Western New England Bancorp, Inc. · NASDAQ:WNEB

Western New England Bancorp — Westfield Financial — FIG Partners' 10th Annual Bank CEO Forum 2014

33 slides from Western New England Bancorp's conference presentation, Sep 15, 2014

  1. Slide 1: Westfield Financial, Inc. - FIG Partners' 10th Annual Bank CEO Forum

    W ESTFIELD F INANCIAL , I NC . NASDAQ: WFD FIG PARTNER’S 10 TH ANNUAL BANK CEO FORUM SEPTEMBER 15 – 16, 2014

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    F ORWARD – LOOKING STATEMENTS Today’s presentation may contain forward - looking statements, which may be identified by the use of such words as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “planned,” “estimated” and “potential . ” Examples of forward - looking statements include, but are not limite

  3. Slide 3: Westfield Financial Overview – Who We Are

    W ESTFIELD F INANCIAL O VERVIEW – W HO W E A RE ▪ A bank holding company headquartered in Westfield, MA with $ 1 . 3 billion in assets and 12 branches throughout western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut with one additional branch scheduled to open in October in Enfield, Connecticut . ▪ Success

  4. Slide 4: Westfield Financial Overview – Corporate Summary

    W ESTFIELD F INANCIAL O VERVIEW – W HO W E A RE C ORPORATE S UMMARY Westfield Financial, Inc. – NASDAQ (WFD) Corporate Headquarters – Westfield, MA Third quarter 2014, established a commercial lending hub for our middle market and commercial real estate lending teams located in downtown Springfield,

  5. Slide 5: Commercial Lending Team with Regional Bank Experience

    C OMMERCIAL L ENDING T EAM WITH R EGIONAL B ANK E XPERIENCE Years Lending Years with Westfield Bank Prior Experience James Hagan President and CEO 30 20 Fleet Bank, Bank of New England Allen Miles EVP and Senior Lender 26 16 Westbank, Bank of New England Commercial Lenders: Dennis Keefe 35 3 Berkshi

  6. Slide 6: Market Overview

    M ARKET O VERVIEW 6 Source: 1 Knowledge Corridor website; 2 Masslive website Big Concentrated Market 1 Nation’s 20 th largest metro region, with 2.77 million people, ranks ahead of Denver and St. Louis. Robust Business Sectors 1 Key areas of excellence, focus and investment include: • Financial Serv

  7. Slide 7: Market Overview

    M ARKET Overview 7 Source: 1 United States Census Bureau; 2 United States Department of Labor • Third quarter 2014 - relocated middle market commercial lending team to Springfield, MA to provide better access to key markets and centers of influence. This will create better synergies for business dev

  8. Slide 8: We Are Executing Our Strategy

    W E A RE E XECUTING O UR S TRATEGY • Favorable shift in interest earning assets by way of loan growth with less reliance on investment portfolio. o For the twelve months ended June 30, 2014, loans grew by $ 79.5 million, or 13.0 %, while investments have decreased by $ 110.7 million, or 18.3 %. • Ta

  9. Slide 9: We Are Executing Our Strategy

    W E A RE E XECUTING O UR S TRATEGY • Try to effectively balance capital deployment to earn a return on our shareholders’ investment versus returning the capital dollar - for - dollar in repurchases and dividends. o TCE/TA of 11.4% as of June 30, 2014 down from 29.0% at December 31, 2006. o 1.5 milli

  10. Slide 10: Improved Mix of Interest Earning Assets

    I MPROVED MIX OF INTEREST EARNING ASSETS I NCREASING LOANS AND REDUCING SECURITIES 10 $ in millions 595 596 607 620 637 648 686 636 631 607 558 554 542 496 $450 $500 $550 $600 $650 $700 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Loans Securities

  11. Slide 11: Loan Portfolio Composition

    L OAN P ORTFOLIO C OMPOSITION $ in millions As of June 30, 2014 11 Owner Occupied $111.1 16% Non Owner Occupied $174.9 26% Consumer Loans $1.5 1% Home Equity $37.2 5% Residential Real Estate $213.7 31% Commercial & Industrial $147.7 21%

  12. Slide 12: Commercial Loan Portfolio

    C OMMERCIAL L OAN P ORTFOLIO 12 $ in millions As of June 30, 2014 Manufacturing $61.3 14% Wholesale Trade $34.5 8% Retail Trade $31.6 7% Real Estate, Rental & Leasing $151.3 35% Professional, Scientific & Technical $20.0 5% Educational & Health Care $33.4 8% Arts, Entertainment & Recreation $30.2 7%

  13. Slide 13: Our Current Deposit Market

    O UR C URRENT D EPOSIT M ARKET C ITIES & T OWNS WHERE WE HAVE BRANCHES * $ in thousands Source: SNL Financial *Does not include the Granby Banking Center deposit total which opened June 2013 13 Deposits Market Bank Name Branches 06/30/2013 Share 1 TD Bank National Association 14 1,216,805 19.63% 2 U

  14. Slide 14: Commercial Business Lending

    (1) As of 06/30/2014 or the most recent quarter for which regulatory filings are available ; excludes NBN which has unique business plan Source: SNL Financial C OMMERCIAL B USINESS L ENDING C&I Loans as % of Total Loans All public banks in New England between $500 million and $5 billion in total ass

  15. Slide 15: Consistently Strong Credit Quality

    C ONSISTENTLY S TRONG C REDIT Q UALITY Q2 2014 Q1 2014 Q4 2013 Q3 2013 Q2 2013 Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans 1.17% 1.17% 1.17% 1.18% 1.23% Nonperforming loans as a percentage of total loans 0.47% 0.48% 0.41% 0.47% 0.54% Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets 0.25%

  16. Slide 16: Focus on Core Deposits

    F OCUS ON C ORE D EPOSITS O VER FIVE YEAR PERIOD , TOTAL DEPOSITS GREW $187 MILLION (29.43%), WHILE N ON - MATURITY DEPOSITS GREW $182 MILLION (61.47%) June 30, 2014 June 30, 2009 16 Noninterest checking 17% Interest - bearing checking 5% Savings and MMDA 37% Time 41% Noninterest checking 13% Intere

  17. Slide 17: Stable and Consistent Net Interest Margin

    S TABLE AND C ONSISTENT N ET I NTEREST M ARGIN T AX E QUIVALENT B ASIS 17 As of June 30, 2014 1.00% 1.50% 2.00% 2.50% 3.00% 1Q 13 2Q 13 3Q 13 4Q 13 1Q 14 2Q 14 2.59% 2.55% 2.62% 2.57% 2.63% 2.61%

  18. Slide 18: Price to Tangible Book Value

    P RICE TO T ANGIBLE B OOK V ALUE (1) As of 06/30/2014 or the most recent quarter for which regulatory filings are available; excludes NBN which has unique bu sin ess plan Source: Company SEC filings and call reports; stock prices as of 06/30/2014. . . . B UT OUR VALUATION DOES NOT REFLECT OUR STRONG

  19. Slide 19: Why Invest in Westfield Financial

    W HY I NVEST IN W ESTFIELD F INANCIAL • Stock trading below tangible book . • Experienced, disciplined regional leadership team. • Continued opportunities for organic growth. • Expansion into demographically attractive markets. • Improving mix of interest earning assets. • High credit quality. • Bal

  20. Slide 20: Appendix

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  21. Slide 21: Active Interest Rate Risk Management

    ▪ Balanced maturity and repricing schedule of loan portfolio: o 26.5% of loan portfolio due within one year; o 39.9% of loan portfolio due within three years; and o 55.2% of loan portfolio due within five years. ▪ $ 155.0 million notional of float - to - fixed interest rate swaps executed in 2013: o

  22. Slide 22: Loan Portfolio

    L OAN P ORTFOLIO 22 $ in millions As of June 30, 2014 $350 $400 $450 $500 $550 $600 $650 $700 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Jun-14 477 509 554 595 637 686 $0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 144 152 163 175 114 113 111 111 Owner Occupied CRE Non Owner Occupied CRE $115 $120 $1

  23. Slide 23: Total Deposits

    T OTAL D EPOSITS 23 $ in millions As of June 30, 2014 4.74% CAGR $450 $500 $550 $600 $650 $700 $750 $800 $850 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Jun-14 648 700 733 753 817 819

  24. Slide 24: Securities Portfolio Breakdown

    S ECURITIES P ORTFOLIO B REAKDOWN 24 As of June 30, 2014 GSE Mortgage Backed Securities 70.3% New England Municpal Bonds 5.1% Government Sponsored Enterprise Debt 11.2% Equity Securities 1.6% Corporate Bonds 11.8% Treasury/Agency 81.6 % AAA 0.3 % AA & A 9.5 % Less than A 3.7 % Split Ratings 3.3 % No

  25. Slide 25: Effectively Leveraging Capital

    E FFECTIVELY L EVERAGING C APITAL S HAREHOLDERS ’ EQUITY TO ASSETS 25 As of June 30, 2014 0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Jun-14 20.76% 17.85% 17.34% 14.54% 12.07% 11.43%

  26. Slide 26: Capital Management

    C APITAL M ANAGEMENT C UMULATIVE R ETURN OF C APITAL S INCE S ECOND S TEP C ONVERSION On March 13, 2014, the Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program under which the Company may purchase up to 1,970,000 shares, or 10% of its outstanding common stock. 26 56,713 33.0% 87,135 50.7% Perc

  27. Slide 27: Effective Price Execution of Repurchases

    E FFECTIVE P RICE E XECUTION OF R EPURCHASES S HARES R EPURCHASED BY Q UARTER AND P/TBV OF R EPURCHASES The lower the price, the more active WFD has been in its repurchase activity. By repurchasing significant numbers of shares below TBV, WFD has BOTH right - sized its capital level while ALSO incre

  28. Slide 28: Dividend History

    D IVIDEND H ISTORY 28 $0.00 $0.15 $0.30 $0.45 $0.60 $0.75 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2Q 2013 2Q 2014 $0.20 $0.20 $0.22 $0.24 $0.24 $0.24 $0.12 $0.12 $0.40 $0.30 $0.30 $0.30 $0.20 $0.05 $0.05 Regular dividends Special dividends 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2Q 2013 2Q 2014 Regular dividends $0.20

  29. Slide 29: Diluted Earnings Per Share

    D ILUTED E ARNINGS P ER S HARE 29 As of June 30, 2014 17.23% CAGR $0.00 $0.05 $0.10 $0.15 $0.20 $0.25 $0.30 $0.35 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Jan - June 2013 Jan - June 2014 $0.18 $0.11 $0.22 $0.26 $0.34 $0.16 $0.16

  30. Slide 30: Consolidated Statements of Income and Other Data

    WESTFIELD FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statements of Income and Other Data (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) (Unaudited) 30 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, March 31, December 31, September 30, June 30, June 30, 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2014 2013 IN

  31. Slide 31: Consolidated Balance Sheets and Other Data

    WESTFIELD FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Balance Sheets and Other Data (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) ( Unaudited) 31 June 30, March 31, December 31, September 30, June 30, 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 Cash and cash equivalents $ 39,362 $ 21,370 $ 19,742 $ 28,418 $ 15,706 S

  32. Slide 32: Other Data

    O THER D ATA 32 ( 1) Three and six months results have been annualized. ( 2) The efficiency ratio represents the ratio of operating expenses divided by the sum of net interest and dividend income and noninterest income, excluding gain and loss of the sale of securities, gain on bank - owned life ins

  33. Slide 33: Total Return Performance

    T OTAL R ETURN P ERFORMANCE * T HREE Y EAR T OTAL R ETURN V ERSUS SNL T HRIFT I NDEX * Source: SNL Financial, data as of close of business September 2, 2014 . 33 (30.00) (20.00) (10.00) 0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 70.00 80.00 09/02/2011 12/02/2011 03/02/2012 06/02/2012 09/02/2012 12/02/

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