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Reporting Period: Jun 29, 2019
The consolidated financial information in this report for June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2018 has not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm. The consolidated financial statements presented herein conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to general industry practices. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying interim financial statements contain all material adjustments necessary to present fairly the Company's financial condition, the results of operations, and cash flows for the interim period. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In preparing the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses, the valuation of foreclosed assets and deferred taxes, other than temporary impairments of securities, the fair value of financial instruments, goodwill, and the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in acquisitions.
In March 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-01, Leases: Codification Improvements (“ASU 2019-01”). ASU 2019-01 provides clarifications to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing essential information about leasing transactions. Specifically, ASU 2019-01 (i) allows the fair value of the underlying asset reported by lessors that are not manufacturers or dealers to continue to be its cost and not fair value as measured under the fair value definition, (ii) allows for the cash flows received for sales-type and direct financing leases to continue to be presented as results from investing, and (iii) clarifies that entities do not have to disclose the effect of the lease standard on adoption year interim amounts. ASU 2019-01 will be effective for us on January 1, 2020 and will not have any material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
On July 17, 2019 the Financial Accounting Standards Board unanimously voted to propose a delay for the implementation of ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326). The Board decided that CECL will be effective for PBEs that are SEC Filers, excluding SRCs as currently defined by the SEC, for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. For calendar-year-end companies, this will be January 1, 2020. The determination of whether an entity is an SRC will be based on an entity’s most recent assessment in accordance with SEC regulations. For all other entities, the Board decided that CECL will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all entities, early adoption will continue to be permitted; that is, early adoption is allowed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years (that is, effective January 1, 2019, for calendar-year-end companies). The Board decided that the comment period for the proposed Update would be 30 days.
This report may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are not historical in nature and can generally be identified by such words as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “may,” “estimate,” and similar expressions. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual results of SmartFinancial to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, among others, (1) the risk of litigation related to the termination of our agreement and plan of merger with Entegra Financial Corp. (the “Entegra Merger Agreement”) or the abandonment of the transactions that were contemplated by the Entegra Merger Agreement; (2) reputational risk resulting from the termination of the Entegra Merger Agreement; (3) potential changes to, or the risk that we may not be able to execute on, our business strategy as a result of the termination of the Entegra Merger Agreement; (4) the risk that cost savings and revenue synergies from recently completed acquisitions may not be realized or may take longer than anticipated to realize, (5) disruption from recently completed acquisitions with customer, supplier, employee, or other business relationships, (6) our ability to successfully integrate the businesses acquired as part of previous acquisitions with the business of SmartBank, (7) changes in management’s plans for the future, (8) prevailing, or changes in, economic or political conditions, particularly in our market areas, (9) credit risk associated with our lending activities, (10) changes in interest rates, loan demand, real estate values, or competition, (11) changes in accounting principles, policies, or guidelines, (12) changes in applicable laws, rules, or regulations, and (13) other general competitive, economic, political, and market factors, including those affecting our business, operations, pricing, products, or services. These and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in SmartFinancial’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, in each case filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and available on the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements. SmartFinancial disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this release, which speak only as of the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Net interest income, taxable equivalent, increased to $42 million for the first six months of 2019 from $36.4 million for the first six months of 2018. Net interest income was positively impacted compared to the prior year due to increases in average loan and securities balances and increases in the yields of the securities portfolios. Average earning assets increased from $1.64 billion for the first six months of 2018 to $2.10 billion for the first six months of 2019 primarily as a result of the acquisitions completed during 2018, and to a lesser extent, continued organic growth. Over this period, average loan balances increased by $393.4 million, average interest-bearing deposits increased by $329.1 million, and average noninterest-bearing deposits increased $71.0 million. The tax equivalent net interest margin decreased to 4.04% for the first six months of 2019, compared to 4.48% for the first six months of 2018, primarily resulting from increases in the cost of interest-bearing deposits. The yield on loans decreased from 5.65% for the first six months of 2018 to 5.58% for the first six months of 2019, primarily due to lower loan yields stemming from decreased accretion income from acquired loans. The cost of average interest-bearing deposits increased from 0.88% for the first six months of 2018 to 1.37% for the first six months of 2019 due to increases in deposit rates from federal rate increases and increased competition.