Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007

 

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 001-12307

 

ZIONS BANCORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

UTAH


  

87-0227400


(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

ONE SOUTH MAIN, 15TH FLOOR

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH


  

84111


(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 524-4787

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer  x            Accelerated filer  ¨            Non-accelerated filer  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

Yes  ¨    No  x

 

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

 

Common Stock, without par value, outstanding at July 31, 2007    107,578,083 shares

 



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INDEX

 

         Page

PART I.  

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    
      ITEM 1.  

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

    
   

Consolidated Balance Sheets

   3
   

Consolidated Statements of Income

   4
   

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income

   5
   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

   6
   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   8
      ITEM 2.  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   15
      ITEM 3.  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   39
      ITEM 4.  

Controls and Procedures

   39
PART II.  

OTHER INFORMATION

    
      ITEM 1.  

Legal Proceedings

   40
      ITEM 1A.  

Risk Factors

   40
      ITEM 2.  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   40
      ITEM 4.  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   40
      ITEM 6.  

Exhibits

   41
SIGNATURES    43

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

 

ZIONS BANCORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

(In thousands, except share amounts)    June 30,
2007


   December 31,
2006


   June 30,
2006


     (Unaudited)         (Unaudited)

ASSETS

                    

Cash and due from banks

   $ 1,640,946     $ 1,938,810     $ 1,773,829 

Money market investments:

                    

Interest-bearing deposits

     39,881       43,203       87,512 

Federal funds sold

     120,959       55,658       262,959 

Security resell agreements

     482,893       270,415       225,160 

Investment securities:

                    

Held to maturity, at cost (approximate market value $685,521, $648,828, and $620,786)

     702,189       653,124       639,593 

Available for sale, at market

     4,564,183       5,050,907       5,086,840 

Trading account, at market (includes $1,745, $34,494, and $50,684 transferred as collateral under repurchase agreements)

     22,808       63,436       70,646 
    

  

  

       5,289,180       5,767,467       5,797,079 

Loans:

                    

Loans held for sale

     226,041       252,818       248,948 

Loans and leases

     36,715,752       34,566,118       32,576,017 
    

  

  

       36,941,793       34,818,936       32,824,965 

Less:

                    

Unearned income and fees, net of related costs

     153,588       151,380       142,630 

Allowance for loan losses

     380,295       365,150       348,475 
    

  

  

Loans and leases, net of allowance

     36,407,910       34,302,406       32,333,860 

Other noninterest-bearing investments

     972,830       1,022,383       993,379 

Premises and equipment, net

     648,731       609,472       574,154 

Goodwill

     2,013,314       1,900,517       1,881,256 

Core deposit and other intangibles

     180,867       162,134       177,692 

Other real estate owned

     10,646       9,250       16,024 

Other assets

     883,288       888,511       1,019,182 
    

  

  

     $ 48,691,445     $ 46,970,226     $ 45,142,086 
    

  

  

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                    

Deposits:

                    

Noninterest-bearing demand

   $ 9,857,638     $ 10,010,310     $ 10,163,834 

Interest-bearing:

                    

Savings and money market

     14,712,294       14,673,478       14,870,507 

Internet money market

     1,544,031       1,185,409       943,621 

Time under $100,000

     2,535,881       2,257,967       2,030,717 

Time $100,000 and over

     4,881,994       4,302,056       3,402,314 

Foreign

     2,653,734       2,552,526       1,843,217 
    

  

  

       36,185,572       34,981,746       33,254,210 

Securities sold, not yet purchased

     28,456       175,993       27,388 

Federal funds purchased

     2,221,887       1,993,483       1,397,694 

Security repurchase agreements

     1,061,598       934,057       1,169,296 

Other liabilities

     602,173       621,922       789,222 

Commercial paper

     228,607       220,507       245,126 

Federal Home Loan Bank advances and other borrowings:

                    

One year or less

     664,509       517,925       1,216,848 

Over one year

     128,832       137,058       133,450 

Long-term debt

     2,313,015       2,357,721       2,432,903 
    

  

  

Total liabilities

     43,434,649       41,940,412       40,666,137 
    

  

  

Minority interest

     32,094       42,791       28,619 

Shareholders’ equity:

                    

Capital stock:

                    

Preferred stock, without par value, authorized 3,000,000 shares:

                    

Series A (liquidation preference $1,000 per share); issued and outstanding 240,000 shares

     240,000       240,000       –   

Common stock, without par value; authorized 350,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 108,034,079, 106,720,884, and 106,611,731 shares

     2,279,722       2,230,303       2,218,711 

Retained earnings

     2,828,613       2,602,189       2,386,369 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (112,840)      (75,849)      (148,327)

Deferred compensation

     (10,793)      (9,620)      (9,423)
    

  

  

Total shareholders’ equity

     5,224,702       4,987,023       4,447,330 
    

  

  

     $   48,691,445     $   46,970,226     $   45,142,086 
    

  

  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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ZIONS BANCORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,


   Six Months Ended
June 30,


(In thousands, except per share amounts)    2007

   2006

   2007

   2006

Interest income:

                           

Interest and fees on loans

   $   697,022     $   591,139     $   1,371,599     $   1,133,923 

Interest on loans held for sale

     4,322       4,055       8,197       8,101 

Lease financing

     5,234       4,496       10,440       8,626 

Interest on money market investments

     7,756       5,925       14,098       12,357 

Interest on securities:

                           

Held to maturity – taxable

     2,064       2,209       4,267       4,424 

Held to maturity – nontaxable

     6,227       5,683       12,318       11,214 

Available for sale – taxable

     63,825       68,995       132,332       138,099 

Available for sale – nontaxable

     2,398       2,119       4,856       4,458 

Trading account

     766       1,995       1,958       4,069 
    

  

  

  

Total interest income

     789,614       686,616       1,560,065       1,325,271 
    

  

  

  

Interest expense:

                           

Interest on savings and money market deposits

     117,295       97,131       230,398       183,754 

Interest on time and foreign deposits

     120,445       67,424       233,330       126,909 

Interest on short-term borrowings

     43,369       43,490       92,061       72,053 

Interest on long-term debt

     39,158       42,244       77,846       83,381 
    

  

  

  

Total interest expense

     320,267       250,289       633,635       466,097 
    

  

  

  

Net interest income

     469,347       436,327       926,430       859,174 

Provision for loan losses

     17,763       17,022       26,874       31,534 
    

  

  

  

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

     451,584       419,305       899,556       827,640 
    

  

  

  

Noninterest income:

                           

Service charges and fees on deposit accounts

     45,116       40,059       88,501       78,668 

Loan sales and servicing income

     8,998       15,421       18,256       30,889 

Other service charges, commissions and fees

     49,911       42,165       95,064       81,097 

Trust and wealth management income

     9,125       7,291       17,341       14,766 

Income from securities conduit

     5,968       8,492       12,483       16,898 

Dividends and other investment income

     11,271       9,946       22,364       19,155 

Trading and nonhedge derivative income

     5,224       5,444       10,424       9,869 

Equity securities gains (losses), net

     100       (1,764)      5,298       (1,214)

Fixed income securities gains, net

     13       5,156       3,714       5,407 

Other

     5,615       5,301       13,310       10,464 
    

  

  

  

Total noninterest income

     141,341       137,511       286,755       265,999 
    

  

  

  

Noninterest expense:

                           

Salaries and employee benefits

     198,668       185,643       404,255       371,498 

Occupancy, net

     26,334       24,549       52,923       48,630 

Furniture and equipment

     24,272       22,737       47,539       45,741 

Legal and professional services

     11,242       9,005       20,779       17,514 

Postage and supplies

     9,025       8,646       17,072       16,361 

Advertising

     7,517       6,814       13,974       12,799 

Impairment losses on long-lived assets

     –         –         –         1,304 

Merger related expense

     1,491       8,906       3,897       15,713 

Amortization of core deposit and other intangibles

     11,812       10,692       22,941       21,385 

Provision for unfunded lending commitments

     1,222       (249)      1,528       (528)

Other

     56,029       56,285       114,683       107,066 
    

  

  

  

Total noninterest expense

     347,612       333,028       699,591       657,483 
    

  

  

  

Income before income taxes and minority interest

     245,313       223,788       486,720       436,156 

Income taxes

     86,065       78,821       174,919       154,079 

Minority interest

     34       (343)      (671)      (866)
    

  

  

  

Net income

     159,214       145,310       312,472       282,943 

Preferred stock dividend

     3,607       –         7,210       –   
    

  

  

  

Net earnings applicable to common shareholders

   $ 155,607     $ 145,310     $ 305,262     $ 282,943 
    

  

  

  

Weighted average common shares outstanding during the period:

                           

Basic shares

     107,803       106,001       108,107       105,738 

Diluted shares

     109,124       107,883       109,639       107,867 

Net earnings per common share:

                           

Basic

   $ 1.44     $ 1.37     $ 2.82     $ 2.68 

Diluted

     1.43       1.35       2.78       2.62 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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ZIONS BANCORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

   Preferred
stock


   Common
stock


   Retained
earnings


   Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)


   Deferred
compensation


   Total
shareholders’
equity


Balance, December 31, 2006

   $   240,000     $   2,230,303     $   2,602,189     $ (75,849)    $ (9,620)    $   4,987,023 

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, adoption of FIN 48

                   10,408                     10,408 

Comprehensive income:

                                         

Net income for the period

                   312,472                     312,472 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:

                                         

Net realized and unrealized holding losses on investments and retained interests

                          (15,672)              

Foreign currency translation

                                       

Reclassification for net realized gains on investments recorded in operations

                          (3,854)              

Net unrealized losses on derivative instruments

                          (17,470)              
                         

             

Other comprehensive loss

                          (36,991)             (36,991)
                                       

Total comprehensive income

                                        275,481 

Stock redeemed and retired

            (231,845)                           (231,845)

Net stock options exercised

            62,518                            62,518 

Common stock issued in acquisition

            206,075                            206,075 

Share-based compensation

            12,671                            12,671 

Dividends declared on preferred stock

                   (7,210)                    (7,210)

Cash dividends on common stock, $.82 per share

                   (89,246)                    (89,246)

Change in deferred compensation

                                 (1,173)      (1,173)
    

  

  

  

  

  

Balance, June 30, 2007

   $ 240,000     $ 2,279,722     $ 2,828,613     $ (112,840)    $ (10,793)    $ 5,224,702 
    

  

  

  

  

  

Balance, December 31, 2005

   $ –      $ 2,156,732     $ 2,179,885     $ (83,043)    $ (16,310)    $ 4,237,264 

Comprehensive income:

                                         

Net income for the period

                   282,943                     282,943 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:

                                         

Net realized and unrealized holding losses on investments and retained interests

                          (31,281)              

Foreign currency translation

                          543               

Reclassification for net realized gains on investments recorded in operations

                          (1,456)              

Net unrealized losses on derivative instruments

                          (33,090)              
                         

             

Other comprehensive loss

                          (65,284)             (65,284)
                                       

Total comprehensive income

                                        217,659 

Stock redeemed and retired

            (1,338)                           (1,338)

Net stock options exercised

            63,449                            63,449 

Reclassification of deferred compensation, adoption of SFAS 123R

            (11,111)                    11,111       –  

Share-based compensation

            10,979                            10,979 

Cash dividends on common stock, $.72 per share

                   (76,459)                    (76,459)

Change in deferred compensation

                                 (4,224)      (4,224)
    

  

  

  

  

  

Balance, June 30, 2006

   $ –      $ 2,218,711     $ 2,386,369     $ (148,327)    $ (9,423)    $ 4,447,330 
    

  

  

  

  

  

 

Total comprehensive income for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 was $115,631 and $120,082, respectively.

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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ZIONS BANCORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

       

Three Months Ended

June 30,


 

Six Months Ended

June 30,


(In thousands)       2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

                           

Net income for the period

      $ 159,214    $ 145,310    $ 312,472    $ 282,943 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                           

Impairment losses on long lived assets

        –       –        –        1,304 

Provision for loan losses

        17,763      17,022      26,874      31,534 

Depreciation of premises and equipment

        19,548      19,376      39,652      39,348 

Amortization

        12,494      12,967      22,995      25,007 

Deferred income tax expense (benefit)

        (1,294)     8,905      (22,024)     95 

Share-based compensation

        6,577      6,081      12,982      10,979 

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

        (2,837)     (7,863)     (10,593)     (13,045)

Gain (loss) allocated to minority interest

        34      (343)     (671)     (866)

Equity securities losses (gains), net

        (100)     1,764      (5,298)     1,214 

Fixed income securities gains, net

        (13)     (5,156)     (3,714)     (5,407)

Net decrease in trading securities

        9,630      81,278      40,628      30,916 

Principal payments on and proceeds from sales of loans held for sale

        328,588      333,884      567,917      613,007 

Additions to loans held for sale

        (317,163)     (263,367)     (605,000)     (590,059)

Net gains on sales of loans, leases and other assets

        (2,040)     (8,247)     (5,954)     (17,125)

Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance

        (6,366)     (6,487)     (13,157)     (12,739)

Change in accrued income taxes

        (86,060)     (58,740)     13,061      15,362 

Change in accrued interest receivable

        (4,389)     (14,904)     972      (9,993)

Change in other assets

        26,384      (203,323)     (3,937)     (138,443)

Change in other liabilities

        31,420      178,098      (45,780)     167,378 

Change in accrued interest payable

        (5,052)     (1,680)     (2,171)     12,383 

Other, net

        (7,253)     11,012      (12,937)     14,678 
       

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

        179,085      245,587      306,317      458,471 
       

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

                           

Net decrease (increase) in money market investments

        341,005      (106,521)     2,323      91,111 

Proceeds from maturities of investment securities held to maturity

        30,243      23,662      54,034      60,642 

Purchases of investment securities held to maturity

        (41,899)     (18,873)     (79,752)     (50,276)

Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale

        232,713      148,555      358,585      454,778 

Proceeds from maturities of investment securities available for sale

        771,463      489,888      1,355,188      1,148,528 

Purchases of investment securities available for sale

        (684,502)     (554,373)     (1,281,328)     (1,430,838)

Proceeds from sales of loans and leases

        19,786      82,553      30,717      141,970 

Net increase in loans and leases

        (906,609)     (1,720,493)     (1,429,318)     (2,762,339)

Net decrease (increase) in other noninterest-bearing investments

        20,390      (13,431)     87,214      (37,874)

Proceeds from sales of premises and equipment and other assets

        1,838      2,699      3,754      4,855 

Purchases of premises and equipment

        (26,188)     (31,117)     (48,887)     (54,683)

Proceeds from sales of other real estate owned

        2,630      20,351      5,091      24,908 

Net cash received from (paid for) acquisitions

        (1,668)     (1,691)     40,244      (1,691)

Net cash received from sale of nonbank subsidiary

        –        –        6,995      –   
       

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (240,798)     (1,678,791)     (895,140)     (2,410,909)
       

 

 

 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30,


  

Six Months Ended

June 30,


(In thousands)    2007

   2006

   2007

   2006

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

                           

Net increase (decrease) in deposits

   $ (139,490)    $ 381,502     $ 109,069     $ 611,802 

Net change in short-term funds borrowed

     445,999       1,262,756       482,668       1,522,389 

Proceeds from FHLB advances and other borrowings over one year

     –         –         –         150 

Payments on FHLB advances and other borrowings over one year

     (614)      (593)      (8,226)      (101,188)

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

     –         250,000       –         250,000 

Payments on long-term debt

     (19,713)      (254,156)      (27,250)      (254,156)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     17,827       14,438       52,406       55,432 

Payments to redeem common stock

     (128,603)      (1,310)      (231,845)      (1,338)

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

     2,837       7,863       10,593       13,045 

Dividends paid on preferred stock

     (3,607)      –         (7,210)      –   

Dividends paid on common stock

     (46,496)      (38,324)      (89,246)      (76,459)
    

  

  

  

Net cash provided by financing activities

     128,140       1,622,176       290,959       2,019,677 
    

  

  

  

Net increase (decrease) in cash and due from banks

     66,427       188,972       (297,864)      67,239 

Cash and due from banks at beginning of period

     1,574,519       1,584,857       1,938,810       1,706,590 
    

  

  

  

Cash and due from banks at end of period

   $   1,640,946     $   1,773,829     $   1,640,946     $   1,773,829 
    

  

  

  

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

                           

Cash paid for:

                           

Interest

   $ 322,947     $ 251,212     $ 628,986     $ 451,620 

Income taxes

     171,999       143,415       171,983       150,570 

Noncash items:

                           

Loans transferred to other real estate owned

     6,455       9,584       9,804       17,851 

Acquisition of The Stockmen’s Bancorp, Inc.

                           

Common stock issued

     –         –         206,075       –   

Assets acquired

     –         –         1,348,233       –   

Liabilities assumed

     –         –         1,142,158       –   

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

June 30, 2007

 

1.    BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Zions Bancorporation (“the Parent”) and its majority-owned subsidiaries (collectively “the Company,” “we,” “our,” “us”) have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

Operating results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in future periods. The balance sheet at December 31, 2006 is from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in Zions Bancorporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

The Company provides a full range of banking and related services through banking subsidiaries in ten Western and Southwestern states as follows: Zions First National Bank (“Zions Bank”), in Utah and Idaho; California Bank & Trust (“CB&T”); Amegy Corporation (“Amegy”) and its subsidiary, Amegy Bank, in Texas; National Bank of Arizona (“NBA”), in Arizona and California; Nevada State Bank (“NSB”); Vectra Bank Colorado (“Vectra”), in Colorado and New Mexico; The Commerce Bank of Washington (“TCBW”); and The Commerce Bank of Oregon (“TCBO”).

 

2.    CERTAIN RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115. SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. The fair value option may be applied instrument by instrument with certain exceptions and is applied generally on an irrevocable basis to the particular instrument. SFAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company will adopt SFAS 159 effective January 1, 2008. Management is currently evaluating the impact this Statement may have on the Company’s financial statements.

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The Statement impacts other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements; however, it does not expand the use of fair value measurements in any new circumstances. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will adopt SFAS 157 effective January 1, 2008. Management is currently evaluating the impact this Statement may have on the Company’s financial statements.

 

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Additional accounting pronouncements recently adopted are discussed where applicable in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

3.    ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

 

In June 2007, Amegy Bank of Texas entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire for cash Intercontinental Bank Shares Corporation (“Intercon”), located in San Antonio, Texas. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2007 and is estimated to add approximately $53 million in loans and $96 million in deposits to the Company’s balance sheet.

 

On January 17, 2007, we completed the acquisition of The Stockmen’s Bancorp, Inc. (“Stockmen’s”), headquartered in Kingman, Arizona. As of the date of acquisition, Stockmen’s had approximately $1.2 billion of total assets, $1.1 billion of total deposits, and a total of 43 branches – 32 in Arizona and 11 in central California. Consideration of approximately $206.1 million consisted of 2.6 million shares of the Company’s common stock plus a small amount of cash paid for fractional shares. Stockmen’s parent company merged into the Parent and Stockmen’s banking subsidiary merged into NBA. As of June 30, 2007, the acquisition had resulted in approximately $114.2 million of goodwill, which is subject to adjustment as the purchase price allocation is finalized during the year following the acquisition. In June 2007, NBA entered into an agreement to sell the 11 California branches. The sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2007 and will include approximately $171 million of loans and $209 million of deposits.

 

In January 2007, Zions Bank sold the Grant Hatch insurance agency and certain other insurance assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2007, the net pretax gain recognized in other noninterest income was approximately $2.9 million.

 

4.    LONG-TERM DEBT

 

On June 6, 2007, under provisions of the borrowing agreements, the Company redeemed the entire $19.7 million net par amount of the 11.75% trust preferred securities.

 

5.    INCOME TAXES

 

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109. FIN 48 prescribes a more-likely-than-not threshold for the financial statement recognition of uncertain tax positions.

 

We have a liability for unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain tax positions primarily for various state tax contingencies in several jurisdictions. As a result of adopting FIN 48, we reduced this liability by approximately $10.4 million at January 1, 2007 and recognized a cumulative effect adjustment as an increase to retained earnings. Our total gross unrecognized tax benefits subsequent to this adjustment were approximately $46.3 million at January 1, 2007. Of this amount, approximately $25.9 million (net of the federal benefit on state issues) relates to unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate. Gross unrecognized tax benefits that may decrease during the 12 months subsequent to June 30, 2007 could range up to approximately $22.6 million as a result of the resolution of various state tax positions.

 

Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are included in income taxes in the statement of income and amounted to approximately $1.0 million on a gross basis for the six months ended June 30, 2007. Gross accrued interest and penalties were approximately $8.3 million at January 1, 2007 and $9.3 million at June 30, 2007.

 

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The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in U.S. federal and various state jurisdictions. In general, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2003 for federal returns and prior to 2000 for state returns.

 

During the first quarter of 2007, the Company surrendered certain bank-owned life insurance contracts and incurred taxes and penalties of approximately $2.9 million, which were included in income taxes in the statement of income.

 

6.    SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

     Net unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments,
retained interests
and other


   Net
unrealized
losses
on derivative
instruments


  

Pension

and post-
retirement


   Total

Six Months Ended June 30, 2007:

                           

Balance, December 31, 2006

   $ (18,371)    $ (41,716)    $ (15,762)    $ (75,849)

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:

                           

Net realized and unrealized holding losses, net of income tax benefit of $9,707

     (15,672)                    (15,672)

Foreign currency translation

                                        5 

Reclassification for net realized gains recorded in operations, net of income tax expense of $2,388

     (3,854)                    (3,854)

Net unrealized losses, net of reclassification to operations of $(22,011) and income tax benefit of $10,836

            (17,470)             (17,470)
    

  

  

  

Other comprehensive loss

     (19,521)      (17,470)      –         (36,991)
    

  

  

  

Balance, June 30, 2007

   $ (37,892)    $ (59,186)    $ (15,762)    $ (112,840)
    

  

  

  

Six Months Ended June 30, 2006:

                           

Balance, December 31, 2005

   $ (10,772)    $ (50,264)    $ (22,007)    $ (83,043)

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:

                           

Net realized and unrealized holding losses, net of income tax benefit of $19,376

     (31,281)                    (31,281)

Foreign currency translation

             543                     543 

Reclassification for net realized gains recorded in operations, net of income tax expense of $902

     (1,456)                    (1,456)

Net unrealized losses, net of reclassification to operations of $(14,745) and income tax benefit of $21,988

            (33,090)             (33,090)
    

  

  

  

Other comprehensive loss

     (32,194)      (33,090)      –         (65,284)
    

  

  

  

Balance, June 30, 2006

   $ (42,966)    $ (83,354)    $ (22,007)    $ (148,327)
    

  

  

  

 

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From May 4-7, 2007, the Company successfully conducted an auction of its patent-pending Employee Stock Option Appreciation Rights Securities (“ESOARS”). As allowed by SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, the Company used the results of that auction to value its employee stock options issued on May 4. The value established was $12.06 per option, which the Company estimates is approximately 14% below its Black-Scholes model valuation on that date. The Company recorded the related estimated future settlement obligation of ESOARS as a liability in the balance sheet.

 

7.    GUARANTEES

 

The following are guarantees issued by the Company (in thousands):

 

     June 30,
2007


   December 31,
2006


Standby letters of credit:

             

Financial

   $   1,172,531    $   1,157,205

Performance

     347,723      330,056
    

  

     $ 1,520,254    $ 1,487,261
    

  

 

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 contains further information on the nature of these letters of credit along with their terms and collateral requirements. At June 30, 2007, the carrying value recorded by the Company as a liability for these guarantees was $5.5 million.

 

As of June 30, 2007, the Parent has guaranteed approximately $307.5 million of debt issued by affiliated trusts issuing trust preferred securities.

 

Zions Bank provides a liquidity facility (“Liquidity Facility”) for a fee to Lockhart Funding, LLC (“Lockhart”), a qualifying special-purpose entity (“QSPE”) securities conduit. Lockhart purchases floating rate U.S. Government and AAA-rated securities with funds from the issuance of commercial paper. Zions Bank also provides interest rate hedging support and administrative and investment advisory services for a fee. Pursuant to the Liquidity Facility contract, Zions Bank is required to purchase securities from Lockhart to provide funds for Lockhart to repay maturing commercial paper upon Lockhart’s inability to access the commercial paper market, or upon a commercial paper market disruption as specified in governing documents for Lockhart. Pursuant to the governing documents, including the liquidity agreement, if any security in Lockhart is downgraded below AA-, Zions Bank must either 1) place its letter of credit on the security, 2) obtain credit enhancement from a third party, or 3) purchase the security from Lockhart at book value. At any given time, the maximum commitment of Zions Bank is the book value of Lockhart’s securities portfolio, which is not allowed to exceed the size of the Liquidity Facility commitment. At June 30, 2007, the book value of Lockhart’s securities portfolio was $3.5 billion, which approximated market value, and the size of the Liquidity Facility commitment was $6.12 billion. No amounts were outstanding under the Liquidity Facility at June 30, 2007.

 

The FASB is pursuing an alternative to the derecognition model in SFAS No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities. Alternatives to the current derecognition requirements have been collectively referred to as the Linked Presentation model. This model would eliminate the concept of a QSPE and, if certain criteria are met, allow for the linked presentation of the transferred assets and related liabilities within a single asset caption on the face of the balance sheet. It is too early in the process to determine what, if any, impact this would have on the Company’s securitization program.

 

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8.    RETIREMENT PLANS

 

The following discloses the net periodic benefit cost (credit) and its components for the Company’s pension and postretirement plans (in thousands):

 

    Pension benefits

 

Supplemental
retirement

benefits


  Postretirement
benefits


  Pension benefits

  Supplemental
retirement
benefits


  Postretirement
benefits


    Three Months Ended June 30,

  Six Months Ended June 30,

    2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

Service cost

  $ 122    $ 129    $ –      $ –      $ 27    $ 32    $ 243    $ 258    $ –      $ –      $ 53    $ 64 

Interest cost

    2,121      2,148      177        179      82      86      4,243      4,300        355      359      158      172 

Expected return on plan assets

    (2,899)     (2,588)     –        –        –        –        (5,798)     (5,180)     –        –        –        –   

Amortization of prior service cost

    –        –        31      31      –        –        –        –        62     62     –        –   

Amortization of transition liability

    –        –                –        –        –        –        8     8     –        –   

Amortization of net actuarial (gain) loss

    255      491      (3)     (3)     (69)     (67)     510      983      (6)     (5)     (134)     (134)
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost (credit)

  $ (401)   $ 180    $   209    $ 211    $ 40    $ 51    $ (802)   $ 361    $ 419    $   424   $ 77    $ 102 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company’s contributions for individual benefit payments in the postretirement benefit plan were frozen in 2000 and participation and benefit accruals for the pension plan were frozen effective January 1, 2003.

 

9.    OPERATING SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

We manage our operations and prepare management reports and other information with a primary focus on geographical area. As of June 30, 2007, we operate eight community/regional banks in distinct geographical areas. Performance assessment and resource allocation are based upon this geographical structure. Zions Bank operates 114 branches in Utah, 24 in Idaho, and one foreign branch in the Grand Cayman Islands. CB&T operates 91 branches in California. Amegy operates 80 branches in Texas and one foreign branch in the Grand Cayman Islands. NBA operates 77 branches in Arizona and 11 in California. NSB operates 74 branches in Nevada. Vectra operates 40 branches in Colorado and one branch in New Mexico. TCBW operates one branch in the state of Washington. TCBO operates one branch in Oregon. The operating segment identified as “Other” includes the Parent, certain nonbank financial service and financial technology subsidiaries, other smaller nonbank operating units, TCBO, and eliminations of transactions between segments.

 

The accounting policies of the individual operating segments are the same as those of the Company. Transactions between operating segments are primarily conducted at fair value, resulting in profits that are eliminated for reporting consolidated results of operations. Operating segments pay for centrally provided services based upon estimated or actual usage of those services.

 

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The following table presents selected operating segment information for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006:

 

    Zions Bank

  CB&T

  Amegy

  NBA

  NSB

(In millions)   2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT

                                                           

Net interest income

  $ 135.7   $ 113.7    $ 109.8   $ 118.3   $ 81.0   $ 76.0   $ 64.5   $ 53.3   $ 47.0   $ 50.1

Provision for loan losses

    3.0     8.0      4.0     4.0     5.7     0.3     3.6     1.8     1.2     2.4
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

    132.7     105.7      105.8     114.3     75.3     75.7     60.9     51.5     45.8     47.7

Noninterest income

    63.5     62.5      19.1     20.0     31.1     28.3     8.3     6.1     8.5     7.5

Noninterest expense

    112.8     103.5      58.7     62.0     74.5     72.7     36.0     26.5     27.0     28.0
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interest

    83.4     64.7      66.2     72.3     31.9     31.3     33.2     31.1     27.3     27.2

Income tax expense (benefit)

    28.3     21.5      26.5     29.3     9.8     9.8     13.0     12.3     9.6     9.4

Minority interest

    –       (0.1)     –       –       –       –       –       –       –       –  
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    55.1     43.3      39.7     43.0     22.1     21.5     20.2     18.8     17.7     17.8

Preferred stock dividend

    –       –       –       –       –       –       –       –       –       –  
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings applicable to common shareholders

  $ 55.1   $ 43.3    $ 39.7   $ 43.0   $ 22.1   $ 21.5   $ 20.2   $ 18.8   $ 17.7   $ 17.8
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET DATA

                                                           

Total assets

  $   15,444   $   13,734   $   10,102   $   11,109   $   9,934   $   9,123   $   5,474   $   4,380   $   3,859   $   3,935

Net loans and leases

    11,389     9,182     7,871     8,028     6,698     5,575     4,667     3,858     3,207     3,169

Total deposits

    11,262     9,682     8,142     8,387     7,029     6,414     4,355     3,524     3,327     3,280

Shareholder’s equity:

                                                           

Preferred equity

    –       –       –       –       –       –       –       –       –       –  

Common equity

    997     857     1,111     1,114     1,834     1,793     613     309     263     248

Total shareholder’s equity

    997     857     1,111     1,114     1,834     1,793     613     309     263     248
    Vectra

  TCBW

  Other

 

Consolidated

Company


       
(In millions)   2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

       

CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT

                                                           

Net interest income

  $ 23.5   $ 23.7   $ 8.6   $ 8.0    $ –      $ (6.8)   $ 469.3   $ 436.3             

Provision for loan losses

    0.2     0.6     –        (0.2)     –        0.1      17.8     17.0             
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

    23.3     23.1     8.6     8.2      –        (6.9)     451.5     419.3             

Noninterest income

    6.9     5.9     0.4     0.5      3.6      6.7      141.4     137.5             

Noninterest expense

    20.9     21.6     3.5     3.4      14.2      15.3      347.6     333.0             
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interest

    9.3     7.4     5.5     5.3      (10.6)     (15.5)     245.3     223.8             

Income tax expense (benefit)

    3.4     2.7     1.8     1.8      (6.3)     (8.0)     86.1     78.8             

Minority interest

    –        –        –        –        –        (0.2)     –        (0.3)            
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

Net income (loss)

    5.9     4.7     3.7     3.5      (4.3)     (7.3)     159.2     145.3             

Preferred stock dividend

    –        –        –        –        3.6      –        3.6     –               
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

Net earnings applicable to common shareholders

  $ 5.9   $ 4.7   $ 3.7   $ 3.5    $ (7.9)   $ (7.3)   $ 155.6   $ 145.3             
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET DATA

                                                           

Total assets

  $   2,410   $   2,329   $   821   $ 794    $ (122)   $ (1,621)   $   47,922   $   43,783             

Net loans and leases

    1,769     1,600     462       412            80                76      36,143     31,900             

Total deposits

    1,711     1,627     509     459      (370)     (1,198)     35,964     32,175             

Shareholder’s equity:

                                                           

Preferred equity

    –        –        –        –        240      –        240     –               

Common equity

    314     296     58     52      (196)     (254)     4,993     4,415             

Total shareholder’s equity

    314     296     58     52      44      (254)     5,233     4,415             

 

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The following table presents selected operating segment information for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006:

 

    Zions Bank

  CB&T

  Amegy

  NBA

  NSB

(In millions)   2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT

                                                           

Net interest income

  $ 262.7   $ 221.1    $ 220.2   $ 236.0   $ 158.4   $ 150.4   $ 127.8   $ 104.9   $ 94.8   $ 96.9

Provision for loan losses

    8.5     13.9      5.0     6.5     7.1     2.3     3.5     2.6     3.0     4.9
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

    254.2     207.2      215.2     229.5     151.3     148.1     124.3     102.3     91.8     92.0

Noninterest income

    130.4     124.3      42.5     38.3     61.1     55.9     16.3     12.0     16.4     14.8

Noninterest expense

    221.1     201.3      118.0     124.0     148.5     140.2     74.6     51.5     55.5     55.2
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interest

    163.5     130.2      139.7     143.8     63.9     63.8     66.0     62.8     52.7     51.6

Income tax expense (benefit)

    55.2     43.7      57.9     58.4     20.8     19.8     25.8     24.8     18.4     17.9

Minority interest

    0.3     (0.1)     –       –       0.1     –       –       –       –       –  
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    108.0     86.6      81.8     85.4     43.0     44.0     40.2     38.0     34.3     33.7

Preferred stock dividend

    –       –        –       –       –       –       –       –       –       –  
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings applicable to common shareholders

  $ 108.0   $ 86.6    $ 81.8   $ 85.4   $ 43.0   $ 44.0   $ 40.2   $ 38.0   $ 34.3   $ 33.7
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET DATA

                                                           

Total assets

  $   15,292   $   13,330    $   10,180   $   10,994   $   9,986   $   9,170   $   5,419   $   4,307   $   3,872   $   3,815

Net loans and leases

    11,145     8,931      7,933     7,899     6,591     5,488     4,622     3,791     3,205     3,034

Total deposits

    11,047     9,509      8,158     8,461     6,947     6,515     4,314     3,550     3,350     3,236

Shareholder’s equity:

                                                           

Preferred equity

    –       –        –       –       –       –       –       –       –       –  

Common equity

    992     844      1,110     1,103     1,824     1,786     580     306     265     244

Total shareholder’s equity

    992     844      1,110     1,103     1,824     1,786     580     306     265     244
    Vectra

  TCBW

  Other

 

Consolidated

Company


       
(In millions)   2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

  2007

  2006

       

CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT

                                                           

Net interest income

  $ 46.5    $ 46.8   $ 16.8   $ 16.7   $ (0.8)   $ (13.7)   $ 926.4    $ 859.1             

Provision for loan losses

    (0.3)     0.8     –       0.4     0.1      0.1      26.9      31.5             
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

    46.8      46.0     16.8     16.3     (0.9)     (13.8)     899.5      827.6             

Noninterest income

    12.9      12.7     0.9     0.9     6.3      7.1      286.8      266.0             

Noninterest expense

    42.6      43.1     7.2     6.8     32.1      35.4      699.6      657.5             
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interest

    17.1      15.6     10.5     10.4     (26.7)     (42.1)     486.7      436.1             

Income tax expense (benefit)

    6.2      5.7     3.4     3.4     (12.8)     (19.6)     174.9      154.1             

Minority interest

    –        –       –       –       (1.1)     (0.8)     (0.7)     (0.9)            
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

Net income (loss)

    10.9      9.9     7.1     7.0     (12.8)     (21.7)     312.5      282.9             

Preferred stock dividend

    –        –       –       –       7.2      –        7.2      –               
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

Net earnings applicable to common shareholders

  $ 10.9    $ 9.9   $ 7.1   $ 7.0   $ (20.0)   $ (21.7)   $ 305.3    $ 282.9             
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET DATA

                                                           

Total assets

  $   2,398    $   2,305   $   799   $   794   $ (192)   $ (1,497)   $   47,754    $   43,218             

Net loans and leases

    1,749      1,568     447     405     85      72      35,777      31,188             

Total deposits

    1,698      1,607     488     454     (427)     (1,232)     35,575      32,100             

Shareholder’s equity:

                                                           

Preferred equity

    –        –       –       –       240      –        240      –               

Common equity

    313      298     57     51     (167)     (264)     4,974      4,368             

Total shareholder’s equity

    313      298     57     51     73      (264)     5,214      4,368             

 

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

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(Unaudited)

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30,


  

Six Months Ended

June 30,


(In thousands, except per share and ratio data)    2007

   2006

   % Change

   2007

   2006

   % Change

EARNINGS

                                     

Taxable-equivalent net interest income

   $   476,060       $   442,261       7.64%    $   939,781       $   871,085       7.89 %

Taxable-equivalent revenue

     617,401         579,772       6.49%      1,226,536         1,137,084       7.87 %

Net interest income

     469,347         436,327       7.57%      926,430         859,174       7.83 %

Noninterest income

     141,341         137,511       2.79%      286,755         265,999       7.80 %

Provision for loan losses

     17,763         17,022       4.35%      26,874         31,534       (14.78)%

Noninterest expense

     347,612         333,028       4.38%      699,591         657,483       6.40 %

Income before income taxes and minority interest

     245,313         223,788       9.62%      486,720         436,156       11.59 %

Income taxes

     86,065         78,821       9.19%      174,919         154,079       13.53 %

Minority interest

     34         (343)      109.91%      (671)        (866)      22.52 %

Net income

     159,214         145,310       9.57%      312,472         282,943       10.44 %

Net earnings applicable to common shareholders

     155,607         145,310       7.09%      305,262         282,943       7.89 %

PER COMMON SHARE

                                     

Net earnings (diluted)

     1.43         1.35       5.93%      2.78         2.62       6.11 %

Dividends

     0.43         0.36       19.44%      0.82         0.72       13.89 %

Book value per common share

                        46.14         41.72       10.59 %

SELECTED RATIOS

                                     

Return on average assets

     1.33%       1.33%            1.32%       1.32%      

Return on average common equity

     12.50%       13.20%            12.38%       13.06%      

Efficiency ratio

     56.30%       57.44%            57.04%       57.82%      

Net interest margin

     4.53%       4.64%            4.52%       4.66%      

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30,


  

Six Months Ended

June 30,


(In thousands, except share and ratio data)    2007

   2006

   % Change

   2007

   2006

   % Change

AVERAGE BALANCES

                                     

Total assets

   $ 47,921,787       $ 43,782,622       9.45 %    $ 47,754,384       $ 43,217,571       10.50 %

Securities

     5,426,896         5,876,065       (7.64)%      5,611,351         5,974,333       (6.08)%

Net loans and leases

     36,142,957         31,900,053       13.30 %      35,776,561         31,188,372       14.71 %

Goodwill

     2,012,270         1,884,192       6.80 %      1,998,096         1,885,862       5.95 %

Core deposit and other intangibles

     188,843         185,281       1.92 %      191,469         190,885       0.31 %

Total deposits

     35,964,203         32,175,202       11.78 %      35,575,016         32,099,667       10.83 %

Core deposits (1)

     30,873,001         29,303,520       5.36 %      30,617,110         29,378,174       4.22 %

Minority interest

     35,009         28,486       22.90 %      37,859         28,355       33.52 %

Shareholders’ equity:

                                     

Preferred equity

     240,000         –          –            240,000         –          –      

Common equity

     4,993,383         4,414,775       13.11 %      4,973,999         4,368,301       13.87 %

Weighted average common and common-equivalent shares outstanding

     109,123,735         107,883,374       1.15 %      109,638,577         107,866,829       1.64%

AT PERIOD END

                                     

Total assets

                      $ 48,691,445       $ 45,142,086       7.86 %

Securities

                        5,289,180         5,797,079       (8.76)%

Net loans and leases

                        36,788,205         32,682,335       12.56 %

Sold loans being serviced (2)

                        2,201,897         3,003,101       (26.68)%

Allowance for loan losses

                        380,295         348,475       9.13 %

Reserve for unfunded lending commitments

                        21,222         17,592       20.63 %

Goodwill

                        2,013,314         1,881,256       7.02 %

Core deposit and other intangibles

                        180,867         177,692       1.79 %

Total deposits

                        36,185,572         33,254,210       8.82 %

Core deposits (1)

                        31,303,578         29,851,896       4.86 %

Minority interest

                        32,094         28,619       12.14 %

Shareholders’ equity:

                                     

Preferred equity

                        240,000         –          –      

Common equity

                        4,984,702         4,447,330       12.08 %

Common shares outstanding

                        108,034,079         106,611,731       1.33 %

Average equity to average assets

     10.92%         10.08%              10.92%         10.11%        

Common dividend payout

     29.88%         26.37%              29.24%         27.02%        

Tangible equity ratio

                        6.52%         5.54%        

Nonperforming assets

                        95,398         73,475       29.84 %

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more

                        47,782         29,434       62.34 %

Nonperforming assets to net loans and leases and other real estate owned at period end

                        0.26%         0.22%        

 

(1) Amount consists of total deposits excluding time deposits $100,000 and over.
(2) Amount represents the outstanding balance of loans sold and being serviced by the Company, excluding conforming first mortgage residential real estate loans.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

 

Statements in Management’s Discussion and Analysis that are based on other than historical data are forward-looking, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations or forecasts of future events and include, among others:

 

   

statements with respect to the beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, guidelines, expectations, anticipations, and future financial condition, results of operations and performance of Zions Bancorporation and its subsidiaries (collectively “the Company”);

 

   

statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “projects,” or similar expressions.

 

These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, nor should they be relied upon as representing management’s views as of any subsequent date. Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those presented, either expressed or implied, in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to:

 

   

the Company’s ability to successfully execute its business plans, manage its risks, and achieve its objectives;

 

   

changes in political and economic conditions, including the economic effects of terrorist attacks against the United States and related events;

 

   

changes in financial market conditions, either nationally or locally in areas in which the Company conducts its operations, including without limitation, reduced rates of business formation and growth, commercial and residential real estate development and real estate prices;

 

   

fluctuations in the equity and fixed-income markets;

 

   

changes in interest rates, the quality and composition of the loan and securities portfolios, demand for loan products, deposit flows and competition;

 

   

acquisitions and integration of acquired businesses;

 

   

increases in the levels of losses, customer bankruptcies, claims and assessments;

 

   

changes in fiscal, monetary, regulatory, trade and tax policies and laws, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board;

 

   

continuing consolidation in the financial services industry;

 

   

new litigation or changes in existing litigation;

 

   

success in gaining regulatory approvals, when required;

 

   

changes in consumer spending and savings habits;

 

   

increased competitive challenges and expanding product and pricing pressures among financial institutions;

 

   

demand for financial services in the Company’s market areas;

 

   

inflation and deflation;

 

   

technological changes and the Company’s implementation of new technologies;

 

   

the Company’s ability to develop and maintain secure and reliable information technology systems;

 

   

legislation or regulatory changes which adversely affect the Company’s operations or business;

 

   

the Company’s ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations; and

 

   

changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or regulatory agencies.

 

Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements are discussed in the 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Zions Bancorporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and available at the SEC’s Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

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

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES

 

The Company has made no significant changes in its critical accounting policies and significant estimates from those disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, except as noted below.

 

Securitization Transactions

 

During the second quarter of 2007, the Company updated certain valuation assumptions for retained beneficial interests under the rules contained in Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 99-20, Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased and Retained Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets, (“EITF 99-20”). These rules require the Company to periodically update its assumptions used to compute estimated cash flows for its retained beneficial interests and to compare the net present value of these cash flows to the carrying value. The Company complies with EITF 99-20 by evaluating and updating its default assumption as compared to the historical credit losses and the credit loss expectation of the portfolio and its prepayment speed assumption as compared to the historical prepayment speeds and prepayment rate expectation.

 

The Company currently has seven small business securitizations and the retained beneficial interest for certain securitizations required impairment charges at June 30, 2007 following the application of EITF 99-20. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment loss on the retained beneficial interests of $5.1 million before income taxes resulting in a $3.2 million reduction of net income or $(0.03) per diluted share for the three months ended June 30, 2007. The primary factors that influenced the impairment of the retained beneficial interests were higher prepayment speeds than previously estimated on the most recent securitization and higher estimated funding interest rates. The additional second quarter impairment charges increased the year to date impairment charges to $9.3 million before income taxes resulting in a $5.7 million reduction of net income or $(0.05) per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2007.

 

Employee Stock Option Expense

 

From May 4-7, 2007, the Company successfully conducted an auction of its patent-pending ESOARS securities. As allowed by SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, the Company used the results of that auction to value its employee stock options issued on May 4. The value established was $12.06 per option, which the Company estimates is approximately 14% below its Black-Scholes model valuation on that date. The Company recorded the related estimated future settlement obligation of ESOARS as a liability in the balance sheet.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Zions Bancorporation (“the Parent”) and subsidiaries (collectively “Zions,” “the Company,” “we,” “our”) reported net earnings applicable to common shareholders of $155.6 million or $1.43 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2007 compared with $145.3 million or $1.35 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2006. The annualized return on average assets was 1.33% for both the second quarters of 2007 and 2006. For the same comparative periods, the annualized return on average common equity was 12.50% compared to 13.20%. The efficiency ratio for the second quarter of 2007 was 56.3% compared to 57.4% for the second quarter of 2006.

 

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Net earnings applicable to common shareholders for the first six months of 2007 was $305.3 million or $2.78 per diluted share, compared to $282.9 million or $2.62 per diluted share for the first six months of 2006. For both the first six months of 2007 and 2006, the annualized return on average assets was 1.32%. For the same comparative periods, the annualized return on average common equity was 12.38% compared to 13.06%. The efficiency ratio for the first six months of 2007 was 57.0% compared to 57.8% for 2006.

 

The Company completed its acquisition of The Stockmen’s Bancorp, Inc. effective January 17, 2007. Comparisons to 2006 include the impact of this acquisition.

 

Net Interest Income, Margin and Interest Rate Spreads

 

Taxable-equivalent net interest income for the second quarter of 2007 increased 7.6% to $476.1 million compared with $442.3 million for the comparable period of 2006. The increase reflects the significant increase in earning assets driven by strong loan growth over much of the last year. The incremental tax rate used for calculating all taxable-equivalent adjustments is 35% for all periods presented.

 

The Company’s net interest margin was 4.53% for the second quarter of 2007 compared to 4.51% for the first quarter of 2007 and 4.64% for the second quarter of 2006. The margin in the second quarter of 2007 improved by 2 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2007 driven in part by growth in average core deposits and a favorable mix shift on the asset side of the balance sheet (continued shrinking of the securities portfolio offset by the loan growth). The margin compression for the second quarter of 2007 compared to the second quarter of 2006 resulted from competitive pricing pressures, a continued shift in the interest-bearing deposit mix to more expensive products, and a decline in noninterest-bearing demand deposits.

 

We have experienced fairly steady pricing pressure on deposits over the past several quarters due to a variety of factors, including perceived returns on alternative investment and savings opportunities and generally strong competition. Reflecting this pricing pressure and the change in our funding mix toward higher rate deposits and other funding sources, the average rate paid this quarter on interest-bearing funds increased 51 basis points from the second quarter of 2006. The yield on average earning assets increased 32 basis points for the second quarter of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. The Company also continues to experience strong competition in loan pricing.

 

As a result of these funding and loan pricing pressures, the spread on average interest-bearing funds for the second quarter of 2007 was 3.62%, unchanged from 3.62% for the first quarter of 2007 and down from 3.81% for the second quarter of 2006. We expect that the net interest spread may continue to be under pressure in the next few quarters due to the persistence of these factors.

 

The Company expects to continue its efforts to maintain a slightly “asset-sensitive” position with regard to interest rate risk. However, our estimates of the Company’s actual position are highly dependent upon changes in both short-term and long-term interest rates, modeling assumptions, and the actions of competitors and customers in response to those changes. During the second quarter of 2007, longer-term interest rates increased while short-term rates were relatively stable. Our net interest margin increased 2 basis points while our net interest spread remained unchanged, suggesting that during the quarter our balance sheet interest rate sensitivity was approximately neutral. See “Interest Rate Risk” for further information.

 

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CONSOLIDATED AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS, YIELDS AND RATES

(Unaudited)

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2007


  

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2006


(In thousands)   

Average

balance


   Amount of
interest (1)


   Average
rate


  

Average

balance


   Amount of
interest (1)


   Average
rate


ASSETS

                                     

Money market investments

   $ 581,814     $ 7,756     5.35%    $ 475,278     $ 5,925     5.00%

Securities:

                                     

Held to maturity

     666,283       11,644     7.01%      644,555       10,952     6.82%

Available for sale

     4,707,154       67,514     5.75%      5,067,450       72,255     5.72%

Trading account

     53,459       766     5.75%      164,060       1,995     4.88%
    

  

       

  

    

Total securities

     5,426,896      79,924     5.91%      5,876,065       85,202     5.82%
    

  

       

  

    

Loans:

                                     

Loans held for sale

     254,693       4,322     6.81%      266,126       4,055     6.11%

Net loans and leases (2)

     35,888,264       704,325     7.87%      31,633,927       597,368     7.57%
    

  

       

  

    

Total loans and leases

     36,142,957       708,647     7.86%      31,900,053       601,423     7.56%
    

  

       

  

    

Total interest-earning assets

     42,151,667       796,327     7.58%      38,251,396       692,550     7.26%
           

              

    

Cash and due from banks

     1,494,407                   1,441,444             

Allowance for loan losses

     (375,388)                  (345,408)            

Goodwill

     2,012,270                   1,884,192             

Core deposit and other intangibles

     188,843                   185,281             

Other assets

     2,449,988                   2,365,717             
    

              

           

Total assets

   $   47,921,787                 $   43,782,622             
    

              

           

LIABILITIES

                                     

Interest-bearing deposits:

                                     

Savings and NOW

   $ 4,511,110       10,179     0.91%    $ 4,305,509       7,250     0.68%

Money market

     10,245,788       88,578     3.47%      10,637,528       79,587     3.00%

Internet money market

     1,484,748       18,538     5.01%      922,479       10,294     4.48%

Time under $100,000

     2,518,631       27,382     4.36%      1,985,853       17,472     3.53%

Time $100,000 and over

     5,091,202       61,864     4.87%      2,871,682       29,098     4.06%

Foreign

     2,561,459       31,199     4.89%      1,868,060       20,854     4.48%
    

  

       

  

    

Total interest-bearing deposits

     26,412,938       237,740     3.61%      22,591,111       164,555     2.92%
    

  

       

  

    

Borrowed funds:

                                     

Securities sold, not yet purchased

     18,426       227     4.94%      62,404       706     4.54%

Federal funds purchased and security repurchase agreements

     2,962,417       35,378     4.79%      2,804,139       29,822     4.27%

Commercial paper

     194,134       2,647     5.47%      217,033       2,760     5.10%

FHLB advances and other borrowings:

                                     

One year or less

     384,648       5,117     5.34%      800,800       10,202     5.11%

Over one year

     129,147       1,853     5.75%      133,885       2,059     6.17%

Long-term debt

     2,366,050       37,305     6.32%      2,476,188       40,185     6.51%
    

  

       

  

    

Total borrowed funds

     6,054,822       82,527     5.47%      6,494,449       85,734     5.29%
    

  

       

  

    

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     32,467,760       320,267     3.96%      29,085,560       250,289     3.45%
           

              

    

Noninterest-bearing deposits

     9,551,265                   9,584,091             

Other liabilities

     634,370                   669,710             
    

              

           

Total liabilities

     42,653,395                   39,339,361             

Minority interest

     35,009                   28,486             

Shareholders’ equity:

                                     

Preferred equity

     240,000                   –               

Common equity

     4,993,383                   4,414,775             
    

              

           

Total shareholders’ equity

     5,233,383                   4,414,775             
    

              

           

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 47,921,787                 $ 43,782,622             
    

              

           

Spread on average interest-bearing funds

                 3.62%                  3.81%

Taxable-equivalent net interest income and net yield on interest-earning assets

          $   476,060     4.53%           $   442,261     4.64%
           

              

    

 

(1) Taxable-equivalent rates used where applicable.
(2) Net of unearned income and fees, net of related costs. Loans include nonaccrual and restructured loans.

 

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CONSOLIDATED AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS, YIELDS AND RATES (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

    

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2007


  

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2006


(In thousands)   

Average

balance


   Amount of
interest (1)


   Average
rate


  

Average

balance


   Amount of
interest (1)


   Average
rate


ASSETS

                                     

Money market investments

   $ 537,052     $ 14,098     5.29%    $ 493,398     $ 12,357     5.05%

Securities:

                                     

Held to maturity

     667,690       23,218     7.01%      638,366       21,676     6.85%

Available for sale

     4,870,033       139,803     5.79%      5,169,446       144,957     5.65%

Trading account

     73,628       1,958     5.36%      166,521       4,069     4.93%
    

  

       

  

    

Total securities

     5,611,351       164,979     5.93%      5,974,333       170,702     5.76%
    

  

       

  

    

Loans:

                                     

Loans held for sale

     251,959       8,197     6.56%      269,359       8,101     6.06%

Net loans and leases (2)

     35,524,602       1,386,142     7.87%      30,919,013       1,146,022     7.47%
    

  

       

  

    

Total loans and leases

     35,776,561       1,394,339     7.86%      31,188,372       1,154,123     7.46%
    

  

       

  

    

Total interest-earning assets

     41,924,964       1,573,416     7.57%      37,656,103       1,337,182     7.16%
           

              

    

Cash and due from banks

     1,539,549                   1,489,642             

Allowance for loan losses

     (375,060)                  (343,094)            

Goodwill

     1,998,096                   1,885,862             

Core deposit and other intangibles

     191,469                   190,885             

Other assets

     2,475,366                   2,338,173             
    

              

           

Total assets

   $   47,754,384                 $   43,217,571             
    

              

           

LIABILITIES

                                     

Interest-bearing deposits:

                                     

Savings and NOW

   $ 4,510,711       20,239     0.90%    $ 4,083,875       12,375     0.61%

Money market

     10,246,270       174,829     3.44%      10,979,884       152,637     2.80%

Internet money market

     1,403,946       35,330     5.07%      876,071       18,742     4.31%

Time under $100,000

     2,476,444       53,108     4.32%      1,971,262       33,334     3.41%

Time $100,000 and over

     4,957,906       119,282     4.85%      2,721,493       52,420     3.88%

Foreign

     2,503,163       60,940     4.91%      1,923,369       41,155     4.31%
    

  

       

  

    

Total interest-bearing deposits

     26,098,440       463,728     3.58%      22,555,954       310,663     2.78%
    

  

       

  

    

Borrowed funds:

                                     

Securities sold, not yet purchased

     36,086       808     4.52%      59,881       1,337     4.50%

Federal funds purchased and security repurchase agreements

     2,978,728       70,855     4.80%      2,739,205       55,573     4.09%

Commercial paper

     186,481       5,012     5.42%      199,282       4,842     4.90%

FHLB advances and other borrowings:

                                     

One year or less

     578,845       15,386     5.36%      407,519       10,301     5.10%

Over one year

     132,846       3,824     5.80%      163,893       4,584     5.64%

Long-term debt

     2,370,213       74,022     6.30%      2,489,693       78,797     6.38%
    

  

       

  

    

Total borrowed funds

     6,283,199       169,907     5.45%      6,059,473       155,434     5.17%
    

  

       

  

    

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     32,381,639       633,635     3.95%      28,615,427       466,097     3.28%
           

              

    

Noninterest-bearing deposits

     9,476,576                   9,543,713             

Other liabilities

     644,311                   661,775             
    

              

           

Total liabilities

     42,502,526                   38,820,915             

Minority interest

     37,859                   28,355             

Shareholders’ equity:

                                     

Preferred equity

     240,000                   –               

Common equity

     4,973,999                   4,368,301             
    

              

           

Total shareholders’ equity

     5,213,999                   4,368,301             
    

              

           

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 47,754,384                 $ 43,217,571             
    

              

           

Spread on average interest-bearing funds

                 3.62%                  3.88%

Taxable-equivalent net interest income and net yield on interest-earning assets

          $ 939,781     4.52%           $ 871,085     4.66%
           

              

    

 

(1) Taxable-equivalent rates used where applicable.
(2) Net of unearned income and fees, net of related costs. Loans include nonaccrual and restructured loans.

 

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Provisions for Credit Losses

 

The provision for loan losses is the amount of expense that, based on our judgment, is required to maintain the allowance for loan losses at an adequate level based upon the inherent risks in the portfolio. The provision for unfunded lending commitments is used to maintain the allowance for unfunded lending commitments at an adequate level. See “Credit Risk Management” for more information on how we determine the appropriate level for the allowances for loan and lease losses and unfunded lending commitments.

 

The provision for loan losses for the second quarter of 2007 was $17.8 million compared to $17.0 million for the same period in 2006. On an annualized basis, the provision was 0.20% of average loans for the second quarter of 2007 and 0.21% for the second quarter of 2006. The provision for unfunded lending commitments was $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2007 compared to $(0.2) million for the second quarter of 2006. From period to period, the amounts of unfunded lending commitments may be subject to sizeable fluctuation due to changes in the timing and volume of loan originations and fundings. The related provision will generally reflect these fluctuations. When combined, the provisions for credit losses for the second quarter of 2007 were $19.0 million compared to $16.8 million for the second quarter of 2006. The increased provision reflects some softening in asset quality indicators.

 

The provision for loan losses for the first six months of 2007 was $26.9 million, 14.8% lower than the $31.5 million provision for the first six months of 2006. The decreased loan loss provision for the first six months of 2007 compared to 2006 is primarily impacted by lower loan growth in 2007 compared to the first six months of 2006. The provision for unfunded lending commitments was $1.5 million for the first half of 2007 compared to $(0.5) million for the first half of 2006.

 

Noninterest Income

 

For the second quarter of 2007, noninterest income increased 2.8% to $141.3 million compared to $137.5 million for the second quarter of 2006.

 

Service charges and fees on deposit accounts increased $5.1 million or 12.6% for the second quarter of 2007 compared to the second quarter of 2006. The increase was mainly due to the impact of fee increases and the acquisition of Stockmen’s.

 

Loan sales and servicing income decreased $6.4 million for the second quarter of 2007 compared to the second quarter of 2006. The decline primarily results from a pretax impairment charge of $5.1 million on retained interests from certain previous small business loan securitizations due mainly to accelerated prepayment speeds and lower amounts of servicing fees based on lower balances of serviced loans. It is possible that additional impairment charges may be incurred if actual prepayment speeds exceed current estimates. Factors influencing the prepayment speed include the prepayment penalties, which decrease over time and the shape of the yield curve at the time the prepayment penalties are eliminated. As of June 30, 2007, the Company had $59.0 million of retained interests in small business securitizations recorded on the balance sheet that are exposed to additional future impairments due to the above mentioned factors.

 

Other service charges, commissions and fees for the second quarter increased $7.7 million or 18.4% compared to the second quarter of 2006. The increase was primarily driven by higher public finance fees, loan fees, debit card fees, and cash management fees offset by decreased insurance income of $1.1 million resulting from the previously announced sale of the Company’s Grant Hatch insurance agency and certain other insurance assets completed during the first quarter of 2007.

 

Trust and wealth management income for the second quarter increased $1.8 million or 25.2% compared to the second quarter of 2006. The increase was primarily driven by higher fee income from our Contango wealth management and associated trust business.

 

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Income from securities conduit decreased $2.5 million or 29.7% for the second quarter of 2007 compared to the second quarter of 2006. This servicing income represents fees we receive from Lockhart Funding, LLC (“Lockhart”), a “qualifying special-purpose entity” securities conduit, in return for liquidity management, an interest rate agreement, and administrative services that Zions Bank provides to Lockhart in accordance with a servicing agreement. The book value of the Lockhart’s securities portfolio declined to $3.5 billion at June 30, 2007 from $5.0 billion at June 30, 2006. We expect that both the income from the Lockhart conduit and the book value of the Lockhart portfolio will decrease over time unless new securities are purchased to replace the maturing securities.

 

Fixed income securities gains for the second quarter of 2007 were de minimis compared to $5.2 million for the second quarter of 2006.

 

Noninterest income for the first six months of 2007 of $286.8 million increased 7.8% from $266.0 million for the first six months of 2006. Explanations previously provided for the quarterly changes also apply to the year-to-date changes. Additional explanations of variances follow.

 

Loan sales and servicing income decreased $12.6 million for the first six months of 2007 compared to the same period of 2006. The decline primarily results from pretax impairment charges of $9.3 million on retained interests from certain previous small business loan securitizations.

 

Dividends and other investment income increased $3.2 million or 16.8% for the first six months of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. The increased income is primarily due to higher bank-owned life insurance income of $1.3 million and higher income from other equity investments of $1.3 million.

 

Net equity securities gains were $5.3 million for the first six months of 2007 compared with net losses of $1.2 million for the same period in 2006. Net gains for the first six months of 2007 included net gains on venture capital equity investments of $2.8 million and a $2.5 million gain on the sale of an investment in a community bank. Net losses for the first six months of 2006 included a $3.4 million loss on the sale of a mortgage mutual fund investment, a $0.5 million gain on venture capital equity investments, and $1.7 million of gains from the sale of other equity securities.

 

Other noninterest income increased $2.8 million compared to the first six months of 2006. The increase is mainly due to a pretax gain of approximately $2.9 million from the sale of the Company’s Grant Hatch insurance agency and certain other insurance assets during the first quarter of 2007.

 

Noninterest Expense

 

Noninterest expense for the second quarter of 2007 was $347.6 million, an increase of 4.4% over the $333.0 million for the second quarter of 2006. The Company’s efficiency ratio was 56.3% for the second quarter of 2007 compared to 57.4% for the same period of 2006. The improvement in the efficiency ratio reflects higher revenues relative to the Company’s cost structure, and lower merger related expense.

 

Salaries and employee benefits increased $13.0 million or 7.0% compared to the second quarter of 2006. The increase from the prior year was due to salary increases, increased staffing levels in selected areas, and the impact of the Stockmen’s acquisition.

 

Legal and professional services increased $2.2 million or 24.8% compared to the second quarter of 2006. The increase is mostly driven by costs related to the conversion of CB&T to Zions’ common systems and other system improvements.

 

Merger related expense decreased $7.4 million or 83.3% compared to the second quarter of 2006. The decrease is mainly due to the completion of the Amegy system conversion during the second quarter of 2006.

 

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Noninterest expense for the first six months of 2007 of $699.6 million increased 6.4% from $657.5 million for the first six months of 2006. The Company’s efficiency ratio was 57.0% for the first six months of 2007 compared to 57.8% for the same period of 2006. Explanations previously provided for the quarterly changes also apply to the year-to-date changes. Additional explanations of variances follow.

 

Salaries and employee benefits for the first half of 2007 increased $32.8 million or 8.8% compared to the same period in 2006. The increase is due to salary increases, increased staffing levels in selected areas, and the impact of the Stockmen’s acquisition.

 

Other noninterest expense for the first six months of 2007 increased $7.5 million or 7.0% compared to the first six months of 2006. This expense includes a $4.0 million write-down on repossessed equipment; this equipment was collateral on an equipment lease on which we recorded a loan loss related to an alleged accounting fraud at a water bottling company during the fourth quarter of 2006.

 

At June 30, 2007, the Company had 11,048 full-time equivalent employees, 514 domestic branches, and 600 ATMs, compared to 10,146 full-time equivalent employees, 470 domestic branches, and 577 ATMs at June 30, 2006.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company’s income tax expense increased to $86.1 million for the second quarter of 2007 compared to $78.8 million for the same period in 2006. The Company’s effective income tax rates, including the effects of minority interest, were 35.1% and 35.2% for the second quarter of 2007 and 2006, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the first six months of 2007 and 2006 were 35.9% and 35.3%, respectively. The higher year to date tax rate is due to taxes incurred in the first quarter for the one time redemption of bank-owned life insurance policies. As discussed in previous filings, the Company has received federal income tax credits under the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund set up by the U.S. Government that will be recognized over a seven-year period from the year of investment. The effect of these tax credits was to reduce income tax expense by $2.8 million and $2.1 million for the first six months of 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. As a result of adopting this new accounting guidance, the Company reduced its existing liability for unrecognized tax benefits by approximately $10.4 million at January 1, 2007 and recognized a cumulative effect adjustment as an increase to retained earnings.

 

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BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS

 

As previously disclosed, the Company completed its acquisition of The Stockmen’s Bancorp, Inc. effective January 17, 2007. Certain comparisons to 2006 include the impact of this acquisition.

 

Interest-Earning Assets

 

Interest-earning assets are those assets that have interest rates or yields associated with them and consist of money market investments, securities and loans.

 

Average interest-earning assets increased 11.3% to $41.9 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $37.7 billion for the same period in 2006. Interest-earning assets comprised 87.8% of total average assets for the first six months of 2007, compared with 87.1% for the comparable period of 2006.

 

Average money market investments, consisting of interest-bearing deposits, federal funds sold and security resell agreements, increased 8.8% to $537.1 million for the first six months of 2007 compared to $493.4 million for the first six months of 2006. Average securities decreased 6.1% for the first six months of 2007 when compared to the same period in 2006. Average net loans and leases for the first six months of 2007 increased 14.7% when compared to the same period in 2006.

 

Investment Securities Portfolio

 

The following table presents the Company’s held-to-maturity and available-for-sale investment securities:

 

     June 30,
2007


   December 31,
2006


   June 30,
2006


(In millions)

 

   Amortized
cost


   Estimated
market
value


   Amortized
cost


   Estimated
market
value


   Amortized
cost


   Estimated
market
value


HELD TO MATURITY

                                         

Municipal securities

   $ 701    $ 685    $ 652    $ 648    $ 640    $ 621

Other debt securities

     1      1      1      1      –        –  
    

  

  

  

  

  

       702      686      653      649      640      621
    

  

  

  

  

  

AVAILABLE FOR SALE

                                         

U.S. Treasury securities

     42      42      43      42      78      78

U.S. Government agencies and corporations:

                                         

Small Business Administration loan-backed securities

     786      774      907      901      884      883

Other agency securities

     655      645      782      774      651      636

Municipal securities

     248      247      226      227      227      225

Mortgage/asset-backed and other debt securities

     2,771      2,725      2,930      2,908      3,124      3,079
    

  

  

  

  

  

       4,502      4,433      4,888      4,852      4,964      4,901
    

  

  

  

  

  

Other securities:

                                         

Mutual funds

     127      127      193      193      179      179

Stock

     3      4      3      6      6      7
    

  

  

  

  

  

       130      131      196      199      185      186
    

  

  

  

  

  

       4,632      4,564      5,084      5,051      5,149      5,087
    

  

  

  

  

  

Total

   $   5,334    $   5,250    $   5,737    $   5,700    $   5,789    $   5,708
    

  

  

  

  

  

 

The amortized cost of investment securities at June 30, 2007 decreased 7.0% from the balance at December 31, 2006, and 7.9% from the balance at June 30, 2006. Investment securities available for sale decreased $345 million during the second quarter.

 

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Mortgage/asset-backed and other debt securities at June 30, 2007 include approximately $1.7 billion of collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”). These CDOs consist entirely of securities collateralized by trust preferred and similar debt obligations. Some of the trust preferred securities in these CDOs were issued by banks, insurance companies, or real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) that have exposure to the subprime market. We do not have any CDOs collateralized directly by subprime related mortgage assets. See further discussion of certain CDOs held by Lockhart in “Liquidity Risk Management.”

 

We review investment securities on an ongoing basis for other than temporary impairment taking into consideration current market conditions, offering prices, trends and volatility of earnings, current analysts’ evaluations, our ability and intent to hold investments until a recovery of fair value, which may be maturity, and other factors. Our review did not result in an adjustment for other than temporary impairment during the quarter ended June 30, 2007.

 

The investment securities portfolio includes $1.0 billion of nonrated, fixed income securities, essentially unchanged from the balances at both December 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006. These securities include nonrated municipal securities as well as nonrated, asset-backed subordinated tranches.

 

Loan Portfolio

 

Net loans and leases at June 30, 2007 were $36.8 billion, an annualized increase of 12.2% from December 31, 2006 and an increase of 12.6% over the balance at June 30, 2006.

 

The following table sets forth the loan portfolio by type of loan:

 

(In millions)

 

   June 30,
2007


   December 31,
2006


   June 30,
2006


Loans held for sale

   $ 226    $ 253    $ 249

Commercial lending:

                    

Commercial and industrial

     8,922      8,422      7,539

Leasing

     450      443      407

Owner occupied

     7,123      6,260      5,574
    

  

  

Total commercial lending

     16,495      15,125      13,520

Commercial real estate:

                    

Construction and land development

     8,037      7,483      6,958

Term

     5,084      4,952      4,981
    

  

  

Total commercial real estate

     13,121      12,435      11,939

Consumer:

                    

Home equity credit line and other consumer real estate

     1,968      1,850      1,963

1-4 family residential

     4,134      4,192      4,244

Bankcard and other revolving plans

     306      295      279

Other

     456      457      453
    

  

  

Total consumer

     6,864      6,794      6,939

Foreign loans

     12      3      3

Other receivables

     224      209      175
    

  

  

Total loans

   $ 36,942    $ 34,819    $ 32,825
    

  

  

 

The loan growth noted above for commercial and commercial real estate lending principally resulted from “organic” loan growth at Zions Bank, Amegy Bank of Texas, Vectra Bank Colorado and from the impact of the loans acquired from the Stockmen’s acquisition. Second quarter organic loan growth increased over the first quarter 2007 loan growth; however loan growth has slowed compared to growth experienced during 2006 due particularly to a continued reduction in the rate of residential housing construction and development lending in California, Arizona and Nevada.

 

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Sold Loans Being Serviced

 

Zions performs loan servicing on both loans that it holds in its portfolios and also on loans that are owned by third party investor-owned trusts. The Company has used asset securitizations to sell loans and in many instances provides the servicing on these loans as a condition of the sale.

 

     Sold loans being serviced

   Residual interests
on balance sheet at June 30, 2007


(In millions)

 

   Sales for six
months ended
June 30, 2007


   Outstanding
balance at
June 30, 2007


   Subordinated
retained
interests


   Capitalized
residual
cash flows


   Total

Home equity credit lines

   $ –      $ 150    $ 7    $ 3    $ 10

Small business loans

     –        1,544      210      63      273

SBA 7(a) loans

     –        107      –        2      2

Farmer Mac

         30      401      –        4      4
    

  

  

  

  

Total

   $ 30    $   2,202    $   217    $   72    $   289
    

  

  

  

  

 

Securitized loans being serviced for others totaled $2.2 billion at June 30, 2007, $2.6 billion at December 31, 2006, and $3.0 billion at June 30, 2006. The Company did not complete a small business loans securitization during 2006 or the first six months of 2007 and also discontinued selling new home equity credit line originations during the fourth quarter of 2006.

 

As of June 30, 2007, the Company had recorded assets, comprised of subordinated retained interests and capitalized residual cash flows, in the amount of $289 million in connection with the $2.2 billion of sold loans being serviced. As is a common practice with securitized transactions, the Company had retained subordinated interests in the securitized assets that totaled $217 million at June 30, 2007, which represented junior positions to the other investors in the trust securities. The capitalized residual cash flows, which are sometimes referred to as “excess servicing,” of $72 million primarily represent the present value of the excess cash flows that have been projected over the lives of the sold loans.

 

As of June 30, 2007, conforming long-term first mortgage real estate loans being serviced for others were $1,218 million, compared with $1,251 million at December 31, 2006 and $1,235 million at June 30, 2006.

 

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Other Noninterest-Bearing Investments

 

The following table sets forth the Company’s other noninterest-bearing investments:

 

(In millions)

 

   June 30,
2007


   December 31,
2006


   June 30,
2006


Bank-owned life insurance

   $ 588    $ 627    $ 614

Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve stock

     191      189      194

SBIC investments (1)

     80      104      85

Non-SBIC investment funds

     47      37      29

Other public companies

     37      37      36

Other nonpublic companies

     16      14      15

Trust preferred securities

     14      14      20
    

  

  

     $   973    $   1,022    $   993
    

  

  

 

(1) Amounts include minority investors’ interests in Zions’ managed SBIC investments of approximately $30 million, $41 million and $28 million as of the respective dates.

 

Bank-owned life insurance investments declined $39 million during the first six months of 2007 mainly due to the Company surrendering three bank-owned life insurance contracts during the first quarter. The increase in cash surrender value of the remaining policies is not taxable since it is anticipated that the bank-owned life insurance will be held until the eventual death of the insured employees.

 

SBIC investments declined $24 million during the first six months of 2007 mainly due to the sale of a $23 million venture investment.

 

Deposits

 

Average total deposits for the first six months of 2007 increased 10.8% compared to the same period in 2006, with interest-bearing deposits increasing 15.7% and noninterest-bearing deposits decreasing 0.7%.

 

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Total deposits at the end of the second quarter of 2007 increased to $36.2 billion, an annualized increase of 6.9% from the balances reported at December 31, 2006, and increased 8.8% over the June 30, 2006 amounts. Core deposits at June 30, 2007 increased 4.1%, annualized, compared to the December 31, 2006 balance and 4.9% compared to the balance at June 30, 2006.

 

The mix of deposits reflects the decline in demand deposits during the first six months of 2007 as demand, savings and money market deposits comprised 72.2% of total deposits at the end of the second quarter, compared with 74.0% and 78.1% as of December 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, respectively.

 

Management expects that deposit growth may continue to lag behind loan growth, and that a portion of future loan growth may be funded from higher cost liabilities.

 

RISK ELEMENTS

 

Since risk is inherent in substantially all of the Company’s operations, management of risk is an integral part of its operations and is also a key determinant of its overall performance. We apply various strategies to reduce the risks to which the Company’s operations are exposed, including credit, interest rate and market, liquidity and operational risks.

 

Credit Risk Management

 

Credit risk is managed centrally through a uniform credit policy and credit administration and credit exam functions at the parent. Effective management of credit risk is essential in maintaining a safe, sound and profitable financial institution. We have structured the organization to separate the lending function from the credit administration function, which has added strength to the control over and the independent evaluation of credit activities. Formal loan policies and procedures provide the Company with a framework for consistent underwriting and a basis for sound credit decisions. In addition, the Company has a well-defined set of standards for evaluating its loan portfolio, and management utilizes a comprehensive loan grading system to determine the risk potential in the portfolio. Further, an independent, internal credit examination department periodically conducts examinations of the Company’s lending departments. These examinations are designed to review credit quality, adequacy of documentation, appropriate loan grading administration and compliance with lending policies, and reports thereon are submitted to the Credit Review Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

Both the credit policy and the credit examination functions are managed centrally. Each affiliate bank is permitted to modify corporate credit policy to be more conservative; however, corporate approval must be obtained if a bank wishes to create a more liberal policy. Historically, only a limited number of such modifications have been approved. This entire process has been designed to place an emphasis on strong underwriting standards and early detection of potential problem credits so that action plans can be developed and implemented on a timely basis to mitigate any potential losses.

 

Another aspect of the Company’s credit risk management strategy is to pursue the diversification of the loan portfolio. The Company maintains a diversified loan portfolio with some emphasis in real estate. As set forth in the following table, at June 30, 2007 no single loan type exceeded 24.2% of the Company’s total loan portfolio.

 

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     June 30, 2007

   December 31, 2006

   June 30, 2006

(In millions)

 

   Amount

   % of
total loans


   Amount

   % of
total loans


   Amount

   % of
total loans


Commercial lending:

                                   

Commercial and industrial

   $ 8,922    24.2%    $ 8,422    24.2%    $ 7,539    23.0%

Leasing

     450    1.2%      443    1.3%      407    1.2%

Owner occupied

     7,123    19.3%      6,260    18.0%      5,574    17.0%

Commercial real estate:

                                   

Construction and land development

     8,037    21.8%      7,483    21.5%      6,958    21.2%

Term

     5,084    13.8%      4,952    14.2%      4,981    15.2%

Consumer:

                                   

Home equity credit line and other consumer real estate

     1,968    5.3%      1,850    5.3%      1,963    6.0%

1-4 family residential

     4,134    11.2%      4,192    12.1%      4,244    12.9%

Bankcard and other revolving plans

     306    0.8%      295    0.8%      279    0.8%

Other

     456    1.2%      457    1.3%      453    1.4%

Other

     462    1.2%      465    1.3%      427    1.3%
    

  
  

  
  

  

Total loans

   $   36,942    100.0%    $   34,819    100.0%    $   32,825    100.0%
    

  
  

  
  

  

 

We believe the Company’s potential risk from concentration in owner occupied commercial loans is reduced by the emphasis we place on lending programs sponsored by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”). On these types of loans, the SBA bears a major portion of the credit risk. In addition, the Company attempts to avoid the risk of an undue concentration of credits in a particular industry, trade group, property type, or with an individual customer or counterparty. The majority of the Company’s business activity is with customers located within the geographical footprint of its banking subsidiaries.

 

The Company does not pursue subprime or alternative (“Alt-A”) residential mortgage lending and has little or no direct exposure to that market.

 

A more comprehensive discussion of our credit risk management is contained in Zions’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. In addition, as discussed in the following sections, the Company’s level of credit quality continued to be strong during the second quarter of 2007 compared to historical standards. While we see no significant signs of deterioration in credit quality, we believe that we will not be able to maintain this level of credit quality indefinitely.

 

Nonperforming Assets

 

Nonperforming assets include nonaccrual loans, restructured loans, other real estate owned, and other nonperforming assets. Loans are generally placed on nonaccrual status when the loan is 90 days or more past due as to principal or interest, unless the loan is both well secured and in the process of collection. Consumer loans are not normally placed on nonaccrual status, inasmuch as they are generally charged off when they become 120 days past due. Loans occasionally may be restructured to provide a reduction or deferral of interest or principal payments. This generally occurs when the financial condition of a borrower deteriorates to the point that the borrower needs to be given temporary or permanent relief from the original contractual terms of the loan. Other real estate owned is acquired primarily through or in lieu of foreclosure on loans secured by real estate.

 

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The following table sets forth the Company’s nonperforming assets:

 

(Amounts in millions)

 

   June 30,
2007


    December 31,
2006


    June 30,
2006


 

Nonaccrual loans

   $ 82        $ 67        $ 57     

Restructured loans

     2          –            –       

Other real estate owned

     11          9          16     

Other assets

     –            6          –       
    


 


 


Total

   $ 95        $ 82        $ 73     
    


 


 


% of net loans and leases* and other real estate owned

     0.26 %     0.24 %     0.22 %

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more

   $ 48        $ 44        $ 29     
    


 


 


% of net loans and leases*

     0.13 %     0.13 %     0.09 %

 

* Includes loans held for sale.

 

Total nonperforming assets increased 16.3% as of June 30, 2007 compared with the balance at December 31, 2006.

 

Included in nonaccrual loans are loans that we have determined to be impaired. Loans, other than those included in large groups of smaller-balance homogeneous loans, are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due in accordance with the contractual terms of the loan agreement, including scheduled interest payments. The amount of the impairment is measured based on either the present value of expected cash flows, the observable market value of the loan, or the fair value of the collateral securing the loan.

 

The Company’s total recorded investment in impaired loans was $53 million at June 30, 2007, compared with $47 million at December 31, 2006 and $32 million at June 30, 2006. Estimated losses on impaired loans are included in the allowance for loan losses. At June 30, 2007, the allowance for loan losses included $4 million for impaired loans with a recorded investment of $29 million. At December 31, 2006, the allowance included $6 million for impaired loans with an $18 million recorded investment, and at June 30, 2006 the allowance included $5 million for impaired loans with a $15 million recorded investment.

 

The amount of accruing loans past due 90 days or more decreased to $48 million at June 30, 2007 from $57 million at March 31, 2007, and increased from $29 million at June 30, 2006.

 

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Allowance and Reserve for Credit Losses

 

Allowance for Loan Losses – The allowance for loan losses is established for estimated losses in the loan portfolio outstanding at the balance sheet date. In analyzing the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses, we utilize a comprehensive loan grading system to determine the risk potential in the portfolio and also consider the results of independent internal credit reviews. To determine the adequacy of the allowance, the Company’s loan and lease portfolio is broken into segments based on loan type.

 

For commercial loans, we use historical loss experience factors by loan segment, adjusted for changes in trends and conditions, to help determine an indicated allowance for each portfolio segment. These factors are evaluated and updated using migration analysis techniques and other considerations based on the makeup of the specific segment. These other considerations include:

 

   

volumes and trends of delinquencies;

 

   

levels of nonaccruals, repossessions and bankruptcies;

 

   

trends in criticized and classified loans;

 

   

expected losses on real estate secured loans;

 

   

new credit products and policies;

 

   

economic conditions;

 

   

concentrations of credit risk; and

 

   

experience and abilities of the Company’s lending personnel.

 

The allowance for consumer loans is determined using historically developed experience rates at which loans migrate from one delinquency level to the next higher level. Using average roll rates for the most recent twelve-month period and comparing projected losses to actual loss experience, the model estimates expected losses in dollars for the forecasted period. By refreshing the model with updated data, it is able to project losses for a new twelve-month period each month, segmenting the portfolio into nine product groupings with similar risk profiles. This methodology is an accepted industry practice, and the Company believes it has a sufficient volume of information to produce reliable projections.

 

The methodology used by Amegy to estimate its allowance for loan losses has not yet been conformed to the process used by the other affiliate banks. However, the process used by Amegy is not significantly different than the process used by our other affiliate banks.

 

The Company has initiated a comprehensive review of its allowance for loan losses methodology with a view toward updating and conforming this methodology across all of its banking subsidiaries.

 

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The following table shows the changes in the allowance for loan losses and a summary of loan loss experience:

 

(Amounts in millions)

 

  

Six Months
Ended
June 30,

2007


   Twelve Months
Ended
December 31,
2006


  

Six Months
Ended
June 30,

2006


Loans* and leases outstanding (net of unearned income) at end of period

   $   36,788        $   34,668        $   32,682    
    

  

  

Average loans* and leases outstanding (net of unearned income)

   $ 35,777        $ 32,395        $ 31,188    
    

  

  

Allowance for loan losses:

                    

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 365        $ 338        $ 338    

Allowance of companies acquired

     7          –            –      

Provision charged against earnings

     27          73          32    

Loans and leases charged-off:

                    

Commercial lending

     (17)         (46)         (23)   

Commercial real estate

     (3)         (5)         (2)   

Consumer

     (7)         (14)         (7)   

Other receivables

     (1)         (1)         –      
    

  

  

Total

     (28)         (66)         (32)   
    

  

  

Recoveries:

                    

Commercial lending

     5          11          6    

Commercial real estate

     1          2          1    

Consumer

     3          7          3    
    

  

  

Total

     9          20          10    
    

  

  

Net loan and lease charge-offs

     (19)         (46)         (22)   
    

  

  

Balance at end of period

   $ 380        $ 365        $ 348    
    

  

  

Ratio of annualized net charge-offs to average loans and leases

     0.11%      0.14%      0.14%

Ratio of allowance for loan losses to net loans and leases at end of period

     1.03%      1.05%      1.07%

Ratio of allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans

     448.72%      548.53%      606.56%

Ratio of allowance for loan losses to nonaccrual loans and accruing loans past due 90 days or more

     292.32%      331.56%      402.01%

 

* Includes loans held for sale.

 

Net loan and lease charge-offs, along with their annualized ratios to average loans and leases, are shown in the preceding table for the periods presented. The same respective amounts for the second quarter of 2007 were $8.7 million and 0.10%.

 

The allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2007 increased $15.1 million from the level at year-end 2006. The amount of the allowance indicated for criticized and classified commercial loans increased $8.4 million. Criticized and classified loans increased slightly for both the commercial and commercial real estate portfolios. The level of the allowance for noncriticized and nonclassified commercial loans increased $9.0 million, mainly the result of $2.1 billion of new commercial and commercial real estate loan growth. The allowance for consumer loans decreased $2.3 million when compared to December 31, 2006 mainly driven by a decline in consumer loan delinquencies and its effect in determining the allowance in the roll rate model.

 

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Reserve for Unfunded Lending Commitments – The Company also estimates a reserve for potential losses associated with off-balance sheet commitments and standby letters of credit. We determine the reserve for unfunded lending commitments using a process that is similar to the one we use for commercial loans. Based on historical experience, we have developed experience-based loss factors that we apply to the Company’s unfunded lending commitments to estimate the potential for loss in that portfolio. These factors are generated from tracking commitments that become funded and develop into problem loans.

 

The following table sets forth the reserve for unfunded lending commitments:

 

(In millions)

 

   Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2007


   Twelve Months
Ended
December 31, 2006


   Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2006


 

Balance at beginning of period

   $   19.4    $   18.1     $   18.1  

Reserve of company acquired

     0.3      –         –   

Provision charged (credited) against earnings

     1.5      1.3       (0.5 )
    

  

  


Balance at end of period

   $ 21.2    $ 19.4     $ 17.6  
    

  

  


 

The following table sets forth the total allowance and reserve for credit losses:

 

(In millions)

 

   June 30,
2007


   December 31,
2006


   June 30,
2006


Allowance for loan losses

   $   380    $   365    $   348

Reserve for unfunded lending commitments

     21      19      18
    

  

  

Total allowance and reserve for credit losses

   $ 401    $ 384    $ 366
    

  

  

 

Interest Rate and Market Risk Management

 

Interest rate and market risk are managed centrally. Interest rate risk is the potential for loss resulting from adverse changes in the level of interest rates on the Company’s net interest income. Market risk is the potential for loss arising from adverse changes in the prices of fixed income securities, equity securities, other earning assets and derivative financial instruments as a result of changes in interest rates or other factors. As a financial institution that engages in transactions involving an array of financial products, the Company is exposed to both interest rate risk and market risk.

 

Interest Rate Risk – Interest rate risk is one of the most significant risks to which the Company is regularly exposed. In general, our goal in managing interest rate risk is to have the net interest margin increase slightly in a rising interest rate environment. We refer to this goal as being slightly “asset-sensitive.” This approach is based on our belief that in a rising interest rate environment, the market cost of equity, or implied rate at which future earnings are discounted, would also tend to rise.

 

We attempt to minimize the impact of changing interest rates on net interest income primarily through the use of interest rate swaps, and by avoiding large exposures to fixed rate interest-earning assets that have significant negative convexity. The prime lending rate and the London Interbank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) curves are the primary indices used for pricing the Company’s loans. The interest rates paid on deposit accounts are set by individual banks so as to be competitive in each local market.

 

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We monitor interest rate risk through the use of two complementary measurement methods: duration of equity and income simulation. In the duration of equity method, we measure the expected changes in the market values of equity in response to changes in interest rates. In the income simulation method, we analyze the expected changes in income in response to changes in interest rates. For income simulation, Company policy requires that interest sensitive income from a static balance sheet is expected to decline by no more than 10% during one year if rates were to immediately rise or fall in parallel by 200 basis points.

 

As of the dates indicated, the following table shows the Company’s estimated range of duration of equity and percentage change in interest sensitive income, based on a static balance sheet, in the first year after the rate change if interest rates were to sustain an immediate parallel change of 200 basis points; the “low” and “high” results differ based on the assumed speed of repricing of administered-rate deposits (money market, interest-on-checking, and savings):

 

     June 30,
2007


   December 31,
2006


     Low

   High

   Low

   High

Duration of equity:

                   

Range (in years)

                   

Base case

   0.9       2.5       –         1.6   

Increase interest rates by 200 bp

   1.6       3.2       0.8       2.4   

Income simulation – change in interest sensitive income:

                   

Increase interest rates by 200 bp

   -2.3%    0.2%    -0.9%    1.5%

Decrease interest rates by 200 bp

   -2.1%    0.3%    -3.6%    -1.3%

 

As discussed previously under the section, “Net Interest Income, Margin and Interest Rate Spreads,” the Company believes that in recent quarters, the dynamic balance sheet changes with regard to changes in the mix of deposits and other funding sources have tended to have a somewhat larger effect on the net interest spread and net interest margin than has the Company’s interest rate risk position.

 

Market Risk – Fixed Income – The Company engages in the trading of municipal and corporate securities. This trading exposes the Company to a risk of loss arising from adverse changes in the prices of these fixed income securities held by the Company.

 

At June 30, 2007, the Company had $22.8 million of trading account assets and $28.5 million of securities sold, not yet purchased compared with $63.4 million and $70.6 million of trading assets and $176.0 million and $27.4 million of securities sold, not yet purchased at December 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, respectively. The higher securities sold, not yet purchased balance as of December 31, 2006 is related to an Amegy Bank sweep product.

 

Market Risk – Equity Investments – Through its equity investment activities, the Company owns equity securities that are publicly traded and subject to fluctuations in their market prices or values. In addition, the Company owns equity securities in companies that are not publicly traded and that are accounted for under cost, fair value, equity, or full consolidation methods of accounting, depending upon the Company’s ownership position and degree of involvement in influencing the investees’ affairs. In either case, the value of the Company’s investment is subject to fluctuation. Since the market prices or values associated with these securities may fall below the Company’s investment costs, the Company is exposed to the possibility of loss. These equity investments are approved, monitored and evaluated by the Company’s Equity Investment Committee.

 

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The Company generally conducts minority investing in prepublic venture capital companies in which it does not have strategic involvement, through four funds collectively referred to as Wasatch Venture Funds (“Wasatch”). Wasatch screens investment opportunities and makes investment decisions based on its assessment of business prospects and potential returns. After an investment is made, Wasatch actively monitors the performance of each company in which it has invested, and often has representation on the board of directors of the company.

 

In addition to the program described above, Amegy has in place an alternative investments program. These investments are primarily directed towards equity buyout and mezzanine funds with a key strategy of deriving ancillary commercial banking business from the portfolio companies. Early stage venture capital funds are not part of the strategy since the underlying companies are typically not credit worthy.

 

The Company also, from time to time, either starts and funds businesses or makes significant investments in companies of strategic interest. These investments may result in either minority or majority ownership positions, and usually give board representation to Zions or its subsidiaries. These strategic investments generally are in companies that are financial services or financial technologies providers.

 

A more comprehensive discussion of the Company’s interest rate and market risk management is contained in Zions’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

Liquidity Risk Management

 

Liquidity is managed centrally for both the Parent and the bank subsidiaries. The Parent’s cash requirements consist primarily of debt service, investment in and advances to subsidiaries, operating expenses, income taxes, dividends to shareholders and share repurchases. The Parent’s cash needs are routinely met through dividends from its subsidiaries, investment income, and subsidiaries’ proportionate share of current income taxes, management and other fees, bank lines, equity contributed through the exercise of stock options, commercial paper, and long-term debt and equity issuances.

 

Operational cash flows, while constituting a funding source for the Company, are not large enough to provide funding in the amounts that fulfill the needs of the Parent and the bank subsidiaries. For the first six months of 2007, operations contributed $306 million toward these needs. As a result, the Company utilizes other sources at its disposal to manage its liquidity needs.

 

During the first six months of 2007, the Parent received $239 million in dividends from its subsidiaries. At June 30, 2007, $445 million of dividend capacity was available for the subsidiaries to pay to the Parent under regulatory guidelines.

 

The Parent also has a program to issue short-term commercial paper. At June 30, 2007, outstanding commercial paper was $229 million. In addition, at June 30, 2007, the Parent had a secured revolving credit facility with a subsidiary bank totaling $40 million. No amount was outstanding on this facility at June 30, 2007.

 

On June 6, 2007, under provisions of the borrowing agreements, the Company redeemed the entire $19.7 million net par amount of the 11.75% trust preferred securities.

 

The subsidiaries’ primary source of funding is their core deposits, consisting of demand, savings and money market deposits, time deposits under $100,000 and foreign deposits. At June 30, 2007, these core deposits, in aggregate, constituted 86.5% of consolidated deposits, compared with 87.7% of consolidated deposits at December 31, 2006. For the first six months of 2007, increases in deposits resulted in net cash inflows of $109 million.

 

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The Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) system is also a significant source of liquidity for each of the Company’s subsidiary banks. Zions Bank and TCBW are members of the FHLB of Seattle. CB&T, NSB, and NBA are members of the FHLB of San Francisco. Vectra is a member of the FHLB of Topeka and Amegy is a member of the FHLB of Dallas. The FHLB allows member banks to borrow against their eligible loans to satisfy liquidity requirements. For the first six months of 2007, the activity in short-term FHLB borrowings resulted in a net cash inflow of approximately $147 million.

 

At June 30, 2007, the Company managed approximately $2.2 billion of securitized assets that were originated or purchased by its subsidiary banks. Of these, approximately $1.3 billion were credit-enhanced by a third party insurance provider and held in Lockhart Funding, LLC, which is a qualifying special-purpose entity (“QSPE”) securities conduit and has been an important source of funding for the Company’s loans. Zions Bank provides a Liquidity Facility for a fee to Lockhart, which purchases floating-rate U.S. Government and AAA-rated securities with funds from the issuance of commercial paper. Zions Bank also provides interest rate hedging support and administrative and investment advisory services for a fee. Pursuant to the Liquidity Facility, Zions Bank is required to purchase securities from Lockhart to provide funds for it to repay maturing commercial paper upon Lockhart’s inability to access the commercial paper market, or upon a commercial paper market disruption, as specified in the governing documents of Lockhart. In addition, pursuant to the governing documents, including the Liquidity Facility, if any security in Lockhart is downgraded below AA-, Zions Bank must either 1) place its letter of credit on the security, 2) obtain a credit enhancement on the security from a third party, or 3) purchase the security from Lockhart at book value. At any given time, the maximum commitment of Zions Bank is the book value of Lockhart’s securities portfolio, which is not allowed to exceed the size of the Liquidity Facility.

 

At June 30, 2007, the book value of Lockhart’s securities portfolio was $3.5 billion, which approximated market value, and the size of the Liquidity Facility commitment was $6.12 billion. No amounts were outstanding under this Liquidity Facility at June 30, 2007, December 31, 2006 or June 30, 2006. Lockhart is limited in size by program agreements, agreements with rating agencies and by the size of the Liquidity Facility.

 

Included in Lockhart’s $3.5 billion portfolio at June 30, 2007 are $138.4 million of certain structured asset-backed CDOs (“ABS CDOs”) (also known as diversified structured finance CDOs) with some exposure to subprime and home equity mortgage securitizations. Approximately 24% ($33.2 million) of the collateral backing the $138.4 million of ABS CDOs is subprime mortgage securitizations and 14% ($19.4 million) is home equity credit line securitizations. Approximately $132.8 million of these ABS CDOs are rated by Moody’s as Aaa and $5.6 million are rated Aa1. These ABS CDOs were purchased from 2001 through 2004.

 

As described in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the FASB is pursuing an alternative to the derecognition model in SFAS No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities. Alternatives to the current derecognition requirements have been collectively referred to as the Linked Presentation model. This model would eliminate the concept of a QSPE and, if certain criteria are met, allow for the linked presentation of the transferred assets and related liabilities within a single asset caption on the face of the balance sheet. It is too early in the process to determine what, if any, impact this would have on the Company’s securitization program.

 

The Company’s investment activities can also provide or use cash. For the first six months of 2007, investment securities activities resulted in a decrease in investment securities holdings and a net increase of cash in the amount of $407 million.

 

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Maturing balances in the various loan portfolios also provide additional flexibility in managing cash flows. In most cases, however, loan growth has resulted in net cash outflows from a funding standpoint. For the first six months of 2007, loan growth resulted in a net cash outflow of $1,429 million.

 

A more comprehensive discussion of our liquidity management is contained in Zions’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

Operational Risk Management

 

Operational risk is the potential for unexpected losses attributable to human error, systems failures, fraud, or inadequate internal controls and procedures. In its ongoing efforts to identify and manage operational risk, the Company has created an Operating Risk Management Group, whose responsibility is to help Company management identify and monitor the key internal controls and processes that the Company has in place to mitigate operational risk. We have documented controls and the Control Self Assessment related to financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991.

 

To manage and minimize its operating risk, the Company has in place transactional documentation requirements, systems and procedures to monitor transactions and positions, regulatory compliance reviews, and periodic reviews by the Company’s internal audit and credit examination departments. In addition, reconciliation procedures have been established to ensure that data processing systems consistently and accurately capture critical data. Further, we maintain contingency plans and systems for operations support in the event of natural or other disasters. Efforts are underway to improve the Company’s oversight of operational risk, including enhancement of risk-control self assessments and of antifraud measures.

 

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

 

The Company has a fundamental financial objective to consistently produce superior risk-adjusted returns on its shareholders’ capital. We believe that a strong capital position is vital to continued profitability and to promoting depositor and investor confidence.

 

Total shareholders’ equity on June 30, 2007 was $5.2 billion, up 4.8% from $5.0 billion at December 31, 2006 and 17.5% from $4.4 billion at June 30, 2006. The Company’s capital ratios were as follows as of the dates indicated:

 

     June 30,
2007


   December 31,
2006


   June 30,
2006


Tangible equity ratio

   6.52%    6.51%    5.54%

Average equity to average assets (three months ended)

   10.92%    10.37%    10.08%

Risk-based capital ratios:

              

Tier 1 leverage

   7.83%    7.86%    7.51%

Tier 1 risk-based capital

   7.82%    7.98%    7.63%

Total risk-based capital

   11.91%    12.29%    12.34%

 

It is our belief that capital not considered necessary to support current and anticipated business should be returned to the Company’s shareholders through dividends and repurchases of its shares. The Company has stated that its target range for the tangible equity ratio is 6.25% to 6.50%; the actual ratio at June 30, 2007 was 2 basis points above the top of this range.

 

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In December 2006, the Company resumed its stock repurchase plan, which had been suspended since July 2005 because of the Amegy acquisition. On December 11, 2006, the Board authorized a $400 million repurchase program. The Company repurchased and retired 2,738,832 shares of its common stock in the first six months of 2007 at a total cost of $228.7 million and an average per share price of $83.52 under this share repurchase authorization. The remaining authorized amount for share repurchase as of June 30, 2007 was $146.3 million.

 

The Parent and its subsidiary banks are required to maintain adequate levels of capital as measured by several regulatory capital ratios. As of June 30, 2007, the Company and each of its banking subsidiaries met the “well capitalized” guidelines under regulatory standards.

 

Dividends per common share of $0.43 and $0.36 were paid in the second quarter of 2007 and 2006, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2007, the Company paid $46.5 million in common stock dividends compared to $38.3 million in the same period of 2006.

 

In December 2006, the Company issued $240 million of preferred stock. During the six months ended June 30, 2007, the Company declared and set aside $7.2 million of funds for preferred dividends. The Company declared and set aside $3.6 million of funds for preferred dividends during the second quarter of 2007.

 

At its July 2007 meeting, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a dividend in the amount of $0.43 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable August 22, 2007 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 8, 2007.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Interest rate and market risks are among the most significant risks regularly undertaken by the Company, and they are closely monitored as previously discussed. A discussion regarding the Company’s management of interest rate and market risk is included in the section entitled “Interest Rate and Market Risk Management” in this Form 10-Q.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

An evaluation was carried out by the Company’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, these disclosure controls and procedures were effective. There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

The Company is a defendant in various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. The Company does not believe that the outcome of any such proceedings will have a material effect on its consolidated financial position, operations, or liquidity.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

The Company believes there have been no significant changes in risk factors compared to the disclosures contained in Zions Bancorporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Share Repurchases

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s share repurchases for the second quarter of 2007:

 

Period


   Total number
of shares
repurchased (1)


   Average
price paid
per share


   Total number of shares
purchased as part of
publicly announced
plans or programs


   Approximate dollar
value of shares that
may yet be purchased
under the plan (2)


April

   1,058,020    $ 82.69    1,057,505    $ 184,722,501

May

   474,282      81.58    438,988      148,929,908

June

   33,272      81.66    32,225      146,296,148
    
         
      

Quarter

   1,565,574      82.33    1,528,718       
    
         
      

 

(1) Includes 3,719 shares tendered for exercise of stock options and 33,137 shares to cover payroll taxes on the vesting of restricted stock.
(2) In December 2006, the Company resumed the repurchase of its common stock following a $400 million repurchase authorization approved by the Board of Directors on December 11, 2006. Prior to December 2006, the Company had suspended the repurchase of its common stock since July 2005 because of the Amegy acquisition.

 

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

a) The annual meeting of shareholders of the Registrant was held on May 4, 2007. The total number of shares eligible for voting was 109,847,522.

 

b) Election of Directors

 

Proxies were solicited by the Company’s management pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Those directors nominated (Proposal 1) in the proxy statement are shown under c) following. There was no solicitation opposing management’s nominees for directors and all such nominees were elected pursuant to the vote of the shareholders. Directors whose terms of office continued after the meeting were:

 

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Jerry C. Atkin   J. David Heaney   Harris H. Simmons
R. D. Cash   Stephen D. Quinn   Shelley Thomas Williams
Patricia Frobes        

 

c) The matters voted upon and the results were as follows:

 

  1) Nomination and Election of Directors (Proposal 1):

 

   

         For         


 

Withhold

    Authority    


Roger B. Porter

  82,671,641   868,821

L. E. Simmons

  82,675,519   864,943

Steven C. Wheelwright

  82,683,034   857,428

 

  2) Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007 (Proposal 2):

 

        For        


 

     Against     


 

     Abstain     


82,541,339

  202,434   796,689

 

  3) To transact any other such business as may properly come before the meeting:

 

        For        


 

Withhold

    Authority    


   

49,391,133

  33,933,215    

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

      a) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description


3.1    Restated Articles of Incorporation of Zions Bancorporation dated November 8, 1993, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form S-4 filed on November 22, 1993.    *
3.2    Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Zions Bancorporation dated April 30, 1997, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.    *

 

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Exhibit
Number


  

Description


3.3    Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Zions Bancorporation dated April 24, 1998, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.    *
3.4    Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of Zions Bancorporation dated April 25, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of Form S-4 filed July 13, 2001.    *
3.5    Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Zions Bancorporation, dated December 5, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K filed December 7, 2006.    *
3.6    Articles of Merger of The Stockmen’s Bancorp, Inc. with and into Zions Bancorporation, effective January 17, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.    *
3.7    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Zions Bancorporation dated May 4, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2007.    *
10.1    Amendment No. 1 to Zions Bancorporation 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (filed herewith).     
10.2    Restated Standard Restricted Stock Award Agreement, Zions Bancorporation 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (filed herewith).     
10.3    Eighth Amendment to the Zions Bancorporation Payshelter 401(K) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, dated May 14, 2007 (filed herewith).     
10.4    Ninth Amendment to the Zions Bancorporation Payshelter 401(K) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, dated July 19, 2007 (filed herewith).     
10.5    First Amendment to the Zions Bancorporation Restated Deferred Compensation Plan, dated January 9, 2007 (filed herewith).     
10.6    First Amendment to the Zions Bancorporation Restated Excess Benefit Plan, dated January 9, 2007 (filed herewith).     
10.7    Amegy Bank of Texas 2007-2008 Value Sharing Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 9.01 of Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2007.    *

 

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Exhibit
Number


  

Description


31.1    Certification by Chief Executive Officer required by Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith).     
31.2    Certification by Chief Financial Officer required by Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith).     
32    Certification by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Sections 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (furnished herewith).     
    

*  Incorporated by reference

    

 

 

S I G N A T U R E S

 

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

ZIONS BANCORPORATION

/s/ HARRIS H. SIMMONS


Harris H. Simmons, Chairman, President

and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ DOYLE L. ARNOLD


Doyle L. Arnold, Vice Chairman

and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: August 9, 2007

 

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