001-15877
|
35-1547518
|
(Commission File Number)
|
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
|
711 Main Street
Box 810
Jasper, Indiana
|
47546
|
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
|
(Zip Code)
|
[ ]
|
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
|
[ ]
|
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
|
[ ]
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
|
[ ]
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
|
(d)
|
Exhibits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit No.
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Press release dated January 28, 2019.
|
Date: January 28, 2019
|
By:
|
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
/s/ Mark A. Schroeder |
|
|
Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
|
JANUARY 28, 2019
|
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. (GABC) POSTS 9TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF RECORD ANNUAL EARNINGS & ANNOUNCES 13% CASH DIVIDEND INCREASE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
End of Period Loan Balances
|
|
12/31/2018
|
|
9/30/2018
|
|
12/31/2017
|
||||||
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Commercial & Industrial Loans
|
|
$
|
543,761
|
|
|
$
|
527,938
|
|
|
$
|
486,668
|
|
Commercial Real Estate Loans
|
|
1,208,646
|
|
|
985,915
|
|
|
926,729
|
|
|||
Agricultural Loans
|
|
365,208
|
|
|
358,543
|
|
|
333,227
|
|
|||
Consumer Loans
|
|
285,534
|
|
|
247,861
|
|
|
219,662
|
|
|||
Residential Mortgage Loans
|
|
328,592
|
|
|
219,916
|
|
|
178,733
|
|
|||
|
|
$
|
2,731,741
|
|
|
$
|
2,340,173
|
|
|
$
|
2,145,019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Non-performing Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
12/31/2018
|
|
9/30/2018
|
|
12/31/2017
|
||||||
Non-Accrual Loans
|
$
|
12,579
|
|
|
$
|
8,428
|
|
|
$
|
11,091
|
|
Past Due Loans (90 days or more)
|
633
|
|
|
69
|
|
|
719
|
|
|||
Total Non-Performing Loans
|
13,212
|
|
|
8,497
|
|
|
11,810
|
|
|||
Other Real Estate
|
286
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
54
|
|
|||
Total Non-Performing Assets
|
$
|
13,498
|
|
|
$
|
8,597
|
|
|
$
|
11,864
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Restructured Loans
|
$
|
121
|
|
|
$
|
122
|
|
|
$
|
149
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
End of Period Deposit Balances
|
|
12/31/2018
|
|
9/30/2018
|
|
12/31/2017
|
||||||
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Non-interest-bearing Demand Deposits
|
|
$
|
715,972
|
|
|
$
|
634,421
|
|
|
$
|
606,134
|
|
IB Demand, Savings, and MMDA Accounts
|
|
1,768,177
|
|
|
1,605,818
|
|
|
1,490,033
|
|
|||
Time Deposits < $100,000
|
|
249,309
|
|
|
189,405
|
|
|
198,646
|
|
|||
Time Deposits > $100,000
|
|
339,174
|
|
|
211,203
|
|
|
189,239
|
|
|||
|
|
$
|
3,072,632
|
|
|
$
|
2,640,847
|
|
|
$
|
2,484,052
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Summary Average Balance Sheet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
(Tax-equivalent basis / dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2018
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2017
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Principal Balance
|
|
Income/ Expense
|
|
Yield/Rate
|
|
Principal Balance
|
|
Income/ Expense
|
|
Yield/Rate
|
||||||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Federal Funds Sold and Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Short-term Investments
|
|
$
|
18,587
|
|
|
$
|
308
|
|
|
1.65
|
%
|
|
$
|
12,405
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
1.09
|
%
|
Securities
|
|
768,361
|
|
|
23,739
|
|
|
3.09
|
%
|
|
744,985
|
|
|
23,595
|
|
|
3.17
|
%
|
||||
Loans and Leases
|
|
2,339,089
|
|
|
112,437
|
|
|
4.81
|
%
|
|
2,036,717
|
|
|
92,449
|
|
|
4.54
|
%
|
||||
Total Interest Earning Assets
|
|
$
|
3,126,037
|
|
|
$
|
136,484
|
|
|
4.36
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,794,107
|
|
|
$
|
116,178
|
|
|
4.16
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Demand Deposit Accounts
|
|
$
|
640,865
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
572,356
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
IB Demand, Savings, and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
MMDA Accounts
|
|
$
|
1,616,558
|
|
|
$
|
7,709
|
|
|
0.48
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,442,474
|
|
|
$
|
3,971
|
|
|
0.28
|
%
|
Time Deposits
|
|
459,289
|
|
|
5,916
|
|
|
1.29
|
%
|
|
380,316
|
|
|
3,123
|
|
|
0.82
|
%
|
||||
FHLB Advances and Other Borrowings
|
|
257,737
|
|
|
5,514
|
|
|
2.14
|
%
|
|
233,315
|
|
|
4,027
|
|
|
1.73
|
%
|
||||
Total Interest-Bearing Liabilities
|
|
$
|
2,333,584
|
|
|
$
|
19,139
|
|
|
0.82
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,056,105
|
|
|
$
|
11,121
|
|
|
0.54
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Cost of Funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.61
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.40
|
%
|
||||||||
Net Interest Income
|
|
|
|
$
|
117,345
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
105,057
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net Interest Margin
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.75
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.76
|
%
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended
|
|
Year Ended
|
||||
Non-interest Income
|
|
12/31/2018
|
|
12/31/2017
|
||||
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Trust and Investment Product Fees
|
|
$
|
6,680
|
|
|
$
|
5,272
|
|
Service Charges on Deposit Accounts
|
|
7,044
|
|
|
6,178
|
|
||
Insurance Revenues
|
|
8,330
|
|
|
7,979
|
|
||
Company Owned Life Insurance
|
|
1,243
|
|
|
1,341
|
|
||
Interchange Fee Income
|
|
7,278
|
|
|
4,567
|
|
||
Other Operating Income
|
|
2,785
|
|
|
2,641
|
|
||
Subtotal
|
|
33,360
|
|
|
27,978
|
|
||
Net Gains on Loans
|
|
3,004
|
|
|
3,280
|
|
||
Net Gains on Securities
|
|
706
|
|
|
596
|
|
||
Total Non-interest Income
|
|
$
|
37,070
|
|
|
$
|
31,854
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended
|
|
Year Ended
|
||||
Non-interest Expense
|
|
12/31/2018
|
|
12/31/2017
|
||||
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Salaries and Employee Benefits
|
|
$
|
51,306
|
|
|
$
|
46,642
|
|
Occupancy, Furniture and Equipment Expense
|
|
10,877
|
|
|
9,230
|
|
||
FDIC Premiums
|
|
1,033
|
|
|
954
|
|
||
Data Processing Fees
|
|
6,942
|
|
|
4,276
|
|
||
Professional Fees
|
|
5,362
|
|
|
2,817
|
|
||
Advertising and Promotion
|
|
3,492
|
|
|
3,543
|
|
||
Intangible Amortization
|
|
1,752
|
|
|
942
|
|
||
Other Operating Expenses
|
|
12,789
|
|
|
9,399
|
|
||
Total Non-interest Expense
|
|
$
|
93,553
|
|
|
$
|
77,803
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Summary Average Balance Sheet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
(Tax-equivalent basis / dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
December 31, 2018
|
|
September 30, 2018
|
|
December 31, 2017
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
Principal Balance
|
|
Income/ Expense
|
|
Yield/ Rate
|
|
Principal Balance
|
|
Income/ Expense
|
|
Yield/ Rate
|
|
Principal Balance
|
|
Income/ Expense
|
|
Yield/ Rate
|
|||||||||||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Federal Funds Sold and Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Short-term Investments
|
|
$
|
20,925
|
|
|
$
|
97
|
|
|
1.83
|
%
|
|
$
|
20,745
|
|
|
$
|
101
|
|
|
1.94
|
%
|
|
$
|
10,268
|
|
|
$
|
34
|
|
|
1.33
|
%
|
Securities
|
|
812,191
|
|
|
6,447
|
|
|
3.18
|
%
|
|
755,793
|
|
|
5,826
|
|
|
3.08
|
%
|
|
755,659
|
|
|
6,001
|
|
|
3.18
|
%
|
||||||
Loans and Leases
|
|
2,662,502
|
|
|
33,771
|
|
|
5.04
|
%
|
|
2,318,657
|
|
|
28,240
|
|
|
4.84
|
%
|
|
2,100,432
|
|
|
23,872
|
|
|
4.51
|
%
|
||||||
Total Interest Earning Assets
|
|
$
|
3,495,618
|
|
|
$
|
40,315
|
|
|
4.58
|
%
|
|
$
|
3,095,195
|
|
|
$
|
34,167
|
|
|
4.39
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,866,359
|
|
|
$
|
29,907
|
|
|
4.15
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Demand Deposit Accounts
|
|
$
|
714,504
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
636,989
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
598,107
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
IB Demand, Savings, and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
MMDA Accounts
|
|
$
|
1,794,891
|
|
|
$
|
2,808
|
|
|
0.62
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,617,768
|
|
|
$
|
2,028
|
|
|
0.50
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,488,671
|
|
|
$
|
1,177
|
|
|
0.31
|
%
|
Time Deposits
|
|
593,615
|
|
|
2,151
|
|
|
1.44
|
%
|
|
425,783
|
|
|
1,507
|
|
|
1.40
|
%
|
|
376,585
|
|
|
889
|
|
|
0.94
|
%
|
||||||
FHLB Advances and Other Borrowings
|
|
271,834
|
|
|
1,654
|
|
|
2.42
|
%
|
|
257,460
|
|
|
1,392
|
|
|
2.14
|
%
|
|
226,437
|
|
|
1,090
|
|
|
1.91
|
%
|
||||||
Total Interest-Bearing Liabilities
|
|
$
|
2,660,340
|
|
|
$
|
6,613
|
|
|
0.99
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,301,011
|
|
|
$
|
4,927
|
|
|
0.85
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,091,693
|
|
|
$
|
3,156
|
|
|
0.60
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Cost of Funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.75
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.63
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.44
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Net Interest Income
|
|
|
|
$
|
33,702
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
29,240
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
26,751
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Net Interest Margin
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.83
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.76
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.71
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
||||||
Non-interest Income
|
|
12/31/2018
|
|
9/30/2018
|
|
12/31/2017
|
||||||
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Trust and Investment Product Fees
|
|
$
|
1,645
|
|
|
$
|
1,585
|
|
|
$
|
1,378
|
|
Service Charges on Deposit Accounts
|
|
2,072
|
|
|
1,858
|
|
|
1,608
|
|
|||
Insurance Revenues
|
|
1,877
|
|
|
1,827
|
|
|
1,867
|
|
|||
Company Owned Life Insurance
|
|
420
|
|
|
251
|
|
|
290
|
|
|||
Interchange Fee Income
|
|
2,235
|
|
|
1,847
|
|
|
1,202
|
|
|||
Other Operating Income
|
|
629
|
|
|
639
|
|
|
546
|
|
|||
Subtotal
|
|
8,878
|
|
|
8,007
|
|
|
6,891
|
|
|||
Net Gains on Loans
|
|
583
|
|
|
866
|
|
|
682
|
|
|||
Net Gains on Securities
|
|
272
|
|
|
90
|
|
|
21
|
|
|||
Total Non-interest Income
|
|
$
|
9,733
|
|
|
$
|
8,963
|
|
|
$
|
7,594
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
||||||
Non-interest Expense
|
|
12/31/2018
|
|
9/30/2018
|
|
12/31/2017
|
||||||
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Salaries and Employee Benefits
|
|
$
|
15,027
|
|
|
$
|
12,134
|
|
|
$
|
12,168
|
|
Occupancy, Furniture and Equipment Expense
|
|
3,203
|
|
|
2,738
|
|
|
2,452
|
|
|||
FDIC Premiums
|
|
234
|
|
|
324
|
|
|
242
|
|
|||
Data Processing Fees
|
|
3,108
|
|
|
1,309
|
|
|
1,154
|
|
|||
Professional Fees
|
|
2,337
|
|
|
793
|
|
|
550
|
|
|||
Advertising and Promotion
|
|
1,083
|
|
|
851
|
|
|
820
|
|
|||
Intangible Amortization
|
|
810
|
|
|
430
|
|
|
217
|
|
|||
Other Operating Expenses
|
|
4,012
|
|
|
2,997
|
|
|
2,397
|
|
|||
Total Non-interest Expense
|
|
$
|
29,814
|
|
|
$
|
21,576
|
|
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(unaudited, dollars in thousands except per share data)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Income
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
December 31, 2018
|
|
September 30, 2018
|
|
December 31, 2017
|
|
December 31, 2018
|
|
December 31, 2017
|
||||||||||
INTEREST INCOME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Interest and Fees on Loans
|
$
|
33,678
|
|
|
$
|
28,148
|
|
|
$
|
23,699
|
|
|
$
|
112,084
|
|
|
$
|
91,745
|
|
|
Interest on Short-term Investments
|
97
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
308
|
|
|
134
|
|
||||||
Interest and Dividends on Investment Securities
|
5,821
|
|
|
5,226
|
|
|
4,877
|
|
|
21,357
|
|
|
19,151
|
|
||||||
TOTAL INTEREST INCOME
|
39,596
|
|
|
33,475
|
|
|
28,610
|
|
|
133,749
|
|
|
111,030
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
INTEREST EXPENSE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Interest on Deposits
|
4,959
|
|
|
3,535
|
|
|
2,066
|
|
|
13,625
|
|
|
7,094
|
|
||||||
Interest on Borrowings
|
1,654
|
|
|
1,392
|
|
|
1,090
|
|
|
5,514
|
|
|
4,027
|
|
||||||
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE
|
6,613
|
|
|
4,927
|
|
|
3,156
|
|
|
19,139
|
|
|
11,121
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
NET INTEREST INCOME
|
32,983
|
|
|
28,548
|
|
|
25,454
|
|
|
114,610
|
|
|
99,909
|
|
||||||
Provision for Loan Losses
|
—
|
|
|
500
|
|
|
650
|
|
|
2,070
|
|
|
1,750
|
|
||||||
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES
|
32,983
|
|
|
28,048
|
|
|
24,804
|
|
|
112,540
|
|
|
98,159
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
NON-INTEREST INCOME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Net Gain on Sales of Loans
|
583
|
|
|
866
|
|
|
682
|
|
|
3,004
|
|
|
3,280
|
|
||||||
Net Gain on Securities
|
272
|
|
|
90
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
706
|
|
|
596
|
|
||||||
Other Non-interest Income
|
8,878
|
|
|
8,007
|
|
|
6,891
|
|
|
33,360
|
|
|
27,978
|
|
||||||
TOTAL NON-INTEREST INCOME
|
9,733
|
|
|
8,963
|
|
|
7,594
|
|
|
37,070
|
|
|
31,854
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
NON-INTEREST EXPENSE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Salaries and Benefits
|
15,027
|
|
|
12,134
|
|
|
12,168
|
|
|
51,306
|
|
|
46,642
|
|
||||||
Other Non-interest Expenses
|
14,787
|
|
|
9,442
|
|
|
7,832
|
|
|
42,247
|
|
|
31,161
|
|
||||||
TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSE
|
29,814
|
|
|
21,576
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
93,553
|
|
|
77,803
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Income before Income Taxes
|
12,902
|
|
|
15,435
|
|
|
12,398
|
|
|
56,057
|
|
|
52,210
|
|
||||||
Income Tax Expense
|
1,922
|
|
|
2,796
|
|
|
777
|
|
|
9,528
|
|
|
11,534
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
NET INCOME
|
$
|
10,980
|
|
|
$
|
12,639
|
|
|
$
|
11,621
|
|
|
$
|
46,529
|
|
|
$
|
40,676
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
|
$
|
0.44
|
|
|
$
|
0.55
|
|
|
$
|
0.51
|
|
|
$
|
1.99
|
|
|
$
|
1.77
|
|
|
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
|
$
|
0.44
|
|
|
$
|
0.55
|
|
|
$
|
0.51
|
|
|
$
|
1.99
|
|
|
$
|
1.77
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING
|
24,962,878
|
|
|
22,968,047
|
|
|
22,930,666
|
|
|
23,381,616
|
|
|
22,924,726
|
|
||||||
DILUTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING
|
24,962,878
|
|
|
22,968,047
|
|
|
22,930,666
|
|
|
23,381,616
|
|
|
22,924,726
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|