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           Robert D. Sznewajs
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West Coast Bancorp Reports Net Income of $6.3 Million in third Quarter 2011 and $16.0 million for nine months ending september 30, 2011
 
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year-to-date net income increased $14.7 million over the same period in 2010.
 
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Return on average assets, annualized, was 1.00% in the third quarter and .87% year-to-date 2011.
 
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Third quarter 2011 pre-tax income of $4.0 million included a $2.8 million prepayment charge in connection with prepayment of $88 million term Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) borrowings during the third quarter.
 
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Along with restructuring of FHLB borrowings, the Company initiated several cost reduction initiatives during the third quarter of 2011 which are expected to improve pre-tax income in 2012.
 
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Nonperforming assets were $83.1 million, or 3.30% of total assets at September 30, 2011, continuing their decline for the tenth consecutive quarter.
 
Lake Oswego, OR – October 28, 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 $6.3 million or $.29 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2011 compared to net income for the third quarter of 2010 of $6.1 million or $.29 per diluted share. Net income for the nine months ending September 30, 2011 was $16.0 million or $.75 per diluted share, up from net income of $1.3 million or $.06 per diluted share in the same period of 2010.
 
“Net income was $16.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $1.3 million for the same period a year ago,  continuing the favorable  trends in the operating performance of the Company over the past eighteen months”, said Robert D. Sznewajs, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The Company’s return on average assets continues to improve, reaching 1.00% in the third quarter of 2011 and .87% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. In addition, we have taken steps in the third quarter to reduce our operating costs, including the closure of certain branches in the fourth quarter, and the prepayment of a portion of our term debt with the FHLB in the third quarter. These actions, combined with others, are expected to improve the Company’s pre-tax income in future periods.”
 
 
 

 
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As shown in Table 1 below, the Company incurred approximately $3.1 million in expenses associated with our ongoing cost reduction initiatives in the quarter ended September 30, 2011. These actions, all else remaining constant, are projected to improve pre-tax income by $4.1 to $4.3 million on an annualized basis.
 
Table 1
 
IMPACT OF BRANCH CLOSURE AND FHLB PREPAYMENT
               
         
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
Corporate action:
 
Q3 expense associated
with initiatives
   
Estimated Q4
(benefit) expense
associated with initiatives
 
Estimated annual
pretax income benefit
               
Branch closure and personnel reduction
    $ 309       $ 1,096  
$2.6-$2.8 million
FHLB borrowings prepayment
    2,775       (591)  
$1.5 million
                   
  Total
    $ 3,084       $ 505  
$4.1 - 4.3 million
 
Table 2 below shows summary financial information for the quarters ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and year-to-date ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

Table 2
                                   
SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
                                     
   
Qtr. ended
   
Qtr. ended
         
Year-to-date
   
Year-to-date
       
   
Sept. 30,
   
Sept. 30,
         
Sept. 30,
   
Sept. 30,
       
(Dollars and shares in thousands)
 
2011
   
2010
   
Change
   
2011
   
2010
   
Change
 
Net income
  $ 6,276     $ 6,050     $ 226     $ 16,015     $ 1,313     $ 14,702  
Net income available to common stockholders 1
  $ 5,836     $ 5,605     $ 231     $ 14,888     $ 1,131     $ 13,757  
                                                 
Selective quarterly performance ratios
                                               
Return on average assets, annualized
    1.00 %     0.96 %     0.04       0.87 %     0.07 %     0.80  
Return on average equity, annualized
    8.55 %     8.84 %     (0.29 )     7.58 %     0.67 %     6.91  
Efficiency ratio
    81.03 %     76.09 %     4.94       76.96 %     78.39 %     (1.43 )
                                                 
Share and Per Share Figures-Actual
                                               
Common shares outstanding at period end
    19,303       19,285       18       19,303       19,285       18  
Weighted average diluted shares
    21,124       20,629       495       21,254       20,200       1,054  
Weighted average diluted shares-two class method 2
    19,880       19,401       479       19,951       17,556       2,395  
Net income per diluted share
  $ 0.29     $ 0.29     $ -     $ 0.75     $ 0.06     $ 0.69  
Book value per common share
  $ 14.28     $ 13.15     $ 1.13     $ 14.28     $ 13.15     $ 1.13  
 
1  Adjusted for the impact of allocating net income to participating instruments, restricted stock and preferred Series B stock.
2  Adjusted for the impact of calculating earnings per share under the two-class method.
Please see Table 21 for additional information regarding outstanding shares and the possible dilutive effects of presently outstanding securities.

 
 
 

 
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Balance Sheet Overview
 
Third quarter 2011 average total loan balances of $1.52 billion were virtually unchanged from the second quarter of 2011. This was mainly attributable to growth in new loan originations in 2011 and lower loan balances moving from nonaccrual status to other real estate owned (“OREO”). The third quarter average loan balances declined $72 million or 5% from the same quarter of 2010. The reduction in average loan balances year-over-year third quarter was primarily in residential real estate construction, real estate mortgage, and commercial loan categories. Third quarter average total real estate construction loan balances contracted $38 million or 55% from the same period in 2010 due to the continued soft market for new development and uncertain economic conditions.
 
Table 3
                                               
AVERAGE LOANS FOR THE QUARTER
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
September 30,
   
% of
   
September 30,
   
% of
   
Change
   
June 30,
   
% of
 
   
2011
   
Total
   
2010
   
total
   
Amount
   
%
   
2011
   
Total
 
Commercial loans
  $ 297,354       20%     $ 310,064       20%     $ (12,710 )     -4%     $ 301,436       20%  
  Commercial real estate construction
    15,764       1%       21,476       1%       (5,712 )     -27%       19,029       1%  
  Residential real estate construction
    15,146       1%       47,801       3%       (32,655 )     -68%       17,223       1%  
Total real estate construction loans
    30,910       2%       69,277       4%       (38,367 )     -55%       36,252       2%  
    Mortgage
    60,123       4%       71,710       5%       (11,587 )     -16%       62,778       4%  
    Nonstandard mortgage
    10,020       1%       14,342       1%       (4,322 )     -30%       10,525       1%  
    Home equity
    263,873       17%       272,497       17%       (8,624 )     -3%       266,221       17%  
Total real estate mortgage
    334,016       22%       358,549       23%       (24,533 )     -7%       339,524       22%  
Commercial real estate loans
    838,887       55%       832,888       52%       5,999       1%       831,738       55%  
Installment and other consumer loans
    13,924       1%       16,071       1%       (2,147 )     -13%       14,220       1%  
 Total loans
  $ 1,515,091             $ 1,586,849             $ (71,758 )     -5%     $ 1,523,170          
                                                                 
Yield on loans
    5.25 %             5.44 %             (0.19 )             5.33 %        
 
The Company’s liquidity position remains strong as evidenced by combined cash equivalents and investment securities balance of $873 million or 37% of earning assets at September 30, 2011, an increase from $758 million and 32%, respectively, twelve months earlier. In an effort to support its net interest income and margin, the Company reduced its cash equivalents balance by $68 million while increasing its investment securities portfolio by $183 million since September 30, 2010. Over the past year, the Company increased its U.S. government agency and government guaranteed mortgage-backed securities portfolios by $56 million and $136 million, respectively. 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 2.3 years at September 30, 2011, compared to 1.7 years a year earlier and 3.0 years at June 30, 2011.
 
 
 

 
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Table 4
                             
PERIOD END CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENT SECURITIES
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
September 30,
   
September 30,
   
Change
         
June 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
Amount
   
%
   
2011
 
Cash equivalents:
                             
  Federal funds sold
  $ 2,102     $ 4,605     $ (2,503 )     -54%     $ 2,367  
  Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    47,734       113,144       (65,410 )     -58%       33,583  
Total cash equivalents
    49,836       117,749       (67,913 )     -58%       35,950  
                                         
Investment securities:
                                       
  U.S. Treasury securities
    205       14,551       (14,346 )     -99%       4,237  
  U.S. Government Agency securities
    277,669       221,450       56,219       25%       221,958  
  Corporate securities
    8,858       9,014       (156 )     -2%       9,506  
  Mortgage-backed securities
    460,927       324,563       136,364       42%       454,029  
  Obligations of state and political sub.
    63,761       58,206       5,555       10%       59,122  
  Equity investments and other securities
    12,038       12,290       (252 )     -2%       11,852  
Total investment securities
    823,458       640,074       183,384       29%       760,704  
                                         
Total cash equivalents and investment securities
  $ 873,294     $ 757,823     $ 115,471       15%     $ 796,654  
                                         
Tax equivalent yield on cash equivalents and investment securities
    2.35 %     2.30 %     0.05               2.60 %
 
Third quarter 2011 average total deposits of $1.95 billion declined 2% or $46 million from the same quarter in 2010. With excess balance sheet liquidity, the Company continued to reduce higher cost time deposit balances. As a result, average time deposit balances declined $140 million or 42% year-over-year in the third quarter. Time deposits represented less than 10% of the Company’s average total deposits in the most recent quarter compared to 17% during third quarter last year.
 
Table 5
                                               
QUARTERLY AVERAGE DEPOSITS BY CATEGORY
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q3    
% of
      Q3    
% of
   
Change
            Q2    
% of
 
      2011    
Total
      2010    
Total
   
Amount
   
%
      2011    
Total
 
Demand deposits
  $ 615,956       31%     $ 550,695       28%     $ 65,261       12%     $ 578,562       29%  
Interest bearing demand
    363,554       19%       337,214       17%       26,340       8%       365,407       19%  
  Total checking deposits
    979,510       50%       887,909       45%       91,601       10%       943,969       48%  
Savings
    114,779       6%       106,768       5%       8,011       8%       110,683       6%  
Money market
    661,871       34%       667,150       33%       (5,279 )     -1%       654,668       34%  
  Total non-time deposits
    1,756,160       90%       1,661,827       83%       94,333       6%       1,709,320       88%  
Time deposits
    196,807       10%       336,678       17%       (139,871 )     -42%       224,674       12%  
  Total deposits
  $ 1,952,967       100%     $ 1,998,505       100%     $ (45,538 )     -2%     $ 1,933,994       100%  
                                                                 
Average rate on total deposits
    0.20 %             0.51 %             (0.31 )             0.31 %        

 
 
 

 
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Third quarter average checking account balances of $980 million grew $92 million or 10% year-over-year and represented 50% of the Company’s average total deposits in the quarter. The continuing shift in the mix of deposit balances from time deposits to non-time deposits together with the Company’s deposit pricing strategies, contributed in the reduction in the average rate paid on total deposits to .20% in the most recent quarter, a decline of 31 basis points from .51% in the third quarter last year and down 11 basis points on a sequential quarter basis.

Concurrently with its prepayment of $88 million in term FHLB borrowings, the Company elected to enter into $50 million in new term borrowings with the FHLB in order to maintain its balance sheet interest rate sensitivity position. The rate on the new term borrowings is .85%, a reduction from 3.14% on the amount prepaid. The duration of the new term borrowings is approximately two years, an increase from approximately one year for the $88 million paid off. As a result of these actions, the net reduction in interest expense is estimated to be approximately $1.5 million in 2012 and approximately $.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.
 
Capital Position
 
The Company’s profitability over the past four quarters continued to boost its capital position. As shown in Table 6 below, at September 30, 2011, the Company’s tier 1 and total risk-based capital ratios measured 18.43% and 19.69%, respectively, while its leverage ratio was 13.72%.
 
Table 6
                             
CAPITAL RATIOS
 
                               
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
         
June 30,
       
   
2011
   
2010
   
Change
   
2011
   
Change
 
West Coast Bancorp
                             
Tier 1 risk based capital ratio
    18.43 %     16.96 %     1.47       17.99 %     0.44  
Total risk based capital ratio
    19.69 %     18.23 %     1.46       19.25 %     0.44  
Leverage ratio
    13.72 %     12.84 %     0.88       13.55 %     0.17  
                                         
West Coast Bank
                                       
Tier 1 risk based capital ratio
    17.74 %     16.30 %     1.44       17.30 %     0.44  
Total risk based capital ratio
    19.00 %     17.56 %     1.44       18.56 %     0.44  
Leverage ratio
    13.20 %     12.34 %     0.86       13.04 %     0.16  

 
 
 

 
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Operating Results Improved from the Third Quarter of 2010
 
As shown in Table 7 below, third quarter 2011 net income of $6.3 million increased $.2 million compared to net income of $6.1 million in the corresponding quarter of 2010. The Company recorded a benefit for income taxes of $2.3 million in the most recent quarter, an increase of $1.6 million compared to the benefit of $.7 million in the same quarter last year. Third quarter 2011 pre-tax income was $4.0 million, a decline from $5.4 million in third quarter of 2010. Excluding the $2.8 million FHLB prepayment charge in the most recent quarter, pre-tax income increased $1.4 million or 26% from third quarter of 2010. See Table 7 for reconciliation to GAAP figures. This improvement resulted from an increase in net interest income (excluding the prepayment charge) and noninterest income, as well as lower provision for credit losses and noninterest expenses.
 
Table 7
                                         
SUMMARY INCOME STATEMENT
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q3       Q3    
Change
      Q2    
Change
 
      2011       2010     $     %       2011     $     %  
                                                     
 Net interest income
  $ 19,341     $ 21,875     $ (2,534 )     -12 %   $ 21,961     $ (2,620 )     -12 %
 Provision for credit losses
    1,132       1,567       (435 )     -28 %     3,426       (2,294 )     -67 %
 Noninterest income
    8,414       8,069       345       4 %     8,070       344       4 %
 Noninterest expense
    22,620       23,003       (383 )     -2 %     22,958       (338 )     -1 %
 Income before income taxes
    4,003       5,374       (1,371 )     -26 %     3,647       356       10 %
 Benefit for income taxes
    (2,273 )     (676 )     (1,597 )     -236 %     (987 )     (1,286 )     -130 %
   Net income
  $ 6,276     $ 6,050     $ 226       4 %   $ 4,634     $ 1,642       35 %
                                                         
Reconciliation of income before income taxes adjusted for FHLB prepayment charge
                 
Income before income taxes
  $ 4,003     $ 5,374     $ (1,371 )     -26 %   $ 3,647     $ 356       10 %
   Less FHLB prepayment charge 1
    2,775       -       2,775               -       2,775          
                                                         
Income before income taxes excluding FHLB prepayment charge 2
  $ 6,778     $ 5,374     $ 1,404       26 %   $ 3,647     $ 3,131       86 %
 
1 No tax benefit was applied for the FHLB prepayment charge.
2 Management uses this non-GAAP information internally and has disclosed it to investors based on its belief that the information provides additional, valuable information relating to its operating performance as compared to prior periods.
 
Third quarter 2011 net interest income of $19.3 million decreased $2.5 million from the same quarter in 2010, primarily as a result of the $2.8 million prepayment charge incurred in conjunction with the $88 million prepayment of FHLB borrowings. As shown in Table 8 below, adjusting for this prepayment charge, the third quarter 2011 net interest margin of 3.78% increased 7 basis points from the same quarter last year as the rate on interest bearing deposits declined more than the yield on earning assets. However, as a result of earning assets yield pressures caused by the sustained low market interest rates, the net interest margin contracted 7 basis points from the second quarter of 2011.
 
 
 

 
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Table 8
                             
NET INTEREST SPREAD AND MARGIN
 
(Annualized, tax-equivalent basis)
    Q3       Q3             Q2        
      2011       2010    
Change
      2011    
Change
 
Yield on average interest-earning assets
    4.22 %     4.41 %     (0.19 )     4.39 %     (0.17 )
Rate on average interest-bearing liabilities 1
    1.37 %     1.00 %     0.37       0.80 %     0.57  
Net interest spread
    2.85 %     3.41 %     (0.56 )     3.59 %     (0.74 )
Net interest margin
    3.31 %     3.71 %     (0.40 )     3.85 %     (0.54 )
                                         
Impact of FHLB prepayment premium in Q3 2011
    -0.47 %     0.00 %     (0.47 )     0.00 %     (0.47 )
Net interest margin excluding FHLB prepayment premium
    3.78 %     3.71 %     0.07       3.85 %     (0.07 )
                                         
 
1 Third quarter 2011 rate on average interest-bearing liabilities includes 47 basis points of expense associated with the prepayment of $88 million in FHLB borrowings.
 
As shown in Table 9 below, third quarter 2011 total noninterest income of $8.4 million increased $.3 million from both the same quarter last year and the second quarter of 2011. As a result of implementing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (“FDIC”) guidance on overdraft payment programs late in the second quarter and early in the third quarter of 2011, the third quarter deposit service charges declined $1.0 million or 25% from the same quarter in 2010, and $.4 million linked quarters. On October 18, 2011, the Bank received an order from the FDIC relating to its overdraft practices. As part of the order, the Bank agreed to implement certain procedural improvements relating to compliance and its overdraft program. The procedural improvements required by the order have been completed or are under way. In addition, the Bank has paid a civil money penalty of $390,000, and will make restitution payments to certain customers in an amount, while yet to be finalized, we do not believe will be material. The Company established a reserve in prior periods to cover estimated restitution costs and civil money penalty.
 
While essentially unchanged from the prior quarter, payment systems-related revenues increased 7% or $.2 million over the third quarter in 2010 due to higher transaction volumes. The total net loss on OREO was minor in the third quarter of 2011, compared to a $.9 million loss in the third quarter of last year and $.9 million in the second quarter of 2011. Excluding the total net loss on OREO, the Company’s noninterest income decreased $.6 million from both year-over-year third quarter and the prior quarter. There was no other-than-temporary-impairment (“OTTI”) charge on our trust preferred securities held in the investment portfolio in the third quarter 2011, compared to a $.2 million such charge in the second quarter of 2011.
 
 
 

 
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Table 9
                                         
NONINTEREST INCOME
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q3       Q3    
Change
      Q2    
Change
 
      2011       2010     $     %       2011     $     %  
 Noninterest income
                                                   
   Service charges on deposit accounts
  $ 3,129     $ 4,145     $ (1,016 )     -25 %   $ 3,575     $ (446 )     -12 %
   Payment systems related revenue
    3,201       2,998       203       7 %     3,169       32       1 %
   Trust and investment services revenues
    1,033       978       55       6 %     1,208       (175 )     -14 %
   Gains on sales of loans
    222       182       40       22 %     300       (78 )     -26 %
   Gains (losses) on sales of securities
    124       -       124       -       130       (6 )     -5 %
   Other-than-temporary impairment losses
    -       -       -       -       (179 )     179       -  
   Other
    716       728       (12 )     -2 %     777       (61 )     -8 %
 Total
    8,425       9,031       (606 )     -7 %     8,980       (555 )     -6 %
                                                         
   OREO gains (losses) on sale
    685       549       136       25 %     645       40       6 %
   OREO valuation adjustments
    (696 )     (1,511 )     815       54 %     (1,555 )     859       55 %
 Total net loss on OREO
    (11 )     (962 )     951       99 %     (910 )     899       99 %
                                                         
 Total noninterest income
  $ 8,414     $ 8,069     $ 345       4 %   $ 8,070     $ 344       4 %

As shown in Table 10 below, third quarter 2011 total noninterest expense of $22.6 million declined slightly from both the same quarter in 2010 and the immediately preceding quarter. Noninterest expenses declined modestly across most areas on a linked quarter basis. As a result of the cost reduction initiatives underway, we expect total noninterest expense to be favorably impacted by at least $2.6 million in 2012, everything else being equal.
 
Table 10
                                         
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q3       Q3    
Change
      Q2    
Change
 
      2011       2010     $     %       2011     $     %  
 Noninterest expense
                                                   
   Salaries and employee benefits
  $ 11,977     $ 11,836     $ 141       1 %   $ 12,119     $ (142 )     -1 %
   Equipment
    1,461       1,525       (64 )     -4 %     1,564       (103 )     -7 %
   Occupancy
    2,115       2,216       (101 )     -5 %     2,232       (117 )     -5 %
   Payment systems related expense
    1,279       1,214       65       5 %     1,350       (71 )     -5 %
   Professional fees
    1,038       1,147       (109 )     -10 %     976       62       6 %
   Postage, printing and office supplies
    772       791       (19 )     -2 %     862       (90 )     -10 %
   Marketing
    862       861       1       0 %     831       31       4 %
   Communications
    387       374       13       3 %     389       (2 )     -1 %
   Other noninterest expense
    2,729       3,039       (310 )     -10 %     2,635       94       4 %
 Total noninterest expense
  $ 22,620     $ 23,003     $ (383 )     -2 %   $ 22,958     $ (338 )     -1 %
 
 
 
 

 
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Income Taxes and Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance
 
Third quarter 2011 benefit for income taxes was $2.3 million, compared to a benefit for income taxes of $.7 million in the same quarter of 2010. The benefit for income taxes in the most recent quarter was mainly the result of an increase in the estimated gross unrealized gain on the investment securities portfolio for the full year. While to a less extent, the income tax benefit in the third quarter of 2010, was also primarily the result of an increase in the full year estimated gross unrealized gain on our investment securities.
 
At September 30, 2011, the Company maintained a valuation allowance of $17.0 million against its deferred tax asset balance of $26.3 million for a net deferred tax asset of $9.3 million. Under certain assumptions regarding performance for the balance of this year and next, we continue to believe the deferred tax asset valuation allowance will be fully reversed in the fourth quarter 2011. The reversal of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance would decrease the Company’s income tax expense and increase net income in the period of such reversal.
 
Table 11
                       
BENEFIT FOR INCOME TAXES
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q3       Q3             Q2  
      2011       2010    
Change
      2011  
                               
 Benefit for income taxes net of initial
                             
   establishment of deferred tax asset valuation allowance
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
 Benefit for income taxes from deferred
                               
   tax asset valuation allowance:
                               
    From estimated change in gross gain on securities
    (2,273 )     (676 )     (1,597 )     (987 )
 Total benefit for income taxes
  $ (2,273 )   $ (676 )   $ (1,597 )   $ (987 )
 
Credit Quality
 
The Company recorded a third quarter 2011 provision for credit losses of $1.1 million, a decline from $1.6 million in the same quarter of 2010 and $3.4 million in the prior quarter. The third quarter 2011 net charge-offs of $3.3 million or .88% of average loans on an annualized basis were substantially unchanged from the corresponding quarter a year ago, but a decline from $4.6 million and 1.22%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2011. Sequential quarters, declines in real estate construction and home equity net charge-offs more than offset increases in commercial and commercial real estate loan net charge-offs. 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 12
                             
ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES AND NET CHARGEOFFS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q3       Q2       Q1       Q4       Q3  
      2011       2011       2011       2010       2010  
Allowance for credit losses, beginning of period
  $ 39,231     $ 40,429     $ 41,067     $ 42,618     $ 44,347  
Total provision for credit losses
    1,132       3,426       2,076       1,693       1,567  
Loan net charge-offs:
                                       
  Commercial
    1,181       321       263       1,109       524  
    Commercial real estate construction
    472       648       65       76       -  
    Residential real estate construction
    (87 )     213       311       89       813  
  Total real estate construction
    385       861       376       165       813  
    Mortgage
    185       139       205       347       449  
    Nonstandard mortgage
    61       83       315       76       5  
    Home equity
    516       2,291       853       570       568  
  Total real estate mortgage
    762       2,513       1,373       993       1,022  
  Commercial real estate
    779       561       326       584       339  
  Installment and consumer
    6       185       168       59       272  
  Overdraft
    234       183       208       334       326  
  Total loan net charge-offs
    3,347       4,624       2,714       3,244       3,296  
                                         
Total allowance for credit losses
  $ 37,016     $ 39,231     $ 40,429     $ 41,067     $ 42,618  
Components of allowance for credit losses:
                                       
  Allowance for loan losses
  $ 36,314     $ 38,422     $ 39,692     $ 40,217     $ 41,753  
  Reserve for unfunded commitments
    702       809       737       850       865  
Total allowance for credit losses
  $ 37,016     $ 39,231     $ 40,429     $ 41,067     $ 42,618  
                                         
Net loan charge-offs to average loans (annualized)
    0.88 %     1.22 %     0.72 %     0.83 %     0.82 %
Allowance for loan losses to total loans
    2.42 %     2.53 %     2.58 %     2.62 %     2.65 %
Allowance for credit losses to total loans
    2.46 %     2.58 %     2.63 %     2.67 %     2.71 %
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans
    69 %     76 %     74 %     66 %     61 %
Allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans
    70 %     78 %     75 %     67 %     62 %
 
The allowance for credit losses was $37.0 million or 2.46% of total loans at September 30, 2011, compared to an allowance for credit losses of $42.6 million or 2.71% of total loans a year ago and $39.2 million or 2.58% of total loans at June 30, 2011. The lower allowance for credit losses relative to total loans reflected an improvement in the overall risk profile of the loan portfolio over both the past year and the previous quarter. Also, the allowance for credit losses relative to nonperforming loans increased from 62% a year ago to 70% at September 30, 2011, while declining from 78% at June 30, 2011. The decrease in the allowance for credit losses over the past twelve months was mostly due to a reduction in higher risk-rated loans outstanding, a lower volume of loans migrating to higher risk classifications, lower overall loan balances, and more impaired loans moving from being included in the general valuation allowance to being individually measured for impairment during the quarter. 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.
 
Total nonperforming assets were $83.1 million or 3.3% of total assets as of September 30, 2011, compared to $104.4 million and 4.2% of total assets a year ago and 3.5% of total assets at the end of the second quarter. The decline in total nonperforming assets of $2.9 million during the third quarter of 2011 represented the tenth consecutive quarterly reduction in nonperforming assets.
 
 
 

 
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Table 13
                             
NONPERFORMING ASSETS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Sept. 30,
   
June 30,
   
Mar. 31,
   
Dec. 31,
   
Sept. 30,
 
   
2011
   
2011
   
2011
   
2010
   
2010
 
Loans on nonaccrual status:
                             
Commercial
  $ 9,987     $ 9,280     $ 12,803     $ 13,377     $ 13,319  
Real estate construction:
                                       
  Commercial real estate construction
    3,886       4,357       4,032       4,077       3,391  
  Residential real estate construction
    3,311       3,439       4,093       6,615       13,316  
Total real estate construction
    7,197       7,796       8,125       10,692       16,707  
Real estate mortgage:
                                       
  Mortgage
    5,876       5,734       5,714       9,318       13,040  
  Nonstandard mortgage
    5,001       5,793       6,451       5,223       5,150  
  Home equity
    3,285       2,755       1,426       950       1,538  
Total real estate mortgage
    14,162       14,282       13,591       15,491       19,728  
Commercial real estate
    21,513       19,263       19,424       21,671       18,792  
Installment and consumer
    6       1       -       -       -  
Total nonaccrual loans
    52,865       50,622       53,943       61,231       68,546  
90 days past due not on nonaccrual
    -       -       -       -       -  
  Total nonperforming loans
    52,865       50,622       53,943       61,231       68,546  
                                         
Other real estate owned
    30,234       35,374       39,329       39,459       35,814  
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 83,099     $ 85,996     $ 93,272     $ 100,690     $ 104,360  
                                         
Nonperforming loans to total loans
    3.52 %     3.33 %     3.51 %     3.99 %     4.35 %
Nonperforming assets to total assets
    3.30 %     3.49 %     3.80 %     4.09 %     4.20 %
 
Over the past year, total nonaccrual loans declined $15.7 million or 23% to $52.9 million at September 30, 2011. During the most recent quarter nonaccrual loans increased $2.2 million as a result of modest increases in nonaccrual commercial and commercial real estate loan categories. Two loans largely accounted for the increase in the nonaccrual commercial real estate category, one of which in the amount of $1.2 million was paid off in early October.
 
 
 

 
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As indicated in Table 14 below, the Company’s OREO property disposition activities continued at a steady pace in the third quarter of 2011, while the level of additional real estate properties taken into the OREO portfolio declined significantly from prior periods. During the third quarter 2011, the Company disposed of 74 OREO properties with a book value of $6.1 million while acquiring 16 properties with a book value of $1.7 million and recorded OREO valuation adjustments totaling $.7 million. The combination of these actions resulted in a $5.1 million decline in total OREO in the quarter. At September 30, 2011, the OREO portfolio consisted of 308 properties with a book value of $30.2 million. The OREO balance at September 30, 2011, reflected write-downs totaling 52% from original loan principal which was similar to a year ago. The largest balances in the OREO portfolio at third quarter end were attributable to income-producing properties followed by homes and residential site development projects, all of which are located within our footprint.
 
Table 14
                                                           
OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED ACTIVITY
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q3 2011       Q2 2011       Q1 2011       Q4 2010       Q3 2010  
   
Amount
      #    
Amount
      #    
Amount
      #    
Amount
      #    
Amount
      #  
Beginning balance
  $ 35,374       366     $ 39,329       399     $ 39,459       402     $ 35,814       448     $ 37,578       446  
  Additions to OREO
    1,672       16       4,270       18       6,479       25       11,053       35       5,119       53  
  Dispositions of OREO
    (6,116 )     (74 )     (6,670 )     (51 )     (5,952 )     (28 )     (5,886 )     (81 )     (5,372 )     (51 )
  OREO valuation adj.
    (696 )     -       (1,555 )     -       (657 )     -       (1,522 )     -       (1,511 )     -  
Ending balance
  $ 30,234       308     $ 35,374       366     $ 39,329       399     $ 39,459       402     $ 35,814       448  
 
Table 15
                                   
OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED BY PROPERTY TYPE
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Sept. 30,
   
# of
   
Sept. 30,
   
# of
   
June 30,
   
# of
 
   
2011
   
properties
   
2010
   
properties
   
2011
   
properties
 
Income producing properties
  $ 8,139       14     $ 3,212       7     $ 9,237       14  
Homes
    6,329       27       15,341       66       10,108       43  
Residential site developments
    4,877       176       8,096       281       5,912       215  
Land
    3,762       10       3,525       10       4,052       11  
Lots
    3,175       54       4,062       61       3,126       52  
Condominiums
    3,131       17       881       12       1,900       14  
Multifamily
    455       4       697       11       673       11  
Commercial site developments
    366       6       -       -       366       6  
  Total
  $ 30,234       308     $ 35,814       448     $ 35,374       366  
 
Other
 
The Company will hold a Webcast conference call Friday, October 28, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, during which the Company will discuss third 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 “3rd Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call” tab. The conference call may also be accessed by dialing (877) 247-4281 Conference ID#: 15209345 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 publicly held, Northwest bank holding company headquartered in Oregon with $2.5 billion in assets, and the parent company of West Coast Bank and West Coast Trust Company, Inc. West Coast Bank operates 65 branches in Oregon and Washington. The Company serves clients who seek the resources, sophisticated products and expertise of larger financial institutions, along with the local decision-making, market knowledge, and customer service orientation of a community bank. The Company offers a broad range of banking, investment, fiduciary and trust services.  For more information, please visit the Company 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," “projects,” “anticipates,” or "will," or other words of similar meaning, and specifically include in this release all statements regarding the expected future benefits of our ongoing cost-cutting initiatives. 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, (ii) cost reduction initiatives, as well as (iii) 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 16
                                         
INCOME STATEMENT
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q3       Q3    
Change
            Q2    
Year-to-date
   
Year-to-date
 
      2011       2010     $     %       2011       2011       2010  
 Net interest income
                                                     
   Interest and fees on loans
  $ 20,060     $ 21,800     $ (1,740 )     -8 %   $ 20,231     $ 60,590     $ 67,059  
   Interest on investment securities
    4,626       4,160       466       11 %     4,811       13,985       12,604  
   Other interest income
    35       93       (58 )     -62 %     62       168       404  
 Total interest income
    24,721       26,053       (1,332 )     -5 %     25,104       74,743       80,067  
 Interest expense on deposit accounts
    986       2,553       (1,567 )     -61 %     1,476       4,271       10,121  
 Interest on borrowings and subordinated debentures
    1,619       1,625       (6 )     0 %     1,667       4,883       6,202  
 Borrowings prepayment charge
    2,775       -       2,775       100 %     -       2,775       2,326  
 Total interest expense
    5,380       4,178       1,202       29 %     3,143       11,929       18,649  
   Net interest income
    19,341       21,875       (2,534 )     -12 %     21,961       62,814       61,418  
                                                         
 Provision for credit losses
    1,132       1,567       (435 )     -28 %     3,426       6,634       16,959  
                                                         
 Noninterest income
                                                       
   Service charges on deposit accounts
    3,129       4,145       (1,016 )     -25 %     3,575       10,348       11,954  
   Payment systems related revenue
    3,201       2,998       203       7 %     3,169       9,300       8,409  
   Trust and investment services revenues
    1,033       978       55       6 %     1,208       3,389       3,124  
   Gains on sales of loans
    222       182       40       22 %     300       1,035       629  
   Net OREO valuation adjustments
                                                       
      and gains (losses) on sales
    (11 )     (962 )     951       99 %     (910 )     (1,255 )     (3,229 )
   Other-than-temporary impairment losses
    -       -       -       -       (179 )     (179 )     -  
   Gain on sales of securities
    124       -       124       100 %     130       521       945  
   Other
    716       728       (12 )     -2 %     777       2,241       2,270  
 Total noninterest income
    8,414       8,069       345       4 %     8,070       25,400       24,102  
 Noninterest expense
                                                       
   Salaries and employee benefits
    11,977       11,836       141       1 %     12,119       35,973       34,333  
   Equipment
    1,461       1,525       (64 )     -4 %     1,564       4,553       4,707  
   Occupancy
    2,115       2,216       (101 )     -5 %     2,232       6,512       6,649  
   Payment systems related expense
    1,279       1,214       65       5 %     1,350       3,876       3,430  
   Professional fees
    1,038       1,147       (109 )     -10 %     976       2,996       3,169  
   Postage, printing and office supplies
    772       791       (19 )     -2 %     862       2,444       2,332  
   Marketing
    862       861       1       0 %     831       2,344       2,286  
   Communications
    387       374       13       3 %     389       1,154       1,137  
   Other noninterest expense
    2,729       3,039       (310 )     -10 %     2,635       8,279       8,964  
 Total noninterest expense
    22,620       23,003       (383 )     -2 %     22,958       68,131       67,007  
 Income before income taxes
    4,003       5,374       (1,371 )     26 %     3,647       13,449       1,554  
 Benefit for income taxes
    (2,273 )     (676 )     (1,597 )     236 %     (987 )     (2,566 )     241  
 Net income
  $ 6,276     $ 6,050     $ 226       -4 %   $ 4,634     $ 16,015     $ 1,313  
                                                         
 Net income per share:
                                                       
     Basic
  $ 0.31     $ 0.30     $ 0.01             $ 0.23     $ 0.78     $ 0.07  
     Diluted
  $ 0.29     $ 0.29     $ -             $ 0.22     $ 0.75     $ 0.06  
                                                         
 Weighted average common shares
    19,029       18,955       74               19,006       18,999       16,955  
 Weighted average diluted shares
    21,124       20,629       495               20,025       21,254       20,200  
                                                         
 Tax equivalent net interest income
  $ 19,628     $ 22,163     $ (2,535 )           $ 22,249     $ 63,647     $ 62,322  
 
 
 

 
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Table 17
                             
BALANCE SHEETS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Sept. 30,
   
Sept. 30,
   
Change
         
June 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
    $     %       2011  
Assets:
                                 
Cash and due from banks
  $ 57,442     $ 57,216     $ 226       0 %   $ 54,296  
Federal funds sold
    2,102       4,605       (2,503 )     -54 %     2,367  
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    47,734       113,144       (65,410 )     -58 %     33,583  
  Total cash and cash equivalents
    107,278       174,965       (67,687 )     -39 %     90,246  
Investment securities
    823,458       640,074       183,384       29 %     760,704  
Total loans
    1,503,624       1,575,451       (71,827 )     -5 %     1,521,147  
Allowance for loan losses
    (36,314 )     (41,753 )     5,439       13 %     (38,422 )
Loans, net
    1,467,310       1,533,698       (66,388 )     -4 %     1,482,725  
Total interest earning assets
    2,379,614       2,335,882       43,732       2 %     2,319,332  
OREO, net
    30,234       35,814       (5,580 )     -16 %     35,374  
Other assets
    92,967       101,828       (8,861 )     -9 %     93,507  
     Total assets
  $ 2,521,247     $ 2,486,379     $ 34,868       1 %   $ 2,462,556  
                                         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
                                       
Demand
  $ 649,326     $ 565,543     $ 83,783       15 %   $ 599,020  
Savings and interest-bearing demand
    502,586       442,892       59,694       13 %     465,779  
Money market
    651,904       675,402       (23,498 )     -3 %     658,185  
Time deposits
    186,962       291,218       (104,256 )     -36 %     208,013  
Total deposits
    1,990,778       1,975,055       15,723       1 %     1,930,997  
Borrowings and subordinated debentures
    209,099       215,199       (6,100 )     -3 %     219,599  
Reserve for unfunded commitments
    702       865       (163 )     -19 %     809  
Other liabilities
    23,801       20,553       3,248       16 %     25,582  
     Total liabilities
    2,224,380       2,211,672       12,708       1 %     2,176,987  
Stockholders' equity
    296,867       274,707       22,160       8 %     285,569  
     Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 2,521,247     $ 2,486,379     $ 34,868       1 %   $ 2,462,556  
 
 
 

 
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Table 18
                                               
PERIOD END LOANS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
September 30,
   
% of
   
September 30,
   
% of
   
Change
   
June 30,
   
% of
 
   
2011
   
Total
   
2010
   
total
   
Amount
   
%
   
2011
   
Total
 
Commercial loans
  $ 296,335       19%     $ 317,037       20%     $ (20,702 )     -7%     $ 297,817       20%  
  Commercial real estate construction
    12,859       1%       17,933       1%       (5,074 )     -28%       17,024       1%  
  Residential real estate construction
    13,167       1%       39,955       3%       (26,788 )     -67%       15,410       1%  
Total real estate construction loans
    26,026       2%       57,888       4%       (31,862 )     -55%       32,434       2%  
    Mortgage
    59,388       4%       71,446       5%       (12,058 )     -17%       62,244       4%  
    Nonstandard mortgage
    9,945       1%       13,294       1%       (3,349 )     -25%       10,464       1%  
    Home equity
    261,457       17%       272,132       17%       (10,675 )     -4%       264,016       17%  
Total real estate mortgage
    330,790       22%       356,872       23%       (26,082 )     -7%       336,724       22%  
Commercial real estate loans
    836,752       56%       827,668       52%       9,084       1%       839,665       55%  
Installment and other consumer loans
    13,721       1%       15,986       1%       (2,265 )     -14%       14,507       1%  
 Total loans
  $ 1,503,624             $ 1,575,451             $ (71,827 )     -5%     $ 1,521,147          
 
Table 19
                             
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS
 
(Dollars in thousands)
    Q3       Q3       Q2    
Year to date
   
Year to date
 
      2011       2010       2011       2011       2010  
Cash and due from banks
  $ 54,156     $ 50,087     $ 52,273     $ 51,729     $ 48,279  
Federal funds sold
    3,275       4,379       4,790       4,001       6,935  
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    49,918       138,503       93,225       83,104       204,604  
  Total cash and cash equivalents
    107,349       192,969       150,288       138,834       259,818  
Investment securities
    782,324       640,216       698,116       718,362       592,391  
Total loans
    1,515,091       1,586,849       1,523,170       1,522,465       1,644,509  
Allowance for loan losses
    (38,529 )     (42,917 )     (38,944 )     (39,250 )     (41,934 )
Loans, net
    1,476,562       1,543,932       1,484,226       1,483,215       1,602,575  
Total interest earning assets
    2,351,828       2,372,072       2,319,980       2,328,943       2,449,722  
Other assets
    120,972       125,273       127,895       125,734       151,134  
     Total assets
  $ 2,487,207     $ 2,502,390     $ 2,460,525     $ 2,466,145     $ 2,605,918  
                                         
Demand
  $ 615,956     $ 550,695     $ 578,562     $ 582,482     $ 531,276  
Savings and interest-bearing demand
    478,333       443,982       476,090       468,376       433,434  
Money market
    661,871       667,150       654,668       659,075       655,823  
Time deposits
    196,807       336,678       224,674       229,908       424,724  
Total deposits
    1,952,967       1,998,505       1,933,994       1,939,841       2,045,257  
Borrowings and subordinated debentures
    220,354       215,199       219,599       219,854       280,540  
Total interest bearing liabilities
    1,557,365       1,663,009       1,575,031       1,577,213       1,794,521  
Other liabilities
    22,779       17,164       24,331       23,835       17,839  
Stockholders' equity
    291,107       271,522       282,601       282,615       262,282  
     Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 2,487,207     $ 2,502,390     $ 2,460,525     $ 2,466,145     $ 2,605,918  
 
 
 

 
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The following table presents information about the Company’s total performing delinquent loans.
 
Table 20
                 
DELINQUENT LOANS 30-89 DAYS PAST DUE AS A % OF LOAN CATEGORY
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
September 30,
   
September 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
 
Commercial loans
    0.21 %     0.36 %     0.64 %
Real estate construction loans
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Real estate mortgage loans
    0.20 %     0.43 %     0.38 %
Commercial real estate loans
    0.50 %     0.34 %     0.80 %
Installment and other consumer loans
    0.64 %     0.25 %     0.05 %
                         
Total delinquent loans 30-89 days past due
  $ 5,556     $ 5,502     $ 9,961  
Delinquent loans to total loans
    0.37 %     0.35 %     0.65 %
 
The following table presents information regarding common shares outstanding at September 30, 2011 on an actual and diluted basis.
 
Table 21
   
COMMON SHARE AND DILUTIVE SHARE INFORMATION
 
(Shares in thousands, restated for reverse stock split)
   
     
   
Number
 
 
of shares
 
Common shares outstanding at September 30, 2011
    19,303  
         
Common shares issuable on conversion of series B preferred stock 1
    1,213  
Dilutive impact of warrants 2 3
    833  
Dilutive impact of stock options and restricted stock 3
    49  
  Total potential dilutive shares 4
    21,398  
         
         
 
1 121,328 shares of series B preferred stock outstanding at September 30, 2011.
2 Warrants to purchase 240,000 common shares at a price of $100 per series B preferred share outstanding at September 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 $15.31 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.