form10k-101440_wayne.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

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Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2009
OR
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Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from _______________ to ______________________
 
Commission File No. 0-23433
 
WAYNE SAVINGS BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
31-1557791
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
   
151 North Market Street, Wooster, Ohio
44691
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Zip Code

(330) 264-5767
(Registrant’s telephone number)
 
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $.10 per share
 
                     (Title of Class)
   
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  YES  o     NO  ý
 
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  YES  o     NO   ý
 
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 twelve months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such requirements for the past 90 days.  YES   ý   NO o
 
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 o    NO o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  o
 
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 definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one.)
 
Large accelerated filer o             Accelerated filer o             Non-accelerated filer o            Smaller Reporting Company ý
 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES  o NO  ý
 
As of June 3, 2009, there were 3,004,113 issued and outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock.The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, computed by reference to the last closing price on June 3, 2009, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market, was approximately $15.4 million.


 
 

 

Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Form 10-K
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PART I

ITEM 1.       Business

General

Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.

Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), is a unitary holding company for Wayne Savings Community Bank (the “Bank”).  The only significant asset of the Company is its investment in the Bank.  The Bank conducts its business from eleven full-service locations.  The Company’s principal office is located at 151 North Market Street, Wooster, Ohio, and its telephone number at that address is (330) 264-5767.  At March 31, 2009, the Company had total assets of $404.4 million, total deposits of $309.5 million, and stockholders’ equity of $34.4 million, or 8.5% of total assets.

Wayne Savings Community Bank

 The Bank is an Ohio-chartered stock savings and loan association headquartered in Wooster, Ohio.  The Bank’s deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”).  The Bank has been a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) System since 1937.
 
 The Bank is a community-oriented institution offering a full range of consumer and business financial services to its local community.  The Bank’s primary lending and deposit gathering area includes Wayne, Holmes, Ashland, Medina and Stark counties, where it operates eleven full-service offices.  This contiguous five-county area is located in northeast Ohio, and is an active manufacturing and agricultural market.  The Bank’s principal business activities consist of originating one- to four-family residential real estate loans, multi-family residential, commercial and non-residential real estate loans.  The Bank also originates consumer loans, and to a lesser extent, construction loans.  The Bank also invests in mortgage-backed securities and other liquid investments, such as United States Government securities, federal funds, and deposits in other financial institutions.

During the most recent five fiscal years, as part of its strategic plan, the Company has rebalanced the loan portfolio by placing an increased emphasis on nonresidential real estate and commercial business loans.  Nonresidential real estate loans and commercial loans have increased from $29.2 million, or 13.5% of the total loan portfolio and $14.1 million, or 6.5% of the total loan portfolio at March 31, 2005 to $70.7 million, or 27.2% of the total loan portfolio, and $32.6 million, or 12.5% of the total loan portfolio, at March 31, 2009.  Correspondingly, one- to four-family residential and construction loans have decreased from $161.4 million, or 74.4% of the total loan portfolio at March 31, 2005 to $142.9 million, or 55.0% of the total loan portfolio, at March 31, 2009.  Nonresidential real estate loans and commercial loans generally carry higher yields and shorter terms than one- to four-family loans.  The increased emphasis on nonresidential real estate and commercial business loans has diversified the loan portfolio, expanded the Company’s product offerings and broadened the Company’s customer base and its corresponding ability to cross-sell its varied product offerings.  This change in emphasis has also resulted in increased staffing expense and, in the current economic environment, increased provisions for loan losses due to the higher inherent risk associated with commercial lending activities.


Market Area/Local Economy

The Bank, headquartered in Wooster, Ohio, operates in Wayne, Ashland, Medina, Holmes and Stark Counties in northeast Ohio.  Wooster, Ohio is located in Wayne County and is approximately midway between Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio.

 
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Wayne County is characterized by a diverse economic base, which is not dependent on any particular industry.  It is one of the leading agricultural counties in the state.  Since 1892, Wooster has been the headquarters of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, the agricultural research arm of The Ohio State University.  In addition, Wayne County is also the home base of such nationally known companies like J.M. Smucker Company, Worthington Industries/The Gertsenslager Company, and the Wooster Brush Company.  It is also the home of many industrial plants, including Packaging Corporation of America, International Paper Company, Morton Salt, and FritoLay, Inc.  The City of Wooster has benefited from the commitment of the world renowned Cleveland Clinic as they have established new state of the art medical facilities.  Wayne County is also known for its excellence in education.  The College of Wooster was founded in 1866 and serves 1,800 students during the school season.  Other quality educational opportunities are offered by the Agricultural Technical Institute of Ohio State University, and Wayne College, a branch of The University of Akron.  Wayne Savings operates four full-service offices in Wooster, one stand-alone drive-thru facility and one full-service office in both Rittman and Creston.

Ashland County, which is located due west of Wayne County, also has a diverse economic base.  In addition to its agricultural segment, Ashland County has manufacturing plants producing rubber and plastics, machinery, transportation equipment, chemicals, apparel, and other items.  Ashland is also the home of Ashland University.  The City of Ashland is the county seat and the location of two of the Bank’s branch offices.

Medina County, located just north of Wayne County, is the center of a fertile agricultural region.  Farming remains the largest industry in the county in terms of dollar value of goods produced.  However, over 100 small manufacturing firms also operate in the county.  The City of Medina is located in the center of the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain Standard Consolidated Statistical Marketing Area.  Medina is located approximately 30 miles south of Cleveland and 15 miles west of Akron.  Due to its proximity to Akron and Cleveland, a majority of Medina County’s labor force is employed in these two cities.  The Bank operates one full-service office in Medina County, which is located in the Village of Lodi.

Holmes County, located directly south of Wayne County, has a mostly rural economy.  The local economy depends mostly upon agriculture, light manufacturing, fabrics, and wood products.  Because of the scenic beauty and a large Amish settlement, revenues from tourism are becoming increasingly significant.  The county is also noted for its many fine cheese-making operations.  A large number of Holmes County residents are employed in Wayne County.  The City of Millersburg is the county seat and the location of one of the Bank’s branch offices.

Stark County, located directly east of Wayne County, is characterized by a diverse economy and over 1,500 different products are manufactured in the county.  Stark County also has a strong agricultural base, and ranks fourth in Ohio in the production of dairy products.  The major employers in North Canton are Diebold Incorporated (a major manufacturer of bank security products and automated teller machines) and the Timken Company (a world-wide manufacturer of tapered roller bearings and specialty steels).  The Bank does not have a material concentration of loans in the North Canton market area.  Jackson Township is the home to the Westfield Belden Village Shopping Center, while Plain Township is a residential and agricultural area with a few widely scattered light industries.  North Canton is the location of one of the Bank’s branches.

Lending Activities

General.  Historically, the principal lending activity of the Company has been the origination of fixed and adjustable rate mortgage (“ARM”) loans collateralized by one- to four-family residential properties located in its market area.  The Company originates ARM loans for retention in its portfolio, and fixed rate loans that are eligible for resale in the secondary mortgage market.  The Company also originates loans

 
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collateralized by non-residential and multi-family residential real estate, as well as commercial business loans. The Company also originates consumer loans to broaden services offered to customers.

The Company has sought to make its interest-earning assets more interest rate sensitive by originating adjustable rate loans, such as ARM loans, home equity loans, and medium-term consumer loans.  The Company also purchases mortgage-backed securities generally with estimated remaining average lives of five years or less.  At March 31, 2009, approximately $100.0 million, or 28.7%, of the Company’s total loans and mortgage-backed securities consisted of loans or securities with adjustable interest rates.

The Company continues to actively originate fixed rate mortgage loans, generally with 15 to 30 year terms to maturity, collateralized by one- to four-family residential properties.  One- to four-family fixed rate residential mortgage loans generally are originated and underwritten according to standards that allow the Company to sell such loans in the secondary mortgage market for purposes of managing interest rate risk and liquidity.  From November 2005 until January 2009, the Company decided to retain all one- to four-family, fixed rate residential mortgage loan originations with terms of 15 and 30 years to manage the size of the portfolio and to provide higher yields as compared to alternative investments.  In accordance with a policy adopted by the Bank’s Asset/Liability Committee (ALCO) that permits limited loan sales to address interest rate risk and liquidity concerns, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company sold $4.1 million of 30 year fixed rate residential mortgage loans into the secondary market to limit the buildup of interest rate risk and to provide pipeline funding during a period where a large number of originations were occurring due to refinancing activity by consumers.  The Company retains servicing on its sold mortgage loans.  The Company also originates interim construction loans on one- to four-family residential properties.
 
The Company has continued developing the commercial business loan program.  The purpose of this program is to increase the Company’s interest rate sensitive assets, increase interest income and diversify both the loan portfolio and the Company’s customer base.  The Company has three experienced commercial lenders to help in this effort.  The Company targets small local businesses with loan amounts in the $50,000 - $1.0 million range with a majority of loans under $500,000.  While commercial business loans increased to $32.6 million at March 31, 2009 as compared to $14.1 million at March 31, 2005, nonresidential real estate and land loans increased from $29.2 million, or 13.5%, of the total loan portfolio at March 31, 2005 to $70.7 million, or 27.2%, of the total loan portfolio at March 31, 2009.


 
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Analysis of Loan Portfolio.  Set forth below is certain information relating to the composition of the Company’s loan portfolio, including loans held for sale, by type of loan as of the dates indicated.

   
At March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008_
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
   
$
   
%
   
$
   
%
   
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(Dollars in thousands)
 
Mortgage loans:
                                                           
One- to four-family residential(1)
  $ 141,285       54.40 %   $ 142,010       57.49 %   $ 143,942       57.80 %   $ 148,823       62.36 %   $ 157,373       72.56 %
Residential construction loans
    1,587       .61       1,636       .66       2,019       .81       4,675       1.96       4,053       1.87  
Multi-family residential
    8,604       3.31       8,929       3.61       8,938       3.60       7,930       3.32       7,872       3.63  
Non-residential real estate/land(2)
    70,725       27.23       61,407       24.86       56,049       22.50       50,778       21.28       29,187       13.46  
Total mortgage loans
    222,201       85.55       213,982       86.62       210,948       84.71       212,206       88.92       198,485       91.52  
Other loans:
                                                                               
Consumer loans(3)
    4,923       1.90       6,183       2.50       5,460       2.19       4,901       2.05       4,306       1.99  
Commercial business loans
    32,592       12.55       26,873       10.88       32,648       13.10       21,550       9.03       14,075       6.49  
Total other loans
    37,515       14.45       33,056       13.38       38,108       15.29       26,451       11.08       18,381       8.48  
Total loans before net items
    259,716       100.00 %     247,038       100.00 %     249,056       100.00 %     238,657       100.00 %     216,866       100.00 %
Less:
                                                                               
Loans in process
    2,506               2,616               7,334               1,729               1,638          
Deferred loan origination fees
    400               390               425               443               512          
Allowance for loan losses
    2,484               1,777               1,523               1,484               1,374          
Total loans receivable, net
  $ 254,326             $ 242,255             $ 239,774             $ 235,001             $ 213,342          
Mortgage-backed securities, net(4)
  $ 88,788             $ 85,879             $ 69,065             $ 55,731             $ 60,352          
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(1)
Includes equity loans collateralized by second mortgages in the aggregate amount of $16.9 million, $17.0 million, $19.2 million, $20.9 million and $20.3 million, as of March 31,2009,  2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.  Such loans have been underwritten on substantially the same basis as the Company’s first mortgage loans.
(2)
Includes land loans of $202,000, $175,000, $204,000, $674,000 and $1.4 million as of March 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.
(3)
Includes second mortgage loans of $1.3 million, $1.7 million, $1.6 million, $425,000 and $783,000 as of March 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
(4)
Includes mortgage-backed securities designated as available for sale.


 
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           Loan and Mortgage-Backed Securities Maturity and Repricing Schedule.  The following table sets forth certain information as of March 31, 2009, regarding the dollar amount of loans and mortgage-backed securities maturing in the Company’s portfolio based on their contractual terms to maturity.  Demand loans, loans having no stated schedule of repayments and no stated maturity, and overdrafts are reported as due in one year or less.  Adjustable and floating rate loans and mortgage-backed securities are included in the period in which interest rates are next scheduled to adjust rather than in which they mature, and fixed rate loans and mortgage-backed securities are included in the period in which the final contractual repayment is due.  Fixed rate mortgage-backed securities are assumed to mature in the period in which the final contractual payment is due on the underlying mortgage.

         
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Five Years
   
Ten Years
   
Twenty Years
   
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Mortgage loans:
                                         
One- to four-family residential(1)
                                         
Adjustable
  $ 25,682     $ 6,052     $ 1,439     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 33,173  
Fixed
    735       270       3,405       18,916       31,429       53,208       107,963  
Construction:(1)
                                                       
Adjustable
    -       -       135       -       -       -       135  
Fixed
    -       -       -       -       -       521       521  
Multi-family residential, nonresidential and land: (1)
                                                       
Adjustable
    15,380       16,264       8,507       10,827       -       -       50,978  
Fixed
    1,021       410       1,522       915       5,955       17,102       26,925  
Other Loans:
                                                       
Commercial business loans
    16,044       5,043       5,453       1,686       3,063       1,303       32,592  
Consumer
    495       1,433       1,777       1,030       38       150       4,923  
                                                         
Total loans
  $ 59,357     $ ,29,472     $ 22,238     $ 33,374     $ 40,485     $ 72,284     $ 257,210  
                                                         
Mortgage-backed securities(2)
  $ 2,804     $ 754     $ 2,798     $ 16,880     $ 27,383     $ 36,758     $ 87,377  
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(1)
Amounts shown are net of loans in process of $931,000 in residential construction loans and $1.4 million in nonresidential loans. Amounts shown are net of escrow for improvements of $149,000 in one- to four-family residential loans.
(2)
Includes mortgage-backed securities available for sale.  Does not include premiums of $679,000, discounts of $824,000 and unrealized gains of $1.6 million.


 
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The following table sets forth at March 31, 2009, the dollar amount of all fixed rate and adjustable rate loans and mortgage-backed securities maturing or repricing after March 31, 2010.

   
Fixed
   
Adjustable
 
   
(In Thousands)
 
Mortgage loans:
           
One- to four-family residential
  $ 107,228     $ 7,491  
Construction (1)
    521       135  
Multi-family residential, non-residential and land (1)
    25,904       35,598  
Consumer
    4,402       26  
Commercial business
    7,972       8,576  
Total loans
  $ 146,027     $ 51,826  
Mortgage-backed securities(2)
  $ 84,573     $ -  
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(1)
Amounts shown are net of loans in process of $931,000 in residential construction loans and $1.4 million in nonresidential loans. Amounts shown are net of escrow for improvements of $149,000 in one- to four-family residential loans.

(2)
Includes mortgage-backed securities available for sale, which totaled $86.7 million as of March 31, 2009.  Does not include premiums of $679,000, discounts of $824,000 and unrealized gains of $1.6 million.

One- to Four-Family Residential Real Estate Loans.  The Company’s primary lending activity consists of the origination of one- to four-family, owner-occupied, residential mortgage loans on properties located in the Company’s market area.  The Company generally does not originate one- to four-family residential loans secured by properties outside of its market area.  At March 31, 2009, the Company had $141.3 million, or 54.4%, of its total loan portfolio invested in one- to four-family residential mortgage loans.

The Company’s fixed rate loans generally are originated and underwritten according to standards that permit resale in the secondary mortgage market.  Whether the Company can or will sell fixed rate loans into the secondary market, however, depends on a number of factors including the Company’s portfolio mix, gap and liquidity positions, and market conditions.  Moreover, the Company is more likely to retain fixed rate loans if its one-year gap is positive.  The Company’s fixed rate mortgage loans are amortized on a monthly basis with principal and interest due each month.  One- to four-family residential real estate loans often remain outstanding for significantly shorter periods than their contractual terms because borrowers may refinance or prepay loans at their option.  The Company’s one- to four-family residential portfolio has declined $725,000 or 0.5%, from March 31, 2008 to March 31, 2009.  Sales into the secondary market were $4.1 million, $6.1 million and $6.0 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009, 2006 and 2005, respectively.  Such sales generally constituted current period originations.  The Company had no new secondary market sales for both fiscal 2008 and 2007.  There were no loans identified as held for sale at year end in any of the last five fiscal years ended as of March 31, 2009.

The Company currently offers one- to four-family residential mortgage loans with terms typically ranging from 15 to 30 years, and with adjustable or fixed interest rates.  Originations of fixed rate mortgage loans versus ARM loans are monitored on an ongoing basis and are affected significantly by the level of market interest rates, customer preference, the Company’s interest rate gap position, and loan products offered by the Company’s competitors.  Despite the Company’s emphasis on ARM loans, the low interest rate environment over the last few years has resulted in customer preference for fixed rate mortgage loans.  As a result, during the year ended March 31, 2009, the Company’s ARM portfolio decreased by $2.8 million, or 7.9%.

The Company offers one ARM loan product.  The Treasury ARM loan adjusts annually with interest rate adjustment limitations of 2% per year and with a cap of 3% or 5% on total rate increases or decreases

 
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over the life of the loan.  The index on the Treasury ARM loan is the weekly average yield on U.S. Treasury securities, adjusted to a constant maturity of one year plus a margin.  However, these loans are underwritten at the fully-indexed interest rate.  All loans require monthly principal and interest payments, negative amortization is not permitted.  One- to four-family residential ARM loans totaled $33.2 million, or 12.8%, of the Company’s total loan portfolio at March 31, 2009.

The primary purpose of offering ARM loans is to make the Company’s loan portfolio more interest rate sensitive.  However, as the interest income earned on ARM loans varies with prevailing interest rates, such loans do not offer the Company predictable cash flows as would long-term, fixed rate loans.  ARM loans carry increased credit risk associated with potentially higher monthly payments by borrowers as general market interest rates increase.  It is possible, therefore, that during periods of rising interest rates, the risk of default on ARM loans may increase due to the upward adjustment of interest costs to the borrower.  Management believes that the Company’s credit risk associated with its ARM loans is reduced because the Company has either a 3% or 5% cap on interest rate increases during the life of its ARM loans.

The Company also offers home equity loans and equity lines of credit collateralized by a second mortgage on the borrower’s principal residence.  In underwriting these home equity loans, the Company requires that the maximum loan-to-value ratios, including the principal balances of both the first and second mortgage loans, not exceed 85%.  The home equity loan portfolio consists of adjustable rate loans which use the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal as the interest rate index.  Home equity loans include fixed term adjustable rate loans, as well as lines of credit.  As of March 31, 2009, the Company’s equity loan portfolio totaled $16.9 million, or 11.9%, of its one- to four-family mortgage loan portfolio.

The Company’s one- to four-family residential first mortgage loans customarily include due-on-sale clauses, which are provisions giving the Company the right to declare a loan immediately due and payable in the event, among other things, that the borrower sells or otherwise disposes of the underlying real property serving as security for the loan.  Due-on-sale clauses are an important means of adjusting the rates on the Company’s fixed rate mortgage loan portfolio.

Regulations limit the amount that a savings association may lend relative to the appraised value of the real estate securing the loan, as determined by an appraisal at the time of loan origination.  The Company’s lending policies limit the maximum loan-to-value ratio on both fixed rate and ARM loans without private mortgage insurance to 80% of the lesser of the appraised value or the purchase price of the property to serve as collateral for the loan.  However, the Company makes one- to four-family real estate loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 80%.  For 15 year fixed rate and ARM loans with loan-to-value ratios of 80.01% to 85%, 85.01% to 90%, 90.01% to 95%, and 95.01% to 97%, the Company requires the first 6%, 12%, 25% and 30%, respectively, of the loan to be covered by private mortgage insurance.  For 30 year fixed rate loans with loan-to-value ratios of 80.01% to 85%, 85.01% to 90%, and 90.01% to 97%, the Company requires the first 12%, 25%, and 30%, respectively, of the loan to be covered by private mortgage insurance.  The Company requires fire and casualty insurance, as well as title insurance regarding good title, on all properties securing real estate loans made by the Company and flood insurance, where applicable.

Multi-Family Residential Real Estate Loans.  Loans secured by multi-family real estate constituted approximately $8.6 million, or 3.3%, of the Company’s total loan portfolio at March 31, 2009.  The Company’s multi-family real estate loans are secured by multi-family residences, such as apartment buildings.  At March 31, 2009, most of the Company’s multi-family loans were secured by properties located within the Company’s market area with an average balance of $506,000.   The largest multi-family real estate loan had a principal balance of $3.1 million.  Multi-family real estate loans currently are offered with adjustable interest rates or short term balloon maturities, although in the past the Company originated fixed rate long-term multi-family real estate loans.  The terms of each multi-family loan are negotiated on a case by case basis, although such loans typically have adjustable interest rates tied to a market index, and amortize over 15 to 25 years.  The Company currently does not have any multi-family real estate construction loans.

 
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Loans secured by multi-family real estate generally involve a greater degree of credit risk than one-to- four-family residential mortgage loans and carry larger loan balances.  This increased credit risk is a result of several factors, including the concentration of principal in a limited number of loans and borrowers, the effects of general economic conditions on income producing properties, and the increased difficulty of evaluating and monitoring these types of loans.  Furthermore, the repayment of loans secured by multi-family real estate is typically dependent upon the successful operation of the related real estate property.  If the cash flow from the project is reduced, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan may be impaired.

Non-Residential Real Estate and Land Loans.  Loans secured by non-residential real estate constituted approximately $70.7 million, or 27.2%, of the Company’s total loan portfolio at March 31, 2009 compared to $29.2 million or 13.5% of the total loan portfolio at March 31, 2005.  This increase is the result of the Company’s strategy to diversify its loan portfolio.  The Company’s non-residential real estate loans are secured by improved property such as offices, small business facilities, and other non-residential buildings.  At March 31, 2009, most of the Company’s non-residential real estate loans were secured by properties located within the Company’s market area with an average balance of $340,000.  The largest non-residential real estate loan had a principal balance of $4.3 million.  The terms of each non-residential real estate loan are negotiated on a case by case basis.  Non-residential real estate loans are currently offered with adjustable interest rates or short term balloon maturities, although in the past the Company has originated fixed rate long term non-residential real estate loans.  Non-residential real estate loans originated by the Company generally amortize over 15 to 25 years.  The Company currently does not emphasize non-residential real estate construction loans.  Included in the loan tables above are non-residential construction loans totaling $6.0 million, of which $1.3 million is undisbursed

Loans secured by non-residential real estate generally involve a greater degree of risk than one-to- four-family residential mortgage loans and carry larger loan balances.  This increased credit risk is a result of several factors, including the concentration of principal in a limited number of loans and borrowers, the effects of general economic conditions on income producing properties, and the increased difficulty of evaluating and monitoring these types of loans.  Furthermore, the repayment of loans secured by non-residential real estate is typically dependent upon the successful operation of the related real estate project.  If the cash flow from the project is reduced, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan may be impaired.

The Company also originates a limited number of land loans secured by individual improved and unimproved lots for future residential construction.  Land loans are generally offered with a fixed rate and with terms of up to 5 years.  Land loans totaled $202,000 at March 31, 2009.

Residential Construction Loans.  To a lesser extent, the Company originates loans to finance the construction of one- to four-family residential property.  At March 31, 2009, the Company had $1.6 million, or 0.6%, of its total loan portfolio invested in interim construction loans.  The Company makes construction loans to private individuals and to builders.  Loan proceeds are disbursed in increments as construction progresses and as inspections warrant.  Construction loans are typically structured as permanent one- to four-family loans originated by the Company with a 12-month construction phase.  Accordingly, upon completion of the construction phase, there is no change in interest rate or term to maturity of the original construction loan, nor is a new permanent loan originated.

Commercial Business Loans.  Commercial business loans totaled $32.6 million, or 12.6% of the Company’s total loan portfolio at March 31, 2009. The Company has three experienced commercial lenders and plans to continue commercial lending growth as part of the Company’s strategic plan to diversify the loan portfolio.

Commercial loans carry a higher degree of risk than one-to four-family residential loans.  Such lending typically involves large loan balances concentrated in a single borrower or groups of related

 
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borrowers for rental or business properties. In addition, the payment experience on loans secured by income-producing properties is typically dependent on the success of the operation of the related project and thus is typically affected by adverse conditions in the real estate market and in the economy.  The Company originates commercial loans generally in the $50,000 to $1,000,000 range with the majority of these loans being under $500,000.  Commercial loans are generally underwritten based on the borrower’s ability to pay and assets such as buildings, land and equipment are taken as additional loan collateral.  Each loan is evaluated for a level of risk and assigned a rating from “1” (the highest rating) to “7” (the lowest rating).

Consumer Loans.  Ohio savings associations are authorized to invest in secured and unsecured consumer loans in an aggregate amount which, when combined with investments in commercial paper and corporate debt securities, does not exceed 20% of an association’s assets.  In addition, an Ohio association is permitted to invest up to 5% of its assets in loans for educational purposes.

As of March 31, 2009, consumer loans totaled $4.9 million, or 1.9%, of the Company’s total loan portfolio.  The principal types of consumer loans offered by the Company are second mortgage loans, fixed rate auto and truck loans, unsecured personal loans, and loans secured by deposit accounts.  Consumer loans are offered primarily on a fixed rate basis with maturities generally of less than ten years.

The Company’s second mortgage consumer loans are secured by the borrower’s principal residence with a maximum loan-to-value ratio, including the principal balances of both the first and second mortgage loans, of 85% or less.  Such loans are offered on a fixed rate basis with terms of up to ten years.  At March 31, 2009, second mortgage loans totaled $1.3 million, or 0.9%, of one- to four-family mortgages.

The underwriting standards employed by the Company for consumer loans include a determination of the applicant’s credit history and an assessment of the applicant’s ability to meet existing obligations and payments on the proposed loan.  The quality and stability of the applicant’s monthly income are determined by analyzing the gross monthly income from primary employment, and additionally from any verifiable secondary income.  Creditworthiness of the applicant is of primary consideration.  However, where applicable, the underwriting process also includes a comparison of the value of the collateral in relation to the proposed loan amount.

Consumer loans entail greater credit risk than residential mortgage loans, particularly in the case of consumer loans that are unsecured or secured by assets that depreciate rapidly, such as automobiles, mobile homes, boats, and recreational vehicles.  In such cases, repossessed collateral for a defaulted consumer loan may not provide an adequate source of repayment for the outstanding loan and the remaining deficiency often does not warrant further substantial collection efforts against the borrower.  In particular, amounts realizable on the sale of repossessed automobiles may be significantly reduced based upon the condition of the automobiles and the lack of demand for used automobiles.  The Company adds a general provision on a regular basis to its consumer loan loss allowance, based on, among other factors, general economic conditions and prior loss experience.  See “—Delinquencies and Classified Assets—Non-Performing and Impaired Assets,” and “—Classification of Assets” for information regarding the Company’s loan loss experience and reserve policy.

Mortgage-Backed Securities.  The Company also invests in mortgage-backed securities generally issued or guaranteed by the United States Government or agencies thereof or rated AAA by a nationally recognized credit rating organization in accordance with the Board approved investment policy.  Investments in mortgage-backed securities are made either directly or by exchanging mortgage loans in the Company’s portfolio for such securities.  These securities consist primarily of adjustable rate mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”), and the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”).  Total mortgage-backed securities, including those designated as available for sale, increased from $85.9 million at

 
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March 31, 2008 to $88.8 million at March 31, 2009, primarily due to purchases funded with proceeds of maturing agency bonds to increase portfolio yield.

The Company’s objectives in investing in mortgage-backed securities vary from time to time depending upon market interest rates, local mortgage loan demand, and the Company’s level of liquidity.  Mortgage-backed securities are more liquid than whole loans and can be readily sold in response to market conditions and changes in interest rates.  Mortgage-backed securities purchased by the Company also have lower credit risk because principal and interest are either insured or guaranteed by the United States Government or agencies thereof.

Loan Originations, Solicitation, Processing, and Commitments.  Loan originations are derived from a number of sources such as real estate broker referrals, existing customers, borrowers, builders, attorneys and walk-in customers.  The Company has also entered into a number of participation loans with high quality lead lenders.  The participations are outside the Company’s normal lending area and diversify the loan portfolio.  Upon receiving a loan application, the Company obtains a credit report and employment verification to verify specific information relating to the applicant’s employment, income, and credit standing.  In the case of a real estate loan, an appraiser approved by the Company appraises the real estate intended to secure the proposed loan.  An underwriter in the Company’s loan department checks the loan application file for accuracy and completeness, and verifies the information provided.  One- to four-family and multi-family residential, and commercial real estate loans, for up to $150,000, may be approved by the manager of the mortgage loan department, loans between $150,000 and $300,000 must be approved by the Chief Executive Officer and loans in excess of $300,000 must be approved by the Board of Directors.  The Loan Committee meets once a week to review and verify that loan officer approvals of loans are made within the scope of management’s authority.  All approvals subsequently are ratified monthly by the full Board of Directors.  Fire and casualty insurance is required at the time the loan is made and throughout the term of the loan.  After the loan is approved, a loan commitment letter is promptly issued to the borrower.  At March 31, 2009, the Company had commitments to originate $9.1 million of loans.

If the loan is approved, the commitment letter specifies the terms and conditions of the proposed loan including the amount of the loan, interest rate, amortization term, a brief description of the required collateral, and required insurance coverage.  The borrower must provide proof of fire and casualty insurance on the property serving as collateral, which insurance must be maintained during the full term of the loan.  A title search of the property is required on all loans secured by real property.

 
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Origination, Purchase and Sale of Loans and Mortgage-Backed Securities.  The table below shows the Company’s loan origination, purchase and sales activity for the periods indicated.

   
At March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
(In Thousands)
 
                   
Total loans receivable, net at beginning of year
  $ 242,255     $ 239,774     $ 235,001  
Loans originated:
                       
One- to four-family residential(1)
    30,401       25,159       24,319  
Multi-family residential(2)
    285       -       1,376  
Non-residential real estate/land
    16,381       20,500       11,275  
Consumer loans
    1,683       3,374       3,720  
Commercial loans
    22,894       1,163       14,511  
Total loans originated
    71,644       50,196       55,201  
Loans sold:
                       
Whole loans
    (4,142 )     -       -  
Total loans sold
    (4,142 )     -       -  
                         
Mortgage loans transferred to REO
    (826 )     (220 )     -  
Loan repayments
    (54,605 )     (47,495 )     (50,413 )
Other loan activity, net
    -       -       (15 )
Total loans receivable, net at end of year
  $ 254,326     $ 242,255     $ 239,774  
                         
Mortgage-backed securities at beginning of year
  $ 85,879     $ 69,065     $ 55,731  
Mortgage-backed securities purchased
    21,980       35,613       32,195  
Principal repayments and other activity
    (19,071 )     (18,799 )     (18,861 )
Mortgage-backed securities at end of year
  $ 88,788     $ 85,879     $ 69,065  
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(1)
Includes loans to finance the construction of one- to four-family residential properties, and loans originated for sale in the secondary market.
(2)
Includes loans to finance the sale of real estate acquired through foreclosure.

Loan Origination Fees and Other Income.  In addition to interest earned on loans, the Company generally receives loan origination fees.  The Company accounts for loan origination fees in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 91 “Accounting for Non-refundable Fees and Costs Associated with Originating or Acquiring Loans and Initial Direct Costs of Leases.”  To the extent that loans are originated or acquired for the Company’s portfolio, SFAS No. 91 requires that the Company defer loan origination fees and costs and amortize such amounts as an adjustment of yield over the life of the loan by use of the level yield method.  SFAS No. 91 reduces the amount of revenue recognized by many financial institutions at the time such loans are originated or acquired.  Fees deferred under SFAS No. 91 are recognized into income immediately upon prepayment or the sale of the related loan.  At March 31, 2009, the Company had $400,000 of deferred loan origination fees.  Loan origination fees are volatile sources of income.  Such fees vary with the volume and type of loans and commitments made and purchased, principal repayments, and competitive conditions in the mortgage markets, which in turn respond to the demand for and availability of money.

The Company receives other fees, service charges, and other income that consist primarily of deposit transaction account service charges, late charges and income from REO operations.  The Company recognized fees and service charges of $1.3 million, $1.5 million and $1.3 million, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Loans to One Borrower.  Savings associations are subject to the same limits as those applicable to national banks, which under current regulations restrict loans to one borrower to an amount equal to 15% of unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus on an unsecured basis, and an additional amount equal to 10% of unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus if the loan is secured by readily marketable collateral (generally, financial instruments and bullion, but not real estate).  At March 31, 2009, the Company’s largest

 
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concentration of loans to one borrower totaled $4.2 million.  All of the loans in this concentration were current at March 31, 2009.  The Company had no loans at March 31, 2009 which exceeded the loans to one borrower regulations.

Delinquencies and Classified Assets

Delinquencies.  The Company’s collection procedures provide that when a loan is 15 days past due, a computer-generated late charge notice is sent to the borrower requesting payment, plus a late charge.  This notice is followed with a letter again requesting payment when the payment becomes 20 days past due.  If delinquency continues, at 30 days another collection letter is sent and personal contact efforts are attempted, either in person or by telephone, to strengthen the collection process and obtain reasons for the delinquency.  Also, plans to arrange a repayment plan are made.  If a loan becomes 60 days past due, the loan becomes subject to possible legal action if suitable arrangements to repay have not been made.  In addition, the borrower is given information which provides access to consumer counseling services, to the extent required by HUD regulations.  When a loan continues in a delinquent status for 90 days or more, and a repayment schedule has not been made or kept by the borrower, a notice of intent to foreclose is sent to the borrower, giving 30 days to cure the delinquency.  If not cured, foreclosure proceedings are initiated.

Non-Performing and Impaired Assets.  Loans are reviewed on a regular basis and are placed on a non-accrual status when, in the opinion of management, the collection of additional interest is doubtful.  Mortgage loans are placed on non-accrual status generally when either principal or interest is 90 days or more past due and management considers the interest uncollectible.  Interest accrued and unpaid at the time a loan is placed on non-accrual status is charged against interest income.

Under the provisions of SFAS No. 114, “Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan,” a loan is defined as impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that a creditor will be unable to collect all amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement.  In applying the provisions of SFAS No. 114, the Bank considers one- to four-family residential loans and consumer installment loans to be homogeneous and therefore excluded from separate identification for impairment.  With respect to the Bank’s multi-family commercial and nonresidential loans, and the evaluation of impairment thereof, such loans are collateral dependent and, as a result, are carried as a practical expedient at the lower of cost or fair value.

At March 31, 2009, the Company had non-performing loans of $5.0 million and a ratio of non-performing and impaired loans to loans receivable of 1.97%.  At March 31, 2009, the Company had $1.4 million of one-to four-family residential mortgage loans that were nonperforming.  The Company has historically not realized losses on such loans primarily because these loans are underwritten with a maximum 85% loan-to-value ratio.  At March 31, 2009, there were two commercial real estate loans totaling $3.0 million on non-accrual.  The largest commercial real estate loan totaled $2.8 million, located in Wadsworth, Ohio, for which the Company obtained an “as is” appraisal of $3.8 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009.  The second commercial real estate loan was transferred into foreclosed assets held for sale in the first quarter of fiscal 2010.  At March 31, 2009, the Company had four commercial loans totaling $558,000 on non-accrual status. In the opinion of management, as of March 31, 2009, no significant unreserved loss is anticipated on any nonperforming loan.  At March 31, 2008, non-performing loans consisted of residential mortgage loans of $790,000, two commercial real estate loans with a combined balance of $1.0 million and a $42,000 commercial loan.

Real estate acquired by the Company as a result of foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure (“REO”) is deemed REO until such time as it is sold.  When REO is acquired, it is recorded at the lower of the unpaid principal balance of the related loan or its fair value, less estimated selling expenses.  Valuations are periodically performed by management, and any subsequent decline in fair value is charged to operations.


 
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The following table sets forth information regarding our non-accrual and impaired loans and real estate acquired through foreclosure at the dates indicated.  For all the dates indicated, the Company did not have any material loans which had been restructured pursuant to SFAS No. 15.

   
At March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
   
(Dollars In Thousands)
 
Non-accrual loans:
     
Mortgage loans:
                             
One- to four-family residential
  $ 1,356     $ 670     $ 639     $ 670     $ 895  
All other mortgage loans
    53       120       44       55       -  
Nonresidential real estate loans
    3,027       1,038       267       -       -  
Non-mortgage loans:
                                       
Commercial business loans
    558       42       -       47       -  
Consumer
    4       1       -       -       11  
Total non-accrual loans
    4,998       1,871       950       772       906  
Accruing loans 90 days or more delinquent
    -       -       -       -       -  
Total non-performing loans
    4,998       1,871       950       772       906  
Loans deemed impaired (1)
    180       -       -       -       -  
Total non-performing and impaired loans
    5,178       1,871       950       772       906  
Total real estate owned (2)
    594       93       -       156       35  
Total non-performing and impaired assets
  $ 5,772     $ 1,964     $ 950     $ 928     $ 941  
                                         
Total non-performing and impaired loans to net loans receivable
    2.04 %     0.77 %     0.40 %     0.33 %     0.42 %
Total non-performing and impaired loans to total assets
    1.28 %     0.47 %     0.23 %     0.19 %     0.22 %
Total non-performing and impaired assets to total assets
    1.43 %     0.49 %     0.23 %     0.23 %     0.23 %
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(1)
Includes loans deemed impaired that are currently performing.
(2)
Represents the net book value of property acquired by the Company through foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure.  These properties are recorded at the lower of the loan’s unpaid principal balance or fair value less estimated selling expenses.

During the year ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, gross interest income of $242,000 and $111,000 would have been recorded on loans that were accounted for on a non-accrual basis if the loans had been current throughout the period.  Interest income recognized on non-accrual loans totaled $145,000 and $68,000 for the years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  The Company recognized interest income on impaired loans for fiscal 2009 of $118,000 and $55,000 for fiscal 2008.

The following table sets forth information with respect to loans past due 60-89 days and 90 days or more in our portfolio at the dates indicated.

   
At March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
   
(In Thousands)
 
                               
Loans past due 60-89 days
  $ 83     $ 819     $ 281     $ 626     $ 1,084  
Loans past due 90 days or more
    4,998       1,871       950       772       906  
Total past due 60 days or more
  $ 5,081     $ 2,690     $ 1,231     $ 1,398     $ 1,990  

Classification of Assets.  Federal regulations provide for the classification of loans and other assets such as debt and equity securities considered by the OTS to be of lesser quality as “substandard,” “doubtful,” or “loss” assets.  An asset is considered “substandard” if it is inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any.  “Substandard” assets include those characterized by the “distinct possibility” that the savings institution will sustain “some loss” if the deficiencies are not corrected.  Assets classified as “doubtful” have all of the weaknesses inherent in those classified “substandard,” with the added characteristic that the weaknesses present make “collection or liquidation in full,” on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and values, “highly questionable and improbable.”  Assets classified as “loss” are those considered “uncollectible” and of such little value that their

 
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continuance as assets without the establishment of a specific loss reserve is not warranted.  Assets that do not expose the savings institution to risk sufficient to warrant classification in one of the aforementioned categories, but which possess some weaknesses, are required to be designated “special mention” by management.

When a savings institution classifies problem assets as either substandard or doubtful, it is required to establish general allowances for loan losses in an amount deemed prudent by management.  General allowances represent loss allowances that have been established to recognize the inherent risk associated with lending activities, but which, unlike specific allowances, have not been allocated to particular problem assets.  When a savings institution classifies problem assets as “loss,” it is required either to establish a specific allowance for losses equal to 100% of the amount of the assets so classified, or to charge off such amount.  A savings institution’s determination as to the classification of its assets and the amount of its valuation allowances is subject to review by the OTS, which can order the establishment of additional general or specific loss allowances.  The Company regularly reviews the problem loans in its portfolio to determine whether any loans require classification in accordance with applicable regulations.

The following table sets forth the aggregate amount of the Company’s classified assets at the dates indicated.

   
At March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
   
(In Thousands)
 
Substandard assets(1)
  $ 5,900     $ 2,283     $ 1,280     $ 1,119     $ 2,767  
Doubtful assets
    -       -       -       -       -  
Loss assets
    -       -       -       -       -  
     Total classified assets
  $ 5,900     $  2,283     $ 1,280     $ 1,119     $ 2,767  
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(1)      Includes REO.

Allowance for Loan Losses.  In determining the amount of the allowance for loan losses at any point in time, management and the Board of Directors apply a systematic process focusing on the risk of loss in the loan portfolio.  First, delinquent non-residential, multi-family and commercial loans are evaluated individually for potential impairment in their carrying value.  Second, management applies historic loss experience to the individual loan types in the portfolio.  In addition to the historic loss percentage, management employs an additional risk percentage tailored to the perception of overall risk in the economy.  However, the analysis of the allowance for loan losses requires an element of judgment and is subject to the possibility that the allowance may need to be increased, with the corresponding reduction in earnings.

During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, the Company added $1.1 million, $234,000 and $100,000, respectively, to the provision for loan losses.  The Company’s allowance for loan losses totaled $2.5 million, $1.8 million and $1.5 million at March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.  Management increased the provision for loan losses in fiscal 2009 primarily due to the increase in non-performing loans and charge-offs, as discussed above under “Delinquencies and Classified Assets – Non-Performing and Impaired Assets,” as well as an increase in the size and risk profile of the loan portfolio.  In addition, management evaluated non-performing commercial loans and made an additional provision based on updated appraisals and the evaluations of these loans.  While management believes that the Company’s current allowance for loan losses is adequate, there can be no assurance that the allowance for loan losses will be adequate to cover losses that may in fact be realized in the future or that additional provisions for loan losses will not be required.  To the best of management’s knowledge, all known losses as of March 31, 2009 have been recorded.

 
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Analysis of the Allowance For Loan Losses.  The following table sets forth the analysis of the allowance for loan losses for the periods indicated.

   
At or for the Year Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
                               
Loans receivable, net
  $ 254,326     $ 242,255     $ 239,774     $ 235,001     $ 213,342  
Average loans receivable, net
    250,220       244,800       237,118       222,629       212,500  
Allowance balance (at beginning of period)
    1,777       1,523       1,484       1,374       815  
Provision for losses
    1,068       234       100       211       430  
Stebbins acquisition
    -       -       -       -       230  
Charge-offs:
                                       
Mortgage loans:
                                       
One- to four-family
    (49 )     (15 )     (31 )     (73 )     (28 )
Residential construction
    -       -       -       -       -  
Multi-family residential
    -       -       -       -       -  
Non-residential real estate and land
    (245 )     -       (31 )     -       -  
Other loans:
                                       
Consumer
    (3 )     (1 )     (21 )     (75 )     (44 )
  Commercial
    (74 )     -       -       (10 )     (54 )
Gross charge-offs
    (371 )     (16 )     (83 )     (158 )     (126 )
Recoveries:
                                       
Mortgage loans:
                                       
 One- to four-family
    -       13       1       14       -  
 Residential construction
    -       -       -       -       -  
 Multi-family residential
    -       -       -       -       -  
 Non-residential real estate and land
    -       -       -       -       -  
Other loans:
                                       
 Consumer
    10       23       21       35       25  
 Commercial
    -       -       -       8       -  
 Gross recoveries
    10       36       22       57       25  
 Net (charge-offs) recoveries
    (361 )     20       (61 )     (101 )     (101 )
                                         
Allowance for loan losses balance (at end of period)
  $ 2,484     $ 1,777     $ 1,523     $ 1,484     $ 1,374  
Allowance for loan losses as a percent of loans receivable, net at end of period
    0.97 %     0.73 %     0.63 %     0.63 %     0.64 %
Net loan charge-offs (recoveries) as a percent of average loans receivable, net
    0.14 %     (0.01 )%     0.03 %     0.05 %     0.05 %
Ratio of allowance for loan losses to total non-performing assets at end of period
    43.04 %     90.49 %     160.32 %     159.91 %     146.01 %
Ratio of allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans at end of period
    49.70 %     94.98 %     160.32 %     192.23 %     151.66 %


 
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Allocation of Allowance for Loan Losses.  The following table sets forth the allocation of allowance for loan losses by loan category for the periods indicated.  Management believes that the allowance can be allocated by category only on an approximate basis.  The allocation of the allowance by category is not necessarily indicative of future losses and does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in any category.

   
At March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
   
Amount
   
% of
Loans in
Each
Category
to Total
Loans
   
Amount
   
% of
Loans in
Each
Category
to Total
Loans
   
Amount
   
% of
Loans in
Each
Category
to Total
Loans
   
Amount
   
% of
Loans in
Each
Category
to Total
Loans
   
Amount
   
% of
Loans in
Each
Category
to Total
Loans
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
Mortgage loans:
                                                           
One- to four-family
  $ 557       54.4 %   $ 226       57.4 %   $ 169       57.8 %   $ 97       62.4 %   $ 99       72.6 %
Residential construction
    -       0.6       -       0.7       -       0.8       -       2.0       -       1.9  
Multi-family residential
    -       3.3       118       3.6       -       3.6       -       3.3       -       3.6  
Non-residential real estate and land
    1,407       27.2       1,030       24.9       340       22.5       505       21.3       545       13.4  
Other loans:
                                                                               
Consumer
    27       1.9       45       2.5       72       2.2       40       2.0       37       2.0  
Commercial
    493       12.6       358       10.9       942       13.1       842       9.0       693       6.5  
Total allowance for loan losses
  $ 2,484       100.0 %   $ 1,777       100.0 %   $ 1,523       100.0 %   $ 1,484       100.0 %   $ 1,374       100.0 %
                                                                                 

 
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Investment Activities

The Company’s investment portfolio is comprised of investment securities, corporate bonds and notes and state and local obligations.  The carrying value of the Company’s investment securities totaled $29.9 million at March 31, 2009, compared to $35.5 million at March 31, 2008.   The Company’s cash and cash equivalents, consisting of cash and due from banks, federal funds sold and interest bearing deposits due from other financial institutions with original maturities of three months or less, totaled $6.8 million at March 31, 2009 compared to $13.1 million at March 31, 2008, a decrease of $6.3 million, or 48.0% as the Company used cash from the federal funds sold to purchase higher yielding mortgage-backed securities.

Liquidity levels may be increased or decreased depending upon the yields on investment alternatives and upon management’s judgment as to the attractiveness of the yields then available in relation to other opportunities and its expectation of the level of yield that will be available in the future, as well as management’s projections as to the short term demand for funds to be used in the Company’s loan origination and other activities.

Investment Portfolio.  The following table sets forth the carrying value of the Company’s investment securities portfolio, short-term investments and FHLB stock, at the dates indicated.

   
At March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
Amortized
   
Market
   
Amortized
   
Market
   
Amortized
   
Market
 
   
Cost
   
Value
   
Cost
   
Value
   
Cost
   
Value
 
   
(In Thousands)
 
Investment securities:
                                   
                                     
Corporate bonds and notes
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 1,003     $ 1,003  
U.S. Government and agency obligations
    9,246       9,490       17,530       17,737       40,571       40,572  
Municipal obligations
    20,469       20,409       17,583       17,800       13,119       13,126  
     Total investment securities
    29,715       29,899       35,113       35,537       54,693       54,701  
Other Investments:
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits in other financial
                                               
  institutions
    3,855       3,855       5,162       5,162       6,021       6,021  
Federal funds sold
    -       -       6,000       6,000       9,000       9,000  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    5,025       5,025       4,892       4,892       4,829       4,829  
     Total investments
  $ 38,595     $ 38,779     $ 51,167     $ 51,591     $ 74,543     $ 74,551  



 
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Investment Portfolio Maturities.  The following table sets forth the scheduled final maturities, carrying values, market values and average yields for the Company’s investment securities at March 31, 2009.  The Company does not hold any investment securities with maturities in excess of 30 years.

   
At March 31, 2009
 
   
One Year or Less
   
One to Five Years
   
Five to Ten Years
   
More than Ten Years
 
   
Amortized
   
Average
   
Amortized
   
Average
   
Amortized
   
Average
   
Amortized
   
Average
 
   
Cost
   
Yield
   
Cost
   
Yield
   
Cost
   
Yield
   
Cost
   
Yield
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
                                                 
Investment Securities:
                                               
U.S. Government and agency obligations
  $ 2,000       3.54 %   $ 2,846       4.92 %   $ 2,000       6.25 %   $ 2,400       4.63 %
Municipal obligations (tax equivalent yields)
    -       -       913       4.95       2,270       6.04       17,286       6.26  
Total investment securities
  $ 2,000       3.54 %   $ 3,759       4.93 %   $ 4,270       6.13 %   $ 19,686       6.05 %

 
   
At March 31, 2009
 
   
Total Investment
 
   
Securities
 
   
Average
               
Weighted
 
   
Life
   
Carrying
   
Market
   
Average
 
   
In Years
   
Value
   
Value
   
Yield
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
                         
Investment Securities:
                       
U.S. Government and agency obligations
    7.80     $ 9,246     $ 9,490       5.31 %
Municipal obligations (tax equivalent yields)
    14.76       20,469       20,409       6.17  
Total investment securities
    12.60     $ 29,715     $ 29,899       5.76 %


 
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Sources of Funds

General.  Deposits are the major source of the Company’s funds for lending and other investment purposes.  In addition to deposits, the Company derives funds from the amortization, prepayment or sale of loans and mortgage-backed securities, the sale or maturity of investment securities, operations and, if needed, advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”).  Scheduled loan principal repayments are a relatively stable source of funds, while deposit inflows and outflows and loan prepayments are influenced significantly by general interest rates and market conditions.  Borrowings may be used on a short-term basis to compensate for reductions in the availability of funds from other sources or on a longer term basis for general business purposes.  The Company had $46.0 million of advances from the FHLB at March 31, 2009.

Deposits.  Consumer and commercial deposits are attracted principally from within the Company’s market area through the offering of a broad selection of deposit instruments including checking accounts, passbook savings, money market deposit, term certificate accounts, commercial repurchase agreements, and individual retirement accounts.  The Company accepts deposits of $100,000 or more and offers negotiated interest rates on such deposits.  Deposit account terms vary according to the minimum balance required, the period of time during which the funds must remain on deposit, and the interest rate, among other factors.  The Company regularly evaluates its internal cost of funds, surveys rates offered by competing institutions, reviews the Company’s cash flow requirements for lending and liquidity, and executes rate changes when deemed appropriate.  The Company does not obtain funds through brokers, nor does it solicit funds outside its market area.

Deposit Portfolio.  Savings and other deposits in the Company as of March 31, 2009, were comprised of the following:

Weighted
                 
Percentage
 
Average
     
Minimum
         
of Total
 
Interest Rate
Minimum Term
Checking and Savings Deposits
 
Amount
   
Balances
   
Deposits
 
           
(In Thousands)
   
                       
    0.19%
None
Checking accounts
  $ 100     $ 53,085       17.15 %
0.53
None
Savings accounts
    25       45,356       14.65  
1.44
None
Money market investor
    2,500       38,403       12.41  
                             
                             
   
Certificates of Deposit
                       
                             
2.34
12 months or less
Fixed term, fixed rate
    500       51,655       16.68  
3.26
12 to 24 months
Fixed term, fixed rate
    500       31,806       10.28  
3.83
25 to 36 months
Fixed term, fixed rate
    500       16,307       5.27  
4.28
36 months or more
Fixed term, fixed rate
    500       43,558       14.07  
2.44
Negotiable
Jumbo certificates
    100,000       29,364       9.49  
                $ 309,534       100.00 %


 
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The following table sets forth the change in dollar amount of deposits in the various types of accounts offered by the Company between the dates indicated.

   
Balance at
               
Balance at
               
Balance at
       
   
March 31,
   
Percent of
   
Increase
   
March 31,
   
Percent of
   
Increase
   
March 31,
   
Percent of
 
   
2009
   
Deposits
   
(Decrease)
   
2008
   
Deposits
   
(Decrease)
   
2007
   
Deposits
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
                                                 
Checking accounts
  $ 53,085       17.15 %   $ 2,201     $ 50,884       16.01 %   $ (2,351 )   $ 53,235       16.23 %
Savings accounts
    45,356       14.65       1,763       43,593       13.72       (8,101 )     51,694       15.76  
Money market investor
    38,403       12.41       (1,815 )     40,218       12.66       10,413       29,805       9.09  
Certificates of deposit(1)
                                                               
Original maturities of:
                                                               
12 months or less
    51,655       16.68       514       51,141       16.09       (4,452 )     55,593       16.95  
12 to 24 months
    31,806       10.28       (10,351 )     42,157       13.27       9,137       33,020       10.07  
25 to 36 months
    16,307       5.27       (1,836 )     18,143       5.71       (4,231 )     22,374       6.82  
36 months or more
    43,558       14.07       7,506       36,052       11.35       (6,775 )     42,827       13.06  
Negotiated jumbo
    29,364       9.49       (6,179 )     35,543       11.19       (3,896 )     39,439       12.02  
Total
  $ 309,534       100.00 %   $ ( 8,197 )   $ 317,731       100.00 %   $ (10,256 )   $ 327,987       100.00 %
______________________________
 
(1)
Certain Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”) are included in the respective certificate balances.  IRAs totaled $35.3 million, $35.6 million and $35.4 million, as of March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

The following table sets forth the average dollar amount and weighted average rate of deposits in the various types of accounts offered by the Company.

   
Years Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
         
Percent
   
Weighted
         
Percent
   
Weighted
         
Percent
   
Weighted
 
   
Average
   
of
   
Average
   
Average
   
of
   
Average
   
Average
   
of
   
Average
 
                              
 
Balance
   
Deposits
   
Rate
   
Balance
   
Deposits
   
Rate
   
Balance
   
Deposits
   
Rate
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
                                                       
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits
  $ 17,138       5.48 %     0.00 %   $ 11,870       3.74 %     0.00 %   $ 12,313       3.78 %     0.00 %
Checking accounts
    35,008       11.20       0.29       39,727       12.52       0.25       42,181       12.93       0.31  
Savings accounts
    44,462       14.22       0.53       47,468       14.95       0.59       54,641       16.75       0.59  
Money market investor
    38,835       12.42       1.44       33,508       10.56       3.09       22,833       7.00       2.88  
Certificates of deposit
    177,127       56.68       3.74       184,833       58.23       4.54       194,162       59.54       4.32  
     Total deposits
  $ 312,570       100.00 %     2.35 %   $ 317,406       100.00 %     2.94 %   $ 326,130       100.00 %     2.91 %


 
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The following table sets forth the certificates of deposit in the Company classified by rates as of the dates indicated.

   
At March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
Rate
                 
0.00%- 2.00%
  $ 41,978     $ 2     $ -  
2.01- 4.00%
    82,740       58,876       46,493  
4.01- 5.50%
    47,972       124,158       146,760  
     Total
  $ 172,690     $ 183,036     $ 193,253  

The following table sets forth the amount and maturities of certificates of deposit at March 31, 2009.

   
Amount Due
 
   
Less Than
   
 1-2
   
2-3
   
After
       
   
One Year
   
Years
   
Years
   
3 Years
   
Total
 
Rate
 
(In Thousands)
 
0.00%- 2.00%
  $ 32,715     $ 9,050     $ 213     $ -     $ 41,978  
2.01- 4.00%
    48,808       19,240       6,947       7,745       82,740  
4.01- 6.00%
    26,622       4,815       10,106       6,429       47,972  
     Total
  $ 108,145     $ 33,105     $ 17,266     $ 14,174     $ 172,690  

The following table indicates the amount of the Company’s certificates of deposit of $100,000 or more by time remaining until maturity as of March 31, 2009.

     Maturity Period
Certificates of Deposit
   
(In Thousands)
 
       
     Three months or less
  $ 20,637  
     Over three months through six months
    11,561  
     Over six months through twelve months
    10,413  
     Over twelve months
    16,715  
          Total
  $ 59,326  

Borrowings

Savings deposits are the primary source of funds for the Company’s lending and investment activities and for its general business purposes.  The Bank may rely upon advances from the FHLB and the Federal Reserve Bank discount window to supplement its supply of lendable funds and to meet deposit withdrawal requirements.  Advances from the FHLB typically are collateralized by stock in the FHLB and a portion of first mortgage loans held by the Bank.  At March 31, 2009, the Company had $46.0 million in advances outstanding.

The FHLB functions as a central reserve bank providing credit for member savings associations and financial institutions.  Members of the FHLB are required to own capital stock in the FHLB and are authorized to apply for advances on the security of such stock and certain home mortgages and other assets (principally, securities that are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States) provided certain standards related to creditworthiness have been met.  Advances are made pursuant to several different programs.  Each credit program has its own interest rate and range of maturities.  Depending on the program, limitations on the amount of advances are based either on a fixed percentage of a member institution’s net worth or on the FHLB’s assessment of the institution’s creditworthiness.




 
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Year Ended March 31,
 
     
 
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
                   
Federal Home Loan Bank advances:
                 
     Maximum month-end balance
  $ 46,000     $ 40,750     $ 38,900  
     Balance at end of period
    46,000       38,500       34,500  
     Average balance
    43,064       36,262       31,308  
                         
Weighted average interest rate on:
                       
     Balance at end of period
    4.13 %     4.59 %     4.71 %
     Average balance for period
    4.41       4.87       4.60  
                         
   
Year Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
                         
Other short term borrowings:
                       
     Maximum month-end balance
  $ 11,781     $ 8,599     $ 6,836  
     Balance at end of period
    10,154       7,287       5,553  
     Average balance
    9,263       6,634       5,593  
                         
Weighted average interest rate on:
                       
     Balance at end of period
    0.66 %     3.09 %     4.26 %
     Average balance for period
    0.72       3.39       4.09  

Competition

The Company encounters strong competition both in attracting deposits and in originating real estate and other loans.  Its most direct competition for deposits has come historically from commercial banks, brokerage houses, other savings associations, and credit unions in its market area, and the Company expects continued strong competition from such financial institutions in the foreseeable future.  The Company’s market area includes branches of several commercial banks that are substantially larger than the Company in terms of state-wide deposits.  The Company competes for savings by offering depositors a high level of personal service and expertise together with a wide range of financial services.

The competition for real estate and other loans comes principally from commercial banks, mortgage banking companies, and other savings associations.  This competition for loans has increased substantially in recent years as a result of the large number of institutions competing in the Company’s market area as well as the increased efforts by commercial banks to expand mortgage loan originations.

The Company competes for loans primarily through the interest rates and loan fees it charges and the efficiency and quality of services it provides borrowers, real estate brokers, and builders.  Factors that affect competition include general and local economic conditions, current interest rate levels, and volatility of the mortgage markets.

Subsidiaries

At March 31, 2009, the Company did not have any direct unconsolidated subsidiaries.



 
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Total Employees

The Company had 98 full-time employees and 25 part-time employees at March 31, 2009.  None of these employees are represented by a collective bargaining agent, and the Company believes that it enjoys good relations with its personnel.

Regulation

As a state-chartered, FDIC insured institution, the Bank is subject to examination, supervision and extensive regulation by the OTS, the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Financial Institutions (“ODFI”), and the FDIC.  The Bank is a member of, and owns stock in, the FHLB of Cincinnati, which is one of the twelve regional banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System.  This regulation and supervision establishes a comprehensive framework of activities in which an institution can engage and is intended primarily for the protection of the insurance fund and depositors.  The OTS and ODFI regularly examine the Bank and prepare reports for the consideration of the Company’s Board of Directors on any deficiencies that they may find in the Company’s operations.  The FDIC also examines the Bank in its role as the administrator of the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF).  The Bank’s relationship with its depositors and borrowers also is regulated to a great extent by both federal and state laws especially in such matters as the ownership of savings accounts and the form and content of the Bank’s mortgage documents.  Any change in such regulation, whether by the FDIC, OTS, ODFI, or Congress, could have a material adverse impact on the Company, the Bank and their operations.

Federal Regulation of Savings Institutions

Business Activities.  The activities of savings associations are governed by the Home Owners’ Loan Act, as amended (the “HOLA”) and, in certain respects, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (the “FDI Act”).  These federal statutes, among other things, (1) limit the types of loans a savings association may make, (2) prohibit the acquisition of any corporate debt security that is not rated in one of the four highest rating categories, and (3) restrict the aggregate amount of loans secured by non-residential real estate property to 400% of capital.  The description of statutory provisions and regulations applicable to savings associations set forth herein does not purport to be a complete description of such statutes and regulations and their effect on the Company or the Bank.

Loans to One Borrower.  Under the HOLA, savings institutions are generally subject to the national bank limits on loans to one borrower.  Generally, savings institutions may not make a loan or extend credit to a single or related group of borrowers in excess of 15% of the institution’s unimpaired capital and surplus.  An additional amount may be lent, equal to 10% of unimpaired capital and surplus, if such loan is secured by readily-marketable collateral, which is defined to include certain securities and bullion, but generally does not include real estate.  See “—Lending Activities—Loans to One Borrower.”

Qualified Thrift Lender Test.  The HOLA requires savings associations to meet a qualified thrift lender (“QTL”) test.  Under the QTL test, a savings association is required to maintain at least 65% of its “portfolio assets” (total assets less (i) specified liquid assets up to 20% of total assets, (ii) intangibles, including goodwill, and (iii) the value of property used to conduct business) in certain “qualified thrift investments,” primarily residential mortgages and related investments, including certain mortgage-backed and related securities on a monthly basis in 9 out of every 12 months.

A savings association that fails the QTL test must either convert to a bank charter or operate under certain restrictions.  As of March 31, 2009, the Company maintained 90.5% of its portfolio assets in qualified thrift investments and, therefore, met the QTL test.

 
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Limitation on Capital Distributions.  OTS regulations impose limitations upon all capital distributions by savings institutions, such as cash dividends, payments to repurchase or otherwise acquire its shares, payments to stockholders of another institution in a cash-out merger and other distributions charged against capital.  A “well-capitalized” institution can, after prior notice but without the approval of the OTS, make capital distributions during a calendar year in an amount up to 100% of its net income during the calendar year, plus its retained net income for the preceding two years.  As of March 31, 2009 the Bank was a “well-capitalized” institution.

Community Reinvestment.  Under the Community Reinvestment Act (the “CRA”), as implemented by OTS regulations, a savings institution has a continuing and affirmative obligation, consistent with its safe and sound operation, to help meet the credit needs of its entire community, including low and moderate income neighborhoods.  The CRA does not establish specific lending requirements or programs for financial institutions, nor does it limit an institution’s discretion to develop the types of products and services that it believes are best suited to its particular community, consistent with the CRA.  The CRA requires the OTS, in connection with its examination of a savings institution, to assess the institution’s record of meeting the credit needs of its community and to take such record into account in its evaluation of certain applications by such institution.  The CRA also requires all institutions to make public disclosure of their CRA ratings.  The Company received a “satisfactory” CRA rating under the current CRA regulations in its most recent federal examination by the OTS.

Transactions with Related Parties.  The Company’s authority to engage in transactions with related parties or “affiliates” (i.e., any company that controls or is under common control with an institution, including the Bank and any non-savings institution subsidiaries) or to make loans to certain insiders, is limited by Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act (“FRA”).  Section 23A limits the aggregate amount of transactions with any individual affiliate to 10% of the capital and surplus of the savings institution and also limits the aggregate amount of transactions with all affiliates to 20% of the savings institution’s capital and surplus.  Certain transactions with affiliates are required to be secured by collateral in an amount and of a type described in Section 23A and the purchase of low quality assets from affiliates is generally prohibited.  Section 23B provides that certain transactions with affiliates, including loans and asset purchases, must be on terms and under circumstances, including credit standards, that are substantially the same or at least as favorable to the institution as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with non-affiliated companies.  In addition, savings institutions are prohibited from lending to any affiliate that is engaged in activities that are not permissible for bank holding companies and no savings institution may purchase the securities of any affiliate other than a subsidiary.

Enforcement.  Under the FDI Act, the OTS has primary enforcement responsibility over savings institutions and has the authority to bring enforcement action against all “institution-related parties,” including stockholders, and any attorneys, appraisers and accountants who knowingly or recklessly participate in wrongful action likely to have an adverse effect on an insured institution.  Formal enforcement action may range from the issuance of a capital directive or cease and desist order to removal of officers and/or directors of the institutions, receivership, conservatorship or the termination of deposit insurance.  Civil penalties cover a wide range of violations and actions, and range up to $25,000 per day, unless a finding of reckless disregard is made, in which case penalties may be as high as $1 million per day.  Criminal penalties for most financial institution crimes include fines of up to $1 million and imprisonment for up to 30 years.  Under the FDI Act, the FDIC has the authority to recommend to the Director of OTS that enforcement action be taken with respect to a particular savings institution.  If action is not taken by the Director, the FDIC has authority to take such action under certain circumstances.

 
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Standards for Safety and Soundness.  The federal banking agencies have adopted a final regulation and Interagency Guidelines Prescribing Standards for Safety and Soundness (“Guidelines”) to implement the safety and soundness standards required under the FDI Act.  The Guidelines set forth the safety and soundness standards that the federal banking agencies use to identify and address problems at insured depository institutions before capital becomes impaired.  The standards set forth in the Guidelines address internal controls and information systems; internal audit system; credit underwriting; loan documentation; interest rate risk exposure; asset growth; and compensation, fees and benefits.  The agencies also adopted a proposed rule which proposes asset quality and earnings standards which, if adopted, would be added to the Guidelines.  If the appropriate federal banking agency determines that an institution fails to meet any standard prescribed by the Guidelines, the agency may require the institution to submit to the agency an acceptable plan to achieve compliance with the standard, as required by the FDI Act.  The final regulations establish deadlines for the submission and review of such safety and soundness compliance plans.

Capital Requirements.  The OTS capital regulations require savings institutions to meet three capital standards: a 1.5% tangible capital standard, a 4.0% leverage ratio (or core capital ratio) and an 8.0% risk-based capital standard.  Core capital is defined as common stockholders’ equity (including retained earnings), certain non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus, minority interests in equity accounts of consolidated subsidiaries less intangibles other than certain qualifying supervisory goodwill and certain mortgage servicing rights.  The OTS regulations also require that, in meeting the tangible ratio, leverage and risk-based capital standards, institutions must deduct investments in and loans to subsidiaries engaged in activities not permissible for a national bank.

The risk-based capital standard for savings institutions requires the maintenance of Tier 2 (core) and total capital (which is defined as core capital and supplementary capital) to risk-weighted assets of 4.0% and 8.0%, respectively.  In determining the amount of risk-weighted assets, all assets, including certain off-balance sheet assets, are multiplied by a risk-weight of 0% to 100%, as assigned by the OTS capital regulation based on the risks the OTS believes are inherent in the type of asset.  The components of Tier 1 (core) capital are equivalent to those discussed earlier under the 4.0% leverage ratio standard.  The components of supplementary capital currently include cumulative preferred stock, long-term perpetual preferred stock, mandatory convertible securities, subordinated debt and intermediate preferred stock and allowance for loan and lease losses.  Allowance for loan and lease losses includable in supplementary capital is limited to a maximum of 1.25%.  Overall, the amount of supplementary capital included as part of total capital cannot exceed 100% of core capital.

Prompt Corrective Regulatory Action

Under the OTS Prompt Corrective Action regulations, the OTS is required to take certain supervisory actions against undercapitalized institutions, the severity of which depends upon the institution’s degree of capitalization.  Generally, a savings institution that has total risk-based capital of less than 8.0% or a leverage ratio or a Tier 1 core capital ratio that is less than 4.0% is considered to be undercapitalized.  A savings institution that has the total risk-based capital less than 6.0%, a Tier 1 core risk-based capital ratio of less than 3.0% or a leverage ratio that is less than 3.0% is considered to be “significantly undercapitalized” and a savings institution that has a tangible capital to assets ratio equal to or less than 2.0% is deemed to be “critically undercapitalized.”  Subject to a narrow exception, the banking regulator is required to appoint a receiver or conservator for an institution that is “critically undercapitalized.”  The regulation also provides that a capital restoration plan must be filed with the OTS within 45 days of the date an institution receives notice that it is “undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized” or “critically undercapitalized.”  In addition, numerous mandatory supervisory actions become immediately applicable to the institution, including, but not limited to, restrictions on growth, investment activities, capital distributions, and affiliate transactions.  The OTS could also take any one of a number of discretionary supervisory actions, including the issuance of a capital directive and the replacement of senior executive officers and directors.

 
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Insurance of Accounts and Regulation by the FDIC

The Bank is a member of the FDIC. Deposits are insured up to applicable limits by the FDIC and such insurance is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.  As insurer, the FDIC imposes deposit insurance premiums and is authorized to conduct examinations of and to require reporting by FDIC-insured institutions. It also may prohibit any FDIC-insured institution from engaging in any activity the FDIC determines by regulation or order to pose a serious risk to the FDIC. The FDIC also has the authority to initiate enforcement actions against savings and loan associations, after giving the OTS an opportunity to take such action, and may terminate the deposit insurance if it determines that the institution has engaged or is engaging in unsafe or unsound practices, or is in an unsafe or unsound condition.  Currently, FDIC deposit insurance rates generally range from 7 basis points to 77.5 basis points, depending on the assessment risk classification assigned to the depository institution.

The FDIC may terminate the deposit insurance of any insured depository institution, including the Bank, if it determines after a hearing that the institution has engaged or is engaging in unsafe or unsound practices, is in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue operations, or has violated any applicable law, regulation, order or any condition imposed by an agreement with the FDIC.  It also may suspend deposit insurance temporarily during the hearing process for the permanent termination of insurance, if the institution has no tangible capital.  If insurance of accounts is terminated, the accounts at the institution at the time of the termination, less subsequent withdrawals, shall continue to be insured for a period of six months to two years, as determined by the FDIC.  Management is aware of no existing circumstances which would result in termination of the deposit insurance of the Bank.

On May 22, 2009, the Board of the FDIC adopted a rule imposing a 5 basis point special assessment on insured institutions as of June 30, 2009 which will be payable on September 30, 2009.  The rule also allows the assessment of additional special assessments of up to 5 basis points during each of the two quarters after June 30, 2009 as deemed necessary.  Based on balance sheet data at March 31, 2009, the Company estimates a pre-tax impact to the fiscal 2010 results of operations in the amount of approximately $200,000 for each 5 basis point assessment.

Federal Home Loan Bank System

The Bank is a member of the FHLB System, which consists of 12 regional FHLBs.  The FHLB provides a central credit facility primarily for member institutions.  The Bank, as a member of the FHLB, is required to acquire and hold shares of capital stock in that FHLB in an amount at least equal to 1% of the aggregate principal amount of its unpaid residential mortgage loans and similar obligations at the beginning of each year, or 1/20 of its advances (borrowings) from the FHLB, whichever is greater.  The Bank was in compliance with this requirement with an investment in FHLB-Cincinnati stock, at March 31, 2009, of $5.0 million.

The FHLBs are required to provide funds for the resolution of insolvent thrifts and to contribute funds for affordable housing programs.  These requirements could reduce the amount of dividends that the FHLBs pay to their members and could also result in the FHLBs imposing a higher rate of interest on advances to their members.  FHLB dividends were 5.1% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.  In the likely event that dividends are reduced, or interest on future FHLB-Cincinnati advances is increased, the Company’s net interest income will decline.

 
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Ohio Regulation

As a savings and loan association organized under the laws of the State of Ohio, the Bank is subject to regulation by the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Financial Institutions (“ODFI”).  Regulation by the ODFI affects the Bank’s internal organization as well as its savings, mortgage lending, and other investment activities.  Periodic examinations by the ODFI are usually conducted on a joint basis with the OTS.  Ohio law requires that the Bank maintain federal deposit insurance as a condition of doing business.

Under Ohio law, an Ohio association may buy any obligation representing a loan that would be a legal loan if originated by the Bank, subject to various requirements including:  loans secured by liens on income-producing real estate may not exceed 20% of an association’s assets; consumer loans, commercial paper, and corporate debt securities may not exceed 20% of an association’s assets; loans for commercial, corporate, business, or agricultural purposes may not exceed 30% of an association’s assets, provided that an association’s required reserve must increase proportionately; certain other types of loans may be made for lesser percentages of the association’s assets; and, with certain limitations and exceptions, certain additional loans may be made if not in excess of 3% of the association’s total assets.  In addition, no association may make real estate acquisition and development loans for primarily residential use to one borrower in excess of 2% of assets.  The total investments in commercial paper or corporate debt of any issuer cannot exceed 1% of an association’s assets, with certain exceptions.

Ohio law authorizes Ohio-chartered associations to, among other things: (i) invest up to 15% of assets in the capital stock, obligations, and other securities of service corporations organized under the laws of Ohio, and an additional 20% of net worth may be invested in loans to majority owned service corporations; (ii) invest up to 10% of assets in corporate equity securities, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness; (iii) exceed limits otherwise applicable to certain types of investments (other than investments in service corporations) by and between 3% and 10% of assets, depending upon the level of the institution’s permanent stock, general reserves, surplus, and undivided profits; and (iv) invest up to 15% of assets in any loans or investments not otherwise specifically authorized or prohibited, subject to authorization by the institution’s board of directors.

An Ohio association may invest in such real property or interests therein as its board of directors deems necessary or convenient for the conduct of the business of the association, but the amount so invested may not exceed the net worth of the association at the time the investment is made.  Additionally, an association may invest an amount equal to 10% of its assets in any other real estate.  This limitation does not apply, however, to real estate acquired by foreclosure, conveyance in lieu of foreclosure, or other legal proceedings in relation to loan security interests.

Notwithstanding the above powers authorized under Ohio law and regulation, a state-chartered savings association, such as the Bank, is subject to certain limitations on its permitted activities and investments under federal law, which may restrict the ability of an Ohio-chartered association to engage in activities and make investments otherwise authorized under Ohio law.

Ohio has adopted statutory limitations on the acquisition of control of an Ohio savings and loan association by requiring the written approval of the ODFI prior to the acquisition by any person or company, as defined under the Ohio Revised Code, of a controlling interest in an Ohio association.  Control exists, for purposes of Ohio law, when any person or company, either directly, indirectly, or acting in concert with one or more other persons or companies (a) acquires 15% of any class of voting stock, irrevocable proxies, or any combination thereof, (b) directs the election of a majority of directors, (c) becomes the general partner of the savings and loan association, (d) has influence over the management and policies of the savings and loan association, (e) has the ability to direct shareholder votes, or (f) anything else deemed to be control by the ODFI.  The ODFI’s written permission is required when the total amount of control held by the acquiror

 
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was less than or equal to 25% control before the acquisition and more than 25% control after the acquisition, or when the total amount of control held by the acquiror was less than 50% before the acquisition and more than 50% after the acquisition.  Ohio law also prescribes other situations in which the ODFI must be notified of the acquisition even though prior approval is not required.  Any person or company, which would include a director, will not be deemed to be in control by virtue of an annual solicitation of proxies voted as directed by a majority of the board of directors.

Under certain circumstances, interstate mergers and acquisitions involving associations incorporated under Ohio law are permitted by Ohio law.  A savings and loan association or savings and loan holding company with its principal place of business in another state may acquire a savings and loan association or savings and loan holding company incorporated under Ohio law if the laws of such other state permit an Ohio savings and loan association or an Ohio holding company reciprocal rights.  Additionally, recently enacted legislation permits interstate branching by savings and loan associations incorporated under Ohio law.

Ohio law requires prior written approval of the Ohio Superintendent of Savings and Loans of a merger of an Ohio association with another savings and loan association or a holding company affiliate.

Holding Company Regulation

Holding Company Acquisitions.  The Company is a registered savings and loan holding company within the meaning of Section 10 of the HOLA, and is subject to OTS examination and supervision as well as certain reporting requirements.  Federal law generally prohibits a savings and loan holding company, without prior OTS approval, from acquiring the ownership or control of any other savings institution or savings and loan holding company, or all, or substantially all, of the assets or more than 5% of the voting shares thereof.  These provisions also prohibit, among other things, any director or officer of a savings and loan holding company, or any individual who owns or controls more than 25% of the voting shares of such holding company, from acquiring control of any savings institution not a subsidiary of such savings and loan holding company, unless the acquisition is approved by the OTS.

Holding Company Activities.  The Company operates as a unitary savings and loan holding company.  The activities of the Company and its non-savings institution subsidiaries are restricted to activities traditionally permitted to multiple savings and loan holding companies and to financial holding companies under newly added provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act. Multiple savings and loan holding companies may:

 
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furnish or perform management services for a savings association subsidiary of a savings and loan holding company;

 
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hold, manage or liquidate assets owned or acquired from a savings association subsidiary of a savings and loan holding company;

 
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hold or manage properties used or occupied by a savings association subsidiary of a savings and loan holding company;

 
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engage in activities determined by the Federal Reserve to be closely related to banking and a proper incident thereto; and

 
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engage in services and activities previously determined by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board by regulation to be permissible for a multiple savings and loan holding company as of March 5, 1987.

 
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The activities financial holding companies may engage in include:

 
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lending, exchanging, transferring or investing for others, or safeguarding money or securities;

 
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insuring, guaranteeing or indemnifying others, issuing annuities, and acting as principal, agent or broker for purposes of the foregoing;

 
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providing financial, investment or economic advisory services, including advising an investment company;

 
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issuing or selling interests in pooled assets that a bank could hold directly;

 
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underwriting, dealing in or making a market in securities; and

 
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merchant banking activities.

If the OTS determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the continuation by a savings and loan holding company of an activity constitutes a serious risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of its subsidiary savings institution, the OTS may impose such restrictions as deemed necessary to address such risk. These restrictions include limiting the following:

 
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the payment of dividends by the savings institution;
 
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transactions between the savings institution and its affiliates; and
 
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any activities of the savings institution that might create a serious risk that the liabilities of the holding company and its affiliates may be imposed on the savings institution.

Federal Securities Laws.  The Company registered its common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  The Company is subject to the proxy and tender offer rules, insider trading reporting requirements and restrictions, and certain other requirements under the Exchange Act.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) implemented legislative reforms intended to address corporate and accounting fraud. In addition to the establishment of an accounting oversight board which enforces auditing, quality control and independence standards, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act restricts provision of both auditing and consulting services by accounting firms. To ensure auditor independence, any non-audit services being provided to an audit client requires pre-approval by the company’s audit committee members. In addition, the audit partners must be rotated. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires chief executive officers and chief financial officers, or their equivalent, to certify to the accuracy of periodic reports filed with the SEC, subject to civil and criminal penalties if they knowingly or willfully violate this certification requirement. In addition, under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, counsel are required to report evidence of a material violation of the securities laws or a breach of fiduciary duty by a company to its chief executive officer or its chief legal officer, and, if such officer does not appropriately respond, to report such evidence to the audit committee or other similar committee of the board of directors or the board itself.

Longer prison terms now apply to corporate executives who violate federal securities laws, the period during which certain types of suits can be brought against a company or its officers has been extended, and bonuses issued to top executives prior to restatement of a company’s financial statements are now subject to disgorgement if such restatement was due to corporate misconduct. Executives are also prohibited from insider trading during retirement plan “blackout” periods, and loans to company executives are restricted. In addition, a provision directs that civil penalties levied by the SEC as a result of any judicial or administrative action under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act be deposited to a fund for the benefit of harmed investors. The Federal Accounts for Investor Restitution (“FAIR”) provision also requires the SEC to develop methods of improving collection rates. The legislation accelerates the time frame for disclosures by public companies, as

 
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they must immediately disclose any material changes in their financial condition or operations. Directors and executive officers must also provide information for most changes in ownership in a company’s securities within two business days of the change.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act also increases the oversight of, and codifies certain requirements relating to audit committees of public companies and how they interact with the company’s “registered public accounting firm.” Audit Committee members must be independent and are barred from accepting consulting, advisory or other compensatory fees from the issuer. In addition, companies must disclose whether at least one member of the committee is a “financial expert,” as such term is defined by the SEC, and if not, why not. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a registered public accounting firm is prohibited from performing statutorily mandated audit services for a company if such company’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer, comptroller, chief accounting officer or any person serving in equivalent positions has been employed by such firm and participated in the audit of such company during the one-year period preceding the audit initiation date. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act also prohibits any officer or director of a company or any other person acting under their direction from taking any action to fraudulently influence, coerce, manipulate or mislead any independent public or certified accountant engaged in the audit of the company’s financial statements for the purpose of rendering the financial statement’s materially misleading. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act also required the SEC to prescribe rules requiring inclusion of an internal control report and assessment by management in the annual report to stockholders. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires the registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report to attest to and report on management’s assessment of the company’s internal controls. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that each financial report required to be prepared in accordance with, or reconciled to, generally accepted accounting principles and filed with the SEC reflect all material correcting adjustments that are identified by a registered public accounting firm in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Federal and State Taxation

Federal Taxation. Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method which requires recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns.  Under this method deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.

The Federal tax bad debt reserve method available to thrift institutions was repealed in 1996 for tax years beginning after 1995.  As a result, the Company was required to change from the reserve method to the specific charge-off method to compute its bad debt deduction.  The recapture amount resulting from the change in a thrift’s method of accounting for its bad debt reserves was taken into taxable income ratably (on a straight-line basis) over a six-year period.

Retained earnings as of March 31, 2009 include approximately $2.7 million for which no provision for Federal income tax has been made.  This reserve (base year and supplemental) is frozen/not forgiven as certain events could trigger a recapture such as stock redemption or distributions to shareholders in excess of current or accumulated earnings and profits.

The Company’s federal income tax returns through March 31, 2005 have been closed by statute or examination.

Ohio Taxation.  The Bank files Ohio franchise tax returns.  For Ohio franchise tax purposes, savings institutions are currently taxed at a rate equal to 1.3% of taxable net worth.  The Bank is not currently under audit with respect to its Ohio franchise tax returns.

 
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Delaware Taxation.  As a Delaware holding company not earning income in Delaware, the Company is exempt from Delaware corporate income tax but is required to file an annual report with and pay an annual franchise tax to the State of Delaware.  The tax is imposed as a percentage of the capital base of the Company with an annual maximum of $165,000.  The Company paid Delaware franchise taxes of $21,000 in fiscal 2009.

ITEM 1A.     Risk Factors

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this Form 10-K include certain forward-looking  statements  within the  meaning  of  Section  27A of the  Securities  Act  and  Section  21E of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange  Act"),  which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors  created  thereby.  Those statements include, but may not be  limited to, all statements regarding the intent, belief and expectations of the Company and its management, such as statements concerning the Company's future profitability.  Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, factors detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC.  Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate.  Therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-K will prove to be accurate, and in light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking Statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a presentation by the Company or any other person that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved.  The Company encounters a number of risks in the conduct of its business.  A discussion of such risks follows.

The Company’s results of operations are significantly dependent on economic conditions and related uncertainties.  Commercial banking is affected, directly and indirectly, by domestic and international economic and political conditions and by governmental monetary and fiscal policies. Conditions such as inflation, recession, unemployment, volatile interest rates, real estate values, government monetary policy, international conflicts, the actions of terrorists and other factors beyond our control may adversely affect our results of operations. Changes in interest rates, in particular, could adversely affect our net interest income and have a number of other adverse effects on our operations, as discussed in the immediately succeeding risk factor. Adverse economic conditions also could result in an increase in loan delinquencies, foreclosures and nonperforming assets and a decrease in the value of the property or other collateral which secures our loans, all of which could adversely affect our results of operations. We are particularly sensitive to changes in economic conditions and related uncertainties in Northeast Ohio because we derive substantially all of our loans, deposits and other business from this area. Accordingly, we remain subject to the risks associated with prolonged declines in national or local economies.  The current recession, with associated legislative and regulatory initiatives, may materially affect the Company’s operations.  One example of this affect is the increase in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance premiums and special assessments due to bank failures.

Changes in interest rates could have a material adverse effect on our operations.  The operations of financial institutions such as the Bank are dependent to a large extent on net interest income, which is the difference between the interest income earned on interest earning assets such as loans and investment securities and the interest expense paid on interest bearing liabilities such as deposits and borrowings. Changes in the general level of interest rates can affect our net interest income by affecting the difference between the weighted average yield earned on our interest earning assets and the weighted average rate paid on our interest bearing liabilities, or interest rate spread, and the average life of our interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities. Changes in interest rates also can affect our ability to originate loans; the value of our interest earning assets; our ability to obtain and retain deposits in competition with other available investment alternatives; and the ability of our borrowers to repay adjustable or variable rate loans. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental monetary policies, domestic and international economic and political conditions and other factors beyond our control. Although we believe

 
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that the estimated maturities of our interest earning assets currently are well balanced in relation to the estimated maturities of our interest bearing liabilities (which involves various estimates as to how changes in the general level of interest rates will impact these assets and liabilities), there can be no assurance that our profitability would not be adversely affected during any period of changes in interest rates.

The strength and stability of other financial institutions may adversely affect our business.  The actions and commercial soundness of other financial institutions could affect the Company’s ability to engage in routine funding transactions.  Financial services to institutions are interrelated as a result of trading, clearing, counterparty or other relationships.  The Company has exposure to different industries and counterparties, and executes transactions with various counterparties in the financial industry, including brokers and dealers, commercial banks, mutual funds and other institutional clients.  Recent defaults by financial services institutions, and even rumors or questions about one or more financial services institutions or the financial services industry in general, have led to marketwide liquidity problems and could lead to losses or defaults by us or by other institutions.  Many of these transactions expose us to credit risk in the event of default of its counterparty or client.  In addition, our credit risk may increase when the collateral held by us cannot be realized upon or is liquidated at prices not sufficient to recover the full amount of the loan.  Any such losses could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

There are increased risks involved with commercial real estate, construction, commercial business and consumer lending activities.  Our lending activities include loans secured by existing commercial real estate.  Commercial real estate lending generally is considered to involve a higher degree of risk than single-family residential lending due to a variety of factors, including generally larger loan balances, the dependency on successful completion or operation of the project for repayment, the difficulties in estimating loan terms which often do not require full amortization of the loan over its term and, instead, provide for a balloon payment at stated maturity. Our lending activities also include commercial business loans to small- to medium-sized businesses, which generally are secured by various equipment, machinery and other corporate assets, and a wide variety of consumer loans, including home equity and second mortgage loans, automobile loans, deposit account secured loans and unsecured loans. Although commercial business loans and consumer loans generally have shorter terms and higher interest rates than mortgage loans, they generally involve more risk than mortgage loans because of the nature of, or in certain cases the absence of, the collateral which secures such loans.

Our allowance for losses on loans may not be adequate to cover probable losses.  We have established an allowance for loan losses which we believe is adequate to offset probable losses on our existing loans. There can be no assurance that any future declines in real estate market conditions, general economic conditions or changes in regulatory policies will not require us to increase our allowance for loan losses, which would adversely affect our results of operations.

Growth Strategy.  The Company has pursued and continues to pursue a strategy of growth. The success of the Company's growth strategy will depend largely upon its ability to manage its credit risk and control its costs while providing competitive products and services.  This growth strategy may present special risks, such as the risk that the Company will not efficiently handle growth with its present operations, the risk of dilution of book value and earnings per share as a result of an acquisition, the risk that earnings will be adversely affected by the start-up costs associated with establishing  new products and services, the risk that the Company will not be able to attract and retain qualified personnel needed for expanded operations, and the risk that its internal monitoring and control systems may prove inadequate.

Organizational Documents; Anti-Takeover Provisions.  In addition to Ohio and federal laws and regulations governing changes in control of insured depository institutions, the Company's Articles of Incorporation and Code of Regulations contain certain provisions that may delay or make more difficult an acquisition of control of the Company.  For example, the Company's Articles of Incorporation do not exempt the Company from the provisions of Ohio's "control share acquisition" and "merger moratorium"

 
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statutes.  Assuming that the principal stockholders continue to retain the number of the outstanding voting shares of the Company that they presently own and the law of Delaware requires, as it presently does, at least two-thirds majority vote of the outstanding shares to approve a merger or other consolidation, unless the articles of incorporation of the constituent companies provide for a lower approval percentage for the transaction, which the Company's articles do not provide, such ownership position could be expected to deter any prospective acquirer from seeking to acquire  ownership or control of the Company, and the principal stockholders  would be able to defeat any acquisition proposal that requires approval of the Company's  stockholders, if the principal stockholders chose to do so. In addition, the principal stockholders may make a private sale of shares of common stock of the Company that they own, including to a person seeking to acquire ownership or control of the Company.  The Company has 500,000 shares of authorized but unissued preferred stock, par value $ .10 per share, which may be issued in the future with such rights, privileges and preferences as are determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Limited Trading Market; Shares Eligible for Future Sale; Possible Volatility of Stock Price.  The Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Market under the symbol "WAYN." During the 12 months ended May 9, 2009, the average weekly trading volume in the Common Stock was approximately 6,379 shares per week.  There can be no assurance given as to the liquidity of the market for the Common Stock or the price at which any sales may occur, which price will depend upon, among other things, the number of holders thereof, the interest of securities dealers in maintaining a market in the Common Stock and other factors beyond the control of the Company.  The market price of the Common Stock could be adversely affected by the sale of additional shares of Common Stock owned by the Company's current shareholders.  The market price for the Common Stock could be subject to significant fluctuations in response to variations in quarterly and yearly operating results, general trends in the banking industry and other factors. In addition, the stock market can experience price and volume fluctuations that may be unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of affected companies. These broad fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of the Common Stock.

Dependence on Management. The Company's success depends to a great extent on its senior management, including its Chairman, Russell L. Harpster; President, Phillip E. Becker, Chief Financial Officer, H. Stewart Fitz Gibbon III and Chief Operations Officer, Steven G. Dimos. The loss of their individual services could have a material adverse impact on the Company's financial stability and its operations. In addition, the Company's future performance depends on its ability to attract and retain key personnel and skilled employees, particularly at the senior management level. The Company's financial stability and its operations could be adversely affected if, for any reason, one or more key executive officers ceased to be active in the Company's management.

Competition.  Banking institutions operate in a highly competitive environment.  The Company competes with other commercial banks, credit unions, savings institutions, finance companies, mortgage companies, mutual funds, and other financial institutions, many of which have substantially greater financial resources than the Company.  Certain of these competitors offer products and services that are not offered by the Company and certain competitors are not subject to the same extensive laws and regulations as the Company. Additionally, consolidation of the financial services industry in Ohio and in the Midwest in recent years has increased the level of competition. Recent and proposed regulatory changes may further intensify competition in the Company's market area.

                 Holding Company Structure; Government Regulations and Policies.  The Company is a financial holding company, which is substantially dependent on the profitability of its subsidiaries and the upstream payment of dividends from Wayne Savings Community Bank to the Company.  Under state and federal banking law, the payment of dividends by the Company is subject to capital adequacy requirements. The inability of the Company to generate profits and pay such dividends to the Company, or regulator restrictions on the payment of such dividends to the Company even if earned, would have an adverse effect

 
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on the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and the Company's ability to pay dividends to the shareholders.

Goodwill Impairment.  Impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets could require charges to earnings, which could result in a negative impact on our results of operations.  Under current accounting standards, goodwill and certain other intangible assets with indeterminate lives are no longer amortized but, instead, are evaluated for impairment periodically or when impairment indicators are present.  Evaluation of goodwill and such other intangible assets could result in circumstances where the applicable intangible asset is deemed to be impaired for accounting purposes.  Under such circumstances, the intangible asset’s impairment would be reflected as a charge to earnings in the period during which such impairment is identified.

ITEM 1B.     Unresolved Staff Comments

Not applicable.

 
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ITEM 2.     Properties

The Company conducts its business through its main banking office located in Wooster, Ohio, and its ten additional full service branch offices located in its market area.  The following table sets forth information about its offices as of March 31, 2009.

 
Location
 
 
Leased or
Owned
 
 
Original Year
Leased or
Acquired
 
 
Year of Lease
Expiration
             
North Market Street Office
151 N. Market Street
Wooster, Ohio
 
Owned
 
1902
 
N/A
             
Cleveland Point Financial
Center
1908 Cleveland Road
Wooster, Ohio
 
Owned
 
1978
 
N/A
             
Madison South Office
2024 Millersburg Road
Wooster, Ohio
 
Owned
 
1999
 
N/A
             
Northside Office
543 Riffel Road
Wooster, Ohio
 
Leased
 
1999
 
2019
             
Millersburg Office
90 N. Clay Street
Millersburg, Ohio
 
Owned
 
1964
 
N/A
             
Claremont Avenue Office
233 Claremont Avenue
Ashland, Ohio
 
Owned
 
1968
 
N/A
             
Buehlers-Sugarbush Office
1055 Sugarbush Drive
Ashland, Ohio
 
Leased
 
2001
 
2021
             
Rittman Office
237 North Main Street
Rittman, Ohio
 
Owned
 
1972
 
N/A
             
Lodi Office
303 Highland Drive
Lodi, Ohio
 
Owned
 
1980
 
N/A
             
Village Office
1265 S. Main Street
North Canton, Ohio
 
Owned
 
1998
 
N/A
             
Stebbins Office
121 N. Main Street
Creston, Ohio
 
Owned
 
2005
 
N/A
 
The Company’s accounting and recordkeeping activities are maintained through an in-house data processing system.

 
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ITEM 3.          Legal Proceedings

The Company is not involved in any pending legal proceedings other than routine legal proceedings occurring in the ordinary course of business which, in the aggregate, involve amounts which are believed by management to be immaterial to the financial condition and operations of the Company.

ITEM 4.          Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report, the Registrant did not submit any matters to the vote of security holders.

PART II

ITEM 5.          Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Company’s common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market using the symbol “WAYN.”  The following table sets forth the high and low trading prices of the Company’s common stock during the two most recent fiscal years, together with the cash dividends declared.

     
Cash
Fiscal Year Ended
   
Dividend
March 31, 2009
High
Low
Declared
       
First quarter
$10.66
$  8.50
$.120
Second quarter
$10.34
$  8.75
$.120
Third quarter
$  8.98
$  6.05
$.120
Fourth quarter
$  8.24
$  4.42
$.050
       
     
Cash
Fiscal Year Ended
   
Dividend
March 31, 2008
High
Low
Declared
       
First quarter
$14.34
$13.40
$.120
Second quarter
$14.00
$12.21
$.120
Third quarter
$12.30
$10.09
$.120
Fourth quarter
$11.25
$  9.81
$.120





 
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As of April 15, 2009, the Company had 1,330 shareholders of record and 3,004,113 shares of common stock outstanding.  This does not reflect the number of persons whose stock is in nominee or “street name” accounts through brokers.

Payment of dividends on the common stock is subject to determination and declaration by the Board of Directors and depends upon a number of factors, including capital requirements, regulatory limitations on the payment of dividends, the Company’s results of operations and financial condition, tax considerations, and general economic conditions.  No assurance can be given that dividends will be declared or, if declared, what the amount of dividends will be, or whether such dividends, once declared, will continue.

The Company’s primary source of funds with which to pay dividends is cash and cash equivalents held at the holding company level and dividends from the Bank.  The Bank’s ability to pay dividends to the Company is limited by OTS regulations, and the Bank is required to obtain OTS nonobjection to the payment of dividends to the Company.  In determining whether to object to such dividends, the OTS considers whether (i) the Bank would be undercapitalized following the dividend, (ii) the dividend raises safety and soundness concerns, or (iii) the dividend violates any regulatory prohibition or policy.

In addition to the foregoing, earnings of the Company appropriated to bad debt reserves and deducted for federal income tax purposes are not available for payment of cash dividends or other distributions to stockholders without payment of taxes at the then-current tax rate by the Company on the amount of earnings removed from the reserves for such distributions.  The Company intends to make full use of this favorable tax treatment and does not contemplate any distribution that would create federal tax liability.


Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table sets forth information as of March 31, 2009 with respect to compensation plans under which equity securities of the Company are authorized for issuance.

 
 Number of Shares Remaining
 
Plan Category
  Number of shares to be issued
upon the exercise of outstanding
 options, warrants and rights
  Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options
Available for future issuance
(excluding shares reflected
in the first column)
Equity Compensation
Plans Approved by
Security Holders
    94,020       $13.95        
Equity Compensation
Plans Not Approved
by Security Holders
                 
      94,020       $13.95        

 
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ITEM 6.     Selected Financial Data

The following tables set forth certain consolidated financial and other data of Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc., at the dates and for the years indicated.  For additional information about the Company, reference is made to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.

   
At March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Selected Financial Condition Data:
                             
Total assets
  $ 404,421     $ 401,584     $ 405,737     $ 403,679     $ 403,633  
Loans receivable, net
    254,326       242,255       239,774       235,001       213,342  
Mortgage-backed securities (1)
    88,788       85,879       69,065       55,731       60,352  
Investment securities
    29,897       35,531       54,693       73,307       72,856  
Cash and cash equivalents (2)
    6,790       13,063       17,215       14,123       29,942  
Deposits
    309,534       317,731       327,987       326,866       320,586  
Stockholders’ equity
    34,413       34,104       34,433       35,516       40,199  
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(1)  Includes mortgage-backed securities available for sale.
(2)  Includes cash and due from banks, interest-bearing deposits in other financial institutions, and federal funds sold.



   
For the Year Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
   
(In thousands, except for share amounts)
 
Selected Operating Data:
                             
Interest income
  $ 21,472     $ 22,958     $ 22,410     $ 19,688     $ 17,632  
Interest expense
    9,321       11,793       11,198       8,280       6,716  
Net interest income
    12,151       11,165       11,212       11,408       10,916  
Provision for losses on loans
    1,068       234       100       211       430  
Net interest income after provision for losses  on loans
    11,083       10,931       11,112       11,197       10,486  
Noninterest income
    1,733       1,921       1,643       1,778       1,684  
Noninterest expense (1)
    10,407       10,278       9,744       10,900       11,874  
Income before income taxes
    2,409       2,574       3,011       2,075       296  
Federal income taxes (benefits)
    546       610       850       435       (85 )
                                         
NET INCOME
  $ 1,863     $ 1,964     $ 2,161     $ 1,640     $ 381  
                                         
Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.64     $ 0.65     $ 0.68     $ 0.50     $ 0.11  
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.64     $ 0.65     $ 0.68     $ 0.50     $ 0.11  
Cash dividends declared per common share
  $ 0.41     $ 0.48     $ 0.48     $ 0.48     $ 0.48  
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 (1)  In 2005, noninterest expense includes $1.4 million of costs related to accelerating the Company’s Management Recognition and Stock Option Plans.


 
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At or For the Year Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
                               
Key Operating Ratios and Other Data:
                             
Return on average assets (net income divided
                             
  by average total assets)
    0.46 %     0.49 %     0.54 %     0.42 %     0.10 %
                                         
Return on average equity (net income
                                       
  divided by average equity)
    5.56       5.69       6.09       4.42       0.90  
                                         
Average equity to average assets
    8.35       8.65       8.83       9.47       10.93  
                                         
Equity to assets at year end
    8.51       8.49       8.49       8.80       9.96  
                                         
Interest rate spread (difference between average
                                       
  yield on interest-earning assets and average
                                       
  cost of interest-bearing liabilities)
    3.12       2.82       2.83       3.02       2.89  
                                         
Net interest margin (net interest income
                                       
  as a percentage of average interest-
                                       
  earning assets)
    3.21       2.96       2.96       3.11       3.02  
                                         
Noninterest expense to average assets (1)
    2.59       2.58       2.42       2.83       2.65  
                                         
Nonperforming and impaired loans
                                       
  to loans receivable, net
    2.04       0.94       0.40       0.33       0.42  
                                         
Nonperforming and impaired assets
                                       
  to total assets
    1.44       0.59       0.23       0.23       0.23  
                                         
Average interest-earning assets to average
                                       
  interest-bearing liabilities
    103.85       104.62       104.46       104.09       106.49  
                                         
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming
                                       
  and impaired loans
    47.97       77.84       160.32       192.23       151.66  
                                         
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming
                                       
  and impaired assets
    43.04       74.79       160.32       159.91       146.01  
                                         
Net interest income after provision for losses
                                       
  on loans, to noninterest expense (1)
    106.50       106.35       114.04       102.72       100.13  
                                         
Number of full-service offices
    11       11       11       11       11  
                                         
Dividend payout ratio
    63.50       76.17       70.59       96.00       436.36  
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(1)     In calculating this ratio, noninterest expense does not include provisions for losses or gains on the sale of real estate acquired through foreclosure.  For fiscal 2005, this ratio does not include expense relating to acceleration of the Company’s Management Recognition Plan and Stock Option Plan.



 
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ITEM 7.      Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

General

The consolidated financial statements include Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wayne Savings Community Bank.  Intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company’s net income is primarily dependent on its net interest income, which is the difference between interest income earned on its loan, mortgage-backed securities and investment portfolios, and its cost of funds consisting of interest paid on deposits and borrowings.  The Company’s net income also is affected by its provision for losses on loans, as well as the amount of noninterest income, including trust fees and service charges, and noninterest expense, such as salaries and employee benefits, deposit insurance premiums, occupancy and equipment costs, and income taxes.  Earnings of the Company also are affected significantly by general economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in market interest rates, government policies and actions of regulatory authorities.

Business Strategy

The Company’s current business strategy is to operate a well-capitalized, profitable and community-oriented bank dedicated to providing quality service and products to its customers.  The Company has sought to implement this strategy in recent years by: (1) closely monitoring the needs of customers and providing personal, quality customer service; (2) continuing the origination of a wide array of loan products in the Company’s market area; (3) managing interest rate risk exposure by better matching asset and liability maturities and rates; (4) increasing fee income, including the continuing growth of the trust department; (5) managing asset quality; (6) maintaining a strong retail deposit base; (7) maintaining capital in excess of regulatory requirements; and (8) emphasizing the commercial loan program to add high quality, higher yielding assets to the Company’s loan portfolio.

Discussion of Financial Condition Changes from March 31, 2008 to March 31, 2009

In addition to the historical information contained herein, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Economic circumstances, the Company’s operations, and actual results could differ significantly from those discussed in forward-looking statements.  Some of the factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are discussed herein but also include changes in the economy and interest rates in the nation and the Company’s general market area.  The forward-looking statements contained herein include, but are not limited to, those with respect to the following matters:  (1) management’s determination of the amount and adequacy of the allowance for loan losses; (2) the effect of changes in interest rates; (3) management’s opinion as to the effects of recent accounting pronouncements on the Company’s consolidated financial statements; and (4) management’s opinion as to the Bank’s ability to maintain regulatory capital at current levels.  The Company considers the allowance for loan losses and related loss provision to be a critical accounting policy.  A detailed discussion as to the application of such policy is set forth on the following pages.

 
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At March 31, 2009, total assets increased incrementally to $404.4 million from the $401.6 million total at March 31, 2008 mainly due to an increase in loans of $12.1 million offset by a decrease of $6.0 million in federal funds sold.   Liquid assets, consisting of cash, federal funds sold and interest-bearing deposits, decreased by $6.3 million, or 48.0%, to $6.8 million at March 31, 2009, mainly due to a reduction in federal funds sold.  During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, loans receivable increased $12.1 million, or 5.0%, as the Bank originated and retained $67.5 million of loans and received payments of $55.4 million.   Rather than reinvest funds from repayments on loans in long-term, fixed rate and lower yielding residential loans, the lending division has been able to originate non-residential real estate loans.  The Company believes that investing in shorter-term adjustable-rate commercial loans positions the Company favorably in the current interest rate environment.  The loan portfolio continued to increase during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, as exemplified by an increase in nonresidential real estate loans of $9.3 million and an increase in commercial loans of $5.7 million, slightly reduced by a consumer loan decrease of $1.3 million and a decrease in one-to four-family residential loans of $725,000.

At March 31, 2009 and 2008, the allowance for loan losses totaled $2.4 million, or 0.97% of loans and $1.8 million or 0.73% of loans, respectively.  In determining the amount of the loan loss allowance at any point of time, management and the board systematically determine the risk of loss in the portfolio.  First, delinquent nonresidential, multi-family and commercial loans are evaluated for potential impairment in carrying value.  At March 31, 2009, all delinquent nonresidential, multi-family and commercial loans were analyzed, with $668,000 of the reserve being allocated to these categories of loans.  The largest commercial real estate loan totaled $2.8 million, located in Wadsworth, Ohio, for which the Company obtained an appraisal of $3.8 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009.  The second commercial real estate loan was transferred into foreclosed assets held for sale in the quarter ended June 30, 2009.  The Company had four commercial loans totaling $558,000 that were identified as impaired.  In addition, the Company had two non-residential real estate loans totaling $347,000, of which one loan was restructured for  interest only payments and the second loan was 30 days past due.  The second step in determining the allowance for loan losses entails the application of historic loss experience to individual loan types in the portfolio.  In addition to the historic loss percentage, management employs an additional risk percentage tailored to the Board’s and management’s perception of the overall risk in the economy.  Finally, to provide additional assurance regarding the validity of the commercial loan risk rating system, management engages a third party loan reviewer who provides independent validation of the Bank’s loan grading process.  Management recorded a $1.1 million provision for losses on loans for fiscal 2009, an increase of $834,000 over the $234,000 recorded for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, primarily due to the increase in non-performing loans, increased charge-offs and growth in the portfolio.  In addition, the FAS 114 analysis for potential impairment indicated the need for allocations within the reserve as discussed above.

In addition to the FAS 114 analysis performed on loans as discussed above, management evaluated the Company’s holding of stock in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati and the Company’s goodwill.  Media reports during January 2009 suggested a risk of impairment in Federal Home Loan Bank stock.  The Company’s subsidiary, Wayne Savings Community Bank, holds $5.0 million of stock in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (“FHLB”) as part of its membership and to support advance activity as required by the FHLB.  Management has reviewed the rating agency report underlying the media reports, and along with regular review of the FHLB of Cincinnati’s filings with the SEC, has concluded that the investment is not impaired at this time.

Goodwill of $1.7 million is carried on the Company’s balance sheet as a result of the acquisition of Stebbins Bancshares in June 2004.  In accordance with FAS 142, this goodwill is tested for impairment on at least an annual basis.  The date used by management up to and including the current fiscal year was December 31.  Given the significant discount in the Company’s stock price compared to book and tangible book values, an evaluation was done as of March 31, 2009.  Management evaluated the goodwill using an analysis of required measures of value, including the current stock price as an indicator of minority interest value, change of control multiples as a measure of controlling interest value and discounted cash flow analysis as a measure of

 
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going concern value and applied a weighting based on appraisal standards to arrive at a valuation conclusion that indicated no impairment at this time.  Management elected to change the evaluation date to the annual financial statement date of March 31 to produce a more accurate assessment as of the financial statement date.

Deposits totaled $309.5 million at March 31, 2009, a decrease of $8.2 million, or 2.6%, from $317.7 million at March 31, 2008.  Certificates of deposit decreased by $10.3 million, or 5.7%, and money market deposits decreased $1.8 million, or 4.5%.  These decreases were offset by an increase in savings accounts of $1.8 million, or 4.0%, and an increase in checking accounts of $2.2 million, or 4.3%.  The Company experienced an increase in low cost liquid deposit accounts as management exercised discipline during the period with regard to the pricing of retail certificates.  In general, management attempts to benchmark retail certificate of deposit pricing to the cost of alternate sources of funds, including Federal Home Loan Bank advances and brokered deposits.  Exceptions are made to defend customer relationships with significant value to the Bank while allowing rate sensitive certificate of deposit shoppers to move to other alternatives.  The local deposit market has been negatively affected by national and online competitors offering higher rates to address liquidity concerns in national markets.

Other short term borrowings increased by $2.8 million as a result of the increase in commercial repurchase agreements growth.

Additional Federal Home Loan advances of $7.5 million maturing in fiscal 2012, 2013 and 2014 were borrowed to offset the runoff in deposits due to management’s strategic pricing strategy.

Stockholders’ equity totaled $34.4 million, an increase of $309,000, or 0.9%, during the year ending March 31, 2009, due primarily to $1.9 million in net income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 and an increase of $114,000 in accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from the unrealized gains on available for sale securities during fiscal 2009 and amortization of the ESOP shares of $99,000.  These increases were offset by dividends totaling $1.2 million, a $404,000 reduction due to the adoption of the EITF Issue 06-4, which required the Company to record a liability for postretirement cost of split dollar life insurance agreements related to the bank owned life insurance program, a decrease in the accumulated other comprehensive income arising from the FAS 158 pension adjustment of $131,000 and purchases of treasury stock totaling $49,000 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.

Comparison of Operating Results for the Years Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008

General

Net income totaled $1.9 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, a decrease of $101,000 when compared to net income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.  The decrease in net income was primarily attributable to an increase in the provision for loan losses of $834,000 coupled with an increase in total noninterest expense of $160,000, or 1.6% and a decrease in total noninterest income of $157,000, or 8.3%.  These decreases in net income were partially offset by an increase in net interest income of $986,000, or 8.8%, and reduced income tax expense of $64,000, or 10.5%.

Interest Income

Interest income decreased $1.5 million or 6.5%, to $21.5 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, compared to fiscal 2008.  This decrease was mainly due to a decrease in the weighted-average yield on interest-earning assets to 5.67% from 6.09% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, offset by an increase in the average balance of $2.3 million, or 0.6%.  The yield decrease is primarily due to the Federal Reserve lowering the federal funds rate 200 basis points over the past year.  These rate decreases have negatively

 
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affected the yields earned on the Company’s interest earning assets and the most immediate decrease is reflected in the yield on interest-bearing deposits.

Interest income on loans decreased $1.2 million, or 7.5%, for the year ended March 31, 2009, compared to fiscal 2008, due primarily to a 65 basis point decrease in the weighted-average yield on loans outstanding, offset by a $5.4 million, or 2.2%, increase in the average balance of loans year over year.  The decrease in the yield was due to the decrease in market interest rates and the corresponding downward impact on new originations.  The increase in the average balance of loans was primarily due to the emphasis on the origination of nonresidential and commercial loans.

Interest income on securities decreased $51,000, or 0.9%, during fiscal  2009, compared to fiscal 2008, due primarily to a decrease of $2.3 million, or 1.9%, in the average balance, caused mainly by continued principal prepayments and maturities of $30.0 million, which exceeded purchases of $27.0 million, offset by an increase of five basis points in the weighted-average yield to 4.99% as compared to 4.94%, from the comparable 2008 period, generally reflecting reinvestment in higher yielding mortgage backed securities as the lower yielding agency bonds matured.   Despite the Federal Reserve’s action of lowering the federal funds rate by 200 basis points over the fiscal year, management was able to increase the average interest yield on investment securities.

Interest income on interest-earning deposits decreased by $188,000, or 39.2%, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, due primarily to a decrease in the weighted-average yield of 141 basis points to 2.70%, coupled with a decrease in the average balance during fiscal 2009 of $873,000, or 7.5%.  As discussed above, the decrease in the yield was primarily due to the actions of the Federal Reserve in lowering the federal funds rate 200 basis points over the past year.

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 totaled $9.3 million, a decrease of $2.5 million, or 21.0%, from interest expense for fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.  The decrease in interest expense resulted from a decrease in the weighted-average cost of funds of 72 basis points to 2.55% for fiscal 2009, offset by an increase of $4.6 million, or 1.3%, in the average balance of deposits and borrowings outstanding in fiscal 2009.

Interest expense on deposits totaled $7.4 million for fiscal 2009, a decrease of $2.5 million, or 25.0%, compared to fiscal 2008.  The decrease in deposit costs resulted from a decrease of 74 basis points in the weighted-average cost of deposits to 2.35% for fiscal 2009, coupled with a decrease in the average balance outstanding of $4.8 million, or 1.5%.  In addition, as noted earlier, a shift in the composition of deposits from higher cost certificates of deposit to lower cost checking and savings accounts contributed to the decrease in the cost of deposits, along with the actions of the Federal Reserve in lowering the federal funds rate during the year.

Interest expense on other short term borrowings totaled $67,000 for the year ended March 31, 2009, a decrease of $158,000, or 70.2%, from the 2008 period, due primarily to a decrease in the weighted-average rate of 267 basis points to 0.72% for the fiscal year ended March 2009.  The rate decrease was the result of the Federal Reserve lowering the federal funds rate 200 basis points over the past year as this product is linked to this rate.

Interest expense on borrowings totaled $1.9 million for the year ended March 31, 2009, an increase of $133,000, or 7.5%, from the 2008 period, due primarily to an increase in the average balance of $6.8 million, or 18.8%, offset with a decrease in the weighted-average rate of 46 basis points to 4.41% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 as a result of lower rate advances.  The increase in the average balance was due to

 
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increased borrowings to offset the runoff in deposits due to management’s strategic pricing strategy that focused on the maintenance of customer relationships while avoiding high cost retail deposits.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income totaled $12.2 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, an increase of $986,000, or 8.8%, from the amount for fiscal 2008.  The average interest rate spread increased to 3.12% for fiscal 2009 from 2.82% for fiscal 2008.  The net interest margin increased to 3.21% for fiscal 2009 from 2.96% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.   These ratios increased as the decrease in the yield on average interest earning assets of 42 basis points was more than offset by the decrease in the cost of funds of 72 basis points.  As noted earlier, a shift in the composition of deposits from higher cost certificates of deposit and money market investor deposits to the lower cost checking and savings accounts contributed to the decrease in the cost of deposits.

Provision for Losses on Loans

The Company recorded a provision for losses on loans totaling $1.1 million and $234,000 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  At March 31, 2009, all delinquent nonresidential, multi-family and commercial loans were analyzed, resulting in a reserve allocation of $668,000. The increase in the provision expense also reflects an increase in the levels of delinquent loans and management’s analysis of economic conditions in the Bank’s market areas.  In the opinion of management, as of March 31, 2009, the carrying value of all non-performing loans as of March 31, 2009 is expected to be realized.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income, consisting primarily of earnings on bank-owned life insurance policies, gains on sale of loans, trust income and service fees, and charges on deposit accounts decreased by $157,000, or 8.3%, to $1.7 million for fiscal 2009, from $1.9 million for the year ended March 31, 2008.  The decrease resulted primarily from a decrease in service fees and charges on deposit accounts of $189,000, or 12.9%, mainly due to a volume decrease in fiscal 2009, partially offset by an increase of $49,000 in gain on sale of loans.  As described under Item 1 above, management engages in limited sales of newly originated loans to limit the buildup of interest rate risk on the balance sheet and to provide liquidity to accommodate additional refinancing activity.  Trust income and earnings on bank-owned life insurance were down by $8,000 and $9,000, respectively, as the market yields were down year to year.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense increased by $160,000, or 1.6%, to $10.4 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, compared to fiscal 2008.  The increase in noninterest expense was primarily due to an increase of $157,000 in loss on disposal and impairment provision of real estate acquired through foreclosure. Management evaluated two foreclosed assets held for sale and charged a provision of $120,000.  In fiscal 2008, the Bank recognized a $31,000 gain on disposal of real estate acquired through foreclosure.  Federal deposit insurance increased $83,000 as the one time credit given to the Bank in fiscal 2007 has now been fully used along with an increase in deposit insurance premium rates.  Franchise tax expense increased by $65,000, or 16.8%, mainly due to a reduction of a receivable from an amendment of prior returns.  Occupancy and equipment expense increased $38,000, or 1.9%, as a result of increased leasehold expenditures.  Salaries and employee benefits increased by $12,000 from fiscal 2009 to fiscal 2008 as the Bank reduced staff, eliminated emeritus director fees and nominally was able to reduce benefit costs. A decrease of $195,000, or 9.5%, in other operating expense was primarily attributable to decreased advertising and public relations costs of $46,000, with reduced internal audit expenses of $82,000 and decreased internet banking costs of $50,000 as the Bank renegotiated the online banking contract.

 
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Federal Income Taxes

Federal income tax expense was $546,000 for the year ended March 31, 2009, reflecting a decrease of $64,000 from fiscal 2008.  The decrease resulted primarily from a $165,000 decrease in pre-tax income.  The difference in the effective tax rate from the 34% statutory rate was mainly due to the beneficial effects of income from the cash surrender value of life insurance and other tax-exempt obligations.




 
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AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET




The following tables set forth certain information relating to the Company’s average balance sheet and reflects the average yield on assets and average cost of liabilities for the periods indicated.  Such yields and costs are derived by dividing income or expense by the average balance of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods presented.

   
Year Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
Average
         
Average
   
Average
         
Average
 
   
Balance
   
Interest
   
Rate
   
Balance
   
Interest
   
Rate
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Loans receivable, net (1)
  $ 250,220     $ 15,299       6.11 %   $ 244,800     $ 16,546       6.76 %
Investment securities (2)
    117,892       5,881       4.99       120,181       5,932       4.94  
Interest-earning deposits (3)
    10,819       292       2.70       11,692       480       4.11  
Total interest-earning assets
    378,931       21,472       5.67       376,673       22,958       6.09  
                                                 
Non-interest-earning assets
    22,455                       21,972                  
                                                 
Total assets
  $ 401,386                     $ 398,645                  
                                                 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Deposits
  $ 312,570       7,354       2.35     $ 317,406       9,801       3.09  
Other short term borrowings
    9,263       67       .72       6,634       225       3.39  
Borrowings
    43,064       1,900       4.41       36,262       1,767       4.87  
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    364,897       9,321       2.55       360,302       11,793       3.27  
                                                 
Non-interest-bearing liabilities
    2,992                       3,846                  
                                                 
Total liabilities
    367,889                       364,148                  
                                                 
Stockholders’ equity
    33,497                       34,497                  
                                                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 401,386                     $ 398,645                  
                                                 
Net interest income
          $ 12,151                     $ 11,165          
                                                 
Interest rate spread (4)
                    3.12 %                     2.82 %
                                                 
Net yield on interest-earning assets (5)
                    3.21 %                     2.96 %
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average
                                               
interest-bearing liabilities
                    103.85 %                     104.54 %
________________________________
(1)
Includes non-accrual loan balances.
(2)
Includes mortgage-backed securities designated as available for sale.
(3)
Includes federal funds sold and interest-bearing deposits in other financial institutions.
(4)
Interest rate spread represents the difference between the average yield on interest-earning assets and the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities.
(5)
Net yield on interest-earning assets represents net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.

 
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Rate/Volume Analysis.

The table below sets forth certain information regarding changes in interest income and interest expense of the Company for the periods indicated.  For each category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, information is provided on changes attributable to (i) changes in average volume (changes in average volume multiplied by old rate); and (ii) changes in rate (change in rate multiplied by old average volume).  Changes in rate-volume (changes in rate multiplied by the change in average volume) have been allocated proportionately between changes in rate and changes in volume.


   
Year ended March 31,
 
   
2009 vs. 2008
   
2008 vs. 2007
 
   
Increase
         
Increase
       
   
(decrease)
   
Total
   
(decrease)
   
Total
 
   
due to
   
increase
   
due to
   
increase
 
   
Volume
   
Rate
   
(decrease)
   
Volume
   
Rate
   
(decrease)
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Interest income attributable to:
                                   
Loans receivable
  $ 359     $ (1,606 )   $ (1,247 )   $ 519     $ 84     $ 603  
Investment securities
    (114 )     63       (51 )     (306 )     437       131  
Interest-bearing deposits
    (34 )     (154 )     (188 )     (144 )     (42 )     (186 )
Total interest-earning assets
    211       (1,697 )     (1,486 )     69       479       548  
                                                 
Interest expense attributable to:
                                               
Deposits
    (165 )     (2,282 )     (2,447 )     (256 )     527       271  
Other short term borrowings
    77       (235 )     (158 )     39       (43 )     (4 )
Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings
    317       (184 )     133       237       91       328  
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    229       (2,701 )     (2,472 )     20       575       595  
Increase (decrease) in net interest income
  $ (18 )   $ 1,004     $ 986     $ 49     $ (96 )   $ (47 )

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Bank’s primary sources of funds are deposits, principal repayments and prepayments on loans and mortgage-backed securities, maturities of investment securities and other short-term investments, and earnings and funds provided from operations.  While scheduled principal repayments on loans and mortgage-backed securities are a relatively predictable source of funds, deposit flows and loan prepayments are greatly influenced by the general level of interest rates, economic conditions and competition.  The Bank manages the pricing of deposits to maintain a desired level of deposits and cost of funds.  In addition, the Bank invests excess funds in federal funds and other short-term interest-earning assets, which provide liquidity to meet lending requirements.  Federal funds sold and other liquid assets outstanding at March 31, 2009 and 2008, amounted to $125.5 million and $134.5 million, respectively.  For additional information about cash flows from the Company’s operating, financing and investing activities, see the Statements of Cash Flows included in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

A major portion of the Bank’s liquidity consists of cash and cash equivalents, which are a product of operating, investing and financing activities.  The primary sources of cash are net income, principal repayments on loans and mortgage-backed securities, proceeds from deposits and advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”), and sales of securities.  Liquidity management is both a daily and long-term function of business management.  If the Bank requires funds beyond its ability to generate funds internally, borrowing agreements exist with the Federal Home Loan Bank, which provide an additional source of funds.  At March 31, 2009, the Company had $46.0 million in outstanding advances from the FHLB.  At March 31, 2009, management believes the Company has additional borrowing capacity from the FHLB totaling $35.2 million based on the Bank’s one-to four-family residential mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities, home equity lines of credit, second mortgage loans and multifamily loans.  The Bank also has pledged $20.4 million

 
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to secure a line of credit with the Federal Reserve Bank of $19.0 million.  The Bank has the ability to pledge remaining investments and mortgage-backed securities of $67.4 million which would allow the Bank the ability to borrow additional funds from the FHLB.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes the Company’s contractual obligations at March 31, 2009.

   
Payments due by period
 
   
Less
               
More
       
   
than
   
 1-3
   
 3-5
   
than
       
   
1 year
   
years
   
years
   
5 years
   
Total
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Contractual obligations:
                                 
Operating lease obligations
  $ 90     $ 127     $ 62     $ 3     $ 282  
Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank
    12,000       25,000       9,000       -       46,000  
Other short term borrowings
    10,154       -       -       -       10,154  
Certificates of deposit maturities
    108,168       50,348       13,127       1,047       172,690  
                                         
Amount of commitments expiring per period:
                                       
Commitments to originate loans:
                                       
Letters of credit
    165       -       -       -       165  
Credit card/overdraft lines of credit
    358       -       -       -       358  
Home equity/commercial lines of credit
    28,857       -       -       -       28,857  
One- to four-family and multi-family loans
    11,467       -       -       -       11,467  
                                         
Total contractual obligations
  $ 171,259     $ 75,475     $ 22,189     $ 1,050     $ 269,973  

Impact of Inflation and Changing Prices

The consolidated financial statements of the Company and notes thereto, presented elsewhere herein, have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars, without considering the changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation.  The impact of inflation is reflected in the increased cost of the Company’s operations.  Unlike most industrial companies, nearly all the assets and liabilities of the Company are monetary.  As a result, interest rates have a greater impact on the Company’s performance than do the effect of general levels of inflation.  Interest rates do not necessarily move in the same direction or to the same extent as the prices of goods and services.

ITEM 7A.     Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Asset and Liability Management-Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis

The Bank, like other financial institutions, is subject to interest rate risk to the extent that interest-earning assets reprice at a different time than interest-bearing liabilities.  As part of its effort to monitor and manage interest rate risk, the Bank uses the “net portfolio value” (“NPV”) methodology adopted by the OTS as part of its interest rate sensitivity regulations.  The application of NPV methodology illustrates certain aspects of the Bank’s interest rate risk.

Generally, NPV is the discounted present value of the difference between incoming cash flows on interest-earning and other assets and outgoing cash flows on interest-bearing and other liabilities.  The application of the methodology attempts to quantify interest rate risk as the change in the NPV, which would result from a theoretical change in market interest rates.

 
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Asset and Liability Management-Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis (continued)

Presented below, as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, is an analysis of the Bank’s interest rate risk as measured by changes in NPV for instantaneous and sustained 100, 200 and 300 basis point (1 basis point equals .01%) increases and a 100 and 200 basis point decrease in market interest rates.  Due to the current interest rate environment, the changes in NPV are not estimated for a decrease of 300 basis points.

As with any method of measuring interest rate risk, certain shortcomings are inherent in the NPV approach.  For example, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods of repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates.  Also, the interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest rates, while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in market rates.  Further, in the event of a change in interest rates, expected rates of prepayment on loans and mortgage-backed securities and early withdrawal levels from certificates of deposit would likely deviate significantly from those assumed in making the risk calculations.

As of March 31, 2009
 
                       
Net Portfolio Value
 
Change in
 
Net Portfolio Value
   
as % of PV of Assets
 
Interest Rates
                             
(Basis Points)
 
$ Amount
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
NPV Ratio
 
Change
(In thousands)
             
                                 
  +300 bp  
$
35,143     $ (14,761 )     (30 )%     9.15 %     (278 )bp
  +200 bp     41,483       (8,421 )     (17 )     10.46       (147 )
  +100 bp     47,214       (2,690 )     (5 )     11.54       (39 )
  0 bp     49,904       -       -       11.93       -  
  -100 bp     50,450       546       1       11.85       (8 )
  -200 bp     50,605       701       1       11.72       (21 )
                                             
As of March 31, 2008
 
                               
Net Portfolio Value
 
Change in
 
Net Portfolio Value
   
as % of PV of Assets
 
Interest Rates
                                       
(Basis Points)
 
$ Amount
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
NPV Ratio
 
Change
(In thousands)
                 
                                             
  +300 bp  
$
20,800     $ (18,869 )     (48 )%     5.55 %     (419 )bp
  +200 bp     26,917       (12,752 )     (32 )     6.98       (276 )
  +100 bp     33,672       (5,997 )     (15 )     8.49       (125 )
  0 bp     39,669       -       -       9.74       -  
  -100 bp     41,714       2,045       5       10.05       31  
  -200 bp     39,710       41       0.1       9.47       (27 )
 
The Company’s policy in recent years had been to reduce its exposure to interest rate risk generally by better matching the maturities of its interest rate sensitive assets and liabilities and by originating adjustable rate mortgage (“ARM”) loans and other adjustable rate or short-term loans, as well as by purchasing short-term investments and mortgage-backed securities.  However, particularly in the current interest rate and credit market environment, borrowers typically prefer fixed rate loans to ARM loans.  Accordingly, ARM loan originations were very limited during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.

The net effect of this continuing shift in customer preference for longer duration loans and shorter duration deposits has been to expose the Company to increased interest rate risk.

The Company has an Asset-Liability Management Committee (ALCO), which is responsible for reviewing the Company’s asset-liability policies.  The Committee meets and reports monthly to the Board of Directors on interest rate risks and trends, as well as liquidity and capital ratios and requirements.  The Bank has operated within the framework of its prescribed asset/liability risk ranges for each of the last three years.


 
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Item 8: Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Audit Committee, Board of Directors and Stockholders
Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Wooster, Ohio
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2009.  The Company's management is responsible for these financial statements.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing auditing procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  Our audits also included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
As discussed in Note 17 to the financial statements, effective April 1, 2008, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.”  Also, as discussed in Note 14 to the financial statements, effective April 1, 2008, the Company adopted Emerging Issues Task Force No. 06-4, “Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Post-retirement Benefit Aspects of Endorsement Split Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements.”

 
/s/ BKD, LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio
June 3, 2009



 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
March 31, 2009 and 2008
(In thousands, except share data)


   
2009
   
2008
 
Assets
           
Cash and due from banks
  $ 2,935     $ 1,901  
Federal funds sold
          6,000  
Interest-bearing demand deposits
    3,855       5,162  
Cash and cash equivalents
    6,790       13,063  
                 
Available-for-sale securities
    117,733       120,170  
Held-to-maturity securities
    952       1,240  
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $2,484 and $1,777
 at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
    254,326       242,255  
Premises and equipment
    7,553       8,012  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    5,025       4,892  
Foreclosed assets held for sale, net
    594       93  
Accrued interest receivable
    1,675       1,753  
Bank-owned life insurance
    6,508       6,268  
Goodwill
    1,719       1,719  
Other intangible assets
    471       577  
Other assets
    1,048       1,360  
Prepaid federal income taxes
    27       182  
Total assets
  $ 404,421     $ 401,584  

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Liabilities
           
Deposits
           
Demand
  $ 53,085     $ 50,884  
Savings and money market
    83,759       83,811  
Time
    172,690       183,036  
Total deposits
    309,534       317,731  
Other short-term borrowings
    10,154       7,287  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    46,000       38,500  
Interest payable and other liabilities
    3,237       2,511  
Deferred federal income taxes
    1,083       1,451  
Total liabilities
    370,008       367,480  
Commitments and Contingencies
           
Stockholders’ Equity
               
Preferred stock, 500,000 shares of $.10 par value authorized; no shares issued
           
Common stock, $.10 par value; authorized 9,000,000 shares;
     3,978,731 shares issued
    398       398  
Additional paid-in capital
    36,028       36,127  
Retained earnings
    12,726       12,450  
Shares acquired by ESOP
    (899 )     (1,097 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    690       707  
Treasury stock, at cost
               
Common: 2009 – 974,618 shares, 2008 – 969,627 shares
    (14,530 )     (14,481 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    34,413       34,104  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 404,421     $ 401,584  

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income
Years Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
(In thousands, except per share data)


   
2009
   
2008
 
Interest and Dividend Income
           
Loans
  $ 15,299     $ 16,546  
Securities
    5,881       5,932  
Dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank stock and other
    292       480  
                 
Total interest and dividend income
    21,472       22,958  
                 
Interest Expense
               
Deposits
    7,354       9,801  
Other short term borrowings
    67       225  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    1,900       1,767  
                 
Total interest expense
    9,321       11,793  
                 
Net Interest Income
    12,151       11,165  
                 
Provision for Loan Losses
    1,068       234  
                 
Net Interest Income After Provision for Loan Losses
    11,083       10,931  
                 
Noninterest Income
               
Net gains on loan sales
    49        
Trust income
    179       187  
Earnings on bank-owned life insurance
    225       234  
Service fees, charges and other operating
    1,280       1,469  
                 
Total noninterest income
    1,733       1,890  
                 
Noninterest Expense
               
Salaries and employee benefits
    5,704       5,692  
Net occupancy and equipment expense
    2,039       2,001  
Federal deposit insurance premiums
    121       38  
Franchise taxes
    452       387  
(Gain) loss on disposal and impairment provision of real estate acquired through foreclosure`
    126       (31 )
Amortization of intangible assets
    106       106  
Other
    1,859       2,054  
                 
Total noninterest expense
    10,407       10,247  
                 
Income Before Federal Income Taxes
    2,409       2,574  
                 
Provision for Federal Income Taxes
    546       610  
                 
Net Income
  $ 1,863     $ 1,964  
                 
Basic Earnings Per Share
  $ .64     $ .65  
                 
Diluted Earnings Per Share
  $ .64     $ .65  

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
Years Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
(In thousands, except per share data)

                     
Shares
         
Accumulated
       
         
Additional
         
Acquired
         
Other
       
   
Common
   
Paid-in
   
Retained
   
By
   
Treasury
   
Comprehensive
       
   
Stock
   
Capital
   
Earnings
   
ESOP
   
Stock
   
Income (Loss)
   
Total
 
Balance, April 1, 2007
  $ 398     $ 36,106     $ 11,982     $ (1,158 )   $ (12,419 )   $ (476 )   $ 34,433  
Comprehensive income
                                                       
Net income
                1,964                         1,964  
Unrealized gains on securities designated asavailable for sale, net of related taxes
                                  1,283       1,283  
Change in unrecognized net loss in net periodicpension cost,  net of related taxes
                                  (100 )     (100 )
Total comprehensive income
                                                    3,147  
Cash dividends - $0.48 per share
                (1,496 )                       (1,496 )
Purchase of treasury stock – shares at cost
                            (2,062 )           (2,062 )
Amortization of expense related to ESOP
          21             61                   82  
Balance, March 31, 2008
    398       36,127       12,450       (1,097 )     (14,481 )     707       34,104  
Comprehensive income
                                                       
Net income
                1,863                         1,863  
Unrealized gains on securities designated asavailable for sale, net of related taxes
                                  114       114  
Change in unrecognized net loss in net periodicpension cost,  net of related taxes
                                  (131 )     (131 )
Total comprehensive income
                                                    1,846  
Cash dividends - $.41 per share
                (1,183 )                       (1,183 )
Purchase of treasury stock – shares at cost
                            (49 )           (49 )
Liability recognized for split-dollar life insurance obligations
                (404 )                       ( 404 )
Amortization of expense related to ESOP
          (99 )           198                   99  
Balance, March 31, 2009
  $ 398     $ 36,028     $ 12,726     $ (899 )   $ (14,530 )   $ 690     $ 34,413  

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
(In thousands)


   
2009
   
2008
 
Operating Activities
           
Net income
  $ 1,863     $ 1,964  
Items not requiring (providing) cash
               
Depreciation and amortization
    663       655  
Provision for loan losses
    1,068       234  
Amortization of premiums and discounts on securities
    (109 )     (105 )
Amortization of mortgage servicing rights
    30       43  
Amortization of deferred loan originations fees
    (62 )     (60 )
Amortization of intangible asset
    106       106  
Deferred income taxes
    (360 )     (150 )
Net gains on sales of loans
    (49 )      
Proceeds from sale of loans in the secondary market
    4,151        
Origination of loans for sale in the secondary market
    (4,143 )      
Amortization expense of stock benefit plan
    99       82  
(Gain) loss on sale of real estate owned and other repossessed assets
    126       (31 )
Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividends
    (133 )     (63 )
Increase in value of bank-owned life insurance
    (240 )     (234 )
Changes in
               
Accrued interest receivable
    78       328  
Other assets
    438       (278 )
Interest payable and other liabilities
    385       206  
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    3,911       2,697  
                 
Investing Activities
               
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
    (27,001 )     (43,343 )
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities
    29,721       47,210  
Proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturity securities
    286       531  
Net change in loans
    (13,863 )     (2,854 )
Purchase of premises and equipment
    (204 )     (488 )
Proceeds from sale of foreclosed assets
    199       137  
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    (10,862 )     1,193  
                 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (continued)
Years Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
(In thousands)



   
2009
   
2008
 
Financing Activities
           
Net change in deposits
  $ (8,197 )   $ (10,256 )
Net change in other short-term borrowings
    2,867       1,734  
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    64,660       40,700  
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    (57,160 )     (36,700 )
Advances by borrowers for taxes and insurance
    (49 )     60  
Cash dividends paid
    (1,394 )     (1,518 )
Treasury stock purchases
    (49 )     (2,062 )
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    678       (8,042 )
                 
Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents
    6,273       4,152  
                 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year
    13,063       17,215  
                 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year
  $ 6,790     $ 13,063  
                 
Supplemental Cash Flows Information
               
Interest paid on deposits and borrowings
  $ 9,390     $ 11,756  
                 
Federal income taxes paid
  $ 750     $ 930  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing Activities
               
Transfers from loans to real estate owned and other repossessed assets
  $ 826     $ 220  
                 
Unrealized gains on securities designated as available for sale, net of related tax effects
  $ 114     $ 1,283  
                 
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of related tax effects
  $ (131 )   $ (100 )
                 
Recognition of mortgage servicing rights in accordance with SFAS No. 140
  $ 41     $  
                 
Dividends payable
  $ 150     $ 361  



See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008


Note 1:
Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Nature of Operations
 
The Company’s revenues, operating income and assets are almost exclusively derived from banking.  Accordingly, all of the Company’s banking operations are considered by management to be aggregated in one reportable operating segment.  Customers are mainly located in Wayne, Holmes, Ashland, Medina and Stark Counties and the surrounding localities in northeastern Ohio, and include a wide range of individuals, business and other organizations.  Wayne has historically conducted its business through its main office in Wooster, Ohio.
 
The Company’s primary deposit products are checking, savings and term certificate accounts, and its primary lending products are residential mortgage, commercial and installment loans.  Substantially all loans are secured by specific items of collateral including business assets, consumer assets and real estate.  Commercial loans are expected to be repaid from cash flow from operations of businesses.  Real estate loans are secured by both residential and commercial real estate.  Net interest income is affected by the relative amount of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the interest received or paid on these balances.  The level of interest rates paid or received by the Company can be significantly influenced by a number of environmental factors, such as governmental monetary policy, that are outside of management’s control.
 
Principles of Consolidation
 
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. (“Wayne” or the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wayne Savings Community Bank (the “Bank”).  All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
 
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses and the valuation of real estate acquired in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction of loans.  In connection with the determination of the allowance for loan losses and the valuation of foreclosed assets held for sale, management obtains independent appraisals for significant properties.
 
Cash Equivalents
 
The Company considers all liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008


Securities
 
Available-for-sale securities, which include any security for which the Company has no immediate plan to sell but which may be sold in the future, are carried at fair value.  Unrealized gains and losses are recorded, net of related income tax effects, in other comprehensive income.
 
Held-to-maturity securities, which include any security for which the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold until maturity, are carried at historical cost adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts.
 
Amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts are recorded as interest income from securities.  Realized gains and losses are recorded as net security gains (losses).  Gains and losses on sales of securities are determined on the specific-identification method.
 
Loans Held for Sale
 
Mortgage loans originated and intended for sale in the secondary market are carried at the lower of cost or fair value in the aggregate.  Net unrealized losses, if any, are recognized through a valuation allowance by charges to income. At March 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company did not have any loans held for sale.
 
Loans
 
Loans that management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity or payoff are reported at their outstanding principal balances adjusted for any charge-offs, the allowance for loan losses and any deferred fees or costs on originated loans.  Interest income is reported on the interest method and includes amortization of net deferred loan fees and costs over the loan term.  Generally, loans are placed on non-accrual status at ninety days past due and interest is considered a loss, unless the loan is well-secured and in the process of collection.


 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008

 
Allowance for Loan Losses
 
The allowance for loan losses is established as losses are estimated to have occurred through a provision for loan losses charged to income.  Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed.  Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.
 
The allowance for loan losses is evaluated on a regular basis by management and is based upon management’s periodic review of the collectibility of the loans in light of historical experience, the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrower’s ability to repay, estimated value of any underlying collateral and prevailing economic conditions.  This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available.
 
A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement.  Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due.  Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired.  Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed.  Impairment is measured on a loan-by-loan basis for commercial and construction loans by either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, the loan’s obtainable market price or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent.
 
Large groups of smaller balance homogenous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment.  Accordingly, the Company does not separately identify individual consumer and residential loans for impairment measurements.
 
Premises and Equipment
 
Depreciable assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.  Depreciation is charged to expense using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.  An accelerated method is used for tax purposes.  Leasehold improvements are also stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and are depreciated using the straight line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets and in conjunction with the term of the lease.


 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008

 
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
 
The Company is required as a condition of membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (FHLB) to maintain an investment in FHLB common stock.  The required investment in the common stock is based on a predetermined formula.  The stock is redeemable at par and, therefore, its cost is equivalent to its redemption value.  At March 31, 2009, the FHLB placed no restrictions on redemption of shares in excess of a member’s required investment in the stock.
 
Foreclosed Assets Held for Sale
 
Assets acquired through, or in lieu of, loan foreclosure are held for sale and are initially recorded at fair value at the date of foreclosure, establishing a new cost basis.  Subsequent to foreclosure, valuations are periodically performed by management and the assets are carried at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.  Revenue and expenses from operations and changes in the valuation allowance are included in net income or expense from foreclosed assets.
 
Bank-Owned Life Insurance
 
The Bank has purchased life insurance policies on certain key executives.  Bank-owned life insurance is recorded at its cash surrender value, or the amount that can be realized.
 
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
 
The composition of goodwill and other intangible assets at March 31, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Goodwill
  $ 1,719     $ 1,719  
Other intangible assets - gross
    974       974  
Other intangible assets - amortization
    (503 )     (397 )
                 
                 
Total
  $ 2,190     $ 2,296  

The Company recorded amortization relative to intangible assets totaling $106,000 for each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008.  The Company anticipates $93,000 of amortization for fiscal 2010 and $91,000 in fiscal 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Such amortization is derived using the straight line method for the customer intangible asset over 59 months and the core deposit asset over ten years.  Pursuant to SFAS No. 142, the Company is required to annually test goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment.  During fiscal 2009, the Company changed the date of its annual goodwill impairment test from December 31 to its fiscal year end date of March 31.  Management believes that the accounting change is preferable in the circumstances because it incorporates the most current market and other information to produce a goodwill impairment analysis that will provide timely and accurate information to the shareholders and other users of the Company’s financial statements.

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008


The Company’s testing of goodwill and other intangible assets in the current fiscal year indicated there was no impairment in the carrying value of these assets.
 
Mortgage Servicing Rights
 
Beginning April 1, 2007, mortgage servicing rights on originated loans that have been sold are initially recorded at fair value.  Mortgage servicing rights on originated loans that were sold prior to 2007 were capitalized by allocating the total cost of the mortgage loans between the mortgage servicing rights and the loans based on their relative fair values.  Capitalized servicing rights are amortized in proportion to and over the period of estimated servicing revenues.  Impairment of mortgage-servicing rights is assessed based on the fair value of those rights.  Fair values are estimated using discounted cash flows based on a current market interest rate.  For purposes of measuring impairment, the rights are stratified based on the predominant risk characteristics of the underlying loans.  The predominant characteristic currently used for stratification is type of loan.  The amount of impairment recognized is the amount by which the capitalized mortgage servicing rights for a stratum exceed their fair value.
 
Treasury Stock
 
Treasury stock is stated at cost.  Cost is determined by the first-in, first-out method.
 
Stock Options
 
The Company has a stock-based employee compensation plan, which is described more fully in Note 15.
The Company accounts for the plan in accordance with the fair value recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment.”
 
Income Taxes
 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the tax effects of differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities.  A valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized.  The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return with its subsidiary.
 
Earnings Per Share
 
Earnings per share have been computed based upon the weighted-average common shares outstanding during each year.  Unearned ESOP shares which have not vested have been excluded from the computation of average shares outstanding.  Diluted earnings per common share include the dilutive effect of additional potential common shares issuable under the Company’s stock option plan.

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008


Current Economic Conditions
 
The current economic environment presents all financial institutions with unprecedented circumstances and challenges which in some cases have resulted in large declines in the fair values of investments and other assets, constraints on liquidity and significant credit quality problems, including severe volatility in the valuation of real estate and other collateral supporting loans.  Thus far, these trends have only modestly affected the Company.  The financial statements have been prepared using values and information currently available to the Company.  Given the volatility of current economic conditions, the values of assets and liabilities recorded in the financial statements could change rapidly, resulting in material future adjustments in asset values, the allowance for loan losses and capital that could negatively impact the Company’s ability to meet regulatory capital requirements and maintain sufficient liquidity.
 
Advertising
 
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.  The Company’s advertising expense totaled $77,000, and $115,000 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Reclassifications
 
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior years’ financial statements to conform to the 2009 financial statement presentation.  These reclassifications had no effect on net income.

Note 2:
Restriction on Cash and Due From Banks
   
The Company is required to maintain reserve funds in cash and/or on deposit with the Federal Reserve Bank.  The reserve required at March 31, 2009 was $2.0 million.



 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008


Note 3:                      Securities
 
The amortized cost and approximate fair values of securities are as follows:
 
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Approximate
Fair Value
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Available-for-sale Securities:
                       
March 31, 2009:
                       
U.S. government agencies
  $ 9,057     $ 250     $ 3     $ 9,304  
Mortgage-backed securities
    86,557       2,208       651       88,114  
State and political subdivisions
    20,380       442       507       20,315  
                                 
    $ 115,994     $ 2,900     $ 1,161     $ 117,733  
                                 
March 31, 2008:
                               
U.S. government agencies
  $ 17,210     $ 209     $ 1     $ 17,418  
Mortgage-backed securities
    83,927       1,518       369       85,076  
State and political subdivisions
    17,466       335       125       17,676  
                                 
    $ 118,603     $ 2,062     $ 495     $ 120,170  
                                 

   
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Approximate
Fair Value
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Held-to-maturity Securities:
                       
March 31, 2009:
                       
U.S. government agencies
  $ 189     $     $ 3     $ 186  
State and political subdivisions
    89       5             94  
Mortgage-backed securities
    674       4       5       673  
                                 
    $ 952     $ 9     $ 8     $ 953  
                                 
March 31, 2008:
                               
U.S. government agencies
  $ 320     $     $ 1     $ 319  
State and political subdivisions
    117       7             124  
Mortgage-backed securities
    803       8       1       810  
                                 
    $ 1,240     $ 15     $ 2     $ 1,253  
 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 
The amortized cost and fair value of available-for-sale securities and held-to-maturity securities at March 31, 2009, by contractual maturity, are shown below.  Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
 
   
Available-for-sale
   
Held-to-maturity
 
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Fair
Value
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Fair
Value
 
   
(In thousands)
 
                         
Within one year
  $ 2,000     $ 2,004     $     $  
One to five years
    3,669       3,777       89       95  
Five to ten years
    4,270       4,327              
After ten years
    19,498       19,511       189       185  
                                 
      29,437       29,619       278       280  
                                 
Mortgage-backed securities
    86,557       88,114       674       673  
                                 
Totals
  $ 115,994     $ 117,733     $ 952     $ 953  
 
The carrying value of securities pledged as collateral, to secure public deposits and for other purposes, was $50.6 million and $21.5 million at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  During fiscal 2009, the Company pledged securities for the $2.9 million increase in repurchase agreements and a new line of credit with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
 
Certain investments in debt securities are reported in the financial statements at an amount less than their historical cost.  The total fair value of these investments at March 31, 2009 and 2008 was $21.4 million and $14.7 million, which represented approximately 18% and 12%, respectively, of the Company’s aggregate available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investment portfolio.  These declines resulted primarily from changes in market interest rates.
 
Based on evaluation of available evidence, including recent changes in market interest rates, credit rating information and information obtained from regulatory filings, management believes the declines in fair value for these securities are temporary at March 31, 2009.
 
Should the impairment of any of these securities become other than temporary, the cost basis of the investment will be reduced and the resulting loss recognized in net income in the period the other-than-temporary impairment is identified.

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008

The following table shows the Company’s investments’ gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at March 31, 2009 and 2008:
 
March 31, 2009
 
   
   
Less than 12 Months
   
12 Months or More
   
Total
 
Description of
Securities
 
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
   
Unrealized
Losses
 
   
  (In thousands)
 
                                     
U.S. government agencies
  $ 38     $ 1     $ 359     $ 5     $ 397     $ 6  
Mortgage-backed securities
    5,025       302       6,171       354       11,196       656  
State and political subdivisions
      9,404         491       406       16        9,810           507  
Total temporarily impaired securities
  $ 14,467     $ 794     $ 6,936     $ 375     $ 21,403     $ 1,169  
   
March 31, 2008
 
   
   
Less than 12 Months
   
12 Months or More
   
Total
 
Description of
Securities
 
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
   
Unrealized
Losses
 
   
  (In thousands)
 
                                                 
U.S. government agencies
  $ 610     $ 2     $     $     $ 610     $ 2  
Mortgage-backed securities
    7,167       343       2,138       27       9,305       370  
State and political subdivisions
    4,778       125                   4,778       125  
                                                 
Total temporarily impaired securities
  $ 12,555     $ 470     $ 2,138     $ 27     $ 14,693     $ 497  

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 4:
Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses
 
Categories of loans at March 31, include:
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
One- to four-family residential
  $ 141,285     $ 142,010  
Multi-family residential
    8,604       8,929  
Construction
    1,587       1,636  
Nonresidential real estate and land
    70,725       61,407  
Commercial
    32,592       26,873  
Consumer and other
    4,923       6,183  
      259,716       247,038  
Less:
               
Undisbursed portion of loans in process
    2,506       2,616  
Deferred loan origination fees
    400       390  
Allowance for loan losses
    2,484       1,777  
                 
Total loans
  $ 254,326     $ 242,255  

 

 

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Activity in the allowance for loan losses for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, was as follows:
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 1,777     $ 1,523  
Provision charged to expense
    1,068       234  
Losses charged off
    (371 )     (16 )
Recoveries
    10       36  
                 
Balance, end of year
  $ 2,484     $ 1,777  
 
Non-accrual loans totaled $5.0 million and $1.9 million at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  Impaired loans, included in non-accrual, totaled $3.9 million and $1.1 million at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  An allowance for losses of $668,000 and $253,000 relates to impaired loans of $3.9 million and $1.1 million at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  At March 31, 2008 impaired loans of $42,000 had no related allowance for losses.
 
Interest income of $118,000 and $55,000 was recognized on average impaired loans of $2.0 million and $560,000 during fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2008, respectively.  This is also the cash basis interest.
 
At March 31, 2009 and 2008 there were no accruing loans delinquent 90 days or more.
 

 
Note 5:
Premises and Equipment
 
Major classifications of premises and equipment, stated at cost, are as follows:
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Land and improvements
  $ 1,719     $ 1,719  
Office buildings and improvements
    7,623       7,621  
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
    4,563       4,386  
Leasehold improvements
    357       356  
                 
      14,262       14,082  
Less accumulated depreciation
    6,709       6,070  
                 
    $ 7,553     $ 8,012  

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 6:
Loan Servicing
 
The Company has recognized servicing rights for residential mortgage loans sold with servicing retained.  Residential mortgage loans serviced for others are subject to credit, prepayment and interest rate risks.
 
Mortgage loans serviced for others are not included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.  The unpaid principal balances of mortgage loans serviced for others was $28.7 million and $27.6 million at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  Contractually specified servicing fees, late fees and ancillary fees of approximately $32,000 and $27,000 are included in loan servicing fees in the income statement at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Custodial escrow balances maintained in connection with the foregoing loan servicing, and included in demand deposits, were approximately $139,000 and $182,000 at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Comparable market values and a valuation model that calculates the present value of future cash flows were used to estimate fair value.
 
Activity in the balance of servicing assets was as follows:
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Carrying amount, beginning of year
  $ 232     $ 275  
Additions
               
Servicing obligations that result from transfers of financial assets
    41        
                 
Subtractions
               
Amortization
    30       43  
                 
Carrying amount, end of year
  $ 243     $ 232  
                 

 
The fair value of servicing rights subsequently measured using the amortization method was as follows:
 
Fair value, beginning of year
  $ 232     $ 275  
Fair value, end of year
  $ 243     $ 232  

 

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 7:
Interest-bearing Time Deposits
 
Interest-bearing time deposits in denominations of $100,000 or more were $59.3 million at March 31, 2009, and $58.5 million at March 31, 2008.
 
At March 31, 2009, the scheduled maturities of time deposits are as follows:
 
Due during the year ending March 31,
 
(In thousands)
 
       
2010
  $ 108,168  
2011
    33,095  
2012
    17,253  
2013
    12,641  
2014
    486  
Thereafter
    1,047  
         
    $ 172,690  

 
Note 8:
Other short term borrowings
 
Short-term borrowings included the following at March 31:
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Securities sold under repurchase agreements
  $ 10,154     $ 7,287  
                 

 
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase consist of obligations of the Bank to other parties.  The obligations are secured by available for sale securities and such collateral is held by the Bank.  The maximum amount of outstanding agreements at any month end during fiscal 2009 and 2008 totaled $11.8 million and $8.6 million, respectively, and the monthly average of such agreements totaled $9.3 million and $6.6 million for fiscal 2009 and 2008, respectively.  The agreements at March 31, 2009 mature daily.
 

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 9:
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances
 
At March 31, 2009, advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank were as follows:
 
 
Interest rate range
Maturing year
ending March 31,
 
2009
 
 
(In thousands)
 
0.46%-5.16%
2010
  $ 12,000  
4.60%-5.15%
2011
    9,500  
3.13%-5.12%
2012
    15,500  
3.58%-5.04%
2013
    6,000  
2.60%aa
2014
    3,000  
           
      $ 46,000  

 
At March 31, 2009 required annual principal payments on Federal Home Loan Bank advances were as follows:
 
For the year ended March 31,
 
(In thousands)
 
       
2010
  $ 12,000  
2011
    9,500  
2012
    15,500  
2013
    6,000  
2014
    3,000  
         
    $ 46,000  
 
Additionally, as members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system at March 31, 2009, the Bank had the ability to obtain up to $35.2 million in additional borrowings based on collateral pledged to the FHLB at March 31, 2009.  At March 31, 2009, the Bank had approximately $204.1 million of one- to four-family residential real estate loans (first and junior liens), mortgage-backed securities and multifamily loans pledged as collateral for borrowings.
 
At March 31, 2009, the Bank had a cash management line of credit with the Federal Reserve Bank in the amount of $19.0 million, none of which was drawn.  The Bank had approximately $19.4 million of state and political subdivision bonds and a $1.0 million U. S. government agency bond pledged as collateral for this line of credit.
 


 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 10:
Income Taxes
 
The provision for income taxes includes these components:
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Taxes currently payable
  $ 906     $ 760  
Deferred income taxes
    (360 )     (150 )
                 
Income tax expense
  $ 546     $ 610  

 
A reconciliation of income tax expense at the statutory rate to the Company’s actual income tax expense is shown below:
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Computed at the statutory rate (34%)
  $ 819     $ 875  
Increase (decrease) resulting from
               
Tax exempt interest
    (237 )     (197 )
Earnings on bank-owned life insurance
    (82 )     (79 )
Other
    46       11  
                 
Actual tax expense
  $ 546     $ 610  

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

The tax effects of temporary differences related to deferred taxes shown on the balance sheets were:
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Deferred tax assets
           
Deferred loan origination fees
  $ 136     $ 133  
General loan loss allowance
    844       604  
Real estate owned valuation
    46       -  
Pension adjustment
    236       168  
Reserve for uncollected interest
    31       38  
Benefit plan expenses
    89       89  
                 
Total deferred tax assets
    1,382       1,032  
                 
Deferred tax liabilities
               
Prepaid pension
    (166 )     (173 )
Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividends
    (1,217 )     (1,172 )
Book/tax depreciation differences
    (222 )     (206 )
Financed loan fees
    (90 )     (124 )
Unrealized gains on securities available for sale
    (591 )     (533 )
Mortgage servicing rights
    (83 )     (79 )
Purchase price adjustments – net
    (96 )     (196 )
                 
Total deferred tax liabilities
    (2,465 )     (2,483 )
                 
Net deferred tax liability
  $ (1,083 )   $ (1,451 )

 
Prior to fiscal 1997, Wayne Savings was allowed a special bad debt deduction based on a percentage of earnings, generally limited to 8% of otherwise taxable income and subject to certain limitations based on aggregate loans and deposit account balances at the end of the year. This cumulative percentage of earnings bad debt deduction totaled approximately $2.7 million as of March 31, 2009. If the amounts that qualified as deductions for federal income taxes are later used for purposes other than bad debt losses, including distributions in liquidation, such distributions will be subject to federal income taxes at the then current corporate income tax rate. The amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability relating to the cumulative bad debt deduction was approximately $918,000 at March 31, 2009.
 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 11:
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Other comprehensive income (loss) components and related taxes were as follows:
 
   
2009
 
2008
   
(In thousands)
 
           
Unrealized gains  on available-for-sale securities
  $ 172     $ 1,945  
Change in defined benefit plan unrecognized net loss
    (222 )     (176 )
Amortization of net loss included in net periodic pension cost
    23       24  
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), before tax effect
    (27 )     1,793  
Tax (expense) benefit
    10       (610 )
                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
  $ (17 )   $ 1,183  

 
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income, included in stockholders’ equity, are as follows:
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Net unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale
  $ 1,739     $ 1,567  
Net unrealized loss for unfunded status of defined benefit plan liability
    (694 )     (495 )
                 
      1,045       1,072  
Tax effect
    (355 )     (365 )
                 
Net-of-tax amount
  $ 690     $ 707  

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 12:
Regulatory Matters
 
The Bank is subject to certain restrictions on the amount of dividends that it may declare without prior regulatory approval.  At March 31, 2009, the Bank had regulatory approval for $1.3 million of retained earnings for dividend declaration.
 
The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies.  Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory–and possibly additional discretionary–actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s and the Bank’s financial statements.  Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices.  The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors.
 
Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of total and Tier I capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier I capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined).  Management believes, as of March 31, 2009, that the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject.
 
As of March 31, 2009, the most recent notification from the Office of Thrift Supervision categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  To be categorized as well-capitalized, the Bank must maintain capital ratios as set forth in the table below.  There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the Bank’s category.
 
The Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios as of March 31, 2009 and 2008 are presented in the following table.
 
   
Actual
   
For Capital Adequacy
Purposes
   
To Be Well Capitalized
Under Prompt Corrective
Action Provisions
 
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
As of March 31, 2009
                                   
Tangible capital
  $ 30,525       7.6 %   $ 6,018       1.5 %   $ 20,060       5.0 %
Core capital
    30,525       7.6       16,048       4.0       24,072       6.0  
Risk-based capital
    32,341       12.8       20,212       8.0       25,265       10.0  
                                                 
                                                 
As of March 31, 2008
                                               
Tangible capital
  $ 30,331       7.6 %   $ 5,971       1.5 %   $ 19,903       5.0 %
Core capital
    30,331       7.6       15,922       4.0       23,883       6.0  
Risk-based capital
    31,855       13.0       18,698       8.0       23,372       10.0  

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 13:
Related Party Transactions
 
At March 31, 2009 and 2008, the Bank had loans outstanding to executive officers, directors, and their affiliates (related parties).  In management’s opinion, such loans and other extensions of credit and deposits were made in the ordinary course of business and were made on substantially the same terms (including interest rates and collateral) as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons.  Further, in management’s opinion, these loans did not involve more than normal risk of collectibility or present other unfavorable features.  Such loans are summarized below.
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Aggregate balance – Beginning of year
  $ 2,382     $ 2,682  
New loans
    103       2,291  
Repayments
    (39 )     (2,591 )
                 
Aggregate balance – End of year
  $ 2,446     $ 2,382  

 
The Bank has undrawn lines of credit to certain directors totaling $601,000 as of both March 31, 2009 and 2008.
 
Deposits from related parties held by the Bank at March 31, 2009 and 2008, totaled $452,000 and $2.2 million, respectively.
 
The Bank paid legal fees to law firms of which, two directors of the Company are counsel.  The amounts paid totaled approximately $44,000 and $13,000 for the years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
The Bank leases an in-store retail branch from a corporation in which a director of the Company holds an interest.  The current five year lease provides for renewal options through fiscal 2016 and payments totaling approximately $27,000 per year through fiscal 2011 and $2,000 for fiscal 2012.  Rental expense for this lease was $26,000 and $25,000 for the years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 

 

 

 

 

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 


 
Note 14:
Employee Benefit Plans
 
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
 
The Company has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering all employees who meet the eligibility requirements.  The Company’s funding policy is to make the minimum annual contribution that is required by applicable regulations, plus such amounts as the Company may determine to be appropriate from time to time.
 
The Company expects to contribute approximately $6,000 to the plan in fiscal 2010.
 
The Company uses a March 31 measurement date for the plan.  Information about the plan’s funded status and pension cost follows:
 
   
Pension Benefits
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Change in benefit obligation
           
Beginning of year
  $ 1,153     $ 1,042  
Interest cost
    77       62  
Actuarial loss (gain)
    (104 )     138  
Benefits paid
    (94 )     (89 )
                 
End of year
    1,032       1,153  
                 
Change in fair value of plan assets
               
Beginning of year
    1,167       1,200  
Actuarial return on plan assets
    (253 )     46  
Employer contribution
    6       10  
Benefits paid
    (94 )     (89 )
                 
End of year
    826       1,167  
                 
Funded status at end of year
  $ (206 )   $ 14  

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income not yet recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost consist of:
 
   
Pension Benefits
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Net loss
  $ (694 )   $ (495 )

The estimated net loss for the defined benefit pension plan that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income into net periodic benefit cost over the next fiscal year is approximately $39,000.
 
The accumulated benefit obligation for the defined benefit pension plan was $1.0 million and $1.2 million at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Components of net periodic benefit cost
           
Interest cost
  $ 77     $ 61  
Expected return on plan assets
    (72 )     (83 )
Amortization of net loss
    23       24  
                 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 28     $ 2  

Plan assets are held by a bank-administered trust fund, which invests the plan assets in accordance with the provisions of the plan agreement.  The plan agreement permits investment in mutual funds that may invest in common stocks, corporate bonds and debentures, U.S. Government securities, certain insurance contracts, real estate and other specified investments, based on certain target allocation percentages.
 
Asset allocation is primarily based on a strategy to provide stable earnings while still permitting the plan to recognize potentially higher returns through an investment in equity securities.  The target asset allocation percentages for 2009 are as follows:

 
SMID-Cap stocks
Not to exceed 60%
Fixed income investments
Not to exceed 35%
Cash
Not to exceed  5%

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

At March 31, 2009 and 2008, the fair value of plan assets as a percentage of the total was invested in the following:
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
             
Equity securities
    53 %     60 %
Debt securities
    44       36  
Cash and cash equivalents
    3       4  
                 
      100 %     100 %

 
Benefit payments expected to be paid from the plan as of March 31, 2009 are as follows:
 
   
(In thousands)
 
       
2010
  $ 46  
2011
    57  
2012
    34  
2013
    34  
2014
    36  
Thereafter
    310  
         
    $ 517  

 
Significant assumptions include:
 
   
Pension Benefits
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
             
Weighted-average assumptions used to
 determine benefit obligation:
       
Discount rate
    7.46 %     6.75 %
Rate of compensation increase (frozen)
    N/A       N/A  
                 
Weighted-average assumptions used to
 determine benefit cost:
         
Discount rate
    7.46 %     6.75 %
Expected return on plan assets
    6.00 %     6.25 %
Rate of compensation increase (frozen)
    N/A       N/A  

 
77

 
Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

The Company has estimated the long-term rate of return on plan assets based primarily on historical returns on plan assets, adjusted for changes in target portfolio allocations and recent changes in long-term interest rates based on publicly available information.
 
The Company has an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) covering substantially all employees of the Company.  The ESOP acquired 163,265 shares of Company common stock at $10.00 per share in 2003 with funds provided by a loan from the Company.  Accordingly, $1.6 million of common stock acquired by the ESOP was shown as a reduction of stockholders’ equity.  Shares are released to participants proportionately as the loan is repaid.  Dividends on allocated shares are recorded as dividends and charged to retained earnings.  Compensation expense is recorded equal to the average fair market value of the stock during the year when contributions, which are determined annually by the Board of Directors of the Company, are made to the ESOP.
 
ESOP expense for the years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 was $124,000 and $117,000, respectively.
 
Share information for the ESOP is as follows at March 31, 2009 and 2008.
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
             
Allocated shares
    71,108       61,573  
Shares released for allocation
    2,304       2,380  
Unearned shares
    89,853       99,312  
                 
Total ESOP shares
    163,265       163,265  
                 
Fair value of unearned shares at March 31
  $ 536,422     $ 993,120  

 
At March 31, 2009, the fair value of the 71,108 allocated shares held by the ESOP was approximately $425,000.
 
In addition to the defined benefit plan and ESOP, the Company has a 401(k) plan.  The Company’s 401(k) matching percentage was 100% of the first 4% contributed by the employee and 50% of the employees’ next 2% of contributions for 2009 and 2008.  Expense related to the 401(k) plan totaled $157,000 and $158,000 for the years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Finally, the Company provides post-retirement benefits to certain officers of the Company under split-dollar life insurance policies.  Effective April 1, 2008, the Company adopted Emerging Issues Task Force’s (EITF) Issue 06-4, “Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Endorsement Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements,” which requires companies to recognize a liability and related compensation costs for endorsement split-dollar life insurance policies that provide a benefit to an employee extending to postretirement periods.  The liability should be recognized based on the substantive agreement with the employee.  The adoption of Issue 06-4 resulted in a $404,000 reduction in equity.  During fiscal 2009, the Company recorded expense totaling $24,000 for the split-dollar life insurance benefits.
 

 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 15:                      Stock Option Plan
 
The Company’s Share Option Plan (the Plan), which was approved by stockholders, permits the grant of up to 204,081 share options to its employees.  The Company believes that such awards better align the interests of its employees with those of its stockholders.  Option awards are granted with an exercise price equal to the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of grant. All outstanding options are fully exercisable.  Certain option and share awards provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control (as defined in the Plan).  There was no compensation cost recognized in the income statement for share-based payment arrangements during the years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008.
 
A summary of option activity under the Plan for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 is presented below:
 
   
2009
 
   
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
   
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (Years)
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
                         
Outstanding, beginning of year
    104,224     $ 13.95            
Granted
                       
Exercised
                       
Forfeited or expired
    (10,204 )      13.95            
                             
Outstanding, end of year
    94,020     $  13.95       5.0     $  
                                 
Exercisable, end of year
    94,020     $  13.95        5.0     $  
                                 
As of March 31, 2009 and 2008, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Plan.  The cost was recognized in fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 when the Company accelerated full vesting of all the stock options at that time.
 

 

 
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March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 


 
Note 16:
Earnings Per Share
 
Earnings per share (EPS) were computed as follows:
 
   
Year Ended March 31, 2009
 
   
Net
Income
 
Weighted-
Average
Shares
 
Per Share
Amount
 
   
(In thousands)
 
                   
Net income
  $ 1,863              
                     
Basic earnings per share
                   
Income available to common stockholders
            2,905,660     $ 0.64  
                         
Effect of dilutive securities
                       
Stock options
                     
                         
Diluted earnings per share
                       
Income available to common stockholders and assumed conversions
  $ 1,863       2,905,660     $ 0.64  

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

   
Year Ended March 31, 2008
 
   
Net
Income
 
Weighted-
Average
Shares
 
Per Share
Amount
 
   
(In thousands)
 
                   
Net income
  $ 1,964              
                     
Basic earnings per share
                   
Income available to common stockholders
            3,044,419     $ 0.65  
                         
Effect of dilutive securities
                       
Stock options
                     
                         
Diluted earnings per share
                       
Income available to common stockholders and assumed conversions
  $ 1,964       3,044,419     $ 0.65  
 

Options to purchase 94,020 and 104,224 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $13.95 per share were outstanding at March 31, 2009 and March 31, 2008, respectively, but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares in both years.
 

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 17:
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
Effective April 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.”  SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.  SFAS No. 157 has been applied prospectively as of the beginning of the period.
 
SFAS No. 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  SFAS No. 157 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.  The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
 
 
Level 1
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
 
 
Level 2
Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities
 
 
Level 3
Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities
 
Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis and recognized in the accompanying balance sheet, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.
 
Where quoted market prices are available in an active market, securities are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.  If quoted market prices are not available, then fair values are estimated by using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or discounted cash flows.  Level 2 securities include U.S. Government agencies, mortgage-backed securities, equity securities, certain collateralized mortgage obligations and certain municipal securities.  In certain cases where Level 1 or Level 2 inputs are not available, securities are classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy and include other less liquid securities.
 
The following table presents the fair value measurements of assets and liabilities recognized in the accompanying balance sheet measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the level within the SFAS No. 157 fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements fall at March 31, 2009:
 
         
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
   
Fair Value
   
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Available-for-sale
 
  (In thousands)
 
 securities
  $ 117,733     $ ––     $ 117,733     $ ––  

 

 
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The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of recurring fair value measurements using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs:
 

 
 
 
    (In thousands)
Beginning balance
  $ 1,540  
         
Total realized and unrealized gains and losses
       
Included in net income
    -  
Included in other comprehensive income
    3  
Purchases, issuances and settlements
    -  
Transfers into Level 3
    -  
Transfers out of Level 3
     (1,543 )
         
Ending balance
  $ -  

 
Impaired Loans
 
At March 31, 2009, impaired loans consisted primarily of loans secured by multi-family residential real estate, nonresidential and commercial real estate.  Management has determined fair value measurements on impaired loans primarily through evaluation of appraisals performed.
 

 
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March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

The following table presents the fair value measurements of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and the level within the SFAS No. 157 fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements fall at March 31, 2009.
 
         
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
   
Fair Value
   
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
               
(In thousands)
       
Impaired loans
  $ 3,264     $ ––     $ ––     $ 3,264  

 
The following table presents estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments.  The fair values of certain of these instruments were calculated by discounting expected cash flows, which involves significant judgments by management and uncertainties.  Fair value is the estimated amount at which financial assets or liabilities could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale.  Because no market exists for certain of these financial instruments and because management does not intend to sell these financial instruments, the Company does not know whether the fair values shown below represent values at which the respective financial instruments could be sold individually or in the aggregate.
 

 

 

 

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 


 

 
   
March 31, 2009
   
March 31, 2008
 
   
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair Value
 
   
(In thousands)
 
                         
Financial assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 6,790     $ 6,790     $ 13,063     $ 13,063  
Available-for-sale securities
    117,733       117,733       120,170       120,170  
Held-to-maturity securities
    952       953       1,240       1,253  
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses
    254,326       263,450       242,255       247,851  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    5,025       5,025       4,892       4,892  
Interest receivable
    1,675       1,675       1,753       1,753  
                                 
Financial liabilities
                               
Deposits
    309,534       305,937       317,731       315,698  
Other short-term borrowings
    10,154       10,154       7,287       7,287  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    46,000       47,411       38,500       39,898  
Advances from borrowers for taxes and insurance
    551       551       676       676  
Interest payable
    351       351       420       420  

 
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Interest Receivable and Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
 
The carrying amount approximates fair value.
 
Securities
 
At March 31, 2008, fair values equal quoted market prices, if available.  If quoted market prices are not available, fair value is estimated based on quoted market prices of similar securities.  At March 31, 2009, fair values were determined pursuant to SFAS No. 157, as described within this note.
 

 
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March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Loans
 
The fair value of loans is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.  Loans with similar characteristics were aggregated for purposes of the calculations.
 
Deposits
 
Deposits include savings accounts, checking accounts and certain money market deposits.  The carrying amount approximates fair value.  The fair value of fixed-maturity time deposits is estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.
 
Interest Payable, Other Short-Term Borrowings and Advances From Borrowers for Taxes and Insurance
 
The carrying amount approximates fair value.
 
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances
 
Rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities are used to estimate the fair value of existing debt.
 
Commitments to Originate Loans, Letters of Credit and Lines of Credit
 
The fair value of commitments to originate loans is estimated using the fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the present creditworthiness of the counterparties.  For fixed-rate loan commitments, fair value also considers the difference between current levels of interest rates and the committed rates.  The fair values of letters of credit and lines of credit are based on fees currently charged for similar agreements or on the estimated cost to terminate or otherwise settle the obligations with the counterparties at the reporting date.  Fair values of commitments were not material at March 31, 2009 and 2008.
 
Note 18:
Commitments and Credit Risk
 
At March 31, 2009 and 2008, total commercial and commercial real estate loans made up 40% and 36% of the loan portfolio, respectively, with most of these loans secured by commercial real estate and business assets mainly in Ohio.  Installment loans account for 1% and 2% of the loan portfolio in fiscal 2009 and 2008. These loans are secured by consumer assets including automobiles, which account for 58% and 80%, respectively, of the installment loan portfolio.  Real estate loans comprise 86% and 87% of the loan portfolio as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, and primarily include first mortgage loans on residential properties and home equity lines of credit.  Included in cash and due from banks as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, is $2.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively, of uninsured deposits in the form of branch cash on hand.  From time to time, certain due from bank
 

 
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March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

account balances are in excess of federally insured limits. Federal funds sold of $6.0 million were sold to Federal Home Loan Bank at March 31, 2008.
 
Commitments to Originate Loans
 
Commitments to originate loans are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.  Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee.  Since a portion of the commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.  Each customer’s creditworthiness is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.  The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the counterparty.  Collateral held varies, but may include accounts receivable, inventory, property, plant and equipment, commercial real estate and residential real estate.
 
At March 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had outstanding commitments to originate loans aggregating approximately $9.1 million and $3.3 million, respectively.  The commitments extended over varying periods of time with the majority being disbursed within a one-year period.
 
Mortgage loans in the process of origination represent amounts that the Company plans to fund within a normal period of one year.  Total mortgage loans in the process of origination amounted to approximately $931,000 and $1.3 million at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Non-residential commercial real estate loans had undisbursed amounts of $969,000 and undisbursed participation non-residential loans of $457,000 at March 31, 2009. Non-residential commercial real estate loans had undisbursed amounts of $748,000 and undisbursed participation non-residential loans of $590,000 at March 31, 2008.
 
Standby Letters of Credit
 
Standby letters of credit are irrevocable conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party.  Financial standby letters of credit are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements, including commercial paper, bond financing and similar transactions.  Performance standby letters of credit are issued to guarantee performance of certain customers under non-financial contractual obligations.  The credit risk involved in issuing standby letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers.  Fees for letters of credit are initially recorded by the Company as deferred revenue and are included in earnings at the termination of the respective agreements.
 
Should the Company be obligated to perform under the standby letters of credit, the Company may seek recourse from the customer for reimbursement of amounts paid.
 
The Company had total outstanding standby letters of credit amounting to $165,000 and $250,000, at March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, with terms not exceeding eleven months.  At both March 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had no deferred revenue under standby letter of credit agreements.
 

 
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March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Lines of Credit
 
Lines of credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.  Lines of credit generally have fixed expiration dates.  Since a portion of the line may expire without being drawn upon, the total unused lines do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.  Each customer’s creditworthiness is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.  The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the counterparty.  Collateral held varies but may include accounts receivable, inventory, property, plant and equipment, commercial real estate and residential real estate.  Management uses the same credit policies in granting lines of credit as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.
 
At March 31, 2009, the Company had granted unused lines of credit to borrowers aggregating approximately $17.0 million and $12.2 million for commercial lines and open-end consumer lines, respectively.  At March 31, 2008, unused lines of credit to borrowers aggregated approximately $16.9 million for commercial lines and $12.3 million for open-end consumer lines.
 
Leases
 
The Company leases certain branch banking facilities under operating leases. The minimum annual lease payments over the initial lease term are as follows:
 

Fiscal year ended
 
(In thousands)
 
       
2010
  $ 90  
2011
    91  
2012
    36  
2013
    31  
2014
    31  
2015
    3  
         
Total
  $ 282  

The Company incurred rental expense under operating leases totaling approximately $88,000 and $87,000 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
There were no other material commitments or contingencies at March 31, 2009.
 
 
Note 19:
Future Change in Accounting Principle
 
In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations,” which replaces SFAS 141.  The Statement applies to all transactions or other events in which one entity obtains control of one or more businesses.  It requires all assets acquired, liabilities assumed and
 

 
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March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

any noncontrolling interest to be measured at fair value at the acquisition date.  The Statement requires certain costs such as acquisition-related costs that were previously recognized as a component of the purchase price, and expected restructuring costs that were previously recognized as an assumed liability, to be recognized separately from the acquisition as an expense when incurred.
 
FAS 141(R) applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008 and may not be applied before that date.  The Company adopted SFAS 141(R) effective April 1, 2009, as required, without material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
 
Concurrent with SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), the FASB recently issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an Amendment of ARB 51.”  SFAS No. 160 amends ARB 51 to establish accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest (formerly known as minority interest) in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary.  A subsidiary, as defined by SFAS No. 160, includes a variable interest entity that is consolidated by a primary beneficiary.
 
A noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary, previously reported in the statement of financial position as a liability or in the mezzanine section outside of permanent equity, will be included within consolidated equity as a separate line item upon the adoption of SFAS No. 160.  Further, consolidated net income will be reported at amounts that include both the parent (or primary beneficiary) and the noncontrolling interest with separate disclosure on the face of the consolidated statement of income of the amounts attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest.
 
SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008.  The Company adopted SFAS No. 160 effective April 1, 2009, as required, without material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
 
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115.”  This Statement allows companies the choice to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.  The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions.  This Statement is expected to expand the use of fair value measurement, which is consistent with the Board’s long-term measurement objectives for accounting for financial instruments.  This Statement is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007, or April 1, 2008 as to the Company, and interim periods within that fiscal year.  The Company did not elect the fair value option for any financial assets or financial liabilities as of April 1, 2008, therefore the adoption of the standard had no effect on the Company’s financial statements.
 
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment of SFAS No. 133.  SFAS 161 amends and expands the disclosure requirements of SFAS 133 for derivative instruments and hedging activities.  SFAS 161 requires qualitative disclosure about objectives and strategies for using derivative and hedging
 

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

instruments, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of the instruments and gains and losses ion such instruments, as well as disclosures about credit-risk features in derivative agreements.  SFAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged.  The Company adopted SFAS 161 effective April 1, 2009, as required, without material effect on the statement of financial position or results of operations.
 
In May 2008, the FASB issued Statement No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“FAS 162”). FAS 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. FAS 162 is effective 60 days following the SEC’s approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411, The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. FAS 162 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
In April 2009, the FASB issued three new FASB Staff Positions (FSPs) to address:  (1) determining whether a market is not active and a transaction is not orderly, (2) recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments and (3) interim disclosures of fair value of financial instruments, as follows:
 
FASB Staff Position (FSP) 157-4 “Determining When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly,” addresses the criteria to be used in the determination of an active market in determining whether observable transactions are Level 1 or Level 2 under the framework established by FAS 157.  The FSP reiterates fair value is based on the notion of exit price in an orderly transaction between willing market participants at the valuation date.  The FSP is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009.
 
In addition, the FASB issued FSP 115-2 and 124-2 “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments.”  The FASB has concluded that changes were necessary to the process for determining whether impairment on debt securities is other-than-temporary.  The FSP replaces the requirement that an entity’s management must assert it has both the intent and the ability to hold an impaired debt security until recovery with a requirement that management assert:
 
 
·
It does not have the intent to sell the security; and
 
 
·
It is more-likely-than-not it will not have to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis less any current period credit losses
 
If those two assertions are true, only the portion of the impairment due to credit loss is recorded in income.  Other portions of the impairment (any portions not related to credit loss) are recorded in other comprehensive income.  Credit loss is defined in the FSP as the difference between the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected and the amortized cost basis.  If the present value of cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis of the security, the entire amortized cost basis of the security will not be recovered (that is, a credit loss exists) and an
 

 
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March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

other-than-temporary impairment shall be considered to have occurred and the portion of the loss attributable to the credit loss is recorded in net income.  The FSP is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009.
 
Finally, the FASB issued FSB 107-1 and APB 28-1 “Interim Disclosures about Fair Values of Financial Instruments.”  This FSP requires publicly traded companies to include disclosures about fair value in interim financial statements for all financial instruments within the scope of FAS 107.  The specific disclosures required include the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments, as well as changes in those methods and assumptions, and the carrying values of those instruments.  The disclosures must clearly identify how the carrying value reported in the disclosures relates to what is reported in the statement of financial position.  The FSP is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009.
 
Management is currently evaluating the provisions of the three FSPs, but does not expect the adoption to have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
 
In May 2009, the FASB issued Statement No. 165, Subsequent Events (“FAS 165”). FAS 165 establishes standards for accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued.  FAS 165 is effective for periods ending after June 15, 2009.  FAS 165 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Note 20:
FDIC One-time Assessment Credit and Special Assessment
 
Effective November 17, 2006, the FDIC implemented a one-time credit of $4.7 billion to eligible institutions.  The purpose of the credit was to recognize contributions made by certain institutions to capitalize the Bank Insurance Fund and Savings Association Insurance Fund, which have now been merged into the Deposit Insurance Fund.  The Bank was an eligible institution and has received notice from the FDIC that its remaining share of the credit has been fully used at March 31, 2009.
 
In February 2009, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) voted to amend the restoration plan for the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF).  The amended restoration plan extended the period of time to raise the DIF reserve ratio to 1.15 percent from five to seven years.  The amended restoration plan also includes a final rule that sets assessment rates.  Under this final rule, beginning on April 1, 2009 the Company expects the FDIC premium assessed to the Company to increase. 
 
 
On May 22, 2009, the Board of the FDIC adopted a rule imposing a 5 basis point special assessment on insured institutions as of June 30, 2009 which will be payable on September 30, 2009.  The rule also allows the assessment of additional special assessments of up to 5 basis points during each of the two quarters after June 30, 2009 as deemed necessary.  Based on balance sheet data at March 31, 2009, the Company estimates a pre-tax impact to the fiscal 2010 results of operations in the amount of approximately $200,000 for each 5 basis point assessment.

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 



Note 21:
Condensed Financial Information (Parent Company Only)
 
Presented below is condensed financial information as to financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company:
 
Condensed Balance Sheets
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Assets
           
Cash and due from banks
  $ 111     $ 58  
Notes receivable from the Bank
    1,015       1,097  
Investment in the Bank
    33,428       33,356  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    40       41  
                 
Total assets
  $ 34,594     $ 34,552  
                 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
               
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
  $ 181     $ 448  
                 
Stockholders’ equity
               
Common stock and additional paid-in capital
    36,426       36,525  
Retained earnings
    12,726       12,450  
Less required contributions for shares acquired by ESOP
    (899 )     (1,097 )
Treasury stock – at cost
    (14,530 )     (14,481 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    690       707  
                 
Total stockholders’ equity
    34,413       34,104  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 34,594     $ 34,552  

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Condensed Statements of Income
 

 
   
Years Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
             
Operating Income
           
Interest income
  $ 65     $ 69  
Dividends from the Bank
    1,608       3,669  
Total operating income
    1,673       3,738  
                 
Noninterest Expense
    201       231  
                 
Earnings before Federal Income Tax Benefits and equity in undistributed income of the Bank
    1,472       3,507  
                 
Federal Income Tax Benefits
    (46 )     (55 )
Income before equity in undistributed (excess distributed) income of the Bank
    1,518       3,562  
Equity in undistributed (excess distributed) income of the Bank
    345       (1,598 )
                 
Net Income
  $ 1,863     $ 1,964  

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
 
   
Years Ended March 31,
 
   
2009
 
2008
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Operating Activities
           
Net income
  $ 1,863     $ 1,964  
Items not requiring (providing) cash
               
Equity in (undistributed) excess distributed net income from the Bank
    (345 )     1,598  
Increase (decrease) in cash due to changes in:
               
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    1       (17 )
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    (105 )     (34 )
    Net cash provided by operating activities
    1,414       3,511  
                 
Investing Activities
               
Repayment of ESOP loan
    82       61  
                 
    Net cash provided by investing activities
    82       61  
                 
                 
Financing Activities
               
Payment of dividends on common stock
    (1,394 )     (1,518 )
Purchase of treasury stock
    (49 )     (2,062 )
                 
Net cash used in financing activities
    (1,443 )     (3,580 )
                 
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents
    53       (8 )
                 
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Year
    58       66  
                 
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Year
  $ 111     $ 58  

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 

 

Note 22:
Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
 
The following table summarizes the Company’s quarterly results of operations for the years ended March 31, 2009 and 2008.
 

 
   
Three Months Ended
 
2009:
 
June 30,
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
(In thousands, except per share data)
 
                         
Total interest income
  $ 5,432     $ 5,432     $ 5,408     $ 5,200  
Total interest expense
    2,587       2,382       2,290       2,062  
                                 
Net interest income
    2,845       3,050       3,118       3,138  
                                 
Provision for loan losses
    61       100       185       722  
Noninterest income
    429       450       421       433  
Noninterest expense
    2,515       2,575       2,568       2,749  
                                 
Income before income taxes (credits)
    698       825       786       100  
Federal income taxes (credits)
    167       224       202       (47 )
                                 
Net income
  $ 531     $ 601     $ 584     $ 147  
                                 
Earnings per share
                               
Basic
  $ 0.18     $ 0.21     $ 0.20     $ 0.05  
                                 
Diluted
  $ 0.18     $ 0.21     $ 0.20     $ 0.05  

 
A significant increase was recorded to the provision for loan losses during the quarter ended March 31, 2009, due to an increase in loan delinquency levels and loan charge-offs.
 

 
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Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2009 and 2008
 


   
Three Months Ended
 
2008:
 
June 30,
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
(In thousands, except per share data)
 
                         
Total interest income
  $ 5,699     $ 5,793     $ 5,826     $ 5,640  
Total interest expense
    2,917       2,975       3,030       2,871  
                                 
Net interest income
    2,782       2,818       2,796       2,769  
                                 
Provision for loan losses
    30       25       140       39  
Noninterest income
    448       469       458       546  
Noninterest expense
    2,494       2,530       2,543       2,711  
                                 
Income before income taxes
    706       732       571       565  
Federal income taxes
    183       185       125       117  
                                 
Net income
  $ 523     $ 547     $ 446     $ 448  
                                 
Earnings per share
                               
Basic
  $ .17     $ .18     $ .14     $ .16  
                                 
Diluted
  $ .17     $ .18     $ .14     $ .16  

 

 
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ITEM 9.      Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Not Applicable

ITEM 9A.     Controls and Procedures

Our management evaluated, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report.  Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations and are operating in an effective manner.

Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management of Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc and subsidiary (the “Company”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting.  Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.  Based on this evaluation, management of the Company has concluded the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(f), as of March 31, 2009.

Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations.  Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures.  Internal control over financial reporting can also be circumvented by collusion or improper management override.  Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting.  These inherent limitations, however, are known features of the financial reporting process.  It is possible, therefore, to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.  Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.



/s/ Phillip E. Becker
 
/s/ H. Stewart Fitz Gibbon III
Phillip E. Becker
 
H. Stewart Fitz Gibbon III
President & Chief Executive Officer
 
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
June 12, 2009
 
June 12, 2009


 
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ITEM 9B.     Other Information

Not Applicable

PART III

ITEM 10.      Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information required herein is incorporated by reference from the section captioned “Information with Respect to Nominees for Director, Continuing Directors and Executive Officers” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on July 23, 2009, (the “Proxy Statement”) expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about June 12, 2009.

Incorporated by reference to “Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock by Certain Beneficial Owners and Management - Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement.

The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics that applies to its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as well as other officers and employees of the Company and the Bank.  Upon receipt of a written request we will furnish without charge to any stockholder a copy of the Code of Conduct and Ethics.  Such written requests should be directed to Mr. H. Stewart Fitz Gibbon III, Secretary, Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc., 151 North Market Street, Wooster, Ohio 44691.

ITEM 11.     Executive Compensation

The information required herein is incorporated by reference from the sections captioned “Management Compensation” in the Proxy Statement.

ITEM 12.     Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required herein is incorporated herein by reference from the section captioned “Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock by Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy Statement.

ITEM 13.     Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The information required herein is incorporated by reference from the section captioned “Management Compensation - Indebtedness of Management and Related Party Transactions” in the Proxy Statement.

ITEM 14.     Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information required herein is incorporated by reference from the section captioned “Proposal II - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Proxy Statement.

 
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PART IV

ITEM 15.      Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

(a)(1)       Financial Statements

The following documents have been filed under “Item 8, Financial Statement and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10.

 
(i)
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm;
 
(ii)
Consolidated Balance Sheets;
 
(iii)
Consolidated Statements of Income;
 
(iv)
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity;
 
(v)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and
 
(vi)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 (a)(2)       Financial Statement Schedules

All financial statement schedules have been omitted as the required information is inapplicable or has been included in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(a)(3)       Exhibits

Exhibit Number
 
Description
     
3.1(1)
 
Articles of Incorporation
3.2(1)
 
Bylaws
4.0(2)
 
Form of Common Stock Certificate of Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.
10.1(3)
 
Employment Agreement between Wayne Savings Community Bank and Steven G. Dimos dated April 14, 2008
10.2(4)
 
Employment Agreement between Wayne Savings Community Bank and H. Stewart Fitz Gibbon III dated November 14, 2005
10.3(4)
 
Employment Agreement between Wayne Savings Community Bank and Phillip E. Becker dated February 15, 2005
10.4(5)
 
The Wayne Savings and Loan Company 1993 Incentive Stock Option Plan
10.5(6)
 
Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Option Plan
11.0(7)
18.1
 
Statement re:  computation of per share earnings
Preferability Letter from BKD, LLP.
21.0
 
Subsidiaries of Registrant-Reference is made to Item 1 – "Business" for the Required Information
23.0
 
Consent of BKD, LLP
31.1
 
Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Chief Executive Officer
31.2
 
Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Chief Financial Officer
32.0
 
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350


 
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(1)
Filed as exhibits to the Plan of Conversion and Reorganization filed as Exhibit 2 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form SB-2, initially filed on September 18, 2001, as amended (Registration No. 333-69600).

 
(2)
Filed as Exhibit 4, to the Registrant's registration statement on Form SB-2, initially filed on September 18, 2001, as amended (Registration No. 333-69600).

 
(3)
Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits to the Company's Form 8-K filed on April 18, 2008 (File No. 000-23433).

 
(4)
Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits to the Company's Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2006 (File No. 000-23433).

 
(5)
Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on December 4, 1997 (File No. 333-41479).

 
(6)
Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on October 5, 2004 (File No. 333-119556).

 
(7)
Incorporated by reference to Note A.8. of "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" in Item 8 hereof.

 
(b)
The Exhibits listed under (a)(3) of this Item 15 are filed herewith.

 
(c)
Reference is made to (a)(2) of this Item 15.


 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
         
     
WAYNE SAVINGS BANCSHARES, INC.
         
         
Date:
June 12, 2009
 
By:
/s/Phillip E. Becker
       
Phillip E. Becker
       
President and Chief Executive Officer
         
         
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
         
         
By:
/s/Phillip E. Becker
 
By:
/s/H. Stewart Fitz Gibbon III
 
Phillip E. Becker, President and
   
H. Stewart Fitz Gibbon III, Executive Vice President,
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
   
Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
Treasurer
         
Date:
June 12, 2009
 
Date:
June 12, 2009
         
         
By:
/s/Myron Swartzentruber
 
By:
/s/Peggy J. Schmitz
 
Myron Swartzentruber, Vice President
   
Peggy J. Schmitz, Director
 
Controller (Principal Accounting  Officer)
     
         
Date:
June 12, 2009
 
Date:
June 12, 2009
         
         
By:
/s/Rodney C. Steiger
 
By:
/s/James C. Morgan
 
Rodney C. Steiger, Director
   
James C. Morgan, Director
         
Date:
June 12, 2009
 
Date:
June 12, 2009
         
         
By:
/s/Terry A. Gardner
 
By:
/s/Russell L. Harpster
 
Terry A. Gardner, Director
   
Russell L. Harpster,
 
 
   
Chairman of the Board of Directors 
         
Date:
June 12, 2009
 
Date:
June 12, 2009
         
         
By:
/s/Daniel R. Buehler
     
 
Daniel R. Buehler, Director
     
         
Date:
June 12, 2009
     


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