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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.   20549


FORM 10-Q


(Mark One)


(  X  )

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009


 (      )

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  000-26121



LCNB Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Ohio

 31-1626393

(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

Identification Number)


2 North Broadway, Lebanon, Ohio   45036

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)


(513) 932-1414

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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.

                                                  [X] Yes         [  ] 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 [  ] Smaller reporting company


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

                                                  [  ] Yes         [X] No


The number of shares outstanding of the issuer's common stock, without par value, as of April 27, 2009 was 6,687,232 shares.




LCNB Corp.


INDEX


Page No.

   

Part I - Financial Information

  
   

Item 1.

Financial Statements

  
   

Consolidated Balance Sheets -

  

March 31, 2009, and December 31, 2008

 

3

   

Consolidated Statements of Income -

  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008

 

4

   

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income -

  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008

 

5

   

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity -

  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008

 

6

   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -

  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008

 

7

   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

8-22

   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

23

   

Item 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial

  

  Condition and Results of Operations

 

24-30

   

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

31-32

   

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

32

   

Part II - Other Information

  
   

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

33

   

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

 

33


  

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

33

   

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

33

   

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

33

   

Item 5.

Other Information

 

33

   

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

34

   

Signatures

 

35



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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1.  Financial Statements


LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands)

 
 
  

March 31,

 

December 31,

  

2009

 

2008

  

(Unaudited)

  

ASSETS:

        

   Cash and due from banks

 

$

12,425

   

11,278

 

   Federal funds sold and interest-bearing demand deposits

  

12,459

   

 6,742

 

        Total cash and cash equivalents

  

24,884

   

18,020

 
         

   Investment securities:

        

       Available-for-sale, at fair value

  

171,859

   

136,244

 

       Held-to-maturity, at cost

  

4,713

   

-

 

   Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost

  

3,028

   

3,028

 

   Loans, net

  

443,737

   

451,343

 

   Premises and equipment, net

  

15,599

   

15,582

 

   Goodwill

  

5,915

   

5,915

 

   Other intangible assets, net

  

861

   

  807

 

   Bank owned life insurance

  

13,643

   

13,485

 

   Other assets

  

5,223

   

5,307

 

            TOTAL ASSETS

 

$

689,462

   

649,731

 
         

LIABILITIES:

        

   Deposits:

        

        Noninterest-bearing

 

$

81,320

   

82,645

 

        Interest-bearing

  

508,949

   

494,977

 

             Total deposits

  

590,269

   

577,622

 

   Short-term borrowings

  

763

   

 2,206

 

   Long-term debt

  

20,000

   

   5,000

 

   Accrued interest and other liabilities

  

3,546

   

6,787

 

            TOTAL LIABILITIES

  

614,578

   

591,615

 
         

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:

        

   Preferred shares - no par value, authorized 1,000,000 shares,

     13,400 shares issued at March 31, 2009

  


12,852

   


-

 

   Common shares - no par value, authorized 8,000,000 shares,

     issued 7,445,514 shares at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008

  


11,068

   


11,068

 

   Surplus

  

15,381

   

14,792

 

   Retained earnings

  

46,976

   

46,584

 

   Treasury shares at cost, 758,282 shares at  March 31, 2009 and

     December 31, 2008

  


(11,737)

   


(11,737)

 

   Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes

  

344

   

(2,591)

 

            TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

  

74,884

   

58,116

 
         

            TOTAL LIABILITES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

$

689,462

   

649,731

 
         

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

         
 



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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 
   

Three Months Ended

 
   

March 31,

 
   

2009

   

2008

 

INTEREST INCOME:

        

   Interest and fees on loans

 

$

6,876

   

7,524

 

   Dividends on Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank stock

  

24

   

26

 

   Interest on investment securities-

        

       Taxable

  

1,071

   

468

 

       Non-taxable

  

624

   

446

 

   Other short-term investments

  

12

   

151

 

        TOTAL INTEREST INCOME

  

8,607

   

8,615

 
         

INTEREST EXPENSE:

        

   Interest on deposits

  

2,621

   

3,562

 

   Interest on short-term borrowings

  

-

   

4

 

   Interest on long-term debt

  

107

   

65

 

        TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE

  

2,728

   

3,631

 

        NET INTEREST INCOME

  

5,879

   

4,984

 

PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES

  

98

   

83

 
         

        NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES

  

5,781

   

4,901

 
         

NON-INTEREST INCOME:

        

   Trust income

  

481

   

485

 

   Service charges and fees

  

935

   

960

 

   Insurance agency income

  

366

   

416

 

   Bank owned life insurance income

  

158

   

130

 

   Gains from sales of mortgage loans

  

137

   

7

 

   Other operating income

  

53

   

65

 

        TOTAL NON-INTEREST INCOME

  

2,130

   

2,063

 
         

NON-INTEREST EXPENSE:

        

   Salaries and wages

  

2,352

   

2,215

 

   Pension and other employee benefits

  

662

   

618

 

   Equipment expenses

  

244

   

232

 

   Occupancy expense, net

  

482

   

402

 

   State franchise tax

  

162

   

166

 

   Marketing

  

113

   

102

 

   Intangible amortization

  

28

   

122

 

   Write-off of pension asset

  

722

   

-

 

   Other non-interest expense

  

1,152

   

1,188

 

        TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSE

  

5,917

   

5,045

 
         

        INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

  

1,994

   

1,919

 

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

  

431

   

475

 

        NET INCOME

 

$

1,563

   

1,444

 
         

Dividends declared per common share

 

$

0.16

   

0.16

 
         

Earnings per common share:

        

   Basic

 

$

0.22

   

0.22

 

   Diluted

  

0.22

   

0.22

 
         

Average common shares outstanding:

        

   Basic

  

6,687,232

   

6,687,232

 

   Diluted

  

6,687,232

   

6,687,232

 
         
         

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

         
 




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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

(In thousands)

 

(Unaudited)

 
         
   

Three Months Ended

 
   

March 31,

 
   

2009

   

2008

 
         

Net Income

 

$

1,563

   

1,444

 
         

Other comprehensive income:

        
         

   Net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale

     securities (net of taxes of $53 and $312 for the three

     months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively)

  



(102)

   



605

 
         

  Reversal of pension plan unrecognized net loss

    (net of taxes of $1,564)

  


3,037

   


-

 
         

   Recognition of pension plan net loss (net of taxes of

     $10 for the three months ended March 31, 2008)

  


-

   


19

 
         

Total comprehensive income

 

$

4,498

   

2,068

 
         
         
         

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

 
 





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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

  

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

  

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

  

(Unaudited)

                   
             

Accumulated

   
 

Common

           

Other

 

Total

 
 

Shares

 

Preferred

 

Common

   

Retained

 

Treasury

 

Comprehensive

 

Shareholders'

 

Outstanding

 

Stock

 

Stock

 

Surplus

 

Earnings

 

Shares

 

Income (Loss)

 

Equity

 
                   

Balance January 1, 2009

6,687,232

$

-

 

11,068

 

14,792

 

46,584

 

(11,737)

  

(2,591)

  

58,116

 

Net income

        

1,563

       

1,563

 

Issuance of preferred stock and

  related warrants

  


12,817

   


583

         


13,400

 

Net unrealized loss on available-for-

  sale securities, net of tax

             


(102)

  


(102)

 

Reversal of pension plan unrecognized

  net loss, net of tax

             


3,037

  


3,037

 

Compensation expense relating to

  stock options

      


6

         


6

 

Preferred stock dividends and

  discount accretion

  


35

     


(102)

       


(67)

 

Common stock dividends, $0.16 per share

        

(1,069)

       

(1,069)

 

Balance March 31, 2009

6,687,232

$

12,852

 

11,068

 

15,381

 

46,976

 

(11,737)

  

344

  

74,884

 
                   

Balance January 1, 2008

6,687,232

$

-

 

11,068

 

14,761

 

44,261

 

(11,737)

  

(1,825)

  

56,528

 

Net income

        

1,444

       

1,444

 

Net unrealized gain on available-for-

  sale securities, net of tax

             


  605

  


  605

 

Change in pension plan unrecognized

  net loss, net of tax

             


19

  


19

 

Compensation expense relating to

  stock options

      


8

         


8

 

Common stock dividends, $0.16 per share

        

(1,070)

       

(1,070)

 

Balance March 31, 2008

6,687,232

$

-

 

11,068

 

14,769

 

44,635

 

(11,737)

  

(1,201)

  

57,534

 
                   
                   
  

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

                   
   




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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

   
  

Three Months Ended

  

March 31,

  

2009

 

2008

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

    

   Net income

$

1,563

 

1,444

   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities-

    

      Depreciation, amortization and accretion

 

482

 

553

      Provision for loan losses

 

98

 

83

      Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividends

 

-

 

(26)

      Increase in cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance

 

(158)

 

(130)

      Realized (gain) loss on sales of premises and equipment

 

(18)

 

(2)

      Origination of mortgage loans for sale

 

(10,034)

 

(643)

      Realized gains from sales of mortgage loans

 

(137)

 

(6)

      Proceeds from sales of mortgage loans

 

10,070

 

642

      Compensation expense related to stock options

 

6

 

8

      Increase (decrease) due to changes in assets and liabilities:

    

        Income receivable

 

(373)

 

(268)

        Other assets

 

(1,106)

 

70

        Other liabilities

 

1,360

 

(399)

            NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

1,753

 

1,326

     

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

    

   Proceeds from maturities of investment securities

 

30,844

 

7,004

   Purchases of investment securities

 

(71,409)

 

(5,653)

   Net (increase) decrease in loans

 

7,423

 

(118)

   Proceeds from sale of other real estate acquired through foreclosure

 

-

 

803

   Additions to other real estate acquired through foreclosure

 

-

 

(37)

   Proceeds from sale of repossessed assets

 

59

 

-

   Purchases of premises and equipment

 

(292)

 

(181)

   Proceeds from sales of premises and equipment

 

18

 

2

            NET CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

(33,357)

 

1,820

     

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

    

   Net increase (decrease) in deposits

 

12,647

 

1,245

   Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings

 

(1,443)

 

(895)

   Proceeds from long-term debt

 

15,000

 

-

   Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock

 

13,400

 

-

   Cash dividends paid on common stock

 

(1,069)

 

(1,070)

   Cash dividends paid on preferred stock

 

(67)

 

-

            NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

38,468

 

(720)

     

            NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

6,864

 

2,426

     

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF  PERIOD

 

18,020

 

31,190

     

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD

$

24,884

 

33,616

     

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

    

CASH PAID DURING THE YEAR FOR:

    

   Interest

$

2,787

 

3,680

   Income taxes

 

-

 

125

     

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NONCASH INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

    

   Transfer from loans to repossessed assets

 

7

 

-

 

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

     
 



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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)



Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

Substantially all of the assets, liabilities and operations of LCNB Corp. ("LCNB") are attributable to its wholly-owned subsidiaries, LCNB National Bank (the "Bank") and Dakin Insurance Agency, Inc. ("Dakin").  The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of LCNB, the Bank, and Dakin.


The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, which have been reviewed by J.D. Cloud & Co. L.L.P., LCNB’s independent registered public accounting firm, in accordance with standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as indicated by their report included herein and which does not express an opinion on those statements, have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal, recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the interim periods, as required by Regulation S-X, Rule 10-01.


The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.


Results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2009.  These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements, accounting policies and financial notes thereto included in LCNB's 2008 Form 10-K filed with the SEC.




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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 2 -  Investment Securities

The amortized cost and fair value of available-for-sale investment securities at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are summarized as follows (thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2009

  

Amortized

Cost

 

Unrealized

Gains

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

Fair

Value

 

U.S. Agency notes

$

29,491

 

360

 

89

 

29,762

 

U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities

 

59,933

 

746

 

415

 

60,264

 

Corporate securities

 

7,436

 

11

 

313

 

7,134

 

Municipal securities:

         

     Non-taxable

 

67,748

 

876

 

518

 

68,106

 

     Taxable

 

5,669

 

29

 

124

 

5,574

 

Trust preferred securities

 

497

 

-

 

45

 

452

 

Other debt securities

 

526

 

-

 

3

 

523

 

Marketable equity securities

 

37

 

7

 

-

 

44

 
 

$

171,337

 

2,029

 

1,507

 

171,859

 


 

December 31, 2008

  

Amortized

Cost

 

Unrealized

Gains

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

Fair

Value

 
          

U.S. Agency notes

$

44,264

 

372

 

-

 

44,636

 

U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities

 

32,310

 

491

 

33

 

32,768

 

Corporate securities

 

1,010

 

4

 

1

 

1,013

 

Municipal securities:

         

     Non-taxable

 

53,821

 

430

 

627

 

53,624

 

     Taxable

 

3,605

 

46

 

4

 

3,647

 

Other debt securities

 

521

 

-

 

9

 

512

 

Marketable equity securities

 

    37

 

7

 

  -

 

    44

 
 

$

 135,568

 

1,350

 

674

 

136,244

 


The fair value of held-to-maturity investment securities, consisting of non-taxable municipal securities, approximates amortized cost at March 31, 2009.

 







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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 2 -  Investment Securities (continued)

Information concerning securities with gross unrealized losses at March 31, 2009, aggregated by length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position, is as follows (thousands):


  

March 31, 2009

  

Less than Twelve Months

 

Twelve Months or Greater

  

Fair

Value

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

Fair

Value

 

Unrealized

Losses

         

U.S. Agency notes

 

11,396

 

89

 

-

 

-

U.S. Agency mortgage-

   backed securities


$


22,906

 


409

 


1,767

 


6

Corporate securities

 

4,628

 

313

 

-

 

-

Municipal securities:

        

     Non-taxable

 

21,286

 

478

 

767

 

40

     Taxable

 

3,225

 

119

 

320

 

5

Trust preferred securities

 

452

 

45

 

-

 

-

Other debt securities

 

523

 

3

 

-

 

-

 

$

64,416

 

1,456

 

2,854

 

51


The unrealized losses are primarily due to increases in market interest rates.  Unrealized losses on securities at March 31, 2009 have not been recognized in income currently because management has the intent and ability to hold the securities for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair values.  Therefore, no individual declines are deemed to be other than temporary.



Note 3 - Loans

Major classifications of loans at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are as follows (thousands):


  

March 31,

 

December 31,

   

2009

   

2008

 
         

Commercial and industrial

 

$

37,054

   

38,724

 

Commercial, secured by real estate

  

178,116

   

174,493

 

Residential real estate

  

187,531

   

194,039

 

Consumer

  

31,077

   

33,369

 

Agricultural

  

2,625

   

3,216

 

Other loans, including deposit overdrafts

  

9,103

   

9,203

 
   

445,506

   

453,044

 

Deferred net origination costs

  

699

   

767

 
   

446,205

   

453,811

 

Less allowance for loan losses

  

2,468

   

2,468

 

      Loans, net

 

$

443,737

   

451,343

 




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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 3 – Loans (continued)

Changes in the allowance for loan losses for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 were as follows (thousands):


   

Three Months Ended

 
   

March 31,

 
   

2009

   

2008

 
         

Balance, beginning of year

 

$

2,468

   

2,468

 
         

Provision for loan losses

  

98

   

83

 
         

Charge-offs

  

(197)

   

(193)

 

Recoveries

  

99

   

110

 

  Net charge-offs

  

(98)

   

(83)

 
         

Balance, end of period

 

$

2,468

   

2,468

 


Charge-offs for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 primarily consisted of consumer loans and checking and NOW account overdrafts.  


Non-accrual, past-due, and restructured loans as of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were as follows (thousands):


  

March 31,

 

December 31,

   

2009

   

2008

 
         

Non-accrual loans

 

$

3,072

   

2,281

 

Past-due 90 days or more and still accruing

  

932

   

806

 

Restructured loans

  

2,494

   

332

 

     Total

 

$

6,498

   

3,419

 

Percent to total loans

  

1.46%

   

0.75%

 


Non-accrual loans at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 included a commercial real estate loan with a balance of $2,106,000 and $2,149,000, respectively.  The balance decreased because the borrower entered into a third party short-term lease agreement during the fourth quarter 2008 whereby substantially all of the lease payment proceeds are remitted to LCNB.  The borrower is continuing efforts to sell the property.  Non-accrual loans at March 31, 2009 also include two commercial real estate loans totaling $670,000 which had been classified past-due 90 days or more and still accruing interest at December 31, 2008.  The remaining balance of non-accrual loans at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 consisted of residential real estate mortgage loans.  




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 3 – Loans (continued)

Loans past-due 90 days or more and still accruing interest at March 31, 2009 included a commercial real estate loan with a balance of $356,000.  The remainder of loans past-due 90 days at that date was primarily composed of consumer and residential mortgage loans.  Loans past-due 90 days or more and still accruing interest at December 31, 2008 was primarily composed of the two commercial real estate loans mentioned previously and consumer and residential mortgage loans.


The increase in restructured loans is due to a $2.2 million commercial real estate loan restructured during the first quarter 2009.  This loan had not been and is currently not delinquent in payments.  Restructured loans at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 also include a commercial real estate loan in the amount of $308,000 and $310,000, respectively.


Loans sold to and serviced for others are not included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The unpaid principal balances of those loans at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were $45,563,000 and $37,783,000, respectively.  Loans sold to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 totaled $10,034,000 and $643,000, respectively.  The increase in the amount of mortgage loans sold is primarily due to an increase in the number of refinanced loans because of the general decline in market interest rates for residential mortgage loans in the first quarter of 2009.



Note 4 – Borrowings

Funds borrowed from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are as follows (thousands):


 

Current

   
 

Interest

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

Rate

 

2009

   

2008

 
         

Fixed Rate Advances, due at maturity:

        

  Advance due February 2011

2.10%

$

5,000

   

-

 

  Advance due March 2017

5.25%

 

5,000

   

5,000

 
         

Fixed Rate Advances, with monthly

  principal and interest payments:

        

    Advance due February 2014

2.45%

 

5,000

   

-

 

    Advance due February 2019

2.82%

 

5,000

   

-

 
  

$

20,000

   

5,000

 


All advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati are secured by a blanket pledge of LCNB’s 1-4 family first lien mortgage loans.


Short-term borrowings at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 consisted of U.S. Treasury demand note borrowings of approximately $763,000 and $2,206,000, respectively.  The U.S. Treasury was not charging interest at March 31, 2009 or December 31, 2008.




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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 5 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

LCNB is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers.  These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit.  They involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance sheets.  Exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other parties to financial instruments for commitments to extend credit is represented by the contract amount of those instruments.


LCNB uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.  Financial instruments whose contract amounts represent off-balance-sheet credit risk at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were as follows (thousands):


  

March 31,

 

December 31,

   

2009

   

2008

 
     

Commitments to extend credit:

      

 

 

  Commercial loans

 

$

2,150

   

4,376

 

  Other loans

        

    Fixed rate

  

3,584

   

1,033

 

    Adjustable rate

  

1,049

   

302

 

Unused lines of credit:

        

  Fixed rate

  

3,188

   

2,807

 

  Adjustable rate

  

68,265

   

70,647

 

Unused overdraft protection amounts on

  demand and NOW accounts

  


10,391

   


10,408

 

Standby letters of credit

  

8,157

   

8,138

 
  

$

96,784

   

97,711

 


Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.  Unused lines of credit include amounts not drawn in line of credit loans.  Commitments to extend credit and unused lines of credit generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses.  


Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party.  At March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, outstanding guarantees of approximately $1.8 million were issued to developers and contractors.  These guarantees generally are fully secured and have varying maturities.  In addition, LCNB has a participation in a letter of credit securing payment of principal and interest on a bond issue.  The participation amount at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was approximately $6.3 million.


LCNB evaluates each customer's credit worthiness on a case-by-case basis.  The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary, is based on management's credit evaluation of the borrower.  Collateral held varies, but may include accounts receivable; inventory; property, plant and equipment; residential realty; and income-producing commercial properties.


Material commitments for capital expenditures outstanding as of March 31, 2009 totaled approximately $830,000 and related primarily to the construction of a new branch facility in South Lebanon, Ohio.



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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 5 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (continued)

Management believes that LCNB has sufficient liquidity to fund its lending and capital expenditure commitments.


LCNB and its subsidiaries are parties to various claims and proceedings arising in the normal course of business.  Management, after consultation with legal counsel, believes that the liabilities, if any, arising from such proceedings and claims will not be material to the consolidated financial position or results of operations.



Note 6 – Regulatory Capital

On January 9, 2009, LCNB received $13.4 million of new equity capital from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Capital Purchase Program (CPP) established under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.  The investment by the U.S. Treasury Department is comprised of $13.4 million in preferred shares, with a warrant to purchase 217,063 common shares of LCNB at an exercise price of $9.26, with a term of ten years.  LCNB allocated $583,000 of the proceeds from the preferred stock issuance to the warrants.  The resulting discount in the preferred stock is being amortized over five years and is being reported as an adjustment to preferred stock dividends.  


The preferred shares will pay a dividend of 5% per year for the first five years and will pay 9% thereafter.  Under the original terms, LCNB had the option to buy back the preferred shares anytime after three years, at par, without penalty.  The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 requires the U.S. Treasury Department to permit a participant in the CPP to repay any amounts previously received at any time without penalty, subject to consultation with the participant’s primary regulator.  Participation in the CPP is voluntary and requires participating institutions to comply with a number of restrictions and provisions, including, but not limited to, restrictions on compensation of certain executive officers and limitations on stock repurchase activities and dividend payments.  Generally, LCNB will be unable to increase dividends to common shareholders or repurchase common shares without U.S. Treasury Department permission for a period of three years from the date of participation unless the preferred securities are no longer held by the U.S. Treasury Department.  Additionally, no dividends may be paid on common stock unless and until all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past dividend periods owed to the U.S. Treasury Department on the preferred shares are fully paid.  For more information regarding the terms of agreement between LCNB and the U.S. Treasury Department under the CPP and the securities issued by LCNB to the Treasury thereunder, please see the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by LCNB with the SEC on January 9, 2009, which is hereby, along with exhibits thereto, incorporated by reference.


The Bank and LCNB are required by regulators to meet certain minimum levels of capital adequacy. These are expressed in the form of certain ratios. Capital is separated into Tier 1 capital (essentially shareholders' equity less goodwill and other intangibles) and Tier 2 capital (essentially the allowance for loan losses limited to 1.25% of risk-weighted assets). The first two ratios, which are based on the degree of credit risk in LCNB's assets, provide for weighting assets based on assigned risk factors and include off-balance sheet items such as loan commitments and stand-by letters of credit. The ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets must be at least 4.0% and the ratio of Total capital (Tier 1 capital plus Tier 2 capital) to risk-weighted assets must be at least 8.0%.  The capital leverage ratio supplements the risk-based capital guidelines. Banks are required to maintain a minimum ratio of Tier 1 capital to adjusted quarterly average total assets of 3.0%.



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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 6 – Regulatory Capital (continued)

For various regulatory purposes, financial institutions are classified into categories based upon capital adequacy.  The highest "well-capitalized" category requires capital ratios of at least 10% for total risk-based, 6% for Tier 1 risk-based, and 5% for leverage.  As of the most recent notification from their regulators, the Bank and LCNB were categorized as "well-capitalized" under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  Management believes that no conditions or events have occurred since the last notification that would change the Bank's or LCNB's category.  A summary of the regulatory capital and capital ratios of LCNB follows (thousands):


  

At

 

At

  

March 31,

 

December 31,

   

2009

   

2008

 
   

Regulatory Capital:

        

   Shareholders' equity

 

$

74,884

   

58,116

 

   Goodwill and other intangibles

  

(6,578)

   

(6,600)

 

   Accumulated other comprehensive income

  

(385)

   

2,591

 

      Tier 1 risk-based capital

  

67,921

   

54,107

 
         

   Eligible allowance for loan losses

  

2,468

   

2,468

 

      Total risk-based capital

 

$

70,389

   

56,575

 
         

Capital ratios:

        

   Total risk-based (8% required)

  

15.22%

   

12.61%

 

   Tier 1 risk-based (4% required)

  

14.69%

   

12.06%

 

   Leverage (3% required)

  

9.94%

   

8.19%

 



Note 7 – Employee Benefits

LCNB has a noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan that covers substantially all regular full-time employees.  Effective January 1, 2009, LCNB redesigned its noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan and merged its single-employer plan into a multiple-employer plan, which is accounted for as a multi-employer plan because assets contributed by an employer are not segregated in a separate account or restricted to provide benefits only to employees of that employer.  Accordingly, the assets and obligations of the single-employer plan were transferred to the multiple-employer plan in January 2009.  At that time, in accordance with SFAS No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions,” the pension plan related balance sheet accounts were adjusted resulting in an approximate $3.0 million increase in other comprehensive income and a $722,000 charge to non-interest expense in the consolidated statements of income.  Employees hired on or after January 1, 2009 are not eligible to participate in this plan.  










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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)




Note 7 – Employee Benefits (continued)

Effective February 1, 2009, LCNB amended the plan to reduce benefits for those whose age plus vesting service equaled less than 65 at that date.  Also effective February 1, 2009, an enhanced 401-K plan was made available to those hired on or after January 1, 2009 and to those who received benefit reductions from the amendments to the noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan.  Employees hired on or after January 1, 2009 will receive a 50% employer match on their contributions into the 401-K plan, up to a maximum LCNB contribution of 3% of each individual employee’s annual compensation.  Employees who received a benefit reduction under the retirement plan amendments will receive an automatic contribution of 5% or 7% of annual compensation, depending on the sum of an employee’s age and vesting service, into the 401-K plan, regardless of the contributions made by the employees.  This contribution will be made annually and these employees will not receive any employer matches to their 401-K contributions.


Effective February 1, 2009, LCNB established a nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan for certain highly compensated employees.  The nonqualified plan ensures that participants receive the full amount of benefits to which they would have been entitled under the noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan in the absence of limits on benefit levels imposed by certain sections of the Internal Revenue Code.  The terms of this plan are currently being formalized and LCNB expects the final document to be completed during the second quarter 2009.


The components of net periodic pension cost for the noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan for the three months ended March 31, 2008 are summarized as follows (thousands):


  

For the Three Months

 
  

Ended March 31,

 
  

2008

 
       

Service cost

 

$

187

   

Interest cost

  

140

   

Expected return on plan assets

  

(131)

   

Amortization of net loss

  

29

   

     Net periodic pension cost

 

$

225

   
















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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 8 - Stock Options

Under the Ownership Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), LCNB may grant stock-based awards to eligible employees.  The awards may be in the form of stock options, share awards, and/or appreciation rights. The Plan provides for the issuance of up to 200,000 common shares.  As of March 31, 2009, only stock options have been granted under the Plan.  Options granted to date vest ratably over a five year period and expire ten years after the date of grant.  Stock options outstanding at March 31, 2009 were as follows:


 

Outstanding

 

Exercisable

 



Expiration

Date




Number

Weighted Average Exercise Price

 




Number

Weighted Average Exercise Price



Number Exercised

            

Feb 2013

11,056

$

13.09

  

11,056

$

13.09

 

-

 

Jan 2014

8,108

 

17.66

  

8,108

 

17.66

 

-

 

Jan 2016

7,934

 

18.95

  

4,760

 

18.95

 

-

 

Feb 2017

8,116

 

17.88

  

3,246

 

17.88

 

-

 

Feb 2018

13,918

 

12.55

  

2,784

 

12.55

 

-

 

Jan 2019

29,110

 

9.00

  

-

 

-

 

-

 
 

78,242

 

13.04

  

29,954

 

15.73

 

-

 


The following table summarizes stock option activity for the periods indicated:


  

Three Months ended March 31,

 
  

2009

 

2008

 
  




Options

 

Weighted Average Exercise Price

 




Options

 

Weighted Average Exercise Price

 
          

Outstanding, January 1,

 

49,132

 

$15.43

 

35,214

 

$16.57

 

Granted

 

29,110

 

9.00

 

13,918

 

12.55

 

Exercised

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Outstanding, March 31,

 

78,242

 

13.04

 

49,132

 

15.43

 

Exercisable,  March 31,

 

29,954

 

15.73

 

22,339

 

15.60

 


There was no aggregate intrinsic value (the amount by which the current market value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of the option) for options outstanding at March 31, 2009 because no options were “in the money” (market price greater than exercise price) at that date.  The intrinsic value changes based on changes in the market value of LCNB’s stock.









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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 8 - Stock Options (continued)

The estimated weighted-average fair value of the options granted in the first quarter of 2009 and 2008 were $1.89 and $2.27 per option, respectively.  The fair value was estimated at the dates of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the following assumptions:


 

2009

2008

 

Risk-free interest rate

3.49%

3.56%

 

Average dividend yield

4.04%

3.77%

 

Volatility factor of the expected market

   

  price of LCNB’s common stock

27.54%

22.72%

 

Average life in years

9.0

8.2

 


Total expense related to options included in salaries and wages in the consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 was $6,000 and $8,000, respectively.  


 

Note 9 - Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income, less preferred stock dividends and discount amortization, by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted earnings per share is adjusted for the dilutive effects of stock options.  The diluted average number of common shares outstanding has been increased for the assumed exercise of stock options with proceeds used to purchase treasury shares at the average market price for the period.  The computations were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 (thousands, except share and per share data):


  

For the Three Months

 
  

Ended March 31,

 
  

2009

 

2008

 
      

Net income

 

1,563

 

1,444

 

Less preferred stock dividends and

  discount accretion

 


(102)

 


-

 

Net income available to common shareholders

$

1,461

 

1,444

 
      

Weighted average number of shares

  outstanding used in the calculation of basic

  earnings per common share

 



6,687,232

 



6,687,232

 
      

Add- Dilutive effect of stock options

 

-

 

-

 
      

Adjusted weighted average number of shares

  outstanding used in the calculation of diluted

  earnings per common share

 



6,687,232

 



6,687,232

 
      

Basic earnings per common share

$

0.22

 

0.22

 

Diluted earnings per common share

$

0.22

 

0.22

 



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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 10- Fair Value of Financial Instruments

LCNB adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” and SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” on January 1, 2008.  SFAS No. 159 permits, but does not require, companies to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.  The decision to elect the fair value option is made individually for each instrument and is irrevocable once made.  Changes in fair value for the selected instruments are recorded in earnings.  LCNB has not selected any financial instruments for the fair value option as of March 31, 2009.


SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosure requirements about fair value measurements.  It establishes a fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.  The three broad input levels defined by SFAS No. 157 are:


·

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the reporting date;


·

Level 2 – inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly; and


·

Level 3 – inputs that are unobservable for the asset or liability.


Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets in active markets,  quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices (such as interest rates or yield curves) that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived from or corroborated by observable market data.   


The majority of LCNB’s financial debt securities are classified as available-for-sale as described in SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities.”  The securities are reported at fair value with unrealized holding gains and losses reported net of income taxes in accumulated other comprehensive income.  


LCNB utilizes a pricing service for determining the fair values of most of its investment securities.  Fair value for corporate securities is determined based on market quotations (level 1).  Fair value for most of the other investment securities is calculated using the discounted cash flow method for each security.  The discount rates for these cash flows are estimated by the pricing service using rates observed in the market (level 2).  Cash flow streams are dependent on estimated prepayment speeds and the overall structure of the securities given existing market conditions.  In addition, approximately $523,000 is invested in a mutual fund.  LCNB uses the fair value estimate provided by the mutual fund company, which uses market quotations when such quotes are available and good faith judgment when market quotations are not available.  Because LCNB does not know the portion of the mutual fund valued using market quotations and the portion valued using good faith judgment, the entire investment in the mutual fund has been classified as a level 3 investment.  Additionally, Dakin owns stock in an insurance company and LCNB Corp. owns trust preferred securities in various financial institutions.  Market quotations (level 1) are used to determine fair value for these investments.



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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 10 – Fair Value Measurements (continued)


The following table summarizes the valuation of LCNB’s available-for-sale securities by the input levels defined by SFAS No. 157 as of March 31, 2009 (thousands):


  

Fair Value Measurements at

Reporting Date Using

  

Fair Value Measurements

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets

(Level 1)

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

              

Available-for-sale  

  securities



$


171,859

  


7,630

  


163,706

  


523

 

  

The following table is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of recurring fair value measurements that use significant unobservable inputs (level 3) for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 (thousands):


 

For the Three Months

 

Ended March 31,

  

2009

 

2008

     

Beginning balance

$

2,456

 

1,592

Purchases

 

-

 

500

Tax-exempt municipal securities reclassified as

  held-to-maturity

 


(1,944)

 


-

Dividends reinvested

 

5

 

5

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) included in

  other comprehensive income

 


6

 


(5)

Ending balance

$

523

 

2,092


Assets that may be recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis include impaired loans and real estate acquired through foreclosure.  A loan is considered impaired when management believes it is probable that payment of interest and principal will not be made in accordance with the contractual terms of the loan agreement.  Impaired loans are carried at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s existing rate or the fair value of collateral if the loan is collateral dependent, if this value is less than the loan balance.  When the fair value of the collateral is based on an observable market price or current appraised value, the valuation is considered a level 2 fair value.  When an appraised value is not available and there is not an observable market price, the resulting valuation is considered a level 3 fair value.  






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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 10 – Fair Value Measurements (continued)

Real estate acquired through foreclosure is adjusted to fair value upon transfer of the loan to foreclosed assets, usually based on an appraisal of the property.  Subsequently, foreclosed assets are carried at the lower of carrying value or fair value.  A valuation based on current appraised value is considered a level 2 fair value.  


The table below presents LCNB’s impaired loans, real estate acquired through foreclosure, and repossessed assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of March 31, 2009 by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (in thousands):


  

Fair Value Measurements at

Reporting Date Using

  

Fair Value Measurements

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets

(Level 1)

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

              

Impaired loans

 

$

2,607

  

-

  

-

  

2,607

 

Real estate acquired

  through foreclosure

  


39

  


-

  


39

  


-

 

Repossessed assets

  

7

  

-

  

-

  

7

 

Totals

  

2,653

  

-

  

39

  

2,614

 



Note 11 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued three final Staff Positions (FSPs) on April 9, 2009 that provide additional application guidance and enhance disclosures regarding fair value measurements and impairments of securities. FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly,” provides guidelines for determining fair value measurements when an active market does not exist or where the price inputs represent distressed sales.  FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” provides that the frequency of fair value disclosures required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” will be increased from annually to quarterly.  FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments,” provides additional guidance on determining and accounting for other-than-temporary impairments in investment securities.  If an investment security is determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired and if the company does not intend to sell the security and it is not more likely than not that the security will be sold before the anticipated recovery of the impairment, the company will now be required to separate the impairment into the amount related to a credit loss and the amount related to other factors.  The amount related to a credit loss will be recognized in earnings and the amount related to other factors will be recognized in other comprehensive income.  This FSP also changes disclosure requirements in the notes to the financial statements.



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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(Continued)



Note 11 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements (continued)

The FSPs are effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for interim and annual periods ending after March 15, 2009.  With the exception of certain municipal securities purchased direct from local governmental entities, substantially all of LCNB’s investment securities are traded in active markets.  LCNB management does not anticipate that adoption of these FSPs will have a material effect on LCNB’s consolidated financial statements.



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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT  REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM




To the Board of Directors and Shareholders

LCNB Corp. and subsidiaries

Lebanon, Ohio



We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of LCNB Corp. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2009, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2009 and 2008.  These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.


We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to financial data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters.  It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole.  Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.


Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.


We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of LCNB Corp. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein), and in our report dated February 27, 2009, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.  In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2008, is fairly stated in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.





/s/ J.D. Cloud & Co. L.L.P.



Cincinnati, Ohio

April 27, 2009



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LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES


Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of

Operations


Forward Looking Statements

Certain matters disclosed herein may be deemed to be forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Forward looking statements are statements that include projections, predictions, expectations or beliefs about future events or results or otherwise are not statements of historical fact. Such statements are often characterized by the use of qualifying words and their derivatives such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “projects,” or other statements concerning opinions or judgments of LCNB and its management about future events.  Factors that could influence the accuracy of such forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, regulatory policy changes, interest rate fluctuations, loan demand, loan delinquencies and losses, general economic conditions and other risks.  Such forward-looking statements represent management's judgment as of the current date. Actual strategies and results in future time periods may differ materially from those currently expected. LCNB disclaims, however, any intent or obligation to update such forward-looking statements.  LCNB intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.


Results of Operations

Earnings for the first quarter of 2009 were $1,563,000 or $0.22 basic and diluted earnings per share, compared to $1,444,000 or $0.22 basic and diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2008. Return on average assets for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 were 0.92% and 0.96%, respectively. Return on average equity for the first quarter 2009 was 8.47%, compared to 10.04% for the first quarter 2008.


The increase in net income during the first quarter 2009 was primarily due to a $895,000 increase in net interest income, a $67,000 increase in non-interest income, and a $44,000 decrease in the provision for income taxes.  These favorable items were partially offset by an $872,000 increase in non-interest expense.  


Net Interest Income

LCNB's primary source of earnings is net interest income, which is the difference between earnings from loans and other investments and interest paid on deposits and other liabilities.  The following table presents, for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, average balances for interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the income or expense related to each item, and the resultant average yields earned or rates paid.




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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of

Operations (continued)


 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2009

 

2008

 

Average

 

Interest

 

Average

 

Average

 

Interest

 

Average

 

Outstanding

 

Earned/

 

Yield/

 

Outstanding

 

Earned/

 

Yield/

 

Balance

 

Paid

 

Rate

 

Balance

 

Paid

 

Rate

 

(Dollars in thousands)

                      

Loans (1)

$

450,065

  

$

6,876

  

6.20%

  

$

445,978

  

$

7,524

  

6.79%

 

Federal funds sold and interest-bearing

  demand deposits

 


19,184

   


 12

  

   0.25%

   


19,520

   


151

  

   3.11%

 

Federal Reserve Bank stock

 

937

   

-

  

-%

   

722

   

-

  

-%

 

Federal Home Loan Bank stock

 

2,091

   

24

  

4.65%

   

2,010

   

26

  

5.20%

 

Investment securities:

                     

   Taxable

 

101,365

   

1,071

  

4.29%

   

41,304

   

468

  

4.56%

 

   Non-taxable (2)

 

       65,649

   

945

  

5.84%

   

       44,944

   

676

  

6.05%

 

      Total interest-earning assets

 

639,291

   

8,928

  

5.66%

   

554,478

   

8,845

  

6.42%

 

Non-earning assets

 

54,929

          

53,146

        

Allowance for loan losses

 

(2,477)

          

(2,467)

        

      Total assets

$

691,743

         

$

605,157

        
                      

Interest-bearing deposits

$

515,996

   

2,621

  

2.06%

   

456,673

   

3,562

  

3.14%

 

Short-term borrowings

 

   746

   

  -

  

   -%

   

   526

   

  4

  

3.06%

 

Long-term debt

 

12,167

   

107

  

3.57%

   

5,000

   

65

  

5.23%

 

      Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

528,909

   

2,728

  

2.09%

   

462,199

   

3,631

  

3.16%

 

Demand deposits

 

84,144

          

80,831

        

Other liabilities

 

3,893

          

4,484

        

Capital

 

74,797

          

57,643

        

      Total liabilities and capital

$

691,743

         

$

605,157

        
                      

Net interest rate spread (3)

        

3.57%

          

3.26%

 
                      

Net interest income and net interest

margin on a tax-equivalent basis (4)

    


$


6,200

  


3.93%

      


$


5,214

  


3.78%

 
                      

Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities

 


120.87%

          


119.97%

        


(1)

Includes nonaccrual loans if any.

(2)

Income from tax-exempt securities is included in interest income on a tax-equivalent basis.  Interest income has been divided by a factor comprised of the complement of the incremental tax rate of 34%.

(3)

The net interest rate spread is the difference between the average rate on total interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.

(4)

The net interest margin is the tax-equivalent net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets.





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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of

Operations (continued)


The following table presents the changes in tax-equivalent interest income and expense for each major category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the amount of change attributable to volume and rate changes for the three months ended March 31, 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008.  Changes not solely attributable to rate or volume have been allocated to volume and rate changes in proportion to the relationship of absolute dollar amounts of the changes in each.


   

Three Months Ended

 
   

March 31,

 
   

2009 vs. 2008

 
   

Increase (decrease) due to:

 
  

Volume

 

Rate

  

Total

 
   

(In thousands)

 

Interest-earning Assets:

          

   Loans

 

$

 68

  

(716)

  

(648)

 

   Federal funds sold and interest-

     bearing demand deposits

  


(3)

  


(136)

  


(139)

 

   Federal Home Loan Bank stock

  

1

  

(3)

  

(2)

 

   Investment securities:

          

     Taxable

  

637

  

(34)

  

603

 

     Nontaxable

  

299

  

(30)

  

269

 

        Total interest income

  

1,002

  

(919)

  

83

 
           

Interest-bearing Liabilities:

          

   Deposits

  

419

  

(1,360)

  

(941)

 

   Short-term borrowings

  

1

  

(5)

  

(4)

 

   Long-term debt

  

69

  

(27)

  

42

 

        Total interest expense

  

489

  

(1,392)

  

(903)

 

           Net interest income

 

$

513

  

473

  

986

 


Net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis for the three months ended March 31, 2009 totaled $6,200,000, an increase of $986,000 from the comparable period in 2008.  Total tax-equivalent interest income increased $83,000 and total interest expense decreased $903,000.  


The increase in total interest income was primarily due to an $84.8 million increase in average total earning assets, partially offset by a 76 basis point (a basis point equals 0.01%) decrease in the average rate earned on earning assets.  The increase in average interest earning assets was primarily due to an $80.8 million increase in average investment securities.  The increase was funded through a combination of increases in deposits, borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, and $13.4 million received from the sale of preferred stock to the U.S. Treasury Department through its Capital Purchase Program.  The decrease in the average rate earned reflects a general decrease in market rates.


The decrease in total interest expense was primarily due to a 107 basis point decrease in the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities, partially offset by a $66.7 million increase in average interest-bearing liabilities.  The increase in average interest-bearing liabilities was primarily due to a $59.3 million increase in average interest-bearing deposits and a $7.2 million increase in average long-term borrowings.  The decrease in the average rate paid also reflects a general decrease in market rates.  




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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of

Operations (continued)


Provision and Allowance for Loan Losses

The total provision for loan losses is determined based upon management's evaluation as to the amount needed to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level considered appropriate in relation to the risk of losses inherent in the portfolio.  In addition to historic charge-off percentages, factors taken into consideration to determine the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses include the nature, volume, and consistency of the loan portfolio, overall portfolio quality, a review of specific problem loans, and current economic conditions that may affect borrowers’ ability to pay.  The provision for loan losses for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was $98,000 compared to $83,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008.  


Non-Interest Income

Total non-interest income for the first quarter 2009 was $67,000 greater than for the first quarter 2008. This increase is primarily due to a $130,000 increase in gains from the sale of mortgage loans, partially offset by a $50,000 decrease in insurance agency income and a $25,000 decrease in service charges and fees.  Gains from the sale of mortgage loans increased due to a greater volume of loans sold during the first quarter 2009 as compared to the first quarter 2008.  The general decline in market interest rates has created an increased demand for refinanced loans during 2009.  Loans sold during the first quarter 2009 totaled $10.0 million compared to $643,000 of loan sales during the 2008 period.  Insurance agency income decreased due to a $66,000 decrease in contingency commissions, offset by an increase in commission income reflecting the sales of new policies.  Contingency commissions are profit-sharing arrangements on property and casualty policies between the originating agency and the underwriter and are generally based on underwriting results and written premium.  As such, the amount received each year can vary significantly depending on loss experience.  The decrease in service charges and fees reflects a continuing downward trend in the amount of overdraft fees received.


Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expense for the first quarter 2009 was $872,000 greater than for the first quarter 2008 primarily due to a $722,000 pension plan related charge.  The remaining $150,000 increase was largely due to a $137,000 increases in salaries and benefits resulting from routine salary and wage increases and an increase in the number of employees.  Secondary causes of the increase included a $44,000 increase in employee benefits resulting from increased retirement plan expenses and an $80,000 increase in occupancy expenses primarily due to increased costs for maintenance and repair and janitorial services.  


These expense increases were partially offset by a $94,000 decrease in intangible amortization, primarily due to the amortization in full during 2008 of an intangible asset related to the purchase of three offices from another bank in 1997.


During the first quarter 2009, LCNB redesigned its retirement program to provide competitive benefits to employees and provide more predictable and lower retirement plan costs over the long term.  Retirement plan changes include an enhanced 401-K plan, reduced pension plan benefits for employees whose age and vesting service do not meet certain thresholds, and merging LCNB’s single-employer pension plan into a multiple-employer plan.  At the time the single-employer pension plan was merged into the multiple-employer plan, pension plan related balance sheet accounts were adjusted, resulting in an approximate $3.0 million after-tax increase in other comprehensive income and a $722,000 charge to non-interest expense ($477,000 on an after-tax basis).




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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of

Operations (continued)



Income Taxes

LCNB’s effective tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 were 21.6% and 24.8%, respectively.  The difference between the statutory rate of 34.0% and the effective tax rate is primarily due to tax-exempt interest income from municipal securities and tax-exempt income from bank owned life insurance.


Financial Condition

Total assets at March 31, 2009 were $39.7 million greater than at December 31, 2008 primarily due to a $40.3 million increase in investment securities.  This increase was funded through a $12.6 million increase in total deposits, a $15.0 million increase in borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, and $13.4 million received from the sale of preferred stock to the U.S. Treasury Department through its Capital Purchase Program.


Net loans at March 31, 2009 were $7.6 million less than at December 31, 2008 primarily due to decreases totaling $8.8 million in residential real estate and consumer loans, partially offset by a $3.6 million increase in commercial real estate loans.  Residential real estate loans decreased because approximately $10.0 million of new loans originated during the first quarter 2009 were sold to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.  This compares to $643,000 of such loans sold during the first quarter 2008.  The increase in the amount of loans sold reflects an increased demand for refinanced loans because of the general decline in market interest rates.  


Total deposits increased in all categories except demand deposit accounts, which decreased $1.3 million, and certificate of deposit accounts with balances less than $100,000, which decreased $5.3 million.  LCNB has been receiving a higher than normal increase in deposits due, in part, to the volatility of current economic conditions.


On January 9, 2009, LCNB received $13.4 million of new capital from the U.S. Treasury Department under the Capital Purchase Program (the “CPP”) and issued 13,400 shares of its Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A and a warrant to the U.S. Treasury Department for the purchase of 217,063 common shares of LCNB stock at an exercise price of $9.26.  LCNB allocated $583,000 of the proceeds from the preferred stock issuance to the warrants.  The resulting discount in the preferred stock is being amortized over five years and is being reported as an adjustment to preferred stock dividends. The issuance of preferred stock significantly increased LCNB’s capital and liquidity levels. The preferred stock pays a cumulative dividend of 5% per annum for the first five years and 9% per annum thereafter if not redeemed first.  For more information regarding the terms of agreement between LCNB and the U.S. Treasury Department under the CPP and the securities issued by LCNB to the U.S. Treasury Department thereunder, please see the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by LCNB with the SEC on January 9, 2009 which is hereby, along with exhibits thereto, incorporated by reference.






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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of

Operations (continued)


Liquidity

LCNB depends on dividends from its subsidiaries for the majority of its liquid assets, including the cash needed to pay dividends to its shareholders.  National banking law limits the amount of dividends the Bank may pay to the sum of retained net income, as defined, for the current year plus retained net income for the previous two years.  Prior approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Bank’s primary regulator, is necessary for the Bank to pay dividends in excess of this amount.  In addition, dividend payments may not reduce capital levels below minimum regulatory guidelines.  Management believes the Bank will be able to pay anticipated dividends to LCNB without needing to request approval.


Liquidity is the ability to have funds available at all times to meet the commitments of LCNB.  Asset liquidity is provided by cash and assets which are readily marketable or pledgeable or which will mature in the near future. Liquid assets include cash, federal funds sold, interest-bearing demand deposits, and securities available for sale.  At March 31, 2009, LCNB’s liquid assets amounted to $196.7 million or 28.5% of total assets, an increase from $154.3 million or 23.7% of total assets at December 31, 2008. Much of this increase was due to growth in investment securities.   


Liquidity is also provided by access to core funding sources, primarily core deposits in the bank’s market area.  Approximately 79.5% of total deposits at March 31, 2009 were core deposits, compared to 79.6% of deposits at December 31, 2008.  Core deposits, for this purpose, are defined as total deposits less public funds and certificates of deposit equal to or greater than $100,000.

   

Secondary sources of liquidity include LCNB’s ability to sell loan participations, borrow funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank, purchase federal funds, or use a line of credit established with another bank.


Management closely monitors the level of liquid assets available to meet ongoing funding needs.  It is management’s intent to maintain adequate liquidity so that sufficient funds are readily available at a reasonable cost.  LCNB experienced no liquidity or operational problems as a result of the current liquidity levels.




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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of

Operations (continued)



Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued three final Staff Positions (FSPs) on April 9, 2009 that provide additional application guidance and enhance disclosures regarding fair value measurements and impairments of securities. FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly,” provides guidelines for determining fair value measurements when an active market does not exist or where the price inputs represent distressed sales.  FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” provides that the frequency of fair value disclosures required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” will be increased from annually to quarterly.  FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments,” provides additional guidance on determining and accounting for other-than-temporary impairments in investment securities.  If an investment security is determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired and if the company does not intend to sell the security and it is not more likely than not that the security will be sold before the anticipated recovery of the impairment, the company will now be required to separate the impairment into the amount related to a credit loss and the amount related to other factors.  The amount related to a credit loss will be recognized in earnings and the amount related to other factors will be recognized in other comprehensive income.  This FSP also changes disclosure requirements in the notes to the financial statements.

The FSPs are effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for interim and annual periods ending after March 15, 2009.  With the exception of certain municipal securities purchased direct from local governmental entities, substantially all of LCNB’s investment securities are traded in active markets.  LCNB management does not anticipate that adoption of these FSPs will have a material effect on LCNB’s consolidated financial statements.



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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks


Market risk for LCNB is primarily interest rate risk.  LCNB attempts to mitigate this risk through asset/liability management strategies designed to decrease the vulnerability of its earnings to material and prolonged changes in interest rates.  LCNB does not use derivatives such as interest rate swaps, caps, or floors to hedge this risk.  LCNB has not entered into any market risk instruments for trading purposes.


The Bank's Asset and Liability Management Committee ("ALCO") primarily uses a combination of Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis (“IRSA”) and Economic Value of Equity (“EVE”) analysis for measuring and managing interest rate risk.  IRSA is used to estimate the effect on net interest income during a one-year period of instantaneous and sustained movements in interest rates, also called interest rate shocks, of 100, 200, and 300 basis points.  Management considers the results of the down 300 basis points scenario to not be meaningful in the current interest rate environment.  The base projection uses a current interest rate scenario.  As shown below, the March 31, 2009 IRSA indicates that an increase in interest rates would have a positive effect on net interest income (“NII”), and a decrease in rates would have a negative effect on NII. The changes in NII for all rate assumptions are within LCNB’s acceptable ranges.  


Rate Shock Scenario in Basis Points

 

Amount

(In thousands)

$ Change in

NII

% Change in

NII

Up 300

$

25,627

 

595

 

2.38%

 

Up 200

 

25,466

 

434

 

1.73%

 

Up 100

 

25,213

 

181

 

0.72%

 

Base

 

25,032

 

-

 

-%

 

Down 100

 

24,875

 

(157)

 

-0.63%

 

Down 200

 

24,736

 

(296)

 

-1.18%

 
        


IRSA shows the effect on NII during a one-year period only.  A more long-range model is the EVE analysis, which shows the estimated present value of future cash inflows from interest-earning assets less the present value of future cash outflows for interest-bearing liabilities for the same rate shocks.  The EVE analysis at March 31, 2009 is shown below.  It shows a negative effect on the EVE for increases in interest rates and a positive effect for decreases in interest rates.  The changes in EVE, except for the up 300 basis points scenario, are within LCNB’s acceptable ranges.  The up 300 basis points scenario is slightly outside LCNB’s policy range of a 25% change, but management has determined the change is acceptable in the current economic environment.


Rate Shock Scenario in Basis Points

 

Amount

(In thousands)

$ Change in

EVE

% Change in

EVE

Up 300

$

67,412

 

(22,689)

 

-25.18%

 

Up 200

 

74,729

 

(15,372)

 

-17.06%

 

Up 100

 

82,316

 

(7,785)

 

-8.64%

 

Base

 

90,101

 

-

 

-%

 

Down 100

 

95,633

 

5,532

 

6.14%

 

Down 200

 

101,853

 

11,752

 

13.04%

 
        




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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks (continued)


The IRSA and EVE simulations discussed above are not projections of future income or equity and should not be relied on as being indicative of future operating results.  Assumptions used, including the nature and timing of interest rate levels, yield curve shape, prepayments on loans and securities, deposit decay rates, pricing decisions on loans and deposits, and reinvestment or replacement of asset and liability cash flows, are inherently uncertain and, as a result, the models cannot precisely measure future net interest income or equity.  Furthermore, the models do not reflect actions that borrowers, depositors, and management may take in response to changing economic conditions and interest rate levels.  



Item 4.  Controls and Procedures


a)  Disclosure controls and procedures.  The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of LCNB's disclosure controls and procedures that ensure that information relating to LCNB required to be disclosed by LCNB in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.  Based upon this evaluation, these officers have concluded, that as of March 31, 2009, LCNB's disclosure controls and procedures were effective.


b)  Changes in internal control over financial reporting.  During the period covered by this report, there were no changes in LCNB's internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, LCNB's internal control over financial reporting.





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PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1. Legal Proceedings - Not Applicable


Item 1A.  Risk Factors – No material changes


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


During the period of this report, LCNB did not sell any of its securities that were not registered under the Securities Act, except as previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 9, 2009.


During the period covered by this report, LCNB did not purchase any shares of its equity securities.


Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities - Not Applicable


Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders - None


Item 5. Other Information - Not Applicable







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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION


LCNB CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES



Item 6. Exhibits


 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit Description

 

  3.1

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of LCNB Corp. – incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, Exhibit 3.1.

    
 

  3.2

 

Code of Regulations of LCNB Corp. – incorporated by reference to Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005, Exhibit 3(ii).

    
 

  4.1

 

Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock of the Registrant, dated January 9, 2009 – incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 9, 2009, Exhibit 4.1.

    
 

  10.1

 

LCNB Corp. Ownership Incentive Plan – incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Form DEF 14A Proxy Statement pursuant to Section 14(a), dated March 15, 2002, Exhibit A (000-26121).

    
 

  10.2

 

Form of Option Grant Agreement under the LCNB Corp. Ownership Incentive Plan – incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, Exhibit 10.2.

    
 

  10.3

 

Letter Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2009 between the Registrant and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which includes the Securities Purchase Agreement – Standard Terms – incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 9, 2009, Exhibit 10.1.

    
 

  10.4

 

Nonqualified Defined Benefit Retirement Plan for Certain Highly Compensated Employees (a description of which is included herein in Note 7, page 16).

    
 

  31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

    
 

  31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

    
 

  32

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

    



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SIGNATURES



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.




LCNB Corp.


April 27, 2009

/s/ Stephen P. Wilson

Stephen P. Wilson, CEO &

Chairman of the Board of Directors



April 27, 2009

/s/ Robert C. Haines, II

Robert C. Haines, II, Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer




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