%   10.84%   10.61%
Net interest margin (non taxable equivalent)   2.95%   2.95%   2.92%   3.00%   2.78%   3.17%   2.89%   3.04%
Net interest margin (taxable equivalent)   2.96%   2.96%   2.93%   3.02%   2.79%   3.19%   2.89%   3.06%
Efficiency ratio1   70.48%   74.01%   72.75%   71.52%   77.15%   69.43%   73.34%   71.66%

 

1 Calculated by dividing non-interest expense by net interest income on tax equivalent basis and non interest income, excluding loss on sale of securities, gain (loss) on sale of other assets and other non-recurring noninterest income.  

 
 

FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION

Yields on Average Earning Assets and

Rates on Average Interest-Bearing Liabilities

 

   Three months ended September 30, 2024   Three months ended September 30, 2023 
   Average   Interest   Yield/   Average   Interest   Yield/ 
   Balance   Earned/Paid   Rate   Balance   Earned/Paid   Rate 
Assets                              
Earning assets                              
Loans  $1,200,150   $17,279    5.73%  $1,065,698   $13,804    5.14%
Non-taxable securities   48,641    355    2.90%   50,569    366    2.87%
Taxable securities   438,981    3,975    3.60%   482,525    4,229    3.48%
Int bearing deposits in other banks   117,979    1,552    5.23%   29,468    335    4.51%
Fed funds sold           NA            NA 
Total earning assets   1,805,751    23,161    5.10%   1,628,260    18,734    4.56%
Cash and due from banks   24,202              25,782           
Premises and equipment   30,270              31,078           
Goodwill and other intangibles   15,142              15,300           
Other assets   53,346              56,044           
Allowance for credit losses - investments   (27)             (37)          
Allowance for credit losses - loans   (12,984)             (11,757)          
Total assets  $1,915,700             $1,744,670           
                               
Liabilities                              
Interest-bearing liabilities                              
Interest-bearing transaction accounts  $321,183   $999    1.24%  $297,926   $519    0.69%
Money market accounts   422,719    3,598    3.39%   378,931    2,866    3.00%
Savings deposits   109,956    114    0.41%   126,071    72    0.23%
Time deposits   321,954    3,576    4.42%   182,252    1,320    2.87%
Fed funds purchased   40        0.00%   1,587    20    5.00%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase   69,070    506    2.91%   71,492    446    2.48%
FHLB Advances   50,000    646    5.14%   83,261    1,079    5.14%
Other long-term debt   14,964    310    8.24%   14,964    309    8.19%
Total interest-bearing liabilities   1,309,886    9,749    2.96%   1,156,484    6,631    2.27%
Demand deposits   445,347              447,643           
Allowance for credit losses - unfunded commitments   489              431           
Other liabilities   20,824              15,035           
Shareholders’ equity   139,154              125,077           
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity  $1,915,700             $1,744,670           
                               
Cost of deposits, including demand deposits             2.03%             1.32%
Cost of funds, including demand deposits             2.21%             1.64%
Net interest spread             2.14%             2.28%
Net interest income/margin       $13,412    2.95%       $12,103    2.95%
Net interest income/margin (tax equivalent)       $13,448    2.96%       $12,165    2.96%
                               

 

 
 

FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION

Yields on Average Earning Assets and

Rates on Average Interest-Bearing Liabilities

 

   Nine months ended September 30, 2024   Nine months ended September 30, 2023 
   Average   Interest   Yield/   Average   Interest   Yield/ 
   Balance   Earned/Paid   Rate   Balance   Earned/Paid   Rate 
Assets                              
Earning assets                              
Loans  $1,176,007   $49,230    5.59%  $1,023,428   $37,277    4.87%
Non-taxable securities   48,959    1,070    2.92%   50,950    1,109    2.91%
Taxable securities   443,748    12,279    3.70%   502,546    12,513    3.33%
Int bearing deposits in other banks   98,480    3,768    5.11%   34,016    1,221    4.80%
Fed funds sold   34    1    3.93%   41    1    3.26%
Total earning assets   1,767,228    66,348    5.01%   1,610,981    52,121    4.33%
Cash and due from banks   24,074              25,760           
Premises and equipment   30,403              31,257           
Goodwill and other intangibles   15,181              15,339           
Other assets   54,397              54,122           
Allowance for credit losses - investments   (29)             (41)          
Allowance for credit losses - loans   (12,643)             (11,563)          
Total assets  $1,878,611             $1,725,855           
                               
Liabilities                              
Interest-bearing liabilities                              
Interest-bearing transaction accounts  $305,316   $2,486    1.09%  $310,598   $1,115    0.48%
Money market accounts   410,230    10,327    3.36%   350,109    6,424    2.45%
Savings deposits   113,306    341    0.40%   137,529    193    0.19%
Time deposits   304,746    10,056    4.41%   156,954    2,430    2.07%
Fed funds purchased   16        0.00%   1,471    53    4.82%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase   74,884    1,611    2.87%   76,129    1,165    2.05%
FHLB Advances   63,066    2,417    5.12%   87,487    3,271    5.00%
Other long-term debt   14,964    927    8.27%   14,964    873    7.80%
Total interest-bearing liabilities   1,286,528    28,165    2.92%   1,135,241    15,524    1.83%
Demand deposits   437,418              452,884           
Allowance for credit losses - unfunded commitments   532              404           
Other liabilities   19,163              14,318           
Shareholders’ equity   134,970              123,008           
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity  $1,878,611             $1,725,855           
                               
Cost of deposits, including demand deposits             1.97%             0.96%
Cost of funds, including demand deposits             2.18%             1.31%
Net interest spread             2.09%             2.50%
Net interest income/margin       $38,183    2.89%       $36,597    3.04%
Net interest income/margin (tax equivalent)       $38,298    2.89%       $36,833    3.06%
 
 

The tables below provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to GAAP for the periods indicated:

 

   September 30,   June 30,   March 31,   December 31,   September 30, 
Tangible book value per common share  2024   2024   2024   2023   2023 
Tangible common equity per common share (non-GAAP)  $16.78   $15.85   $15.51   $15.23   $14.25 
Effect to adjust for intangible assets   1.98    1.99    1.99    2.00    2.01 
Book value per common share (GAAP)  $18.76   $17.84   $17.50   $17.23   $16.26 
Tangible common shareholders’ equity to tangible assets                         
Tangible common equity to tangible assets (non-GAAP)   6.65%   6.47%   6.32%   6.39%   6.09%
Effect to adjust for intangible assets   0.72%   0.75%   0.75%   0.78%   0.80%
Common equity to assets (GAAP)   7.37%   7.22%   7.07%   7.17%   6.89%

 

Return on average tangible common equity  Three months ended
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   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
Return on average tangible common equity (non-GAAP)   12.39%   6.35%   11.08%   12.26%   8.95%   13.42%   10.84%   10.61%
Effect to adjust for intangible assets   (1.35)%   (0.78)%   (1.26)%   (1.51)%   (1.04)%   (1.72)%   (1.22)%   (1.32)%
Return on average common equity (GAAP)   11.04%   5.57%   9.82%   10.75%   7.91%   11.70%   9.62%   9.29%

 

   Three months ended   Nine months ended 
   September 30,   June 30,   September 30,   September 30, 
Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings  2024   2024   2023   2024   2023 
Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings (non-GAAP)  $4,991   $4,493   $2,694   $12,940   $11,623 
Effect to adjust for pre-tax, pre-provision earnings   (1,130)   (1,228)   (938)   (3,217)   (3,077)
Net Income (GAAP)  $3,861   $3,265   $1,756   $9,723   $8,546 

 

Certain financial information presented above is determined by methods other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). These non-GAAP financial measures include “Tangible book value per common share,” “Tangible common shareholders’ equity to tangible assets,” “Return on average tangible common equity,” and “Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings.”

 

·“Tangible book value per common share” is defined as total equity reduced by recorded intangible assets divided by total common shares outstanding.
·“Tangible common shareholders’ equity to tangible assets” is defined as total common equity reduced by recorded intangible assets divided by total assets reduced by recorded intangible assets.
·“Return on average tangible common equity” is defined as net income on an annualized basis divided by average total equity reduced by average recorded intangible assets.
·“Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings” is defined as net interest income plus non-interest income, reduced by non-interest expense.

 

Our management believes that these non-GAAP measures are useful because they enhance the ability of investors and management to evaluate and compare our operating results from period-to-period in a meaningful manner. Non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the company’s results as reported under GAAP.

 
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