Veritex Holdings, Inc. - FORM 10-Q

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549



	FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to .

Commission File Number: 001-36682



	VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Texas		27-0973566
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)		identification no.)

8214 Westchester Drive, Suite 400
Dallas, Texas		75225
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)



	(972) 349-6200 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):



	Large accelerated filer ☐		Accelerated filer ☒

	Non-accelerated filer ☐		Smaller reporting company ☐
	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

			Emerging growth company ☒

	If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒

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

As of April 26, 2017, there were 15,229,436 outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC.




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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements – (Unaudited)	3
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016	7
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	34
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	59
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	59

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	60
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	60
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	60
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	60
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	60
Item 5.	Other Information	60
Item 6.	Exhibits	61
SIGNATURES		62

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016

(Dollars in thousands, except par value information)



	March 31,			December 31,
	2017			2016
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks	$	23,021		$	15,631
Interest bearing deposits in other banks	262,714			219,160
Total cash and cash equivalents	285,735			234,791
Investment securities	138,698			102,559
Loans held for sale	1,925			5,208
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $8,816 and $8,524, respectively	1,012,106			983,318
Accrued interest receivable	2,845			2,907
Bank-owned life insurance	20,224			20,077
Bank premises, furniture and equipment, net	17,521			17,413
Non-marketable equity securities	7,375			7,366
Investment in unconsolidated subsidiary	93			93
Other real estate owned	998			662
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $2,355 and $2,198, respectively	2,161			2,181
Goodwill	26,865			26,865
Other assets	5,469			5,067
Total assets	$	1,522,015		$	1,408,507
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing	$	338,226		$	327,614
Interest-bearing	883,470			792,016
Total deposits	1,221,696			1,119,630
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	1,631			2,914
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities	9,655			534
Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank	38,271			38,306
Junior subordinated debentures	3,093			3,093
Subordinated notes	4,944			4,942
Total liabilities	1,279,290			1,169,419
Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016; 15,229,436 and 15,195,328 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively (excluding 10,000 shares held in treasury)	152			152
Additional paid-in capital	211,512			211,173
Retained earnings	32,388			29,290
Unallocated Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares; 18,783 and 18,783 shares at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively	(209		)	(209		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(1,048		)	(1,248		)
Treasury stock, 10,000 shares at cost	(70		)	(70		)
Total stockholders’ equity	242,725			239,088
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	1,522,015		$	1,408,507

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016
Interest income:
Interest and fees on loans	$	11,883	$	10,355
Interest on investment securities	575		335
Interest on deposits in other banks	610		92
Interest on other	1		1
Total interest income	13,069		10,783
Interest expense:
Interest on deposit accounts	1,647		935
Interest on borrowings	169		158
Total interest expense	1,816		1,093
Net interest income	11,253		9,690
Provision for loan losses	890		845
Net interest income after provision for loan losses	10,363		8,845
Noninterest income:
Service charges and fees on deposit accounts	509		434
Gain on sales of investment securities	—		15
Gain on sales of loans	747		662
Bank-owned life insurance	187		193
Other	92		69
Total noninterest income	1,535		1,373
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits	3,908		3,174
Occupancy and equipment	1,011		901
Professional fees	798		573
Data processing and software expense	360		284
FDIC assessment fees	258		137
Marketing	244		200
Other assets owned expenses and write-downs	25		75
Amortization of intangibles	95		95
Telephone and communications	102		97
Other	649		439
Total noninterest expense	7,450		5,975
Net income from operations	4,448		4,243
Income tax expense	1,350		1,430
Net income	$	3,098	$	2,813
Basic earnings per share	$	0.20	$	0.26
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.20	$	0.26

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

(Dollars in thousands)



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016
Net income	$	3,098	$	2,813
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized gains on securities available for sale arising during the period, net	304		359
Reclassification adjustment for net gains included in net income	—		15
Other comprehensive income before tax	304		344
Income tax expense	104		117
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	200		227
Comprehensive income	$	3,298	$	3,040

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

(Dollars in thousands)



	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Unallocated Employee Stock Ownership Plan Shares			Treasury Stock
	Shares	Amount		Additional Paid-In Capital			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Unallocated Employee Stock Ownership Plan Shares			Treasury Stock			Total
Balance at December 31, 2016	15,195,328	$	152	$	211,173		$	29,290	$	(1,248	)	$	(209	)	$	(70	)	$	239,088
Restricted stock units vested, net 7,103 shares withheld to cover tax withholdings	34,108	—		(41		)	—		—			—			—			(41		)
Deferred Offering Costs				(16		)												(16		)
Stock based compensation	—	—		396			—		—			—			—			396
Net income	—	—		—			3,098		—			—			—			3,098
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—			—		200			—			—			200
Balance at March 31, 2017	15,229,436	$	152	$	211,512		$	32,388	$	(1,048	)	$	(209	)	$	(70	)	$	242,725



	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Unallocated Employee Stock Ownership Plan Shares			Treasury Stock
	Shares	Amount		Additional Paid-In Capital			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Unallocated Employee Stock Ownership Plan Shares			Treasury Stock			Total
Balance at December 31, 2015	10,712,472	$	107	$	115,721		$	16,739	$	(142	)	$	(309	)	$	(70	)	$	132,046
Restricted stock units vested, net 4,171 shares withheld to cover tax withholdings	11,606	—		(68		)	—		—			—			—			(68		)
Stock based compensation	—	—		223			—		—			—			—			223
Net income	—	—		—			2,813		—			—			—			2,813
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—			—		227			—			—			227
Balance at March 31, 2016	10,724,078	$	107	$	115,876		$	19,552	$	85		$	(309	)	$	(70	)	$	135,241

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

(Dollars in thousands)



	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017			2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	3,098		$	2,813
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets	446			394
Provision for loan losses	890			845
Accretion of loan purchase discount	(55		)	(84		)
Stock-based compensation expense	396			223
Excess tax benefit from stock compensation	(172		)	—
Net amortization of premiums on investment securities	304			189
Change in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance	(147		)	(155		)
Net gain on sales of investment securities	—			(15		)
Gain on sales of loans held for sale	(237		)	(437		)
Gain on sales of SBA loans	(510		)	(225		)
Amortization of subordinated note discount	2			—
Net originations of loans held for sale	(7,875		)	(10,562		)
Write down on foreclosed assets	—			64
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale	11,395			10,010
Increase in accrued interest receivable and other assets	(409		)	(446		)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable, accrued expenses, accrued interest payable and other liabilities	7,838			(45		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	14,964			2,569
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of securities available for sale	(40,355		)	(18,228		)
Sales of securities available for sale	—			8,378
Proceeds from maturities, calls and pay downs of investment securities	4,216			6,686
Purchases of non-marketable equity securities, net	(9		)	(1,374		)
Net loans originated	(38,008		)	(67,818		)
Proceeds from sale of SBA loans	8,559			3,146
Net additions to bank premises and equipment	(397		)	(73		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(65,994		)	(69,283		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net change in deposits	102,066			77,648
Net (decrease) increase in advances from Federal Home Loan Bank	(35		)	9,966
Costs from issuance of stock related to stock-based awards	(41		)	(68		)
Offering costs paid in connection with acquisition	(16		)	—
Net cash provided by financing activities	101,974			87,546
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	50,944			20,832
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	234,791			71,551
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	285,735		$	92,383

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Dollars in thousands, except for per share amounts)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Organization

Veritex Holdings, Inc. (“Veritex” or the “Company”), a Texas corporation and bank holding company, was incorporated in July 2009 and was formed for the purpose of acquiring one or more financial institutions located in Dallas, Texas and surrounding areas.

Veritex through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Veritex Community Bank, formerly known as Veritex Community Bank, National Association (the “Bank”), is a Texas state banking organization, with corporate offices in Dallas, Texas, and currently operates eleven branches and one mortgage office located throughout the greater Dallas, Texas metropolitan area. The Bank provides a full range of banking services to individual and corporate customers, which include commercial and retail lending, and the acceptance of checking and savings deposits. The Texas Department of Banking and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are the primary regulators of the Company and the Bank, which perform periodic examinations to ensure regulatory compliance.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Veritex and the Bank as its wholly-owned subsidiary.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), but do not include all of the information and footnotes required for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, these interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, condensed consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, condensed consolidated stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 and condensed consolidated cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

Accounting measurements at interim dates inherently involve greater reliance on estimates than at year end and the results for the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year due in part to global economic and financial market conditions, interest rates, access to sources of liquidity, market competition and interruptions of business processes. These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2016 included within the Company’s Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2017.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. These estimates and assumptions may also affect disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Segment Reporting

The Company has one reportable segment. All of the Company’s activities are interrelated, and each activity is dependent on the other and assessed based on how each of the activities of the Company supports the others. For example, lending is dependent upon the ability of the Company to fund itself with deposits and borrowings while managing interest rate and credit risk. Accordingly, all significant operating decisions are based upon analysis of the Company as one segment or unit. The Company’s chief operating decision-maker, the CEO, uses the consolidated results to make operating and strategic decisions.

Earnings Per Share

Earnings per share (“EPS”) are based upon the weighted-average shares outstanding. The table below sets forth the reconciliation between weighted average shares used for calculating basic and diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016
Earnings (numerator)
Net income	$	3,098	$	2,813
Shares (denominator)
Weighted average shares outstanding for basic EPS (thousands)	15,200		10,694
Dilutive effect of employee stock-based awards	432		270
Adjusted weighted average shares outstanding	15,632		10,964
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.20	$	0.26
Diluted	$	0.20	$	0.26

For the three months ended March 31, 2017 there were no exclusions from the diluted EPS weighted average shares and for the three months ended March 31, 2016 there were 111,882 shares excluded from the diluted EPS.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

ASU 2017-04 “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment” (“ASU 2017-04”) eliminates Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. In addition, the amendment eliminates the requirements for any reporting unit with a zero or negative carrying amount to perform a qualitative assessment and, if it fails that qualitative test, to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. For pubic companies, ASU 2017-04 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company is in process of evaluating the impact of this pronouncement, which is not expected to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2017-01 "Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business" ("ASU 2017-01") is intended to clarify the definition of a business with the objection of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. In addition, the amendments in this update provide a detailed framework to assist entities in evaluating whether a set of assets and activities constitutes a business as well as clarify the definition of the term output so the term is consistent with how outputs are described in Topic 606. ASU 2017-01 is effective for public companies for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those periods.

ASU 2016-18 “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash” (“ASU 2016-18”) requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. For public companies, ASU 2016-18 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in process of evaluating the impact of this pronouncement, which is not expected to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2016-13 “Financial Instruments —Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“ASU 2016-13”) amends guidance on reporting credit losses for assets held at amortized cost basis and available for sale debt securities. For assets held at amortized cost basis, Topic 326 eliminates the probable initial recognition threshold in current GAAP and, instead, requires an entity to reflect its current estimate of all expected credit losses. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial assets to present the net amount expected to be collected. For available for sale debt securities, credit losses should be measured in a manner similar to current GAAP, however Topic 326 will require that credit losses be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down. This Accounting Standards Update affects entities holding financial assets and net investment in leases that are not accounted for at fair value through net income. The amendments affect loans, debt securities, trade receivables, net investments in leases, off balance sheet credit exposures, reinsurance receivables, and any other financial assets not excluded from the scope that have the contractual right to receive cash. For public business entities, this ASU is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning

after December 15, 2019, and interim periods therein. The Company is continuing to evaluate the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-03 and is uncertain of the impact on the consolidated financial statements at this point in time.

ASU 2016-09 “Compensation —Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting” (“ASU 2016-09”) simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. Per ASU 2016-09: (1) all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies should be recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement, rather than in additional paid-in capital under current guidance; (2) excess tax benefits should be classified along with other income tax cash flows as an operating activity on the statement of cash flows, rather than as a separate cash inflow from financing activities and cash outflow from operating activities under current guidance; (3) cash paid by an employer when directly withholding shares for tax-withholding purposes should be classified as a financing activity; and (4) an entity can make an entity-wide accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest, as under current guidance, or account for forfeitures when they occur. For public business entities, this ASU is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods therein.

Effective January 1, 2017, the Company adopted ASU 2016-09. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recognized an excess income tax benefit of $172 that reduced the income tax provision and increased net income on the condensed consolidated statements of income. The Company prospectively applied the guidance for the presentation of excess tax benefits as an operating cash flow and included the $172 excess income tax benefit as an operating activity on the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017. In addition, the Company retrospectively applied the guidance for the presentation of the cash paid by an employer when directly withholding shares for tax-withholding purposes be classified as a financing activity on the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. Finally, the Company elected to account for forfeitures as they occur.

ASU 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”) is intended to improve the reporting of leasing transactions to provide users of financial statements with more decision-useful information. ASU 2016-02 will require organizations that lease assets to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in process of evaluating the impact of this pronouncement, which is not expected to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2016-01 “Financial Instruments─Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“ASU 2016-01”) amends certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of financial instruments. ASU 2016-01, among other things, (i) requires equity investments, with certain exceptions, to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, (ii) simplifies the impairment assessment of equity investments without readily determinable fair values by requiring a qualitative assessment to identify impairment, (iii) eliminates the requirement for public business entities to disclose the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet, (iv) requires public business entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes, (v) requires an entity to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments, (vi) requires separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet or the accompanying notes to the financial statements and (vii) clarifies that an entity should evaluate the need for a valuation allowance on a deferred tax asset related to available-for-sale. This update will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. The Company is in process of evaluating the impact of this pronouncement, which is not expected to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”) implements a common revenue standard that clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 establishes a five-step model which entities must follow to recognize revenue and removes inconsistencies and weaknesses in existing guidance. The original effective date for ASU 2014-09 was for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. However, in August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, which deferred the effective date by one year, therefore it is now effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company’s is continuing to evaluate the impact that ASU 2014-09 with the expectation to adopt the standard in the first quarter of 2018. This new standard would have an impact on components of non-interest income, however the Company’s preliminary analysis suggests that the adoption of this accounting guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

2. Statement of Cash Flows

Other supplemental cash flow information is presented below:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for interest	$	1,834	$	1,106
Cash paid for income taxes	—		2,025
Supplemental Disclosures of Non-Cash Flow Information:
Net foreclosure of other real estate owned and repossessed assets	$	336	$	114

3. Investment Securities

Debt and equity securities have been classified in the condensed consolidated balance sheets according to management’s intent. The carrying amount of securities and their approximate fair values are as follows:



	March 31, 2017
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
Available for Sale
U.S. government agencies	$	692	$	—	$	34	$	658
Corporate securities	7,500		—		—		$	7,500
Municipal securities	15,008		14		371		14,651
Mortgage-backed securities	69,341		82		757		68,666
Collateralized mortgage obligations	47,018		35		566		46,487
Asset-backed securities	726		10		—		736
	$	140,285	$	141	$	1,728	$	138,698



	December 31, 2016
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
Available for Sale
U.S. government agencies	$	732	$	—	$	36	$	696
Municipal securities	14,540		2		500		14,042
Mortgage-backed securities	49,907		83		871		49,119
Collateralized mortgage obligations	38,507		32		612		37,927
Asset-backed securities	764		11		—		775
	$	104,450	$	128	$	2,019	$	102,559

The following tables disclose the Company’s investment securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than 12 months and those that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 or more months:



	March 31, 2017
	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or More				Totals
	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss		Fair Value		Unrealized Loss		Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Available for Sale
U.S. government agencies	$	—	$	—	$	658	$	34	$	658	$	34
Municipal securities	10,524		352		518		19		11,042		371
Mortgage-backed securities	51,477		700		5,756		58		57,233		758
Collateralized mortgage obligations	35,847		539		1,547		26		37,394		565
	$	97,848	$	1,591	$	8,479	$	137	$	106,327	$	1,728



	December 31, 2016
	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or More				Totals
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Loss		Value		Loss		Value		Loss
Available for Sale
U.S. government agencies	$	—	$	—	$	696	$	36	$	696	$	36
Municipal securities	12,060		478		518		22		12,578		500
Mortgage-backed securities	37,274		802		6,848		69		44,122		871
Collateralized mortgage obligations	29,618		584		1,618		28		31,236		612
	$	78,952	$	1,864	$	9,680	$	155	$	88,632	$	2,019

The number of investment positions in an unrealized loss position totaled 79 and 72 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The Company does not believe these unrealized losses are “other than temporary” as (i) the Company does not have the intent to sell investment securities prior to recovery and (ii) it is more likely than not that the Company will not have to sell these securities prior to recovery. The unrealized losses noted are interest rate related due to the level of interest rates at March 31, 2017. The Company has reviewed the ratings of the issuers and has not identified any issues related to the ultimate repayment of principal as a result of credit concerns on these securities.

The amortized costs and estimated fair values of securities available for sale, by contractual maturity, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayments penalties. Mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities typically are issued with stated principal amounts, and the securities are backed by pools of mortgage loans and other loans that have varying maturities. The term of mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities thus approximates the term of the underlying mortgages and loans and can vary significantly due to prepayments. Therefore, these securities are not included in the maturity categories below.



	March 31, 2017
	Available For Sale
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	—	$	—
Due from one year to five years	3,957		3,951
Due from five years to ten years	4,526		4,334
Due after ten years	14,717		14,524
	23,200		22,809
Mortgage-backed securities	69,341		68,666
Collateralized mortgage obligations	47,018		46,487
Asset-backed securities	726		736
	$	140,285	$	138,698



	December 31, 2016
	Available For Sale
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	—	$	—
Due from one year to five years	4,009		3,974
Due from five years to ten years	3,522		3,346
Due after ten years	7,741		7,418
	15,272		14,738
Mortgage-backed securities	49,907		49,119
Collateralized mortgage obligations	38,507		37,927
Asset-backed securities	764		775
	$	104,450	$	102,559

Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale and gross gains and losses for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016
Proceeds from sales	$	—	$	8,378
Gross realized gains	—		43
Gross realized losses	—		40

There were no gross gains from calls of investment securities included in gain on sale of investment securities in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and $12 gross gains for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

There was a blanket floating lien on all securities held by the Company to secure Federal Home Loan Bank advances as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

4. Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses

Loans in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets are summarized as follows:



	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	151,616		$	162,614
Farmland	7,995			8,262
1 - 4 family residential	136,422			140,137
Multi-family residential	21,146			14,683
Commercial Real Estate	379,553			370,696
Commercial	320,245			291,416
Consumer	3,993			4,089
	1,020,970			991,897
Deferred loan fees	(48		)	(55		)
Allowance for loan losses	(8,816		)	(8,524		)
	$	1,012,106		$	983,318

Included in the net loan portfolio as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 is an accretable discount related to loans acquired within a business combination in the approximate amounts of $509 and $566, respectively. The discount is being accreted into income using the interest method over the life of the loans.

The majority of the loan portfolio is comprised of loans to businesses and individuals in the Dallas metropolitan area. This geographic concentration subjects the loan portfolio to the general economic conditions within this area. The risks created by this concentration have been considered by management in the determination of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. Management believes the allowance for loan losses was adequate to cover estimated losses on loans as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

Non-Accrual and Past Due Loans

Loans are considered past due if the required principal and interest payments have not been received as of the date such payments were due. Loans are placed on non-accrual status when, in management’s opinion, the borrower may be unable to meet payment obligations as they become due, as well as when required by regulatory provisions. Loans may be placed on non-accrual status regardless of whether or not such loans are considered past due. When the accrual of interest is discontinued, all unpaid accrued interest is reversed. Interest income is subsequently recognized only to the extent cash payments are received in excess of principal due. Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

Non-accrual loans aggregated by class of loans, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, are as follows:



	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	—	$	—
Farmland	—		—
1 - 4 family residential	65		—
Multi-family residential	—		—
Commercial Real Estate	771		—
Commercial	839		930
Consumer	11		11
	$	1,686	$	941

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, interest income not recognized on non-accrual loans was minimal.

An aging analysis of past due loans, aggregated by class of loans, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 is as follows:



	March 31, 2017
	30 to 59 Days		60 to 89 Days		90 Days or Greater		Total Past Due		Total Current		Total Loans		Total 90 Days Past Due and Still Accruing
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	358	$	—	$	—	$	358	$	151,258	$	151,616	$	—
Farmland	—		—		—		—		7,995		7,995		—
1 - 4 family residential	243		10		277		530		135,892		136,422		212
Multi-family residential	—		—		—		—		21,146		21,146		—
Commercial Real Estate	—		—		771		771		378,782		379,553		—
Commercial	260		—		825		1,085		319,160		320,245		—
Consumer	—		—		—		—		3,993		3,993		—
	$	861	$	10	$	1,873	$	2,744	$	1,018,226	$	1,020,970	$	212



	December 31, 2016
	30 to 59 Days		60 to 89 Days		90 Days or Greater		Total Past Due		Total Current		Total Loans		Total 90 Days Past Due and Still Accruing
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	1,047	$	—	$	—	$	1,047	$	161,567	$	162,614	$	—
Farmland	—		—		—		—		8,262		8,262		—
1 - 4 family residential	510		214		—		724		139,413		140,137		—
Multi-family residential	—		—		—		—		14,683		14,683		—
Commercial Real Estate	—		—		754		754		369,942		370,696		754
Commercial	1,344		438		532		2,314		289,102		291,416		81
Consumer	41		—		—		41		4,048		4,089		—
	$	2,942	$	652	$	1,286	$	4,880	$	987,017	$	991,897	$	835

Loans past due 90 days and still accruing, decreased from $835 as of December 31, 2016 to $212 as of March 31, 2017. These loans are also considered well-secured and in the process of collection with plans in place for the borrowers to bring the notes fully current. The Company believes that it will collect all principal and interest due on each of the loans past due 90 days and still accruing.

Impaired Loans

Impaired loans are those loans where it is probable the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due in accordance with the original contractual terms of the loan agreement, including scheduled principal and interest payments. All troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”) are considered impaired loans. Impaired loans are measured based on either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate; the loan’s observable market price; or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. Substantially all of the Company’s impaired loans are measured at the fair value of the collateral. Impaired loans, or portions thereof, are charged off when deemed uncollectible.

Impaired loans, including purchased credit impaired loans and TDRs, at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are summarized in the following tables.



	March 31, 2017
	Unpaid Contractual Principal Balance		Recorded Investment with No Allowance		Recorded Investment With Allowance		Total Recorded Investment		Related Allowance		Average Recorded Investment YTD
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Farmland	—		—		—		—		—		—
1 - 4 family residential	228		228		—		228		—		228
Multi-family residential	—		—		—		—		—		—
Commercial Real Estate	1,151		1,151		—		1,151		—		1,152
Commercial	854		554		300		854		133		1,018
Consumer	91		81		10		91		3		89
Total	$	2,324	$	2,014	$	310	$	2,324	$	136	$	2,487



	December 31, 2016
	Unpaid Contractual Principal Balance		Recorded Investment with No Allowance		Recorded Investment With Allowance		Total Recorded Investment		Related Allowance		Average Recorded Investment YTD
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Farmland	—		—		—		—		—		—
1 - 4 family residential	164		164		—		164		—		265
Multi-family residential	—		—		—		—		—		—
Commercial Real Estate	382		382		—		382		—		440
Commercial	955		381		574		955		246		463
Consumer	92		81		11		92		4		12
Total	$	1,593	$	1,008	$	585	$	1,593	$	250	$	1,180

Interest payments on impaired loans are typically applied to principal unless collectability of the principal amount is reasonably assured, in which case interest is recognized on a cash basis.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, total interest income and cash-based interest income recognized on impaired loans was minimal.

Troubled Debt Restructuring

Modifications of terms for the Company’s loans and their inclusion as TDRs are based on individual facts and circumstances. Loan modifications that are included as TDRs may involve a reduction of the stated interest rate of the loan, an extension of the maturity date at a stated rate of interest lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk, or deferral of principal payments, regardless of the period of the modification. The recorded investment in TDRs was $663 and $822 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 no loans were modified as TDRs.

There were no loans modified as a troubled debt restructured loan within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. A default for purposes of this disclosure is a TDR loan in which the borrower is 90 days past due or results in the foreclosure and repossession of the applicable collateral.

Interest income recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 on the restructured loans and interest income that would have been recorded had the terms of the loan not been modified was minimal.

The Company has not committed to lend additional amounts to customers with outstanding loans classified as TDRs as of March 31, 2017 or December 31, 2016.

Credit Quality Indicators

From a credit risk standpoint, the Company classifies its loans in the following categories: (i) pass, (ii) special mention, (iii) substandard or (iv) doubtful. Loans classified as loss are charged‑off.

The classifications of loans reflect a judgment by management about the risks of default and loss associated with the loan. The Company reviews the ratings on criticized credits monthly. Ratings are adjusted to reflect the degree of risk and loss that is believed to be inherent in each credit as of each monthly reporting period. All classified credits are evaluated for impairments. If impairment is determined to exist, a specific reserve is established. The Company’s methodology is structured so that specific reserves are increased in accordance with deterioration in credit quality (and a corresponding increase in risk and loss) or decreased in accordance with improvement in credit quality (and a corresponding decrease in risk and loss).

Credits rated “special mention” show clear signs of financial weaknesses or deterioration in credit worthiness; however, such concerns are not so pronounced that the Company generally expects to experience significant loss within the short‑term. Such credits typically maintain the ability to perform within standard credit terms, and credit exposure is not as prominent as credits rated more harshly.

Credits rated substandard are those in which the normal repayment of principal and interest may be, or has been, jeopardized by reason of adverse trends or developments of a financial, managerial, economic or political nature, or important weaknesses which exist in the collateral. A protracted workout on these credits is a distinct possibility. Prompt corrective action is therefore required to strengthen the Company’s position, and/or to reduce exposure and to assure that adequate remedial measures are taken by the borrower. Credit exposure becomes more likely in such credits and a serious evaluation of the secondary support to the credit is performed.

Credits rated doubtful are those in which full collection of principal appears highly questionable, and in which some degree of loss is anticipated, even though the ultimate amount of loss may not yet be certain and/or other factors exist which could affect collection of debt. Based upon available information, positive action by the Company is required to avert or minimize loss. Credits rated doubtful are generally also placed on non‑accrual.

The following tables summarize the Company’s internal ratings of its loans, including purchased credit impaired loans, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:



	March 31, 2017
	Pass		Special Mention		Substandard		Doubtful		Total
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	151,616	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	151,616
Farmland	7,995		—		—		—		7,995
1 - 4 family residential	136,145		—		277		—		136,422
Multi-family residential	21,146		—		—		—		21,146
Commercial Real Estate	377,027		1,259		1,267		—		379,553
Commercial	318,087		1,160		882		116		320,245
Consumer	3,976		—		17		—		3,993
Total	$	1,015,992	$	2,419	$	2,443	$	116	$	1,020,970



	December 31, 2016
	Pass		Special Mention		Substandard		Doubtful		Total
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	162,614	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	162,614
Farmland	8,262		—		—		—		8,262
1 - 4 family residential	139,212		710		215		—		140,137
Multi-family residential	14,683		—		—		—		14,683
Commercial Real Estate	368,370		2,326		—		—		370,696
Commercial	289,589		686		1,034		107		291,416
Consumer	4,078		—		11		—		4,089
Total	$	986,808	$	3,722	$	1,260	$	107	$	991,897

An analysis of the allowance for loan losses for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 and year ended December 31, 2016 is as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017			Year Ended December 31, 2016			Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Balance at beginning of year	$	8,524		$	6,772		$	6,772
Provision charged to earnings	890			2,050			845
Charge-offs	(603		)	(333		)	(249		)
Recoveries	5			35			4
Net charge-offs	(598		)	(298		)	(245		)
Balance at end of year	$	8,816		$	8,524		$	7,372

The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total loans was 0.86%, 0.86% and 0.83% as of March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, and March 31, 2016, respectively.

The following tables summarize the activity in the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segment for the periods indicated:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
	Real Estate
	Construction, Land and Farmland			Residential		Commercial Real Estate		Commercial			Consumer			Total
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,415		$	1,116	$	3,003	$	2,955		$	35		$	8,524
Provision (recapture) charged to earnings	(114		)	38		28		939			(1		)	890
Charge-offs	—			—		—		(603		)	—			(603		)
Recoveries	—			—		—		5			—			5
Net charge-offs (recoveries)	—			—		—		(598		)	—			(598		)
Balance at end of period	$	1,301		$	1,154	$	3,031	$	3,296		$	34		$	8,816
Period-end amount allocated to:
Specific reserves:
Impaired loans	$	—		$	—	$	—	$	133		$	3		$	136
Total specific reserves	—			—		—		133			3			136
General reserves	1,301			1,154		3,031		3,163			31			8,680
Total	$	1,301		$	1,154	$	3,031	$	3,296		$	34		$	8,816



	For the Year Ended December 31, 2016
	Real Estate
	Construction, Land and Farmland		Residential			Commercial Real Estate		Commercial			Consumer			Total
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,104	$	1,124		$	2,189	$	2,324		$	31		$	6,772
Provision (recapture) charged to earnings	311		(8		)	814		913			20			2,050
Charge-offs	—		—			—		(314		)	(19		)	(333		)
Recoveries	—		—			—		32			3			35
Net charge-offs (recoveries)	—		—			—		(282		)	(16		)	(298		)
Balance at end of period	$	1,415	$	1,116		$	3,003	$	2,955		$	35		$	8,524
Period-end amount allocated to:
Specific reserves:
Impaired loans	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	246		$	4		$	250
Total specific reserves	—		—			—		246			4			250
General reserves	1,415		1,116			3,003		2,709			31			8,274
Total	$	1,415	$	1,116		$	3,003	$	2,955		$	35		$	8,524



	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
	Real Estate
	Construction, Land and Farmland		Residential		Commercial Real Estate		Commercial			Consumer			Total
Balance at beginning of year	$	1,104	$	1,124	$	2,189	$	2,324		$	31		$	6,772
Provision (recapture) charged to earnings	191		2		296		351			5			845
Charge-offs	—		—		—		(240		)	(9		)	(249		)
Recoveries	—		—		—		4			—			4
Net charge-offs (recoveries)	—		—		—		(236		)	(9		)	(245		)
Balance at end of year	$	1,295	$	1,126	$	2,485	$	2,439		$	27		$	7,372
Period-end amount allocated to:
Specific reserves:
Impaired loans	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	42		$	6		$	48
Total specific reserves	—		—		—		42			6			48
General reserves	1,295		1,126		2,485		2,397			21			7,324
Total	$	1,295	$	1,126	$	2,485	$	2,439		$	27		$	7,372

The Company’s recorded investment in loans as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 related to the balance in the allowance for loan losses on the basis of the Company’s impairment methodology is as follows:



	March 31, 2017
	Real Estate
	Construction, Land and Farmland		Residential		Commercial Real Estate		Commercial		Consumer		Total
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	—	$	228	$	1,151	$	854	$	91	$	2,324
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	159,611		157,340		378,402		319,391		3,902		1,018,646
Total	$	159,611	$	157,568	$	379,553	$	320,245	$	3,993	$	1,020,970



	December 31, 2016
	Real Estate
	Construction, Land and Farmland		Residential		Commercial Real Estate		Commercial		Consumer		Total
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	—	$	164	$	382	$	955	$	92	$	1,593
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	170,876		154,656		370,314		290,461		3,997		990,304
Total	$	170,876	$	154,820	$	370,696	$	291,416	$	4,089	$	991,897

The Company has acquired certain loans which experienced credit deterioration since origination (purchased credit impaired, or “PCI” loans). Accretion on PCI loans is based on estimated future cash flows, regardless of contractual maturity.

Servicing Assets

At March 31, 2017, the Company was servicing loans of approximately $38,671. A summary of the changes in the related servicing assets are as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017			2016
Balance at beginning of year	$	601		$	426
Increase from loan sales	137			57
Amortization charged to income	(56		)	(19		)
Balance at end of period	$	682		$	464

The estimated fair value of the servicing assets approximated the carrying amount at March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, and March 31, 2016. Fair value is estimated by discounting estimated future cash flows from the servicing assets using discount rates that approximate current market rates over the expected lives of the loans being serviced. A valuation allowance is recorded when the fair value is below the carrying amount of the asset. At March 31, 2017, there was no valuation allowance recorded.

The Company may also receive a portion of subsequent interest collections on loans sold that exceed the contractual servicing fee. In that case, the Company records an interest-only strip based on its relative fair market value and the other components of the loans. There was no interest-only strip receivable recorded at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

5. Income Taxes

The Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate, before the net impact of discrete items, was approximately 34.2% and 34.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate, after including the net impact of discrete tax items, was approximately 30.4% and 33.7%, respectively, for three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. The Company’s provision was impacted by a net discrete tax benefit of $172 associated with the recognition of excess tax benefit realized on share-based payment awards for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and a net discrete tax benefit of $16 for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the recorded amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes, and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2017 is a current tax liability of approximately $1,431 in accrued interest payable and other liabilities and a net deferred tax asset of approximately $3,536 in other assets. Included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 is a current tax receivable of $91 and a net deferred tax asset of $3,467 in other assets.

6. Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

The Company may from time to time be involved in legal actions arising from normal business activities. Management believes that these actions are without merit or that the ultimate liability, if any, resulting from them will not materially affect the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

Operating Leases

The Company leases several of its banking facilities under operating leases. Rental expense related to these leases was approximately $433 and $341 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

7. Fair Value Disclosures

The authoritative guidance for fair value measurements defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. A fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. The price in the principal (or most advantageous) market used to measure the fair value of the asset or liability shall not be adjusted for transaction costs. An orderly transaction is a transaction that assumes exposure to the market for a period prior to the measurement date to allow for marketing activities that are usual and customary for transactions involving such assets and liabilities; it is not a forced transaction. Market participants are buyers and sellers in the principal market that are (i) independent, (ii) knowledgeable, (iii) able to transact and (iv) willing to transact.

The authoritative guidance requires the use of valuation techniques that are consistent with the market approach, the income approach and/or the cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets and liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts, such as cash flows or earnings, to a single present amount on a discounted basis. The cost approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (replacement costs). Valuation techniques should be consistently applied. Inputs to valuation techniques refer to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Inputs may be observable, meaning those that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources, or unobservable, meaning those that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. In that regard, the authoritative guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:

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

Level 2 Inputs. Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (for example, interest rates, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Level 2 investments consist primarily of obligations of U.S. government sponsored enterprises and agencies, obligations of state and municipal subdivisions, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities.

Level 3 Inputs. Significant unobservable inputs that reflect an entity’s own assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities.

In general, fair value is based upon quoted market prices, where available. If such quoted market prices are not available, fair value is based upon internally developed models that primarily use, as inputs, observable market-based parameters. Valuation adjustments may be made to ensure that financial instruments are recorded at fair value. While management believes the Company’s valuation methodologies are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date.

A description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis include the following:

Investment Securities Available For Sale: Securities classified as available for sale are reported at fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs. For those securities classified as Level 2, the Company obtains fair value measurements from an independent pricing service. The fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, the U. S. Treasury yield curve, live trading levels or trade execution data for similar securities, market consensus prepayments speeds, credit information and the bond’s terms and conditions, among other things.

The following table summarizes assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, segregated by the level of the valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value:



	Fair Value Measurements Using
	Level 1 Inputs		Level 2 Inputs		Level 3 Inputs		Total Fair Value
As of March 31, 2017
Investment securities available for sale	$	—	$	138,698	$	—	$	138,698
As of December 31, 2016
Investment securities available for sale	$	—	$	102,559	$	—	$	102,559

There were no liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2017 or December 31, 2016.

There were no transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

Certain assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis; that is, the instruments are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances (for example, when there is evidence of impairment).

Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis include impaired loans and other real estate owned. The fair value of impaired loans with specific allocations of the allowance for loan losses and other real estate owned is based upon recent real estate appraisals less estimated costs of sale. For residential real estate impaired loans and other real estate owned, appraised values are based on the comparative sales approach. For commercial and commercial real estate impaired loans and other real estate owned, appraisers may use either a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches such as comparative sales, cost or the income approach. A significant unobservable input in the income approach is the estimated income capitalization rate for a given piece of collateral. Adjustments to appraisals may be made to reflect local market conditions or other economic factors and may result in changes in the fair value of a given asset over time. As such, the fair value of impaired loans and other real estate owned are considered a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

The Company recovers the carrying value of other real estate owned through the sale of the property. The ability to affect future sales prices is subject to market conditions and factors beyond the Company’s control and may impact the estimated fair value of a property.

Appraisals for impaired loans and other real estate owned are performed by certified general appraisers whose qualifications and licenses have been reviewed and verified by the Company. Once reviewed, a member of the credit department reviews the assumptions and approaches utilized in the appraisal as well as the overall resulting fair value in comparisons to independent data sources such as recent market data or industry wide-statistics. On a periodic basis, the Company compares the actual selling price of collateral that has been sold to the most recent appraised value to determine what additional adjustments, if any, should be made to the appraisal value to arrive at fair value.

The following table summarizes assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, segregated by the level of the valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value:



	Fair Value Measurements Using
	Level 1 Inputs		Level 2 Inputs		Level 3 Inputs		Total Fair Value
As of March 31, 2017
Assets:
Impaired loans	$	—	$	—	$	2,188	$	2,188
Other real estate owned	$	—	$	—	$	336	$	336
As of December 31, 2016
Assets:
Impaired loans	$	—	$	—	$	1,343	$	1,343
Other real estate owned	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

At March 31, 2017, impaired loans had a carrying value of $2,324, with $136 specific allowance for loan loss allocated.

At December 31, 2016, impaired loans had a carrying value of $1,593, with $250 specific allowance for loan loss allocated.

The Company records other real estate at fair value less estimated costs to sell at the date of foreclosure. After foreclosure, other real estate is carried at the lower of the initial carrying amount (fair value less estimated costs to sell or lease), or at the value determined by subsequent appraisals or internal valuations of the other real estate. Other real estate owned properties recorded at fair value were approximately $336 at March 31, 2017. There were no other real estate properties recorded at fair value at December 31, 2016, respectively.

There were no liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of March 31, 2017 or December 31, 2016.

For Level 3 financial assets measured at fair value as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements were as follows:



March 31, 2017
			Valuation	Unobservable	Weighted
Assets/Liabilities	Fair Value		Technique	Input(s)	Average
Impaired loans	$	2,188	Collateral Method	Adjustments for selling costs	8	%
Other real estate owned	$	336	Collateral Method	Adjustments for selling costs	8	%



December 31, 2016
			Valuation	Unobservable	Weighted
Assets/Liabilities	Fair Value		Technique	Input(s)	Average
Impaired loans	$	1,343	Collateral Method	Adjustments for selling costs	8	%
Other real estate owned	$	—	Collateral Method	Adjustments for selling costs	8	%

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company is required under current authoritative guidance to disclose the estimated fair value of its financial instrument assets and liabilities including those subject to the requirements discussed above. For the Company, as for most financial institutions, substantially all of its assets and liabilities are considered financial instruments, as defined. Many of the Company’s financial instruments, however, lack an available trading market as characterized by a willing buyer and willing seller engaging in an exchange transaction.

The estimated fair value amounts of financial instruments have been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required to interpret data to develop an estimate of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could

realize in a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or valuation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. In addition, reasonable comparability between financial institutions may not be likely due to the wide range of permitted valuation techniques and numerous estimates that must be made given the absence of active secondary markets for many of the financial instruments. This lack of uniform valuation methodologies also introduces a greater degree of subjectivity to these estimated fair values.

The methods and assumptions used by the Company in estimating fair values of financial instruments as disclosed herein in accordance with ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments, other than for those measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis discussed above, are as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents: The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents approximate their fair value.

Loans and loans held for sale: For variable-rate loans that reprice frequently and have no significant changes in credit risk, fair values are based on carrying values. Fair values for certain mortgage loans (for example, 1-4 family residential), commercial real estate and commercial loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analysis, using interest rates currently being offered for loans with similar terms to borrowers of similar credit quality.

Servicing assets: The estimated fair value of the servicing assets approximated the carrying amount at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. Fair value is estimated by discounting estimated future cash flows from the servicing assets using discount rates that approximate current market rates over the expected lives of the loans being serviced. A valuation allowance is recorded when the fair value is below the carrying amount of the asset. At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 no valuation allowance was recorded.

Bank-owned life insurance: The carrying amounts of bank-owned life insurance approximate their fair value.

Non-marketable equity securities: The carrying value of restricted securities such as stock in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Independent Bankers Financial Corporation approximates fair value.

Deposits: The fair values disclosed for demand deposits are, by definition, equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date (that is their carrying amounts). The carrying amounts of variable-rate certificates of deposit (“CDs”) approximate their fair values at the reporting date. Fair values for fixed-rate CDs are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on certificates to a schedule of aggregated expected monthly maturities on time deposits.

Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank: The fair value of advances maturing within 90 days approximates carrying value. Fair value of other advances is based on the Company’s current borrowing rate for similar arrangements.

Junior subordinated debentures and subordinated notes: The fair values are based upon prevailing rates on similar debt in the market place.

Accrued interest: The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate their fair values due to short-term maturity.

Off-balance sheet instruments: Commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit are generally priced at market at the time of funding and were not material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

The estimated fair values and carrying values of all financial instruments under current authoritative guidance as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were as follows:



	March 31,				December 31,
	2017				2016
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Financial assets:
Level 1 inputs:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	285,735	$	285,735	$	234,791	$	234,791
Level 2 inputs:
Investment securities	138,698		138,698		102,559		102,559
Loans held for sale	1,925		1,925		5,208		5,208
Accrued interest receivable	2,845		2,845		2,907		2,907
Bank-owned life insurance	20,224		20,224		20,077		20,077
Servicing asset	682		682		601		601
Non-marketable equity securities	7,375		7,375		7,366		7,366
Level 3 inputs:
Loans, net	1,012,106		1,017,455		983,318		987,021
Financial liabilities:
Level 2 inputs:
Deposits	$	1,221,696	$	1,175,269	$	1,119,630	$	1,085,888
Advances from FHLB	38,271		38,584		38,306		38,570
Accrued interest payable	123		123		141		141
Junior subordinated debentures	3,093		3,093		3,093		3,093
Subordinated notes	4,944		4,944		4,942		4,942

8. Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

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

The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on balance sheet instruments.

The following table sets forth the approximate amounts of these financial instruments as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:



	March 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
Commitments to extend credit	$	244,527	$	236,919
Standby and commercial letters of credit	5,926		6,933
	$	250,453	$	243,852

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not

necessarily represent future cash requirements. Management evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the borrower.

Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Standby letters of credit generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. The Company’s policy for obtaining collateral and the nature of such collateral is essentially the same as that involved in making commitments to extend credit.

Although the maximum exposure to loss is the amount of such commitments, management currently anticipates no material losses from such activities.

9. Employee Benefits

Defined Contribution Plan

The Company maintains a retirement savings 401(k) profit sharing plan (“Plan”) in which substantially all employees may participate. The Plan provides for “before tax” employee contributions through salary reductions under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company may make a discretionary match of employees’ contributions based on a percentage of salary deferrals and certain discretionary profit sharing contributions. No matching contributions to the Plan were made for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

ESOP

Effective January 1, 2012, the Company adopted the Veritex Community Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) covering all employees that meet certain age and service requirements. Plan assets are held and managed by the Company. Shares of the Company’s common stock purchased by the ESOP are held in a suspense account until released for allocation to participants. Shares released are allocated to each eligible participant based on the participant’s 401(k) contribution made during that year. Compensation expense is measured based upon the expected amount of the Company’s discretionary contribution that is determined on an annual basis and is accrued ratably over the year. Shares are committed to be released to settle the liability upon formal declaration of the contribution at the end of the year. The number of shares released to settle the liability is based upon fair value of the shares and become outstanding shares for earnings per share computations. The cost of shares issued to the ESOP, but not yet committed to be released, is shown as a reduction of stockholders’ equity. To the extent that the fair value of the ESOP shares differs from the cost of such shares, the difference is charged or credited to stockholders’ equity as additional paid in capital.

In January 2014, the ESOP borrowed $500 from the Company and purchased 46,082 shares of the Company’s common stock. The ESOP debt is secured by shares of the Company. The loan will be repaid from contributions to the ESOP from the Company. As the debt is repaid, shares are released from collateral and allocated to employees’ accounts. The shares pledged as collateral are reported as unearned ESOP shares in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Compensation expense attributed to the ESOP contributions recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was approximately $57 and $41, respectively.

The following is a summary of ESOP shares as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:



	March 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
Allocated shares	44,257		44,257
Unearned shares	18,783		18,783
Total ESOP shares	63,040		63,040
Fair value of unearned shares	$	528	$	502

10. Stock and Incentive Plan

2010 Stock Option and Equity Incentive Plan

In 2010, the Company adopted the 2010 Stock Option and Equity Incentive Plan (the “2010 Incentive Plan”), which the Company’s shareholders approved in 2011. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to grants or options under the 2010 Incentive Plan is 1,000,000. The 2010 Incentive Plan is administered by the Board of Directors and provides for both the direct award of stock and the grant of stock options to eligible directors, officers, employees and outside consultants of the Company or its affiliates as defined in the 2010 Incentive Plan. The Company may grant either incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options as directed in the 2010 Incentive Plan.

The Board of Directors authorized the 2010 Incentive Plan to provide for the award of 100,000 shares of direct stock awards (restricted shares) and 900,000 shares of stock options, of which 500,000 shares are performance-based stock options. Options are generally granted with an exercise price equal to the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of the grant; those option awards generally vest based on 5 years of continuous service and have 10-year contractual terms for non-controlling participants as defined by the 2010 Incentive Plan, and forfeiture of unexercised options upon termination of employment with the Company. Other grant terms can vary for controlling participants as defined by the 2010 Incentive Plan. Restricted share awards generally vest after 4 years of continuous service. The terms of the Incentive Plan include a provision whereby all unearned non-performance options and restricted shares become immediately exercisable and fully vested upon a change in control.

With the adoption of the 2014 Omnibus Plan, which is discussed below, the Company does not plan to award any additional grants or options under the 2010 Incentive Plan.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company did not award any restricted stock units, non-performance-based stock options or performance-based stock options under the 2010 Incentive Plan.

Stock based compensation expense is measured based upon the fair market value of the award at the grant date and is recognized ratably over the period during which the shares are earned (the requisite service period). For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, approximately $22 and $29 of stock compensation expense related to the 2010 Incentive Plan, respectively, was recognized in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.

A summary of option activity under the 2010 Incentive Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, and changes during the period then ended is presented below:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
	Non-performance-based Stock Options
	Shares Underlying Options		Weighted Exercise Price		Weighted Average Contractual Term
Outstanding at beginning of year	325,500		$	10.15	4.56 years
Granted during the period	—		—
Forfeited during the period	—		—
Canceled during the period	—		—
Exercised during the period	(15,000	)	10.00
Outstanding at the end of period	310,500		$	10.16	4.34 years
Options exercisable at end of period	294,000		$	10.10	4.23 years
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period			$	—



	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
	Non-performance-based Stock Options
	Shares Underlying Options	Weighted Exercise Price		Weighted Average Contractual Term
Outstanding at beginning of year	352,500	$	10.15	5.56 years
Granted during the period	—	—
Forfeited during the period	—	—
Exercised during the period	—	—
Outstanding at the end of period	352,500	$	10.15	5.31 years
Options exercisable at end of period	294,500	$	10.07	5.14 years
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period		$	—

As of March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016, the aggregate intrinsic value was $5,577, $5,390 and $1,426, respectively, for outstanding non-performance-based stock options, $5,298, $5,086 and $1,313, respectively, for exercisable non-performance-based stock options.

As of March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016, there was approximately $18, $21 and $43, respectively, of unrecognized compensation expense related to non-performance-based stock options. The unrecognized compensation expense at March 31, 2017 is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted average requisite service period of 1.30 years.

A summary of the status of the Company’s restricted stock units under the 2010 Incentive Plan as of March 31, 2017 and 2016, and changes during the three months then ended is as follows:



	2017				2016
	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1,	27,750		$	11.92	39,750		$	11.34
Granted during the period	—		—		—		—
Vested during the period	(1,000	)	10.85		(5,000	)	10.00
Forfeited during the period	—		—		—		—
Nonvested at March 31,	26,750		$	11.96	34,750		$	11.53

As of March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016, there was $71, $90, and $153, respectively, of total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested restricted stock units. The unamortized compensation expense as of March 31, 2017 is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted average requisite service period of 0.99 years.

2014 Omnibus Plan

In September of 2014, the Company adopted an omnibus incentive plan or the 2014 Omnibus Plan (the “2014 Omnibus Plan”). The purpose of the 2014 Omnibus Plan is to align the long-term financial interests of the employees, directors, consultants and other service providers with those of the shareholders, to attract and retain those employees, directors, consultants and other service providers by providing compensation opportunities that are competitive with other companies and to provide incentives to those individuals who contribute significantly to the Company’s long-term performance and growth. To accomplish these goals, the 2014 Omnibus Plan permits the issuance of stock options, share appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units, deferred shares, unrestricted shares and cash-based awards. The maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued pursuant to grants or options under the 2014 Omnibus Plan is 1,000,000.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 , the Company awarded 22,500 non-performance restricted stock units, 25,522 performanced based restricted, and 55,440 non-performance-based stock options under the 2014 Omnibus Plan. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company awarded 20,740 non-performance based restricted stock units, and 34,190 market condition restricted stock units, and 71,286 non-performance-based stock options under the 2014 Omnibus Plan.

The non-performance options generally vest equally over three years from the grant date. The performance-based restricted stock units include a market condition based on the Company’s total shareholder return relative to a market index that determines the number of restricted stock units that may vest equally over a three-year period from the date of grant.The non-performance restricted stock units fully vest over the requisite service period generally ranging from one to five years.

Stock based compensation expense is measured based upon the fair market value of the award at the grant date and is recognized ratably over the period during which the shares are earned (the requisite service period). For the three months ended March 31, 2017, compensation expense for awards granted under the 2014 Omnibus Plan was approximately $97 and $278 for options and restricted stock units, respectively.

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, compensation expense for awards granted under the 2014 Omnibus Plan was approximately $51 and $144 for options and restricted stock units, respectively.

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions used for the grants:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017	2016
Dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Expected life	5.0 to 7.5 years	5.0 to 6.5 years
Expected volatility	32.82% to 37.55%	35.23% to 37.55%
Risk-free interest rate	1.06% to 2.32%	1.26% to 2.01%

The expected life is based on the amount of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s history. The expected volatility is based on historical volatility of the Company as well as the volatility of certain comparable public company peers. The risk-free interest rates are based upon yields of U.S. Treasury issues with a term equal to the expected life of the option being valued.

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock options under the 2014 Omnibus Plan as of March 31, 2017 and 2016, and changes during the three months ended is as follows:



	2017				2016
	Non-performance-based Stock Options				Non-performance-based Stock Options
	Shares Underlying Options	Weighted Exercise Price		Weighted Average Contractual Term	Shares Underlying Options	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Contractual Term
Outstanding at beginning of year	128,366	$	15.32	8.69 years	52,080	$	14.35	9.12 years
Granted during the period	55,440	26.92			71,286	15.88
Forfeited during the period	—	—			—	—
Canceled during the period	—	—			—	—
Exercised during the period	—	—			—	—
Outstanding at the end of period	183,806	$	18.82	8.85 years	123,366	$	15.23	9.41 years
Options exercisable at end of period	52,749	$	14.96	8.21 years	14,693	$	14.17	8.76 years
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period		$	10.20			$	6.09

As of March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016 the aggregate intrinsic value was $1,710, $1,462 and $0, respectively, for outstanding stock options under the 2014 Omnibus Plan. As of March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016 the aggregate intrinsic value was $694, $203, and $5, respectively, for exercisable stock options outstanding under the 2014 Omnibus Plan.

A summary of the status of the Company’s non-performance based restricted stock units under the 2014 Omnibus Plan as of March 31, 2017 and 2016, and changes during the three months ended is as follows:



	2017				2016
	Non-performance Based				Non-performance Based
	Restricted Stock Units				Restricted Stock Units
	Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1,	67,956		$	13.79	70,919		$	13.29
Granted during the period	22,500		27.84		20,740		15.60
Vested during the period	(5,350	)	4.38		(2,310	)	16.21
Forfeited during the period	—		—		—		—
Nonvested at March 31,	85,106		$	18.09	89,349		$	13.75

A summary of the status of the Company’s performance based restricted stock units under the 2014 Omnibus Plan as of March 31, 2017 and 2016, and changes during the three months ended is as follows:



	2017				2016
	Performance Based				Performance Based
	Restricted Stock Units				Restricted Stock Units
	Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1,	51,197		$	8.72	25,474		$	9.45
Granted during the period	25,522		24.34		34,190		9.52
Vested during the period	(19,861	)	15.34		(8,467	)	14.17
Forfeited during the period	—		—		—		—
Nonvested at March 31,	56,858		$	13.42	51,197		$	8.72

As of March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016 there was $880, $425 and $560 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to options awarded under the 2014 Omnibus Plan, respectively. As of March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016 there was $2,058, $1,089 and $1,485 of total unrecognized compensation related to restricted stock units awarded under the 2014 Omnibus Plan, respectively.

The compensation expense related to these options and restricted stock units is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted average requisite service periods of 2.53 and 2.50 years, respectively.

11. Significant Concentrations of Credit Risk

Most of the Company’s business activity is with customers located within the Dallas metropolitan area. Such customers are normally also depositors of the Company.

The distribution of commitments to extend credit approximates the distribution of loans outstanding. Commercial and standby letters of credit were granted primarily to commercial borrowers.

The contractual amounts of credit related financial instruments such as commitments to extend credit, credit card arrangements, and letters of credit represent the amounts of potential accounting loss should the contract be fully drawn upon, the customer default, and the value of any existing collateral become worthless.

12. Capital Requirements and Restrictions on Retained Earnings

Under U.S. banking law, there are legal restrictions limiting the amount of dividends the Company can declare. Approval of the regulatory authorities is required if the effect of the dividends declared would cause regulatory capital of the Company to fall below specified minimum levels.

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

In July 2013, the Federal Reserve published final rules for the adoption of the Basel III regulatory capital framework (the “Basel III Capital Rules”). The Basel III Capital Rules, among other things, (i) introduce a new capital measure called “Common Equity Tier 1” (“CET1”), (ii) specify that Tier 1 capital consist of Common Equity Tier 1 and “Additional Tier 1 Capital” instruments meeting specified requirements, (iii) define Common Equity Tier 1 narrowly by requiring that most deductions/adjustments to regulatory capital measures be made to Common Equity Tier 1 and not to the other components of capital and (iv) expand the scope of the deductions/adjustments as compared to existing regulations. The Basel III Capital Rules became effective for the Company on January 1, 2015 with certain transition provisions to be fully phased in by January 1, 2019.

Starting in January 2016, the implementation of the capital conservation buffer became effective for the Company starting at the 0.625% level and increasing 0.625% each year thereafter, until it reaches 2.5% on January 1, 2019. The capital conservation buffer is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress and effectively increases the minimum required risk-weighted capital ratios. Failure to meet the full amount of the buffer will result in restrictions on the Company’s ability to make capital distributions, including dividend payments and stock repurchases, and to pay discretionary bonuses to executive officers.

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of total, CET1 and Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier 1 capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined).

Management believes, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 that the Company and the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they were subject.

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company’s and the Bank’s capital ratios exceeded those levels necessary to be categorized as “well capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as “well capitalized,” the Company and the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, CET1, Tier 1 risk-based and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the table. There are no conditions or events since March 31, 2017 that management believes have changed the Company’s categorization as “well capitalized.”

A comparison of the Company’s and Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios to required capital amounts and ratios is presented in the following table:



	Actual				For Capital Adequacy Purposes				To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
As of March 31, 2017
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Company	$	232,033	21.23	%	$	87,436	8.0	%	n/a		n/a
Bank	134,091		12.28	%	87,356		8.0	%	$	109,195	10.0	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Company	218,273		19.97	%	65,580		6.0	%	n/a		n/a
Bank	125,275		11.47	%	65,532		6.0	%	87,376		8.0
Common equity tier 1 to risk-weighted assets
Company	215,180		19.69	%	49,178		4.5	%	n/a		n/a
Bank	125,275		11.47	%	49,149		4.5	%	70,993		6.5
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)
Company	218,273		14.66	%	59,556		4.0	%	n/a		n/a
Bank	125,275		8.41	%	59,584		4.0	%	74,480		5.0
As of December 31, 2016
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Company	$	228,566	22.02	%	$	83,039	8.0	%	n/a		n/a
Bank	130,237		12.55	%	83,020		8.0	%	$	103,775	10.0	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Company	215,057		20.72	%	62,275		6.0	%	n/a		n/a
Bank	121,713		11.73	%	62,257		6.0	%	83,010		8.0
Common equity tier 1 to risk-weighted assets
Company	211,964		20.42	%	46,711		4.5	%	n/a		n/a
Bank	121,713		11.73	%	46,693		4.5	%	67,445		6.5
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)
Company	$	215,057	16.82	%	51,143		4.0	%	n/a		n/a
Bank	121,713		9.52	%	51,140		4.0	%	63,925		5.0

13. Business Combinations

Pending Merger with Sovereign Bancshares, Inc.

On December 14, 2016, the Company entered into a definitive agreement ("the merger agreement") with Dallas-based Sovereign Bancshares, Inc. ("Sovereign") and its wholly-owned subsidiary Sovereign Bank. The merger agreement provides for the merger of Spartan Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, with and into Sovereign. Following the merger, Sovereign will merge with and into the Company with the Company surviving and Sovereign Bank will merge with and into Veritex Community Bank with Veritex Community Bank surviving. As of March 31, 2017, Sovereign reported, on a consolidated basis, total assets of $1.0 billion and total deposits of $837.5 million. Upon the completion of the proposed merger with Sovereign, the Company expects to acquire Sovereign’s seven additional branches in the Dallas-Forth Worth metroplex, two branches in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area and one branch in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company will issue 5,117,647 shares of its common stock and will pay approximately $58.0 million in cash for all of the shares of Sovereign’s common stock, subject to certain conditions and potential adjustments as described in the

merger agreement. Additionally, under the terms of the merger agreement, each of Sovereign’s 24,500 shares of senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, no par value (“Sovereign SBLF Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time shall be converted into one share of Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual, Series D preferred stock of the Company (“Veritex Series D Preferred Stock”). Each share of the Veritex Series D Preferred Stock would provide the same rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and be subject to the same limitations and restrictions, as Sovereign SBLF Preferred Stock, taken as a whole, existing immediately prior to the consummation of the merger. In connection with consummation of the transaction, the merger agreement provides that two representatives of Sovereign’s board of directors will join the Company’s board of directors. The merger agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and Sovereign. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals and approval of the merger agreement by the shareholders of Sovereign and the approval by the shareholders of the Company of issuance of the shares of the Company’s common stock. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2017.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report”) as well as with our condensed financial statements and notes thereto appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. Except where the content otherwise requires or when otherwise indicated, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and “our business” refer to Veritex Holdings, Inc. and our banking subsidiary, Veritex Community Bank.

This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and are based on certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable but may prove to be inaccurate. Certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those set forth under “Special Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”, may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected results discussed in the forward-looking statements appearing in this discussion and analysis. We assume no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements. For additional information concerning forward-looking statements, please read “—Special Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” below.

Overview

We are a bank holding company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Veritex Community Bank, a Texas state chartered bank, we provide relationship-driven commercial banking products and services tailored to meet the needs of small to medium-sized businesses and professionals. Since our inception, we have targeted customers and focused our acquisitions primarily in the Dallas metropolitan area, which we consider to be Dallas and the adjacent communities in North Dallas. As a result of our pending acquisition of Sovereign, we expect our primary market to include the broader Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, which also encompasses Fort Worth and Arlington, as well as the Houston and Austin metropolitan areas. We currently operate eleven branches and one mortgage office, all of which are located in the Dallas metropolitan area. As we continue to grow, we may expand to other metropolitan markets within the State of Texas. We have experienced significant organic growth since commencing banking operations in 2010 and have successfully acquired and integrated four banks. As of March 31, 2017, we had total assets of $1.5 billion, total loans of $1.0 billion, total deposits of $1.2 billion and total stockholders’ equity of $242.7 million.

As a bank holding company operating through one segment, community banking, we generate most of our revenues from interest income on loans, customer service and loan fees, gains on sale of Small Business Administration (“SBA”) guaranteed loans and mortgage loans, and interest income from securities. We incur interest expense on deposits and other borrowed funds and noninterest expense, such as salaries and employee benefits and occupancy expenses. We analyze our ability to maximize income generated from interest earning assets and expense of our liabilities through our net interest margin. Net interest margin is a ratio calculated as net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets. Net interest income is the difference between interest income on interest-earning assets, such as loans and securities, and interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities, such as deposits and borrowings, which are used to fund those assets.

Changes in the market interest rates and interest rates we earn on interest-earning assets or pay on interest-bearing liabilities, as well as the volume and types of interest-earning assets, interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing liabilities and stockholders’ equity, are usually the largest drivers of periodic changes in net interest spread, net interest margin and net interest income. Fluctuations in market interest rates are driven by many factors, including governmental monetary policies, inflation, deflation, macroeconomic developments, changes in unemployment, the money supply, political and international conditions and conditions in domestic and foreign financial markets. Periodic changes in the volume and types of loans in our loan portfolio are affected by, among other factors, economic and competitive conditions in Texas and specifically in the Dallas metropolitan area, as well as developments affecting the real estate, technology, financial services, insurance, transportation, manufacturing and energy sectors within our target market and throughout the State of Texas.

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016

Net Interest Income

Our operating results depend primarily on our net interest income, calculated as the difference between interest income on interest-earning assets, such as loans and securities, and interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities, such as deposits and borrowings. Fluctuations in market interest rates impact the yield and rates paid on interest sensitive assets and liabilities. Changes in the amount and type of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities also impact net interest income. The variance driven

by the changes in the amount and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities is referred to as a “volume change.” Changes in yields earned on interest-earning assets and rates paid on interest-bearing deposits and other borrowed funds are referred to as a “rate change.”

To evaluate net interest income, we measure and monitor (1) yields on our loans and other interest-earning assets, (2) the costs of our deposits and other funding sources, (3) our net interest spread and (4) our net interest margin. Net interest spread is the difference between rates earned on interest-earning assets and rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is a ratio calculated as net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets. Because noninterest-bearing sources of funds, such as noninterest-bearing deposits and stockholders’ equity also fund interest-earning assets, net interest margin includes the benefit of these noninterest-bearing sources.

Compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016, net interest income before provision for loan losses increased by $1.6 million from $9.7 million to $11.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase in net interest income before provision for loan losses was primarily due to $1.5 million in increased interest income on loans resulting from average loan balance increases of $150.8 million compared to March 31, 2016. The net interest margin declined to 3.21% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 from 3.87% for the same three-month period in 2016. The 66 basis point decrease in net interest margin was partially due to increases in interest-bearing deposits in other banks, which tend to bear lower interest rates than other interest earning assets which represented 20.8% of average interest-earnings assets for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to 7.0% for the three moths ended March 31, 2016. Interest bearing deposits traditionally provide lower average yields than other interest earning assets such as loans and investment securities. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, interest-bearing deposits in other banks had average yields of 0.84% and 0.53% and totaled $295.6 million and $70.1 million, respectively, which represents an increase of $225.5 million. The increase in interest-bearing deposits in other banks was primarily driven by proceeds of our public offering in December 2016 and increases in customer deposits as described above. In addition, the average yield on loans decreased 7 basis points to 4.78% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 from 4.85% for the same period in 2016. Decline in loan yields was the result of competitive pricing pressure and resulting yields on new loan originations and renewals below average yield of amortizing or paid-off loans. Also impacting the net interest margin decline was the increasing rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. The rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities increased from 0.67% for the three months ended March 31, 2016 to 0.81% for the same period in 2017. The 14 basis point increase was related to an increase in premium money market accounts of $589.5 million with an average rate of 0.87% representing 65.2% of interest bearing liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $329.7 million with an average rate of 0.73% representing 50.1% of interest bearing liabilities.

The following table presents, for the periods indicated, an analysis of net interest income by each major category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the average amounts outstanding and the interest earned or paid on such amounts. The table also sets forth the average rate earned on interest-earning assets, the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities and the net interest margin on average total interest-earning assets for the same periods. Interest earned on loans that are classified as non-accrual is not recognized in income; however, the balances are reflected in average outstanding balances for the period. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, interest income not recognized on non-accrual loans was minimal. Any non-accrual loans have been included in the table as loans carrying a zero yield.



	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017							2016
				Interest							Interest
	Average			Earned/		Average		Average			Earned/		Average
	Outstanding			Interest		Yield/		Outstanding			Interest		Yield/
	Balance			Paid		Rate		Balance			Paid		Rate
	(Dollars in thousands)
Assets
Interest-earning assets:
Total loans(1)	$	1,007,622		$	11,883	4.78	%	$	856,861		$	10,355	4.85	%
Securities available for sale	119,226			575		1.96		77,567			335		1.73
Investment in subsidiary	93			1		4.36		93			1		4.31
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks	295,637			610		0.84		70,103			92		0.53
Total interest-earning assets	1,422,578			13,069		3.73		1,004,624			10,783		4.31
Allowance for loan losses	(8,558		)					(6,891		)
Noninterest-earning assets	103,692							90,275
Total assets	$	1,517,712						$	1,088,008
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Interest-bearing deposits	$	858,420		$	1,647	0.78	%	$	605,829		$	935	0.62	%
Advances from FHLB	38,293			70		0.74		43,596			62		0.57
Other borrowings	8,064			99		4.98		8,076			96		4.77
Total interest-bearing liabilities	904,777			1,816		0.81		657,501			1,093		0.67
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Noninterest-bearing deposits	368,117							293,438
Other liabilities	3,209							2,624
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities	371,326							296,062
Stockholders’ equity	241,609							134,445
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	1,517,712						$	1,088,008
Net interest rate spread(2)						2.92	%						3.64	%
Net interest income				$	11,253						$	9,690
Net interest margin(3)						3.21	%						3.87	%

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(1)	Includes average outstanding balances of loans held for sale of $2,094 and $3,542 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

(2)Net interest spread is the average yield on interest-earning assets minus the average rate on interest-bearing liabilities.

(3)Net interest margin is equal to net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets.

The following table presents the changes in interest income and interest expense for the periods indicated for each major component of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and distinguishes between the changes attributable to changes in volume and interest rates. For purposes of this table, changes attributable to both rate and volume that cannot be segregated have been allocated to rate.



	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2017 vs. 2016
	Increase
	(Decrease)
	Due to Change in
	Volume			Rate			Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
Total loans	$	1,807		$	(279	)	$	1,528
Securities available for sale	178			62			240
Investment in subsidiary	—			—			—
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks	294			224			518
Total increase in interest income	2,279			7			2,286
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Interest-bearing deposits	387			325			712
Advances from FHLB	(7		)	15			8
Other borrowings	—			3			3
Total increase in interest expense	380			343			723
Increase (decrease) in net interest income	$	1,899		$	(336	)	$	1,563

Provision for Loan Losses

Our provision for loan losses is a charge to income in order to bring our allowance for loan losses to a level deemed appropriate by management. For a description of the factors taken into account by management in determining the allowance for loan losses see “—Financial Condition—Allowance for Loan Losses.” The provision for loan losses was $890 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and $845 thousand for the same period in 2016, an increase of $45 thousand. The increase in provision expense was due primarily to an increase in general provision requirements related to the charge-off of five C&I credits across four lending relationships totaling $603 thousand during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The lending relationships were each in different industries with a unique set of circumstances that results in the decision to charge-off these loans. The remainder of the provision expense was determined by the qualitative factors around the nature, volume, and mix of the loan portfolio.

Noninterest Income

Our primary sources of recurring noninterest income are service charges and fees on deposit accounts, gains on the sale of loans and other real estate owned and income from bank-owned life insurance. Noninterest income does not include loan origination fees to the extent they exceed direct loan origination costs, which we generally recognize over the life of the related loan as an adjustment to yield using the interest method.

The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the major categories of noninterest income:



	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2017		2016		2017 vs. 2016
	(Dollars in thousands)

Service charges and fees on deposit accounts	$	509	$	434	$	75
Gain on sales of investment securities	—		15		(15		)
Gain on sales of loans	747		662		85
Bank-owned life insurance	187		193		(6		)
Other	92		69		23
Total noninterest income	$	1,535	$	1,373	$	162

Noninterest income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased $162 thousand, or 11.8%, to $1.5 million compared to noninterest income of $1.4 million for the same period in 2016. The primary components of the increase were as follows:

Service charges and fees on deposit accounts. We earn fees from our customers for deposit-related services, and these fees constitute a significant and predictable component of our noninterest income. Service charges on deposit accounts were $509 thousand and $434 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The increase of $75 thousand was attributable to growth in the number of deposit accounts, transaction fees and service charges from new and existing customers .

Gain on sales of loans. We originate SBA guaranteed loans and long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans for resale into the secondary market. Income from the sales of loans was $747 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $662 thousand for the same period of 2016. The increase of $85 thousand was primarily due to increased sales of SBA-guaranteed loans resulting in incremental gains of $255 thousand, increases in the number of mortgage loans sold resulting in increased gains of $23 thousand. In addition, the net gains were offset by the reduction in gain on sale of loans due to the one time $193 thousand gain on sale of loans acquired with the IBT loan portfolio in March 31, 2016 which was not a factor as of March 31, 2017.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense is composed of all employee expenses and costs associated with operating our facilities, acquiring and retaining customer relationships and providing bank services. The major component of noninterest expense is salaries and employee benefits. Noninterest expense also includes operational expenses, such as occupancy expenses, depreciation and amortization of office equipment, professional and regulatory fees, including Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) assessments, data processing expenses, and advertising and promotion expenses.

The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the major categories of noninterest expense:



	For the Three Months Ended				Increase
	March 31,				(Decrease)
	2017		2016		2017 vs. 2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Salaries and employee benefits	$	3,908	$	3,174	$	734
Non-staff expenses:
Occupancy and equipment	1,011		901		110
Professional fees	798		573		225
Data processing and software expense	360		284		76
FDIC assessment fees	258		137		121
Marketing	244		200		44
Other assets owned expenses and write-downs	25		75		(50		)
Amortization of intangibles	95		95		—
Telephone and communications	102		97		5
Other	649		439		210
Total noninterest expense	$	7,450	$	5,975	$	1,475

Noninterest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 increased $1.5 million, or 24.7%, to $7.5 million compared to noninterest expense of $6.0 million for the same period in 2016. The most significant components of the increase were as follows:

Salaries and employee benefits. Salaries and employee benefits include payroll expense, the cost of incentive compensation, benefit plans, health insurance and payroll taxes. The level of employee expense is impacted by the amount of direct loan origination costs which are required to be deferred in accordance with ASC 310-20 (formerly FAS91). Salaries and employee benefits were $3.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, an increase of $734 thousand, or 23.1%, compared to the same period in 2016. The increase was primarily attributable to increased employee compensation of $445 thousand resulting from increases in mortgage commissions of $37 thousand, with the remainder due to annual merit increases and the addition of twelve new full time equivalent employees. The total number of full-time equivalent employees at March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016 was 166 and 154, respectively. Employee benefits and payroll taxes increased $91 thousand and $74 thousand, respectively, compared to the same period in 2016. The increase in employee benefits was due to a greater number of covered employees compared to the same period in 2016. Incentive costs increased $204 thousand including employee stock compensation increases of $106 thousand and employee bonus increases of $98 thousand. Deferral of direct origination costs increased $80 thousand compared to the same period in 2016.

Occupancy and equipment. Occupancy and equipment expense includes lease expense, building depreciation and related facilities costs as well as furniture, fixture and equipment depreciation, small equipment purchases and maintenance expense. Our expense associated with occupancy and equipment was $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $901 thousand for the same period in 2016. The increase of $110 thousand was primarily due to the leasing of additional office space beginning June 1, 2016 at the corporate headquarters location and additional lease expense associated with the opening of the Turtle Creek branch beginning January 2017.

Professional fees. This category includes legal, investment bank, director, stock transfer agent fees and other public company services, information technology support, audit services and regulatory assessment expense. Professional services expenses were $798 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $573 thousand for the same period in 2016, an increase of $225 thousand or 39.3%. The increase was primarily due to increases in directors’ fees of $76 thousand, professional services of $122 thousand related to the acquisition of Sovereign, and audit expenses of $28 thousand. These increases were offset by a decrease in legal expense of $15 thousand.

Data processing and software expenses. Data processing expenses were $360 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and $284 thousand for the same period in 2016. The increase of $76 thousand or 26.8% was attributable to core processing expense incurred due to increased account transaction volume.

FDIC assessment fees. FDIC assessment fees were $258 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and $137 thousand for the same period in 2016. The increase is due to a higher assessment associated with an increase in both the assessment base and the assessment rate by the FDIC in July 2016 to include an assessment surcharge.

Income Tax Expense

The amount of income tax expense is influenced by the amounts of our pre-tax income, tax-exempt income and other nondeductible expenses. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected at currently enacted income tax rates in effect for the period in which the deferred tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. As changes in tax laws or rates are enacted, deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted through the provision for income taxes. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 totaled $1.4 million, a decrease of $80 thousand, or 5.6%, compared to $1.4 million for the same period in 2016. The change in income tax expense from the three months ended March 31, 2016 was primarily due to the $205 thousand increase in net income from operations offset by the impact of the net discrete tax benefit of $172 thousand during the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to the $16 thousand net discrete tax benefit during the three months ended March 31, 2016.

The Company’s effective tax rate, before the net impact of discrete items, was approximately 34.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to 34.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The Company’s effective tax rate, after the net impact of discrete items, was approximately 30.4% and 33.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

Financial Condition

Our total assets increased $113.5 million, or 8.1%, from $1.4 billion as of December 31, 2016 to $1.5 billion as of March 31, 2017. Our asset growth was due to the successful execution of our strategy to establish deep relationships in the Dallas metropolitan area. We believe these relationships will bring in new customer accounts and grow balances from existing loan and deposit customers.

Loan Portfolio

Our primary source of income is interest on loans to individuals, professionals, small to medium-sized businesses and commercial companies located in the Dallas metropolitan area. Our loan portfolio consists primarily of commercial loans and real estate loans secured by commercial real estate properties located in our primary market area. Our loan portfolio represents the highest yielding component of our earning asset base.

As of March 31, 2017, total loans were $1.0 billion, an increase of $29.1 million, or 2.9%, compared to $991.9 million as of December 31, 2016. These increases were primarily due to our continued penetration in our primary market area. In addition to these amounts, $1.9 million and $5.2 million in loans were classified as held for sale as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

Total loans as a percentage of deposits were 83.6% and 88.6% as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Total loans as a percentage of assets were 67.1% and 70.4% as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

The following table summarizes our loan portfolio by type of loan as of the dates indicated:



	As of March 31,				As of December 31,
	2017				2016
	Amount		Percent		Amount		Percent
	(Dollars in thousands)
Commercial	$	320,245	31.3	%	$	291,416	29.4	%
Real estate:
Construction and land	151,616		14.9	%	162,614		16.4	%
Farmland	7,995		0.8	%	8,262		0.8	%
1 - 4 family residential	136,422		13.4	%	140,137		14.1	%
Multi-family residential	21,146		2.1	%	14,683		1.5	%
Commercial Real Estate	379,553		37.1	%	370,696		37.4	%
Consumer	3,993		0.4	%	4,089		0.4	%
Total loans held for investment	$	1,020,970	100.0	%	$	991,897	100	%
Total loans held for sale	$	1,925			$	5,208

Nonperforming Assets

Loans are considered past due if the required principal and interest payments have not been received as of the date such payments were due. Loans are placed on non-accrual status when, in management’s opinion, the borrower may be unable to meet payment obligations as they become due, as well as when required by regulatory provisions. Loans may be placed on non-accrual status regardless of whether or not such loans are considered past due. When interest accrual is discontinued, all unpaid accrued interest is reversed. Interest income is subsequently recognized only to the extent cash payments are received in excess of principal due. Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

We have several procedures in place to assist us in maintaining the overall quality of our loan portfolio. We have established underwriting guidelines to be followed by our bankers, and we also monitor our delinquency levels for any negative or adverse trends. Nevertheless, our loan portfolio could become subject to increasing pressures from deteriorating borrower credit due to general economic conditions.

We believe our conservative lending approach and focused management of nonperforming assets has resulted in sound asset quality and timely resolution of problem assets.

The following table presents information regarding non-performing assets at the dates indicated:



	As of March 31,			As of December 31,
	2017			2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Non-accrual loans	$	1,686		$	941
Accruing loans 90 or more days past due	212			835
Total nonperforming loans	1,898			1,776
Other real estate owned:
Commercial real estate, construction, land and land development	493			493
Residential real estate	505			169
Total other real estate owned	998			662
Total nonperforming assets	$	2,896		$	2,438
Restructured loans—non-accrual	25			170
Restructured loans—accruing	638			652
Ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans	0.19		%	0.18		%
Ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets	0.19		%	0.17		%

We had $2.9 million and $2.4 million in nonperforming assets as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. We had $1.9 million in nonperforming loans as of March 31, 2017 compared to $1.8 million as of December 31, 2016.

The following table presents information regarding non-accrual loans by category as of the dates indicated:



	As of March 31,		As of December 31,
	2017		2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	—	$	—
Farmland	—		—
1 - 4 family residential	65		—
Multi-family residential	—		—
Commercial Real Estate	771		—
Commercial	839		930
Consumer	11		11
Total	$	1,686	$	941

Potential Problem Loans

From a credit risk standpoint, we classify loans in one of four categories: pass, special mention, substandard or doubtful. Loans classified as loss are charged-off. Loans not rated special mention, substandard, doubtful or loss are classified as pass loans. The classifications of loans reflect a judgment about the risks of default and loss associated with the loan. We review the ratings on credits monthly. Ratings are adjusted to reflect the degree of risk and loss that is felt to be inherent in each credit as of each monthly reporting period. Our methodology is structured so that specific allocations are increased in accordance with deterioration in credit quality (and a corresponding increase in risk and loss) or decreased in accordance with improvement in credit quality (and a corresponding decrease in risk and loss).

Credits rated special mention show clear signs of financial weaknesses or deterioration in credit worthiness, however, such concerns are not so pronounced that we expect to experience significant loss within the short-term. Such credits typically maintain the ability to perform within standard credit terms and credit exposure is not as prominent as credits with a lower rating.

Credits rated substandard are those in which the normal repayment of principal and interest may be, or has been, jeopardized by reason of adverse trends or developments of a financial, managerial, economic or political nature, or important weaknesses which exist in collateral. A protracted workout on these credits is a distinct possibility. Prompt corrective action is therefore required to strengthen our position, and/or to reduce exposure and to assure that adequate remedial measures are taken by the borrower. Credit exposure becomes more likely in such credits and a serious evaluation of the secondary support to the credit is performed.

Credits rated doubtful are those in which full collection of principal appears highly questionable, and which some degree of loss is anticipated, even though the ultimate amount of loss may not yet be certain and/or other factors exist which could affect collection of debt. Based upon available information, positive action by the Company is required to avert or minimize loss. Credits rated doubtful are generally also placed on non-accrual.

The following tables summarize our internal ratings of our loans, including PCI loans, as of the dates indicated.



	As of March 31, 2017
			Special
	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	151,616	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	151,616
Farmland	7,995		—		—		—		7,995
1 - 4 family residential	136,145		—		277		—		136,422
Multi-family residential	21,146		—		—		—		21,146
Commercial Real Estate	377,027		1,259		1,267		—		379,553
Commercial	318,087		1,160		882		116		320,245
Consumer	3,976		—		17		—		3,993
Total	$	1,015,992	$	2,419	$	2,443	$	116	$	1,020,970



	As of December 31, 2016
			Special
	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	162,614	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	162,614
Farmland	8,262		—		—		—		8,262
1 - 4 family residential	139,212		710		215		—		140,137
Multi-family residential	14,683		—		—		—		14,683
Commercial Real Estate	368,370		2,326		—		—		370,696
Commercial	289,589		686		1,034		107		291,416
Consumer	4,078		—		11		—		4,089
Total	$	986,808	$	3,722	$	1,260	$	107	$	991,897

Allowance for loan losses

We maintain an allowance for loan losses that represents management’s best estimate of the loan losses and risks inherent in the loan portfolio. In determining the allowance for loan losses, we estimate losses on specific loans, or groups of loans, where the probable loss can be identified and reasonably determined. The balance of the allowance for loan losses is based on internally assigned risk classifications of loans, historical loan loss rates, changes in the nature of the loan portfolio, overall portfolio quality, industry concentrations, delinquency trends, current economic factors and the estimated impact of current economic conditions on certain historical loan loss rates. For additional discussion of our methodology, please refer to “—Critical Accounting Policies— Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses.”

In connection with our review of the loan portfolio, we consider risk elements attributable to particular loan types or categories in assessing the quality of individual loans. Some of the risk elements we consider include:

•for commercial and industrial loans, the operating results of the commercial, industrial or professional enterprise, the borrower’s business, professional and financial ability and expertise, the specific risks and volatility of income and operating results typical for businesses in that category and the value, nature and marketability of collateral;

•for commercial mortgage loans and multifamily residential loans, the debt service coverage ratio (income from the property in excess of operating expenses compared to loan payment requirements), operating results of the owner in the case of owner occupied properties, the loan to value ratio, the age and condition of the collateral and the volatility of income, property value and future operating results typical of properties of that type;

•for 1-4 family residential mortgage loans, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan, including a consideration of the debt to income ratio and employment and income stability, the loan to value ratio, and the age, condition and marketability of the collateral; and

•for construction, land development and other land loans, the perceived feasibility of the project including the ability to sell developed lots or improvements constructed for resale or the ability to lease property constructed for lease, the quality and nature of contracts for presale or prelease, if any, experience and ability of the developer and loan to value ratio.

As of March 31, 2017, the allowance for loan losses totaled $8.8 million, or 0.86%, of total loans. As of December 31, 2016, the allowance for loan losses totaled $8.5 million, or 0.86%, of total loans. The increase in the allowance compared to December 31, 2016 was primarily due to the provision of $890 thousand as of March 31, 2017 due to additional allowance required to replenish $603 thousand for charged off loans and an increase in loan growth. Ending balances for the purchase discount related to non-impaired acquired loans were $509 thousand and $566 thousand, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Purchased credit impaired loans are not considered nonperforming loans. Purchased credit impaired loans were insignificant as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

The following table presents, as of and for the periods indicated, an analysis of the allowance for loan losses and other related data:



	For the Three Months Ended			For the Three Months Ended			For the Year Ended
	March 31, 2017			March 31, 2016			December 31, 2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Average loans outstanding(1)	$	1,005,528		$	853,320		$	919,387
Gross loans outstanding at end of period(1)	$	1,020,970		885,415			991,897
Allowance for loan losses at beginning of period	$	8,524		$	6,772		$	6,772
Provision for loan losses	890			845			2,050
Charge-offs:
Real estate:
Construction, land and farmland	—			—			—
Residential	—			—			—
Commercial Real Estate	—			—			—
Commercial	(603		)	(240		)	(314		)
Consumer	—			(9		)	(19		)
Total charge-offs	(603		)	(249		)	(333		)
Recoveries:
Real estate:
Construction, land and farmland	—			—			—
Residential	—			—			—
Commercial Real Estate	—			—			—
Commercial	5			4			32
Consumer	—			—			3
Total recoveries	5			4			35
Net charge-offs	(598		)	(245		)	(298		)
Allowance for loan losses at end of period	$	8,816		$	7,372		$	8,524
Ratio of allowance to end of period loans	0.86		%	0.83		%	0.86		%
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans	0.06		%	0.03		%	0.03		%

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(1)	Excluding loans held for sale and deferred loan fees.

We believe the successful execution of our growth strategy through key acquisitions and organic growth is demonstrated by the upward trend in loan balances from December 31, 2016 to March 31, 2017. Loan balances increased from $991.9 million

as of December 31, 2016 to $1.0 billion as of March 31, 2017. Our allowance as a percentage of our total loan portfolio has increased as of March 31, 2017 from March 31, 2016 primarily due to increased level of charge-offs in addition to changes in qualitative factors around the nature, volume and mix of the loan portfolio.

Although we believe that we have established our allowance for loan losses in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and that the allowance for loan losses was adequate to provide for known and inherent losses in the portfolio at all times shown above, future provisions will be subject to ongoing evaluations of the risks in our loan portfolio. If we experience economic declines or if asset quality deteriorates, material additional provisions could be required.

The following table shows the allocation of the allowance for loan losses among our loan categories and certain other information as of the dates indicated. The allocation of the allowance for loan losses as shown in the table should neither be interpreted as an indication of future charge-offs, nor as an indication that charge-offs in future periods will necessarily occur in these amounts or in the indicated proportions. The total allowance is available to absorb losses from any loan category.



	As of				As of
	March 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
			Percent				Percent
	Amount		of Total		Amount		of Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Real estate:
Construction and land	$	1,235	14.0	%	$	1,346	15.8	%
Farmland	66		0.7		69		0.8
1 - 4 family residential	982		11.1		999		11.7
Multi-family residential	172		2.0		117		1.4
Commercial Real Estate	3,031		34.4		3,003		35.2
Total real estate	$	5,486	62.2	%	$	5,534	64.9	%
Commercial	3,296		37.4		2,955		34.7
Consumer	34		0.4		35		0.4
Total allowance for loan losses	$	8,816	100.0	%	$	8,524	100.0	%

Securities

We use our securities portfolio to provide a source of liquidity, provide an appropriate return on funds invested, manage interest rate risk, meet collateral requirements and meet regulatory capital requirements. As of March 31, 2017, the carrying amount of investment securities totaled $138.7 million, an increase of $36.1 million or 35.2% compared to $102.6 million as of December 31, 2016. Securities represented 9.1% and 7.3% of total assets as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

Our investment portfolio consists entirely of securities classified as available for sale. As a result, the carrying values of our investment securities are adjusted for unrealized gain or loss, and any gain or loss is reported on an after-tax basis as a component of other comprehensive income in stockholders’ equity. The following table summarizes the amortized cost and estimated fair value of our investment securities as of the dates shown:



	As of March 31, 2017
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. government agencies	$	692	$	—	$	34	$	658
Corporate securities	7,500		—		—		7,500
Municipal securities	15,008		14		371		14,651
Mortgage-backed securities	69,341		82		757		68,666
Collateralized mortgage obligations	47,018		35		566		46,487
Asset-backed securities	726		10		—		736
Total	$	140,285	$	141	$	1,728	$	138,698



	As of December 31, 2016
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. government agencies	$	732	$	—	$	36	$	696
Municipal securities	14,540		2		500		14,042
Mortgage-backed securities	49,907		83		871		49,119
Collateralized mortgage obligations	38,507		32		612		37,927
Asset-backed securities	764		11		—		775
Total	$	104,450	$	128	$	2,019	$	102,559

All of our mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations are agency securities. We do not hold any Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac preferred stock, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, structured investment vehicles, private label collateralized mortgage obligations, subprime, Alt– A, or second lien elements in our investment portfolio. As of March 31, 2017, our investment portfolio did not contain any securities that are directly backed by subprime or Alt-A mortgages.

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

The following table sets forth the fair value, maturities and approximated weighted average yield based on estimated annual income divided by the average amortized cost of our securities portfolio as of the dates indicated. The contractual maturity of a mortgage-backed security is the date at which the last underlying mortgage matures.



	As of March 31, 2017
					After One Year				After Five Years
	Within				but Within				but Within
	One Year				Five Years				Ten Years				After Ten Years				Total
	Amount		Yield		Amount		Yield		Amount		Yield		Amount		Yield		Total		Yield
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. government agencies	$	—	—	%	$	323	1.63	%	$	335	2.06	%	$	—	—	%	$	658	1.85	%
Corporate securities	—		—		—		—		—		—		7,500		5.24		7,500		5.24
Municipal securities	—		—		3,628		2.11		3,999		2.00		7,024		2.12		14,651		2.08
Mortgage-backed securities	—		—		34,078		1.91		30,506		2.25		4,082		2.33		68,666		2.09
Collateralized mortgage obligations	51		3.14		33,039		2.01		13,397		2.27		—		—		46,487		2.09
Asset-backed securities	—		—		736		1.64		—		—		—		—		736		1.64
Total	$	51	3.14	%	$	71,804	1.96	%	$	48,237	2.23	%	$	18,606	1.31	%	$	138,698	1.97	%



	As of December 31, 2016
					After One Year				After Five Years
	Within				but Within				but Within
	One Year				Five Years				Ten Years				After Ten Years				Total
	Amount		Yield		Amount		Yield		Amount		Yield		Amount		Yield		Total		Yield
	(Dollars in thousands)
U.S. government agencies	$	—	—	%	$	345	1.62	%	$	351	2.02	%	$	—	—	%	$	696	1.82	%
Municipal securities	—		—		3,630		2.13		2,995		1.96		7,417		2.51		14,042		2.29
Mortgage-backed securities	—		—		37,307		1.63		11,731		2.22		81		2.10		49,119		1.77
Collateralized mortgage obligations	262		2.98		36,850		1.73		815		2.42		—		—		37,927		1.75
Asset-backed securities	—		—		775		1.40		—		—		—		—		775		1.40
Total	$	262	2.98	%	$	78,907	1.70	%	$	15,892	2.18	%	$	7,498	2.51	%	$	102,559	1.83	%

The contractual maturity of mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset backed securities is not a reliable indicator of their expected life because borrowers have the right to prepay their obligations at any time. Mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities are typically issued with stated principal amounts and are backed by pools of mortgage loans and other loans with varying maturities. The term of the underlying mortgages and loans may vary significantly due to the ability of a borrower to pre-pay. Monthly pay downs on mortgage-backed securities tend to cause the average life of the securities to be much different than the stated contractual maturity. During a period of increasing interest rates, fixed rate mortgage-backed securities do not tend to experience heavy prepayments of principal and consequently, the average life of this security will be lengthened. If interest rates begin to fall, prepayments may increase, thereby shortening the estimated life of this security. The weighted average life of our investment portfolio was 4.46 years and 4.39 years with an estimated effective duration of 3.33 and 3.30 years as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we did not own securities of any one issuer for which aggregate adjusted cost exceeded 10.0% of the condensed consolidated stockholders’ equity as of such respective dates.

Deposits

We offer a variety of deposit accounts having a wide range of interest rates and terms including demand, savings, money market and time accounts. We rely primarily on competitive pricing policies, convenient locations and personalized service to attract and retain these deposits.

Total deposits as of March 31, 2017 were $1.2 billion, an increase of $102.1 million, or 9.1%, compared to $1.1 billion as of December 31, 2016. The increase from December 31, 2016 was primarily due to an increase of $81.3 million in savings accounts, $10.6 million in non-interest bearing deposits, $10.3 million in business checking, and $4.6 million in money market accounts. The increase in deposits was primarily due to a single customer deposit of $71.4 million; the remaining deposit increase was due to organic growth, partially offset by wholesale deposit repayment of $4.0 million.

Borrowings

We utilize short-term and long-term borrowings to supplement deposits to fund our lending and investment activities, each of which is discussed below.

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances. The FHLB allows us to borrow on a blanket floating lien status collateralized by certain securities and loans. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, total borrowing capacity of $418.7 million and $369.4 million, respectively, was available under this arrangement and $38.3 million and $38.3 million, respectively, was outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of 0.74% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 0.60% for the year ended December 31, 2016. Our current FHLB advances mature within six years. We utilize these borrowings to meet liquidity needs and to fund certain fixed rate loans in our portfolio.

The following table presents our FHLB borrowings at the dates indicated. Other than FHLB borrowings, we had no other short-term borrowings at the dates indicated.




	FHLB Advances
	(Dollars in thousands)
March 31, 2017
Amount outstanding at period-end	$	38,271
Weighted average interest rate at period-end	1.01		%
Maximum month-end balance during the period	38,294
Average balance outstanding during the period	38,293
Weighted average interest rate during the period	0.74		%
December 31, 2016
Amount outstanding at period-end	$	38,306
Weighted average interest rate at period-end	0.77		%
Maximum month-end balance during the period	88,398
Average balance outstanding during the period	43,649
Weighted average interest rate during the period	0.60		%

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has an available borrower in custody arrangement, which allows us to borrow on a collateralized basis. Certain commercial and consumer loans are pledged under this arrangement. We maintain this borrowing arrangement to meet liquidity needs pursuant to our contingency funding plan. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, $194.7 million and $197.3 million, respectively, were available under this arrangement. As of March 31, 2017, approximately $261.5 million in commercial loans were pledged as collateral. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, no borrowings were outstanding under this arrangement.

Junior subordinated debentures. In connection with the acquisition of Fidelity Resource Company during 2011, we assumed $3.1 million in fixed/floating rate junior subordinated debentures underlying common securities and preferred capital securities, or the Trust Securities, issued by Parkway National Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust and acquired wholly-owned subsidiary. We assumed the guarantor position and as such, unconditionally guarantee payment of accrued and unpaid distributions required to be paid on the Trust Securities subject to certain exceptions, the redemption price when a capital security is called for redemption and amounts due if a trust is liquidated or terminated.

We own all of the outstanding common securities of the trust. The trust used the proceeds from the issuance of its Trust Securities to buy the debentures originally issued by Fidelity Resource Company. These debentures are the trust’s only assets and the interest payments from the debentures finance the distributions paid on the Trust Securities.

The Trust Securities pay cumulative cash distributions quarterly at a rate per annum equal to the three-month LIBOR plus 1.85% percent. The effective rate as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was 2.81% and 2.70%, respectively. The Trust Securities are subject to mandatory redemption in whole or in part, upon repayment of the debentures at the stated maturity in the year 2036 or their earlier redemption, in each case at a redemption price equal to the aggregate liquidation preference of the Trust Securities plus any accumulated and unpaid distributions thereon to the date of redemption. Prior redemption is permitted under certain circumstances.

The Trust Securities qualify as Tier 1 capital, subject to regulatory limitations, under guidelines established by the Federal Reserve.

Subordinated notes. On December 23, 2013, we completed a private offering of $5.0 million in aggregate principal amount of subordinated promissory notes. The notes were structured to qualify as Tier 2 capital under applicable rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve. The proceeds from the offering were used to support our continued growth. The notes are unsecured, with quarterly interest payable at a fixed rate of 6.0% per annum, and unpaid principal and interest on the notes is due at the stated maturity on December 31, 2023. We may redeem the notes in whole or in part on any interest payment date that occurs on or after December 23, 2018 subject to approval of the Federal Reserve.

Under the terms of the notes, if we have not paid interest on the notes within 30 days of any interest payment date, or if our classified assets to total tangible capital ratio exceeds 40.0%, then the note holder that holds the greatest aggregate principal amount of the notes may appoint one representative to attend meetings of our board of directors as an observer. The board observation

rights terminate when such overdue interest is paid or our classified assets to total tangible capital ratio no longer exceeds 40.0%. In addition, the terms of the notes provide that the note holders will have the same rights to inspect our books and records provided to holders our common stock under Texas law.

In connection with the issuance of the notes, we also issued warrants to purchase 25,000 shares of our common stock, at an exercise price of $11.00 per share, exercisable at any time, in whole or in part, on or prior to December 31, 2023.



	As of March 31,		As of December 31,
	2017		2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Junior subordinated debentures	$	3,093	$	3,093
Subordinated notes	4,944		4,942
Total	$	8,037	$	8,035

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

Liquidity involves our ability to raise funds to support asset growth and acquisitions or reduce assets to meet deposit withdrawals and other payment obligations, to maintain reserve requirements and otherwise to operate on an ongoing basis and manage unexpected events. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016, our liquidity needs were primarily met by core deposits, wholesale borrowings, security and loan maturities and amortizing investment and loan portfolios. Use of brokered deposits, purchased funds from correspondent banks and overnight advances from the FHLB and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas are available and have been utilized to take advantage of the cost of these funding sources. We maintained two lines of credit with commercial banks that provide for extensions of credit with an availability to borrow up to an aggregate $14.6 million as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. There were no advances under these lines of credit outstanding as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

The following table illustrates, during the periods presented, the mix of our funding sources and the average assets in which those funds are invested as a percentage of our average total assets for the period indicated. Average assets totaled $1.5 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and $1.2 billion for the year ended December 31, 2016.



	For the		For the
	Three Months Ended		Year Ended
	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Sources of Funds:
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing	24.3	%	25.5	%
Interest-bearing	56.6		57.9
Advances from FHLB	2.5		3.7
Other borrowings	0.5		0.7
Other liabilities	0.2		0.2
Stockholders’ equity	15.9		12.0
Total	100.0	%	100.0	%
Uses of Funds:
Loans	65.8	%	77.2	%
Securities available for sale	7.9		7.1
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks	19.5		7.8
Other noninterest-earning assets	6.8		7.9
Total	100.0	%	100.0	%
Average noninterest-bearing deposits to average deposits	30.0	%	30.5	%
Average loans to average deposits	81.5	%	92.5	%

Our primary source of funds is deposits, and our primary use of funds is loans. We do not expect a change in the primary source or use of our funds in the foreseeable future. Our average loans net of allowance for loan loss increased 17.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. We invest excess deposits in interest-bearing deposits at other banks, the Federal Reserve, or liquid investments securities until these monies are needed to fund loan growth.

As of March 31, 2017, we had outstanding $244.5 million in commitments to extend credit and $5.9 million in commitments associated with outstanding standby and commercial letters of credit. As of December 31, 2016, we had outstanding $236.9 million in commitments to extend credit and $6.9 million in commitments associated with outstanding standby and commercial letters of credit. Since commitments associated with letters of credit and commitments to extend credit may expire unused, the total outstanding may not necessarily reflect the actual future cash funding requirements.

As of March 31, 2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of $285.7 million compared to $234.8 million as of December 31, 2016. The increase was primarily due to increase in deposits at March 31, 2017. Additionally, in December 31, 2016 we received $94.5 million net proceeds from the sale of common stock in an underwritten public offering of which $58.0 million is to pay the aggregate cash consideration for the Sovereign merger which is expected to close during the second quarter of 2017.

Capital Resources

Total stockholders’ equity increased to $242.7 million as of March 31, 2017, compared to $239.1 million as of December 31, 2016, an increase of $3.6 million, or 1.5%. The increase from December 31, 2016 was primarily the result of $3.1 million in net income for the period.

Capital management consists of providing equity to support our current and future operations. The bank regulators view capital levels as important indicators of an institution’s financial soundness. As a general matter, FDIC-insured depository institutions and their holding companies are required to maintain minimum capital relative to the amount and types of assets they hold. We are subject to regulatory capital requirements at the bank holding company and bank levels. See Note 12 “Capital Requirements and Restrictions on Retained Earnings” to our condensed consolidated financial statements in this Report for additional discussion regarding the regulatory capital requirements applicable to us and the Bank. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Bank and we complied with all applicable regulatory capital requirements, and the Bank was classified as “well capitalized,” for purposes of the prompt corrective action regulations. As we employ our capital and continue to grow our operations, our regulatory capital levels may decrease depending on our level of earnings. However, we expect to monitor and control our growth in order to remain in compliance with all regulatory capital standards applicable to us.

The following table presents the actual capital amounts and regulatory capital ratios for us and the Bank as of the dates indicated.



	As of March 31,				As of December 31,
	2017				2016
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
	(Dollars in thousands)
Veritex Holdings, Inc.
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$	232,033	21.23	%	$	228,566	22.02	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)	218,273		19.97		215,057		20.72
Common equity tier 1 (to risk-weighted assets)	215,180		19.69		211,964		20.42
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)	218,273		14.66		215,057		16.82
Veritex Community Bank
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$	134,091	12.28	%	$	130,237	12.55	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)	125,275		11.47		121,713		11.73
Common equity tier 1 (to risk-weighted assets)	125,275		11.47		121,713		11.73
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)	125,275		8.41		121,713		9.52

Contractual Obligations

In the ordinary course of the Company’s operations, the Company enters into certain contractual obligations, such as obligations for operating leases and other arrangements with respect to deposit liabilities, FHLB advances and other borrowed

funds. The Company believes that it will be able to meet its contractual obligations as they come due through the maintenance of adequate cash levels. The Company expects to maintain adequate cash levels through profitability, loan and securities repayment and maturity activity and continued deposit gathering activities. The Company has in place various borrowing mechanisms for both short-term and long-term liquidity needs.

Other than normal changes in the ordinary course of business, there have been no significant changes in the types of contractual obligations or amounts due since December 31, 2016.

Off-Balance Sheet Items

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into various transactions, which, in accordance with GAAP, are not included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. However, the Company has only limited off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future material effect on the Company’s financial condition, revenues, expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources. The Company enters into these transactions to meet the financing needs of its customers. These transactions include commitments to extend credit and issue standby letters of credit, which involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk and interest rate risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company’s commitments to extend credit and outstanding standby letters of credit were $244.5 million and $5.9 million, respectively, as of March 31, 2017. Since commitments associated with letters of credit and commitments to extend credit may expire unused, the amounts shown do not necessarily reflect the actual future cash funding requirements. The Company manages the Company’s liquidity in light of the aggregate amounts of commitments to extend credit and outstanding standby letters of credit in effect from time to time to ensure that the Company will have adequate sources of liquidity to fund such commitments and honor drafts under such letters of credit.

Commitments to Extend Credit

The Company enters into contractual commitments to extend credit, normally with fixed expiration dates or termination clauses, at specified rates and for specific purposes. Substantially all of the Company’s commitments to extend credit are contingent upon customers maintaining specific credit standards at the time of loan funding. The Company minimizes its exposure to loss under these commitments by subjecting them to credit approval and monitoring procedures.

Standby Letters of Credit

Standby letters of credit are written conditional commitments that the Company issues to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. In the event the customer does not perform in accordance with the terms of the agreement with the third party, the Company would be required to fund the commitment. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make is represented by the contractual amount of the commitment. If the commitment is funded, the customer is obligated to reimburse the Company for the amount paid under this standby letter of credit.

Interest Rate Sensitivity and Market Risk

As a financial institution, our primary component of market risk is interest rate volatility. Our asset liability and funds management policy provides management with the guidelines for effective funds management, and we have established a measurement system for monitoring our net interest rate sensitivity position. We manage our sensitivity position within our established guidelines.

Fluctuations in interest rates will ultimately impact both the level of income and expense recorded on most of our assets and liabilities, and the market value of all interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, other than those that have a short term to maturity. Interest rate risk is the potential of economic losses due to future interest rate changes. These economic losses can be reflected as a loss of future net interest income and/or a loss of current fair market values. The objective is to measure the effect on net interest income and to adjust the balance sheet to minimize the inherent risk while at the same time maximizing income.

We manage our exposure to interest rates by structuring our balance sheet in the ordinary course of business. We do not enter into instruments such as leveraged derivatives, interest rate swaps, financial options, financial future contracts or forward delivery contracts for the purpose of reducing interest rate risk. Based upon the nature of our operations, we are not subject to foreign exchange or commodity price risk. We do not own any trading assets.

Our exposure to interest rate risk is managed by the Asset-Liability Committee of the Bank, in accordance with policies approved by its board of directors. The committee formulates strategies based on appropriate levels of interest rate risk. In determining the appropriate level of interest rate risk, the committee considers the impact on earnings and capital of the current outlook on interest rates, potential changes in interest rates, regional economies, liquidity, business strategies and other factors. The committee meets regularly to review, among other things, the sensitivity of assets and liabilities to interest rate changes, the book and market values of assets and liabilities, unrealized gains and losses, purchase and sale activities, commitments to originate loans and the maturities of investments and borrowings. Additionally, the committee reviews liquidity, cash flow flexibility, maturities of deposits and consumer and commercial deposit activity. Management employs methodologies to manage interest rate risk that include an analysis of relationships between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and an interest rate shock simulation model.

We use interest rate risk simulation models and shock analysis to test the interest rate sensitivity of net interest income and fair value of equity, and the impact of changes in interest rates on other financial metrics. Contractual maturities and re-pricing opportunities of loans are incorporated in the model, as are prepayment assumptions, maturity data and call options within the investment portfolio. Average life of our non-maturity deposit accounts are based on standard regulatory decay assumptions and are incorporated into the model. The assumptions used are inherently uncertain and, as a result, the model cannot precisely measure future net interest income or precisely predict the impact of fluctuations in market interest rates on net interest income. Actual results will differ from the model’s simulated results due to timing, magnitude and frequency of interest rate changes as well as changes in market conditions and the application and timing of various management strategies.

On a quarterly basis, we run two simulation models including a static balance sheet and dynamic growth balance sheet. These models test the impact on net interest income and fair value of equity from changes in market interest rates under various scenarios. Under the static and dynamic growth models, rates are shocked instantaneously and ramped rate changes over a twelve-month and twenty-four month horizon based upon parallel and non-parallel yield curve shifts. Parallel shock scenarios assume instantaneous parallel movements in the yield curve compared to a flat yield curve scenario. Non-parallel simulation involves analysis of interest income and expense under various changes in the shape of the yield curve. Internal policy regarding internal rate risk simulations currently specifies that for instantaneous parallel shifts of the yield curve, estimated net interest income at risk for the subsequent one-year period should not decline by more than 12.5% for a 100 basis point shift, 15.0% for a 200 basis point shift, and 20.0% for a 300 basis point shift.

The following table summarizes the simulated change in net interest income and fair value of equity over a 12-month horizon as of the date indicated:



	As of March 31, 2017				As of December 31, 2016
	Percent Change		Percent Change		Percent Change		Percent Change
Change in Interest	in Net Interest		in Fair Value		in Net Interest		in Fair Value
Rates (Basis Points)	Income		of Equity		Income		of Equity
+ 300	13.65	%	11.24	%	12.60	%	11.67	%
+ 200	10.47	%	12.15	%	9.63	%	12.04	%
+ 100	6.72	%	9.73	%	6.14	%	9.29	%
Base	0.92	%	—	%	0.99	%	—	%
−100	(3.23	)%	(11.92	)%	(2.56	)%	(11.22	)%

The results are primarily due to behavior of demand, money market and savings deposits during such rate fluctuations. We have found that, historically, interest rates on these deposits change more slowly than changes in the discount and federal funds rates. This assumption is incorporated into the simulation model and is generally not fully reflected in a gap analysis. The assumptions incorporated into the model are inherently uncertain and, as a result, the model cannot precisely measure future net interest income or precisely predict the impact of fluctuations in market interest rates on net interest income. Actual results will differ from the model’s simulated results due to timing, magnitude and frequency of interest rate changes as well as changes in market conditions and the application and timing of various strategies.

Impact of Inflation

Our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Report have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. These require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars, without considering changes in the relative value of money over time due to inflation or recession.

Unlike many industrial companies, substantially all of our assets and liabilities are monetary in nature. As a result, interest rates have a more significant impact on our performance than the effects of general levels of inflation. Interest rates may not necessarily move in the same direction or in the same magnitude as the prices of goods and services. However, other operating expenses do reflect general levels of inflation.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Our accounting and reporting policies conform to GAAP, and the prevailing practices in the banking industry. However, we also evaluate our performance based on certain additional financial measures discussed in this Report as being non-GAAP financial measures. We classify a financial measure as being a non-GAAP financial measure if that financial measure excludes or includes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of excluding or including amounts, that are included or excluded, as the case may be, in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time in the United States in our statements of income, balance sheets or statements of cash flows. Non-GAAP financial measures do not include operating and other statistical measures or ratios or statistical measures calculated using exclusively either financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, operating measures or other measures that are not non-GAAP financial measures or both.

The non-GAAP financial measures that we discuss in this Report should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable or other financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Moreover, the manner in which we calculate the non-GAAP financial measures discussed herein may differ from that of other companies reporting measures with similar names. You should understand how such other banking organizations calculate their financial measures similar or with names similar to the non-GAAP financial measures we have discussed in this filing when comparing such non-GAAP financial measures.

Tangible Book Value Per Common Share

Tangible book value per common share is a non-GAAP measure generally used by financial analysts and investment bankers to evaluate financial institutions. We calculate (1) tangible common equity as stockholders’ equity less preferred stock, and goodwill, core deposit intangibles and other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization, and (2) tangible book value per common share as tangible common equity divided by shares of common stock outstanding. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure for tangible book value per common share is book value per common share.

We believe that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in changes from period to period in book value per common share exclusive of changes in intangible assets. Goodwill and other intangible assets have the effect of increasing total book value while not increasing our tangible book value.

The following table reconciles, as of the dates set forth below, total stockholders’ equity to tangible common equity and presents our tangible book value per common share compared to our book value per common share:



	As of March 31,						As of December 31,
	2017			2016			2016
	(Dollars in thousands, except share data)
Tangible Common Equity
Total stockholders’ equity	$	242,725		$	135,241		$	239,088
Adjustments:
Goodwill	(26,865		)	(26,865		)	(26,865		)
Intangible assets	(2,161		)	(2,347		)	(2,181		)
Total tangible common equity	$	213,699		$	106,029		$	210,042
Common shares outstanding(1)	15,229,436			10,724,078			15,195,328
Book value per common share	$	15.94		$	12.61		$	15.73
Tangible book value per common share	$	14.03		$	9.89		$	13.82

(1)

Excludes the dilutive effect, if any, of 494,000, 449,000 and 454,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options as of March 31, 2017, March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2016, respectively, and 169,000, 175,000, and 147,000 shares of common stock issuable upon vesting of outstanding restricted stock units as of March 31, 2017, March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

Tangible Common Equity to Tangible Assets

Tangible common equity to tangible assets is a non-GAAP measure generally used by financial analysts and investment bankers to evaluate financial institutions. We calculate tangible common equity, as described above, and tangible assets as total assets less goodwill, core deposit intangibles and other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure for tangible common equity to tangible assets is total common stockholders’ equity to total assets.

We believe that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in the relative changes from period to period in common equity and total assets, each exclusive of changes in intangible assets. Goodwill and other intangible assets have the effect of increasing both total stockholders’ equity and assets while not increasing our tangible common equity or tangible assets.

The following table reconciles, as of the dates set forth below, total stockholders’ equity to tangible common equity and total assets to tangible assets:



	As of March 31,			As of December 31,
	2017			2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Tangible Common Equity
Total stockholders’ equity	$	242,725		$	239,088
Adjustments:
Goodwill	(26,865		)	(26,865		)
Intangible assets	(2,161		)	(2,181		)
Total tangible common equity	$	213,699		$	210,042
Tangible Assets
Total assets	$	1,522,015		$	1,408,507
Adjustments:
Goodwill	(26,865		)	(26,865		)
Intangible assets	(2,161		)	(2,181		)
Total tangible assets	$	1,492,989		$	1,379,461
Tangible Common Equity to Tangible Assets	14.31		%	15.23		%

Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP and with general practices within the financial services industry. Application of these principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under current circumstances. These assumptions form the basis for our judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily available from independent, objective sources. We evaluate our estimates on an ongoing basis. Use of alternative assumptions may have resulted in significantly different estimates. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

We have identified the following accounting policies and estimates that, due to the difficult, subjective or complex judgments and assumptions inherent in those policies and estimates and the potential sensitivity of our financial statements to those judgments and assumptions, are critical to an understanding of our financial condition and results of operations. We believe that the judgments, estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our financial statements are appropriate.

Business Combinations

We apply the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. Under the acquisition method, the acquiring entity in a business combination recognizes 100% of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. We use valuation techniques appropriate for the asset or liability being measured in determining these fair values. Any excess of the purchase price over amounts allocated to assets acquired, including identifiable intangible assets and liabilities assumed is

recorded as goodwill. Where amounts allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed is greater than the purchase price, a bargain purchase gain is recognized. Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred.

Investment Securities

Securities are classified as held to maturity and carried at amortized cost when we have the positive intent and ability to hold them until maturity. Securities to be held for indefinite periods of time are classified as available for sale and carried at fair value, with the unrealized holding gains and losses reported in other comprehensive income, net of tax. We determined the appropriate classification of securities at the time of purchase. Interest income includes amortization of purchase premiums and discounts. Realized gains and losses are derived from the amortized cost of the security sold. Credit related declines in the fair value of held to maturity and available for sale securities below their cost that are deemed to be other than temporary are reflected in earnings as realized losses, with the remaining unrealized loss recognized as a component of other comprehensive income. In estimating other-than-temporary impairment losses, we consider, among other things, (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, and (3) the intent and our ability to retain the investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value.

Loans Held for Sale

Loans held for sale consist of certain mortgage loans originated and intended for sale in the secondary market and are carried at the lower of cost or estimated fair value on an individual loan basis. Net unrealized losses, if any, are recognized through a valuation allowance by charges to income. We obtain purchase commitments from secondary market investors prior to closing the loans and do not retain the servicing obligations related to any such loans upon their sale. Gains and losses on sales of loans held for sale are based on the difference between the selling price and the carrying value of the related loan sold.

Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses

Loans, excluding certain purchased loans that have shown evidence of deterioration since origination as of the date of the acquisition, that we have the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity or pay-off are stated at the amount of unpaid principal, reduced by unearned income and an allowance for loan losses. Interest on loans is recognized using the effective-interest method on the daily balances of the principal amounts outstanding. Fees associated with the originating of loans and certain direct loan origination costs are netted and the net amount is deferred and recognized over the life of the loan as an adjustment of yield.

The accrual of interest on loans is discontinued when there is a clear indication that the borrower’s cash flow may not be sufficient to meet payments as they become due, which is generally when a loan is 90 days past due. When a loan is placed on non-accrual status, all previously accrued and unpaid interest is reversed. Interest income is subsequently recognized on a cash basis as long as the remaining book balance of the asset is deemed to be collectible. If collectability is questionable, then cash payments are applied to principal. Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement.

The allowance for loan losses is an estimated amount we believe is adequate to absorb inherent losses on existing loans that may be uncollectible based upon review and evaluation of the loan portfolio. Our periodic evaluation of the allowance is based on general economic conditions, the financial condition of borrowers, the value and liquidity of collateral, delinquency, prior loan loss experience, and the results of periodic reviews of the portfolio. The allowance for loan losses is comprised of two components: the general reserve and specific reserves. The general reserve is determined in accordance with current authoritative accounting guidance. The Company’s calculation of the general reserve considers historical loss rates for the last three years adjusted for qualitative factors based upon general economic conditions and other qualitative risk factors both internal and external to the Company. Such qualitative factors include current local economic conditions and trends including unemployment, changes in lending staff, policies and procedures, changes in credit concentrations, changes in the trends and severity of problem loans and changes in trends in volume and terms of loans. These qualitative factors serve to compensate for additional areas of uncertainty inherent in the portfolio that are not reflected in our historic loss factors. For purposes of determining the general reserve, the loan portfolio, less cash secured loans, government guaranteed loans and impaired loans, is multiplied by our adjusted historical loss rate. Specific reserves are determined in accordance with current authoritative accounting guidance based on probable losses on specific classified loans.

The allowance for loan losses is increased by charges to income and decreased by charge-offs (net of recoveries).

Due to the growth of the Bank over the past several years, a portion of the loans in our portfolio and our lending relationships are of relatively recent origin. The new loan portfolios have limited delinquency and credit loss history and have not yet exhibited an observable loss trend. The credit quality of loans in these loan portfolios are impacted by delinquency status and debt service coverage generated by the borrowers’ business and fluctuations in the value of real estate collateral. We consider delinquency status to be the most meaningful indicator of the credit quality of 1-4 single family residential, home equity loans and lines of credit and other consumer loans. In general, loans do not begin to show signs of credit deterioration or default until they have been outstanding for some period of time, a process we refer to as “seasoning”. As a result, a portfolio of older loans will usually behave more predictably than a portfolio of newer loans. Because the majority of our portfolio is relatively new, the current level of delinquencies and defaults may not be representative of the level that will prevail when the portfolio becomes more seasoned, which may be higher than current levels.

Delinquency statistics are updated at least monthly. Internal risk ratings are considered the most meaningful indicator of credit quality for new commercial, construction, and commercial real estate loans. Internal risk ratings are a key factor in identifying loans that are individually evaluated for impairment and impact our estimates of loss factors used in determining the amount of the allowance for loan losses. Internal risk ratings are updated on a continuous basis.

Loans are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable we will be unable to collect all amounts due in accordance with the original contractual terms of the loan agreement, including scheduled principal and interest payments. If a loan is impaired, a specific valuation allowance is allocated, if necessary. Interest payments on impaired loans are typically applied to principal unless collectability of the principal amount is reasonably assured, in which case interest is recognized on a cash basis. Impaired loans, or portions thereof, are charged off when deemed uncollectible.

Our policy requires measurement of the allowance for an impaired collateral dependent loan based on the fair value of the collateral. Other loan impairments are measured based on the present value of expected future cash flows or the loan’s observable market price. At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, all significant impaired loans have been determined to be collateral dependent and the allowance for loss has been measured utilizing the estimated fair value of the collateral.

From time to time, we may modify our loan agreement with a borrower. A modified loan is considered a troubled debt restructuring when two conditions are met: (1) the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and (2) concessions are made by us that would not otherwise be considered for a borrower with similar credit risk characteristics. Modifications to loan terms may include a lower interest rate, a reduction of principal, or a longer term to maturity. All troubled debt restructurings are considered impaired loans. We review each troubled debt restructured loan and determine on a case by case basis if a specific allowance for loan loss is required. An allowance for loan loss allocation is based on either the present value of estimated future cash flows or the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral.

We have certain lending policies and procedures in place that are designed to maximize loan income with an acceptable level of risk. We review and approve these policies and procedures on a regular basis and makes changes as appropriate. We receive frequent reports related to loan originations, quality, concentrations, delinquencies, non-performing and potential problem loans. Diversification in the loan portfolio is a means of managing risk associated with fluctuations in economic conditions, both by type of loan and geography.

Commercial loans are underwritten after evaluating and understanding the borrower’s ability to operate profitably and effectively. Underwriting standards are designed to determine whether the borrower possesses sound business ethics and practices and to evaluate current and projected cash flows to determine the ability of the borrower to repay their obligations as agreed. Commercial loans are primarily made based on the identified cash flows of the borrower and, secondarily, on the underlying collateral provided by the borrower. Most commercial loans are secured by the assets being financed or other business assets, such as accounts receivable or inventory, and include personal guarantees.

Real estate loans are also subject to underwriting standards and processes similar to commercial loans. These loans are underwritten primarily based on projected cash flows and, secondarily, as loans secured by real estate. The repayment of real estate loans is generally largely dependent on the successful operation of the property securing the loans or the business conducted on the property securing the loan. Real estate loans may be more adversely affected by conditions in the real estate markets or in the general economy. The properties securing our real estate portfolio are generally diverse in terms of type and geographic location, throughout the Dallas metropolitan area. This diversity helps reduce the exposure to adverse economic events that affect any single market or industry.

We utilize methodical credit standards and analysis to supplement our policies and procedures in underwriting consumer loans. Our loan policy addresses types of consumer loans that may be originated and the collateral, if secured, which must be perfected. The relatively smaller individual dollar amounts of consumer loans that are spread over numerous individual borrowers also minimizes our risk.

Emerging Growth Company

The JOBS Act permits an “emerging growth company” to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. However, we have “opted out” of this provision. As a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards to the same extent that compliance is required for non-emerging growth companies. This decision to opt out of the extended transition period under the JOBS Act is irrevocable.

Special Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-looking statements included in this Report are based on various facts and derived utilizing numerous important assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our future financial performance, business and growth strategy, projected plans and objectives, as well as projections of macroeconomic and industry trends, which are inherently unreliable due to the multiple factors that impact economic trends, and any such variations may be material. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “plans” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may” and “could” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts, although not all forward-looking statements include the foregoing. You should understand that the following important factors could affect our future results and cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements:


•	risks related to the concentration of our business within the Dallas metropolitan area, including risks associated with any downturn in the real estate sector and risks associated with a decline in the values of single family homes in the Dallas metropolitan area;


•	our ability to implement our growth strategy, including identifying and consummating suitable acquisitions;

•

risks related to the integration of any acquired businesses, including exposure to potential asset quality and credit quality risks and unknown or contingent liabilities, the time and costs associated with integrating systems, technology platforms, procedures and personnel, the need for additional capital to finance such transactions, and possible failures in realizing the anticipated benefits from acquisitions;


•	our ability to recruit and retain successful bankers that meet our expectations in terms of customer relationships and profitability;


•	our ability to retain executive officers and key employees and their customer and community relationships;


•	risks associated with our limited operating history and the relatively unseasoned nature of a significant portion of our loan portfolio;


•	market conditions and economic trends nationally, regionally and particularly in the Dallas metropolitan area and Texas;


•	risks related to our strategic focus on lending to small to medium-sized businesses;


•	the sufficiency of the assumptions and estimates we make in establishing reserves for potential loan losses;


•	risks associated with our commercial loan portfolio, including the risk for deterioration in value of the general business assets that generally secure such loans;


•	risks associated with our commercial real estate and construction loan portfolios, including the risks inherent in the valuation of the collateral securing such loans;


•	potential changes in the prices, values and sales volumes of commercial and residential real estate securing our real estate loans;


•	risks related to the significant amount of credit that we have extended to a limited number of borrowers and in a limited geographic area;


•	our ability to maintain adequate liquidity and to raise necessary capital to fund our acquisition strategy and operations or to meet increased minimum regulatory capital levels;


•	changes in market interest rates that affect the pricing of our loans and deposits and our net interest income;


•	potential fluctuations in the market value and liquidity of our investment securities;


•	the effects of competition from a wide variety of local, regional, national and other providers of financial, investment and insurance services;


•	our ability to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting;


•	risks associated with fraudulent and negligent acts by our customers, employees or vendors;


•	our ability to keep pace with technological change or difficulties when implementing new technologies;


•	risks associated with system failures or failures to prevent breaches of our network security;


•	risks associated with data processing system failures and errors;


•	our ability to successfully execute the acquisition of Sovereign;


•	our actual cost savings resulting from the acquisition of Sovereign are less than expected, we are unable to realize those cost savings as soon as expected or we incur additional or unexpected costs;


•	our revenues after the Sovereign acquisition are less than expected;


•	potential impairment on the goodwill we have recorded or may record in connection with business acquisitions;


•	the institution and outcome of litigation and other legal proceeding against us or to which we become subject;


•	our ability to comply with various governmental and regulatory requirements applicable to financial institutions;


•	the impact of recent and future legislative and regulatory changes, including changes in banking, securities and tax laws and regulations and their application by our regulators, such as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the Dodd-Frank Act;


•	governmental monetary and fiscal policies, including the policies of the Federal Reserve;


•	our ability to comply with supervisory actions by federal and state banking agencies;


•	changes in the scope and cost of FDIC, insurance and other coverage; and


•	systemic risks associated with the soundness of other financial institutions.

Other factors not identified above, including those described under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as the information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may also cause actual results to differ materially from those described in our forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are difficult to anticipate and are generally beyond our control. You should consider these factors in connection with considering any forward-looking statements

that may be made by us. We undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events unless we are required to do so by law.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company manages market risk, which, as a financial institution is primarily interest rate volatility, through the Asset-Liability Committee of the Bank, in accordance with policies approved by its board of directors. The Company uses an interest rate risk simulation model and shock analysis to test the interest rate sensitivity of net interest income and fair value of equity, and the impact of changes in interest rates on other financial metrics. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Interest Rate Sensitivity and Market Risk” herein for a discussion of how we manage market risk.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures — As of the end of the period covered by this Report, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management was required to apply judgment in evaluating its controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Report.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting —There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are from time to time subject to claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. These claims and litigation may include, among other things, allegations of violation of banking and other applicable regulations, competition law, labor laws and consumer protection laws, as well as claims or litigation relating to intellectual property, securities, breach of contract and tort. We intend to defend ourselves vigorously against any pending or future claims and litigation.

At this time, in the opinion of management, the likelihood is remote that the impact of such proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on our combined results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. However, one or more unfavorable outcomes in any claim or litigation against us could have a material adverse effect for the period in which they are resolved. In addition, regardless of their merits or their ultimate outcomes, such matters are costly, divert management’s attention and may materially adversely affect our reputation, even if resolved in our favor.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In evaluating an investment in our common stock, investors should consider carefully, among other things, the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as the information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other reports and registration statements filed with the SEC.

There has been no material change in the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits



Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit

2.1		Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated December 14, 2016, by and between Veritex Holdings, Inc., Spartan Merger Sub, Inc., and Sovereign Bancshares, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 14, 2016).

3.1		Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Veritex Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 22, 2014 (File No. 333-198484)).

3.2		Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Veritex Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 22, 2014 (File No. 333-198484)).

31.1*		Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*		Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1**		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2**		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101*		The following materials from Veritex Holdings’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language), furnished herewith: (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

______________________________

* Filed with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

** Furnished with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.




		VERITEX HOLDINGS, INC.
		(Registrant)





Date: April 27, 2017		/s/ C. Malcolm Holland, III
		C. Malcolm Holland, III
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)




Date: April 27, 2017		/s/ Noreen E. Skelly
		Noreen E. Skelly
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Veritex Holdings, Inc. - FORM 10-Q - April 27, 2017

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