10-K 1 oconee_10k-123111.htm FORM 10-K oconee_10k-123111.htm
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM 10-K
 
 
x  Annual Report Under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011
 
o  Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Transition period from_________ to _________
 
Commission File Number 000-25267
 
              Oconee Financial Corporation               
(Name of Small Business Issuer in its Charter)
 
Georgia
58-2442250
(State or other jurisdiction of
 incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

35 North Main Street, Watkinsville, Georgia
30677-0205
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (706) 769-6611.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title of each class
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $2.00 per share
None.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
o  Yes    x   No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
o  Yes   x   No
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.  x  Yes   o   No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    x  Yes   o  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. o

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 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
Smaller reporting company  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  o  Yes    x   No

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of a specified date within the past 60 days:  As of March 30, 2012:  552,016 shares of common stock with an aggregate value of $14,126,089 (based on approximate book value of the common stock).

As of March 30, 2012, there were issued and outstanding 899,815 shares of common stock.

Documents Incorporated by Reference
Portions of the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.
 

 
 
 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

PART I
  
Page
Item 1.
Business
3
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
11
Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
14
Item 2.
Properties
15
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings
15
     
PART II
    
Item 5.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
15
Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
16
Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
31
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
31
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures
31
Item 9B.
Other Information
32
     
PART III
    
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
32
Item 11.
Executive Compensation
32
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
32
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
32
Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
32
     
PART IV
    
Item 15.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
33
 

 
 

 
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PART I
 
ITEM 1.     BUSINESS.
 
General
 
Oconee Financial Corporation (“Oconee”), a registered bank holding company, was incorporated under the laws of the State of Georgia in 1998 and commenced operations by acquiring 100% of the outstanding shares of Oconee State Bank (the “Bank”) effective January 1, 1999.  All of Oconee’s activities are currently conducted by its wholly owned subsidiary, the Bank, which was incorporated as a bank under the laws of the State of Georgia in 1959.
 
At December 31, 2011, the Bank’s total assets were $259,846,000, compared to $279,368,000 at year-end 2010.  Over the past 5 years, total assets of the Bank have declined by $76,662,000, representing a decrease of 22.8%.
 
Services
 
The Bank is a community oriented, full-service commercial bank, headquartered in Oconee County, Georgia with four full-service banking offices and five automated teller machines (“ATMs”).  The Bank places an emphasis on retail and small business banking, and offers customary banking services such as consumer and commercial checking accounts, NOW accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, safe deposit facilities, and money transfers. The Bank finances commercial and consumer transactions, makes secured and unsecured loans, offers lines of credit, VISA and MasterCard accounts, and provides a variety of other banking services. 
 
Markets
 
The Bank operates primarily in Oconee and Athens-Clarke Counties in Georgia.  The Bank’s secondary market is defined as other counties contiguous to Oconee County, which include Greene, Morgan, Walton, and Barrow Counties, and the rest of the Athens Metropolitan Statistical Area.
 
Oconee County has been named as one of the best places to live in rural America by a national publication.  Average household income for Oconee County in 2009 was $74,630, which ranked it as the third highest in the state of Georgia.  While overall unemployment remains at historically high levels, Oconee County had the lowest level of unemployment of any county in Georgia in 2010, at 6.6%.  Home sales have slowed down significantly over the past three years, but the location of Oconee County, connected to the major markets of Atlanta, Augusta, and Macon via several well-developed arteries, continues to make it a very desirable location in which to live and work.
 
Deposits
 
The Bank offers a full range of deposit accounts and services to individuals and businesses.  At December 31, 2011, the Bank’s deposit base totaled $236,612,000 and consisted of the following types of accounts:
 
                                                                               
  
Amount
    
Percentage
   
(In thousands)
        
Non-interest bearing demand deposits
   $ 34,024       14.4 %
Interest-bearing NOW accounts
     53,499       22.6 %
Money market deposit accounts
     11,773       5.0 %
Savings deposits
     41,499       17.5 %
Time deposits of less than $100,000
     45,079       19.1 %
Time deposits of $100,000 or more
     38,678       16.3 %
Individual retirement accounts
     12,060       5.1 %
               Total Deposits
   $ 236,612       100.0 %
 
Management of the Bank believes that its time deposits of $100,000 or more are customer relationship-oriented and represent a reasonably stable source of funds.
 

 
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Loans
 
The Bank makes both secured and unsecured loans to individuals and businesses.  At December 31, 2011 the Bank’s loan portfolio totaled $143,931,000, consisting of the following categories of loans:
 
                                                                               
  
Amount
    
Percentage
  
   
(In thousands)
        
Commercial, financial and agricultural
   $ 18,582       12.9 %
Real estate – mortgage
     108,974       75.7 %
Real estate –construction
     11,057       7.7 %
Consumer
     5,318       3.7 %
Total loans
   $ 143,931       100.0 %
 
The following table shows the change in loans, deposits, capital, and total assets at December 31, for the years ended 2006-2011 (dollar amounts are in millions):
 
   
2011
    
2010
    
2009
    
2008
    
2007
    
2006
    
5-Year
Decline
  
Loans
   $ 143.9     $ 162.9     $ 179.8     $ 195.8     $ 199.8     $ 217.9     $ 74.0  
Deposits
     236.6       242.9       250.4       275.0       286.5       304.0       67.4  
Capital
     22.2       22.9       24.7       25.8       29.3       26.7       4.5  
Total Assets
     259.8       279.4       285.3       308.2       321.3       336.5       76.7  

The Bank experienced declines in loans, deposits, total assets and capital during 2011.  Like many financial institutions across the United States, the Bank’s operations have been negatively affected by the current economic environment.  The recession reduced liquidity and credit quality within the banking system and negatively impacted the labor, capital and real estate markets.  Dramatic declines in the housing market have negatively affected the credit performance of our residential construction and development loans.  The economic recession also lowered commercial and residential real estate values and substantially reduced general business activity and investment.  Combined, the deterioration in the residential and the commercial real estate markets has materially increased our level of nonperforming assets and charge-offs of problem loans over the past four years.  The Bank has seen slight improvement in its level of nonperforming assets during 2011 and 2010 and will continue to manage these assets aggressively in order to further reduce levels going forward.  These market conditions and the tightening of credit have led to increased delinquencies in our loan portfolio, increased market volatility, added pressure on our capital, a lower net  interest margin and net losses in the prior four years.

The decrease in deposits during 2011 was primarily due to management’s decision to lower the balance of outstanding time deposits through lower interest rates in order to better match the Bank’s funding with its loan demand, which has continued to be slow due to the prolonged economic slowdown over the past several years.  The reductions in loans and deposits, and the corresponding reduction in total assets during 2011 were the result of a strategic decision by management to shrink the Bank’s balance sheet in order to protect capital ratios in light of a declining level of capital as a result of net operating losses since 2008.

As of December 31, 2011, the Bank had concentrations of loans to the housing industry and loans to the hotel and motel industry.  Outstanding construction and development loans, all of which are secured by real estate, totaled $11,057,000, which represented 7.7% of the Bank’s loan portfolio and 57.9% of the Bank’s Tier 1 equity capital at December 31, 2011.  As of December 31, 2011, the Bank’s established guideline for this concentration is to be at a balance that represents less than 210% of Tier 1 equity capital.  The market for residential real estate and development continued to be slow during 2011, primarily in the area of new residential development and speculative housing construction, resulting in a decrease in demand for loans funding this industry.

As of December 31, 2011, the outstanding balances for hotel and motel industry loans totaled $19,767,000, which represented 13.7% of the Bank’s total loan portfolio and 103.4% of the Bank’s Tier 1 equity capital.  As of December 31, 2011, the Bank’s established guideline for this concentration is to be at a balance that represents less than 100% of Tier 1 equity capital. 

Lending Policy

The current lending policy of the Bank is to offer consumer, real estate, and commercial credit services to individuals and entities that meet the Bank’s credit standards.  Lending authority is delegated by the Board of Directors of the Bank to loan officers, each of whom is limited in the amount of secured and unsecured loans which he can make to a single borrower or a related group of borrowers.  The Bank provides each lending officer with written guidelines for lending activities to ensure that the Bank’s policies and procedures are followed consistently.  Throughout the lending decision, the customer’s credit worthiness is examined through credit bureau reports on the borrower’s credit history as well as the borrower’s credit history at the Bank.  Various financial information and other information are obtained from the borrower and guarantor(s) and are analyzed to determine the borrower’s ability to repay the loan.  In addition, collateral adequacy is examined to determine whether or not the collateral would be sufficient to cover any of the Bank’s risk exposure in the event that the Bank is required to rely on the liquidation of the collateral as a secondary source of repayment.

 
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The Board of Directors of the Bank is responsible for approving and monitoring the loan policy, providing guidance and counsel to all lending personnel and approving all extensions of credit to a single borrower over $500,000, primarily through the Loan Committee of the Board of Directors.  This committee convenes weekly to review and approve any loans over $500,000 and also to review nonperforming loans and potential problem loans.
 
Loan Review and Non–Performing Assets
 
The Bank periodically reviews its loan portfolio to determine deficiencies and corrective action to be taken.  Senior lending officers conduct reviews of borrowers with total direct and indirect indebtedness of $1,000,000 or more and closely monitor all past due loans.  Past due loans are reviewed at least weekly by lending officers, and a summary report is reviewed monthly by the Board of Directors of the Bank.  In addition, the Bank maintains internal classifications of potential problem loans.  The Bank also utilizes an independent external loan review specialist to review all customer relationships with outstanding debt exceeding $1,000,000 as well as a sampling of loan relationships with balances below $1,000,000.

The portion of loans that are not supported by collateral are typically charged off when the loan reaches a past due status of 120 days.  For those customers with fully-secured loans who have begun bankruptcy proceedings, as well as loans on which the Bank has begun foreclosure or other steps of collection, the loans are placed in nonaccrual status. Exceptions involve loans which are technically past due but in the process of renewal.

Investment Policy

The Bank’s investment policy provides guidelines for determining permissible investments in the investment portfolio, credit criteria and quality ratings, the desired mix among those investments, and preferred maturity distribution of the portfolio.  The Bank’s objectives concerning its investment portfolio require balancing the Bank’s goals with respect to asset/liability management, profitability, liquidity, pledging, and local community support.  The Bank’s President and CEO, Senior Executive Vice President, Vice President and CFO are authorized to buy and sell securities according to criteria set forth in the investment policy.  Individual transactions, portfolio composition, and performance are reviewed by the Bank’s Investment and Asset/Liability Management Committee and the full Board of Directors of the Bank on a monthly basis.  The investment policy is reviewed annually by the Bank’s Board of Directors.
 
Generally, all of the Bank’s securities are classified as “Available for Sale”.  As of December 31, 2011, investment securities totaled $83,374,000.
 
The primary risks in the Bank’s securities portfolio consist of two types:
 
(1)     
Credit risk, or the risk of default of the issuer.  Government-sponsored agency securities comprised 83.0% of the portfolio; the credit risk associated with these securities is primarily limited to the risk of default of the U.S. Government and its agencies.  State, County, and Municipal bonds represent 15.8% of the portfolio with the credit risk limited to the risk of default of the issuing authorities.  Other debt securities comprised 1.2% of the portfolio with the credit risk being the risk of default of the issuer of the debt security.
 
(2)     
Interest rate risk, or the risk of adverse movements in interest rates on the value of the portfolio.  In general, a rise in interest rates will cause the value of the Bank’s securities portfolio to decline.  The longer the maturity of an individual security, the greater the effect of change in interest rate on its value.  For a discussion of the Bank’s interest rate risk management policies and management, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Plan of Operation – Asset/Liability and Interest Rate Sensitivity Management.” 
 

 

 
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Competition
 
The Bank competes in Oconee County with eight other commercial banks.  With three full-service banking offices within Oconee County, the Bank is the market leader in Oconee County in terms of assets, deposits, facility locations, and market coverage. 
 
The following table shows deposits by financial institution along with market share in Oconee County for the period ended June 30, 2011 (dollars in thousands):
 
                                                                              
  
Total
Deposits
    
Deposit Market
Share
Oconee State Bank                                           
   $ 221,794       38.3 %
Athens First Bank & Trust Company
     115,660       19.9 %
BankSouth
     63,970       11.0 %
Bank of America, N.A.
     63,507       11.0 %
CertusBank, N.A.
     35,250       6.1 %
First American Bank & Trust Company
     25,683       4.4 %
SCBT, N.A.
     21,104       3.6 %
SunTrust Bank
     19,487       3.4 %
Bank of the Ozarks
     13,258       2.3 %
Total deposits    
   $ 579,713       100.0 %
 
The Bank also competes in Athens-Clark County.  There are thirteen other commercial banks in Athens-Clarke County, five of which have offices in Oconee County.  As of June 30, 2011, the other thirteen banks located in Athens-Clarke County held deposits totaling $2,097,268,000.  The Bank’s physical presence in Athens-Clarke County is limited to a full-service in-store branch in the East Athens Wal-Mart Supercenter.
 
In addition, the Bank competes with commercial banks, thrifts, and various other financial institutions and brokerage firms and, to a lesser extent, with credit unions and for loans with insurance companies, small loan or finance companies, and certain governmental agencies. 
 
The business of the Bank is not seasonal.  The slowing of the construction and development industry has lessened the effect of the Bank’s seasonal slowdown in the Fall and Winter seasons relating to that industry. Historically, the seasonal slowdown in construction and development has impacted the Bank, but not to the degree that there is an appreciable impact upon the Bank’s Balance Sheet or Statement of Operations.
 
 Supervision and Regulation
 
The following is an explanation of the supervision and regulation of Oconee and the Bank as financial institutions.  This explanation does not purport to describe supervision and regulation of general business companies.
 
General.  Oconee is a registered bank holding company subject to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “Act”).  Oconee is required to file annual and quarterly financial information with the Federal Reserve and is subject to periodic examination by the Federal Reserve.
 
The Act requires every bank holding company to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve before (1) it may acquire direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 5% of the voting shares of any bank that it does not already control; (2) it or any of its subsidiaries, other than a bank, may acquire all or substantially all of the assets of a bank; and (3) it may merge or consolidate with any other bank holding company.  In addition, a bank holding company is generally prohibited from engaging in, or acquiring, direct or indirect control of the voting shares of any company engaged in non-banking activities.  This prohibition does not apply to activities found by the Federal Reserve, by order or regulation, to be so closely related to banking or managing or controlling banks as to be a proper incident thereto.  Some of the activities that the Federal Reserve has determined by regulation or order to be closely related to banking are:
 
 
·
making or servicing loans and certain types of leases;
 
 
·
performing certain data processing services;
 
 
·
acting as fiduciary or investment or financial advisor;
 
 
·
providing brokerage services;
 

 
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·
underwriting bank eligible securities;
 
 
·
underwriting debt and equity securities on a limited basis through separately capitalized subsidiaries; and
 
 
·
making investments in corporations or projects designed primarily to promote community welfare.
 
Although the activities of bank holding companies have traditionally been limited to the business of banking and activities closely related or incidental to banking (as discussed above), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “GLB Act”) relaxed the previous limitations and permitted bank holding companies to engage in a broader range of financial activities.  Specifically, bank holding companies may elect to become financial holding companies which may affiliate with securities firms and insurance companies and engage in other activities that are financial in nature.  Among the activities that are deemed “financial in nature” include:
 
 
·
lending, exchanging, transferring, investing for others or safeguarding money or securities;
 
 
·
insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying against loss, harm, damage, illness, disability, or death, or providing and issuing annuities, and acting as principal, agent, or broker with respect thereto;
 
 
·
providing financial, investment, or economic advisory services, including advising an investment company;
 
 
·
issuing or selling instruments representing interests in pools of assets permissible for a bank to hold directly; and
 
 
·
underwriting, dealing in or making a market in securities.
 
A bank holding company may become a financial holding company under this statute only if each of its subsidiary banks is well capitalized, is well managed and has at least a satisfactory rating under the Community Reinvestment Act.  A bank holding company that falls out of compliance with such requirements may be required to cease engaging in certain activities.  Any bank holding company that does not elect to become a financial holding company remains subject to the current restrictions of the bank holding company restrictions of the Act.
 
Under the GLB Act, the Federal Reserve Board serves as the primary “umbrella” regulator of financial holding companies with supervisory authority over each parent company and limited authority over its subsidiaries.  The primary regulator of each subsidiary of a financial holding company will depend on the type of activity conducted by the subsidiary.  For example, broker-dealer subsidiaries will be regulated largely by securities regulators and insurance subsidiaries will be regulated largely by insurance authorities.
 
Oconee has no current plans to become a financial holding company.
 
Oconee must also register with the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (the “GDBF”) and file periodic information with the GDBF.  As part of such registration, the GDBF requires information with respect to the financial condition, operations, management, and intercompany relationships of Oconee and the Bank and related matters.  The GDBF may also require such other information as is necessary to keep itself informed as to whether the provisions of Georgia law and the regulations and orders issued thereunder by the GDBF have been complied with, and the GDBF may examine Oconee and the Bank.
 
Oconee is an “affiliate” of the Bank under the Federal Reserve Act, which imposes certain restrictions on (1) loans by the Bank to Oconee, (2) investments in the stock or securities of Oconee by the Bank, (3) the Bank’s taking the stock or securities of an “affiliate” as collateral for loans by the Bank to a borrower, and (4) the purchase of assets from Oconee by the Bank.  Further, a bank holding company and its subsidiaries are prohibited from engaging in certain tie-in arrangements in connection with any extension of credit, lease or sale of property or furnishing of services.
 
The Bank is regularly examined by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”).  The Bank, a state banking association organized under Georgia law, is subject to the supervision of, and is regularly examined by, the GDBF.  Both the FDIC and the GDBF must grant prior approval of any merger, consolidation or other corporation reorganization involving the Bank.  A bank can be held liable for any loss incurred by, or reasonably expected to be incurred by, the FDIC in connection with the default of a commonly controlled institution.
 
On August 18, 2009, the Bank entered into a Stipulation and Consent to the Issuance of an Order to Cease and Desist (the “Consent Agreement”) with the FDIC and the GDBF, whereby the Bank consented to the issuance of an Order to Cease and Desist (the “Order”).  Among other things, the Order provides that, unless otherwise agreed by the FDIC and GDBF:

 
·
the Board of Directors of the Bank must increase its participation in the affairs of the Bank and establish a Board committee responsible for ensuring compliance with the Order;
 
 
·
the Bank must have and retain qualified management and notify the FDIC and the GDBF in writing when it proposes to add any individual to the Bank’s Board of Directors or employ any individual as a senior executive officer;
 

 
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the Bank must have and maintain a Tier 1 (Leverage) Capital ratio of not less than 8% and a Total Risk-based Capital ratio of at least 10%;
 
 
·
the Bank must collect or charge-off problem loans;
 
 
·
the Bank must formulate a written plan to reduce the Bank’s adversely classified assets in accordance with a defined asset reduction schedule;
 
 
·
the Bank may not extend any additional credit to, or for the benefit of, any borrower who has a loan or other extension of credit from the Bank that has been charged-off or adversely classified and is uncollected;
 
 
·
the Bank must strengthen its lending and collection policy to provide effective guidance and control over the Bank’s lending functions;
 
 
·
the Bank must perform a risk segmentation analysis with respect to concentrations of credit and reduce such concentrations;
 
 
·
the Board of Directors of the Bank must review the adequacy of the allowance for loan and lease losses (the “ALLL”) and establish a comprehensive policy for determining the adequacy of the ALLL;
 
 
·
the Bank must revise its budget and include formal goals and strategies to improve the Bank’s net interest margin, increase interest income, reduce discretionary expenses and improve and sustain earnings of the Bank;
 
 
·
the Bank may not pay a cash dividend to Oconee Financial Corporation;
 
 
·
the Board of Directors of the Bank must strengthen its asset/liability management and interest rate risk policies and liquidity contingency funding plan;
 
 
·
the Bank may not accept, renew or rollover brokered deposits without obtaining a brokered deposit waiver from the FDIC;
 
 
·
the Bank must eliminate or correct all violations of law and contraventions of policy; and
 
 
·
the Bank must submit quarterly reports to the FDIC and GDBF regarding compliance with the Order.
 
The provisions of the Order will remain effective until modified, terminated suspended or set aside by the FDIC.  Management of the Bank has developed a plan for compliance with the Order and has been given authority by the Board of Directors to institute that plan.  The primary focuses of the plan going forward will be reducing classified and non-performing assets, maintaining adequate levels of capital and returning the Bank to profitable operating levels.  As of the date of this filing, the Bank was in full compliance with all provisions within the Order with the exception of the stipulation requiring the Bank to maintain a Tier 1 (Leverage) Capital ratio of not less than 8%.  As of December 31, 2011, the Bank’s Tier 1 (Leverage) Capital ratio was 7.22%.
 
Payment of Dividends.  Oconee is a legal entity separate and distinct from the Bank.  Most of the revenues of Oconee result from dividends paid to it by the Bank.  There are statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to the payment of dividends by the Bank, as well as by Oconee to its shareholders.
 
Under the regulations of the GDBF, dividends may not be declared out of the retained earnings of a state bank without first obtaining the written permission of the GDBF unless such bank meets all the following requirements:
 
(a)
total classified assets as of the most recent examination of the bank do not exceed 80% of equity capital (as defined by regulation);
 
(b)
the aggregate amount of dividends declared or anticipated to be declared in the calendar year does not exceed 50% of the net profits after taxes but before dividends for the previous calendar year; and
 
(c)
the ratio of equity capital to adjusted assets is not less than 6%.
 
The payment of dividends by Oconee and the Bank may also be affected or limited by other factors, such as the requirement to maintain adequate capital above regulatory guidelines.  In addition, if, in the opinion of the applicable regulatory authority, a bank under its jurisdiction is engaged in or is about to engage in an unsafe or unsound practice (which, depending upon the financial condition of the bank, could include the payment of dividends), such authority may require, that such bank cease and desist from such practice.  The FDIC has issued a policy statement providing that insured banks should generally only pay dividends out of current operating earnings.  In addition to the formal statutes and regulations, regulatory authorities consider the adequacy of the Bank’s total capital in relation to its assets, deposits and other such items.  Capital adequacy considerations could further limit the availability of dividends to the Bank. At December 31, 2011, no dividends could be declared without regulatory approval as a result of one of the stipulations within the Order issued to the Bank by the FDIC on August 18, 2009.
 

 
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Monetary Policy.  The results of operations of the Bank are affected by credit policies of monetary authorities, particularly the Federal Reserve.  The instruments of monetary policy employed by the Federal Reserve include open market operations in U.S. government securities, changes in the discount rate on bank borrowings and changes in reserve requirements against bank deposits.  In view of changing conditions in the national economy and in the money markets, as well as the effect of actions by monetary and fiscal authorities, including the Federal Reserve, no prediction can be made as to possible future changes in interest rates, deposit levels, loan demand or the business and earnings of the Bank.
 
Capital Adequacy.  Banks and bank holding companies are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by state and federal banking agencies.  Capital adequacy guidelines involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities and certain off-balance-sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices.  Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators about components, risk weighting and other factors.
 
The Federal Reserve and the FDIC have implemented substantially identical risk-based rules for assessing bank and bank holding company capital adequacy.  These regulations establish minimum capital standards in relation to assets and off-balance sheet exposures as adjusted for credit risk.  Banks and bank holding companies are required to have (1) a minimum level of total capital to risk-weighted assets of 8%; (2) a minimum Tier 1 Capital to risk-weighted assets of 4%; and (3) a minimum shareholders’ equity to risk-weighted assets of 4%.  In addition, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC have established a minimum 4% leverage ratio of Tier 1 Capital to total assets for all but the most highly rated banks and bank holding companies.  “Tier 1 Capital” generally consists of common equity not including unrecognized gains and losses on securities, minority interests in equity accounts of consolidated subsidiaries and certain perpetual preferred stock less certain intangibles.  The Federal Reserve and the FDIC will require a bank holding company and a bank, respectively, to maintain a leverage ratio greater than 4% if either is experiencing or anticipating significant growth or is operating with less than well-diversified risks in the opinion of the Federal Reserve.  The Federal Reserve and the FDIC use the leverage ratio in tandem with the risk-based ratio to assess the capital adequacy of banks and bank holding companies.  The FDIC and the Federal Reserve consider interest rate risk in the overall determination of a bank’s capital ratio, requiring banks with greater interest rate risk to maintain adequate capital for the risk.
 
In addition, Section 38 to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act implemented the prompt corrective action provisions that Congress enacted as a part of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (the “1991 Act”).  The “prompt corrective action” provisions set forth five regulatory zones in which all banks are placed largely based on their capital positions.  Regulators are permitted to take increasingly harsh action as a bank’s financial condition declines.  Regulators are also empowered to place in receivership or require the sale of a bank to another depository institution when a bank’s tangible equity to total assets is 2% or below.  Better-capitalized institutions are generally subject to less onerous regulation and supervision than banks with lesser amounts of capital.
 
The FDIC has adopted regulations implementing the prompt corrective action provisions of the 1991 Act, which place financial institutions in the following five categories based upon capitalization ratios: (1) a “well capitalized” institution has a total risk-based capital ratio of at least 10%, a Tier 1 risk-based ratio of at least 6% and a leverage ratio of at least 5%; (2) an “adequately capitalized” institution has a total risk-based capital ratio of at least 8%, a Tier 1 risk-based ratio of at least 4% and a leverage ratio of at least 4%; (3) an “undercapitalized” institution has a total risk-based capital ratio of under 8%, a Tier 1 risk-based ratio of under 4% or a leverage ratio of under 4%; (4) a “significantly undercapitalized” institution has a total risk-based capital ratio of under 6%, a Tier 1 risk-based ratio of under 3% or a leverage ratio of under 3%; and (5) a “critically undercapitalized” institution has tangible equity to total assets of 2% or less.  Institutions in any of the three undercapitalized categories would be prohibited from declaring dividends or making capital distributions.  The FDIC regulations also establish procedures for “downgrading” an institution to a lower capital category based on supervisory factors other than capital.  Although its capital ratios fall within the “well capitalized” minimums, the Bank is currently considered “adequately capitalized” due to regulatory guidelines which prevent any bank under a consent order being categorized as “well capitalized.” 
 
Set forth below are pertinent capital ratios for the Bank as of December 31, 2011 and 2010:
 
   
2011
                   
2010
Total Risk-Based Capital
  
13.3%
  
14.2%
Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital
  
12.0%
  
12.9%
Leverage Ratio (Tier 1 Capital to Average Total Assets)
  
7.2%
  
8.1%


 
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The federal regulatory authorities’ risk-based capital guidelines are based upon the 1988 Capital Accord of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”).  The Basel Committee is a committee of central banks and bank supervisors/regulators from the major industrialized countries that develops broad policy guidelines for use by each country’s supervisors in determining the supervisory policies they apply.  On December 17, 2009, the Basel Committee issued a set of proposals (the “Capital Proposals”) that would significantly revise the definitions of Tier I Capital and Tier II capital, with the most significant changes being to Tier I Capital.  Most notably, the Capital Proposals would disqualify certain structured capital instruments, such as trust preferred securities, from Tier I Capital status.  The Capital Proposals would also re-emphasize that common equity is the predominant component of Tier I Capital by adding a minimum common equity to risk-weighted assets ratio and requiring that goodwill, general intangibles and certain other items that currently must be deducted from Tier I Capital instead be deducted from common equity as a component of Tier I Capital.  The Capital Proposals also leave open the possibility that the Basel Committee will recommend changes to the minimum Tier I Capital and total risk-based capital ratios of 4.0% and 8.0%, respectively.

Concurrently with the release of the Capital Proposals, the Basel Committee also released a set of proposals related to liquidity risk exposure (the “Liquidity Proposals,” and together with the Capital Proposals, the “2009 Basel Committee Proposals”).  The Liquidity Proposals have three key elements, including the implementation of (i) a “liquidity coverage ratio” designed to ensure that a bank maintains an adequate level of unencumbered, high quality assets sufficient to meet the bank’s liquidity needs over a 30-day time horizon under an acute liquidity stress scenario, (ii) a “net stable funding ratio” designed to promote more medium and long-term funding of the assets and activities of banks over a one-year time horizon, and (iii) a set of monitoring tools that the Basel Committee indicates should be considered as the minimum types of information that banks should report to supervisors and that supervisors should use in monitoring the liquidity risk profiles of supervised entities.

On December 20, 2011, the Federal Reserve announced its intention to implement substantially all of the Basel III rules. Although the regulatory agencies have not yet published a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement Basel III, they are likely to do so (at least with respect to the Basel III capital framework) during the first half of 2012. We anticipate that the Basel III capital framework as adopted in the United States will establish substantially higher capital requirements than currently apply for institutions with $50 billion or more in total assets.  The application of the Basel III liquidity framework to bank holding companies with less than $50 billion of total assets is less certain.

Commercial Real Estate.  The federal banking agencies, including the FDIC, issued guidance on concentrations in commercial real estate lending, noting that banks’ commercial real estate concentrations could create safety and soundness concerns in the event of a significant economic downturn.  The guidance mandates certain minimal risk management practices and categorizes banks with defined levels of such concentrations as banks requiring elevated examiner scrutiny.  The Bank has a concentration in commercial real estate loans in excess of those defined levels.  Management believes that the Bank’s credit processes and procedures meet the risk management standards dictated by this guidance, but it is not yet possible to determine the impact this guidance may have on examiner attitudes with respect to the Bank’s real estate concentrations, which attitudes could effectively limit increases in the Bank’s loan portfolios and require additional credit administration and management costs associated with those portfolios.
 
Loans.  Inter-agency guidelines adopted by federal bank regulators mandate that financial institutions establish real estate lending policies with maximum allowable real estate loan-to-value limits, subject to an allowable amount of non-conforming loans as a percentage of capital.
 
Transactions with Affiliates.  Under federal law, all transactions between and among a state nonmember bank and its affiliates, which include holding companies, are subject to Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and Regulation W promulgated thereunder.  Generally, these requirements limit these transactions to a percentage of the bank’s capital and require all of them to be on terms at least as favorable to the bank as transactions with non-affiliates.  In addition, a bank may not lend to any affiliate engaged in non-banking activities not permissible for a bank holding company or acquire shares of any affiliate that is not a subsidiary.  The FDIC is authorized to impose additional restrictions on transactions with affiliates if necessary to protect the safety and soundness of a bank.  The regulations also set forth various reporting requirements relating to transactions with affiliates.
 
Financial Privacy.  In accordance with the GLB Act, federal banking regulators adopted rules that limit the ability of banks and other financial institutions to disclose non-public information about consumers to nonaffiliated third parties.  These limitations require disclosure of privacy policies to consumers and, in some circumstances, allow consumers to prevent disclosure of certain personal information to a nonaffiliated third party.  The privacy provisions of the GLB Act affect how consumer information is transmitted through diversified financial companies and conveyed to outside vendors.
 
Anti-Money Laundering Initiatives and the USA Patriot Act.  A major focus of governmental policy on financial institutions in recent years has been aimed at combating terrorist financing.  This has generally been accomplished by amending existing anti-money laundering laws and regulations.  The USA Patriot Act of 2001 (the “USA Patriot Act”) has imposed significant new compliance and due diligence obligations, creating new crimes and penalties.  The United States Treasury Department has issued a number of implementing regulations which apply to various requirements of the USA Patriot Act to Oconee and the Bank.  These regulations impose obligations on financial institutions to maintain appropriate policies, procedures and controls to detect, prevent and report money laundering and terrorist financing and to verify the identity of their customers.  Failure of a financial institution to maintain and implement adequate programs to combat terrorist financing, or to comply with all of the relevant laws or regulations, could have serious legal and reputation-related consequences for the institution.
 

 
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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.  The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 was enacted on July 21, 2010.  The Dodd-Frank Act resulted in sweeping changes in the regulation of financial institutions aimed at strengthening the sound operation of the financial services sector.  Among other things, the Dodd-Frank Act included the following provisions:
 
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Created a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with power to promulgate and enforce consumer protection laws.  Smaller depository institutions, those with $10 billion or less in assets, will be subject to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule-writing authority, and existing depository institution regulatory agencies will retain examination and enforcement authority for such institutions;
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Established a Financial Stability Oversight Council chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury with authority to identify institutions and practices that might pose a systemic risk;
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Implemented corporate governance revisions, including with regard to executive compensation and proxy access by shareholders, that apply to all companies whose securities are registered with the SEC, not just financial institutions;
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Changed the assessment base for federal deposit insurance from the amount of insured deposits to consolidated assets less tangible capital;
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Provided that interchange fees for debit cards will be set by the Federal Reserve under a restrictive “reasonable and proportional cost” per transaction standard.  This provision is known as the “Durbin Amendment.” In June 2011, the Federal Reserve adopted regulations for banks with total assets exceeding $10 billion, setting the maximum permissible interchange fee as the sum of 21 cents per transaction and 5 basis points multiplied by the value of the transaction, with an additional adjustment of up to one cent per transaction if the issuer implements certain fraud-prevention standards.  At this time it is uncertain whether this new fee structure will impact us;
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Applied the same leverage and risk-based capital requirements that apply to insured depository institutions to most bank holding companies and require the FDIC and Federal Reserve to seek to make their respective capital requirements for state nonmember banks and bank holding companies countercyclical so that capital requirements increase in times of economic expansion and decrease in times of economic contraction;
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Made permanent the $250,000 limit for federal deposit insurance and provides unlimited federal deposit insurance until December 31, 2012 for non-interest bearing transaction accounts at all insured depository institutions;
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Repealed the federal prohibitions on the payment of interest on demand deposits, thereby permitting depository institutions to pay interest on business transaction and other accounts; and
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Required the regulatory agencies to adopt rules that prohibit banks and their affiliates from engaging in proprietary trading and investing in and sponsoring certain unregistered investment companies (defined as hedge funds and private equity funds), with implementation starting as early as July 2012.  The statutory provision is commonly called the “Volcker Rule”.  In October 2011, regulators proposed rules to implement the Volcker Rule that included an extensive request for comments on the proposal, which were due by February 13, 2012.  The proposed rules are highly complex, and many aspects of their application remain uncertain.  Based on the proposed rules, we do not currently anticipate that the Volcker Rule will have a material effect on us or the Bank’s operations because neither entity engages in the businesses prohibited by the Volcker Rule.
 
Many aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act are subject to rulemaking and will take effect over several years, making it difficult to anticipate the overall financial impact on us, our customers or the financial industry more generally.
 
Incentive Compensation.  In 2010, the federal banking agencies issued guidance on incentive compensation policies (the “Incentive Compensation Guidance”) intended to ensure that the incentive compensation policies of financial institutions do not undermine the safety and soundness of such institutions by encouraging excessive risk-taking. The Incentive Compensation Guidance, which covers all employees that have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of an institution, either individually or as part of a group, is based upon the key principles that a financial institution’s incentive compensation arrangements should (i) provide incentives that do not encourage risk-taking beyond the institution ability to effectively identify and manage risks, (ii) be compatible with effective internal controls and risk management, and (iii) be supported by strong corporate governance, including active and effective oversight by the institution’s board of directors.
 
The Federal Reserve will review, as part of the regular, risk-focused examination process, the incentive compensation arrangements of financial institutions like ours that are not “large, complex banking organizations.” These reviews will be tailored to each financial institution based on the scope and complexity of the institution’s activities and the prevalence of incentive compensation arrangements. The findings of the supervisory initiatives will be included in reports of examination. Deficiencies will be incorporated into the financial institution’s supervisory ratings, which can affect the institution’s ability to make acquisitions and take other actions. Enforcement actions may be taken against a financial institution if its incentive compensation arrangements, or related risk-management control or governance processes, pose a risk to the institution’s safety and soundness and the institution is not taking prompt and effective measures to correct the deficiencies.

 
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The federal banking agencies have proposed rule-making implementing provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act to prohibit incentive-based compensation plans that expose “covered financial institutions” to inappropriate risks. Covered financial institutions are institutions that have over $1 billion in assets and offer incentive-based compensation programs. The proposed rules would:
 
 
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provide incentives that do not encourage risk-taking beyond the organization’s ability to effectively identify and manage risks,
 
 
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be compatible with effective internal controls and risk management, and
 
 
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be supported by strong corporate governance, including active and effective oversight by the organization’s board of directors and appropriate policies, procedures and monitoring.
 
The scope and content of banking regulators’ policies on executive compensation are continuing to develop and are likely to continue evolving in the near future. It cannot be determined at this time whether compliance with such policies will adversely affect our ability to hire, retain and motivate its key employees.
 
Fair Value.  The Bank’s impaired loans and foreclosed assets may be measured and carried at “fair value”, the determination of which requires management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments.  When a loan is considered impaired, a specific valuation allowance is allocated or a partial charge-off is taken, if necessary, so that the loan is reported net, at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s existing rate or at the fair value of collateral if repayment is expected solely from the collateral.  In addition, foreclosed assets are carried at the lower of cost or “fair value”, less cost to sell, following foreclosure.  “Fair value” is defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) “as the price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.”  GAAP further defines an “orderly transaction” as “a transaction that assumes exposure to the market for a period prior to the measurement date to allow for marketing activities that are usual and customary for transactions involving such assets; it is not a forced transaction (for example, a forced liquidation or distress sale).”  Recently in the Bank’s markets there have been very few transactions in the type of assets which represent the vast majority of the Bank’s impaired loans and foreclosed properties which reflect “orderly transactions” as so defined.  Instead, most transactions in comparable assets have been distressed sales not indicative of “fair value.”  Accordingly, the determination of fair value in the current environment is difficult and more subjective than it would be in a stable real estate environment.  Although management believes its processes for determining the value of these assets are appropriate factors and allow the Bank to arrive at a fair value, the processes require management judgment and assumptions and the value of such assets at the time they are revalued or divested may be significantly different from management’s determination of fair value.  Because of this increased subjectivity in fair value determinations, there is greater than usual grounds for differences in opinions, which may result in increased disagreements between management and the Bank’s regulators, disagreements which could impair the relationship between the Bank and its regulators.

Future Legislation.  Various legislation affecting financial institutions and the financial industry is from time to time introduced in Congress.  Such legislation may change banking statutes and the operating environment of Oconee and its subsidiaries in substantial and unpredictable ways, and could increase or decrease the cost of doing business, limit or expand permissible activities or affect the competitive balance depending upon whether any of this potential legislation will be enacted, and if enacted, the effect that it or any implementing regulations, would have on the financial condition or results of operations of Oconee or any of its subsidiaries.  The nature and extent of future legislative and regulatory changes affecting financial institutions is very unpredictable at this time.
 
Available Information
 
Oconee is subject to the information requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which means that it is required to file certain reports, proxy statements, and other information, all of which are available at the Public Reference Section of the Securities and Exchange Commission at Room 1580, 100 F. Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549.  You may also obtain copies of the reports, proxy statements, and other information from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, at prescribed rates, by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.  The SEC maintains a World Wide Web site on the Internet at www.sec.gov where you can access reports, proxy, information and registration statements, and other information regarding Oconee that we file electronically with the SEC through the IDEA system.
 
Oconee’s Internet website address is www.oconeestatebank.com.
 
Employees
 
At December 31, 2011, the Bank had 65 full-time employees and 19 part-time employees. The Bank is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement, and the Bank believes that its employee relations are good.

 
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Forward Looking Statements
 
Information provided by Oconee may constitute “forward-looking” statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties.  Any statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K including any statements incorporated by reference, which are not statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements and other forward-looking statements made by us or our representatives are based on a number of assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and, accordingly, actual results could differ materially.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ from results discussed in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
 
 
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Our ability to comply with the Order currently applicable to the Bank;
 
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the conditions in the banking system, financial markets and economic conditions generally;
 
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our ability to raise capital;
 
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our ability to maintain liquidity or access other sources of funding;
 
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our construction and land development loans;
 
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asset quality;
 
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the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses;
 
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material unforeseen changes in the financial stability and liquidity of Oconee’s credit customers,
 
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technology changes, difficulties or failures;
 
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our ability to execute our business strategy;
 
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the loss of key personnel;
 
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economic conditions (both generally in the United States and in the markets where Oconee operates);
 
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competition from other providers of financial services;
 
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the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act and related regulations and other changes in financial services laws and regulations;
 
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changes in regulation and monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including Federal Reserve interest rate policies;
 
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inflation or fluctuation in market conditions;
 
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losses due to fraudulent and negligent conduct of customers, service providers and employees;
 
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changes in or application of environmental and other laws and regulations to which we are subject;
 
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political, legal and local economic conditions and developments;
 
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financial market conditions and the results of financing efforts;
 
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consumer income levels and spending and savings habits changes
 
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changes in interest rates;
 
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weather, natural disasters and other catastrophic events, and other factors discussed in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
 
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Oconee’s ability to manage the foregoing risks and factors; all of which are difficult to predict and which may be beyond the control of Oconee
 
Oconee undertakes no obligation to revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or changes after the date of this discussion or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
 
ITEM 1A.     RISK FACTORS

An investment in Oconee’s common stock and Oconee’s financial results are subject to a number of risks.  Investors should carefully consider the risks described below and all other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the documents incorporated by reference.  Additional risks and uncertainties, including those generally affecting the industry in which Oconee operates and risks that management currently deems immaterial may arise or become material in the future and affect Oconee’s business.
 
We have consented to the issuance of a cease and desist order with the FDIC that significantly restricts our subsidiary bank’s operations, and our failure to comply with this order could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Following an examination of the operations of the bank, the FDIC noted weaknesses relating primary to our lending practices and asset quality, and their impact on our capital and earnings. We have taken action and implemented procedures that management believes will address the weaknesses identified by the FDIC. Effective August 18, 2009, we consented to the issuance by the FDIC of the Order to the Bank, which provides, among other things, that the Bank must have and maintain a 8% Leverage Capital ratio and 10% Total Risk-based Capital ratio. In the event the Bank fails to fully comply with the terms of the Order, including its obligations to maintain sufficient capital to comply with the minimum Leverage Capital ratio and Total Risk-based Capital ratio specified in the Order, the FDIC will have the authority to subject the Bank to the terms of a more restrictive enforcement order, to impose civil money penalties on the Bank and its directors and officers, as applicable, and to remove directors and officers from their positions with the Bank. As a result, our failure to comply with the Order could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 
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As a financial services company, adverse conditions in the general business or economic environment could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
 
Continued weakness or adverse changes in business and economic conditions generally or specifically in the markets in which we operate could adversely impact our business, including causing one or more of the following negative developments:

 
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a decrease in the demand for loans and other products and services offered by us;
 
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a decrease in the value of our loans secured by consumer or commercial real estate;
 
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an impairment of our assets, such as its goodwill or deferred tax assets; or
 
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an increase in the number of customers or other counterparties who default on their loans or other obligations to us, which could result in a higher level of nonperforming assets, net charge-offs and provision for loan losses.

For example, if we are unable to continue to generate, or demonstrate that we can continue to generate, sufficient taxable income in the near future, then we may not be able to fully realize the benefits of our deferred tax assets and may be required to recognize a valuation allowance, similar to an impairment of those assets, if it is more-likely-than-not that some portion of our deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Such a development, or one or more other negative developments resulting from adverse conditions in the general business or economic environment, some of which are described above, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Oconee’s ability to raise capital could be limited and could affect its liquidity and could be dilutive to existing shareholders.
 
Current conditions in the capital markets are such that traditional sources of capital may not be available to Oconee on reasonable terms if it needed to raise capital.  In such case, there is no guarantee that Oconee will be able to borrow funds or successfully raise additional capital at all or on terms that are favorable or otherwise not dilutive to existing shareholders.

Liquidity is essential to our businesses and we rely on external sources to finance a significant portion of our operations.

Liquidity is essential to our businesses.  Our capital resources and liquidity could be negatively impacted by disruptions in our ability to access these sources of funding.  With increased concerns about bank failures, traditional deposit customers are increasingly concerned about the extent to which their deposits are insured by the FDIC.  Customers may withdraw deposits from our subsidiary bank in an effort to ensure that the amount that they have on deposit is fully insured.  Factors that we cannot control, such as disruption of the financial markets or negative views about the financial services industry generally, could impair our ability to raise funding.  Other financial institutions may be unwilling to extend credit to banks because of concerns about the banking industry and the economy generally and, given recent downturns in the economy, there may not be a viable market for raising short or long-term debt or equity capital.  In addition, our ability to raise funding could be impaired if lenders develop a negative perception of our long-term or short-term financial prospects.  Such negative perceptions could be developed if we are downgraded or put on (or remain on) negative watch by the rating agencies, we suffer a decline in the level of our business activity or regulatory authorities take significant action against us, among other reasons.  If we are unable to raise funding using the methods described above, we would likely need to finance or liquidate unencumbered assets to meet maturing liabilities.  We may be unable to sell some of our assets, or we may have to sell assets at a discount from market value, either of which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
 
Our business may be adversely affected by conditions in the financial markets and economic conditions generally and there can be no assurance that recent efforts to address difficult market and economic conditions will be effective.
 
Since mid-2007, the financial markets and economic conditions generally were materially and adversely affected by significant declines in the values of nearly all asset classes and by a serious lack of liquidity.  This was initially triggered by declines in home prices and the values of subprime mortgages, but spread to all commercial and residential mortgages as property prices declined rapidly and to nearly all asset classes.  The effect of the market and economic downturn also spread to other areas of the credit markets and in the availability of liquidity.  The magnitude of these declines led to a crisis of confidence in the financial sector as a result of concerns about the capital base and viability of certain financial institutions.  During this period, interbank lending and commercial paper borrowing fell sharply, precipitating a credit freeze for both institutional and individual borrowers.  Unemployment has also increased significantly.

The current economic pressure on consumers and businesses and lack of confidence in the financial markets has adversely affected our business, financial condition and results of operations and may continue to result in credit losses and write-downs in the future. The failure of government programs and other efforts to help stabilize the banking system and financial markets and a continuation or worsening of current economic conditions could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, access to credit or the trading price of our common stock.

 
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Oconee’s construction and land development loans are subject to unique risks that could adversely affect earnings.

Oconee’s construction and land development loan portfolio was $8,342,000 at December 31, 2011, comprising 5.8% of total loans.  Construction and land development loans are often riskier than home equity loans or residential mortgage loans to individuals.  In the event of a general economic slowdown, they would represent higher risk due to slower sales and reduced cash flow that could impact the borrowers’ ability to repay on a timely basis.  In addition, although regulations and regulatory policies affecting banks and financial services companies undergo continuous change and we cannot predict when changes will occur or the ultimate effect of any changes, there has been recent regulatory focus on construction, development and other commercial real estate lending.  Recent changes in the federal policies applicable to construction, development or other commercial real estate loans make us subject to substantial limitations with respect to making such loans, increase the costs of making such loans, and require us to have a greater amount of capital to support this kind of lending, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our profitability or financial condition.

A deterioration in asset quality could have an adverse impact on Oconee.

A significant source of risk for Oconee arises from the possibility that losses will be sustained because borrowers, guarantors and related parties may fail to perform in accordance with the terms of their loans.  With respect to secured loans, the collateral securing the repayment of these loans includes a wide variety of diverse real and personal property that may be affected by changes in prevailing economic, environmental and other conditions, including declines in the value of real estate, changes in interest rates, changes in monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government, environmental contamination and other external events.  In addition, decreases in real estate property values due to the nature of the Bank’s loan portfolio, over 83% of which is secured by real estate, could affect the ability of customers to repay their loans.  The Bank’s loan policies and procedures may not prevent unexpected losses that could have a material adverse effect on Oconee’s business, financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity.

Changes in prevailing interest rates may negatively affect the results of operations of Oconee and the value of its assets.

Oconee’s earnings depend largely on the relationship between the yield on earning assets, primarily loans and investments, and the cost of funds, primarily deposits and borrowings.  This relationship, known as the interest rate spread, is subject to fluctuation and is affected by economic and competitive factors which influence interest rates, the volume and mix of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities and the level of non-performing assets.  Fluctuations in interest rates affect the demand of customers for Oconee’s products and services.  In addition, interest-bearing liabilities may re-price or mature more slowly or more rapidly or on a different basis than interest-earning assets.  Significant fluctuations in interest rates could have a material adverse effect on Oconee’s business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

Changes in the level of interest rates may also negatively affect the value of Oconee’s assets and its ability to realize book value from the sale of those assets, all of which ultimately affect earnings.

If Oconee’s allowance for loan losses is not sufficient to cover actual loan losses, earnings would decrease.

The Bank’s loan customers may not repay their loans according to their terms and the collateral securing the payment of these loans may be insufficient to assure repayment.  The Bank may experience significant loan losses which would have a material adverse effect on Oconee’s operating results. Management makes various assumptions and judgments about the collectibility of the loan portfolio, including the creditworthiness of borrowers and the value of the real estate and other assets serving as collateral for the repayment of loans.  Oconee maintains an allowance for loan losses in an attempt to cover any loan losses inherent in the portfolio.  In determining the size of the allowance, management relies on an analysis of the loan portfolio based on historical loss experience, volume and types of loans, trends in classification, volume and trends in delinquencies and non-accruals, national and local economic conditions and other pertinent information.  If those assumptions are incorrect, the allowance may not be sufficient to cover future loan losses and adjustments may be necessary to allow for different economic conditions or adverse developments in the loan portfolio.

Oconee may be subject to losses due to fraudulent and negligent conduct of the Bank’s loan customers, third party service providers and employees.

When the Bank makes loans to individuals or entities, they rely upon information supplied by borrowers and other third parties, including information contained in the applicant’s loan application, property appraisal reports, title information and the borrower’s net worth, liquidity and cash flow information.  While they attempt to verify information provided through available sources, they cannot be certain all such information is correct or complete.  The Bank’s reliance on incorrect or incomplete information could have a material adverse effect on Oconee’s profitability or financial condition.

 
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Oconee’s business is subject to the success of the local economies and real estate markets in which it operates.

Because of the geographic concentration of Oconee’s operations, its success significantly depends largely upon economic conditions in this area, which include volatility in the agricultural market, influx and outflow of major employers in the area, minimal population growth throughout the region.  Deterioration in economic conditions in the communities in which Oconee operates could adversely affect the quality of Oconee’s loan portfolio and the demand for its products and services, and accordingly, could have a material adverse effect on Oconee’s business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.  Oconee is less able than a larger institution to spread the risks of unfavorable local economic conditions across a large number of more diverse economies.

Competition from financial institutions and other financial service providers may adversely affect Oconee.

The banking business is highly competitive, and Oconee experiences competition in its markets from many other financial institutions.  Oconee competes with these other financial institutions both in attracting deposits and in making loans.  Many of its competitors are well-established, larger financial institutions that are able to operate profitably with a narrower net interest margin and have a more diverse revenue base.  Oconee may face a competitive disadvantage as a result of its smaller size, lack of geographic diversification and inability to spread costs across broader markets.  There can be no assurance that Oconee will be able to compete effectively in its markets.  Furthermore, developments increasing the nature or level of competition could have a material adverse effect on Oconee’s business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

The Dodd-Frank Act and related regulations may adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 was enacted on July 21, 2010. The Dodd-Frank Act created a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with the power to promulgate and enforce consumer protection laws. Smaller depository institutions, those with $10 billion or less in assets, are subject to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule-writing authority, and existing depository institution regulatory agencies have retained examination and enforcement authority for such institutions.  The Dodd-Frank Act also established a Financial Stability Oversight Council chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury with authority to identify institutions and practices that might pose a systemic risk, made permanent the $250,000 limit for federal deposit insurance, provided unlimited federal deposit insurance until December 31, 2012 for non-interest bearing transaction accounts at all insured depository institutions and repealed the federal prohibitions on the payment of interest on demand deposits.  Among other things, the Dodd-Frank Act included provisions affecting (1) corporate governance and executive compensation of all companies whose securities are registered with the SEC, (2) FDIC insurance assessments, (3) interchange fees for debit cards, which would be set by the Federal Reserve under a restrictive “reasonable and proportional cost” per transaction standard, (4) minimum capital levels for bank holding companies, subject to a grandfather clause for financial institutions with less than $15 billion in assets, (5) derivative and proprietary trading by financial institutions, and (6) the resolution of large financial institutions.

At this time, it is difficult to predict the extent to which the Dodd-Frank Act or the resulting regulations may adversely impact us.  However, compliance with these new laws and regulations may increase our costs, limit our ability to pursue attractive business opportunities, cause us to modify our strategies and business operations and increase our capital requirements and constraints, any of which may have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, liquidity or results of operations

Changes in government regulation or monetary policy could adversely affect Oconee.

Oconee and the banking industry are subject to extensive regulation and supervision under federal and state laws and regulations.  The restrictions imposed by such laws and regulations limit the manner in which Oconee conducts its banking business, undertakes new investments and activities and obtains financing.  These regulations are designed primarily for the protection of the deposit insurance funds and consumers and not to benefit holders of Oconee’s securities.  Financial institution regulation has been the subject of significant legislation in recent years and may be the subject of further significant legislation in the future, none of which is in the control of Oconee.  Significant new laws or changes in, or repeals of, existing laws could have a material adverse effect on Oconee’s business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.  Further, federal monetary policy, particularly as implemented through the Federal Reserve System, significantly affects credit conditions for Oconee, and any unfavorable change in these conditions could have a material adverse effect on Oconee’s business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.  See Part I, Item 1, “Supervision and Regulation.”

ITEM 1B.     UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

There are no unresolved comments from the Securities and Exchange Commission staff regarding Oconee’s periodic or current reports under the Exchange Act.


 
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ITEM 2.      PROPERTIES.
 
The Bank operates four full-service banking offices and one support services space as follows:
 
(1)
Main Office
35 North Main Street
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677
  
(4)
East Athens Wal-Mart Supercenter
(In-Store Full Service Branch)
4375 Lexington Road
Athens, Georgia 30605
         
(2)
Bogart Branch
U.S. Highway 78
Bogart, Georgia 30622
  
(5)
Operations Center
7920 Macon Highway
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677
         
(3)
Butler’s Crossing Branch
2000 Experiment Station Road
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677
      
         
         
         

Management believes that all of Oconee’s properties are adequately covered by insurance.
 
ITEM 3.     LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
 
           In the ordinary course of operations, Oconee and the Bank are defendants in various legal proceedings.  In the opinion of management, there is no pending or threatened proceeding in which an adverse decision could result in a material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of Oconee.
 
PART II
 
ITEM 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
 
Markets For Capital Stock and Dividends
 
Oconee’s common stock, its only class of equity securities, is not traded on an established public trading market.  The following table sets forth certain information regarding trades of Oconee common stock known by management for the indicated periods:

 
Number of
Aggregate
Size of Trades
Price of Trades
Year
Trades
Shares
Smallest
Largest
Lowest
Highest
2011
21
3,190
10 shares
600 shares
$16.00
$30.00
2010
  5
1,000
20 shares
560 shares
$30.00
$33.34

At March 30, 2012, there were approximately 726 recordholders of Oconee common stock and 899,815 shares issued and outstanding.
 
Due to a stipulation within the Order that the Bank entered into with the FDIC on August 18, 2009, Oconee did not declare a cash dividend to shareholders in 2011 or 2010.  As long as the Order with the FDIC is in place, the Bank is prohibited from paying dividends to Oconee Financial Corporation without prior approval from regulatory authorities.  Therefore, through the duration of the Consent Order, Oconee will not be able to declare a dividend to shareholders since the Company is dependent upon the Bank to provide funding for shareholder dividends.  While Oconee intends to continue paying cash dividends contingent on its return to profitability, no assurance can be given that dividends will be declared in the future.  The amount and frequency of dividends is determined by Oconee’s Board of Directors upon their consideration of various factors, which include Oconee’s financial condition and results of operations, investment opportunities available to Oconee, changes in regulatory capital requirements, tax consideration and general economic conditions.  See “Supervision and Regulation – Payment of Dividends.”
 
Oconee has not sold any unregistered securities within the past two years.
 
Oconee does not have any equity compensation plans.
 

 
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Share Repurchases
 
Oconee did not repurchase any shares of stock during 2011 or 2010.
 
ITEM 7.     MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION.
 
This analysis of Oconee has been prepared to provide insight into the financial condition of Oconee, and addresses the factors which have affected our results of operations.  Our financial statements and accompanying notes which follow are an integral part of this review and should be read in conjunction with the analysis.
 
SUMMARY OF CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Oconee and the Bank (collectively called, the “Company”).  All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company’s accounting policies are fundamental to understanding management’s discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition.  Some of the Company’s accounting policies require significant judgment regarding valuation of assets and liabilities and/or significant interpretation of the specific accounting guidance.  A description of the Company’s significant accounting policies can be found in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1.

Many of the Company’s assets and liabilities are recorded using various valuation techniques that require significant judgment as to recoverability.

The collectibility of loans is reflected through the Company’s estimate of the allowance for loan losses.  The Bank analyzes the loan portfolio on a monthly basis in an effort to review asset quality and to establish an allowance for loan losses that management believes will be adequate in light of anticipated risks and loan losses.  In assessing the adequacy of the allowance, size, quality and risk of loans in the portfolio are reviewed. Other factors considered include:  the Bank’s loan loss experience, the amount of past due, impaired and nonperforming loans, specific known risks, current and anticipated economic conditions and other factors that management believes affect the allowance for potential credit losses.

A management loan review function is utilized by the Company which is supplemented by the use of an outside loan review specialist.  In addition to reviews by senior lending officers, all relationships of $1,000,000 or more are reviewed annually by the outside loan review specialist, as well as a sampling of relationships below $1,000,000. Loans are placed into various loan grading categories which assist management in developing lists of potential problem loans.  These loans are regularly monitored by the loan review process to ensure early identification of repayment problems so that adequate allowances can be made through the provision for loan losses.  The formal allowance for loan loss adequacy test is performed at the end of each month.  Specific amounts of loss are estimated on impaired loans, and historical loss percentages, adjusted for various qualitative factors, are applied to the balance of the portfolio using certain portfolio stratifications.  The evaluation takes into consideration such factors as changes in the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions, regulatory examination results, and the existence of loan concentrations, as well as other industry factors.
 
On all loans past due 120 days, it is the policy of the Company to charge off the portion of those loans whose collectibility is doubtful and the amount of loss is confirmed.  To determine if a loan should be charged off, all possible sources of repayment are analyzed, including: (1) the potential future cash flow, (2) the value of the Company’s collateral, and (3) the strength of co-makers or guarantors of the loan in question.  When these sources do not add up to a reasonable probability that the loan can be collected, all or a portion of the loan is charged off.  Loans are charged off by crediting the appropriate loan category and debiting the reserve for loan losses account.  Any accrued but unpaid interest is charged against current years earnings.
 
In addition, investment securities, loans held for sale, the majority of other real estate owned and impaired loans are reflected at their estimated fair value in the consolidated financial statements.  Such amounts for investment securities and loans held for sale are based on either quoted market prices or estimated values derived by the Company using dealer quotes or market comparisons.  The market values for other real estate owned and impaired loans are arrived at through a professional appraisal of the property and recorded at the lesser of the other real estate owned or impaired loan balance and the appraised value less costs associated with selling the property.

Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions to prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 
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Selected Financial Information
 
   
2011
    
2010
    
2009
    
2008
    
2007
  
   
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
  
Net interest income
   $ 8,719     $ 8,537     $ 7,241     $ 7,893     $ 11,443  
Other income
     2,248       2,916       3,262       2,964       2,708  
Provision for loan losses
     4,250       3,370       2,140       7,463       330  
Net earnings (loss)
     (2,125 )     (1,075 )     (1,200 )     (3,426 )     3,268  
Net earnings (loss) per common share
     (2.36 )     (1.19 )     (1.33 )     (3.81 )     3.63  
Total assets
     259,846       279,368       285,299       308,156       321,313  
Cash dividends declared per common share
     -       -       -       -       1.15  

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Net Interest Income
 
The Company’s earnings depend to a large degree on net interest income, which is the difference between the interest income received from its earning assets (such as loans, investment securities, federal funds sold, etc.) and the interest expense that is paid on its deposits and other borrowings.
 
Like many financial institutions across the United States, the Company’s operations have been negatively affected by the current economic environment.  The recession reduced liquidity and credit quality within the banking system and negatively impacted the labor, capital and real estate markets.  Dramatic declines in the housing market have negatively affected the credit performance of our residential construction and development loans.  The economic recession also lowered commercial real estate values and substantially reduced general business activity and investment.  Combined, the deterioration in the residential and the commercial real estate markets has materially increased our level of nonperforming assets and charge-offs of problem loans.  These market conditions and the tightening of credit have led to increased delinquencies in our loan portfolio, increased market volatility, added pressure on our capital, a lower net  interest margin and net losses.

Net interest income in 2011, which was $8,719,000, increased by $182,000, or 2.13%, as compared to 2010.  Net interest income increased as a result of a decrease in interest expense of $1,477,000, offset by a decrease in interest income of $1,295,000.  The decrease in interest income during 2011 was due primarily to a lower average balance of outstanding interest-earning assets during 2011 as compared to 2010.  Average interest-earning assets during 2011 were $251,761,000, a reduction of $9,707,000 as compared to 2010 average levels.  The primary reason for the lower average balance of outstanding interest-earning assets was a decrease in average outstanding loans of $17,346,000, offset by an increase in average investment securities of $8,221,000.

The decrease in interest expense in 2011 as compared to 2010 was primarily due to the lower local interest rate environment in 2011 as compared to 2010, which continued a trend from the previous year.  The continued lower interest rate environment allowed management to reprice time deposits at lower interest rates as they came due during 2011.  Net interest margin increased to 3.46% in 2011 as compared to 3.27% in 2010 as a result of the decrease in interest expense impacting the Bank more than the reduction in interest income.

The reductions in assets, loans and deposits during 2011 were the result of a continued strategic decision by management to shrink the Bank’s balance sheet in order to protect capital ratios in light of a declining level of capital as a result of net operating losses since 2008.

Net interest income in 2010, which was $8,537,000, increased by $1,296,000, or 17.9%, as compared to 2009.  Net interest income increased as a result of a decrease in interest expense of $2,236,000, offset by a decrease in interest income of $940,000.  The decrease in interest income during 2010 was due primarily to a lower average balance of outstanding interest-earning assets during 2010 as compared to 2009.  Average interest-earning assets during 2010 were $260,912,000, a reduction of $18,950,000 as compared to 2009 average levels.  The primary reason for the lower average balance of outstanding interest-earning assets was a decrease in average outstanding loans of $17,057,000 and investment securities of $9,510,000.

 
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The decrease in interest expense in 2010 as compared to 2009 was primarily due to the lower local interest rate environment in 2010 as compared to 2009.  The lower interest rate environment allowed management to reprice time deposits at lower interest rates as they came due during 2010.  Net interest margin increased to 3.27% in 2010 as compared to 2.59% in 2009 as a result of the decrease in interest expense impacting the Bank more than the reduction in interest income.

Table 1 below sets forth the average balances for each category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the average rates of interest earned or paid thereon for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.  Nonaccrual loans and the interest income which was recorded on these loans, if any, are included in the yield calculation for loans in all periods reported.  Loan fees of $324,000 and $345,000 are included in the yields for 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Yield information does not give effect to changes in fair value that are reflected as a component of shareholders’ equity, and yields are not calculated on a tax equivalent basis.
 
Table 1
Average Balance Sheets and Interest Rates
 
       
   
For the Years Ended December 31,
  
             
   
2011
    
2010
  
                                     
   
Average
Balance
    
Interest
    
Yield/
Rate
    
Average
Balance
    
Interest
    
Yield/
Rate
  
                                     
Assets:
                                    
Interest earning assets:
                                    
Investment securities:
                                    
Taxable
   $ 63,390,997       2,083,746       3.29 %   $ 56,521,405       2,318,366       4.10 %
Non-taxable
     12,591,175       598,863       4.76 %     11,199,672       532,426       4.75 %
Restricted equity Securities
     516,158       4,233       0.82 %     556,300       1,892       0.34 %
Interest-bearing due from banks
     19,493,070       46,965       0.24 %     20,075,464       44,621       0.22 %
Loans (including loan fees) (1)
     155,769,536       8,152,604       5.23 %     173,115,618       9,283,469       5.36 %
Total interest-earning assets
     251,760,936       10,886,411       4.32 %     261,468,459       12,180,774       4.66 %
Allowance for loan losses
     (4,215,840 )                     (3,565,704 )                
Cash and non-interest earning due from banks
     4,398,238                       4,595,082                  
Other assets
     15,304,723                       16,708,888                  
Total assets
     267,248,057                       279,206,725                  
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity:
                                                
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                                
Deposits:
                                                
Interest-bearing demand
     60,985,313       212,946       0.35 %     54,087,360       237,404       0.44 %
Savings
     42,808,537       215,529       0.50 %     40,920,516       396,731       0.97 %
Time
     103,027,222       1,642,576       1.59 %     118,468,067       2,679,459       2.26 %
Federal Funds purchased
     71       -       -       96       -       -  
Securities sold under repurchase agreements
     5,932,950       96,352       1.62 %     12,220,616       330,026       2.70 %
Total interest bearing liabilities
     212,754,093       2,167,403       1.02 %     225,696,655       3,643,620       1.61 %
Non-interest bearing deposits
     31,122,999                       28,270,256                  
Other liabilities
     63,635                       213,630                  
Total liabilities
     243,940,727                       254,180,541                  
Shareholders’ equity
     23,307,330                       25,026,184                  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
     267,248,057                       279,206,725                  
Excess of interest-bearing assets over
interest-bearing liabilities
     39,006,843                       35,771,804                  
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest
-bearing liabilities
     118.33 %                     115.60 %                
Net interest income
             8,719,008                       8,537,154          
Net interest spread
                     3.31 %                     3.05 %
Net interest margin (2)
                     3.46 %                     3.27 %
 
(1) Average nonaccrual loans of $16,891,956 and $16,521,343 are included in total loans as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
  
(2) Net interest margin is the net return on interest-earning assets.  It is computed by dividing net interest income by average total interest-earning assets.
  
 

 
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The changes in interest income and interest expense can result from variances in both volume and rates.  Table 2 presents the impact of the Company’s net interest income resulting from changes in average balances and average rates for the period indicated.  The changes in interest due to both volume and rate have been allocated to volume and rate changes in proportion to the relationship of the absolute dollar amounts of the changes in each.
 
Table 2
Volume-Rate Analysis

   
2011 over 2010
Increase (decrease) due to changes in:
  
   
Volume
    
Rate
    
Total
  
Interest income on:
                  
Investment securities
                  
Taxable
   $ 259,390     $ (494,010 )   $ (234,620 )
Non-taxable
     65,330       1,107       66,437  
Restricted equity securities
     (145 )     2,486       2,341  
Interest-bearing due from banks
     (5,211 )     7,555       2,344  
Loans (including loan fees)
     (910,480 )     (220,385 )     (1,130,865 )
Total interest earning assets
     (591,116 )     (703,247 )     (1,294,363 )
 
Interest expense on:
                        
Deposits:
                        
Interest bearing demand
     27,997       (52,455 )     (24,458 )
Savings
     17,689       (198,891 )     (181,202 )
Time
     (316,648 )     (720,235 )     (1,036,883 )
Securities sold under repurchase agreements
     (131,467 )     (102,207 )     (233,674 )
 
Total interest bearing liabilities
     (402,429 )     (1,073,788 )     (1,476,217 )
Net interest income
   $ (188,687 )   $ 370,541     $ 181,854  
 
Provision for Loan Losses
 
Provisions for loan losses are charged to operations in order to adjust the total allowance for loan losses to a level deemed appropriate by management based on management’s judgment as to potential losses within the Company’s loan portfolio as a result of the valuation of impaired loans, net charge-offs, changes in the composition of the loan portfolio, delinquencies and the overall quality of the loan portfolio and general economic conditions.
 
The provision for loan losses in 2011 was $4,250,000 compared to $3,370,000 in 2010.  The increase in the provision for loan losses is primarily due to an increase in net charge-offs in 2011 as compared to 2010.
 
The allowance for loan losses represented approximately 1.92% of total loans outstanding at December 31, 2011 compared to 2.16% at December 31, 2010.  Net charge-offs for 2011 increased to $5,017,000, compared to $3,340,000 during 2010.  Net charge-offs as a percentage of the provision for loan losses were 118.1% and 99.1% for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Management evaluates the sufficiency of the loan loss reserve on a monthly basis through a detailed analysis process whereby the various types of performing loans are analyzed based on historical charge-offs.  The majority of the impaired loan relationships are evaluated individually for potential losses and all impaired loans less than $500,000 are evaluated collectively.  As a result of its analysis at December 31, 2011, management believes that the level of the allowance is appropriate based on our evaluation of the loan portfolio and current economic conditions.
 
The provision for loan losses in 2010 was $3,370,000 compared to $2,140,000 in 2009.  The increase in the provision for loan losses is primarily due to an increase in net charge-offs in 2010 as compared to 2009.
 
Nonaccrual loans at December 31, 2011 totaled $13,226,000, a reduction of $3,132,000 compared to the December 31, 2010 balance of $16,358,000.  As compared to balances at December 31, 2009, the Bank had seen a total reduction of $15,546,000 in nonaccrual loans during the past two years.
 

 
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The allowance for loan losses represented approximately 2.16% of total loans outstanding at December 31, 2010 compared to 1.95% at December 31, 2009.  Net charge-offs for 2010 increased to $3,340,000, compared to $2,858,000 during 2009.  Net charge-offs as a percentage of the provision for loan losses were 99.1% and 133.6% for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.    
 
Other Income
 
Other income of $2,248,000 in 2011 decreased from 2010 by $668,000 or 22.9%, due primarily to a decrease in net gains on investment sales of $326,000, a decrease in income on other real estate owned of $207,000 and a decrease in fees on checks written against insufficient funds of $155,000.  The decrease in net gains on investment sales is due to less activity in sales of investments in 2011 as compared to 2010.  The decrease in income from other real estate owned is due to income generated by the operations of a motel upon which the Bank foreclosed in early 2009.  The Bank operated the motel during 2009 and 2010 under a contract with a hospitality management company while the Bank marketed the motel property for sale.  The motel was sold in May 2010, which resulted in the Bank collecting less income from the property in 2011 as compared to 2010.
 
Other income of $2,916,000 in 2010 decreased from 2009 by $346,000 or 10.6%, due primarily to a decrease in service charge income of $295,000, a decrease in mortgage origination fee income of $212,000, and a decrease in income on other real estate owned of $353,000.  The decrease in service charge income is primarily due to a reduction in income generated by fees on checks written against insufficient funds.  These fees decreased by $212,000 during 2010 as compared to 2009.  Mortgage origination fee income decreased in 2010 as compared to 2009 primarily as a result of having one fewer mortgage originator during 2010 as compared to 2009, as well as more stringent underwriting of mortgage loans by third-party investors.  This underwriting makes it more difficult for borrowers with less than perfect credit histories to qualify for traditional mortgage financing, thus reducing the Bank’s opportunity to generate fee income.  The decrease in income from other real estate owned is due to income generated by the operations of the above-mentioned motel upon which the Bank foreclosed in early 2009.   In addition, the Bank expensed a one-time impairment loss on a restricted equity security of $100,000 in 2009.
 
Other Expense
 
Other expenses decreased by $1,167,000 or 11.5% in 2011 as compared to 2010.  The decrease in other expenses is primarily attributable to a decrease in losses and write-downs on other real estate owned of $852,000, a decrease in expenses on other real estate owned of $417,000, a decrease in regulatory fees of $202,000, and a decrease in salaries and employee benefits expense of $178,000 in 2011 as compared to 2010.  These decreases were offset by increases in loan and collection expenses of $286,000 and an increase in other professional fees of $106,000 in 2011 as compared to 2010.  The decrease in losses and write-down on loans was due to an elevated level of write-downs in 2010 that was primarily due to updated appraisals that were received after the properties were foreclosed upon in 2010.  In addition, the Bank realized a loss of $187,000 on the sale of the previously-mentioned motel in May 2010.  Regulatory fees decreased in 2011 as a result of the FDIC’s updated premium calculation method utilizing the Bank’s tangible capital as the basis for the calculation as opposed to the Bank’s deposit base.  Finally, salaries and employee benefits decreased primarily as a result of a reduction in force initiative that the Bank implemented in July 2011.  Through selective lay-offs, pay cuts and furlough days for employees, the Bank was able to reduce employee-related expenses significantly.

Other expenses decreased by $522,000 or 4.9% in 2010 as compared to 2009.  The decrease in other expenses is primarily attributable to a decrease in salaries and employee benefits expense of $386,000 in 2010 as compared to 2009, a reduction in occupancy expense of $192,000, and a reduction in expenses on other real estate owned of $156,000.  These decreases were offset by increases in losses and write-downs on other real estate owned of $559,000 in 2010 as compared to 2009.  The decrease in salaries and employee benefits expense in 2010 was primarily attributable to the decision of the Board of Directors to suspend the Bank’s profit sharing plan during 2010 and the implementation of a voluntary work hour reduction plan whereby employees could choose to work a reduced schedule while taking a corresponding cut in salary.  Occupancy expense decreased primarily as a result of a decrease of $129,000 in depreciation expense due to the Bank’s policy of replacing existing equipment only when deemed necessary for the continuation of operations.  Expenses on other real estate owned saw a reduction due to the Bank selling the motel that it foreclosed on and operated throughout 2009 to May 2010.  The increase in losses and write-downs on other real estate owned in 2010 were primarily due to write-downs on foreclosed real estate.  These write-downs were necessitated by the Bank obtaining updated appraisals on the real estate, as mandated by Bank policy.  Management of the Bank continues to be committed to reducing operating expense going forward in an effort to improve the Bank’s financial performance.

 
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Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The Company had an effective tax benefit rate of 4.62% and 46.99% for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The effective rate for 2011 was significantly lower due to management’s decision to suspend accruing further income tax benefits in an effort to avoid having deferred tax benefits accrued that are not likely to be utilized within a reasonable amount of time.
 
Management believes that based on generally accepted accounting principles and our particular facts and circumstances, both positive and negative, it is more likely than not that the Company’s deferred tax assets will be realized in full within four to seven years and that our net operating loss carry-forwards will be realized in full within seven years.  Accordingly, management has determined that no valuation allowance of the Company’s net deferred income taxes is required.  Management will continue to evaluate the Company’s deferred tax assets position on an ongoing basis and provide a valuation allowance, if necessary, in future periods based on management’s assessment of the factors as of such dates.
 
ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
 
Summary
 
During 2011, average total assets decreased $11,959,000 (4.3%) from 2010.  Average total deposits decreased $10,090,000 (4.0%) in 2011 from 2010.  Average loans decreased $17,716,000 (11.3%) in 2011 as compared to 2010.
 
Year-end balances at December 31, 2011 and 2010 reflect a decrease in total assets of $19,522,000 (7.0%) from 2010 to 2011.  Total deposits decreased $6,305,000 (2.6%) from 2010 to 2011.  Total loans decreased $19,000,000 (11.7%) from 2010 to 2011.
 
Total loans declined during 2011 primarily as a result of a continued slowdown in the housing industry, both nationally, and more prominently, in the Bank’s market area.  A continued overall economic slowdown lessened the demand for new housing construction and development.  Total deposits declined due to loan payoffs supplying the needed liquidity to fund new loans and also a decision by management to lower interest rates paid on deposits in an effort to minimize interest expense.  In addition, management of the Bank implemented a plan to shrink the balance sheet in an effort to protect the Bank’s capital ratios due to the Bank’s capital base shrinking during 2011 and 2010 as a result of net operating losses.
 
Investment Securities
 
All of the Company’s investment securities are classified as available-for-sale (“AFS”).  At December 31, 2011, the market value of AFS securities totaled $83,374,000, compared to $73,998,000 at December 31, 2010.  Table 3 presents the market value of AFS securities at December 31, 2011 and 2010.
 
Table 3
Investment Portfolio

   
2011
    
2010
  
Available for sale
            
State, county and municipal
   $ 13,148,293     $ 11,644,003  
Government-sponsored agencies
     12,760,942       27,301,294  
Mortgage-backed
     56,496,798       33,559,925  
Other debt securities
     968,200       1,492,703  
Totals
   $ 83,374,233     $ 73,997,925  

The composition of the investment securities portfolio reflects the Company’s investment strategy of maintaining an appropriate level of liquidity while providing a relatively stable source of income.  The investment portfolio also provides a balance to interest rate risk and credit risk in other categories of the balance sheet while providing a vehicle for the investment of available funds, furnishing liquidity, and supplying securities to pledge as required collateral for certain deposits. Table 4 presents the AFS securities held by the Company by maturity category at December 31, 2011.  Yield information does not give effect to changes in fair value that are reflected as a component of shareholders’ equity and yields are not calculated on a tax equivalent basis.
 

 
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Table 4
Maturity Distribution and Weighted Average Yield on Investments (1)

   
Government-
Sponsored
 Agencies
    
Mortgage-
Backed
Securities
    
State, County
 and
Municipal
    
 
Other Debt
Securities
    
Weighted
 Average
 Yields
  
                               
Within 1 year
   $ -     $ -     $ 962,400     $ -       4.25 %
After 1 through 5 years
     -       -       587,208       968,200       5.67 %
After 5 through 10 years
     4,258,180       3,848,991       1,796,520       -       2.90 %
After 10 years
     8,502,762       52,647,807       9,802,165       -       3.62 %
Totals
   $ 12,760,942     $ 56,496,798     $ 13,148,293     $ 968,200       3.58 %

(1) 
Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

The Company’s mortgage-backed securities primarily consist of U.S. Government agency sponsored securities.  A mortgage-backed security relies on the underlying pools of mortgage loans to provide a cash flow of principal and interest.  The actual maturities of these securities will differ from the contractual maturities because the loans underlying the security may prepay without prepayment penalties.  Decreases in long-term interest rates will generally cause an acceleration of prepayment levels.  In a declining interest rate environment, proceeds may not be able to be reinvested in assets that have comparable yields.
 
Loans
 
The loan portfolio is the largest category of the Company’s earning assets and is comprised of commercial loans, residential mortgage loans, real estate construction and development loans and consumer loans.  The Company conducts primary lending through its branches in Oconee and Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, while its secondary lending market consists of those counties contiguous with Oconee County, including Greene, Morgan, Walton, and Barrow Counties, part of the Athens Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.
 
The composition of the Company’s loan portfolio at December 31 for each of the past 5 years is presented in Table 5.
 
Table 5
Loan Portfolio
   
2011
    
2010
    
2009
    
2008
    
2007
  
Commercial, financial and agricultural
   $ 18,581,723         25,198,562         28,392,933         28,028,762         22,229,689  
Real estate – construction
     11,057,312       16,334,644       30,368,950       54,465,394       64,077,793  
Real estate - mortgage
     108,974,230       115,667,560       114,252,957       105,459,965       104,703,465  
Consumer
     5,368,497       5,780,956       6,822,942       7,818,286       8,820,318  
      143,981,762       162,981,722       179,837,782       195,772,407       199,831,265  
Less: Allowance for loan losses
     (2,760,160 )     (3,527,567 )     (3,497,292 )     (4,215,262 )     (3,335,825 )
Loans, net
   $ 141,221,602       159,454,155       176,340,490       191,557,145       196,495,440  

 
As of December 31, 2011, loans outstanding were $143,982,000, a decrease of $19,000,000 or 11.7% over the December 31, 2010 balance of $162,982,000.  The Bank’s loan portfolio continued to decline due to the continued slowdown in the housing industry and overall economy resulting in a lower demand for virtually all loan types.
 
Table 6 identifies the maturities of commercial and real estate construction (including acquisition and development) loans as of December 31, 2011 and addresses the sensitivity of these loans to changes in interest rates.  Not included in the loan totals are nonaccrual loans of $785,606 and $4,965,700 in commercial, financial and agricultural loans and real estate construction loans, respectively.
 

 
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Table 6
Maturity and Repricing Data for Loans
 
 
Maturity
  
Commercial,
 Financial and
Agricultural
    
Real
Estate
Construction
    
 
Total
  
Within 1 year
   $ 7,569,227     $ 4,026,794     $ 11,596,021  
1 to 5 years
     6,480,530       2,064,818       8,545,348  
Over 5 years
     3,746,360       -       3,746,360  
Totals
   $ 17,796,117     $ 6,091,612     $ 23,887,729  

As of December 31, 2011, the interest terms of loans in the indicated classifications for the indicated maturity ranges in excess of one year are as follows:

   
Fixed
Interest
Rates
    
Variable
Interest
Rates
    
 
Total
  
Commercial, financial and agricultural
                  
1 to 5 years
   $ 3,423,670     $ 3,056,860     $ 6,480,530  
Over 5 years
   $ -     $ 3,746,360     $ 3,746,360  
                         
Real estate construction
                        
1 to 5 years
   $ -     $ 2,064,818     $ 2,064,818  
Over 5 years
   $ -     $ -     $ -  
 

 
 

 

 
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Allowance for Loan Losses
 
The allowance for loan losses reflects management’s assessment and estimate of the risks associated with extending credit and the evaluation by management of the quality of the loan portfolio.
 
Table 7 presents an analysis of the allowance for loan losses including charge-off activity.
 
Table 7
Allowance for Loan Losses

The following table summarizes information concerning the allowance for loan losses:

   
2011
    
2010
    
2009
    
2008
    
2007
  
   
(Amounts are presented in thousands)
  
Balance at beginning of year
   $ 3,528     $ 3,497     $ 4,215     $ 3,336     $ 3,081  
Charges-offs:
                                        
Commercial, financial and agricultural
     310       190       84       54       55  
Consumer
     101       36       255       116       53  
Real Estate
     4,664       3,156       2,605       6,456       10  
Total charge-offs
     5,075       3,382       2,944       6,626       118  
Recoveries:
                                        
Commercial, financial and agricultural
     9       9       14       22       10  
Consumer
     25       28       26       17       31  
Real Estate
     23       6       46       3       2  
Total recoveries
     57       43       86       42       43  
Net charge-offs
     5,018       3,341       2,858       6,584       75  
Provisions charged to operations
     4,250       3,370       2,140       7,463       330  
Balance at end of year
   $ 2,760     $ 3,528     $ 3,497     $ 4,215     $ 3,336  
Ratio of net charge-offs during the period to average loans outstanding during the period
     3.22%       1.93%       1.50%       3.36%       .04%  

At December 31, 2011, the Company had loan concentrations in the housing industry and in the hotel and motel industries.  The Company monitors these concentrations on a monthly basis to ensure that they do not exceed established internal guidelines.  The primary risks relating to the concentration in the housing industry is a downturn in the economy adversely affecting construction of new homes and developments of new housing communities and the impact of rising interest rates on variable rate mortgages.  The market for residential real estate and development continued to be slow during 2011 due to a downturn in the economy, primarily in the area of new residential development and speculative housing construction, resulting in a decrease in demand for loans funding this industry.  The Company’s primary risk relating to the hotel and motel industry loans is a slowdown in the travel industry.  The Company has established a maximum dollar amount of hotel and motel loans that it is willing to fund as a result of this slowdown.

The Company’s allowance for loan losses is also subject to regulatory examinations and determinations as to adequacy, which may take into account such factors as the methodology used to calculate the allowance for loan losses and the size of the allowance for loan losses compared to peer banks identified by the regulators.  During their routine examinations of banks, the FDIC and GDBF may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance based on their judgments about information available to them at the time of their examination.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Bank had net charge-offs of $5,018,000, as compared to $3,340,000 in net charge-offs during the year ended December 31, 2010.  Of the total charge-offs in 2011, $3,005,000 were write-downs of loans that were classified as impaired at December 31, 2011.  Of the total charge-offs in 2010, $2,630,000 were write-downs of loans that were classified as impaired at December 31, 2010.

 
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For year-end 2011 and 2010 the allowance for loan losses was allocated as follows (in thousands):

As of December 31, 2011:
  
Allocation of
Allowance for
Loan Losses
    
% of
Allowance for
 Loan Losses
    
% of Loans by
Category to
Total Loans
  
Commercial, financial and agricultural
   $ 744       27.0 %     12.9 %
Real Estate - Construction
     371       13.5 %     7.7 %
Consumer
     106       3.8 %     3.7 %
Real Estate - Mortgage
     1,516       54.9 %     75.7 %
Unallocated
     23       0.8 %     -  
Total
   $ 2,760       100.0 %     100.0 %

As of December 31, 2010:
  
Allocation of
 Allowance for
Loan Losses
    
% of
Allowance for
 Loan Losses
    
% of Loans by
 Category to
Total Loans
  
Commercial, financial and agricultural
   $ 1,040       29.5 %     15.5 %
Real Estate - Construction
     1,417       40.1 %     10.0 %
Consumer
     56       1.6 %     3.5 %
Real Estate - Mortgage
     906       25.7 %     71.0 %
Unallocated
     109       3.1 %     -  
Total
   $ 3,528       100.0 %     100.0 %

Non-performing Assets
 
Non-performing assets, comprised of non-accrual loans, other real estate owned, other repossessed assets and loans for which payments are more than 90 days past due, totaled $19,844,000 at December 31, 2011 compared to $22,485,000 at December 31, 2010.   This decrease is attributable to decreases in nonaccrual loans of $3,132,000 and in loans more than 90 days past due of $674,000, offset by an increase in other real estate owned of $1,165,000.  The Bank has periodically evaluated the market value of the foreclosed properties through professional appraisals and market evaluations.  As a result of these evaluations, the Company recognized write-downs on foreclosed properties totaling $306,000 during 2011 and $1,207,000 in 2010.
 
A summary of non-performing assets at December 31 during the last past 5 fiscal years is presented in Table 8.
 
Table 8
Non-performing Assets
   
December 31,
  
   
2011
    
2010
    
2009
    
2008
    
2007
  
                               
Other real estate and repossessions
   $ 6,611,000       5,446,000       6,966,000       1,782,000       -  
Accruing loans 90 days or more past due
     7,000       681,000       -       24,000       -  
Non-accrual loans
     13,226,000       16,358,000       17,706,000       28,772,000       9,057,000  
Interest on non-accrual loans which would have been reported
     862,000       890,000       1,546,000       1,045,000       408,000  
Interest recognized on non-accrual loans
     56,000       95,000       24,000       188,000       285,000  
Restructured debt
     14,430,000       4,352,000       -       4,351,000 (1)     3,240,000 (1)
 
(1)  Included in non-accrual loans above


 
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A loan is placed on non-accrual status when, in management’s judgment, the likelihood of collecting interest appears questionable.  As a result of management’s ongoing review of the loan portfolio, loans are classified as non-accrual generally when they are past due in principal and interest for more than 90 days or it is otherwise not reasonable to expect collection of principal and interest under the original terms.  Exceptions are allowed for 90 day past due loans when such loans are well secured and in process of collection or renewal.  Generally, payments received on non-accrual loans are applied directly to principal.

While we experienced a substantial increase in non-accrual loans between 2007 and 2008 as the general economic environment and the real estate markets in which we operate deteriorated, we have significantly reduced non-accrual loans over the past two years.  Non-accrual loans declined 7.6% from December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2010 and 19.1% from December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2011.  As part of those declines, we experienced an increase in other real estate and repossessions.  The Bank achieved reductions in classified assets that exceeded the required reductions in its Consent Order at all required dates.  The Bank has developed and maintains reduction plans to reduce classified assets at the borrower level and in the aggregate.  Additionally, the Bank maintains significant focus on achieving these reduction targets.

Non-accrual loans have the effect of reducing interest income of the Bank without a comparable reduction in expenses and classified assets reflect the overall asset quality of the Bank.  Increases in both of these areas are detrimental to the Bank’s overall profitability and to our efforts to achieve sufficient improvement in asset quality and justify the elimination of the Consent Order.

Management regularly monitors the loan portfolio to ensure that all loans are appropriately classified.  Should economic conditions continue to deteriorate, the inability of distressed customers to service their existing debt could cause even higher levels of non-performing loans.

At December 31, 2011 and 2010 , the Company identified $14,430,000 and $4,352,000, respectively as loans whose terms have been modified in troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”).  Of this total at December 31, 2011, $12,804,000 was performing according to the modified terms, while $1,626,000 was  non-performing.  The increase in TDRs was the result of recasting and lengthening the amortization schedule on existing loans in order to work with customers who are struggling in the weak economy.  Additionally, TDRs were the subject of new guidance released by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the fall of 2010 through the first half of 2011.  This new guidance has provided additional clarity on the process of identifying TDRs and as a result, there is an increased focus on this area.  Management is not able to project the future levels of TDRs for the Bank; however, given the very nature of TDRs being vested in borrowers who are struggling financially, the likelihood of increased or decreased levels of these accounts going forward is highly dependent upon the economic conditions of our markets and the financial strength of our borrowers.  If conditions improve, these levels would be more likely to stabilize for a period and then decline.  If conditions remain weak or worsen, the opposite result would be likely.

The Company has allocated $593,000 and $268,000 of specific reserves to customers whose loan terms have been modified in TDRs as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The Company has committed to lend no additional funds to customers with outstanding loans that are classified as TDRs. 
 
Deposits
 
The Company uses deposits primarily to fund its loan and investment portfolios. The Company offers a variety of deposit accounts to individuals and businesses.  Deposit accounts include checking, savings, money market and time deposits.  As of December 31, 2011, total deposits were $236,612,000, a decrease of $6,305,000 or 2.6% as compared to the December 31, 2010 balance of $242,917,000.  The decrease in deposits is primarily attributable to a decision by management to lower time deposit rates in order to better match the Bank’s deposit base with loan demand and to minimize interest expense on time deposits.


 
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The average balance of the deposits and the average rates paid on such deposits are summarized in Table 9.

Table 9
Deposits
 
   
December 31,
  
   
2011
    
2010
  
   
Average
Balance
    
Rate
    
Average
 Balance
    
Rate
  
Deposits:
                        
Non-interest bearing demand
   $ 31,123,000       -     $ 28,270,000       -  
Interest bearing demand
     60,985,000       0.35 %     54,087,000       0.44 %
Savings
     42,809,000       0.50 %     40,921,000       0.97 %
Time
     103,027,000       1.59 %     118,468,000       2.26 %
                                 
    $ 237,944,000             $ 241,746,000          

Time deposits in amounts of $100,000 or more totaled $42,019,000 and $49,794,000 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Table 10 is a summary of the maturity distribution of time deposits in amounts of $100,000 or more as of December 31, 2011.

Table 10
Maturity of Time Deposits over $100,000

Within 3 months
   $ 7,483,000  
After 3 through 6 months
     7,188,000  
After 6 through 12 months
     6,909,000  
After 12 months
     20,439,000  
    $ 42,019,000  
 
Transactions with Related Parties
 
The Company conducts transactions with directors and executive officers, including companies in which they have beneficial interest, in the normal course of business.  It is the policy of the Company that loan transactions with directors and officers are made on substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the time made for comparable loans to other persons.  At December 31, 2011, the Company had loans outstanding to related parties of $2,293,000.  Deposits of related parties were $4,371,000.
 
Liquidity
 
The Company must maintain, on a daily basis, sufficient funds to cover the withdrawals from depositors’ accounts and to supply new borrowers with funds.  To meet these obligations, the Company keeps cash on hand, maintains account balances with its correspondent banks, and purchases and sells federal funds and other short-term investments.  Asset and liability maturities are monitored in an attempt to match these to meet liquidity needs.  It is the policy of the Company to monitor its liquidity to meet local funding and regulatory requirements.
 
The Company maintains relationships with correspondent banks that can provide funds to it on short notice, if needed.  Presently, the Company has arrangements with correspondent banks for short term unsecured advances of up to $5,000,000.  Additional liquidity is provided to the Company through Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances.
 
Cash and cash equivalents decreased $11,764,000 to a total of $18,195,000 at year-end 2011 as cash provided by investing and operating activities was outpaced by amounts used by financing activities.  Cash inflows from operations totaled $2,340,000 in 2011, while outflows from financing activities totaled $19,330,000, consisting of net deposit decreases during 2011 of $6,305,000 and decreases of $13,024,000 in securities sold under repurchase agreements due to the discontinuation of the Bank’s repurchase agreement program during 2011.
 
Investing activities provided $5,225,000 of cash and cash equivalents, principally composed of proceeds from calls and maturities of investment securities of $26,048,000, proceeds from sales of investment securities of $13,770,000 and a net reduction in loans outstanding of $12,009,000, partially offset by purchases of investment securities of $47,063,000.
 

 
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Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
For maturity and repricing information regarding the Company’s contractual obligations, please see the table under the heading “Asset/Liability and Interest Rate Sensitivity Management.”
 
The Company is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers.  These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit.  Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized on the balance sheet.  The contract amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of exposure the Company has in particular classes of financial instruments.  At December 31, 2011, the contractual amounts of the Company’s commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit were $20,479,000 and $310,000, respectively.
 
Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.  Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates and because they may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily represent future cash requirements.  Standby letters of credit written are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party.
 
See note 11 to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion of these risks and contractual commitments.
 
Capital Resources
 
Table 11 presents the Bank’s regulatory capital position at December 31, 2011.
 
Table 11
Capital Ratios
   
Risk-Based
Capital Ratios
Actual as of
December 31,
 2011
       
Tier 1 Capital
     12.0 %
Tier 1 Capital minimum requirement
     4.0 %
Excess
     8.0 %
         
Total Capital
     13.3 %
Total Capital minimum requirement
     8.0 %
Excess
     5.3 %
         
   
Leverage Ratio
 At December 31,
 2011
         
Leverage ratio
     7.2 %
Leverage ratio requirement
     4.0 %
Excess
     3.2 %

Table 12
Selected Ratios

The following table sets out certain ratios of the Company for the years indicated:

   
2011
    
2010
  
Net loss to:
            
Average shareholders’ equity
     (9.12 )%     (4.30 )%
Average assets
     (0.79 )%     (0.39 )%
Dividends to net loss
     -       -  
Average equity to average assets
     8.72 %     8.96 %

For further discussion of the actual and required capital ratios of the Company, see note 13 to the consolidated financial statements and “Supervision and Regulation – Capital Adequacy.”
 

 
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Asset/Liability and Interest Rate Sensitivity Management
 
It is the Company’s objective to manage assets and liabilities to provide a satisfactory, consistent level of profitability within the framework of established cash, loan, investment, borrowing and capital policies.  Certain officers are charged with the responsibility for monitoring policies and procedures that are designed to ensure acceptable composition of the asset/liability mix.  It is the overall philosophy of management to support asset growth primarily through growth of core deposits, which include deposits of all categories made by local individuals, partnerships and corporations.  The objective of this policy is to control interest sensitive assets and liabilities so as to minimize the impact of substantial movements in interest rates on earnings.
 
The asset/liability mix is monitored on a regular basis.  A report reflecting the interest sensitive assets and interest sensitive liabilities is prepared and presented to the Board of Directors of the Bank on a monthly basis.
 
The absolute level and volatility of interest rates can have a significant impact on Oconee’s profitability.  The objective of interest rate risk management is to identify and manage the sensitivity of net interest income to changing interest rates, in order to achieve Oconee’s overall financial goals.  Based on economic conditions, asset quality and various other considerations, management establishes tolerance ranges for interest rate sensitivity and manages within these ranges.
 
Oconee uses income simulation modeling as a tool in measuring interest rate risk and managing interest rate sensitivity.  Simulation modeling considers not only the impact of changing market rates of interest on future net interest income, but also other potential causes of variability.
 
Interest rate sensitivity is a function of the repricing characteristics of Oconee’s portfolio of assets and liabilities.  These repricing characteristics are the time frames within which the interest earning assets and liabilities are subject to change in interest rates either at replacement, repricing or maturity during the life of the instruments.  Interest rate sensitivity management focuses on the maturity structures of assets and liabilities and their repricing characteristics during periods of change in market interest rates.  Interest rate sensitivity is measured as the difference between the volumes of assets and liabilities in Oconee’s current portfolio that are subject to repricing at various time horizons:  immediate; one to three months; four to twelve months; one to five years; over five years, and on a cumulative basis.  The differences are known as interest rate sensitivity gap.
 
One method to measure a bank’s interest rate exposure is through its repricing gap.  The gap is calculated by citing all liabilities that reprice or taking all assets that reprice or mature within a given time frame and subtracting all liabilities that reprice or mature within that time frame.  The difference between these two amounts is called the “gap”, the amount of either liabilities or assets that will reprice without a corresponding asset or liability repricing.
 
A negative gap (more liabilities repricing than assets) generally indicates that the bank’s net interest income will decrease if interest rates rise and will increase if interest rates fall.  A positive gap generally indicates that the bank’s net interest income will decrease if rates fall and will increase if rates rise.
 
The following table summarizes the amounts of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities outstanding at December 31, 2011 that are contractually maturing, prepaying or repricing in each of the future time periods shown.  Except as stated below, the amount of assets or liabilities that mature or reprice during a particular period was determined in accordance with the contractual terms of the asset or liability.  Investment securities are reported based on the adjusted cost basis.  Adjustable rate loans are included in the period in which interest rates are next scheduled to adjust rather than in the period in which they are due, and fixed rate loans and mortgage-backed securities are included in the periods in which they are required to be repaid based on scheduled maturities.  The Company’s savings accounts and interest-bearing demand accounts (NOW and money market deposit accounts), which are generally subject to immediate withdrawal, are included in the “Three Months or Less” category, although historical experience has proven the rates of these deposits to be more stable over the course of a year.
 

 
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  At December 31, 2011
Maturing or Repricing in
 (dollars in thousands)
 
  
   
Three Months
or Less
    
Four Months
to
12 Months
    
1 to 5
Years
    
Over 5
Years
    
Total
  
Interest-earning assets:
                              
Investment securities
   $ -     $ -     $ 1,556     $ 81,181     $ 83,374  
Interest-earning due from banks
     14,992       -       -       -       14,992  
Loans
     51,012       22,219       56,069       1,311       130,611  
Total interest-bearing assets
   $ 66,004     $ 22,219     $ 57,625     $ 83,129     $ 228,977  
                                         
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                        
Deposits:
                                        
Savings and demand
   $ 106,771     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 106,771  
Time deposits
     18,381       43,455       33,981       -       95,817  
Total interest-bearing liabilities
   $ 125,152     $ 43,455     $ 33,981     $ -     $ 202,588  
Interest sensitive difference per period
   $ (59,148 )   $ (21,236 )   $ 23,644     $ 83,129     $ 26,389  
Cumulative interest sensitivity difference
   $ (59,148 )   $ (80,384 )   $ (56,740 )   $ 26,389          
Cumulative ratio of  total earning assets to total interest-bearing liabilities
         (25.83 )%     (35.11 )%     (24.78 )%     11.52 %        
 
Note:  For purposes of this analysis, nonaccrual loans, overdrafts and unearned interest are not included in Loans.
 
At December 31, 2011 the difference between the Company’s liabilities and assets repricing or maturing within one year was $80,384,000.  Based on this analysis, due to an excess of liabilities repricing or maturing within one year, a rise in interest rates would generally cause the Company’s net interest income to decrease, and a decrease in interest rates would generally cause the Company’s net interest income to increase.
 
Certain shortcomings are inherent in the method of analysis presented in the foregoing table.  For example, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods to repricing, they may react in different degrees or at different points in time to changes in market interest rates.  Additionally, certain assets, such as adjustable-rate mortgages, have features, such as interest rate floors and ceilings that restrict changes in interest rates, both on a short-term basis and over the life of the asset.  Changes in interest rates, prepayment rates, early withdrawal levels and the ability of borrowers to service their debt, among other factors, may change significantly from the assumptions made in the table.  In addition, the optionality for callable securities is not factored in the foregoing table.
 
The Bank also measures its short-term exposure to interest rate risk by simulating the impact to net interest income under several rate change levels.  Interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities are rate shocked to stress test the impact to the Bank’s net interest income and margin.  The rate shock levels span four 100 basis point increments up and down from current interest rates.  This information is used to monitor interest rate exposure risk relative to anticipated interest rate trends.  Asset/liability management strategies are developed based on this analysis in an effort to limit the Bank’s exposure to interest rate risk.
 
The Bank tracks its interest rate sensitivity on a quarterly basis using a model that applies various hypothetical interest rate changes to various types of interest-bearing deposit accounts.  The rate changes represent the Bank’s inclination to reprice deposit rates based on historical data provided from a call report driven database.  In addition, the model calculates the likelihood of issuers of investment securities exercising call options on certain investment securities as a result of potential interest rate changes as opposed to showing the investment securities being repriced at their maturities.

At December 31, 2011, the difference between the Bank’s assets and liabilities repricing or maturing within one year, after applying the hypothetical rate changes to deposit accounts and taking into account the likely calls within the investment portfolio, was $39,994,000, indicating that the Bank was assset sensitive.  The most recent simulation model shows that the Bank’s net interest income would increase $378,000 on an annual basis if rates increased 100 basis points, and would increase $22,000 on an annual basis if rates fell 100 basis points.  Net interest income increases under both scenarios because the Bank’s assets reprice earlier within the twelve-month period than its liabilities.  Because of this, the increase in the Bank’s interest income under a rising rate scenario will be greater than the increase in its interest expense over a twelve-month period.
 

 
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Inflation
 
Inflation impacts the growth in total assets in the banking industry and causes a need to increase equity capital at higher than normal rates to meet capital adequacy requirements. The Company copes with the effects of inflation through the management of its interest rate sensitivity gap position, by periodically reviewing and adjusting its pricing of services to consider current costs, and through managing its level of net earnings relative to its dividend payout policy.
 
ITEM 8.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
 
The financial statements and the reports of independent registered public accounting firms are included in this report beginning at page F-1 of this Form 10-K.
 
ITEM 9.     CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
 
During Oconee’s two most recent fiscal years, Oconee did not change accountants and had no disagreement with its accountants on any matters of accounting principles or practices or financial statement disclosure.
 
ITEM 9A.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
 
Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Oconee’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, supervised and participated in an evaluation of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2011.  Based on that evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective in accumulating and communicating information to management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosures of that information under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that the disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in reports that are filed or submitted under the Securities Act of 1933 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

Oconee’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.  Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Management assessed the effectiveness of Oconee’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011 based on the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework.”  Based on that assessment, management believes that, as of December 31, 2011, Oconee’s internal control over financial reporting was effective based on those criteria.

This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of Oconee’s independent registered public accountant regarding internal control over financial reporting.  Management’s report was not subject to attestation by Oconee’s independent accountant pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the company to provide only management’s report in this Form 10-K.

 
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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

No changes were made to Oconee’s internal control over financial reporting during the last fiscal quarter that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Oconee’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B.     OTHER INFORMATION.
 
All information, if any, required to be reported on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K has been reported.
 
 
PART III
 
ITEM 10.     DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 
The information contained under the headings “Information About Nominees For Directors and  Executive Officers,” “Compliance with Section 16(a),” “Audit Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert,” and “Code of Ethics” in the definitive Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Oconee’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 7, 2012 to be filed with the SEC, is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 11.      EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
 
The information contained under the heading “Executive Compensation” in the definitive Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Oconee’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 7, 2012, to be filed with the SEC, is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 12.     SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
 
The information contained under the heading “Voting Securities and Principal Holders” in the definitive Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Oconee’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 2, 2011, to be filed with the SEC, is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 13.     CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.
 
The information contained under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” in the definitive Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the solicitation of proxies for all the Company‘s annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 7, 2012, to be filed with the SEC, is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 14.     PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.
 
The information contained under the heading “Principal Accounting and Audit Fees” in the definitive Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the solicitation of proxies for Oconee’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 7, 2012, to be filed with the SEC, is incorporated herein by reference.
 

 
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PART IV
 
 
ITEM 15.      EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
 
The following financial statements and notes thereto of the Registrant are located beginning at page F-1 of this Form 10-K pursuant to Item 8 of this Report:
 
 
1.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 
2.
Balance Sheets  - December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
 
3.
Statements of Operations 
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
 
4.
Statements of Changes in Shareholders Equity
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
 
5.
Statements of Cash Flows
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 
6.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
The following exhibits are required to be filed with this Report on 10-K by Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
 
3.1
Articles of Incorporation of Oconee Financial Corporation, dated August 27, 1998 (included as Exhibit 3.1 to Oconee’s 10-KSB filed with the SEC on March 30, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Oconee Financial Corporation, dated May 7, 2001 (included as Exhibit 3.2 to Oconee’s 10-KSB filed with the SEC on April 1, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference).
4
See Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 for provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws which define the rights of the holders of Common Stock of Oconee.
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate (included as Exhibit 4.1 to Oconee’s 10-KSB filed with the SEC on March 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.1
Oconee State Bank Officers’ Cash Incentive Plan (included as Exhibit 10.1 to the Bank’s 10-KSB filed with the SEC on April 1, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference).
14
Code of Ethical Conduct (included as Exhibit 14 to Oconee’s 10-KSB filed with the SEC on March 31, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
21
Subsidiaries of Oconee Financial Corporation.
24 
Power of Attorney (included herein on the signature page).
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
32.2
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
101
Pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T, the following financial information from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 is formatted in XBRL interactive data files: (i) Balance Sheets for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010; (ii) Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010; (iii) Statements of Changes in Shareholders Equity for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010; (iv) Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010; and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.1


_________ 
1  As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is not otherwise subject to liability under those sections.
 
 
 

 
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors
Oconee Financial Corporation and Subsidiary
Watkinsville, Georgia

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Oconee Financial Corporation and Subsidiary as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Oconee Financial Corporation and Subsidiary as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

/s/ MAULDIN & JENKINS, LLC
Atlanta, Georgia
March 29, 2012

 
F-1
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 31, 2011 and 2010


   
2011
    
2010
  
Assets
  
             
Cash and cash equivalents, including reserve requirements of $25,000
   $ 18,194,898       29,958,828  
                 
Investment securities available for sale
     83,374,233       73,997,925  
Restricted equity securities
     461,100       556,300  
Loans held for sale
     1,027,815       311,000  
Loans, net
     141,221,602       159,454,155  
Premises and equipment, net
     5,646,012       5,928,381  
Other real estate owned
     6,610,674       5,435,735  
Accrued interest receivable and other assets
     3,309,621       3,726,104  
                 
    $ 259,845,955       279,368,428  
                 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
  
                 
Deposits:
                
Demand
   $ 34,022,991       27,796,070  
Interest-bearing demand
     65,272,612       60,008,808  
Savings
     41,499,311       42,491,364  
Time
     95,817,122       112,621,136  
                 
Total deposits
     236,612,036       242,917,378  
                 
Securities sold under repurchase agreements
     -       13,024,262  
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities
     1,051,432       491,886  
                 
Total liabilities
     237,663,468       256,433,526  
                 
Stockholders’ equity:
                
Common stock, par value $2, authorized 1,500,000 shares, issued and outstanding 899,815 shares
     1,799,630       1,799,630  
Additional paid-in capital
     4,243,332       4,243,332  
Retained earnings
     15,101,470       17,226,068  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
     1,038,055       (334,128 )
                 
Total stockholders’ equity
     22,182,487       22,934,902  
                 
    $ 259,845,955       279,368,428  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 
F-2
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

   
2011
    
2010
  
Interest income:
            
Interest and fees on loans
   $ 8,152,604       9,283,469  
Interest and dividends on securities:
                
U. S. government agencies
     1,991,699       2,207,712  
State, county and municipal
     598,863       532,426  
Other
     143,245       157,167  
                 
Total interest income
     10,886,411       12,180,774  
                 
Interest expense:
                
Interest-bearing demand deposits
     212,946       237,404  
Savings deposits
     215,529       396,731  
Time deposits
     1,642,576       2,679,459  
Other
     96,352       330,026  
                 
Total interest expense
     2,167,403       3,643,620  
                 
Net interest income
     8,719,008       8,537,154  
                 
Provision for loan losses
     4,250,000       3,370,000  
                 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
     4,469,008       5,167,154  
                 
Other income:
                
Service charges
     844,341       1,000,613  
Gain on sale of securities
     174,157       499,804  
    Mortgage origination fee income
     121,476       153,471  
    Income on other real estate owned
     23,631       230,899  
Miscellaneous
     1,083,901       1,030,968  
                 
Total other income
     2,247,506       2,915,755  
                 
Other expenses:
                
Salaries and employee benefits
     4,358,350       4,536,494  
Occupancy
     1,098,421       1,159,984  
Other operating
     3,487,619       4,414,250  
                 
Total other expenses
     8,944,390       10,110,728  
                 
Loss before income tax benefit
     (2,227,876 )     (2,027,819 )
                 
Income tax benefit
     (103,278 )     (952,824 )
                 
Net loss
   $ (2,124,598 )     (1,074,995 )
                 
Net loss per share
   $ (2.36 )     (1.19 )

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 
F-3
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010


   
2011
    
2010
  
             
Net loss
   $ (2,124,598 )     (1,074,995 )
                 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes (benefit):
                
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale:
                
Holding gains (losses) arising during period, net of tax expense (benefit) of ($905,696) and ($223,720)
     1,480,230       (365,638 )
Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net loss, net of taxes of $66,110 and $189,726
     (108,047 )     (310,078 )
                 
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
     1,372,183       (675,716 )
                 
Comprehensive loss
   $ (752,415 )     (1,750,711 )
                 


















See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 
F-4
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010


         
 
 Additional
          
Accumulated
Other
        
   
Common
    
Paid-In
    
Retained
    
Comprehensive
        
   
 Stock
    
 Capital
    
Earnings
    
Income (Loss)
    
Total
  
                               
Balance, December 31, 2009
   $ 1,799,630       4,243,332       18,301,063       341,588       24,685,613  
                                         
Change in net unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities available for sale, net of tax
     -       -       -       (675,716 )     (675,716 )
                                         
Net loss
     -       -       (1,074,995 )     -       (1,074,995 )
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2010
     1,799,630       4,243,332       17,226,068       (334,128 )     22,934,902  
                                         
Change in net unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities available for sale, net of tax
     -       -       -       1,372,183       1,372,183  
                                         
Net loss
     -       -       (2,124,598 )     -       (2,124,598 )
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2011
   $ 1,799,630       4,243,332       15,101,470       1,038,055       22,182,487  














See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 
F-5
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

   
2011
    
2010
  
Cash flows from operating activities:
            
 Net loss
   $ (2,124,598 )     (1,074,995 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
                
Depreciation, amortization and accretion
     614,721       545,691  
Provision for loan losses
     4,250,000       3,370,000  
Provision for deferred taxes
     (103,278 )     1,048,687  
Gains on sale of investment securities, net
     (174,157 )     (499,804 )
Loss on sale and disposal of fixed assets
     -       355  
Loss on other real estate
     354,816       1,207,613  
Change in:
                
Accrued interest receivable and other assets
     519,761       (826,902 )
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities
     (280,042 )     134,840  
Mortgage loans originated and held for sale
     (716,815 )     (311,000 )
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
     2,340,408       3,594,485  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
                
Purchase of investment securities available for sale
     (47,062,739 )     (92,853,253 )
Proceeds from calls and maturities of investment securities available for sale
     26,048,187       68,352,216  
Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale
     13,769,947       16,759,008  
    Redemption of restricted equity securities
     95,200       -  
Net change in loans
     12,008,928       12,208,266  
Purchases of premises and equipment
     (78,127 )     (103,429 )
Proceeds from sales of other real estate
     679,590       1,899,607  
Capital improvements on other real estate
     (235,720 )     (319,725 )
                 
Net cash provided by investing activities
     5,225,266       5,942,690  
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                
Net change in deposits
     (6,305,342 )     (7,524,940 )
Net change in securities sold under repurchase agreements
     (13,024,262 )     3,210,239  
                 
Net cash used by financing activities
     (19,329,604 )     (4,314,701 )
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
     (11,763,930 )     5,222,474  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
     29,958,828       24,736,354  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
   $ 18,194,898       29,958,828  

 
F-6
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, continued

For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

   
2011
    
2010
  
             
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
            
Cash paid during the year for:
            
Interest
   $ 2,254,770       3,798,664  
Income taxes
   $ -       100,790  
                 
Noncash investing and financing activities:
                
Change in net unrealized gain on investment securities available for sale, net of tax
   $ 1,372,183       (675,716 )
Transfer of loans to other real estate
   $ 2,489,966       3,253,176  
Transfer of other real estate to loans
   $ (516,341 )     (1,945,106 )








See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 
F-7
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(1) 
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization
Oconee Financial Corporation (“OFC”) received regulatory approval to operate as a bank holding company on October 13, 1998, and began operations effective January 1, 1999. OFC is primarily regulated by the Federal Reserve Bank, and serves as the one-bank holding company for Oconee State Bank.

Oconee State Bank (the “Bank”) commenced business in 1960 upon receipt of its banking charter from the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (the “DBF”). The Bank is primarily regulated by the DBF and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and undergoes periodic examinations by these regulatory agencies. The Bank provides a full range of commercial and consumer banking services primarily in Oconee and Clarke counties in Georgia.

On September 17, 2008, Putters, Inc. was incorporated as a 100% owned subsidiary of the Bank.  Putters, Inc. was formed as a real estate holding company for a residential subdivision that was foreclosed on by the bank subsequent to the incorporation of Putters, Inc.  On May 28, 2009, Putters, Inc.’s name was changed to Real Estate Holdings Georgia, Inc.  The subsidiary continues to be used as a real estate holding company to hold residential real estate on which the bank has foreclosed.

On December 18, 2008, Motel Holdings Georgia, Inc. was incorporated as a 100% owned subsidiary of the Bank.  Motel Holdings Georgia, Inc. was formed as a real estate holding company for a motel that was foreclosed on by the bank in January 2009.  The motel was an operating motel managed by an independent third party.  The motel was sold in May 2010.  The operations of the motel are included in our statements of operations from the date of foreclosure until the date of the sale.  The subsidiary is now inactive.

Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Oconee Financial Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Oconee State Bank and the subsidiaries of the Bank (collectively called the “Company”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Basis of Presentation
The accounting principles followed by the Company, and the methods of applying these principles, conform with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and with general practices in the banking industry. In preparing the financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements. Actual results could differ significantly from these estimates. Material estimates common to the banking industry that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term include, but are not limited to, the determination of the allowance for loan losses, deferred taxes, fair value of financial instruments, other than temporary impairment on securities, and valuation of real estate acquired in connection with or in lieu of foreclosure on loans.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of reporting cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash and due from banks.  Included in cash and due from banks is interest-bearing deposits at other banks of $15,972,556 and $26,609,413 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Investment Securities
The Company classifies its securities in one of two categories: available for sale, or held to maturity. Held to maturity securities are those securities for which the Company has the ability and intent to hold the security until maturity. All other securities not included in held to maturity are classified as available for sale.

 
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OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

(1)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

Available for sale securities are recorded at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, on securities available for sale are excluded from operations and are reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity until realized.   The Company recognizes other than temporary impairment (OTTI) loss in earnings only when the Company (1) intends to sell the debt security; (2) determines that it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis or (3) does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security.   In all other situations, only the portion of the OTTI losses representing the credit loss is recognized in earnings, with the remaining portion being recognized in other comprehensive income (loss), net of deferred taxes.

Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the related security as an adjustment to the yield. Realized gains and losses for securities classified as available for sale are included in earnings  on the trade date and are derived using the specific identification method for determining the cost of securities sold.

Restricted Equity Securities
Restricted equity securities include other equity securities.  No ready market exists for these securities and there is no quoted fair value.  These investment securities are carried at cost.  Management reviews for impairment based on the ultimate recoverability of the cost basis in these stocks.

Loans Held for Sale
Loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or market value. At December 31, 2011, the carrying amount of mortgage loans held for sale approximates the market value. Loans held for sale consist of mortgage loans which have commitments to be sold to third party investors upon closing.

Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses
Loans are stated at the principal amount outstanding, less net deferred origination fees or costs and the allowance for loan losses. Interest on loans is calculated by using the simple interest method on daily balances of the principal amount outstanding.  The Bank analyzes its direct costs associated with the origination of different types of loans.  Any fees collected that are greater than the costs calculated by the bank are recognized as income over the life of the loan as opposed to at the time of origination.

Impaired loans are measured for impairment based on the present value of expected future cash flows, discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, or at the loan’s observable market price, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. A loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that all principal and interest due according to the contractual terms of the loan will not be collected.  Interest on accruing impaired loans is recognized as long as such loans do not meet the criteria for nonaccrual status.

Accrual of interest is discontinued on a loan when management believes, after considering economic conditions and collection efforts, that the borrower’s financial condition is such that collection of interest is doubtful. Interest previously accrued but not collected is reversed against current period earnings and interest is recognized on a cash basis when such loans are placed on non-accrual status.  Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.  Past due status is based on the contractual terms of the loan.

The allowance for loan losses is established through a provision for loan losses charged to earnings. Loans are charged against the allowance for loan losses when management believes the uncollectibility of the principal is confirmed. The allowance represents an amount which, in management’s judgment, will be adequate to absorb probable losses on existing loans that may become uncollectible.

Management’s judgment in determining the adequacy of the allowance is based on evaluations of the collectibility of loans. These evaluations take into consideration such factors as changes in the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions that may affect the borrower’s ability to pay, overall portfolio quality and review of specific problem loans. The allowance consists of specific, general and unallocated components.  The specific component relates to loans that are identified as impaired.  All loans greater than $500,000 are evaluated individually for impairment, while all other loans considered impaired are evaluated as a pool.  The general component covers non-impaired loans and is based on historical loss experience adjusted for qualitative factors.  An unallocated component is maintained to cover uncertainties that could affect management’s estimate of probable losses.  The unallocated component of the allowance reflects the margin of imprecision inherent in the underlying assumptions used in the methodologies for estimating specific and general losses in the portfolio.  Management uses an external loan review program to challenge and corroborate the internal grading system and provide additional analysis in determining the adequacy of the allowance and provisions for estimated loan losses.

 
F-9
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

(1) 
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

The following portfolio segments have been identified: Commercial, financial and agricultural, Real estate – mortgage, Real estate – construction, and Consumer Loans. The risk characteristics of each of the identified portfolio segments are as follows:

Commercial, financial and agricultural - Borrowers may be subject to industry conditions including decreases in product demand; increasing material or other production costs that cannot be immediately recaptured in the sales or distribution cycle; interest rate increases that could have an adverse impact on profitability; non-payment of credit that has been extended under normal vendor terms for goods sold or services extended; interruption related to the importing or exporting of production materials or sold products.
 
Real Estate - Mortgage - Subject to adverse employment conditions in the local economy leading to increased default rate; decreased market values from oversupply in a geographic area; impact to borrowers’ ability to maintain payments in the event of incremental rate increases on adjustable rate mortgages.

Real Estate – Construction- Subject to adverse various market conditions that cause a decrease in market value or lot sales volumes; the potential for environmental impairment from events occurring on subject or neighboring properties; obsolescence in location or function.

Consumer Loans - Subject to adverse employment conditions in the local economy which may lead to higher default rates; decreases in the value of underlying collateral.

While management uses available information to recognize losses on loans, future additions to the allowance may be necessary based on changes in economic conditions. In addition, various regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the Company’s allowance for loan losses. Such agencies may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance based on judgments different than those of management.

Premises and Equipment
Premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed primarily using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter period of the useful life of the asset or the lease term.  When assets are retired or otherwise disposed, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts, and any gain or loss is reflected in operations for the period. The cost of maintenance and repairs which do not improve or extend the useful life of the respective asset is charged to earnings as incurred, whereas significant improvements are capitalized. The range of estimated useful lives for premises and equipment are generally as follows:

Buildings and improvements
5 - 40 years
Furniture and equipment
3 - 10 years

Other Real Estate Owned
Properties acquired through foreclosure are carried at the lower of cost or fair value less estimated costs to dispose.  Accounting guidance defines fair value as the amount that is expected to be received in a current sale between a willing buyer and seller other than in a forced or liquidation sale. Fair values at foreclosure are based on appraisals.  Losses arising from the acquisition of foreclosed properties are charged against the allowance for loan losses.  Subsequent write-downs are provided by a charge to operations through the allowance for losses on other real estate in the period in which the need arises.


 
F-10
 


OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

(1) 
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

Transfers of Financial Assets
Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales, when control over the assets has been surrendered.  Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when (1) the assets have been isolated from the Company - put presumptively beyond the reach of the transferor and its creditors, even in bankruptcy or other receivership, (2) the transferee obtains the right (free of conditions that constrain it from taking advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and (3) the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity or the ability to unilaterally cause the holder to return specific assets.

Securities Sold Under Repurchase Agreements
Securities sold under repurchase agreements are treated as financing activities, and are carried at the amounts at which the securities will be repurchased as specified in the respective agreements.

Income Taxes
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Additionally, the recognition of future tax benefits, such as net operating loss carryforwards, is required to the extent that realization of such benefits is more likely than not. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which the assets and liabilities are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income tax expense in the period that includes the enactment date.

In the event the future tax consequences of differences between the financial reporting bases and the tax bases of the Company’s assets and liabilities result in deferred tax assets, an evaluation of the probability of being able to realize the future benefits indicated by such assets is required. A valuation allowance is provided for the portion of the deferred tax asset when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.

In assessing the realizability of the deferred tax assets, management considers the scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies.

On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the recent accounting guidance related to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which sets out a consistent framework to determine the appropriate level of tax reserves to maintain for uncertain tax positions.

Mortgage Banking Income
Mortgage origination fee income represents net gains from the sale of mortgage loans and fees received from borrowers related to the Bank’s origination of single-family residential mortgage loans.

Loss Per Share
Loss per common share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year while the effects of potential common shares outstanding during the period are included in diluted earnings per share. The Company had no potential common share equivalents outstanding during 2011 and 2010.  For each of those years, loss per share is calculated using the weighted average shares outstanding during the years of 899,815.

Comprehensive Loss
Accounting principles generally require that recognized revenue, expenses, gains and losses be included in net loss.  Although certain changes in assets and liabilities, such as unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities, are reported as a separate component of the equity section of the balance sheet, such items, along with net loss, are components of comprehensive loss.


 
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OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

(1) 
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued

Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In July 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2010-20 to Receivables (ASC 310) Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses. This ASU adds new disclosures designed to enhance the transparency of an entity’s allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL), and the credit quality of its financing receivables, and to increase the understanding of an entity’s credit risk exposure and adequacy of the ALLL. The required disclosures include the nature of the credit risk inherent in the loan portfolio, how the risk is analyzed and assessed to determine the ALLL, and the changes and reasons for those changes in the ALLL. These disclosures are effective for annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010. This pronouncement had no effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. The required disclosures are included as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011.
 
In April 2011, the FASB amended existing guidance for assisting a creditor in determining whether a restructuring is a troubled debt restructuring. The amendments clarify the guidance for a creditor’s evaluation of whether it has granted a concession and whether a debtor is experiencing financial difficulties. With regard to determining whether a concession has been granted, the ASU clarifies that creditors are precluded from using the effective interest method to determine whether a concession has been granted. In the absence of using the effective interest method, a creditor must now focus on other considerations such as the value of the underlying collateral, evaluation of other collateral or guarantees, the debtor’s ability to access other funds at market rates, interest rate increases and whether the restructuring results in a delay in payment that is insignificant. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2011, and should be applied retrospectively to the beginning of the annual period of adoption. For purposes of measuring impairment on newly identified troubled debt restructurings, the amendments should be applied prospectively for the annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
 
In May, 2011, the FASB issued an amendment to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements between U.S. and International accounting principles. Overall, the guidance is consistent with existing U.S. accounting principles; however, there are some amendments that change a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The amendments in this guidance are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
 
In June 2011, the FASB amended existing guidance and eliminated the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in shareholder’s equity. The amendment requires that comprehensive income be presented in either a single continuous statement or in two separate consecutive statements. The amendments in this guidance are effective as of the beginning of a fiscal reporting year that begins after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.



 
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  OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 

 
(2) 
Regulatory Matters and Management's Plan of Action

Overall Summary of Results

The Company has incurred net losses from operations of $2.1 million and $1.1 million for the two years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.  During the same periods the Company has reported net cash provided by operations of $2.3 million and $3.6 million.  Beginning in 2009, management made strategic moves to address concerns raised by regulators including shrinking the Bank’s total assets and loans, as both have a direct impact on regulatory capital ratios.  At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Bank meets the required levels of capital to be considered well capitalized under regulatory guidelines, however due to the regulatory order discussed below the Bank is considered adequately capitalized.

Regulatory Oversight

As reported to shareholders during the third quarter of 2009, the Bank entered into a Stipulation and Consent to the Issuance of an Order to Cease and Desist (the “Consent Agreement”) with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) and the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (the “DBF”), whereby the Bank consented to the issuance of an Order to Cease and Desist (the “Order”).  Among other things, the Order provides that, unless otherwise agreed by the FDIC and DBF:

 
·
the Bank must have and maintain a Tier 1 (Leverage) Capital ratio of not less than 8% and a Total Risk-based Capital ratio of at least 10%;
 
·
the Bank must formulate a written plan to reduce the Bank’s adversely classified assets in accordance with a defined asset reduction schedule;
 
·
the Bank may not pay a cash dividend to Oconee Financial Corporation;
 
·
the Bank must revise its budget and include formal goals and strategies to improve the Bank’s net interest margin, increase interest income, reduce discretionary expenses and improve and sustain earnings of the Bank;
 
·
the Board of Directors of the Bank must review the adequacy of the allowance for loan and lease losses (the “ALLL”) and establish a comprehensive policy for determining the adequacy of the ALLL;
 
·
the Bank may not accept, renew or rollover brokered deposits without obtaining a brokered deposit waiver from the FDIC.

As of December 31, 2011 the Bank was in compliance with the Order with the exception of the stipulation requiring the Bank to maintain a Tier 1 (Leverage) Capital ratio of not less than 8%.  As of December 31, 2011, the Bank’s Tier 1 (Leverage) Capital ratio was 7.22%. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Bank was in compliance with all directives of the Order.  Compliance with the consent order is monitored by a committee made up of members of the Board of Directors of the Company.  Failure to comply with the Order could result in further regulatory action and oversight.

Capital Adequacy

As of December 31, 2011, the Bank was considered "adequately capitalized" as defined by federal capital regulations.  Regulatory capital is a measure of a financial institution's soundness.  Note 13, Regulatory Matters, presents and discusses more fully the Bank's capital levels.

Asset Quality

The losses reported in 2011 and 2010 are primarily the result of significant provisions for loan losses, additional expenses related to foreclosed assets, reductions in interest income related to the increase in non-performing loans and an interest margin which has been impacted by the lowest interest rates in decades.  The provision for loan losses for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were $4.3 million and $3.4 million, respectively.  As of December 31, 2011 impaired loans were up $9.4 million, and net charge-offs were up $1.7 million compared to the year ended December 31, 2010, while other real estate owned increased by $1.2 million.  Impaired loans and foreclosed assets could likely impact future earnings through additional write-downs if the real estate market continues to decline as it has over the last three years.  Management continually evaluates these assets and recognizes losses as confirmed.

 
F-13
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

(2) 
Regulatory Matters and Management's Plan of Action, continued

Liquidity

The Bank manages and monitors liquidity on a weekly basis.  At December 31, 2011 the Bank’s liquidity ratio was 25.1% which is adequate based on the Bank’s policy and acceptable by the regulators considering the lack of brokered deposits held by the Bank.  The Bank has been able to maintain a stable deposit base throughout 2011 and 2010, and management anticipates this to continue in 2012. The FDIC's changes to increase the amount of deposit insurance to $250,000 per deposit relationship and to provide unlimited deposit insurance for certain transaction accounts under the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program ("TLGP") have contributed to the Bank's stable deposit base.

Management of the Bank is actively working to maintain compliance with the order and returning to profitable operations.  However, if operating losses were to continue to occur, these events could have a material and adverse effect on the Company's results of operations and financial position.

 (3) 
Investment Securities

Investment securities available for sale at December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

   
Amortized
Cost
    
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
    
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    
Fair
Value
  
Securities Available for Sale
                        
December 31, 2011:
                        
Debt securities:
                        
U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)*
   $ 12,745,487     $ 28,631     $ (13,176 )   $ 12,760,942  
Corporate bonds
     1,000,000       -       (31,800 )     968,200  
Mortgage-backed securities:
                                
GSE residential
     55,207,644       1,307,877       (18,723 )     56,496,798  
State, county, municipal
     12,747,899       409,184       (8,790 )     13,148,293  
Total debt securities
   $ 81,701,030     $ 1,745,692     $ (72,489 )   $ 83,374,233  
                                 

   
Amortized
Cost
    
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
    
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    
Fair
Value
  
December 31, 2010:
                        
Debt securities:
                        
U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)*
   $ 27,857,120     $ 49,346     $ (605,172 )   $ 27,301,294  
Corporate bonds
     1,614,815       -       (122,112 )     1,492,703  
Mortgage-backed securities:
                                
GSE residential
     33,097,012       714,320       (251,407 )     33,559,925  
State, county, municipal
     11,967,547       95,890       (419,434 )     11,644,003  
Total debt securities
   $ 74,536,494     $ 859,556     $ (1,398,125 )   $ 73,997,925  

 
*
Such as Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and Federal Home Loan Banks.


 
F-14
 

 OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

(3) 
Investment Securities, continued

Unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 are summarized as follows:

   
Less Than Twelve Months
    
Over Twelve Months
        
Available for Sale Securities
  
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    
Fair
Value
    
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    
Fair
Value
    
Total Unrealized
Losses
  
December 31, 2011:
                              
  Debt securities
                              
    GSEs
   $ 13,176     $ 3,236,824     $ -     $ -     $ 13,176  
    Corporate bonds
     -       -       31,800       968,200       31,800  
    Mortgage-backed securities:
                                        
      GSE residential
     18,723       9,627,150       -       -       18,723  
    State, county, municipal
     8,790       1,027,910       -       -       8,790  
          Total debt securities
   $ 40,689     $ 13,891,884     $ 31,800     $ 968,200     $ 72,489  


   
Less Than Twelve Months
    
Over Twelve Months
        
Available for Sale Securities
  
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    
Fair
Value
    
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    
Fair
Value
    
Total Unrealized
Losses
  
December 31, 2010:
                              
  Debt securities
                              
    GSEs
   $ 605,172     $ 21,031,416     $ -     $ -     $ 605,172  
    Corporate bonds
     29,112       585,703       93,000       907,000       122,112  
    Mortgage-backed securities:
                                        
      GSE residential
     251,407       18,506,462       -       -       251,407  
    State, county, municipal
     276,853       5,231,891       142,581       1,096,329       419,434  
          Total debt securities
   $ 1,162,544     $ 45,355,472     $ 235,581     $ 2,003,329     $ 1,398,125  


The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities available for sale at December 31, 2011, by contractual maturity, are shown below.  Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

   
Amortized
  Cost
    
Estimated
Fair Value
  
Due from one to five years
   $ 1,573,904       1,555,408  
Due from five to ten years
     5,988,210       6,054,700  
Due after ten years
     18,931,272       19,267,327  
Mortgage-backed securities
     55,207,644       56,496,798  
                 
    $ 81,701,030       83,374,233  



 
F-15
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued


(3) 
Investment Securities, continued

The proceeds from the sales and gross gains and gross losses realized by the Company from sales of investment securities for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

   
2011
    
2010
  
             
Proceeds from sales
   $ 13,769,947       16,664,008  
                 
Gross gains realized
   $ 239,775       499,804  
Gross losses realized
     65,618       -  
                 
Net gain realized
   $ 174,157       499,804  
 

Securities with a carrying value of approximately $41,376,000 and $54,838,000 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were pledged to secure public deposits and for other purposes as required by law.

Management evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment at least on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation.

The unrealized losses on these debt securities in a continuous loss position for twelve months or more as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 are considered to be temporary because they arose due to changing interest rates and the repayment sources of principal and interest are government backed or are securities of investment grade issuers.  Included in the table above as of December 31, 2011 were 2 out of 28 securities issued by state and political subdivisions that contained unrealized losses, 2 of 14 securities issued by government sponsored agencies, 8 of 52    mortgage-backed securities, and 1 of 1 corporate bonds that contained unrealized losses.  The total aggregate depreciation from their cost basis at December 31, 2011 and 2010 was 0.5% and 2.9%, respectively.

GSE debt securities.  The unrealized losses on the two investments in GSEs were caused by interest rate increases.  Because the Company does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases, which may be maturity, the Company does not consider those investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2011.

Corporate bonds.  The Company’s unrealized loss on investments in one corporate bond relates to an investment in a company within the financial services sector.  The unrealized loss is primarily caused by recent decreases in profitability and profit forecasts by industry analysts.  The Company currently does not believe it is probable that it will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the investments.  Because the Company does not intend to sell the investment and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of its par value, which may be maturity, it does not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2011.

GSE residential mortgage-backed securities.  The unrealized losses on the Company’s investment in eight GSE mortgage-backed securities were caused by interest rate increases.  The contractual cash flows of those investments are guaranteed by an agency of the U.S. Government.  Accordingly, it is expected that the securities would not be settled at a price less than the amortized cost bases of the Company’s investments.  Because the decline in market value is attributable to changes in interest rates and not credit quality, and because the Company does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases, which may be maturity, the Company does not consider those investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2011.


 
F-16
 


OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 
(3) 
Investment Securities, continued

State, county and municipal securities.  The unrealized losses on the Company’s investment in two state and municipal securities are primarily caused by securities no longer being insured and/or ratings being withdrawn given the current economic environment, as well as changes in interest rates.  Because the Company does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases, which may be maturity, the Company does not consider those investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2011.

Restricted equity securities consist of the following:

   
December 31,
  
   
2011
  
2010
  
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
   $ 461,100       556,300  

(4) 
Loans

Major classifications of loans at December 31, 2011 and 2010 are summarized as follows:
 
   
2011
    
2010
  
             
Commercial, financial and agricultural
   $ 18,581,723     $ 25,198,562  
Real estate – mortgage
     108,974,230       115,667,560  
Real estate – construction
     11,057,312       16,334,644  
Consumer
     5,317,356       5,738,297  
                 
Total loans
     143,930,621       162,939,063  
Deferred fees and costs, net
     51,141       42,659  
Less allowance for loan losses
     (2,760,160 )     (3,527,567 )
Net loans
   $ 141,221,602     $ 159,454,155  
 

 
The Bank grants loans and extensions of credit primarily to individuals and a variety of firms and corporations located in certain Georgia counties, primarily Oconee and Clarke counties. Although the Bank has a diversified loan portfolio, a substantial portion of the loan portfolio is collateralized by improved and unimproved real estate and is dependent upon the real estate market in the Bank’s primary market area.  Included in loans above are $15,391,657 and $29,108,310 of interest only loans at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  These loans present greater risk to the Company, especially considering the continued decline in real estate values.

Changes in the allowance for loan losses were as follows:

   
Years Ended December 31,
  
   
2011
    
2010
  
Balance at beginning of year
   $ 3,527,567     $ 3,497,292  
Provision for loan losses
     4,250,000       3,370,000  
Amounts charged off
     (5,074,508 )     (3,382,785 )
Recoveries on amounts previously charged off
     57,101       43,060  
                 
Balance at end of year
   $ 2,760,160     $ 3,527,567  



 
F-17
 


OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 
 
(4) 
Loans, continued

The following table presents the activity in the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segment as of December 31, 2011 and 2010:
 
   
Commercial, financial and agricultural
    
Real estate - mortgage
    
Real estate - construction
    
 
Consumer
    
 
Unallocated
    
 
Total
  
December 31, 2011:
                                    
Balance at beginning of year
   $ 1,040,336     $ 905,884     $ 1,417,410     $ 55,772     $ 108,165     $ 3,527,567  
Provision for loan losses
     4,597       1,268,015       2,935,944       126,302       (84,858 )     4,250,000  
Amounts charged off
     (309,749 )     (664,272 )     (3,999,041 )     (101,446 )     -       (5,074,508 )
Recoveries on amounts previously charged off
     8,600       6,125       16,929       25,447       -       57,101  
Balance at end of year
   $ 743,784     $ 1,515,752     $ 371,242     $ 106,075     $ 23,307     $ 2,760,160  

 
   
Commercial, financial and agricultural
    
Real estate - mortgage
    
Real estate - construction
    
 
Consumer
    
 
Unallocated
    
 
Total
  
December 31, 2010:
                                    
Balance at beginning of year
   $ 963,283     $ 1,063,907     $ 1,273,214     $ 139,121     $ 57,767     $ 3,497,292  
Provision for loan losses
     258,155       (3,437 )     3,140,554       (75,670 )     50,398       3,370,000  
Amounts charged off
     (189,784 )     (160,784 )     (2,996,358 )     (35,859 )     -       (3,382,785 )
Recoveries on amounts previously charged off
     8,682       6,198        -       28,180       -       43,060  
Balance at end of year
   $ 1,040,336     $ 905,884     $ 1,417,410     $ 55,772     $ 108,165     $ 3,527,567  

 
The following table presents the balance in the allowance for loan losses and the recorded investment in loans by portfolio segment based on impairment method as of December 31, 2011 and 2010:
 
   
Commercial, financial and agricultural
    
Real estate - mortgage
    
Real estate - construction
    
 
Consumer
  
December 31, 2011:
                        
                         
Allowance for loan losses:
                        
                         
Ending balance attributable to loans:
                        
                         
Individually evaluated for impairment
   $ 12,176     $ 582,443     $ 280,093     $ -  
Collectively evaluated for impairment
     731,608       933,309       91,149       106,075  
                                 
Total ending allowance balance
   $ 743,784     $ 1,515,752     $ 371,242     $ 106,075  
                                 
                                 
Loans:
                                
                                 
Individually evaluated for impairment
   $ 748,558     $ 19,098,416     $ 4,965,700     $ 31,288  
Collectively evaluated for impairment
     17,833,165       89,875,814       6,091,612       5,286,068  
                                 
Total ending loan balance
   $ 18,581,723     $ 108,974,230     $ 11,057,312     $ 5,317,356  
 

 
F-18
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 
(4) 
Loans, continued
 
   
Commercial, financial and agricultural
    
 
Real estate - mortgage
    
 
Real estate - construction
    
 
 
Consumer
  
December 31, 2010:
                        
                         
Allowance for loan losses:
                        
                         
Ending balance attributable to loans:
                        
                         
Individually evaluated for impairment
   $ 149,604     $ -     $ 1,172,987     $ -  
Collectively evaluated for impairment
     890,732       905,884       244,423       55,772  
                                 
Total ending allowance balance
   $ 1,040,336     $ 905,884     $ 1,417,410     $ 55,772  
                                 
                                 
Loans:
                                
                                 
Individually evaluated for impairment
   $ 583,093     $ 1,670,256     $ 12,492,132     $ -  
Collectively evaluated for impairment
     24,615,467       113,997,304       3,842,512       5,738,297  
                                 
Total ending loan balance
   $ 25,198,562     $ 115,667,560     $ 16,334,644     $ 5,738,297  

 
Impaired loans at December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:
 
   
2011
    
2010
  
Year-end loans with no allocated allowance for loan losses
   $ 16,081,151       4,503,896  
                 
Year-end loans with allocated allowance for loan losses
     9,949,152       12,076,573  
                 
     Total
   $ 26,030,303       16,580,469  
                 
Amount of the allowance for loan losses allocated
   $ 1,092,644       1,849,600  
                 
                 
Average of individually impaired loans during year
   $ 21,305,386       17,142,958  

 
The Bank recognized interest income on the cash basis for loans that were impaired during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 of $594,710 and $96,884, respectively.
 
F-19
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 
(4) 
Loans, continued
 
The following table presents loans individually evaluated for impairment by portfolio segment as of December 31, 2011 and 2010:
 
   
Unpaid
Principal
 Balance
    
Recorded
Investment
    
Allowance
 for Loan
Losses
 Allocated
    
Average
Balance
    
Interest
Recognized
  
December 31, 2011:
                              
                               
With no related allowance recorded:
                              
Commercial, financial and agricultural
     707,787       707,787       -       392,663       527  
Real estate – mortgage
     13,577,383       13,577,383       -       7,623,820       548,009  
Real estate – construction
     1,764,694       1,764,694       -       2,247,375       885  
Consumer
     31,288       31,288       -       15,644       1,414  
Total with no allowance recorded
     16,081,152       16,081,152       -       10,181,330       550,835  
                                         
With an allowance recorded:
                                        
                                         
Commercial, financial and agricultural
     77,819       77,819       18,982       385,543       49  
Real estate – mortgage
     6,614,580       6,614,580       783,328       4,093,090       35,901  
Real estate – construction
     7,772,120       3,201,006       280,093       6,579,713       7,882  
Consumer
     55,746       55,746       10,241       65,711       43  
Total with allowance recorded
     14,520,265       9,949,151       1,092,644       11,124,057       43,875  
                                         
Total impaired loans
     30,601,417       26,030,303       1,092,644       21,305,386       594,710  

 
   
Unpaid
 Principal
 Balance
    
 
Recorded
Investment
    
Allowance
 for Loan
Losses
 Allocated
    
 
Average
 Balance
    
 
Interest
 Recognized
  
December 31, 2010:
                              
                               
                               
With no related allowance recorded:
                              
Commercial, financial and agricultural
     77,539       77,539       -       433,777       -  
Real estate – mortgage
     1,670,256       1,670,256       -       1,038,232       44,448  
Real estate – construction
     2,730,055       2,533,712       -       4,779,023       18,739  
Consumer
     -       -       -       -       -  
Total with no allowance recorded
     4,477,850       4,281,507       -       6,251,032       63,187  
                                         
With an allowance recorded:
                                        
                                         
Commercial, financial and agricultural
     693,267       693,267       203,515       705,630       8,851  
Real estate – mortgage
     1,571,600       1,571,600       451,364       1,225,446       23,432  
Real estate – construction
     13,715,472       9,958,420       1,172,987       8,896,650       -  
Consumer
     75,675       75,675       21,734       64,202       1,414  
Total with allowance recorded
     16,056,014       12,298,962       1,849,600       10,891,927       33,697  
                                         
Total impaired loans
     20,533,864       16,580,469       1,849,600       17,142,958       96,884  
 
This valuation allowance is included in the allowance for loan losses on the statements of condition.

 
F-20
 

 OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 
 
(4) 
Loans, continued
 
The qualitative factors are determined based on the various risk characteristics of each loan class. Relevant risk characteristics are as follows:
 
Commercial, financial and agricultural loans – Loans in this class are made to businesses. Generally these loans are secured by assets of the business and repayment is expected from the cash flows of the business. A weakened economy, and resultant decreased consumer and/or business spending will have an effect on the credit quality in this loan class.
 
Real Estate – Mortgage loans – Loans in this class include loans secured by residential real estate, both owner-occupied and rental residences, income-producing investment properties and owner-occupied real estate used for business purposes. The underlying properties are generally located largely in our primary market area. Residential real estate loans are made based on the appraised value of the underlying collateral, in addition to the borrower’s ability to service the debt.  Adverse economic conditions may impact the borrower’s financial status and thus affect their ability to repay the debt.  In addition, the value of the collateral may be adversely affected by declining real estate values.  The cash flows of the income producing investment properties are adversely impacted by a downturn in the economy as evidenced by increased vacancy rates, which in turn, will have an effect on credit quality. In the case of owner-occupied real estate used for business purposes, a weakened economy and resultant decreased consumer and/or business spending will have an adverse effect on credit quality.
 
Real Estate – Construction loans – Loans in this class primarily include land loans to local contractors and developers for developing the land for sale or for the purpose of making improvements thereon. Repayment is derived from sale of the lots/ units including any pre-sold units. Credit risk is affected by market conditions, time to sell at an adequate price, cost overruns and by construction delays.
 
Consumer loans – Loans in this class may be either secured or unsecured and repayment is dependent on the credit quality of the individual borrower and, if applicable, sale of the collateral securing the loan (such as automobile, mobile home, etc.). Therefore the overall health of the economy, including unemployment rates and housing prices, will have an effect on the credit quality in this loan class.
 
Nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days still on accrual at December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:
 
   
2011
    
2010
  
Loans past due 90 days still on accrual
   $ 6,548     $ 680,992  
Nonaccrual Loans
   $ 13,226,260     $ 16,358,081  

 
The following table presents the aging of the recorded investment in past due loans as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 by portfolio segment:
 
   
 
 
30-89 Days Past Due
    
Accruing
Greater than 90 Days Past Due
    
 
Accruing
Total Past Due
    
 
 
 
Nonaccrual
    
 
 
Loans Not Past Due
    
 
 
 
Total
  
December 31, 2011:
                                    
Commercial, financial and agricultural
   $   62,775     $ -     $ 62,775     $ 785,606     $ 17,733,342     $ 18,581,723  
Real estate – mortgage
     138,712       -       138,712       7,387,920       101,447,598       108,974,230  
Real estate – construction
     25,847       -       25,847       4,965,700       6,065,765       11,057,312  
Consumer
     92,509       6,548       99,057       87,034       5,131,265       5,317,356  
     Total
   $ 319,843     $ 6,548     $ 326,391     $ 13,226,260     $ 130,377,970     $ 143,930,621  

 

 
F-21
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 
 
(4) 
Loans, continued
 
 
   
 
30-89 Days
Past Due
    
Accruing
Greater
 than 90
Days
Past Due
    
Accruing
Total Past
Due
    
 
 
Nonaccrual
    
 
Loans Not
Past Due
    
 
Total
December 31, 2010:
                                    
Commercial, financial and agricultural
   $   438,651     $ -     $ 438,651        2,268,453     $ 22,491,458     $ 25,198,562
Real estate – mortgage
     1,367,916       680,992       2,048,908       1,521,822       112,096,830       115,667,560
Real estate – construction
     -       -       -       12,492,131       3,842,513       16,334,644
Consumer
     63,661       -       63,661       75,675       5,598,961       5,738,297
     Total
   $
1,870,228
     $
680,992
     $
2,551,220
     $
16,358,081
     $
144,029,762
     $
162,939,063
 
Troubled Debt Restructurings:
 
At December 31, 2011, impaired loans included loans that were classified as Troubled Debt Restructurings “TDRs”.  The restructuring of a loan is considered a TDR if both (i) the borrower is experiencing financial difficulties and (ii) the creditor has granted a concession.

In assessing whether or not a borrower is experiencing financial difficulties, the Company considers information currently available regarding the financial condition of the borrower. This information includes, but is not limited to, whether (i) the debtor is currently in payment default on any of its debt; (ii) a payment default is probable in the foreseeable future without the modification; (iii) the debtor has declared or is in the process of declaring bankruptcy and (iv) the debtor's projected cash flow is sufficient to satisfy contractual payments due under the original terms of the loan without a modification.

The Company considers all aspects of the modification to loan terms to determine whether or not a concession has been granted to the borrower. Key factors considered by the Company include the debtor's ability to access funds at a market rate for debt with similar risk characteristics, the significance of the modification relative to unpaid principal balance or collateral value of the debt, and the significance of a delay in the timing of payments relative to the original contractual terms of the loan. The most common concessions granted by the Company generally include one or more modifications to the terms of the debt, such as (i) a reduction in the interest rate for the remaining life of the debt, (ii) an extension of the maturity date at an interest rate lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk, (iii) a temporary period of interest-only payments, and (iv) a reduction in the contractual payment amount for either a short period or remaining term of the loan.  As of December 31, 2011, we have $12,804,043 in loans considered restructured that are not already on nonaccrual. Of the nonaccrual loans at December 31, 2011, $1,626,100 met the criteria for restructured.  A loan is placed back on accrual status when both principal and interest are current and it is probable that we will be able to collect all amounts due (both principal and interest) according to the terms of the loan agreement.



 
F-22
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 

 
(4) 
Loans, continued

The following table summarizes the loans that were modified as a TDR during the year-ended December 31, 2011:

   
Troubled-Debt Restructurings
  
       
Recorded
  
Recorded
      
       
Investment
  
Investment
  
Impact on the
  
   
Number
  
Prior to
  
After
  
Allowance for
  
   
of Loans
  
Modification
  
Modification
  
Loan Losses
  
                         
Commercial, financial and agricultural
     -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
Real estate – mortgage
     4       12,844,916       12,844,916       -  
Real estate – construction
     1       795,000       795,000       -  
Consumer
     -       -       -       -  
Total
     5     $ 13,639,916     $ 13,639,916     $ -  

 
There were no loans modified as a TDR over the last twelve months that subsequently defaulted (i.e. 90 days or more past due following a modification) during the year ended December 31, 2011.
 
 
Credit Quality Indicators:
 
The Company categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt such as:  current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends, among other factors.  The Company analyzes loans individually by classifying the loans as to credit risk.  All loans are analyzed at origination and assigned a risk category.  In addition, on an annual basis, management performs an analysis on loans with an outstanding balance greater than $1,000,000 and non-homogeneous loans, such as commercial and commercial real estate loans.  The Company uses the following definitions for risk ratings:
 
Special Mention.  Loans classified as special mention have a potential weakness that deserves management's close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loan or of the institution's credit position at some future date.
 
Substandard. Loans classified as substandard are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any. Loans so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.
 
Doubtful.  Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard, 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.
 
Loans not meeting the criteria above that are analyzed as part of the above described process are considered to be pass rated loans.
 

 
F-23
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 

(4) 
Loans, continued
 
As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of loans by class of loans is as follows:
 
December 31, 2011:
                              
   
Pass
    
Special Mention
    
Substandard
    
Doubtful
    
Total
  
Commercial, financial and agricultural
   $ 17,600,857     $ 160,450     $ 820,416     $ -     $ 18,581,723  
Real estate – mortgage
     73,307,632       14,803,191       20,863,407       -       108,974,230  
Real estate – construction
     -       2,153,921       8,903,391       -       11,057,312  
Consumer
     5,159,003       27,777       130,576       -       5,317,356  
     Total
   $ 96,067,492     $ 17,145,339     $ 30,717,790     $ -     $ 143,930,621  

December 31, 2010:
                              
   
Pass
    
Special Mention
    
Substandard
    
Doubtful
    
Total
  
Commercial, financial and agricultural
   $ 23,831,124     $ 157,336     $ 1,210,102     $ -     $ 25,198,562  
Real estate – mortgage
     89,717,573       12,435,730       13,514,257       -       115,667,560  
Real estate –construction
     -       1,207,605       15,127,039       -       16,334,644  
Consumer
     5,495,391       85,524       157,382       -       5,738,297  
     Total
   $ 119,044,088     $ 13,886,195     $ 30,008,780     $ -     $ 162,939,063  


(5) 
Premises and Equipment

Major classifications of premises and equipment are summarized as follows:

   
December 31,
  
   
2011
    
2010
  
Land
   $ 1,354,181       1,354,181  
Buildings and improvements
     6,039,106       6,036,065  
Furniture and equipment
     5,936,909       5,865,893  
Leasehold improvements
     115,673       115,673  
      13,445,869       13,371,812  
Less accumulated depreciation
     7,799,857       7,443,431  
    $ 5,646,012       5,928,381  

Depreciation expense was $360,496 and $487,661 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.


 
F-24
 


OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 
 
(5) 
Premises and Equipment, continued

Future minimum lease payments under current operating leases pertaining to banking premises at December 31, 2011, are as follows:

Years Ending December 31,
      
2012
   $ 57,092  
2013
     49,625  
2014
     49,625  
2015
     4,135  
Thereafter
     -  
         
Total minimum lease payments
   $ 160,477  

Total rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was $158,999 and $156,557, respectively.


(6) 
Other Real Estate Owned

A summary of foreclosed assets are presented as follows:
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2011     2010  
                 
Balance, beginning of year
   $ 5,435,735     $ 6,915,161  
Additions
     2,489,966       3,253,175  
Disposals
     (679,590 )     (1,899,607 )
Write-downs
     (305,943 )     (1,161,124 )
Internally financed sales
     (516,341 )     (1,945,106 )
Capitalized expenses
     235,720       319,725  
Loss  on sale
     (48,873 )     (46,489 )
Balance, end of year
   $ 6,610,674     $ 5,435,735  


Expenses applicable to foreclosed assets include the following:

    Years Ended December 31,  
    2011     2010  
                 
Net loss on sales and write-downs of real estate
   $ 354,816     $ 1,207,150  
Operating expenses, net of rental income
     217,463       227,957  
    $ 572,279     $ 1,435,107  


 
F-25
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 

(7) 
Deposits

The aggregate amounts of certificates of deposit, each with a minimum denomination of $100,000, were approximately $42,019,000 and $49,794,000 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The Company had no brokered time deposits at December 31, 2011 and 2010.

At December 31, 2011, the scheduled maturities of certificates of deposits are as follows:

2012
   $ 61,836,246  
2013
     15,371,891  
2014
     2,830,026  
2015
     11,349,596  
2016
     4,429,363  
    $ 95,817,122  

At December 31, 2011, the Bank had concentrations of deposits of approximately $17,433,000 and $7,049,000 with two customers.  These deposits are with customers that have been customers of the Bank for several years and are expected to remain with the Bank for the foreseeable future.

(8) 
Income Taxes

The components of income tax benefit in the statements of operations are as follows:

   
2011
    
2010
  
Current benefit
   $ -       95,863  
Deferred income taxes
     (889,028 )     (1,048,687 )
Less valuation allowance
     785,750       -  
Total income tax benefit
   $ (103,278 )     (952,824 )

The differences between income tax benefit and the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to losses before income tax benefit are as follows:

   
2011
    
2010
  
Pretax loss at statutory rates
   $ (757,478 )     (689,458 )
Add (deduct):
                
Tax exempt interest income
     (203,860 )     (181,566 )
Non-deductible interest expense
     3,851       9,974  
State taxes, net of federal effect
     (192,302 )     (149,963 )
Valuation allowance
     785,750       -  
Other
     260,761       58,189  
    $ (103,278 )     (952,824 )


 
F-26
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 

(8) 
Income Taxes, continued
 
The following summarizes the sources and expected tax consequences of future taxable deductions (income) which comprise the net deferred tax asset. The net deferred tax asset is a component of other assets at December 31, 2011 and 2010.
 
   
2011
    
2010
  
Deferred income tax assets:
            
Allowance for loan losses
   $ 217,083     $ 666,158  
Other real estate
     604,781       521,717  
Net operating losses
     1,798,557       887,139  
Unrealized gains on investment securities available for sale
     -       204,441  
Other
     430,682       105,652  
Total gross deferred income tax assets
     3,051,103       2,385,107  
Less valuation allowance
     (785,750 )     -  
Net deferred income tax asset
   $ 2,265,353     $ 2,385,107  
                 
                 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
                
Unrealized gains on investment securities available for sale
   $ (635,148 )   $ -  
Premises and equipment
     (292,340 )     (307,976 )
Total gross deferred income tax liabilities
     (927,488 )     (307,976 )
                 
Net deferred income tax asset
   $ 1,337,865     $ 2,077,131  

The Company incurred a net operating loss for Federal income tax purposes for 2011 of approximately $2,754,000, which is available to be carried forward to future years and, if not used, will expire in 2031.  The Company incurred a net operating loss for Georgia income tax purposes for 2011 of approximately $3,398,000, and this Georgia net operating loss is available to be carried forward to future years and, if not used, will expire in 2031.

The Company incurred a net operating loss for Federal income tax purposes for 2010 of approximately $1,881,000, which is available to be carried forward to future years and, if not used, will expire in 2030.  The Company incurred a net operating loss for Georgia income tax purposes for 2010 of approximately $2,554,000, and this Georgia net operating loss is available to be carried forward to future years and, if not used, will expire in 2030.

(9) 
Securities Sold Under Repurchase Agreements

Securities sold under repurchase agreements, which are secured borrowings, generally mature within one to four days from the transaction date.  Securities sold under repurchase agreements are reflected at the amount of cash received in connection with the transaction.  The Company may be required to provide additional collateral based on the fair value of the underlying securities.  The Company discontinued offering this service in August 2011, and as a result, there were no securities sold under repurchase agreements at December 31, 2011.  As of December 31, 2010, securities sold under repurchase agreements were $13,024,262




 
F-27
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 

(10)  
Related Party Transactions

The Company conducts transactions with directors and executive officers, including companies in which they have beneficial interests, in the normal course of business. It is the policy of the Company that loan transactions with directors and officers are made on substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the time made for comparable loans to other persons. The following is a summary of activity for related party loans:

   
December 31,
  
   
2011
    
2010
  
Beginning balance
   $ 3,914,772       4,068,016  
New loans
     582,455       451,168  
Repayments
     (2,204,441 )     (604,412 )
                 
Ending balance
   $ 2,292,786       3,914,772  

Deposits from related parties totaled approximately $4,371,000 and $6,063,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

(11) 
Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance sheets. The contract amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Company has in particular classes of financial instruments.

The exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.  In most cases, the Company does require collateral or other security to support financial instruments with credit risk.

   
Contractual Amount
  
   
2011
    
2010
  
   
(in thousands)
  
Financial instruments whose contract amounts represent credit risk:
            
Commitments to extend credit
   $ 20,479       22,412  
Standby letters of credit
   $ 310       506  

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Company evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Bank, upon extension of credit is based on management’s credit evaluation. Collateral held varies but may include unimproved and improved real estate, certificates of deposit, or personal property.

Standby letters of credit written are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to businesses in the Company’s delineated trade area. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. The Company holds real estate, equipment, automobiles and customer deposits as collateral supporting those commitments for which collateral is deemed necessary.

The Company had $5,000,000 available for the purchase of overnight federal funds from two correspondent financial institutions as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

 
F-28
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 

(11) 
Commitments and Contingencies, continued

Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Company is involved in various legal proceedings.  In the opinion of management, any liability resulting from such proceedings would not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

(12) 
Profit Sharing Plan

The Company has a contributory profit sharing plan which is available to substantially all employees subject to certain age and service requirements. Contributions to the plan are determined annually by the Board of Directors. The Company did not make any contributions during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.  The Board of Directors suspended this plan indefinitely effective July 1, 2009.

(13) 
Regulatory Matters

The Company is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the assets, liabilities and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of total and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, and of Tier 1 capital to average assets (all as defined). Management believes, as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company and the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.

As of December 31, 2011, the most recent notification from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation categorized the Bank as adequately capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based, and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the following tables and also must not be subject to any written agreement, order, capital directive, or prompt corrective action directive issued by federal banking regulators.

The capital ratios for the Company are essentially the same as those of the Bank. Therefore, only the Bank’s capital ratios are presented in the following table (dollars in thousands):

         
To Be Well
         
Capitalized Under
     
For Capital
Prompt Corrective
 
Actual 
Adequacy Purposes
Action Provisions
 
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio
As of December 31, 2011:
            
Total Capital
            
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
$
21,108
13.3%
$
12,740
8.0%
$
15,925
10.0%
Tier 1 Capital
            
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
$
19,108
12.0%
$
6,370
4.0%
$
9,555
6.0%
Tier 1 Capital
            
(to Average Assets)
$
19,108
7.2%
$
10,587
4.0%
$
13,234
5.0%



 
F-29
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 

(13) 
Regulatory Matters, continued

         
To Be Well
         
Capitalized Under
     
For Capital
Prompt Corrective
 
Actual
Adequacy Purposes
Action Provisions
 
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio
As of December 31, 2010:
            
Total Capital
            
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
$
25,443
14.2%
$
14,335
8.0%
$
17,919
10.0%
Tier 1 Capital
            
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
$
23,187
12.9%
$
7,168
4.0%
$
10,751
6.0%
Tier 1 Capital
            
(to Average Assets)
$
23,187
8.1%
$
11,380
4.0%
$
14,226
5.0%

(14) 
Stockholders’ Equity

Dividends paid by the Bank are the primary source of funds available to the Company for payment of dividends to its stockholders and for other working capital needs. Banking regulations limit the amount of dividends that may be paid without prior approval of the regulatory authorities. These restrictions are based on the level of regulatory classified assets, the prior year’s net earnings, the ratio of equity capital to total assets, and other specific regulatory restrictions.  At December 31, 2011, no dividends could be declared without regulatory approval.

(15) 
Fair Value Disclosures
 
Fair Value Measurements

The fair value of a financial instrument is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  Fair value is best determined based upon quoted market prices.  However, in many instances, there are no quoted market prices for the Company’s various financial instruments.  In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques.  Those techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows.  Accordingly, the fair value estimates may not be realized in an immediate settlement of the instrument.

The fair value guidance provides a consistent definition of fair value, which focuses on exit price in an orderly transaction (that is, not a forced liquidation or distressed sale) between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions.  If there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability, a change in valuation technique or the use of multiple valuation techniques may be appropriate.  In such instances, determining the price at which willing market participants would transact at the measurement date under current market conditions depends on the facts and circumstances and requires the use of significant judgment.  The fair value is a reasonable point within the range that is most representative of fair value under current market conditions.

The Company utilizes fair value measurements to record fair value adjustments to certain assets and liabilities and to determine fair value disclosures.  Securities available-for-sale and loans held for sale are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.  Additionally, from time to time, the Company may be required to record at fair value other assets on a nonrecurring basis, such as impaired loans and foreclosed property



 
F-30
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

(15) 
Fair Value Disclosures, continued

The Company groups assets and liabilities at fair value in three levels, based on the markets in which the assets and liabilities are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value.  These levels are:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 – Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, and other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 – Generated from model-based techniques that use at least one significant assumption based on unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value:
 
Securities Available-for-Sale: Securities available-for-sale are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value measurement is based upon quoted prices, if available. If quoted prices are not available, fair values are measured using independent pricing models or other model-based valuation techniques such as the present value of future cash flows, adjusted for the security’s credit rating, prepayment assumptions and other factors such as credit loss assumptions. Level 1 securities include those traded on an active exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange, U.S. Treasury securities that are traded by dealers or brokers in active over-the-counter markets and money market funds. Level 2 securities include mortgage-backed securities issued by government sponsored entities, municipal bonds and corporate debt securities. Securities classified as Level 3 include asset-backed securities in less liquid markets.
 
Loans Held for Sale: Loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value. The fair value of loans held for sale is based on what secondary markets are currently offering for loans with similar characteristics. As such, management classifies loans subjected to recurring fair value adjustments as Level 2.
 
Impaired Loans: Loans for which it is probable that payment of interest and principal will not be made in accordance with the contractual terms of the loan agreement are considered impaired. Once a loan is identified as individually impaired, management measures its impairment.  The fair value of impaired loans is estimated using one of several methods, including collateral value, market value of similar debt, and discounted cash flows. Those impaired loans not requiring an allowance represent loans for which the fair value of the expected repayments or collateral exceed the recorded investments in such loans. At December 31, 2011, substantially all of the impaired loans were evaluated based on the fair value of the collateral. Impaired loans where an allowance is established based on the fair value of collateral require classification in the fair value hierarchy. When the fair value of the collateral is based on an observable market price or a current appraised value, the Company records the impaired loan as nonrecurring Level 2. When an appraised value is not available or management determines the fair value of the collateral is further impaired below the appraised value and there is no observable market price, the Company records the impaired loan as nonrecurring Level 3.
 
 
F-31
 

 
OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

(15) 
Fair Value Disclosures, continued
 
Other Real Estate: Other real estate is adjusted to fair value upon transfer of the loans to other real estate. Subsequently, other real estate is carried at the lower of cost or fair value. Fair value is based upon independent market prices, appraised values of the collateral or management’s estimation of the value of the collateral. When the fair value of the collateral is based on an observable market price, the Company records the foreclosed asset as nonrecurring Level 2. When an appraised value is not available or management determines the fair value of the collateral is further impaired below the appraised value and there is no observable market price, the Company records the other real estate as nonrecurring Level 3.
 
The tables below presents the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall.

   
Balance at
 December 31,
 2011
                    
   
(In thousands)
    
(Level 1)
    
(Level 2)
    
(Level 3)
  
Securities
   $ 83,374     $ -     $ 82,406     $ 968  
Loans held for sale
   $ 1,028     $ -     $ 1,028     $ -  

   
Balance at
December 31,
 2010
                    
   
(In thousands)
    
(Level 1)
    
(Level 2)
    
(Level 3)
  
Securities
   $ 73,998     $ -     $ 69,051     $ 4,947  
Loans held for sale
   $ 311     $ -     $ 311     $ -  

The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of recurring fair value measurements recognized in the consolidated balance sheet using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

   
2011
    
2010
  
   
(In Thousands)
  
Securities
      
Beginning balance
   $ 4,947     $ 914  
Reclassified to Level 2
     (4,040 )        
Unrealized losses included in other comprehensive income (loss)
     61       (7 )
Purchases
     -       4,040  
    $ 968     $ 4,947  

 
The Company may be required, from time to time, to measure certain assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. These include assets that are measured at the lower of cost or fair value. The table below presents the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall.
 
   
Balance at
December 31,
2011
                          
   
(In thousands)
    
(Level 1)
    
(Level 2)
    
(Level 3)
    
Total Losses
  
Impaired loans
   $ 11,853     $ -     $ -     $ 11,853     $ 3,981  
Other real estate
     1,452       -       -       1,452       232  

   
Balance at
December 31,
 2010
                          
   
(In thousands)
    
(Level 1)
    
(Level 2)
    
(Level 3)
    
Total Losses
  
Impaired loans
   $ 9,505     $ -     $ -     $ 9,505     $ 2,638  
Other real estate
     2,669       -       -       2,669       1,058  


 
F-32
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

(15) 
Fair Value Disclosures, continued
 
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value:

Cash and Cash Equivalents
For cash and due from banks, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.

Investment Securities Available for Sale
Fair values for investment securities are based on quoted market prices.

Restricted Equity Securities
The carrying amount of restricted equity securities approximates fair value.

 Loans and Loans Held for Sale
The fair value of fixed rate loans is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings. For variable rate loans, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value. The fair value of impaired loans is estimated based on discounted contractual cash flows or underlying collateral value, where applicable.  Loans held for sale are valued based on the current price at which these loans could be sold into the secondary market.

Deposits and Securities Sold Under Repurchase Agreements
The fair value of demand deposits, interest-bearing demand deposits, savings, and securities sold under repurchase agreements is the amount payable on demand at the reporting date. The fair value of fixed maturity certificates of deposit is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.

Commitments to Extend Credit and Standby Letters of Credit
Commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit are generally short-term and carry variable interest rates.  Therefore, both the carrying value and estimated fair value associated with these instruments are immaterial.

 
 
The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:
 
   
2011
    
2010
  
   
Carrying
    
Estimated
    
Carrying
    
Estimated
  
   
Amount
    
Fair Value
    
Amount
    
Fair Value
  
Assets:
  
(In thousands)
  
Cash and cash equivalents
   $ 18,195       18,195       29,959       29,959  
Investment securities
   $ 83,374       83,374       73,998       73,998  
Restricted equity securities
   $ 461       461       556       556  
Loans held for sale
   $ 1,028       1,028       311       311  
Loans, net
   $ 141,222       140,956       159,454       159,216  
                                 
Liabilities:
                                
Deposits and securities sold under
                                
       repurchase agreement
   $ 236,612       236,491       255,942       255,964  
 

 
F-33
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued
 

(16) 
Other Operating Income and Expenses

Components of other operating income and expenses which are greater than 1% of interest income and other income are as follows:
 
   
2011
    
2010
  
Other Income
            
Income and fees from ATM’s
   $ 625,200       570,538  
Commissions on investment services
   $ 333,808       359,683  
Other Expenses
                
FDIC insurance assessment expense
   $ 636,675       836,115  
Professional fees
   $ 454,145       345,890  
ATM process and settlement charges
   $ 403,965       358,159  
Other real estate expenses
   $ 241,094       459,320  

 
 (17) 
Oconee Financial Corporation (Parent Company Only) Financial Information

Balance Sheets
December 31, 2011 and 2010
   
2011
    
2010
  
Assets
  
Cash
   $ 7,650       15,437  
Investment in subsidiary
     22,105,842       22,853,425  
Other assets
     68,995       66,040  
                 
    $ 22,182,487       22,934,902  
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
  
Stockholders’ equity
   $ 22,182,487       22,934,902  


Statements of Operations
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

   
2011
    
2010
  
             
             
Other expenses
   $ 7,787     $ 55,082  
                 
Loss before income tax benefit and equity in
                
undistributed loss of subsidiary
     (7,787 )     (55,082 )
                 
Income tax benefit
     2,955       20,905  
                 
Loss before equity in undistributed loss
                
of subsidiary
     (4,832 )     (34,177 )
                 
Equity in undistributed loss of subsidiary
     (2,119,766 )     (1,040,818 )
                 
Net loss
   $ (2,124,598 )   $ (1,074,995 )

 
F-34
 

OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued



(17) 
Oconee Financial Corporation (Parent Company Only) Financial Information, continued

    Statements of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

   
2011
    
2010
  
Cash flows from operating activities:
            
   Net loss
   $ (2,124,598 )   $ (1,074,995 )
   Adjustments to reconcile net loss
                
to net cash used in operating activities:
                
Equity in undistributed loss of subsidiary
     2,119,766       1,040,818  
Change in:
                
Other assets
     (2,955 )     (20,905 )
Net cash used in operating activities
     (7,787 )     (55,082 )
                 
Change in cash
     (7,787 )     (55,082 )
                 
Cash at beginning of year
     15,437       70,519  
                 
Cash at end of year
   $ 7,650     $ 15,437  



 
F-35
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the issuer has duly caused this Report on Form 10–K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Watkinsville, State of Georgia, on the 30th day of  March, 2012.
 
 
OCONEE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
By:           /s/ B. Amrey Harden                           
B. Amrey Harden
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
 
 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints B. Amrey Harden or Douglas D. Dickens and either of them (with full power in each to act alone), as true and lawful attorneys–in–fact, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Report on Form 10–K and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney–in–fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, this Report on Form 10–K has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 30th day of March, 2012.
 
Signature
  
Title
                                                                                        
  
                                                                                                       
     
/s/ G. Robert Bishop
  
Director
G. Robert Bishop
    
     
     
/s/ Jimmy L. Christopher
  
Director
Jimmy L. Christopher
    
     
     
/s/ Douglas D. Dickens
  
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Douglas D. Dickens
    
     
     
/s/ J. Albert Hale, Sr.
  
Director
J. Albert Hale, Sr.
    
     
     
/s/ B. Amrey Harden
  
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
B. Amrey Harden
    
     
     
/s/ Henry C. Maxey
  
Director
Henry C. Maxey
    
     
     
/s/ Ann Breedlove Powers
  
Director
Ann Breedlove Powers
    
     
     
/s/ Steven A. Rogers
  
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Steven A. Rogers
  
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
     
/s/ Jerry K. Wages
  
Senior Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary,
Jerry K. Wages
  
Director
     
     
/s/ Virginia S. Wells
  
Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Virginia S. Wells
    
     
     
/s/ Tom F. Wilson
  
Executive Vice President and Chief Loan Officer,
Tom F. Wilson
  
Director