SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 17, 2006


Lakeland Financial Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



Indiana

0-11487

35-1559596

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Of incorporation)

 

Identification No.)


202 East Center Street, P.O. Box 1387, Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1387

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(574) 267-6144

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On July 17, 2006, Lakeland Financial Corporation issued a press release announcing its earnings for the six-months and three-months ended June 30, 2006. The news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)

Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated July 17, 2006

 



 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

Dated: July 17, 2006

By: /s/David M. Findlay

David M. Findlay

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1


 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

David M. Findlay

 

 

Executive Vice President-

 

Administration and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(574) 267-9197

 

STRONG PERFORMANCE POSTED BY LAKE CITY BANK

Record Income Reported for Second Quarter

Warsaw, Indiana (July 17, 2006) – Lakeland Financial Corporation (Nasdaq/LKFN), parent company of Lake City Bank, today reported record quarterly net income of $4.8 million for the second quarter of 2006. Net income increased 9% over the $4.4 million reported for the second quarter of 2005. Diluted net income per share for the quarter was $0.39 versus $0.36 for the comparable period of 2005. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2006 was a record $9.4 million, an increase of 12%, versus $8.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005. Diluted net income per common share was $0.76 for the six months ended June 30, 2006, versus $0.69 for the six months ended June 30, 2005.

 

The Company also announced that the Board of Directors approved a cash dividend for the second quarter of $0.125 per share, payable on August 7, 2006 to shareholders of record as of July 25, 2006. The quarterly dividend represents a 9% increase over the quarterly dividends paid in 2005.

 

Michael L. Kubacki, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Led by very strong loan growth in the quarter, we are pleased with our results. We’ve generated $78 million of loan growth in our Northern Indiana footprint during 2006, an increase of more than 6% since year end 2005. This exceptional level of growth reflects the ongoing success Lake City Bank is having in our expanding markets.”

 

Average total loans for the second quarter of 2006 were $1.253 billion versus $1.061 billion during the second quarter of 2005, an increase of 18%. Total loans as of June 30, 2006 were $1.276 billion, an increase of $51.1 million, versus $1.225 billion as of March 31, 2006. Total loans as of June 30, 2005 were $1.094 billion.

 

Kubacki observed, “We further benefited from healthy fee growth during the quarter, with noninterest income of $4.8 million representing a linked quarter increase of 8% over the first quarter of 2006 led by a 14% increase in service charges on deposit accounts. In addition, our Wealth Advisory and Investment departments combined for an increase of 11% growth versus the first quarter of 2006. For the first six months, fee income is up 11% versus the same period in 2005. Our strategy, which emphasizes aggressive and effective cross selling of fee-based services, is clearly producing results.”

 

Kubacki further commented, “With a challenging interest rate environment impacting our net interest margin, our ability to maintain the growth of fee revenue while at the same time tightly managing our expense structure will be critical to our performance for the balance of 2006. We’ve consistently managed our noninterest expense growth to be at or below 5% and 2006’s performance is continuing that trend.”

 

Lakeland Financial’s allowance for loan losses as of June 30, 2006 was $13.8 million, compared to $13.2 million as of March 31, 2006 and $11.7 million as of June 30, 2005. Non-performing assets totaled $6.7

 

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million as of June 30, 2006 versus $7.0 million as of March 31, 2006 and $9.2 million on June 30, 2005. The ratio of non-performing assets to loans was 0.52% on June 30, 2006 compared to 0.58% at March 31, 2006 and 0.84% at June 30, 2005. Net charge offs totaled $81,000 in the second quarter of 2006, versus net recoveries of $9,000 during the first quarter of 2006, and net charge offs of $54,000 in the second quarter of 2005.

 

Kubacki added, “The historical quality of our loan portfolio is reflected in the low level of loan charge offs, which totaled only $72,000, or 0.01% of average loans, during the first six months of the year. The Lake City Bank commercial and retail lending teams have done an excellent job managing the risks inherent in our portfolio.”

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2006, Lakeland Financial’s average equity to average assets ratio was 7.07% compared to 7.16% for the first quarter of 2006 and 7.27% for the second quarter of 2005. Average stockholders' equity for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 was $119.4 million versus $116.0 million for the first quarter of 2006 and $106.6 million for the second quarter of 2005. Average total deposits were $1.382 billion for the second quarter of 2006, versus $1.275 billion for the first quarter of 2006 and $1.130 billion for the second quarter of 2005.

 

Lakeland Financial Corporation is a $1.7 billion bank holding company headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana. Lake City Bank serves Northern Indiana with 43 branches located in the following Indiana counties: Kosciusko, Elkhart, Allen, St. Joseph, DeKalb, Fulton, Huntington, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Pulaski and Whitley.

 

Lakeland Financial Corporation may be accessed on its home page at www.lakecitybank.com. The Company’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under “LKFN”. Market makers in Lakeland Financial Corporation common shares include Automated Trading Desk, LLC, Citadel Derivatives Group, LLC, Citigroup Global Market Holdings, Inc., E*Trade Capital Markets LLC, FTN Midwest Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs & Company, Howe Barnes Investments, Inc., Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Knight Equity Markets, L.P., Lehman Brothers Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc., Susquehanna Capital Group and UBS Securities LLC.

 

This document contains, and future oral and written statements of the Company and its management may contain, forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of the Company. Forward-looking statements, which may be based upon beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the Company’s management and on information currently available to management, are generally identifiable by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should” or other similar expressions. Additionally, all statements in this document, including forward-looking statements, speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any statement in light of new information or future events.

 

A number of factors, many of which are beyond the ability of the Company to control or predict, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in its forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, the following: (i) the strength of the local and national economy; (ii) the economic impact of past and any future terrorist attacks, acts of war or threats thereof and the response of the United States to any such attacks and threats; (iii) changes in state and federal laws, regulations and governmental policies concerning the Company’s general business; (iv) changes in interest rates and prepayment rates of the Company’s assets; (v) increased competition in the financial services sector and the inability to attract new customers; (vi) changes in technology and the ability to develop and maintain secure and reliable electronic systems; (vii) the loss of key executives or employees; (viii) changes in consumer spending; (ix) unexpected results of acquisitions; (x) unexpected outcomes of existing or new litigation involving the Company; and (xi) changes in accounting policies and practices. These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Additional information concerning the Company and its business, including additional factors that could materially affect the Company’s financial results, is included in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

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LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION

SECOND QUARTER 2006 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(Unaudited – Dollars in thousands except share and Per Share Data)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Jun. 30,

 

Mar. 31,

 

Jun. 30,

 

Jun. 30,

 

Jun. 30,

 

 

2006

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 

END OF PERIOD BALANCES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 $ 1,727,561 

 

 $ 1,644,143 

 

 $ 1,538,615 

 

 $ 1,727,561 

 

 $ 1,538,615 

 

Deposits

    1,408,080 

 

    1,319,745 

 

    1,125,872 

 

    1,408,080 

 

    1,125,872 

 

Loans

    1,276,310 

 

    1,225,179 

 

    1,094,048 

 

    1,276,310 

 

    1,094,048 

 

Allowance for Loan Losses

         13,792 

 

         13,236 

 

         11,724 

 

         13,792 

 

         11,724 

 

Common Stockholders’ Equity

       120,344 

 

       117,330 

 

       108,456 

 

       120,344 

 

       108,456 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVERAGE BALANCES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 $ 1,688,679 

 

 $ 1,620,670 

 

 $ 1,466,900 

 

 $ 1,654,862 

 

 $ 1,441,743 

 

Earning Assets

    1,567,698 

 

    1,504,381 

 

    1,354,199 

 

    1,536,214 

 

    1,329,794 

 

Investments

       292,305 

 

       291,635 

 

       286,638 

 

       291,972 

 

       286,307 

 

Loans

    1,252,919 

 

    1,205,849 

 

    1,061,289 

 

    1,229,514 

 

    1,035,591 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Deposits

    1,382,497 

 

    1,275,089 

 

    1,129,776 

 

    1,329,090 

 

    1,119,719 

 

Interest Bearing Deposits

    1,159,398 

 

    1,058,234 

 

       906,288 

 

    1,109,096 

 

       899,812 

 

Interest Bearing Liabilities

    1,333,186 

 

    1,275,129 

 

    1,127,307 

 

    1,304,318 

 

    1,107,136 

 

Common Stockholders’ Equity

       119,400 

 

       116,006 

 

       106,600 

 

       117,712 

 

       105,121 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME STATEMENT DATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Income

 $      13,009 

 

 $      12,813 

 

 $      12,504 

 

 $      25,822 

 

 $      24,355 

 

Net Interest Income-Fully Tax Equivalent

         13,294 

 

         13,106 

 

         12,804 

 

         26,398 

 

         24,955 

 

Provision for Loan Losses

              639 

 

              453 

 

              662 

 

           1,092 

 

           1,120 

 

Noninterest Income

           4,794 

 

           4,445 

 

           4,218 

 

           9,239 

 

           8,337 

 

Noninterest Expense

           9,854 

 

           9,750 

 

           9,298 

 

         19,604 

 

         18,661 

 

Net Income

           4,782 

 

           4,650 

 

           4,404 

 

           9,432 

 

           8,459 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PER SHARE DATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Net Income Per Common Share

 $          0.40 

 

 $          0.39 

 

 $          0.37 

 

 $          0.78 

 

 $          0.71 

 

Diluted Net Income Per Common Share

             0.39 

 

             0.38 

 

             0.36 

 

             0.76 

 

             0.69 

 

Cash Dividends Declared Per Common Share

           0.125 

 

(1)            

 

 

           0.115 

 

0.125(1)

 

             0.23 

 

Book Value Per Common Share (equity per share issued)

             9.96 

 

             9.74 

 

             9.09 

 

             9.96 

 

             9.09 

 

Market Value – High

           24.29 

 

           23.38 

 

           20.38 

 

           24.29 

 

           20.69 

 

Market Value – Low

           20.47 

 

           19.90 

 

           17.50 

 

           19.90 

 

           17.50 

 

Basic Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding

  12,065,143 

 

  12,013,830 

 

  11,907,662 

 

  12,039,628 

 

  11,890,298 

 

Diluted Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding

  12,365,933 

 

  12,340,770 

 

  12,259,206 

 

  12,353,954 

 

  12,261,874 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Average Assets

             1.14 

%

             1.16 

%

             1.20 

%

             1.15 

%

             1.18 

%

Return on Average Common Stockholders’ Equity

           16.06 

 

           16.26 

 

           16.57 

 

           16.16 

 

           16.23 

 

Efficiency  (Noninterest Expense / Net Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

     

 

plus Noninterest Income)

           55.35 

 

           56.49 

 

           55.60 

 

           55.91 

 

           57.08 

 

Average Equity to Average Assets

             7.07 

 

             7.16 

 

             7.27 

 

             7.11 

 

             7.29 

 

Net Interest Margin

             3.40 

 

             3.53 

 

             3.78 

 

             3.46 

 

             3.78 

 

Net Charge Offs to Average Loans

             0.03 

 

             0.00 

 

             0.02 

 

             0.01 

 

             0.03 

 

Loan Loss Reserve to Loans

             1.08 

 

             1.08 

 

             1.07 

 

             1.08 

 

             1.07 

 

Nonperforming Assets to Loans

             0.52 

 

             0.58 

 

             0.84 

 

             0.52 

 

             0.84 

 

Tier 1 Leverage

             8.87 

 

             9.01 

 

             9.19 

 

             8.87 

 

             9.19 

 

Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital

           10.90 

 

           11.05 

 

           11.02 

 

           10.90 

 

           11.02 

 

Total Capital

           11.90 

 

           12.05 

 

           11.99 

 

           11.90 

 

           11.99 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSET QUALITY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans Past Due 90 Days or More

 $             46 

 

 $           117 

 

 $        2,542 

 

 $             46 

 

 $        2,542 

 

Non-accrual Loans

           6,614 

 

           6,926 

 

           6,665 

 

           6,614 

 

           6,665 

 

Net Charge Offs/(Recoveries)

                81 

 

                (9)

 

                54 

 

                72 

 

              150 

 

Other Real Estate Owned

                  0 

 

                  0 

 

                  0 

 

                 0 

 

                  0 

 

Other Nonperforming Assets

                  0 

 

                  6 

 

                15 

 

               15 

 

                15 

 

Total Nonperforming Assets

           6,660 

 

           7,049 

 

           9,221 

 

           6,660 

 

           9,221 

 

 

(1) Cash dividend of $0.125 declared on April 11, 2006 and July 11, 2006

 

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LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As of June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

(in thousands)

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

2006

 

2005

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 $             74,402 

 

 $             77,387 

Short-term investments

22,981 

 

5,292 

Total cash and cash equivalents

97,383 

 

82,679 

 

 

 

 

Securities available for sale (carried at fair value)

288,625 

 

290,935 

Real estate mortgages held for sale

765 

 

960 

 

 

 

 

Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $13,792 and $12,774

1,262,518 

 

1,185,956 

 

 

 

 

Land, premises and equipment, net 

24,232 

 

24,563 

Bank owned life insurance

20,133 

 

19,654 

Accrued income receivable

7,645 

 

7,416 

Goodwill

4,970 

 

4,970 

Other intangible assets

930 

 

1,034 

Other assets

20,360 

 

16,446 

Total assets

 $        1,727,561 

 

 $        1,634,613 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

Noninterest bearing deposits

 $           248,159 

 

 $           247,605 

Interest bearing deposits 

1,159,921 

 

1,018,640 

Total deposits

1,408,080 

 

1,266,245 

 

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased

6,500 

 

43,000 

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 

96,822 

 

91,071 

U.S. Treasury demand notes

2,528 

 

2,471 

Other short-term borrowings

50,000 

 

75,000 

Total short-term borrowings

155,850 

 

211,542 

 

 

 

 

Accrued expenses payable

11,672 

 

10,423 

Other liabilities

642 

 

2,095 

Long-term borrowings

45 

 

46 

Subordinated debentures

30,928 

 

30,928 

Total liabilities

1,607,217 

 

1,521,279 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

Common stock:  180,000,000 shares authorized, no par value

 

 

 

12,077,258 shares issued and 11,995,124 outstanding as of June 30, 2006

 

 

 

11,972,108 shares issued and 11,894,684 outstanding as of December 31, 2005

1,453 

 

1,453 

Additional paid-in capital

15,751 

 

14,287 

Retained earnings

110,251 

 

102,327 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(6,094)

 

(3,814)

Treasury stock, at cost (2006 - 82,134 shares, 2005 - 77,424 shares)

(1,017)

 

(919)

Total stockholders' equity

120,344 

 

113,334 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 $        1,727,561 

 

 $        1,634,613 

 

 

 

 

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LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

For the Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005

(in thousands except for share data)

(unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

NET INTEREST INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and fees on loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable

$        22,405 

 

$        16,154 

 

$        43,032 

 

$        30,667 

Tax exempt

74 

 

40 

 

132 

 

85 

Interest and dividends on securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable

2,437 

 

2,364 

 

4,998 

 

4,636 

Tax exempt

595 

 

587 

 

1,202 

 

1,174 

Interest on short-term investments

274 

 

45 

 

347 

 

101 

Total interest income

25,785 

 

19,190 

 

49,711 

 

36,663 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on deposits

10,753 

 

5,082 

 

19,477 

 

9,530 

Interest on borrowings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term

1,394 

 

1,063 

 

3,196 

 

1,743 

Long-term

629 

 

541 

 

1,216 

 

1,035 

Total interest expense

12,776 

 

6,686 

 

23,889 

 

12,308 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INTEREST INCOME

13,009 

 

12,504 

 

25,822 

 

24,355 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for loan losses

639 

 

662 

 

1,092 

 

1,120 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAN LOSSES

12,370 

 

11,842 

 

24,730 

 

23,235 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONINTEREST INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wealth Advisory and investment brokerage fees 

1,007 

 

791 

 

1,912 

 

1,519 

Service charges on deposit accounts

1,965 

 

1,703 

 

3,685 

 

3,252 

Loan, insurance and service fees

625 

 

496 

 

1,198 

 

962 

Merchant card fee income

568 

 

629 

 

1,148 

 

1,165 

Other income

507 

 

392 

 

1,020 

 

988 

Net gains on sales of real estate mortgages held for sale

178 

 

207 

 

330 

 

451 

Net securities gains (losses)

(56)

 

 

(54)

 

Total noninterest income

4,794 

 

4,218 

 

9,239 

 

8,337 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONINTEREST EXPENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

5,525 

 

5,027 

 

11,014 

 

10,173 

Net occupancy expense

612 

 

675 

 

1,221 

 

1,331 

Equipment costs

460 

 

491 

 

915 

 

1,008 

Data processing fees and supplies

593 

 

571 

 

1,143 

 

1,129 

Credit card interchange

388 

 

388 

 

746 

 

716 

Other expense 

2,276 

 

2,146 

 

4,565 

 

4,304 

Total noninterest expense

9,854 

 

9,298 

 

19,604 

 

18,661 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE

7,310 

 

6,762 

 

14,365 

 

12,911 

Income tax expense 

2,528 

 

2,358 

 

4,933 

 

4,452 

NET INCOME

$          4,782 

 

$          4,404 

 

$          9,432 

 

$          8,459 

BASIC WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES

12,065,143 

 

11,907,662 

 

12,039,628 

 

11,890,298 

BASIC EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

$            0.40 

 

$            0.37 

 

$            0.78 

 

$            0.71 

DILUTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES

12,365,933 

 

12,259,206 

 

12,353,954 

 

12,261,874 

DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

$            0.39 

 

$            0.36 

 

$            0.76 

 

$            0.69 

 

 

 

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