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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008

OR

 

¨ 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 0-12508

 

 

S&T BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   25-1434426

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

800 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA   15701
(Address of principal executive offices)   (zip code)

800-325-2265

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 

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   x     No   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   x      Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)      Smaller reporting company  ¨

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

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practical date.

Common Stock, $2.50 Par Value - 27,414,260 shares as of July 31, 2008

 

 


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S&T BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

          Page No.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  
Item 1.    Financial Statements   
   Condensed consolidated balance sheets – June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007    3
   Condensed consolidated statements of income – Three and six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007    4
   Condensed consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity – Six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007    5
   Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows – Six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007    6
   Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements    7-18
Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    18-32
Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk    33-34
Item 4.    Controls and Procedures    34

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

  
Item 1.    Legal Proceedings    35
Item 1A.    Risk Factors    35
Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    35
Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities    35
Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    35-36
Item 5.    Other Information    36
Item 6.    Exhibits    36
   SIGNATURES    37

 

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S&T BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)    June 30, 2008
(Unaudited)
    December 31, 2007
(Audited)
 

ASSETS

    

Cash and due from banks

   $ 102,001     $ 74,879  

Securities available for sale

     440,098       358,822  

Other investments

     26,426       13,833  

Loans held for sale

     1,765       899  

Portfolio loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $38,796 at June 30, 2008 and $34,345 at December 31, 2007

     3,427,102       2,761,695  

Premises and equipment, net

     45,776       37,629  

Goodwill

     163,059       50,087  

Other intangibles, net

     14,475       2,461  

Bank owned life insurance

     50,255       35,626  

Other assets

     82,611       71,690  
                

Total Assets

   $ 4,353,568     $ 3,407,621  
                

LIABILITIES

    

Deposits:

    

Noninterest-bearing demand

   $ 593,339     $ 459,708  

Interest-bearing demand

     216,203       151,686  

Money market

     212,286       144,408  

Savings

     897,265       946,967  

Time deposits

     1,195,466       919,056  
                

Total Deposits

     3,114,559       2,621,825  

Securities sold under repurchase agreements and federal funds purchased

     197,045       100,258  

Short-term borrowings

     275,000       80,000  

Long-term borrowings

     190,545       201,021  

Junior subordinated debt

     90,619       25,000  

Other liabilities

     47,301       41,957  
                

Total Liabilities

     3,915,069       3,070,061  

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Preferred stock, without par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized and none outstanding

     —         —    

Common stock ($2.50 par value) Authorized – 50,000,000 shares in 2008 and 2007
                                                   Issued – 29,714,038 shares in 2008 and 2007

     74,285       74,285  

Additional paid-in capital

     42,478       27,502  

Retained earnings

     388,233       375,654  

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

     (2,755 )     2,900  

Treasury stock (2,305,405 shares at June 30, 2008 and 5,162,951 shares at December 31, 2007, at cost)

     (63,742 )     (142,781 )
                

Total Shareholders’ Equity

     438,499       337,560  
                

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

   $ 4,353,568     $ 3,407,621  
                

See notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
(dollars and share data in thousands, except per share data)    2008     2007    2008     2007

INTEREST INCOME

         

Loans, including fees

   $ 46,520     $ 50,156    $ 93,321     $ 98,888

Deposits with banks and federal funds sold

     —         4      1       5

Investment securities:

         

Taxable

     2,781       2,991      5,407       6,063

Tax-exempt

     746       649      1,389       1,310

Dividends

     386       474      773       942
                             

Total Interest Income

     50,433       54,274      100,891       107,208

INTEREST EXPENSE

         

Deposits

     11,929       19,960      27,203       39,556

Securities sold under repurchase agreements and federal funds purchased

     367       1,151      835       2,460

Short-term borrowings

     1,061       826      2,003       1,588

Long-term borrowings and junior subordinated debt securities

     3,434       3,384      6,659       6,443
                             

Total Interest Expense

     16,791       25,321      36,700       50,047

NET INTEREST INCOME

     33,642       28,953      64,191       57,161

Provision for loan losses

     (118 )     1,305      1,161       3,483
                             

Net Interest Income After Provision for Loan Losses

     33,760       27,648      63,030       53,678

NONINTEREST INCOME

         

Security (losses) gains, net

     (1,829 )     481      (1,218 )     2,136

Service charges on deposit accounts

     2,754       2,529      5,156       4,871

Wealth management fees

     1,907       1,978      3,769       3,833

Letter of credit fees

     521       682      974       1,147

Insurance commissions

     2,042       1,792      4,039       3,686

Mortgage banking

     218       170      192       369

Other

     2,361       1,892      4,572       3,653
                             

Total Noninterest Income

     7,974       9,524      17,484       19,695

NONINTEREST EXPENSE

         

Salaries and employee benefits

     10,514       10,073      20,574       20,006

Occupancy, net

     1,536       1,616      3,236       2,948

Furniture and equipment

     1,100       831      2,060       1,760

Other taxes

     788       782      1,442       1,540

Data processing

     1,668       1,301      2,739       2,535

Marketing

     971       648      1,662       1,261

Amortization of intangibles

     231       81      297       162

FDIC assessment

     74       77      149       153

Other

     5,502       2,652      8,180       5,283
                             

Total Noninterest Expense

     22,384       18,061      40,339       35,648
                             

Income Before Taxes

     19,350       19,111      40,175       37,725

Applicable Income Taxes

     5,489       5,235      11,458       10,552
                             

Net Income

   $ 13,861     $ 13,876    $ 28,717     $ 27,173
                             

Earnings per common share:

         

Net Income – Basic

   $ 0.55     $ 0.56    $ 1.15     $ 1.09

Net Income – Diluted

     0.54       0.56      1.14       1.08

Dividends declared per common share

     0.31       0.30      0.62       0.60

Average Common Shares Outstanding – Basic

     25,322       24,690      24,929       24,955

Average Common Shares Outstanding – Diluted

     25,504       24,847      25,092       25,117

See notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

 

( in thousands, except share and per share data)    Comprehensive
Income
    Common
Stock
   Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Retained
Earnings
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
    Treasury
Stock
    Total  

Balance at January 1, 2007

     $ 74,285    $ 26,698     $ 349,447     $ 4,014     $ (115,393 )   $ 339,051  

Net income for six months ended June 30, 2007

   $ 27,173            27,173           27,173  

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

               

Change in unrealized losses on securities of $6,493 net of reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income of $2,136 and tax expense of $2,474.

     (4,019 )            (4,019 )       (4,019 )

Adjustment of deferred pension items

     18              18         18  
                     

Comprehensive Income

   $ 23,172               
                     

Cash dividends declared ($0.60 per share)

            (14,813 )         (14,813 )

Treasury stock acquired (951,400 shares)

                (31,150 )     (31,150 )

Treasury stock issued (58,797 shares)

          (491 )         1,582       1,091  

Recognition of restricted stock compensation expense

          53             53  

Tax benefit from nonstatutory stock options exercised

          226             226  

Recognition of nonstatutory stock option compensation expense

          228             228  

Adjustment to initially apply FIN 48

            (151 )         (151 )
                                                 

Balance at June 30, 2007

     $ 74,285    $ 26,714     $ 361,656     $ 13     $ (144,961 )   $ 317,707  
                                                 

Balance at January 1, 2008

     $ 74,285    $ 27,502     $ 375,654     $ 2,900     $ (142,781 )   $ 337,560  

Net income for six months ended June 30, 2008

   $ 28,717            28,717           28,717  

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

               

Change in unrealized losses on securities of $9,930 net of reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income of ($1,218) and tax benefit of ($3,048).

     (5,664 )            (5,664 )       (5,664 )

Adjustment of deferred pension items

     9              9         9  
                     

Comprehensive Income

   $ 23,062               
                     

Cash dividends declared ($0.62 per share)

            (16,138 )         (16,138 )

Treasury stock issued (105,797 shares)

          (1,193 )         2,926       1,733  

Recognition of restricted stock compensation expense

          190             190  

Tax benefit from nonstatutory stock options exercised

          150             150  

Recognition of nonstatutory stock option compensation expense

          227             227  

Treasury stock issued in acquisition (2,751,749 shares)

          15,602           76,113       91,715  
                                                 

Balance at June 30, 2008

     $ 74,285    $ 42,478     $ 388,233     $ (2,755 )   $ (63,742 )   $ 438,499  
                                                 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
(dollars in thousands)    2008     2007  

Operating Activities

    

Net Income

   $ 28,717     $ 27,173  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

    

Provision for loan losses

     1,161       3,483  

Depreciation and amortization

     2,140       1,828  

Net amortization of investment security premiums

     313       465  

Recognition of stock-based compensation expense

     533       353  

Security losses (gains), net

     1,218       (2,136 )

Deferred income taxes

     (3,349 )     (1,104 )

Tax expense (benefits) from stock-based compensation

     3       (162 )

Mortgage loans originated for sale

     (11,699 )     (8,427 )

Proceeds from the sale of loans

     10,896       7,437  

Gain on the sale of loans, net

     (63 )     (204 )

Increase in interest receivable

     (2,257 )     (25 )

Increase (decrease) in interest payable

     1,630       (400 )

Decrease (increase) in other assets

     4,355       (3,005 )

(Decrease) increase in other liabilities

     (2,524 )     3,214  
                

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

     31,074       28,490  

Investing Activities

    

Net (increase) decrease of interest-earning deposits with banks

     (3 )     1  

Proceeds from maturities of securities available for sale

     26,335       40,746  

Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale

     141,583       4,728  

Purchases of securities available for sale

     (12,062 )     (6,301 )

Net increase in loans

     (180,708 )     (76,642 )

Purchases of premises and equipment

     (2,539 )     (3,118 )

Payment for purchase of IBT, net of cash acquired

     (68,052 )     —    
                

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

     (95,446 )     (40,586 )

Financing Activities

    

Net (decrease) increase in core deposits

     (76,733 )     42,810  

Net (decrease) increase in time deposits

     (4,134 )     16,378  

Net increase in short-term borrowings

     195,000       15,000  

Net decrease in securities sold under repurchase agreements and federal funds purchased

     (6,550 )     (58,679 )

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

     4,397       50,000  

Repayments of long-term borrowings

     (71,852 )     (454 )

Proceeds from junior subordinated debt securities

     64,888       —    

Acquisition of treasury stock

     —         (31,150 )

Sale of treasury stock

     1,733       1,091  

Cash dividends paid to shareholders

     (15,252 )     (15,089 )

Tax (expense) benefits from stock-based compensation

     (3 )     162  
                

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

     91,494       20,069  

Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents

     27,122       7,973  

Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period

     74,879       59,980  
                

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period

   $ 102,001     $ 67,953  
                

Non Cash Activities

    

Transfers to other real estate owned

     1,395       87  

 

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S&T BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE A - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of S&T Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries (“S&T”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by United States GAAP for complete annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the six-month period ended June 30, 2008 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2008. S&T operates within one business segment, community banking, providing a full range of services to individual and corporate customers. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2007 has been extracted from the audited financial statements included in S&T’s 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 29, 2008.

The financial statements of S&T Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. In preparing the financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the dates of the balance sheets and revenues and expenses for the periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of S&T and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Investments of 20 percent – 50 percent of the outstanding common stock of investees are accounted for using the equity method of accounting.

For the six month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, interest paid was $38,900,000 and $50,806,000, respectively. Income taxes paid during the first six months of 2008 were $14,212,000 compared to $10,597,000 for the same period of 2007.

Certain amounts in prior years’ financial statements have been reclassed to conform to the current year’s presentation. The reclassifications had no effect on S&T’s financial condition or results of operations.

NOTE B - NET INCOME PER SHARE

S&T’s basic net income per share is calculated as net income divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding. For diluted net income per share, net income is divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding plus the incremental number of shares added as a result of converting common stock equivalents, calculated using the treasury stock method. S&T’s common stock equivalents consist of outstanding stock options and restricted stock. Excluded from the calculation were 553,000 and 563,000 anti-dilutive stock options for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

A reconciliation of the weighted average shares outstanding used to calculate basic net income per share and diluted net income per share follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2008    2007    2008    2007

Weighted average shares outstanding (basic)

   25,322,035    24,690,476    24,928,929    24,955,429

Impact of common stock equivalents

   181,885    156,934    163,273    161,614
                   

Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)

   25,503,920    24,847,410    25,092,202    25,117,043
                   

 

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NOTE C - RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In September 2006, the Financial Account Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS No. 157 provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 157 also responds to investors’ requests for expanded information about the extent to which companies’ measure assets and liabilities at fair value, the information used to measure fair value, and the effect of fair value measurements on earnings. SFAS No. 157 applies whenever other standards require (or permit) assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value. SFAS No. 157 does not expand the use of fair value in any new circumstances. S&T adopted SFAS No. 157 as of January 1, 2008. The adoption of SFAS No. 157 did not have a significant impact on S&T’s financial position or results of operations.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which is effective as of the beginning of the entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. SFAS No. 159 will enable entities to reduce the volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently. SFAS No. 159 is expected to expand the use of fair-value measurements and achieve a long-term objective of reporting all financial instruments at fair value. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of a fiscal year that begins on or before November 15, 2007, provided the entity also elects to apply the provisions of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” S&T adopted SFAS No. 159 as of January 1, 2008. S&T elected to not expand the use of fair value under SFAS No. 159.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141R, “Business Combinations,” and SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Financial Statements.” SFAS Nos. 141R and 160 require most identifiable assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interest, and goodwill acquired in a business combination to be recorded at “full fair value” and require noncontrolling interests (previously referred to as minority interests) to be reported as a component of equity, which changes the accounting for transactions with noncontrolling interest holders. SFAS Nos. 141R and 160 are effective for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008, and earlier adoption is prohibited. SFAS No. 141R will be applied to all business entities and SFAS No. 160 will be applied prospectively to all noncontrolling interests, including any that arose before the December 15, 2008 effective date. S&T is in the process of determining the impact of applying SFAS Nos. 141R and 160 on S&T’s financial position and results of operations.

NOTE D - ACQUISITION

On June 6, 2008, S&T completed the nontaxable acquisition of 100 percent of the voting shares of IBT Bancorp, Inc. located in Irwin, Pennsylvania, (“IBT”) which is the sole shareholder of Irwin Bank and Trust, in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $176.8 million. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, shareholders of IBT were entitled to elect to receive for each share of IBT common stock that they owned, either $31.00 in cash or 0.93 of a share of S&T common stock. S&T issued 2,751,749 shares of common stock out of its treasury shares at a market value of $91.7 million based on $33.33 per share which was the closing price on May 12, 2008, the day before the IBT shareholders approved the merger. The acquisition significantly expands S&T’s market share in the growing Allegheny and Westmoreland County markets in Western Pennsylvania. The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method, and all transactions of IBT since the acquisition date are included in S&T’s consolidated financial statements.

 

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The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition of IBT. However, there may be additional adjustments within the next year as additional information becomes available.

 

(dollars in thousands)    June 07, 2008
Unaudited

Assets

  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 17,066

Securities

     254,113

Other investments

     5,856

Loans and leases, net of allowance of $5,420

     485,860

Premises and other equipment

     7,451

Goodwill and other intangibles

     123,996

Other assets

     22,422
      

Total assets acquired

   $ 916,764
      

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   $ 573,601

Borrowings

     160,316

Other liabilities

     6,014
      

Total liabilities assumed

     739,931
      

Net assets acquired

   $ 176,833
      

Presented below is certain unaudited pro forma information for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 as if IBT had been acquired on January 1, 2008 and 2007, respectively. These results combine the historical results of IBT for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and for the period from January 1, 2008 to June 6, 2008 with the results of S&T. The results of IBT exclude certain non-recurring merger related expenses including contract buy-out costs of $5,183, change-in-control payments of $1,014, and legal and consulting expenses of $2,244. These pro forma results, which include certain adjustments for the estimated impact of purchase accounting adjustments, are not necessarily indicative of what the results would have been had the acquisition taken place on the indicated dates.

 

(dollars in thousands)    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2008
   Six Months Ended
June 30, 2007

Revenue

   $ 94,382    $ 86,301

Net income

     31,455      28,663

Basic EPS

     $1.15      $1.03

Diluted EPS

     $1.15      $1.03

NOTE E - FAIR VALUE

Effective January 1, 2008, S&T adopted SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS No. 157 provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 157 also responds to investors’ requests for expanded information about the extent to which companies’ measure assets and liabilities at fair value, the information used to measure fair value, and the effect of fair value measurements on earnings. SFAS No. 157 applies whenever other standards require (or permit) assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value. SFAS No. 157 does not expand the use of fair value in any new circumstances.

Fair-Value Hierarchy

SFAS No. 157 specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable.

 

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Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect S&T’s market assumptions. These two types of inputs have created the following fair-value hierarchy:

Level 1 – Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.

Level 2 – Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets.

Level 3 – Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

This hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available.

Determination of Fair Value

S&T measures fair value using the procedures set out below for all assets and liabilities measured at fair value.

When available, S&T generally uses quoted market prices to determine fair value, and classifies such items in Level 1. In some cases where a market price is available, S&T will make use of acceptable practical expedients (such as matrix pricing) to calculate fair value, in which case the items are classified in Level 2.

If quoted market prices are not available, fair value is based upon internally developed valuation techniques that use, where possible, current market-based or independently sourced market parameters, such as interest rates. Items valued using such internally generated valuation techniques are classified according to the lowest level input or value driver that is significant to the valuation. Thus, an item may be classified in Level 3 even though there may be some significant inputs that are readily observable.

The following section describes the valuation methodologies used by S&T to measure different financial instruments at fair value, including an indication of the level in the fair value hierarchy in which each instrument is generally classified. Where appropriate, the description includes details of the valuation models, the key inputs to those models, as well as any significant assumptions.

Investments

The investments category includes available for sale debt and equity securities, whose fair value is determined using the following methodology:

Debt Securities – S&T obtains market values for debt securities from a third-party pricing service which utilizes several sources for valuing fixed-income securities. The majority of the market evaluation sources includes observable inputs rather than “significant unobservable inputs” and therefore falls into the Level 2 category.

S&T’s U.S. government agencies and mortgage backed securities portfolio are valued based on market data. The service provider utilizes evaluated pricing models that vary based by asset class and include available trade, bid, and other market information. Generally, the methodologies include broker quotes, proprietary models, vast descriptive terms and conditions databases, as well as extensive quality control programs and are classified as Level 2.

S&T’s obligations of state and political subdivisions portfolio is valued using proprietary valuation matrices from the service provider, which incorporates the recent unprecedented changes in the municipal market. The market evaluation model includes a separate curve structure for the bank-qualified versus general market municipals. For the bank-qualified municipals, the source is the service provider’s own trading desk. Securities are further broken down according to insurer, credit support, state of issuance, and rating to incorporate additional spreads and municipal curves and are classified as Level 2.

 

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Equity Securities – Equity securities that have an active, quotable market are classified in Level 1. Equity securities that are quotable, but are thinly traded, are classified in Level 2, and securities that are not readily traded and do not have a quotable market are classified as Level 3.

Trading Assets

When available, S&T uses quoted market prices to determine the fair value of trading assets; such items are classified in Level 1 of the fair-value hierarchy. Since S&T’s only trading account asset is a Rabbi Trust for deferred compensation plans, which is invested in two readily quoted mutual funds, the Rabbi Trust asset is classified as Level 1 and is recorded in other assets in S&T’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Mortgage Servicing Rights

On January 1, 2007, S&T adopted fair-value accounting under SFAS No. 156 “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets”, for mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”). The market value of the MSRs are estimated by calculating the present value of estimated future net servicing cash flows, taking into consideration actual and expected mortgage loan prepayment rates, discount rates, servicing costs and other economic factors, which are determined based on current market conditions. The expected and actual rates of mortgage loan prepayments are the most significant factors driving the value of MSRs.

These MSRs, which totaled $1,747,000 as of June 30, 2008, are classified as part of other assets on S&T’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. Changes in fair value for MSRs are recorded in mortgage banking in S&T’s Consolidated Statements of Income. MSRs are classified as Level 3 because the valuation model includes significant unobservable inputs.

Interest Rate Swaps

S&T has certain interest rate derivative positions that are not designated as hedging instruments. These derivative positions relate to transactions in which S&T enters into an interest-rate swap with a customer while at the same time entering into an offsetting interest-rate swap with another financial institution. In connection with each transaction, S&T agrees to pay interest to the customer on a notional amount at a variable interest rate and receive interest from the customer on the same notional amount at a fixed rate. At the same time, S&T agrees to pay another financial institution the same fixed interest rate on the same notional amount and receive the same variable interest rate on the same notional amount. The transaction allows S&T to provide long-term fixed rate financing to the customer while retaining a variable rate asset on the balance sheet. Because S&T has two offsetting swaps, changes in the market value of the underlying derivative contracts largely offset each other and do not materially impact S&T’s results of operations.

These interest rate swaps are marked to market on a quarterly basis after considerations of counterparty and S&T credit risk and collateral. Because the estimated fair market value includes certain observable inputs it is considered a Level 2 fair value.

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following table presents S&T’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis by fair value hierarchy level at June 30, 2008.

 

(dollars in thousands)    Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

Assets

           

Securities available for sale

   $ 15,555    $ 423,493    $ 1,050    $ 440,098

Trading account assets

     3,704      —        —        3,704

Mortgage servicing rights

     —        —        1,747      1,747

Interest rate swaps

     —        4,795      —        4,795
                           

Total Assets

   $ 19,259    $ 428,288    $ 2,797    $ 450,344
                           

Liabilities

           

Interest rate swaps

     —      $ 4,967      —      $ 4,967
                           

Total Liabilities

     —      $ 4,967      —      $ 4,967
                           

 

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Loans Originated for Sale and Held For Sale

Loans held for sale consist of 1-4 family residential loans originated for sale in the secondary market and carried at the lower of cost or fair value. As a result, the carrying amount of loans held for sale has not been included in the disclosure of fair value hierarchy in the table above. S&T determines fair value based on reference to quoted market prices for similar assets and liabilities. As a result, such estimates of fair value would be considered a Level 2 disclosure.

The following table presents the changes in the Level 3 fair-value category for the six-month period ended June 30, 2008. S&T classifies financial instruments in Level 3 of the fair-value hierarchy when there is reliance on at least one significant unobservable input to the valuation model. In addition to these unobservable inputs, the valuation models for Level 3 financial instruments typically also rely on a number of inputs that are readily observable either directly or indirectly. Thus, the gains and losses presented below include changes in the fair value related to both observable and unobservable inputs.

 

(dollars in thousands)    Beginning
Balance at
January 1,
2008
   Principal
Transactions
    Gains/(Losses)
Realized and
Unrealized
    Transfers in
and or out of
Level 3
   Ending
Balance at
June 30,
2008

Assets

            

Securities available for sale (1)

   $ 750    $ 300     $ —       $ —      $ 1,050

Mortgage servicing rights (2)

     1,861      (35 )     (79 )     —        1,747

 

(1)

Changes in fair value for available for sale investments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income, while gains and losses from sales are recorded in security (losses) gains net on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

(2)

Unrealized gains (losses) on MSRs are recorded in mortgage banking noninterest income on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

NOTE F - MORTGAGE LOAN SERVICING

Mortgage servicing assets are recognized as separate assets when servicing rights are acquired through loan originations and the underlying loan is sold. Upon sale, the mortgage servicing right is established, which represents the then fair value of future net cash flows expected to be realized for performing the servicing activities. The fair value of the MSRs are estimated by calculating the present value of estimated future net servicing cash flows, taking into consideration actual and expected mortgage loan prepayment rates, discount rates, servicing costs and other economic factors, which are determined based on current market conditions. The expected and actual rates of mortgage loan prepayments are the most significant factors driving the value of MSRs. Increases in mortgage loan prepayments reduce estimated future net servicing cash flows because the life of the underlying loan is reduced. In determining the fair value of the MSRs, mortgage interest rates, which are used to determine prepayment rates and discount rates, are held constant over the estimated life of the portfolio. Capitalized MSRs are reported in other assets and are amortized into noninterest income in proportion to, and over the period of, the estimated future net servicing income of the underlying mortgage loans.

Capitalized MSRs are regularly evaluated for impairment based on the estimated fair value of those rights. The MSRs are stratified by certain risk characteristics, primarily loan term and note rate. If temporary impairment exists within a risk stratification tranche, a valuation allowance is established through a charge to income equal to the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the market value. If it is later determined all or a portion of the temporary impairment no longer exists for a particular tranche, the valuation allowance is reduced.

MSRs are also reviewed for other-than-temporary impairment. Other-than-temporary impairment exists when the recoverability of a recorded valuation allowance is determined to be remote, taking into consideration historical and projected interest rates and loan pay-off activity. When this situation occurs, the unrecoverable portion of the valuation allowance is applied as a direct write-down to the carrying value of the MSRs. Unlike a valuation allowance, a direct write-down permanently reduces the carrying value of the MSRs and the valuation allowance, precluding subsequent recoveries.

For the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the 1-4 family mortgage loans that were sold to Fannie Mae amounted to $10.9 million and $7.4 million, respectively. At June 30, 2008 and 2007, S&T’s servicing portfolio totaled $175.8 million and $178.0 million, respectively.

 

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The following table presents changes in MSRs as of and for the six months ended June 30:

 

(dollars in thousands)    Servicing
Rights
    Valuation
Allowance
   Net Carrying Value
and Fair Value
 

Balance at January 1, 2008

   $ 2,017     $ 156    $ 1,861  

Additions/(reductions)

     135       79      56  

Amortization

     (170 )     —        (170 )
                       

Balance at June 30, 2008

   $ 1,982     $ 235    $ 1,747  
                       

 

(dollars in thousands)    Servicing
Rights
    Valuation
Allowance
    Net Carrying Value
and Fair Value
 

Balance at January 1, 2007

   $ 2,124     $ 56     $ 2,068  

Additions/(reductions)

     95       (31 )     126  

Amortization

     (162 )     —         (162 )
                        

Balance at June 30, 2007

   $ 2,057     $ 25     $ 2,032  
                        

NOTE G - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The following table summarizes the components of net periodic pension expense for S&T’s defined benefit plan:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
(dollars in thousands)    2008     2007     2008     2007  

Service cost – benefits earned during the period

   $ 497     $ 501     $ 965     $ 1,002  

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation

     838       741       1,649       1,480  

Expected return on plan assets

     (1,327 )     (1,234 )     (2,623 )     (2,467 )

Net amortization and deferral

     4       4       8       8  
                                

Net Periodic Pension (Benefit) Expense

   $ 12     $ 12     $ (1 )   $ 23  
                                

As previously disclosed, S&T made no contributions to its pension plan in December 2007 for 2008. No further contributions are expected to be made for 2008.

 

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NOTE H - SECURITIES

The amortized cost and market value of securities are as follows:

June 30, 2008

 

     Available for Sale
(dollars in thousands)    Amortized
Cost
   Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Market
Value

Obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies

   $ 144,117    $ 1,670    $ (9 )   $ 145,778

Collateralized mortgage obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies

     56,283      479      (49 )     56,713

Mortgage-backed securities

     81,970      57      (769 )     81,258

Obligations of state and political subdivisions

     129,913      126      (1,078 )     128,961

Other securities

     25      —        —         25
                            

Debt securities available for sale

     412,308      2,332      (1,905 )     412,735

Marketable equity securities

     23,914      3,087      (3,811 )     23,190

Other securities

     4,173      —        —         4,173
                            

Total

   $ 440,395    $ 5,419    $ (5,716 )   $ 440,098
                            
  
December 31, 2007   
  
     Available for Sale
(dollars in thousands)    Amortized
Cost
   Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Market
Value

Obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies

   $ 144,230    $ 1,220    $ (128 )   $ 145,322

Collateralized mortgage obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies

     58,780      377      (161 )     58,996

Mortgage-backed securities

     28,053      21      (502 )     27,572

Obligations of state and political subdivisions

     81,045      253      (209 )     81,089
                            

Debt securities available for sale

     312,108      1,871      (1,000 )     312,979

Marketable equity securities

     33,767      10,134      (2,590 )     41,311

Other securities

     4,532      —        —         4,532
                            

Total

   $ 350,407    $ 12,005    $ (3,590 )   $ 358,822
                            

For securities classified as available for sale, S&T does not believe any individual unrealized loss as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 represents an other-than-temporary impairment. S&T performs a review of the entire securities portfolio on a quarterly basis to identify securities that may indicate an other-than-temporary impairment. S&T management considers the length of time and the extent to which the market value has been less than cost and the financial condition of the issuer. The unrealized losses on 249 debt securities at June 30, 2008 are attributable to changes in interest rates. The unrealized losses on 14 marketable equity securities at June 30, 2008 are attributable to temporary declines in market value. S&T has both the intent and the ability to hold the securities referenced in the table above for a time necessary to recover the amortized cost or, in the case of the debt securities, until maturity.

 

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There were $816,000 and $2,234,000 in gross realized gains and $2,034,000 and $98,000 in gross realized losses for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, relative to securities available for sale. For the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, there were $48,000 and $481,000 in gross realized gains and $1,878,000 and zero gross realized losses, respectively, relative to securities available for sale. S&T recognized other-than-temporary impairments totaling $1.3 million on three equity securities during the first six months of 2008. For the three months ended June 30, 2008, S&T recognized an other-than-temporary impairment of $1.1 million on one equity security and had no other-than-temporary impairment for the three months ended June 30, 2007. During the first six months of 2007, $0.1 million of realized losses were attributable to an other-than-temporary impairment on one equity security.

The following tables present the age of gross unrealized losses and market value by investment category:

June 30, 2008

 

     Less Than 12 Months     12 Months or More     Total  
(dollars in thousands)    Market
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
    Market
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
    Market
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
 

Obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies

   $ 5,092    $ (9 )   $ —      $ —       $ 5,092    $ (9 )

Collateralized mortgage obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies

     7,686      (49 )     —        —         7,686      (49 )

Mortgage-backed securities

     66,085      (279 )     9,980      (490 )     76,065      (769 )

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     90,408      (1,077 )     363      (1 )     90,771      (1,078 )
                                             

Debt securities available for sale

     169,271      (1,414 )     10,343      (491 )     179,614      (1,905 )

Marketable equity securities

     13,776      (3,811 )     —        —         13,776      (3,811 )
                                             

Total temporarily impaired securities

   $ 183,047    $ (5,225 )   $ 10,343    $ (491 )   $ 193,390    $ (5,716 )
                                             

December 31, 2007

 

     Less Than 12 Months     12 Months or More     Total  
(dollars in thousands)    Market
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
    Market
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
    Market
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
 

Obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies

   $ —      $ —       $ 43,378    $ (128 )   $ 43,378    $ (128 )

Collateralized mortgage obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies

     12,513      (37 )     15,076      (124 )     27,589      (161 )

Mortgage-backed securities

     —        —         21,420      (502 )     21,420      (502 )

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

     —        —         43,087      (209 )     43,087      (209 )
                                             

Debt securities available for sale

     12,513      (37 )     122,961      (963 )     135,474      (1,000 )

Marketable equity securities

     15,545      (2,590 )     —        —         15,545      (2,590 )
                                             

Total temporarily impaired securities

   $ 28,058    $ (2,627 )   $ 122,961    $ (963 )   $ 151,019    $ (3,590 )
                                             

The amortized cost and estimated market value of debt securities at June 30, 2008, by expected maturity, are as set forth in the following table. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 

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For purposes of the maturity table, mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, which are not due at a single maturity date, have been allocated over maturity groupings based upon the current estimated prepayment rates. The mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations may mature earlier or later than their estimated maturities because of principal repayment optionality.

 

Available for Sale

(dollars in thousands)

   Amortized
Cost
   Estimated
Market
Value

Due in one year or less

   $ 60,769    $ 61,130

Due after one year through five years

     136,509      137,680

Due after five years through ten years

     89,935      90,069

Due after ten years

     125,095      123,856
             

Total Debt Securities Available for Sale

   $ 412,308    $ 412,735
             

At June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, investment securities with a principal amount of $380,603,000 and $279,835,000, respectively, were pledged to secure repurchase agreements, public funds and trust fund deposits.

NOTE I - LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

The composition of the loan portfolio was as follows:

 

(dollars in thousands)    June 30,
2008
    December 31,
2007
 

Real estate – construction

   $ 391,644     $ 329,875  

Real estate – mortgages:

    

Residential

     839,833       610,250  

Commercial

     1,254,463       965,770  

Commercial and industrial

     895,865       815,306  

Consumer

     84,093       74,839  
                

Gross Portfolio Loans

     3,465,898       2,796,040  

Allowance for loan losses

     (38,796 )     (34,345 )
                

Total Portfolio Loans

     3,427,102       2,761,695  

Loans held for sale

     1,765       899  
                

Total Loans

   $ 3,428,867     $ 2,762,594  
                

Changes in the allowance for loan losses for the six months ended June 30 were as follows:

 

(dollars in thousands)    2008     2007  

Balance at beginning of year

   $ 34,345     $ 33,220  

Charge-offs

     (3,777 )     (2,062 )

Recoveries

     1,647       1,167  
                

Net charge-offs

     (2,130 )     (895 )

Provision for loan losses

     1,161       3,483  

Acquired loan loss reserve

     5,420       —    
                

Balance at end of period

   $ 38,796     $ 35,808  
                

 

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The principal balances of loans on nonaccrual status were $15,959,000 and $16,798,000 at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. Other real estate owned, which is included in other assets, was $1,884,000 at June 30, 2008 and $488,000 at December 31, 2007.

The following table represents S&T’s investment in loans considered to be impaired and related information on those impaired loans as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007:

 

(dollars in thousands)    June 30,
2008
   December 31,
2007

Recorded investment in loans considered to be impaired

   $ 27,066    $ 14,965

Recorded investment in impaired loans with no related allowance for loan losses

     23,122      10,332

Loans considered to be impaired that were on a nonaccrual basis

     5,647      6,356

Allowance for loan losses related to loans considered to be impaired

     2,219      2,919

Average recorded investment in impaired loans

     20,641      21,110

Total interest income per contractual terms on impaired loans

     859      1,710

Interest income on impaired loans recognized on a cash basis

     237      461

NOTE J - BORROWINGS

Following is a summary of short-term borrowings at:

 

(dollars in thousands)    June 30,
2008
   December 31,
2007

Securities sold under repurchase agreements

   $ 161,895    $ 84,458

Federal funds purchased

     35,150      15,800

Federal Home Loan Bank Advances

     275,000      80,000
             

Total

   $ 472,045    $ 180,258
             

Short-term borrowings are for terms under one year and were comprised of retail repurchase agreements (“REPOs”), wholesale REPOs, federal funds purchased and Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances. S&T defines repurchase agreements with its local retail customers as retail REPOs; short-term wholesale REPOs are those transacted with other banks and brokerage firms. Securities pledged as collateral under these REPOs financing arrangements cannot be sold or repledged by the secured party. The fair value of collateral provided to a third party is continually monitored, and additional collateral is obtained or requested to be returned as appropriate. Federal funds purchased are unsecured overnight borrowings with other financial institutions; overnight and FHLB advances are for various terms secured by a blanket lien on securities, residential mortgages and other loans with the FHLB of Pittsburgh.

Following is a summary of long-term debt at:

 

(dollars in thousands)    June 30,
2008
   December 31,
2007

Long-term borrowings

   $ 190,545    $ 201,021

Junior subordinated debt securities

     90,619      25,000
             

Total

   $ 281,164    $ 226,021
             

The purpose of these long-term borrowings is to match-fund selected new loan originations, to mitigate interest-rate sensitivity risk and to take advantage of discounted borrowing rates through the FHLB for community investment projects. S&T had long-term debt outstanding of $187.4 million at June 30, 2008 at a fixed rate and $93.7 million at a variable rate. Long-term borrowings included $50.0 million of repurchase agreement borrowings with embedded floors. The weighted average rates were 3.82 percent and 5.52 percent at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. During the first quarter of 2008, S&T completed a private placement to a financial institution of $20.0 million of floating rate trust preferred securities. The trust preferred securities mature in March 2038, and are callable after five

 

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years, and bear interest initially at a rate of 6.44 percent per annum and adjusts quarterly with the three-month LIBOR plus 350 basis points.

During the second quarter of 2008, S&T Bank issued $20.0 million of junior subordinated debt through a private placement with three financial institutions at an initial rate of 6.40 percent and floats quarterly with 3-month LIBOR plus 350 basis points. If all or any portion of the subordinated debt ceases to be deemed to be Tier 2 Capital due to a change in applicable capital regulations, S&T will have the right to redeem, on any interest payment date, subject to a 30 day written notice and prior approval by the FDIC, the subordinated debt at the applicable redemption rate which starts at a high of 102.82 percent at June 15, 2009 and decreases yearly to 100 percent on June 15, 2013 and thereafter and can be called after five years. The subordinated debt qualifies as Tier 2 capital under regulatory guidelines and will mature on June 15, 2018.

Also during the second quarter of 2008, S&T Bank issued $25.0 million of junior subordinated debt through a private placement with a financial institution at an initial rate of 5.15 percent and floats quarterly with 3-month LIBOR plus 250 basis points. At any time after May 30, 2013, S&T will have the right to redeem all or a portion of the subordinated debt, subject to a 30 day written notice and prior approval by the FDIC. The subordinated debt qualifies as Tier 2 capital under regulatory guidelines and will mature on May 30, 2018.

NOTE K - GUARANTEES

S&T, in the normal course of business, commits to extend credit and issue standby letters of credit. The obligations are not recorded in S&T’s financial statements. Loan commitments and standby letters of credit are subject to S&T’s normal credit underwriting policies and procedures and generally require collateral based upon management’s evaluation of each customer’s financial condition and ability to satisfy completely the terms of the agreement. S&T’s exposure to credit loss in the event the customer does not satisfy the terms of the agreement equals the notional amount of the obligation less the value of any collateral. Unfunded commercial loan commitments totaled $752,293,000, unfunded other loan commitments, comprised of credit card lines and home equity lines, totaled $173,651,000 and obligations under standby letters of credit totaled $185,633,000 at June 30, 2008.

NOTE L - LITIGATION

S&T, in the normal course of business, is subject to various legal proceedings in which claims for monetary damages are asserted. Management does not believe that the outcome of any current proceedings will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position of S&T.

 

Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis is presented so that shareholders may review in further detail the financial condition and results of operations of S&T Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries (“S&T”). This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the other financial data presented elsewhere in this report.

Business Summary

S&T is a financial holding company with its headquarters located in Indiana, Pennsylvania and with assets of approximately $4.4 billion at June 30, 2008. S&T provides a full range of financial services through a branch network of 55 offices located in Allegheny, Armstrong, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland counties of Pennsylvania. S&T provides full service retail and commercial banking products as well as cash management services; insurance; financial and estate planning; estate and trust administration; investment management; employee benefit services and administration; corporate services and other fiduciary services. S&T’s common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “STBA.”

On June 6, 2008, S&T completed its acquisition of IBT, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between S&T and IBT, dated December 16, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, which was approved by the shareholders of IBT on May 13, 2008, IBT was merged with and into S&T, with the S&T being the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). In connection with the Merger, IBT shareholders received for each share of IBT common stock they hold, at their election, either $31.00 in cash or 0.93 of a share of S&T common stock. IBT

 

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shareholders could elect to receive all cash, all S&T common stock, or a combination of cash and S&T common stock for their shares of IBT common stock, subject to the allocation procedures described in the Merger Agreement. Holders of options to purchase IBT common stock had their stock options cancelled for a cash payment equal to the difference between $31.00 and the exercise price per share for each such stock option, which IBT paid immediately prior to the merger.

S&T issued a total of 2,751,749 shares of S&T common stock and paid a total of $75.1 million in cash to the former IBT shareholders.

Financial Condition

Total assets averaged $3.6 billion in the first six months of 2008 and $3.3 billion for the 2007 full year average. Average loans increased $206.6 million and average securities, other investments and federal funds sold decreased $17.3 million in the first six months of 2008 as compared to the 2007 full year average. Average deposits increased $52.0 million and average borrowings increased $127.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to the 2007 full year average.

Average Balance Sheet and Net Interest Income Analysis

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2008
    Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 2007
 
(dollars in millions)    Average
Balance
   Interest    Average
Rate
    Average
Balance
   Interest    Average
Rate
 

Assets

                

Loans (1)

   $ 2,938.4    $ 94.7    6.48 %   $ 2,731.8    $ 202.1    7.40 %

Securities/other (1)

     377.9      8.6    4.58 %     395.2      18.3    4.63 %
                                        

Total interest-earning assets

     3,316.3      103.3    6.26 %     3,127.0      220.4    7.05 %

Noninterest-earning assets

     238.2           209.1      
                        

TOTAL

   $ 3,554.5         $ 3,336.1      
                        

Liabilities And Shareholders’ Equity

                

NOW/money market/savings

   $ 1,213.5    $ 8.8    1.46 %   $ 1,217.4    $ 37.5    3.08 %

Time deposits

     964.2      18.4    3.83 %     934.7      42.1    4.50 %

Borrowed funds < 1 year

     248.1      2.8    2.30 %     140.4      6.6    4.70 %

Borrowed funds > 1 year

     256.4      6.7    5.22 %     236.3      13.0    5.51 %
                                        

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     2,682.2      36.7    2.75 %     2,528.8      99.2    3.92 %

Noninterest-bearing liabilities:

                

Demand deposits

     468.1           441.7      

Shareholders’ equity/other

     404.2           365.6      
                        

TOTAL

   $ 3,554.5         $ 3,336.1      
                                

Net yield on interest-earning assets

         4.04 %         3.87 %
                                

Net Interest Income

      $ 66.6         $ 121.2   
                        

 

(1) The yield on earning assets and the net interest margin are presented on a fully tax-equivalent (“FTE”) and annualized basis. The FTE basis adjusts for the tax benefit of income on certain tax-exempt loans and investments using the federal statutory tax rate of 35 percent for each period presented. S&T believes this measure to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income and provides relevant comparison between taxable and non-taxable amounts.

Lending Activity

Average loans increased $206.6 million to $2.9 billion during the six months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to the 2007 full year average. Changes in the composition of the average loan portfolio included increases of $90.9 million of commercial and industrial loans, $63.6 million of residential mortgages and home equity loans, $52.8 million of commercial real estate loans offset by decreases of $0.7 million of consumer loans. S&T acquired $64.7 million of average loans with the IBT acquisition.

 

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Average commercial loans, including commercial real estate, commercial and industrial and real estate construction comprised 75 percent of the average loan portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and the 2007 full year average. Although commercial loans can have a relatively higher risk profile, management believes these risks are mitigated through active portfolio management, underwriting and continuous review. Rates and terms for commercial real estate, equipment loans and lines of credit are normally negotiated, subject to such variables as financial conditions of the borrower, economic conditions, marketability of collateral, credit history of the borrower and future cash flows. The loan to value policy guideline for commercial real estate loans is generally 65-85 percent. Variable-rate commercial loans were 55 percent of the commercial loan portfolio at June 30, 2008 and 48 percent at December 31, 2007.

Average residential mortgage loans comprised 22 percent of the average loan portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and for the 2007 full year average. Residential mortgage lending continues to be a strategic focus in 2008 through our centralized mortgage origination department, ongoing product redesign, secondary market activities and the utilization of commission compensated originators. Management believes that S&T is fairly well insulated from the impact of potential future declines in its local real estate market due to its conservative mortgage lending policies. The loan to value policy guideline is 80 percent for residential first lien mortgages. Higher loan to value loans may be approved with the appropriate private mortgage insurance coverage. Second lien positions are sometimes assumed with home equity loans, but normally only to the extent that the combined credit exposure for both the first and second liens does not exceed 100 percent of the fair value of the mortgage property. At June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, nine and ten percent, respectively, of the residential mortgage portfolio consisted of adjustable rate mortgages with repricing terms of one, three and five years.

S&T periodically designates specific loan originations, generally longer-term, lower-yielding 1-4 family mortgages as held for sale and sells them to Fannie Mae. The rationale for these sales is to mitigate interest rate risk associated with holding long-term residential mortgages in the loan portfolio, generate fee revenue from servicing, and maintain the primary customer relationship. During the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, S&T sold $10.9 million and $7.4 million, respectively of 1-4 family mortgages and services $175.8 million of secondary market mortgage loans to Fannie Mae at June 30, 2008. S&T intends to continue to sell longer-term loans to Fannie Mae in the future on a selective basis, especially during periods of lower interest rates.

Average consumer loans comprised three percent of the loan portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and for the 2007 full year average. The average balance of consumer loans for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $74.1 million as compared to $74.8 million for the 2007 full year average. S&T offers a variety of unsecured and secured consumer loan and credit card products.

Management intends to continue to pursue quality loans in a variety of lending categories in order to enhance shareholder value. S&T’s loan portfolio primarily represents loans to businesses and consumers in our market area of western Pennsylvania. S&T has not concentrated its lending activities in any industry or group of industries. Management continues to develop and improve the effectiveness of our credit and loan administration processes and staff, which assists management in evaluating loans before they are made and in identifying problem loans early.

Securities Activity

Average securities, other investments and federal funds sold decreased by $17.3 million in the first six months of 2008 compared to the 2007 full year average. The decreases in securities are attributable to an S&T Asset Liability Committee (“ALCO”) strategy to limit the replacement of matured investment securities and borrowings to mitigate interest rate risk. During the second quarter of 2008, S&T partially restructured the IBT debt securities portfolio to conform to S&T’s securities policy guidelines. The components of the decrease include $24.4 million in U.S. government corporations and agencies, $7.3 million in marketable equity securities and $0.3 million of U.S. treasury securities. Offsetting these decreases are increases of $4.5 million in mortgage-backed securities, $5.2 million in obligations of state and political subdivisions and $0.4 million in other securities. Average other investments increased $5.3 million in the first six months of 2008 compared to the 2007 full year average and are comprised of Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) stock that is a membership and borrowing requirement and is recorded at historical cost. The amount of S&T’s investment in FHLB stock depends upon S&T’s borrowing availability and level from the FHLB. Average federal funds sold decreased $0.7 million in the first six months of 2008 compared to the 2007 full year average. At June 30, 2008, the equity securities portfolio had total market value of $23.2 million compared to $41.3 million at December 31, 2007 and net unrealized losses of $0.7 million at June 30, 2008 compared to net unrealized gains of $7.5 million at December 31, 2007. The primary cause of this market value decrease is due to the retirement of $14.6 million of IBT common stock held by S&T prior to the acquisition. The equity securities portfolio consists of securities traded on the various stock markets and is subject to changes in market value.

 

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S&T’s policy for security classification includes U.S. treasury securities, U.S. government corporations and agencies, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, states and political subdivisions, corporate securities, marketable equity securities and other securities classified as available for sale. On a quarterly basis, management evaluates the securities portfolios for other-than-temporary declines in market value in accordance with FASB issued Staff Position FAS 115-1 and FAS 124-1, “The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments.” During the first six months of 2008, there was $1.3 million of realized losses taken for an other-than-temporary impairment on three bank equity investment securities. The performance of the equities and debt securities markets could generate further impairment in future periods. At June 30, 2008, net unrealized losses on securities classified as available for sale, including equity securities, were $0.3 million as compared to net unrealized gains of $8.4 million at December 31, 2007. Net unrealized gains related to S&T’s debt securities portfolio totaled $0.4 million at June 30, 2008 and $0.9 million at December 31, 2007. S&T has the intent and ability to hold debt securities until maturity or until market value recovers above cost, and has the intent and ability to hold equity securities until market value recovers above cost.

Allowance for Loan Losses

The balance in the allowance for loan losses was $38.8 million or 1.12 percent of total loans at June 30, 2008 as compared to $34.3 million or 1.23 percent of total loans at December 31, 2007. The increase in the allowance for loan losses is consistent with the growth of internally generated loans and $5.4 million of allowance for loan losses associated with the IBT acquisition. The allowance for loan losses to total loan ratio decreased primarily as a result of the resolution of two commercial loan credits during the second quarter of 2008. The loans acquired in the IBT transaction were evaluated for credit impairment at acquisition and it was determined that these loans have a lower risk profile than the S&T loan portfolio generally due to a higher composition of residential mortgages and small business commercial real estate credits. S&T’s allowance for lending-related commitments such as unfunded commercial real estate, commercial and industrial term loan commitments and letters of credit totaled $2.1 million at June 30, 2008 and $0.9 million at December 31, 2007. The allowance for lending-related commitments is included in other liabilities. The increase is primarily due to one commercial letter of credit totaling $1.2 million.

Problem loans are identified and continually monitored through detailed reviews of specific commercial loans, and the analysis of delinquency and charge-off levels of consumer loan portfolios. Management evaluates the degree of loss exposure for loans on a continuous basis through a formal allowance for loan loss policy as administered by S&T Bank’s Loan Administration Department and various management and director committees. Updates are presented to the S&T Board of Directors as to the status of loan quality. Charged-off and recovered loan amounts are applied to the allowance for loan losses. The allowance for loan losses is increased through a charge to current earnings through the provision for loan losses, based upon management’s assessment of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. A quantitative analysis is utilized to support the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. This analysis includes a review of the historical charge-off rates for all loan categories as well as fluctuations and trends in various risk factors that have occurred within the portfolios economic life cycle. The analysis includes assessment of qualitative factors such as credit trends, unemployment trends, vacancy trends, loan growth and the degree of variable interest rate risk.

Significant to this analysis and assessment is the loan portfolio composition of a higher mix of commercial loans. These loans are generally larger in size and, due to the continuing growth, many are not seasoned and may be more vulnerable to an economic slowdown. Management relies on its risk rating process to assess potential weaknesses within specific credits. Current risk factors, trends in risk ratings and historical charge-off experiences are considered in the determination of the allowance for loan losses. During the first six months of 2008, the risk rating profile of the portfolio was primarily impacted by three commercial loan relationships. Two of these commercial loan relationships were resolved during second quarter of 2008. The first commercial loan relationship is a construction company with residual loan exposure of $3.7 million. The bank negotiated a settlement resulting in a recovery of $0.8 million. In the third quarter of 2007, S&T recorded a charge of $7.2 million. Concurrent with the settlement, S&T released a specific reserve of $2.0 million, which had been established in the second quarter of 2007. The second relationship is a sales and service company with loan exposure of $3.6 million. S&T negotiated a settlement resulting in a $1.1 million charge. This was partially offset with the release of a specific reserve of $0.9 million, which had been established in the first quarter of 2008. The third commercial loan relationship was a construction company totaling $1.3 million. During the second quarter of 2008 a specific reserve of $1.2 million has been allocated to this commercial loan relationship. This relationship was placed on nonperforming loan status. These commercial relationships have been adequately reserved as determined by the quarterly impairment analysis and risk-rating process performed by the loan administration department.

 

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Net loan charge-offs totaled $2.1 million or 0.15 percent of average loans on an annualized basis for the first six months of 2008 as compared to $0.9 million or 0.07 percent of average loans on an annualized basis in the first six months of 2007. Net loan charge-offs during the first six months of 2008 were impacted by a $1.1 million charge-off on a loan with the sales and service company in the second quarter of 2008, offset by a $0.8 million recovery on the aforementioned construction company. The balance of nonperforming loans, which included loans past due 90 days or more, at June 30, 2008 was $16.0 million or 0.46 percent of total loans. This compares to nonperforming loans of $16.8 million or 0.60 percent of total loans at December 31, 2007. Nonperforming assets totaled $17.8 million or 0.41 percent of total assets at June 30, 2008 and $17.3 million or 0.51 percent of total assets at December 31, 2007. There are no loans 90 days past due and still accruing interest. The provision for loan losses was $1.2 million for the first six months of 2008, as compared to $3.5 million for the same period of 2007. The provision was the result of management’s detailed analysis of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses and is consistent with commercial loan growth, loan charge-off levels and the resolution of the two aforementioned commercial loan relationships.

Deposits

Average total deposits increased by $52.0 million, or 2 percent, during the six months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to the 2007 full year average. S&T acquired $75.7 million of average deposits with the IBT acquisition. Changes in the average deposit mix include increases of $29.9 million in certificates of deposit, $26.0 million in demand deposits, $21.4 million in money market accounts and $14.3 million in NOW accounts. Offsetting these increases is a decrease of $39.6 million in savings accounts. The increase in demand deposits is primarily attributable to cash management products and services. The decrease in savings accounts is primarily attributable to S&T being less aggressive with competitive pricing strategies as borrowings currently have a slight pricing advantage. We are willing to accept slightly less robust deposit growth in the short-term in order to take advantage of this circumstance.

The S&T Cash Management account pricing feature allows S&T to better complement shifting interest rate sensitivity. S&T Cash Management accounts totaled $675.9 million at June 30, 2008 and $811.6 million at December 31, 2007. Core deposit growth has been an important strategic initiative for S&T, through the expansion of retail facilities, promotions and new products. Other important strategies include providing cash management services to commercial customers to increase transaction related deposits, and enhanced delivery services such as electronic banking.

Management believes that the S&T deposit base is stable and that S&T has the ability to attract new deposits, mitigating a funding dependency on other more volatile sources. Certificates of deposit of $100,000 and over were eleven and ten percent of total deposits at June 30, 2008 and at December 31, 2007, respectively, and primarily represent deposit relationships with local customers in our market area. In addition, management believes that S&T has the ability to access both public and private markets to raise long-term funding if necessary. S&T had $1.9 and $2.8 million of brokered retail certificates of deposit outstanding at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The issuance of brokered retail certificates of deposits was an ALCO strategy in prior years to increase liquidity for loan demand, as an alternative to increased borrowings.

Borrowings

Average borrowings by S&T increased $127.8 million for the first six months of 2008 as compared to full year 2007 average. The increase is the result of increased loan growth that was not fully funded by maturing investment securities or deposit growth, and to take advantage of low short-term funding sources. Borrowings are comprised of retail repurchase agreements (“REPOs”), wholesale REPOs, federal funds purchased, FHLB advances and long-term borrowings. S&T defines REPOs with our local retail customers as retail REPOs; wholesale REPOs are those transacted with other banks and brokerage firms with terms normally ranging from one to 365 days.

The largest increase in average borrowings for the first six months of 2008 is a $108.1 million increase in FHLB advances compared to the 2007 full year average. The average balance in retail REPOs increased approximately $17.1 million for the first six months of 2008 compared to the 2007 full year average. S&T views retail REPOs as a relatively stable source of funds because most of these accounts are with local long-term customers. Average federal funds purchased decreased by $7.7 million and average wholesale REPOs decreased by $9.8 million for the first six months of 2008 compared to the full year 2007 average.

 

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Average long-term borrowings have increased by $20.1 million in the first six months of 2008 as compared to the full year 2007 average. S&T had long-term borrowings outstanding of $187.4 million at June 30, 2008 at a fixed rate and $93.7 million at a variable rate.

During the first quarter of 2008, S&T completed a private placement to a financial institution of $20.0 million of floating rate trust preferred securities. The trust preferred securities mature in March 2038, and are callable at S&T’s option, after five years, and bear interest initially at a rate of 6.44 percent per annum and quarterly adjusts with the three-month LIBOR plus 350 basis points. S&T will make interest payments to the trustee beginning on June 15, 2008 and quarterly thereafter. The proceeds from the sale of the trust preferred securities was used to partially finance the acquisition of IBT.

During the second quarter of 2008, S&T Bank issued $20.0 million of junior subordinated debt through a private placement with three financial institutions at an initial rate of 6.40 percent and floats quarterly with 3-month LIBOR plus 350 basis points. If all or any portion of the subordinated debt ceases to be deemed to be Tier 2 Capital due to a change in applicable capital regulations, S&T will have the right to redeem, on any interest payment date, subject to a 30 day written notice and prior approval by the FDIC, the subordinated debt at the applicable redemption rate which starts at a high of 102.82 percent at June 15, 2009 and decreases yearly to 100 percent on June 15, 2013 and thereafter and can be called after five years. The subordinated debt qualifies as Tier 2 capital under regulatory guidelines and will mature on June 15, 2018.

Also during the second quarter of 2008, S&T Bank issued $25.0 million of junior subordinated debt through a private placement with a financial institution at an initial rate of 5.15 percent and floats quarterly with 3-month LIBOR plus 250 basis points. At any time after May 30, 2013, S&T will have the right to redeem all or a portion of the subordinated debt, subject to a 30 day written notice and prior approval by the FDIC. The subordinated debt qualifies as Tier 2 capital under regulatory guidelines and will mature on May 30, 2018.

Capital Resources

Shareholders’ equity increased $100.9 million at June 30, 2008, compared to December 31, 2007. Net income was $28.7 million, and dividends declared to shareholders were $16.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008. Also effecting capital is a decrease of $79.0 million in treasury stock primarily as a result of issuing 2,751,749 shares to the former IBT shareholders as well as a decrease of $5.7 million in unrealized gains on securities available for sale, net of tax, which is included in other comprehensive income. The S&T Board of Directors authorized stock buyback programs in 2005 and 2006 of one million shares each, or approximately four percent of shares outstanding in each year. On June 18, 2007, S&T’s Board of Directors authorized an additional buyback program of one million shares until June 30, 2008. During 2007, S&T repurchased 971,400 shares through these programs at an average cost of $32.74 per share. During the first six months of 2008, there were no purchases of S&T common stock under the 2007 program.

S&T paid 53 percent of net income in dividends, equating to a projected annual dividend yield of approximately four percent utilizing the June 30, 2008 closing market price of $29.06. The book value of S&T’s common stock was $16.00 at June 30, 2008 and $13.75 at December 31, 2007. S&T continues to maintain a strong capital position with a leverage ratio of 8.1 percent at June 30, 2008 and 8.6 percent at December 31, 2007 as compared to the minimum regulatory guideline of 3.0 percent. S&T’s risk-based capital Tier I and Total ratios were 8.0 percent and 11.1 percent, respectively, at June 30, 2008 and 9.5 percent and 11.6 percent respectively at December 31, 2007. These ratios place S&T above the Federal Reserve Board’s risk-based capital guidelines of 4.0 percent and 8.0 percent for Tier I and Total, respectively.

During 2003, S&T filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the SEC for the issuance of up to $150.0 million of a variety of securities including debt and capital securities, preferred and common stock and warrants. S&T can use the proceeds from the sale of any securities for general corporate purposes, which could include investments at the holding company level, investing in, or extending credit to, its subsidiaries, possible acquisitions and stock repurchases. As of June 30, 2008, S&T had not utilized the shelf registration statement.

 

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EXPLANATION OF USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to the results of operations presented in accordance with GAAP, S&T management uses, and this quarterly report contains or references, certain non-GAAP financial measures, such as net interest income on a fully tax-equivalent basis and operating revenue. S&T believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide information useful to investors in understanding our underlying operational performance and our business and performance trends as they facilitate comparisons with the performance of others in the financial services industry. Although S&T believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance investors’ understanding of S&T’s business and performance, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP measures.

We believe the presentation of net interest income on a fully tax-equivalent basis ensures comparability of net interest income arising from both taxable and tax-exempt sources and is consistent with industry practice. Interest income per the consolidated statements of income is reconciled to net interest income adjusted to a fully tax-equivalent basis on pages 25 and 28.

Operating revenue is the sum of net interest income and noninterest income less security gains. In order to understand the significance of net interest income to S&T’s business and operating results, S&T management believes it is appropriate to evaluate the significance of net interest income as a component of operating revenue.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Six months ended June 30, 2008 compared to

Six months ended June 30, 2007

Net Income

Net income was $28.7 million or $1.14 diluted earnings per share for the first six months of 2008 as compared to $27.2 million or $1.08 diluted earnings per share for the same period of 2007. The increase in net income during the first six months of 2008 was primarily the result of increases in net interest income, a significantly lower loan loss provision and an increase in noninterest income, offset by lower security gains and an increase in noninterest expense compared to the first six months of 2007. The return on average assets was 1.62 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to 1.64 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2007. The return on average equity was 15.97 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2008 compared to 16.81 percent for the same period of 2007.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis was $66.6 million, a $7.0 million or 12 percent increase for the first six months of 2008 as compared to $59.6 million for the same period of 2007. The increase in net interest income was a result of a $194.9 million increase in average interest-earning assets and improvement in the net interest margin with $98.4 million of this growth related to the IBT acquisition. The net interest margin on a fully taxable equivalent basis was 4.04 percent in the first six months of 2008 as compared to 3.85 percent in the same period of 2007. The increase in the net interest margin is primarily attributable to the effect of decreasing short-term interest rates, in combination with an increasingly sloped yield curve and strong loan growth. S&T’s balance sheet is currently liability sensitive, with funding costs decreasing faster than asset yields during the first half of 2008.

For the first six months of 2008, average loans increased $229.2 million, and average securities and federal funds sold decreased $34.3 million as compared to the same period of 2007. The yields on average loans decreased by 98 basis points from the comparable period in 2007 and the yield on average securities decreased by one basis point. Overall yields on interest-earning assets were 6.26 percent and 7.08 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

For the first six months of 2008, balances of average interest-bearing deposits increased by $51.5 million as compared to the same period of 2007. The cost of deposits totaled 2.51 percent, a decrease of 124 basis points from the comparable period in 2007 due to lower rates paid on both core and time deposits. The cost of REPOs and other borrowed funds decreased 154 basis points to 3.79 percent as a result of lower short-term rates as compared to the same period of 2007. Overall funding costs decreased 125 basis points to 2.75 percent at June 30, 2008 as compared to the same period of 2007. Positively affecting net interest income was a $36.6 million increase in average net free funds during the first six months of 2008 as compared to the same period of 2007. Average net free funds are the excess of demand deposits, other non-interest bearing

 

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liabilities and shareholders’ equity over nonearning assets. The increase is primarily due to successful marketing of new demand accounts and corporate cash management services and increased retained earnings.

Net interest income represents the difference between the interest and fees earned on interest-earning assets and the interest paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest income is affected by changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and changes in interest yields and rates. Maintaining consistent spreads between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities is very significant to our financial performance because net interest income comprised 78 percent and 77 percent of operating revenue (net interest income plus noninterest income, excluding security gains) in the first six months of 2008 and 2007. The level and mix of interest-earning assets and funds are continually monitored by ALCO in order to mitigate the interest-rate sensitivity and liquidity risks of the balance sheet. A variety of ALCO strategies were successfully implemented, within prescribed ALCO risk parameters, to maintain an acceptable net interest margin given the challenges of the current interest rate environment and the shifting yield curve.

The following table reconciles interest income per the consolidated statements of income to net interest income adjusted to a fully tax-equivalent basis:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
(dollars in thousands)    2008    2007

Interest income per consolidated statements of income

   $ 100,891    $ 107,208

Adjustment to fully taxable equivalent basis

     2,375      2,402
             

Interest income adjusted to fully taxable equivalent basis

     103,266      109,610

Interest expense

     36,700      50,047
             

Net interest income adjusted to fully taxable equivalent basis

   $ 66,566    $ 59,563
             

Average Balance Sheet and Net Interest Income Analysis

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2008     2007  
(dollars in millions)    Average
Balance
   Interest    Average
Rate
    Average
Balance
   Interest    Average
Rate
 

Assets

                

Loans (1)

   $ 2,938.4    $ 94.7    6.48 %   $ 2,709.2    $ 100.2    7.46 %

Securities/other (1)

     377.9      8.6    4.58 %     412.2      9.4    4.59 %
                                        

Total interest-earning assets

     3,316.3      103.3    6.26 %     3,121.4      109.6    7.08 %

Noninterest-earning assets

     238.2           207.4      
                        

TOTAL

   $ 3,554.5         $ 3,328.8      
                        

Liabilities And Shareholders’ Equity

                

NOW/money market/savings

   $ 1,213.5    $ 8.8    1.46 %   $ 1,194.5    $ 18.8    3.18 %

Time deposits

     964.2      18.4    3.83 %     931.7      20.7    4.48 %

Borrowed funds < 1 year

     248.1      2.8    2.30 %     162.8      4.1    5.04 %

Borrowed funds > 1 year

     256.4      6.7    5.22 %     234.9      6.4    5.53 %
                                        

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     2,682.2      36.7    2.75 %     2,523.9      50.0    4.00 %

Noninterest-bearing liabilities:

                

Demand deposits

     468.1           438.7      

Shareholders’ equity/other

     404.2           366.2      
                        

TOTAL

   $ 3,554.5         $ 3,328.8      
                                

Net yield on interest-earning assets

         4.04 %         3.85 %
                                

Net Interest Income

      $ 66.6         $ 59.6   
                        

 

(1) The yield on earning assets and the net interest margin are presented on a fully taxable-equivalent (“FTE”) and annualized basis. The FTE basis adjusts for the tax benefit of income on certain tax-exempt loans and investments using the federal statutory tax rate of 35 percent for each period presented. S&T believes this measure to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income and provides relevant comparison between taxable and non-taxable amounts.

 

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The following table sets forth for the periods indicated a summary of the changes in interest earned and interest paid resulting from changes in volume and changes in rates:

 

     Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to
June 30, 2007 Increase (Decrease)(1)
 
(dollars in thousands)    Volume     Rate     Net  

Interest earned on:

      

Loans (2)

   $ 8,479     $ (14,052 )   $ (5,573 )

Securities/other (2)

     (780 )     9       (771 )
                        

Total interest-earning assets

     7,699       (14,043 )     (6,344 )
                        

Interest paid on:

      

NOW/money market/savings

   $ 299     $ (10,315 )   $ (10,016 )

Time deposits

     721       (3,035 )     (2,314 )

Borrowed funds < 1 year

     2,135       (3,367 )     (1,232 )

Borrowed funds > 1 year

     590       (375 )     215  
                        

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     3,745       (17,092 )     (13,347 )
                        

Change in net interest income

   $ 3,954     $ 3,049     $ 7,003  
                        

 

(1) The change in interest due to both volume and rate has been allocated to volume and rate changes in proportion to the relationship of the absolute dollar amounts of the change in each.
(2) Tax-exempt income is on a fully tax-equivalent basis using the statutory federal corporate income tax rate of 35 percent for 2008 and 2007.

Provision for Loan Losses

The provision for loan losses was $1.2 million for the first six months of 2008 and $3.5 million for the same period of 2007. The provision is the result of management’s assessment of credit quality statistics and other factors that would have an impact on probable losses in the loan portfolio, and the model used for determination of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. Changes within the allowance for loan loss model are directionally consistent with the growth in commercial loans, loan charge-off levels and resolution of the two aforementioned commercial loan relationships during the first six months of 2008.

Credit quality is the most important factor in determining the amount of the allowance for loan losses and the resulting provision. During the second quarter, S&T had improvements in delinquencies and nonperforming loan levels. Also affecting the amount of the allowance for loan losses, and resulting provision, is loan growth and portfolio composition. Most of the loan growth during the first six months of 2008 and 2007 is attributable to larger-sized commercial loans. For the first six months of 2008, net loan charge-offs were $2.1 million and net loan charge-offs were $0.9 million for the first six months 2007. The most significant net charge-off in 2008 was the aforementioned $1.1 million charge-off on the loan with a sales and service company that had a specifically assigned reserve of $0.9 million.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income, excluding security gains, increased $1.1 million or 7 percent, to $18.7 million in the first six months of 2008 as compared to the same 2007 period. Increases included $0.9 million or 25 percent in other income, $0.4 million or 10 percent in insurance commissions and an increase of $0.3 million or 6 percent service charges on deposit accounts, offset by a decrease of $0.2 million in letter of credit fees and $0.2 million in mortgage banking fees. The increase of $0.9 million in other noninterest income is primarily due to a $0.4 million gain on the Visa, Inc. initial public offering, strong performances in debit and credit card activities increasing $0.4 million, an increase of $0.6 million in commercial swap fees and $0.1 million of debt prepayment gains associated with the IBT acquisition. Offsetting these increases is a decrease of $0.6 million of fair value adjustments for deferred compensation trust plans. The decrease of $0.2 million in letter of credit fees is attributable to changing customer preferences for this type of product. The decrease in mortgage banking activities is attributable to a $0.2 million impairment charge in the mortgage servicing valuation in the first six months of 2008. Wealth management fees remained relatively flat at $3.8 million for the first six months of 2008 and 2007.

 

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S&T recognized $1.2 million of losses on available for sale securities in the first six months of 2008 as compared to $2.1 million of gains in the same period of 2007. The decrease of $3.4 million is primarily due to less market opportunities for equity securities during the six months ended June 30, 2008, a de-emphasis on this portfolio as a core revenue source and $0.7 million of losses related to restructuring the IBT debt securities portfolio . Also included in net investment security losses for the first six months of 2008 is a $1.3 million loss recognized from the fair market value adjustment on three bank equity holdings as an other-than-temporary impairment in accordance with FSP 115-1 and FAS 124-1, “The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments.”

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense increased by $4.7 million or 13 percent during the six months ended June 30, 2008 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2007. Salaries and employee benefit expense increased $0.6 million or three percent primarily attributable to the effects of year-end merit increases, higher incentive accruals since most incentive plans are primarily earnings per share based and higher full-time equivalent levels as a result of the IBT acquisition. Average full-time equivalent staff was 822 at June 30, 2008 compared to 792 at June 30, 2007. Occupancy, furniture and equipment expense increased $0.6 million or 12 percent during the first six months of 2008 as compared to the same period 2007, as a result of several facility restructurings and branch additions that occurred during the period. Other taxes decreased $0.1 million or six percent due to a decrease in Pennsylvania shares tax. Data processing expense increased $0.2 million or 8 percent as compared to the same period in 2007 as a result of conversion expenses related to the IBT acquisition, partially offset by the renegotiation of the current contract and a change in data communication processes. Marketing expenses increased $0.4 million or 32 percent as a result of additional promotions and new customer account packages associated with the IBT acquisition. Amortization of intangibles increased $0.1 million or 83 percent due to the IBT acquisition. Other noninterest expense increased $2.9 million or 55 percent during the first six months of 2008 and is primarily attributable to a $1.6 million increase in the reserve for unfunded loan commitments, a $1.4 million valuation adjustment for five affordable housing limited partnerships, offset by decreases of $0.2 million for the reversal of previously accrued expense for potential liability related to litigation matters of Visa U.S.A. that was established in the fourth quarter of 2007.

S&T’s efficiency ratio, which measures noninterest expense as a percent of noninterest income plus net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis, excluding security gains, was 47 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 46 percent for the same period of 2007.

Federal Income Taxes

Federal income tax expense increased $0.9 million or 9 percent in the first six months of 2008 as compared to the first six months of 2007. The effective tax rate for the first six months of 2008 was 29 percent and 28 percent in the same period of 2007, which is below the 35 percent statutory rate due to benefits resulting from tax-exempt interest, excludable dividend income and the tax benefits associated with Low Income Housing Tax Credit (“LIHTC”) and Federal Historic Tax Credit projects. S&T currently does not incur any alternative minimum tax.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Three months ended June 30, 2008 compared to

Three months ended June 30, 2007

Net Income

Net income was $13.9 million or $0.54 diluted earnings per share for the second quarter of 2008 as compared to $13.9 million or $0.56 diluted earnings per share for the same period of 2007. The relatively flat performance during the second quarter of 2008 was primarily the result of increased operating expenses and lower security gains, partially offset by an increase in net interest income and significantly lower loan loss provision. The return on average assets was 1.51 percent at June 30, 2008, as compared to 1.66 percent at June 30, 2007. The return on average equity was 14.78 percent at June 30, 2008 compared to 17.07 percent for the same period of 2007.

 

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Net Interest Income

On a fully tax-equivalent basis net interest income was $34.9 million, a $4.7 million or 16 percent increase for the three months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to $30.2 million for the same period of 2007. The increase in net interest income was a result of a $300.0 million increase in average interest-earning assets and improvement in the net interest margin with $98.4 million of this growth related to the IBT acquisition. The net interest margin on a fully taxable equivalent basis was 4.08 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to the 3.86 percent in the same period of 2007. The increase in the net interest margin is primarily attributable to the effect of decreasing short-term interest rates, in combination with an increasingly sloped yield curve and strong loan growth with improved pricing.

For the three months ended June 30, 2008, average loans increased $317.4 million, and average securities and federal funds sold decreased $17.4 million as compared to the same period of 2007. S&T acquired $64.7 million of average loans and $33.7 million of average securities with the IBT acquisition. The yields on average loans decreased by 124 basis points from the comparable period in 2007 and the yield on average securities increased by three basis points. Overall yields on earning assets were 6.05 percent for the three months ending June 30, 2008 and 7.10 percent for the three months ending June 30, 2007.

For the three months ended June 30, 2008, balances of average interest-bearing deposits increased by $80.6 million as compared to the same period of 2007. S&T acquired $75.7 million of average deposits with the IBT acquisition. The cost of interest-bearing deposits totaled 2.17 percent, a decrease of 158 basis points from the comparable period in 2007 due to decreased rates paid on both core and time deposits. The cost of REPOs and other borrowed funds decreased 187 basis points to 3.45 percent as a result of lower short-term rates. Overall funding costs decreased 157 basis points to 2.43 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to the same period of 2007.

Positively affecting net interest income was a $58.4 million increase in average net free funds during the second quarter of 2008 compared to the same period of 2007. Average net free funds are the excess of demand deposits, other non-interest bearing liabilities and shareholders’ equity over nonearning assets. The increase is primarily due to successful marketing of new demand accounts and corporate cash management services and increased retained earnings.

Net interest income represents the difference between the interest and fees earned on interest-earning assets and the interest paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest income is affected by changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and changes in interest yields and rates. Therefore, maintaining consistent spreads between earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities is very significant to our financial performance because net interest income comprised 78 percent of operating revenue (net interest income plus noninterest income, excluding security gains) in the second quarter of 2008 and 77 percent in the same period of 2007. The level and mix of earning assets and funds are continually monitored by ALCO in order to mitigate the interest-rate sensitivity and liquidity risks of the balance sheet. A variety of ALCO strategies were successfully implemented within prescribed ALCO risk parameters, to maintain an acceptable net interest margin given the challenges of the current interest rate environment.

The following table reconciles interest income per the consolidated statements of income to net interest income adjusted to a fully tax-equivalent basis:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
(dollars in thousands)    2008    2007

Interest income per consolidated statements of income

   $ 50,433    $ 54,274

Adjustment to fully taxable equivalent basis

     1,227      1,216
             

Interest income adjusted to fully taxable equivalent basis

     51,660      55,490

Interest expense

     16,791      25,321
             

Net interest income adjusted to fully taxable equivalent basis

   $ 34,869    $ 30,169
             

 

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Average Balance Sheet and Net Interest Income Analysis

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,  
     2008     2007  
(dollars in millions)    Average
Balance
   Interest    Average
Rate
    Average
Balance
   Interest    Average
Rate
 

Assets

                

Loans (1)

   $ 3,048.0    $ 47.2    6.23 %   $ 2,730.6    $ 50.8    7.47 %

Securities/Other (1)

     386.2      4.5    4.65 %     403.6      4.7    4.62 %
                                        

Total interest-earning assets

     3,434.2      51.7    6.05 %     3,134.2      55.5    7.10 %

Noninterest-earning assets

     267.1           210.3      
                        

TOTAL

   $ 3,701.3         $ 3,344.5      
                        

Liabilities And Shareholders’ Equity

                

NOW/money market/savings

   $ 1,212.6    $ 3.2    1.05 %   $ 1,198.5    $ 9.4    3.15 %

Time deposits

     1,001.2      8.8    3.52 %     934.8      10.5    4.51 %

Borrowed funds < 1 year

     296.8      1.4    1.94 %     158.7      2.0    5.05 %

Borrowed funds > 1 year

     269.7      3.4    5.12 %     246.6      3.4    5.50 %
                                        

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     2,780.3      16.8    2.43 %     2,538.6      25.3    4.00 %

Noninterest-bearing liabilities:

                

Demand deposits

     498.3           445.6      

Shareholders’ equity/Other

     422.7           360.3      
                        

TOTAL

   $ 3,701.3         $ 3,344.5      
                                

Net yield on interest-earning assets

         4.08 %         3.86 %
                                

Net interest income

      $ 34.9         $ 30.2   
                        

 

(1) The yield on earning assets and the net interest margin are presented on a fully tax-equivalent (“FTE”) and annualized basis. The FTE basis adjusts for the tax benefit of income on certain tax-exempt loans and investments using the federal statutory tax rate of 35 percent for each period presented. S&T believes this measure to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income and provides relevant comparison between taxable and non-taxable amounts.

 

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The following table sets forth for the periods indicated a summary of the changes in interest earned and interest paid resulting from changes in volume and changes in rates:

 

       Three Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to
June 30, 2007 Increase (Decrease) Due to (1)
 
(dollars in thousands)      Volume        Rate        Net  

Interest earned on:

              

Loans (2)

     $ 5,910        $ (9,563 )      $ (3,653 )

Securities/Other (2)

       (200 )        23          (177 )
                                

Total interest-earning assets

       5,710          (9,540 )        (3,830 )
                                

Interest paid on:

              

NOW/money market/savings

     $ 111        $ (6,384 )      $ (6,273 )

Time deposits

       747          (2,482 )        (1,735 )

Borrowed funds < 1 year

       1,737          (2,308 )        (571 )

Borrowed funds > 1 year

       317          (268 )        49  
                                

Total interest-bearing liabilities

       2,912          (11,442 )        (8,530 )
                                

Change in net interest income

     $ 2,798        $ 1,902        $ 4,700  
                                

 

(1) The change in interest due to both volume and rate has been allocated to volume and rate changes in proportion to the relationship of the absolute dollar amounts of the change in each.
(2) Tax-exempt income is on a fully tax-equivalent basis using the statutory federal corporate income tax rate of 35 percent for 2008 and 2007.

Provision for Loan Losses

The provision for loan losses was $(0.1) million for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and $1.3 million for the same period of 2007. During the second quarter, S&T had improvements in delinquencies and nonperforming loan levels. The provision is the result of management’s assessment of credit quality statistics and other factors that would have an impact on probable losses in the loan portfolio, and the model used for determination of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. Changes within the allowance for loan loss model are directionally consistent with the growth in commercial loans, loan charge-off levels and resolution for the two aforementioned commercial loan relationships during the second quarter of 2008.

Credit quality is the most important factor in determining the amount of the allowance for loan losses and the resulting provision. Also affecting the amount of the allowance for loan losses, and the resulting provision, is loan growth and portfolio composition. Most of the loan growth during the second quarter of 2008 and 2007 is attributable to larger-sized commercial loans. Net charged-off loans were $2.2 million and $0.8 million for the second quarter 2008 and 2007, respectively. The most significant charge-off for the second quarter of 2008 was the aforementioned $1.1 million charge-off on a loan with the sales and service company that had a specifically assigned reserve of $0.9 million.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income, excluding security gains, increased $0.8 million or 8 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to 2007. Insurance commissions increased $0.3 million attributable to stronger overall sales volume during the second quarter of 2008. Service charges and fees increased $0.2 million primarily attributable to higher account analysis fees and insufficient funds fees due to customer behavior patterns during the second quarter of 2008. Other income increased $0.5 million in the second quarter of 2008 as compared to the same period of 2007 due to increases in debit/credit card revenues and commercial swap fees. Offsetting these increases is a decrease of $0.2 million in letter of credit fees.

S&T recognized $1.8 million of net losses on available for sale securities in the three months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to $0.5 million of net gains in the same period of 2007. The decrease of $2.3 million in realized security gains is primarily the result of $1.1 million of other-than-temporary impairment charges for two bank equity securities, a strategic de-emphasis of this portfolio as a core revenue source and $0.7 million of losses related to restructuring the IBT debt securities portfolio.

 

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Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense increased by $4.3 million or 24 percent during the three months ended June 30, 2008 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2007. Salaries and employee benefit expense increased $0.5 million or 4 percent primarily attributable to the effects of year-end merit increases, higher incentive accruals now that plans are primarily earnings per share based, higher medical plan costs and increased full-time equivalent staff levels as a result of the IBT acquisition. Average full-time equivalent staff was 846 at June 30, 2008 compared to 797 at June 30, 2007. Occupancy, furniture and equipment expense increased by $0.2 million or 8 percent during the three months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to the same period 2007 as a result of several facility remodelings and additions that occurred during the period. Data processing expense increased $0.4 million or 28 percent in the second quarter of 2008 as compared to the second quarter of 2007 as a result of conversion expenses related to the IBT acquisition, offset by the renegotiation of the current contract and a change in data communication processes. Marketing expenses increased $0.3 million or 50 percent as a result of additional promotions and new customer account packages associated with the IBT acquisition. Amortization of intangibles increased $0.1 million due to the IBT acquisition. Other noninterest expense increased $2.8 million or 107 percent during the second quarter of 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007, and is primarily attributable to a $1.4 million increase in the reserve for unfunded loan commitments and a $1.4 million valuation adjustment for five affordable housing limited partnerships.

S&T’s efficiency ratio, which measures noninterest expense as a percent of noninterest income plus net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis, excluding security gains, was 50 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 46 percent for the same period of 2007.

Federal Income Taxes

Federal income tax expense increased $0.3 million in the second quarter of 2008 as compared to the second quarter of 2007. The effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2008 was 28 percent and 27 percent for 2007, which is below the 35 percent statutory rate due to benefits resulting from tax-exempt interest, excludable dividend income and the tax benefits associated with LIHTC and Federal Historic Tax Credit projects. S&T currently does not incur any alternative minimum tax.

Critical Accounting Policies and Judgments

S&T’s consolidated financial statements are prepared based upon the application of certain critical accounting policies affecting accounts such as: securities, income taxes, joint ventures, allowance for loan losses, mortgage servicing rights valuations and goodwill and other intangibles. Certain of these policies require numerous estimates and strategic or economic assumptions that may prove inaccurate or subject to variations and may significantly affect S&T’s reported results and financial position for the period or in future periods. Changes in underlying factors, assumptions or estimates in any of these areas could have a material impact on S&T’s future financial condition and results of operations. S&T’s critical accounting policies are presented in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in S&T’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on February 29, 2008. There have been no material changes in S&T’s critical accounting policies since December 31, 2007.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains or incorporates statements that we believe are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements generally relate to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance or business. Such statements usually can be identified by the use of forward-looking language such as “will likely result,” “may,” “are expected to,” “is anticipated,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “projected,” “intends to” or other similar words. You should not place undue reliance on these statements, as they are subject to risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those described in this Form 10-Q or the documents incorporated by reference. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind these risks and uncertainties, as well as any cautionary statements we may make. Moreover, you should treat these statements as speaking only as of the date they are made and based only on information then actually known to us. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about S&T’s business, management’s beliefs and assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions (“Future Factors”), which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in these forward-looking statements.

 

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Future Factors include:

 

   

changes in interest rates, spreads on earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the shape of the yield curve and interest rate sensitivity;

 

   

credit losses;

 

   

sources of liquidity;

 

   

legislation affecting the financial services industry as a whole, and/or S&T and its subsidiaries individually or collectively;

 

   

regulatory supervision and oversight, including required capital levels;

 

   

increasing price and product/service competition by competitors, including new entrants;

 

   

rapid technological developments and changes;

 

   

the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis;

 

   

the mix of products/services;

 

   

containing costs and expenses;

 

   

governmental and public policy changes, including environmental regulations;

 

   

reliance on large customers;

 

   

technological, implementation and cost/financial risks in large, multi-year contracts;

 

   

the outcome of pending and future litigation and governmental proceedings;

 

   

continued availability of financing;

 

   

financial resources in the amounts, at the times and on the terms required to support our future businesses;

 

   

changes in the local economy in western-Pennsylvania area;

 

   

managing our internal growth and acquisitions in general and the integration of the recent IBT acquisition in particular; and

 

   

general economic or business conditions, either nationally or regionally, may be less favorable than expected, resulting in among other things, a reduced demand for credit and other services.

These are representative of the Future Factors that could affect the outcome of the forward-looking statements. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, general economic conditions, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations, and other Future Factors.

 

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Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

ALCO monitors and manages interest-rate sensitivity through gap, rate shock analysis and simulations in order to avoid unacceptable earnings fluctuations due to interest rate changes. S&T’s gap model includes certain management assumptions based upon past experience and the expected behavior of customers. The assumptions include principal prepayments for fixed rate loans, mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, and classifying the demand, savings and money market balances by degree of interest-rate sensitivity.

The gap and cumulative gap represent the net position of assets and liabilities subject to repricing in specified time periods, as measured by a ratio of rate sensitive assets to rate sensitive liabilities. The table below shows the amount and timing of repricing assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2008.

 

(dollars in thousands)    Interest Rate Sensitivity
June 30, 2008

GAP

   1-6 Months     7-12 Months     13-24 Months     >2 Years

Repricing Assets:

        

Cash/Due From Banks

   $ —       $ —       $ —       $ 102,001

Securities

     47,897       43,562       90,861       257,778

Other Investments

     26,426       —         —         —  

Net Loans

     1,593,805       278,170       458,927       1,097,966

Other Assets

     —         —         —         356,176
                              

Total

     1,668,128       321,732       549,788       1,813,921

Repricing Liabilities:

        

Demand

     —         —         —         595,992

NOW

     27,025       27,025       54,051       108,102

Money Market

     212,286       —         —         —  

Savings

     716,675       25,799       51,597       103,195

Certificates

     682,218       227,902       142,692       140,001

Repos & Short-term Borrowings

     472,045       —         —         —  

Long-term Borrowings

     129,207       13,918       85,735       52,304

Other Liabilities/Equity

     —         —         —         485,800
                              

Total

     2,239,456       294,644       334,075       1,485,394
                              

Gap

     (571,328 )     27,088       215,713       328,527
                              

Cumulative GAP

   $ (571,328 )   $ (544,240 )   $ (328,527 )   $ —  

 

Rate Sensitive Assets/Rate Sensitive Liabilities

   June 30,
2008
   December 31,
2007

Cumulative 6 months

   0.74    0.78

Cumulative 12 months

   0.79    0.81

S&T’s one-year gap position at June 30, 2008 indicates a liability sensitive position. This means that more liabilities than assets will reprice during the measured time frames. The implications of a liability sensitive position will differ depending upon the change in market interest rates. For example, with a liability sensitive position in a declining interest rate environment, more liabilities than assets will decrease in rate. This situation could result in an increase to our interest rate spreads, net interest income and operating income. Conversely, with a liability sensitive position in a rising interest rate environment, more liabilities than assets will increase in rate. This situation could result in a decrease to our interest rate spreads, net interest income and operating income.

 

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In addition to the gap analysis, S&T performs rate shock analyses on a static balance sheet to estimate the effect that specific interest-rate changes would have on 12 months of pretax net interest income. The rate shock incorporates management assumptions regarding the level of interest rate changes on non-maturity deposit products (savings, money market and NOW and demand deposits) and changes in the prepayment behavior of fixed rate loans and securities with optionality. Inclusion of these assumptions makes rate shock analysis more useful than gap analysis alone. The table below shows the results of the rate shock analyses.

 

Change in Pretax net interest income

(dollars in millions)

   Immediate Change in Rates  
   +300 bps     -300 bps  

June 30, 2008

   $ (5.0 )   $ (4.7 )

December 31, 2007

   $ (4.4 )   $ (2.9 )

The results in the -300 basis point shock scenario are not consistent with a liability sensitive gap position, which would indicate an increase in net interest income. This is primarily due to: (1) rates on regular savings, NOW and money market accounts lagged when short-term rates increased and cannot be decreased to any great extent as rates go down; and (2) loan refinance activity will be considerable in a rate down interest rate scenario.

Comparing June 2008 to December 2007, the change in net interest income in the -300 basis point shock scenario is mainly due to a larger balance sheet related to the June 2008 acquisition of Irwin Bank. The percent change in net interest income (-2.76 percent versus -2.41 percent) was not significant. The decline in the percent change is a result of modeling a -300 basis point shock in a lower interest rate environment offset by an increase in long-term variable rate funding. Since December 2007 short-term rates have decreased by 225 basis points. With interest rates at this low level, variable rate loans, short duration time deposits, core deposits, and short-term variable rate borrowings are not repriced at the full -300 basis points in shock down scenarios. As a result these variable rate assets and funding sources hit floors quickly while fixed rate assets continue to reprice at the -300 basis point rate reduction.

Consistent with a liability sensitive gap position, the +300 rate shock results show pretax net interest income decreasing in an increasing interest rate environment. The change in net interest income in the +300 basis point shock scenario was also affected by a larger balance sheet from the acquisition of Irwin Bank. When comparing June 2008 to December 2007, the percent change in net interest income (-2.96 percent versus -3.62 percent) was not significant. The improvement in the percent change is due to the refinement of core deposit rate change sensitivity assumptions offset by an increase in long-term variable rate funding. Historical data indicates that as market rates increase, core deposit rates did not increase as much as previously assumed. Rate change sensitivity assumptions utilized in modeling core deposits in rate shock scenarios were refined to reflect historical experience.

 

Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2008. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2008, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in S&T’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the second quarter of 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, S&T’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Not Applicable

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Risk factors are presented in Item 1A of S&T’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the SEC on February 29, 2008. Management believes that there have been no material changes in S&T’s risk factors since December 31, 2007.

 

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

The following information describes the activity that has taken place during the first six months of 2008 with respect to S&T’s share repurchase plan:

 

Period

   Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
   Average Price
Paid per Share
   Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
part of Publicly
Announced
Plans
   Maximum
Number of
Shares that can
be Purchased
Under the
Plans

January 1, 2008 – January 31, 2008 (1)

   —      $ —      —     

February 1, 2008 – February 29, 2008

   —        —      —     

March 1, 2008 – March 31, 2008

   —        —      —     

April 1, 2008 – April 30, 2008

   —        —      —     

May 1, 2008 – May 31, 2008

   —        —      —     

June 1, 2008 – June 30, 2008

   —        —      —     
                     

Total

   —      $ —      —      1,000,000
                     

 

(1) On June 18, 2007, the S&T Board of Directors authorized and announced a new stock buyback program until June 30, 2008 for up to an additional one million shares. No shares were repurchased in 2008.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Not Applicable

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

S&T’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on April 21, 2008 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Of the 24,586,486 shares of common stock outstanding as of record date of February 28, 2008, 19,682,218 shares, or 80.1 percent of S&T’s common stock, were present or represented by proxy at the meeting, constituting a quorum. The results of the matters submitted to the shareholders were as follows.

1. Elect four directors to S&T’s board of directors, each to serve for a term of three years or until a successor has been elected and qualified:

 

Name

   Votes
For
   Votes
Withheld
   Broker
Non-Votes

Todd D. Brice

   18,335,387    1,346,829    N/A

William J. Gatti

   18,337,319    1,344,897    N/A

James V. Milano

   18,462,797    1,219,419    N/A

Charles A. Spadafora

   18,342,111    1,340,104    N/A

Continuing Directors whose terms expire in 2009:

John J. Delaney, Michael J. Donnelly, Frank W. Jones, Christine J. Olson and Alan Papernick

Continuing Directors whose terms expire in 2010:

Thomas A. Brice, James L. Carino, Jeffrey D. Grube, Joseph A. Kirk, David L. Krieger and James C. Miller

 

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OTHER INFORMATION - continued

 

Item 4 - continued

2. To amend the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of S&T to provide for the annual election of all directors.

 

Votes
For
  Votes
Against
  Votes
Abstaining
  Broker
Non-Votes
19,291,042   266,186   124,390   N/A

3. To ratify the selection of KPMG, LLP as an independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2008.

 

Votes
For
  Votes
Against
  Votes
Abstaining
  Broker
Non-Votes
19,564,092   69,458   48,066   N/A

 

Item 5. Other Information.

Not Applicable

 

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit 3.1

Articles of Amendment. Filed herewith.

Exhibit 3.2

Bylaws of S&T Bancorp, Inc. Filed herewith.

Exhibit 31.1

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Filed herewith.

Exhibit 31.2

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Filed herewith.

Exhibit 32

Certification for Todd D. Brice, Chief Executive Officer, and Robert E. Rout, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    S&T Bancorp, Inc.
    (Registrant)
Date: August 7, 2008    

/s/ Wendy S. Bell

    Wendy S. Bell
    Chief Accounting Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

Articles of Amendment

S&T Bancorp Inc.’s Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended by deleting paragraph 9 and substituting in its place the following paragraph:

9. Classification of Directors :

All directors elected prior to or at the Corporation’s 2008 Annual Meeting were elected for three year terms, expiring at the third annual meeting following their election. All directors elected at or after the Corporation’s 2009 Annual Meeting shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders following their election. Unless they are elected to fill vacancies, the directors shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders after their election and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

Exhibit 3.2

INDEX

TO BY-LAWS OF

S&T BANCORP, INC.

 

              Page

ARTICLE I - MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

  
  Section 101.    Place of Meetings    1
  Section 102.    Annual Meetings    1
  Section 103.    Special Meetings    1
  Section 104.    Conduct of Shareholders’ Meetings    2

ARTICLE II - DIRECTORS AND BOARD MEETINGS

  
  Section 201.    Management by Board of Directors    2
  Section 202.    Nomination for Directors    2
  Section 203.    Directors Must be Shareholders    2
  Section 204.    Eligibility and Mandatory Retirement    3
  Section 205.    Number of Directors    3
  Section 206.    Classification of Directors    3
  Section 207.    Vacancies    4
  Section 208.    Resignations    4
  Section 209.    Compensation of Directors    4
  Section 210.    Regular Meetings    4
  Section 211.    Special Meetings    4
  Section 212.    Chairman of the Board    5
  Section 213.    Vice Chairman of the Board    5
  Section 214.    Reports and Records    5

ARTICLE III - COMMITTEES

  
  Section 301.    Committees    5
  Section 302.    Executive Committee    5
  Section 303.    Audit Committee    5
  Section 304.    Appointment of Committee Members    6
  Section 305.    Organization and Proceedings    6

ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS

  
  Section 401.    Officers    6
  Section 402.    President    7
  Section 403.    Vice Presidents    7
  Section 404.    Secretary    7
  Section 405.    Treasurer    8
  Section 406.    Assistant Officers    8
  Section 407.    General Powers    8

 

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Index to S&T Bancorp, Inc. By-Laws (continued)

 

ARTICLE V - INDEMNIFICATION   
  Section 501.    Indemnification    8

ARTICLE VI - SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK

  
  Section 601.    Authority to Sign Share Certificates    11
  Section 602.    Lost or Destroyed Certificates    11

ARTICLE VII - GENERAL

  
  Section 701.    Fiscal Year    11
  Section 702.    Record Date    11
  Section 703.    Absentee Participation in Meetings    12
  Section 704.    Emergency By-Laws    12
  Section 705.    Severability    12

ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENT OR REPEAL

  
  Section 801.    Amendment or Repeal by the Board of Directors    12

ARTICLE IX - PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW AMENDMENT

  
  Section 901.    Applicability of Certain Provisions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law    13

 

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BYLAWS

OF

S&T BANCORP, INC.

These By-Laws are supplemental to the Pennsylvania Banking Code and other applicable provisions of law, as the same shall from time to time be in effect.

ARTICLE I. MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS.

Section 101. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such place or places, within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) from time to time.

A written or printed notice of every such meeting shall be mailed, charges prepaid, at least ten days before the date of the meeting, (a) in the case of an individual, to his last known residence or place of business, (b) in the case of an unincorporated association, or a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to its principal office, and (c) in the case of a corporation incorporated under the laws of some other state, to its registered office in Pennsylvania, or if there is no registered office in Pennsylvania, to its home office in the State of its incorporation or in any other State.

Section 102. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on such day, at such hour, and at such place, consistent with applicable laws, as the Board shall from time to time designate or as may be designated at any notice from the Secretary calling the meeting. Any business which is a proper subject for shareholder action may be transacted at the annual meeting, irrespective of whether the notice of said meeting contains any reference thereto, except as otherwise provided by applicable law.

Section 103. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the President or by the shareholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth (1/5) of the vote which all shareholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. A written or printed notice for every special meeting, specifying the purpose and time and place thereof, shall be mailed by the Secretary to the shareholders of record, in the manner provided in Section 101 of this Article, at least ten (10) days before the date of such meeting.

 

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Section 104. Conduct of Shareholders’ Meeting. The Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President, or such other appropriate officer, shall preside at all shareholders’ meetings. The Officer presiding over the shareholders’ meeting may establish such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting as he/she may deem to be reasonably necessary or desirable for the orderly and expeditious conduct of the meeting. Unless the Officer presiding over the shareholders’ meeting otherwise requires, shareholders need not vote by ballot on any question.

ARTICLE II. DIRECTORS AND BOARD MEETINGS.

Section 201. Management by Board of Directors. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute, regulations, the Article of Incorporation or these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

Section 202. Nomination for Directors. Nominations for election to the Board of Directors may be made by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or by any holder or holders of any outstanding class of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors. Nominations for directors to be elected at an annual meeting of shareholders, other than those made by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, must be submitted to the Secretary of the Corporation in writing not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day, nor later than the close of business on the 60th day, immediately preceding the date of the meeting. Such notification shall contain the following information: (a) name and address of each proposed nominee; (b) the principal occupation of each proposed nominee; (c) the total number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are registered in the name of each proposed nominee; (d) the name and residence address of the notifying shareholder; (e) the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned by the notifying shareholder and (f) such other information regarding the proposed nominee as would be required to be included in a proxy statement under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor provision or statue), if proxies were solicited in connection with such proposed nominee’s election. Nominations not made in accordance herewith may, in his or her discretion, be disregarded by the Presiding Officer of the meeting, and upon his or her instruction, the vote tellers may disregard all votes cast for each such nominee.

Section 203. Directors Must be Shareholders. Every Director must be a shareholder of the Corporation and shall own in his/her own right the number of shares (if any) required by law in order to

 

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qualify as such Director. Any Director shall forthwith cease to be a Director when he/she no longer holds such shares, which fact shall be reported to the Board of Directors by the Secretary, whereupon the Board of Directors shall declare the seat of such Director vacated.

Section 204. Eligibility and Mandatory Retirement. Commencing with the annual meeting of the shareholders in 2003, no person shall be eligible to be newly elected or appointed as a Director after he/she shall have attained the age of seventy-five years on or prior to the date of his/her election. Any Director of this corporation who attains the age of seventy-five years shall be retired as of the next Annual Meeting following the attainment of age seventy-five without any action on his/her part. Upon retirement from the Board of Directors due to age, as described above, said Director may be appointed by the active Board as a Director Emeritus.

Section 205. Number of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than twelve (12) nor more than twenty-five (25) persons, the exact number to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full Board of Directors. Notwithstanding anything contained in these By-Laws or in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation to the contrary, either (i) the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds (66 2/3) percent of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors voting together as a single class, or (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the full Board of Directors shall be required to alter, amend, adopt any provision inconsistent with or repeal this Section 205.

Section 206. Classification of Directors. All directors elected prior to or at the Corporation’s 2008 Annual Meeting were elected for three-year terms, expiring at the third annual meeting following their election. All directors elected at or after the Corporation’s 2009 Annual Meeting shall be elected at each annual meeting of shareholders for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders following their election. Each Director shall serve until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, even though his or her term of office has herein provided has otherwise expired, except in the event of his or her earlier death, resignation, removal or disqualification from office. The affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds (66 2/3) percent of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class shall be required to alter, amend, adopt any provision inconsistent with or repeal this Section 206.

 

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Section 207. Vacancies. If a vacancy occurs on the Board, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors, the Board may fill the vacancy, or, if the Directors in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the Directors in office. The shareholders may fill a vacancy only if there are no Directors in office. A Director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve only until the next election of Directors by the shareholders.

Section 208. Resignation. Any Director may resign at any time. Such resignations shall be in writing, but the acceptance thereof shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 209. Compensation of Directors. No Director shall be entitled to any salary as such; but the Board of Directors may fix, from time to time, a reasonable annual fee for acting as a Director and a reasonable fee to be paid each Director for his/her services in attending meetings of the Board and meetings of committees appointed by the Board. The Corporation may reimburse Directors for expenses related to their duties as a member of the Board.

Section 210. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a majority of the directors may from time to time designate, or as may be designated in the notice calling the meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet for reorganization at the first regular meeting following the annual meeting of shareholders at which the Directors are elected. Subsequent regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at a time and place designated by the Board of Directors. At least two day’s notice of regular meetings shall be given.

A majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at the time fixed for the meeting, including the meeting to organize the new Board following the annual meeting of shareholders, a quorum is not present, the Directors in attendance may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained.

Except as otherwise provided herein, a majority of those Directors present and voting at any meeting of the Board of Directors, shall decide each matter considered. A director cannot vote by proxy, or otherwise act by proxy at a meeting of the Board of Directors.

Section 211. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or at the request of three (3) or more members of the Board of Directors. A special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be any meeting other than the regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Written or printed notice of the time and place of every special meeting, which need not

 

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specify the business to be transacted there at shall be given by the Secretary to each member of the Board at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of such meeting excepting the Organizational Meeting following the election of Directors.

Section 212. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President, or such other appropriate officer, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 213. Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may elect one (1) or more Vice Chairmen of the Board as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem advisable. The Vice Chairmen of the Board shall have such duties as are prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 214. Reports and Records. The reports of Officers and Committees and the records of the proceedings of all Committees shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and presented to the Board of Directors, if practical, at its next regular meeting. The Board of Directors shall keep complete records of its proceedings in a minute book kept for that purpose. When a Director shall request it, the vote of each Director upon a particular question shall be recorded in the minutes.

ARTICLE III. COMMITTEES

Section 301. Committees. The following two (2) Committees of the Board of Directors shall be established by the Board of Directors in addition to any other Committee the Board of Directors may in its discretion establish: Executive, Audit Committee.

Section 302. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall consist of the President and any three (3) or more Directors. A majority of the members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum, and actions of a majority of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be actions of the Committee. Meetings of the Committee may be called at any time by the Chairman, President or Secretary of the Committee, and shall be called whenever two (2) or more members of the Committee so request in writing. The Executive Committee shall have and exercise the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation so far as may be permitted by applicable law and except as specifically limited by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 301 or by specific resolution. All acts done and powers conferred by the Executive Committee shall be deemed to be, and may be certified as being, done or conferred under authority of the Board of Directors.

Section 303. Audit Committee. The Audit Committee shall consist of at least three (3) Directors, none of whom shall be Officers of the Corporation. Meetings of the Committee may be called

 

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at any time by the Chairman or Secretary of the Committee, and shall be called whenever two (2) or more members of the Committee so request in writing. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and actions of a majority of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be actions of the Committee. The duties and responsibilities of the Audit Committee shall be those imposed on the Audit Committee by applicable law, rule or regulation and such other duties and responsibilities as determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 304. Appointment of Committee Members. The Board of Directors shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the members of the Executive and Audit Committees and the Chairman of such Committee, to serve for the ensuing year. The Board of Directors may appoint, from time to time, other committees, for such purposes and with such powers as the Board may determine.

Section 305. Organization and Proceedings. Each Committee of the Board of Directors shall effect its own organization by the appointment of a Secretary and such other Officers, except Chairman and Vice Chairman, as it may deem necessary. A record of proceedings of all Committees shall be kept by the Secretary of such Committee and filed and presented as provided in Section 214 of these By-Laws.

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

Section 401. Officers. The Officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman, one (1) or more Vice Chairmen, a President, one (1) or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other Officers and Assistant Officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem advisable. Except for the President, Secretary, and Treasurer, the Board may refrain from filling any of the said offices at any time and from time to time. The same individual may hold any two (2) or more offices except both the offices of President and Treasurer. The following Officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the time, in the manner and for such terms as the Board of Directors from time to time shall determine: President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Administrative Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The President may, subject to the change by the Board of Directors, appoint such Officers and Assistant Officers as he/she may deem advisable provided such Officers or Assistant Officers have a title not higher than Vice President, who shall hold office for such periods as the President shall determine. Any Officer may be removed at any time, with our without cause, and regardless of the term for which such Officers was elected, but without prejudice to any contract right of

 

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such Officer. Each Officer shall hold his office for the current year for which he was elected or appointed by the Board unless he shall resign, becomes disqualified, or be removed at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

Section 402. President. The President shall have general supervision of all the departments and business of the Corporation and shall prescribe the duties of the other Officers and Employees and see to the proper performance thereof. The President shall be responsible for having all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors carried into effect. The President shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix or cause to be affixed a seal to all authorized documents and instruments requiring such execution, except to the extent that signing and execution thereof shall have been delegated to some other Officer or Agent of the Corporation by the Board of Directors or by the President. The President shall be a member of the Board of Directors. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board or his/her refusal to act, a Vice Chairman, the President or other appropriate officer shall preside at meetings of the Board. In general, the President shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authorities incident to such officer or as prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 403. Vice President. The Vice Presidents shall perform such duties, do such acts and be subject to such supervision as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President. In the event of the absence or disability of the President or his/her refusal to act, the Vice Presidents, in the order of their rank, and within the same rank in the order of their authority, shall perform the duties and have the powers and authorities of the President, except to the extent inconsistent with applicable law.

Section 404. Secretary. The Secretary shall act under the supervision of the President or such other Officers as the President may designate. Unless a designation to the contrary is made at a meeting, the Secretary shall attend all meetings of Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all proceedings of such meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing Committees when required by these By-Laws or otherwise. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of shareholders and of the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall keep a seal of the Corporation, and, when authorized by the Board of Directors or the President, cause it to be affixed to any documents and instruments requiring it. The Secretary shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, President, or such other Supervising Officer as the President may designate.

 

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Section 405. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall act under the supervision of the President or such other Officer as the President may designate. The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation’s funds and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, President or such other Supervising Officer as the President may designate.

Section 406. Assistant Officer. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, each assistant officer shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the President or the Officer to whom he/she is an Assistant. In the event of the absence or disability of an Officer or his/her refusal to act, his/her Assistant Officer shall, in the order of their rank, and within the same rank in the order of their seniority, have the powers and authorities of such Officer.

Section 407. General Powers. The Officers are authorized to do and perform such corporate acts as are necessary in the carrying on of the business of the Corporation, subject always to the direction of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V. INDEMNIFICATION

Section 501. Indemnification. (1) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or that he or she, being at the time a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, for profit or not-for-profit, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (collectively, “Another Enterprise” or “Other Enterprise”), whether in either case the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action or inaction in an official capacity as a director, or officer of the Corporation, or as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of such Other Enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the same exist or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), against all expense, liability and loss (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith if such person acted in good faith and in a

 

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manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The persons indemnified by paragraph (1) of this Section 501 are hereinafter referred to as “Indemnitees.” Such indemnification as to such alleged action or inaction shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has after such alleged action or inaction ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation, and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section 501: (a) shall be a contract right; (b) shall not be affected adversely as to any Indemnitee by an amendment of these By-laws with respect to any action or inaction occurring prior to such amendment; and (c) shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation, the expenses incurred in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “Advancement of Expenses”), provided, however, that, if and to the extent the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania require, an Advancement of Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “Undertaking”), by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “Final Adjudication”) that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expense under this Section 501 or otherwise; it being understood that the Corporation shall not be entitled to refuse to make any Advancement of Expenses to an Indemnitee required by this Section 501 prior to a Final Adjudication that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 501 or otherwise.

(2) If a claim under paragraph (1) of this Section 501 is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after it has been received in writing by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an Advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expenses of prosecuting such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right of indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an Advancement of Expenses) it shall be a defense that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable

 

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standard of conduct for indemnification set forth in Section 501(1). In any suit by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses only upon a Final Adjudication that, the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct for indemnification set forth in Section 501(1). Neither the failure of the Corporation (including the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct for indemnification set forth in Section 501(1), nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an Advancement of Expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an Undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to have or retain such Advancement of Expenses, under this Section 501 or otherwise, shall be on the Corporation.

(3) The rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in this Section 501 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these By-Laws, an agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise.

(4) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of the Corporation or Another Enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(5) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and to the Advancement of Expenses, to any employee or agent of the Corporation (or any person serving at the Corporation’s request as a director, trustee, officer,

 

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employee or agent of Another Enterprise) or to a person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of any of the Corporation’s affiliates, predecessor or subsidiary corporations or of a constituent corporation absorbed by the Corporation in a consolidation or merger or who is or was serving at the request of such affiliate, predecessor or subsidiary corporation or of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of Another Enterprise, in each case as determined by the Board of Directors to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 501 in cases of the indemnification and Advancement of Expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation, or to any lesser extent (or greater, if permitted by law) determined by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI. SHARES OF STOCK.

Section 601. Authority to Sign Share Certificates. Every share certificate of the Corporation shall be signed by the President and Treasurer or one of the Assistant Treasurers. Certificates may be signed by a facsimile signature of the President and Treasurer or one of the Assistant Treasurers of the Corporation.

Section 602. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a share certificate to be lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken shall receive a replacement certificate if such person shall have: (a) requested such replacement certificate before the Corporation has notice that the shares have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser; (b) provided the Corporation with an indemnity agreement satisfactory in form and substance to the Board of Directors, or the President or the Secretary; and (c) satisfied any other reasonable requirements (including providing an affidavit and a surety bond) fixed by the Board of Directors, or the President or the Secretary.

ARTICLE VII. GENERAL

Section 701. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first (1st) day of January in each year and end on the thirty-first (31st) day of December in each year.

Section 702. Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix any time whatsoever (whether or not the same is more than fifty (50) days) prior to the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date for the payment of any dividend or distribution, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares will be made or will go into effect, as a record date for the

 

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determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any such meetings, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend or distribution, or to exercise the rights in respect to any such change, conversion or exchange of shares.

Section 703. Absentee Participation in Meetings. One (1) or more Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or of a Committee of the Board, by means of a conference telephone or similar communication equipment, by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.

Section 704. Emergency By-Laws. In the event of any emergency resulting from a nuclear attack or similar disaster, and during the continuance of such emergency, the following Bylaw provisions shall be in effect, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Bylaws:

(a) A meeting of the Board of Directors or any of any Committee thereof may be called by any Officer or Director upon one (1) hour’s notice to all persons entitled to notice whom, in the sole judgment of the notifier, it is feasible to notify;

(b) The Director or Directors in attendance at the meeting of the Board of Directors or of any Committee thereof shall constitute a quorum; and

(c) These Bylaws may be amended or repealed, in whole or in part, by a majority vote of the Directors attending any meeting of the Board of Directors, provided such amendment or repeal shall only be effective for the duration of such emergency.

Section 705. Severability. If any provision of these By-Laws is illegal or unenforceable as such, such illegality or unenforceability shall not effect any other provision of these By-Laws and such other provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

ARTICLE VIII. AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.

Section 801. Amendment or Repeal by the Board of Directors. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed, in whole or in part, by a majority vote of members of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board duly governed. Notice need not be given of the purpose of the meeting of the Board of Directors at which the amendment is to be considered.

 

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ARTICLE IX. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW

Section 901. 1990 Anti-takeover Amendments. Subchapters G (relating to Control Share Acquisitions), H (relating to Disgorgement by Certain Controlling Shareholders Following Attempts to Acquire Control), I (relating to Severance Compensation for Employees Terminated Following Certain Control-Share Acquisitions), and J (relating to the status of Labor Contracts following certain Business Combination Transactions) of Chapter 25 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988 (the “BCL”) shall not be applicable to the Corporation.

Section 511(d), (e), and (f), and Sections 1721(e), (f) and (g) of the BCL shall not be applicable to the Corporation. The Corporation shall be governed by Sections 1721(c) and (d) of the BCL. In adopting this paragraph of this Section 901, while intending thereby to indicate the importance of all of the shareholders’ interest the Board of Directors does not intend to limit its ability to oppose a tender offer, or limit its discretion when considering whether to oppose a tender offer, in accordance with Section 8(A) of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or otherwise; nor does it intend to limit the factors and interests which it, committees of the Board, and individual directors may consider in considering the best interests of the Corporation, either as provided in Section 8(A) of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or otherwise; nor does it intend to impose limits upon the ability of the Board, committees of the Board and individual directors in considering the best interests of the Corporation or the effects of any action, to consider and to balance and weigh such factors and interests to the extent they deem appropriate, either as provided in Section 8(A) of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or otherwise; nor does it intend to limit the discretion of the Board, committees of the Board, or individual directors in exercising the powers vested in the Corporation, including, but not limited to, their ability to take the actions described in Section 8(B) of the Corporations Articles of Incorporation.

 

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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Todd D. Brice, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of S&T Bancorp, Inc.;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter, the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 7, 2008

 

/s/ Todd D. Brice

Todd D. Brice, Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Robert E. Rout, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of S&T Bancorp, Inc.;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter, the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 7, 2008

 

/s/ Robert E. Rout

Robert E. Rout, Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT SECTION 906

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, in connection with the S&T Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Todd D. Brice, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and I, Robert E. Rout, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge, that:

 

  1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the dates and period covered by the report.

This certificate is being made for the exclusive purpose of compliance by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company with the requirements of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and may not be disclosed, distributed or used by any person or for any reason other than as specifically required by law.

Date: August 7, 2008

 

/s/ Todd D. Brice

   

/s/ Robert E. Rout

Todd D. Brice, Chief Executive Officer     Robert E. Rout, Chief Financial Officer