New England Bancshares Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Nov 13, 2009
New England Bancshares Inc. (NEBS, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30.

NEW ENGLAND BANCSHARES, INC. is the holding company for Enfield Federal Savings and Loan Association and Valley Bank. Enfield Federal Savings and Loan Association operates eight banking centers serving the communities of Enfield, Ellington, Manchester, Suffield, East Windsor and Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Valley Bank operates four offices in Bristol, Terryville and Southington, Connecticut. The Association is engaged principally in the business of attracting deposits from the general public and investing those deposits primarily in residential and commercial real estate loans, and to a lesser extent, in consumer, construction, commercial and small business loans. Valley Bank is a state-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Bristol, Connecticut. The Bank is engaged principally in the business of attracting deposits from the general public and investing those deposits primarily in commercial real estate loans, and commercial and small business loans. New England Bancshares Inc. has a market cap of $31 million; its shares were traded at around $4.85 with and P/S ratio of 1.2. The dividend yield of New England Bancshares Inc. stocks is 1.7%.

Highlight of Business Operations:



September 30, March 31,

2009 2009

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ASSETS (Unaudited)



Cash and due from banks ............................................... $ 7,848 $ 7,872

Interest-bearing demand deposits with other banks ..................... 56,700 33,554

Money market mutual funds ............................................. 36 7

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Total cash and cash equivalents .................................. 64,584 41,433

Interest-bearing time deposits with other banks ....................... 1,599 99

Investments in available-for-sale securities, at fair value ........... 64,377 71,821

Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost ................................. 4,396 3,896

Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $4,145 as of

September 30, 2009 and $6,458 as of March 31, 2009 ....... 490,141 413,566

Premises and equipment, net ........................................... 7,586 5,990

Other real estate owned ............................................... 922 141

Accrued interest receivable ........................................... 2,570 2,321

Deferred income taxes, net ............................................ 5,026 3,769

Cash surrender value of life insurance ................................ 9,394 9,211

Identifiable intangible assets ........................................ 1,927 2,165

Goodwill .............................................................. 16,629 14,701

Other assets .......................................................... 3,091 2,551

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Total assets ..................................................... $ 672,242 $ 571,664

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated

financial statements.

NEW ENGLAND BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)


Three Months Ended Six Months Ended

September 30, September 30,

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2009 2008 2009 2008

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Interest and dividend income:

Interest on loans .................................... $ 7,365 $ 6,130 $ 13,873 $ 12,232

Interest and dividends on securities:

Taxable ........................................... 641 819 1,313 1,562

Tax-exempt 143 201 299 370

Interest on federal funds sold, interest-bearing

deposits and dividends on money market mutual funds

and FHLB stock .................................... 155 124 200 299

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Total interest and dividend income ................ 8,304 7,274 15,685 14,463

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Interest expense:

Interest on deposits ................................. 2,835 2,543 5,527 5,067

Interest on advanced payments by borrowers for

taxes and insurance ............................ 3 3 7 7

Interest on Federal Home Loan Bank advances .......... 681 669 1,370 1,348

Interest on subordinated debentures .................. 68 68 137 136

Interest on securities sold under agreements to

repurchase ......................................... 52 36 96 73

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Total interest expense ............................ 3,639 3,319 7,137 6,631

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Net interest and dividend income .................. 4,665 3,955 8,548 7,832

Provision for loan losses .................................. 704 159 1,384 307

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Net interest and dividend income after provision

for loan losses ................................. 3,961 3,796 7,164 7,525

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Noninterest income (charge):

Service charges on deposit accounts .................. 345 276 599 545

Gain on securities, net .............................. 40 4 99 12

Gain on sale of loans ................................ 3 18 8 30

Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance

policies ........................................... 99 91 183 175

Impairment loss on securities (includes total losses

of $222, net of $170 recognized in other

comprehensive loss, pretax) ....................... (24) (2,473) (41) (2,473)

Other income ......................................... 148 90 449 184

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Total noninterest income (charge) ................. 611 (1,994) 1,297 (1,527)

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Noninterest expense:

Salaries and employee benefits ....................... 1,927 1,925 3,785 3,840

Occupancy and equipment expense ...................... 836 742 1,554 1,454

Advertising and promotion ............................ 28 81 66 174

Professional fees .................................... 212 123 510 247

Data processing expense .............................. 183 128 333 237

FDIC insurance ....................................... 205 51 745 89

Stationery and supplies .............................. 98 44 133 80

Amortization of identifiable intangible assets ....... 115 126 238 260

Other expense ........................................ 583 398 1,116 781

Total noninterest expense ......................... 4,187 3,618 8,480 7,162

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Income (loss) before income taxes ................. 385 (1,816) (19) (1,164)

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Income tax expense (benefit) ............................... 84 178 (139) 378

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Net income (loss) ................................. $ 301 $(1,994) $ 120 $ (1,542)

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Earnings (loss) per share:

Basic .......................................... $ 0.05 $ (0.35) $ 0.02 $ (0.27)

Diluted ........................................ 0.05 (0.35) 0.02 (0.27)

Dividends per share ..................................... 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.07

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated

financial statements.



On July 12, 2007 the Company acquired Valley Bank, Bristol, Connecticut,

through a merger with Valley Bank's holding company, First Valley Bancorp. Under

the terms of the transaction, shareholders of First Valley Bancorp received

0.8907 shares of Company common stock and $9.00 in cash for each share of First

Valley Bancorp common stock for a total of 1,068,625 shares and $10.8 million.

In addition, the Company incurred cash payments for deal expenses, payout of

stock options and employee expenses totaling $2.4 million, creating $13.6

million of goodwill, none of which is deductible for tax purposes. As a result

of the acquisition of Valley Bank, the Company became the holding company for

both Enfield Federal, a federal savings bank, and Valley Bank, a Connecticut

chartered commercial bank.





Quarter Ended Six Months Ended

September 30, September 30,

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(In thousands, except per share data) 2009 2008 2009 2008

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Net income (loss) $ 301 $ (1,994) 120 $(1,542)

Weighted average common shares

outstanding for computation of basic

EPS

6,087 5,644 5,893 5,676

Effect of dilutive stock options and

stock awards

46 - 52 -

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Weighted average common shares for

computation of diluted EPS 6,133 5,644 5,945 5,676

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Earnings (loss) per share:

Basic $ 0.05 $ (0.35) $ 0.02 $ (0.27)

Diluted $ 0.05 $ (0.35) $ 0.02 $ (0.27)

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Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Longer Total

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Fair Unrealized Fair Unrealized Fair Unrealized

Value Losses Value Losses Value Losses

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(In Thousands)



Debt securities issued by states of the

United States and political subdivisions

of the states $ 932 $ 80 $5,663 $ 439 $ 6,595 $ 519

Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury

and other U.S. government corporations

and agencies 1,233 22 - - 1,233 22

Mortgage-backed securities 1,749 32 3,251 611 5,000 643

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Total temporarily impaired securities $ 3,914 $ 134 $8,914 $ 1,050 $12,828 $1,184

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