See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

BBCN Bancorp, Inc. ("BBCN Bancorp" on a parent-only basis and the "Company" on a consolidated basis), headquartered in Los Angeles, California, is the holding company for BBCN Bank ("BBCN Bank" or the "Bank"). The Bank has branches in California, New Jersey, and the New York City, Chicago, Seattle and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas, as well as loan production offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Northern California, Seattle and Annandale. The Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware and a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

         

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared without an audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), except for the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2014 which was derived from audited financial statements included in the Company's 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such SEC rules and regulations.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of BBCN Bancorp and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, principally BBCN Bank. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company has made all adjustments, consisting solely of normal recurring accruals, that in the opinion of management, are necessary to fairly present the Company's financial position at March 31, 2015 and the results of operations for the three months then ended. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current year presentation. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be anticipated for the full year.

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and 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 those estimates. Material estimates that are susceptible to change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance and provision for loan losses, the evaluation of other than temporary impairment of investment securities, accounting for derivatives and hedging activities, the determination of the carrying value for cash surrender value of life insurance, the determination of the carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets, accounting for deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances, the determination of the fair values of investment securities and other financial instruments, accounting for lease arrangements, accounting for incentive compensation, profit sharing and bonus payments, and the valuation of servicing assets.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read along with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company's 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

FASB ASU No. 2014-01, Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects. These amendments permit reporting entities to make an accounting policy election to account for their investments in qualified affordable housing projects using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. Disclosures for a change in accounting principle are required upon transition. ASU 2014-01 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014. The Company did not elect to use the proportional amortization method in accounting for investments that qualify for low income housing tax credits. The adoption of ASU 2014-01 did not have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2014-04, Receivables—Troubled Debt Restructuring by Creditors (Subtopic 310-40): Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans Upon Foreclosure. The amendment intends to clarify the terms defining when an in substance foreclosure occurs, which determines when the receivable should be derecognized and the real estate property recognized. ASU No. 2014-04 will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 31, 2014. The adoption of ASU No. 2014-04 did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2014-12, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period. The amendments in ASU 2014-12 require that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. The performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant-

date fair value of the award. Compensation cost should be recognized in the period in which it becomes probable that the performance target will be achieved and should represent the compensation cost attributable to the period(s) for which the requisite service has already been rendered. If the performance target becomes probable of being achieved before the end of the requisite service period, the remaining unrecognized compensation cost should be recognized prospectively over the remaining requisite service period. The total amount of compensation cost recognized during and after the requisite service period should reflect the number of awards that are expected to vest and should be adjusted to reflect those awards that ultimately vest. The requisite service period ends when the employee can cease rendering service and still be eligible to vest in the award if the performance target is achieved. ASU 2014-12 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 31, 2014 and did not have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-01, Income Statement—Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20): Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items. The amendments in ASU 2015-01 eliminates from U.S. GAAP the concept of extraordinary items. Subtopic 225-20, Income Statement - Extraordinary and Unusual Items, required that an entity separately classify, present, and disclose extraordinary events and transactions. ASU 2015-1 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of ASU 2015-1 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-05, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement. The amendments in ASU 2015-05 provide guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, then the customer should account for the software license element of the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If a cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license, the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract. ASU 2015-05 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of ASU 2015-05 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-07, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent). The amendments in ASU 2015-07 remove the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient. The amendments also remove the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient. Rather, those disclosures are limited to investments for which the entity has elected to measure the fair value using that practical expedient.The adoption of ASU 2015-07 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

The Company has a stock-based incentive plan, the 2007 BBCN Bancorp Equity Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”). The 2007 Plan, approved by the Company's stockholders on May 31, 2007, was amended and restated on July 25, 2007 and again on December 1, 2011. The 2007 Plan provides for grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, performance shares and performance units (sometimes referred to individually or collectively as “awards”) to non-employee directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company. Stock options may be either incentive stock options (“ISOs”), as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or nonqualified stock options (“NQSOs”).

The 2007 Plan gives the Company flexibility to (i) attract and retain qualified non-employee directors, executives and other key employees and consultants with appropriate equity-based awards; (ii) motivate high levels of performance; (iii) recognize employee contributions to the Company’s success; and (iv) align the interests of the 2007 Plan participants with those of the Company’s stockholders. The exercise price for shares under an ISO may not be less than 100% of fair market value on the date the award is granted under Code Section 422. Similarly, under the terms of the 2007 Plan the exercise price for SARs and NQSOs may not be less than 100% of fair market value on the date of grant. Performance units are awarded to a participant at the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of award (after the lapse of the restriction period and the attainment of the performance criteria). No minimum exercise price is prescribed for performance shares and restricted stock awarded under the 2007 Plan.

ISOs, SARs and NQSOs have vesting periods of three to five years and have 10 -year contractual terms. Restricted stock, performance shares, and performance units will be granted with a restriction period of not less than one year from the grant date for performance-based awards and not more than three years from the grant date for time-based vesting of grants. Compensation expense for awards is recognized over the vesting period.  

The Company has another stock-based incentive plan, the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, adopted April 12, 2006, as amended and restated June 13, 2007 (the "2006 Plan"). The 2006 Plan provides for the granting of incentive stock options to officers and employees and non-qualified stock options and restricted stock awards to employees (including officers) and non-employee directors. The option prices of all options granted under the 2006 Plan must be not less than 100% of the fair market value at the date of grant. All options granted generally vest at the rate of 20% per year except that the options granted to the non-employee directors vest at the rate of 33% per year. All options not exercised generally expire ten years after the date of grant.

Under the 2007 Plan and 2006 Plan, 2,499,172 shares were available for future grants as of March 31, 2015 .

The total shares reserved for issuance will serve as the underlying value for all equity awards under the 2007 Plan and 2006 Plan. With the exception of the shares underlying stock options and restricted stock awards, the board of directors may choose to settle the awards by paying the equivalent cash value or by delivering the appropriate number of shares.

The following is a summary of stock option activity under the 2007 Plan and 2006 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2015 :

 

The following is a summary of restricted and performance unit activity under the 2007 Plan and 2006 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2015 :

 

The total fair value of restricted performance units vested for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was $ 575 thousand and $781 thousand , respectively.

The amount charged against income related to stock-based payment arrangements was $ 208 thousand and $ 104 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 , respectively.

The income tax benefit recognized was $ 83 thousand and $ 43 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 , respectively.

At March 31, 2015 , the unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested stock option grants $ 226 thousand which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average vesting period of 4.28 years. At March 31, 2015, the unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested restricted units and performance units was $1.7 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average vesting period of 3.11 years.

Basic EPS does not reflect the possibility of dilution that could result from the issuance of additional shares of common stock upon exercise or conversion of outstanding securities, and is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if stock options or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted to common stock that would then share in our earnings. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 stock options and restricted shares awards for 627,818 shares of common stock were excluded in computing diluted earnings per common share because they were antidilutive. Additionally, warrants, issued pursuant to the Company's participation in the U.S. Treasury's TARP Capital Purchase Plan, to purchase 18,882 shares and 18,392 shares of common stock were antidilutive and excluded for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The following tables show the computation of basic and diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 .

 

5.    Securities Available for Sale

The following is a summary of securities available for sale as of the dates indicated:

 

 

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 , there were no holdings of securities of any one issuer, other than the U.S. Government and its agencies, in an amount greater than 10% of stockholders' equity.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 , $5.3 million of unrealized gains and $11.1 million of unrealized gains, respectively, were included in accumulated other comprehensive income during the periods. A total of $424 thousand and $0 of net gains on sales of securities were reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 , respectively.

The proceeds from sales of securities and the associated gross gains and losses recorded in earnings are listed below:

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt securities at March 31, 2015 , by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. Securities not due at a single maturity date are shown separately.

 

Securities with carrying values of approximately $ 361.0 million and $ 366.2 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 , respectively, were pledged to secure public deposits, various borrowings and for other purposes as required or permitted by law.

The following table shows our investments’ gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value, aggregated by investment category and the length of time that the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of the dates indicated.