UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) xx ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015 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: 1-34155 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Indiana (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 37-1567871 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 501 East Lewis & Clark Parkway, Clarksville, Indiana (Address of principal executive offices) 47129 (Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (812) 283-0724 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Name of each exchange on which registered NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No x 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 has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨ Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a small reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large Accelerated Filer ¨ Non-accelerated Filer ¨ Accelerated Filer ¨ Smaller Reporting Company x Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by nonaffiliates was $54.0 million, based upon the closing price of $28.95 per share as quoted on the NASDAQ Stock Market as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015. The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of December 11, 2015 was 2,196,220. Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Item 1. Business Item 1A. Risk Factors Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments Item 2. Properties Item 3. Legal Proceedings Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures INDEX Part I Part II Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Item 6. Selected Financial Data Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure Item 9A. Controls and Procedures Item 9B. Other Information Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance Item 11. Executive Compensation Part III Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services Part IV Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules SIGNATURES Page 2 18 25 25 26 26 27 29 32 58 58 58 59 59 60 60 60 60 60 61 This annual report contains forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions and may describe future plans, strategies and expectations of First Savings Financial Group, Inc. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by use of the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project” or similar expressions. First Savings Financial Group’s ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on the operations of First Savings Financial Group and its subsidiary include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rates, national and regional economic conditions, legislative and regulatory changes, monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board, the quality and composition of the loan or investment portfolios, demand for loan products, deposit flows, competition, demand for financial services in First Savings Financial Group’s market area, changes in real estate market values in First Savings Financial Group’s market area, changes in relevant accounting principles and guidelines and inability of third party service providers to perform. Additional factors that may affect our results are discussed in Item 1A to this Annual Report on Form 10-K titled “Risk Factors” below. These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, First Savings Financial Group does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to release publicly the result of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events. Unless the context indicates otherwise, all references in this annual report to “First Savings Financial Group,” “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to First Savings Financial Group and its subsidiaries. PART I Item 1. BUSINESS General First Savings Financial Group, Inc., an Indiana corporation, was incorporated in May 2008 to serve as the holding company for First Savings Bank (the “Bank” or “First Savings Bank”). On October 6, 2008, in accordance with a Plan of Conversion adopted by its Board of Directors and approved by its members, the Bank converted from a mutual savings bank to a stock savings bank and became the wholly-owned subsidiary of First Savings Financial Group. In connection with the conversion, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,542,042 shares of common stock at an offering price of $10.00 per share. In addition, in connection with the conversion, First Savings Charitable Foundation was formed, to which the Company contributed 110,000 shares of common stock and $100,000 in cash. The Company’s common stock began trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on October 7, 2008 under the symbol “FSFG”. In accordance with a Plan of Charter Conversion adopted by the Board of Directors of First Savings Bank on May 21, 2014, First Savings Bank converted from a federally-chartered savings bank to an Indiana-chartered commercial bank and became a member the Federal Reserve System effective December 19, 2014. As a result of the Bank’s charter conversion, First Savings Financial Group converted to a bank holding company and simultaneously elected financial holding company status effective December 19, 2014. See Note 27 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning of page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding the charter conversions. First Savings Financial Group’s principal business activity is the ownership of the outstanding common stock of First Savings Bank. First Savings Financial Group does not own or lease any property but instead uses the premises, equipment and other property of First Savings Bank with the payment of appropriate rental fees, as required by applicable law and regulations, under the terms of an expense allocation agreement. Accordingly, the information set forth in this annual report including the consolidated financial statements and related financial data contained herein, relates primarily to the Bank. 2 First Savings Bank operates as a community-oriented financial institution offering traditional financial services to consumers and businesses in its primary market area. We attract deposits from the general public and use those funds to originate primarily residential and commercial mortgage loans. We also originate commercial business loans, residential and commercial construction loans, multi-family loans, land and land development loans, and consumer loans. We conduct our lending and deposit activities primarily with individuals and small businesses in our primary market area, except as otherwise discussed herein. On July 6, 2012 First Savings Bank acquired the four Indiana branches of First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown, Inc. (“First Federal”), a Kentucky-chartered commercial bank, two of which were consolidated into the existing operations of First Savings Bank immediately subsequent to the acquisition. The acquisition enhanced First Savings Bank’s presence in Harrison and Floyd Counties in Indiana. Our website address is www.fsbbank.net. Information on our website should not be considered a part of this annual report. Market Area We are located in South Central Indiana along the axis of Interstate 65 and Interstate 64, directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. We consider Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Crawford and Washington counties, Indiana, in which all of our offices are located, and the surrounding areas to be our primary market area. The current top employment sectors in these counties are the private retail, service and manufacturing industries, which are likely to continue to be supported by the projected growth in population and median household income. These counties are well-served by barge transportation, rail service, and commercial and general aviation services, including the United Parcel Service’s major hub, which are located in our primary market area. Competition We face significant competition for the attraction of deposits and origination of loans. Our most direct competition for deposits has historically come from the several financial institutions operating in our primary market area and from other financial service companies such as securities and mortgage brokerage firms, credit unions and insurance companies. We also face competition for investors’ funds from money market funds, mutual funds and other corporate and government securities. At June 30, 2015, which is the most recent date for which data is available from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), we held approximately 12.84%, 2.98%, 32.63%, 80.96% and 10.81% of the FDIC-insured deposits in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Crawford and Washington Counties, Indiana, respectively. This data does not reflect deposits held by credit unions with which we also compete. In addition, banks owned by large national and regional holding companies and other community-based banks also operate in our primary market area. Some of these institutions are larger than us and, therefore, may have greater resources. Our competition for loans comes primarily from financial institutions in our primary market area and from other financial service providers, such as mortgage companies, mortgage brokers and credit unions. Competition for loans also comes from non-depository financial service companies entering the mortgage market, such as insurance companies, securities companies, and specialty and captive finance companies. We expect competition to increase in the future as a result of legislative, regulatory and technological changes and the continuing trend of consolidation in the financial services industry. Technological advances, for example, have lowered barriers to entry, allowing banks to expand their geographic reach by providing services over the Internet, and made it possible for non-depository institutions to offer products and services that traditionally have been provided by banks. Changes in federal law now permit affiliation among banks, securities firms and insurance companies, which promotes a competitive environment in the financial services industry. Competition for deposits and the origination of loans could limit our growth in the future. 3 Lending Activities Consistent with the Bank’s conversion to an Indiana-chartered commercial bank in December 2014, the Bank is continuing the process of transforming the composition of its balance sheet from that of a traditional thrift institution to that of a commercial bank. We intend to continue to emphasize residential lending, primarily secured by owner-occupied properties, but also to continue concentrating on ways to expand our consumer/retail banking capabilities and our commercial banking services with a focus on serving small businesses and emphasizing relationship banking in our primary market area. The largest segment of our loan portfolio is real estate mortgage loans, primarily one- to four-family residential loans, including non-owner occupied residential loans that were predominately originated before 2005, and, to a lesser but growing extent, commercial real estate, multi-family real estate and commercial business loans. We also originate residential and commercial construction loans, land and land development loans, and consumer loans. We generally originate loans for investment purposes, although, depending on the interest rate environment and our asset/liability management goals, we may sell into the secondary market the 25-year and 30-year fixed-rate residential mortgage loans that we originate. We do not offer, have not offered and have not purchased or acquired Alt-A, sub-prime or no-documentation loans. One- to Four-Family Residential Loans. Our origination of residential mortgage loans enables borrowers to purchase or refinance existing homes located in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Crawford and Washington Counties, Indiana, and the surrounding areas. A significant portion of the residential mortgage loans that we had originated before 2005 are secured by non-owner occupied properties. Loans secured by non-owner occupied properties generally carry a greater risk of loss than loans secured by owner-occupied properties, and our non-performing loan balances have increased in recent periods primarily because of delinquencies in our non-owner occupied residential loan portfolio. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors – Risks Related to Our Business – Our concentration in non-owner occupied real estate loans may expose us to increased credit risk” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management – Analysis of Nonperforming and Classified Assets.” Since 2005, we have de-emphasized non-owner occupied residential mortgage lending and have focused, and intend to continue to focus, our residential mortgage lending primarily on originating residential mortgage loans secured by owner-occupied properties. Our residential lending policies and procedures conform to the secondary market guidelines. We generally offer a mix of adjustable-rate mortgage loans and fixed-rate mortgage loans with terms of 10 to 30 years. Borrower demand for adjustable-rate loans compared to fixed-rate loans is a function of the level of interest rates, the expectations of changes in the level of interest rates, and the difference between the interest rates and loan fees offered for fixed-rate mortgage loans as compared to an initially discounted interest rate and loan fees for multi-year adjustable-rate mortgages. The relative amount of fixed-rate mortgage loans and adjustable-rate mortgage loans that can be originated at any time is largely determined by the demand for each in a competitive environment. The loan fees, interest rates and other provisions of mortgage loans are determined by us based on our own pricing criteria and competitive market conditions. Interest rates and payments on our adjustable-rate mortgage loans generally adjust annually after an initial fixed period that typically ranges from one to five years. Interest rates and payments on our adjustable-rate loans generally are adjusted to a rate typically equal to a margin above the one year U.S. Treasury index. The maximum amount by which the interest rate may be increased or decreased is generally one percentage point per adjustment period and the lifetime interest rate cap is generally six percentage points over the initial interest rate of the loan. However, a portion of the adjustable-rate mortgage loan portfolio has a maximum amount by which the interest rate may be increased or decreased of two percentage points per adjustment period and a lifetime interest rate cap generally of six percentage points over the initial interest rate of the loan. While one- to four-family residential real estate loans are normally originated with up to 30-year terms, such loans typically remain outstanding for substantially shorter periods because borrowers often prepay their loans in full either upon sale of the property pledged as security or upon refinancing the original loan. Therefore, average loan maturity is a function of, among other factors, the level of purchase and sale activity in the real estate market, prevailing interest rates and the interest rates payable on outstanding loans on a regular basis. We do not offer loans with negative amortization and generally do not offer interest-only loans. 4 We generally do not make conventional loans with loan-to-value ratios exceeding 80%, including that for non-owner occupied residential real estate loans whose loan-to-value ratios generally may not exceed 75%, or 65% where the borrower has more than five non-owner occupied loans outstanding. Non-owner occupied loans originated before 2005, however, were generally originated with loan-to-value ratios up to 80%. Loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 80% generally require private mortgage insurance. However, the total balance of residential mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family residential properties with loan-to-value ratios exceeding 90% amounted to $13.0 million, of which some do not have private mortgage insurance or government guaranty. We generally require all properties securing mortgage loans to be appraised by a board-approved independent appraiser. We also generally require title insurance on all first mortgage loans with principal balances of $250,000 or more. Borrowers must obtain hazard insurance, and flood insurance is required for all loans located in flood hazard areas. At September 30, 2015, our largest one- to four-family residential loan had an outstanding balance of $1.4 million. This loan, which was originated in February 2014 and is secured by a multiple new-construction, non-owner occupied properties, was performing in accordance with its original terms at September 30, 2015. Commercial Real Estate Loans. We offer fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgage loans secured by commercial real estate. Our commercial real estate loans are generally secured by small to moderately-sized office, retail and industrial properties located in our primary market area and are typically made to small business owners and professionals such as attorneys and accountants. We originate fixed-rate commercial real estate loans, generally with terms up to five years and payments based on an amortization schedule of 15 to 20 years, resulting in “balloon” balances at maturity. We also offer adjustable-rate commercial real estate loans, generally with terms up to five years and with interest rates typically equal to a margin above the prime lending rate or the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Loans are secured by first mortgages, generally are originated with a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 80% and often require specified debt service coverage ratios depending on the characteristics of the project. Rates and other terms on such loans generally depend on our assessment of credit risk after considering such factors as the borrower’s financial condition and credit history, loan-to-value ratio, debt service coverage ratio and other factors. During 2013, we began a commercial real estate lending program that is focused on loans to high net worth individuals that are secured by low loan-to- value, single-tenant commercial properties that are leased to investment grade national-brand retailers, the borrowers and collateral properties for which are out of our primary market area. This program is designed to diversify the Company’s geographic and credit risk profile given the geographic dispersion of the loans and collateral, and the investment grade credit of the national-brand lessees. The terms of the loans are generally consistent with the aforementioned terms of in-market commercial real estate loans; however, these cannot exceed 70% loan-to-value and loan maturities cannot exceed the expiration of the underlying leases. In addition, the Company has established guidelines with respect to concentrations by state, lessee and industry of lessees as a percent of the overall loan portfolio, and as a percent of capital. The average size of these loans originated was $1.1 million and the portfolio balance was $59.6 million at September 30, 2015. Our largest such loan, which was originated in August 2014 and secured by a single-tenant commercial retail building, had an outstanding balance of $2.5 million at September 30, 2015 and was performing in accordance with its original terms at September 30, 2015. At September 30, 2015, our largest commercial real estate loan had an outstanding balance of $5.6 million. This loan, which was originated in July 2015 and is secured by multiple single-tenant commercial retail buildings, was performing in accordance with its original terms at September 30, 2015. 5 Construction Loans. We originate construction loans for one-to four-family homes and, to a lesser extent, commercial properties such as small industrial buildings, warehouses, retail shops and office units. Construction loans are typically for a term of 12 months with monthly interest only payments. Except for speculative loans, discussed below, repayment of construction loans typically comes from the proceeds of a permanent mortgage loan for which a commitment is typically in place when the construction loan is originated. We originate construction loans to a limited group of well-established builders in our primary market area and we limit the number of projects with each builder. Interest rates on these loans are generally tied to the prime lending rate. Construction loans, other than land development loans, generally will not exceed the lesser of 80% of the appraised value or 90% of the direct costs, excluding items such as developer fees, operating deficits or other items that do not relate to the direct development of the project. Generally, commercial construction loans require the personal guarantee of the owners of the business. We also offer construction loans for the financing of pre-sold homes, which convert into permanent loans at the end of the construction period. Such loans generally have a six-month construction period with interest only payments due monthly, followed by an automatic conversion to a 15-year to 30-year permanent loan with monthly payments of principal and interest. Occasionally, a construction loan to a builder of a speculative home will be converted to a permanent loan if the builder has not secured a buyer within a limited period of time after the completion of the home. We generally disburse funds on a percentage-of-completion basis following an inspection by a third party inspector. We also originate speculative construction loans to builders who have not identified a buyer or lessee for the completed property at the time of origination. At September 30, 2015, we had approved commitments for speculative construction loans of $8.9 million, of which $5.1 million was outstanding. We require a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 80% for speculative construction loans. At September 30, 2015, our largest construction loan relationship was for a commitment of $5.6 million, of which $381,000 was outstanding. This loan, which was originated in May 2015 and is secured by a childcare facility that is leased by a foundation associated with a major Indiana-based university, was performing in accordance with its original terms at September 30, 2015. Land and Land Development Loans. On a limited basis, we originate loans to developers for the purpose of developing vacant land in our primary market area, typically for residential subdivisions. Land development loans are generally interest-only loans for a term of 18 to 24 months. We generally require a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 75% of the appraisal market value upon completion of the project. We generally do not require any cash equity from the borrower if there is sufficient indicated equity in the collateral property. Development plats and cost verification documents are required from borrowers before approving and closing the loan. Our loan officers are required to personally visit the proposed development site and the sites of competing developments. We also originate loans to individuals secured by undeveloped land held for investment purposes. At September 30, 2015, our largest land development loan had an outstanding balance of $1.2 million. This loan, which was originated in January 2015, was performing in accordance with its original terms at September 30, 2015. Multi-Family Real Estate Loans. We offer multi-family mortgage loans that are generally secured by properties in our primary market area. Multi-family loans are secured by first mortgages and generally are originated with a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 80% and generally require specified debt service coverage ratios depending on the characteristics of the project. Rates and other terms on such loans generally depend on our assessment of the credit risk after considering such factors as the borrower’s financial condition and credit history, loan-to-value ratio, debt service coverage ratio and other factors. At September 30, 2015, our largest multi-family mortgage loan had an outstanding balance of $2.1 million. This loan, which was originated in August 2010, was performing in accordance with its original terms at September 30, 2015. Consumer Loans. Although we offer a variety of consumer loans, our consumer loan portfolio consists primarily of home equity loans, both fixed-rate amortizing term loans with terms up to 15 years and adjustable rate lines of credit with interest rates equal to a margin above the prime lending rate. We also offer auto and truck loans, personal loans and small boat loans. Consumer loans typically have shorter maturities and higher interest rates than traditional one-to four- family lending. We typically do not make home equity loans with loan-to-value ratios exceeding 90%, including any first mortgage loan balance. The procedures for underwriting consumer loans include an assessment of the applicant’s payment history on other debts and ability to meet existing obligations and payments on the proposed loan. Although the applicant’s creditworthiness is a primary consideration, the underwriting process also includes a comparison of the value of the collateral, if any, to the proposed loan amount. At September 30, 2015, our largest consumer loan was a home equity line of credit with a commitment of $300,000, of which $263,000 was outstanding. This loan, which was originated in December 2004 and is secured by a first mortgage on a personal residence, was performing in accordance with its original terms at September 30, 2015. Commercial Business Loans. We typically offer commercial business loans to small businesses located in our primary market area. Commercial business loans are generally secured by equipment and general business assets. Key loan terms and covenants vary depending on the collateral, the borrower’s financial condition, credit history and other relevant factors, and personal guarantees are typically required as part of the loan commitment. At September 30, 2015, our largest commercial business loan was for a commitment of $7.0 million, of which $4.7 million was outstanding. This loan, which was originated in July 2008 and most recently renewed in April 2015 and is secured by contract assignments and accounts receivable, was performing in accordance with its original terms at September 30, 2015. 6 Loan Underwriting Risks Adjustable-Rate Loans. While we anticipate that adjustable-rate loans will better offset the adverse effects of an increase in interest rates as compared to fixed-rate mortgages, an increased monthly mortgage payment required of adjustable-rate loan borrowers in a rising interest rate environment could cause an increase in delinquencies and defaults. The marketability of the underlying property also may be adversely affected in a high interest rate environment. In addition, although adjustable-rate mortgage loans make our asset base more responsive to changes in interest rates, the extent of this interest sensitivity is limited by the annual and lifetime interest rate adjustment limits. Non-Owner Occupied Residential Real Estate Loans. Loans secured by rental properties represent a unique credit risk to us and, as a result, we adhere to special underwriting guidelines. Of primary concern in non-owner occupied real estate lending is the consistency of rental income of the property. Payments on loans secured by rental properties often depend on the maintenance of the property and the payment of rent by its tenants. Payments on loans secured by rental properties often depend on successful operation and management of the properties. As a result, repayment of such loans may be subject to adverse conditions in the real estate market or the economy. To monitor cash flows on rental properties, we require borrowers and loan guarantors, if any, to provide annual financial statements and we consider and review a rental income cash flow analysis of the borrower and consider the net operating income of the property, the borrower’s expertise, credit history and profitability, and the value of the underlying property. We generally require collateral on these loans to be a first mortgage along with an assignment of rents and leases. Until recently, if the borrower had multiple loans for rental properties with us, the loans were not cross-collateralized. If the borrower holds loans on more than four rental properties, a loan officer or collection officer is generally required to inspect these properties annually to determine if they are being properly maintained and rented. We have generally limited these loan relationships to an aggregate total of $500,000. Multi-Family and Commercial Real Estate Loans. Loans secured by multi-family and commercial real estate generally have larger balances and involve a greater degree of risk than one- to four-family residential mortgage loans. Of primary concern in multi-family and commercial real estate lending is the borrower’s creditworthiness and the feasibility and cash flow potential of the project. Payments on loans secured by income properties often depend on successful operation and management of the properties. As a result, repayment of such loans may be subject to adverse conditions in the real estate market or the economy. To monitor cash flows on income properties, we require borrowers and loan guarantors, if any, to provide annual financial statements on multi-family and commercial real estate loans. In addition, some loans may contain covenants regarding ongoing cash flow coverage requirements. In reaching a decision on whether to make a multi-family or commercial real estate loan, we consider and review a global cash flow analysis of the borrower and consider the net operating income of the property, the borrower’s expertise, credit history and profitability, and the value of the underlying property. An environmental survey or environmental risk insurance is obtained when the possibility exists that hazardous materials may have existed on the site, or the site may have been impacted by adjoining properties that handled hazardous materials. Construction and Land and Land Development Loans. Construction financing is generally considered to involve a higher degree of risk of loss than long-term financing on improved, occupied real estate. Risk of loss on a construction loan depends largely upon the accuracy of the initial estimate of the property’s value at completion of construction and the estimated cost of construction. During the construction phase, a number of factors could result in delays and cost overruns. If the estimate of construction costs proves to be inaccurate, we may be required to advance funds beyond the amount originally committed to permit completion of the building. If the estimate of value proves to be inaccurate, we may be confronted, at or before the maturity of the loan, with a building having a value which is insufficient to assure full repayment if liquidation is required. If we are forced to foreclose on a building before or at completion due to a default, we may be unable to recover all of the unpaid balance of, and accrued interest on, the loan as well as related foreclosure and holding costs. In addition, speculative construction loans, which are loans made to home builders who, at the time of loan origination, have not yet secured an end buyer for the home under construction, typically carry higher risks than those associated with traditional construction loans. These increased risks arise because of the risk that there will be inadequate demand to ensure the sale of the property within an acceptable time. As a result, in addition to the risks associated with traditional construction loans, speculative construction loans carry the added risk that the builder will have to pay the property taxes and other carrying costs of the property until an end buyer is found. Land and land development loans have substantially similar risks to speculative construction loans. 7 Consumer Loans. Consumer loans may entail greater risk than do residential mortgage loans, particularly in the case of consumer loans that are secured by assets that depreciate rapidly, such as motor vehicles and boats. In such cases, repossessed collateral for a defaulted consumer loan may not provide an adequate source of repayment for the outstanding loan and a small remaining deficiency often does not warrant further substantial collection efforts against the borrower. In the case of home equity loans, real estate values may be reduced to a level that is insufficient to cover the outstanding loan balance after accounting for the first mortgage loan balance. Consumer loan collections depend on the borrower’s continuing financial stability, and therefore are likely to be adversely affected by various factors, including job loss, divorce, illness or personal bankruptcy. Furthermore, the application of various federal and state laws, including federal and state bankruptcy and insolvency laws, may limit the amount that can be recovered on such loans. Commercial Business Loans. Unlike residential mortgage loans, which generally are made on the basis of the borrower’s ability to make repayment from his or her employment income or other income, and which are secured by real property whose value tends to be more easily ascertainable, commercial business loans are of higher risk and typically are made on the basis of the borrower’s ability to make repayment from the cash flow of the borrower’s business. As a result, the availability of funds for the repayment of commercial business loans may depend substantially on the success of the business itself. Further, any collateral securing such loans may depreciate over time, may be difficult to appraise and may fluctuate in value. Loan Originations, Sales and Purchases. Loan originations come from a number of sources. The primary sources of loan originations are existing customers, walk-in traffic, advertising, and referrals from customers and centers of influence, such as real estate agents, attorneys, accountants and other professionals. We have not historically sold whole loans, other than long-term fixed-rate residential mortgage loans that we originate, which we generally sell in the secondary market. We have not historically purchased whole loans; however, we acquired four brokered whole loans during the year ended September 30, 2012. The loans were purchased at an average of 0.90% of their principal balance and are secured by multi-family and retail shopping centers located in Indiana. At September 30, 2015, three of these loans remained outstanding with a total principal balance of $4.2 million and were performing in accordance with their original terms. While we generally do not sell participation interests in loans originated by us or purchase participation interests in loans originated by other financial institutions in order to supplement our lending portfolio, we may sell or purchase participation interests in loans from time to time depending on various factors. At September 30, 2015, $19.9 million of loans included sold participation interests of $12.2 million, for a net position of $7.7 million outstanding in our portfolio. At September 30, 2015, acquired participation interests of loans from four lending relationships totaled $5.0 million and our largest purchased participation interest with a single borrower was $2.1 million. This loan, which was originated in June 2011 and is secured by a local county hospital facility, was performing in accordance with its original terms at September 30, 2015. Beginning in April 2015, the Bank hired a management team, business development officers (loan officers), underwriters and supporting staff that are seasoned and experienced in U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) lending in order to enhance the Company’s proficiency in SBA 7(a) program loan originations and sales. The Bank intends to continue hiring additional business development officers and appropriate supporting staff during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016 in order to grow this program, the borrowers and collateral for which are out of our primary market area. The primary purpose of the program is to originate SBA 7(a) program loans and sell the amounts guaranteed by the SBA in the secondary market. The program is also designed to diversify the Company’s geographic and interest rate risk profile with respect to the retained unguaranteed amounts given the geographic dispersion of the loans and collateral, and their floating rate structure. The Company originated $5.7 million of these loans during 2015, of which $5.3 million was outstanding and included in loans held for sale with a fair value of $5.8 million at September 30, 2015 on the balance sheet of the Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. See Note 22 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning of page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding the fair value election for SBA loans held for sale at September 30, 2015. Our decision to sell or purchase loans is based on prevailing market interest rate conditions, interest rate management, regulatory lending restrictions and liquidity needs. 8 Loan Approval Procedures and Authority. Our lending activities follow written, non-discriminatory underwriting standards and loan origination procedures established by our Board of Directors and management. Certain of our employees have been granted individual lending limits, which vary depending on the individual, the type of loan and whether the loan is secured or unsecured. Generally, all loan requests for lending relationships that exceed the individual officer lending limits, which is generally $250,000 secured or $50,000 unsecured, require committee or Board of Directors approval. Loans resulting in aggregated lending relationships in excess of $250,000 secured and $50,000 unsecured but less than $1.0 million require approval by the Officer Loan Committee and loans resulting in aggregated lending relationships in excess of $1.0 million but less than $2.5 million require approval of the Executive Loan Committee. The Executive Loan Committee consists of the President, Area President, Chief Operations Officer, Chief of Credit Administration, Senior Lending Officer and VP of Commercial Lending and the Officer Loan Committee consists of the same but also includes certain other officers designated by the Board of Directors. Loans resulting in aggregated lending relationships in excess of $2.5 million require approval by both the Executive Loan Committee and the Board of Directors. Loans to One Borrower. The maximum amount that we may lend to one borrower and the borrower’s related entities is limited, by regulation, to generally 15% of our stated capital and reserves. At September 30, 2015, our regulatory limit on loans to one borrower was $10.4 million. At that date, our largest lending relationship was for a commitment of $8.0 million, of which $5.6 million was outstanding, and was performing according to its original terms at that date. This loan relationship is secured by various commercial real estate properties and land intended for future development. Loan Commitments. We issue commitments for residential and commercial mortgage loans conditioned upon the occurrence of certain events. Commitments to originate mortgage loans are legally binding agreements to lend to our customers. Generally, our loan commitments expire after 30 days. See Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. Investment Activities We have legal authority to invest in various types of liquid assets, including U.S. Treasury obligations, securities of various U.S. government agencies and sponsored enterprises, securities of various state and municipal governments, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and certificates of deposit of federally insured institutions. Within certain regulatory limits, we also may invest a portion of our assets in other permissible securities. As a member of the Federal Reserve System and Federal Home Loan Bank System, in particular a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (“FHLB”), First Savings Bank is also are required to acquire and hold shares of capital stock in the Federal Reserve Bank and FHLB. At September 30, 2015, our investment portfolio consisted primarily of U.S. government agency and sponsored enterprises securities, mortgage backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations issued by U.S. government agencies and sponsored enterprises, municipal bonds, privately-issued collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities, and a pass-through asset-backed security guaranteed by the SBA. We have invested $10.0 million in a managed brokerage account that invests in small and medium lot, investment grade municipal bonds and these securities are classified as trading account securities. The brokerage account is managed by an investment advisory firm registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. At September 30, 2015, trading account securities recorded at fair value totaled $9.0 million. Our investment objectives are to provide and maintain liquidity, to establish an acceptable level of interest rate and credit risk, and to provide an alternate source of low-risk investments at a favorable return when loan demand is weak. Our Board of Directors has the overall responsibility for the investment portfolio, including approval of the investment policy. Messrs. Myers, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Schoen, our Chief Financial Officer, are responsible for implementation of the investment policy and monitoring our investment performance. Our Board of Directors reviews the status of our investment portfolio on a quarterly basis, or more frequently if warranted. 9 Deposit Activities and Other Sources of Funds General. Deposits, borrowings, and loan and investment security repayments are the major sources of our funds for lending and other investment purposes. Scheduled loan repayments are a relatively stable source of funds, while deposit inflows and outflows, loan prepayments and investment security calls are significantly influenced by general interest rates and money market conditions. Deposit Accounts. Deposits are attracted from within our primary market area through the offering of a broad selection of deposit instruments, including non-interest-bearing demand deposits (such as checking accounts), interest-bearing demand accounts (such as NOW and money market accounts), regular savings accounts and time deposits. Deposit account terms vary according to the minimum balance required, the time periods the funds must remain on deposit and the interest rate, among other factors. In determining the terms of our deposit accounts, we consider the rates offered by our competition, our liquidity needs, profitability to us, matching deposit and loan products and customer preferences and concerns. We generally review our deposit mix and pricing weekly. Our deposit pricing strategy has typically been to offer competitive rates on all types of deposit products, and to periodically offer special rates in order to attract deposits of a specific type or term. Borrowings. We use advances from the FHLB to supplement our investable funds. First Savings Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which consists of 12 regional Federal Home Loan Banks. The Federal Home Loan Bank System functions as a central reserve bank providing credit for member financial institutions. First Savings Bank, as a member of the FHLB, is required to acquire and hold shares of capital stock in the FHLB and is authorized to apply for advances on the security of such stock and certain of our mortgage loans and other assets (principally securities which are obligations of the U.S., U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises), provided certain standards related to creditworthiness have been met. Advances are made under several different programs, each having its own interest rate and range of maturities. Depending on the program, limitations on the amount of advances are based either on a fixed percentage of an institution’s net worth or on the FHLB’s assessment of the institution’s creditworthiness. We have a federal funds purchased line of credit facility with another financial institution that is subject to continued borrower eligibility and is intended to support short-term liquidity needs. We also utilize brokered certificates of deposit and retail repurchase agreements as sources of borrowings and may use broker repurchase agreements and internet certificates of deposit from time to time, depending on our liquidity needs and pricing of these facilities versus other funding alternatives. Personnel As of September 30, 2015, we had 148 full-time employees and 22 part-time employees, none of whom is represented by a collective bargaining unit. We believe our relationship with our employees is good. Subsidiaries The Company has two wholly-owned subsidiaries, First Savings Bank and First Savings Insurance Risk Management, Inc (the “Captive”). The Bank has three subsidiaries, Southern Indiana Financial Corporation and FFCC, Inc. (“FFCC”), both of which are organized as Indiana corporations, and First Savings Investments, Inc., a Nevada corporation. Southern Indiana Financial Corporation is an independent insurance agency, offering various types of annuities and life insurance policies, but is currently inactive. FFCC participates in the development and leasing of commercial real estate. First Savings Investments, Inc. holds and manages an investment securities portfolio. The Captive, an insurance subsidiary of the Company formed during the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014, is a Nevada corporation that provides property and casualty insurance to the Company, the Bank and the Bank’s active subsidiaries. In addition, the Captive provides reinsurance to eight other third-party insurance captives for which insurance may not be currently available or economically feasible in the insurance marketplace. 10 General REGULATION AND SUPERVISION First Savings Bank converted its charter from a federal savings bank to an Indiana commercial bank on December 19, 2014. First Savings Bank, as an Indiana commercial bank, is subject to extensive regulation, examination and supervision by the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions (“INDFI”). As a member bank of the Federal Reserve System, First Savings Bank’s primary federal regulator is the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”). First Savings Bank is also a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and its deposit accounts are insured up to applicable limits by the Deposit Insurance Fund of the FDIC. First Savings Bank must file reports with its regulatory agencies concerning its activities and financial condition in addition to obtaining regulatory approvals before entering into certain transactions such as mergers with, or acquisitions of, other financial institutions. There are periodic examinations by the INDFI and FRB to evaluate First Savings Bank’s safety and soundness and compliance with various regulatory requirements. This regulatory structure is intended primarily for the protection of the Deposit Insurance Fund and depositors. The regulatory structure also gives the regulatory authorities extensive discretion in connection with their supervisory and enforcement activities and examination policies, including policies with respect to the classification of assets and the establishment of an adequate allowance for loan losses for regulatory purposes. Any change in such policies, whether by the INDFI, FRB, or Congress, could have a material adverse impact on First Savings Financial Group and First Savings Bank and their operations. Certain of the regulatory requirements that are or will be applicable to First Savings Bank and First Savings Financial Group are described below. This description of statutes and regulations is not intended to be a complete explanation of such statutes and regulations and their effects on First Savings Bank and First Savings Financial Group. Regulation of First Savings Bank Business Activities. The activities of Indiana banks, such as First Savings Bank, are governed by Indiana and federal laws and regulations. Those laws and regulations delineate the nature and extent of the business activities in which banks may engage. As an Indiana commercial bank, First Savings Bank is not constrained by percentage of assets or capital limits on specific types of lending, as was the case with the previous federal savings bank charter. Federal law generally limits the activities as principal and equity investments of FDIC insured state banks to those permitted for national banks. Activities as principal of state bank subsidiaries are also limited to those permitted for subsidiaries of national banks, absent regulatory approval for a particular subsidiary activity. In addition, federal law limits the authority of Federal Reserve System member banks, such as First Savings Bank, to purchase investment securities. Generally, such authority is limited to investment securities permissible for national banks, which includes investment grade, marketable debt obligations. Certain activities, such as the establishment of new branches and mergers and acquisitions, require the prior approval of both the INDFI and the FRB. Loans to One Borrower. Indiana law establishes limits on a bank’s loans to one borrower. Generally, subject to certain exceptions, an Indiana bank may not make a loan or extend credit to a single or related group of borrowers in excess of 15% of its unimpaired capital and surplus. An additional amount may be lent, equal to 10% of unimpaired capital and surplus, if secured by specified readily-marketable collateral. These limits are similar to those applicable to First Savings Bank under its previous federal savings bank charter. Capital Requirements . Federal regulations require FDIC insured depository institutions, including state chartered Federal Reserve System member banks, to meet several minimum capital standards: a common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-based assets ratio of 4.5%, a Tier 1 capital to risk-based assets ratio of 6.0%, a total capital to risk-based assets of 8% and a 4% Tier 1 capital to total assets leverage ratio. The existing capital requirements were effective January 1, 2015 and are the result of a final rule implementing regulatory amendments based on recommendations of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and certain requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act. 11 As noted, the capital standards require the maintenance of common equity Tier 1 capital, Tier 1 capital and total capital to risk-weighted assets of at least 4.5%, 6% and 8%, respectively, and a leverage ratio of at least 4% Tier 1 capital. Common equity Tier 1 capital is generally defined as common stockholders’ equity and retained earnings. Tier 1 capital is generally defined as common equity Tier 1 and Additional Tier 1 capital. Additional Tier 1 capital generally includes certain noncumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus and minority interests in equity accounts of consolidated subsidiaries. Total capital includes Tier 1 capital (common equity Tier 1 capital plus Additional Tier 1 capital) and Tier 2 capital. Tier 2 capital is comprised of capital instruments and related surplus meeting specified requirements, and may include cumulative preferred stock and long-term perpetual preferred stock, mandatory convertible securities, intermediate preferred stock and subordinated debt. Also included in Tier 2 capital is the allowance for loan and lease losses limited to a maximum of 1.25% of risk-weighted assets and, for institutions that have exercised an opt-out election regarding the treatment of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”), up to 45% of net unrealized gains on available-for-sale equity securities with readily determinable fair market values. Institutions that have not exercised the AOCI opt-out have AOCI incorporated into common equity Tier 1 capital (including unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale-securities). Calculation of all types of regulatory capital is subject to deductions and adjustments specified in the regulations. In determining the amount of risk-weighted assets for purposes of calculating risk-based capital ratios, assets, including certain off-balance sheet assets (e.g., recourse obligations, direct credit substitutes, residual interests) are multiplied by a risk weight factor assigned by the regulations based on the risks believed inherent in the type of asset. Higher levels of capital are required for asset categories believed to present greater risk. For example, a risk weight of 0% is assigned to cash and U.S. government securities, a risk weight of 50% is generally assigned to prudently underwritten first lien one to four- family residential mortgages, a risk weight of 100% is assigned to commercial and consumer loans, a risk weight of 150% is assigned to certain past due loans and a risk weight of between 0% to 600% is assigned to permissible equity interests, depending on certain specified factors. In addition to establishing the minimum regulatory capital requirements, the regulations limit capital distributions by the institution and certain discretionary bonus payments to management if an institution does not hold a “capital conservation buffer” consisting of 2.5% of common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets above the amount necessary to meet its minimum risk-based capital requirements. The capital conservation buffer requirement is being phased in beginning January 1, 2016 at 0.625% of risk-weighted assets and increasing each year until fully implemented at 2.5% on January 1, 2019. The FRB has authority to establish individual minimum capital requirements in appropriate cases upon a determination that an institution’s capital level is or may become inadequate in light of the particular risks or circumstances. As of September 30, 2015, First Savings Bank met all applicable capital adequacy requirements. Prompt Corrective Regulatory Action. Federal law establishes a system of prompt corrective action to resolve the problems of undercapitalized institutions. The law requires that certain supervisory actions be taken against undercapitalized institutions, the severity of which depends on the degree of undercapitalization. The FRB has adopted regulations to implement the prompt corrective action legislation as to state member banks. The regulations were amended to incorporate the previously mentioned increased regulatory capital standards that were effective January 1, 2015. An institution is deemed to be “well capitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of 10.0% or greater, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 8.0% or greater, a leverage ratio of 5.0% or greater and a common equity Tier 1 ratio of 6.5% or greater. An institution is “adequately capitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0% or greater, a Tier 1 risk- based capital ratio of 6.0% or greater, a leverage ratio of 4.0% or greater and a common equity Tier 1 ratio of 4.5% or greater. An institution is “undercapitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of less than 8.0%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of less than 6.0%, a leverage ratio of less than 4.0% or a common equity Tier 1 ratio of less than 4.5%. An institution is deemed to be “significantly undercapitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of less than 6.0%, a Tier 1 risk- based capital ratio of less than 4.0%, a leverage ratio of less than 3.0% or a common equity Tier 1 ratio of less than 3.0%. An institution is considered to be “critically undercapitalized” if it has a ratio of tangible equity (as defined in the regulations) to total assets that is equal to or less than 2.0%. 12 Subject to a narrow exception, receiver or conservator is required to be appointed for an institution that is “critically undercapitalized” within specified time frames. The regulations also provide that a capital restoration plan must be filed with the FRB within 45 days of the date an institution is deemed to have received notice that it is “undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized” or “critically undercapitalized.” Compliance with the plan must be guaranteed by any parent holding company up to the lesser of 5% of the institution’s total assets when it was deemed to be undercapitalized or the amount necessary to achieve compliance with applicable capital requirements. In addition, numerous mandatory supervisory actions become immediately applicable to an undercapitalized institution including, but not limited to, increased monitoring by regulators and restrictions on growth, capital distributions and expansion. The FRB could also take any one of a number of discretionary supervisory actions, including the issuance of a capital directive and the replacement of senior executive officers and directors. Significantly and critically undercapitalized institutions are subject to additional mandatory and discretionary measures. Insurance of Deposit Accounts. First Savings Bank’s deposits are insured up to applicable limits by the Deposit Insurance Fund of the FDIC. Under the FDIC’s existing risk-based assessment system, insured institutions are assigned to one of four risk categories based on supervisory evaluations, regulatory capital levels and certain other factors, with less risky institutions paying lower assessments. An institution’s assessment rate depends upon the category to which it is assigned and certain specified adjustments. On February 7, 2011, the FDIC issued final rules, effective April 1, 2011, implementing changes to the assessment process. The changes resulted from the Dodd-Frank Act’s directive to base assessments on an institution’s total assets less tangible capital instead of deposits, as had been the FDIC’s practice. The assessment rates (inclusive of adjustments) currently range from two and one half to 45 basis points of total capital less tangible assets, depending upon the particular institution’s risk category. The rate schedules will automatically adjust in the future when the Deposit Insurance Fund reaches certain milestones. No institution may pay a dividend if in default of the federal deposit insurance assessment. Due to difficult economic conditions in 2008 and 2009, deposit insurance per account owner was raised to $250,000. That change was made permanent by the Dodd-Frank Act. The Dodd-Frank Act increased the minimum target Deposit Insurance Fund ratio from 1.15% of estimated insured deposits to 1.35% of estimated insured deposits. The FDIC must seek to achieve the 1.35% ratio by September 30, 2020. Insured institutions with assets of $10 billion or more are supposed to fund the increase. The Dodd-Frank Act eliminated the 1.5% maximum fund ratio, instead leaving it to the discretion of the FDIC. The FDIC has exercised that discretion by establishing a target fund ratio of 2%, which it has established as a long term goal. The FDIC has authority to increase insurance assessments. A significant increase in insurance premiums would likely have an adverse effect on the operating expenses and results of operations of First Savings Bank. Management cannot predict what insurance assessment rates will be in the future. Insurance of deposits may be terminated by the FDIC upon a finding that the institution has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices, is in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue operations or has violated any applicable law, regulation, rule, order or condition imposed by the FRB or FDIC. The management of First Savings Bank does not know of any practice, condition or violation that might lead to termination of deposit insurance. Limitation on Dividends. Indiana law authorizes a bank’s board of directors to declare dividends out of profits as deemed expedient. However, application to and the prior approval of the INDFI and FRB is required before payment of a dividend if total dividends for the calendar year exceed net income for the year to date plus the amount of retained net income for the preceding two years. Federal law specifies that a bank may not pay a dividend if it fails to satisfy any applicable federal capital requirement after the dividend. If First Savings Bank’s capital ever fell below its regulatory requirements or the FRB notified it that it was in need of increased supervision, its ability to pay dividends or otherwise make capital distributions could be restricted. In addition, the INDFI and/or FRB could prohibit a proposed capital distribution, which would otherwise be permitted by the regulation, if the regulator determined that such distribution would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice. 13 Standards for Safety and Soundness. The federal banking agencies have adopted Interagency Guidelines prescribing Standards for Safety and Soundness in various areas such as internal controls and information systems, internal audit, loan documentation and credit underwriting, interest rate exposure, asset growth and quality, earnings and compensation, fees and benefits. The guidelines set forth the safety and soundness standards that the federal banking agencies use to identify and address problems at insured depository institutions before capital becomes impaired. If the FRB determines that a state member bank fails to meet any standard prescribed by the guidelines, the FRB may require the institution to submit an acceptable plan to achieve compliance with the standard. Community Reinvestment Act. All federally-insured banks have a responsibility under the Community Reinvestment Act and related regulations to help meet the credit needs of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. An institution’s failure to satisfactorily comply with the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act could result in denials of regulatory applications. First Savings Bank received a “satisfactory” Community Reinvestment Act rating in its most recently completed examination. Transactions with Related Parties. Federal law limits First Savings Bank’s authority to engage in transactions with “affiliates” ( e.g ., any entity that controls or is under common control with First Savings Bank, including First Savings Financial Group and its other subsidiaries). The aggregate amount of covered transactions with any individual affiliate is limited to 10% of the capital and surplus of a bank. The aggregate amount of covered transactions with all affiliates is limited to 20% of a bank’s capital and surplus. Certain transactions with affiliates are required to be secured by collateral in an amount and of a type specified by federal law. The purchase of low quality assets from affiliates is generally prohibited. Transactions with affiliates must generally be on terms and under circumstances that are at least as favorable to the institution as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with non-affiliated companies. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 generally prohibits loans by First Savings Financial Group to its executive officers and directors. However, the law contains a specific exception for loans by a depository institution to its executive officers and directors in compliance with federal banking laws. Under such laws, First Savings Bank’s authority to extend credit to executive officers, directors and 10% shareholders (“insiders”), as well as entities such persons control, is limited. The laws limit both the individual and aggregate amount of loans that First Savings Bank may make to insiders based, in part, on First Savings Bank’s capital level and requires that certain board approval procedures be followed. Such loans are required to be made on terms substantially the same as those offered to unaffiliated individuals and not involve more than the normal risk of repayment. There is an exception for loans made pursuant to a benefit or compensation program that is widely available to all employees of the institution and does not give preference to insiders over other employees. Loans to executive officers are subject to additional limitations based on the type of loan involved. Enforcement. The INDFI maintains enforcement authority over First Savings Bank, including the power to issue cease and desist orders and civil money penalties and remove directors, officers or employees. The INDFI also has the power to appoint a conservator or receiver for a bank upon insolvency, imminent insolvency, unsafe or unsound condition or certain other situations. The FRB has primary federal enforcement responsibility over Federal Reserve System member state banks and has authority to bring actions against the institution and all institution-affiliated parties, including shareholders, and any attorneys, appraisers and accountants who knowingly or recklessly participate in wrongful actions likely to have an adverse effect on the bank. Formal enforcement action may range from the issuance of a capital directive or cease and desist order to removal of officers and/or directors. Civil penalties cover a wide range of violations and can amount to $25,000 per day, or even $1 million per day in especially egregious cases. The FDIC, as deposit insurer, has the authority to recommend to the FRB that enforcement action be taken with respect to a member bank. If action is not taken by the FRB, the FDIC has authority to take such action under certain circumstances. In general, regulatory enforcement actions occur with respect to situations involving unsafe or unsound practices or conditions, violations of law or regulation or breaches of fiduciary duty. Federal and Indiana law also establish criminal penalties for certain violations. Assessments. Indiana banks are required to pay assessments to the INDFI to fund the agency’s operations. The assessments paid to the INDFI by First Savings Bank for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015 totaled $50,000. 14 Federal Home Loan Bank System. First Savings Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which consists of 12 regional Federal Home Loan Banks. The Federal Home Loan Bank System provides a central credit facility primarily for member institutions. First Savings Bank, as a member of the FHLB, is required to acquire and hold shares of capital stock in the FHLB. First Savings Bank was in compliance with this requirement with an investment in FHLB capital stock at September 30, 2015 of $5.8 million. Federal Reserve Board System. The FRB regulations require banks to maintain reserves against their transaction accounts (primarily Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and regular checking accounts). The regulations generally provide that reserves be maintained against aggregate transaction accounts as follows for 2015: a 3% reserve ratio is assessed on net transaction accounts up to and including $103.6 million; a 10% reserve ratio is applied above $103.6 million. The first $14.5 million of otherwise reservable balances (subject to adjustments by the FRB) are exempted from the reserve requirements. First Savings Bank complies with the foregoing requirements. The amounts are adjusted annually and, for 2016, establish a 3% reserve ratio for aggregate transaction accounts up to $110.0 million, a 10% ratio above $110 million, and an exemption of $15.2 million. In October 2008, the FRB began paying interest on certain reserve balances. Other Regulations First Savings Bank’s operations are also subject to federal laws applicable to credit transactions, including the: • • • • • • Truth-In-Lending Act, governing disclosures of credit terms to consumer borrowers; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975, requiring financial institutions to provide information to enable the public and public officials to determine whether a financial institution is fulfilling its obligation to help meet the housing needs of the community it serves; Equal Credit Opportunity Act, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, creed or other prohibited factors in extending credit; Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1978, governing the use and provision of information to credit reporting agencies; Fair Debt Collection Act, governing the manner in which consumer debts may be collected by collection agencies; and rules and regulations of the various federal agencies charged with the responsibility of implementing such federal laws. The operations of First Savings Bank also are subject to laws such as the: • • • Right to Financial Privacy Act, which imposes a duty to maintain confidentiality of consumer financial records and prescribes procedures for complying with administrative subpoenas of financial records; Electronic Funds Transfer Act and Regulation E promulgated thereunder, which govern automatic deposits to and withdrawals from deposit accounts and customers’ rights and liabilities arising from the use of automated teller machines and other electronic banking services; and Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (also known as “Check 21”), which gives “substitute checks,” such as digital check images and copies made from that image, the same legal standing as the original paper check. Holding Company Regulation General. Upon the charter conversion of First Savings Bank from a federal savings bank to an Indiana commercial bank, First Savings Financial Group became a bank holding company rather than a savings and loan holding company, and simultaneously elected financial holding company status. As a bank holding company, First Savings Financial Group is subject to FRB regulation, examination, supervision and reporting requirements. In addition, the FRB has enforcement authority over First Savings Financial Group and its non-savings institution subsidiaries. Among other things, this authority permits the FRB to restrict or prohibit activities that are determined to be a serious risk to First Savings Bank. The INDFI also has examination and enforcement authority since First Savings Financial Group controls an Indiana bank. 15 As a bank holding company, First Savings Financial Group is required to obtain the prior approval of the FRB to acquire all, or substantially all, of the assets of any other bank or bank holding company. Prior FRB approval are required for any bank holding company to acquire direct or indirect ownership or control of any voting securities of any bank or bank holding company if, after such acquisition, the acquiring bank holding company would, directly or indirectly, own or control more than 5% of any class of voting shares of the bank or bank holding company. In addition to the approval of the FRB, prior approval may for such acquisitions also be necessary from other agencies including the INDFI and agencies that regulate the target. A bank holding company is generally prohibited from engaging in nonbanking activities, or acquiring direct or indirect control of more than 5% of the voting securities of any company engaged in non-banking activities. One of the principal exceptions to this prohibition is for activities found by the FRB to be so closely related to banking or managing or controlling banks as to be a proper incident thereto. Some of the principal activities that the FRB has determined by regulation to be so closely related to banking are: (i) making or servicing loans; (ii) performing certain data processing services; (iii) providing discount brokerage services; (iv) acting as fiduciary, investment or financial advisor; (v) leasing personal or real property; (vi) making investments in corporations or projects designed primarily to promote community welfare; and (vii) acquiring a savings and loan association whose direct and indirect activities are limited to those permitted for bank holding companies. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 authorized a bank holding company that meets specified conditions, including being “well capitalized” and “well managed,” to opt to become a “financial holding company” and thereby engage in a broader array of financial activities than previously permitted. First Savings Financial Group has elected to become a financial holding company because of the activities of its captive insurance subsidiary, First Savings Insurance Risk Management, Inc. Bank holding companies are generally subject to consolidated capital requirements established by the FRB. The Dodd-Frank Act required the FRB to amend its consolidated minimum capital requirements for bank holding companies to make them no less stringent than those applicable to insured depository institutions themselves. The previously discussed final rule concerning regulatory capital accomplished this directive, effective January 1, 2015. However, legislation was enacted in December 2014 which required the FRB to amend its “Small Bank Holding Company” exemption from consolidated bank holding company capital requirements to generally extend the applicability of the exemption from $500 million to $1 billion in assets. Regulations doing so were effective May 15, 2015. Consequently, bank holding companies of under $1 billion in consolidated assets, such as First Savings Financial Group, are exempt from consolidated regulatory capital requirements, unless the FRB determines otherwise in particular cases. The FRB’s policies also require that a bank holding company serve as a source of financial strength to its subsidiary banks by standing ready to use available resources to provide adequate capital funds to those banks during periods of financial stress or adversity and by maintaining the financial flexibility and capital-raising capacity to obtain additional resources for assisting its subsidiary banks where necessary. The Dodd-Frank Act codified the source of strength doctrine. A bank holding company is generally required to give the FRB prior written notice of any purchase or redemption of then outstanding equity securities if the gross consideration for the purchase or redemption, when combined with the net consideration paid for all such purchases or redemptions during the preceding 12 months, is equal to 10% or more of the company’s consolidated net worth. The FRB may disapprove such a purchase or redemption if it determines that the proposal would constitute an unsafe and unsound practice, or violate any law, regulation, FRB order or directive, or any condition imposed by, or written agreement with, the FRB. There is an exception to this approval requirement for well-capitalized bank holding companies that meet certain other conditions. 16 The FRB has issued a policy statement regarding the payment of dividends and the repurchase of shares of common stock by bank holding companies. In general, the policy provides that dividends should be paid only out of current earnings and only if the prospective rate of earnings retention by the holding company appears consistent with the organization’s capital needs, asset quality and overall financial condition. Regulatory guidance provides for prior regulatory consultation with respect to dividends in certain circumstances such as where the company’s net income for the past four quarters, net of dividends’ previously paid over that period, is insufficient to fully fund the dividend or the company’s overall rate of earnings retention is inconsistent with the company’s capital needs and overall financial condition. The ability of a holding company to pay dividends may be limited if a subsidiary bank becomes undercapitalized. The guidance also provides for regulatory consultation prior to a bank holding company redeeming or repurchasing regulatory capital instruments when the holding company is experiencing financial weaknesses or where the redemption or repurchase of common or preferred stock cause a net reduction in the amount of such equity instruments outstanding at the end of a quarter compared to the beginning of the quarter in which the redemption or repurchase occurs. These regulatory policies could affect the ability of First Savings Financial Group to pay dividends, repurchase shares of its stock or otherwise engage in capital distributions. The status of First Savings Financial Group as a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act does not exempt it from certain federal and state laws and regulations applicable to corporations generally including, without limitation, certain provisions of the federal securities laws. Acquisition of Control. Under the federal Change in Bank Control Act, no person may acquire control of a bank holding company such as First Savings Financial Group unless the FRB has been given 60 days’ prior written notice and has not issued a notice disapproving the proposed acquisition, taking into consideration certain factors, including the financial and managerial resources of the acquirer and the competitive effects of the acquisition. Control, as defined under federal law, means ownership, control of or holding irrevocable proxies representing more than 25% of any class of voting stock, control in any manner of the election of a majority of the company’s directors, or a determination by the regulator that the acquirer has the power to direct, or directly or indirectly to exercise a controlling influence over, the management or policies of the institution. Acquisition of more than 10% of any class of a bank holding company’s voting stock constitutes a rebuttable presumption of control under the regulations under certain circumstances including where, is the case with First Savings Financial Group, the issuer has registered securities under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Indiana law requires INDFI approval for changes in control of companies controlling Indiana banks, with “control” defined to mean power to direct the management or policies of the holding company or power to vote at least 25% of the company’s voting securities. Federal Securities Laws First Savings Financial Group’s common stock is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. First Savings Financial Group is subject to the information, proxy solicitation, insider trading restrictions and other requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Federal Taxation INCOME TAXATION General. We report our income on a fiscal year basis using the accrual method of accounting. The federal income tax laws apply to us in the same manner as to other corporations with some exceptions, including particularly our reserve for bad debts discussed below. The following discussion of tax matters is intended only as a summary and does not purport to be a comprehensive description of the tax rules applicable to us. For its 2015 fiscal year, the Company’s maximum federal income tax rate was 34%. First Savings Financial Group and First Savings Bank have entered into a tax allocation agreement. Because First Savings Financial Group owns 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of First Savings Bank, First Savings Financial Group and First Savings Bank are members of an affiliated group within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, of which group First Savings Financial Group is the common parent corporation. As a result of this affiliation, First Savings Bank may be included in the filing of a consolidated federal income tax return with First Savings Financial Group and, if a decision to file a consolidated tax return is made, the parties agree to compensate each other for their individual share of the consolidated tax liability and/or any tax benefits provided by them in the filing of the consolidated federal income tax return. Our Federal income tax returns have not been audited during the last five years. 17 Bad Debt Reserves. For fiscal years beginning before June 30, 1996, thrift institutions that qualified under certain definitional tests and other conditions of the Internal Revenue Code, as the Bank did prior to its conversion to a commercial bank in December 2014, were permitted to use certain favorable provisions to calculate their deductions from taxable income for annual additions to their bad debt reserve. A reserve could be established for bad debts on qualifying real property loans, generally secured by interests in real property improved or to be improved, under the percentage of taxable income method or the experience method. The reserve for nonqualifying loans was computed using the experience method. Federal legislation enacted in 1996 repealed the reserve method of accounting for bad debts and the percentage of taxable income method for tax years beginning after 1995 and required savings institutions to recapture or take into income certain portions of their accumulated bad debt reserves. Approximately $4.6 million of our accumulated bad debt reserves would not be recaptured into taxable income unless First Savings Bank makes a “non-dividend distribution” to First Savings Financial Group as described below. Distributions. If First Savings Bank makes “non-dividend distributions” to First Savings Financial Group, the distributions will be considered to have been made from First Savings Bank’s unrecaptured tax bad debt reserves, including the balance of its reserves as of September 30, 1988, to the extent of the “non- dividend distributions,” and then from First Savings Bank’s supplemental reserve for losses on loans, to the extent of those reserves, and an amount based on the amount distributed, but not more than the amount of those reserves, will be included in First Savings Bank’s taxable income. Non-dividend distributions include distributions in excess of First Savings Bank’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, as calculated for federal income tax purposes, distributions in redemption of stock, and distributions in partial or complete liquidation. Dividends paid out of First Savings Bank’s current or accumulated earnings and profits will not be so included in First Savings Bank’s taxable income. The amount of additional taxable income triggered by a non-dividend distribution is an amount that, when reduced by the tax attributable to the income, is equal to the amount of the distribution. Therefore, if First Savings Bank makes a non-dividend distribution to First Savings Financial Group, approximately one and one-half times the amount of the distribution not in excess of the amount of the reserves would be includable in income for federal income tax purposes, assuming a 34% federal corporate income tax rate. First Savings Bank does not intend to pay dividends that would result in a recapture of any portion of its bad debt reserves. State Taxation Indiana. Effective July 1, 2013, Indiana amended its tax code to provide for reductions in the franchise tax rate. For the Company’s tax year ended September 30, 2015, Indiana imposed an 8.0% franchise tax based on a financial institution’s adjusted gross income as defined by statute. The Indiana franchise tax rate will be reduced to 7.5%, 7.0%, 6.5%, 6.5%, 6.25%, 6.0%, 5.5%, 5.0% and 4.9% for the Company’s tax years ending September 30, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 and years thereafter, respectively. In computing adjusted gross income, deductions for municipal interest, U.S. Government interest, the bad debt deduction computed using the reserve method and pre-1990 net operating losses are disallowed. Our state income tax returns have not been audited during the last five years. Item 1A. RISK FACTORS Our concentration in non-owner occupied residential real estate loans may expose us to increased credit risk. At September 30, 2015, $31.0 million, or 17.0% of our residential mortgage loan portfolio and 6.4% of our total loan portfolio, consisted of loans secured by non-owner occupied residential properties. Loans secured by non-owner occupied properties generally expose a lender to greater risk of non-payment and loss than loans secured by owner occupied properties because repayment of such loans depend primarily on the tenant’s continuing ability to pay rent to the property owner, who is our borrower, or, if the property owner is unable to find a tenant, the property owner’s ability to repay the loan without the benefit of a rental income stream. In addition, the physical condition of non-owner occupied properties is often below that of owner occupied properties due to lax property maintenance standards, which has a negative impact on the value of the collateral properties. Furthermore, some of our non-owner occupied residential loan borrowers have more than one loan outstanding with us. At September 30, 2015, we had 7 non-owner occupied residential loan relationships, each having an outstanding balance over $500,000, with aggregate outstanding balances of $6.6 million. Consequently, an adverse development with respect to one credit relationship may expose us to a greater risk of loss compared to an adverse development with respect to an owner occupied residential mortgage loan. At September 30, 2015, non-performing non-owner occupied residential loans amounted to $583,000. Non-owner occupied residential properties held as real estate owned amounted to $234,000 at September 30, 2015. For more information about the credit risk we face, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Risk Management.” 18 Our recent emphasis on commercial real estate lending and commercial business lending may expose us to increased lending risks. At September 30, 2015, $205.6 million, or 42.6%, of our loan portfolio consisted of commercial real estate loans and commercial business loans. Subject to market conditions, we intend to increase our origination of these loans. Commercial real estate loans generally expose a lender to greater risk of non-payment and loss than one- to four-family residential mortgage loans because repayment of the loans often depends on the successful operation of the property and the income stream of the borrowers. Commercial real estate loans also typically involve larger loan balances to single borrowers or groups of related borrowers both at origination and at maturity because many of our commercial real estate loans are not fully-amortizing, but result in “balloon” balances at maturity. Commercial business loans expose us to additional risks since they typically are made on the basis of the borrower’s ability to make repayments from the cash flow of the borrower’s business and are secured by non-real estate collateral that may depreciate over time. In addition, some of our commercial borrowers have more than one loan outstanding with us. Consequently, an adverse development with respect to one loan or one credit relationship may expose us to a greater risk of loss compared to an adverse development with respect to a one- to four-family residential mortgage loan. At September 30, 2015, non-performing commercial business loans and non-performing commercial real estate loans totaled $304,000 and $1.9 million, respectively. For more information about the credit risk we face, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Risk Management.” Our unseasoned commercial real estate loan and commercial business loan portfolios may expose us to increased lending risks. A significant amount of our commercial real estate loans and commercial business loans are unseasoned, meaning that they were originated recently. Our limited experience with these loans does not provide us with a significant payment history pattern with which to judge future collectability. Furthermore, these loans have not been subjected to unfavorable economic conditions. As a result, it may be difficult to predict the future performance of this part of our loan portfolio. These loans may have delinquency or charge-off levels above our expectations, which could adversely affect our future performance. Our construction loan and land and land development loan portfolios may expose us to increased credit risk. At September 30, 2015, $46.3 million, or 9.6% of our loan portfolio consisted of construction loans, and land and land development loans, and $8.9 million, or 24.5% of the construction loan portfolio, consisted of speculative construction loans at that date. While recently the demand for construction loans has declined due to the decline in the housing market and tighter lending standards, historically, construction loans, including speculative construction loans, have been a material part of our loan portfolio. Speculative construction loans are loans made to builders who have not identified a buyer for the completed property at the time of loan origination. Subject to market conditions, we intend to continue to emphasize the origination of construction loans and land and land development loans. These loan types generally expose a lender to greater risk of nonpayment and loss than residential mortgage loans because the repayment of such loans often depends on the successful operation or sale of the property and the income stream of the borrowers and such loans typically involve larger balances to a single borrower or groups of related borrowers. In addition, many borrowers of these types of loans have more than one loan outstanding with us so an adverse development with respect to one loan or credit relationship can expose us to significantly greater risk of non-payment and loss. Furthermore, we may need to increase our allowance for loan losses through future charges to income as the portfolio of these types of loans grows, which would hurt our earnings. For more information about the credit risk we face, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Risk Management.” 19 We may suffer losses in our loan portfolio despite our underwriting practices. Our results of operations are significantly affected by the ability of borrowers to repay their loans. Lending money is an essential part of the banking business. However, borrowers do not always repay their loans. The risk of non-payment is historically small, but if nonpayment levels are greater than anticipated, our earnings and overall financial condition, as well as the value of our common stock, could be adversely affected. No assurance can be given that our underwriting practices or monitoring procedures and policies will reduce certain lending risks. Loan losses can cause insolvency and failure of a financial institution and, in such an event, our stockholders could lose their entire investment. In addition, future provisions for loan losses could materially and adversely affect profitability. Furthermore, the application of various federal and state laws, including bankruptcy and insolvency laws, may limit the amount that can be recovered on these loans. For more information about the credit risk we face, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Risk Management.” Our allowance for loan losses may not be adequate to cover actual losses. Like all financial institutions, we maintain an allowance for loan losses to provide for probable incurred losses due to loan defaults, non-performance, and other qualitative factors. Our allowance for loan losses is based on our historical loss experience as well as an evaluation of the risks associated with our loan portfolio, including the size and composition of the loan portfolio, loan portfolio performance, fair value of collateral securing the loans, current economic conditions and geographic concentrations within the portfolio. Our allowance for loan losses may not be adequate to cover actual loan losses, and future provisions for loan losses could materially and adversely affect its financial results. For more information about our analysis and determination of allowance for loan losses, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Risk Management.” If an other-than-temporary-impairment is recorded in connection with our investment portfolio it could have a negative impact on our profitability. Our investment portfolio consists primarily of U.S. government agency and sponsored enterprises securities, mortgage backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations issued by U.S. government agencies and sponsored enterprises, municipal bonds, and privately-issued collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities. We must evaluate these securities for other-than-temporary impairment loss (“OTTI”) on a periodic basis. The privately- issued collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities exhibit signs of weakness, which may necessitate an OTTI charge in the future should the financial condition of the pools deteriorate further. Also, given the current economic environment and possible further deterioration in economic conditions, we may need to record an OTTI charge for our other investments should the issuers of those securities experience financial difficulties. Any future OTTI charges could significantly impact our earnings. A return of recessionary conditions could result in increases in our level of non-performing loans and/or reduce demand for our products and services, which would lead to lower revenue, higher loan losses and lower earnings. A return of recessionary conditions and/or continued negative developments in the domestic and international credit markets may significantly affect the markets in which we do business, the value of our loans and investments, and our ongoing operations, costs and profitability. Declines in real estate values and sales volumes and increased unemployment levels may result in higher than expected loan delinquencies, increases in our levels of non-performing and classified assets and a decline in demand for our products and services. These negative events may cause us to incur losses and may adversely affect our capital, liquidity, and financial condition. 20 Changing interest rates may hurt our earnings and asset value. Our net interest income is the interest we earn on loans and investments less the interest we pay on our deposits and borrowings. Our net interest margin is the difference between the yield we earn on our assets and the interest rate we pay for deposits and our other sources of funding. Changes in interest rates—up or down—could adversely affect our net interest margin and, as a result, our net interest income. Although the yield we earn on our assets and our funding costs tend to move in the same direction in response to changes in interest rates, one can rise or fall faster than the other, causing our net interest margin to expand or contract. Our liabilities tend to be shorter in duration than our assets, so they may adjust faster in response to changes in interest rates. As a result, when interest rates rise, our funding costs may rise faster than the yield we earn on our assets, causing our net interest margin to contract until the yield catches up. Changes in the slope of the “yield curve”—or the spread between short-term and long-term interest rates—could also reduce our net interest margin. Normally, the yield curve is upward sloping, meaning short-term rates are lower than long-term rates. Because our liabilities tend to be shorter in duration than our assets, when the yield curve flattens or even inverts, we could experience pressure on our net interest margin as our cost of funds increases relative to the yield we can earn on our assets. Also, interest rate decreases can lead to increased prepayments of loans and mortgage-backed securities as borrowers refinance their loans to reduce borrowing costs. Under these circumstances, we are subject to reinvestment risk as we may have to redeploy such repayment proceeds into lower yielding investments, which would likely hurt our income. At September 30, 2015, approximately $214.8 million, or 44.5% of the total loan portfolio, consisted of fixed-rate mortgage loans. This investment in fixed-rate mortgage loans exposes the Company to increased levels of interest rate risk. Changes in interest rates also affect the value of our interest-earning assets, and in particular our securities portfolio. Generally, the value of fixed-rate securities fluctuates inversely with changes in interest rates. Unrealized gains and losses on securities available for sale are reported as a separate component of equity, net of tax. Decreases in the fair value of securities available for sale resulting from increases in interest rates could have an adverse effect on stockholders’ equity. For further discussion of how changes in interest rates could impact us, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —Risk Management — Interest Rate Risk Management.” Liquidity risk could impair our ability to fund operations and jeopardize our financial condition. Liquidity is essential to our business. An inability to raise funds through deposits, borrowings, the sale of loans and other sources could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity. Our access to funding sources in amounts adequate to finance our activities could be impaired by factors that affect us specifically or the financial services industry in general. Factors that could detrimentally impact our access to liquidity sources include a decrease in the level of our business activity due to a market downturn or adverse regulatory action against us. Our ability to acquire deposits or borrow could also be impaired by factors that are not specific to us, such as a severe disruption of the financial markets or negative views and expectations about the prospects for the financial services industry as a whole. If the goodwill that we recorded in connection with a business acquisition becomes impaired, it could have a negative impact on our profitability. Goodwill represents the amount of acquisition cost over the fair value of net assets we acquired in the purchase of another financial institution. We review goodwill for impairment at least annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of the asset might be impaired. We determine impairment by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. Any such adjustments are reflected in our results of operations in the periods in which they become known. At September 30, 2015, our goodwill totaled $7.9 million. While we have recorded no such impairment charges since we initially recorded the goodwill, there can be no assurance that our future evaluations of goodwill will not result in findings of impairment and related write-downs, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. 21 Regulation of the financial services industry is undergoing major changes and future legislation could increase our cost of doing business or harm our competitive position. In 2010 and 2011, in response to the financial crisis and recession that began in 2008, significant regulatory and legislative changes resulted in broad reform and increased regulation impacting financial institutions. The Dodd-Frank Act has created a significant shift in the way financial institutions operate. The Dodd-Frank Act also creates a new federal agency to administer consumer protection and fair lending laws, a function that was formerly performed by the depository institution regulators. The Dodd-Frank Act contains various other provisions designed to enhance the regulation of depository institutions. The full impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on our business and operations will not be known for years until regulations implementing the statute are written and adopted. The Dodd-Frank Act may have a material impact on our operations, particularly through increased regulatory burden and compliance costs. Any future legislative changes could have a material impact on our profitability, the value of assets held for investment or collateral for loans. Future legislative changes could require changes to business practices or force us to discontinue businesses and potentially expose us to additional costs, liabilities, enforcement action and reputational risk. In addition to the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, the federal regulatory agencies have taken stronger supervisory actions against financial institutions that have experienced increased loan losses and other weaknesses as a result of the recent economic crisis. The actions include entering into written agreements and cease and desist orders that place certain limitations on operations. Federal bank regulators have also been using with more frequency their ability to impose individual minimum capital requirements on banks, which requirements may be higher than those required under the Dodd-Frank Act or that would otherwise qualify a bank as being “well capitalized” under applicable prompt corrective action regulations. If we were to become subject to a regulatory agreement or higher individual minimum capital requirements, such action may have a negative impact on our ability to execute our business plan, as well as our ability to grow, pay dividends or engage in mergers and acquisitions and may result in restrictions in our operations. Additionally, in early July 2013, the Federal Reserve approved revisions to their capital adequacy guidelines and prompt corrective action rules that implement the revised standards of Basel III, and address relevant provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. Basel III and the regulations of the federal banking agencies require bank holding companies and banks to undertake significant activities to demonstrate compliance with the new and higher capital standards. Compliance with these rules will impose additional costs on the Company and the Bank. Strong competition within our primary market area could hurt our profits and slow growth. We face intense competition both in making loans and attracting deposits. This competition has made it more difficult for us to make new loans and attract deposits. Price competition for loans and deposits might result in us earning less on our loans and paying more on our deposits, which would reduce net interest income. Competition also makes it more difficult to grow loans and deposits. At June 30, 2015, which is the most recent date for which data is available from the FDIC, we held approximately 12.84%, 2.98%, 32.63%, 80.96% and 10.81% of the FDIC-insured deposits in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Crawford and Washington Counties, Indiana, respectively. Some of the institutions with which we compete have substantially greater resources and lending limits than we have and may offer services that we do not provide. We expect competition to increase in the future as a result of legislative, regulatory and technological changes and the continuing trend of consolidation in the financial services industry. Our profitability depends upon our continued ability to compete successfully in our primary market area. See “Item 1. Business — Market Area” and “Item 1. Business — Competition” for more information about our primary market area and the competition we face. Because the nature of the financial services business involves a high volume of transactions, we face significant operational risks. Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from our operations, including, but not limited to, the risk of fraud by employees or persons outside of the Company and Bank, the execution of unauthorized transactions by employees, errors relating to transaction processing and technology, breaches of the internal control system and compliance requirements and business continuation and disaster recovery. This risk of loss also includes the potential legal actions that could arise as a result of an operational deficiency or as a result of noncompliance with applicable regulatory standards, adverse business decisions or their implementation, and customer attrition due to potential negative publicity. In the event of a breakdown in the internal control system, improper operation of systems or improper employee actions, we could suffer financial loss, face regulatory action and suffer damage to our reputation. 22 Our business may be adversely affected by internet fraud. We are inherently exposed to many types of operational risk, including those caused by the use of computer, internet and telecommunications systems. These risks may manifest themselves in the form of fraud by employees, by customers, other outside entities targeting us and/or our customers that use our internet banking, electronic banking or some other form of our telecommunications systems. Given the growing level of use of electronic, internet-based, and networked systems to conduct business directly or indirectly with our clients, certain fraud losses may not be avoidable regardless of the preventative and detection systems in place. We may experience interruptions or breaches in our information system security. We rely heavily on communications and information systems to conduct our business. Any failure or interruption of these systems could result in failures or disruptions in our customer relationship management, general ledger, deposit, loan and other systems. While we have policies and procedures designed to prevent or limit the effect of the failure or interruption of these information systems, there can be no assurance that any such failures or interruptions will not occur or, if they do occur, that they will be adequately addressed. The occurrence of any failures or interruptions of these information systems could damage our reputation, result in a loss of customer business, subject us to additional regulatory scrutiny, or expose us to civil litigation and possible financial liability, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. A failure in or breach, including cyber-attacks, of our operational or security systems, or those of our third party vendors and other service providers, could disrupt our businesses, result in the disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary information, damage our reputation, increase our costs and cause losses. As a financial institution, we are susceptible to fraudulent activity that may be committed against us or our clients and that may result in financial losses to us or our clients, privacy breaches against our clients, or damage to our reputation. Such fraudulent activity may take many forms, including check fraud, electronic fraud, wire fraud, phishing, and other dishonest acts. In recent periods, there has been a rise in electronic fraudulent activity within the financial services industry, especially in the commercial banking sector, due to cyber criminals targeting commercial bank accounts. Consistent with industry trends, we have also experienced an increase in attempted electronic fraudulent activity in recent periods. In addition, our operations rely on the secure processing, storage and transmission of confidential and other information on our computer systems and networks. Although we take numerous protective measures to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our and our clients’ information across all geographic and product lines, and endeavor to modify these protective measures as circumstances warrant, the nature of the threats continues to evolve. As a result, our computer systems, software and networks and those of our customers may be vulnerable to unauthorized access, loss or destruction of data (including confidential client information), account takeovers, unavailability of service, computer viruses or other malicious code, cyber-attacks and other events that could have an adverse security impact and result in significant losses by us and/or our customers. Despite the defensive measures we take to manage our internal technological and operational infrastructure, these threats may originate externally from third parties, such as foreign governments, organized crime and other hackers, and outsource or infrastructure-support providers and application developers, or the threats may originate from within our organization. Given the increasingly high volume of our transactions, certain errors may be repeated or compounded before they can be discovered and rectified. We also face the risk of operational disruption, failure, termination or capacity constraints of any of the third parties that facilitate our business activities, including exchanges, clearing agents, clearing houses or other financial intermediaries. Such parties could also be the source of an attack on, or breach of, our operational systems, data or infrastructure. In addition, as interconnectivity with our clients grows, we increasingly face the risk of operational failure with respect to our clients’ systems. 23 Although to date we have not experienced any material losses relating to cyber-attacks or other information security breaches, there can be no assurance that we will not suffer such losses in the future. Our risk and exposure to these matters remains heightened because of, among other things, the evolving nature of these threats, the outsourcing of some of our business operations, and the continued uncertain global economic environment. As cyber threats continue to evolve, we may be required to expend significant additional resources to continue to modify or enhance our protective measures or to investigate and remediate any information security vulnerabilities. We maintain an insurance policy which we believe provides sufficient coverage at a manageable expense for an institution of our size and scope with similar technological systems. However, we cannot assure that this policy will afford coverage for all possible losses or would be sufficient to cover all financial losses, damages, penalties, including lost revenues, should we experience any one or more of our or a third party’s systems failing or experiencing attack. We operate in a highly regulated environment and we may be adversely affected by changes in laws and regulations. The Bank is subject to extensive regulation, supervision and examination by the INDFI, its chartering authority, the FRB, its primary federal regulator, and the FDIC, as insurer of its deposits. The Company is also subject to regulation and supervision by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Such regulation and supervision governs the activities in which an institution and its holding company may engage, and are intended primarily for the protection of the insurance fund and the depositors and borrowers of the Bank rather than for holders of the Company’s common stock. Regulatory authorities have extensive discretion in their supervisory and enforcement activities, including the imposition of restrictions on our operations, the classification of our assets and determination of the level of our allowance for loan losses. If our regulators require us to charge-off loans or increase our allowance for loan losses, our earnings would suffer. Any change in such regulation and oversight, whether in the form of regulatory policy, regulations, legislation or supervisory action, may have a material impact on our operations. For a further discussion, see “Item 1. Business – Regulation and Supervision.” Our ability to pay dividends is subject to certain limitations and restrictions, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to continue paying the same level of dividends in the future that we paid in 2015 or that we will be able to pay future dividends at all. Our ability to declare and pay dividends is subject to the guidelines of the FRB regarding capital adequacy and dividends, other regulatory restrictions, and the need to maintain sufficient consolidated capital. The ability of the Bank to pay dividends to the Company is subject to regulation by the INDFI, applicable Indiana law and the FRB, and is limited by the Bank’s obligations to maintain sufficient capital and liquidity. In addition, banking regulators may propose guidelines seeking greater liquidity and regulations requiring greater capital requirements. If such new regulatory requirements were not met, the Bank would not be able to pay dividends to the Company, and consequently we may be unable to pay dividends on our common stock. On August 11, 2011, we issued shares of Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A to the United States Department of the Treasury as a result of participation in its Small Business Lending Fund program. We are prohibited from continuing to pay dividends on our common stock unless we have fully paid all required dividends on the senior preferred stock. Although we expect to be able to pay all required dividends on the senior preferred stock, there is no guarantee that we will be able to do so. If we are unable to redeem the Senior Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A after an initial four-and-one-half year period, the cost of this capital will increase substantially. If we are unable to redeem the Senior Non-cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A prior to February 11, 2016, the cost of this capital to us will increase from approximately $171,000 annually (based on the average dividend rate for 2014, or 1.0% per annum of the Series A preferred stock liquidation value) to $1.5 million annually (9.0% per annum of the Series A preferred stock liquidation value). This increase in the annual dividend rate on the Senior Non-cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A would have a material negative effect on the earnings we can retain for growth and to pay dividends on our common stock. 24 There is a limited trading market for our stock and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the price you paid for them. The price of the common stock purchased may decrease significantly. Although our common stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "FSFG", trading activity in the stock historically has been sporadic. A public trading market having the desired characteristics of liquidity and order depends on the presence in the market of willing buyers and sellers at any given time. The presence of willing buyers and sellers depends on the individual decisions of investors and general economic conditions, all of which are beyond our control. Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS None. Item 2. PROPERTIES We conduct our business through our main office and branch offices. The following table sets forth certain information relating to these facilities as of September 30, 2015. Location Main Office: Clarksville Main Office 501 East Lewis & Clark Parkway Clarksville, Indiana Branch Offices: Jeffersonville - Allison Lane Office 2213 Allison Lane Jeffersonville, Indiana Charlestown Office 1100 Market Street Charlestown, Indiana Georgetown Office 1000 Copperfield Drive Georgetown, Indiana Jeffersonville - Court Avenue Office 202 East Court Avenue Jeffersonville, Indiana Sellersburg Office 125 Hunter Station Way Sellersburg, Indiana Corydon Office 900 Hwy 62 NW Corydon, Indiana Salem Office 1336 S Jackson Street Salem, Indiana English Office 200 Indiana Avenue English, Indiana Marengo Office 125 W Old Short Street Marengo, Indiana Leavenworth Office 510 Hwy 62 Leavenworth, Indiana Year Opened Owned/ Leased 1968 Owned 1975 Owned 1993 Owned 2003 Owned 1986 Owned 1995 Owned 1996 Owned 1995 Owned 1925 Owned 1984 Owned 1969 Owned Lanesville Office 7340 Main Street NE Lanesville, Indiana Elizabeth Office 8160 Beech Street SE Elizabeth, Indiana New Albany Office 2218 State Street New Albany, Indiana 1948 Owned 1975 Owned 2013 Owned 25 The Bank owns two former branch office locations that have been closed and the operations of which were consolidated into existing branch office operations. The property located in Floyds Knobs, Indiana is utilized by the Bank as an operation center and the property located in Milltown, Indiana, is valued at $100,000 and was included in “other real estate owned, held for sale” at September 30, 2015 on the balance sheet of the Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. The Company owns a 4.077 acre parcel of land in New Albany, Indiana, which it has developed for retail purposes through a subsidiary of the Bank, FFCC. The retail development includes over 36,000 square feet of leasable class-A retail space and includes the Bank’s New Albany branch office location. See Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding the real estate development and construction. The Company purchased an 8.097 acre parcel of land in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in July 2013 upon which it may locate a new main office and subsequently divest of additional unused acreage in future years. However, there were no formal plans as of September 30, 2015 to proceed with a new main office location or divestiture of the additional acreage. This land, with a carrying value of approximately $1.73 million, was included in “premises and equipment” at September 30, 2015 on the balance sheet of the Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. As a result of the Bank’s conversion to an Indiana-chartered commercial bank and entry in the Federal Reserve System on December 19, 2014, the Company is required under federal regulations to divest of its commercial real estate development by December 19, 2016 but may apply to the FRB for extension of the conformance period for up to three additional years, in three one-year increments. The Company is required under Indiana statute to divest of its commercial real estate development within a ten-year period, or prior to December 19, 2024. In connection with its charter conversion, the Bank has committed under a plan of divestiture filed with the INDFI to divest of the commercial real estate development and the additional unused acreage in Jeffersonville, Indiana, if any, prior to December 31, 2017, which may require approval from the FRB for extension of the federal conformance period beyond December 19, 2016. Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS Periodically, there have been various claims and lawsuits against us, such as claims to enforce liens, condemnation proceedings on properties in which we hold security interests, claims involving the making and servicing of real property loans and other issues incident to our business. We are not a party to any pending legal proceedings that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES Not applicable. 26 PART II Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters The Company’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) under the trading symbol “FSFG.” As of December 11, 2015, the Company had approximately 255 holders of record and 2,196,220 shares of common stock outstanding. The figure of shareholders of record does not reflect the number of persons whose shares are in nominee or “street” name accounts through brokers. See Item 1, “Business—Regulation and Supervision—Limitation on Capital Distributions” and Note 25 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for information regarding dividend restrictions applicable to the Company. The following table provides quarterly market price and dividend information per common share for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 as reported by NASDAQ. 2015: Fourth Quarter Third Quarter Second Quarter First Quarter 2014: Fourth Quarter Third Quarter Second Quarter First Quarter High Sale Low Sale Dividends Market price end of period $ $ 36.39 $ 30.00 29.57 26.45 25.10 $ 24.58 24.00 23.84 29.25 $ 28.05 25.55 24.50 23.62 $ 22.45 22.71 20.88 0.12 $ 0.12 0.12 0.11 0.11 $ 0.11 0.11 0.10 34.00 29.75 28.95 26.25 24.96 24.18 23.48 22.85 On November 18, 2015, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share on its outstanding common stock, payable on or about December 31, 2015 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 4, 2015. The Company currently intends to maintain a policy of paying regular quarterly cash dividends; however, the Company cannot guarantee that it will pay dividends or that if paid, it will not reduce or eliminate dividends in the future. 27 Purchases of Equity Securities The following table presents information regarding the Company’s stock repurchase activity during the quarter ended September 30, 2015: Period July 1, 2015 through July 31, 2015 August 1, 2015 through August 31, 2015 September 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015 Total (a) Total number of shares purchased (b) Average price paid per share (c) Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs (1) (d) Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs — — — — — — — — — — — — 78,590 78,590 78,590 78,590 (1) On November 16, 2012, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to acquire up to 230,217 shares, or 10.0% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Under the program, which has no expiration date, repurchases are to be conducted through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, and are to be made from time to time depending on market conditions and other factors. There is no guarantee as to the exact number of shares to be repurchased by the Company. Repurchased shares will be held in treasury. Equity Compensation Plan Information The following table sets forth information as of September 30, 2015 about Company common stock that may be issued under the Company’s equity compensation plans. All plans were approved by the Company’s stockholders. Plan category Equity compensation plans approved by security holders Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders Total Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a) Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b) Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c) 213,260 $ N/A 213,260 $ 13.25 N/A 13.25 – N/A – 28 Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA The following tables contain certain information concerning our consolidated financial position and results of operations, which is derived in part from our audited consolidated financial statements. The following is only a summary and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. (In thousands) Financial Condition Data: Total assets Cash and cash equivalents Trading account securities Securities available-for-sale Securities held-to-maturity Loans, net Deposits Borrowings from FHLB Other borrowings Stockholders’ equity 2015 2014 At September 30, 2013 2012 2011 $ 749,946 $ 24,994 9,044 178,328 4,620 457,112 533,297 104,867 5,974 94,357 713,129 $ 20,330 5,319 184,697 5,419 433,876 533,194 79,548 6,150 87,080 660,455 $ 20,815 3,210 164,167 6,417 408,375 477,726 89,348 6,308 82,253 638,913 $ 38,791 3,562 152,543 7,848 389,067 494,234 53,062 3,461 82,926 $ (In thousands) Operating Data: Interest income Interest expense Net interest income Provision for loan losses Net interest income after provision for loan losses Noninterest income Noninterest expense Income before income taxes Income tax expense Net income Less: Preferred stock dividends declared Net income available to common shareholders $ 2015 27,987 $ 3,778 24,209 859 23,350 5,976 20,999 8,327 1,576 6,751 171 6,580 $ For the Year Ended September 30, 2013 2014 2012 27,494 $ 3,555 23,939 1,246 22,693 5,046 20,272 7,467 2,077 5,390 171 5,219 $ 27,175 $ 3,936 23,239 1,858 21,381 4,258 19,132 6,507 1,811 4,696 171 4,525 $ 25,994 $ 4,675 21,319 1,532 19,787 3,422 17,464 5,745 1,458 4,287 171 4,116 $ 537,086 27,203 – 108,577 9,506 354,432 387,626 53,137 16,403 76,601 2011 25,983 5,385 20,598 1,605 18,993 3,008 16,308 5,693 1,679 4,014 115 3,899 2011 Per Share Data: Net income per common share, basic Net income per common share, diluted Dividends per common share 2015 $ For the Year Ended September 30, 2013 2014 2012 3.07 $ 2.93 0.47 2.46 $ 2.34 0.43 2.09 $ 1.99 0.70 1.90 $ 1.85 0.00 1.82 1.78 0.00 29 Performance Ratios: Return on average assets Return on average equity Return on average common stockholders’ equity Interest rate spread (1) Net interest margin (2) Other expenses to average assets 2015 At or For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 2013 2014 2011 0.93% 0.78% 0.72% 0.75% 0.78% 7.43 9.16 3.74 3.84 2.88 6.38 8.01 3.86 3.93 2.92 5.63 7.09 3.98 4.09 2.94 5.42 6.92 4.07 4.22 3.05 6.85 6.89 4.30 4.44 3.15 Efficiency ratio (3) 69.57 69.94 69.58 70.59 69.08 Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities Dividend payout ratio Average equity to average assets Capital Ratios (4): Total capital (to risk-weighted assets): Consolidated Bank Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets): Consolidated Bank Common equity Tier 1 capital (to risk- weighted assets): Consolidated Bank Tier 1 capital (to average adjusted total assets): Consolidated Bank 116.90 114.66 115.27 116.16 111.98 14.74 12.47 16.96 12.17 33.48 12.81 – 13.81 – 11.33 16.21% 13.13 N/A 14.87% N/A 17.04% N/A 17.07% N/A 17.52% 14.96 11.88 14.96 11.88 11.01 8.67 N/A 13.62 N/A N/A N/A 9.14 N/A 15.78 N/A N/A N/A 10.36 N/A 15.82 N/A N/A N/A 10.12 N/A 16.29 N/A N/A N/A 11.34 (1) Represents the difference between the weighted average yield on average interest-earning assets and the weighted average cost on average interest-bearing liabilities. Tax exempt income is reported on a tax equivalent basis using a federal marginal tax rate of 34%. (2) Represents net interest income as a percent of average interest-earning assets. Tax exempt income is reported on a tax equivalent basis using a federal marginal tax rate of 34%. (3) Represents other expenses divided by the sum of net interest income and other income. (4) First Savings Financial Group was not subject to the regulatory capital requirements until its conversion from a savings and loan holding company to a bank holding company in December 2014. Therefore, the capital amounts and ratios presented for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are for the Bank only. 30 Asset Quality Ratios: Allowance for loan losses as a percent of total loans Allowance for loan losses as a percent of non- performing loans Net charge-offs to average outstanding loans during the period Non-performing loans as a percent of total loans Non-performing assets as a percent of total assets Other Data: Number of offices Number of deposit accounts (5) Number of loans (6) 2015 At or For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 2013 2014 2011 1.37% 1.40% 1.32% 1.23% 1.29% 150.37 145.96 61.15 84.12 63.70 0.11 0.91 1.75 14 33,430 5,373 0.12 0.96 1.79 15 34,049 5,482 0.30 2.17 2.39 15 34,788 5,663 0.35 1.46 2.21 14 36,259 6,072 0.21 2.02 2.01 12 29,777 5,777 (5) The significant increase from 2011 to 2012 is due primarily to 5,826 deposit accounts acquired in the acquisition of the First Federal branches. (6) The significant increase from 2011 to 2012 is due primarily to 768 loans acquired in the acquisition of the First Federal branches. 31 Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION Overview Income. Our primary source of pre-tax income is net interest income. Net interest income is the difference between interest income, which is the income that we earn on our loans and investments, and interest expense, which is the interest that we pay on our deposits and borrowings. Other significant sources of pre- tax income are service charges (mostly from service charges on deposit accounts and loan servicing fees), increases in the cash surrender value of life insurance, fees from sale of mortgage loans originated for sale in the secondary market, commissions on sales of securities and insurance products, rents from real estate leasing, and net realized and unrealized gains on trading account securities. We also recognize income from the sale of investment securities. Allowance for Loan Losses. The allowance for loan losses is a valuation allowance for probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. We evaluate the need to establish allowances against losses on loans on a quarterly basis. When additional allowances are necessary, a provision for loan losses is charged to earnings. Expenses. The noninterest expenses we incur in operating our business consist of salaries and employee benefits expenses, occupancy expenses, data processing expenses, professional service fees, federal deposit insurance premiums, advertising, net losses on foreclosed real estate and other miscellaneous expenses. Our noninterest expenses increased for the year ended September 30, 2015 when compared to 2014 primarily as a result of increased compensation and benefits, data processing, and advertising. Salaries and employee benefits consist primarily of: salaries and wages paid to our employees; payroll taxes; and expenses for health insurance, retirement plans and other employee benefits. We also recognize annual employee compensation expenses related to the equity incentive plan as the equity incentive awards vest. See Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding the stock based compensation plans. Occupancy expenses, which are the fixed and variable costs of buildings and equipment, consist primarily of depreciation charges, furniture and equipment expenses, maintenance, real estate taxes and costs of utilities. Depreciation of premises and equipment is computed using the straight-line method based on the useful lives of the related assets, which range from three to 50 years. Data processing expenses are the fees we pay to third parties for processing customer information, deposits and loans. Our data processing expenses increased in the year ended September 30, 2015 when compared to 2014 primarily as a result of increased fees to our core processor as well as additional services implemented in 2015. Professional fees expense represents the fees we pay to third parties for legal, accounting, investment advisory and other consulting services. Our professional fees decreased in the year ended September 30, 2015 when compared to 2014 primarily as a result of nonrecurring expenses in 2014 for consulting services related to a revenue enhancement and operating expense efficiencies project and decreased performance in the managed trading securities account in 2015. Federal deposit insurance premiums are payments we make to the FDIC for insurance of our deposit accounts. Other expenses include expenses for office supplies, postage, telephone, insurance, regulatory assessments and other miscellaneous operating expenses. 32 Critical Accounting Policies The accounting and reporting policies of the Company comply with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and conform to general practices within the banking industry. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions. The financial position and results of operations can be affected by these estimates and assumptions, which are integral to understanding reported results. Critical accounting policies are those policies that require management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time an accounting estimate is made; and different estimates that the Company reasonably could have used in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from period to period, would have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition or results of operations. Most accounting policies are not considered by management to be critical accounting policies. Several factors are considered in determining whether or not a policy is critical in the preparation of financial statements. These factors include, among other things, whether the estimates are significant to the financial statements, the nature of the estimates, the ability to readily validate the estimates with other information including third parties or available prices, and sensitivity of the estimates to changes in economic conditions and whether alternative accounting methods may be utilized under generally accepted accounting principles. Significant accounting policies, including the impact of recent accounting pronouncements, are discussed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The policies considered to be the critical accounting policies are described below. Allowance for Loan Losses. The allowance for loan losses is the amount estimated by management as necessary to cover losses inherent in the loan portfolio at the balance sheet date. The allowance is established through the provision for loan losses, which is charged to income. Determining the amount of the allowance for loan losses necessarily involves a high degree of judgment. Among the material estimates required to establish the allowance are: loss exposure at default; the amount and timing of future cash flows on impacted loans; value of collateral; and determination of loss factors to be applied to the various elements of the portfolio. All of these estimates are susceptible to significant change. Management reviews the level of the allowance at least quarterly and establishes the provision for loan losses based upon an evaluation of the portfolio, past loss experience, current economic conditions and other factors related to the collectability of the loan portfolio. Although we believe that we use the best information available to establish the allowance for loan losses, future adjustments to the allowance may be necessary if economic or other conditions differ substantially from the assumptions used in making the evaluation. In addition, the banking regulators, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review our allowance for loan losses and may require us to recognize adjustments to the allowance based on their judgments about information available to them at the time of their examination. A large loss could deplete the allowance and require increased provisions to replenish the allowance, which would adversely affect earnings. Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report describes the methodology used to determine the allowance for loan losses. The Company has not made any substantive changes to its methodology for determining the allowance for loan losses during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, and there have been no material changes in the assumptions or estimation techniques compared to prior years. Other-Than-Temporary Impairment of Securities. The Company reviews all investment securities with significant declines in fair value for potential other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) on a periodic basis. In evaluating the investment portfolio for OTTI, management considers the issuer’s credit rating, credit outlook, payment status and financial condition, the length of time the investment has been in a loss position, the size of the loss position and other meaningful information. Generally changes in market interest rates that result in a decline in value of an investment security are considered to be temporary, since the value of such investment can recover in the foreseeable future as market interest rates return to their original levels. However, such declines in value that are due to the underlying credit quality of the issuer or other adverse conditions that cannot be expected to improve in the foreseeable future, may be considered to be other-than-temporary. The Company recognizes credit-related OTTI on debt securities in earnings, while noncredit-related OTTI on debt securities not expected to be sold is recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income. Management believes this is a critical accounting policy because this evaluation of the underlying credit or analysis of other conditions contributing to the decline in value involves a high degree of complexity and requires us to make subjective judgments that often require assumptions or estimates about various matters. No other-than-temporary write-down charges to earnings were recognized during 2015 or 2014. See Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding OTTI. 33 Valuation Methodologies . In the ordinary course of business, management applies various valuation methodologies to assets and liabilities that often involve a significant degree of judgment, particularly when active markets do not exist for the items being valued. Generally, in evaluating various assets for potential impairment, management compares the fair value to the carrying value. Quoted market prices are referred to when estimating fair values for certain assets, such as investment securities. However, for those items for which market-based prices do not exist, management utilizes significant estimates and assumptions to value such items. Examples of these items include loans held for sale, goodwill and other intangible assets, foreclosed and other repossessed assets, estimated present value of impaired loans, value ascribed to stock-based compensation and certain other financial investments. The use of different assumptions could produce significantly different results, which could have material positive or negative effects on the Company’s results of operations. See Notes 22 and 23 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information. Operating Strategy Our mission is to operate and grow a profitable community-oriented financial institution. We plan to achieve this by executing our strategy of: · · · · · · · · · continuing our historical focus on residential mortgage lending but de-emphasizing residential mortgage lending secured by non-owner occupied properties; pursuing opportunities to increase commercial real estate lending and commercial business lending; improving customer service and product offerings by leveraging the Bank’s investment in the core operating system and in new technology; providing exceptional customer service to attract and retain customers; promoting our presence, brand image and product offerings in our primarily market area; continuing to monitor asset quality and credit risk in the loan and investment portfolios; recognizing improvements in noninterest income with respect to service charges on deposits as a result of restructuring deposit account types and fees, interchange income as a result of promoting increased debit card usage, commission income related to non-deposit investment products, and gains on sales of mortgage loans and loans guaranteed by the SBA in the secondary market; expanding our market share and market area by opening new branch offices and pursuing opportunities to acquire other financial institutions or branches; and increasing shareholder value through stock repurchase programs and dividends. Continuing our historical focus on residential mortgage lending but de-emphasizing residential mortgage lending secured by non-owner occupied properties. Historically, our predominant lending activity has been residential mortgage lending in our primary market area. A significant portion of the residential mortgage loans that we had originated before 2005 are secured by non-owner occupied properties, which generally carry a greater risk of loss than loans secured by owner-occupied properties. However, since 2005, we have de-emphasized non-owner occupied residential mortgage lending and have focused, and intend to continue to focus, our residential mortgage lending primarily on originating residential mortgage loans secured by owner-occupied properties. At September 30, 2015, 37.7% of our total loans were residential mortgage loans and 17.03% of our residential mortgage loans were secured by non-owner occupied properties. We intend to continue our emphasis on residential mortgage lending because this type of lending generally carries lower credit risk and has contributed to our historically favorable asset quality. 34 Pursuing opportunities to increase commercial real estate lending and commercial business lending. Commercial real estate loans and commercial business loans provide us the opportunity to earn more income because these loans generally have higher interest rates than residential mortgage loans in order to compensate for the increased credit risk. In recent periods, we have focused more heavily on commercial real estate and commercial business lending and intend to continue pursuing these lending opportunities. In addition, the Company’s participation in the United States Department of the Treasury’s Small Business Lending Fund program, as discussed further in Note 25 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report, also provides an incentive and capital to increase commercial lending. At September 30, 2015, commercial real estate loans and commercial business loans represented 35.86% and 6.75%, respectively, of our total loans. During 2013, we began a commercial real estate lending program that is focused on loans to high net worth individuals that are secured by low loan-to- value, single-tenant commercial properties that are leased to investment grade national-brand retailers, the borrowers and collateral properties for which are out of our primary market area. This program is designed to diversify the Company’s geographic and credit risk profile given the geographic dispersion of the loans and collateral, and the investment grade credit of the national-brand lessees. The Company originated $25.7 million of these loans during 2015 and the portfolio balance was $59.6 million at September 30, 2015. Beginning in April 2015, the Bank hired a management team, business development officers (loan officers), underwriters and supporting staff that are seasoned and experienced in U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) lending in order to enhance the Company’s proficiency in SBA 7(a) program loan originations and sales. The Bank intends to continue hiring additional business development officers and appropriate supporting staff during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016 in order to grow this program, the borrowers and collateral for which are out of our primary market area. The primary purpose of the program is to originate SBA 7(a) program loans and sell the amounts guaranteed by the SBA in the secondary market. The program is also designed to diversify the Company’s geographic and interest rate risk profile with respect to the retained unguaranteed amounts given the geographic dispersion of the loans and collateral, and their floating rate structure. The Company originated $5.7 million of these loans during 2015, of which $5.3 million was outstanding and included in loans held for sale with a fair value of $5.8 million at September 30, 2015 on the balance sheet of the Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. Improving customer service and product offerings with new technology. We continue to enhance our proficiencies and refine the processes for the core operating system in order to enhance the customer experience. In addition, we continue to improve product offerings and services to our customers with core-related and ancillary technologies, including mobile banking, mobile check capture, person-to-person and business-to-business payment capabilities, and automated teller machines with check imaging for self-service deposit transactions. Providing exceptional customer service to attract and retain customers. As a community-oriented financial institution, we emphasize providing exceptional customer service as a means to attract and retain customers. We deliver personalized service and respond with flexibility to customer needs. We believe that our community orientation is attractive to our customers and distinguishes us from the larger banks that operate in our primary market area. Continuing to monitor asset quality and credit risk. Our strategy for credit risk management focuses on having well-defined credit policies and uniform underwriting criteria and providing prompt attention to potential problem loans. During the years 2012 through 2014, we placed special emphasis on the improvement of asset quality and reductions in the levels of classified and criticized assets, which has resulted in significant improvements. We will continue to place emphasis on maintaining a robust credit culture, improving asset quality, and reducing classified and criticized assets. For more information about our monitoring of credit risk and improvement in levels of classified and criticized assets, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Risk Management.” 35 Recognizing improvements in noninterest income. The Company has recognized significant improvement in its levels of noninterest income for 2015 as compared to prior fiscal years due primarily to a gain on life insurance and net gain on sales of loans. However, the Company still underperforms compared to its peers, particularly with respect to service charges on deposit fee income. Therefore, the Company continues to focus on enhancing service charges on deposit fee income as the Bank continues to transition its deposit base to that more consistent with a commercial bank, and seek alternative sources of noninterest income. In addition, the Company expects to generate additional noninterest income as a result of gains on sales of loan amounts guaranteed by the SBA sold in the secondary market. Expanding our market share and market area. The acquisition of Community First Bank, an Indiana-chartered commercial bank, in 2009 expanded our market area into Harrison, Crawford and Washington Counties, Indiana, while the 2012 acquisition of the First Federal branches enhanced our presence in Harrison and Floyd Counties, Indiana. We intend to continue to pursue opportunities to expand our market share and market area by seeking to open additional branch offices and pursuing opportunities to acquire other financial institutions or branches of other financial institutions in our primary market area and surrounding areas. Increasing shareholder value through stock repurchase programs and dividends. The Company has been active in the repurchase of its common shares and has purchased and committed a net of 358,532 shares to treasury as of September 30, 2015, which represents 14.10% of the 2,542,042 common shares issued in its public offering in October 2008. In addition, the Company has 78,590 common shares remaining for repurchase under the stock repurchase program approved by its Board of Directors on November 16, 2012. Under the program, repurchases are to be conducted through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, and are to be made from time to time depending on market conditions and other factors. There is no guarantee as to the exact number of shares to be repurchased by the Company. For more information about our stock repurchases, see “Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.” The Company paid a cash dividend of $0.11 per common share during the quarter ended December 31, 2014 and increased the quarterly cash dividend plan to $0.12 per common share beginning with the quarter ended March 31, 2015, under which it paid $0.12 per common share for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2015, for a total of $0.47 per common share paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. The Company currently intends to maintain a policy of paying regular quarterly cash dividends; however, the Company cannot guarantee that it will pay dividends or that if paid, it will not reduce or eliminate dividends in the future. For more information about our dividends, see “Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.” Issuance of Preferred Stock under the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Small Business Lending Fund On August 11, 2011, First Savings Financial Group entered into and consummated a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Secretary of the Treasury, pursuant to which First Savings Financial Group issued 17,120 shares of Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), having a liquidation amount per share equal to $1,000, for a total purchase price of $17.1 million. The Purchase Agreement was entered into, and the Series A Preferred Stock was issued, pursuant to the Small Business Lending Fund program, a $30 billion fund established under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, that encourages lending to small businesses by providing capital to qualified community banks with assets of less than $10 billion. See Note 25 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning of page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock. 36 Balance Sheet Analysis Cash and Cash Equivalents. At September 30, 2015 and 2014, cash and cash equivalents totaled $25.0 million and $20.3 million, respectively. The Bank is required to maintain reserve balances on hand and with the Federal Reserve Bank, which are unavailable for investment but interest-bearing. The average amount of those reserve balances for the year ended September 30, 2015 was approximately $8.4 million. Loans. Our primary lending activity is the origination of loans secured by real estate. We originate one- to four-family mortgage loans, multifamily loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans and construction loans. To a lesser extent, we originate various consumer loans including home equity lines of credit. Residential mortgage loans comprise the largest segment of our loan portfolio. At September 30, 2015, these loans totaled $181.9 million, or 37.7% of total loans, compared to $182.7 million, or 40.9% of total loans at September 30, 2014. Total residential mortgage loan balances decreased in 2015 primarily due to repayments and refinancings that were sold in the secondary market. We generally originate loans for investment purposes, although, depending on the interest rate environment, we typically sell 25-year and 30-year fixed-rate residential mortgage loans that we originate into the secondary market in order to limit exposure to interest rate risk and to earn noninterest income. Management intends to continue offering short-term adjustable rate residential mortgage loans and generally sell long-term fixed rate mortgage loans in the secondary market with servicing released. Commercial real estate loans totaled $173.0 million, or 35.9% of total loans at September 30, 2015, compared to $153.9 million, or 34.5% of total loans at September 30, 2014. The balance of commercial real estate loans has increased primarily due to the previously discussed lending program that is focused on loans secured by low loan-to-value, single-tenant commercial properties that are leased to investment grade national-brand retailers, the borrowers and collateral properties for which are out of our primary market area. Management continues to focus on pursuing nonresidential loan opportunities in order to further diversify the loan portfolio. Multi-family real estate loans totaled $21.6 million, or 4.5% of total loans at September 30, 2015, compared to $21.3 million, or 4.8% of total loans at September 30, 2014. These loans are primarily secured by apartment buildings and other multi-tenant developments in our primary market area. Residential construction loans totaled $19.7 million, or 4.1% of total loans, at September 30, 2015 of which $8.9 million were speculative construction loans. At September 30, 2014, residential construction loans totaled $14.5 million, or 3.3% of total loans, of which $4.8 million were speculative loans. The increase in residential construction loans is due primarily to the continuing recovery of the housing market. Commercial construction loans totaled $15.5 million, or 3.2% of total loans, at September 30, 2015 compared to $8.4 million, or 1.9% of total loans at September 30, 2014. The increase is due primarily to the increase of commercial construction in our primary market area. Land and land development loans totaled $11.1 million, or 2.3% of total loans at September 30, 2015, compared to $11.3 million, or 2.5% of total loans at September 30, 2014. These loans are primarily secured by vacant lots to be improved for residential and nonresidential development, and farmland. Commercial business loans totaled $32.6 million, or 6.8% of total loans, at September 30, 2015 compared to $28.4 million, or 6.4% of total loans, at September 30, 2014. The increase is due primarily to the increase of commercial business lending opportunities in our primary market area. Management continues to focus on pursuing commercial business loan opportunities in order to further diversify the loan portfolio. Consumer loans totaled $27.0 million, or 5.6% of total loans, at September 30, 2015 compared to $25.8 million, or 5.8% of total loans, at September 30, 2014. In general, organic consumer loans including automobile loans, home equity lines of credit, unsecured loans and loans secured by deposits, has only slightly increased due to pay-downs, payoffs, charge-offs and management’s decision to focus on other lending opportunities with less inherent credit risk. Home equity lines of credit increased $1.5 million, or 8.5%, while automobile loans decreased $167,000, or 3.0%, and other consumer loans decreased $161,000, or 6.9%, from September 30, 2014 to September 30, 2015. 37 The following table sets forth the composition of our loan portfolio at the dates indicated. (Dollars in thousands) Real estate mortgage: Residential Commercial Multi-family Residential construction Commercial construction Land and land development Total 2015 2014 Amount Percent Amount Percent 2013 Amount Percent 2012 Amount Percent 2011 Amount Percent At September 30, $ 181,873 172,995 21,647 19,723 15,548 11,061 422,847 37.70% $ 182,743 153,896 35.86 21,286 4.49 14,528 4.08 3.22 8,354 11,290 2.29 392,097 87.64 40.94% $ 184,390 117,782 34.48 26,759 4.77 12,537 3.25 6,730 1.87 11,396 2.53 359,594 87.84 44.10% $ 190,958 90,290 28.17 23,879 6.40 10,748 3.00 5,182 1.61 12,320 2.73 333,377 86.01 47.72% $ 169,353 73,513 22.56 24,909 5.97 8,002 2.69 4,144 1.29 12,947 3.08 292,868 83.31 46.65% 20.25 6.86 2.20 1.14 3.57 80.67 Commercial business 32,574 6.75 28,448 6.37 31,627 7.56 36,189 9.04 40,628 11.19 Consumer: Home equity lines of credit Auto loans Other Total Gross loans Undisbursed portion of construction loans Principal loan balance Deferred loan origination fees and costs, net Allowance for loan losses Loans, net 19,423 5,452 2,159 27,034 4.03 1.13 0.45 5.61 17,903 5,619 2,320 25,842 4.01 1.26 0.52 5.79 17,133 6,519 3,266 26,918 4.10 1.56 0.77 6.43 18,294 8,219 4,114 30,627 4.57 2.05 1.03 7.65 15,210 9,827 4,514 29,551 4.19 2.71 1.24 8.14 482,455 100.00% 446,387 100.00% 418,139 100.00% 400,193 100.00% 363,047 100.00% (18,599) 463,856 (6,271) 440,116 (4,389) 413,750 (6,602) 393,591 (4,501) 358,546 (120) (6,624) $ 457,112 10 (6,250) $ 433,876 163 (5,538) $ 408,375 382 (4,906) $ 389,067 558 (4,672) $ 354,432 38 Loan Maturity The following table sets forth certain information at September 30, 2015 regarding the dollar amount of loan principal repayments becoming due during the period indicated. The table does not include any estimate of prepayments which significantly shorten the average life of all loans and may cause our actual repayment experience to differ from that shown below. Demand loans having no stated schedule of repayments and no stated maturity are reported as due in one year or less. (Dollars in thousands) Amounts due in: One year or less More than one year to two years More than two years to three years More than three years to five years More than five years to ten years More than ten years to fifteen years More than fifteen years Total Residential Real Estate (1) Commercial Real Estate (2) Construction (3) Commercial Business Consumer Total Loans At September 30, 2015 $ $ 20,062 $ 13,290 11,529 20,851 41,204 33,703 62,881 203,520 $ 37,766 $ 23,776 18,188 30,750 53,946 13,629 6,001 184,056 $ 35,271 $ - - - - - - 35,271 $ 15,379 $ 4,349 2,971 4,519 3,537 1,394 425 32,574 $ 5,791 $ 4,309 3,453 4,616 6,206 2,659 - 27,034 $ 114,269 45,724 36,141 60,736 104,893 51,385 69,307 482,455 (1) (2) (3) Includes multi-family loans. Includes farmland and land and land development loans. Includes construction loans for which the Bank has committed to provide permanent financing. Fixed vs. Adjustable Rate Loans The following table sets forth the dollar amount of all loans at September 30, 2015 that are due after September 30, 2016, and have either fixed interest rates or adjustable interest rates. The amounts shown below exclude unearned loan origination fees. (In thousands) Residential real estate (1) Commercial real estate (2) Construction Commercial business Consumer Total (1) (2) Includes multi-family loans. Includes farmland and land and land development loans. Fixed Rates Adjustable Rates $ 93,812 $ 57,671 - 11,126 4,626 167,235 $ 89,646 $ 89,619 - 6,069 16,617 200,951 $ Total 183,458 146,290 - 17,195 21,243 368,186 $ 39 Loan Activity The following table presents loans held for investment originated, purchased and sold during the periods indicated, and excludes loans originated with the intention of sale in the secondary market. (In thousands) Total loans at beginning of period Loans originated: Residential real estate (1) Commercial real estate (2) Construction Commercial business Consumer Total loans originated Loans purchased Deduct: Loan principal repayments Loan sales Net loan activity Total loans at end of period Year Ended September 30, 2014 2013 2015 $ 446,387 $ 418,139 $ 400,193 29,774 44,528 9,729 11,403 8,181 103,615 – (67,547) – 36,068 482,455 $ 32,487 64,644 8,691 6,657 7,607 120,086 – (87,327) (4,511) 28,248 446,387 $ 36,573 60,503 9,122 8,296 7,182 121,676 – (97,373) (6,357) 17,946 418,139 $ (1) (2) Includes multi-family loans. Includes farmland and land and land development loans. Trading Account Securities. Our trading account securities represent an investment in a managed brokerage account that invests in small and medium lot, investment grade municipal bonds. The brokerage account is managed by an investment advisory firm registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. At September 30, 2015, trading account securities recorded at fair value totaled $9.0 million, comprised of investment grade municipal bonds. See Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding trading account securities. Securities Available for Sale. Our available for sale securities portfolio consists primarily of U.S. government agency and sponsored enterprises securities, mortgage backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations issued by U.S. government agencies and sponsored enterprises, municipal bonds, privately-issued collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities, and a pass-through asset-backed security guaranteed by the SBA. Available for sale securities decreased by $6.4 million, from $184.7 million at September 30, 2014 to $178.3 million at September 30, 2015, due primarily to maturities and calls of $11.2 million and principal repayments of $18.7 million, which more than offset purchases of $23.7 million and unrealized gains of $549,000. There were no sales recognized in 2015. Securities Held to Maturity. Our held to maturity securities portfolio consists of mortgage-backed securities issued by government sponsored enterprises and municipal bonds. Held to maturity securities decreased by $799,000 from September 30, 2014 to September 30, 2015, due primarily to maturities and principal repayments of $794,000. 40 The following table sets forth the amortized costs and fair values of our investment securities at the dates indicated. (In thousands) Securities available for sale: Agency bonds and notes Agency mortgage-backed securities Agency CMO Privately-issued CMO Privately-issued asset-backed SBA certificates Municipal Equity securities Total Securities held to maturity: Agency mortgage-backed securities Municipal Total 2015 At September 30, 2014 2013 Amortized Cost Fair Value Amortized Cost Fair Value Amortized Cost Fair Value 5,564 $ 47,418 18,943 3,005 4,820 1,472 90,380 – 171,602 $ 5,582 $ 48,278 19,014 3,470 6,109 1,480 94,395 – 178,328 $ 12,269 $ 51,845 29,648 3,302 5,552 1,753 74,148 – 178,517 $ 12,091 $ 52,255 29,484 3,920 7,353 1,762 77,832 – 184,697 $ 15,877 $ 41,720 24,200 3,881 5,829 2,081 68,072 – 161,660 $ 15,197 41,714 24,074 4,616 7,799 2,093 68,581 93 164,167 345 $ 4,275 4,620 $ 376 $ 4,815 5,191 $ 455 $ 4,964 5,419 $ 492 $ 5,357 5,849 $ 721 $ 5,696 6,417 $ 773 5,741 6,514 $ $ $ $ The following table sets forth the activity in our investment available for sale and held to maturity securities portfolio during the periods indicated. (In thousands) Mortgage-backed securities: Mortgage-backed securities, beginning of period (1) Purchases Sales Maturities Repayments and prepayments Net amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on securities Gains on sales Increase (decrease) in net unrealized gain Net increase (decrease) in mortgage-backed securities Mortgage-backed securities, end of period (1) Investment securities: Investment securities, beginning of period (1) Purchases Sales Maturities Repayments and prepayments Net accretion of premiums and discounts on securities Other than temporary impairment loss Gains on sales Increase (decrease) in net unrealized gain Net increase in investment securities Investment securities, end of period (1) (1) At fair value. 41 At or For the Year Ended September 30, 2014 2013 2015 $ $ $ $ 52,747 $ 2,563 – – (6,385) (714) – 443 (4,093) 48,654 $ 137,799 $ 21,106 – (11,893) (12,429) 35 – – 247 (2,934) 134,865 $ 42,487 $ 17,688 – – (7,010) (820) – 402 10,260 52,747 $ 128,194 $ 24,077 (808) (10,358) (7,209) 177 – 123 3,603 9,605 137,799 $ 44,880 11,361 – – (11,629) (887) – (1,238) (2,393) 42,487 115,977 39,591 (801) (12,990) (8,281) 273 – 1 (5,576) 12,217 128,194 The following table sets forth the stated maturities and weighted average yields of debt securities at September 30, 2015. Weighted average yields on tax- exempt securities are presented on a tax equivalent basis using a federal marginal tax rate of 34%. Certain mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations have adjustable interest rates and will reprice annually within the various maturity ranges. These repricing schedules are not reflected in the table below. Weighted average yield calculations on investments available for sale do not give effect to changes in fair value that are reflected as a component of equity. One Year or Less More than One Year to Five Years More than Five Years to Ten Years More than Ten Years Total Carrying Value Weighted Average Yield Carrying Value Weighted Average Yield Carrying Value Weighted Average Yield Carrying Value Weighted Average Yield Carrying Value Weighted Average Yield (Dollars in thousands) Securities available for sale: Agency bonds and notes $ Agency mortgage- backed securities Agency CMO Privately-issued CMO Privately-issued ABS SBA Certificates Municipal Total Securities held to maturity: – 2 – – – – 1,955 1,957 $ –% $ – –% $ 3,005 1.25% $ 2,577 1.79% $ 5,582 1.50% 3.72 – – – – 6.25 6.25% $ 8,962 2,727 – – – 6,467 18,156 1.96 1.77 – – – 3.52 2.49% $ 3,999 – – – 1,480 19,993 28,477 1.82 – – 35,314 16,287 3,470 2.42 1.73 7.66 48,278 19,014 3,470 – 1.26 4.26 3.45% $ 6,109 – 65,980 129,737 18.14 – 4.94 4.49% $ 6,109 1,480 94,395 178,328 2.29 1.74 7.66 18.14 1.26 4.73 4.14% Agency mortgage- backed securities $ Municipal Total $ – 537 537 –% $ 5.31 5.31% $ – 1,721 1,721 –% $ 6.97 6.97% $ – 1,305 1,305 –% $ 6.93 6.93% $ 345 712 1,057 4.00% $ 6.65 5.79% $ 345 4,275 4,620 4.00% 6.70 6.50% As of September 30, 2015, we did not own any investment securities of a single issuer that had an aggregate book value in excess of 10% of the Company’s stockholders’ equity at that date, other than securities and obligations issued by U.S. government agencies and sponsored enterprises. Deposits. Deposit accounts, generally obtained from individuals and businesses throughout our primary market area, are our primary source of funds for lending and investments. Our deposit accounts are comprised of noninterest-bearing accounts, interest-bearing savings, checking and money market accounts and time deposits. Deposits increased $103,000 from $533.2 million at September 30, 2014 to $533.3 million at September 30, 2015. The Bank recognized increases in interest-bearing checking accounts of $19.5 million, noninterest-bearing checking accounts of $15.1 million and interest-bearing savings accounts of $3.3 million, and decreases in money market deposit accounts of $13.5 million and time deposits of $13.6 million when comparing the two years. Brokered certificates of deposit totaled $59.4 million at September 30, 2015 compared to $57.8 million at September 30, 2014. We have continued to promote relationship-oriented deposit accounts but at times also utilize brokered certificates of deposit as a lower-cost alternative to retail time deposits. In addition, we have continued to develop and promote cash management services including sweep accounts and remote deposit capture in order to increase the level of commercial deposit accounts. We believe that the development and promotion of these products has made us more competitive in attracting commercial deposits during recent periods. 42 The following table sets forth the balances of our deposit accounts at the dates indicated. (In thousands) Non-interest-bearing demand deposits NOW accounts Money market accounts Savings accounts Time deposits Total 2015 At September 30, 2014 2013 $ $ 71,184 $ 136,670 57,008 74,539 193,896 533,297 $ 56,092 $ 117,200 81,144 71,235 207,523 533,194 $ 50,093 113,670 71,794 67,463 174,706 477,726 The following table indicates the amount of jumbo certificates of deposit by time remaining until maturity as of September 30, 2015. Jumbo certificates of deposit require minimum deposits of $100,000. (In thousands) Three months or less Over three through six months Over six through twelve months Over twelve months Total Amount 5,292 5,647 10,981 19,188 41,108 $ $ The following table sets forth time deposits classified by rates at the dates indicated. (In thousands) 0.00 - 1.00% 1.01 - 2.00% 2.01 - 3.00% 3.01 - 4.00% 4.01 - 5.00% 5.01 - 6.00% Total 2015 At September 30, 2014 2013 $ $ 128,176 $ 42,584 15,344 4,179 1,674 1,939 193,896 $ 134,795 $ 38,502 25,203 5,156 1,935 1,932 207,523 $ 84,442 46,692 30,382 8,113 3,177 1,900 174,706 The following table sets forth the amount and maturities of time deposits at September 30, 2015. (Dollars in thousands) 0.00 - 1.00% 1.01 - 2.00% 2.01 - 3.00% 3.01 - 4.00% 4.01 - 5.00% 5.01 - 6.00% Total Amount Due Less Than One Year More Than One Year to Two Years More Than Two Years to Three Years More Than Three Years Total Percent of Total Time Deposit Accounts $ 91,049 $ 5,068 6,825 111 690 1,295 $ 104,498 $ 19,426 $ 16,935 11 18 459 638 37,487 $ 8,459 $ 1,720 – 325 79 6 10,589 $ 9,242 $ 128,176 42,584 18,861 15,344 9,048 4,179 3,725 1,674 446 1,939 – 41,322 $ 193,896 66.11% 21.96 7.91 2.16 0.86 1.00 100.00% The following table sets forth deposit activity for the periods indicated. (In thousands) Beginning balance Increase (decrease) before interest credited Interest credited Net increase (decrease) in deposits Ending balance 43 Year Ended September 30, 2014 2015 2013 $ $ 533,194 $ (2,270) 2,373 103 533,297 $ 477,726 $ 53,064 2,404 55,468 533,194 $ 494,234 (19,527) 3,019 (16,508) 477,726 Borrowings. We use borrowings from the FHLB consisting of advances and borrowings under a line of credit arrangement to supplement our supply of funds for loans and investments. We also utilize retail repurchase agreements as a source of borrowings. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the Bank’s use of FHLB borrowings. (Dollars in thousands) Maximum amount of FHLB borrowings outstanding at any month-end during period Average FHLB borrowings outstanding during period Weighted average interest rate during period Balance outstanding at end of period Weighted average interest rate at end of period $ $ Year Ended September 30, 2014 2013 2015 119,085 94,413 $ 104,867 1.24% $ 1.48% 102,565 88,271 $ 79,548 1.27% $ 1.10% 89,348 69,198 1.53% 89,348 1.15% The outstanding balance of borrowings from the FHLB increased $25.4 million, from $79.5 million at September 30, 2014 to $104.9 million at September 30, 2015. FHLB borrowings are primarily used to fund loan demand and to purchase available for sale securities. See Note 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding FHLB borrowings. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the Bank’s use of borrowings under retail repurchase agreements. (Dollars in thousands) Maximum amount of retail repurchase agreements outstanding at any month-end during period Average retail repurchase agreements outstanding during period Weighted average interest rate during period Balance outstanding at end of period Weighted average interest rate at end of period $ $ Year Ended September 30, 2014 2015 2013 $ 1,342 1,340 0.25% $ 1,342 0.25% $ 1,338 1,336 0.25% $ 1,338 0.25% 1,335 1,332 0.45% 1,335 0.25% See Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding repurchase agreements. Other Long-Term Debt. On July 27, 2012, FFCC entered into a loan agreement with another financial institution to finance the retail development project discussed in Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. The loan had a maximum commitment of $5.0 million and the outstanding balance of the loan was $4.6 million at September 30, 2015. See Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding other long-term debt. 44 Results of Operations for the Years Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 Overview. The Company reported net income of $6.8 million and net income available to common shareholders of $6.6 million ($2.93 per common share diluted; weighted average common shares outstanding of 2,247,966, as adjusted) for the year ended September 30, 2015, compared to net income of $5.4 million and net income available to common shareholders of $5.2 million ($2.34 per common share diluted; weighted average common shares outstanding of 2,229,314, as adjusted) for the year ended September 30, 2014. Net income for 2015 included an $831,000 gain on life insurance. Excluding the impact of this nonrecurring item, the Company would have reported net income of $6.1 million and net income available to common shareholders of $5.9 million, or $2.64 per diluted share, for the year ended September 30, 2015. Net Interest Income. Net interest income increased $270,000, or 1.1%, from $23.9 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 to $24.2 million for the year ended September 30, 2015, primarily as the result of an increase in the average balance of interest earning assets from 2014 to 2015, which more than offset a decrease in the interest rate spread from 2014 to 2015. The interest rate spread, the difference between the average tax-equivalent yield on interest-earning assets and the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities, decreased from 3.86% for 2014 to 3.74% for 2015 due primarily to a decrease in the average tax-equivalent yield on interest-earning assets from 4.50% for 2014 to 4.41% for 2015 and an increase in the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities from 0.64% for 2014 to 0.67% for 2015. Total interest income increased $493,000, or 1.8%, from $27.5 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 to $28.0 million for the year ended September 30, 2015. The increase in total interest income is due primarily to an increase in the average balance of interest earning assets of $28.4 million, from $633.2 million for 2014 to $661.6 million for 2015, which more than offset the change in total interest income due to a decrease in the average tax-equivalent yield on interest-earning assets from 4.50% for 2014 to 4.41% for 2015. The increase in the average balance of interest-earning assets primarily relates to increases in the average balance of loans of $23.6 million and interest-bearing deposits with banks of $4.6 million. Interest income on loans increased $478,000, or 2.3%, from $21.0 million for 2014 to $21.4 million for 2015, due primarily to an increase in the average balance of loans outstanding of $23.6 million, from $428.8 million for 2014 to $452.4 million, which more than offset the change in total interest income due to a decrease in the average tax-equivalent yield on loans from 4.91% for 2014 to 4.76% for 2015. The increase in the average balance of loans outstanding is due primarily to an increase in commercial real estate mortgage loans, as a result of the previously discussed lending program that is focused on loans secured by low loan-to-value, single-tenant commercial properties that are leased to investment grade national-brand retailers, the borrowers and collateral properties for which are out of our primary market area. Interest income on investment securities decreased $56,000, or 0.9%, from $6.3 million for 2014 to $6.2 million for 2015. The decrease in interest income on investment securities is due primarily to a decrease in the average balance of investment securities of $1.0 million, from $186.2 million for 2014 to $185.2 million for 2015, which more than offset the change in total interest income due to an increase in the average tax-equivalent yield on investment securities from 3.84% for 2014 to 3.93% for 2015. The increase in the average tax-equivalent yield on investment securities was due primarily to an increased investment in municipal bonds, which generally provide a higher rate of interest than securities issued by U.S. government agencies and sponsored enterprises. Total interest expense increased $223,000, or 6.2%, due primarily to an increase in the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities of $13.7 million, from $552.2 million for 2014 to $565.9 million for 2015, and an increase in the average cost of funds from 0.64% for 2014 to 0.67% for 2015. The average balance of interest-bearing deposits increased $7.7 million, or 1.7%, from $457.7 million for 2014 to $465.4 million for 2015, and the average cost of funds for deposits was 0.52% for both 2014 and 2015. The average balance of borrowings increased $6.0 million, or 6.2%, from $94.5 million for 2014 to $100.5 million for 2015, and the average cost of funds for borrowings was 1.24% for 2014 compared to 1.34% for 2015. The average cost of interest-bearing liabilities increased for 2015 primarily as a result of the lengthening of maturities of wholesale funding liabilities in order to reposition the Company’s interest rate risk sensitivity position. 45 Average Balances and Yields. The following tables present information regarding average balances of assets and liabilities, the total dollar amounts of interest income and dividends from average interest-earning assets, the total dollar amounts of interest expense on average interest-bearing liabilities, and the resulting annualized average yields and costs. The yields and costs for the periods indicated are derived by dividing income or expense by the average balances of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods presented. Nonaccrual loans are included in average balances only. Loan fees are included in interest income on loans and are not material. Tax exempt income on loans and investment securities has been calculated on a tax equivalent basis using a federal marginal tax rate of 34%. 2015 Interest and Dividends Yield/ Cost Average Balance (Dollars in thousands) Assets: Year Ended September 30, 2014 Interest and Dividends Average Balance Yield/ Cost 2013 Interest and Dividends Yield/ Cost Average Balance Interest-bearing deposits with banks $ Loans Investment securities Mortgage-backed securities FRB and FHLB stock Total interest-earning 16,971 $ 452,426 135,819 49,381 6,976 48 21,526 6,235 1,038 303 0.28% $ 4.76 4.59 2.10 4.34 12,356 $ 428,844 136,806 49,384 5,802 35 21,047 6,118 1,026 245 0.28% $ 4.91 4.47 2.08 4.22 11,295 $ 402,430 128,363 43,502 5,415 29 21,227 5,781 845 200 0.26% 5.27 4.50 1.94 3.69 assets 661,573 29,150 4.41 633,192 28,471 4.50 591,005 28,082 4.75 Non-interest-earning assets Total assets 66,898 $ 728,471 60,319 $ 693,511 59,944 $ 650,949 Liabilities and equity: NOW accounts Money market deposit accounts Passbook accounts Time deposits Total interest-bearing deposits $ 127,265 $ 242 0.19 $ 122,883 $ 241 0.20 $ 108,668 $ 314 0.29 66,153 72,320 199,694 206 47 1,932 0.31 0.06 0.97 67,108 69,970 197,756 244 45 1,851 0.36 0.06 0.94 69,736 65,950 193,884 276 60 2,149 0.40 0.09 1.11 465,432 2,427 0.52 457,717 2,381 0.52 438,238 2,799 0.64 Borrowings (1) 100,480 1,351 1.34 94,534 1,174 1.24 74,478 1,137 1.53 Total interest-bearing liabilities Non-interest-bearing deposits Other non-interest-bearing liabilities Total liabilities 565,912 3,778 0.67 552,251 3,555 0.64 512,716 3,936 0.77 62,008 9,699 637,619 51,811 5,025 609,087 49,886 4,971 567,573 Total equity 90,852 Total liabilities and equity $ 728,471 $ Net interest income Interest rate spread Net interest margin Average interest-earning 25,372 84,424 $ 693,511 $ 24,916 83,376 $ 650,949 $ 24,146 3.74% 3.84 3.86% 3.93 assets to average interest- bearing liabilities 116.90 114.66 (1) Includes FHLB borrowings, repurchase agreements and other long-term debt. 46 3.98% 4.09 115.27 Rate/Volume Analysis. The following table sets forth the effects of changing rates and volumes on our net interest income. The rate column shows the effects attributable to changes in rate (changes in rate multiplied by prior volume). The volume column shows the effects attributable to changes in volume (changes in volume multiplied by prior rate). The net column represents the sum of the prior columns. Changes attributable to changes in both rate and volume have been allocated proportionally based on the absolute dollar amounts of change in each. (In thousands) Interest income: Interest-bearing deposits with banks Loans Investment securities Mortgage-backed securities Other interest-earning assets Total interest-earning assets Interest expense: Deposits Borrowings (1) Total interest-bearing liabilities Net increase (decrease) in net interest income Year Ended September 30, 2015 Compared to Year Ended September 30, 2014 Increase (Decrease) Due to Year Ended September 30, 2014 Compared to Year Ended September 30, 2013 Increase (Decrease) Due to Volume Rate Net Volume Rate Net $ $ 13 1,077 (43) - 51 1,098 46 78 124 974 $ $ - $ (598) 160 12 7 (419) - 99 99 (518) $ 13 $ 479 117 12 58 679 46 177 223 456 $ 4 $ 4,396 376 118 16 4,910 2 $ (4,576) (39) 63 29 (4,521) 130 125 255 4,655 $ (548) (88) (636) (3,885) $ 6 (180) 337 181 45 389 (418) 37 (381) 770 (1) Includes FHLB borrowings, repurchase agreements and other long-term debt. Provision for Loan Losses. The provision for loan losses decreased $387,000, or 31.1%, from $1.2 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 to $859,000 for the year ended September 30, 2015. During 2015, the Bank had net charge-offs of $485,000 compared to $534,000 for 2014. The gross loan portfolio increased $36.1 million, from $446.4 million at September 30, 2014 to $482.5 million at September 30, 2015, primarily in the commercial real estate mortgage portfolio. Nonperforming loans increased $123,000 from $4.3 million at September 30, 2014 to $4.4 million at September 30, 2015. The consistent application of management’s allowance for loan losses methodology resulted in an increase in the level of the allowance for loan losses consistent with the growth in the commercial real estate mortgage loan portfolio. See “ Analysis of Nonperforming and Classified Assets ” included herein. It is management’s assessment that the allowance for loan losses at September 30, 2015 was adequate and appropriately reflected the inherent risk of loss in the Bank’s loan portfolio at that date. Noninterest Income. Noninterest income increased $930,000, or 18.4%, from $5.0 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 to $6.0 million for the year ended September 30, 2015. The increase is due primarily to increases in gain on life insurance of $831,000 and net gain on sale of loans of $537,000, which more than offset decreases in net gain on trading account securities of $264,000, other income of $199,000, and net gain on sale of available for sale securities of $123,000. The increase in net gain on sale of loans is due primarily to SBA loans held for sale for which the fair value option had been elected at September 30, 2015. The decrease in other income is due primarily to a litigation settlement of $277,000 received during the quarter ended March 31, 2014 as a partial recovery of losses on commercial bond investments recognized by Community First Bank in 2008. 47 Noninterest Expense. Noninterest expenses increased $727,000, or 3.6%, from $20.3 million for the year ended September 30, 2014 to $21.0 million for the year ended September 30, 2015. The increase was due primarily to increases in compensation and benefits expense of $642,000, data processing expense of $153,000, and advertising expense of $130,000, which more than offset decreases in net loss on other real estate owned of $229,000 and professional fees of $104,000. The increase in compensation and benefits expense is due primarily to normal salary, wages and benefits increases, increased incentive compensation based on Company performance, and increased staffing as a result of the Company’s enhanced focus on its SBA lending business. The increase in data processing expense is due primarily to contract termination costs of $68,000 incurred in 2015. The decrease in net loss on other real estate owned is due primarily to $210,000 in provisions for losses on other real estate owned recognized during 2014 as compared to $73,000 in provisions for losses during 2015, and $85,000 less in net expenses recognized on other real estate owned for 2015 as compared to 2014. Income Tax Expense. The Company recognized income tax expense of $1.6 million for the year ended September 30, 2015, for an effective tax rate of 18.9%, compared to income tax expense of $2.1 million, for an effective tax rate of 27.8%, for the year ended September 30, 2014. The decreases in income tax expense and the effective tax rate for the year ended September 30, 2015 were due primarily to the nontaxable gain on life insurance and the tax benefit provided by the Captive, which was formed in September 2014. See Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding income taxes. Risk Management Overview. Managing risk is essential to successfully managing a financial institution. Our most prominent risk exposures are credit risk, interest rate risk and market risk. Credit risk is the risk of not collecting the interest and/or the principal balance of a loan or investment when it is due. Interest rate risk is the potential reduction of interest income as a result of changes in interest rates. Market risk arises from fluctuations in interest rates that may result in changes in the values of financial instruments, such as available-for-sale securities that are accounted for on a mark-to-market basis. Other risks that we face are operational risks, liquidity risks and reputation risk. Operational risks include risks related to fraud, regulatory compliance, processing errors, technology and disaster recovery. Liquidity risk is the possible inability to fund obligations to depositors, lenders or borrowers. Reputation risk is the risk that negative publicity or press, whether true or not, could cause a decline in our customer base or revenue or in the value of our common stock. The Company has implemented an enterprise risk management structure in order to better manage and mitigate these identified and perceived risks. Credit Risk Management. Our strategy for credit risk management focuses on having well-defined credit policies and uniform underwriting criteria and providing prompt attention to potential problem loans. When a borrower fails to make a required loan payment, we take a number of steps to have the borrower cure the delinquency and restore the loan to current status. When the loan becomes 15 days past due, a late notice is sent to the borrower and a late fee is assessed. When the loan becomes 30 days past due, a more formal letter is sent. Between 15 and 30 days past due, telephone calls are also made to the borrower. After 30 days, we regard the borrower as in default. The borrower may be sent a letter from our attorney and we may commence collection proceedings. If a foreclosure action is instituted and the loan is not brought current, paid in full, or refinanced before the foreclosure sale, the real property securing the loan generally is sold at foreclosure. Generally, when a consumer loan becomes 60 days past due, we institute collection proceedings and attempt to repossess any personal property that secures the loan. Generally, we institute foreclosure proceedings when a loan is 60 days past due. Management obtains the approval of the Board of Directors to proceed with foreclosure of property. Management informs the Board of Directors monthly of all loans in nonaccrual status, all loans in foreclosure and all repossessed property and assets that we own. 48 Analysis of Nonperforming and Classified Assets. We consider non-accrual loans, troubled debt restructurings, repossessed assets and loans that are 90 days or more past due to be nonperforming assets. Loans are generally placed on non-accrual status when they become 90 days delinquent at which time the accrual of interest ceases and the allowance for any uncollectible accrued interest is established and charged against operations. Typically, payments received on a non-accrual loan are first applied to the outstanding principal balance. Real estate that we acquire as a result of foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is classified as other real estate owned until it is sold. When property is acquired it is recorded at its fair market value less estimated costs to sell at the date of foreclosure. Holding costs and declines in fair value after acquisition of the property result in charges against income. See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding other real estate owned. The following table provides information with respect to our nonperforming assets at the dates indicated. Included in nonperforming loans are loans for which the Bank has modified the repayment terms, and therefore are considered to be troubled debt restructurings. The Bank had 33 troubled debt restructurings totaling $8.1 million, which were performing according to their terms and on accrual status, as of September 30, 2015. See Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding trouble debt restructurings. (Dollars in thousands) Non-accrual loans: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multi-family Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Total (1) Accruing loans past due 90 days or more: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multi-family Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Total Total non-performing loans Trouble debt restructurings classified as performing loans: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Commercial business Consumer Total troubled debt restructurings classified as performing loans $ 2015 2014 At September 30, 2013 2012 2011 $ 1,923 1,855 – – – 210 165 4,153 155 – – – – 94 3 252 4,405 2,767 5,186 – 12 125 8,090 $ 2,431 1,034 – – – 123 216 3,804 458 – – – – – 20 478 4,282 2,710 4,671 – 22 134 7,537 $ 3,519 4,817 – 29 – 218 310 8,893 143 – – – – – 21 164 9,057 2,187 1,274 2,306 17 146 5,930 $ 2,775 899 – 174 – 66 175 4,089 1,548 3 – – – 98 94 1,743 5,832 2,993 1,290 2,356 14 158 6,811 3,758 1,133 – 174 340 2 215 5,622 603 949 – – – 99 61 1,712 7,334 1,499 812 – – – 2,311 Real estate owned Other non-performing assets Total non-performing assets Total non-performing loans to total loans Total non-performing loans to total assets Total non-performing assets to total assets 618 – 13,113 $ 953 12 12,784 $ 799 2 15,788 $ 1,481 – 14,124 $ 1,028 126 10,799 $ 0.91% 0.59 1.75 0.96% 0.60 1.79 2.17% 1.37 2.39 1.46% 0.91 2.21 2.02% 1.37 2.01 (1) Total nonaccrual loans includes two, four, and seven trouble debt restructurings that were on non-accrual status at September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, totaling $1.6 million, $910,000 and $4.8 million, respectively. 49 Federal regulations require us to review and classify our assets on a regular basis. In addition, the Bank’s regulators have the authority to identify problem assets and, if appropriate, require them to be classified. There are three classifications for problem assets: substandard, doubtful and loss. “Substandard assets” must have one or more defined weaknesses and are characterized by the distinct possibility that we will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected. “Doubtful assets” have the weaknesses of substandard assets with the additional characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions and values questionable, and there is a high possibility of loss. An asset classified “loss” is considered uncollectible and of such little value that continuance as an asset of the institution, without establishment of a specific allowance or charge-off, is not warranted. The regulations also provide for a “special mention” category, described as assets which do not currently expose us to a sufficient degree of risk to warrant classification but do possess credit deficiencies or potential weaknesses deserving our close attention. When we classify an asset as doubtful we may establish a specific allowance for loan losses. If we classify an asset as loss, we charge off an amount equal to 100% of the portion of the asset classified loss. The following table shows the aggregate amounts of investment in classified and criticized assets at the dates indicated. (In thousands) Special mention assets Substandard assets (1) Doubtful assets Loss assets Total classified assets Total criticized assets 2014 At September 30, 2014 2013 $ 6,250 $ 14,832 $ 7,256 18,289 420 – 18,709 17,277 224 – 17,501 18,965 1,087 – 20,052 $ 24,959 $ 32,333 $ 27,308 (1) Includes substandard loans and investment securities, other real estate owned and repossessed assets. Classified assets includes loans that are classified due to factors other than payment delinquencies, such as lack of current financial statements and other required documentation, insufficient cash flows or other deficiencies, and, therefore, are not included as non-performing assets. Other than as disclosed in the above tables, there are no other loans where management has serious doubts about the ability of the borrowers to comply with the present loan repayment terms. Classified assets also include investment securities that have experienced a downgrade of the security’s credit quality rating by various rating agencies. At September 30, 2015, the Company held twenty privately-issued CMO and ABS securities with an aggregate carrying value of $2.6 million and fair value of $3.7 million that have been downgraded to a substandard regulatory classification due to a downgrade of the security’s credit quality rating by various rating agencies. Based on an independent third party analysis, the Bank expects to collect the contractual principal and interest cash flows for these securities and, as a result, no other-than-temporary impairment has been recognized on the privately-issued CMO or ABS portfolios. At September 30, 2014, the Company held twenty privately-issued CMO and ABS securities with an aggregate carrying value of $2.9 million and fair value of $4.4 million that had been downgraded to a substandard regulatory classification due to a downgrade of the security’s credit quality rating by various rating agencies. 50 Delinquencies. The following table provides information about delinquencies in our loan portfolio at the dates indicated. At September 30, 2015 At September 30, 2014 30-89 Days 90 Days or More 30-89 Days 90 Days or More Number of Loans Principal Balance of Loans Number of Loans Principal Balance of Loans Number of Loans Principal Balance of Loans Number of Loans (Dollars in thousands) Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multi-family Construction Land and land development. Commercial business Consumer Total (Dollars in thousands) Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multi-family Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Total 73 $ 6 1 – 1 4 16 101 $ 4,969 1,232 500 – 250 15 93 7,059 27 $ 3 – – – 4 4 38 $ 1,886 144 – – – 362 32 2,424 77 $ 3 1 – 2 2 19 104 $ 6,093 185 295 – 210 256 117 7,156 At September 30, 2013 30-89 Days 90 Days or More Number of Loans Principal Balance of Loans Number of Loans Principal Balance of Loans 68 $ 3 1 – 1 1 26 100 $ 4,188 504 35 – 9 – 237 4,973 37 $ 4 – – – 2 11 54 $ 2,731 696 – – – 217 218 3,862 Principal Balance of Loans 2,081 60 – – – 110 74 2,325 38 $ 1 – – – 2 8 49 $ Analysis and Determination of the Allowance for Loan Losses. The allowance for loan losses is a valuation allowance for probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. We evaluate the need to establish allowances against losses on loans on a quarterly basis. When additional allowances are necessary, a provision for loan losses is charged to earnings. Our methodology for assessing the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses consists of: (1) a specific allowance required for identified problem loans; (2) a general allowance on the remainder of the loan portfolio; and (3) an unallocated allowance to cover uncertainties that could affect management’s estimate of probable losses. Although we determine the amount of each element of the allowance separately, the entire allowance for loan losses is available to absorb losses in the loan portfolio. Specific Allowance Required for Identified Problem Loans. For substandard and doubtful loans that are also classified as impaired we establish a specific allowance when the discounted cash flows (or collateral value or observable market price) of the impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of the loan. General Allowance on the Remainder of the Loan Portfolio. We establish a general allowance for loans that are not currently classified as impaired in order to recognize the inherent losses associated with lending activities. The general allowance covers unimpaired loans and is based on historical loss experience adjusted for qualitative factors such as changes in economic conditions, changes in the volume of past due and non-accrual loans and classified assets, changes in the nature and volume of the portfolio, changes in the value of underlying collateral for collateral dependent loans, concentrations of credit, and other factors. 51 Unallocated Allowance. We may establish an unallocated allowance to cover uncertainties that could affect management’s estimate of probable losses. Any unallocated component of the allowance reflects the margin of imprecision inherent in the underlying assumptions used in the methodologies to estimate specific and general losses in the loan portfolio. There was no unallocated allowance for loan losses at September 30, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011. The following table sets forth the breakdown of the allowance for loan losses by loan category at the dates indicated. (Dollars in thousands) Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multi-family Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Total allowance for loan losses Amount $ 2015 % of Allowance to Total Allowance % of Loans in Category to Total Loans At September 30, 2014 % of Allowance to Total Allowance % of Loans in Category to Total Loans Amount 2013 % of Allowance to Total Allowance % of Loans in Category to Total Loans Amount 444 4,327 156 551 369 678 99 6.70% 65.32 2.36 8.32 5.57 10.24 1.49 37.59% $ 35.97 4.47 7.30 2.29 6.79 5.59 577 3,808 146 443 302 795 179 9.23% 60.93 2.34 7.09 4.83 12.72 2.86 40.94% $ 34.48 4.77 5.12 2.53 6.37 5.79 780 2,826 249 229 299 907 248 14.08% 51.03 4.50 4.14 5.40 16.38 4.47 44.10% 28.17 6.40 4.61 2.73 7.56 6.43 $ 6,624 100.00% 100.00% $ 6,250 100.00% 100.00% $ 5,538 100.00% 100.00% At September 30, 2012 2011 (Dollars in thousands) Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multi-family Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Total allowance for loan losses % of Allowance to Total Allowance % of Loans in Category to Total Loans Amount 908 $ 2,204 389 52 2 1,084 267 4,906 $ 18.51% 44.92 7.93 1.06 0.04 22.10 5.44 100.00% Amount 833 1,314 604 56 53 1,525 287 4,672 47.72% $ 22.56 5.97 3.98 3.08 9.04 7.65 100.00% $ % of Allowance to Total Allowance % of Loans in Category to Total Loans 17.83% 28.13 12.93 1.20 1.13 32.64 6.14 100.00% 46.65% 20.25 6.86 3.34 3.57 11.19 8.14 100.00% Although we believe that we use the best information available to establish the allowance for loan losses, future adjustments to the allowance for loan losses may be necessary and our results of operations could be adversely affected if circumstances differ substantially from the assumptions used in making the determinations. Furthermore, while we believe we have established our allowance for loan losses in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, there can be no assurance that the banking regulators, in reviewing our loan portfolio, will not require us to increase our allowance for loan losses. The banking regulators may require us to increase our allowance for loan losses based on judgments different from ours. In addition, because future events affecting borrowers and collateral cannot be predicted with certainty, there can be no assurance that the existing allowance for loan losses is adequate or that increases will not be necessary should the quality of any loans deteriorate as a result of the factors discussed above. Any material increase in the allowance for loan losses may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. 52 Analysis of Loan Loss Experience. The following table sets forth an analysis of the allowance for loan losses for the periods indicated. (Dollars in thousands) Allowance for loan losses at beginning of period $ Provision for loan losses Charge offs: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multi-family Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Total charge-offs Recoveries: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multi-family Land and land development Construction Commercial business Consumer Total recoveries Net charge-offs 2015 Year Ended September 30, 2013 2012 2014 2011 $ 6,250 859 $ 5,538 1,246 $ 4,906 1,858 $ 4,672 1,532 283 40 – – – 126 144 593 41 – – – – 1 66 108 485 278 224 – – – 234 136 872 28 219 – – – – 91 338 534 284 11 – – – 1,013 111 1,419 65 25 – – – 41 62 193 1,226 510 543 85 – – 33 304 1,475 109 – – – – 2 66 177 1,298 3,811 1,605 651 68 – 8 – 86 287 1,100 79 – – – – 214 63 356 744 Allowance for loan losses at end of period $ 6,624 $ 6,250 $ 5,538 $ 4,906 $ 4,672 Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans Allowance for loan losses to total loans outstanding at the end of the period Net charge-offs to average loans outstanding during the period 150.37% 145.96% 61.15% 84.12% 63.70% 1.37 1.40 1.32 1.23 0.11 0.12 0.30 0.35 1.29 0.21 Interest Rate Risk Management. We manage the interest rate sensitivity of our interest-bearing liabilities and interest-earning assets in an effort to minimize the adverse effects of changes in the interest rate environment. Deposit accounts typically react more quickly to changes in market interest rates than mortgage loans because of the shorter maturities of deposits. As a result, sharp increases in interest rates may adversely affect our earnings while decreases in interest rates may beneficially affect our earnings. To reduce the potential volatility of our earnings, we have sought to improve the match between asset and liability maturities and rates, while maintaining an acceptable interest rate spread. Our strategy for managing interest rate risk emphasizes: adjusting the maturities of borrowings; adjusting the investment portfolio mix and duration and generally selling in the secondary market substantially all newly originated, fixed rate one- to four-family residential real estate loans. We currently do not participate in hedging programs, interest rate swaps or other activities involving the use of derivative financial instruments. 53 We have an Asset/Liability Management Committee, which includes members of management approved by the Board of Directors, to communicate, coordinate and control all aspects involving asset/liability management. The committee establishes and monitors the volume, maturities, pricing and mix of assets and funding sources with the objective of managing assets and funding sources to provide results that are consistent with liquidity, growth, risk limits and profitability goals. Our goal is to manage asset and liability positions to moderate the effects of interest rate fluctuations on net interest income and net income. Market Risk Analysis. An element in our ongoing interest rate risk management process is to measure and monitor interest rate risk using a Net Interest Income at Risk simulation to model the interest rate sensitivity of the balance sheet and to quantify the impact of changing interest rates on the Company. The model quantifies the effects of various possible interest rate scenarios on projected net interest income over a one-year horizon. The model assumes a semi-static balance sheet and measures the impact on net interest income relative to a base case scenario of hypothetical changes in interest rates over twelve months and provides no effect given to any steps that management might take to counter the effect of the interest rate movements. The scenarios include prepayment assumptions, changes in the level of interest rates, the shape of the yield curve, and spreads between market interest rates in order to capture the impact from re- pricing, yield curve, option, and basis risks. Results of our simulation modeling, which assumes an immediate and sustained parallel shift in market interest rates, project that the Company’s net interest income could change as follows over a one-year horizon, relative to our base case scenario, based on September 30, 2015 and 2014 financial information. Immediate Change in the Level of Interest Rates 300bp 200bp 100bp Static (100)bp At September 30, 2015 One Year Horizon Dollar Change Percent Change At September 30, 2014 One Year Horizon Dollar Change Percent Change $ 1,541 1,048 453 - (1,568) (Dollars in thousands) 3.16% $ 2.15 0.93 - (3.22) (1,754) (1,132) (552) - (239) (7.04)% (4.54) (2.22) - (0.96) At September 30, 2015, our simulated exposure to an increase in interest rates shows that an immediate and sustained increase in rates of 1.00% will increase our net interest income by $453,000 or 0.93% over a one year horizon compared to a flat interest rate scenario. Furthermore, rate increases of 2.00% and 3.00% would cause net interest income to increase by 2.15% and 3.16%, respectively. Conversely, an immediate and sustained decrease in rates of 1.00% will decrease our net interest income by $1.6 million, or 3.22%, over a one year horizon compared to a flat interest rate scenario. The Company also has longer term interest rate risk exposure, which may not be appropriately measured by Net Interest Income at Risk modeling, and therefore uses an Economic Value of Equity (“EVE”) interest rate sensitivity analysis in order to evaluate the impact of its interest rate risk on earnings and capital. This is measured by computing the changes in net EVE for its cash flows from assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items in the event of a range of assumed changes in market interest rates. EVE modeling involves discounting present values of all cash flows for on and off balance sheet items under different interest rate scenarios and provides no effect given to any steps that management might take to counter the effect of the interest rate movements. The discounted present value of all cash flows represents the Company’s EVE and is equal to the market value of assets minus the market value of liabilities, with adjustments made for off- balance sheet items. The amount of base case EVE and its sensitivity to shifts in interest rates provide a measure of the longer term re-pricing and option risk in the balance sheet. 54 Results of our simulation modeling, which assumes an immediate and sustained parallel shift in market interest rates, project that the Company’s EVE could change as follows, relative to our base case scenario, based on September 30, 2015 and 2014 financial information . Immediate Change in the Level of Interest Rates 300bp 200bp 100bp Static (100)bp Immediate Change in the Level of Interest Rates 300bp 200bp 100bp Static (100)bp At September 30, 2015 Dollar Amount Economic Value of Equity Dollar Change Percent Change Economic Value of Equity as a Percent of Present Value of Assets EVE Ratio Change 115,083 $ 121,443 124,613 118,978 107,037 (3,895) 2,465 5,635 - (11,941) (Dollars in thousands) (3.27)% 2.07 4.74 - (10.04) At September 30, 2014 17.12% 17.35 17.16 15.95 14.44 117bp 140bp 121bp -bp (151)bp Dollar Amount Economic Value of Equity Dollar Change Percent Change Economic Value of Equity as a Percent of Present Value of Assets EVE Ratio Change 106,910 $ 114,585 122,696 121,227 111,206 (14,317) (6,642) 1,469 - (10,021) (Dollars in thousands) (11.81)% (5.48) 1.21 - (8.27) 16.91% 17.44 17.92 17.19 15.52 (28)bp 25bp 73bp -bp (167)bp $ $ The previous table indicates that at September 30, 2015, the Company would expect a decrease in its EVE in the event of a sudden and sustained 300 basis point increase and/or 100 basis point decrease in prevailing interest rates. The expected decrease in the Company’s EVE given a larger increase in rates is primarily attributable to the relatively high percentage of fixed-rate loans in the Company’s loan portfolio, which at September 30, 2015 comprised approximately 44.4% of the loan portfolio. The models are driven by expected behavior in various interest rate scenarios and many factors besides market interest rates affect the Company’s net interest income and EVE. For this reason, we model many different combinations of interest rates and balance sheet assumptions to understand its overall sensitivity to market interest rate changes. Therefore, as with any method of measuring interest rate risk, certain shortcomings are inherent in the method of analysis presented in the foregoing tables and it is recognized that the model outputs are not guarantees of actual results. For example, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods to repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates. Also, the interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest rates, while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in market rates. Additionally, certain assets, such as adjustable-rate mortgage loans, have features that restrict changes in interest rates on a short-term basis and over the life of the asset. Further, in the event of a change in interest rates, expected rates of prepayments on loans and early withdrawals from time deposits could deviate significantly from those assumed in calculating the table. 55 Liquidity Management. Liquidity is the ability to meet current and future short-term financial obligations. Our primary sources of funds consist of deposit inflows, loan repayments, maturities and sales of investment securities and borrowings from the FHLB. While maturities and scheduled amortization of loans and securities are predictable sources of funds, deposit flows and mortgage prepayments are greatly influenced by general interest rates, economic conditions and competition. The Bank regularly adjusts its investments in liquid assets based upon our assessment of (1) expected loan demand, (2) expected deposit flows, (3) yields available on interest-earning deposits and securities and (4) the objectives of our asset/liability management policy. The Bank’s most liquid assets are cash and cash equivalents and interest-bearing deposits. The levels of these assets depend on our operating, financing, lending and investing activities during any given period. At September 30, 2015, cash and cash equivalents totaled $25.0 million. Securities classified as trading and available-for-sale, amounting to $9.0 million and $178.3 million, respectively, at September 30, 2015, provide additional sources of liquidity. At September 30, 2015, we had the ability to borrow a total of approximately $128.3 million from the FHLB, of which $104.9 million was borrowed and outstanding. See Note 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding FHLB borrowings. In addition, we had the ability to borrow the lesser of $10 million or 25% of the Bank’s equity capital, excluding reserves, using a federal funds purchased line of credit facility with another financial institution at September 30, 2015. The Bank had no outstanding federal funds purchased under the facility at September 30, 2014. See Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding federal funds purchased borrowings. At September 30, 2015, the Bank had $83.0 million in commitments to extend credit outstanding. See Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report for additional information regarding commitments to extend credit. Time deposits due within one year of September 30, 2015 totaled $104.5 million, or 53.9% of time deposits. We believe the large percentage of time deposits that mature within one year reflects customers’ hesitancy to invest their funds for long periods due to the recent low interest rate environment and local competitive pressure. If these maturing time deposits do not remain with us, we will be required to seek other sources of funds, including other certificates of deposit and borrowings. Depending on market conditions, we may be required to pay higher rates on such deposits or other borrowings than we currently pay on the time deposits due on or before September 30, 2016. We believe, however, based on past experience that a significant portion of our time deposits will remain with us. We have the ability to attract and retain deposits by adjusting the interest rates offered. The Company is a separate legal entity from the Bank and must provide for its own liquidity to pay its operating expenses and other financial obligations, to pay any dividends and to repurchase any of its outstanding common stock. The Company’s primary source of income is dividends received from the Bank. The amount of dividends that the Bank may declare and pay to the Company in any calendar year, without the receipt of prior approval from banking regulators, cannot exceed net income for that year to date plus retained net income (as defined) for the preceding two calendar years. At September 30, 2015, the Bank could not pay any dividends without prior regulatory approval. At September 30, 2015, the Company had liquid assets of $14.7 million on a stand-alone, unconsolidated basis. 56 The following tables present certain of our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2015. (In thousands) Deferred director fee agreements Deferred compensation agreements Operating lease obligations Repurchase agreements FHLB borrowings Other long-term debt (1) Total Total Less than One Year Payments due by period Three to One to Five Years Three Years $ $ 1,044 $ 39 182 1,342 104,867 4,632 112,106 $ 5 $ 36 68 1,342 24,867 167 26,485 $ 9 $ 3 114 – 25,000 355 25,481 $ More Than Five Years 1,021 – – – 30,000 3,725 34,746 9 $ – – – 25,000 385 25,394 $ (1) Represents outstanding principal balance on a $4.6 million loan agreement with another financial institution to finance a retail development project. The loan calls for 12 interest only monthly payments, followed by 107 monthly payments sufficient to fully amortize the loan over a 20 year period and a balloon payment of all outstanding principal and interest at maturity on July 27, 2022. Principal and interest payments commenced in August 2013. Our primary investing activities are the origination of loans and the purchase of securities. Our primary financing activities consist of activity in deposit accounts and FHLB borrowings. Deposit flows are affected by the overall level of interest rates, the interest rates and products offered by us and our local competitors and other factors. We generally manage the pricing of our deposits to be competitive. Occasionally, we offer promotional rates on certain deposit products to attract deposits. Financing and Investing Activities The following table presents our primary investing and financing activities during the periods indicated. (In thousands) Investing activities: Loan purchases Loan originations Loan principal repayments Loan sales Proceeds from maturities and principal repayments of investment securities Proceeds from maturities and principal repayments of mortgage-backed securities Proceeds from sales of investment securities available- for-sale Purchases of investment securities Purchases of mortgage-backed securities Financing activities: Increase (decrease) in deposits Increase in repurchase agreements Increase (decrease) in FHLB borrowings Increase (decrease) in other long-term debt 57 Year Ended September 30, 2014 2015 2013 $ – $ (120,595) 73,203 11,324 24,322 6,385 - (21,106) (2,563) – $ (128,544) 86,922 13,374 17,567 7,010 808 (24,077) (17,688) – (138,111) 96,619 23,546 21,271 11,629 801 (39,591) (11,361) 103 4 25,319 (180) 55,468 3 (9,800) (161) (16,508) 6 36,286 2,841 Capital Management. The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies, including a risk-based capital measure. The risk-based capital guidelines include both a definition of capital and a framework for calculating risk-weighted assets by assigning balance sheet assets and off-balance sheet items to broad risk categories. At September 30, 2015, the Bank exceeded all of its regulatory capital requirements. The Bank is considered “well capitalized” under regulatory guidelines. See “Item 1. Business — Regulation and Supervision — Regulation of Federal Savings Associations — Capital Requirement,” and Note 27 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. In the normal course of operations, we engage in a variety of financial transactions that, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, are not recorded in our financial statements. These transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit, interest rate and liquidity risk. Such transactions are used primarily to manage customers’ requests for funding and take the form of loan commitments and lines of credit. For information about our loan commitments and unused lines of credit, see Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. For the year ended September 30, 2015, we did not engage in any off-balance sheet transactions reasonably likely to have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Impact of Recent Accounting Pronouncements For a discussion of the impact of recent accounting pronouncements, see Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. Effect of Inflation and Changing Prices The consolidated financial statements and related financial data presented in this annual report have been prepared according to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars without considering the change in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation. The primary impact of inflation on our operations is reflected in increased operating costs. Unlike most industrial companies, virtually all the assets and liabilities of a financial institution are monetary in nature. As a result, interest rates generally have a more significant impact on a financial institution’s performance than do general levels of inflation. Interest rates do not necessarily move in the same direction or to the same extent as the prices of goods and services. Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to Part II, “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.” Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA Information required by this item is included herein beginning on page F-1. Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE None. 58 Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES (a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures The Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon their evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective for the purpose of ensuring that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (1) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (2) 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. (b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The internal control process has been designed under our supervision to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2015, utilizing the framework established in the 2013 Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this assessment, management has determined that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2015 is effective. Our internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that pertain to the maintenance of records that accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, transactions and dispositions of assets; and provide reasonable assurances that: (1) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; (2) receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the directors of the Company; and (3) unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements are prevented or timely detected. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report. (c) Changes to Internal Control Over Financial Reporting There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended September 30, 2015 that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION None. 59 Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PART III The information relating to the directors and officers of the Company, information regarding compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and information regarding the audit committee and audit committee financial expert is incorporated herein by reference to the sections captioned “Item 1 – Election of Directors,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” and “Audit Committee” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”). The Company has adopted a code of ethics and business conduct which applies to all of the Company’s and the Bank’s directors, officers and employees. A copy of the code of ethics and business conduct is available to stockholders on the Investor Relations portion of the Bank’s website at www.fsbbank.net. Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION The information regarding executive compensation is incorporated herein by reference to the sections captioned “Director Compensation” and “Executive Compensation” in the Proxy Statement. Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS (a) Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners Information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the section captioned “Stock Ownership” in the Proxy Statement. (b) Security Ownership of Management Information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the section captioned “Stock Ownership” in the Proxy Statement. (c) Changes in Control Management of the Company knows of no arrangements, including any pledge by any person of securities of the Company, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of the registrant. Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE The information relating to certain relationships and related transactions and director independence is incorporated herein by reference to the sections captioned “Transactions with Related Persons” and “Director Independence” in the Proxy Statement. Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES The information relating to the principal accountant fees and expenses is incorporated herein by reference to the section captioned “Ratification of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Proxy Statement. 60 Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES PART IV (1) (2) (3) The financial statements required in response to this item are incorporated by reference from Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10- K. All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not required or applicable, or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto. Exhibits No. Description 3.1 3.2 3.3 4.0 10.1 Articles of Incorporation of First Savings Financial Group, Inc. (1) Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation for the Series A Preferred Stock (2) Bylaws of First Savings Financial Group, Inc. (1) Specimen Stock Certificate of First Savings Financial Group, Inc. (1) Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and among First Savings Financial Group, Inc., First Savings Bank and Larry W. Myers, dated October 7, 2009* (3) 10.2 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and among First Savings Financial Group, Inc., First Savings Bank and John P. Lawson, Jr., dated October 7, 2009* (3) 10.3 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and among First Savings Financial Group, Inc., First Savings Bank and Anthony A. Schoen, dated October 7, 2009* (3) 10.4 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and among First Savings Financial Group, Inc., First Savings Bank 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 21.0 23.0 31.1 31.2 32.0 101.0 * (1) (2) (3) (4) and Samuel E. Eckart, dated October 7, 2009* (3) First Savings Bank, F.S.B. Employee Severance Compensation Plan* (4) First Savings Bank, F.S.B. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan* (4) Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August 11, 2011, between the Company and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock (2) Amended and Restated Director Deferred Compensation Agreement* (1) Subsidiaries of the Registrant Consent of Monroe Shine & Co., Inc. Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certificate of Chief Executive Officer Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certificate of Chief Financial Officer Section 1350 Certificate of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer The following materials from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333- 151636), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2008. Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2011. Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2009. Incorporated herein by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 2008. 61 Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. SIGNATURES Date: December 29, 2015 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. By: /s/ Larry W. Myers Larry W. Myers President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Name Title Date /s/ Larry W. Myers Larry W. Myers /s/ Anthony A. Schoen Anthony A. Schoen /s/ John P. Lawson, Jr. John P. Lawson, Jr. /s/ Samuel E. Eckart Samuel E. Eckart /s/ Cecile A. Blau Cecile A. Blau /s/ Gerald Wayne Clapp, Jr. Gerald Wayne Clapp, Jr. /s/ Michael F. Ludden Michael F. Ludden /s/ Douglas A. York Douglas A. York /s/ Vaughn K. Timberlake Vaughn K. Timberlake /s/ Frank N. Czeschin Frank N. Czeschin /s/ John E. Colin John E. Colin /s/ Pamela Bennett-Martin Pamela Bennett-Martin President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) Chief Financial Officer (principal accounting and financial officer) December 29, 2015 December 29, 2015 Chief Operating Officer and Director December 29, 2015 Executive Vice President and Director December 29, 2015 Director Director Director Director Director Director Director Director December 29, 2015 December 29, 2015 December 29, 2015 December 29, 2015 December 29, 2015 December 29, 2015 December 29, 2015 December 29, 2015 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. CLARKSVILLE, INDIANA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. CONTENTS Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F- 1 Page F-2 F-3 F-4 F-5 F-6 F-7 F-8 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Board of Directors and Shareholders First Savings Financial Group, Inc. Clarksville, Indiana We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of First Savings Financial Group, Inc. as of September 30, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended. The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of First Savings Financial Group, Inc. as of September 30, 2015 and 2014, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. New Albany, Indiana December 29, 2015 MONROE SHINE & CO., INC. ¨ CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND BUSINESS CONSULTANTS F- 2 (In thousands, except share and per share data) 2015 2014 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 ASSETS Cash and due from banks Interest-bearing deposits with banks Total cash and cash equivalents Interest-bearing time deposits Trading account securities, at fair value Securities available for sale, at fair value Securities held to maturity (fair value of $5,191 in 2015 and $5,849 in 2014) Loans held for sale ($5,835 at fair value in 2015) Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $6,624 in 2015 and $6,250 in 2014 Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost Real estate development and construction Premises and equipment Other real estate owned, held for sale Accrued interest receivable: Loans Securities Cash surrender value of life insurance Goodwill Core deposit intangibles Other assets Total Assets LIABILITIES Deposits: Noninterest-bearing Interest-bearing Total deposits Repurchase agreements Borrowings from Federal Home Loan Bank Other long-term debt Accrued interest payable Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance Accrued expenses and other liabilities Total Liabilities STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Preferred stock of $.01 par value per share Authorized 982,880 shares; none issued Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, $.01 par value; Authorized 17,120 shares; issued and outstanding 17,120 shares; aggregate liquidation preference of $17,120 Common stock of $.01 par value per share Authorized 20,000,000 shares; issued 2,542,042 shares; outstanding 2,183,510 shares (2,171,812 shares at September 30, 2014) Additional paid-in capital - preferred Additional paid-in capital - common Retained earnings - substantially restricted Accumulated other comprehensive income Unearned ESOP shares Unearned stock compensation Less treasury stock, at cost - 358,532 shares (370,230 shares at September 30, 2014) Total Stockholders' Equity $ 9,884 $ 15,110 24,994 3,100 9,044 178,328 4,620 6,803 457,112 6,720 7,079 13,838 618 1,259 1,396 17,766 7,936 1,381 7,952 8,853 11,477 20,330 1,500 5,319 184,697 5,419 281 433,876 6,517 7,202 14,275 953 1,276 1,235 18,021 7,936 1,725 2,567 $ 749,946 $ 713,129 $ 71,184 $ 462,113 533,297 1,342 104,867 4,632 186 883 10,382 655,589 - - 25 17,120 26,796 52,760 4,210 (197) - (6,357) 94,357 56,092 477,102 533,194 1,338 79,548 4,812 175 748 6,234 626,049 - - 25 17,120 26,079 47,175 3,853 (537) (162) (6,473) 87,080 Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $ 749,946 $ 713,129 See notes to consolidated financial statements. F- 3 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (In thousands, except share and per share data) 2015 2014 INTEREST INCOME Loans, including fees Securities: Taxable Tax-exempt Dividend income Interest-bearing deposits with banks Total interest income INTEREST EXPENSE Deposits Repurchase agreements Borrowings from Federal Home Loan Bank Loans payable Total interest expense Net interest income Provision for loan losses $ 21,439 $ 20,961 4,111 2,086 303 48 27,987 2,427 3 1,172 176 3,778 24,209 859 4,523 1,730 245 35 27,494 2,381 3 968 203 3,555 23,939 1,246 Net interest income after provision for loan losses 23,350 22,693 NONINTEREST INCOME Service charges on deposit accounts Net gain on sales of available for sale securities Net gain on trading account securities Net gain on sales of loans Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance Gain on life insurance Commission income Real estate lease income Other income Total noninterest income NONINTEREST EXPENSE Compensation and benefits Occupancy and equipment Data processing Advertising Professional fees FDIC insurance premiums Net loss on other real estate owned Other operating expenses Total noninterest expense Income before income taxes Income tax expense Net Income Preferred stock dividends declared Net Income Available to Common Shareholders Net income per common share: Basic Diluted Weighted average common shares outstanding: Basic Diluted 1,326 - 440 824 479 831 373 628 1,075 5,976 11,809 2,622 1,390 530 1,172 460 1 3,015 20,999 8,327 1,576 6,751 $ 171 6,580 $ 3.07 $ 2.93 $ 1,263 123 704 287 496 - 331 568 1,274 5,046 11,167 2,555 1,237 400 1,276 443 230 2,964 20,272 7,467 2,077 5,390 171 5,219 2.46 2.34 2,140,632 2,247,966 2,122,880 2,229,314 $ $ $ $ Dividends per common share See notes to consolidated financial statements. $ 0.47 $ 0.43 F- 4 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (In thousands) Net Income OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAX Unrealized gains on securities available for sale: Unrealized holding gains arising during the period Income tax expense Net of tax amount Less: reclassification adjustment for realized gains included in net income Income tax expense Net of tax amount Other Comprehensive Income Comprehensive Income See notes to consolidated financial statements. F- 5 2015 2014 $ 6,751 $ 5,390 549 (192) 357 - - - 357 $ 7,108 $ 3,795 (1,335) 2,460 (123) 48 (75) 2,385 7,775 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 Accumulated Unearned Other Stock (In thousands, except share and per share data) Preferred Stock Common Additional Retained Comprehensive Compensation Treasury Stock Paid-in Capital Earnings Income and ESOP Stock Total Balances at October 1, 2013 $ - $ 25 $ 42,584 $ 42,870 $ 1,468 $ (1,287) $ (3,407) $ 82,253 Net income Other comprehensive income Preferred stock dividends Common stock dividends ($0.43 per share) Stock compensation expense Shares released by ESOP trust Stock options exercise - 11,000 shares Purchase of 138,842 treasury shares - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 235 424 (44) - 5,390 - - 2,385 (171) (914) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 260 328 - - - - - - - - 190 5,390 2,385 (171) (914) 495 752 146 (3,256) (3,256) Balances at September 30, 2014 $ - $ 25 $ 43,199 $ 47,175 $ 3,853 $ (699) $ (6,473) $ 87,080 Net income Other comprehensive income Preferred stock dividends Common stock dividends ($0.47 per share) Stock compensation expense Shares released by ESOP trust Stock options exercises - 20,972 shares Purchase of 9,274 treasury shares - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 243 563 (89) - 6,751 - (171) (995) - - - - - 357 - - - - - - - - - - 162 340 - - - - - - - - 367 6,751 357 (171) (995) 405 903 278 (251) (251) Balances at September 30, 2015 $ - $ 25 $ 43,916 $ 52,760 $ 4,210 $ (197) $ (6,357) $ 94,357 See notes to consolidated financial statements. F- 6 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (In thousands) 2015 2014 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net income Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: $ 6,751 $ 5,390 Provision for loan losses Depreciation and amortization Amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on securities, net Increase in trading account securities Loans originated for sale Proceeds on sales of loans Net gain on sales of loans Net realized and unrealized (gain) loss on other real estate owned Net gain on sales of available for sale securities Gain on life insurance Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance Deferred income taxes ESOP and stock compensation expense Increase in accrued interest receivable Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable Change in other assets and liabilities, net Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Investment in interest-bearing time deposits Purchase of securities available for sale Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale Proceeds from maturities of securities available for sale Proceeds from maturities of securities held to maturity Principal collected on securities Net increase in loans Purchase of Federal Reserve Bank stock Purchase of Federal Home Loan Bank stock Proceeds from redemption of Federal Home Loan Bank stock Investment in cash surrender value of life insurance Investment in historic tax credit entity Proceeds from sale of other real estate owned Investment in real estate development and construction Purchase of premises and equipment Net Cash Used In Investing Activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Net increase in deposits Net increase in repurchase agreements Increase in Federal Home Loan Bank line of credit Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank advances Repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank advances Repayment of other long-term debt Net increase in advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance Exercise of stock options Purchase of treasury stock Dividends paid on preferred stock Dividends paid on common stock Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Year 859 1,452 679 (3,725) (16,980) 11,324 (824) (1) - (831) (479) (36) 1,108 (144) 11 698 (138) (1,600) (23,669) - 11,227 666 18,814 (24,519) (945) (533) 1,275 - (417) 809 (73) (475) (19,440) 103 4 5,319 300,000 (280,000) (180) 135 278 (251) (171) (995) 24,242 1,246 1,445 643 (2,109) (8,458) 8,863 (287) 73 (123) - (496) 150 1,127 (120) (9) 793 8,128 - (41,765) 808 9,660 698 14,219 (27,775) - (1,017) - (5,000) - 778 (216) (342) (49,952) 55,468 3 200 372,000 (382,000) (161) 41 146 (3,273) (171) (914) 41,339 4,664 (485) 20,330 20,815 $ 24,994 $ 20,330 See notes to consolidated financial statements. F- 7 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Nature of Operations First Savings Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) is a financial holding company and the parent of First Savings Bank (the “Bank”) and First Savings Insurance Risk Management, Inc. (the “Captive”). The Bank, which is a wholly-owned Indiana-chartered commercial bank subsidiary of the Company, provides a variety of banking services to individuals and business customers through fourteen locations in southern Indiana. The Bank attracts deposits primarily from the general public and uses those funds, along with other borrowings, primarily to originate residential mortgage, commercial mortgage, construction, commercial business and consumer loans, and to a lesser extent, to invest in mortgage-backed securities and other securities. The Bank has three-wholly owned subsidiaries: First Savings Investments, Inc., a Nevada corporation that manages a securities portfolio, FFCC, Inc., (“FFCC”) which is an Indiana corporation that participates in commercial real estate development and leasing, and Southern Indiana Financial Corporation, which is currently inactive. The Captive, which is a wholly-owned insurance subsidiary of the Company formed during the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014, is a Nevada corporation that provides property and casualty insurance to the Company, the Bank and the Bank’s active subsidiaries. In addition, the Captive provides reinsurance to eight other third-party insurance captives for which insurance may not be currently available or economically feasible in the insurance marketplace. Basis of Consolidation and Reclassifications The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and conform to general practices within the banking industry. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. The reclassifications had no effect on net income or stockholders’ equity. Statements of Cash Flows For purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Company has defined cash and cash equivalents as cash on hand, amounts due from banks (including cash items in process of clearing), interest-bearing deposits with other banks having an original maturity of 90 days or less and money market funds. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses and the valuation of real estate and other assets acquired in connection with foreclosures or in satisfaction of loans. In connection with the determination of the allowances for loan losses and other real estate owned, management obtains independent appraisals for significant properties. F- 8 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Use of Estimates - continued A majority of the Bank’s loan portfolio consists of single-family residential and commercial real estate loans to customers in the southern Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area. Accordingly, the ultimate collectability of a substantial portion of the Bank’s loan portfolio and the recovery of the carrying amount of other real estate owned are susceptible to changes in local market conditions. While management uses available information to recognize losses on loans and other real estate owned, further reductions in the carrying amounts of loans and other real estate owned may be necessary based on changes in local economic conditions. In addition, regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the estimated losses on loans and other real estate owned. Such agencies may require the Bank to recognize additional losses based on their judgments about information available to them at the time of their examination. Because of these factors, it is reasonably possible the estimated losses on loans and other real estate owned may change materially in the near term. However, the amount of the change that is reasonably possible cannot be estimated. Investment Securities Trading Account Securities : Securities purchased with the intention of recognizing short-term profits or which are actively bought and sold are classified as trading account securities and reported at fair value. The net realized and unrealized gains and losses on trading account securities are reported in other noninterest income. Realized gains and losses on trading account securities are determined using the specific identification method. Securities Available for Sale : Securities available for sale consist primarily of municipal obligations, mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), and are stated at fair value. The Company holds municipal bonds issued by municipal governments within the U.S.; mortgage-backed securities and CMOs issued by the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”), a U.S. government agency, and the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”), government-sponsored enterprises; debt securities issued by government-sponsored enterprises; and privately-issued CMOs and asset-backed securities (“ABSs”). The Company also holds a pass-through asset-backed security guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) representing participating interests in pools of long- term debentures issued by state and local development companies certified by the SBA. Mortgage-backed securities represent participating interests in pools of long-term first mortgage loans originated and serviced by issuers of the securities. CMOs and ABSs are complex mortgage-backed securities that restructure the cash flows and risks of the underlying mortgage collateral. Amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts are recognized in interest income using methods approximating the interest method over the period to maturity, adjusted for anticipated prepayments. Unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, on securities available for sale are included in other comprehensive income and the accumulated unrealized holding gains and losses are reported as a separate component of equity until realized. Realized gains and losses on the sale of securities available for sale are determined using the specific identification method and are included in other noninterest income and, when applicable, are reported as a reclassification adjustment, net of tax, in other comprehensive income. Securities Held to Maturity : Debt securities for which the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are reported at cost, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts that are recognized in interest income using methods approximating the interest method over the period to maturity, adjusted for anticipated prepayments. The Company classifies certain mortgage-backed securities and municipal obligations as held to maturity. F- 9 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Declines in the fair value of individual available for sale and held to maturity securities below their amortized cost that are other than temporary result in write-downs of the individual securities to their fair value. The related write-downs are included in earnings as realized losses. In estimating other-than- temporary impairment losses, management considers (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than amortized cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, and (3) the intent and ability of the Company to retain its investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. Investments in non-marketable equity securities such as Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”) and Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (“FHLB”) stock are carried at cost and are classified as restricted securities. Impairment testing on these investments is based on applicable accounting guidance and the cost basis is reduced when impairment is deemed to be other-than-temporary. Loans Held for Sale Residential mortgage loans originated and intended for sale in the secondary market are carried at the lower of aggregate cost or market value. Aggregate market value is determined based on the quoted prices under a “best efforts” sales agreement with a third party. Net unrealized losses are recognized through a valuation allowance by charges to income. Realized gains on sales of residential mortgage loans are included in noninterest income. Residential mortgage loans are sold with servicing released. Commitments to originate residential mortgage loans held for sale are considered derivative financial instruments to be accounted for at fair value. The Bank’s residential mortgage loan commitments subject to derivative accounting are fixed rate mortgage loan commitments at market rates when initiated. At September 30, 2015, the Bank had commitments to originate $448,000 of fixed-rate mortgage loans intended for sale in the secondary market after the loans are closed. Fair value is estimated based on fees that would be charged on commitments with similar terms. The Bank originates loans to customers under the SBA 7(a) program that generally provides for SBA guarantees of 75% of each loan. The Bank intends to sell the guaranteed portion of the SBA loans. Such loans were classified as loans held for sale at September 30, 2015 and were recorded in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 825, Financial Instruments , at fair value. The fair value of SBA loans held for sale included the servicing value of the loans as well as any accrued interest at September 30, 2015. There were no SBA loans held for sale at September 30, 2014. Transfers of Financial Assets The Company accounts for transfers and servicing of financial assets in accordance with FASB ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing . Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales only when control over the assets has been surrendered. Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when (1) the assets have been isolated from the Company, (2) the transferee obtains the right (free from conditions that constrain it from taking advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets and (3) the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity. F- 10 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses Loans Held for Investment Loans are stated at unpaid principal balances, less net deferred loan fees and the allowance for loan losses. The Company grants real estate mortgage, commercial business and consumer loans. A substantial portion of the loan portfolio is represented by residential and commercial mortgage loans to customers in the southern Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area. The ability of the Company’s customers to honor their contracts is dependent upon the real estate and general economic conditions in this area. Loan origination and commitment fees, as well as certain direct costs of underwriting and closing loans, are deferred and amortized as a yield adjustment to interest income over the lives of the related loans using the interest method. Amortization of deferred loan fees is discontinued when a loan is placed on nonaccrual status. Nonaccrual Loans The recognition of income on a loan is discontinued and previously accrued interest is reversed when interest or principal payments become 90 days past due unless, in the opinion of management, the outstanding interest remains collectible. Past due status is determined based on contractual terms. Generally, by applying the cash receipts method, interest income on nonaccrual loans is subsequently recognized only as received until the loan is returned to accrual status. The cash receipts method is used when the likelihood of further loss on the loan is remote. Otherwise, the Company applies the cost recovery method and applies all payments as a reduction of the unpaid principal balance until the loan qualifies for return to accrual status. Interest income on impaired loans is recognized using the cost recovery method, unless the likelihood of further loss is considered remote. A loan is restored to accrual status when all principal and interest payments are brought current and the borrower has demonstrated the ability to make future payments of principal and interest as scheduled, which generally requires that the borrower demonstrate a period of performance of at least six consecutive months. Loan Charge-Offs For portfolio segments other than consumer loans, the Company’s practice is to charge-off any loan or portion of a loan when the loan is determined by management to be uncollectible due to the borrower’s failure to meet repayment terms, the borrower’s deteriorating or deteriorated financial condition, depreciation of the underlying collateral, the loan’s classification as a loss by regulatory examiners, or for other reasons. A partial charge-off is recorded on a loan when the uncollectibility of a portion of the loan has been confirmed, such as when a loan is discharged in bankruptcy, the collateral is liquidated, a loan is restructured at a reduced principal balance, or other identifiable events that lead management to determine the full principal balance of the loan will not be repaid. A specific reserve is recognized as a component of the allowance for estimated losses on loans individually evaluated for impairment. Partial charge-offs on nonperforming and impaired loans are included in the Company’s historical loss experience used to estimate the general component of the allowance for loan losses as discussed below. Specific reserves are not considered charge-offs in management’s analysis of the allowance for loan losses because they are estimates and the outcome of the loan relationship is undetermined. F- 11 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses - continued During the year ended September 30, 2015, the Company recognized partial charge-offs on loans totaling $117,000. At September 30, 2015, the Company had four outstanding loans with an aggregate recorded investment of $549,000 on which partial charge-offs totaling $225,000 had been recorded. During the year ended September 30, 2014, the Company did not recognize any partial charge-offs. At September 30, 2014, the Company had one outstanding loan with a recorded investment of $229,000 on which partial charge-offs totaling $107,000 had been recorded. Consumer loans not secured by real estate are typically charged off at 90 days past due, or earlier if deemed uncollectible, unless the loans are in the process of collection. Overdrafts are charged off after 45 days past due. Charge-offs are typically recorded on loans secured by real estate when the property is foreclosed upon when the carrying value of the loan exceeds the property’s fair value less the estimated costs to sell. Allowance for Loan Losses The allowance for loan losses reflects management’s judgment of probable loan losses inherent in the loan portfolio at the balance sheet date. Additions to the allowance for loan losses are made by the provision for loan losses charged to earnings. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance. The Company uses a disciplined process and methodology to evaluate the allowance for loan losses on at least a quarterly basis that is based upon management’s periodic review of the collectability of the loans in light of historical experience, the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrower’s ability to repay, estimated value of any underlying collateral, and prevailing economic conditions. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. The allowance consists of specific and general components. The specific component relates to loans that are individually evaluated for impairment or loans otherwise classified as doubtful. For such loans that are classified as impaired, an allowance is established when the discounted cash flows (or collateral value or observable market price) of the impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of that loan. The general component covers non-classified loans and classified loans that are found, upon individual evaluation, to be not impaired. Such loans are pooled by segment and losses are modeled using annualized historical loss experience adjusted for qualitative factors. The historical loss experience is determined by portfolio segment and is based on the actual loss history experienced by the Company over the most recent 36-month period. This actual loss experience is then adjusted for qualitative factors that are reviewed on a quarterly basis based on the risks present for each portfolio segment. Management considers changes and trends in the following qualitative loss factors: levels of and trends in delinquencies and impaired loans; levels of and trends in charge-offs and recoveries; trends in the volume and term of new loan originations; national and local economic trends and conditions; changes in lending policies, procedures and practices; changes in the experience and ability of lending management and other staff; changes in the quality and depth of the internal loan review process; trends in collateral valuation in the Company’s lending area; and other factors as determined by management. Each qualitative factor is evaluated and a qualitative factor adjustment is applied to the actual historical loss factors in determining the adjusted loss factors used in management’s allowance for loan losses adequacy calculation. F- 12 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses - continued Management exercises significant judgment in evaluating the relevant historical loss experience and the qualitative factors. Management also monitors the differences between estimated and actual incurred loan losses for loans considered impaired in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the estimation process and make any changes in the methodology as necessary. The following portfolio segments are considered in the allowance for loan loss analysis: residential real estate, commercial real estate, multi-family residential real estate, construction, land and land development, commercial business and consumer. Residential real estate loans primarily consist of loans to individuals for the purchase or refinance of their primary residence, with a small portion of the segment secured by non-owner-occupied residential investment properties. The risks associated with residential real estate loans are closely correlated to the local housing market and general economic conditions, as repayment of the loans is primarily dependent on the borrower’s or tenant’s personal cash flow and employment status. Commercial real estate loans are comprised of loans secured by various types of collateral including office buildings, warehouses, retail space and mixed use buildings primarily in the Company’s primary lending area, with a portion of the collateral for the segment located in other states. Risks related to commercial real estate lending are related to the market value of the property taken as collateral, the underlying cash flows and general economic condition of the local real estate market. Repayment of these loans is generally dependent on the ability of the borrower to attract tenants at lease rates that provide for adequate debt service and can be impacted by general economic conditions, which impact vacancy rates. The Company generally obtains loan guarantees from financially capable parties for commercial real estate loans. Multi-family residential real estate loans primarily consist of loans secured by apartment buildings and other multi-tenant developments generally located in the Company’s primary lending area. Repayment of these loans is primarily dependent on the borrower’s ability to attract tenants and collect rents that provide for adequate debt service. The risks associated with these loans are closely correlated to the local housing market and general economic conditions. The Company’s construction loan portfolio consists of single-family residential properties, multi-family properties and commercial projects, and includes both owner-occupied and speculative investment properties. Risks inherent in construction lending are related to the market value of the property held as collateral, the cost and timing of constructing or improving a property, the borrower’s ability to use funds generated by a project to service a loan until a project is completed, movements in interest rates and the real estate market during the construction phase, and the ability of the borrower to obtain permanent financing. Land and land development loans primarily consist of loans secured by farmland and vacant land held for long-term investment or development. The risks associated with land and land development loans are related to the market value of the property taken as collateral and the underlying cash flows for loans secured by farmland, and general economic conditions. Commercial business loans include lines of credit to businesses, term loans and letters of credit secured by business assets such as equipment, accounts receivable, inventory, or other assets excluding real estate and are generally made to finance capital expenditures or fund operations. Commercial loans contain risks related to the value of the collateral securing the loan and the repayment is primarily dependent upon the financial success and viability of the borrower. As with commercial real estate loans, the Company generally obtains loan guarantees from financially capable parties for commercial business loans. F- 13 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses – continued Consumer loans consist primarily of home equity lines of credit and other loans secured by junior liens on the borrower’s personal residence, home improvement loans, automobile and truck loans, boat loans, mobile home loans, loans secured by savings deposits and other personal loans. The risks associated with these loans are related to the local housing market and local economic conditions including the unemployment level. There were no significant changes to the Company’s accounting policies or methodology used to estimate the allowance for loan losses during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. Impaired Loans A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed. Impairment is measured on a loan-by-loan basis by either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, the loan’s obtainable market price, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. Values for collateral dependent loans are generally based on appraisals obtained from independent licensed real estate appraisers, with adjustments applied for estimated costs to sell the property, costs to complete unfinished or repair damaged property and other known defects. New appraisals are generally obtained for all significant properties when a loan is identified as impaired. Generally, a property is considered significant if the value of the property is estimated to exceed $250,000. Subsequent appraisals are obtained as needed or if management believes there has been a significant change in the market value of a collateral property securing an impaired loan. In instances where it is not deemed necessary to obtain a new appraisal, management would base its impairment and allowance for loan loss analysis on the original appraisal with adjustments for current conditions based on management’s assessment of market factors and management’s inspection of the property. Troubled Debt Restructurings The modification of a loan is considered to be a troubled debt restructuring (TDR) if the debtor is experiencing financial difficulties and the Company grants a concession to the debtor that it would not otherwise consider. By granting the concession, the Company expects to obtain more cash or other value from the debtor, or to increase the probability of receipt, than would be expected by not granting the concession. The concession may include, but is not limited to, reduction of the stated interest rate of the loan, reduction of accrued interest, extension of the maturity date or reduction of the face amount of the debt. A concession will be granted when, as a result of the restructuring, the Company does not expect to collect all amounts due, including interest at the original stated rate. A concession may also be granted if the debtor is not able to access funds elsewhere at a market rate for debt with similar risk characteristics as the restructured debt. The Company’s determination of whether a loan modification is a TDR considers the individual facts and circumstances surrounding each modification. F- 14 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses – continued A TDR can involve loans remaining on nonaccrual, moving to nonaccrual or continuing on accrual status, depending on the individual facts and circumstances of the borrower. Generally, a nonaccrual loan that is restructured in a TDR remains on nonaccrual status for a period of at least six months following the restructuring in order to ensure that the borrower performs in accordance with the restructured terms, including consistent and timely payments of at least six consecutive months according to the restructured terms. Real Estate Development and Construction Real estate that is developed and on which buildings are constructed for the purpose of leasing or sale to third parties by the Company is stated at cost, including interest capitalized during the construction period, less accumulated depreciation. The Company uses the straight line method of computing depreciation at rates adequate to amortize the cost of the applicable assets over their estimated useful lives. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets sold, or otherwise disposed of, are removed from the related accounts and any gain or loss is included in earnings. Premises and Equipment Premises and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. The Company uses the straight line method of computing depreciation at rates adequate to amortize the cost of the applicable assets over their estimated useful lives. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets sold, or otherwise disposed of, are removed from the related accounts and any gain or loss is included in earnings. Other Real Estate Owned Other real estate owned includes formally foreclosed property and former banking facilities held for sale. At the time of foreclosure, foreclosed real estate is recorded at its fair value less estimated costs to sell, which becomes the property’s new cost basis. Any write-downs based on the property’s fair value at the date of acquisition are charged to the allowance for loan losses. After foreclosure or the decision to classify property as held for sale, valuations are periodically performed by management and property held for sale is carried at the lower of the new cost basis or fair value less cost to sell. Costs incurred in maintaining other real estate owned and subsequent impairment adjustments to the carrying amount of a property, if any, are included in noninterest expense. Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance The Bank has purchased life insurance policies on certain directors, officers and key employees to help offset costs associated with the Bank’s compensation and benefit programs. Bank-owned life insurance is recorded at the amount that can be realized under the insurance contract at the balance sheet date, which is the cash surrender value adjusted for other charges or other amounts due that are probable at settlement. F- 15 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Goodwill and Other Intangibles Goodwill recognized in a business combination represents the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the net of the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is carried at its implied fair value and is evaluated for possible impairment at least annually or more frequently upon the occurrence of an event or change in circumstances that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount. Such circumstances could include, but are not limited to: (1) a significant adverse change in legal factors or in business climate, (2) unanticipated competition, or (3) an adverse action or assessment by a regulator. If the carrying amount of the goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in earnings equal to that excess amount. The loss recognized cannot exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. After a goodwill impairment loss is recognized, the adjusted carrying amount of goodwill is its new accounting basis. Other intangible assets consist of acquired core deposit intangibles. Core deposit intangibles are amortized over the estimated economic lives of the acquired core deposits. The carrying amount of core deposit intangibles and the remaining estimated economic life are evaluated annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable or the remaining period of amortization requires revision. After an impairment loss is recognized, the adjusted carrying amount of the intangible asset is its new accounting basis. Securities Lending and Financing Arrangements Securities purchased under agreements to resell (reverse repurchase agreements) and securities sold under agreements to repurchase (repurchase agreements) are treated as collateralized lending and borrowing transactions, respectively, and are carried at the amounts at which the securities were initially acquired or sold. Benefit Plans The Bank provides a contributory defined contribution plan available to all eligible employees. The Company also established a leveraged employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) on October 6, 2008 that includes substantially all employees. The Company accounts for the ESOP in accordance with FASB ASC 718-40, Employee Stock Ownership Plans . Dividends declared on allocated shares are recorded as a reduction of retained earnings and paid to the participants’ accounts or used for additional debt service on the ESOP loan. Dividends declared on unallocated shares are not considered dividends for financial reporting purposes and are used for additional debt service on the ESOP loan. As shares are committed to be released for allocation to participants’ accounts, compensation expense is recognized based on the average fair value of the shares and the shares become available for earnings per share calculations. Stock Based Compensation The Company has adopted the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based compensation prescribed in FASB ASC 718-20, Compensation – Stock Compensation , for its stock plan. F- 16 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Income Taxes When income tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while other positions are subject to some degree of uncertainty regarding the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be sustained. The Company recognizes the benefits of a tax position in the consolidated financial statements of the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more-likely-than-not (more than 50 percent probable) that the tax position would be sustained upon examination. Income tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are measured as the largest amount of income tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with the income tax positions claimed on income tax returns that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized income tax benefits in the consolidated balance sheets, along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities, if there were an examination. Interest and penalties associated with unrecognized income tax benefits are classified as additional income taxes in the consolidated statements of income. Income taxes are provided for the tax effects of the transactions reported in the financial statements and consist of taxes currently due plus deferred income taxes. Income tax reporting and financial statement reporting rules differ in many respects. As a result, there will often be a difference between the carrying amount of an asset or liability as presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the amount that would be recognized as the tax basis of the same asset or liability computed based on the effects of tax positions recognized, as described in the preceding paragraph. These differences are referred to as temporary differences because they are expected to reverse in future years. Deferred income tax assets are recognized for temporary differences where their future reversal will result in future tax benefits. Deferred income tax assets are also recognized for the future tax benefits expected to be realized from net operating loss or tax credit carryforwards. Deferred income tax liabilities are recognized for temporary differences where their future reversal will result in the payment of future income taxes. Deferred income tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected at income tax rates applicable to the period in which the deferred tax assets or liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. As changes in tax laws or rates are enacted, deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted through the provision for income taxes. Advertising Costs Advertising costs are charged to operations when incurred. Comprehensive Income Comprehensive income consists of reported net income and other comprehensive income. Other comprehensive income refers to revenue, expenses, gains and losses that are recorded as an element of equity but are excluded from reported net income. Other comprehensive income includes changes in the unrealized gains and losses on securities available for sale. Loss Contingencies Loss contingencies, including claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, are recorded as liabilities when the likelihood of loss is probable and an amount or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. F- 17 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Recent Accounting Pronouncements The following are summaries of recently issued or adopted accounting pronouncements that impact the accounting and reporting practices of the Company: In January 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-04, Receivables – Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors (Subtopic 310-40), Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure. The objective of the amendments in this update is to reduce diversity by clarifying when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, that is, when a creditor should be considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan such that the loan receivable should be derecognized and the real estate property recognized. The amendments in the update clarify that an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, and a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan, upon either (1) the creditor obtaining legal title to the residential real estate property upon completion of a foreclosure, or (2) the borrower conveying all interest in the residential real estate property to the creditor to satisfy that loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement. Additionally, the amendments require interim and annual disclosure of both (1) the amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the creditor, and (2) the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property that are in the process of foreclosure according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction. The amendments in the update are effective for public business entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014. The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) . The update provides a five-step revenue recognition model for all revenue arising from contracts with customer and affects all entities that enter into contracts to provide goods or services to their customers (unless the contracts are included in the scope of other standards). The guidance requires an entity to recognize the revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. For public entities, the guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. However, with the issuance of ASU No. 2015-14 in August 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 by one year for all entities, making the amendments effective for public entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those reporting periods. Companies have the option to apply ASU No. 2014-09 as of the original effective date. Management is evaluating the new guidance, but does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-14, Receivables – Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors (Subtopic 310-40), Classification of Certain Government-Guaranteed Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure . The objective of the amendments in this update is to reduce the diversity in how creditors classify government-guaranteed mortgage loans, including FHA and VA guaranteed loans, upon foreclosure by addressing the classification of certain foreclosed mortgage loans held by creditors that are either fully or partially guaranteed under government programs. The amendments in the update are effective for public entities for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014. The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. F- 18 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (1 - continued) Recent Accounting Pronouncements In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805) – Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments . The guidance eliminates the requirement for an acquirer in a business combination to retrospectively account for measurement-period adjustments. Instead, acquirers must recognize measurement-period adjustments during the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined, and the effect of the adjustments on the income statement must be calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. In addition, the update requires an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or in the notes to the financial statements the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date. For public entities, the guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The guidance should be applied prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur after the effective date, with earlier application permitted for financial statements that have not been issued. The adoption of this update is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. F- 19 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (2) RESTRICTION ON CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS The Bank is required to maintain reserve balances on hand and with the Federal Reserve Bank which are unavailable for investment but are interest- bearing. The average amount of those reserve balances was approximately $8.4 million and $7.1 million for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. (3) INVESTMENT SECURITIES Investment securities have been classified according to management’s intent. Trading Account Securities The Company invests in small and medium lot, investment grade municipal bonds through a managed brokerage account. The brokerage account is managed by an investment advisory firm registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Trading account securities recorded at fair value totaled $9.0 million and $5.3 million as of September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the Company reported net gains on trading account securities of $440,000, including net realized gains on the sale of securities of $394,000 and net unrealized gains on securities still held as of the balance sheet date of $46,000. During the year ended September 30, 2014, the Company reported net gains on trading account securities of $704,000, including net realized gains on the sale of securities of $713,000 partially offset by net unrealized losses on securities still held as of the balance sheet date of $9,000. Securities Available for Sale and Held to Maturity The amortized cost of securities available for sale and held to maturity and their approximate fair values are as follows: (In thousands) September 30, 2015: Securities available for sale: Agency bonds and notes Agency mortgage-backed Agency CMO Privately-issued CMO Privately-issued ABS SBA certificates Municipal bonds Total securities available for sale Securities held to maturity: Agency mortgage-backed Municipal bonds Total securities held to maturity Gross Gross Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Cost Gains Losses Fair Value 5,564 $ 47,418 18,943 3,005 4,820 1,472 90,380 171,602 $ 345 $ 4,275 4,620 $ $ $ $ $ F- 20 18 $ 901 118 465 1,289 8 4,185 6,984 $ 31 $ 540 571 $ - $ 41 47 - - - 170 258 $ - $ - - $ 5,582 48,278 19,014 3,470 6,109 1,480 94,395 178,328 376 4,815 5,191 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (3 – continued) (In thousands) September 30, 2014: Securities available for sale: Agency bonds and notes Agency mortgage-backed Agency CMO Privately-issued CMO Privately-issued ABS SBA certificates Municipal bonds Total securities available for sale Securities held to maturity: Agency mortgage-backed Municipal bonds Total securities held to maturity Gross Gross Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Cost Gains Losses Fair Value $ $ $ $ 12,269 $ 51,845 29,648 3,302 5,552 1,753 74,148 178,517 $ 455 $ 4,964 5,419 $ 12 $ 518 95 618 1,801 9 3,818 6,871 $ 37 $ 393 430 $ 190 $ 108 259 - - - 134 691 $ - $ - - $ 12,091 52,255 29,484 3,920 7,353 1,762 77,832 184,697 492 5,357 5,849 The amortized cost and fair value of available for sale and held to maturity debt securities as of September 30, 2015 by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities of mortgage and other asset-backed securities may differ from contractual maturities because the mortgages and other assets underlying the obligations may be prepaid without penalty. (In thousands) Due within one year Due after one year through five years Due after five years through ten years Due after ten years CMO ABS SBA certificates Mortgage-backed securities Available for Sale Held to Maturity Amortized Cost Fair Value Amortized Cost Fair Value $ 1,909 $ 6,150 21,613 66,272 95,944 21,948 4,820 1,472 47,418 1,955 $ 6,467 22,998 68,557 99,977 22,484 6,109 1,480 48,278 537 $ 1,721 1,305 712 4,275 - - - 345 563 1,995 1,464 793 4,815 - - - 376 $ 171,602 $ 178,328 $ 4,620 $ 5,191 F- 21 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (3 – continued) Information pertaining to securities with gross unrealized losses at September 30, 2015, aggregated by investment category and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position, follows: (Dollars in thousands) Securities available for sale: Continuous loss position less than twelve months: Agency mortgage-backed Municipal bonds Total less than twelve months Continuous loss position more than twelve months: Agency mortgage-backed Agency CMO Municipal bonds Total more than twelve months Total securities available for sale Number of Investment Positions Gross Fair Value Unrealized Losses 4 $ 15 3,600 $ 9,356 19 12,956 2 3 2 7 1,982 6,753 1,248 9,983 26 $ 22,939 $ 20 137 157 21 47 33 101 258 At September 30, 2015, the Company did not have any securities held to maturity with an unrealized loss. Management evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment at least on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation. Consideration is given to (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, and (3) the intent and ability of the Company to retain its investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. The total available for sale debt securities in loss positions at September 30, 2015, which consisted of U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities and CMOs and municipal bonds, had depreciated approximately 1.11% from the Company’s amortized cost basis and are fixed rate securities with a weighted-average yield of 2.25% and a weighted-average coupon rate of 3.41% at September 30, 2015. All of the agency and municipal securities are issued by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises and municipal governments, and are generally secured by first mortgage loans and municipal project revenues. The Company evaluates the existence of a potential credit loss component related to the decline in fair value of the privately-issued CMO and ABS portfolios each quarter using an independent third party analysis. At September 30, 2015, the Company held twenty privately-issued CMO and ABS securities acquired in a 2009 bank acquisition with an aggregate carrying value of $2.6 million and fair value of $3.7 million that have been downgraded to a substandard regulatory classification due to a downgrade of the security’s credit quality rating by various rating agencies. F- 22 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (3 – continued) At September 30, 2015, there were no privately-issued CMOs or ABS in loss positions. Based on the independent third party analysis of the expected cash flows, management has determined that no other-than-temporary impairment is required to be recognized on the privately-issued CMO and ABS portfolios. While the Company did not recognize a credit-related impairment loss at September 30, 2015, additional deterioration in market and economic conditions may have an adverse impact on the credit quality in the future and therefore, require a credit-related impairment charge. The unrealized losses on U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities and CMOs and municipal bonds relate principally to current interest rates for similar types of securities. In analyzing an issuer’s financial condition, management considers whether the securities are issued by the federal government, its agencies, or other governments, whether downgrades by bond rating agencies have occurred, and the results of reviews of the issuer’s financial condition. As management has the ability to hold debt securities to maturity, or for the foreseeable future if classified as available for sale, no declines are deemed to be other-than-temporary. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the Company did not realize any gross gains on sales of available for sale securities. The Company realized gross gains on sales of available for sale U.S. government agency notes, equity securities and municipal bonds of $1,000, $111,000 and $11,000, respectively, for the year ended September 30, 2014. Certain available for sale debt securities were pledged under repurchase agreements and to secure FHLB borrowings during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and may be pledged to secure federal funds borrowings (see Notes 11, 12 and 13). F- 23 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4) LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES Loans at September 30, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following: (In thousands) Real estate mortgage: 1-4 family residential Commercial Multifamily residential Residential construction Commercial construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer: Home equity Auto Other consumer Gross loans Undisbursed portion of construction loans Principal loan balance Deferred loan origination fees and costs, net Allowance for loan losses $ 2015 2014 181,873 $ 172,995 21,647 19,723 15,548 11,061 32,574 19,423 5,452 2,159 482,455 (18,599) 463,856 (120) (6,624) 182,743 153,896 21,286 14,528 8,354 11,290 28,448 17,903 5,619 2,320 446,387 (6,271) 440,116 10 (6,250) Loans, net $ 457,112 $ 433,876 Residential mortgage loans serviced for the benefit of others amounted to $74,000 and $91,000 at September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. At September 30, 2015, the recorded investment in residential mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family residential properties with loan-to-value ratios exceeding 90% amounted to $13.0 million, of which some do not have private mortgage insurance or government guaranty. The Bank has entered into loan transactions with certain directors, officers and their affiliates (related parties). In the opinion of management, such indebtedness was incurred in the ordinary course of business on substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons and does not involve more than normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features. The following is a summary of activity for related party loans for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014: (In thousands) Beginning balance New loans and advances Repayments Reclassifications due to officer and director changes Ending balance F- 24 2015 2014 $ 6,306 $ 1,950 (2,018) 4,838 5,946 1,897 (1,431) (106) $ 11,076 $ 6,306 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) The following table provides the components of the recorded investment in loans as of September 30, 2015: Recorded Investment in Loans: Principal loan balance Residential Real Estate Commercial Real Estate Multifamily Construction Land & Land Development Commercial Business Consumer Total (In thousands) $ 181,873 $ 172,995 $ 21,647 $ 16,672 $ 11,061 $ 32,574 $ 27,034 $ 463,856 Accrued interest receivable 552 454 Net deferred loan origination fees and costs 283 (294) 47 (21) 23 (63) 30 8 95 (28) 58 1,259 (5) (120) Recorded investment in loans $ 182,708 $ 173,155 $ 21,673 $ 16,632 $ 11,099 $ 32,641 $ 27,087 $ 464,995 Recorded Investment in Loans as Evaluated for Impairment: Individually evaluated for impairment $ 4,391 $ 7,041 $ - $ - $ - $ 222 $ 290 $ 11,944 Collectively evaluated for impairment 177,873 166,114 21,673 16,632 11,099 32,419 26,767 452,577 Acquired with deteriorated credit quality 444 - - - - - 30 474 Recorded investment in loans $ 182,708 $ 173,155 $ 21,673 $ 16,632 $ 11,099 $ 32,641 $ 27,087 $ 464,995 F- 25 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) The following table provides the components of the recorded investment in loans as of September 30, 2014: Recorded Investment in Loans: Principal loan balance Residential Real Estate Commercial Real Estate Multifamily Construction Land & Land Development Commercial Business Consumer Total (In thousands) $ 182,743 $ 153,896 $ 21,286 $ 16,611 $ 11,290 $ 28,448 $ 25,842 $ 440,116 Accrued interest receivable 590 384 Net deferred loan origination fees and costs 337 (252) 53 (28) 44 (54) 31 4 111 63 1,276 (9) 12 10 Recorded investment in loans $ 183,670 $ 154,028 $ 21,311 $ 16,601 $ 11,325 $ 28,550 $ 25,917 $ 441,402 Recorded Investment in Loans as Evaluated for Impairment: Individually evaluated for impairment $ 4,866 $ 5,705 $ - $ - $ - $ 145 $ 350 $ 11,066 Collectively evaluated for impairment 178,298 148,323 21,311 16,601 11,325 28,405 25,535 429,798 Acquired with deteriorated credit quality 506 - - - - - 32 538 Recorded investment in loans $ 183,670 $ 154,028 $ 21,311 $ 16,601 $ 11,325 $ 28,550 $ 25,917 $ 441,402 F- 26 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) An analysis of the allowance for loan losses as of and for the year ended September 30, 2015 is as follows: Residential Real Estate Commercial Real Estate Multifamily Construction Land & Land Development Commercial Business Consumer Total Changes in Allowance for Loan Losses: Beginning balance Provisions Charge-offs Recoveries $ 577 $ 109 (283) 41 3,808 $ 559 (40) - Ending balance $ 444 $ 4,327 $ 146 $ 10 - - 156 $ (In thousands) 443 $ 108 - - 551 $ 302 $ 67 - - 369 $ 795 $ 8 (126) 1 179 $ (2) (144) 66 6,250 859 (593) 108 678 $ 99 $ 6,624 Ending Allowance Balance Attributable to Loans: Individually evaluated for impairment $ 9 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 5 $ 14 Collectively evaluated for impairment 435 4,327 156 551 369 678 94 6,610 Acquired with deteriorated credit quality - - - - - - - - Ending balance $ 444 $ 4,327 $ 156 $ 551 $ 369 $ 678 $ 99 $ 6,624 F- 27 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) An analysis of the allowance for loan losses as of and for the year ended September 30, 2014 is as follows: Residential Real Estate Commercial Real Estate Multifamily Construction Land & Land Development Commercial Business Consumer Total Changes in Allowance for Loan Losses: Beginning balance Provisions Charge-offs Recoveries $ 780 $ 47 (278) 28 2,826 $ 987 (224) 219 249 $ (103) - - Ending balance $ 577 $ 3,808 $ 146 $ (In thousands) 229 $ 214 - - 443 $ 299 $ 3 - - 302 $ 907 $ 122 (234) - 248 $ (24) (136) 91 5,538 1,246 (872) 338 795 $ 179 $ 6,250 Ending Allowance Balance Attributable to Loans: $ Individually evaluated for impairment 13 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 8 $ 21 Collectively evaluated for impairment 564 3,808 146 443 302 795 171 6,229 Acquired with deteriorated credit quality - - - - - - - - Ending balance $ 577 $ 3,808 $ 146 $ 443 $ 302 $ 795 $ 179 $ 6,250 F- 28 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) The following table presents impaired loans individually evaluated for impairment as of and for the year ended September 30, 2015. The Company recognized $5,000 of interest income on impaired commercial real estate loans using the cash receipts method of accounting for the year ended September 30, 2015. Recorded Investment Unpaid Principal Balance Related Allowance (In thousands) Average Recorded Investment Interest Income Recognized Loans with no related allowance recorded: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Loans with an allowance recorded: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Total: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer $ $ $ $ $ 4,681 $ 7,041 - - - 222 210 5,245 $ 7,079 - - - 282 214 12,154 $ 12,820 $ 9 $ - - - - - 80 89 $ 4,690 $ 7,041 - - - 222 290 9 $ - - - - - 80 89 $ 5,254 $ 7,079 - - - 282 294 - $ - - - - - - - $ 9 $ - - - - - 5 14 $ 9 $ - - - - - 5 5,590 $ 6,136 - - - 255 238 12,219 $ 115 $ 9 - - - 4 90 218 $ 5,705 $ 6,145 - - - 259 328 $ 12,243 $ 12,909 $ 14 $ 12,437 $ F- 29 143 223 - - - 1 6 373 - - - - - - - - 143 223 - - - 1 6 373 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) The following table presents impaired loans individually evaluated for impairment as of and for the year ended September 30, 2014. The Company recognized $52,000 of interest income on impaired commercial real estate loans using the cash receipts method of accounting for the year ended September 30, 2014. Recorded Investment Unpaid Principal Balance Related Allowance (In thousands) Average Recorded Investment Interest Income Recognized Loans with no related allowance recorded: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Loans with an allowance recorded: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer Total: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer $ $ $ $ $ 4,974 $ 5,705 - - - 145 255 5,426 $ 5,739 - - - 133 258 11,079 $ 11,556 $ 167 $ - - - - - 95 262 $ 5,141 $ 5,705 - - - 145 350 166 $ - - - - - 95 261 $ 5,592 $ 5,739 - - - 133 353 $ 11,341 $ 11,817 $ F- 30 - $ - - - - - - - $ 13 $ - - - - - 8 21 $ 13 $ - - - - - 8 21 $ 5,878 $ 5,864 1,883 - - 287 285 14,197 $ 64 $ - - - - - 97 161 $ 5,942 $ 5,864 1,883 - - 287 382 14,358 $ 131 189 94 - - 1 6 421 - - - - - - - - 131 189 94 - - 1 6 421 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) Nonperforming loans consist of nonaccrual loans and loans over 90 days past due and still accruing interest. The following table presents the recorded investment in nonperforming loans at September 30, 2015 and 2014: At September 30, 2015 Loans 90+ Days Past Due Still Accruing Nonaccrual Loans Total Nonperforming Loans Nonaccrual Loans (In thousands) At September 30, 2014 Loans 90+ Days Past Due Still Accruing Total Nonperforming Loans $ Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer 1,923 $ 1,855 - - - 210 165 Total $ 4,153 $ 2,078 $ 1,855 - - - 304 168 2,431 $ 1,034 - - - 123 216 4,405 $ 3,804 $ 458 $ - - - - - 20 478 $ 2,889 1,034 - - - 123 236 4,282 155 $ - - - - 94 3 252 $ F- 31 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) The following table presents the aging of the recorded investment in past due loans at September 30, 2015: 30-59 Days Past Due 60-89 Days Past Due 90+ Days Past Due Total Past Due Current Total Loans $ Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer 3,635 $ 1,098 504 - 253 15 81 1,419 $ 113 - - - - 14 (In thousands) 1,530 $ 139 - - - 303 32 6,584 $ 1,350 504 - 253 318 127 176,124 $ 171,805 21,169 16,632 10,846 32,323 26,960 182,708 173,155 21,673 16,632 11,099 32,641 27,087 Total $ 5,586 $ 1,546 $ 2,004 $ 9,136 $ 455,859 $ 464,995 The following table presents the aging of the recorded investment in past due loans at September 30, 2014: 30-59 Days Past Due 60-89 Days Past Due 90+ Days Past Due Total Past Due Current Total Loans $ Residential real estate Commercial real estate Multifamily Construction Land and land development Commercial business Consumer 4,493 $ 115 297 - 6 259 39 1,639 $ 54 - - 205 - 79 (In thousands) 1,823 $ 59 - - - 123 72 7,955 $ 228 297 - 211 382 190 175,715 $ 153,800 21,014 16,601 11,114 28,168 25,727 183,670 154,028 21,311 16,601 11,325 28,550 25,917 Total $ 5,209 $ 1,977 $ 2,077 $ 9,263 $ 432,139 $ 441,402 F- 32 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) The Company categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt such as: current financial information, public information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, and current economic trends, among other factors. The Company classifies loans based on credit risk at least quarterly. The Company uses the following regulatory definitions for risk ratings: Special Mention: Loans classified as special mention have a potential weakness that deserves management’s close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loan or of the institution’s credit position at some future date. Substandard: Loans classified as substandard are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any. Loans so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected. Doubtful: Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard, with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and values, highly questionable and improbable. Loss: Loans classified as loss are considered uncollectible and of such little value that their continuance on the Company’s books as an asset is not warranted. Loans not meeting the criteria above that are analyzed individually as part of the above described process are considered to be pass rated loans. The following table presents the recorded investment in loans by risk category as of the date indicated: September 30, 2015: Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Loss Residential Real Estate Commercial Real Estate Multifamily Construction Land and Land Development Commercial Business Consumer Total (In thousands) $ 175,662 $ 799 5,871 376 - 160,224 $ 5,342 7,589 - - 21,673 $ - - - - 16,632 $ - - - - 11,079 $ - 20 - - 32,335 $ 96 173 37 - 26,793 $ 13 274 7 - 444,398 6,250 13,927 420 - Total $ 182,708 $ 173,155 $ 21,673 $ 16,632 $ 11,099 $ 32,641 $ 27,087 $ 464,995 September 30, 2014: Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Loss $ 172,822 $ 4,233 6,398 217 - 138,854 $ 10,226 4,948 - - 21,311 $ - - - - 16,601 $ - - - - 11,206 $ 6 113 - - 28,127 $ 278 145 - - 25,471 $ 89 350 7 - 414,392 14,832 11,954 224 - Total $ 183,670 $ 154,028 $ 21,311 $ 16,601 $ 11,325 $ 28,550 $ 25,917 $ 441,402 F- 33 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) Troubled Debt Restructurings The following table summarizes the Company’s TDRs by accrual status at September 30, 2015 and 2014. There was no specific reserve included in the allowance for loan losses related to TDRs at September 30, 2015 and 2014. September 30, 2015: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Commercial business Consumer Total September 30, 2014: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Commercial business Consumer Total Accruing Nonaccrual (In thousands) Total $ $ $ 2,767 $ 5,186 12 125 110 $ 1,523 - - 2,877 6,709 12 125 8,090 $ 1,633 $ 9,723 2,710 $ 4,671 22 134 214 $ 696 - - 2,924 5,367 22 134 $ 7,537 $ 910 $ 8,447 The following table summarizes information in regard to TDRs that were restructured during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. September 30, 2015: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Consumer Total September 30, 2014: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Total Number of Loans Pre- Modification Principal Balance Post- Modification Principal Balance (Dollars in thousands) 2 $ 1 1 4 $ 6 $ 1 7 $ 165 $ 1,523 3 1,691 $ 326 $ 716 172 1,523 3 1,698 397 724 1,042 $ 1,121 F- 34 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (4 – continued) At September 30, 2015, the Company had a commitment to lend $2,000 in additional funds to a customer with an outstanding loan classified as a TDR. The Company had not committed to lend any additional amounts as of September 30, 2014 to customers with outstanding loans classified as TDRs. For the TDRs listed above, the terms of modification included temporary interest-only payment periods, reduction of the stated interest rate, extension of the maturity date, deferral of the contractual principal and interest payments, and the renewal of matured loans where the debtor was unable to access funds elsewhere at a market interest rate for debt with similar risk characteristics. There were no principal charge-offs recorded as a result of TDRs during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. There was no specific allowance for loan losses related to TDRs modified during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. In the event that a TDR subsequently defaults, the Company evaluates the restructuring for possible impairment. As a result, the related allowance for loan losses may be increased or charge-offs may be taken to reduce the carrying amount of the loan. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the Company did not have any TDRs that were modified within the previous twelve months for which there was a payment default (defined as more than 90 days past due or in the process of foreclosure). During the year ended September 30, 2014, the Company had two TDRs totaling $476,000 that were modified within the previous twelve months for which there was a payment default (defined as more than 90 days past due or in the process of foreclosure). The total consisted of two residential real estate loans with a balance of $476,000 at the date of default. As of September 30, 2014, one of the defaulted TDRs totaling $200,000 was accruing and performing in agreement with the modified terms after curing the default. The other defaulted TDR resulted in foreclosure of the property and its transfer to other real estate owned during the year ended September 30, 2014. The Company did not recognize a net charge-off to the allowance for loan losses as a result of this foreclosure. (5) REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION The Company is developing a parcel of land in New Albany, Indiana for retail purposes through the Bank’s subsidiary, FFCC. The total cost of the development is expected to be approximately $7.7 million, including the $7.6 million paid as of September 30, 2015. The development costs were partially funded by a loan from another financial institution (see Note 14). The development is substantially completed, with only certain tenant improvements in a multi-tenant retail building to be completed for future lessees, and ten tenants have commenced occupancy as of September 30, 2015. The development plans provide for up to thirteen tenants when fully occupied. Real estate development and construction consisted of the following at September 30, 2015 and 2014: (In thousands) Land and land improvements Office buildings Furniture, fixtures and equipment Less accumulated depreciation Totals F- 35 2015 2014 $ 4,159 $ 3,321 74 7,554 475 4,159 3,248 74 7,481 279 $ 7,079 $ 7,202 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (5 – continued) Depreciation expense of $196,000 and $192,000 was recognized for real estate development and construction for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Bank and FFCC lease commercial retail space to tenants under noncancelable operating leases with terms of five to twenty years. The following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease payments under the leases as of September 30, 2015: Years ending September 30: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 and thereafter Total (In thousands) $ 705 711 723 708 639 3,200 $ 6,686 As a result of the Bank’s conversion to an Indiana-chartered commercial bank and entry in the Federal Reserve System on December 19, 2014, the Company is required under federal regulations to divest of its commercial real estate development by December 19, 2016 but may apply to the Federal Reserve Board for extension of the conformance period for up to three additional years, in three one-year increments. The Company is required under Indiana state law to divest of its commercial real estate development within a ten-year period, or prior to December 19, 2024. In connection with its charter conversion, the Bank has committed under a plan of divestiture filed with the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions to divest of the commercial real estate development prior to December 31, 2017, which may require approval from the Federal Reserve Board for extension of the federal conformance period beyond December 19, 2016. (6) INVESTMENT IN HISTORIC TAX CREDIT ENTITY On October 15, 2014, the Bank entered into an agreement to participate in the rehabilitation of a certified historic structure located in Louisville, Kentucky with a regional commercial developer. As part of the agreement, the Bank committed to invest $4.2 million into a limited liability company organized in the state of Kentucky by the commercial developer, for which it received a 99% equity interest in the entity and will receive an allocation of 99% of the operating profit and losses and any historic tax credits generated by the entity. The tax credits expected to be allocated to the Bank include federal rehabilitation investment credits totaling $4.6 million available under Internal Revenue Code Section 47. The Bank invested $417,000 on October 15, 2014 and an additional $417,000 on September 11, 2015 upon 50% completion of the project, and has committed to invest the remaining $3.3 million when the project is fully completed and the certificate of occupancy is received. The project is expected to be fully completed in April 2016. The Bank’s investment in the historic tax credit entity is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. At September 30, 2015, the Bank’s investment of $4.2 million is included in other assets and its unfunded capital contribution commitment of $3.3 million is included in other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The historic tax credit entity’s asset and liabilities totaled $953,000 and $119,000, respectively, at September 30, 2015. The entity did not report any revenues or net income for the year ended September 30, 2015 as operations had not yet commenced. F- 36 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (7) PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT Premises and equipment consisted of the following: (In thousands) Land and land improvements Office buildings Furniture, fixtures and equipment Less accumulated depreciation Totals 2015 2014 $ 5,218 $ 10,431 4,293 19,942 5,218 10,376 4,467 20,061 6,104 5,786 $ 13,838 $ 14,275 Depreciation expense of $912,000 and $909,000 was recognized for premises and equipment for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. (8) OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED At September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Bank had other real estate owned held for sale of $618,000 and $953,000, respectively, including $100,000 and $130,000 in former banking facilities held for sale, respectively. During the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, foreclosure losses in the amount of $262,000 and $321,000, respectively, were charged-off to the allowance for loan losses. The losses on subsequent write downs of other real estate owned amounted to $73,000 and $210,000 for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and were aggregated with realized gains and losses from the sale of other real estate owned, and real estate taxes and other expenses of holding other real estate owned. Net realized gains from the sale of other real estate owned amounted to $123,000 and $115,000 for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Real estate taxes, other expenses of holding other real estate owned and net of income received from the operation of other real estate owned held for sale amounted to $50,000 and $135,000 for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The net gain or loss is reported in noninterest expense. There were no realized gains from the sale of other real estate owned deferred during the year ended September 30, 2015. Realized gains from the sale of other real estate owned totaling $82,000 for the year ended September 30, 2014, were deferred because the sales were financed by the Bank and did not qualify for recognition under generally accepted accounting principles. At September 30, 2015 and 2014, aggregate deferred gains on the sale of other real estate owned financed by the Bank amounted to $188,000 and $237,000, respectively. At September 30, 2015, the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property in the process of foreclosure was $806,000. F- 37 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (9) GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES Goodwill and the core deposit intangibles acquired in the acquisitions of Community First Bank (“Community First”) on September 30, 2009 and the First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown, Inc. (“First Federal”) branches on July 6, 2012 are evaluated for impairment at least annually or more frequently upon the occurrence of an event or when circumstances indicate that the carrying amount is greater than its fair value. No impairment of goodwill or the core deposit intangibles was recognized during 2015 or 2014. The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized as follows: (In thousands) Beginning balance Changes in goodwill Ending balance The following is a summary of other intangible assets subject to amortization: (In thousands) Core deposit intangible acquired in Community First acquisition Core deposit intangible acquired in First Federal branch acquisition Less accumulated amortization $ $ $ 2015 2014 7,936 $ - 7,936 $ 7,936 - 7,936 2015 2014 2,741 $ 566 (1,926) 2,741 566 (1,582) Ending balance $ 1,381 $ 1,725 Amortization expense of intangibles amounted to $344,000 for each of the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 . Estimated amortization expense for the core deposit intangibles for each of the ensuing five years and in the aggregate is as follows: Years ending September 30: (In thousands) 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 and thereafter Total (10) DEPOSITS $ 344 344 344 148 50 151 $ 1,381 The aggregate amount of time deposit accounts with balances that met or exceeded the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limit of $250,000 was $11.3 million and $10.6 million at September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. At September 30, 2015, scheduled maturities of time deposits were as follows: Years ending September 30: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 and thereafter Total (In thousands) $ 104,498 37,487 10,589 19,593 21,729 $ 193,896 The Bank held deposits for related parties of $5.4 million and $4.8 million at September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. F- 38 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (11) FEDERAL FUNDS PURCHASED The Bank has entered into a federal funds purchased line of credit facility with another financial institution that established a line of credit not to exceed the lesser of $10 million or 25% of the Bank’s equity capital, excluding reserves. Availability under the line of credit is subject to continued borrower eligibility and expires on June 30, 2016 unless it is extended. The line of credit is intended to support short-term liquidity needs, and the agreement states that the Bank may borrow under the facility for up to seven consecutive days without pledging collateral to secure the borrowing. At September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Bank had no outstanding federal funds purchased under the facility. (12) REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS Repurchase agreements include retail repurchase agreements representing overnight borrowings from deposit customers. Repurchase agreements at September 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized as follows: (Dollars in thousands) Retail repurchase agreements 2015 2014 Weighted Average Rate Weighted Average Rate Amount Amount 0.25% $ 1,342 0.25% $ 1,338 The debt securities underlying the retail repurchase agreements were under the control of the Bank at September 30, 2015 and 2014. Information concerning borrowings under retail repurchase agreements as of and for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 is summarized as follows: (Dollars in thousands) Weighted average interest rate during the year Average balance during the year Maximum month-end balance during the year Available for sale debt securities underlying the agreements at September 30: Amortized cost Fair value F- 39 2015 2014 0.25% 1,340 $ 1,342 0.25% 1,336 1,338 $ 1,502 1,535 1,719 1,758 $ $ FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (13) BORROWINGS FROM FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK At September 30, 2015 and 2014 borrowings from the FHLB were as follows: (Dollars in thousands) Advances maturing in: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2021 and beyond Total advances Line of credit balance 2015 2014 Weighted Average Rate Weighted Average Rate Amount Amount -% $ 0.59% 1.10% 1.04% 1.86% 1.80% - 10,000 15,000 10,000 25,000 30,000 90,000 1.38% $ -% 1.10% 1.04% -% -% 45,000 - 15,000 10,000 - - 70,000 0.49% 14,867 0.43% 9,548 Total borrowings from FHLB $ 104,867 $ 79,548 The Bank entered into an Advances, Pledge and Security Agreement with the FHLB, allowing the Bank to initiate advances from the FHLB. The advances are secured under a blanket collateral agreement. At September 30, 2015, the eligible blanket collateral included residential mortgage loans with a carrying value of $169.3 million and investment securities with a fair value of $16.5 million. On August 12, 2014, the Bank entered into an Overdraft Line of Credit Agreement with the FHLB which established a line of credit not to exceed $25.0 million secured under the blanket collateral agreement. This agreement expires on August 12, 2016. At September 30, 2015, $14.9 million was outstanding under this agreement. On June 19, 2014, the Bank entered into a Letter of Credit Agreement with the FHLB which established a letter of credit not to exceed $3.3 million secured under the blanket collateral agreement. This agreement expires on July 1, 2016. At September 30, 2015, there was no outstanding balance under this agreement. (14) OTHER LONG-TERM DEBT On July 27, 2012, FFCC entered into a loan agreement with another financial institution to finance the retail development and construction project discussed in Note 5. The loan has a maximum commitment of $5.0 million and is for a ten-year term with a fixed interest rate of 4.0% for the first six years of the loan term, then adjusting annually thereafter to the one-year LIBOR rate plus 250 basis points. The loan provides for 12 interest only monthly payments through July 27, 2013, followed by 107 monthly payments sufficient to fully amortize the loan over a 20 year period and a balloon payment of all outstanding principal and interest at maturity on July 27, 2022. The loan is secured by a mortgage and assignment of leases and rents on the retail development property, which had a carrying amount of $7.1 million at September 30, 2015. The outstanding principal balance of the loan was $4.6 million and $4.8 million at September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Interest expense of $176,000 and $203,000 was recognized on other long-term debt for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. F- 40 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (14 – continued) Future maturities of other long-term debt, based on the amount outstanding under the loan agreement at September 30, 2015, are as follows for the years ending September 30, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and later years: $167,000, $174,000, $181,000, $189,000, $196,000 and $3.7 million, respectively. (15) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS The Bank has deferred compensation agreements with former officers who are receiving benefits under these agreements. The agreements provide for the payment of specific benefits following retirement. Deferred compensation expense was $5,000 and $16,000 for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company has a directors’ deferred compensation plan whereby a director, at his or her election on an annual basis, may defer all or a portion of the director fees into an account with the Company. The Company accrues interest on the deferred obligation at an annual rate equal to the prime rate for the immediately preceding calendar quarter plus 2%, but in no event at a rate in excess of 8%. The deferral period extends until separation from service by the director. The benefits under the plan are payable in a lump sum or in monthly installments over a period of up to ten years following the separation from service; however, the agreements provide for payment of benefits in the event of disability, early retirement, termination of service or death. Deferred compensation expense for this plan was $164,000 and $178,000 for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. (16) BENEFIT PLANS Defined Contribution Plan: The Bank has a qualified contributory defined contribution plan available to all eligible employees. The plan allows participating employees to make tax- deferred contributions under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(k). Company contributions to the plan amounted to $378,000 and $368,000 for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Employee Stock Ownership Plan: On October 6, 2008, the Company established a leveraged ESOP covering substantially all employees. The ESOP trust acquired 203,363 shares of Company common stock at a cost of $10.00 per share financed by a term loan with the Company. The employer loan and the related interest income are not recognized in the consolidated financial statements as the debt is serviced from Company contributions. Dividends payable on allocated shares are charged to retained earnings and are satisfied by the allocation of cash dividends to participant accounts or by utilizing the dividends as additional debt service on the ESOP loan. Dividends payable on unallocated shares are not considered dividends for financial reporting purposes. Shares held by the ESOP trust are allocated to participant accounts based on the ratio of the current year principal and interest payments to the total of the current year and future years’ principal and interest to be paid on the employer loan. Compensation expense is recognized based on the average fair value of shares released for allocation to participant accounts during the year with a corresponding credit to stockholders’ equity. Compensation expense recognized for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 amounted to $851,000 and $715,000, respectively. F- 41 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (16 – continued) Company common stock held by the ESOP trust at September 30, 2015 and 2014 was as follows: Allocated shares Unearned shares Total ESOP shares Fair value of unearned shares (17) STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS 2015 2014 164,409 19,691 184,100 132,339 53,706 186,045 $ 669,000 $ 1,341,000 In December 2009, the Company adopted the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”), which the Company’s shareholders approved in February 2010. The Plan provides for the award of stock options, restricted shares and performance shares. The aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance under the Plan may not exceed 355,885 shares. The Company may grant both non-statutory and statutory (i.e., incentive) stock options that may not have a term exceeding ten years. An award of a performance share is a grant of a right to receive shares of the Company’s common stock contingent upon the achievement of specific performance criteria or other objectives set at the grant date. Awards granted under the Plan may be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with any other award granted under the Plan. The terms of the Plan include a provision whereby all unearned options and shares become immediately exercisable and fully vested upon a change in control. In April 2010, the Company funded a trust, administered by an independent trustee, which acquired 101,681 common shares in the open market at a price per share of $13.60 for a total cost of $1.4 million. These acquired common shares were granted to directors, officers and key employees in the form of restricted stock in May 2010 at a price per share of $13.25 for a total of $1.3 million. The difference between the purchase price and grant price of the common shares issued as restricted stock, totaling $41,000, was recognized by the Company as a reduction of additional paid in capital. The vesting period of the restricted stock is five years beginning one year after the date of grant of the awards. Compensation expense is measured based on the fair market value of the restricted stock at the grant date and is recognized ratably over the period during which the shares are earned (the vesting period). Compensation expense related to restricted stock recognized for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 amounted to $162,000 and $260,000, respectively. A summary of the Company’s nonvested restricted shares for the year ended September 30, 2015 is as follows: Nonvested at beginning of year Granted Vested Forfeited Nonvested at end of year Number of Shares Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value 19,610 $ - (19,610) - - 13.25 - 13.25 - - There were no restricted shares granted during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The total fair value of restricted shares that vested during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $575,000 and $479,000, respectively. At September 30, 2015, there was no unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested restricted shares. F- 42 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (17 - continued) In May 2010, the Company awarded 177,549 incentive and 76,655 non-statutory stock options to directors, officers and key employees. The options granted vest ratably over five years and are exercisable in whole or in part for a period up to ten years from the date of the grant. Compensation expense is measured based on the fair market value of the options at the grant date and is recognized ratably over the period during which the shares are earned (the vesting period). The fair market value of stock options granted was estimated at the date of grant using the Binomial option pricing model. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatility of the Company’s stock and that of peer institutions located in its geographic market area. The expected term of options granted represents the period of time that options are expected to be outstanding. The risk free rate for the expected life of the options is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the grant date. The fair value of options granted was determined using the following assumptions: Expected dividend yield Risk-free interest rate Expected volatility Expected life of options Weighted average fair value at grant date 4.53% 2.82% 30.00% 7.0 years 3.09 $ A summary of stock option activity under the plan as of September 30, 2015, and changes during the year then ended is presented below. Outstanding at beginning of year Granted Exercised Forfeited or expired Outstanding at end of year Exercisable at end of year Number of Shares Weighted Average Exercise Price Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term Aggregate Intrinsic Value 234,232 $ - (20,972) $ - 13.25 - 13.25 - 5.6 $ 2,743,000 $ 250,000 213,260 $ 13.25 4.6 $ 4,425,000 213,260 $ 13.25 4.6 $ 4,425,000 There were no stock options granted during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The Company recognized compensation expense related to stock options for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 of $95,000 and $152,000, respectively. At September 30, 2015, there was no unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested stock options. F- 43 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (18) INCOME TAXES The Company and its subsidiaries file consolidated income tax returns. The components of consolidated income tax expense were as follows for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014: (In thousands) Current Tax benefit allocated to additional paid-in capital related to equity incentive plan Deferred Income tax expense 2015 2014 $ 1,463 $ 149 (36) $ 1,576 $ 1,843 84 150 2,077 The reconciliation of income tax expense with the amount which would have been provided at the federal statutory rate of 34 percent follows for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014: (In thousands) Provision at federal statutory rate State income tax-net of federal tax benefit Tax-exempt interest income Bank owned life insurance Captive insurance net premiums Other Income tax expense Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities at September 30, 2015 and 2014 are as follows: (In thousands) Deferred tax assets: Allowance for loan losses Deferred compensation plans Equity incentive plans Other-than-temporary impairment loss on available for sale securities Valuation allowance on other real estate owned Deferred interest income on nonaccrual loans Deferred loan fees and costs, net Deferred tax assets Deferred tax liabilities: Unrealized gain on securities available for sale Accumulated depreciation Acquisition purchase accounting adjustments FHLB stock dividends Unrealized gain on trading account securities Unrealized gain on loans held for sale Other Deferred tax liabilities 2015 2014 $ 2,831 $ 93 (772) (444) (313) 181 $ 1,576 $ 2,539 161 (653) (169) - 199 2,077 2015 2014 $ 2,586 $ 412 69 14 89 58 46 3,274 (2,361) (1,302) (382) (131) (31) (60) (147) (4,414) 2,475 374 108 17 74 68 (4) 3,112 (2,169) (1,417) (219) (133) (14) - (144) (4,096) Net deferred tax liability $ (1,140) $ (984) Tax laws enacted in 2013 and 2014 decrease the Indiana financial institutions tax rate beginning in 2014 and ending in 2023. Deferred taxes have been adjusted to reflect the newly enacted rates and the period in which temporary differences are expected to reverse. F- 44 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (18 - continued) At September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company had no liability for unrecognized income tax benefits and does not anticipate any increase in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits during the next twelve months. The Company believes that its income tax positions would be sustained upon examination and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material change to its financial position or results of operations. The Company files consolidated U.S. federal and Indiana state income tax returns. Returns filed in these jurisdictions for tax years ended on or after September 30, 2012 are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authorities. Each entity included in the consolidated federal and state income tax returns filed by the Company are charged or given credit for the applicable tax as though separate returns were filed. Retained earnings of the Bank include approximately $4.6 million for which no deferred federal income tax liability has been recognized. This amount represents an allocation of income to bad debt deductions as of September 30, 1988 for tax purposes only. Reduction of such allocated amounts for purposes other than tax bad debt losses, including redemption of bank stock, excess dividends or loss of “bank” status, would create income for tax purposes only, subject to the then-current corporate income tax rate. The unrecorded deferred income tax liability on these amounts was approximately $1.5 million at September 30, 2015 and 2014. (19) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES In the normal course of business, there are outstanding various commitments and contingent liabilities, such as commitments to extend credit and legal claims, which are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Commitments under outstanding standby letters of credit totaled $3.9 million and $4.4 million at September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The following is a summary of the commitments to extend credit at September 30, 2015 and 2014: (In thousands) Loan commitments: Fixed rate Adjustable rate Guarantees of third-party revolving credit Undisbursed portion of home equity lines of credit Undisbursed portion of commercial and personal lines of credit Undisbursed portion of construction loans in process Total commitments to extend credit F- 45 2015 2014 $ 5,487 $ 13,047 87 21,403 24,424 18,599 11,640 5,146 89 20,072 24,149 6,271 $ 83,047 $ 67,367 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (20) OPERATING LEASES The Bank rents office space and equipment under operating lease agreements that expire at different dates through July 2018. The following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease payments required under operating leases that have initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of September 30, 2015: Years ending September 30: 2016 2017 2018 Total (In thousands) $ $ 68 69 45 182 Rent expense under operating leases for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $56,000 and $50,000, respectively. (21) FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE-SHEET RISK The Bank is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the balance sheet. The Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instruments for commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit is represented by the contractual notional amount of those instruments (see Note 19). The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments. Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Bank evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount and type of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Bank upon extension of credit, varies and is based on management’s credit evaluation of the counterparty. Standby letters of credit are conditional lending commitments issued by the Bank to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Standby letters of credit generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. The Bank’s policy for obtaining collateral, and the nature of such collateral, is essentially the same as that involved in making commitments to extend credit. The Bank has not been obligated to perform on any financial guarantees and has incurred no losses on its commitments in 2015 or 2014. F- 46 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (22) FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS FASB ASC Topic 820 , Fair Value Measurements, provides the framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under FASB ASC Topic 820 are described as follows: Level 1: Level 2: Level 3: Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices, unadjusted, for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. A quoted market price in an active market provides the most reliable evidence of fair value and shall be used to measure fair value whenever available. Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted market prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted market prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or inputs that are derived principally from or can be corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. Level 3 assets and liabilities include financial instruments whose value is determined using discounted cash flow methodologies, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation. A description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below. These valuation methodologies were applied to all of the Company’s financial assets carried at fair value or the lower of cost or fair value. F- 47 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (22 – continued) The table below presents the balances of financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis as of September 30, 2015. The Company had no liabilities measured at fair value as of September 30, 2015. September 30, 2015: Assets Measured – Recurring Basis Trading account securities Securities available for sale: Agency bonds and notes Agency mortgage-backed Agency CMO Privately-issued CMO Privately-issued ABS SBA certificates Municipal obligations Total securities available for sale SBA loans held for sale Assets Measured – Nonrecurring Basis Impaired loans: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Commercial business Consumer Total impaired loans Residential mortgage loans held for sale Other real estate owned, held for sale: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Land and land development Total other real estate owned Carrying Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In thousands) - $ 9,044 $ - $ 9,044 - $ - - - - - - - $ - $ - $ - - - - $ - $ - $ - - - $ 5,582 $ 48,278 19,014 3,470 6,109 1,480 94,395 178,328 $ 5,835 $ - $ - - - - - - - $ - $ - $ - - - - $ 4,681 $ 7,041 222 285 12,229 $ 965 $ - $ - $ - - - $ 434 $ 181 3 618 $ 5,582 48,278 19,014 3,470 6,109 1,480 94,395 178,328 5,835 4,681 7,041 222 285 12,229 965 434 181 3 618 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ F- 48 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (22 – continued) The table below presents the balances of financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis as of September 30, 2014. The Company had no liabilities measured at fair value as of September 30, 2014. Carrying Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In thousands) September 30, 2014: Assets Measured – Recurring Basis Trading account securities Securities available for sale: Agency bonds and notes Agency mortgage-backed Agency CMO Privately-issued CMO Privately-issued ABS SBA certificates Municipal obligations Total securities available for sale Assets Measured – Nonrecurring Basis Impaired loans: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Commercial business Consumer Total impaired loans Residential mortgage loans held for sale Other real estate owned, held for sale: Residential real estate Commercial real estate Land and land development Total other real estate owned - $ 5,319 $ - $ 5,319 - $ - - - - - - - $ - $ - - - - $ - $ - $ - - - $ 12,091 $ 52,255 29,484 3,920 7,353 1,762 77,832 184,697 $ - $ - - - - - - - $ - $ - - - - $ 5,128 $ 5,705 145 342 11,320 $ 281 $ - $ - $ - - - $ 518 $ 377 58 953 $ 12,091 52,255 29,484 3,920 7,353 1,762 77,832 184,697 5,128 5,705 145 342 11,320 281 518 377 58 953 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ F- 49 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (22 - continued) Fair value is based upon quoted market prices, where available. If quoted market prices are not available, fair value is based on internally-developed models or obtained from third parties that primarily use, as inputs, observable market-based parameters or a matrix pricing model that employs the Bond Market Association’s standard calculations for cash flow and price/yield analysis and observable market-based parameters. Valuation adjustments may be made to ensure that financial instruments are recorded at fair value, or the lower of cost or fair value. These adjustments may include unobservable parameters. Any such valuation adjustments have been applied consistently over time. The Company’s valuation methodologies may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. While management believes the Company’s valuation methodologies are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date. Trading Account Securities and Securities Available for Sale. Securities classified as trading and available for sale are reported at fair value on a recurring basis. These securities are classified as Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy where quoted market prices from reputable third-party brokers are available in an active market. If quoted market prices are not available, the Company obtains fair value measurements from an independent pricing service. These securities are reported using Level 2 inputs and the fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, U.S. government and agency yield curves, live trading levels, trade execution data, market consensus prepayment speeds, credit information, and the security’s terms and conditions, among other factors. For securities where quoted market prices, market prices of similar securities or prices from an independent third party pricing service are not available, fair values are calculated using discounted cash flows or other market indicators and are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Changes in fair value of trading account securities are reported in noninterest income. Changes in fair value of securities available for sale are recorded in other comprehensive income, net of income tax effect. Impaired Loans . Impaired loans are reviewed and evaluated on at least a quarterly basis for additional impairment and adjusted accordingly. The fair value of impaired loans is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Impaired loans are measured at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan's effective interest rate or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is a collateral-dependent loan. Collateral may be real estate and/or business assets, including equipment, inventory and/or accounts receivable, and its fair value is generally determined based on real estate appraisals or other independent evaluations by qualified professionals. The appraisals are then discounted to reflect management’s estimate of the fair value of the collateral given the current market conditions and the condition of the collateral. At September 30, 2015 and 2014, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of impaired loans included a discount from appraised value ranging from 0.0% to 15.0% and estimated costs to sell the collateral ranging from 0.0% to 6.0%. During the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized provisions for loan losses of $58,000 and $2,000, respectively, for impaired loans. Loans Held for Sale . Loans held for sale is comprised of residential mortgage loans and SBA loans held for sale. Residential mortgage loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or market value. As discussed further below, SBA loans held for sale at September 30, 2015 were reported at fair value in accordance with FASB ASC 825-10. The fair value of loans held for sale is based on specific prices of the underlying contracts for sale to investors, and is classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. F- 50 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (22 - continued) Other Real Estate Owned . Other real estate owned held for sale is reviewed and evaluated on at least a quarterly basis for additional impairment and adjusted accordingly. Fair value of other real estate owned is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Other real estate owned is reported at fair value less estimated costs to dispose of the property. The fair values are determined by real estate appraisals which are then discounted to reflect management’s estimate of the fair value of the property given current market conditions and the condition of the collateral. At September 30, 2015, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of other real estate owned included a discount from appraised value (including estimated costs to sell the property) ranging from 15.0% to 56.5% with a weighted average of 23.6%. At September 30, 2014, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of other real estate owned included a discount from appraised value (including estimated costs to sell the property) ranging from 13.3% to 50.0% with a weighted average of 18.7%. The Company recognized charges of $73,000 and $210,000 to write down other real estate owned to fair value for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Transfers Between Categories . There have been no changes in the valuation techniques and related inputs used for assets measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 financial assets or liabilities for the years ended September 30, 2015 or 2014. In addition, there were no transfers into or out of Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy during the years ended September 30, 2015 or 2014. Financial Instruments Recorded using Fair Value Option. Under FASB ASC 825-10, the Company may elect to report most financial instruments and certain other items at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis, with changes in fair value reported in income. The election is made at the acquisition of an eligible financial asset or financial liability, and may not be revoked once made. The Company has elected the fair value option for SBA loans held for sale at September 30, 2015. These loans are intended for sale and the Company believes that the fair value is the best indicator of the resolution of these loans. Interest income is recorded based on the contractual terms of the loans and in accordance with the Company’s policy on loans held for investment. None of these loans were 90 days or more past due, nor were any on nonaccrual status as of September 30, 2015. At September 30, 2015, the difference between the aggregate fair value ($5.8 million) and the aggregate unpaid principal balance ($5.3 million) of SBA loans held for sale was $558,000. The amount of gains included in earnings for the year ended September 30, 2015 for SBA loans held for sale totaled $558,000, consisting of $24,000 included in interest income on loans and $534,000 in changes in fair value included in net gain on sales of loans in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. F- 51 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (23) DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The following table summarizes the carrying value and estimated fair value of financial instruments and the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements fall at September 30, 2015 and 2014. September 30, 2015: Financial assets: Cash and due from banks Interest-bearing deposits with banks Interest-bearing time deposits Trading account securities Securities available for sale Securities held to maturity Loans, net Loans held for sale FRB and FHLB stock Accrued interest receivable Investment in historic tax credit entity (included in other assets) Financial liabilities: Deposits Short-term repurchase agreements Borrowings from FHLB Other long-term debt Accrued interest payable Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance September 30, 2014: Financial assets: Cash and due from banks Interest-bearing deposits with banks Interest-bearing time deposits Trading account securities Securities available for sale Securities held to maturity Loans, net Loans held for sale FHLB stock Accrued interest receivable Financial liabilities: Deposits Short-term repurchase agreements Borrowings from FHLB Other long-term debt Accrued interest payable Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance Carrying Amount 9,884 $ 15,110 3,100 9,044 178,328 4,620 457,112 6,803 6,720 2,655 4,169 533,297 1,342 104,867 4,632 186 883 8,853 $ 11,477 1,500 5,319 184,697 5,419 433,876 281 6,517 2,511 533,194 1,338 79,548 4,812 175 748 $ $ F- 52 Fair Value Measurements Using: Level 2 Level 1 Level 3 (In thousands) 9,884 $ 15,110 - - - - - $ - 3,099 9,044 178,328 5,191 - - - - - - - 456,331 - - - - - - - - - - - 6,803 6,720 2,655 4,169 - 1,342 106,446 4,632 186 883 8,853 $ 11,477 - - - - - $ - 1,496 5,319 184,697 5,849 - - - - 536,121 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 434,023 281 6,517 2,511 - 1,338 79,455 4,812 175 748 - - - 535,364 - - - - - FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (23 - continued) The carrying amounts in the preceding table are included in the consolidated balances sheets under the applicable captions. The contract or notional amounts of the Bank’s financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk are disclosed in Note 19, and the fair value of these instruments is considered immaterial. The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instrument for which it is practicable to estimate: Cash and Cash Equivalents For cash and short-term instruments, including cash and due from banks, interest-bearing deposits with banks with original maturities of 90 days or less and money market funds, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value. Investments and Interest-Bearing Time Deposits For debt securities and interest-bearing time deposits, the Company obtains fair value measurements from an independent pricing service and the fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, U.S. government and agency yield curves, live trading levels, trade execution data, market consensus prepayment speeds, credit information, and the security’s terms and conditions, among other factors. For FRB and FHLB stock, which are restricted equity securities, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value because the stock is not marketable. Loans The fair value of loans, excluding loans held for sale, is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and terms. Impaired loans are valued at the lower of their carrying value or fair value. The carrying amount of accrued interest receivable approximates its fair value. The fair value of loans held for sale is estimated based on specific prices of underlying contracts for sales to investors. Other Assets For equity method investments such as the Company’s investment in the historic tax credit entity where a quoted market value is not available, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value. Deposits The fair value of demand and savings deposits and other transaction accounts is the amount payable on demand at the balance sheet date. The fair value of fixed-maturity time deposits is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the rates currently offered for deposits with similar remaining maturities. The carrying amount of accrued interest payable approximates its fair value. Borrowed Funds Borrowed funds include borrowings from the FHLB, repurchase agreements and other long-term debt. Fair value for FHLB advances and long-term repurchase agreements is estimated by discounting the future cash flows at current interest rates for FHLB advances of similar maturities. For short-term repurchase agreements, FHLB line of credit borrowings and other debt, the carrying value is a reasonable estimate of fair value. F- 53 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (24) STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Liquidation Account Upon completion of its conversion from mutual to stock form on October 6, 2008, the Bank established a liquidation account in an amount equal to its retained earnings at March 31, 2008, totaling $29.3 million. The liquidation account is maintained for the benefit of depositors as of the March 31, 2007 eligibility record date (or the June 30, 2008 supplemental eligibility record date) who maintain their deposits in the Bank after conversion. In the event of complete liquidation, and only in such an event, each eligible depositor is entitled to receive a liquidation distribution from the liquidation account in the proportionate amount of the then current adjusted balance for deposits held, before any liquidation distribution may be made with respect to the stockholders. Except for the repurchase of stock and payment of dividends by the Bank, the existence of the liquidation account does not restrict the use or application of retained earnings of the Bank. (25) PREFERRED STOCK On August 11, 2011, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with the United States Department of the Treasury, pursuant to which the Company issued 17,120 shares of its Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (“Series A Preferred Stock”), having a liquidation amount per share equal to $1,000, for a total purchase price of $17,120,000. The Purchase Agreement was entered into, and the Series A Preferred Stock was issued, pursuant to the Small Business Lending Fund (“SBLF”) program, a $30 billion fund established under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, that encourages lending to small businesses by providing Tier 1 capital to qualified community banks with assets of less than $10 billion. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive non-cumulative dividends, payable quarterly, on each January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, beginning October 1, 2011. The dividend rate, as a percentage of the liquidation amount, can fluctuate on a quarterly basis during the first ten quarters during which the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding and may be adjusted between 1.0% and 5.0% per annum, to reflect the amount of change in the Bank’s level of Qualified Small Business Lending (“QSBL”) (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) over the baseline level calculated under the terms of the Purchase Agreement (“Baseline”). In addition to the dividend, in the event the Bank’s level of QSBL has not increased relative to the Baseline, at the beginning of the tenth calendar quarter, the Company will be subject to an additional lending incentive fee equal to 2.0% per annum. For the eleventh dividend period through the eighteenth dividend period, inclusive, and that portion of the nineteenth dividend period before, but not including, the four and one half (4½) year anniversary of the date of issuance, the dividend rate will be fixed at between 1.0% and 7.0% per annum based upon the increase in QSBL as compared to the Baseline. After four and one half (4½) years from issuance, the dividend rate will increase to 9.0%. Based upon the Bank’s level of QSBL over the Baseline for purposes of calculating the dividend rate for the initial dividend period, the dividend rate for the initial dividend period ended September 30, 2011 was 4.84%. The dividend rate for the seventeenth dividend period ended September 30, 2015 was 1.0% and the weighted average dividend rate for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was 1.0%. The Series A Preferred Stock is non-voting, except in limited circumstances. In the event that the Company fails to timely make five dividend payments, whether or not consecutive, the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock will have the right, but not the obligation, to appoint a representative as an observer on the Company’s board of directors. F- 54 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (25 - continued) The Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed at any time at the Company’s option, at a redemption price of one hundred percent (100%) of the liquidation amount plus accrued but unpaid dividends to the date of redemption for the current period, subject to the approval of its federal banking regulator. The Series A Preferred Stock was issued in a private placement exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company has agreed to register the Series A Preferred Stock under certain circumstances set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The Series A Preferred Stock is not subject to any contractual restrictions on transfer. (26) DIVIDEND RESTRICTION As an Indiana corporation, the Company is subject to Indiana law with respect to the payment of dividends. Under Indiana law, the Company may pay dividends so long as it is able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business and its assets exceed the sum of its total liabilities, plus the amount that would be needed, if the Company were to be dissolved at the time of the dividend, to satisfy any rights that are preferential to the rights of the persons receiving the dividend. The ability of the Company to pay dividends depends primarily on the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to the Company. The payment of dividends by the Bank is subject to banking regulations and applicable Indiana state law. The amount of dividends that the Bank may pay to the Company in any calendar year without prior approval from banking regulators cannot exceed net income for that year to date plus retained net income (as defined) for the preceding two calendar years. The Bank may not declare or pay a cash dividend or repurchase any of its capital stock if the effect thereof would cause the regulatory capital of the Bank to be reduced below regulatory capital requirements imposed by banking regulators or the FDIC, or below the amount of the liquidation account established upon completion of the conversion. At September 30, 2015, the Bank could not pay any dividends without prior regulatory approval. (27) REGULATORY MATTERS In accordance with the Plan of Charter Conversion adopted by the Bank’s board of directors on May 21, 2014, the Bank is now operating as an Indiana- charted commercial bank and became a member the Federal Reserve System following its conversion from a federally-chartered savings bank effective December 19, 2014. As a result of the Bank’s charter conversion, the Bank is subject to supervision and regulation by the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Also as a result of the Bank’s charter conversion, the Company converted to a bank holding company and simultaneously elected financial holding company status effective December 19, 2014. The Company continues to be supervised and regulated by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Company and Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Company’s and Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Company’s and Bank’s capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors. Prompt corrective action provisions are not applicable to bank holding companies. F- 55 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (27 - continued) Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of total and Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and Tier 1 capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined). Effective January 1, 2015, new capital regulations created an additional minimum capital ratio of common equity Tier 1 capital (as defined) to risk-weighted assets (as defined). Management believes that the Company and Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject as of September 30, 2015 and 2014. As of September 30, 2015, the most recent notification from the FRB categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier I risk-based, common equity Tier 1 risk- based and Tier I leverage ratios as set forth in the table below. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the Bank’s category. The Company’s and Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios are also presented in the table. No amount was deducted from capital for interest-rate risk in either year. The Company was not subject to the regulatory capital requirements until its conversion from a savings and loan holding company to a bank holding company in December 2014. Therefore, the capital amounts and ratios presented as of September 30, 2014 are for the Bank only. (Dollars in thousands) As of September 30, 2015: Total capital (to risk-weighted assets): Consolidated Bank Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets): Consolidated Bank Common equity tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets): Consolidated Bank Tier I capital (to average adjusted total assets): Consolidated Bank As of September 30, 2014: Total capital (to risk weighted assets) Tier I capital (to risk weighted assets) Tier I capital (to adjusted total assets) Tangible capital (to adjusted total assets) Actual Amount Ratio Minimum For Capital Adequacy Purposes: Ratio Amount Minimum To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions: Amount Ratio $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 85,531 69,075 16.21% $ 13.13 42,221 42,084 8.00% 8.00 $ N/A 52,605 N/A 10.00% 78,955 62,499 14.96% $ 11.88 31,666 31,563 6.00% 6.00 $ N/A 42,084 N/A 8.00% 78,955 62,499 14.96% $ 11.88 23,749 23,672 4.50% 4.50 $ N/A 34,193 78,955 62,499 11.01% $ 8.67 28,691 28,834 4.00% 4.00 $ N/A 36,043 N/A 6.50% N/A 5.00% 68,963 14.87% $ 37,101 8.00% $ 46,376 10.00% 63,160 13.62% N/A $ 27,826 6.00% 63,160 9.14% $ 27,653 4.00% $ 34,566 5.00% 63,160 9.14% $ 10,370 1.50% N/A F- 56 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (28) SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE FOR EARNINGS PER SHARE Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the periods presented. Diluted earnings per common share include the dilutive effect of additional potential common shares issuable under stock options, restricted stock and other potentially dilutive securities outstanding. Earnings and dividends per share are restated for stock splits and dividends through the date of issuance of the financial statements. Earnings per share information is presented below for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. (In thousands, except share and per share data) Basic: Earnings: Net income Less: Preferred stock dividends declared Net income available to common shareholders Shares: Weighted average common shares outstanding Net income per common share, basic Diluted: Earnings: Net income Less: Preferred stock dividends declared Net income available to common shareholders Shares: Weighted average common shares outstanding Add: Dilutive effect of outstanding options Add: Dilutive effect of restricted stock Weighted average common shares outstanding, as adjusted Years Ended September 30, 2015 2014 $ $ $ $ $ 6,751 $ (171) 6,580 $ 5,390 (171) 5,219 2,140,632 2,122,880 3.07 $ 2.46 6,751 $ (171) 6,580 $ 5,390 (171) 5,219 2,140,632 101,862 5,472 2,122,880 94,656 11,778 2,247,966 2,229,314 Net income per common share, diluted $ 2.93 $ 2.34 Unearned ESOP and nonvested restricted stock shares are not considered as outstanding for purposes of computing weighted average common shares outstanding. F- 57 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (29) PARENT COMPANY CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION Condensed financial information for First Savings Financial Group, Inc. (parent company only) follows: Balance Sheets (In thousands) Assets: Cash and due from banks Other assets Investment in subsidiaries Liabilities and Equity: Accrued expenses Stockholders' equity Statements of Income (In thousands) Dividend income from subsidiary Other income Other operating expenses Income before income taxes and equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries Income tax benefit Income before equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries As of September 30, 2015 2014 $ $ $ $ 14,721 $ 928 79,075 94,724 $ 367 $ 94,357 94,724 $ 7,419 904 79,233 87,556 476 87,080 87,556 Years Ended September 30, 2015 2014 $ 8,500 $ 2 (1,650) 10,000 - (1,551) 6,852 8,449 414 400 7,266 8,849 (515) (3,459) Net income $ 6,751 $ 5,390 F- 58 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (29 - continued) Statements of Cash Flows (In thousands) Operating Activities: Net income Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries ESOP and stock compensation expense Net change in other assets and liabilities Net cash provided by operating activities Investing Activities: Investment in Captive Net cash used in investing activities Financing Activities: Exercise of stock options Purchase of treasury stock Dividends paid Net cash used in financing activities Net increase in cash and due from banks Cash and due from banks at beginning of year Cash and due from banks at end of year (30) CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK Years Ended September 30, 2015 2014 $ 6,751 $ 5,390 515 1,108 67 8,441 - - 278 (251) (1,166) (1,139) 7,302 7,419 $ 14,721 $ 3,459 1,127 214 10,190 (250) (250) 146 (3,273) (1,085) (4,212) 5,728 1,691 7,419 At September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Bank had a concentration of credit risk with correspondent banks in excess of the federal deposit insurance limit of $5.8 million. (31) SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION (In thousands) Cash payments for: Interest Taxes Non-cash investing activities: 2015 2014 $ 3,890 $ 914 3,794 1,593 Transfers from loans to other real estate owned Proceeds from sales of other real estate owned financed through loans 814 340 1,571 536 F- 59 FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AND 2014 (32) SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) (In thousands, except per share data) First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter $ $ $ $ $ September 30, 2015: Interest income Interest expense Net interest income Provision for loan losses Net interest income after provision for loan losses Noninterest income Noninterest expenses Income before income taxes Income tax expense Net income Less: Preferred stock dividends declared Net income available to common shareholders Net income per common share, basic Net income per common share, diluted September 30, 2014: Interest income Interest expense Net interest income Provision for loan losses Net interest income after provision for loan losses Noninterest income Noninterest expenses Income before income taxes Income tax expense Net income 7,009 $ 931 6,078 207 5,871 1,111 5,374 1,608 408 6,924 $ 952 5,972 212 5,760 1,078 4,876 1,962 435 6,915 $ 933 5,982 208 5,774 1,937 5,197 2,514 318 1,200 1,527 2,196 43 43 43 7,139 962 6,177 232 5,945 1,850 5,552 2,243 415 1,828 42 1,157 $ 1,484 $ 2,153 $ 1,786 0.55 $ 0.69 $ 1.00 $ 0.52 $ 0.66 $ 0.95 $ 6,734 $ 922 5,812 301 5,511 1,104 5,164 1,451 423 6,990 $ 888 6,102 303 5,799 1,382 5,021 2,160 624 6,922 $ 873 6,049 300 5,749 1,291 5,050 1,990 534 1,028 1,536 1,456 0.83 0.80 6,848 872 5,976 342 5,634 1,269 5,037 1,866 496 1,370 42 Less: Preferred stock dividends declared 43 43 43 Net income available to common shareholders Net income per common share, basic Net income per common share, diluted 985 $ 1,493 $ 1,413 $ 1,328 0.46 $ 0.70 $ 0.68 $ 0.44 $ 0.66 $ 0.64 $ 0.63 0.60 $ $ $ F- 60 SUBSIDIARIES EXHIBIT 21.0 Percentage Ownership Jurisdiction or State of Incorporation Indiana Indiana Nevada Indiana Indiana Nevada 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Registrant First Savings Financial Group, Inc. Subsidiaries First Savings Bank (1) First Savings Insurance Risk Management, Inc. (1) Southern Indiana Financial Corporation (2) FFCC, Inc. (2) First Savings Investments, Inc. (2) (1) Wholly owned subsidiary of First Savings Financial Group, Inc.. (2) Wholly owned subsidiary of First Savings Bank CONSENT OF MONROE SHINE & CO., INC. EXHIBIT 23.0 We consent to the incorporation by reference in First Savings Financial Group, Inc.’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-154417 and 333- 166430) of our report dated December 29, 2015 contained in the annual report for the year ended September 30, 2015 appearing in this Form 10-K. /s/ Monroe Shine & Co., Inc. New Albany, Indiana December 29, 2015 EXHIBIT 31.1 I, Larry W. Myers, certify that: CERTIFICATION 1. 2. 3. 4. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of First Savings Financial Group, Inc.: Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report; Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual 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 annual report; 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 annual report is being prepared; (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to 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 annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as the end of the period covered by this annual report based on such evaluation; (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 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: December 29, 2015 /s/ Larry W. Myers Larry W. Myers President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) EXHIBIT 31.2 I, Anthony A. Schoen, certify that: CERTIFICATION 1. 2. 3. 4. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of First Savings Financial Group, Inc.: Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report; Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual 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 annual report; 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 annual report is being prepared; (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to 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 annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as the end of the period covered by this annual report based on such evaluation; (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 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: December 29, 2015 /s/ Anthony A. Schoen Anthony A. Schoen Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADDED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 EXHIBIT 32.0 In connection with the Annual Report of First Savings Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), the undersigned hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as added by § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) (2) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period covered by the Report. /s/ Larry W. Myers President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) /s/ Anthony A. Schoen Anthony A. Schoen Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) December 29, 2015