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AMERANT BANCORP INC. REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS

Second Quarter 2019 Net Income Up 23.4% from Second Quarter 2018


CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, July 26, 2019. Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTB and AMTBB) (the “Company”) today reported second quarter 2019 net income of $12.9 million and net income of $25.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, 23.4% higher than the $10.4 million reported in the second quarter of 2018 and 30.6% higher than the $19.9 million reported in the six months ended June 30, 2018. Net income per diluted share was $0.30 in the second quarter of 2019, up 20.0% compared to $0.25 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2018. Net income per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was $0.60, up 27.7% compared to $0.47 per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Annualized return on assets (“ROA”) and return on equity (“ROE”) were 0.66% and 6.56%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2019, up from 0.50% and 5.57%, in the second quarter of 2018, respectively. ROA and ROE for the latest six months were 0.66% and 6.76%, respectively, compared to 0.47% and 5.31%, respectively, for the first six months of 2018.
“In the second quarter, we continued to build on our earlier successes, achieving significant progress around the transformation strategy and profitability and efficiency initiatives outlined over the past few quarters,” said Millar Wilson, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. “Achievements included increasing profitability, successfully launching our new brand across all our markets, divesting non-core loan portfolios, gains in customers’ share of wallet, continued workforce realignments achieving cost savings that began in the fourth quarter of 2018, and calling $25.0 million of our most expensive trust preferred securities. As a result of our efforts to simplify how we manage our business and decrease our foreign loans, we are eliminating our financial statements segment reporting for this quarter and historically. We reached an important milestone in June when we were included in the Russell 2000® Index. Our rebranding will be substantially complete by December 31, 2019, and our workforce realignment finished by year end. We expect that the workforce realignment this year will boost our profitability in future periods. We are pleased with the improvements that we’ve made on all fronts these past six months as we continued to implement our profitability initiatives, and look forward to making Amerant a leading community bank.”

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Highlights

The highlights of the most recently ended quarter include:

Net income of $12.9 million in the second quarter of 2019, 23.4% higher than the $10.4 million reported in the second quarter of 2018, and net income of $25.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, 30.6% higher than the $19.9 million reported in the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Net interest margin, or NIM, was 2.92% in the second quarter of 2019, up from 2.77% in the second quarter of 2018. NIM was 2.94% for the first six months of 2019, up from 2.72% in the same period of 2018.
Credit quality remained strong. The Company released $1.4 million from the allowance for loan losses in the second quarter of 2019, compared to a $0.2 million provision in the second quarter of 2018. The ratio of non-performing assets to total assets was 0.41% as of June 30, 2019, unchanged compared to June 30, 2018.
Noninterest expense was $52.9 million in the second quarter of 2019, up 0.5% compared to $52.6 million in the same quarter of 2018. Noninterest expenses include expenses associated with restructuring activities, including $3.7 million of staff reduction and rebranding costs in the six months ended June 30, 2019. We had non-tax deductible spin-off costs of $6.0 million in the same period of 2018. Adjusted noninterest expense was $50.2 million in the second quarter of 2019, up 1.5% from $49.4 million in the same quarter of 2018
The launch of our new “Amerant” brand across all our major markets in April 2019.
Increased share of customer wallet with sales of interest rate cap and swap products, to borrowing customers, reaching a record high.
The efficiency ratio was 76.8% (74.1%, as adjusted for rebranding and staff reduction costs) for the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to 79.9% (75.4% as adjusted for spin-off costs) for the corresponding period of 2018.
Announced the redemption of $25.0 million of the Company’s 10.60% and 10.18% trust preferred securities and related junior subordinated debentures. When completed in September, these actions will increase annual pretax net income by approximately $2.6 million, and the Company’s capital ratios will continue to exceed regulatory minimums.


Loans and Deposits
In the second quarter of 2019, we continued the Company’s transition to a community bank focused on our local markets and improved profitability.
Total net loans at June 30, 2019 were $5.8 billion, down 6.4% compared to a year-earlier. However, domestic loans, excluding non-relationship Shared National Credits (“SNCs”), increased 8.0% year over year. Our strategy is to let foreign FI loans mature, and continue to divest SNCs where the Company does not have a direct relationship with the borrower. Our sales teams continued their customer relationship-building efforts to achieve a greater share of deposits, credit and wealth management business from their customers.

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Total deposits at June 30, 2019 were $5.8 billion, down 8.5% compared to June 30, 2018. The decreases included declines in foreign deposits, mainly from our Venezuelan resident customers of 4.1% in the most recent quarter and 13.7% since June 30, 2018. In the second quarter of 2019, as living conditions in Venezuela remained difficult, our Venezuelan resident customers continued to rely on their U.S. dollar savings to fund daily living expenses. We continue to proactively focus on growing our core domestic deposits, while seeking to reduce attrition in our valued Venezuelan customers’ deposits, by emphasizing and rewarding strong multi-product relationships. Brokered CDs were slightly higher than the prior quarter. However, they have declined 16.2% since June 30, 2018.


Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin

Second quarter 2019 net interest income was $53.8 million, down 0.4% compared to $54.0 million in the second quarter of 2018. The slight decrease from the second quarter 2018 was primarily due to a decrease in average balance sheet size of $551.9 million or 6.6%, and higher costs of time deposits, partially offset by increases in higher rate loans. The net interest margin for the second quarter of 2019 was 2.92%, an increase of 15 basis points compared to the second quarter of 2018. The increase in the net interest margin is mainly driven by the Company’s focus on higher-yielding domestic relationship loans.

Net interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was $109.2 million, up 2.4% compared to $106.6 million in the comparable period of 2018. The increase from the first half of 2018 was mainly due to an increase in market interest rates since the comparable period of 2018 and the changing mix of the loan portfolio favoring higher-rate domestic loans. The net interest margin for the first half of 2019 was 2.94%, an increase of 22 basis points compared to the first half of 2018.

Our net interest income and NIM are expected to remain pressured as lower market interest rates are forecast for the rest of 2019. In the second quarter of 2019, $233.9 million of our relationship money market deposit accounts and $121.2 million of our time deposit accounts repriced at overall higher rates compared to the previous quarter. We expect that the costs of new deposits and income on loans may decrease with market rates. Changes in deposit rates may also lag the change in interest rates on our loans and investments.

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Noninterest income
In the second quarter of 2019, noninterest income was $14.1 million, down 5.6% compared to the second quarter of 2018. The decline was driven by decreases in income from brokerage, advisory and fiduciary activities. We experienced lower volumes of customer trading in 2019, especially as our foreign customers’ trading in certain Venezuelan securities were halted by U.S. Government sanctions imposed in February 2019. We expect these sanctions to continue to limit our fixed income trading activity for the foreseeable future. Offsetting this trend in the second quarter of 2019 was a $1.0 million gain on the sale of certain municipal bonds. We had realized a $0.9 million gain in the second quarter of 2018 from the early termination of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank. The decrease in noninterest income of $1.6 million, or 5.6%, in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, included lower data processing and other fees due to the phasing out of services provided to the Company’s former parent and its subsidiaries.
The Company’s assets under management and custody, or AUMs, increased $93.4 million, or 5.5%, to $1.79 billion at June 30, 2019 compared to $1.69 billion at March 31, 2019. AUMs at June 30, 2019 were up $79.1 million, or 4.6% over June 30, 2018. These changes mainly reflect improved market values of the AUMs.
Noninterest expense    
The second quarter 2019 noninterest expense included $2.7 million of restructuring expenses consisting primarily of rebranding and staff reduction costs incurred in connection with our transformation efforts. The second quarter 2018 noninterest expense included $3.2 million of expenses consisting of legal fees and compensation related expenses incurred in connection with the Company’s spin-off from its former parent, which were non-deductible for federal income tax purposes. Noninterest expense in the second quarter of 2019 included the amortization of the cost of restricted shares granted to select management and staff in December 2018, as a result of the IPO. The total compensation cost related to these restricted shares is expected to be approximately $6.0 million, or $1.5 million per quarter, through 2019, declining to an estimated cost of $2.7 million in 2020 and $1.1 million in 2021.
Restructuring expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2019, consisted of $2.8 million of rebranding expenses and $0.9 million of staff realignment expenses.
We launched “Amerant” as our new brand across all our markets in April 2019. The launch included rebranding of all digital platforms, new signs in most branches and buildings, and a broad campaign through digital and traditional media focused on brand awareness. We expect our rebranding to be substantially completed during the fourth quarter of 2019, and we expect to spend approximately $1.8 million in additional rebranding expenses for the remainder of 2019. In addition, we expect to incur approximately $1.2 million in CAPEX, which will be amortized over the shorter of seven years (the estimated useful life of our signs), the remaining life of owned buildings or the remaining terms of leased facilities.

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Credit Quality
Credit quality continues to be strong. The Company’s foreign FI and non-relationship SNC exposures are being reduced as planned. The Company released $1.4 million from the allowance for loan losses during the second quarter of 2019, primarily driven by improved quantitative factors in CRE and domestic commercial loans. Improved quantitative factors were partially offset by additional reserve requirements for an $11.6 million loan relationship that was placed in non-accrual in June 2019, the Company’s credit card portfolio, and for growth in domestic loans. The Company recorded no provision during the first quarter of 2019.
The ratio of non-performing assets to total assets increased to 0.41% at the end of the second quarter of 2019, compared to 0.26% from the end of the first quarter of 2019, but remained flat compared to 0.41% at the end of the second quarter of 2018. The increase in the second quarter of 2019 is mostly due to the deterioration of a total of $11.6 million in a combination of CRE, owner occupied, commercial and residential loans to a South Florida customer whose sales in Puerto Rico have not recovered from Hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. The CRE, owner occupied and commercial loans had been classified special mention since June 2018. As of June 2019, all the loans in the relationship were further downgraded and placed in non-accrual.     
Approximately 95% of our credit card holders are foreign, mostly Venezuelan, and the card receivables were reflecting the stresses in the Venezuela economy. In April 2019, we revised our credit card program to further strengthen credit quality. We stopped charge privileges to our smallest and riskiest cardholders and required repayment of their balances by November 2019.  Other cardholders’ charge privileges will end in October 2019 and they will be required to repay all balances by January 2020.  We reduced our credit card receivables from $31.2 million at March 31, 2019 to $26.1 million at June 30, 2019 and increased our allowance for loan losses on credit cards by $1.2 million to a total of $6.5 million. We entered into an arrangement with a major U.S.-based global card issuer and began referring our international customers to it in May. We expect to market this program to all our other foreign customers in Fall 2019.  We have a similar referral program with another card issuer for our domestic customers.  These programs will permit us to serve our customers and earn referral fees and a share of interchange revenue without credit risk.
Capital
Stockholders’ equity was $806.4 million at June 30, 2019, up 12.1% compared to $719.4 million at June 30, 2018, mainly driven by net income and other comprehensive income stemming from higher market valuations in the Company’s available for sale investment portfolio. Stockholders’ book value per common share was $18.66 on June 30, 2019 compared to $16.93 a year ago. Tangible stockholders’ book value per common share was $18.18 on June 30, 2019 compared to $16.43 a year ago.
The Company’s capital is strong and well in excess of minimum regulatory requirements to be considered “well-capitalized.” The Company’s capital will continue to exceed regulatory minimums after we complete the redemption of the Company’s 10.60% and 10.18% trust preferred securities and related junior subordinated debentures in September 2019.

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Second Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call

As previously announced, the Company will hold an earnings conference call on Friday, July 26th, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss its second quarter 2019 results.  The conference call and presentation materials can be accessed via webcast by logging on from the Investor Relations section of the company’s website at https://investor.amerantbank.com/. The online replay will remain available for a limited time following the call.


About Amerant Bancorp Inc.

The Company is a bank holding company headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida. The Company operates through its subsidiaries, Amerant Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), Amerant Investments, Inc. and Amerant Trust, N.A. The Company provides individuals and businesses in the U.S., as well as select international clients, with deposit, credit and wealth management services. The Bank, which has operated for over 40 years, is the largest community bank headquartered in Florida. The Bank operates 23 banking centers—15 in South Florida and 8 in the Houston, Texas area—and loan production offices in Dallas, Texas and New York, New York.

Visit our investor relations page at https://investor.amerantbank.com for additional information.


Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, future financial and operating results; costs and revenues; economic conditions generally and in our markets and among our customer base; loan demand; changes in the mix of our earning assets and our deposit and wholesale liabilities; net interest income and margin; yields on earning assets; interest rates (generally and those applicable to our assets and liabilities); credit quality, including loan performance, nonperforming assets, provisions for loan losses, charge-offs, the effects of redemptions of trust preferred securities, rebranding and staff realignment costs and expected savings,the other-than-temporary impairments and collateral values; market trends; and customer preferences, as well as statements with respect to our objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “should,” “indicate,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “point to,” “project,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “goals,” “outlook” and other similar words and expressions of the future.

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Forward-looking statements, including those as to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance, achievements, or financial condition to be materially different from future results, performance, achievements, or financial condition expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You should not rely on any forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.  You should not expect us to update any forward-looking statements. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, together with those risks and uncertainties described in “Risk factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which are available at the SEC’s website www.sec.gov.

Interim Financial Information
    
Unaudited financial information as of and for interim periods, including as of and for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, may not reflect our results of operations for our fiscal year ended, or financial condition as of December 31, 2019, or any other period of time or date. 


Explanation of Certain Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Certain financial measures and ratios contained in this press release including “adjusted noninterest expense”, “adjusted net income,” “adjusted net income per share (basic and diluted),” “adjusted ROA”, “adjusted ROE”, “adjusted efficiency ratio,” and other ratios appearing in Exhibits 1 and 2 are supplemental measures that are not required by, or are not presented in accordance with, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The Company refers to these financial measures and ratios as “non-GAAP financial measures.”

We use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including those mentioned above, both to explain our results to shareholders and the investment community and in the internal evaluation and management of our businesses. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and the information they provide are useful to investors since these measures permit investors to view our performance using the same tools that our management uses to evaluate our past performance and prospects for future performance, especially in light of the additional costs we have incurred in 2018 in connection with the Spin-off and related transactions, and the rebranding and restructuring expenses which began in 2018 and continue in 2019. While we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating our performance, this information should be considered as supplemental and not as a substitute for or superior to the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similar measures presented by other companies.
 
Exhibit 2 reconciles these non-GAAP financial measures to reported results.


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Exhibit 1- Selected Financial Information
The following table sets forth selected financial information derived from our unaudited and audited consolidated financial statements.

(in thousands)
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
September 30, 2018
 
June 30, 2018
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
$
7,926,826

 
$
7,902,355

 
$
8,124,347

 
$
8,435,802

 
$
8,530,464

Total investments
1,650,632

 
1,701,328

 
1,741,428

 
1,791,859

 
1,812,119

Total net loans (1)
5,755,351

 
5,684,084

 
5,858,413

 
6,089,808

 
6,149,618

Allowance for loan losses
57,404

 
60,322

 
61,762

 
69,471

 
69,931

Total deposits
5,819,381

 
5,888,188

 
6,032,686

 
6,189,503

 
6,363,138

Junior subordinated debentures (2)
118,110

 
118,110

 
118,110

 
118,110

 
118,110

Advances from the FHLB and other borrowings
1,125,000

 
1,070,000

 
1,166,000

 
1,338,000

 
1,258,000

Stockholders' equity
806,368

 
778,749

 
747,418

 
727,675

 
719,382


 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
September 30, 2018
 
June 30, 2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Results of Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest income
$
53,789

 
$
55,437

 
$
56,784

 
$
55,633

 
$
53,989

 
$
109,226

 
$
106,622

(Reversal of) provision for loan losses
(1,350
)
 

 
(1,375
)
 
1,600

 
150

 
(1,350
)
 
150

Noninterest income
14,147

 
13,156

 
11,994

 
12,950

 
14,986

 
27,303

 
28,931

Noninterest expense
52,905

 
51,945

 
54,648

 
52,042

 
52,638

 
104,850

 
108,283

Net income
12,857

 
13,071

 
14,430

 
11,551

 
10,423

 
25,928

 
19,852

Effective income tax rate
21.51
%
 
21.49
%
 
6.93
%
 
22.69
%
 
35.61
%
0.22

21.50
%
 
26.80
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common Share Data (3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tangible stockholders' equity (book value) per common share (4)
$
18.18

 
$
17.54

 
$
16.82

 
$
16.63

 
$
16.43

 
$
18.18

 
$
16.43

Basic earnings per common share
$
0.30

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.34

 
$
0.27

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.61

 
$
0.47

Diluted earnings per common share
$
0.30

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.34

 
$
0.27

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.60

 
$
0.47

Basic weighted average shares outstanding
42,466

 
42,755

 
42,483

 
42,489

 
42,489

 
42,610

 
42,489

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (5)
42,819

 
42,914

 
42,483

 
42,489

 
42,489

 
42,865

 
42,489

Cash dividend declared per common share (6)

 

 

 

 

 

 
$
0.94



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Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
September 30, 2018
 
June 30, 2018
 
2019
 
2018
Other Financial and Operating Data (7)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Profitability Indicators (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest income / Average total interest earning assets (NIM)(8)
2.92
%
 
2.96
%
 
2.95
%
 
2.83
%
 
2.77
%
 
2.94
%
 
2.72
%
Net income / Average total assets (ROA) (9)
0.66
%
 
0.65
%
 
0.70
%
 
0.55
%
 
0.50
%
 
0.66
%
 
0.47
%
Net income / Average stockholders' equity (ROE) (10)
6.56
%
 
6.87
%
 
7.88
%
 
6.13
%
 
5.57
%
 
6.76
%
 
5.31
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital Indicators
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total capital ratio (11)
14.70
%
 
14.35
%
 
13.54
%
 
12.81
%
 
12.61
%
 
14.70
%
 
12.61
%
Tier 1 capital ratio (12)
13.85
%
 
13.48
%
 
12.69
%
 
11.88
%
 
11.67
%
 
13.85
%
 
11.67
%
Tier 1 leverage ratio (13)
11.32
%
 
10.83
%
 
10.34
%
 
9.95
%
 
9.87
%
 
11.32
%
 
9.87
%
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio (CET1)(14)
12.14
%
 
11.79
%
 
11.07
%
 
10.34
%
 
10.13
%
 
12.14
%
 
10.13
%
Tangible common equity ratio (15)
9.93
%
 
9.61
%
 
8.96
%
 
8.40
%
 
8.21
%
 
9.93
%
 
8.21
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset Quality Indicators (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-performing assets / Total assets(16)
0.41
%
 
0.26
%
 
0.22
%
 
0.35
%
 
0.41
%
 
0.41
%
 
0.41
%
Non-performing loans / Total loans (1) (17)
0.56
%
 
0.36
%
 
0.30
%
 
0.48
%
 
0.56
%
 
0.56
%
 
0.56
%
Allowance for loan losses / Total non-performing loans
175.28
%
 
294.01
%
 
347.33
%
 
233.89
%
 
201.55
%
 
175.28
%
 
201.55
%
Net charge-offs / Average total loans (19)
0.11
%
 
0.10
%
 
0.43
%
 
0.14
%
 
0.16
%
 
0.11
%
 
0.07
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Efficiency Indicators
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Efficiency ratio (20)
77.87
%
 
75.73
%
 
79.46
%
 
75.88
%
 
76.31
%
 
76.80
%
 
79.88
%
Full-Time-Equivalent Employees (FTEs)
839

 
889

 
911

 
948

 
940

 
839

 
940

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted Selected Consolidated Results of Operations and Other Data (21)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted noninterest expense
$
50,169

 
$
51,012

 
$
47,900

 
$
51,766

 
$
49,438

 
$
101,181

 
$
102,245

Adjusted net income
15,005

 
13,803

 
19,935

 
11,970

 
14,142

 
28,808

 
25,831

Adjusted earnings per common share (5)
0.35

 
0.33

 
0.47

 
0.28

 
0.33

 
0.68

 
0.61

Adjusted earnings per diluted common share (5)
0.35

 
0.32

 
0.47

 
0.28

 
0.33

 
0.67

 
0.61


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Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
September 30, 2018
 
June 30, 2018
 
2019
 
2018
Adjusted net income / Average total assets (Adjusted ROA) (8)
0.77
%
 
0.69
%
 
0.97
%
 
0.57
%
 
0.67
%
 
0.73
%
 
0.61
%
Adjusted net income / Average stockholders' equity (Adjusted ROE) (9)
7.66
%
 
7.25
%
 
10.89
%
 
6.35
%
 
7.56
%
 
7.51
%
 
6.91
%
Adjusted efficiency ratio (22)
73.84
%
 
74.37
%
 
69.64
%
 
75.48
%
 
71.68
%
 
74.11
%
 
75.43
%
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(1)
Outstanding loans are net of deferred loan fees and costs and net of the allowance for loan losses. At March 31, 2019, total loans include $10.0 million in loans held for sale. There were no loans held for sale at any of the other dates presented.
(2)
In July 2019, the Company called $25.0 million of its 10.60% and 10.18% trust preferred securities and related junior subordinated debentures, which will be redeemed by September 2019.
(3)
The earnings per common share reflect the October 2018 reverse stock split which reduced the number of outstanding shares on a 1-for-3 basis.
(4)
This Non-GAAP financial information is reconciled to GAAP in Exhibit 2 - Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation.
(5) As of June 30, 2019 and March 31, 2019, potential dilutive instruments included 738,138 unvested shares of restricted stock, including 736,839 shares of restricted stock issued in December 2018 in connection with the Company’s IPO and 1,299 additional shares of restricted stock issued in January 2019. As of June 30, 2019 and March 31, 2019, these 738,138 unvested shares of restricted stock were included in the diluted earnings per share computation because, when the unamortized deferred compensation cost related to these shares was divided by the average market price per share at those dates, fewer shares would have been purchased than restricted shares assumed issued. Therefore, at those dates, such awards resulted in higher diluted shares outstanding weighted averages than basic shares outstanding weighted averages in the six months ended June 30, 2019, and had a dilutive effect in per share earnings in the first quarter of 2019 and for the six months ended June 30, 2019. We had no outstanding dilutive instruments as of any period prior to December 2018.
(6)
Special cash dividend of $40.0 million paid to the Company’s former parent in connection with the spin-off.
(7)
Operating data for the three and the six month periods presented have been annualized.
(8)
Net interest margin is net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets, which are loans, investment securities, deposits with banks and other financial assets which, yield interest or similar income.
(9)
Calculated based upon the average daily balance of total assets.
(10)
Calculated based upon the average daily balance of stockholders’ equity.
(11)
Total stockholders’ equity divided by total risk-weighted assets, calculated according to the standardized regulatory capital ratio calculations.
(12)
Tier 1 capital divided by total risk-weighted assets.
(13)
Tier 1 capital divided by quarter to date average assets. Tier 1 capital is composed of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) capital plus outstanding qualifying trust preferred securities of $114.1 million at each date shown. $25.0 million of these trust preferred securities will be redeemed by September 2019. See footnote 2.
(14)Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) capital divided by total risk-weighted assets.
(15)
Tangible common equity is calculated as the ratio of common equity less goodwill and other intangibles divided by total assets less goodwill and other intangible assets. Other intangibles assets are included in other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
(16)Non-performing assets include all accruing loans past due by more than 90 days, and all nonaccrual loans and OREO properties acquired through or in lieu of foreclosure. Non-performing assets were $32.8 million, $20.5 million, and $35.3 million as of June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019, and June 30, 2018, respectively.
(17)Non-performing loans include all accruing loans past due by more than 90 days, and all nonaccrual loans. Non-performing loans were $32.8 million, $20.5 million, and $34.7 million as of June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019, and June 30, 2018, respectively.
(18)Allowance for loan losses was $57.4 million, $60.3 million, and $69.9 million as of June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019, and June 30, 2018, respectively.
(19)Calculated based upon the average daily balance of outstanding loan principal balance net of deferred loan fees and costs, excluding the allowance for loan losses.
(20)Efficiency ratio is the result of noninterest expense divided by the sum of noninterest income and net interest income.
(21)This presentation contains adjusted financial information, including adjusted noninterest expenses, and the other adjusted items shown, determined by methods other than GAAP. These adjusted financial information is reconciled to GAAP in Exhibit 2 - Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation.
(22)Adjusted efficiency ratio is the efficiency ratio less the effect of restructuring and spin-off costs, described in Exhibit 2 - Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation

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Exhibit 2- Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation
The following table sets forth selected financial information derived from the Company’s interim unaudited and annual audited consolidated financial statements, adjusted for certain costs incurred by the Company in the periods presented related to tax deductible restructuring and non-deductible spin-off costs. The Company believes these adjusted numbers are useful to understand the Company’s performance absent these transactions and events.

    
 
Three Months Ended,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)
June 30, 2019
March 31, 2019
December 31, 2018
September 30, 2018
June 30, 2018
 
2019
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total noninterest expenses
$
52,905

$
51,945

$
54,648

$
52,042

$
52,638

 
$
104,850

$
108,283

Less: restructuring costs (1):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Staff reduction costs
907


4,709



 
907


Legal and strategy advisory costs


1,176



 


Rebranding costs
1,829

933

400



 
2,762


Other costs


110



 


Total restructuring costs
$
2,736

$
933

$
6,395

$

$

 
$
3,669

$

Less spin-off costs:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Legal fees


353

186

2,000

 

3,000

Additional contribution to non-qualified deferred compensation plan on behalf of participants to mitigate tax effects of unexpected early distribution due to spin-off (2)




1,200

 

1,200

Accounting and consulting fees



90


 

1,294

Other expenses





 

544

Total spin-off costs
$

$

$
353

$
276

$
3,200

 
$

$
6,038

Adjusted noninterest expenses
$
50,169

$
51,012

$
47,900

$
51,766

$
49,438

 
$
101,181

$
102,245

Net income
$
12,857

$
13,071

$
14,430

$
11,551

$
10,423

 
$
25,928

$
19,852

Plus after-tax restructuring costs:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restructuring costs before income tax effect
2,736

933

6,395



 
3,669


Income tax effect
(588
)
(201
)
(1,303
)


 
(789
)

Total after-tax restructuring costs
2,148

732

5,092



 
2,880


Plus after-tax total spin-off costs:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total spin-off costs before income tax effect


353

276

3,200

 

6,038

Income tax effect (3)


60

143

519

 

(59
)
Total after-tax spin-off costs


413

419

3,719

 

5,979

Adjusted net income
$
15,005

$
13,803

$
19,935

$
11,970

$
14,142

 
$
28,808

$
25,831

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Three Months Ended,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)
June 30, 2019
March 31, 2019
December 31, 2018
September 30, 2018
June 30, 2018
 
2019
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share
$
0.30

$
0.31

$
0.34

$
0.27

$
0.25

 
$
0.61

$
0.47

Plus: after tax impact of restructuring costs
0.05

0.02

0.12



 
0.07


Plus: after tax impact of total spin-off costs


0.01

0.01

0.08

 

0.14

Total adjusted basic earnings per common share
$
0.35

$
0.33

$
0.47

$
0.28

$
0.33

 
$
0.68

$
0.61

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted earnings per share (4)
$
0.30

$
0.30

$
0.34

$
0.27

$
0.25

 
$
0.60

$
0.47

Plus: after tax impact of restructuring costs
0.05

0.02

0.12



 
0.07


Plus: after tax impact of total spin-off costs


0.01

0.01

0.08

 

0.14

Total adjusted diluted earnings per common share
$
0.35

$
0.32

$
0.47

$
0.28

$
0.33

 
$
0.67

$
0.61

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income / Average total assets (ROA)
0.66
 %
0.65
 %
0.70
 %
0.55
 %
0.50
 %
 
0.66
 %
0.47
 %
Plus: after tax impact of restructuring costs
0.11
 %
0.04
 %
0.25
 %
 %
 %
 
0.07
 %
 %
Plus: after tax impact of total spin-off costs
 %
 %
0.02
 %
0.02
 %
0.17
 %
 
 %
0.14
 %
Adjusted net income / Average total assets (Adjusted ROA)
0.77
 %
0.69
 %
0.97
 %
0.57
 %
0.67
 %
 
0.73
 %
0.61
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income / Average stockholders' equity (ROE)
6.56
 %
6.87
 %
7.88
 %
6.13
 %
5.57
 %
 
6.76
 %
5.31
 %
Plus: after tax impact of restructuring costs
1.10
 %
0.38
 %
2.78
 %
—%

—%

 
0.75
 %
 %
Plus: after tax impact of total spin-off costs
 %
 %
0.23
 %
0.22
 %
1.99
 %
 
 %
1.60
 %
Adjusted net income / Stockholders' equity (Adjusted ROE)
7.66
 %
7.25
 %
10.89
 %
6.35
 %
7.56
 %
 
7.51
 %
6.91
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Efficiency ratio
77.87
 %
75.73
 %
79.46
 %
75.88
 %
76.31
 %
 
76.80
 %
79.88
 %
Less: impact of restructuring costs
(4.03
)%
(1.36
)%
(9.30
)%
—%

—%

 
(2.69
)%
 %
Less: impact of total spin-off costs
 %
 %
(0.52
)%
(0.40
)%
(4.63
)%
 
 %
(4.45
)%
Plus: after-tax net gain on sale of New York building
—%

—%

—%

—%

—%

 
—%

—%

Adjusted efficiency ratio
73.84
 %
74.37
 %
69.64
 %
75.48
 %
71.68
 %
 
74.11
 %
75.43
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders' equity
$
806,368

$
778,749

$
747,418

$
727,675

$
719,382

 
$
806,368

$
719,382

Less: goodwill and other intangibles
(20,969
)
(21,005
)
(21,042
)
(21,078
)
(21,114
)
 
(20,969
)
(21,114
)
Tangible common stockholders' equity
$
785,399

$
757,744

$
726,376

$
706,597

$
698,268

 
$
785,399

$
698,268

Total assets
7,926,826

7,902,355

8,124,347

8,435,802

8,530,464

 
7,926,826

$
8,530,464

Less: goodwill and other intangibles
(20,969
)
(21,005
)
(21,042
)
(21,078
)
(21,114
)
 
(20,969
)
(21,114
)
Tangible assets
$
7,905,857

$
7,881,350

$
8,103,305

$
8,414,724

$
8,509,350

 
$
7,905,857

$
8,509,350

Common shares outstanding
43,205

43,205

43,183

42,489

42,489

 
43,205

42,489

Tangible common equity ratio
9.93
 %
9.61
 %
8.96
 %
8.40
 %
8.21
 %
 
9.93
 %
8.21
 %
Tangible stockholders' book value per common share
$
18.18

$
17.54

$
16.82

$
16.63

$
16.43

 
$
18.18

$
16.43


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(1)
Expenses incurred for actions designed to implement the Company’s strategy as a new independent company. These actions include, but are not limited to reductions in workforce, streamlining operational processes, rolling out the Amerant brand, implementation of new technology system applications, enhanced sales tools and training, expanded product offerings and improved customer analytics to identify opportunities.
(2) The spin-off caused an unexpected early distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes from our deferred compensation plan. This distribution was taxable to plan participants as ordinary income during 2018. We partially compensated plan participants, in the aggregate amount of $1.2 million, for the higher tax expense they incurred as a result of the distribution increasing the plan participants' estimated effective federal income tax rates by recording a contribution to the plan on behalf of its participants. The after tax net effect of this $1.2 million contribution for the period ended June 30, 2018, was approximately $952,000. As a result of the early taxable distribution to plan participants, we expensed and deducted for federal income tax purposes, previously deferred compensation of approximately $8.1 million, resulting in an estimated tax credit of $1.7 million, which exceeded the amount of the tax gross-up paid to plan participants.
(3)
Calculated based upon the estimated annual effective tax rate for the periods, which excludes the tax effect of discrete items, and the amounts that resulted from the permanent difference between spin-off costs that are non-deductible for Federal and state income tax purposes, and total spin-off costs recognized in the consolidated financial statements. The estimated annual effective rate applied for the calculation differs from the reported effective tax rate since it is based on a different mix of statutory rates applicable to these expenses and to the rates applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries.
(4) As of June 30, 2019 and March 31, 2019, potential dilutive instruments included 738,138 unvested shares of restricted stock, including 736,839 shares of restricted stock issued in December 2018 in connection with the Company’s IPO and 1,299 additional shares of restricted stock issued in January 2019. As of June 30, 2019 and March 31, 2019, these 738,138 unvested shares of restricted stock were included in the diluted earnings per share computation because, when the unamortized deferred compensation cost related to these shares was divided by the average market price per share at that date, fewer shares would have been purchased than restricted shares assumed issued. Therefore, at those dates, such awards resulted in diluted shares outstanding weighted averages to be higher than basic shares outstanding weighted averages in six months ended June 30, 2019, and had a dilutive effect in per share earnings in the first quarter of 2019 and for the six months ended June 30, 2019. We had no outstanding dilutive instruments as of any period prior to December 31, 2018.

Exhibit 3 - Average Balance Sheet, Interest and Yield/Rate Analysis
The following tables present average balance sheet information, interest income, interest expense and the corresponding average yields earned and rates paid for the periods presented. The average balances for loans include both performing and nonperforming balances. Interest income on loans includes the effects of discount accretion and the amortization of net deferred loan origination costs accounted for as yield adjustments. Average balances represent the daily average balances for the periods presented.
 
Three Months Ended
 
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
June 30, 2018
(in thousands, except percentages)
 Average
Balances
 
Income/
Expense
 
Yield/
Rates
 
Average Balances
 
Income/ Expense
 
Yield/ Rates
 
Average
Balances
 
Income/
Expense
 
Yield/
Rates
Interest-earning assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan portfolio, net (1)
$
5,641,686

 
$
66,801

 
4.75
%
 
$
5,707,891

 
$
66,722

 
4.74
%
 
$
5,890,459

 
$
62,448

 
4.31
%
Securities available for sale (2)
1,522,280

 
10,314

 
2.72
%
 
1,555,828

 
10,889

 
2.84
%
 
1,662,799

 
11,257

 
2.74
%
Securities held to maturity (3)
82,728

 
506

 
2.45
%
 
84,613

 
586

 
2.81
%
 
88,811

 
346

 
1.57
%
Federal Reserve Bank and FHLB stock
65,861

 
1,066

 
6.49
%
 
67,461

 
1,106

 
6.65
%
 
70,243

 
1,106

 
6.45
%
Deposits with banks
88,247

 
539

 
2.45
%
 
169,811

 
1,004

 
2.40
%
 
175,434

 
759

 
1.74
%
Total interest-earning assets
7,400,802

 
79,226

 
4.29
%
 
7,585,604

 
80,307

 
4.29
%
 
7,887,746

 
75,916

 
3.91
%
Total non-interest-earning assets less allowance for loan losses
466,318

 
 
 
 
 
477,714

 
 
 
 
 
531,294

 
 
 
 
Total assets
$
7,867,120

 
 
 
 
 
$
8,063,318

 
 
 
 
 
$
8,419,040

 
 
 
 

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Three Months Ended
 
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
June 30, 2018
(in thousands, except percentages)
 Average
Balances
 
Income/
Expense
 
Yield/
Rates
 
Average Balances
 
Income/ Expense
 
Yield/ Rates
 
Average
Balances
 
Income/
Expense
 
Yield/
Rates
Interest-bearing liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Checking and saving accounts -
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest bearing DDA
$
1,207,811

 
$
301

 
0.10
%
 
$
1,262,603

 
$
274

 
0.09
%
 
$
1,417,230

 
$
113

 
0.03
%
Money market
1,143,072

 
3,997

 
1.40
%
 
1,158,623

 
3,717

 
1.30
%
 
1,225,452

 
3,086

 
1.01
%
Savings
369,538

 
17

 
0.02
%
 
383,425

 
16

 
0.02
%
 
431,686

 
18

 
0.02
%
Total checking and saving accounts
2,720,421

 
4,315

 
0.64
%
 
2,804,651

 
4,007

 
0.58
%
 
3,074,368

 
3,217

 
0.42
%
Time deposits
2,314,614

 
12,740

 
2.21
%
 
2,422,351

 
12,553

 
2.10
%
 
2,371,147

 
10,172

 
1.73
%
Total deposits
5,035,035

 
17,055

 
1.36
%
 
5,227,002

 
16,560

 
1.28
%
 
5,445,515

 
13,389

 
0.99
%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

 

 
%
 

 

 
%
 
423

 
2

 
1.90
%
Advances from the FHLB and other borrowings(4)
1,071,978

 
6,292

 
2.35
%
 
1,101,356

 
6,205

 
2.28
%
 
1,173,000

 
6,511

 
2.24
%
Junior subordinated debentures
118,110

 
2,090

 
7.10
%
 
118,110

 
2,105

 
7.23
%
 
118,110

 
2,025

 
7.04
%
Total interest-bearing liabilities
6,225,123

 
25,437

 
1.64
%
 
6,446,468

 
24,870

 
1.56
%
 
6,737,048

 
21,927

 
1.31
%
Total non-interest-bearing liabilities
855,874

 
 
 
 
 
856,211

 
 
 
 
 
933,968

 
 
 
 
Total liabilities
7,080,997

 
 
 
 
 
7,302,679

 
 
 
 
 
7,671,016

 
 
 
 
Stockholders’ equity
786,123

 
 
 
 
 
760,639

 
 
 
 
 
748,024

 
 
 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$
7,867,120

 
 
 
 
 
$
8,063,318

 
 
 
 
 
$
8,419,040

 
 
 
 
Excess of average interest-earning assets over average interest-bearing liabilities
$
1,175,679

 
 
 
 
 
$
1,139,136

 
 
 
 
 
$
1,150,698

 
 
 
 
Net interest income
 
 
$
53,789

 
 
 
 
 
$
55,437

 
 
 
 
 
$
53,989

 
 
Net interest rate spread
 
 
 
 
2.65
%
 
 
 
 
 
2.73
%
 
 
 
 
 
2.60
%
Net interest margin (5)
 
 
 
 
2.92
%
 
 
 
 
 
2.96
%
 
 
 
 
 
2.77
%
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
118.89
%
 
 
 
 
 
117.67
%
 
 
 
 
 
117.08
%
 
 
 
 

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Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2019
 
2018
(in thousands, except percentages)
Average
Balances
 
Income/
Expense
 
Yield/
Rates
 
Average
Balances
 
Income/
Expense
 
Yield/
Rates
Interest-earning assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan portfolio, net (1)
$
5,674,606

 
$
133,523

 
4.74
%
 
$
5,902,893

 
$
122,118

 
4.18
%
Securities available for sale (2)
1,538,961

 
21,204

 
2.78
%
 
1,669,607

 
21,549

 
2.60
%
Securities held to maturity (3)
83,665

 
1,092

 
2.63
%
 
89,165

 
856

 
1.93
%
Federal Reserve Bank and FHLB stock
66,657

 
2,171

 
6.57
%
 
70,304

 
2,045

 
5.90
%
Deposits with banks
127,551

 
1,543

 
2.44
%
 
157,391

 
1,279

 
1.63
%
Total interest-earning assets
7,491,440

 
159,533

 
4.29
%
 
7,889,360

 
147,847

 
3.78
%
Total non-interest-earning assets less allowance for loan losses
473,237

 
 
 
 
 
524,074

 
 
 
 
Total assets
$
7,964,677

 
 
 
 
 
$
8,413,434

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Checking and saving accounts -
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest bearing DDA
$
1,235,056

 
$
575

 
0.09
%
 
$
1,446,823

 
$
202

 
0.03
%
Money market
1,150,805

 
7,714

 
1.35
%
 
1,219,748

 
5,652

 
0.93
%
Savings
376,443

 
33

 
0.02
%
 
438,668

 
36

 
0.02
%
Total checking and saving accounts
2,762,304

 
8,322

 
0.61
%
 
3,105,239

 
5,890

 
0.38
%
Time deposits
2,368,185

 
25,293

 
2.15
%
 
2,323,746

 
18,872

 
1.63
%
Total deposits
5,130,489

 
33,615

 
1.32
%
 
5,428,985

 
24,762

 
0.91
%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

 

 
%
 
213

 
2

 
1.89
%
Advances from the FHLB and other borrowings(4)
1,086,586

 
12,497

 
2.32
%
 
1,179,934

 
12,501

 
2.13
%
Junior subordinated debentures
118,110

 
4,195

 
7.16
%
 
118,110

 
3,960

 
6.82
%
Total interest-bearing liabilities
6,335,185

 
50,307

 
1.60
%
 
6,727,242

 
41,225

 
1.23
%
Total non-interest-bearing liabilities
856,041

 
 
 
 
 
938,287

 
 
 
 
Total liabilities
7,191,226

 
 
 
 
 
7,665,529

 
 
 
 
Stockholders’ equity
773,451

 
 
 
 
 
747,905

 
 
 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$
7,964,677

 
 
 
 
 
$
8,413,434

 
 
 
 
Excess of average interest-earning assets over average interest-bearing liabilities
$
1,156,255

 
 
 
 
 
$
1,162,118

 
 
 
 
Net interest income
 
 
$
109,226

 
 
 
 
 
$
106,622

 
 
Net interest rate spread
 
 
 
 
2.69
%
 
 
 
 
 
2.55
%
Net interest margin (5)
 
 
 
 
2.94
%
 
 
 
 
 
2.72
%
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
118.25
%
 
 
 
 
 
117.27
%
 
 
 
 
____________
(1) Average non-performing loans of $24.5 million, $19.8 million and $34.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018, respectively, and $22.1 million and $32.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, are included in the average loan portfolio, net.
(2)
Includes nontaxable securities with average balances of $122.9 million, $158.0 million and $174.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018, respectively, and $140.4 million and $175.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The tax equivalent yield for these nontaxable securities was 4.05%, 4.02% and 4.10% for the three months ended June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018, respectively, and 4.03% and 3.83% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. In 2019 and 2018, the tax equivalent yields were calculated by assuming a 21% tax rate and dividing the actual yield by 0.79.

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(3)
Includes nontaxable securities with average balances of $82.7 million, $84.6 million and $88.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018, respectively, and $83.7 million and $88.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The tax equivalent yield for these nontaxable securities was 3.10%, 3.55% and 2.00% for the three months ended June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018, respectively, and 3.33% and 2.45% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. In 2019 and 2018, the tax equivalent yields were calculated assuming a 21% tax rate and dividing the actual yield by 0.79.
(4)
The terms of the FHLB advance agreements require the Bank to maintain certain investment securities or loans as collateral for these advances.
(5)
Net interest margin is defined as net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets, which are loans, securities available for sale and held to maturity, deposits with banks and other financial assets, which yield interest or similar income.

Exhibit 4 - Noninterest Income
    This table shows the amounts of each of the categories of noninterest income for the periods presented.
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
June 30, 2018
 
2019
 
2018
(in thousands, except percentages)
Amount
%
 
Amount
%
 
Amount
%
 
Amount
%
 
Amount
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits and service fees
$
4,341

30.68
%
 
$
4,086

31.06
%
 
$
4,471

29.83
%
 
$
8,427

30.86
%
 
$
9,053

31.29
%
Brokerage, advisory and fiduciary activities
3,736

26.41
%
 
3,688

28.03
%
 
4,426

29.53
%
 
7,424

27.19
%
 
8,841

30.56
%
Change in cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”)(1)
1,419

10.03
%
 
1,404

10.67
%
 
1,474

9.84
%
 
2,823

10.34
%
 
2,918

10.09
%
Cards and trade finance servicing fees
1,419

10.03
%
 
915

6.96
%
 
1,173

7.83
%
 
2,334

8.55
%
 
2,235

7.73
%
Gain on early extinguishment of FHLB advances

%
 
557

4.23
%
 
882

5.89
%
 
557

2.04
%
 
882

3.05
%
Data processing and fees for other services
365

2.58
%
 
520

3.95
%
 
613

4.09
%
 
885

3.24
%
 
1,494

5.16
%
Securities gains, net
992

7.01
%
 
4

0.03
%
 
16

0.11
%
 
996

3.65
%
 
16

0.06
%
Other noninterest income (2)
1,875

13.26
%
 
1,982

15.07
%
 
1,931

12.88
%
 
3,857

14.13
%
 
3,492

12.06
%
Total noninterest income
$
14,147

100.00
%
 
$
13,156

100.00
%
 
$
14,986

100.00
%
 
$
27,303

100.00
%
 
$
28,931

100.00
%
__________________
(1)
Changes in cash surrender value of BOLI are not taxable.
(2)
Includes rental income, income from derivative and foreign currency exchange transactions with customers, and valuation income on the investment balances held in the non-qualified deferred compensation plan.

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Exhibit 5 - Noninterest Expense
This table shows the amounts of each of the categories of noninterest expense for the periods presented.
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
June 30, 2018
 
2019
 
2018
(in thousands, except percentages)
Amount
%
 
Amount
%
 
Amount
%
 
Amount
%
 
Amount
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries and employee benefits
$
34,057

64.37
%
 
$
33,437

64.37
%
 
$
34,932

66.36
%
 
$
67,494

64.37
%
 
$
68,973

63.70
%
Occupancy and equipment
4,232

8.00
%
 
4,042

7.78
%
 
4,060

7.71
%
 
8,274

7.89
%
 
7,775

7.18
%
Professional and other services fees
3,954

7.47
%
 
3,444

6.63
%
 
5,387

10.23
%
 
7,398

7.06
%
 
11,831

10.93
%
Telecommunications and data processing
3,233

6.11
%
 
3,026

5.83
%
 
3,011

5.72
%
 
6,259

5.97
%
 
6,095

5.63
%
Depreciation and amortization
2,010

3.80
%
 
1,942

3.74
%
 
1,945

3.70
%
 
3,952

3.77
%
 
4,086

3.77
%
FDIC assessments and insurance
1,177

2.22
%
 
1,393

2.68
%
 
1,468

2.79
%
 
2,570

2.45
%
 
2,915

2.69
%
Other operating expenses (1)
4,242

8.03
%
 
4,661

8.97
%
 
1,835

3.49
%
 
8,903

8.49
%
 
6,608

6.10
%
Total noninterest expense
$
52,905

100.00
%
 
$
51,945

100.00
%
 
$
52,638

100.00
%
 
$
104,850

100.00
%
 
$
108,283

100.00
%
___________
(1) Includes advertising, marketing, charitable contributions, community engagement, postage and courier expenses, provisions for possible losses on contingent loans, and debits which mirror the valuation income on the investment balances held in the non-qualified deferred compensation plan in order to adjust the liability to participants of the deferred compensation plan.

Exhibit 6 - Loans

Loans

The loan portfolio consists of the following loan classes:
(in thousands)
June 30,
2019
 
March 31,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
 
September 30,
2018
 
June 30,
2018
Real estate loans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial real estate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nonowner occupied
$
1,872,493

 
$
1,852,903

 
$
1,809,356

 
$
1,792,708

 
$
1,864,645

Multi-family residential
968,080

 
878,239

 
909,439

 
847,873

 
858,453

Land development and construction loans
291,304

 
291,416

 
326,644

 
401,339

 
402,830

 
3,131,877

 
3,022,558

 
3,045,439

 
3,041,920

 
3,125,928

Single-family residential
535,563

 
535,306

 
533,481

 
509,460

 
514,912

Owner occupied
836,334

 
801,856

 
777,022

 
710,125

 
653,902

 
4,503,774

 
4,359,720

 
4,355,942

 
4,261,505

 
4,294,742

Commercial loans
1,180,736

 
1,239,525

 
1,380,428

 
1,470,222

 
1,432,033

Loans to financial institutions and acceptances
25,006

 
27,985

 
68,965

 
310,967

 
368,864

Consumer loans and overdrafts
103,239

 
107,208

 
114,840

 
116,585

 
123,910

Total loans
$
5,812,755

 
$
5,734,438

 
$
5,920,175

 
$
6,159,279

 
$
6,219,549



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Non-Performing Assets

This table shows a summary of our non-performing assets by loan class, which includes non-performing loans and other real estate owned, or OREO, at the dates presented. Non-performing loans consist of (i) nonaccrual loans; (ii) accruing loans 90 days or more contractually past due as to interest or principal; and (iii) restructured loans that are considered “troubled debt restructurings”, or “TDRs”.
(in thousands)
June 30,
2019
 
March 31,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
 
September 30,
2018
 
June 30,
2018
Non-Accrual Loans(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real Estate Loans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial real estate (CRE)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nonowner occupied
$
1,964

 
$

 
$

 
$
10,244

 
$
10,510

Multi-family residential
657

 
665

 

 

 

 
2,621

 
665

 

 
10,244

 
10,510

Single-family residential
9,432

 
6,514

 
6,689

 
7,047

 
6,334

Owner occupied
10,528

 
5,192

 
4,983

 
4,808

 
7,186

 
22,581

 
12,371

 
11,672

 
22,099

 
24,030

Commercial loans
10,032

 
7,361

 
4,772

 
6,461

 
9,934

Consumer loans and overdrafts
114

 
37

 
35

 
57

 
42

Total-Non-Accrual Loans
$
32,727

 
$
19,769

 
$
16,479

 
$
28,617

 
$
34,006

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Past Due Accruing Loans(2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real Estate Loans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Single-family residential
$

 
$

 
$
419

 
$
251

 
$

Commercial

 

 

 

 
27

Consumer loans and overdrafts
23

 
749

 
884

 
834

 
663

Total Past Due Accruing Loans
23

 
749

 
1,303

 
1,085

 
690

Total Non-Performing Loans
32,750

 
20,518

 
17,782

 
29,702

 
34,696

Other Real Estate Owned

 

 
367

 

 
558

Total Non-Performing Assets
$
32,750

 
$
20,518

 
$
18,149

 
$
29,702

 
$
35,254

__________________
(1)
Includes loan modifications that met the definition of TDRs which may be performing in accordance with their modified loan terms.
(2)
Loans past due 90 days or more but still accruing.

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Loans by credit quality indicators

This tables shows the Company’s loans by credit quality indicators. We have no purchased credit-impaired loans.
 
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
June 30, 2018
(in thousands)
Special Mention
Substandard
Doubtful
Total (1)
 
Special Mention
Substandard
Doubtful
Total (1)
 
Special Mention
Substandard
Doubtful
Total (1)
Real Estate Loans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial Real Estate (CRE)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nonowner occupied
$
6,251

$
1,964

$

$
8,215

 
$
8,285

$

$

$
8,285

 
$
11,695

$
10,510

$

$
22,205

Multi-family residential

657


657

 

665


665

 




 
6,251

2,621


8,872

 
8,285

665


8,950

 
11,695

10,510


22,205

Single-family residential

9,432


9,432

 

6,514


6,514

 
42

6,334


6,376

Owner occupied
9,476

13,940


23,416

 
12,767

8,632


21,399

 
10,987

9,539


20,526

 
15,727

25,993


41,720

 
21,052

15,811


36,863

 
22,724

26,383


49,107

Commercial loans
5,332

11,490

539

17,361

 
3,992

9,073

559

13,624

 
5,759

8,891

2,020

16,670

Consumer loans and overdrafts

4,421


4,421

 

5,944


5,944

 

5,734


5,734

 
$
21,059

$
41,904

$
539

$
63,502

 
$
25,044

$
30,828

$
559

$
56,431

 
$
28,483

$
41,008

$
2,020

$
71,511

__________
(1) There were no loans categorized as “Loss” as of the dates presented.

Exhibit 7 - Deposits by Country of Domicile
     
This tables shows the Company’s deposits by country of domicile of the depositor as of the dates presented.

(in thousands)
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
September 30, 2018
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
Domestic
$
3,014,269

 
$
2,963,098

 
$
3,001,366

 
$
3,036,296

 
$
3,112,526

Foreign:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Venezuela
2,465,718

 
2,587,879

 
2,694,690

 
2,797,680

 
2,889,794

Others
339,394

 
337,211

 
336,630

 
355,527

 
360,818

Total foreign
2,805,112

 
2,925,090

 
3,031,320

 
3,153,207

 
3,250,612

Total deposits
$
5,819,381

 
$
5,888,188

 
$
6,032,686

 
$
6,280,206

 
$
6,363,138



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