Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results (Unaudited)

• Press Release
• Source: Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.
• On 6:00 am EDT, Wednesday October 21, 2009

COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPBI - News; the "Company"), the holding company of Pacific Premier Bank (the "Bank"), recorded a net loss for the third quarter of 2009 of $7,000 or less than $0.01 per share on a diluted basis, compared with net income of $1.0 million or $0.16 per share on a diluted basis for the third quarter of 2008.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2009, the Company's pre-tax income/loss decreased by $1.7 million, compared with the same period in the prior year, primarily due to:

• A $1.3 million increase in provision for loan losses;
• A $0.4 million decline in noninterest income, primarily due to an other-than-temporary impairment charge taken on private label securities in the current period; and
• A $0.2 million increase in noninterest expense, primarily associated with higher costs related to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insurance premiums and net operations of other real estate owned, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits expense.

These unfavorable items were partially offset by an increase in net interest income of $0.2 million.

For the first nine months of 2009, the Company's net loss totaled $0.2 million or $0.04 per share on a diluted basis, compared with net income of $0.6 million or $0.10 per share on a diluted basis in the comparable prior period.

At September 30, 2009, the Company's basic book value per share was $11.66, diluted book value per share was $9.86 and the ratio of tangible common equity to total assets was 6.88%.

Steven R. Gardner, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We have conservatively managed the Company over the past several years which has put us in a position to take advantage of opportunities presenting themselves in the current environment. We believe the economic dislocations in our markets have created exceptional opportunities which allow our banking professionals to attract new business customers and further build the Bank's franchise. Our deposits grew at an annualized rate of 42% in the third quarter of 2009, while the average deposit rate fell 41 basis points from 2.56% at June 30, 2009 to 2.15% at September 30, 2009. The excess cash we are carrying at the end of the current quarter will be utilized to pay down a substantial amount of fixed rate Federal Home Loan Bank advances that mature in the fourth quarter and carry a weighted average rate of 4.94%, thus further benefiting our net interest margin."

Mr. Gardner continued, "The commercial real estate market throughout the nation, and California in particular, is being negatively affected by the economy. A large percentage of the Company's loan portfolio is comprised of loans secured by investor owned multifamily and commercial real estate, such as, apartment, office, warehouse and retail buildings. We mitigate the risk in our portfolio through our conservative credit culture, sound underwriting practices and avoidance of the riskiest segments of the market. Consequently, over the past several years we rarely made construction, bridge, or repositioning loans. Consistent with our credit practices, these portfolios reflected relatively strong ongoing performance of their collateral properties with an average current debt service coverage ratio for our multifamily portfolio of 1.20 and for our investor owned commercial real estate portfolio of 1.42. We believe that our efforts to manage the risks inherent in our multifamily and commercial real estate portfolios will help mitigate the impact of the anticipated stress on our portfolios resulting from the current recessionary conditions."

Mr. Gardner concluded, "Although the economic environment has impacted our asset quality, overall the loan portfolio continues to perform relatively well under the current circumstances. At September 30, 2009, our loans delinquent 30 days or more were comprised of 22 loans aggregating $7.9 million or 1.4% of total loans. We remain in a strong capital position with the Bank's ratios for Tier 1 leverage capital of 8.03% and total risk-based capital of 11.99% at quarter end, both of which exceed the levels required to be considered well capitalized for regulatory purposes."

Net Interest Income

Net interest income totaled $5.8 million in the third quarter of 2009, up $0.2 million or 3.7% from the same period in the prior year, reflecting an 11.2% increase in average interest-earning assets to $771.4 million, partially offset by a decline in the net interest margin. The net interest margin was 2.98% in the current quarter, down 22 basis points from the same period in the prior year and down 32 basis points from the second quarter of 2009. The decline in the current quarter from a year ago primarily reflected the average yield on interest-earning assets decreasing more rapidly than the average costs on our interest-bearing liabilities. Decreasing market interest rates associated with the economic downturn affected the repricing on our adjustable rate loan portfolio whereby yields on average loans decreased 29 basis points. The decrease in our loan yield was mitigated by the interest rate floors we have on our loans. At September 30, 2009, 88.7% of our loan portfolio had adjustable rates of which 90.4% of those loans were at their interest rate floor. Decreasing market interest rates also lowered the yield on our short-term investments, which contributed to the decrease in yield on our investment securities of 163 basis points. During the current quarter, we began to restructure the securities portfolio to reduce the credit risk exposure by selling some of the higher credit risk private label securities and replacing them with lower yielding, lower credit risk government sponsored enterprises ("GSE") securities. These GSE securities also enhance our regulatory capital as they have a lower asset risk weighting than the private label securities.

For the first nine months of 2009, net interest income totaled $17.0 million, up $1.3 million or 8.5% from the same period in the prior year. The increase was associated with higher interest-earning assets which grew by $30.1 million and an increase in the net interest margin of 12 basis points.

Provision for Loan Losses

During the current quarter, the provision for loan losses totaled $2.0 million, up $1.3 million from the same period in the prior year. The increase in provision was primarily due to two factors. First, we replenished the allowance for increases in loan charge-offs of $1.0 million, primarily associated with two industrial loans. Second, we raised the reserve factors applied to various segments of the Company's loan portfolio. The increased reserve factors were in response to deteriorating economic conditions and constraints on the financial markets in which we lend. These conditions adversely affected our borrowers, their businesses and the collateral securing our loans. The higher factors accounted for approximately 50% of the current quarter's provision for loan losses.

For the first nine months of 2009, the provision for loan losses totaled $5.5 million and net loan charge-offs were $3.3 million. This compares with a $1.7 million provision for loan losses and net charge-offs of $0.4 million for the same period a year ago.

Noninterest income

Noninterest income totaled $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2009, down $0.4 million or 60.4% from the same period in the prior year. The primary contributor to the decline between quarters was due to an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $0.4 million on private label securities recorded in the current quarter within our net gain (loss) from sale of investment securities category. As previously disclosed, these securities were received by the Company when it redeemed its shares in a defunct AMF mutual fund in the second quarter of 2008.

For the first nine months of 2009, noninterest income totaled $0.6 million, compared with a loss of $1.4 million from the same period a year ago. The loss in 2008 was primarily due to the Company's redemption of the aforementioned AMF mutual fund investment for a loss of $3.6 million, partially offset by higher loan servicing fee income related to prepayment fees.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense totaled $4.1 million in the current quarter, up $0.2 million or 4.3% from the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily associated with higher costs related to FDIC insurance premiums of $0.2 million and net operations of other real estate owned of $0.2 million, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits expense of $0.3 million. FDIC insurance premiums increased due to a raise in the regular quarterly assessment from 7.5 basis points in the third quarter of 2008 to 18.0 basis points for the third quarter of 2009 and the growth in the Company's deposits of 43.7% from the end of September 2008. Higher costs related to net operations of other real estate owned were due to an increase in write downs and, to a lesser extent, an increase in the number of foreclosed properties. The decrease in compensation and benefits expense for the quarter was primarily attributable to a reduction in the annual incentive compensation accrual.

For the first nine months of 2009, noninterest expense totaled $12.6 million, up $0.7 million or 5.9% from the same period in the prior year. The increase was due to higher FDIC insurance premiums of $0.9 million along with higher expenses in all the other expense categories, except for compensation and benefits expense which decreased $0.8 million.

Assets and Liabilities

At September 30, 2009, assets totaled $847.9 million, up $107.9 million or 14.6% from December 31, 2008. During the current quarter, assets increased $59.4 million primarily due to increases in cash and cash equivalents of $56.4 million and investment securities available for sale of $19.9 million, partially offset by a decrease in loans held for investment, net of $18.9 million.

Cash and cash equivalents increased in the current quarter to $115.7 million at September 30, 2009. The increase was primarily due to growth in business and consumer deposits as discussed further below. Management expects to utilize the cash, in part, to pay down $75 million of the Company's fixed rate Federal Home Loan Bank term advances that mature in the fourth quarter of 2009 and carry a weighted average rate of 4.94%.

Investment securities available for sale increased 24.3% during the current quarter to $101.7 million at September 30, 2009. The increase was primarily due to net purchases funded by increased deposits and, to a lesser extent, a reduction in loans held for investment. At September 30, 2009, 49 of the private label mortgage backed securities ("MBS") totaling $6.2 million with a market value of $4.1 million were classified as substandard assets with all the interest received on these securities being applied to their principal balances. All of these private label MBS were acquired when the Company redeemed its shares in the AMF mutual funds in second quarter of 2008.

Net loans, including loans held for sale, decreased $19.6 million in the current quarter to $576.5 million as of September 30, 2009. Included in the current quarter were loan originations totaling $2.4 million. The Company's allowance for loan losses increased $0.9 million to $8.1 million at September 30, 2009, from $7.2 million at June 30, 2009. The increase was primarily from the provision for loan losses of $2.0 million, offset by net loan charge-offs of $1.1 million, which were down from the $1.6 million recorded in the quarter ended June 30, 2009. The allowance for loan losses as a percent of nonaccrual loans increased to 83% at September 30, 2009 from 58% at June 30, 2009. Likewise, the ratio for allowance for loan losses to total loans increased to 1.4% at September 30, 2009, up from 1.2% at June 30, 2009.

Deposits totaled $606.4 million at September 30, 2009, up $149.3 million or 32.7% from December 31, 2008. During the current quarter, deposits increased $57.3 million due to growth in transaction accounts of $38.3 million and in retail certificates of deposit of $21.2 million. During the current quarter, within certificates of deposit, we experienced a contraction of $65.0 million in our less than one year products, while our greater than one year products grew $88.9 million as we strategically sought to lengthen liabilities in the current low interest rate environment. At September 30, 2009, the Company had a minimal amount of wholesale deposits and no brokered deposits. At September 30, 2009, the loan to deposit ratio was 96.4%, compared to 137.5% at December 31, 2008.

At September 30, 2009, total borrowings of the Company amounted to $176.8 million, down $43.4 million or 19.7% from December 31, 2008, but unchanged from the quarter ended June 30, 2009.

Nonperforming Assets

At September 30, 2009, nonperforming assets totaled $13.4 million, essentially unchanged from the quarter ended June 30, 2009. During the current quarter, two commercial real estate loans totaling $1.2 million were placed on nonaccrual status, which was partially offset by loan charge-offs of $1.1 million and an other real estate owned charge-off of $0.1 million. Other real estate owned increased $2.6 million during the current quarter, primarily due to the foreclosure of one land loan of $2.1 million which is currently in escrow, and one investor-owned commercial real estate property of $0.6 million. Changes in our nonperforming assets continue to reflect the on-going weakness in the economy where we lend. The composition of nonperforming assets at September 30, 2009 consisted of $9.8 million of nonaccrual loans and $3.6 million of other real estate owned.

Regulatory Capital Ratios

At September 30, 2009, the Bank exceeded all regulatory capital requirements with a ratio for tier 1 leverage capital of 8.03%, tier 1 risked-based capital of 10.74% and total risk-based capital of 11.99%. These capital ratios exceed the "well capitalized" standards defined by the federal banking regulators of 5.00% for tier 1 leverage capital, 6.00% for tier 1 risked-based capital and 10.00%, for total risk-based capital. At September 30, 2009, the Company had a ratio for tier 1 leverage capital of 8.08%, tier 1 risked-based capital of 10.71% and total risk-based capital of 11.96%.

The Company owns all of the capital stock of the Bank. The Bank provides business and consumer banking products to its customers through our six full-service depository branches in Southern California located in the cities of San Bernardino, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach.

FORWARD-LOOKING COMMENTS

The statements contained herein that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements based on management's current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. Such statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the control of the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be the same as those anticipated by management. The Company cautions readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operations; the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; inflation, interest rate, market and monetary fluctuations; the timely development of competitive new products and services and the acceptance of these products and services by new and existing customers; the willingness of users to substitute competitors' products and services for the Company's products and services; the impact of changes in financial services policies, laws and regulations; technological changes; the effect of acquisitions that the Company may make, if any, including, without limitation, the failure to achieve the expected revenue growth and/or expense savings from such acquisitions; changes in the level of the Company's nonperforming assets and charge-offs; oversupply of inventory and continued deterioration in values of California real estate, both residential and commercial; the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted from time-to-time by bank regulatory agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting standards setters; possible other-than-temporary impairments of securities held by us; the impact of current governmental efforts to restructure the U.S. financial regulatory system; changes in consumer spending, borrowing and savings habits; the effects of the Company's lack of a diversified loan portfolio, including the risks of geographic and industry concentrations; ability to attract deposits and other sources of liquidity; changes in the financial performance and/or condition of our borrowers; changes in the competitive environment among financial and bank holding companies and other financial service providers; unanticipated regulatory or judicial proceedings; and the Company's ability to manage the risks involved in the foregoing.

Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements are discussed in the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. filed with the SEC and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).

The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update any factors or to publicly announce the result of revisions to any of the forward-looking statements included herein to reflect future events or developments.

    Contact:

    Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    Steven R.  Gardner
    President/CEO
    714.431.4000

    Kent J. Smith
    Senior Vice President/CFO
    714.431.4000

                     PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                       (dollars in thousands, except share data)

                                                  September 30,   December 31,
    ASSETS                                            2009           2008
                                                   (Unaudited)     (Audited)
    Cash and due from banks                         $115,662        $8,181
    Federal funds sold                                    30         1,526
      Cash and cash equivalents                      115,692         9,707
    Investment securities available for sale         101,686        56,606
    FHLB stock/Federal Reserve stock, at cost         14,330        14,330
    Loans held for sale, net                               -           668
    Loans held for investment, net of allowance for
     loan losses of $8,107 (2009) and $5,881 (2008)  576,507       622,470
    Accrued interest receivable                        3,346         3,627
    Other real estate owned                            3,644            37
    Premises and equipment                             8,928         9,588
    Deferred income taxes                             10,981        10,504
    Bank owned life insurance                         11,792        11,395
    Other assets                                         959         1,024
      TOTAL ASSETS                                  $847,865      $739,956

    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    LIABILITIES:
      Deposit accounts:
        Noninterest bearing                          $33,098       $29,435
        Interest bearing:
          Transaction accounts                       128,493        58,861
          Retail certificates of deposit             438,545       341,741
          Wholesale/brokered certificates of deposit   6,246        27,091
            Total deposits                           606,382       457,128
        FHLB advances and other borrowings           166,500       209,900
        Subordinated debentures                       10,310        10,310
        Accrued expenses and other liabilities         6,357         5,070
          TOTAL LIABILITIES                          789,549       682,408

    STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
      Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 1,000,000
       shares authorized; no shares outstanding            -             -
      Common stock, $.01 par value; 15,000,000 shares
       authorized; 5,003,451 (2009) and 4,903,451
       (2008) shares issued and outstanding               49            48
      Additional paid-in capital                      64,648        64,680
      Accumulated deficit                             (4,487)       (4,304)
      Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of
       tax of $1,324 (2009) and $2,011 (2008)         (1,894)       (2,876)
        TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                    58,316        57,548

        TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY  $847,865      $739,956



                    PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                        CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
               UNAUDITED (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

                                   Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended
                                  Sept. 30,  Sept. 30,  Sept. 30,  Sept. 30,
    INTEREST INCOME                 2009        2008       2009       2008
      Loans                        $9,612     $10,444    $29,832    $31,633
      Investment securities
       and other
       interest-earning assets      1,145       1,126      3,172      3,413
        Total interest income      10,757      11,570     33,004     35,046

    INTEREST EXPENSE
      Interest-bearing deposits:
        Interest on transaction
         accounts                     378         352        943      1,168
        Interest on certificates
         of deposit                 2,667       3,008      9,150      9,676
          Total interest-bearing
           deposits                 3,045       3,360     10,093     10,844
      FHLB advances and other
       borrowings                   1,870       2,517      5,602      8,046
      Subordinated debentures          89         143        290        463
        Total interest expense      5,004       6,020     15,985     19,353
    NET INTEREST INCOME BEFORE
     PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES      5,753       5,550     17,019     15,693
    PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES       2,001         664      5,535      1,683
    NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER
     PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES      3,752       4,886     11,484     14,010

    NONINTEREST INCOME
      Loan servicing fees             117         231        402        833
      Bank and other fees             215         155        638        424
      Net gain from sales
       of loans                         7           -          7         92
      Net (loss) gain from sales
      of investment securities       (380)         45     (1,278)    (3,586)
      Other income                    297         216        789        810
        Total noninterest
         income (loss)                256         647        558     (1,427)

    NONINTEREST EXPENSE
      Compensation and benefits     1,954       2,223      6,040      6,862
      Premises and occupancy          628         632      1,942      1,832
      Data processing and
       communications                 143         114        471        405
      Other real estate owned
       operations, net                198          54        197         73
      FDIC insurance premiums         274          66      1,118        198
      Legal and audit                 165         144        645        465
      Marketing expense               164         221        508        494
      Office and postage expense       78          53        247        247
      Other expense                   515         444      1,473      1,360
        Total noninterest expense   4,119       3,951     12,641     11,936
    NET (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE
     INCOME TAX (BENEFIT)
      PROVISION                      (111)      1,582       (599)       647
    INCOME TAX (BENEFIT)
     PROVISION                       (104)        581       (416)        45
    NET (LOSS) INCOME                 $(7)     $1,001      $(183)      $602

    EARNINGS PER SHARE
      Basic                            $-       $0.20     $(0.04)     $0.12
      Diluted                          $-       $0.16     $(0.04)     $0.10

    WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES
     OUTSTANDING
      Basic                     5,003,451   4,903,784  4,919,385  4,963,385
      Diluted                   5,003,451   6,143,646  4,919,385  6,248,787



                       PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                  STATISTICAL INFORMATION
                  UNAUDITED (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

                                    September 30,  December 31,  September 30,
                                        2009          2008           2008
    Asset Quality (end of period)
      Nonaccrual loans                    $9,751       $5,200         $4,537
      Other real estate owned              3,644           37             26
      Nonperforming assets                13,395        5,237          4,563
      Net loan charge-offs for the
       quarter ended                       1,067          544             64
      Allowance for loan losses            8,107        5,881          5,867
      Net loan charge-offs for quarter,
       annualized to average total loans    0.73%        0.34%          0.04%
      Nonaccrual loans to total loans       1.67         0.83           0.70
      Nonaccrual loans to total assets      1.15         0.70           0.60
      Nonperforming assets to total assets  1.58         0.71           0.60
      Allowance for loan losses to total
       loans                                1.39         0.94           0.91
      Allowance for loan losses to
       nonaccrual loans                    83.14       113.10         129.31

    Average Balance Sheet
     (for the quarter ended)
      Total assets                      $808,385     $749,776       $725,734
      Loans receivable, net              584,625      635,228        608,169
      Deposits                           567,789      436,303        411,414
      FHLB advances and other borrowings 166,543      237,946        239,367
      Subordinated debentures             10,310       10,310         10,310

    Share Data (end of period)
      Book value per share                $11.66       $11.74         $11.83
      Diluted book value per share          9.86         9.60           9.58
      Closing stock price                   4.30         4.00           5.10

    Pacific Premier Bank Capital
     Ratios (end of period)
      Tier 1 leverage ratio                 8.03%        8.71%          8.96%
      Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio      10.74        10.71          10.40
      Total risk-based capital ratio       11.99        11.68          11.34

    Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.
     Capital Ratios (end of period)
      Tier 1 leverage ratio                 8.08%        8.99%          9.02%
      Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio      10.71        11.11          10.45
      Total risk-based capital ratio       11.96        12.07          11.38

    Loan Portfolio (end of period)
      Real estate loans:
        Multi-family                    $284,116     $287,592       $301,247
        Commercial                       153,406      163,428        169,317
        One-to-four family                 8,591        9,925         10,071
        Construction - Multi-family            -        2,733          2,661
        Land                                   -        2,550          3,125
      Business loans:
        Commercial owner occupied        105,060      112,406        112,280
        Commercial and industrial         28,820       43,235         38,169
        SBA                                3,521        4,942          5,135
      Other loans                          1,100        1,956          4,005
        Total gross loans               $584,614     $628,767       $646,010



                                    Nine Months   Twelve Months   Nine Months
                                       Ended          Ended         Ended
                                    September 30,  December 31,  September 30,
                                        2009          2008           2008

    Profitability and Productivity
      Return on average assets         (0.03)%         0.09%         0.11%
      Return on average equity         (0.42)          1.20          1.35
      Net interest margin               3.09           2.99          2.97
      Noninterest expense
       (annualized) to total assets     1.99           2.16          2.10
      Efficiency ratio                 70.80          83.66         83.16

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