Central Pacific Financial Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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May 08, 2009
Central Pacific Financial Corp. (CPF, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-03-31.

Central Pacific Financial Corp. is a Hawaii-based bank holding company. Central Pacific Bank its subsidiary is Hawaii's third largest commercial bank. Central Pacific Financial Corp. has a market cap of $219.2 million; its shares were traded at around $7.63 with and P/S ratio of 0.6. Central Pacific Financial Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 11.2% over the past 10 years.

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At December 31, 2008, we used a weighted-average discount rate of 6.6% and an expected long-term rate of return on plan assets of 8.0%, which affected the amount of pension liability recorded as of year-end 2008 and the amount of pension expense to be recorded in 2009. For both the discount rate and the asset return rate, a range of estimates could reasonably have been used which would affect the amount of pension expense and pension liability recorded. A 0.25% change in the discount rate assumption would impact 2009 pension expense by $0.1 million and year-end 2008 pension liability by $0.7 million, while a 0.25% change in the asset return rate would impact 2009 pension expense by less than $0.1 million.

Net income for the first quarter of 2009 was $2.6 million, up $1.0 million or 58.6% from the first quarter of 2008. Quarterly results for the three months ended March 31, 2009 included an improvement in credit costs, which decreased to $29.6 million from $32.9 million in the comparable prior year period; a $3.6 million gain related to the sale of a parcel of land, a $2.2 million increase in net gain on sales of residential loans over the comparable prior year period, and a $2.2 million tax benefit for the settlement of a state tax contingency item; partially offset by a decrease in net interest income of $4.4 million and an increase in total other operating expense of $6.2 million when compared to the first quarter of 2008.

In January 2009, we issued $135.0 million in senior preferred stock in connection with our participation in the Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”) of the U.S. Treasury s Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”). The preferred stock carries an annual dividend of 5.0% during the first five years, increasing to 9.0% thereafter. We also issued warrants to purchase approximately 1.6 million shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $12.77 per share in connection with our participation in the CPP. The current quarter s earnings per common share of $0.03 were reflective of $1.9 million of dividends declared on and accretion of the preferred stock.

The following table presents annualized returns on average assets, average shareholders' equity, average tangible equity and basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods indicated. Average tangible equity is calculated as average shareholders equity less average intangible assets, which includes goodwill, core deposit premium, customer relationships and non-compete agreements. Average intangible assets were $180.1 million and $273.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

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