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Exhibit 99.1

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Robert D. Sznewajs
President & CEO
(503) 598-3243

Anders Giltvedt
Executive Vice President & CFO
(503) 598-3250
 
West Coast Bancorp Net Income of $4.6 Million in Second Quarter 2011 – a Significant Increase From Same Quarter in 2010
 
·
Second quarter 2011 net income increased by $8.4 million over the same quarter a year ago while year-to-date net income increased by $14.4 million over the same period in 2010.
 
·
Return on average assets, annualized, was .76% in the second quarter and .80% year-to-date 2011, compared to net losses for the same periods in 2010.
 
·
Nonperforming assets of $86.0 million, or 3.5% of total assets at June 30, 2011, continued their decline from prior periods
 
Lake Oswego, OR – July 29, 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 $4.6 million or $.22 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2011 compared to a net loss for the second quarter of 2010 of $3.8 million or $.20 per diluted share. The Company also reported an annualized return on average assets of .76% in the most recent quarter.
 
Net income for the first six months of 2011 was $9.7 million or $.45 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $4.7 million or $.30 per diluted share in the same period of 2010.
 
“The net income of $9.7 million for the first half of 2011, representing an annualized return on average assets of .80% compared to a net loss of $ 4.7 million for the same period in 2010, is indicative of the significant improvement of the operating results of the Company from the same period a year ago,” said Robert D. Sznewajs, President and Chief Executive Officer. “While the economic environment continues to be very difficult, growth in new loan originations is beginning to stabilize total average loan balances outstanding.”
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 1 below shows summary financial information for the quarters ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, and year to date ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.
 
Table 1
                                   
SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
                                     
   
Quarter ended
   
Quarter ended
         
Year to date
   
Year to date
       
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
         
June 30,
   
June 30,
       
(Dollars and shares in thousands)
 
2011
   
2010
   
Change
   
2011
   
2010
   
Change
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 4,634     $ (3,849 )   $ 8,483     $ 9,739     $ (4,737 )   $ 14,476  
                                                 
Selective quarterly performance ratios
                                               
Return on average assets, annualized
    0.76 %     -0.58 %     1.34       0.80 %     -0.36 %     1.16  
Return on average equity, annualized
    6.58 %     -5.92 %     12.50       7.06 %     -3.71 %     10.77  
Efficiency ratio for the quarter to date
    76.05 %     80.83 %     (4.78 )     75.09 %     79.65 %     (4.56 )
                                                 
Share and Per Share Figures-Actual
                                               
Common shares outstanding at period end
    19,316       19,284       32       19,316       19,284       32  
Weighted average diluted shares
    20,025       18,425       1,600       19,982       15,939       4,043  
Income (loss) per diluted share
  $ 0.22     $ (0.20 )   $ 0.42     $ 0.45     $ (0.30 )   $ 0.75  
Book value per common share
  $ 13.69     $ 12.77     $ 0.92     $ 13.69     $ 12.77     $ 0.92  
                                                 
Please see Table 20 for additional information regarding outstanding shares and the possible dilutive effects of presently outstanding securities.
 
Balance Sheet Overview
 
Second quarter 2011 average total loan balances of $1.52 billion declined $122 million or 7% from the same quarter last year. The reduction in loan balances over the past year was centered in residential real estate construction, real estate mortgage, and commercial loan categories. Second quarter average total real estate construction loan balances contracted $43 million or 55% from the same period in 2010 due to current market and economic conditions. At June 30, 2011, total residential real estate construction loans represented $15 million or 1% of total loans compared to 3% a year ago. Also affected by market conditions, the second quarter 2011 average commercial loan and real estate mortgage portfolios contracted $33 million and $27 million, respectively, from the second quarter 2010.
 
However, average total loan balances were virtually unchanged from the first quarter of 2011. This is attributed to the growing volume of new loan originations in the first half of 2011 and fewer loans moving from nonaccrual status to other real estate owned (“OREO”).
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 2
                                               
AVERAGE LOANS FOR THE QUARTER
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
June 30,
   
% of
   
June 30,
   
% of
   
Change
   
Mar. 31,
   
% of
 
   
2011
   
Total
   
2010
   
total
   
Amount
   
%
   
2011
   
Total
 
Commercial loans
  $ 301,436       20 %   $ 334,889       20 %   $ (33,453 )     -10 %   $ 304,704       20 %
Commercial real estate construction
    19,029       1 %     23,750       2 %     (4,721 )     -20 %     21,269       1 %
Residential real estate construction
    17,223       1 %     55,947       3 %     (38,724 )     -69 %     18,938       1 %
Total real estate construction loans
    36,252       2 %     79,697       5 %     (43,445 )     -55 %     40,207       2 %
Mortgage
    62,778       4 %     74,855       5 %     (12,077 )     -16 %     64,485       4 %
Nonstandard mortgage
    10,525       1 %     14,677       1 %     (4,152 )     -28 %     11,254       1 %
Home equity
    266,221       17 %     277,406       17 %     (11,185 )     -4 %     269,473       18 %
Total real estate mortgage
    339,524       22 %     366,938       23 %     (27,414 )     -7 %     345,212       23 %
Commercial real estate loans
    831,738       55 %     847,192       51 %     (15,454 )     -2 %     823,818       54 %
Installment and other consumer loans
    14,220       1 %     16,473       1 %     (2,253 )     -14 %     15,349       1 %
Total loans
  $ 1,523,170             $ 1,645,189             $ (122,019 )     -7 %   $ 1,529,290          
                                                                 
Yield on loans
    5.33 %             5.46 %             (0.13 )             5.38 %        
 
Reflecting the Company’s strong liquidity position, the Company’s combined cash equivalents and investment securities balance was $797 million or 34% of earning assets at June 30, 2011. In an effort to support its net interest income and margin in an environment of declining loan balances, the Company reduced its cash equivalents balance by $88 million while increasing its investment securities portfolio by $117 million during the second quarter of 2011. The U.S. government agency and government guaranteed mortgage-backed securities portfolios expanded by $69 million and $48 million, respectively, during the most recent quarter. The purchases were primarily of U.S. government agency securities with 3 to 5 year maturities and 10 and 15 year fully amortizing U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities, for which we expect to have limited extension risk. The expected duration of the investment portfolio was 3.0 years at June 30, 2011, compared to 1.8 years at June 30, 2010, and 3.1 years at March 31, 2011.
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 3
                                               
PERIOD END CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENT SECURITIES
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
June 30,
   
% of
   
June 30,
   
% of
   
Change
   
Mar. 31,
   
% of
 
   
2011
   
Total
   
2010
   
total
   
Amount
   
%
   
2011
   
Total
 
Cash equivalents:
                                               
Federal funds sold
  $ 2,367       0 %   $ 13,431       2 %   $ (11,064 )     -82 %   $ 1,966       0 %
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    33,583       4 %     109,781       14 %     (76,198 )     -69 %     122,224       16 %
Total cash equivalents
    35,950       4 %     123,212       16 %     (87,262 )     -71 %     124,190       16 %
                                                                 
Investment securities:
                                                               
U.S. Treasury securities
    4,237       1 %     14,688       2 %     (10,451 )     -71 %     4,282       1 %
U.S. Government Agency securities
    221,958       28 %     250,848       32 %     (28,890 )     -12 %     153,017       19 %
Corporate securities
    9,506       1 %     9,674       1 %     (168 )     -2 %     9,850       1 %
Mortgage-backed securities
    454,029       57 %     300,485       39 %     153,544       51 %     405,740       53 %
Obligations of state and political sub.
    59,122       7 %     58,564       8 %     558       1 %     59,136       8 %
Equity investments and other securities
    11,852       2 %     11,972       2 %     (120 )     -1 %     11,680       2 %
Total investment securities
    760,704       96 %     646,231       84 %     114,473       18 %     643,705       84 %
                                                                 
Total cash equivalents and investment securities
  $ 796,654       100 %   $ 769,443       100 %   $ 27,211       4 %   $ 767,895       100 %
                                                                 
Tax equivalent yield on cash equivalents and investment securities
    2.60 %             2.27 %             0.33               2.52 %        
 
Second quarter 2011 average total deposits of $1.93 billion declined 6% or $115 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 continue to reduce higher cost time deposit balances. As a result, average time deposit balances declined $207 million or 48% year over year in the second quarter. Time deposits represented a modest 12% of the Company’s average total deposits in the most recent quarter compared to 21% during second quarter 2010.
 

Table 4
                                               
QUARTERLY AVERAGE DEPOSITS BY CATEGORY
 
(Dollars in thousands)
  Q2    
% of
    Q2    
% of
   
Change
    Q1    
% of
 
    2011    
Total
    2010    
Total
   
Amount
   
%
    2011    
Total
 
Demand deposits
  $ 578,562       29 %   $ 523,298       26 %   $ 55,264       11 %   $ 552,229       28 %
Interest bearing demand
    365,407       19 %     332,850       16 %     32,557       10 %     344,090       18 %
Total checking deposits
    943,969       48 %     856,148       42 %     87,821       10 %     896,319       46 %
Savings
    110,683       6 %     104,052       5 %     6,631       6 %     106,309       6 %
Money market
    654,668       34 %     657,454       32 %     (2,786 )     0 %     660,672       34 %
Total non-time deposits
    1,709,320       88 %     1,617,654       79 %     91,666       6 %     1,663,300       86 %
Time deposits
    224,674       12 %     431,669       21 %     (206,995 )     -48 %     269,038       14 %
Total deposits
  $ 1,933,994       100 %   $ 2,049,323       100 %   $ (115,329 )     -6 %   $ 1,932,338       100 %
                                                                 
Average rate on total deposits
    0.31 %             0.64 %             (0.33 )             0.38 %        
 
 
 

 
 
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Second quarter average checking account balances of $944 million grew $88 million or 10% 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 .31% in the most recent quarter, a decline of 33 basis points from .64% in the second quarter last year and down 7 basis points on a linked quarter basis.
 
Capital Position
 
The combination of a return to profitability and a reduction in total assets continued to strengthen the Company’s capital position. As shown in Table 5 below, at June 30, 2011, the Company’s tier 1 and total risk-based capital ratios measured 17.99% and 19.25%, respectively, while its leverage ratio was 13.55%.
 
Table 5
                             
CAPITAL RATIOS
 
                               
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
         
March 31,
       
   
2011
   
2010
   
Change
   
2011
   
Change
 
West Coast Bancorp
                             
Tier 1 risk based capital ratio
    17.99 %     16.50 %     1.49       17.72 %     0.27  
Total risk based capital ratio
    19.25 %     17.76 %     1.49       18.98 %     0.27  
Leverage ratio
    13.55 %     11.90 %     1.65       13.40 %     0.15  
                                         
West Coast Bank
                                       
Tier 1 risk based capital ratio
    17.30 %     15.84 %     1.46       17.02 %     0.28  
Total risk based capital ratio
    18.56 %     17.10 %     1.46       18.28 %     0.28  
Leverage ratio
    13.04 %     11.43 %     1.61       12.87 %     0.17  
 
 
 

 
 
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Operating Results Improved from the Second Quarter of 2010
 
As shown in Table 6 below, second quarter 2011 net income of $4.6 million increased $8.4 million compared to a net loss of $3.8 million in the same quarter of 2010. The year-over-year second quarter improvement in results was primarily reflective of a $4.3 million decline in provision for credit losses, a 3.1 million increase in net interest income, and a benefit for income taxes of $1.0 million compared to a tax provision of $1.7 million in the same quarter last year.
 
Second quarter 2011 net interest income of $22.0 million increased $3.1 million from the same quarter in 2010, and grew $.8 million or 3% adjusting for the $2.3 million FHLB prepayment expense in second quarter last year. As shown in Table 7 below, the net interest margin of 3.85% in the most recent quarter expanded 74 basis points from 3.11% in the second quarter 2010. Adjusting for the above-mentioned FHLB prepayment penalty, the net interest margin increased 37 basis points over the same period. The growth in both net interest income and net interest margin were attributable to a reduction in interest expense on deposits and borrowings, which more than offset a continued unfavorable earning assets mix shift from loans to investment securities and a reduced value of noninterest-bearing deposits compared to the second quarter 2010.
 
Table 6
                                         
SUMMARY INCOME STATEMENT
 
(Dollars in thousands)
  Q2     Q2    
Change
    Q1    
Change
 
    2011     2010     $     %     2011     $     %  
                                                     
 Net interest income 1
  $ 21,961     $ 18,910     $ 3,051       16 %   $ 21,512     $ 449       2 %
 Provision for credit losses
    3,426       7,758       (4,332 )     -56 %     2,076       1,350       65 %
 Noninterest income
    8,070       9,625       (1,555 )     -16 %     8,916       (846 )     -9 %
 Noninterest expense
    22,958       22,909       49       0 %     22,553       405       2 %
 Income (loss) before income taxes
    3,647       (2,132 )     5,779       271 %     5,799       (2,152 )     -37 %
 Provision (benefit) for income taxes 2
    (987 )     1,717       (2,704 )     -157 %     694       (1,681 )     -242 %
   Net income (loss)
  $ 4,634     $ (3,849 )   $ 8,483       220 %   $ 5,105     $ (471 )     -9 %
                                                         
1 Second quarter 2010 net interest income includes a $2.3 million expense associated with the prepayment of $99 million in FHLB borrowings.
 
2 For more information on income taxes see table 10.
 
 
Table 7
                             
NET INTEREST SPREAD AND MARGIN
 
(Annualized, tax-equivalent basis)
    Q2       Q2             Q1        
      2011       2010    
Change
      2011    
Change
 
Yield on average interest-earning assets
    4.39 %     4.39 %     -       4.41 %     (0.02 )
Rate on average interest-bearing liabilities 1
    0.80 %     1.72 %     (0.92 )     0.86 %     (0.06 )
Net interest spread
    3.59 %     2.67 %     0.92       3.55 %     0.04  
Net interest margin
    3.85 %     3.11 %     0.74       3.81 %     0.04  
                                         
1 Second quarter 2010 rate on average interest-bearing liabilities includes 37 basis points of expense associated with the prepayment of $99 million in FHLB borrowings.
 
 
 
 

 
 
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As shown in Table 8 below, second quarter 2011 total noninterest income of $8.1 million decreased $1.5 million from the same quarter last year. Net loss on OREO was $.9 million in the most recent quarter and up from $.2 million in the second quarter of last year. Excluding the net loss on OREO, the Company’s noninterest income decreased $.9 million or 9%. This decrease was primarily a result of a $.6 million or 15% decline in service charges on deposit accounts, a $.4 million decline in gains on sales of investment securities, and a $.2 million credit related to an other-than-temporary-impairment (“OTTI”) loss on a trust preferred security in the investment portfolio. The year-over-year second quarter decline in deposit service charges was due to phasing in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (“FDIC”) new guidance on overdraft programs, which became effective July 1, 2011. The final phase of our initiatives to comply with the new overdraft guidance will be implemented in the third quarter of 2011. Payment systems-related revenues increased $.3 million over the second quarter in 2010 as a result of higher transaction volumes.
 
Table 8
                                         
NONINTEREST INCOME
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q2       Q2    
Change
      Q1    
Change
 
      2011       2010     $       %       2011     $     %  
Noninterest income
                                                   
Service charges on deposit accounts
  $ 3,575     $ 4,213     $ (638 )     -15 %   $ 3,644     $ (69 )     -2 %
Payment systems related revenue
    3,169       2,875       294       10 %     2,930       239       8 %
Trust and investment services revenues
    1,208       1,167       41       4 %     1,148       60       5 %
Gains on sales of loans
    300       306       (6 )     -2 %     513       (213 )     -42 %
Gains (losses) on sales of securities
    130       488       (358 )     -73 %     267       (137 )     -51 %
Other-than-temporary impairment losses
    (179 )     -       (179 )     -       -       (179 )     -  
Other
    777       785       (8 )     -1 %     748       29       4 %
Total
    8,980       9,834       (854 )     -9 %     9,250       (270 )     -3 %
                                                         
OREO gains (losses) on sale
    645       1,048       (403 )     -38 %     323       322       100 %
OREO valuation adjustments
    (1,555 )     (1,257 )     (298 )     -24 %     (657 )     (898 )     -137 %
Total net loss on OREO
    (910 )     (209 )     (701 )     -335 %     (334 )     (576 )     -172 %
                                                         
Total noninterest income
  $ 8,070     $ 9,625     $ (1,555 )     -16 %   $ 8,916     $ (846 )     -9 %
                                                         
 
 
 

 
 
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As shown in Table 9 below, second quarter 2011 total noninterest expense of $23.0 million remained virtually unchanged from the second quarter of 2010. Salaries and employee benefits expense grew $.8 million in the second quarter of 2011 when compared to the same quarter a year ago. The continued increase in payment system expense was related to continued growth in customer transaction volumes. These increases were substantially offset by the $.9 million decline in other noninterest expenses, which was primarily due to a reduction in the Company’s FDIC insurance premium expense from the second quarter 2010.
 
Table 9
                                         
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
 
(Dollars in thousands)
  Q2     Q2    
Change
    Q1    
Change
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
$
   
%
   
2011
   
$
   
%
 
Noninterest expense
                                               
Salaries and employee benefits
  $ 12,119     $ 11,322     $ 797       7 %   $ 11,877     $ 242       2 %
Equipment
    1,564       1,606       (42 )     -3 %     1,528       36       2 %
Occupancy
    2,232       2,249       (17 )     -1 %     2,165       67       3 %
Payment systems related expense
    1,350       1,212       138       11 %     1,247       103       8 %
Professional fees
    976       1,161       (185 )     -16 %     982       (6 )     -1 %
Postage, printing and office supplies
    862       737       125       17 %     810       52       6 %
Marketing
    831       738       93       13 %     651       180       28 %
Communications
    389       381       8       2 %     378       11       3 %
Other noninterest expense
    2,635       3,503       (868 )     -25 %     2,915       (280 )     -10 %
Total noninterest expense
  $ 22,958       22,909     $ 49       0 %   $ 22,553     $ 405       2 %
                                                         
 
 
 

 
 
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Income Taxes and Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance
 
Second quarter 2011 benefit for income taxes was $1.0 million, compared to a provision for income taxes in the same quarter of 2010 of $1.7 million. The benefit for income taxes in the most recent quarter was the result of an increase in the estimated gross unrealized gains on the investment securities portfolio for the full year. The provision for income taxes for the second quarter 2010 was primarily the result of adjustments made to the Company’s 2009 tax estimates in conjunction with finalizing its 2009 income tax return, which increased the deferred tax asset valuation allowance by $3.5 million, partly offset by the effect of the change in gross unrealized gain on its investment security portfolio during that quarter.
 
At June 30, 2011, the Company maintained a valuation allowance of $18.0 million against the deferred tax asset balance of $24.1 million for a net deferred tax asset of $6.1 million. A future reversal of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance would decrease the Company’s income tax expense and increase net income.
 
Table 10
                       
PROVISION (BENEFIT) FOR INCOME TAXES
 
(Dollars in thousands)
  Q2     Q2           Q1  
    2011     2010    
Change
    2011  
                               
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:
                               
From estimated change in gross (gain) loss on securities
    (987 )     (1,798 )     811       694  
Change in deferred tax assets-tax return adjustments
    -       3,515       (3,515 )     -  
 Total provision (benefit) for income taxes
  $ (987 )   $ 1,717     $ (2,704 )   $ 694  
 
Credit Quality
 
The Company recorded a second quarter 2011 provision for credit losses of $3.4 million, a decline from $7.8 million in the same quarter of 2010. The second quarter 2011 net charge-offs of $4.6 million or 1.22% of average loans on an annualized basis were relatively unchanged from net charge-offs of $4.7 million or 1.15% of average loans in the corresponding quarter a year ago, but higher than $2.7 million and .72%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2011. The $1.4 million year-over-year second quarter decline in commercial loan net charge-offs and a $.6 million reduction in nonstandard mortgage loan net charge-offs was offset by a $1.7 million increase in home equity net charge-offs and more moderate increases in commercial real estate construction and term loans. 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)
 
Q2
   
Q1
   
Q4
   
Q3
   
Q2
 
   
2011
   
2011
   
2010
   
2010
   
2010
 
Allowance for credit losses, beginning of period
  $ 40,429     $ 41,067     $ 42,618     $ 44,347     $ 41,299  
Total provision for credit losses
    3,426       2,076       1,693       1,567       7,758  
Loan net charge-offs:
                                       
Commercial
    321       263       1,109       524       1,684  
Commercial real estate construction
    648       65       76       -       248  
Residential real estate construction
    213       311       89       813       432  
Total real estate construction
    861       376       165       813       680  
Mortgage
    139       205       347       449       478  
Nonstandard mortgage
    83       315       76       5       641  
Home equity
    2,291       853       570       568       627  
Total real estate mortgage
    2,513       1,373       993       1,022       1,746  
Commercial real estate
    561       326       584       339       275  
Installment and consumer
    185       168       59       272       146  
Overdraft
    183       208       334       326       179  
Total loan net charge-offs
    4,624       2,714       3,244       3,296       4,710  
                                         
Total allowance for credit losses
  $ 39,231     $ 40,429     $ 41,067     $ 42,618     $ 44,347  
Components of allowance for credit losses:
                                       
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 38,422     $ 39,692     $ 40,217     $ 41,753     $ 43,329  
Reserve for unfunded commitments
    809       737       850       865       1,018  
Total allowance for credit losses
  $ 39,231     $ 40,429     $ 41,067     $ 42,618     $ 44,347  
                                         
Net loan charge-offs to average loans (annualized)
    1.22 %     0.72 %     0.83 %     0.82 %     1.15 %
Allowance for loan losses to total loans
    2.53 %     2.58 %     2.62 %     2.65 %     2.70 %
Allowance for credit losses to total loans
    2.58 %     2.63 %     2.67 %     2.71 %     2.77 %
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans
    76 %     74 %     66 %     61 %     55 %
Allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans
    78 %     75 %     67 %     62 %     56 %
 
The allowance for credit losses was $39.2 million or 2.58% of total loans at June 30, 2011, compared to an allowance for credit losses of $44.3 million or 2.77% of total loans a year ago as the overall risk in the loan portfolio has decreased over the past year. Also, the allowance for credit losses relative to nonperforming loans increased from 56% a year ago to 78% at June 30, 2011, and increased modestly from March 31, 2011, as well. The decrease in the required allowance for credit losses over the past twelve months was mostly due to a reduction in higher risk-rated outstanding loans, lower loan volume migrating to higher risk classifications, and more impaired loans moved from being included in the general valuation allowance to being individually measured for impairment during the quarter. The unallocated portion of the reserve was also reduced as a result of the declining overall risk profile of the loan portfolio. During second quarter 2011, net charge-offs exceeded the provision for credit losses by $1.2 million. A lower provision amount relative to net charge-offs in the most recent quarter was largely due to the same factors resulting in the reduction in the required allowance from a year ago. The June 30, 2011, allowance for credit losses at 2.58% of total loans declined from 2.63% at March 31, 2011. The Company’s estimate of an appropriate allowance for credit losses will continue to be closely related to the loan portfolio’s credit quality performance trends and the region’s economic conditions.
 
 
 

 
 
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Total nonperforming assets were $86.0 million or 3.5% of total assets as of June 30, 2011, compared to $116.2 million and 4.6% of total assets a year ago and 3.8% of total assets at March 31, 2011. The decline in total nonperforming assets from $93.3 million at March 31, 2011, represents the ninth consecutive quarterly decline.
 
Table 12
                             
NONPERFORMING ASSETS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
June 30,
   
Mar. 31,
   
Dec. 31,
   
Sept. 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2011
   
2011
   
2010
   
2010
   
2010
 
Loans on nonaccrual status:
                             
Commercial
  $ 9,280     $ 12,803     $ 13,377     $ 13,319     $ 15,317  
Real estate construction:
                                       
Commercial real estate construction
    4,357       4,032       4,077       3,391       3,391  
Residential real estate construction
    3,439       4,093       6,615       13,316       19,465  
Total real estate construction
    7,796       8,125       10,692       16,707       22,856  
Real estate mortgage:
                                       
Mortgage
    5,734       5,714       9,318       13,040       14,535  
Nonstandard mortgage
    5,793       6,451       5,223       5,150       6,121  
Home equity
    2,755       1,426       950       1,538       2,198  
Total real estate mortgage
    14,282       13,591       15,491       19,728       22,854  
Commercial real estate
    19,263       19,424       21,671       18,792       17,542  
Installment and consumer
    1       -       -       -       74  
Total nonaccrual loans
    50,622       53,943       61,231       68,546       78,643  
90 days past due not on nonaccrual
    -       -       -       -       -  
Total nonperforming loans
    50,622       53,943       61,231       68,546       78,643  
                                         
Other real estate owned
    35,374       39,329       39,459       35,814       37,578  
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 85,996     $ 93,272     $ 100,690     $ 104,360     $ 116,221  
                                         
Nonperforming loans to total loans
    3.33 %     3.51 %     3.99 %     4.35 %     4.91 %
Nonperforming assets to total assets
    3.49 %     3.80 %     4.09 %     4.20 %     4.64 %
 
Over the past year, total nonaccrual loans declined $28.0 million or 36% to $50.6 million at June 30, 2011. Nonaccrual loans declined significantly in the commercial, residential real estate construction, and mortgage loan categories, while increasing modestly in commercial real estate construction, commercial real estate, and home equity loan categories.
 
 
 

 
 
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As indicated in Table 13 below, the Company’s OREO property disposition activities continue. During the second quarter 2011, the Company disposed of 51 OREO properties with a book value of $6.7 million while acquiring 18 properties with a book value of $4.3 million. The Company continued to take ownership of additional real property related to loans which previously were on nonaccrual status, and this partly offset the Company’s OREO sales activities in the most recent quarter. At June 30, 2011, the OREO portfolio consisted of 366 properties with a book value of $35.4 million. The OREO balance at June 30, 2011, reflected write-downs totaling 50% from original loan principal compared to 52% twelve months earlier. The largest balances in the OREO portfolio at June 30, 2011, were attributable to homes followed by income-producing properties and residential site development projects, all of which are located within our footprint.
 
Table 13
                                                           
OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED ACTIVITY
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
 Q2 2011
   
 Q1 2011
   
 Q4 2010
   
 Q3 2010
   
 Q2 2010
 
   
Amount
   
 #
   
Amount
   
 #
   
Amount
   
 #
   
Amount
   
 #
   
Amount
   
 #
 
Beginning balance
  $ 39,329       399     $ 39,459       402     $ 35,814       448     $ 37,578       446     $ 45,238       596  
Additions to OREO
    4,270       18       6,479       25       11,053       35       5,119       53       7,209       20  
Dispositions of OREO
    (6,670 )     (51 )     (5,952 )     (28 )     (5,886 )     (81 )     (5,372 )     (51 )     (13,612 )     (170 )
OREO valuation adj.
    (1,555 )     -       (657 )     -       (1,522 )     -       (1,511 )     -       (1,257 )     -  
Ending balance
  $ 35,374       366     $ 39,329       399     $ 39,459       402     $ 35,814       448     $ 37,578       446  
                                                                                 
 
 
Table 14
                                   
OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED BY PROPERTY TYPE
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
June 30,
   
# of
   
June 30,
   
# of
   
Mar. 31,
   
# of
 
   
2011
   
properties
   
2010
   
properties
   
2011
   
properties
 
Homes
  $ 10,108       43     $ 17,254       75     $ 15,093       64  
Income producing properties
    9,237       14       2,996       6       6,613       9  
Residential site developments
    5,912       215       7,296       265       6,973       236  
Land
    4,052       11       3,474       10       4,427       11  
Lots
    3,126       52       4,750       67       3,758       56  
Condominiums
    1,900       14       1,111       12       1,792       12  
Multifamily
    673       11       697       11       673       11  
Commercial site developments
    366       6       -       -       -       -  
Total
  $ 35,374       366     $ 37,578       446     $ 39,329       399  
                                                 
 
Other:
 
The Company will hold a Webcast conference call Friday, July 29, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, during which the Company will discuss second 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 “2nd Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call” tab. The conference call may also be accessed by dialing (877) 247-4281 Conference ID#: 77019985 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,” and in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 15
                                         
INCOME STATEMENT
 
(Dollars in thousands)
Q2
   
Q2
   
Change
   
Q1
   
Year to date
   
Year to date
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
$
   
%
   
2011
   
2011
   
2010
 
Net interest income
                                         
Interest and fees on loans
  $ 20,231     $ 22,416     $ (2,185 )     -10 %   $ 20,299     $ 40,530     $ 45,259  
Interest on investment securities
    4,811       4,237       574       14 %     4,548       9,359       8,444  
Other interest income
    62       163       (101 )     -62 %     71       133       311  
Total interest income
    25,104       26,816       (1,712 )     -6 %     24,918       50,022       54,014  
Interest expense on deposit accounts
    1,476       3,275       (1,799 )     -55 %     1,809       3,285       7,568  
Interest on borrowings and subordinated debentures
    1,667       4,631       (2,964 )     -64 %     1,597       3,264       6,903  
Total interest expense
    3,143       7,906       (4,763 )     -60 %     3,406       6,549       14,471  
Net interest income
    21,961       18,910       3,051       16 %     21,512       43,473       39,543  
                                                         
Provision for credit losses
    3,426       7,758       (4,332 )     -56 %     2,076       5,502       15,392  
                                                         
Noninterest income
                                                       
Service charges on deposit accounts
    3,575       4,213       (638 )     -15 %     3,644       7,219       7,809  
Payment systems related revenue
    3,169       2,875       294       10 %     2,930       6,099       5,411  
Trust and investment services revenues
    1,208       1,167       41       4 %     1,148       2,356       2,146  
Gains on sales of loans
    300       306       (6 )     -2 %     513       813       447  
Net OREO valuation adjustments and gains (losses) on sales
    (910 )     (209 )     (701 )     -335 %     (334 )     (1,244 )     (2,267 )
Other-than-temporary impairment losses
    (179 )     -       (179 )     -       -       (179 )     -  
Gain on sales of securities
    130       488       (358 )     -73 %     267       397       945  
Other
    777       785       (8 )     -1 %     748       1,525       1,542  
Total noninterest income
    8,070       9,625       (1,555 )     -16 %     8,916       16,986       16,033  
Noninterest expense
                                                       
Salaries and employee benefits
    12,119       11,322       797       7 %     11,877       23,996       22,497  
Equipment
    1,564       1,606       (42 )     -3 %     1,528       3,092       3,182  
Occupancy
    2,232       2,249       (17 )     -1 %     2,165       4,397       4,433  
Payment systems related expense
    1,350       1,212       138       11 %     1,247       2,597       2,216  
Professional fees
    976       1,161       (185 )     -16 %     982       1,958       2,022  
Postage, printing and office supplies
    862       737       125       17 %     810       1,672       1,541  
Marketing
    831       738       93       13 %     651       1,482       1,425  
Communications
    389       381       8       2 %     378       767       763  
Other noninterest expense
    2,635       3,503       (868 )     -25 %     2,915       5,550       5,925  
Total noninterest expense
    22,958       22,909       49       0 %     22,553       45,511       44,004  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    3,647       (2,132 )     5,779       271 %     5,799       9,446       (3,820 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    (987 )     1,717       (2,704 )     -157 %     694       (293 )     917  
Net income (loss)
  $ 4,634     $ (3,849 )   $ 8,483       220 %   $ 5,105     $ 9,739     $ (4,737 )
                                                         
Net income (loss) per share:
                                                       
Basic
  $ 0.23     $ (0.20 )   $ 0.43             $ 0.25     $ 0.48     $ (0.30 )
Diluted
  $ 0.22     $ (0.20 )   $ 0.42             $ 0.25     $ 0.45     $ (0.30 )
                                                         
Weighted average common shares
    19,006       18,425       581               18,960       18,983       15,939  
Weighted average diluted shares
    20,025       18,425       1,600               19,939       19,982       15,939  
                                                         
Tax equivalent net interest income
  $ 22,249     $ 19,205     $ 3,044             $ 21,770     $ 44,019     $ 40,159  
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 16
                             
BALANCE SHEETS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
Change
   
Mar. 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
 $
   
%
   
2011
 
Assets:
                             
Cash and due from banks
  $ 54,296     $ 45,685     $ 8,611       19 %   $ 50,865  
Federal funds sold
    2,367       13,431       (11,064 )     -82 %     1,966  
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    33,583       109,781       (76,198 )     -69 %     122,224  
Total cash and cash equivalents
    90,246       168,897       (78,651 )     -47 %     175,055  
Investment securities
    760,704       646,231       114,473       18 %     643,705  
Total loans
    1,521,147       1,602,032       (80,885 )     -5 %     1,535,700  
Allowance for loan losses
    (38,422 )     (43,329 )     4,907       11 %     (39,692 )
Loans, net
    1,482,725       1,558,703       (75,978 )     -5 %     1,496,008  
Total interest earning assets
    2,319,332       2,374,787       (55,455 )     -2 %     2,305,780  
OREO, net
    35,374       37,578       (2,204 )     -6 %     39,329  
Goodwill and other intangibles
    239       477       (238 )     -50 %     298  
Other assets
    93,268       93,600       (332 )     0 %     97,462  
Total assets
  $ 2,462,556     $ 2,505,486     $ (42,930 )     -2 %   $ 2,451,857  
                                         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
                                       
Demand
  $ 599,020     $ 533,865     $ 65,155       12 %   $ 561,995  
Savings and interest-bearing demand
    465,779       433,001       32,778       8 %     461,542  
Money market
    658,185       661,913       (3,728 )     -1 %     661,327  
Time deposits
    208,013       375,321       (167,308 )     -45 %     243,567  
Total deposits
    1,930,997       2,004,100       (73,103 )     -4 %     1,928,431  
Borrowings and subordinated debentures
    219,599       215,199       4,400       2 %     219,599  
Reserve for unfunded commitments
    809       1,018       (209 )     -21 %     737  
Other liabilities
    25,582       17,757       7,825       44 %     26,102  
Total liabilities
    2,176,987       2,238,074       (61,087 )     -3 %     2,174,869  
Stockholders' equity
    285,569       267,412       18,157       7 %     276,988  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 2,462,556     $ 2,505,486     $ (42,930 )     -2 %   $ 2,451,857  
                                         
 
 
 

 
 
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Table 17
                                               
PERIOD END LOANS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
June 30,
   
% of
   
June 30,
   
% of
   
Change
   
Mar. 31,
   
% of
 
   
2011
   
Total
   
2010
   
total
   
Amount
   
%
   
2011
   
Total
 
Commercial loans
  $ 297,817       20 %   $ 312,170       19 %   $ (14,353 )     -5 %   $ 306,864       20 %
Commercial real estate construction
    17,024       1 %     22,096       2 %     (5,072 )     -23 %     17,711       1 %
Residential real estate construction
    15,410       1 %     52,062       3 %     (36,652 )     -70 %     19,896       1 %
Total real estate construction loans
    32,434       2 %     74,158       5 %     (41,724 )     -56 %     37,607       2 %
Mortgage
    62,244       4 %     73,867       5 %     (11,623 )     -16 %     63,780       4 %
Nonstandard mortgage
    10,464       1 %     14,348       1 %     (3,884 )     -27 %     11,140       1 %
Home equity
    264,016       17 %     274,072       17 %     (10,056 )     -4 %     266,606       17 %
Total real estate mortgage
    336,724       22 %     362,287       23 %     (25,563 )     -7 %     341,526       22 %
Commercial real estate loans
    839,665       55 %     837,033       52 %     2,632       0 %     834,880       55 %
Installment and other consumer loans
    14,507       1 %     16,384       1 %     (1,877 )     -11 %     14,823       1 %
Total loans
  $ 1,521,147             $ 1,602,032             $ (80,885 )     -5 %   $ 1,535,700          
                                                                 
 
 
Table 18
                             
 AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Q2
   
Q2
   
Q1
   
Year to date
   
Year to date
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2011
   
2010
 
Cash and due from banks
  $ 52,273     $ 48,232     $ 48,698     $ 50,495     $ 47,361  
Federal funds sold
    4,790       3,605       3,947       4,371       8,233  
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    93,225       249,007       106,794       99,972       238,203  
Total cash and cash equivalents
    150,288       300,844       159,439       154,838       293,797  
Investment securities
    698,116       578,669       673,449       685,850       568,082  
Total loans
    1,523,170       1,645,189       1,529,290       1,526,213       1,673,816  
Allowance for loan losses
    (38,944 )     (42,895 )     (40,296 )     (39,616 )     (41,434 )
Loans, net
    1,484,226       1,602,294       1,488,994       1,486,597       1,632,382  
Total interest earning assets
    2,319,980       2,477,349       2,314,612       2,317,311       2,489,191  
Other assets
    127,895       158,604       128,986       128,438       164,279  
Total assets
  $ 2,460,525       2,640,411     $ 2,450,868     $ 2,455,723       2,658,540  
                                         
Demand
  $ 578,562     $ 523,298     $ 552,229     $ 565,468     $ 521,405  
Savings and interest-bearing demand
    476,090       436,902       450,399       463,316       428,073  
Money market
    654,668       657,454       660,672       657,653       650,065  
Time deposits
    224,674       431,669       269,038       246,733       469,477  
Total deposits
    1,933,994       2,049,323       1,932,338       1,933,170       2,069,020  
Borrowings and subordinated debentures
    219,599       313,210       219,599       219,599       313,752  
Total interest bearing liabilities
    1,575,031       1,839,235       1,599,708       1,587,301       1,861,367  
Other liabilities
    24,331       17,118       24,983       24,656       18,182  
Stockholders' equity
    282,601       260,760       273,948       278,298       257,586  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 2,460,525     $ 2,640,411     $ 2,450,868     $ 2,455,723     $ 2,658,540  
                                         
 
 
 

 
 
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The following table presents information about the Company’s total performing delinquent loans.
 
Table 19
                 
DELINQUENT LOANS 30-89 DAYS PAST DUE AS A % OF LOAN CATEGORY
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
Mar. 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
 
Commercial loans
    0.64 %     0.14 %     0.26 %
Real estate construction loans
    0.00 %     1.48 %     0.00 %
Real estate mortgage loans
    0.38 %     0.18 %     0.28 %
Commercial real estate loans
    0.80 %     0.04 %     0.36 %
Installment and other consumer loans
    0.05 %     1.27 %     1.06 %
                         
Total delinquent loans 30-89 days past due
  $ 9,961     $ 2,742     $ 4,901  
Delinquent loans to total loans
    0.65 %     0.17 %     0.32 %
 
The following table presents information regarding common shares outstanding at June 30, 2011 on an actual and diluted basis.
 
Table 20
     
COMMON SHARE AND DILUTIVE SHARE INFORMATION
 
(Shares in thousands, restated for reverse stock split)
     
       
   
Number
 
   
of shares
 
Common shares outstanding at June 30, 2011
    19,316  
         
Common shares issuable on conversion of series B preferred stock 1
    1,213  
Dilutive impact of warrants 2 3
    995  
Dilutive impact of stock options and restricted stock 3
    112  
Total potential dilutive shares 4
    21,636  
         
         
1 121,328 shares of series B preferred stock outstanding at June 30, 2011.
 
2 Warrants to purchase 240,000 common shares at a price of $100 per series B preferred share outstanding at June 30, 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 $16.85 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.