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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended: June 30, 2010 or
[  ] 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. 001-33246

MSB FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

United States
 
34-1981437
(State or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1902 Long Hill Road, Millington, New Jersey
   
07946-0417
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
   
(Zip Code)
 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 908-647-4000
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 

Title of Each Class
 
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.10 par value
 
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES [  ] NO [X]
 
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 [  ] NO [X]
 
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 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.YES [X] NO [  ]
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§229.405 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 [  ] NO
 
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. [X]
 
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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 
Large accelerated filer o
 
Accelerated filer o
 
Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller reporting company  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES [  ] NO [X]
 
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, based on the closing price of the Registrant’s common stock as quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on December  31, 2009, was approximately $17.2 million.
 
As of September 21, 2010 there were 5,180,168 shares outstanding of the Registrant’s common stock.
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
 
1.
Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. (Parts II and III)

 
 

 


MSB FINANCIAL CORP.

FORM 10-K

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2010

INDEX

 
PART 1
     
Page
Item 1.
 
Business
 
1
Item 1A.
 
Risk Factors
 
29
Item 1B.
 
Unresolved Staff Comments
 
29
Item 2.
 
Properties
 
29
Item 3.
 
Legal Proceedings
 
30
Item 4.
 
[Removed and Reserved]
 
30
         
PART II
       
Item 5.
 
Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
   and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
30
Item 6.
 
Selected Financial Data
 
31
Item 7.
 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
   and Results of Operations
 
31
Item 7A.
 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
41
Item 8.
 
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
 
42
Item 9.
 
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
   Financial Disclosure
 
42
Item 9A.
 
Controls and Procedures
 
43
Item 9B.
 
Other Information
 
45
         
PART III
       
Item 10.
 
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
 
45
Item 11.
 
Executive Compensation
 
45
Item 12.
 
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
   Related Stockholder Matters
 
45
Item 13.
 
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
 
46
Item 14.
 
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
 
46
         
PART IV
       
Item 15.
 
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
 
46
         



 
 

 


PART I

Forward-Looking Statements

MSB Financial Corp. (the “Company”) may from time to time make written or oral “forward-looking statements,” including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the exhibits thereto), in its reports to stockholders and in other communications by the Company, which are made in good faith by the Company pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the private securities litigation reform act of 1995.

These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions, that are subject to change based on various important factors (some of which are beyond the Company’s control). The following factors, among others, could cause the Company’s financial performance to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements: The strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which the Company conducts operations; the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the board of governors of the federal reserve system, inflation, interest rate, market and monetary fluctuations; the timely development of and acceptance of new products and services of the Company and the perceived overall value of these products and services by users, including the features, pricing and quality compared to competitors’ products and services; the willingness of users to substitute competitors’ products and services for the Company’s products and services; the success of the Company in gaining regulatory approval of its products and services, when required; the impact of changes in financial services’ laws and regulations (including laws concerning taxes, banking, securities and insurance); technological changes, acquisitions; market volatility; changes in consumer spending and saving habits; and the success of the Company at managing the risks involved in the foregoing.

The Company cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.

Item 1. Business

General

The Company is a federally chartered corporation organized in 2004 for the purpose of acquiring all of the capital stock that Millington Savings Bank (the “Bank”) issued in its mutual holding company reorganization. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, the Company conducted its initial public offering and sold 2,529,281 shares for net proceeds of approximately $24.5 million. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 1902 Long Hill Road, Millington, New Jersey 07946-0417 and its telephone number at that address is (908) 647-4000.

MSB Financial, MHC (the “MHC”) is a federally chartered mutual holding company that was formed in 2004 in connection with the mutual holding company reorganization. The MHC has not engaged in any significant business since its formation. So long as the MHC is in existence, it will at all times own a majority of the outstanding stock of the Company.

 
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The Bank is a New Jersey-chartered stock savings bank and its deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. As of June 30, 2010, the Bank had 51 full time equivalent employees.
 
The Bank is regulated by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The OTS regulates the MHC and the Company as federally-chartered savings and loan holding companies.
 
Throughout this document, references to “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to the Bank or Company, or both, as the context indicates.

Competition

We operate in a market area with a high concentration of banking and other financial institutions, and we face substantial competition in attracting deposits and in originating loans. A number of our competitors are significantly larger institutions with greater financial and managerial resources and lending limits. Our ability to compete successfully is a significant factor affecting our growth potential and profitability.

Our competition for deposits and loans historically has come from other insured financial institutions such as local and regional commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit unions located in our primary market area. We also compete with mortgage banking and finance companies for real estate loans and with commercial banks and savings institutions for consumer loans, and we face competition for funds from investment products such as mutual funds, short-term money funds and corporate and government securities. There are large competitors operating throughout our total market area, and we also face strong competition from other community-based financial institutions.

Lending Activities

We have traditionally focused on the origination of one-to-four family loans and home equity loans and lines of credit, which together comprise a substantial portion of the total loan portfolio. We also provide financing for commercial real estate, including multi-family dwellings/apartment buildings, service/retail and mixed-use properties, churches and non-profit properties, medical and dental facilities and other commercial real estate. In recent years, construction loans have grown as a component of our portfolio. We also originate commercial loans. Our consumer loans are comprised of auto loans, personal loans and account loans.


 
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Loan Portfolio Composition. The following tables analyze the composition of the Bank’s portfolio by loan category at the dates indicated.  Except as set forth below, there were no concentrations of loans exceeding 10% of total loans.

   
At June 30,
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
Amount
 
Percent
   
Amount
 
Percent
   
Amount
 
Percent
   
Amount
 
Percent
   
Amount
 
Percent
 
     
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Type of Loans:
                                                                   
One-to-four family real estate
 
$
155,241
 
56.94
%
   
$
155,143
 
54.68
%
   
$
145,868
 
56.31
%
   
$
123,601
 
50.94
%
   
$
120,921
 
53.89
%
Commercial real estate
   
33,776
 
12.39
       
34,115
 
12.03
       
30,068
 
11.61
       
28,989
 
11.95
       
23,587
 
10.51
 
Construction
   
16,639
 
6.10
       
20,978
 
7.39
       
17,771
 
6.86
       
23,822
 
9.82
       
23,276
 
10.37
 
Consumer
   
918
 
0.34
       
1,106
 
0.39
       
1,259
 
0.49
       
1,995
 
0.82
       
1,861
 
0.83
 
Home equity
   
56,862
 
20.86
       
62,179
 
21.92
       
54,778
 
21.15
       
55,896
 
23.04
       
49,257
 
21.95
 
Commercial
   
9,190
 
3.37
       
10,176
 
3.59
       
9,285
 
3.58
       
8,338
 
3.43
       
 5,497
 
 2.45
 
                                                                     
Total loans receivable
   
272,626
 
100.00
%
     
283,697
 
100.00
%
     
259,029
 
100.00
%
     
242,641
 
100.00
%
     
224,399
 
100.00
%
                                                                     
Less:
                                                                   
Construction loans in process
   
(4,027
)          
(5,609
)
         
(3,568
)
         
(7,999
)
         
(4,968
)
   
Allowance for loan losses
   
(2,588
)            
(1,808
)
         
(1,025
)
         
(926
)
         
(921
)
   
Deferred loan fees
   
(197
)          
(222
)
         
(146
)
         
(218
)
         
 (189
)
   
                                                                     
Total loans receivable, net
 
$
265,814
         
$
276,058
         
$
254,290
         
$
233,498
         
$
218,321
     



 
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Loan Maturity Schedule. The following table sets forth the maturity of the Bank’s loan portfolio at June 30, 2010. Demand loans, loans having no stated maturity, and overdrafts are shown as due in one year or less. Undisbursed amounts on construction loans totaling $4.0 million at June 30, 2010 are not shown in the table. The table shows contractual maturities and does not reflect repricing or the effect of prepayments. Actual maturities may differ.

       
At June 30, 2010
 
       
One-to-Four
Family
Real Estate
     
 
Commercial
Real Estate
     
 
 
Construction
     
 
 
Consumer
     
 
 
Home Equity
     
 
 
Commercial
     
 
 
Total
 
       
(In thousands)
 
Amounts Due:
                                                                       
Within 1 Year
     
$
12,871
     
$
3,712
     
$
10,251
     
$
672
     
$
878
     
$
3,995
     
$
32,379
 
                                                                         
After 1 year:
                                                                       
1 to 5 years
       
27,651
       
9,974
       
2,361
       
246
       
4,502
       
3,526
       
48,260
 
5 to 10 years
       
15,355
       
8,302
       
-
       
-
       
22,217
       
368
       
46,242
 
After 10 years
       
99,364
       
11,788
       
-
       
-
       
29,265
       
1,301
       
141,718
 
                                                                         
Total due after one year
       
142,370
       
30,064
       
2,361
       
246
       
55,984
       
5,195
       
236,220
 
Total amount due
     
$
155,241
     
$
33,776
     
$
12,612
     
$
918
     
$
56,862
     
$
9,190
     
$
268,599
 



 
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The following table sets forth the dollar amount of all loans at June 30, 2010 due after June 30, 2011, which have fixed interest rates and which have floating or adjustable interest rates.

       
 
 
Fixed Rates
     
Floating or
Adjustable
Rates
     
 
 
Total
 
       
(In thousands)
 
                                 
One-to-four family real estate
     
$
137,840
     
$
4,530
     
$
142,370
 
Commercial real estate
       
30,064
       
-
       
30,064
 
Construction
       
2,361
       
-
       
2,361
 
Consumer
       
67
       
179
       
246
 
Home equity
       
29,656
       
26,328
       
55,984
 
Commercial
       
2,625
       
2,570
       
5,195
 
Total
     
$
202,613
     
$
33,607
     
$
236,220
 


One-to-Four Family Real Estate Mortgages. Our primary lending activity consists of the origination of one-to-four family first mortgage loans. Fixed rate, conventional mortgage loans are offered by the Bank with terms from 5 to 30 years. A bi-weekly payment option is available wherein a payment is made every fourteen days via automatic deduction from the borrower’s Millington Savings Bank account.

We also originate fixed rate balloon mortgages with terms of 3 to 10 years and flexible amortizations. At the end of each term the mortgage may be paid off in full with no penalty or, provided that the loan is in good standing and there has been no negative change in value of the collateral, we may extend the existing mortgage on new terms, at a new interest rate. If the mortgage is extended, there may be additional charges at the time of each extension.

We originate adjustable rate mortgages, or ARM’s, with up to 30 year terms at rates based upon the U.S. Treasury One Year Constant Maturity as an index. Our ARM’s currently reset on an annual basis, beginning with the first year, and have a 200 basis point annual increase cap and a 600 basis point lifetime adjustment cap.  We do not originate “teaser” rate or negative amortization loans.

Substantially all residential mortgages include “due on sale” clauses, which are provisions giving the lender the right to declare a loan immediately payable if the borrower sells or otherwise transfers an interest in the property to a third party. Property appraisals on real estate securing one-to-four family residential loans are made by state certified or licensed independent appraisers and are performed in accordance with applicable regulations and policies. We require title insurance policies on all first lien one-to-four family residential loans. Homeowners, liability, fire and, if applicable, flood insurance policies are also required.

We provide financing on residential investment properties with either 3 to 10 year balloon mortgages or 5 to 30 year fixed duration mortgages. At the end of each term a balloon mortgage on an investment property may be paid off in full with no penalty or, provided that the loan is in good standing and there has been no negative change in value of the collateral, we may extend the existing mortgage on new terms, at a new interest rate. If the mortgage is extended, there may be additional charges at the time of each extension. Our investment property lending product is available to individuals or proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability corporations, and corporations with personal guarantees. All investment property is underwritten on its ability substantially to carry itself, unless the property is a two-family residence with the mortgagor living in one of the units. Preference is given to those loans where rental

 
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income covers all operating expenses, including but not limited to principal and interest, real estate taxes, hazard insurance, utilities, maintenance, and reserve. Operating expenses generally may not exceed rental income by more than 10%. Any negative cash flow will be included in the limit on the borrower’s total debt ratio.

We generally originate one-to-four family first mortgage loans, for primary residence or investment, for up to 80% loan-to-value.

Commercial Real Estate Mortgages. Our commercial real estate lending includes multi-family dwellings/apartment buildings, service/retail and mixed-use properties, churches and non-profit properties, medical and dental facilities and other commercial real estate. Our commercial real estate mortgage loans are either 3 to 10 year balloon mortgages (with a maximum amortization period of 25 years) or 15 year fixed duration mortgages. This type of lending is made available to proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations with personal guarantees. All commercial property is underwritten on its ability substantially to provide satisfactory cash flows.  A cash flow and lease analysis is performed for each property. Preference is given to those loans where rental income covers all operating expenses, including but not limited to principal and interest, real estate tax, hazard insurance, utilities, maintenance, and reserve. Operating expenses may exceed rental income by not more than 10%. Any negative cash flow will be included in the limit on the borrower’s total debt ratio. Cash from other assets of the borrower, who may own multiple properties and generate a surplus, can be made available to cover debt-service shortages of the financed property.

The maximum loan-to-value ratio on most commercial real estate loans we originate is 80%. Although not our normal practice, our lending policy permits us to originate these loans in excess of an 80% loan-to-value.

The management skills of the borrower are judged on the basis of his/her professional experience and must be documented to meet the Bank’s satisfaction in relation to the desired project. The assets of the borrower must indicate his/her ability to support the proposed investment, both in terms of liquidity and net worth, and tangible history of the borrower’s capability and experience must be evident.

Unlike single-family residential mortgage loans, which generally are made on the basis of the borrower’s ability to make repayment from his or her employment and other income, and which are secured by real property whose value tends to be more easily ascertainable, multi-family and commercial real estate loans typically are made on the basis of the borrower’s ability to make repayment from the cash flow of the borrower’s business or rental income. As a result, the availability of funds for the repayment of commercial real estate and multi-family loans may be substantially dependent on the success of the business itself and the general economic environment. Commercial real estate and multi-family loans, therefore, have greater credit risk than one-to-four family residential mortgages or consumer loans. In addition, commercial real estate and multi-family loans generally result in larger balances to single borrowers, or related groups of borrowers and also generally require substantially greater evaluation and oversight efforts.

Construction Loans. We originate construction and land acquisition loans for an owner-occupied residence or to a builder with a valid contract of sale. With prior Board of Director approval, we also provide financing for speculative residential or commercial construction and development. Individual consideration is given to builders based on their past performance, workmanship, and financial worth. Our construction lending includes loans for construction or major renovations or improvements of owner-occupied residences; however, the majority of this portfolio consists of real estate developers.

 
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    Construction loans are mortgages with up to an 18 month duration. Funds are disbursed periodically upon inspections made by our inspectors on the completion of each phase, as per the approved draw schedule. Funds disbursed may not exceed 90% loan-to-value of land and improvements at any time during construction. Interest rates on disbursed funds are based on the rate and terms set at the time of closing. The majority of our construction lending is variable rate loans with rates tied to the prime rate published in The Wall Street Journal, plus a premium. Payments on disbursed funds must be made on a monthly basis. The loan-to-value limitation on land acquisition loans is 50%.

Construction lending is generally considered to involve a higher degree of credit risk than residential mortgage lending. If the estimate of construction cost proves to be inaccurate, we may be compelled to advance additional funds to complete the construction with repayment dependent, in part, on the success of the ultimate project rather than the ability of a borrower or guarantor to repay the loan. If we are forced to foreclose on a project prior to completion, there is no assurance that we will be able to recover the entire unpaid portion of the loan. In addition, we may be required to fund additional amounts to complete a project and may have to hold the property for an indeterminate period of time.

Consumer Loans. Our consumer lending products consist of new and used auto loans, secured and unsecured personal loans, account loans and overdraft lines of credit. The maximum term for a loan on a new or used automobile is six years and four years, respectively. We will lend up to 80% of retail value or dealer invoice on a car loan. We offer a reduction on the interest rate for car loans with payments automatically deducted from the borrower’s checking or statement savings account with us.

Our personal loans have terms of up to four years with a minimum and maximum balance of $1,000 and $5,000, respectively. A reduction to the interest rate is offered for loans with automatic debit repayment from a checking or statement savings account with us. Our account loans permit a depositor to borrow up to 90% of his or her funds on deposit with us in certificate of deposit accounts. The interest rate is the current rate paid to the depositor, plus a premium. A minimum payment of interest only is required. We offer an overdraft line of credit with a minimum of $500 and up to a maximum of $5,000 and an interest rate tied to the prime rate published in The Wall Street Journal, plus a premium.

Consumer lending is generally considered to involve a higher degree of credit risk than residential mortgage lending. Consumer loan repayment is dependent on the borrower’s continuing financial stability and can be adversely affected by job loss, divorce, illness, personal bankruptcy and other factors. The application of various federal and state laws, including federal and state bankruptcy and insolvency laws, may limit the amount which can be recovered on consumer loans in the event of a default. Account loans are fully secured.

Home Equity Loans and Lines of Credit. We offer fixed rate home equity loans and variable rate home equity lines of credit with a minimum credit limit of $5,000. Collateral valuation is established through a variety of methods, including an on-line appraisal valuation estimator, drive by appraisals, recent assessed tax value, purchase price or consideration value as evidenced by a deed or property search report or a report of real estate comparables from a licensed realtor. Loan requests over $100,000, however, require full appraisals, and requests over $500,000 require Loan Committee approval. Loan requests over $1.0 million require Board approval.  The loan-to-value limit on home equity lending is 80% on owner occupied property and 70% on investment property. The variable rate on home equity lines of credit is adjusted monthly and is currently set at prime for owner occupied properties and prime plus a premium for investment properties. The fixed rate loans on investment property are also higher than fixed rate owner occupied home equity loans. We generally provide home equity financing only for a first or second lien position.

 
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    Our fixed rate home equity loans have terms of 5 to 30 years. Our variable rate home equity lines of credit have terms of 15 years, and we also offer an interest only home equity line of credit based on a 10 year term. The loan-to-value limit on interest only home equity financing is 70% on owner occupied property and 60% on investment property. We also offer bridge loans with a variable rate and a 70% loan-to-value limit on owner occupied property and 60% on investment property.

Commercial Loans. We offer revolving lines of credit to businesses to finance short-term working capital needs like accounts receivable and inventory. These lines of credit may be unsecured or secured by accounts receivable and inventory or real estate. We generally provide such financing for no more than a 3 year term and with a variable rate.

We also originate commercial term loans to fund longer-term borrowing needs such as purchasing equipment, property improvements or other fixed asset needs. These loans are secured by new and used machinery, equipment, fixtures, furniture or other long-term fixed assets and have terms of 1 to 15 years. We originate commercial term loans for other general long-term business purposes, and these loans are secured by real estate. Interest on commercial term loans is payable monthly and principal may be payable monthly or quarterly.

The normal minimum amount for our commercial term loans and lines of credit is $5,000. We generally will not lend more than $100,000 on a commercial line of credit or $500,000 on a commercial term loan. We typically do not provide working capital loans to businesses outside our normal market area or to new businesses where repayment is dependent solely on future profitable operation of the business. We avoid originating loans for which the primary source of repayment could be liquidation of the collateral securing the loan in light of poor repayment prospects. We typically require personal guarantees on all commercial loans, regardless of other collateral securing the loan.

The loan-to-value limits related to commercial lending vary according to the collateral. Loans secured by real estate may be originated for up to 80% loan-to-value. Other limits are as follows. Savings accounts: 90% of the deposit amount; stocks: 50% to 75% depending on exchange or market listing; new equipment: 75% of purchase price; and used equipment: lesser of 75% of purchase price or 75% of current market value.

Loans to One Borrower. The Bank’s regulatory limit on total loans to any borrower or attributed to any one borrower is 15% of unimpaired capital and surplus. Accordingly, as of June 30, 2010, our loans to one borrower legal limit was approximately $5.2 million.

The Bank’s lending policies require Board approval before any borrower’s existing and/or committed borrowings from the Bank may exceed $1.0 million in aggregate. Any single loan in excess of $1.0 million also requires prior Board approval.

Loan Originations, Purchases, Sales, Solicitation and Processing. Our customary sources of loan applications include repeat customers, referrals from realtors and other professionals and “walk-in” customers. Our residential loan originations are driven by the Bank’s reputation, as opposed to being advertising driven.

We normally do not sell loans into the secondary mortgage market and did not sell any loans in the five year period ended June 30, 2010.  Because it has been our policy to retain the loans we originate in our portfolio, we have not uniformly originated our real estate mortgage loans to meet the documentation standards to sell loans in the secondary mortgage market. We may do so, however, in the future if we find it desirable in connection with interest rate risk management to sell longer term fixed rate mortgages into the secondary mortgage market.

 
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We did not purchase any whole loans in the five-year period ended June 30, 2010.  We did, however, purchase a few participation interests in loans originated by other banks during this period.

Loan Approval Procedures and Authority. Lending policies and loan approval limits are approved and adopted by the Board of Directors. Lending authority is vested primarily in President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Jolliffe, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Shriner and Vice President and Chief Lending Officer Nancy Schmitz. Each of these officers may approve loans within the following limits: first mortgage real estate and construction loans up to $500,000; home equity loans up to $500,000; consumer loans up to $500,000; and commercial loans up to $500,000.  Loans in excess of $500,000 but under $1.0 million require the approval of the Loan Committee.  Prior Board approval is required for all loan products in excess of $1.0 million. The Board also must give prior approval for any aggregation of existing and/or committed loans to one borrower that exceed $1.0 million. Certain other Bank employees also have limited lending authority.

Asset Quality

Loan Delinquencies and Collection Procedures. The Bank’s procedures for delinquent loans are as follows:

15 days delinquent:
late charge added, first delinquent notice mailed
30 days delinquent:
second delinquent notice mailed
45 days delinquent:
additional late charge, third delinquent notice mailed, telephone contact made
60 days delinquent:
telephone contact made, separate letter mailed
90 days delinquent:
decision made to foreclose or workout

When a loan is 90 days delinquent, the Board may determine to refer it to an attorney for repossession or foreclosure. All reasonable attempts are made to collect from borrowers prior to referral to an attorney for collection. In certain instances, we may modify the loan or grant a limited moratorium on loan payments to enable the borrower to reorganize his or her financial affairs, and we attempt to work with the borrower to establish a repayment schedule to cure the delinquency.

As to mortgage loans, if a foreclosure action is taken and the loan is not reinstated, paid in full or refinanced, the property is sold at judicial sale at which we may be the buyer if there are no adequate offers to satisfy the debt. Any property acquired as the result of foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure is classified as real estate owned until it is sold or otherwise disposed of. When real estate owned is acquired, it is recorded at its fair market value less estimated selling costs. The initial writedown of the property is charged to the allowance for loan losses. Adjustments to the carrying value of the property that result from subsequent declines in value are charged to operations in the period in which the declines occur. At June 30, 2010, we held $1.1 million in real estate owned.

As to commercial loans, the Bank requires updated financial statements when the loan becomes 90 days delinquent. As to account loans, the outstanding balance is collected from the related account along with accrued interest when the loan is 180 days delinquent.

Loans are reviewed on a regular basis, and all delinquencies of 60 days or more are reported to the Board of Directors. Loans are placed on non-accrual status when they are more than 90 days delinquent, except for such loans which are “well secured” and “in the process of collection.”  In addition a loan that may be placed on non-accrual status at any time if, in the opinion of management, the collection of the loan in full is doubtful. An asset is “well secured” if it is secured (1) by collateral in the form of liens on or pledges of real or personal property, including securities, that have a realizable value

 
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sufficient to discharge the debt (including accrued interest) in full, or (2) by the guarantee of a financially responsible party.  An asset is “in process of collection” if collection of the asset is proceeding in due course either (1) through legal action, including judgment enforcement procedures, or (2) in appropriate circumstances, through collection efforts not involving legal action which are reasonably expected to result in repayment of the debt or its restoration to a current status in the near future.

Interest accrued and unpaid at the time a loan is placed on non-accrual status is charged against interest income.  Subsequent payments are either applied to the outstanding principal balance or recorded as interest income, depending on the assessment of the ultimate collectability of the loan. At June 30, 2010, we had approximately $13.9 million of loans that were held on a non-accrual basis, of which $7.5 million were classified as impaired and were subject to specific loss allowances totaling $1.4 million.

Non-Performing Assets. The following table provides information regarding our non-performing loans and other non-performing assets as of the dates indicated.

   
At June 30,
   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
2007
 
2006
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Loans accounted for on a non-accrual basis:
                                       
One-to-four family real estate
 
$
6,764
   
$
3,714
   
$
1,234
   
$
116
   
$
-
 
Commercial real estate
   
3,465
     
926
     
410
     
-
     
-
 
Construction
   
864
     
-
     
-
     
666
     
-
 
Consumer
   
9
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
1
 
Home equity
   
2,281
     
1,356
     
634
     
634
     
325
 
Commercial
   
514
     
550
     
658
     
166
     
98
 
Total
   
13,897
     
6,546
     
2,936
     
1,582
     
424
 
Accruing loans contractually past due
90 days or more:
                                       
One-to-four family real estate
   
1,439
     
2,394
     
1,615
     
740
     
252
 
Commercial real estate
   
-
     
-
     
378
     
-
     
-
 
Construction
   
-
     
250
     
-
     
-
     
47
 
Consumer
   
2
     
10
     
16
     
-
     
-
 
Home equity
   
321
     
78
     
234
     
27
     
-
 
Commercial
   
-
     
377
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
   
1,762
     
3,109
     
2,243
     
767
     
299
 
Total non-performing loans
 
$
15,659
   
$
9,655
   
$
5,179
   
$
2,349
   
$
723
 
Total non-performing assets
 
$
16,726
   
$
9,655
   
$
5,179
   
$
2,349
   
$
723
 
Total non-performing loans to total loans
   
5.74
%
   
3.40
%
   
2.00
%
   
0.97
%
   
0.32
%
Total non-performing loans to total assets
   
4.36
%
   
2.74
%
   
1.68
%
   
0.83
%
   
0.27
%
Total non-performing assets to total assets
   
4.66
%
   
2.74
%
   
1.68
%
   
0.83
%
   
0.27
%

During the year ended June 30, 2010, gross interest income of $756,000 would have been recorded on loans accounted for on a non-accrual basis if those loans had been current, and $449,000 of interest on a cash basis as collected was included in income.  At June 30, 2010, there was one loan for $594,000 that was not classified as nonaccrual, 90 days past due or restructured but where known information about possible credit problems of borrowers caused management to have serious concerns as to the ability of the borrowers to comply with present loan repayment terms which may result in future disclosure as nonaccrual, 90 days past due or restructured.

 
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    Classified Assets. Management, in compliance with the Uniform Credit Classification and Account Management Policy adopted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has instituted an internal loan review program, whereby non-performing loans are classified as special mention, substandard, doubtful or loss. It is our policy to review the loan portfolio, in accordance with regulatory classification procedures, on at least a quarterly basis. When a loan is classified as substandard or doubtful, management is required to evaluate the loan for impairment. When management classifies a portion of a loan as loss, a reserve equal to 100% of the loss amount is required to be established or the loan is to be charged-off.

An asset that does not currently expose the Bank to a sufficient degree of risk to warrant an adverse classification, but which possesses credit deficiencies or potential weaknesses that deserve management’s close attention is classified as “special mention.”

An asset classified as “substandard” is inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or the collateral pledged, if any. Assets so classified have well-defined weaknesses and are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Bank will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

An asset classified as “doubtful” has all the weaknesses inherent in a “substandard” asset with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and values, highly questionable and improbable. The possibility of a loss on a doubtful asset is high.

That portion of an asset classified as “loss” is considered uncollectible and of such little value that its continuance as an asset, without establishment of a specific valuation or charge-off, is not warranted. This classification does not necessarily mean that an asset has absolutely no recovery or salvage value; but rather, it is not practical or desirable to defer writing off a basically worthless asset even though partial recovery may be effected in the future.

Management’s classification of assets is reviewed by the Board on a regular basis and by the regulatory agencies as part of their examination process. An independent loan review firm performs periodic reviews of our loan portfolio.

The following table discloses the Bank’s classification of assets as of June 30, 2010.

   
At June 30, 2010
   
(In thousands)
       
Special Mention
 
$
4,133
Substandard
   
14,106
Doubtful
   
-
Loss
   
1,536
Total
 
$
19,775

At June 30, 2010, 44 out of the 70 loans classified totaling $15.7 million are included as non-performing loans in the non-performing assets table.


 
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Allowance for Loan Losses. The allowance for loan losses is a valuation account that reflects our estimation of the losses in our loan portfolio to the extent they are both probable and reasonable to estimate. The allowance is established through provisions for loan losses that are charged to income in the period they are established. We charge losses on loans against the allowance for loan losses when we believe the collection of loan principal is unlikely. Recoveries on loans previously charged-off are added back to the allowance.

Management, in determining the allowance for loan losses, considers the losses inherent in the loan portfolio and changes in the nature and volume of our loan activities, along with general economic and real estate market conditions. We establish a specific allowance for loans classified as “loss” or that are determined to be impaired. We make provisions for loan losses to a general allowance according to (i) the type of loan, and (ii) whether the loan is current and performing or delinquent, with higher allowances made according to the number of days a loan is delinquent. However, for purposes of establishing the general valuation allowance, loans that are delinquent 90 days or more are not subject to higher allowances if they have a loan-to-value ratio of less than 60%.

We maintain a loan review system which provides for a systematic review of the loan portfolio and the early identification of potential impaired loans. We generally review a loan for impairment as soon as the loan is 60 or more days delinquent. A loan evaluated for impairment is deemed to be impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. All loans identified as impaired are evaluated individually. We do not aggregate such loans for evaluation purposes.

Specific loan loss allowances are established for impaired loans based on management’s evaluation of estimated losses in the portfolio, after consideration of risk characteristics of the loans and prevailing and anticipated economic conditions and the underlying value of the collateral.  General loan allowances are based upon a combination of factors including, but not limited to, actual loan loss experience, composition of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions and management’s judgment. The estimation of the allowance for loan losses is inherently subjective as it requires estimates and assumptions that are susceptible to significant revisions as more information becomes available or as future events change. Future additions to the allowance for loan losses may be necessary if economic and other conditions in the future differ substantially from the current operating environment. In addition, the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as an integral part of their examination processes, periodically review our loan and foreclosed real estate portfolios and the related allowance for loan losses and valuation allowance for foreclosed real estate. They may require the allowance for loan losses or the valuation allowance for foreclosed real estate to be increased based on their review of information available at the time of the examination, which would negatively affect our earnings.


 
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The following table sets forth information with respect to the Bank’s allowance for loan losses for the periods indicated:

       
Year Ended June 30,
 
       
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
       
(Dollars in thousands)
 
                                           
Allowance balance at beginning of period
     
$
1,808
     
$
1,025
     
$
926
     
$
921
     
$
874
 
Provision for loan losses
       
1,600
       
783
       
135
       
5
       
60
 
Charge-offs:
                                                   
One-to-four family real estate
       
6
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
 
Commercial real estate
       
166
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
 
Construction
       
487
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
 
Consumer
       
14
       
-
       
42
       
3
       
17
 
Home Equity
       
148
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
 
Total charge-offs
       
821
       
-
       
42
       
3
       
17
 
                                                     
Recoveries:
                                                   
Consumer
       
1
       
-
       
6
       
3
       
4
 
Total recoveries
       
1
       
-
       
6
       
3
       
4
 
Net charge-offs
     
$
820
     
$
-
     
$
36
     
$
-
     
$
13
 
Allowance balance at end of period
     
$
2,588
     
$
1,808
     
$
1,025
     
$
926
     
$
921
 
Total loans outstanding at end of period
     
$
272,626
     
$
283,697
     
$
259,029
     
$
242,641
     
$
224,399
 
Average loans outstanding during period
     
$
277,379
     
$
266,164
     
$
243,879
     
$
228,069
     
$
205,905
 
Allowance for loan losses as a
percentage of non-performing loans
       
16.53
%
     
18.73
%
     
19.79
%
     
39.42
%
     
127.39
%
Allowance for loan losses as a
percentage of total loans
       
0.95
%
     
0.64
%
     
0.40
%
     
0.38
%
     
0.41
%
Net loans charged-off as a
percentage of average loans
       
0.30
%
     
-
%
     
0.01
%
     
-
%
     
0.01
%



 
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Allocation of Allowance for Loan Losses. The following table sets forth the allocation of the Bank’s allowance for loan losses by loan category and the percent of loans in each category to total loans receivable at the dates indicated. The portion of the loan loss allowance allocated to each loan category does not represent the total available for future losses that may occur within the loan category since the total loan loss allowance is a valuation allocation applicable to the entire loan portfolio.

       
At June 30,
 
       
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
       
 
 
 
Amount
 
Percent
of Loans
to Total
Loans
   
 
 
 
Amount
 
Percent
of Loans
to Total
Loans
   
 
 
 
Amount
 
Percent
of Loans
to Total
Loans
   
 
 
 
Amount
 
Percent
of Loans
to Total
Loans
   
 
 
 
Amount
 
Percent
of Loans
to Total
Loans
       
(Dollars in thousands)
 
                                                                         
One-to-four family real estate
     
$
969
 
56.94
%
   
$
683 
 
54.68
%
   
$
471
 
56.31
%
   
$
389
 
50.94
%
   
$
436
 
53.89
%
Commercial real estate
       
507
 
12.39
       
345 
 
12.03
       
116
 
11.61
       
105
 
11.95
       
108
 
10.51
 
Construction
       
272
 
6.10
       
152 
 
7.39
       
74
 
6.86
       
83
 
9.82
       
125
 
10.37
 
Consumer
       
11
 
0.34
       
 
0.39
       
7
 
0.49
       
9
 
0.82
       
9
 
0.83
 
Home equity
       
665
 
20.86
       
468 
 
21.92
       
238
 
21.15
       
236
 
23.04
       
178
 
21.95
 
Commercial
       
164
 
3.37
       
154 
 
3.59
       
119
 
3.58
       
104
 
3.43
       
65
 
2.45
 
Total allowance
     
$
2,588
 
100.00
%
   
$
1,808 
 
100.00
%
   
$
1,025
 
100.00
%
   
$
926
 
100.00
%
   
$
921
 
100.00
%



 
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Securities Portfolio

Our investment policy is designed to manage cash flows and foster earnings within prudent interest rate risk and credit risk guidelines. The portfolio mix is governed by our short term and long term liquidity needs. Rate-of-return, cash flow, rating and guarantor-backing are also considered when making investment decisions. The purchase of principal only and stripped coupon interest only security instruments is specifically not authorized by our investment policy. Furthermore, other than government related securities which may not be rated, we only purchase securities with a rating of AAA or AA. We invest primarily in mortgage-backed securities, U.S. Government obligations and U.S. Government agency issued securities.

Mortgage-backed securities represent a participation interest in a pool of mortgages issued by U.S. government agencies or government-sponsored entities, such as Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), and the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), as well as non-government, private corporate issuers. Mortgage-backed securities are pass-through securities and generally yield less than the mortgage loans underlying the securities. The characteristics of the underlying pool of mortgages, i.e., fixed-rate or adjustable-rate, as well as prepayment risk, are passed on to the certificate holder.

Mortgage-backed securities issued or sponsored by U.S. government agencies and government-sponsored entities are guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest to investors. Private corporate issuers’ mortgage-backed securities typically offer rates above those paid on government agency issued or sponsored securities, but lack the guaranty of those agencies.

FASB ASC 320, “Investments - Debt and Equity Securities,” requires that securities be categorized as “held to maturity,” “trading securities” or “available for sale,” based on management’s intent as to the ultimate disposition of each security. FASB ASC 320 allows debt securities to be classified as “held to maturity” and reported in financial statements at amortized cost if the reporting entity has the positive intent and ability to hold these securities to maturity. Securities that might be sold in response to changes in market interest rates, changes in the security’s prepayment risk, increases in loan demand, or other similar factors cannot be classified as “held to maturity.”

At the present time, nearly our entire securities portfolio is purchased with the intent to hold each security until maturity.  At June 30, 2010, we maintained a small trading account totaling $46,000 and the rest of our securities portfolio was classified as held to maturity.  Securities not classified as “held to maturity” or as “trading securities” are classified as “available for sale” and are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses on the securities impacting equity.  There were no available for sale securities at June 30, 2010 and 2009.

Individual securities are considered impaired when fair value is less than amortized cost. Management evaluates all securities with unrealized losses quarterly to determine if such impairments are “temporary” or “other-than-temporary” in accordance with applicable accounting guidance including, but not limited to, ASC 320.  Accordingly, the Company accounts for temporary impairments based upon security classification as either trading, available for sale or held to maturity.  Temporary impairments on “available for sale” securities are recognized, on a tax-effected basis, through other comprehensive income with offsetting entries adjusting the carrying value of the security and the balance of deferred taxes.  Temporary impairments of “held to maturity” securities are not recognized in the consolidated financial statements; however, information concerning the amount and duration of impairments on held to maturity securities is disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.  The carrying value of securities held in a trading portfolio is adjusted to fair value through earnings on a monthly basis.

 
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Other-than-temporary impairments on securities that the Company has decided to sell or will more likely than not be required to sell prior to the full recovery of their fair value to a level equal to or exceeding amortized cost are recognized in earnings.  Otherwise, the other-than-temporary impairment is bifurcated into credit-related and noncredit-related components.  The credit-related impairment generally represents the amount by which the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected on a debt security falls below its amortized cost.  The noncredit-related component represents the remaining portion of the impairment not otherwise designated as credit-related. Credit-related other-than-temporary impairments are recognized in earnings while noncredit-related other-than-temporary impairments are recognized, net of deferred taxes, in other comprehensive income.

At June 30, 2010, our securities portfolio did not contain securities of any issuer, other than the U.S. Government or its agencies, having an aggregate book value in excess of 10% of stockholders’ equity.  We do not currently participate in hedging programs, interest rate caps, floors or swaps, or other activities involving the use of off-balance sheet derivative financial instruments, however, we may in the future utilize such instruments if we believe it would be beneficial for managing our interest rate risk.


 
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The following table sets forth certain information regarding the carrying values, weighted average yields and maturities of our held to maturity securities portfolio at June 30, 2010. This table shows contractual maturities and does not reflect repricing or the effect of prepayments. Actual maturities of the securities held by us may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties. Callable securities pose reinvestment risk because we may not be able to reinvest the proceeds from called securities at an equivalent or higher interest rate.

       
At June 30, 2010
 
       
One Year or Less
   
One to Five Years
   
Five to Ten Years
   
More than Ten Years
   
Total Investment Securities
 
       
Carrying
Value
 
Average
Yield
   
Carrying
Value
 
Average
Yield
   
Carrying
Value
 
Average
Yield
   
Carrying
Value
 
Average
Yield
   
Carrying
Value
 
Average
Yield
   
Market
Value
 
       
(Dollars in thousands)
 
                                                                                 
U.S. Government Agency Obligations
 
$
2,000
 
1.14
%
   
$
-
 
-
%
   
$
14,772
 
3.69
%
   
$
28,000
 
4.71
%
   
$
44,772
 
4.21
%
 
$
45,125
 
                                                                                 
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
                                                                               
Government National
Mortgage Association
       
-
 
-
       
-
 
-
       
3
 
9.73
       
23
 
3.63
       
26
 
4.39
     
27
 
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation
       
-
 
-
       
9
 
6.52
       
236
 
3.85
       
217
 
3.66
       
462
 
3.81
     
478
 
Federal National Mortgage
Association
       
-
 
-
       
904
 
4.72
       
45
 
4.81
       
1,268
 
5.59
       
2,217
 
5.23
     
2,396
 
Total
     
$
2,000
 
1.14
%
   
$
913
 
4.74
%
   
$
15,056
 
3.70
%
   
$
29,508
 
4.74
%
   
$
47,477
 
4.25
%
 
$
48,026
 


 
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The following table sets forth the carrying value of our held to maturity securities portfolio at the dates indicated. Securities classified as held to maturity are shown at our amortized cost.

       
At June 30
 
       
2010
     
2009
     
2008
 
       
(In thousands)
 
                           
U.S. Government Agency Obligations
     
$
44,772
     
$
41,315
     
$
24,023
 
Government National Mortgage Association
       
27
       
38
       
41
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
       
461
       
535
       
652
 
Federal National Mortgage Association
       
2,217
       
2,799
       
4,027
 
Total securities held to maturity
     
$
47,477
     
$
44,687
     
$
28,743
 

Sources of Funds

General. Deposits are our major source of funds for lending and other investment purposes. To the extent that our loan originations have exceeded the funding available from deposits, we have borrowed funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank to supplement the amount of funds for lending and funding daily operations.

In addition, we derive funds from loan and mortgage-backed securities principal repayments, and proceeds from the maturity and call of investment securities. Loan and securities payments are a relatively stable source of funds, while deposit inflows and outflows are significantly influenced by pricing strategies and money market conditions.

Deposits. Our current deposit products include checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit and fixed or variable rate individual retirement accounts (IRA’s). Deposit account terms vary, primarily as to the required minimum balance amount, the amount of time, if any, that the funds must remain on deposit and the applicable interest rate. Our savings account menu includes regular passbook, statement, money market and club accounts. We also offer a six-level tiered savings account. Our certificates of deposit currently range in terms from 6 months to 10 years. Our IRA’s are available with the same maturities as certificates of deposit accounts, with the exception of the 30 month term. We offer a two year certificate of deposit that permits the depositor to increase the interest rate to the current two year rate once during the term.

Deposits are obtained primarily from within New Jersey. The Bank utilizes brokered deposits as a funding source.  Brokered deposits at June 30, 2010 totaled $3.6 million.  Premiums or incentives for opening accounts are sometimes offered. We periodically select particular certificate of deposit maturities for promotion in connection with asset/liability management and interest rate risk concerns.

The determination of deposit and certificate interest rates is based upon a number of factors, including: (1) need for funds based on loan demand, current maturities of deposits and other cash flow needs; (2) a current survey of a selected group of competitors’ rates for similar products; (3) economic conditions; and (4) business plan projections.

A large percentage of our deposits are in certificates of deposit. The inflow of certificates of deposit and the retention of such deposits upon maturity are significantly influenced by general interest rates and money market conditions, making certificates of deposit traditionally a more volatile source of funding than core deposits. Our liquidity could be reduced if a significant amount of certificates of deposit maturing within a short period of time were not renewed. To the extent that such deposits do not remain with us, they may need to be replaced with borrowings which could increase our cost of funds and negatively impact our net interest rate spread and our financial condition.

 
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The following tables set forth the distribution of average deposits for the periods indicated and the weighted average nominal interest rates for each period on each category of deposits presented.

       
For the Year Ended June 30,
 
       
2010
   
2009
   
2008
       
 
 
Average
Balance
 
 
Percent
of Total
Deposits
 
Weighted
Average
Nominal
Rate
   
 
 
Average
Balance
 
 
Percent
of Total
Deposits
 
Weighted
Average
Nominal
Rate
   
 
 
Average
Balance
 
 
Percent
of Total
Deposits
 
Weighted
Average
Nominal
Rate
       
(Dollars in thousands)
                                                             
Non-interest-bearing demand
   
$
11,417
 
3.93
%
 
0.00
%
   
$
10,101
 
4.17
%
 
0.00
%
   
$
8,540
 
3.95
%
 
0.00
%
Interest-bearing demand
       
29,067
 
10.02
   
0.53
       
26,175
 
10.82
   
0.63
       
26,906
 
12.46
   
0.90
 
Savings and club
       
115,998
 
39.97
   
1.25
       
90,512
 
37.40
   
2.22
       
51,048
 
23.63
   
2.48
 
Certificates of deposit
       
133,746
 
46.08
   
2.64
       
115,210
 
47.61
   
3.61
       
129,506
 
59.96
   
4.76
 
                                                               
Total deposits
     
$
290,228
 
100.00
%
 
1.77
%
    $
241,998
 
100.00
%
 
2.62
%
    $
216,000
 
100.00
%
 
3.55
%



 
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The following table sets forth certificates of deposit classified by interest rate as of the dates indicated.

       
At June 30,
       
2010
   
2009
   
2008
       
 
Amount
     
Percent
of Total
   
 
Amount
     
Percent
of Total
   
 
Amount
     
Percent
of Total
       
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Interest Rate:
                                                       
Under - 1.00%
     
$
3,884
     
2.92
%
   
$
-
     
-
%
     
-
     
-
%
1.00% - 1.99%
       
73,020
     
54.83
       
13,756
     
10.84
     
$
1
     
-
 
2.00% - 2.99%
       
17,057
     
12.81
       
50,253
     
39.60
       
22,434
     
18.46
 
3.00% - 3.99%
       
24,246
     
18.20
       
43,690
     
34.43
       
13,639
     
11.22
 
4.00% - 4.99%
       
5,252
     
3.94
       
9,520
     
7.50
       
44,128
     
36.32
 
5.00% - 5.99%
       
9,717
     
7.30
       
9,682
     
7.63
       
41,307
     
34.00
 
Total
     
$
133,176
     
100.00
%
   
$
126,901
     
100.00
%
   
$
121,509
     
100.00
%


The following table sets forth the amount and maturities of certificates of deposit at the Bank at June 30, 2010.

      Amount Due  
      Year Ending June 30,  
   
2011
 
 
 
2012
 
 
 
2013
 
 
 
2014
 
 
 
2015
 
After
June 30,
2015
 
Total
 
       
(In thousands)
 
Interest Rate:
         
Under - 1.00%
$
3,884
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
3,884
 
1.00% - 1.99%
 
57,515
   
14,852
   
392
   
-
   
-
   
261
   
73,020
 
2.00% - 2.99%
 
13,799
   
1,338
   
943
   
568
   
345
   
64
   
17,057
 
3.00% - 3.99%
 
8,524
   
10,675
   
467
   
577
   
3,584
   
419
   
24,246
 
4.00% - 4.99%
 
1,928
   
156
   
1,773
   
177
   
220
   
998
   
5,252
 
5.00% - 5.99%
 
-
   
1,955
   
1,562
   
434
   
1,711
   
4,055
   
9,717
 
Total
$
85,650
 
$
28,976
 
$
5,137
 
$
1,756
 
$
5,860
 
$
5,797
 
$
133,176
 



 
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The following table shows the amount of the Bank’s certificates of deposit of $100,000 or more by time remaining until maturity as of June 30, 2010.

   
Certificates
of Deposit
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Remaining Time Until Maturity:
       
  Within three months
 
$
13,037
 
  Three through six months
   
7,593
 
  Six through twelve months
   
15,584
 
  Over twelve months
   
19,857
 
       Total
 
$
56,071
 

Borrowings. To supplement our deposits as a source of funds for lending or investment, we have borrowed funds in the form of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank. At June 30, 2010, our collateralized borrowing limit with the Federal Home Loan Bank was $89.0 million and our outstanding borrowings with the Federal Home Loan Bank totaled $20.0 million. Information regarding our total borrowings as of June 30, 2010 are set forth in the following table.

   
At June 30, 2010
   
Balance
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
(Dollars in thousands)
     
Total Borrowings:
             
Ten Year Fixed Rate Convertible Advance
 
$
10,000
 
3.272%
 
November 2017
Ten Year Fixed Rate Convertible Advance
 
$
10,000
 
3.460%
 
March 2018

Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank are typically secured by the Federal Home Loan Bank stock and a portion of our residential mortgage loans and by other assets, mainly securities which are obligations of or guaranteed by the U.S. government. Additional information regarding our borrowings is included under Note 9 to our consolidated financial statements beginning on page F-1.

Subsidiary Activity

MSB Financial Corp. has no direct subsidiaries other than Millington Savings Bank. The Bank has one wholly owned subsidiary, Millington Savings Services Corp., formed in 1984. The service corporation is currently inactive.

Regulation And Supervision

The Bank and the Company operate in a highly regulated industry. This regulation establishes a comprehensive framework of activities in which they may engage and is intended primarily for the protection of the Deposit Insurance Fund and depositors. Set forth below is a brief description of certain laws that relate to the regulation of the Bank and the Company. The description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to applicable laws and regulations.

Regulatory authorities have extensive discretion in connection with their supervisory and enforcement activities, including the imposition of restrictions on operations, the classification of assets and the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. Any change in such regulation and oversight, whether in the form of regulatory policy, regulations, or legislation, including changes in the regulations governing mutual holding companies, could have a material adverse impact on the Company and the

 
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Bank. The adoption of regulations or the enactment of laws that restrict the operations of the Bank and/or the Company or impose burdensome requirements upon one or both of them could reduce their profitability and could impair the value of the Bank’s franchise, resulting in negative effects on the trading price of the Company’s common stock.

Regulation of the Company

General. The Company is a savings and loan holding company within the meaning of Section 10 of the Home Owners’ Loan Act. It is required to file reports with the Office of Thrift Supervision and is subject to regulation and examination by the Office of Thrift Supervision. The Company must also obtain regulatory approval from the Office of Thrift Supervision before engaging in certain transactions, such as mergers with or acquisitions of other financial institutions.

Activities Restrictions. As a savings and loan holding company and as a subsidiary holding company of a mutual holding company, the Company is subject to statutory and regulatory restrictions on its business activities. The non-banking activities of the Company and its non-savings institution subsidiaries are restricted to certain activities specified by Office of Thrift Supervision regulation, which include performing services and holding properties used by a savings institution subsidiary, activities authorized for savings and loan holding companies as of March 5, 1987, and non-banking activities permissible for bank holding companies pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 or authorized for financial holding companies pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Before engaging in any non-banking activity or acquiring a company engaged in any such activities, the Company must file with the Office of Thrift Supervision either a prior notice or (in the case of non-banking activities permissible for bank holding companies) an application regarding its planned activity or acquisition.

Mergers and Acquisitions. The Company must obtain approval from the Office of Thrift Supervision before acquiring, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of the voting stock of another savings institution or savings and loan holding company or acquiring such an institution or holding company by merger, consolidation or purchase of its assets. Federal law also prohibits a savings and loan holding company from acquiring more than 5% of a company engaged in activities other than those authorized for savings and loan holding companies by federal law or acquiring or retaining control of a depository institution that is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. In evaluating an application for the Company to acquire control of a savings institution, the Office of Thrift Supervision would consider the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the Company and the target institution, the effect of the acquisition on the risk to the insurance funds, the convenience and the needs of the community and competitive factors.

Waivers of Dividends by the MHC.  Office of Thrift Supervision regulations require the MHC to notify the Office of Thrift Supervision of any proposed waiver of its receipt of dividends from the Company. The Office of Thrift Supervision reviews dividend waiver notices on a case-by-case basis, and, in general, does not object to any such waiver if: (i) the waiver would not be detrimental to the safe and sound operations of the subsidiary savings association and (ii) the mutual holding company’s board of directors determines that such waiver is consistent with such directors’ fiduciary duties to the mutual holding company’s members. During the year ended June 30, 2010, the MHC waived its right to receive dividends declared by the Company totaling approximately $371,000 ($1,020,000 on a cumulative basis).

Conversion of the MHC to Stock Form. Office of Thrift Supervision regulations permit the MHC to convert from the mutual form of organization to the capital stock form of organization, commonly referred to as a second step conversion. In a second step conversion a new holding company would be formed as the successor to the Company, the MHC’s corporate existence would end, and certain depositors of the Bank would receive the right to subscribe for shares of the new holding company. In a

 
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second step conversion, each share of common stock held by stockholders other than the MHC would be automatically converted into shares of common stock of the new holding company.

Acquisition of Control. Under the federal Change in Bank Control Act, a notice must be submitted to the Office of Thrift Supervision if any person (including a company), or group acting in concert, seeks to acquire “control” of a savings and loan holding company or savings association. An acquisition of “control” can occur upon the acquisition of 10% or more of the voting stock of a savings and loan holding company or savings institution or as otherwise defined by the Office of Thrift Supervision. Under the Change in Bank Control Act, the Office of Thrift Supervision has 60 days from the filing of a complete notice to act, taking into consideration certain factors, including the financial and managerial resources of the acquirer and the anti-trust effects of the acquisition. Any company that so acquires control would then be subject to regulation as a savings and loan holding company.

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
 
On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was signed into law.  The Dodd-Frank Act is intended to effect a fundamental restructuring of federal banking regulation.  Among other things, the Dodd-Frank Act creates a new Financial Stability Oversight Council to identify systemic risks in the financial system and gives federal regulators new authority to take control of and liquidate financial firms. The Dodd-Frank Act eliminates our current primary federal regulator and subjects savings and loan holding companies to greater regulation.  The Dodd-Frank Act additionally creates a new independent federal regulator to administer federal consumer protection laws. The Dodd-Frank Act is expected to have a significant impact on our business operations as its provisions take effect.  Among the provisions that are likely to affect us are the following:
 
Elimination of OTS.  The Dodd-Frank Act calls for the elimination of the OTS, which is our primary federal regulator and the primary federal regulator of the Bank within 12 to 18 months of enactment.  At that time, the primary federal regulator of the Company and the MHC will become the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), and the primary federal regulator for the Bank will become the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) if we retain our federal savings bank charter.  The Federal Reserve and OCC will generally have rulemaking, examination, supervision and oversight authority over our operations and the FDIC will retain secondary authority over the Bank.  Prior to the elimination of the OTS, the Federal Reserve and OCC will provide a list of the current regulations issued by the OTS that each will continue to apply.  OTS guidance, orders, interpretations, policies and similar items under which we and other savings and loan holding companies and federal savings associations operate will continue to remain in effect until they are superseded by new guidance and policies from the OCC or Federal Reserve.
 
New Limits on MHC Dividend Waivers.  Effective as of the date of transfer of OTS’s duties, the Dodd-Frank Act will make significant changes in the law governing waivers of dividends by mutual holding companies.  After that date, a mutual holding company may only waive the receipt of a dividend from a subsidiary if no insider of the mutual holding company or their associates or tax-qualified or non-tax-qualified employee stock benefit plan holds any shares of the class of stock to which the waiver would apply, the mutual holding company gives written notice of its intent to waive the dividend at least 30 days prior to the proposed payment date and the Federal Reserve does not object.  The Federal Reserve will not object to a dividend waiver if it determines that the waiver would not be detrimental to the safe and sound operation of the savings association, the mutual holding company’s board determines that the waiver is consistent with its fiduciary duties and the mutual holding company has waived dividends prior to December 1, 2009.  In addition, waived dividends must be taken into account in determining the appropriate exchange ratio for a second-step conversion of a mutual holding company unless the mutual holding company has waived dividends prior to December 1, 2009.
 
 
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Holding Company Capital Requirements.  Effective as of the transfer date, the Federal Reserve will be authorized to establish capital requirements for savings and loan holding companies.  These capital requirements must be countercyclical so that the required amount of capital increases in times of economic expansion and decreases in times of economic contraction, consistent with safety and soundness. Savings and loan holding companies will also be required to serve as a source of financial strength for their depository institution subsidiaries. Within five years after enactment, the Dodd-Frank Act requires the Federal Reserve to apply consolidated capital requirements that are no less stringent than those currently applied to depository institutions to depository institution holding companies that were not supervised by the Federal Reserve as of May 19, 2009.  Under these standards, trust preferred securities will be excluded from Tier 1 capital unless such securities were issued prior to May 19, 2010 by a bank or savings and loan holding company with less than $15 billion in assets.
 
Federal Preemption.  A major benefit of the federal thrift charter has been the strong preemptive effect of the Home Owners’ Loan Act (“HOLA”), under which we are chartered.  Historically, the courts have interpreted the HOLA to “occupy the field” with respect to the operations of federal thrifts, leaving no room for conflicting state regulation. The Dodd-Frank Act, however, amends the HOLA to specifically provide that it does not occupy the field in any area of state law.  Henceforth, any preemption determination must be made in accordance with the standards applicable to national banks, which have themselves been scaled back to require case-by-case determinations of whether state consumer protection laws discriminate against national banks or interfere with the exercise of their powers before these laws may be pre-empted.
 
Deposit Insurance.  The Dodd-Frank Act permanently increases the maximum deposit insurance amount for banks, savings institutions and credit unions to $250,000 per depositor, retroactive to January 1, 2009, and extends unlimited deposit insurance to non-interest bearing transaction accounts through December 31, 2013. The Dodd-Frank Act also broadens the base for FDIC insurance assessments. Assessments will now be based on the average consolidated total assets less tangible equity capital of a financial institution. The Dodd-Frank Act requires the FDIC to increase the reserve ratio of the Deposit Insurance Fund from 1.15% to 1.35% of insured deposits by 2020 and eliminates the requirement that the FDIC pay dividends to insured depository institutions when the reserve ratio exceeds certain thresholds. The Dodd-Frank Act eliminates the federal statutory prohibition against the payment of interest on business checking accounts.
 
Qualified Thrift Lender Test.  Under the Dodd-Frank Act, a savings association that fails the qualified thrift lender test will be prohibited from paying dividends, except for dividends that: (i) would be permissible for a national bank; (ii) are necessary to meet obligations of a company that controls the savings association; and (iii) are specifically approved by the OCC and the Federal Reserve.  In addition, a savings association that fails the qualified thrift lender test will be deemed to have violated Section 5 of the Home Owners’ Loan Act and may become subject to enforcement actions thereunder.
 
Corporate Governance. The Dodd-Frank Act will require publicly traded companies to give stockholders a non-binding vote on executive compensation at their first annual meeting taking place six months after the date of enactment and at least every three years thereafter and on so-called “golden parachute” payments in connection with approvals of mergers and acquisitions. The new legislation also authorizes the SEC to promulgate rules that would allow stockholders to nominate their own candidates using a company’s proxy materials. Additionally, the Dodd-Frank Act directs the federal banking regulators to promulgate rules prohibiting excessive compensation paid to executives of depository institutions and their holding companies with assets in excess of $1.0 billion, regardless of whether the company is publicly traded or not.  The Dodd-Frank Act gives the SEC authority to prohibit broker discretionary voting on elections of directors and executive compensation matters.
 

 
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Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.  Effective one year from the date of enactment, the Dodd-Frank Act expands the definition of affiliate for purposes of quantitative and qualitative limitations of Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act to include mutual funds advised by a depository institution or its affiliates.  The Dodd-Frank Act will apply Section 23A and Section 22(h) of the Federal Reserve Act (governing transactions with insiders) to derivative transactions, repurchase agreements and securities lending and borrowing transaction that create credit exposure to an affiliate or an insider. Any such transactions with affiliates must be fully secured. The current exemption from Section 23A for transactions with financial subsidiaries will be eliminated.  The Dodd-Frank Act will additionally prohibit an insured depository institution from purchasing an asset from or selling an asset to an insider unless the transaction is on market terms and, if representing more than 10% of capital, is approved in advance by the disinterested directors. 
 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  The Dodd-Frank Act creates a new, independent federal agency called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), which is granted broad rulemaking, supervisory and enforcement powers under various federal consumer financial protection laws, including the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Act, the Consumer Financial Privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and certain other statutes. The CFPB will have examination and primary enforcement authority with respect to depository institutions with $10 billion or more in assets. Smaller institutions will be subject to rules promulgated by the CFPB but will continue to be examined and supervised by federal banking regulators for consumer compliance purposes. The CFPB will have authority to prevent unfair, deceptive or abusive practices in connection with the offering of consumer financial products.  The Dodd-Frank Act authorizes the CFPB to establish certain minimum standards for the origination of residential mortgages including a determination of the borrower’s ability to repay.  In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act will allow borrowers to raise certain defenses to foreclosure if they receive any loan other than a “qualified mortgage” as defined by the CFPB. The Dodd-Frank Act permits states to adopt consumer protection laws and standards that are more stringent than those adopted at the federal level and, in certain circumstances, permits state attorneys general to enforce compliance with both the state and federal laws and regulations.  Federal preemption of state consumer protection law requirements, traditionally an attribute of the federal savings association charter, has also been modified by the Dodd-Frank Act and now requires a case-by-case determination of preemption by the OCC and eliminates preemption for subsidiaries of a bank.  Depending on the implementation of this revised federal preemption standard, the operations of the Bank could become subject to additional compliance burdens in the states in which it operates.

Regulation of the Bank

General. As a New Jersey chartered, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured savings bank, the Bank is regulated by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Bank’s operations are subject to extensive regulation, including restrictions or requirements with respect to loans to one borrower, the percentage of non-mortgage loans or investments to total assets, capital distributions, permissible investments and lending activities, liquidity, transactions with affiliates and community reinvestment. The Bank must file regulatory reports concerning its activities and financial condition, and must obtain regulatory approvals prior to entering into certain transactions, such as mergers with or acquisitions of other financial institutions. The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation regularly examine the Bank and prepare reports to the Bank’s Board of Directors on deficiencies, if any, found in its operations. The regulatory authorities have substantial discretion to impose enforcement action on an institution that fails to comply with applicable regulatory requirements, particularly with respect to its capital requirements.

 
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Federal Deposit Insurance. The Bank’s deposits are insured to applicable limits by the FDIC.  The maximum deposit insurance amount has been permanently increased from $100,000 to $250,000 as a result of the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act.  On October 13, 2008, the FDIC established a Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program under which the FDIC fully guarantees all non-interest-bearing transaction accounts until December 31, 2009 (the “Transaction Account Guarantee Program”) and all senior unsecured debt of insured depository institutions or their qualified holding companies issued between October 14, 2008 and June 30, 2009, with the FDIC’s guarantee expiring by June 30, 2012 (the “Debt Guarantee Program”).  Senior unsecured debt would include federal funds purchased and certificates of deposit standing to the credit of the bank.  After November 12, 2008, institutions that did not opt out of the Programs by December 5, 2008 were assessed at the rate of ten basis points for transaction account balances in excess of $250,000 and at a rate between 50 and 100 basis points of the amount of debt issued.  In May, 2009, the Debt Guarantee Program issue end date and the guarantee expiration date were both extended, to October 31, 2009 and December 31, 2012, respectively.   Participating holding companies that have not issued FDIC-guaranteed debt prior to April 1, 2009 had to apply to remain in the Debt Guarantee Program.    Participating institutions will be subject to surcharges for debt issued after that date.  Effective October 1, 2009, the Transaction Account Guarantee Program has been extended until December 31, 2010, with an assessment of between 15 and 25 basis points after January 1, 2010.  The Company opted out of the Debt Guarantee Program and elected to remain in the Transaction Account Guarantee Program until it withdrew from the Transaction Account Guarantee Program in December 2009.

The FDIC has adopted a risk-based premium system that provides for quarterly assessments based on an insured institution’s ranking in one of four risk categories based on their examination ratings and capital ratios. Well-capitalized institutions with the CAMELS ratings of 1 or 2 are grouped in Risk Category I and, until 2009, were assessed for deposit insurance at an annual rate of between five and seven basis points with the assessment rate for an individual institution determined according to a formula based on a weighted average of the institution’s individual CAMELS component ratings plus either five financial ratios or the average ratings of its long-term debt. Institutions in Risk Categories II, III and IV were assessed at annual rates of 10, 28 and 43 basis points, respectively.

Pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 (the “Reform Act”), the FDIC is authorized to set the reserve ratio for the Deposit Insurance Fund annually at between 1.15% and 1.5% of estimated insured deposits.  Due to recent bank failures, the FDIC determined that the reserve ratio was 1.01% as of June 30, 2008.  In accordance with the Reform Act, as amended by the Helping Families Save Their Home Act of 2009, the FDIC has established and implemented a plan to restore the reserve ratio to 1.15% within eight years.  For the quarter beginning January 1, 2009, the FDIC raised the base annual assessment rate for institutions in Risk Category I to between 12 and 14 basis points while the base annual assessment rates for institutions in Risk Categories II, III and IV were increased to 17, 35 and 50 basis points, respectively.  For the quarter beginning April 1, 2009 the FDIC set the base annual assessment rate for institutions in Risk Category I to between 12 and 16 basis points and the base annual assessment rates for institutions in Risk Categories II, III and IV at 22, 32 and 45 basis points, respectively.  An institution’s assessment rate could be lowered by as much as five basis points based on the ratio of its long-term unsecured debt to deposits or, for smaller institutions based on the ratio of certain amounts of Tier 1 capital to adjusted assets.  The assessment rate may be adjusted for Risk Category I institutions that have a high level of brokered deposits and have experienced higher levels of asset growth (other than through acquisitions) and could be increased by as much as ten basis points for institutions in Risk Categories II, III and IV whose ratio of brokered deposits to deposits exceeds 10%.  Reciprocal deposit arrangements like CDARS® were treated as brokered deposits for Risk Category II, III and IV institutions but not for institutions in Risk Category I.  An institution’s base assessment rate would also be increased if an institution’s ratio of secured liabilities (including FHLB advances and repurchase agreements) to deposits exceeds 25%.  The maximum adjustment for secured liabilities for

 
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institutions in Risk Categories I, II, III and IV would be 8, 11, 16 and 22.5 basis points, respectively, provided that the adjustment may not increase an institution’s base assessment rate by more than 50%.

The FDIC imposed a special assessment equal to five basis points of assets less Tier 1 capital as of June 30, 2009, payable on September 30, 2009, and reserved the right to impose additional special assessments.  In November 2009, instead of imposing additional special assessments, the FDIC amended the assessment regulations to require all insured depository institutions to prepay their estimated risk-based assessments for the fourth quarter of 2009, and for all of 2010, 2011 and 2012 on December 30, 2009.  This amounted to a prepayment of $1.8 million by the Savings Bank.  For purposes of estimating the future assessments, each institution’s base assessment rate in effect on September 30, 2009 was used, assuming a 5% annual growth rate in the assessment base and a 3 basis point increase in the assessment rate in 2011 and 2012.  The prepaid assessment will be applied against actual quarterly assessments until exhausted.  Any funds remaining after June 30, 2013 will be returned to the institution.  If the prepayment would impair an institution’s liquidity or otherwise create significant hardship, it may apply for an exemption.  Requiring this prepaid assessment does not preclude the FDIC from changing assessment rates or from further revising the risk-based assessment system.

In addition, all FDIC-insured institutions are required to pay assessments to the FDIC to fund interest payments on bonds issued by the Financing Corporation (“FICO”), an agency of the Federal government established to recapitalize the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.  The FICO assessment rates, which are determined quarterly, averaged .01% of insured deposits on an annualized basis in fiscal year 2010.  These assessments will continue until the FICO bonds mature in 2017.

Regulatory Capital Requirements.  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation capital regulations require savings institutions to meet three minimum capital standards: (1) tangible capital equal to 1.5% of total adjusted assets, (2) “Tier 1” or “core” capital equal to at least 4% (3% if the institution has received the highest possible rating on its most recent examination) of total adjusted assets, and (3) risk-based capital equal to 8% of total risk-weighted assets. At June 30, 2010, the Bank was in compliance with the minimum capital standards and qualified as “well capitalized.”  For the Bank’s compliance with these regulatory capital standards, see Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements. In assessing an institution’s capital adequacy, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation takes into consideration not only these numeric factors but also qualitative factors, and has the authority to establish higher capital requirements for individual institutions where necessary.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation may require any savings institution that has a risk-based capital ratio of less than 8%, a ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets of less than 4% or a ratio of Tier 1 capital to total adjusted assets of less than 4% (3% if the institution has received the highest rating on its most recent examination) to take certain action to increase its capital ratios. If the savings institution’s capital is significantly below the minimum required levels of capital or if it is unsuccessful in increasing its capital ratios, the institution’s activities may be restricted.

For purposes of the capital regulations, tangible capital is defined as core capital less all intangible assets except for certain mortgage servicing rights. Tier 1 or core capital is defined as common stockholders’ equity, non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus, minority interests in the equity accounts of consolidated subsidiaries, and certain non-withdrawable accounts and pledged deposits of mutual savings banks. The Bank does not have any non-withdrawable accounts or pledged deposits. Tier 1 and core capital are reduced by an institution’s intangible assets, with limited exceptions for certain mortgage and non-mortgage servicing rights and purchased credit card relationships. Both core and tangible capital are further reduced by an amount equal to the savings institution’s debt and equity investments in “non-includable” subsidiaries engaged in activities not permissible for national banks other

 
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than subsidiaries engaged in activities undertaken as agent for customers or in mortgage banking activities and subsidiary depository institutions or their holding companies.

The risk-based capital standard for savings institutions requires the maintenance of total capital of 8% of risk-weighted assets. Total capital equals the sum of core and supplementary capital. The components of supplementary capital include, among other items, cumulative perpetual preferred stock, perpetual subordinated debt, mandatory convertible subordinated debt, intermediate-term preferred stock, the portion of the allowance for loan losses not designated for specific loan losses and up to 45% of unrealized gains on equity securities. The portion of the allowance for loan and lease losses includable in supplementary capital is limited to a maximum of 1.25% of risk-weighted assets. Overall, supplementary capital is limited to 100% of core capital. For purposes of determining total capital, a savings institution’s assets are reduced by the amount of capital instruments held by other depository institutions pursuant to reciprocal arrangements and by the amount of the institution’s equity investments (other than those deducted from core and tangible capital) and its high loan-to-value ratio land loans and non-residential construction loans.

A savings institution’s risk-based capital requirement is measured against risk-weighted assets, which equal the sum of each on-balance-sheet asset and the credit-equivalent amount of each off-balance-sheet item after being multiplied by an assigned risk weight. These risk weights range from 0% for cash to 100% for delinquent loans, property acquired through foreclosure, commercial loans, and certain other assets.

Qualified Thrift Lender Test. Savings institutions must meet a qualified thrift lender test or they become subject to the business activity restrictions and branching rules applicable to national banks. To qualify as a qualified thrift lender, a savings institution must either (i) be deemed a “domestic building and loan association” under the Internal Revenue Code by maintaining at least 60% of its total assets in specified types of assets, including cash, certain government securities, loans secured by and other assets related to residential real property, educational loans and investments in premises of the institution or (ii) satisfy the statutory qualified thrift lender test set forth in the Home Owners’ Loan Act by maintaining at least 65% of its portfolio assets in qualified thrift investments (defined to include residential mortgages and related equity investments, certain mortgage-related securities, small business loans, student loans and credit card loans). For purposes of the statutory qualified thrift lender test, portfolio assets are defined as total assets minus goodwill and other intangible assets, the value of property used by the institution in conducting its business, and specified liquid assets up to 20% of total assets. A savings institution must maintain its status as a qualified thrift lender on a monthly basis in at least nine out of every twelve months. The Bank met the qualified thrift lender test as of June 30, 2010 and in each of the last twelve months and, therefore, qualifies as a qualified thrift lender.
 
A savings bank that fails the qualified thrift lender test and does not convert to a bank charter generally will be prohibited from:  (1) engaging in any new activity not permissible for a national bank, (2) paying dividends not permissible under national bank regulations, and (3) establishing any new branch office in a location not permissible for a national bank in the institution’s home state. In addition, if the institution does not requalify under the qualified thrift lender test within three years after failing the test, the institution would be prohibited from engaging in any activity not permissible for a national bank and would have to repay any outstanding advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank as promptly as possible.

Community Reinvestment Act. Under the Community Reinvestment Act, every insured depository institution, including the Bank, 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 Community Reinvestment Act does not establish specific lending

 
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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. The Community Reinvestment Act requires the depository institution’s record of meeting the credit needs of its community to be assessed and taken into account in the evaluation of certain applications by such institution, such as a merger or the establishment of a branch office by the Bank. An unsatisfactory Community Reinvestment Act examination rating may be used as the basis for the denial of an application. The Bank received a “satisfactory” rating in its most recent Community Reinvestment Act examination.
 
Federal Home Loan Bank System. The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, which is one of twelve regional federal home loan banks. Each Federal Home Loan Bank serves as a reserve or central bank for its members within its assigned region. It is funded primarily from funds deposited by financial institutions and proceeds derived from the sale of consolidated obligations of the Federal Home Loan Bank System. It makes loans to members pursuant to policies and procedures established by its board of directors.

As a member, the Bank is required to purchase and maintain stock in the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York in an amount equal to the greater of 1% of its aggregate unpaid residential mortgage loans, home purchase contracts or similar obligations at the beginning of each year or 5% of its outstanding Federal Home Loan Bank advances.   The FHLB imposes various limitations on advances such as limiting the amount of certain types of real estate related collateral to 30% of a member’s capital and limiting total advances to a member.

The Federal Home Loan Banks are required to provide funds for the resolution of troubled savings institutions and to contribute to affordable housing programs through direct loans or interest subsidies on advances targeted for community investment and low- and moderate-income housing projects. These contributions have adversely affected the level of Federal Home Loan Bank dividends paid and could continue to do so in the future. In addition, these requirements could result in the Federal Home Loan Banks imposing a higher rate of interest on advances to their members.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Not applicable as the Company is a “smaller reporting company.”

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Not applicable.

Item 2. Properties

At June 30, 2010, our investment in property and equipment, net of depreciation and amortization, totaled $10.4 million, including leasehold improvements and construction in progress. The following table lists our offices.
 

 
Office Location
 
Year Facility
Opened
 
Leased or
Owned
         
Millington Main Office
1902 Long Hill Road
Millington, NJ
 
1994
(1)
 
Owned
 
 
 
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Dewy Meadow Branch Office
415 King George Road
Basking Ridge, NJ
 
2002
   
Leased
RiverWalk Branch Office
675 Martinsville Road
Basking Ridge, NJ
 
2005
(2)
 
Leased
Martinsville Branch Office
1924 Washington Valley Road
Martinsville, NJ
 
2006
   
Leased
Bernardsville Branch Office
122 Morristown Road
Bernardsville, NJ
 
2008
   
Owned

__________________
(1)
The Bank’s main office opened in 1911 in Millington, New Jersey. The Bank moved into its current main office in 1994.
(2)
The Bank’s first branch office opened in 1998 in Liberty Corner, New Jersey. This office was relocated in 2005.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

The Bank, from time to time, is a party to routine litigation which arises in the normal course of business, such as claims to enforce liens, condemnation proceedings on properties in which we hold security interests, claims involving the making and servicing of real property loans, and other issues incident to our business. There were no lawsuits pending or known to be contemplated against the Company or the Bank at June 30, 2010 that would have a material effect on operations or income.

Item 4. [Removed and Reserved]


PART II

Item 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Purchases of Equity Securities

(a)           Market Information. The Company’s common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol “MSBF”. The table below shows the reported high and low closing prices of common stock and dividends declared during the periods indicated.


   
High
 
Low
 
Dividends
 
2009
                   
 Quarter ended September 30, 2008
 
$
10.95
 
$
9.23
 
$
0.03
 
 Quarter ended December 31, 2008
 
$
10.50
 
$
8.95
 
$
0.03
 
 Quarter ended March 31, 2009
 
$
10.15
 
$
7.91
 
$
0.03
 
 Quarter ended June 30, 2010
 
$
9.50
 
$
7.91
 
$
0.03
 
                     
2010
                   
 Quarter ended September 30, 2009
 
$
9.11
 
$
8.75
 
$
0.03
 
 Quarter ended December 31, 2009
 
$
9.45
 
$
7.84
 
$
0.03
 
 Quarter ended March 31, 2010
 
$
8.00
 
$
6.95
 
$
0.03
 
 Quarter ended June 30, 2010
 
$
8.09
 
$
7.00
 
$
0.03
 


 
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Dividends. Declarations of dividends by the Board of Directors depend on a number of factors, including investment opportunities, growth objectives, financial condition, profitability, tax considerations, minimum capital requirements, regulatory limitations, and general economic as well as stock market conditions. The timing, frequency and amount of dividends are determined by the Board.

Stockholders. As of September 21, 2010, there were approximately 614 registered shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock. This number does not include brokerage firms, banks and registered clearing agents acting as nominees for an indeterminate number of beneficial (“street name”) owners.
 
 
(b)
Not applicable
 
 
(c)
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Treasury stock repurchases during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010 for the Company were as follows:

           
Total number of shares
 
Maximum number of
           
Purchased as part of
 
Shares that may be
   
Total number of
 
Average price
 
Publicly announced
 
Purchased under the
Period
 
shares purchased
 
paid per share
 
plans or programs
 
plans or programs
April, 2010
 
35,676
 
$
8.03
 
35,676
 
38,950
May, 2010
 
4,900
   
8.05
 
4,900
 
34,050
June, 2010
 
2,042
   
7.75
 
2,042
 
32,008
                   
Total
 
42,618
 
$
8.02
 
42,618
   

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

Not applicable as the Company is a smaller reporting company.

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

This discussion and analysis reflects the Company’s consolidated financial statements and other relevant statistical data and is intended to enhance your understanding of our financial condition and results of operations. You should read the information in this section in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto beginning on page F-1 following Item 15 of this Form 10-K.

Overview

Our primary business is attracting retail deposits from the general public and using those deposits, together with funds generated from operations, principal repayments on securities and loans and borrowed funds, for our lending and investing activities. Our loan portfolio consists of one- to four-family residential real estate mortgages, commercial real estate mortgages, construction loans, commercial loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, and other consumer loans. We also invest in U.S. Government obligations and mortgage-backed securities.

 
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We reported net income of $806,000 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 as compared to net income of $212,000 for fiscal 2009.

Net interest income for fiscal 2010 was up approximately 22.2% as compared to fiscal 2009 while non-interest expense was up approximately 3.4%. The interest rate spread increased in fiscal 2010 to 3.03%, compared to 2.54% for fiscal 2009, mainly as a result of a lower interest rate environment.  For the year ended June 30, 2010, interest income increased by $314,000 or 1.9% while interest expense decreased by $1.6 million or 20.9% as compared to 2009.

Total assets were $358.7 million at June 30, 2010, a 1.8% increase compared to $352.3 million at June 30, 2009. The increase in assets occurred primarily as the result of a $11.6 million increase in cash and cash equivalent balances and an increase of $2.8 million in securities held to maturity, offset by a decrease of $10.2 million in loans receivable, net.  Deposits were $296.4 million at June 30, 2010, compared to $272.3 million at June 30, 2009.  FHLB advances were $20.0 million at June 30, 2010, down from $36.2 million at June 30, 2009.

Stockholders’ equity at June 30, 2010 was $40.0 million compared to our stockholders’ equity at the prior year-end of $41.0 million, primarily due to the repurchase of $1.1 million in treasury stock, a decrease of $692,000 in paid-in capital primarily due to the purchase of $932,000 of stock for the Company’s restricted stock award program, offset by net income from the period. Our return on average equity for fiscal 2010 was 1.99%, compared to 0.50% for fiscal 2009. The increase in return on average equity for 2010 reflects the increase in net income for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 as compared the year ended June 30, 2009.

The Bank experienced continued deposit growth during the twelve months ended June 30, 2010 while loan demand decreased during the same period primarily due to a slowing economy.  Deposits grew by $24.1 million or 8.9%, while loan balances decreased by $10.2 million 3.7% for the twelve month period ended June 30, 2010.  The Bank’s securities held to maturity increased by $2.8 million or 6.2% as did cash and cash equivalent balances by $11.6 million or 122.6%, while borrowing decreased by $16.2 or 44.8% for the same period ended June 30, 2010.


Critical Accounting Policies

Our accounting policies are integral to understanding the results reported and are described in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements beginning on page F-1. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the dates of the consolidated statements of financial condition and revenues and expenses for the periods then ended. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. A material estimate that is particularly susceptible to significant change relates to the determination of the allowance for loan losses.

The allowance for loan losses is established through provisions for loan losses charged against income. Loans deemed to be uncollectible are charged against the allowance for loan losses, and subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.

The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level by management which represents the evaluation of known and inherent risks in the loan portfolio at the consolidated balance sheet date that are both probable and reasonable to estimate. Management’s periodic evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance is based on the Bank’s past loan loss experience, known and inherent risks in the portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrower’s ability to repay, the estimated value of any underlying

 
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collateral, composition of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions, and other relevant factors. This evaluation is inherently subjective, as it requires material estimates that may be susceptible to significant change, including the amounts and timing of future cash flows expected to be received on impaired loans.

The allowance consists of specific and general components. The specific component related to loans that are classified as doubtful, substandard, or special mention. For such loans that are also classified as impaired, an allowance is established when the discounted cash flows (or collateral value or observable market price) of the impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of that loan. The general component covers nonclassified loans and is based on historical loss experience adjusted for qualitative factors.

A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Bank 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 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 homogeneous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. Accordingly, the Bank does not separately identify individual consumer and residential mortgage loans for impairment disclosures.

Although specific and general loan loss allowances are established in accordance with management’s best estimate, actual losses are dependent upon future events and, as such, further provisions for loan losses may be necessary in order to increase the level of the allowance for loan losses. For example, our evaluation of the allowance includes consideration of current economic conditions, and a change in economic conditions could reduce the ability of our borrowers to make timely repayments of their loans. This could result in increased delinquencies and increased non-performing loans, and thus a need to make increased provisions to the allowance for loan losses, which would be a charge to income during the period the provision is made, resulting in a reduction to our earnings. A change in economic conditions could also adversely affect the value of the properties collateralizing our real estate loans, resulting in increased charge-offs against the allowance and reduced recoveries, and thus a need to make increased provisions to the allowance for loan losses. Furthermore, a change in the composition of our loan portfolio or growth of our loan portfolio could result in the need for additional provisions.

Comparison of Financial Condition at June 30, 2010 and 2009

General. Total assets reached $358.7 million at June 30, 2010, compared to $352.3 million at June 30, 2009. The Company experienced a $10.2 million or 3.7% decrease in loans receivable, net, while cash and cash equivalent balances increased $11.6 million or 122.6%, and securities held to maturity by $2.8 million or 6.2%.  Deposits increased $24.1 million or 8.9%, while advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of NY decreased by $16.2 million or 44.8%. The increase in cash and cash equivalent balances, investments held to maturity and decrease in borrowing were primarily the result of increased deposit balances in addition to a decrease in loan originations during the twelve month period ended June 30, 2010.

 
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Total assets grew $6.5 million or 1.8% between years while total liabilities increased by $7.5 million or 2.4%, and the ratio of average interest-earning assets to average-interest bearing liabilities decreased to 109.04% for fiscal 2010 as compared to 112.42% for fiscal 2009.  Stockholders’ equity decreased $1.0 million or 2.5% to $40.0 million at June 30, 2010 compared to $41.0 million at June 30, 2009.

Loans. Loans receivable, net, declined $10.2 million, or 3.7% from $276.1 million at June 30, 2009 to $265.8 at June 30, 2010. As a percentage of assets, loans decreased to 74.1% from 78.4%. The Bank’s one-to-four family residential loans grew by $98,000 or 0.1% during the year, as did overdraft protection loans by $8,000 or 4.7%.  Home equity loans decreased by $5.3 million or 8.6%, as did construction loans by $4.3 million or 20.7%.  Automobile, personal and deposit account loans also decreased by $145,000 or 38.1%, $30,000 or 40.5% and $21,000 or 4.4%, respectively, between June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2010.

Securities. Our portfolio of securities held to maturity was at $47.5 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $44.7 million at June 30, 2009. Maturities, calls and principal repayments during the year totaled $39.2 million as compared to $10.3 million during the prior year. We purchased $42.0 million of new securities during the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to $26.3 million during the year ended June 30, 2009.

Deposits. Total deposits at June 30, 2010 were $296.4 million, a $24.1 million increase as compared to $272.3 million at June 30, 2009. Savings and club accounts increased by $13.4 million, certificate of deposit accounts increased by $6.3 million, and demand accounts, in the aggregate, increased by $4.4 million.

Borrowings. Total borrowings at June 30, 2010 amounted to $20.0 million, compared to $36.2 million at June 30, 2009.  The Bank did not make any long term borrowings during 2010 and did not have short-term borrowings at June 30, 2010 and 2009.

Equity. Stockholders’ equity was $40.0 million at June 30, 2010 compared to $41.0 million at June 30, 2009, a decrease of $1.0 million or 2.5%. The decrease in paid in capital was primarily due to the purchase of $932,000 of stock for the Company’s restricted stock award program, that was offset by $97,000 in amortized expenses. Treasury stock increased by $1.1 million due to repurchases.  Other changes in equity were due to the declaration of $229,000 in cash dividends declared on our common stock, offset by $806,000 in net income, an $8,000 decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss, $166,000 in stock based compensation and $141,000 in ESOP shares earned.

Comparison of Operating Results for the Two Years Ended June 30, 2010

General. Our results of operations depend primarily on our net interest income. Net interest income is the difference between the interest income we earn on our interest-earning assets and the interest we pay on our interest-bearing liabilities. It is a function of the average balances of loans and investments versus deposits and borrowed funds outstanding in any one period and the yields earned on those loans and investments and the cost of those deposits and borrowed funds. Our results of operations are also affected by our provision for loan losses, non-interest income and non-interest expense. Non-interest income includes service fees and charges, including income on bank owned life insurance. Non-interest expense includes salaries and employee benefits, occupancy and equipment expense and other general and administrative expenses such as service bureau fees and advertising costs.

 
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Our net income for the year ended June 30, 2010 was $806,000, a 280.2% increase compared to net income of $212,000 for the year ended June 30, 2009 with the increase attributable to the combined effects of a $1.9 million or 22.2% increase in net interest income and a $99,000 or 18.1% increase in other non-interest income offset by an increase of $817,000 or 104.3% in the provision for loan losses, an increase of $355,000 or 273.1% in income tax expense, and a $276,000 or 3.4%% increase in non-interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2010.

Net Interest Income. Net interest income for the year ended June 30, 2010 amounted to $10.7 million, 22.2% higher than net interest income for the year ended June 30, 2009 of $8.8 million. Interest expense decreased by $1.6 million, or 20.9%, while interest income increased by $314,000 or 1.9% for the year ended June 30, 2010.

Average earning assets increased by $28.2 million or 9.2% for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to the year ended June 30, 2009, whereas the average rate on earning assets decreased by 36 basis points to 5.04% for the year ended June 30, 2010, resulting in an increase of $314,000 or 1.9% in total interest income compared to the year ended June 30, 2009. Interest income on loans decreased by $383,000 or 2.6% for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to the year ended June 30, 2009, while the average yield declined 36 basis points to 5.21%. Average loan receivable balances increased $11.2 million or 4.2% to $277.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to $266.2 million for the year ended June 30, 2009. Interest income on securities held to maturity increased $713,000 or 45.4% for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to the year ended June 30, 2009. Average securities held to maturity balances increased $17.2 million or 56.9% for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to the year ended June 30, 2009, as the yield on the investment held to maturity portfolio decreased by 38 basis points to 4.80% for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to the year ended June 30, 2009. Interest income on other interest-earning assets decreased by $16,000 or 12.3% for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to the year ended June 30, 2009 due to a 13 basis point decrease in yield to 1.22% and an average balance decrease of $275,000 or 2.9%.

Total interest expense decreased $1.6 million or 20.9% for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to the year ended June 30, 2009. Average interest-bearing liabilities increased $34.3 million or 12.6%, from $272.3 million for the year ended June 30, 2009, to $306.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2010, the effect of which was more than offset by an 85 basis point decrease in the average rate from 2.86% to 2.01%, for the respective periods. Interest expense on deposits decreased $1.2 million or 18.8% for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to the year ended June 30, 2009, as a result of a 89 basis point reduction to 1.84% in the average rate on interest-bearing deposits, tempered by an increase of $46.9 million or 20.2% in average interest-bearing deposits. The average balance of savings balances increased $25.5 million or 28.2%.  In addition, the average balance of certificates of deposit rose by $18.5 million or 16.1%, and NOW and money market balances increased by $2.9 million or 11.1% for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to the same period ended June 30, 2009. The average rate on savings deposits, certificates of deposit and NOW and money market accounts decreased by 97 basis points, 97 basis points, and 10 basis points, respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to the year ended June 30, 2009.  Total interest expense on FHLB advances decreased by $438,000 or 30.1% for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to the same period ended June 30, 2009. Federal Home Loan Bank advance average balances decreased by $12.6 million or 31.3%, whereas the average rate increased by 6 basis points, from 3.60% to 3.66%, for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to the same period ended June 30, 2009.

Our net interest rate spread was 3.03% for the year ended June 30, 2010 and 2.54% for the year ended June 30, 2009. The spread increased during the year ended June 30, 2010 as our average cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased by 85 basis points to 2.01% from 2.86% during the year ended June

 
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30, 2009. Correspondingly, the average yield on interest-earning assets decreased 36 basis points from 5.40% for the year ended June 30, 2009 to 5.04% for the year ended June 30, 2010.

Provision for Loan Losses. The allowance for loan losses is a valuation account that reflects our estimation of the losses inherent in our loan portfolio to the extent they are both probable and reasonable to estimate. The allowance is established through provisions for loan losses that are charged to income in the period they are established. We charge losses on loans against the allowance for loan losses when we believe the collection of loan principal is unlikely. Recoveries on loans previously charged-off are added back to the allowance. The provision for the year ended June 30, 2010 was $1.6 million as compared to $783,000 for the year before. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of non-performing loans was 16.5% at June 30, 2010 compared to 18.73% at June 30, 2009 and the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total loans was 0.95% at June 30, 2010 compared to 0.64% at June 30, 2009.  While at June 30, 2010 non-performing loans increased $6.0 million from the prior year, most of these loans are adequately collateralized by real estate.  Of the $15.7 million in non-performing loans at June 30, 2010, $7.5 million required specific loss allowances totaling $1.4 million.

Non-Interest Income. This category includes fees derived from checking accounts, ATM transactions and debit card use and mortgage related fees. It also includes increases in the cash-surrender value of our bank owned life insurance. Overall, non-interest income increased to $645,000 for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to $546,000 for the year ended June 30, 2009, representing an increase of $99,000 or 18.1%.

The unrealized gain on the Bank’s trading security portfolio was $9,000 for the year ended June 30, 2010, compared to an unrealized loss of $45,000 for the year ended June 30, 2010.

Income on bank owned life insurance was $184,000 and $157,000 for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The increase in income was due to the Savings Bank having purchased additional bank owned life insurance in May and December 2009.

Income from fees and service charges totaled $355,000 and $329,000 for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Other non-interest income was $97,000 and $105,000 for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Non-Interest Expenses. Total non-interest expenses grew by $276,000 or 3.4% during the year ended June 30, 2010 and amounted to $8.4 million and $8.2 million for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Salaries and employee benefits expense totaled $3.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2010 and was $110,000 or 3.0% higher than the prior year. The increase in expense for the year ended June 30, 2010 primarily reflects normal salary increases and the implementation of the Company’s restricted stock program in December 2009.  Salaries and employee benefits are our main non-interest expense and represented 43.3% and 44.4% of non-interest expenses for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  Directors’ compensation increased $56,000 or 16.0% for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to the year ended June 30, 2009 primarily due to the implementation of the Company’s restricted stock program in December 2009.  Other non-interest expense increased by $158,000 or 10.8% to $1.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to $1.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2009.  The increase in other non-interest expense was primarily attributable to increases in other real estate and non-operating expenses.  Service bureau fees increased by $14,000 or 3.6% to $404,000 for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to $390,000 for the year ended June 30, 2009, whereas, FDIC

 
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assessment expense was $485,000 for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to $482,000 for the year ended June 30, 2009, representing an increase of $3,000 or 0.6%. Advertising expense decreased by $43,000 or 16.2% to $223,000, as did occupancy and equipment expense by $22,000 or 1.4% to $1.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to $266,000 and $1.6, respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2009.

Income Taxes. Income tax expense for the year ended June 30, 2010 was $485,000 as compared to $130,000 for the year ended June 30, 2009. The increase for the year ended June 30, 2010 reflects higher pre-tax income.  The effective tax rate was 37.6% for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to 38.0% for the year ended June 30, 2009.

 
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Average Balance Sheet. The following tables set forth certain information for the years ended June 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008.  The average yields and costs are derived by dividing income or expense by the average daily balance of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods presented.

   
Year Ended June 30,
   
2010
 
2009
   
2008
   
Average Balance
 
Interest Earned/Paid
 
Average Yield/ Cost
   
Average Balance
 
Interest Earned/ Paid
 
Average Yield/ Cost
   
Average Balance
 
Interest Earned/ Paid
 
Average Yield/ Cost
     
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Interest-earning assets:
                                                         
Loans(1)
 
$
277,379
 
$
14,454
 
5.21
%
   
$
266,164
 
$
14,837
 
5.57
%
   
$
243,879
 
$
14,974
 
6.14
%
Securities
   
47,530
   
2,282
 
4.80
%
     
30,303
   
1,569
 
5.18
%
     
28,178
   
1,383
 
4.91
%
Other interest-earning assets(2)
   
9,381
   
114
 
1.22
%
     
9,656
   
130
 
1.35
%
     
6,260
   
269
 
4.30
%
Total interest-earning assets
   
334,290
   
16,850
 
5.04
%
     
306,123
   
16,536
 
5.40
%
     
278,317
   
16,626
 
5.97
%
Non-interest-earning assets
   
26,617
                 
21,289
                 
17,008
           
Total assets
 
$
360,907
               
$
327,412
               
$
295,325
           
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                                         
NOW & money market
 
$
29,067
   
153
 
0.53
%
   
$
26,175
   
166
 
0.63
%
   
$
26,906
   
241
 
0.90
%
Savings and club deposits
   
115,998
   
1,449
 
1.25
%
     
90,512
   
2,009
 
2.22
%
     
51,048
   
1,267
 
2.48
%
Certificates of deposit
   
133,746
   
3,536
 
2.64