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West Coast Bancorp Reports First Quarter 2011 Profits
 
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First quarter 2011 net income was $5.1 million or $.05 per diluted share.
 
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Return on average assets, annualized, was .84% in the first quarter.
 
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New loan origination volume during the first quarter continued to improve from prior quarters.
 
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Nonperforming assets of $93.3 million or 3.8% of total assets at March 31, 2011, declined from previous quarter end and a year ago.
 
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First quarter 2011 net interest margin improved to 3.81% from 3.38% in the same period last year.
 
Lake Oswego, OR – April 25, 2011 – West Coast Bancorp (NASDAQ: WCBO) (“Bancorp” or “Company”), the parent company of West Coast Bank (“Bank”) and West Coast Trust Company, Inc., today announced net income of $5.1 million or $.05 per diluted share for first quarter 2011 compared to a net loss for first quarter 2010 of $.9 million or $.01 per diluted share. The Company also reported an annualized return on average assets of .84% in the most recent quarter, compared to an operating loss in the first quarter of 2010. The year-over-year first quarter improvement was primarily reflective of positive trends in both provision for credit losses and Other Real Estate Owned (“OREO”) valuation adjustments.
 
“The results for the first quarter of 2011, reflecting a profit of $5.1 million and an annualized return on average assets of .84%, represent continuous progress for the Company from prior periods as virtually all of the key financial metrics of the Company continued their trend of improvement,” said Robert D. Sznewajs, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The continued growth in loan origination volume is beginning to impact total loan balances. Combined with further declines in the credit costs, growth in the loan portfolio will, over time, improve our operating leverage and further enhance our overall operating results,” said Sznewajs.
 
 
 

 
 
WEST COAST BANCORP REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2011 RESULTS
April 25, 2011
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Table 1 below shows summary financial information for the quarters ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, and December 31, 2010.
 
Table 1
   
SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
                                 
   
Quarter ended
 
Quarter ended
       
Quarter ended
       
   
March 31,
 
March 31,
       
Dec. 31,
       
(Shares in thousands)
 
2011
 
2010
 
Change
 
2010
 
Change
 
Selective quarterly performance ratios
                               
Return on average assets, annualized
    0.84 %     -0.13 %     0.97       0.31 %     0.53    
Return on average equity, annualized
    7.56 %     -1.42 %     8.98       2.75 %     4.81    
Efficiency ratio for the quarter to date
    74.14 %     78.41 %     (4.27 )     77.42 %     (3.28 )  
                                           
Share and Per Share Figures-Actual
                                         
Common shares outstanding at period end
    96,416       92,077       4,339       96,431       (15 )  
Weighted average diluted shares
    99,694       67,125       32,569       97,863       1,831    
Income (loss) per diluted share
  $ 0.05     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.06     $ 0.02     $ 0.03    
Book value per common share
  $ 2.65     $ 2.60     $ 0.05     $ 2.61     $ 0.04    
                                           
Please see Table 19 for additional information regarding outstanding shares and the possible dilutive effects of presently outstanding securities.
   
                                           
Capital Ratios
   
   
March 31,
 
March 31,
         
Dec. 31,
         
    2011   2010  
Change
  2010  
Change
 
West Coast Bancorp
                                         
Tier 1 risk based capital ratio
    17.72 %     15.88 %     1.84       17.47 %     0.25    
Total risk based capital ratio
    18.98 %     17.14 %     1.84       18.74 %     0.24    
Leverage ratio
    13.40 %     11.57 %     1.83       13.02 %     0.38    
                                           
West Coast Bank
                                         
Tier 1 risk based capital ratio
    17.02 %     15.24 %     1.78       16.79 %     0.23    
Total risk based capital ratio
    18.28 %     16.50 %     1.78       18.05 %     0.23    
Leverage ratio
    12.87 %     11.16 %     1.71       12.51 %     0.36    
                                           
 
Capital Strength
As indicated in Table 1 above, the combination of a return to profitability and a reduction in risk weighted assets continued to strengthen the Company’s capital position. At March 31, 2011, the Company’s Tier 1 and Total risk based capital ratios measured 17.72% and 18.98%, respectively, while its leverage ratio was 13.40%.
 
 
 

 
 
WEST COAST BANCORP REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2011 RESULTS
April 25, 2011
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Balance Sheet Overview
 
Total loan balances declined $131 million or 8% from March 31, 2010 to $1.54 billion at March 31, 2011, but remained essentially unchanged from year end 2010. While loan balances contracted year-over-year, the Company has experienced a steady increase in quarterly loan origination volumes during this period as evidenced by total loan balances stabilizing during the most recent quarter. Total real estate construction loan balances declined $47 million or 55% over the past twelve months. This decline is directly a result of minimal new loan originations in this loan category during that time period.  The commercial loan portfolio contracted $36 million or 10% from March 31, 2010, with a reduction in commercial nonaccrual balances representing a portion of this decline. At March 31, 2011, total residential real estate construction loans represented just 1% of total loans compared to 4% a year ago.
 
Table 2
   
PERIOD END LOANS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Mar. 31,
 
% of
 
Mar. 31,
 
% of
 
Change
 
Dec. 31,
 
% of
 
   
2011
 
Total
 
2010
 
total
 
Amount
   
%
 
2010
 
Total
 
Commercial loans
  $ 306,864       20 %   $ 342,385       21 %   $ (35,521 )     -10 %   $ 309,327       20 %  
Commercial real estate construction
    17,711       1 %     23,554       1 %     (5,843 )     -25 %     19,760       1 %  
Residential real estate construction
    19,896       1 %     60,879       4 %     (40,983 )     -67 %     24,325       2 %  
Total real estate construction loans
    37,607       2 %     84,433       5 %     (46,826 )     -55 %     44,085       3 %  
Mortgage
    63,780       4 %     74,613       4 %     (10,833 )     -15 %     67,525       4 %  
Nonstandard mortgage
    11,140       1 %     18,233       1 %     (7,093 )     -39 %     12,523       1 %  
Home equity
    266,606       17 %     277,527       17 %     (10,921 )     -4 %     268,968       18 %  
Total real estate mortgage
    341,526       22 %     370,373       22 %     (28,847 )     -8 %     349,016       23 %  
Commercial real estate loans
    834,880       55 %     853,180       51 %     (18,300 )     -2 %     818,577       53 %  
Installment and other consumer loans
    14,823       1 %     16,562       1 %     (1,739 )     -10 %     15,265       1 %  
Total loans
  $ 1,535,700             $ 1,666,933             $ (131,233 )     -8 %   $ 1,536,270            
                                                                   
Yield on loans
    5.38 %             5.44 %             (0.06 )             5.43 %          
                                                                   
 
Reflecting the Company’s strong liquidity position, the Company’s total cash equivalents and investment securities balance was $768 million or 33% of earning assets at March 31, 2011. Since March 31, 2010, the Company reduced its cash equivalents by $118 million while increasing its investment portfolio $72 million, with growth in mortgage-backed securities of $74.9 million. The expected duration of the investment portfolio was 3.1 years at March 31, 2011, compared to 2.7 years at March 31, 2010.
 
 
 

 
 
WEST COAST BANCORP REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2011 RESULTS
April 25, 2011
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Table 3
                                                 
PERIOD END CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENT SECURITIES
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Mar. 31,
   
% of
 
Mar. 31,
   
% of
 
Change
 
Dec. 31,
   
% of
 
   
2011
   
Total
 
2010
   
total
 
Amount
   
%
 
2010
   
Total
 
Cash equivalents:
                                                 
Federal funds sold
  $ 1,966       0 %   $ 3,859       1 %   $ (1,893 )     -49 %   $ 3,367       0 %  
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    122,224       16 %     238,680       29 %     (116,456 )     -49 %     131,952       17 %  
Total cash equivalents
    124,190       16 %     242,539       30 %     (118,349 )     -49 %     135,319       17 %  
                                                                   
Investment securities:
                                                                 
U.S. Treasury securities
    4,282       1 %     24,849       3 %     (20,567 )     -83 %     14,392       2 %  
U.S. Government Agency securities
    153,017       19 %     136,208       17 %     16,809       12 %     194,230       24 %  
Corporate securities
    9,850       1 %     10,231       1 %     (381 )     -4 %     9,392       1 %  
Mortgage-backed securities
    405,740       53 %     330,849       41 %     74,891       23 %     363,618       47 %  
Obligations of state and political sub.
    59,136       8 %     60,111       7 %     (975 )     -2 %     52,645       7 %  
Equity investments and other securities
    11,680       2 %     9,352       1 %     2,328       25 %     11,835       2 %  
Total investment securities
    643,705       84 %     571,600       70 %     72,105       13 %     646,112       83 %  
                                                                   
Total cash equivalents and investment securities
  $ 767,895       100 %   $ 814,139       100 %   $ (46,244 )     -6 %   $ 781,431       100 %  
                                                                   
Tax equivalent yield on cash equivalents and investment securities
    2.52 %             2.34 %             0.18               2.21 %          
                                                                   
 
First quarter 2011 average total deposits of $1.93 billion declined 7% or $157 million from the same quarter in 2010. With excess balance sheet liquidity, in large part caused by the year-over-year decline in loan balances, we elected to reduce higher cost time deposit balances. Consequently, average time deposit balances declined $239 million or 47% year-over-year first quarter, and time deposits represented just 14% of the Company’s average total deposits in the most recent quarter compared to 24% during first quarter 2010.
 
The number of checking accounts increased by over 6,000 accounts or 7% over the past 12 months and first quarter average checking account balances grew $56 million or 7% year-over-year. The continuing shift in the mix of deposit balances from time deposits to non-time deposits together with our deposit pricing strategies, helped reduce the rate paid on total deposits to .38% in first quarter 2011, a decline of 45 basis points from .83% same quarter last year. The rate paid on total deposits remained virtually unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2010.
 
 
 
 

 
 
WEST COAST BANCORP REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2011 RESULTS
April 25, 2011
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Table 4
 
QUARTERLY AVERAGE DEPOSITS BY CATEGORY
 
(Dollars in thousands)
   Q1    
% of
     Q1    
% of
   
Change
           Q4    
% of
 
     2011    
Total
     2010    
Total
   
Amount
   
%
     2010    
Total
 
Demand deposits
  $ 552,229       28%     $ 519,492       25%     $ 32,737       6%     $ 566,998       29%  
Interest bearing demand
    344,090       18%       321,070       15%       23,020       7%       349,071       18%  
Total checking deposits
    896,319       46%       840,562       40%       55,757       7%       916,069       47%  
Savings
    106,309       6%       98,075       5%       8,234       8%       105,114       5%  
Money market
    660,672       34%       642,594       31%       18,078       3%       670,580       34%  
Total non-time deposits
    1,663,300       86%       1,581,231       76%       82,069       5%       1,691,763       86%  
Time deposits
    269,038       14%       507,706       24%       (238,668 )     -47%       281,009       14%  
Total deposits
  $ 1,932,338       100%     $ 2,088,937       100%     $ (156,599 )     -7%     $ 1,972,772       100%  
                                                                 
Average rate on total deposits
    0.38 %             0.83 %             (0.45 )             0.40 %        
                                                                 
 
Table 5
                                                           
NUMBER OF DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
 
   
Mar. 31,
   
% of
   
Mar. 31,
   
% of
   
Change
   
Dec. 31,
   
% of
   
Change
 
   
2011
   
Total
   
2010
   
Total
     #    
%
     2010    
Total
     #      %1  
Demand deposits
    52,805       33%       49,230       32%       3,575       7%       51,324       33%       1,481       12%  
Interest bearing demand
    53,377       33%       50,465       32%       2,912       6%       52,468       33%       909       7%  
Total checking accounts
    106,182       66%       99,695       64%       6,487       7%       103,792       66%       2,390       9%  
Savings
    29,710       19%       27,773       18%       1,937       7%       28,924       19%       786       11%  
Money market
    14,357       9%       14,629       9%       (272 )     -2%       14,388       9%       (31 )     -1%  
Total non-time deposits
    150,249       94%       142,097       91%       8,152       6%       147,104       94%       3,145       9%  
Time deposits
    9,678       6%       13,850       9%       (4,172 )     -30%       10,014       6%       (336 )     -13%  
Total deposit accounts
    159,927       100%       155,947       100%       3,980       3%       157,118       100%       2,809       7%  
                                                                                 
1 Annualized.
                                                                               
                                                                                 
 
 
 

 
 
WEST COAST BANCORP REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2011 RESULTS
April 25, 2011
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Operating Results Improved from First Quarter 2010
 
As shown in Table 6 below, first quarter 2011 net income of $5.1 million increased $6.0 million compared to a net loss of $.9 million in the same quarter of 2010, and an increase of $3.2 million from $1.9 million in fourth quarter of 2010. The improved year-over-year first quarter results were primarily due to a $5.6 million decline in provision for credit losses and a $1.7 million reduction in Other Real Estate Owned (“OREO”) valuation adjustments and losses resulting from OREO dispositions.
 
First quarter 2011 net interest income of $21.5 million grew $.9 million or 4% from the same quarter in 2010. This increase was attributable to a reduction in interest expense on deposits and borrowings which more than offset a decline in interest income on loans due to lower loan balances and a continued shift in average earning assets from higher yielding loan balances to investment securities.
 
Table 6
                                           
SUMMARY INCOME STATEMENT
 
(Dollars in thousands)
   Q1      Q1    
Change
   Q4    
Change
 
     2011      2010      $       %    2010      $       %  
                                                       
Net interest income
  $ 21,512     $ 20,633     $ 879       4 %   $ 21,889     $ (377 )     -2 %  
Provision for credit losses
    2,076       7,634       (5,558 )     -73 %     1,693       383       23 %  
Noninterest income
    8,916       6,408       2,508       39 %     8,595       321       4 %  
Noninterest expense
    22,553       21,095       1,458       7 %     23,330       (777 )     -3 %  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    5,799       (1,688 )     7,487       444 %     5,461       338       6 %  
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 1
    694       (800 )     1,494       187 %     3,549       (2,855 )     -80 %  
Net income (loss)
  $ 5,105     $ (888 )   $ 5,993       675 %   $ 1,912     $ 3,193       167 %  
                                                           
1 For more information on income taxes see table 10.
                       
                         
 
As shown in Table 7 below, the net interest margin of 3.81% in the most recent quarter expanded 43 basis points from 3.38% in first quarter 2010. A 39 basis points year-over-year first quarter expansion in the spread between yield and fees earned on loans and the rate paid on interest bearing deposits more than offset an unfavorable earning assets mix shift from loans to investment securities over the same period.
 
Table 7
                               
NET INTEREST SPREAD AND MARGIN
 
(Annualized, tax-equivalent basis)
   Q1    Q1        Q4      
     2011    2010  
Change
   2010  
Change
 
Yield on average interest-earning assets
    4.41 %     4.44 %     (0.03 )     4.35 %     0.06    
Rate on average interest-bearing liabilities
    0.86 %     1.41 %     (0.55 )     0.88 %     (0.02 )  
Net interest spread
    3.55 %     3.03 %     0.52       3.47 %     0.08    
Net interest margin
    3.81 %     3.38 %     0.43       3.74 %     0.07    
                                           
 
 
 

 
 
WEST COAST BANCORP REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2011 RESULTS
April 25, 2011
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As shown in Table 8 below, first quarter 2011 total noninterest income of $8.9 million increased $2.5 million from the same quarter last year. Excluding net loss on OREO of $.3 million in the most recent quarter and $2.1 million in the first quarter last year, the Company’s noninterest income increased $.8 million or 9%. This increase was a result of $.4 million growth in both payment system revenue and gains on sales of loans over the first quarter in 2010. The Company recorded gains on sales of investment securities of $.3 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2011, down $.2 million compared to first quarter 2010.
 
Table 8
                                         
NONINTEREST INCOME
 
(Dollars in thousands)
   Q1      Q1    
Change
     Q4    
Change
 
     2011      2010      $       %      2010      $       %  
 Noninterest income
                                                   
   Service charges on deposit accounts
  $ 3,644     $ 3,596     $ 48       1 %   $ 3,736     $ (92 )     -2 %
   Payment systems related revenue
    2,930       2,536       394       16 %     2,984       (54 )     -2 %
   Trust and investment services revenues
    1,148       979       169       17 %     1,143       5       0 %
   Gains on sales of loans
    513       141       372       264 %     568       (55 )     -10 %
   Gains on sales of securities
    267       457       (190 )     -42 %     617       (350 )     -57 %
   Other
    748       757       (9 )     -1 %     733       15       2 %
 Total
    9,250       8,466       784       9 %     9,781       (531 )     -5 %
                                                         
   OREO gains (losses) on sale
    323       301       22       7 %     336       (13 )     -4 %
   OREO valuation adjustments
    (657 )     (2,359 )     1,702       72 %     (1,522 )     865       57 %
 Total net loss on OREO
    (334 )     (2,058 )     1,724       84 %     (1,186 )     852       72 %
                                                         
 Total noninterest income
  $ 8,916     $ 6,408     $ 2,508       39 %   $ 8,595     $ 321       4 %
                                                         
 
 
 

 
 
WEST COAST BANCORP REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2011 RESULTS
April 25, 2011
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As shown in Table 9 below, first quarter 2011 total noninterest expense of $22.6 million increased $1.5 million or 7% from the first quarter 2010. Salaries and employee benefits expense grew $.7 million in the first quarter 2011 when compared to the same quarter a year ago, primarily reflecting higher variable performance based compensation and expense related to the restricted stock granted to employees in 2010. The continued increase in payment system expense was related to higher customer transaction volumes and expenses associated with the discontinuance of our debit card reward program in the most recent quarter. Due to a reversal of an over-accrual  relating to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance premium expense in the first quarter in 2010, which did not repeat itself in the most recent quarter, first quarter other noninterest expense increased $.5 million year-over-year.
 
Table 9
                                           
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
   
(Dollars in thousands)
   Q1    Q1  
Change
   Q4  
Change
 
     2011    2010    $   %    2010    $   %  
Noninterest expense
                                                     
Salaries and employee benefits
  $ 11,877     $ 11,175     $ 702       6 %   $ 11,521     $ 356       3 %  
Equipment
    1,528       1,576       (48 )     -3 %     1,540       (12 )     -1 %  
Occupancy
    2,165       2,184       (19 )     -1 %     2,245       (80 )     -4 %  
Payment systems related expense
    1,247       1,004       243       24 %     1,297       (50 )     -4 %  
Professional fees
    982       861       121       14 %     822       160       19 %  
Postage, printing and office supplies
    810       804       6       1 %     816       (6 )     -1 %  
Marketing
    651       687       (36 )     -5 %     800       (149 )     -19 %  
Communications
    378       382       (4 )     -1 %     388       (10 )     -3 %  
Other noninterest expense
    2,915       2,422       493       20 %     3,901       (986 )     -25 %  
Total noninterest expense
  $ 22,553       21,095     $ 1,458       7 %   $ 23,330     $ (777 )     -3 %  
                                                           
 
 
 

 
 
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Income Taxes and Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance
 
First quarter 2011 provision for income taxes was $.7 million compared to a benefit for income taxes in the same quarter of 2010 of $.8 million.  The provision for income taxes (expense) in the most recent quarter was the result of a $1.8 million decline in gross unrealized gains on the investment securities portfolio during the quarter.
 
At March 31, 2011, the Company maintained a valuation allowance of $21.5 million against the deferred tax asset balance of $28.4 million for a net deferred tax asset of $6.9 million.
 
Any future reversals of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, including a reduction for the effect of pretax income, would decrease the Company’s income tax expense and increase net income.  While the Company maintains a deferred tax asset valuation allowance, changes in the gross unrealized gain on the Company’s investment portfolio will continue to affect the Company’s future deferred tax valuation allowance and provision for income taxes.
 
Table 10
                       
PROVISION (BENEFIT) FOR INCOME TAXES
 
(Dollars in thousands)
   Q1      Q1            Q4  
     2011      2010    
Change
     2010  
                               
Benefit for income taxes net of initial
                             
establishment of deferred tax asset valuation allowance
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
Provision (benefit) for income taxes from deferred
                               
tax asset valuation allowance:
                               
Establishment of deferred tax asset valuation allowance
    -       -       -       -  
Unrealized (gain) loss on securities
    694       (800 )     1,494       2,077  
Change in deferred tax assets-tax return adjustments
    -       -       -       1,472  
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes
  $ 694     $ (800 )   $ 1,494     $ 3,549  
                                 
 
Credit Quality
 
The Company recorded a first quarter 2011 provision for credit losses of $2.1 million, a decline from $7.6 million in the same quarter of 2010. During the first quarter of 2011 we continued to have significant reduction in net charge-offs compared to the corresponding quarter a year ago. First quarter 2011 net charge-offs of $2.7 million, or .72% of average loans on an annualized basis, declined $3.1 million from $5.8 million or 1.37% of average loans annualized in the first quarter of 2010. The largest decline occurred in the real estate mortgage category where net charge-offs fell $1.9 million. The Company’s future provisioning will continue to be heavily dependent on the local real estate market, level of market interest rates, and general economic conditions nationally and in areas where the Company does business.
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 11
                             
ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES AND NET CHARGEOFFS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
   Q1      Q4      Q3      Q2      Q1  
     2011      2010      2010      2010      2010  
Allowance for credit losses, beginning of period
  $ 41,067     $ 42,618     $ 44,347     $ 41,299     $ 39,418  
Total provision for credit losses
    2,076       1,693       1,567       7,758       7,634  
Loan net charge-offs:
                                       
Commercial
    263       1,109       524       1,684       839  
Commercial real estate construction
    65       76       -       248       487  
Residential real estate construction
    311       89       813       432       734  
Total real estate construction
    376       165       813       680       1,221  
Mortgage
    205       347       449       478       909  
Nonstandard mortgage
    315       76       5       641       1,497  
Home equity
    853       570       568       627       914  
Total real estate mortgage
    1,373       993       1,022       1,746       3,320  
Commercial real estate
    326       584       339       275       95  
Installment and consumer
    168       59       272       146       137  
Overdraft
    208       334       326       179       141  
Total loan net charge-offs
    2,714       3,244       3,296       4,710       5,753  
                                         
Total allowance for credit losses
  $ 40,429     $ 41,067     $ 42,618     $ 44,347     $ 41,299  
Components of allowance for credit losses:
                                       
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 39,692     $ 40,217     $ 41,753     $ 43,329     $ 40,446  
Reserve for unfunded commitments
    737       850       865       1,018       853  
Total allowance for credit losses
  $ 40,429     $ 41,067     $ 42,618     $ 44,347     $ 41,299  
                                         
Net loan charge-offs to average loans (annualized)
    0.72 %     0.83 %     0.82 %     1.15 %     1.37 %
Allowance for loan losses to total loans
    2.58 %     2.62 %     2.65 %     2.70 %     2.43 %
Allowance for credit losses to total loans
    2.63 %     2.67 %     2.71 %     2.77 %     2.48 %
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans
    74 %     66 %     61 %     55 %     47 %
Allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans
    75 %     67 %     62 %     56 %     48 %
                                         
 
The March 31, 2011, allowance for credit losses of $40.4 million or 2.63% of total loan balances was a decrease in the allowance for credit losses from $41.3 million a year ago but an increase from 2.48% as a percentage of total loan balances over the same period. The increase in the allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loan balances over the past twelve months was mostly due to higher general valuation allowances in our reserve model and negative risk rating migration. During first quarter 2011, net charge-offs exceeded the provision for credit losses by $.6 million. This was due to a lower amount of provision for credit losses being required as a result of a reduction in unallocated reserves and the release of reserves as certain loans moved from being included in the general valuation allowance to being individually measured for impairment. These changes caused the March 31, 2011 allowance for credit losses at 2.63% of total loans to decline slightly from 2.67% at year end 2010. The Company’s estimate of appropriate reserve amounts will continue to be closely related to the loan portfolio’s credit quality performance trends and the region’s economic conditions.
 
Total nonperforming assets were $93.3 million or 3.8% of total assets as of March 31, 2011, compared to $130.7 million and 4.9%, respectively, a year ago. The decline in total nonperforming assets from $100.7 million at December 31, 2010, represents the eighth consecutive quarterly decline. The allowance for credit losses represented 75% of nonperforming loans at March 31, 2011, an increase from 48% a year ago.
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 12
                             
NONPERFORMING ASSETS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Mar. 31,
   
Dec. 31,
   
Sept. 30,
   
June 30,
   
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2010
   
2010
   
2010
 
Loans on nonaccrual status:
                             
Commercial
  $ 12,803     $ 13,377     $ 13,319     $ 15,317     $ 24,856  
Real estate construction:
                                       
  Commercial real estate construction
    4,032       4,077       3,391       3,391       3,939  
  Residential real estate construction
    4,093       6,615       13,316       19,465       19,776  
Total real estate construction
    8,125       10,692       16,707       22,856       23,715  
Real estate mortgage:
                                       
  Mortgage
    5,714       9,318       13,040       14,535       9,829  
  Nonstandard mortgage
    6,451       5,223       5,150       6,121       9,327  
  Home equity
    1,426       950       1,538       2,198       2,248  
Total real estate mortgage
    13,591       15,491       19,728       22,854       21,404  
Commercial real estate
    19,424       21,671       18,792       17,542       15,322  
Installment and consumer
    -       -       -       74       172  
Total nonaccrual loans
    53,943       61,231       68,546       78,643       85,469  
90 days past due not on nonaccrual
    -       -       -       -       -  
  Total nonperforming loans
    53,943       61,231       68,546       78,643       85,469  
                                         
Other real estate owned
    39,329       39,459       35,814       37,578       45,238  
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 93,272     $ 100,690     $ 104,360     $ 116,221     $ 130,707  
                                         
Nonperforming loans to total loans
    3.51 %     3.99 %     4.35 %     4.91 %     5.13 %
Nonperforming assets to total assets
    3.80 %     4.09 %     4.20 %     4.64 %     4.91 %
                                         
 
Over the past year total nonaccrual loans declined $31.5 million or 37% to $53.9 million at March 31, 2011. This reduction reflected nonaccrual loans migrating through steps leading to resolutions, including nonaccrual loan payoffs, problem loans managed to lower outstanding balances, and advancing nonaccrual loans to OREO. Non-accrual loans declined in all loan categories except commercial real estate. At March 31, 2011, the total nonaccrual loan portfolio had been written down 21% from the original principal balance compared to 29% at the end of 2010 as the severity of impairments on nonaccrual loans eased.
 
 
 

 
 
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As indicated in Table 13 below, the Company’s OREO property disposition activities continue. During the first quarter 2011, the Company disposed of 28 OREO properties with a book value of $5.9 million while acquiring 25 properties with a book value of $6.5 million. The Company continued to take ownership of additional real property related to loans which previously were on nonaccrual status, and this offset the Company’s OREO sales activities in the most recent quarter. At March 31, 2011, the OREO portfolio consisted of 399 properties with a book value of $39.3 million. The year-end OREO balance reflected write-downs totaling 48% from original loan principal compared to 50% twelve months earlier. The largest balances in the OREO portfolio at March 31, 2011, were attributable to homes followed by residential site development projects and income producing properties, all of which are located within our footprint.
 
Table 13
                                                             
OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED ACTIVITY
   
(Dollars in thousands)  
Q1 2011
 
Q4 2010
 
Q3 2010
 
Q2 2010
 
Q1 2010
 
   
Amount
     #  
Amount
     #  
Amount
     #  
Amount
     #  
Amount
     #  
Beginning balance
  $ 39,459       402     $ 35,814       448     $ 37,578       446     $ 45,238       596     $ 53,594       672    
  Additions to OREO
    6,479       25       11,053       35       5,119       53       7,209       20       5,003       15    
  Dispositions of OREO
    (5,952 )     (28 )     (5,886 )     (81 )     (5,372 )     (51 )     (13,612 )     (170 )     (11,000 )     (91 )  
  OREO valuation adj.
    (657 )     -       (1,522 )     -       (1,511 )     -       (1,257 )     -       (2,359 )     -    
Ending balance
  $ 39,329       399     $ 39,459       402     $ 35,814       448     $ 37,578       446     $ 45,238       596    
                                                                                   

Table 14
                                     
OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED BY PROPERTY TYPE
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Mar. 31
   
# of
 
Dec. 31,
   
# of
 
Sept. 30,
   
# of
 
   
2011
   
properties
 
2010
   
properties
 
2010
   
properties
 
Homes
  $ 15,093       64     $ 17,297       69     $ 15,341       66    
Residential site developments
    6,973       236       7,340       245       8,096       281    
Lots
    3,758       56       3,700       56       4,062       61    
Land
    4,427       11       5,135       12       3,525       10    
Income producing properties
    6,613       9       5,162       7       3,212       7    
Condominiums
    1,792       12       128       2       881       12    
Multifamily
    673       11       697       11       697       11    
  Total
  $ 39,329       399     $ 39,459       402     $ 35,814       448    
                                                   
 
Other:
 
The Company will hold a Webcast conference call Monday, April 25, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, during which the Company will discuss first quarter 2011 results and key activities. To access the conference call via a live Webcast, go to www.wcb.com and click on Investor Relations and the “1st Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call” tab. The conference call may also be accessed by dialing (877) 247-4281 Conference ID#: 56331847 a few minutes prior to 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The call will be available for replay by accessing the Company’s website at www.wcb.com and following the same instructions.
 
 
 

 
 
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West Coast Bancorp is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.5 billion in assets and 65 offices in Oregon and Washington.  The Company combines the sophisticated products and expertise of larger banks with the local decision making, market knowledge and customer service of a community bank.  For more information, visit the Company’s web site at www.wcb.com.
 
Forward Looking Statements:
 
Statements in this release regarding future events, performance or results are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PSLRA") and are made pursuant to the safe harbors of the PSLRA.  These statements can often be identified by words such as "expects," "believes," “anticipates,” or "will," or other words of similar meaning. Actual results could be quite different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, which give our current expectations about the future and are not guarantees.  Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update them to reflect changes that occur after that date.
 
A number of factors could cause results to differ significantly from our expectations, including, among others, the effects of (i) market conditions in our service areas on our efforts to continue to reduce our levels of nonperforming assets and increase loan originations as well as (ii) all risk factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, including under the headings "Forward Looking Statement Disclosure" and in the section "Risk Factors.”
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 15
                                         
INCOME STATEMENT
 
(Dollars in thousands)
   Q1      Q1    
Change
   Q4    
Full Year
   
Full Year
 
     2011      2010      $       %    2010      2010      2009  
Net interest income
                                                     
Interest and fees on loans
  $ 20,299     $ 22,843     $ (2,544 )     -11 %   $ 21,350     $ 88,409     $ 100,356  
Interest on investment securities
    4,548       4,207       341       8 %     4,064       16,668       11,422  
Other interest income
    71       148       (77 )     -52 %     95       499       372  
Total interest income
    24,918       27,198       (2,280 )     -8 %     25,509       105,576       112,150  
Interest expense on deposit accounts
    1,809       4,293       (2,484 )     -58 %     2,009       12,130       24,442  
Interest on borrowings and subordinated debentures
    1,597       2,272       (675 )     -30 %     1,611       10,139       8,981  
Total interest expense
    3,406       6,565       (3,159 )     -48 %     3,620       22,269       33,423  
Net interest income
    21,512       20,633       879       4 %     21,889       83,307       78,727  
                                                         
Provision for credit losses
    2,076       7,634       (5,558 )     -73 %     1,693       18,652       90,057  
                                                         
Noninterest income
                                                       
Service charges on deposit accounts
    3,644       3,596       48       1 %     3,736       15,690       15,765  
Payment systems related revenue
    2,930       2,536       394       16 %     2,984       11,393       9,399  
Trust and investment services revenues
    1,148       979       169       17 %     1,143       4,267       4,101  
Gains on sales of loans
    513       141       372       264 %     568       1,197       1,738  
Net OREO valuation adjustments
                                                       
and gains (losses) on sales
    (334 )     (2,058 )     1,724       84 %     (1,186 )     (4,415 )     (26,953 )
Other
    748       757       (9 )     -1 %     733       3,003       4,438  
Other-than-temporary impairment losses
    -       -       -       0 %     -       -       (192 )
Gain on sales of securities
    267       457       (190 )     -42 %     617       1,562       833  
Total noninterest income
    8,916       6,408       2,508       39 %     8,595       32,697       9,129  
Noninterest expense
                                                       
Salaries and employee benefits
    11,877       11,175       702       6 %     11,521       45,854       44,608  
Equipment
    1,528       1,576       (48 )     -3 %     1,540       6,247       8,120  
Occupancy
    2,165       2,184       (19 )     -1 %     2,245       8,894       9,585  
Payment systems related expense
    1,247       1,004       243       24 %     1,297       4,727       4,036  
Professional fees
    982       861       121       14 %     822       3,991       4,342  
Postage, printing and office supplies
    810       804       6       1 %     816       3,148       3,201  
Marketing
    651       687       (36 )     -5 %     800       3,086       2,990  
Communications
    378       382       (4 )     -1 %     388       1,525       1,574  
Goodwill impairment
    -       -       -       0 %     -       -       13,059  
Other noninterest expense
    2,915       2,422       493       20 %     3,901       12,865       16,773  
Total noninterest expense
    22,553       21,095       1,458       7 %     23,330       90,337       108,288  
Net income (loss) before income taxes
    5,799       (1,688 )     7,487       444 %     5,461       7,015       (110,489 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    694       (800 )     1,494       187 %     3,549       3,790       (19,276 )
Net income (loss)
  $ 5,105     $ (888 )   $ 5,993       675 %   $ 1,912     $ 3,225     $ (91,213 )
                                                         
Net income (loss) per share:
                                                       
Basic
  $ 0.05     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.06             $ 0.02     $ 0.03     $ (5.83 )
Diluted
  $ 0.05     $ (0.01 )   $ 0.06             $ 0.02     $ 0.03     $ (5.83 )
                                                         
Weighted average common shares
    94,800       67,125       27,675               94,792       87,300       15,510  
Weighted average diluted shares
    99,694       67,125       32,569               97,863       90,295       15,510  
                                                         
Tax equivalent net interest income
  $ 21,770     $ 20,954     $ 816             $ 22,156     $ 84,478     $ 80,222  
                                                         
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 16
 
BALANCE SHEETS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Mar. 31,
   
Mar. 31,
   
Change
 
Dec. 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
     $       %    2010  
Assets:
                                 
Cash and due from banks
  $ 50,865     $ 47,002     $ 3,863       8 %   $ 42,672  
Federal funds sold
    1,966       3,859       (1,893 )     -49 %     3,367  
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    122,224       238,680       (116,456 )     -49 %     131,952  
  Total cash and cash equivalents
    175,055       289,541       (114,486 )     -40 %     177,991  
Investment securities
    643,705       571,600       72,105       13 %     646,112  
Total loans
    1,535,700       1,666,933       (131,233 )     -8 %     1,536,270  
Allowance for loan losses
    (39,692 )     (40,446 )     754       2 %     (40,217 )
Loans, net
    1,496,008       1,626,487       (130,479 )     -8 %     1,496,053  
Total interest earning assets
    2,305,780       2,482,437       (176,657 )     -7 %     2,321,611  
OREO, net
    39,329       45,238       (5,909 )     -13 %     39,459  
Goodwill and other intangibles
    298       557       (259 )     -46 %     358  
Other assets
    97,462       128,286       (30,824 )     -24 %     101,086  
     Total assets
  $ 2,451,857     $ 2,661,709     $ (209,852 )     -8 %   $ 2,461,059  
                                         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
                                       
Demand
  $ 561,995     $ 517,628     $ 44,367       9 %   $ 555,766  
Savings and interest-bearing demand
    461,542       415,212       46,330       11 %     445,878  
Money market
    661,327       636,786       24,541       4 %     663,467  
Time deposits
    243,567       495,797       (252,230 )     -51 %     275,411  
Total deposits
    1,928,431       2,065,423       (136,992 )     -7 %     1,940,522  
Borrowings and subordinated debentures
    219,599       314,299       (94,700 )     -30 %     219,599  
Reserve for unfunded commitments
    737       853       (116 )     -14 %     850  
Other liabilities
    26,102       20,637       5,465       26 %     27,528  
     Total liabilities
    2,174,869       2,401,212       (226,343 )     -9 %     2,188,499  
Stockholders' equity
    276,988       260,497       16,491       6 %     272,560  
     Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 2,451,857     $ 2,661,709     $ (209,852 )     -8 %   $ 2,461,059  
                                         

 
 

 
 
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Table 17
 
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
   Q1      Q1      Q4    
Full Year
   
Full Year
 
     2011      2010      2010      2010      2009  
Cash and due from banks
  $ 48,698     $ 46,480     $ 51,044     $ 48,976     $ 47,433  
Federal funds sold
    3,947       12,912       3,996       6,194       6,673  
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    106,794       227,278       142,398       188,925       136,944  
  Total cash and cash equivalents
    159,439       286,670       197,438       244,095       191,050  
Investment securities
    673,449       557,378       646,776       606,099       337,541  
Total loans
    1,529,290       1,702,763       1,556,975       1,622,445       1,914,975  
Allowance for loan losses
    (40,296 )     (39,957 )     (42,208 )     (42,003 )     (37,363 )
Loans, net
    1,488,994       1,662,806       1,514,767       1,580,442       1,877,612  
Total interest earning assets
    2,314,612       2,513,313       2,351,927       2,425,073       2,398,675  
Other assets
    128,986       170,521       126,179       145,235       209,073  
     Total assets
  $ 2,450,868     $ 2,677,375     $ 2,485,160     $ 2,575,871     $ 2,615,276  
                                         
Demand
  $ 552,229     $ 519,492     $ 566,998     $ 540,280     $ 499,283  
Savings and interest-bearing demand
    450,399       419,145       454,185       438,665       387,905  
Money market
    660,672       642,594       670,580       659,542       617,881  
Time deposits
    269,038       507,706       281,009       388,500       587,299  
Total deposits
    1,932,338       2,088,937       1,972,772       2,026,987       2,092,368  
Borrowings and subordinated debentures
    219,599       314,299       217,256       264,589       304,085  
Total interest bearing liabilities
    1,599,708       1,883,744       1,623,030       1,751,296       1,897,170  
Other liabilities
    24,983       19,762       18,858       18,486       19,044  
Stockholders' equity
    273,948       254,377       276,274       265,809       199,779  
     Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 2,450,868     $ 2,677,375     $ 2,485,160     $ 2,575,871     $ 2,615,276  
                                         
 
 
 

 
 
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The following table presents information about the Company’s total performing delinquent loans.
 
Table 18
                   
DELINQUENT LOANS 30-89 DAYS PAST DUE AS A % OF LOAN CATEGORY
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Mar. 31,
 
Mar. 31,
 
Dec. 31,
 
   
2011
 
2010
 
2010
 
Commercial loans
    0.26 %     0.10 %     0.02 %  
Real estate construction loans
    0.00 %     0.72 %     0.00 %  
Real estate mortgage loans
    0.28 %     0.53 %     0.59 %  
Commercial real estate loans
    0.36 %     0.30 %     0.07 %  
Installment and other consumer loans
    1.06 %     0.69 %     0.34 %  
                           
Total delinquent loans 30-89 days past due
  $ 4,901     $ 5,566     $ 2,721    
Delinquent loans to total loans
    0.32 %     0.33 %     0.18 %  
                           
 
The following table presents information regarding common shares outstanding at March 31, 2011 on an actual and diluted basis.
 
Table 19
     
COMMON SHARE AND DILUTIVE SHARE INFORMATION
 
(Shares in thousands)
     
       
   
Number
 
   
of shares
 
Common shares outstanding at March 31, 2011
    94,800  
         
Common shares issuable on conversion of series B preferred stock 1
    6,066  
Dilutive impact of warrants 2 3
    4,780  
Dilutive impact of stock options and restricted stock 3
    582  
  Total potential dilutive shares 4
    106,228  
         
1 121,328 shares of series B preferred stock outstanding at December 31, 2010.
2 Warrants to purchase 240,000 shares at a price of $100 per series B preferred share outstanding at March 31, 2011.
3 The estimated dilutive impact of warrants, options, and restricted stock is shown. These figures are calculated under the treasury method utilizing an average stock price of $3.32 for the period and do not reflect the number of common shares that would be issued if securities were exercised in full.
4 Potential dilutive shares is a non-GAAP figure and not the weighted average diluted shares calculated in accordance with GAAP.