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NEWS RELEASE
  

 
THE BANK OF KENTUCKY FINANCIAL CORPORATION
ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS
    
Net income available to common shareholders up 59% for the fourth quarter of
2011 and 65% for 2011
    
CRESTVIEW HILLS, KENTUCKY, January 19, 2012 – The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BKYF), the holding company of The Bank of Kentucky, Inc. (the “Bank”), today reported its earnings for the fourth quarter and twelve months ended December 31, 2011.   For the fourth quarter and the twelve months of 2011, the Company reported an increase in diluted earnings per common share of 37% and 29% respectively as compared to the same periods in 2010.
 
The fourth quarter of 2011 also included the repurchase of the remaining $17 million of outstanding Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), issued in February 2009 to the U.S. Department of the Treasury under its TARP Capital Purchase Program and the closing of the United Kentucky Bank of Pendleton County, Inc, which included approximately $28 million in deposits and $14 million in loans.
A summary of the Company’s results follows:
Fourth Quarter ended December 31,
 
2011
   
2010
   
Change
 
Net income
  $ 4,909,000     $ 3,673,000       34 %
Net income available to common shareholders
  $ 4,714,000     $ 2,966,000       59 %
Earnings per common share, basic
  $ 0.63     $ 0.46       37 %
Earnings per common share, diluted
  $ 0.63     $ 0.46       37 %
                         
Twelve Months ended December 31,
  2011     2010    
Change
 
Net income
  $ 16,489,000     $ 11,671,000       41 %
Net income available to common shareholders
  $ 15,517,000     $ 9,425,000       65 %
Net income per common share, basic
  $ 2.09     $ 1.61       30 %
Net income per common share, diluted
  $ 2.07     $ 1.61       29 %
 
Robert Zapp, President & CEO stated, “The fourth quarter was very active for us, and I am pleased to report on our financial performance for the quarter and the past twelve months.  We completed the acquisition of United Kentucky Bank, opening the Falmouth Branch in late October, which allowed us to enter Pendleton County.  We completed the repurchase of the remaining outstanding  shares of preferred stock related to TARP and we completed the renovation of space in Downtown Cincinnati, which will be home to our first branch location in Ohio and thirty-third overall.  The latest financial results also reflect the strength of our core lines of business and our ability to remain efficient in these tough economic times.  In addition, we were able to lower our provision for loan losses, as overall credit improved and losses decreased.”
 
Driving the increase in earnings in the fourth quarter of 2011 was an $800,000 (27%) decrease in the provision for loan losses as compared to the fourth quarter of 2010.  The increase in net income available to common shareholders was also attributable to a 72% reduction in preferred stock dividends and amortization expense. The decrease in the provision for loan losses reflected improving credit metrics as compared to December of 2010, while the reduction of preferred stock dividends and amortization expense reflects the repurchase of the final $17 million of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock outstanding, previously issued to the U.S. Department of the Treasury as part of the TARP Capital Purchase Program.

 
 

 
  
Net interest income increased $658,000, or 5% in the fourth quarter of 2011, as compared to the same period in 2010.  Contributing to the increase in net interest income was the growth in average earning assets, which increased $105 million, or 7% on average from the fourth quarter of 2010.  The net interest margin, on a tax equivalent basis, decreased 7 basis points from 3.70% in the fourth quarter of 2010 to 3.63% in the fourth quarter of 2011.  Contributing to the decrease in the net interest margin was the mix of the growth in earning assets.  Of the $105 million in growth, $98 million or 93% of the growth was attributed to the Bank’s securities portfolio and fed funds sold, which generally have lower yields than loans.
 
The provision for loan losses decreased by $800,000 (27%) in the fourth quarter of 2011, as compared to the same period in 2010.  Contributing to this decrease were lower levels of non-performing loans and charge-offs as compared to December 2010.   The Company’s non-performing loans as a percentage of total loans were 1.40% as of December 31, 2011, as compared to 1.90% as of December 31, 2010, while annualized net charge-offs to average loans decreased from 1.00% in the fourth quarter of 2010 to .65% in the fourth quarter of 2011.  The Company recorded $1,853,000 in net charge-offs in the fourth quarter of 2011 as compared to $2,795,000 in the fourth quarter of 2010.  On a sequential basis, the provision for loan losses of $2,200,000 in the fourth quarter of 2011 was $350,000 lower than the provision in the third quarter of 2011, while non-performing loans decreased from $16.0 million (1.43% of total loans) at September 30, 2011 to $15.9 million (1.40% of total loans) at December 31, 2011.  Net charge-offs on a sequential basis decreased from $2,425,000 (.86% of loans) in the third quarter of 2011 to $1,853,000 (.65% of loans) in the fourth quarter of 2011.  The allowance for loan losses (ALL) increased $920,000 or 5% from December 31, 2010.  As a result of the added allowance, the ALL has increased from 1.57% of loans at the end of the fourth quarter of 2010 to 1.62% of loans at the end of the fourth quarter of 2011.   The adequacy of the ALL is analyzed quarterly and adjusted as necessary to maintain appropriate reserves for probable incurred losses in the Bank’s loan portfolio.
 
The Company’s non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets were 1.25% as of December 31, 2011, as compared to 1.32% as of December 31, 2010.  While non-performing loans decreased $5,192,000 from December 2010 to December 2011 other real estate owned increased $5,049,000 in the same time period.  On a sequential basis, other real estate owned increased $3,950,000 from September 2011, primarily as a result of one commercial real estate relationship that added $3,475,000 in other real estate owned in the fourth quarter.  These properties are recorded at their estimated net realizable value with the difference between this value and the loan balance being recorded as a charge-off.
 
Non-interest income decreased $12,000 in the fourth quarter of 2011, as compared to the same period in 2010, while non-interest expense decreased $367,000 or 3% from the same period last year.  Contributing to the decrease in non-interest income was a $366,000 or 39% decrease in the gains on sale of real estate loans.  These gains were driven by a sharp drop in interest rates in the fourth quarter of 2010, which prompted increased demand for home mortgage loan refinancing.   Partially offsetting this decrease was an $111,000 or 14% increase in Bankcard revenue and a $59,000 or 24% increase in earnings from company owned life insurance.    Non-interest expense included decreases in FDIC insurance expense; down $261,000 or 46%, and amortization of intangible assets; down $137,000 or 38% from the fourth quarter of 2010.   The decrease in FDIC insurance was the result of recent changes in the methodology used by the FDIC to determine federal deposit insurance assessments.
 
Total assets were $1.745 billion at the end of 2011, which was $80 million or 5% higher than the same date a year ago.  Total loans increased $24 million (2%) while investments in securities increased $86 million (30%) from December of 2010.   The increased investments in securities and loans were funded by an increase in deposits of $77 million, or 5%, and a decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $37 million, or 21%.  Total equity decreased $3 million, or 2%, from the end of 2010 as a result of the repurchase of the Series A Preferred Stock.
 
 
 

 
 
The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
  
    Fourth Quarter Comparison    
Year ended December 31, Comparison
 
Income Statement Data
 
12/31/11
   
12/31/10
   
% Chg
   
12/31/11
   
12/31/10
   
% Chg
 
Interest income
  $ 16,096     $ 16,402       (2 )%   $ 64,798     $ 66,682       (3 )%
Interest expense
    2,009       2,973       (32 )%     9,260       13,273       (30 )%
Net interest income
    14,087       13,429       5 %     55,538       53,409       4 %
Provision for loan losses
    2,200       3,000       (27 )%     10,750       15,500       (31 )%
                                                 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    11,887       10,429       14 %     44,788       37,909       18 %
Non interest income
    5,530       5,542       - %     20,724       20,714       - %
Non  interest expense
    10,403       10,770       (3 )%     42,114       42,424       (1 )%
Net income before income taxes
    7,014       5,201       35 %     23,398       16,199       44 %
Provision for income taxes
    2,105       1,528       38 %     6,909       4,528       53 %
Net income
    4,909       3,673       34 %     16,489       11,671       41 %
Preferred stock dividends & amortization
    195       707       (72 )%     972       2,246       (57 )%
Net income available to common shareholders
  $ 4,714     $ 2,966       59 %   $ 15,517     $ 9,425       65 %
Per Common Share Data
                                               
Diluted earnings per common share
    0.63       0.46       37 %     2.07       1.61       29 %
Cash dividends declared
    0.00       0.00       0 %     0.56       0.56       0 %
Earnings Performance Data
                                               
Return on common equity
    12.21 %     9.33 %  
288
bps     10.41 %     8.23 %  
218
bps 
Return on assets
    1.13 %     .91 %  
22
bps     1.00 %     .75 %  
25
bps
Net interest margin
    3.55 %     3.62 %  
(7
)bps     3.65 %     3.72 %  
(7
)bps
 
 
 

 
 
The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Balance Sheet Data
           
   
December 31, 2011
   
December 31, 2010
 
Assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 135,964     $ 172,664  
Investments
    371,737       285,326  
Loans held for sale
    8,920       15,279  
Total loans, gross
    1,129,954       1,106,009  
Allowance for loan losses
    (18,288 )     (17,368 )
Premises and equipment, net
    22,827       23,170  
Goodwill and acquisition intangibles, net
    25,251       25,464  
Other assets and accrued interest receivable
    68,359       54,340  
Total assets
  $ 1,744,724     $ 1,664,884  
                 
Liabilities & Shareholders’ Equity
               
Total deposits
  $ 1,498,821     $ 1,422,312  
Short-term borrowings
    29,300       23,419  
Notes payable
    48,739       48,761  
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities
    11,294       11,022  
Total liabilities
    1,588,154       1,505,514  
Common stockholders’ equity
    156,570       142,580  
Preferred stock
    -       16,790  
Shareholders’ equity
    156,570       159,370  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,744,724     $ 1,664,884  
 
 

 
 
The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

   
Average Balance Sheet Rates (presented on a tax equivalent basis )
 
   
Quarter ended December 31, 2011
   
Quarter ended December 31, 2010
 
   
Average
outstanding
balance
   
Interest
earned/
paid
   
Yield/
rate
   
Average
outstanding
balance
   
Interest
earned/
paid
   
Yield/
rate
 
                                     
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Loans receivable (1)(2)
  $ 1,139,767     $ 14,493       5.04 %   $ 1,133,524     $ 15,228       5.33 %
Securities (2)
    360,265       1,848       2.02       252,793       1,352       2.12  
Other interest-earning assets
      76,258         81       0.42         85,384         113       0.53  
                                                 
Total interest-earning assets
    1,576,290       16,422       4.13       1,471,701       16,693       4.50  
                                                 
Non-interest-earning assets
    141,526                       124,134                  
Total assets
  $ 1,717,816                     $ 1,595,835                  
                                                 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Transaction accounts
    783,753       528       0.27       682,826       684       0.40  
Time deposits
    406,963       1,217       1.19       448,064       1,995       1.77  
Borrowings
    77,832        264       1.35        69,784        294       1.67  
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    1,268,548       2,009       0.63       1,200,674       2,973       0.98  
                                                 
Non-interest-bearing liabilities
    286,340                       237,383                  
                                                 
Total liabilities
    1,554,888                       1,438,057                  
                                                 
Shareholders’ equity
    162,928                       157,778                  
                                                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,717,816                     $ 1,595,835                  
                                                 
Net interest income
          $ 14,413                     $ 13,720          
Interest rate spread
                    3.50 %                     3.52 %
Net interest margin (net interest income as a percent of average interest-earning assets)
                    3.63 %                     3.70 %

 
(1)
Includes non-accrual loans.
 
(2)
Income presented on a tax equivalent basis using a 35.00% and 34.62% tax rate in 2011 and 2010, respectively. The tax equivalent adjustment was $326,000 and $291,000 in 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
 
 

 
 
The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Average Balance Sheet Rates (presented on a tax equivalent basis )
 
   
Year ended December 31,2011
   
Year ended December 31, 2010
 
   
Average
outstanding
balance
   
Interest
earned/
paid
   
Yield/
rate
   
Average
outstanding
balance
   
Interest
earned/
paid
   
Yield/
rate
 
                         
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Loans receivable (1)(2)
  $ 1,123,625     $ 58,379       5.20 %   $ 1,137,373     $ 61,535       5.41 %
Securities (2)
    326,681       7,302       2.24       236,838       5,812       2.45  
Other interest-earning assets
    71,085       372       0.52       62,722       395       0.63  
                                                 
Total interest-earning assets
    1,521,391       66,053       4.34       1,436,933       67,742       4.71  
                                                 
Non-interest-earning assets
    134,667                       124,408                  
Total assets
  $ 1,656,058                     $ 1,561,341                  
                                                 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Transaction accounts
    736,323       2,403       0.33       679,597       3,012       0.44  
Time deposits
    420,026       5,835       1.39       450,712       9,054       2.01  
Borrowings
    74,147       1,022       1.38       67,628       1,207       1.78  
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    1,230,496       9,260       0.75       1,197,937       13,273       1.11  
                                                 
Non-interest-bearing liabilities
    262,245                       215,427                  
                                                 
Total liabilities
    1,492,741                       1,413,364                  
                                                 
Shareholders’ equity
    163,317                       147,977                  
                                                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,656,058                     $ 1,561,341                  
                                                 
Net interest income
          $ 56,793                     $ 54,469          
Interest rate spread
                    3.59 %                     3.60 %
Net interest margin (net interest income as a percent of average interest-earning assets)
                    3.73 %                     3.79 %
 

 
(1)
Includes non-accrual loans.
 
(2)
Income presented on a tax equivalent basis using a 35.00% and 34.62% tax rate in 2011 and 2010, respectively. The tax equivalent adjustment was $1,255,000 and $1,060,000 in 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
 
 

 
 
The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Five-Quarter Comparison
 
Income Statement Data
 
12/31/11
   
9/30/11
   
6/30/11
   
3/31/11
   
12/31/10
 
Net interest income
  $ 14,087     $ 14,076     $ 14,027     $ 13,348     $ 13,429  
Provision for loan losses
    2,200       2,550       3,000       3,000       3,000  
                                         
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    11,887       11,526       11,027       10,348       10,429  
Service charges and fees
    2,390       2,470       2,424       2,157       2,411  
Gain on sale of real estate loans
    580       703       228       278       946  
Gain on sale of securities
    -       -       -       231       -  
Trust fee income
    625       630       723       663       601  
Bankcard transaction revenue
    885       849       859       789       774  
Gains/(losses) on Other Real Estate Owned
    (85 )     (98 )     (94 )     16       (125 )
Other non-interest income
    1,135       743       834       789       935  
Total non-interest income
    5,530       5,297       4,974       4,923       5,542  
Salaries and employee benefits expense
    5,044       5,351       5,045       4,754       4,959  
Occupancy and equipment expense
    1,192       1,216       1,241       1,248       1,185  
Data processing expense
    522       500       467       494       484  
State bank taxes
    415       550       550       536       477  
Amortization of intangible assets
    220       202       215       221       357  
FDIC Insurance
    305       269       384       583       566  
Other non-interest expenses
    2,705       2,639       2,733       2,513       2,742  
Total non-interest expense
    10,403       10,727       10,635       10,349       10,770  
Net income before income tax expense
    7,014       6,096       5,366       4,922       5,201  
Income tax expense
    2,105       1,822       1,572       1,410       1,528  
Net income
    4,909       4,274       3,794       3,512       3,673  
Preferred stock dividends & amortization
    195       261       259       257       707  
Net income available to common shareholders
  $ 4,714     $ 4,013     $ 3,535     $ 3,255     $ 2,966  
Per Common Share Data
                                       
Diluted earnings per common share
    0.63       0.54       0.47       0.44       0.46  
Cash dividends declared
    0.00       0.28       0.00       0.28       0.00  
Weighted average common shares outstanding
                                       
Basic
    7,432,995       7,432,995       7,432,487       7,432,295       6,434,354  
Diluted
    7,465,606       7,488,743       7,501,731       7,459,220       6,434,354  
Earnings Performance Data
                                       
Return on common equity
    12.21 %     10.51 %     9.59 %     9.21 %     9.33 %
Return on assets
    1.13 %     1.05 %     .93 %     .86 %     .91 %
Net interest margin
    3.55 %     3.76 %     3.76 %     3.56 %     3.62 %
Net interest margin (tax equivalent)
    3.63 %     3.83 %     3.84 %     3.63 %     3.70 %
 
 
 

 
 
The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Five-Quarter Comparison
 
Balance Sheet Data
 
12/31/11
   
9/30/11
   
6/30/11
   
3/31/11
   
12/31/10
 
Assets:
                             
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 135,964     $ 67,657     $ 61,098     $ 97,712     $ 172,664  
Investments
    371,737       339,780       320,202       328,271       285,326  
Loans held for sale
    8,920       6,612       1,107       1,223       15,279  
Total loans
    1,129,954       1,118,630       1,128,511       1,118,136       1,106,009  
Allowance for loan losses
    (18,288 )     (17,941 )     (17,816 )     (17,688 )     (17,368 )
Premises and equipment, net
    22,827       22,653       22,576       22,856       23,170  
Goodwill and acquisition intangibles, net
    25,251       24,826       25,028       25,242       25,464  
Other assets & accrued interest receivable
    68,359       62,182       61,013       61,684       54,340  
Total assets
  $ 1,744,724     $ 1,624,399     $ 1,601,719     $ 1,637,436     $ 1,664,884  
Liabilities & Shareholders’ Equity
                                       
Total deposits
  $ 1,498,821     $ 1,369,215     $ 1,355,284     $ 1,390,706     $ 1,422,312  
Short-term borrowings
    29,300       26,248       20,610       24,667       23,419  
Notes payable
    48,739       48,745       48,750       48,756       48,761  
Accrued interest payable & other liabilities
    11,294       10,905       10,682       12,289       11,022  
Total liabilities
    1,588,154       1,455,113       1,435,326       1,476,418       1,505,514  
Common stockholders’ equity
    156,570       152,356       149,511       144,183       142,580  
Preferred stock
    -       16,930       16,882       16,835       16,790  
Shareholders’ equity
    156,570       169,286       166,393       161,018       159,370  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,744,724     $ 1,624,399     $ 1,601,719     $ 1,637,436     $ 1,664,884  
Common shares outstanding
    7,432,995       7,432,995       7,432,995       7,432,295       7,432,295  
Average Balance Sheet Data
                                       
Average investments
  $ 360,265     $ 324,144     $ 319,377     $ 302,331     $ 252,793  
Average other earning assets
    76,258       39,721       57,607       111,484       85,384  
Average loans
    1,139,767       1,126,118       1,119,767       1,108,477       1,133,524  
Average earning assets
    1,576,290       1,489,983       1,496,751       1,522,292       1,471,701  
Average assets
    1,717,816       1,623,719       1,633,990       1,649,947       1,595,835  
Average deposits
    1,464,550       1,372,244       1,385,624       1,406,861       1,366,256  
Average interest bearing deposits
    1,190,716       1,122,239       1,144,986       1,168,383       1,130,890  
Average interest bearing transaction deposits
    783,753       711,046       721,948       729,022       682,826  
Average interest bearing time deposits
    406,963       411,193       423,038       439,361       448,064  
Average borrowings
    77,832       72,421       72,580       73,555       69,784  
Average interest bearing liabilities
    1,268,548       1,194,660       1,217,566       1,241,938       1,200,674  
Average common stockholders equity
    153,175       150,934       146,848       143,382       126,068  
Average preferred stock
    9,753       16,906       16,858       16,813       31,710  
  
 
 

 
The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Five-Quarter Comparison
 
Asset Quality Data
 
12/31/11
   
9/30/11
   
6/30/11
   
3/31/11
   
12/31/10
 
Allowance for loan losses to total loans
    1.62 %     1.60 %     1.58 %     1.58 %     1.57 %
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans
    1.15 %     1.12 %     1.07 %     87 %     82 %
Nonaccrual loans
  $ 15,651     $ 15,964     $ 16,322     $ 19,735     $ 20,648  
Loans – 90 days past due & still accruing
    219       45       100       637       414  
Total non-performing loans
    15,870       16,009       16,422       20,372       21,062  
OREO and repossessed assets
    5,844       1,894       1,902       1,083       795  
Total non-performing assets
    21,714       17,903       18,324       21,455       21,857  
Restructured loans-accruing
    13,306       13,108       7,022       3,294       6,135  
Non-performing loans to total loans
    1.40 %     1.43 %     1.46 %     1.82 %     1.90 %
Non-performing assets to total assets
    1.25 %     1.11 %     1.15 %     1.32 %     1.32 %
Annualized charge-offs to average loans
    .65 %     .86 %     1.03 %     0.98 %     1.00 %
Net charge-offs
  $ 1,853     $ 2,425     $ 2,871     $ 2,680     $ 2,795  
  
About BKFC
BKFC, a bank holding company with assets of approximately $1.744 billion, offers banking and related financial services to both individuals and business customers.  BKFC operates thirty-three branch locations and fifty-six  ATMs.
For more information contact:

 
Martin Gerrety
Executive Vice President and CFO
(859) 372-5169
mgerrety@bankofky.com
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